In 2000, Mapsco donated its entire archive to the University of Texas at Arlington.

Research at Salford University and donated his archive of action learning and related documents.

Paul Rudolph donated his archive, spanning his entire career, to the Library of Congress, as well as all intellectual property rights to the American people.

In 2000, Knox Burger donated his archive to the Fales Library of New York University.

In 2004, Soulas donated his archive to the Fotomuseum of the Munich Stadtmuseum.

In 2010, le Carré donated his literary archive to the Bodleian Library, Oxford.

In 2009, she donated her archive to the department of Rare Books and Special Collections at Northern Illinois University.

In 1995, Hermant donated his entire archive of Duke Street material to the Music Archives at the National Library of Canada.

In 2004 Ishimoto donated his archive of seven thousand images, valued at 1.4 billion yen, to the Museum of Art, Kochi.

(For example, Rei Kawakubo, the force behind Comme des Garcons, has recently donated her archive, which includes more than 2,000 garments.)