Endowments
Endowments provide permanent income in support of the work of the libraries and provide a steady annual flow of financial support, which is essential to collection building. The principal of the endowment remains untouched while only the earned income from the endowment is used to make purchases. An endowment can be named in honor of or in memory of a family member, friend or loved one. An endowment benefits students and scholars in perpetuity by providing a lasting legacy.
An endowment can be established within the George A. Smathers Libraries with a donation of $30,000 or more and can be funded over a period of years. A fund can be started with only $2,000. Investment results from endowments may be used for general or very specific purposes, depending on the wishes of the donor. Endowment opportunities are plentiful and in virtually every subject matter. Listed below are the endowments that currently support programs at the University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries:
General Library Support
Henry M. Flagler Endowment
Supports the libraries' greatest needs.
Herbert Russell Gaylord Endowment for Resources in the University Library
Supports the libraries' greatest needs.
Library Instruction Endowment Fund
Supports marketing of the Libraries and/or library instruction.
Library Leadership Board Endowment
Supports the libraries’ greatest needs.
Library Technology Fund
Support upgrade and refresh technology infrastructure.
Library West Endowment
Supports the greatest needs of Library West.
H. Anson and Lilla S. Moye Endowment
Supports the libraries' greatest needs.
Parents Library Endowment Fund
Supports the undergraduate student population.
George A. Smathers Libraries Fund
Supports the libraries' greatest needs.
Smathers Libraries Purchase Endowment
Supports libraries’ acquisitions.
Van Dyke Endowment for the Libraries
Supports teaching, research, acquisitions, preservation and programs in the libraries.
University Athletic Association Endowment
Supports the libraries' greatest needs.
Special Collections & Area Studies Collections Support
Ruth M. Baldwin Endowment
Supports the Baldwin Library for Children’s Historical Literature by purchasing books published prior to 1950 with a preference to books published prior to 1900.
Louise Seaman Bechtel Purchase Fund
Promotes the Baldwin Library of Historical Children’s Literature through the acquisition of research materials to complement the library.
Louise Seaman Bechtel Visiting Professorship Endowment
Supports fellowships to qualified children’s librarians residing in North America wishing to read and study at the Baldwin Library and bring persons to UF to enrich the experience of students, faculty and staff at UF.
Marjorie S. Coffey Library Endowment
Supports the George A. Smathers Libraries with special attention to the donor’s interest in miniature books and livres d’artiste.
DeLaney-Hawkins Rare Book Endowment
Supports acquisition of rare books.
Florida Agricultural History Endowment
Supports the collection of materials that document the state’s agricultural history.
William M. and Sue Goza Family Library Fund for Florida History
Supports the Florida History Collection at the University of Florida Libraries.
Harold and Mary Jean Hanson Rare Book Fund
Supports rare book purchases.
Marilyn Hapsis-Hugo Library Endowment
Supports conservation, preservation and programmatic events of the Architectural Archives.
James Haskins Collection in African American Literature Endowment
Supports acquisitions and processing of additional material relating to African American history and culture.
Frances A. Holmes Special Collections Library Endowment
Supports the Smathers Library Special Collections.
Dr. Madelyn M. Lockhart Endowment in African Studies
Supports the African Studies collection.
John D. MacDonald Endowment
Supports organization, preservation and reference services for collected papers of John D. MacDonald in the Department of Special and Area Studies Collections.
Dr. William and Joan Mendenhall Book Endowment in Florida History
Supports the purchase of research materials relating to Florida history.
Alfred Browning Parker Architecture Archives Library Endowment
Supports the acquisition, preservation, processing and storage of archival drawings and other historical records that document architecture and architects.
Isser and Rae Price Library Endowment
Supports the Isser and Rae Price Library of Judaica.
Todd C. Prosser Memorial and Ted C. Prosser, III Book Endowment in Florida History
Supports the purchase of books relating to Florida history.
C. Archibald and Alleyne Robertson Library Endowment
Supports English literature.
Chesterfield Smith Library Endowment
Supports the acquisition of materials including, but not limited to, the Constitutions of the United States and the State of Florida, issues relating to access to justice, the organized bar and to the law and the legal profession.
Special Collections Processing Fund
Supports the processing of collections.
Stanley L. West Irish Celtic Endowment
Purchases materials in Irish literature in Special Collections.
Calvin Yeomans Special Collections Enrichment Fund
Supports the Department of Special and Area Studies Collections.
Humanities & Social Sciences Collections Support
Mark Thomas Barrett Memorial Book Endowment for International Relations
Supports the political science and international relations collections.
Jessie Shaw Bates and Mortimer B. Bates, Jr. Fund
Enhances electronic resources for the libraries.
