Priority Endowments and Funds

Complete List of Endowments and Funds

To contribute to any of the funds below, contact Beth Well at 803-777-1909 or email wellbeth@mailbox.sc.edu.

Endowment	Category	Keywords (hidden column)
John Shaw Billings Library Endowment  For major acquisitions of long-range significance	General	tag 1, tag2
Alec H. Chaplin Library Endowment  Provides funds for University Libraries	General
Arthur Elliott Holman, Jr., Acquisition and Preservation Endowment For the purchase and preservation of materials related to the Episcopal Church, music and the arts, Anderson County, and other aspects of South Carolina history	General
Arthur E. Holman, Jr. Conservation Laboratory Endowment Fund  Provides support for the ongoing operation of the conservation laboratory	General
Center for Civil Rights History and Research Fund Provides support for a collaboration between University Libraries and the College of Arts and Sciences which seeks to bring our vibrant civil rights history to life in order to inspire an informed dialogue on today’s social justice issues	General
Katharine Otis and Bruce Oswald Hunt Biography Collection Endowment To purchase biographical materials for Thomas Cooper Library general collections, South Caroliniana Library, the Irvin Department or Rare Books and Special Collections, and Moving Image Research Collections	General
Library Archive and Research Fund To support research and preservation at the Thomas Cooper and South Caroliniana libraries	General
Libraries Digital Collections Fund Provides for student support, equipment, supplies and related needs for digitization of materials from all of University Libraries’ collections	General
NEH Grant Endowment To support the acquisition and preservation of humanities materials and to encourage research in this area	General
John N. Olsgaard Library Renovation Endowment Fund Provides for the maintenance and enhancement of University Libraries' buildings	General
Robert I. and Swannanoa Kenney Phillips Libraries Endowment To enhance University Libraries' holdings in British and American literature and culture	General
Nancy Pope Rice and Nancy Rice Davis Library Treasure Endowment For special and significant acquisitions in a timely fashion for the University Libraries	General
Donna I. Sorensen Endowment Fund for Southern Women in the Arts Supports library acquisitions pertaining to Southern women in the arts	General
War Years Library Acquisition Endowment Fund For materials related to World War II	General
Chester A. and Holly R. Wingate Endowment Fund Provides unrestricted support for the University Libraries	General
Everette H. Newman Business Library Endowment Supports the Business Library through acquisition of business reference sources and increased electronic access	Business Library
Wells Fargo Business Library Endowment Fund Provides funds for continuing subscriptions to key electronic business resources	Business Library
Ernest F. Hollings Special Collections Library Fund Provides support for the unrestricted needs of the Ernest F. Hollings Special Collections Library, the home of South Carolina Political Collections, the Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, and Digital Collections	Hollings Special Collections Library, South Carolina Political Collections
Jean and Jim Barrow Endowment for Special Collections Fund Provides unrestricted support for the Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, to include the acquisition and preservation of materials as well as programming and outreach to promote the collection	Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections
Gerald C. Bauknight Library Endowment Fund Provides for holdings related to U. S. foreign policy, including world events from the late 19th century to the present through acquisitions, preservation and maintenance, as well as support for electronic and print publications promoting the collection	Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections
Ethelind Pope Brown Natural History Library Endowment For the preservation and acquisition of materials pertaining to natural history	Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections
Matthew J. and Arlyn Bruccoli Special Collections Acquisitions Fund at Thomas Cooper Library Provides support for acquisitions that enhance the Bruccoli collections and/or areas of interest	Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections
Class of 1956 Rare Books Library Endowment Provides financial support for the Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections	Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections
Barbara L. and David M. Graham Acquisition and Preservation Endowment Used for preservation and acquisitions that will benefit the Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections	Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections
Edward S. Hallman American Literature Endowment Provides for the acquisition of American literature to support and enhance the holdings of the Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections	Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections
Irvin Department Preservation Fund Supports preservation or conservation work to support materials	Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections
Irvin Department Student Assistant Fund Provides for student assistantships	Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections
C. Warren Irvin, Jr. and Josephine B. Irvin Endowment Fund For the acquisition and preservation of materials related to the life and works of Charles Darwin	Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections
K.D. Kennedy, Jr. Robert Burns Library Endowment To provide support for the Roy Collections of Burns, Burnsiana and Scottish Poetry	Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections
Maners Pappas Library Endowment Fund Provides for initiatives to digitize materials in the Irvin Department’s collections to make them available electronically	Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections
Yvonne and Schuyler Moore Acquisitions Endowment Fund Supports the collections of printed and manuscript items, and realia relating to the lives and work of fiction writers in the genre of, and with emphasis on, Tennessee Williams, Edgar Allen Poe, the Bronte sisters, Herman Wouk and Maurice Sendak	Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections
Lucille P. Mould Travel Fund for the Irvin Department Provides support for faculty, staff, students and affiliates to travel to conferences and programs	Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections
Mary Elizabeth Newton Rare Books and Special Collections Endowment Fund Provides for the Irvin Department, with an emphasis on French, history and music, with support for collections through acquisitions, preservation and maintenance, publications and programs	Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections
Jerome J. and A. Kay Platt Endowment Fund for British Medallic Art, Science and History Provides support for acquisition, outreach activities and research related to British historical medals	Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections
Davy-Jo Ridge Library Fund Supports the acquisition, preservation and display of materials on the natural history of the Americas, with emphasis on the life and works of John James Audubon	Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections
Robinson Family Children’s Literature Library Endowment Fund Provides support for the department’s children’s and young adult literature collection, including the acquisition and preservation of materials, as well as promotion and programming, including a lectureship	Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections
