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Title: Historical Society. Museum Division, Curation Agreement Subject Files
Dates: 1910-2011
Record Series: 32071
Quantity: 12.5 feet
Abstract: Contains agreements between the State Historical Society of North Dakota (SHSND) and individuals, agencies, or organizations which have requested the SHSND to curate objects under specific stipulations other than the SHSND “Incoming Loan Conditions”. It is subdivided into: 1) state property; 2) federal property; and 3) other.
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Box / Folder Inventory
Box 1:
    1 Curation Agreement: Knife River Indian Villages   1992  
    2 Museum Collections Committee Meeting Minutes-Reports 1992  
    3 Loans Out: Minnesota Historical Society-The Way to  Independence 1986-1992           
    4 Federal Collections Inventory 1997  
    5 Federal Collections-USBR     1992-1998           
    6 Federal Collections-National Museum of Natural History  1992-1998           
    7 Federal Collections-Corps of Engineers 1992-1998           
    8 Federal Collections-US Fish & Wildlife 1992-1998           
    9 Federal Collections-General  1992-1998           
    10 Federal Collections-US Forest Service  1992-1998           
    11 USBUR-REC Shelving 1997-1998           
Box 2:
    1 Storage East    1996-1998           
    2 Pembina State Museum Project 1993-1995           
    3 Pembina Design Bids          1993-1995           
Box 3:
    1 Pembina Branch Museum        1993-1995           
    2 Pembina Museum 1995-1996           
    3 Pembina Hadley Bid           1995  
    4 Tourism   1990  
    5 Historical Board Strategic Planning Session  1990  
    6 Reorganization 1991  
    7 Museum Collections Committee Meeting Minutes 1993  
    8 Loans In: Home Front         1993  
    9 Loans Out: Various Temporary Exhibits  1982-1993           
    10 Curation Agreement: Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center  1997  
Box 4:
    1 Museum Collections Committee Meeting Minutes-Reports  1994  
    2 Museum Collections Committee Meeting Minutes-Reports  1995  
    3 Museum Collections Committee Meeting Minutes-Reports  1996  
    4 Loans In: Beer exhibit       1995-1997           
    5 Loans In: Dakota Deco temporary exhibit1994-1996           
    6 Loans In: TV in 53 exhibit   1993-1995           
    7 Loans In: Chiropractic exhibit 1995-1996           
    8 Loans In: Barns 1992-1994           
    9 Potential Acquisitions-Closed 1994-1996           
    10 CCR - Canadian Museum of Civilization  1997  
    11 CCR - Carnegie Museum        1997  
    12 CCR - Kellogg, Mark (exhibit) 1996  
    13 CCR - Lewis & Clark Interp. Center  1997  
    14 CCR - Norwegian Folk Art (exhibit)  1996  
    15 CCR - Wallaert, Helene (researcher) 1994  
    16 Collections Access           1996  
    17 Collections Access           1995  
    18 Collections Access - Development    1995  
    19 Approved requests for Collection Access - Current Year  1994  
    20 Collection Committee         1982  
    21 Conservation Project Support - Awarded (1 of 2)   1990-1991           
    22 Conservation Project Support - Awarded (2 of 2)   1990-1991           
Box 5:
    1 Council on the Arts projects 1995  
    2 Council on the Arts projects 1994  
    3 CMP-F-Military History; Halvorson/Thorson/Dill    1997  
    4 Humidity Studies             1994  
    5 Humidity Studies             1992-1993           
    6 Museum Environment - Weather Charts 1997-1998           
    7 de Mores Packing Plant (Abattoir) Planning   1994-1996           
    8 Pest Management Bids         1996  
    9 Photographic Image Use – Correspondence 1996  
    10 Photographic Image Use – Correspondence 1995  
    11 Photographic Image Use – Correspondence 1994  
    12 Quilts Project 1994-1995           
    13 Paintings; Huls 1994  
    14 Air filters  ca.  1994          
    15 Survey, Mammals- American Society of Mammalogists  1994  
    16 Survey, Mammals- American Society of Mammalogists  1983  
