What We Are Looking For
IHP Scope of the Collection: What Are We Looking For?
Please take a look at the list below for the scope of what the project can and cannot accept as a donation.
Paper Documents
- Minutes of meetings
- Personal letters
- Photos
- Newsletters
- Flyers/posters
- Interoffice communications
- Brochures/pamphlets
- Scrapbooks
- Yearbooks
- Books: with a specific connection to the donation/donor
- Magazines (local only, no national unless containing
articles about the South) - Newspapers
- Dissertations: This would also include the work, or notes for the project
- Interview transcripts
- Art: unframed
- Signage (acceptance of donation based on size and available storage space)
- Research related to the Alabama Queer community
- Art over 18×24 or framed art (conditional)
- Journals
- Certificates/awards
Items & Ephemera
- Flags
- Significant event memorabilia
- T-shirts
- Buttons/pins
- Give-a-ways/swag
- Banners
- Large textiles (dresses, costumes, etc.), clothing
- Protest signs
- Political yard signs
- Awards/trophies (sashes, medals, crowns, ribbons, plaques)
- Non-paper Materials/Promotional Materials
- Quilts/blankets
- Board games (with an LGBTQ focus)
- Signage (acceptance of donation based on
size and available storage space) - Office materials (excluding generic office supplies and electronics)
Recorded Materials*
- Tapes: Audio, Visual
- CDs
- DVDs
- Reel to reel tapes
- LPs/Vinyl
- Digital files: Audio, Video
- Oral histories
*All material in this category must be directly related to the LGBTQ community or someone/organization from the community
Exclusion List
- Furniture
- Appliances/desktop electronics
- Generic office supplies
- Items not relating directly to the LGBTQ people in the US South
- National runs of magazines or generic books (reviewed on a case by case basis and considering repository needs)