Donating Manuscripts and Archival Materials

General Information

The following guidelines from the Society of American Archivists offer good general information about donating records to an archival repository:

• Guide to Donating Your Personal or Family Papers to a Repository

• Guide to Donating Your Organizational Records to a Repository

Donating to Andover-Harvard Theological Library

Please contact the curator of manuscripts and archives (617.496.5153) if you are interested in donating manuscripts or archival records to Andover-Harvard Theological Library.

For information about the the library's collecting guidelines and about preparing your materials for donation, please see the following:

• Donating Faculty Papers

• Donating Unitarian Universalist Minister Papers
  (Includes UU ministers and other individuals on a selected basis)

• Donating UU Congregational Records

• Donating UU and UUSC Institutional Records

Records and personal papers are governed by terms of a legal gift agreement, contracted between Harvard University and the donor. The terms of the gift agreement are discussed and reviewed when the archival material is transferred here.