Endowments
Endowment funds provide a valuable opportunity to invest in the future of higher education. Each fund serves as a permanent financial resource that generates annual income for a designated purpose. In this way, donors create a living legacy that spans generations. Library endowment funds are established with gifts of $25,000 or more, payable over a five-year period. The income is used according to the wishes of the donor and typically benefits a specific Library collection, program, or service. If you have questions about—or want to establish—an endowment fund, please contact the Library’s Office of Advancement.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center Fund
To support the Agricultural Communications Documentation Center
Agriculture and Home Economics Class of 1941 Endowment Fund
To provide unrestricted support for the Agricultural, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences (ACES) Library
Donald and Marilyn M. Ainsworth Fund In Memory of Carolyn Smith Ainsworth
To provide support for the History, Philosophy, and Newspaper Library
Donald and Marilyn M. Ainsworth Library Endowment
To support the University Archives for Intercollegiate Athletics and Sports Information
Waco W. and Betty Jean Albert Fund
To support the Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine Libraries
Felix Albrecht Memorial Fund for The Mathematics Library
For the acquisition of books and/or journals or their electronic equivalents for the Mathematics Library
Nancy D. Anderson Mathematics Library Endowment Fund
Matching gift fund to benefit the Mathematics Library
Winfield S. and Evalene K. Angus Endowment Fund
To support the University Library’s collections, programs, and services
An Anonymous Fund From Generous Library Friends
To support the Mathematics and Physics Libraries
James W. and Beth L. Armsey Library Fund
To benefit the Library Fund for the purchasing of new printed books for the College of Communications Library and the History and Philosophy Library for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Dorothy C. Armstrong Library Endowment Fund
To support the Rare Book and Manuscript Library (RBML)
Allen and Elaine Avner Endowed Professorship in Interdisciplinary Research Fund
To support a named professorship in the University Library to be known as the “Allen and Elaine Avner Endowed Professorship in Interdisciplinary Research”
Richard Allen Avner and Elaine S. Avner Library Endowment Fund
For the acquisition, access, and preservation of Judaica materials and machine-searchable databases for University Libraries and the Illinois Historical Survey
Harold E. and Margaret K. Balbach Fund
To support the Biology Library
Lyle E. and Lois R. Bamber Fund
To support the Biology Library
Rose D. Briem/Lita J. Bane Library Endowment Fund
For environmental sciences materials in the Biology Library
Jayne W. Barnard Ricker Library of Architecture and Art Fund
To support acquisitions in the Ricker Library
Andrew Barr World War II Archives Fund
For acquisition, processing, exhibition, conservation, and reference use of the Third Armored Division Association Archives in the University Archives
Russel E. Benway Endowment Fund
To provide unrestricted support for the University Library
Berthold Family Endowed Professorship in Information Access and Discovery Fund
To support a named professorship in the Library
Eugene P. Bertin Fund
To provide unrestricted support for the Chemistry Library
Arthur E. Biallas Memorial Library Endowment Fund
To support the acquisition of materials related to the preservation of historic buildings and other structures and American architectural history in the Ricker Library of Architecture and Art
Mary Kathryn Bieniecki Memorial Endowment Fund
To support the School Collection of literature for children and young adults in the Education and Social Science Library
Paul E. Bierley Sousa Research and Preservation Endowment Fund
To support ongoing research in and access to the John Philip Sousa collections in the Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
Biology Library Endowment Fund
To support the Biology Library
Donald L. and Maryann D. Bitzer Endowment Fund
For the acquisition and preservation of Library materials and equipment
Donald L. and Maryann D. Bitzer Grainger Engineering Library Information Center Endowment Fund
To support state-of-the-art information services at the Grainger Engineering Library
