A Glossary of Archival and Records Terminology

RICHARD PEARCE-MOSES



 

deed of gift


Definition   

n. ~ An agreement transferring title to property without an exchange of monetary compensation.

Notes

Deeds of gift may be for real, personal, or intellectual property. In archives, deeds of gift frequently take the form of a contract establishing conditions governing the transfer of title to documents and specifying any restrictions on access and use.

Citations

†64 (Doyle 2001, p. 358): Statements that . . . allow for deaccessioning should be included in the deed of gift. As [Gerald] Ham notes, 'donor agreements cannot become the dead hand of the past; they must contain some option for reappraisal and deaccessioning.'

 

 


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