So what should you think of donating to Lisle? The focus should be on donating what will be useful for researching the organization. Therefore, materials such as identified photographs, scrapbooks, diaries and letters of those who were in Lisle programs, videos of interviews with participants, etc. Materials such as agendas and invitations are often helpful. One page recollections of your experiences are welcome. Common memorabilia like notes on napkins and nametags, is not useful for research, and probably has more relevance to your individual members than to the collection.
When you have decided on materials for submission, please contact the Mark Kinney and explain what you are suggesting for submission. He will work with you in regard to the logistics of doing so. He can be reached at mark.kinney@utoledo.edu, 989-595-3667, and 5571 Timberway Drive, PO Box 87, Presque Isle MI 49777.Should you want to see if an artifact which you have is still needed within the archive collection, please go the the Lisle website, http://www.lisleinternational.org/archives.shtml and look at the UT Archive listing there.