Robert O. Blissard Endowment Fund
To support the Library Annual Fund, the Carl Sandburg Collection in memory of his parents Frances E. and Rollin P. Blissard, and the Gene Rinkel/H.G. Wells Acquisition Fund
John K. Bouseman Natural History Survey Library Endowment Fund
To support acquisitions that serve the research of the Illinois Natural History Survey
J. Marshall and Emily J. Brannon Endowment Fund
For the purchase of books, periodicals, and other resources in the Agriculture Library
Roderick P. C. Caldwell Memorial Endowment Fund
To support the Mathematics Library
Winifred A. Caldwell Endowment Fund
For the acquisition of materials for the Rare Book and Manuscript Library (RBML)
Dorothy Carmichael Dilorio Fund
For the acquisition of books and materials for the Undergraduate Library
Robert D. Carmichael Memorial Collection Endowment Fund
For the purchase of rare mathematics volumes
Brent Reed Centlivre Endowment Fund
To support the Library Friends Endowment Fund
David C. Chang Library Endowment Fund
For the acquisition of materials relating to East Asia
Chemistry Library Endowment Fund
To support the Chemistry Library
Marianna Tax Choldin and Harvey M. Choldin Endowment Fund
To support the activities of the Mortenson Center for International Library Programs
Nancy K. Clark Library Endowment Fund
To enhance and promote preservation and conservation efforts of paper-based collections in the University Library
Clifford Family Library Endowment Fund
To support the History, Philosophy, and Newspaper Library
Otto and Marlys Coelln Fund for the Preservation of Communications and Media Library Materials
For the preservation of library materials and collections pertaining to communications, advertising, and media, such as radio, newspaper, television, and telecommunications
Bruce C. Creamer Fund
To provide unrestricted support for the Illinois Historical Survey
Terrence M. Deneen Library Endowment Fund
To support public engagement programming, exhibits, speakers, and staff support to process or conserve literary manuscripts and archival collections in the Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Dr. Mary Ann Diller Endowment Fund
To provide unrestricted support for the University Library
Gaylord and Dorothy R. Donnelly Endowment Fund
To support the Reference Library
Charles E. and Esther P. Duncan Commerce Library Fund
To provide unrestricted support for the Commerce Library
Paul B. Dusenberry Library Endowment Fund
To support the Grainger Engineering Library
Robert O. Endres Endowment Fund
To create the Robert O. Endres Library Professorship in Cinema Studies and provide unrestricted support to the Cinema Studies Collection, including student support
Engineering Library Endowment Fund
To support the Engineering Library
Phyllis B. Erwin Library Endowment Fund
For the acquisition of rare books
Fessler Family University Library Endowment Fund
To enhance the collection and resources related to sport at the University Library to more fully support students, faculty, Illini athletes, and Olympians
Ralph T. and Ruth M. Fisher Library Endowment Fund
To support the Slavic and East European Library
Guy C. Fraker Endowed Library Fund
To provide ongoing support for the Illinois History and Lincoln Collections and the Albert E. Jenner Jr. Memorial Law Library
Arden Earl French Memorial Endowment Fund
To support the Grainger Engineering Library and Information Center
James E. and Sue E. Freytag Library Endowment Fund
To support the Isaac Funk Family Library for Agricultural, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences (ACES) and the Social Sciences, Health, and Education Library (SSHEL)
Gee-Jackson Library Fund
For the purchase of rare books
Geology Library Fund
Established by Harriet E. Wallace to benefit the Geology Library
James B. and Emily J. Gillespie Fund
To support the University Library’s collections, programs, and services
Dorothea H. Gilpin Rare Book and Manuscript Library Fund
To support the Rare Book and Manuscript Library
James M. and Mary Marsh Givens Endowment Fund
For materials relating to Charles Dickens and Dickensiana
Tracey K. Glancy Endowment Fund
To support the University Library
E. Kenneth Gray Fund
For rare books and collections as first priority, with second priority for unrestricted support
Suzanne N. Griffiths Endowment Fund
For the purchase and binding of Pure Bred Dog/American Kennel Gazette and the acquisition of books printed by small private presses
