I thought I’d just give an update on where we’re at since the donations moratorium was lifted by SMT at the beginning of last year, as Erin has recently had a couple of questions about this.

Erin and I have been assessing archive collections offered during the moratorium from 2014-2018. Two collections that had prior agreements for donation have been accepted for the collection. An addition to the Peter Beaven architectural drawings collection arrived in January, and the Peace Collection archives of Kate Dewes, documenting anti-nuclear campaigning in the Pacific is scheduled to arrive in April.

The remaining 66 donation offers are being reviewed in preparation for convening an Archives Acquisition Advisory Group.  Many more collections are offered than are able to be accepted, and the Advisory Group will assist us in making these difficult decisions. We haven’t actively promoted the lifting of the moratorium as we want to avoid raising expectations and becoming overwhelmed by offers of material that we can’t take in.