Jeanette - Personally, I won't take newspapers +/or clippings if donors want to give them to me. I tell people that with the Oklahoma Newspaper Project, all newspapers have been microfilmed and are safely stored at the State Historical Society (I believe that was a federal project). The only way newsclippings get into our collections (through me) are if they are mixed in with other donated items. If you are serious about keeping clippings, a vertical file is always handy for small donations. Or you can start a special area for just newsclippings. Then it can be stated to donors that you do collect newspaper clippings but they are kept seperately for researchers, and they are not accessioned into the regular collection area like other materials are (hopefully, that make sense.) Good-luck. {:-Deb *********************Deborah Anna Baroff, Curator of Special Collections**************** ************************Museum fo the Great Plains Lawton, OK************************ >I'm having trouble keeping up with newspaper clipping donations in my museum. > >Please tell me how you handle this type of material. > -- Registered ICC User check out http://www.usefulware.com/icc.html