Albert and Mariella Guttenberg Gift Fund
To support the University Library
Albert and Mariella Guttenberg Endowment Fund
To provide unrestricted support for the University Library
Alan M. and Phyllis W. Hallene Library Endowment Fund
Unrestricted support for the Library and the acquisition of the 10-millionth volume
Thomas N. and Marion R. Harvey Endowment Fund
For unrestricted use by the Grainger Engineering Library and Information Center
Kenneth B. and Ruth D. Henderson Fund
To support the acquisitions, programs, and services of the University Library
Reverend Professor Dom Bennett Hill OSB Memorial Library Fund
To support outreach, social, and other promotional activities to enhance and further the excellence of the University Library
Mark H. Hindsley Fund
To preserve, maintain, research, secure, store, and display the Mark H. Hindsley Papers in the Sousa Archives for Band Research
W.P. and Joan MacFarlane Hood University Library Endowment Fund
To support acquisitions, exhibitions and their communications materials in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library (RBML)
Harlan H. and Henrietta C. Horner Endowment Fund
For maintenance and augmentation of the Lincoln Collection
William R. and Annie Laurie Horsfall Fund
To benefit the University Library
Chester W. and Nadine C. Houston Endowment Fund II
To provide unrestricted support for the University Library
Chester W. and Nadine C. Houston Biology Library Endowment Fund
To support the Biology Library
Stewart S. Howe Archival Endowment Fund
To support collections in the University Archives dealing with student life and culture, particularly the Stewart S. Howe Collection
William G. and Joyce F. Huber Veterinary Medicine Library Endowment Fund
For the purchase of print materials to support teaching, research, and public service in the College of Veterinary Medicine
Robert L. Huck Library Endowment Fund
To support the American Colonial History Collection
Valencia F. Huson and R. Jane Scott Band and Music Audiovisual Preservation Endowment Fund
To support the long-term preservation and curatorial care of the band music sound recordings and moving-imagery collections in the Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
Ernest Ingold Shakespeare Fund
For the growth and maintenance of the Shakespeare collection
Robert M. Jones Library Endowment Fund
To support cinema studies resources in the University Library
Elijah Jordan Memorial Philosophy Collection Fund
To purchase books in the field of philosophy
J. Christopher and Robin N. Kaler Endowment Fund
To provide unrestricted support for the University Library
Paula T. Kaufman Endowment Fund
To provide unrestricted support for the University Library
George B. and Helen L. Keck Endowment for The University Library Fund
To support the University Library
James J. Kessler Jr. Endowment Fund
To provide unrestricted support to the Grainger Engineering Library Information Center
Lawrence Stanford King Graduate Assistantship In The Music Library Endowment Fund
To provide funds for a graduate assistant in the Music Library to process the Lawrence S. King Music Collection as the first priority
David Kinley Memorial Fund for The Classics
To purchase, preserve, and conserve materials for the classics
Francis J. Koenig Library Endowment Fund
To enhance the collections of the Rare Book and Special Collections Library
Louis W. Kosiba and Cosette Kosiba Library Endowment
To support the acquisition, maintenance, and preservation of collections and to enhance and promote the excellence of the University Library
Steven, Marla, and Ross Krause Library Endowment Fund
To defray the costs of renovating the Communications Library
Gene R. Kritsky Gift Fund
For maintenance of the Charles Darwin Photos and Memorabilia in the Rare Book and Special Collections Library
Kenneth J. Krynicki Endowment Fund
To provide unrestricted support for the University Library
R.J. “Rusty” Laible Endowment Fund
To support the agricultural collections and services of the Isaac Funk Family Library for Agricultural, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences (ACES)
Jon and Jo Ann Laible Library Conservation Laboratory Fund
To support an undergraduate internship in the Library Conservation Laboratory
Lambda Literature Library Endowment Fund
To support the gay literature collection
Richard M. Lawrence Chemistry Library Endowment Fund
