Special Collections

Donations of Books and Media

Special Collections welcomes donations of books, art, multimedia, archival materials, and realia that further its mission. 

To inquire about donating materials, please send a list of items along with photographs to ddiasdefazio @ jcu.edu. 

Because of Special Collections’ limited storage and preservation resources, we are unfortunately not able to accept all in-kind offers of gifts. We make every effort to accept only items that are directly related to existing collections, or which can demonstrably provide theological, historical, cultural, literary, philosophical, psychological or sociological perspectives for understanding the mission and history of John Carroll University. We accept gifts with the intention of adding unique materials not already available to researchers, and with a commitment to the time, effort and funds required to preserve them, and provide access through cataloging and archival processing. We regret that we cannot accept unsolicited donations without prior correspondence.