Unknown Ownership

CTL-E-0767 · Practice · other · unspecified

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

Orphan collections and found materials whose makers, subjects, provenance, or legal owners are unknown - blocking cataloging, digitization, and access decisions.

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from PRESERVE-001; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-PRESERVE-001:CTL-PRESERVE-E-010; source research type(s): risk. Era not present in source research record(s); marked unspecified pending human review.

Sources

University of Delaware Library, 'Curating Hidden Collections & the Black Archive: Project Seminar | The Baltimore Collection' — https://sites.udel.edu/baltimorecollection/curating-hidden-collections-the-black-archive/ (primary source)
See poor_metadata entry: Teenie Harris archive (primary source)
NPR/KRPS, 'How Shorefront Legacy Center saves Black history from a church basement in Evanston' (Sept 19, 2026) — https://www.krps.org/2026-09-19/how-shorefront-legacy-center-saves-black-history-from-a-church-basement-in-evanston

Record CTL-E-0767 · CultureTechLens Knowledge Graph · evidence grade: PROVISIONAL · 3 sources (2 primary) · CTL research: PRESERVE-001.
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