The historic sites act (section 461) establishes a national policy to preserve for public use, historic and archeological sites, objects, and antiquities of national significance for the inspiration…

The historic sites act (section 461) establishes a national policy to preserve for public use, historic and archeological sites, objects, and antiquities of national significance for the inspiration and benefit of the people of the united states. Curating the collections with the repository allows access to the collection by both private and public enterprises and the general public. Access to the collection is used for educational purposes, inspiration, cultural resources, research, and enjoyment. Continued curation of this collection will provide improved access to this resource.1.analyze materials and records to determine what collections at weber state university (WSU) originate from bureau of reclamation (reclamation) administered lands, stabilize collections, and perform curatorial services. 2.perform an annual inventory of the collection and submit an associated report to reclamation. The annual report will include if there was any loss, theft, destruction, or damage to the collection information about use of the collection progress made in accessioning, cataloging, conserving, or otherwise caring for the collection a copy of the accession and catalog records and report the collection size (including total number of archeological objects cataloged, collection volume total number of cubic feet of the collection , and the total number of linear feet of the archives).3.maintain a current facility checklist and submit to reclamation upon reauthorization.4.review and approve requests for destructive analysis of common objects within the collection following WSU policies without notification to reclamation. However, WSU shall seek reclamation s approval of any proposal to destructively analyze rare, significant, or controversial objects within the collection.5.credit reclamation with ownership of the collection when utilized for public display or other use with the credit line: collections of the U.S. Bureau of reclamation. 6.not repatriate, mortgage, pledge, assign, exchange, give, sublet, discard or part with the collection or any other U.S. Government-owned property to a third party either directly or indirectly without the prior written or verbal permission of reclamation. In addition, not take any action whereby any of the collection of any other U.S. Government-owned property shall or may be encumbered, seized, taken in execution, sold, attached, lost, stolen, destroyed, or damaged without the prior written or verbal permission of reclamation.7.upon agreement, perform field analyses for reclamation as needed.