International Institute for Sport History
Library and Museum
How to donate to the
ROWING ENDOWMENT
&
ROWING COLLECTION
The IISOH is seeking $1 million (one million Dollars)
from a donor in order to establish an endowment for the sport of ROWING.
This is a naming opportunity for the benefactor to have a perpetual identification
with the sport of ROWING. The endowment would be named by the benefactor with the
approval of the IISOH Board of Directors.
The endowment becomes a permanent trust fund invested by the Institute with
only the quarterly earned interest being used for development of the ROWING collections
in both the Library and Museum.
For more details about the endowment program, 
please click here
CASH DONATIONS:
Cash donations IN ANY AMOUNT are always welcome --
$25 is also greatly appreciated.
The Board of Directors would like to thank all donors for their support. Every donation will be recognized
in our publications or web site pages. Donations over $250 will be honored by the Board of Directors with
an engraved brick to be placed on the patios or walkways that will surround the cafe and scultpure gardens.
Larger donations will be acknowledged with larger plaques in marble, stone or bronze and displayed on designated
walls of honor inside or outside the buildings in accordance with the instructions of the Board of Directors.
Become a Charter Member
Make a tax-deductable cash donation --
click here
NON-CASH DONATIONS:
The Library and Museum eagerly accept donations of material that are within the scope of its collections.
Collectors are encouraged to send us books, monographs, theses & dissertations, magazine and subscription collections
for the library, as well as medals, pins, torches, posters, artwork and collectables for the Museum.
LIBRARY donations:
- Material in ANY language, including but not limited to English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portugese,
Flemish, Swedish, Finnish, Danish, Norwegian, Latin, Greek, Russian, Ukrainian, Serbo-Croatian, Hebrew, Arabic, Japanese,
Chinese, Farsi, Sanskrit and dozens of others.
The scope of the collection is international and comprehensive.
- Books, Monographs, Theses & Dissertations
- Bound and unbound serials (magazines, journals, etc), Newspapers (hard copies or microfilm), Juvenile literature
- Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Reference books
- Manuscripts, Archives of organizations, Original letters of correspondance
- Maps, Ephemera (pamphlets, booklets, folders, flyers, tickets, etc).
- Miscellaneous items that do not fit into the above categories
MUSEUM donations:
- Rowing Posters
- Antique Rowing equipment
- Statuary in bronze, resin, plaster, terracotta, etc.
- Paintings, Serigraphs, Drawings, etc.
- Photographs, prints, negatives, glass plates, etc.
- Films, movies, videos, dvd's, especially older films in need of archival preservation
- Music, records, tapes, sheet music
- Graphics, 16th - 19th century lithographs & prints
- Rowing-related medals, awards, trophies
- Rowing commemorative medals, participation medals, badges, etc.
- Rowing pins
- Rowing flags, banners, advertising
- Rowing-related memorabilia
- Philatelic items, stamp collections, illustrated postcards on Rowing
- Numismatic items, coins, exonumia with Rowing themes
- Uniforms, clothing, textiles, fashions
- Physical education, recreation and play equipment related to Rowing
- Games, especially antique items
These lists are not comprehensive and are limited only by your imagination!
Keep in mind that Rowing is an international sport and that we seek everything, in every language, in order to develop the most comprehensive collection in the world. Rowing is an extremely popular at many universities in England and the Eastern United States, as well as certain European nations. It is the sport that started intercollegiate competition in the United States in the mid-19th century. It was the sport of rowing which raised the question of amateurism versus professionalism in the 19th century. A publication by William Buckingham Curtis, one of the founders of the New York Athletic Club, began the debate which resulted in the AAU and universities to accept the idea of the amateur athlete.
For additional subject areas that we seek to endow,
click here to see the entire SUBJECT list
The IISOH is a Pennsylvania Non-profit
Educational, Literary and Research Corporation
under section 501(c)3 of the Internal Revenue Code
The IISOH is organized to operate a library and museum for:
History of Sport
Physical Education
Recreation
Dance
Sport in Art
Olympic Games
Donations are tax deductable
Links to pages about the International Institute for Sport History.
Contact:
Mr. Harvey Abrams, President
International Institute for Sport History
(IISOH)
PO Box 175
State College, PA, USA 16804
email:
Olympicbks@aol.com
This page was created February 23, 2002
This page was updated December 11, 2009
This page was updated February 2, 2012