Art Provenance and Claims Records and Research

Descriptive List of Key Records

Miscellaneous Property Reports

(a)
Record Group & Series: Records of the U.S. Occupation Headquarters, World War II (RG 260); Office of the Military Government, U.S. Zone (Germanay) (OMGUS); Property Division; Records Concerning the Central Collecting Points (“Ardelia Hall Collection”); Miscellaneous Property Reports; Miscellaneous Property Cards, 1945–1947 (A1, Entry 524).

Description: Cards showing such information as name of town or locality, name of the repository, name or type of object, and final disposition. Arranged alphabetically by locality.

This series is available on NARA Microfilm Publication M1940, Roll 1.

(b)
Record Group & Series: Records of the U.S. Occupation Headquarters, World War II (RG 260); Office of the Military Government, U.S. Zone (Germanay) (OMGUS); Property Division; Records Concerning the Central Collecting Points (“Ardelia Hall Collection”); Miscellaneous Property Reports; Property Cards Relating to Evacuated Repositories, 1945–1948 (A1, Entry 525).

Description: Cards showing such information as the name of locality, presumed owner, process of notification, notifier, custodian of the object, status of the investigation, results of the investigation, and title of report providing final disposition. Arranged by country and thereunder by locality.

This series is available on NARA Microfilm Publication M1940, Rolls 2–4.

(c)
Record Group & Series: Records of the U.S. Occupation Headquarters, World War II (RG 260); Office of the Military Government, U.S. Zone (Germanay) (OMGUS); Property Division; Records Concerning the Central Collecting Points (“Ardelia Hall Collection”); Miscellaneous Property Reports;, Records Relating to Repositories of Looted Cultural Objects, 1945 (A1, Entry 526).

Description: Single-sided index cards showing the name of the locality, a description of the locality, and listing of cultural objects. Arranged alphabetically by locality.

This series is available on NARA Microfilm Publication M1940, Roll 5.