International Institute for Sport and Olympic History
Library and Museum

WRESTLING ENDOWMENT

The IISOH is seeking a minimum of $1 million (one million Dollars) from a benefactor in order to establish an endowment for the sport of WRESTLING. This is a naming opportunity for the benefactor to have a perpetual identification with the sport of WRESTLING. The endowment would be named by the benefactor with the approval of the IISOH Board of Directors. The endowment becomes a permanent trust fund invested by the Institute with only the quarterly earned interest being used for development of the WRESTLING collections in both the Library and Museum.
Cash donations IN ANY AMOUNT can also be made to the WRESTLING endowment at any time and are always welcome.

WRESTLING COLLECTION - NON-CASH DONATIONS:

The Library and Museum eagerly accept donations of material that are within the scope of its collections. Collectors are encouraged to donate books, monographs, theses & dissertations, magazine and subscription collections for the library, as well as medals, pins, torches, posters, graphic art, original artwork and collectables for the Museum. The wrestling collection includes amateur wrestling such as the folkstyles in the USA (college, high school) and other nations (Icelandic Glima, Japanese Sumo, British Cumberland & Westmoreland, etc). It also includes the wrestling forms in the ancient and modern Olympic Games, modern professional wrestling (TV & entertainment), and the latest innovations in the sport which includes women in wrestling. The mission is to develop the most comprehensive collection in the world.

LIBRARY donations:

• Material in ANY language, including but not limited to English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portugese, Flemish, Swedish, Finnish, Danish, Norwegian, Latin, Greek, Russian, Ukrainian, Serbo-Croatian, Hebrew, Arabic, Japanese, Chinese, Farsi, Sanskrit and dozens of others.
  The scope of the collection is international and comprehensive.
  
• Books
• Monographs
• Theses & Dissertations
• Bound and unbound serials (magazines, journals, etc)
• Newspapers (hard copies or microfilm)
• Juvenile literature
• Dictionaries
• Encyclopedias
• Reference books
• Manuscripts
• Archives of organizations
• Original letters of correspondance
• Maps
• Ephemera (pamphlets, booklets, folders, flyers, tickets, etc).
• Miscellaneous items that do not fit into the above categories
  

MUSEUM donations:

• Wrestling Posters
• Antique Wrestling equipment, such as ancient Greek strigils
• Statuary in bronze, resin, plaster, terracotta, etc.
• Paintings, Serigraphs, Drawings, etc.
• Photographs, prints, negatives, glass plates, etc.
• Films, movies, videos, dvd's, especially older films in need of archival preservation
• Music, records, tapes, sheet music
• Graphics, 16th - 19th century lithographs & prints
• Wrestling-related medals, awards, trophies
• Wrestling commemorative medals, participation medals, badges, etc.
• Wrestling pins
• Wrestling flags, banners, advertising
• Wrestling-related memorabilia
• Philatelic items, stamp collections, illustrated postcards on Wrestling
• Numismatic items, coins, exonumia with Wrestling themes
• Uniforms, clothing, textiles, fashions
• Physical education, recreation and play equipment related to Wrestling
• Games, especially antique items

The IISOH is a Pennsylvania non-profit, educational, literary and research corporation under section 501(c)3 of the Internal revenue Code
and is organized to operate a library and museum devoted to the History of Sport,
Physical Education, Recreation, Dance, Sport in Art and the Olympic Games.

Other links to pages about the International Institute for Sport and Olympic History.

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Read the BYLAWS here
Meet the Board of Directors here
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Building Plans
Endowment Program

Contact:
Mr. Harvey Abrams, President
International Institute for Sport and Olympic History (IISOH)
PO Box 175
State College, PA, USA 16804
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