Create a Legacy
An endowment clearly expresses 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, 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 endowment can be established for as little as $25,000 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 accrued on the endowment provides funds annually to purchase books and materials. The endowment may be named by the donor and will create wonderful and tangible legacies. Lovejoy Library currently has 36 endowments worth over $1 Million.
Listed below are the endowments and the subject areas they support. For information on how to establish or contribute to an existing endowment please contact Shane Taylor by email at [email protected] or by phone at (618) 650-2714.
| Endowment | Area of Interest |
|---|---|
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Jennie L. Kaeser Library Endowment |
General Programs and Materials |
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Szczepan and Josefa Iwanska Bytner Endowment |
Slavic American Studies |
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Slavic American Studies Endowment |
Slavic American Studies |
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Frank and Louise F. Strejcek Endowment |
Slavic American Studies |
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Frances Bryan Noon Abbott Endowment |
General Programs and Materials |
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Paul V. Chamless Memorial Endowment |
Rare Americana |
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MMC Endowment |
Media Materials |
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Fresen Illinois History Endowment |
Illinois History Materials |
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Joseph B. Koepfli Endowment |
Conservation and Preservation |
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Irene McCleery Molloy Endowment |
Children's Materials |
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Dick H. Mudge, Jr. Endowment |
Lecture on Human Rights |
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Betty and Raymond Spahn Endowment |
Illinois History Materials |
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John C. Abbott Library Endowment |
Illinois History Materials |
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Dilliard-Schusky Family Endowment |
General Programs and Materials |
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Patricia Herscher Memorial Endowment |
Chemistry Materials |
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E. Farrington and Mary Dana Abbott Endowment |
Special Collections |
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Louisa H. Bowen Endowment |
Regional History Collection |
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Richard Crowley and Frances Lillian Noon Endowment |
General Programs and Materials |
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Sheila S. Stimson Endowment |
Publications and Programs |
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Mary and Donald Thompson Endowment |
Business and Economics Materials |
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Ina Peabody Sledge Endowment |
Student Award |
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LIS Faculty Endowment |
Faculty and Professional Development |
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Robert B. Campbell Endowment |
General Programs and Materials |
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Ronald E. Livingston Yarbrough Endowment |
Earth Sciences Materials |
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Thomas S. and Donna Yates Bardon Endowment |
Archives and Special Collections |
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Ralph and Helen Luken Endowment |
Finance and Accounting Materials |
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George and Barbara Stevens Endowment |
General Programs and Materials |
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David and Kay Werner Endowment |
General Programs and Materials |
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Rose Marie Powers Somraty Yarbrough Endowment |
Archives and Special Collections |
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William M. and Hilda C. Gent Endowment |
Scholarship and General Programs and Materials |
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Harry W. and Marie C. Kerber Endowment |
Archives and Special Collections |
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Constance Ann Denue Memorial Endowment |
History, Geography & Anthropology Materials |
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Gene Bernard High School Writers' Contest Endowment |
High School Writers' Contest |
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Florence Kasiske Lovejoy Library Endowment |
Collections |
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Dr. John I. and Constance W. Ades Endowment |
Student Award |
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Stephen L. and Julia Y. Hansen Collections Endowment |
History and English |
