The Curran Homestead Living History Farm and Museum seeks, in addition to your charitable donations of funds to continue to fulfill its mission, the charitable donation of both agricultural and domestic artifacts (and other pertinent historical evidence) related to life on family farms in rural Maine, especially eastern Maine, in the 19th and early 20th century. This includes, but is not limited to, household items, machines, equipment (i.e., farm, dairy or similar) and tools.
Currently, we have a number of restoration projects underway, including a 1917 Ford Model T tractor conversion, which requires the replacement of missing parts and the restoration of others, so we depend on donations in order to realize the completion of an operable version of this early alternative tractor. If you have something that might assist us in realizing this project or others, or any artifacts that would further assist us in achieving more historically accurate re-enactments of farm life at the turn of the twentieth century, please feel free to contact us. We also seek building materials (both new and old) for our ongoing repair and construction projects at the farm and museum.
If you are interested in making a charitable donation, please read through our "Deed of Gift" below; this document will be completed when you make a donation, and it will include a list of the items received by The Curran Homestead, Inc. from you. After the artifacts have been transported to our facilities, the following "Deed of Gift" will be completed by us with input from you and require your eventual approval and signature; we require a copy of this signed document for our records.
In the past, we have amended the following "Deed of Gift" to ensure that donated items remain forever in the state of Maine, to serve in the preservation of its unique rural heritage. This amendment can be discussed with you. If such a a request is made this would be added to the information stated in the last paragraph of the following document and would include the following:
"The Donor’s condition for this bequest is that the above named Objects remain in the State of Maine within the collection of The Curran Homestead, Inc. until a presently unforeseen time when this nonprofit institution is forced for some presently unknown circumstance to close its doors and de-accession its entire collection. The donor requests that the above items be transferred to another solvent museum institution in the State of Maine under the same conditions at that time."
The Curran Homestead Living History Farm and Museum, P.O. Box 107 (372 Fields Pond Road), Orrington, ME 04474-0107, Tel. (207) 945-9311, (207) 356-5076 FAX: (207) 942-9914, Email: brucerbowden@hotmail.com, irv@bangorlettershop.com
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DEED OF GIFT
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Donor Name: ________________________________________________________
Address: ___________________________________________________________
Telephone: ______________________Mobile: __________________
E-mail: _____________________________________________
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Description of object(s) and appraised value (note object name here and attach further details on separate page[s])
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Donor hereby transfers and assigns without condition or restriction all rights, title, and interest free of restrictions or encumbrances in the tangible personal property listed above (the “Object”), and all rights (including trademarks and copyrights) associated with it (the “Rights”) to The Curran Homestead, Inc., Orrington, ME, for use, and Donor warrants and represents that Donor has the full power and authority to transfer the Object to The Curran Homestead, Inc., Orrington, ME.
Donor certifies that to the best of the Donor’s knowledge, the Object has not been exported from its country of origin in violation of the laws of that country in effect at the time of export, nor imported into the United States in violation of United States law and treaties.
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Accepted for The Curran Homestead, Inc.
by ……………………………………………………….Date: …………………………………....
Museum Director or Board Member
This deed of gift represents an agreement between The Curran Homestead, Inc. and the Donor(s) named on the face hereof. Any variation in the terms noted must be in writing on the face of this form and approved in writing by both parties.
Gifts to The Curran Homestead, Inc. are deductible from taxable income in accordance with provisions of federal income tax law. However, museum officials cannot, in their official capacity, give appraisals for the purpose of establishing the tax-deductible value of donated items. Evaluations must be secured by the donor at his/her/their expense. Donor signature certifies that no goods or services were received in consideration of this gift.
Limited gallery space and the policy of changing exhibitions do not allow the Museum to promise the permanent exhibition of any object. In accordance with standard museum practices The Curran Homestead, Inc. reserves the right to de-accession objects after five years from the date of their acquisition for the purpose of sale with the proceeds exclusively going to the purchase of other objects deemed necessary for the museum’s collection and its educational mission. At the time of such a course of action the original Donor will be contacted, if possible, and given first option of purchase at a fair market value -- unless the donor waives such right at the signing of this DEED OF GIFT by indicating with a signature below.
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