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Donations

I would like to make a donation to the Arne Nixon Center.
 
Please contact the Henry Madden Library's Director of Development, Marcie Morrison, by E-mail to marciamo@csufresno.edu or call her at (559) 278-7177. If you prefer, you may fill out this form, and the Library staff will contact you.

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Monetary Donations

Donations to the Arne Nixon Center are used to purchase books and materials. Donations also support processing costs and help to fund publications, exhibitions, and public programs. Your tax-deductible gift to the Arne Nixon Center will help to preserve children's literature materials for generations to come. Donations are tax-deductible as allowable by law.

Current fundraising efforts focus on the purchase of a Lewis Carroll collection of 2,000 items.

Thanks go to the generous donors who have made financial contributions to the Arne Nixon Center. To view a list of current donors, click here.
 

Planned Giving

Planned giving of materials or monetary donations, by mentioning the Arne Nixon Center in your will, is another way to support the work of the Center.

Materials Donations

Gifts of appropriate books, ceramic plates, or figurines, new or used, help to enrich the collection. Materials donated to the Arne Nixon Center may be, at the discretion of the Curator, incorporated into the collection, exchanged for other materials, or otherwise disposed of as the Curator may deem proper.

The value of materials donated to the Arne Nixon Center since its opening is estimated at more than $100,000.

Thanks go to the many donors of materials and services. To list all such donations would overflow this Web site. To view a list of major donors of materials and services, click here.

Papers of Authors and Illustrators

Authors, illustrators, editors, agents, publishers, and others connected with the creation of children's literature are invited to donate books, foreign language editions, papers, manuscripts, research materials, correspondence, fan mail, E-mail, and artwork. Such materials help to document the creation, production, and marketing process for children's books.

Thanks go to the authors and illustrators, who have donated papers and artwork to the Arne Nixon Center. ( Click on  §  to view an author's Web site. )

  • Diane Iverson donated papers and original artwork.   §  
  • Stephen Mooser donated books and papers.
  • Alma Flor Ada donated papers. §

Thanks go to the authors and illustrators who have committed to future donations of their papers and artwork.