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Contribute to the Preservation of Milwaukee History by Donating Your Papers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The UWM Archives and Special Collections Department welcomes donation offers for the papers of individuals, families, and organizations that speak to the history of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and select topics<\/a> in the history of the Milwaukee metropolitan area. If accepted into Archives and Special Collections, your records will be preserved and shared with researchers locally and across the world along with the papers of hundreds of other people who have entrusted their papers with Archives and Special Collections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Donated materials become part of our manuscript holdings. They are preserved in our climate-controlled secure storage area; arranged, foldered, boxed, and otherwise enclosed to slow deterioration; and described in an online inventory and the UWM Libraries’ catalog to facilitate research. Researchers can consult these materials freely in the reading room during Archives and Special Collections’ open hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If your papers are not ultimately accepted into Archives and Special Collections, we may be able to advise you on another repository that would be interested in them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information, contact us<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Donated papers are frequently used by students in classes held in Archives and Special Collections, including class sessions in our active learning classroom which was partially funded with financial gifts to the department.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Show Your Support with a Gift of Rare Books and Special Printed Materials<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Our rare book and special printed materials collections are supported both by financial gifts<\/a> and by donations of materials. Donations of rare books and printed materials that are within our collecting scope<\/a> will be preserved in our secure stacks, added to the library\u2019s online catalog, and made available for students, faculty, and the general public to view in our reading room. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If your books are not ultimately accepted into our collections, we may be able to advise you on another repository that would potentially be interested in them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sustain Archives and Special Collections with a Financial Gift<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Monetary donations to Archives and Special Collections have: <\/p>\n\n\n\n