VCU Libraries Endowment Funds
VCU Libraries' donors have established twenty-five library endowments which enhance the collection purchases for VCU Libraries. Endowments provide much needed supplemental income for the purchase of materials in the arts, health sciences, history, literature, education, honors scholarship, journalism, ethics, and Judaic studies. Such endowments are key to enriching collections with materials specifically tailored to the unique programs and history of Virginia Commonwealth University.
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- Black History Endowment Fund: for the purchase of library materials and to provide sustaining support for the VCU Libraries' annual Black History Month events and programming.
- Medicine, Science and Technology Endowment Fund: for the purchase of library materials in support of the medicine, science, and technology collections at the VCU Libraries.
Journal Endowment Funds:
- Edmund F. Ackell Journals Collection Fund: for the purchase of materials to support the journal collections at VCU Libraries.
- John Riis Journalism Collection Fund : for the purchase of books and related library materials in journalism.
Book Endowment Funds:
- James Branch Cabell Library Association Fund: for the purchase of Cabell related books and manuscripts, published and unpublished works by Virginia authors.
- Cabellina 20th Century American Literature Fund: for the purchase of 20th century American literature.
- Lucy Paddison Combs General Book Fund : for the purchase of books for the VCU Libraries collections.
- English Literature Fund: for the purchase of books and related library materials in English literature.
- Lyons Judaic Studies Fund: for the purchase of books in Judaic studies.
- Tillie Lyons Ethics Fund: for the purchase of books and related library materials on ethics.
- John W. Riely General Book Fund: for the purchase of books and related library materials in any subject area.
Arts & Humanities Collection Endowment Funds:
- Art History Fund: for the purchase of books and related materials in art history.
- Aydelotte Honors Program Fund:for the purchase of materials to support the Honors Program at VCU.
- Ray Hummel American History Fund:for the purchase of books and related materials in American history.
- Parsons Foreign Language Fund: for the purchase of books, audio-visual, and related library materials in foreign languages.
- Lois Washer Recreational Collection Fund: for the purchase of books and related materials.
Medical Collection Endowment Funds:
- Carl B. Bender Library Fund: for the purchase of materials for the scientific reference collection, including equipment and resources.
- Claude Newman Feamster Fund: for the purchase of books, instruments, and equipment for the MCV campus.
- Peter N. Pastore Medical Artifacts Fund: for the support of the medical artifacts collection.
- William T. Sanger Health Administration Fund: for the purchase of books and related library materials.
- Joseph C. Smith, Jr. Rural Cancer Care Collection Fund: for the purchase of books and related library materials with an emphasis on home-based and community-based healthcare.
- Henry Cabell Tabb Fund: for the purchase of books for the medical collection.
Library Advancement Endowment Funds:
- Endowment for the 21st Century Fund: to support information and access to information.
- William J. Judd Educational Media Collection Fund: to support the educational media collection at VCU Libraries.
- VCU Friends of the Library Staff Development Fund: to support staff development, including training programs, guest speakers and workshops.
Questions? Please contact Kimberly Separ, director of development and community relations at (804) 827-1163 or e-mail krsepar@vcu.edu.