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    • Support
      • Donate to the Collection
      • Financial Donations
      • Volunteer
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      • North American Resources
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      • Family Name Genealogies
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    • Requests and Fees
    • Dr. Donald G. Tritt
    • Nelly's Dolls
  • Support
    • Donate to the Collection
    • Financial Donations
    • Volunteer
  • Genealogy
    • North American Resources
    • Resources in Switzerland
    • Family Name Genealogies
    • Swiss Emigration History
  • Swiss Roots
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Swiss Center of North America

Museum Collection: What We're Looking For

  

Below is a list of items the Swiss Center would especially like to add to our collection. If you would like to inquire about donating, please contact Bekah Stauffacher at info@theswisscenter.org to discuss the donation. We cannot accept walk-in donations.


  

  1. Swiss American/Canadian photographs with historic provenance - family photos, folk costumes, travelling photos, etc.
  2. Examples of Swiss American/Canadian folk art 
  3. Items carried to North America by Swiss immigrants in the 17th, 18th, or 19th centuries
  4. Objects made or used by Swiss immigrants in North America
  5. Letters and journals of Swiss immigrants
  6. Books and periodicals that directly relate to Swiss American/Canadian history or experiences 
  7. Clothing brought or worn by immigrants
  8. Records from Swiss American/Canadian clubs, fraternal groups, churches, etc. This could include membership lists, minutes, event programs, laws of order, etc.
  9. Cheesemaking artifacts and archival materials


We are unfortunately not able to accept the following - 

  1. 20th & 21st century travel souvenirs from Switzerland
  2. 19th & 20th century family bibles

Donation Details

All donations are unconditional and unrestricted gifts to the Swiss Center of North America. For most items, the Swiss Center will require a standard Deed of Gift form that is signed and dated by the donor and Swiss Center staff. This form will transfer legal ownership of the items to the Swiss Center and will be retained as a permanent record.  


Physical transfer of the donation is the responsibility of the donor including shipping, handling, insurance or freight charges.  
 

Because it is considered a conflict of interest for archives and  libraries to make appraisals, donors who want such appraisals must hire a private disinterested third party. It is the donor's responsibility to pay for an appraisal.

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