To benefit the Chemistry Library Endowment Fund, which was established on November 28, 1990
Virginia Lee Fund
To provide unrestricted support for the University Library
Vern E. and Trudy K. Lewis Library Endowment Fund
To provide unrestricted support for the University Library
Library Acquisition Endowment Fund
For the purchase of materials by the University Library
Library Friends Endowment Fund
To support the University Library’s collections
Charles and Millicent Marshall Library Endowment Fund
To support the University Library’s collections, programs, and services
Edith McConochie Rare Book & Manuscript Library Memorial Endowment Fund
To support the Rare Book & Manuscript Library in loving memory of Jean McConochie’s grandmother, Edith Fitzpatrick McConochie
Barbara H. Mcmurtry-noel Library Endowment Fund
For the acquisition of books, music, and research materials for the Music Library
Donna McPherson Library Endowment Fund
To provide unrestricted support for the University Library
Robert and Kay Merrick Family Endowment Fund
To support Library programs and services which further the excellence of the University that lack funding from other sources
Janet W. Meyer Friends of The Library Fund
To support the University Library’s collections, programs, and services
Peter A. and Sharon D. Michalove Endowment Fund
For the acquisition of books, periodicals, and other appropriate resources and learning/study materials on the subject of medieval history for the History, Philosophy, and Newspaper Library (HPNL)
Larry and Mary Miller Endowment Fund
To support the “Ralph Fisher Professorship” and the Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Collections
Reid T. Milner and Marjorie P. Milner Library Endowment Fund
To support the University Library’s collections, programs, and services
Marion Morse Wood Fund
To support the University Library
Walter and Gerda B. Mortenson Center for International Library Programs Endowment Fund
To support programs established through the Mortenson Distinguished Professorship for International Library programs
Walter and Gerda B. Mortenson Distinguished Professorship for International Library Programs
For the promotion of international education, understanding, and peace through library programs
C. Barber Mueller Library Exhibition Endowment Fund
To support exhibitions in the University Library
NEH Challenge Grant Endowment Fund
For the acquisition, preservation, and bibliographic control of humanities-related materials
Albert H. Nemoede Library Endowment Fund
To support the Ricker Library of Architecture and Art
Mardell J. O’Brien and Larry C. Johnson Endowment Fund
To support the Classics Library
Dr. Patricia J. O’Brien Endowed Fund
To support anthropology collections and services in the University Library
Kenneth and Florence C. Oberholtzer Endowment Fund
To support the University Library with first priority for the Agriculture Library
Beulah Stewart Oleson Library Endowment Fund
To purchase books for the University Library’s collections
Irma Eunice Olson Library Endowment Fund
For the acquisition, preservation, and bibliographic control of humanities-related materials
Roy Lewis Ostrom Memorial Library Fund
To support student employees at the University Library
Jesse L. and Mary Ann Owens Library Fund
To support the maintenance, acquisition, and enhancement of collections in the University Library, as well as other Library activities and programs which increase excellence at the University
George and Sarah Patterson Pagels Library Endowment Fund
For the acquisition, preservation, and bibliographic control of humanities-related materials
Parapsychology and Occultism Endowment Fund
For books and publications in the broad areas of parapsychology and occultism
Alan C. Parsons Endowment Fund
To provide unrestricted support for the University Library
Robert J. and Dianne M. Patterson, Jr. University Library Fund
To provide unrestricted support for the Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Anthony J. Petullo Endowed Library Fund
To support the Ricker Library for the acquisition and preservation of collection materials in the area of fine arts
Barbara Lynn Pflaum Memorial Endowment Fund
For acquisitions in the natural sciences
Keith R. and Karen H. Phelps Endowment Fund
To provide unrestricted support for the University Library
Stanley H. Pierce Memorial Library Fund
For the purchase of books for the Engineering Library
Professor Richard S. Powers and Dr. Jane T. Kuntz Endowment Fund
