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The Path to Scholarly
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Inventory and Control |
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On September 14,
2006, the Library confirmed receipt of 71 cartons from Sotheby’s
in New York. In the succeeding weeks, staff attention turned
to re-housing items in appropriate containers and placing
them on archival shelving in a secure environmentally monitored
vault. At present, the collection's re-housed items and
approximately 1,000 books, periodicals and pamphlets comprise
about 36 linear feet. That number is expected to increase,
as the re-housing efforts continue today.
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The Morehouse College Martin Luther King
Jr. Collection arriving at the Robert W. Woodruff
Library of the Atlanta University Center by special
Federal Express truck on September 14, 2006 |
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Bob and Ellie Marrs of Federal Express
White Glove Service unload the first box of items
within the Morehouse King Collection. |
The initial inventory and control process
revealed that the collection had no consistent order, with
evidence of repeated disarrangement over many years. As
a result, in-depth processing planning, decision making
and staff effort were required to bring about the best arrangement
protocol.
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Woodruff Library maintenance
technician Spencer Johnson (left) assists Karen Jefferson
(right), Head of Archives & Special Collections
at the Woodruff Library of the AUC, in checking cartons
containing the King Collection upon their arrival.
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Brenda S. Banks (right), chief archivist
and project manager for the Morehouse College Martin
Luther King Jr. Collection, reviews the shipping manifest
with Woodruff Library CEO & Director Loretta Parham
as King Collection boxes arrive at the Library’s
Archives & Special Collections Department. |
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