    17 Removed from Exhibits        1996  
    18 Removed from Exhibits        1995  
    19 Removed from Exhibits        1994  
    20 Loan Requests Closed         1996  
    21 Loan Requests Closed         1995  
    22 Loans, Outgoing Closed       1994  
    23 Washington State University  1997  
    24 Potential Outgoing Loan - Litchville Community  Museum           1996  
    25 USA - Forest Service - McKenzie Range DI Watford City  ND        1995  
    26 University of North Dakota - Alumni Assoc. Grand  Forks          1995  
    27 University of North Dakota - Anthropology Dept Grand  Forks      1995  
    28 USA Fish & Wildlife Service Bismarck ND1995  
    29 Joachim Regional Museum      1994  
    30 Heritage Hjemkomst Interp. Center   1994  
    31 Museum Collections Committee 1997  
    32 Museum Collections Committee 1998  
    33 Osborn, L. E. Jr - Museum & SAHRL   1998  
    34 Civilian Conservation Corps in North Dakota temp  exhibit        1998  
    35 Dakota Territory Air Museum  1998  
    36 North Dakota State Railroad Museum  1998  
    37 National Buffalo Museum      1998  
    38 Makoti Threshers Association 1998  
    39 American Federation of Arts, The    1998  
    40 Museum of American Folk Art  1998  
    41 Icelandic State Park         1998  
    42 Minot State University       2002  
    43 Three Affiliated Tribes Museum      2001  
    44 Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center   2000  
    45 Three Affiliated Tribes Museum      2000  
    46 Spirit Lake Sioux Tribe      1998  
Box 6:
    1 Potential Acquisitions Closed      1998  
    2 Potential Acquisitions Closed 4th quarter   1997  
    3 Potential Acquisitions Closed 3rd quarter   1997  
    4 Potential Acquisitions Closed 2nd quarter   1997  
    5 Potential Acquisitions Closed 1st quarter   1997  
    6 Collection Access            1998  
    7 Collection Access            1997  
    8 Photographic Image Use - Correspondence1998  
    9 Photographic Image Use - Correspondence1997  
    10 USSND Silver Service Use     1981-2006           
    11 Removed From Exhibits        1998  
    12 Removed from Exhibits        1997  
    13 Artifact Inventories, obsolete      1998  
    14 Inventories, obsolete        1998  
    15 CM project1998  
    16 Collection Projects Planning 1994  
Box 7:
    1 Environmental Monitoring - Museum   2009  
    2 Environmental Monitoring - Museum   2010  
    3 AASLH Award Letter and Banquet Program - Award of  Merit         2011  
Box 8:
    1 Museum Collections Committee Meeting Minutes-Reports  2000  
    2 Museum Collections Committee Meeting Minutes-Reports  1999  
    3 Bismarck Schools - 125th Anniversary Temporary  Exhibit          2000  
    4 Wild Blue Yonder: Air Force 50th Anniversary Temporary Exhibit  1999  
    5 Gerald R. Ford Museum Grand Rapids, MI L-991028   2000  
    6 National Buffalo Museum Jamestown, ND L-980928    2000  
    7 National Maritime Museum London, England L-980824  2000  
    8 Staten Island Institute of Arts & Sciences Staten  Island, NY OL-2000.01  2000  
    9 USA - Fort Union National Historic Site Williston, ND  L-880901  2000  
    10 Cass County Historical Society West Fargo, ND  L-911211          2000  
    11 Newseum (Freedom Forum) Arlington, VA L-960404    2000  
    12 Hatton-Eielson Museum and History Association Hatton, ND  L-880629        2000  
    13 Chicago Historical Society Chicago, IL L-981002   2000  
    14 Hessian State Museum Darmstadt, Germany L-981008  2000  
    15 NDSU - North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies Fargo,  ND L-890718    1999  
    16 Missouri Valley Historical Society Bismarck, ND  L-980818        1999  
    17 Potental Acquisitions Closed 2000  
    18 Potential Acquisitions Closed1999  
    19 Appraisals - Burdick Collection     1987  
    20 Appraisals - Ethnography     1987  
    21 Appraisals - Misc.           1989  
    22 Carpentry Air System Agreement Project # MUS-98-1  1998  
