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Contents
- 1 History of the Catalog
- 2 Categories including Series and Subseries and Vinculum Categories
- 3 The Main Street Museum Catawiki
- 4 Objects as Evidence of Human Culture
- 4.1 Artifacts as Evidence of Religion; Relics and Comparitive Religious Studies
- 4.2 The American Indian
- 4.3 Evidences of Deconstruction in the Building and Construction Trades
- 4.4 Geographically Significant Artifacts; Archeology
- 4.5 Historically Significant Artifacts
- 4.6 Artificial Minerals
- 4.7 Manuscripts and Journals
- 4.8 Costumes and Clothing
- 4.9 Shoes and Feet
- 4.10 Tramps and Hobos
- 4.11 The Working World
- 5 Pet Toys
- 6 The History of Armaments and Military Technology
- 7 Sound (Audible) Artifacts
- 8 Art
- 9 Fauna; Living, or Apparently Once Living, Objects
- 9.1 Humans
- 9.2 The Ossuary; Bones
- 9.3 The Hall of North American Mammals
- 9.4 The Leroy Short Sporting and Wild Game Memorial
- 9.5 Teeth and More Teeth
- 9.6 Heads (Capitis; Verticis)
- 9.7 Specimens of (or Objects relating to) Birds of the Americas
- 9.8 Reptiles Amphibians and Serpents
- 9.9 Fish: Aquatic Living With Or Without Bones
- 10 Entomology; Insects
- 11 Flora; Living, or Apparently Once Living, Objects
- 11.1 Trees; The Animistic Perspective
- 11.2 Exotic, Tropic and Sub-tropic Vegetable Samples
- 11.3 Corn; Taxanomic Theories relevant to Zea mays
- 11.4 Flowers and Fruits
- 11.5 Vines
- 11.6 Ferns
- 11.7 Mosses and Lichens
- 11.8 Native and Non-Native Botany of Windsor County; Invasive and Non-Invasive Species of White River Junction, Vermont
- 11.9 Nuts, Pods and Seeds
- 12 Minerals; Inanimate, or Apparently Inanimate Objects
- 13 Other
- 14 Vinculum Categories
- 15 The Library Reading Room
- 16 Two Dimensional Evidence Paper; Archive Collections
- 17 References and Archive
History of the Catalog
In 1992, the varied holdings from the Museum were assembled in index cards and odd peices of notebook paper. As early as 1994 a word-processing file was assembled for the description and organization of both loaned and permanent collection items. This file was transferred to a data-base file. Both of these forays into digital collections management utilized proprietary software. Open-source code was found to be an ideal solution for a small, alternative, "close to the ground" repository. learn less
Categories including Series and Subseries and Vinculum Categories
Categories are often both overlapping (vinculum) and mutable. At the Main Street Museum they include, but are not limited to: Flora; Fauna; Exotica (geographically significant objects); Shoes and Feet (and Tiny Shoes and Feet); Fiber, Textiles and Costumes; Tangled Things; Objects Associated with Famous People; Round Things; Objects with Orifices; Bad Art; Bad Craft; Recreated Artifacts Refused by Dartmouth Realia; Amulets and Sacred Objects; Judæica; Vermontiana; Relics from the Civil War/War Between the States; and Unidentified Mammals or “Flocked Pets.”
The Main Street Museum Catawiki
Objects as Evidence of Human Culture
Artifacts as Evidence of Religion; Relics and Comparitive Religious Studies
- Religious Relics
- Judaica
- Christianity
- Associated Relics
- Sacred Utensils; Consecrated Objects designed for ceremonial Use, including amulets and charms.
- The Evil Eye
- Good Luck Charms
- Protection Charms Charms offering protection from harm.
- Evil Intent Items designed to cause harm.
- Hamsas
- Witchcraft/Paganism
- Brooms, and associated rituals
The American Indian
- Arrowheads (Suction Cups)
- Figurines
- Fragments of Things
- Technology
- Weapons, or Weapon-Like Objects
- Baskets
Evidences of Deconstruction in the Building and Construction Trades
Geographically Significant Artifacts; Archeology
Africa
The Americas
Asia
Europe
Oceana
Historically Significant Artifacts
- Secular Relics
- Objects Associated with Events
- Presidential Inaugurations
- Millenniums
- Objects Associated with Places
- Objects Associated with People, see: Notable People, below.