To support the acquisition of library materials
Roger E. Puta Library Endowment Fund
For the acquisition, preservation, and bibliographic control of humanities-related materials
Rare Book & Manuscript Library In Memory of Richard D. Jonson, General Engineering – 1956, Fund
To provide unrestricted support for the Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Ernest J. Reece Endowment Fund
To support the Library and Information Science Library
Cordelia Reed Library Endowment Fund
For the acquisition, preservation, and bibliographic control of humanities-related materials
Helen M. Reynolds Endowment Fund
For the enrichment of the Library in the fields of art or architecture
Dick and Trudy Reynolds Grainger Engineering Library and Information Center Fund
To provide unrestricted support for the Grainger Engineering Library and Information Center
Frederick W. Salogga Library Endowment Fund for Ricker Library
To support the architectural collections of Ricker Library of Architecture and Art
Elizabeth and Robert Rogers Fund
For the acquisition of eighteenth-century rare books and manuscripts
Joanne G. Rubin Endowment Fund
To benefit the Biology Library
William T. Ryerson Endowed Library Fund
To support the collections, programs, and services of the University Library
John P. and Helen S. Schaefer Endowment Fund
To provide unrestricted support for the Chemistry Library
Judith A. Schaffenacker Library Fund
To provide unrestricted support for the University Library
G. Schreiber Memorial English Library Fund
To support the English Library
Professor Harold A. Schultz Endowment Fund
To support the Ricker Library of Architecture and Art in memory and honor of Dr. Allen S. Weller
Shebik Family Library Endowment Fund
To support the collections and services of the Undergraduate Library
Dmytro and Eustachia Shtohryn Library Endowment Fund
To support the Ukrainian collections of the Slavic and East European Library
Juanita J. and Robert E. Simpson University Library Deanship
To supplement the funding of the faculty position in the University Library to be known as the “Juanita J. and Robert E. Simpson Rare Book & Manuscript Library Chair”
Juanita J. and Robert E. Simpson Endowment Fund
To endow the Juanita J. and Robert E. Simpson University Library Deanship and the Rare Book & Manuscript Library Chair
Herbert J. Smith Endowed Fund
For the benefit of the University Library to support the disciplines contained in the curricula of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
James P. and Diane P. Staes Fund
To provide unrestricted support for the University Library
Professor Henri Stegemeier Endowed Fund for Emblematica
For acquisition expenditures to assist in enlarging the Emblem Book Collection
Stone Family Library Endowment Fund
To benefit the collections and services of the University Library that support the research and study of the history of the individuals and families who migrated, colonized (especially Illinois and the Midwest), and participated in the expansion and development of the communities, territories, and states that became the United States of America
Steven E. and Ottileanne Stroh Library Endowment Fund
To support the Commerce Library
Nellie M. Stuart Library Endowment Fund
To support the collections, programs, and services of the University Library
James J. and M. Joan Stukel Endowed Library Fund
To provide unrestricted support for the Grainger Engineering Library and Information Center
Robert L. Sullivan Endowment Fund
For the acquisition of printed materials that relate to Italian history
Michio Suzuki Memorial Gift/Pledge Fund
To enhance the Mathematics Library
Cynthia R. Swanson Endowment Fund
To support the University Library’s collections, programs, and services
John E. Sweet Memorial Endowment Fund
For acquisitions by the Ricker Library of Architecture and Art
Fred E. Sweitzer Library Support Fund
To support the anthropology collection
Ray and Bonnie Telling Endowment Fund
To enhance the Commerce Library’s acquisitions, equipment, and other teaching materials for the Department of Accountancy
Jewel E. and Ruth A. Thacker Endowment Fund for Library Acquisitions
To support the University Library’s collections, programs, and services
John Thompson and Jeanne Scharre Thompson Endowment Fund
To support student assistantships for the Map and Geography Library and the Illinois History Survey Library
Bill and Gerry Thompson Library Fund
