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Between 1966 and 1968, Boardman Hall was locked up, and the museum's extensive collections quietly disappeared, an enduring Trinity mystery. According to Life Sciences Professor Dr. J. Wendell Burger, "the balance of the biological material was legally transferred to the [[https://www.thechildrensmuseumct.org/about-us/our-history/|Children's Museum]] and more especially to the [[https://csmnh.uconn.edu/about/|University of Connecticut]]. They were stunned by the volume of their inheritance." | Between 1966 and 1968, Boardman Hall was locked up, and the museum's extensive collections quietly disappeared, an enduring Trinity mystery. According to Life Sciences Professor Dr. J. Wendell Burger, "the balance of the biological material was legally transferred to the [[https://www.thechildrensmuseumct.org/about-us/our-history/|Children's Museum]] and more especially to the [[https://csmnh.uconn.edu/about/|University of Connecticut]]. They were stunned by the volume of their inheritance." |
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Today, a small number of human and animal skeletons remain in room 308 of the Life Sciences Building; many of them appear to be from the Ward collection. They are used as teaching implements, in very much the same way that students would have studied them over the past 200 years. | Today, a small number of human and animal skeletons remain in room 308 of the Life Sciences Building; many of them appear to be from the Ward collection, including the elephant, horse, and llama. They are used as teaching implements, in very much the same way that students would have studied them over the past 200 years. |
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==== Collections ==== | ==== Collections ==== |
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Repatriation is appropriate where objects still confer a spiritual and/or cultural significance, or where they can be irrefutably demonstrated as being stolen. All material being considered for repatriation, even unprovenanced material, must be properly documented with respect to the repatriation process. Any repatriation that does take place must be undertaken with the full knowledge and agreement of all interested parties and comply with the legislative and institutional requirements of all parties involved.// ((ICOM Code of Ethics for Natural History Museums, p. 1)) | Repatriation is appropriate where objects still confer a spiritual and/or cultural significance, or where they can be irrefutably demonstrated as being stolen. All material being considered for repatriation, even unprovenanced material, must be properly documented with respect to the repatriation process. Any repatriation that does take place must be undertaken with the full knowledge and agreement of all interested parties and comply with the legislative and institutional requirements of all parties involved.// ((ICOM Code of Ethics for Natural History Museums, p. 1)) |
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| The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), enacted in 1990, is a federal law that protects and returns Native American human remains, funerary objects, sacred objects, and objects of cultural patrimony to lineal descendants, culturally affiliated Indian tribes, and Native Hawaiian organizations. Federal agencies and museums, universities, state agencies, local governments, or any institution that receives Federal funds must comply with NAGPRA. |
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===== Sources ===== | ===== Sources ===== |
[[https://icom.museum/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/nathcode_ethics_en.pdf|ICOM Code of Ethics for Natural History Museums]] | [[https://icom.museum/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/nathcode_ethics_en.pdf|ICOM Code of Ethics for Natural History Museums]] |
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[[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1970&context=reporter|Trinity Reporter]], October 1971. | [[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.31571856|Trinity Reporter]], October 1971. |
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[[https://www.proquest.com/hnphartfordcourant/docview/550894946/D614F1C57172433FPQ/2?accountid=14405|The Hartford Courant]], 08/23/1971. | [[https://www.proquest.com/hnphartfordcourant/docview/550894946/D614F1C57172433FPQ/2?accountid=14405|The Hartford Courant]], 08/23/1971. |
[[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/w_books/4|The History of Trinity College]] (1967) by Glenn Weaver, pp. 36, 75-76, 171. | [[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/w_books/4|The History of Trinity College]] (1967) by Glenn Weaver, pp. 36, 75-76, 171. |
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[[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1694&context=tripod|Trinity Tripod]], 09/20/1966. | [[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.29848658|Trinity Tripod]], 09/20/1966. |
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[[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/tripod/668/|The Trinity Tripod]], 10/13/1964. | [[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/tripod/668/|The Trinity Tripod]], 10/13/1964. |
[[https://www.proquest.com/hnphartfordcourant/docview/554081659/BD9009ED99DC4443PQ/3?accountid=14405|CURIOSITIES OF SCIENCE: Trinity's Nucleus for a Fine Collection]], //The Hartford Courant//, 05/21/1880. | [[https://www.proquest.com/hnphartfordcourant/docview/554081659/BD9009ED99DC4443PQ/3?accountid=14405|CURIOSITIES OF SCIENCE: Trinity's Nucleus for a Fine Collection]], //The Hartford Courant//, 05/21/1880. |
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[[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1127&context=tablets|The Trinity Tablet]], 01/31/1880. | [[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.32643156|The Trinity Tablet]], 01/31/1880. |
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[[http://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/tablets/125|The Trinity Tablet]], 11/29/1879. | [[http://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/tablets/125|The Trinity Tablet]], 11/29/1879. |