INFORMATION FOR DONORS

The Manuscripts Department welcomes donations of personal papers and corporate records to the Southern Historical Collection, General Manuscripts, and the Southern Folklife Collection. Thanks largely to gifts of materials and funds, the Department has built and is able to maintain one of the largest collections of original materials documenting the American South.

For general donation information, please contact the Manuscripts Department:

Manuscripts Department
CB# 3926, Wilson Library
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27515-8890
Telephone: 919-962-1345
FAX: 919-962-3594
Online Inquiry Form: http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/mailref.html

You may also wish to review the Manuscripts Department's annual reports for the last several years:

• FY1997/1998
• FY1998/1999
• FY1999/2000
• FY2000/2001
• FY2001/2002
• FY2002/2003
• FY2003/2004
• FY2004/2005
• FY2005/2006
• FY2006/2007
• FY2007/2008

For information about donating to the Southern Historical Collection (SHC), please see Donating Materials, the SHC's Collection Development Policy, or Financial Support.

For information about donating to the Southern Folklife Collection, please see Donations/Support.

For information about financial support for the University Archives, please see University Archives and Records Service Support.

You may wish to review a sample gift agreement or consult the list of regional appraisers.