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How about giving copies to the claimant and keeping the originals?
Most people are happy with copies these days, but the originals carry data which cannot be reproduced in any copy (i.e. evidence of photographic processes, and of how the photographs have been used).
Yours sincerely
Bill Wexler, Public Service Archivist
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From: Archivists, conservators and records managers. [[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Richard Hankins [[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 16 October 2011 20:28
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Subject: Re: Deposits
Eric,
it seems to me the simple solution is to take first class copies of these photos for the archive, and then hand the originals back. Then everyone wins.
Richard
On 16/10/11 19:03, Eric J Pinder wrote:
Dear All,
I should be pleased to hear any of your views on the following problem.
Photographs were given to an archive many years ago (maybe twenty years) when others were running the archive and there is no record of the deposit.
They were given by a member of a family and now another member of the family wants them back claiming them to be theirs.
Best wishes to all,
Eric J Pinder
Crimlisk Fisher Archive
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