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The 1776 Christopher Sauer Stout Family Bible was one of the Perkasie Historical Society Museum's first conserved artifacts to be accessioned into our Past Perfect Museum Software System.
The society was fortunate to acquire the Stout Family Bible and 3 land deeds. We were excited to have them assessed, transcribed, cleaned, conserved, and preserved for future generations.
The Perkasie Historical Society acknowledged those assisting with the Stout Family artifacts with our “Blessing” fraktur created by Barry Gerhart, a local artist.
For more information on our Stout deeds, please see https://www.perkasiehistory.org/celebrating-perkasie-historical-society.html and for the Stout Family Cemetery, vist the Perkasie Historical Society (perkasiehistory.org)
Stout Land Deeds display at Perkasie Borough Hall. (Credit: Perkasie Historical Society)In 2014, the Past Perfect Museum Software System began with an assessment of options for the Perkasie Historical Society collection.
Louise Doll, with her years of data management experience, together with Judy Moyer-Pezzanite, with her Library Services insights with Linn Lisher’s technology experience, collaborated for the best path forward. Gathering best practices and bench marking experiences shared by other organizations we formulated our processes accordingly.
Items, whether they be objects, paper (archives), or published books (library), are described, photographed/scanned, and accessioned with a unique identifier.
This unique identifier represents the year of donation, the donor, and the item number. This accessioning enables management of the society’s collection and assists in planning our displays, presentations and articles.
This and more society milestones can be found on our website www.perkasiehistory.org