Ted Fearney Book Endowment in Architectural Studies
Supports the Ted Fearney Professorship in the College of Design, Construction and Planning.
GLBT Film and Resources Endowment
Supports building of a gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) film collection.
A. Didier Graeffe Endowment for Music
Supports the Music Library.
Haskel Hess Education Library Endowment
Supports the Education Library.
Humanities Endowment
Supports the humanities collection.
Sophie Lemanowicz Ingram Endowment for Eastern European Studies
Supports the Eastern European Studie collection.
Rhine Endowment for Art
Supports art and art history collections.
Margaret Dreier and Raymond Robins Book Endowment
Supports research materials in labor, religion and civics.
Social Sciences Endowment Fund
Supports the social sciences collection.
Waldo Endowment in Theatre
Supports the theatre collection.
Sciences Collections Support
Mary Ellen Burnett Endowment for Works on Animals
Supports resources related to animals.
Melvin J. and Marilyn S. Fregly Endowment for Biomedical Sciences and Humanities Collection
Supports the biomedical collection.
Robert Q. Marston Science Library Endowment
Supports the science library.
Muschlitz Endowment for Chemistry
Supports the chemistry collection.
Science Endowment Fund
Supports the science collection.
Tyner Endowment for Chemical Engineering
Supports the chemical engineering collection.
Health Sciences Support
Robert H. Axline Health Science Center Library
Supports resource enhancement for Health Science Center Library.
Digitization Projects Support
C. Farris and Julia B. Bryant Florida History Preservation Fund
Supports the digitization project “Great Floridians Political Papers Project for the New Century.”
Libraries Facilities Support
Building Maintenance Endowment
Supports building maintenance.
Fund Raising and Staff Development Support
Library Staff Development Endowment
Purchases materials for staff development.
FUNDS TO BECOME ENDOWMENTS
General Library Support
Books of Honor Fund
Supports purchasing of library materials.
Mary Ellen Burnett Education Library Fund
Supports the Education Library.
Richard Carris and Lana Glass Libraries Fund
Supports the Smathers Libraries.
Billy and Christine Donovan Family Library Fund
Supports library acquisitions and technology upgrades.
Friends of the Libraries Fund
Unrestricted.
Special Collections & Area Studies Collections Support
African American Archives Fund
Supports the African American Archives collections..
Chinese Studies Collections Library Fund
Supports the Chinese Studies collection.
Suzy Covey Comic Book Fund
Supports the comic book collection.
Rosa Mesa Latin American Collection Fund
Supports the Cuban collection.
Howe Society Fund
Supports the Department of Special and Area Studies Collections.
Latin American Studies Library Collection Fund
Supports the Latin American Studies Library collection.
Ralph L. Lowenstein Gift Annuity
Supports the Ralph L. Lowenstein Machal Endowment Fund for support of Aliyah Bet and Machal archives in special collections.
Popular Culture Collections Fund
Supports the Popular Culture Collections.
Special Collections Purchase Fund
Supports special collections.
Stewards of Florida History Fund
Supports the Florida history collection.
Women in Development Fund
Supports the Women in Development collections.
Humanities & Social Sciences Collections Support
American Civilization Seminars Fund
Supports seminars in American Civilization.
Samuel A. Davis Deferred Gift Annuity
Supports the Samuel A. Davis Endowment in twentieth-century history.
Sciences Collections Support
Kathy Moeller Consumer Health Collection Library Fund
Supports the Consumer Health collections.
Victoria Pusateri Gift Annuity
Support reading materials regarding animal welfare and animal rights.
Health Sciences Support
Health Science Center Library General Purposes
Supports library improvements and renovations.
Digitization Projects Support
Caribbean News Digitization Project
Supports the project funded by the Mellon Foundation.
Mary Sue Koeppel and Robert B. Gentry Library Fund
Supports the Mary Sue Koeppel Kalliope Collection and the Developing Women’s Collection at the Library Digitization Center.
Kratina/Pressley Digital Library Center Graduate Student Fellowship Fund
Supports student assistants in processing, digitizing and transcribing personal letters, manuscripts and archival materials.
Smathers Libraries Digital Initiatives Fund
Supports library digital projects.
Smathers Library Preservation and Conservation Fund
Supports the preservations department, including scanning and digitizing of UF Dissertations.
Dr. Anita Spring Women in Development Fund
Supports the building of the Women in Development (WID) digital library at the UF Libraries.
Libraries Facilities Support
George A. Smathers Libraries Renovation fund
Winn-Dixie Library Renovation Fund
Fund Raising and Staff Development Support
Smathers Library Expense Fund
Supports fund raising for the libraries.
