<h2>Book Endowments<br /></h2> <table bgcolor="#ffffff" border="1" width="100%" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="5"> <tr> <td> <p align="center"><img height="103" border="0" width="99" alt="" src="/id0904f67a80234d29" /></p> </td> </tr> </table> <p>Endowment funds at Lovejoy Library provide a unique way to create a legacy.&nbsp; An endowment expresses clearly one's regard for education, culture, or the power of ideas and shared human discourse.&nbsp; Endowments also reflect their donors through the designation of a fund's use for specific subject areas. In a community of learning such as Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, library endowment funds free many minds and afford donors a vital and never-ending role in the dynamic exchange of ideas that shape our world.</p> <p>A library endowment can be established for as little as $15,000 or one may contribute to the principal of an existing endowment that supports a subject area of your interest, for example, Illinois History, Rare Books, Chemistry, Business, etc.&nbsp; Interest on the endowment provides funds annually to purchase books and materials.&nbsp; The endowment may be named by the donor and will create wonderful and tangible legacies. Lovejoy Library currently has thirty one endowments worth over $800,000.&nbsp; Listed below are the endowments and the subject areas they support.&nbsp; For information on how to establish or contribute to an existing endowment please e-mail <a href="mail to:kymoore@siue.edu">kymoore@siue.edu</a></p> <dl> <dd> <table bgcolor="#ffffff" border="1" width="100%" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="2"> <tr> <td valign="middle" width="615"> <p align="center"><strong>Jennie L. Kaeser Library Endowment</strong></p> </td> <td valign="middle" width="614"> <p align="center"><strong>General Programs and Materials</strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="middle" width="615"> <p align="center"><strong>Szczepan and Josefa Iwanska Bytner Endowment</strong></p> </td> <td valign="middle" width="614"> <p align="center"><strong>Slavic American Studies</strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="middle" width="615"> <p align="center"><strong>Slavic American Studies Endowment</strong></p> </td> <td valign="middle" width="614"> <p align="center"><strong>Slavic American Studies</strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="middle" width="615"> <p align="center"><strong>Frank and Louise F. Strejcek Endowment</strong></p> </td> <td valign="middle" width="614"> <p align="center"><strong>Slavic American Studies</strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="middle" width="615"> <p align="center"><strong>Frances Bryan Noon Abbott Endowment</strong></p> </td> <td valign="middle" width="614"> <p align="center"><strong>General Programs and Materials</strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="middle" width="615"> <p align="center"><strong>Paul V. Chamless Memorial Endowment</strong></p> </td> <td valign="middle" width="614"> <p align="center"><strong>Rare Americana</strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="middle" width="615"> <p align="center"><strong>MMC Endowment</strong></p> </td> <td valign="middle" width="614"> <p align="center"><strong>Media Materials</strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="middle" width="615"> <p align="center"><strong>Fresen Illinois History Endowment</strong></p> </td> <td valign="middle" width="614"> <p align="center"><strong>Illinois History Materials</strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="middle" width="615"> <p align="center"><strong>Joseph B. Koepfli Endowment</strong></p> </td> <td valign="middle" width="614"> <p align="center"><strong>Conservation and Preservation</strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="middle" width="615"> <p align="center"><strong>Irene McCleery Molloy Endowment</strong></p> </td> <td valign="middle" width="614"> <p align="center"><strong>Children's Materials</strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="middle" width="615"> <p align="center"><strong>Dick H. Mudge, Jr. Endowment</strong></p> </td> <td valign="middle" width="614"> <p align="center"><strong>Lecture on Human Rights</strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="middle" width="615"> <p align="center"><strong>Betty and Raymond Spahn Endowment</strong></p> </td> <td valign="middle" width="614"> <p align="center"><strong>Illinois History Materials</strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="middle" width="615"> <p align="center"><strong>John C. Abbott Library Endowment</strong></p> </td> <td valign="middle" width="614"> <p align="center"><strong>Illinois History Materials</strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="middle" width="615"> <p align="center"><strong>Dorothy and Irving Dilliard Family Endowment</strong></p> </td> <td valign="middle" width="614"> <p