I can definitely see the daunting aspects of archival donations involving a large body of material, and clearly you've made the choice that's right for you.
As to the matter of tax deductions, I think it's worth amplifying the key point I gleaned from Ms. Thomas' article: the rules for the creators of the material involved are evidently different than those that would apply in the larger collectors' or academic marketplace. (Or at least, such was the case in 2011, when the piece was written. One would hope that the lobbying efforts Ms. Thomas mentions are continuing to move forward, because that is, to my mind, patently unfair.) I had not previously realized this, and it clearly does make a difference in the calculus.
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Date: 2014-07-25 06:49 pm (UTC)As to the matter of tax deductions, I think it's worth amplifying the key point I gleaned from Ms. Thomas' article: the rules for the creators of the material involved are evidently different than those that would apply in the larger collectors' or academic marketplace. (Or at least, such was the case in 2011, when the piece was written. One would hope that the lobbying efforts Ms. Thomas mentions are continuing to move forward, because that is, to my mind, patently unfair.) I had not previously realized this, and it clearly does make a difference in the calculus.