Donations

Donations to the SFF

The Science Fiction Foundation is grateful for the donations of funds and material which it receives from time to time. This page is to say 'thank you' to the people who have contributed so generously to support our objects.

Material donated may be taken into the Collection, sold to raise funds, or donated to other organisations whose objects we support.

Donations and bequests to the SFF in 2011 include:

- Lionel 'Lan' Wright - :Lionel donated his collection of SF magazines to support the Collection. The collection was sold and the money used to enhance and preserve the Collection's holdings of sf magazines.

Donations and bequests to the SFF in 2010 include:

- David Lally - David donated £750 to support the Collection. The money will be used to digitise and preserve recordings and videos made at science fiction conventions and other public events.

- Sarah Biggs - Sarah donated a number of books to the Collection, by her deceased husband, Rob Holdstock.

- Nik Pollard - Nik donated about four thousand books and magazines. About a thousand were taken into the Collection - some individual items are shown on the Nik Pollard donation page.

- Harry Harrison - Harry donated a significant quantity of personal material, including manuscripts and correspondence.

- John Birchby - John, who died in May, bequeathed his collection of books and magazines to the SFF. About 60 books were taken into the Collection.

Donations by the SFF

From time to time the Science Fiction Foundation donates funds and material to other organisations whose objectives we support.

Donations made in 2010 include:

The University of Warwick Science Fiction and Fantasy Society - their website is at http://scifi.uwcs.co.uk/ - about 300 books to their library.

SF Outreach - about 1,000 books to the SF Outreach effort co-ordinated by James Bacon.