Contribute to Our Archive
We look for donations that meet our criteria of representing the LGBTQ+ community as well as the SWANA community. Please reach out via email about the materials you wish to donate. We do our best to cover all shipping costs. Thank you so much!
Our Appraisal Criteria
Criteria 1: Relating to the experiences of individuals of Southwest Asian and North African origin or descent, either by identity of the author, creator, or contributor. Southwest Asia and North Africa are loosely defined as the following countries: Afghanistan, Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Cyprus, Egypt, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates and Yemen.
Criteria 2: Relating to the experiences of individuals in the LGBTQ+ community, either by identity of the author, creator, or contributor. The LGBTQ+ Community is described as anyone who experiences gender or sexuality outside of the cisgender and heterosexual experience.
Criteria 3: Expresses an expansive point of view inspired by lived experience.* The purpose of the Saffron Archives is to empower LGBTQ+ SWANA people and voices. Therefore, we do not collect stories that have narrow points of view or are written from voyeuristic perspectives.
Materials We Collect
Articles and essays
Books and artists books
Buttons and pins
CDs, records, tapes, mixtapes
Comics
Diaries and memoirs
Fine art
Letters
Magazines
Newspapers, newsletters
Paintings
Pamphlets brochures, flyers
Personal papers
Photographs
Poetry
Posters
Prints
Scrapbooks and photo albums
Speeches and lectures
T-shirts and clothing
Writing
Zines
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