    23 Chemicals - Inventory        1998  
    24 Collections Committee (museum) - development, plans  1992-1997           
    25 Collections Management (Box numbers used/temp. storage)  ca. 1997          
    26 Collections Incidents - accidental damage    1997  
    27 Collections Incidents - theft & vandalism    1983-2002           
    28 Densmore, Francis - Teton Sioux Recordings 1997  
    29 Exhibit Request (Replica Liberty Bell, SHSND 1983.431)  1996  
    30 Exhibits of SHSND – List 1981-1986           
    31 Folk Art Objects - SHSND Inventory         1981-1982           
    32 Hatton-Eielson Museum Planning             1996-2000           
    33 Missing Objects; Inventory Memo            1981-1983           
    34 Missing Objects pre 19941989-1994           
    35 Deeds of Gift - Where's the Collection?    1910-1972           
    36 Missing Objects Project - filed 1997       1997  
    37 Natural History Mounts project:  1981-1982           
    38 Pembina Permanent Exhibits - Registrar     1996  
    39 P.S.M. Exhibits - Change Order             1994-1997           
    40 P.S.M. Grounds Usage     1997  
    41 Potential Exhibit - Corridor of Time       2005  
Box 9:
    1 Quill Exhibit (Sacred Beauty) - Registrar  1997-1999           
    2 Red River Flood 1997 - SHSND Response      1997  
    3 Survey - A.A.M. - American Museums         1989  
    4 Survey - Archaeology - US Army Corps of Engineers, St.  Louis RC 1999  
    5 Survey, Conservation, Rocky Mountain Conserv. Center RC  800209  1994  
    6 Survey, Mammals - American Society of Mammalogists RC  800209    1997  
    7 Restoration Request (1937 Lincoln Zephyr, SHSND  1973.44)      1991  
    8 Chippewa Beading Exhibit - Registrar       1994-1998           
    9 Natural History Exhibits - Main Gallery    1982  
    10 Random Sample Inventory of Collections     1983  
    11 Removal from Exhibits        2011  
    12 Removed from Exhibits        2010  
    13 Removed from Exhibits        2009  
    14 Removed from Exhibits        2008  
    15 Removed from Exhibits        2007  
    16 Removed from Exhibits        2006  
    17 Removed from Exhibits        2005  
    18 Removed from Exhibits        2004  
    19 Removed from Exhibits        2003  
    20 Removed from Exhibits        2002  
    21 Removed from Exhibits        2001  
    22 Removed from Exhibits        2000  
    23 Removed from Exhibits        1999  
    24 Museum Collection Committee Reports 2004  
    25 Museum Collection Committee Reports 2003  
    26 Museum Collection Committee Reports 2002  
    27 Museum Collection Committee Reports 2001  
    28 Lewis and Clark Documents    2004  
    29 Curling Team Drawings by Bismarck Elementary School  Students    2002-2004           
    30 Quilt Stories Temporary Exhibit     1999-2003           
    31 Buffalo Bill Memorial Museum 2002  
    32 Newseum - Freedom Forum      2002  
    33 USA - Corps of Engineers - Riverdale2001  
    34 Newseum - Freedom Forum      2001  
    35 Brauer Museum of Art         2001  
    36 Fort Seward Interpretive Center     2001  
    37 Bismarck Public Library      2001  
    38 Grant County Historical Society     2004  
    39 Eiteljorg Museum             2004  
    40 Pioneer Trails Museum        2004  
Box 10:
    1 Canadian Museum of Civilization     2004  
    2 Pembina County Historical Society   2003  
    3 National Museum of Australia 2003  
    4 Alaska Aviation Heritage Museum 1 of 2 2003  
    5 Alaska Aviation Heritage Museum 2 of 2 2003  
    6 Autry Museum of Western Heritage    2003  
    7 North Dakota Geological Survey      2003  
    8 Joachim Regional Museum      2003  
    9 Linden Museum - Stuttgart    2003  
    10 Potential Acquisitions Closed 2001  
    11 Potential Acquisitions Closed 1 of 4 2002  
    12 Potential Acquisitions Closed 2 of 4 2002  
    13 Potential Acquisitions Closed 3 of 4 2002  
    14 Potential Acquisitions Closed 4 of 4 2002  
Box 11:
    1 Potential Acquisitions Closed 2003  