- Pieces of Wood
- Objects Associated with Events
- Household Items
- Objects Associated with Vermont or New Hampshire Artists
- Objets d'Art
- Office Supplies
- Pictures
- Tools
- Recreated Artifacts Denied by Dartmouth Realia
- Silt from the 1927 Flood
- Things, or Fragments of Things Once Owned by, or Associated with, Notable People—Particularly Notable Vermonters
Artificial Minerals
Manuscripts and Journals
Costumes and Clothing
Shoes and Feet
Tramps and Hobos
The Working World
- Agricultural Tools and Apparatus
- Cadillac Parts and Memorabilia
- Drugs Coffee and Aspirin, Drugs at the Workplace
- Food
- Keys
- Lithographic Prints and Signage
- Relics of the Architecture of White River Junction, Vermont
- Textile Mill Machinery and Apparatus
- The George Williston Smith Memorial
- Tools
Pet Toys
- Cat Toys
- Dog Toys
- Things that were simply chewed on by a pet (see: Categories)
The History of Armaments and Military Technology
Actual Miltary Technology
Substitutes or Stand-ins for Weaponry and Munitions
- (For World War II items see The Leroy Short Sporting and Wild Game Memorial)
The War of the Rebellion/War Between the States
The Rensselaer William Foote Memorial
- Uniforms and Journals Papers
Sound (Audible) Artifacts
- see also Sheet Music
Art
Two Dimensional Pieces
Three Dimensional Art, Sculpture
Modern Art Created By Accident (MACBA)
Elvis Aaron Presley Visual Art Amalgam
Bad Craft
Artistic Performance and Performance Related Artifacts
Magic; the Tools of the Trade
Things Left Behind by Musicians
Fauna; Living, or Apparently Once Living, Objects
Humans
The Ossuary; Bones
The Hall of North American Mammals
The Leroy Short Sporting and Wild Game Memorial
Teeth and More Teeth
Heads (Capitis; Verticis)
This will eventually become the label, and attendant subsidiary labels, delineating the marvels of the Main Street Museum's famed collection of HEADS (We use the Latin terms to distinguish between CAPITIS, the plural of Caput, or head, and VERTICIS, the plural of Vertex, or top, crown, peak, high point).
Research on this point of terminology was generously provided by Daniel Baker.
Specimens of (or Objects relating to) Birds of the Americas
- Ornithology, Bird Specimens, all types
- The Humingbird Collection
- Pigeons and Doves
- Thunderbird
Reptiles Amphibians and Serpents
Fish: Aquatic Living With Or Without Bones
- Fresh Water Specimens
- Salt Water Speimens
- Other
- Seashells
Entomology; Insects
Flora; Living, or Apparently Once Living, Objects
Trees; The Animistic Perspective
Exotic, Tropic and Sub-tropic Vegetable Samples
Corn; Taxanomic Theories relevant to Zea mays
Flowers and Fruits
Camellias, Edelweiss, Roses, Violets Unidentified Flowers and Oranges
Vines
Ferns
Mosses and Lichens
Native and Non-Native Botany of Windsor County; Invasive and Non-Invasive Species of White River Junction, Vermont
Nuts, Pods and Seeds
Minerals; Inanimate, or Apparently Inanimate Objects
- Geological Specimens; Rocks
- Soils (Loam), Silt Sand and Dirt
Other
- Corals
- Aquatic Mammalia
- Barnacle Geese
- Borametz (Lamb Tree)
Vinculum Categories
Carbon
Color as a Hysterical Reaction
Flocking; an Industrial Process
The Human Head
Oxidization
Round Things
Tangled Things
- Categories Teeth and More Teeth and especially Color as a Hysterical Reaction, Round Things and Tangled Things created by curation teams of the Robert Hull Fleming Museum, University of Vermont.
The Library Reading Room
Books
Two Dimensional Evidence Paper; Archive Collections
Lithographic Prints and Signage
Manuscripts and Letters
Photographs
Postcards
- The Harvey-Muhly Postcard and Ephemera Compendium and Taxonomy. Studies the way we categorize postcards. There are many unusual views here.
- Dellinger Postcard Album
- "Postcards from Around the World; Dan Edgar Gillingham Postcards
- South of the Border Postcards