<h2>Lovejoy Library Book Endowments</h2>
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<p>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.</p>
<p>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.<br /> Lovejoy Library currently has twenty-eight endowments worth over $500,000. Listed below are the endowments and the subject areas they support.</p>
<p><strong>Jennie L. Kaeser Library Endowment</strong><br /> General Programs & Materials</p>
<p><strong>Szczepan and Josefa Iwanska Bytner Endowment</strong><br />Slavic American Collection</p>
<p><strong>Slavic American Studies Endowment</strong><br /> Slavic American Collection</p>
<p><strong>Frank and Louise F. Strejcek Endowment</strong><br /> Slavic American Collection</p>
<p><strong>Frances Bryan Noon Abbott Memorial Endowment</strong><br />General Programs and Materials</p>
<p><strong>Paul V. Chamless Memorial Endowment</strong><br /> Rare Americana</p>
<p><strong>MMC Endowment</strong><br /> Media Materials</p>
<p><strong>Fresen Illinois History Endowment</strong><br /> Illinois History Materials</p>
<p><strong>Joseph B. Koepfli Endowment</strong><br /> Conservation & Preservation</p>
<p><strong>Irene McCleery Molloy Endowment</strong><br /> Children’s Materials</p>
<p><strong>Dick H. Mudge, Jr. Endowment</strong><br /> Lecture on Human Rights</p>
<p><strong>Betty and Raymond Spahn Endowment</strong><br /> Illinois History Materials</p>
<p><strong>John C. Abbott Library Endowment</strong><br /> Illinois History Materials</p>
<p><strong>Dorothy and Irving Dilliard Family Endowment</strong><br />General Programs & Materials</p>
<p><strong>Patricia Herscher Memorial Endowment</strong><br /> Chemistry Materials</p>
<p><strong>E. Farrington and Mary Dana Abbott Endowment</strong><br />Special Collections</p>
<p><strong>Louisa H. Bowen Endowment</strong><br /> Regional History Collection</p>
<p><strong>Richard Crowley and Frances Lillian Noon Endowment</strong><br />General Programs & Materials</p>
<p><strong>Sheila S. Stimson Endowment</strong><br /> Publications & Programs</p>
<p><strong>Mary and Donald Thompson Endowment</strong><br /> Business & Economics Materials</p>
<p><strong>Ina Peabody Sledge Endowment</strong><br /> Student Award</p>
<p><strong>LIS Faculty Endowment</strong><br /> Faculty & Professional Development</p>
<p><strong>Robert B. Campbell Endowment</strong><br /> General Programs & Materials</p>
<p><strong>Ronald E. Livingston Yarbrough Endowment</strong><br />Earth Sciences Materials</p>
<p><strong>Thomas S. and Donna Yates Bardon Endowment</strong><br />Archives & Special Collections</p>
<p><strong>Ralph & Helen Luken Endowment</strong><br /> Finance & Accounting</p>
<p><strong>George & Barbara Stevens Endowment</strong><br /> General Programs & Materials</p>
<p><strong>David & Kay Werner Endowment</strong><br /> General Programs & Materials</p>
<p>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.</p>
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