    2 Potential Acquisitions Closed Estate of Mary Louisa  Johnson      2004  
    3 Potential Acquisitions Closed 2004  
    4 Register of Collections Access      2004  
    5 Register of Collections Access      2003  
    6 Register of Collections Access      2002  
    7 Register of Collections Access      2001  
    8 Register of Collections Access      2000  
    9 Register of Collections Access      1999  
    10 North Dakota National Guard  10/25/2005-11/7/2005
    11 North Dakota Cowboy Hall of Fame    10/27/2005          
    12 Library of Congress          9/22/2005           
    13 University of Mary           8/23/2005           
    14 Heritage Hjemkomst Interpretive Center 6/10/2005           
    15 Louisiana State Museum - Natchitoches  2/2/2005            
    16 Virginia Living Museum       1/31/2005           
    17 Initial Requests - closed    2006  
    18 Initial Requests - closed    2005  
    19 Initial Requests - closed    2003  
    20 Initial Requests - closed - specific organization  2002  
    21 Initial Requests - closed    2001  
    22 Closed Loan Requests         2000  
    23 Closed Loan Requests         1999  
    24 Loan Files Closed            1998  
    25 Loan Requests Closed         1997  
    26 Museum Collection Committee  2007  
    27 Museum Collection Committee Reports 2006  
    28 Museum Collection Committee Reports 2005  
    29 Winter Memories Temporary Exhibit   2008  
    30 Lincoln Bicentennial         2008  
Box 12:
    1 North Dakota History Journal: Governor's Issue: Governor  Olson Temporary Exhibit     2008  
    2 Morse (Stuart) Painting      2008  
    3 Folk Art Temporary Exhibit   2008  
    4 Forgotten North Dakota       2007  
    5 North Dakota Remembers World War Two2007  
    6 Governor Arthur Link Violin  2007  
    7 Interpretations of Lewis and Clark  2006  
    8 Grass Dancers: Prairie Grouse of the Red River Valley           2006  
    9 Sacred Beauty: Quillwork of Plains Women Temporary  Exhibit      2006  
    10 Earth, Water, and Fire: North Dakota Clay Temporary  Exhibit     2006  
    11 The Grand Scene - North Dakota from the Palette and Pen  of George Catlin 2006  
    12 The Grand Scene - North Dakota from the Palette and Pen  of George Catlin 2006  
    13 Churches of Pembina          2005  
    14 Lewis and Clark Documents - Part II 2005  
    15 Medicine in Pembina (Pembina County Exhibit) 2005  
    16 Quilt Stories Temporary Exhibit (PSM)  2005  
    17 North Dakota Innovators      2005  
    18 Research - Identification (Schafer) 2002  
    19 North Dakota Art Gallery Association2007  
    20 Barnes County Historical Society    2007  
    21 Missouri Historical Society  2006  
    22 Missouri Historical Society File 1  2006  
    23 Newberry Library 2006  
    24 Joachim Regional Museum      2006  
    25 Jamestown Classic Car Club   2006  
    26 Westerlind Homestead Shack, Mercer, North Dakota, Video  tape    2004  
    27 Potential Acquisitions Closed 3 of 3 2008  
    28 Potential Acquisitions Closed 1 of 3 2008  
    29 Potential Acquisitions Closed 2 of 2 2007  
    30 Potential Acquisitions Closed 1 of 2 2007  
Box 13:
    1 Museum Environmental Concerns 1980-2005           
    2 Environmental Monitoring     1995-1996           
    3 Register of Collection Access 2008  
    4 Register of Collection Access 2007  
    5 Register of Collection Access 2006  
    6 Register of Collection Access 2005  
    7 Photographic Image Use – Correspondence 2002  
    8 Photographic Image Use – Correspondence 2001  
    9 Photographic Image Use – Correspondence 2000  
    10 Photographic Image Use – Correspondence 1999  
    11 Survey - U.S. General Services Administration 2005  
    12 Videotape - VHS - Democratic Response to State of the  State Address 1/9/2001            
    13 Videotape - VHS - Inaugural Address Governor John  Hoeven        1/9/2001            
    14 Videotape - VHS -   Acc 2893 USS North Dakota Silver Service     2/4/1992
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