International Institute for Sport History
Library and Museum

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HOW TO DONATE
to the
SWIMMING ENDOWMENT
&
SWIMMING COLLECTION

The IISOH is seeking $1 million (one million Dollars) from a benefactor
in order to establish an endowment for the sport of SWIMMING.

This is a naming opportunity for the benefactor to have a perpetual identification with the sport of SWIMMING.
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 SWIMMING collections in both the Library and Museum.

The funds will be used to acquire books, posters and memorabilia such as the items illustrated below,
from every country and in every language in order to develop the most comprehensive collection in the world.
With this collection we will be able to achieve our educational and research mission to collect, preserve and promote
the history of swimming and to educate the general public about recreational and competitive swimming.

CASH DONATIONS:

Cash donations IN ANY AMOUNT are always welcome, too.
We are seeking widespread public support and encourage your participation.

Become a CHARTER MEMBER with a $25.00 donation and get a lifetime of recognition.
Read here how to Become a CHARTER MEMBER or send a donation

Read more about the endowment program here IISOH Endowment Program.

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 collectibles for the Museum. For example,
we would like to obtain every edition of The Art of Swimming by Melchesédec Thévenot (1620-1692)

THE ART OF SWIMMING; ILLUSTRATED BY PROPER FIGURES; WITH ADVICE FOR BATHING.

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:

Swimming Posters

Antique Swimming 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

Swimming-related medals, awards, trophies
Swimming commemorative medals, participation medals, badges, etc.
Swimming pins
Swimming flags, banners, advertising
Swimming-related memorabilia
Philatelic items, stamp collections, illustrated postcards on Swimming
Numismatic items, coins, exonumia with Swimming themes
Uniforms, clothing, textiles, fashions
Physical education, recreation and play equipment related to Swimming
Games, especially antique items

These lists are not comprehensive and are limited only by your imagination!
Keep in mind that Swimming is an international sport and that we seek everything,
books and posters in every language, in order to develop the most comprehensive collection
about swimming in the world. Swimming can be traced back to prehistoric times. In 1933 cave paintings
depicting swimmers were discovered in southwest Egypt and were the subject of the 1996 film The English Patient.
The ancient Greeks wrote about swimming and it can be found in other ancient works including the Bible.
Benjamin Franklin wrote about its educational benefits and considered becoming a swimming instructor.
Swimming has been a national sport in Australia where swimmers such as Dawn Fraser dominated the Olympic Games
in the 1950's and 1960's and continues to achieve excellence in every Olympic Games. Swimming is one of the
major sports in the modern Olympic Games. American artist Thomas Eakins is famous for several of his swimming
paintings.

The Institute also plans to have swimming facilities as part of the museum and expects to have both
indoor and outdoor swimming pools for both educational and research missions.

The IISOH is a Pennsylvania non-profit, educational, literary and research corporation under section 501(c)3
of the Internal Revenue Code and is organized to operate a library and museum for the history of sport,
physical education, recreation, dance, sport in art and the Olympic Games.
Donations are tax deductible.

For additional subject areas that we seek, see the list in the SUBJECTS area for endowments.
Go here to see the Subject List.

Other links to pages about the International Institute for Sport History.
Read the Articles of Incorporation here.
Read the BYLAWS here
Meet the Board of Directors here
Become a CHARTER MEMBER or send a donation now
Building Plans
Endowment Program

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 December 13, 2011
This page was updated December 17, 2011
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International Institute for Sport History Library and Museum

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HOW TO DONATE to the SWIMMING ENDOWMENT& SWIMMING COLLECTION

The IISOH is seeking $1 million (one million Dollars) from a benefactor in order to establish an endowment for the sport of SWIMMING.

CASH DONATIONS:

NON-CASH DONATIONS:

The Institute also plans to have swimming facilities as part of the museum and expects to have both indoor and outdoor swimming pools for both educational and research missions.

Contact:

International Institute for Sport History
Library and Museum

HOW TO DONATE
to the
SWIMMING ENDOWMENT
&
SWIMMING COLLECTION

The IISOH is seeking $1 million (one million Dollars) from a benefactor
in order to establish an endowment for the sport of SWIMMING.

The Institute also plans to have swimming facilities as part of the museum and expects to have both
indoor and outdoor swimming pools for both educational and research missions.