Donating Records
The Central Upper Peninsula and Northern Michigan University Archives accepts collections if they meet our collection development policy and if we have the space and resources necessary to properly care for them. If we cannot take your collection, we can help you locate repositories that might be interested. If you are interested in donating your family or organizational records, please get in touch! We would love to talk to you. If you don't want to give up your family or organization's physical historical materials but want to share them with researchers, we are also happy to accept digital copies.
We are happy to talk to you about the benefits of donating your records to an archives and answer questions and concerns. You can also learn more on the Society of American Archivists' guides to donating organizational records, donating personal records, and understanding deeds of gift.
Northern Michigan University Records
The archives gladly accepts collections from faculty, staff, students, and alumni related to their time at Northern Michigan University! Photographs, scrapbooks, oral history interviews, and academic research are all welcome. We can also accept collections from organizations related to but not part of Northern Michigan University, including labor union records and student organization records.
Any official university records from academic departments or administrative offices should go to Records Management once they are no longer in active use. Records Management handles all temporary university records or records less than 25 years old. Once official university records with long-term value reach 25 years of age, they are transferred to the archives from Records Management.