To enhance collections on world food and agriculture in the Agriculture Library
John A. Thornton Engineering Library Endowment Fund
To support the collections, programs, and services of the Engineering Library
Irene Tinker Women In International Development Fund
To enhance and support the collection of the Women’s Studies/Women in International Development Library
George F. and Edna Brown Titus Library Endowment Fund
For the acquisition, preservation, and bibliographic control of humanities-related collections
Allen H. and Ruth H. Toby Memorial Judaica Endowment Fund
For the general areas of Judaica, Hebraica, and Jewish studies
Van E. and Joann D. Trimble Agriculture Library Endowment Fund
To add to and improve the collections of the Agriculture Library
Vicki L. Trimble Endowment Fund
To provide unrestricted support for the University Library
Vicki L. Trimble Honorary Library Endowment Fund
To provide unrestricted support for the University Library
George M. Unger Endowment Fund
To support the University Library
James Russel Vaky Endowment Fund
In memory of Alpha Vaky Wingard, sister of James Russell Vaky, for the acquisition and preservation of Germanic materials in the Modern Languages and Linguistics Library
Michael L. Vanblaricum Collection of Ian Fleming and Bondiana Fund
To support the University Library
Anne M. Vekich Endowment Fund
To enhance the Library’s collection of Croatian materials including those written in Croatian, English, and other non-vernacular languages
John E. Velde Jr. Library Endowment Fund
For augmentation of the University Library’s collections, programs, and services
Lucile F. Vickers Library Endowment Fund
For enrichment and advancement of the University Library
Mary L. and James R. Vieregg Library Endowment Fund
To provide unrestricted support for the University Library
Vogt/Farrar Fund
For student support to those studying the physical characteristics of musical instruments and assisting with curatorial oversight of the Library’s special collections of musical instruments and band research archives
Robert A. and Emily Stipes Watts Library Endowment Fund
For the acquisition of humanities materials
Robert and Chung-kyun Wedgeworth International Award for Library Leadership
To support library leadership by providing librarians around the world with educational opportunities through the Mortenson Center for International Library Programs
Tracey B. Weisberg Library Endowment Fund
To support the University Library’s collections, programs, and services
Julius L. and Dorothy U. Weiss Military Collectors’ and Researchers’ Library Collection Endowment Fund
To support the Weiss library collection of military-related books, ephemera, posters, badges, uniforms, and other reference materials
Lucille and Charles Wert Educational Fund
For developing a formal program of computer training for users of the Chemistry Library
Janet L. Weston Endowment Fund
For acquisitions to enhance the Nathan A. Weston Collection
John L. and Doris H. Whisenand Endowment Fund
To support the University Library’s collections, programs, and services
George W. and Mildred K. White Endowment Fund for Early American Antiques
For care and preservation of the White’s extensive collection of early American antiques, donated to the University Library in 1989
Lawrence E. and Isabel G. Williams Family Veterinary Medicine Library Endowment Fund
To enhance the Veterinary Medicine Library’s collections and services
Barbara F. and George J. Williams Library Endowment Fund
For the enhancement, preservation, and maintenance of Library collections
Jane Wilson Library Endowment Fund
To support the Jane Wilson San Francisco Bay Area Fine Press Collection
Sheila Wirth Library Unrestricted Fund
To provide unrestricted support for the Main Library
Michael and Louise Witte Fund
For renovations to and expansion of the Chemistry Library
August J. Wittrock and Mathilde C. Wittrock Fund
To support the University Library’s English collection
Frederick Jewett Worden and Margret Latham Worden Library/Acquisition Endowment Fund
To support the Rare Book and Special Collections Library
Eleanor I. Young Endowment Fund
To support the collections, programs, and services of the University Library
William W. Young Endowment Fund
For books relating to English or American literature
Mary and Harold Zirin Endowed Fund for Slavic Reference Services
To provide unrestricted support for the Slavic Reference Servic