Séries 5 - Collections

Series consists of material relating to the objects at MOA, how they were found, purchased, donated or otherwise acquired. Material relates to original owners of objects and, where appropriate, monies paid for pieces added to the collection. Series also relates to loaning of museum objects, borrowing of objects belonging to other people or organizations and any treatment items may have received. The series has been arranged chronologically by date within each subseries. The records in this series take the form of the ledgers correspondence, memos, receipts, borrower’s agreements, photographs, and newspaper clippings, notes, negatives, invoices, ephemera, student papers, memoranda and plans.

The series is arranged into eight subseries:
Subseries A: Planning
Subseries B: Acquisitions and Documentation
Subseries C: Documentation of Cultures
Subseries D: Preservation/Conservation and Storage
Subseries E: Insurance
Subseries F: Deaccessioning
Subseries G: Loans In
Subseries H: Loans Out