Objects, photographs, documents and recordings,
kept by the Nation and shown on the Nation's terms.
Each item is entered with a title, a description, where it came from, who contributed it, and its date or era. That provenance record is permanent and is kept apart from the memories and descriptions community members add later. Neither overwrites the other.
There is no single public or private switch. Each item follows the protocol the Nation attaches to it: who may see it, in what season, at what stage of life. A member who does not qualify is told the item is held and who its custodian is.
A curator can take an item off display and bring it back. A curator cannot delete it, cannot take it, and cannot make a contributor's material public against their wishes. Restricted material is never made to look as though it does not exist.
Curators the Nation appoints add items from one page, with a photo, scan, recording or document attached. The contributor's agreement is recorded with the item. Photos are resized automatically; recordings and documents can be up to 25 MB.
A contributor may keep an item private to themselves, and may withdraw a contribution at any time without giving a reason. The Collection respects that choice ahead of any curator's.
Where an item is restricted, a member can ask its custodian for access from the item itself. The custodian decides, under the Nation's protocol, not the platform.