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"William O. Oldman was an early 20^th century British dealer who sold many collections to museums and collectors around the world.The National Museum of the American Indian initiated a collaborative project with the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa to digitize the Oldman ledgers and make digital images accessible to the public. Te Papa has digitized five Oldman sale registers and two collection ledgers dating from 1902 to 1916. These collaborative research materials are now available for review on the Smithsonian Online Virtual Archive https://sova.si.edu/record/NMAI.RM.001?s=0&#38;n=10&#38;t=C&#38;q=William+oldman&#38;i=0 . Since the ledgers date from the early 20th century and are handwritten, they have also begun a Smithsonian Transcription Center project to have them transcribed https://transcription.si.edu/ . You can read about the project here https://si-siris.blogspot.com/2018/12/searching-for-oldman-museum.htmlAlso, here is a blog the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa posted about the project: https://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2018/12/22/help-reconnect-taonga-with-their-communities-and-history/Oldman sold many types of ethnographic art (Oceania, African, Native American), archaeology (the Americas and Europe), and European weaponry among other items so these ledgers are relevant to many types of collections. Once these ledgers are transcribed, they will be easily searchable for collectors and institution names and may provide invaluable provenance information." (Museum-L)