align="center"><strong>General Programs and Materials</strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="middle" width="615"> <p align="center"><strong>Patricia Herscher Memorial Endowment</strong></p> </td> <td valign="middle" width="614"> <p align="center"><strong>Chemistry Materials</strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="middle" width="615"> <p align="center"><strong>E. Farrington and Mary Dana Abbott Endowment</strong></p> </td> <td valign="middle" width="614"> <p align="center"><strong>Special Collections</strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="middle" width="615"> <p align="center"><strong>Louisa H. Bowen Endowment</strong></p> </td> <td valign="middle" width="614"> <p align="center"><strong>Regional History Collection</strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="middle" width="615"> <p align="center"><strong>Richard Crowley and Frances Lillian Noon Endowment</strong></p> </td> <td valign="middle" width="614"> <p align="center"><strong>General Programs and Materials</strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="middle" width="615"> <p align="center"><strong>Sheila S. Stimson Endowment</strong></p> </td> <td valign="middle" width="614"> <p align="center"><strong>Publications and Programs</strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="middle" width="615"> <p align="center"><strong>Mary and Donald Thompson Endowment</strong></p> </td> <td valign="middle" width="614"> <p align="center"><strong>Business and Economics Materials</strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="middle" width="615"> <p align="center"><strong>Ina Peabody Sledge Endowment</strong></p> </td> <td valign="middle" width="614"> <p align="center"><strong>Student Award</strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="middle" width="615"> <p align="center"><strong>LIS Faculty Endowment</strong></p> </td> <td valign="middle" width="614"> <p align="center"><strong>Faculty and Professional Development</strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="middle" width="615"> <p align="center"><strong>Robert B. Campbell Endowment</strong></p> </td> <td valign="middle" width="614"> <p align="center"><strong>General Programs and Materials</strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="middle" width="615"> <p align="center"><strong>Ronald E. Livingston Yarbrough Endowment</strong></p> </td> <td valign="middle" width="614"> <p align="center"><strong>Earth Sciences Materials</strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="middle" width="615"> <p align="center"><strong>Thomas S. and Donna Yates Bardon Endowment</strong></p> </td> <td valign="middle" width="614"> <p align="center"><strong>Archives and Special Collections</strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="middle" width="615"> <p align="center"><strong>Ralph and Helen Luken Endowment</strong></p> </td> <td valign="middle" width="614"> <p align="center"><strong>Finance and Accounting Materials</strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="middle" width="615"> <p align="center"><strong>George and Barbara Stevens Endowment</strong></p> </td> <td valign="middle" width="614"> <p align="center"><strong>General Programs and Materials</strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="middle" width="615"> <p align="center"><strong>David and Kay Werner Endowment</strong></p> </td> <td valign="middle" width="614"> <p align="center"><strong>General Programs and Materials</strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="middle" width="615"> <p align="center"><strong>Rose Marie Powers Somraty Yarbrough Endowment</strong></p> </td> <td valign="middle" width="614"> <p align="center"><strong>Archives and Special Collections</strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="middle" width="615"> <p align="center"><strong>William M. and Hilda C. Gent Endowment</strong></p> </td> <td valign="middle" width="614"> <p align="center"><strong>Scholarship and General Programs and Materials</strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="615"> <p align="center"><strong>Harry W. and Marie C. Kerber Endowment</strong></p> </td> <td width="614"> <p align="center"><strong>Archives and Special Collections</strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="615"> <p align="center"><strong>Constance Ann Denue Memorial Endowment</strong></p> </td> <td width="614"> <p align="center"><strong>History, Geography &amp; Anthropology Materials</strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="615"> <p align="center"><strong>Gene Bernard High School Writers' Contest Endowment</strong></p> </td> <td width="614"> <p align="center"><strong>High School Writers' Contest</strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="615"> <p align="center"><strong>Florence Kasiske Lovejoy Library Endowment</strong></p> </td> <td width="614"> <p align="center"><strong>Collections</strong></p> </td> </tr> </table> </dd> </dl>