If you’re considering a charitable donation, many nonprofit academic and cultural institutions are actively seeking art, ephemera, and library collections for preservation and research. While the list provided below is not comprehensive, it will be continually updated. We encourage you to do your own research to find organizations that may have a particular interest in your collection.

It is highly recommended to contact these institutions directly to coordinate your donation prior to engaging appraisal services.

Dr. Laura Henkel provides expert appraisals to ensure your collection is accurately valued and thoroughly documented, allowing it to make a lasting contribution to educational and cultural enrichment.

• .Arizona Queer Archives, University of Arizona | Arizona

  • LBGTQ+ Institute

• Burlesque Hall of Fame | Nevada

• Center for Sex & Culture Library & Archive | California

• Chris Gonzales Library & Archives, Indianapolis Public Library | Indiana

• Feminist and Lesbian Periodical Collection, University of Oregon | Oregon

• Film and Television, University of California, Santa Barbara | California

• Gerber/Hart Library & Archives | Illinois

• GLBT Historical Society | California

• James C. Hormel LGBTQIA Center, San Francisco Public Library | California

  • Hormel Center Collection

• Jean-Nickolaus Tretter in GBLT Studies, University of Minnesota | Minnesota

  • Tretter Transgender Oral History Project

• John Hay, Library, Brown University | Rhode Island

  • History of the Feminist Theory Archive, Pembroke Center Archives

• June L. Mazer Archives | California

• Kinsey Institute, University of Indiana | Indiana

• Leather Archives & Museum | Illinois

• Lesbian Herstory Archives | New York

• Leslie-Lohman Museum | New York

• LGBTQ+ Collections, University of South Florida | Florida

• New York Public Library, Special Collections | New York

  • In The Life, Black Gay and Lesbian Archive, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

  • Gay and Lesbian Studies (General, The Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The Photography Collection, the Rare Books Division, the Manuscripts and Archives Division, and The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

• ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, University of Southern California | California

• Schlesinger Library, Harvard Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University | Massachusetts

• Sexual Entertainment and Economies, University of Nevada, Las Vegas | Nevada

• Sexuality Archives, Widener University | Pennsylvania

• Sexuality and Gender Library, Cornell University | New York

• Special Collections, Princeton University | New Jersey

• Special Collections, University of California, Berkeley | California

  • Gender and Women’s Studies

  • Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Studies

• Special Collections, University of California, Davis | California

• Special Collections, University of Toronto | Canada

• Special Collections, University of Victoria | Canada

  • Transgender Archives

  • Victoria Women's Movement Archives

• Special Collections, University of Washington | Washington

  • Harry Wald Collection

  • LGBTQ Collection

• Sophia Smith Collection of Women’s Studies, Smith College | Massachusetts

• Stonewall National Museum & Archives | Florida

• The History Project: Documenting LBGTQ Boston | Massachusetts