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Who do I contact to donate materials?

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NEHGS, like many institutions, prefers manuscript gifts to include the transfer of any rights a donor may possess in the original material. This is requested so that NEHGS may, at its discretion, exhibit or reformat/reproduce (for preservation and/or publication) all or part of a collection in the media of our choice.

Per IRS regulations, monetary appraisals cannot be undertaken by any representative of NEHGS. All monetary appraisals will be done at the donor's expense.

Donors of manuscript or manuscript materials are asked to provide information about the collection's creator(s) or compiler(s) to assist us with cataloging.

Permanent deposits are discouraged because NEHGS must expend its limited resources towards maintaining and preserving fully donated manuscripts. In rare instances when such collections are accepted, they must be central to the acquisition policy and should have a defined limit at which time they become the property of NEHGS.

For more information on donating manuscript items, please contact:

Timothy Salls
Senior Archivist
New England Historic Genealogical Society
101 Newbury Street
Boston, MA 02116-3007
tsalls@nehgs.org
617-226-1232

For more information on donating books and other published material, please contact:

Olga Tugarina
Technical Services Assistant
New England Historic Genealogical Society
101 Newbury Street
Boston, MA 02116-3007
otugarina@nehgs.org
617-226-1228

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