CASH DONATIONS:

The IISOH is seeking $1 million (one million Dollars) from a benefactor in order to establish an endowment for the sport of YACHTING & SAILING. This is a naming opportunity for the benefactor to have a perpetual identification with the sport of YACHTING & SAILING. 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 YACHTING & SAILING collections in both the Library and Museum.
Cash donations IN ANY AMOUNT are always welcome, too.

For more details about the endowment program, please click hereEndowment Program.

NON-CASH DONATIONS:

The Library and Museum eagerly accept donations of material that are within the scope of its collections. Collectors are encouraged to send us books, monographs, theses & dissertations, magazine and subscription collections for the library, as well as medals, pins, torches, posters, artwork and collectables for the Museum.

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:

• YACHTING & SAILING Posters
• Antique YACHTING & SAILING equipment
• 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
• YACHTING & SAILING-related medals, awards, trophies
• YACHTING & SAILING commemorative medals, participation medals, badges, etc.
• YACHTING & SAILING pins
• YACHTING & SAILING flags, banners, advertising
• YACHTING & SAILING-related memorabilia
• Philatelic items, stamp collections, illustrated postcards on YACHTING & SAILING
• Numismatic items, coins, exonumia with YACHTING & SAILING themes
• Uniforms, clothing, textiles, fashions
• Physical education, recreation and play equipment related to YACHTING & SAILING
• Games, especially antique items

These lists are not comprehensive and are limited only by your imagination! Keep in mind that YACHTING & SAILING is an international sport and that we seek everything, in every language, in order to develop the most comprehensive collection in the world. YACHTING & SAILING is one of man's oldest activities but the actual sport dates from the 19th century.

The Institute's long-term goal is to become the most comprehensive collection in the world, so visit us often over the next ten decades.

For additional subject areas that we seek, see the list in the SUBJECTS area for endowments.
Go here to see the Subject List.

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

Read the Articles of Incorporation here.

Read the BYLAWS here

Meet the Board of Directors here

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This page was created February 26, 2002
This page was updated September 12, 2007

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

Mr. Harvey Abrams, President
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