McKinley Document Campaign
WE HAVE RAISED ENOUGH MONEY!!
We have received checks in person this week, which has brought us up to our goal! If you would still like to donate, we are leaving this campaign open for a few days. Any funds raised above and beyond our goal are going into a brand new acquisitions fund so we will have a little bit of money when an opportunity like this presents itself.
THANK YOU to all of our donors! We could not have done this without you. Stay tuned to find out when the document will be on view!
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William McKinley’s handwritten application for a life insurance policy dated July 30, 1896, recently became available for sale. The Museum would like to acquire this for our permanent collection, but we do not have the funds to purchase it ourselves. We are hoping that a crowd sourced campaign will help us bring this rare and unique document home to Canton, where it belongs.
In addition to McKinley’s answers to basic health questions, the document includes information about the causes of death of the family members that predeceased him. The date of the policy indicates that McKinley was the Republican nominee, but was not yet elected president.
No donation is too small! Help us purchase this document so we can preserve it for the future and share it with generations to come.
(FYI, the McKinley Presidential Library & Museum's legal identity is the Stark County Historical Society, which is what our 501c3 is filed as. That's why the funds are listed for SCHS and not MPL&M.)
View the document here 
