Donations of Books and Materials to the Max Kade Institute

Donations to the library are always welcome. We are especially looking to collect:

• Books published in North America in the German language;

• Works by German-American authors whether published in the United States or Germany;

• Books published abroad and written in German that focus on German-speaking immigrants, German emigration or the Upper Midwest;

• Works published in Germany by firms who also published in America (such as Carl Hirsch and Ensslin & Laiblin);

• Primary unpublished documents such as diaries, journals, letters, or other family papers produced by German-speaking immigrants and their descendants, or which detail the experiences of such immigrants in America. Recognizing the importance of such documents to family members, the Institute accepts reproductions (such as photocopies and digital images), which can often prove as useful to researchers as the originals.

• Family histories produced by individuals interested in their German ancestry; these often reveal surprising information ranging from old recipes and traditions to the founding of towns and businesses.
  
  We endeavor to determine the best location for items that fall outside of our library's collection; for instance, textbooks or editions published in America for American students of the German language (such as those published by Heath, Henry Holt, Allyn & Bacon, Ginn and American Book Co.) are sent to the Ellis Collection at the University's Memorial Library. Other items not added to the Institute's library collection may be sent to the UW-Madison's Department of German or the UW-Madison's Memorial Library (where they may be added to the general collection or sold at their Friends of Memorial Library book sale).

Please contact the Institute's librarian at (608) 262-7546 or kkurdylo@wisc.edu with questions concerning donations.

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