Moving collections

I provide an advisory service to a number of community museums, most
running on modest budgets with modest staff augmented by volunteers.
One constant request I receive is for information on packing and
moving whole collections, as museums move into new premises or
undertake capital upgrading to their permanent facilities.  To this
end, I am collecting a file of articles on the subject, and would
appreciate any references you could send me.  So far, I have the
following articles:

    Geyer, G.H.  "Moving Imagery:  Collections Management during a
    Museum Move"  from Registrars on Record (AAM, 1988)

    Thorp, V. and C. Wilson.  "Moving the Collections at the Royal
    British Columbia Museum" from Preventive Conservation: Practice,
    Theory & Research  (IIC, 1994)

    Kruckeberg, V. "Moving Museum Collections:  How to Avoid Some of
    Those Maalox Moments"  from Textile Conservation Newsletter
    (Fall, 1993)

I also have found references to the following, although I haven't
seen the articles yet:

    Morrow, M.  "Moving an Archives" from American Archivist
    (Summer, 1990)

    Jessup, W.  "Packing without Crates"  from The Museologist
    (Winter, 83/84)

As you can see, I am looking specifically for articles dealing with
the practical planning and organization of moves, collections
management issues, policy and procedures, handling, low cost packing
and transportation materials and methods, and selecting or
retrofitting temporary storage areas.  I am not looking for
information on construction of crates or transport of exhibits.
Anecdotal information is also welcome, as long as you write it to me
in a letter with permission to distribute it or make reference to it
when consulting with museums.

Thank you for your assistance,

Jane Holland,  Conservation Adviser,
Ministry of Citizenship, Culture and Recreation,
77, Bloor Street West, 2nd Floor,
Toronto, Ontario M7A 2R9.

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