Donors and archives : a guidebook for successful programs / Aaron D. Purcell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Purcell, Aaron D., 1972- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Archives--Collection management--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Archives.

Archival materials--Collectors and collecting--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Archival materials.

Manuscripts--Collectors and collecting--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Manuscripts.

Appraisal of archival materials--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Appraisal of archival materials.

Archives--Public relations.

Fund raising.

Benefactors.

Gifts.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (239 pages)

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, 2015.

Summary:

"Donors and Archives: A Guidebook for Successful Programs highlights the importance of development and fundraising for archives, while focusing on the donor and potential donor. Their interest, their support, their enthusiasm, and their stuff are vital to the success of archival programs. Archivists involved in donor work and fundraising will find the practical advice and best practices in this book applicable, replicable, timely, and valuable"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

PART I. THE PLANNING

Donor preparedness and the archival program

Archival obligations and shared expectations

Developing donor strategies

PART II. THE PROCESS

Negotiating and reviewing a potential donation

The details of a donation

The days following a donation

PART III. THE PARTNERS

Donor types

The development office and the archives

Friends, lovers, and supporters of archives

PART IV. THE PAYOFF

The value of a donor program.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

979-82-16-23715-0

0-8108-9323-1

0-8108-9218-9