Endowment funds at Lovejoy Library provide a unique way to create a legacy. An endowment expresses clearly one's regard for education, culture, or the power of ideas and shared human discourse. 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.
A library book endowment can be established for as little as $10,000 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. Interest on the endowment provides funds annually to purchase books and materials. The endowment may be named by the donor and create wonderful and tangible legacies.
Lovejoy Library currently has twenty-eight endowments worth over $500,000. Listed below are the endowments and the subject areas they support.
Jennie L. Kaeser Library Endowment
General Programs & Materials
Szczepan and Josefa Iwanska Bytner Endowment
Slavic American Collection
Slavic American Studies Endowment
Slavic American Collection
Frank and Louise F. Strejcek Endowment
Slavic American Collection
Frances Bryan Noon Abbott Memorial Endowment
General Programs and Materials
Paul V. Chamless Memorial Endowment
Rare Americana
MMC Endowment
Media Materials
Fresen Illinois History Endowment
Illinois History Materials
Joseph B. Koepfli Endowment
Conservation & Preservation
Irene McCleery Molloy Endowment
Children’s Materials
Dick H. Mudge, Jr. Endowment
Lecture on Human Rights
Betty and Raymond Spahn Endowment
Illinois History Materials
John C. Abbott Library Endowment
Illinois History Materials
Dorothy and Irving Dilliard Family Endowment
General Programs & Materials
Patricia Herscher Memorial Endowment
Chemistry Materials
E. Farrington and Mary Dana Abbott Endowment
Special Collections
Louisa H. Bowen Endowment
Regional History Collection
Richard Crowley and Frances Lillian Noon Endowment
General Programs & Materials
Sheila S. Stimson Endowment
Publications & Programs
Mary and Donald Thompson Endowment
Business & Economics Materials
Ina Peabody Sledge Endowment
Student Award
LIS Faculty Endowment
Faculty & Professional Development
Robert B. Campbell Endowment
General Programs & Materials
Ronald E. Livingston Yarbrough Endowment
Earth Sciences Materials
Thomas S. and Donna Yates Bardon Endowment
Archives & Special Collections
Ralph & Helen Luken Endowment
Finance & Accounting
George & Barbara Stevens Endowment
General Programs & Materials
David & Kay Werner Endowment
General Programs & Materials
To contribute to an existing book endowment or for information on how to set up an endowment, please contact Lovejoy Library’s Development Office at (618) 650-2730.
