Initial Contact

If you are interested in making a gift of material to the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, please first contact by telephone, U.S. mail, or electronic mail the Library staff member below whose expertise most closely matches the subject matter of your potential gift. Providing a description and/or listing of the item or collection under consideration is very helpful. Information on quantity and condition of material is useful. For printed items, providing us with the author, title, date, publisher or printer, and place of publication is also helpful.

• The John Hope Franklin Research Center for African and African American History and Culture
  Karen Jean Hunt, Director
  919-660-5922
  k.j.hunt@duke.edu

• Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture
  Laura Micham, Director
  laura.m@duke.edu
  919-660-5828
  cwhc@duke.edu

• John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising, and Marketing History
  Jacqueline Reid, Director
  919-660-5836
  j.reid@duke.edu

• History of Economic Thought, Documentary Photography
  Robert L. Byrd, Director, Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library
  919-660-5820
  robert.byrd@duke.edu

• Southern History and Culture, American Literature, Religion, and all other Subject Areas
  J. Andrew Armacost, Collection Development Librarian
  919-660-5835
  andrew.armacost@duke.edu

• Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library
  Duke University
  Box 90185
  Durham, NC 27708-0185
  919-660-5820
  special-collections@duke.edu

Library staff will work with you to determine whether your proposed gift is a good fit for the RBMSCL's collections. This process may involve an examination of the materials offered.