1. Collections Inventory Process and Activity Report Yellowstone Historic Center West Yellowstone, Montana

2. YHC Requirements for Inventory Control Provide accountability for any object; Provide the current location of each object, Shelf/Box; Provide item descriptions suitable for cataloging i.e. material type, historic relevance, location of picture, people, date; Provide a reference to collection/ownership; Provide item measurements; Provide an item condition assessment. i.e. Excellent, Good, Restricted; Provide item date of inventory; Provide archival quality item protection; Provide digital records of Inventory Control sheets

4. Not part of Inventory Digital Copies, except photos; –No digital copies of paper/personal records. i.e. news articles, transcripts, genealogy records, letters, legal documents; –No digitized copies of media, i.e. photo negatives, slides, audio tapes, video tapes, movies; –No digital records of artifacts; Providing catalog numbers Loading archival database, Past Perfect;

5. Items Inventoried Last Year –146 Boxes, 4000+ items Over 1000 items were duplicate > 25% Many single item containers Little photographic content Well documented. Most required little or no descriptive research

6. Items Inventoried, cont. This year to date –20 Boxes,1300+ items Little duplication, < 10% Large collections per box Large photographic collections – Poorly documented Large collections of personal papers, poorly documented. High level of descriptive research

7. What’s Left Remaining? –235 Boxes 67 Boxes of photographs 130 Boxes of Documents 38 Boxes of Periodicals