G. Ross Roy and Lucie C. Roy Scottish Literature Fund Supports the use, development, preservation and recognition of the G. Ross Roy Collection of Burnsiana and Scottish Literature	Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections
W. Ormiston Roy Memorial Fellowship Fund Supports a research fellow for study of the G. Ross Roy Collection of Burnsiana and Scottish Literature	Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections
Studies in Scottish Literature Fund Provides support for the printing costs, publicity and other direct production costs to support the print version of Studies in Scottish Literature (“Journal”)	Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections
George D. Terry Library Building Fund To support the Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections	Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections
Travel/Research Fund for Studies in the History of Natural History Founded to strengthen the study of natural history at the University of South Carolina and to foster understanding and awareness of the natural history collections in the University's Libraries	Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections
University Libraries Treasure Acquisitions Program Fund (TAP) Provides timely support when opportunities occur to acquire significant materials that will enhance the libraries' Special Collections holdings	Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections
Fox Movietone News Fund Supports the digitization of this national treasure to ensure increased access to the collection	Moving Image Research Collections
Moving Image Research Collections Endowment Funds used for the preservation, organization and care of its film collections	Moving Image Research Collections
U.S. Marine Corps Film Fund Supports the preservation of the moving image history of the United States Marine Corps and related research and public programming opportunities	Moving Image Research Collections
J. K. Adams Fund for French Music This fund provides for the acquisition, preservation and programming of French music	Music Library
James B. Meriwether Music Library Endowment Provides support for the Arturo Toscanini Collection and related collections through new acquisitions, conservation, publications and programming	Music Library
Music Library Fund Provides unrestricted support of the Music Library	Music Library
Digital Sheet Music Collection Fund Provides support for the maintenance and expansion of an online database that catalogs and showcases the sheet music from the Music Library's collections	Music Library
Dorothy K. Payne Music Library Endowment Provides funds for the Music Library through acquisitions and preservation of materials and support of programs	Music Library
Robert Ariall Cartoon Collection Fund To enhance holdings of South Carolina artists and writers	South Carolina Political Collections
Class of 1956 Donald S. Russell Lectureship for South Carolina Political Collections Provides financial support for a guest lecturer to speak on topics relevant to the holdings of the South Carolina Political Collections	South Carolina Political Collections
William Jennings Bryan Dorn Endowment for South Carolina Political Collections Supports expensive preservation work on the Dorn Collection, a research awards program, and graduate assistantships in South Carolina Political Collections and other related projects	South Carolina Political Collections
Flynn T. Harrell Collection on the Separation of Church and State Endowment Fund Provides support for the acquisition, processing, preservation of, and research in collections specifically related to religious liberty and its corollary, the separation of church and state	South Carolina Political Collections
South Carolina Bankers Association/Lloyd I. Hendricks South Carolina Political Collections Endowment Fund Provides support for students working with materials documenting the financial services sector and government’s impact on that and related sectors	South Carolina Political Collections
Donald H. Holland Endowment Fund to Support South Carolina Political Collections Provides support for programs of the collection and the Donald H. Holland collection	South Carolina Political Collections
Sarah Leverette League of Women Voters Endowment Fund Provides support for the archive of the League of Women Voters of South Carolina and the papers of league leaders, and encourages the study and use of these collections	South Carolina Political Collections
Schuyler L. and Dr. Yvonne R. Moore Endowment to Support South Carolina Political Collections Supports the training and education of archivists through internships, assistantships and post-graduate employment	South Carolina Political Collections
Republican Endowment to Support South Carolina Political Collections Supports collections with Republican holdings by helping fund student assistants to process these holdings and also outreach efforts to encourage research on Party history and its leaders and members	South Carolina Political Collections
South Carolina Political Collections Development Fund Supports staff attendance at meetings of historians, archivists, educators and others, and promotes the division as a national leader among legislative repositories	South Carolina Political Collections
South Carolina Political Collections Endowment Supports the work of South Carolina Political Collections unit in general, funding graduate assistantships and supporting activities that promote the division and enhance its collections	South Carolina Political Collections
John C. West Endowment Fund Supports South Carolina Political Collections, including funding assistantships, preservation projects and outreach efforts	South Carolina Political Collections
Joe Wilson Fund to Support South Carolina Political Collections Provides support for the receipt, processing and promotion of the study of the Addison Graves “Joe” Wilson Collection and other Republican holdings	South Carolina Political Collections
Robert and May Ackerman Library Fund Provides for the acquisition of materials to benefit the South Caroliniana Library, including manuscripts, printed materials and visual images	South Caroliniana Library
Elizabeth Boatwright Coker Graduate Assistant at South Caroliniana Library For the advancement of graduate student training in the Public History Program, in conjunction with the South Caroliniana Library	South Caroliniana Library
Deward B. and Sloan H. Brittain Endowment Provides for the acquisition of manuscript and published material, the preservation of the collection, and internships and assistantships	South Caroliniana Library
Orin F. Crow South Caroliniana Library Endowment For the purchase and preservation of materials related to South Carolina	South Caroliniana Library
Jane Crayton Davis Preservation Endowment for South Caroliniana Library To restore the unique holdings of the South Caroliniana Library	South Caroliniana Library
William Foran Memorial Fund For the purchase of materials related to the Civil War and Reconstruction	South Caroliniana Library
Edwin Haselden Cooper Director’s Fund Provides funds to be expended at the director’s discretion for greatest needs	South Caroliniana Library
Rebecca R. Hollingsworth South Caroliniana Library Endowment Fund Supports the acquisition of daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, ferrotypes and albumen prints for the Visual Materials Division and processing, cataloging, digitizing, exhibiting, outreach, conservation and hiring student assistants to work with these efforts	South Caroliniana Library
John C. Hungerpiller Library Research Fund Used for expenses to conduct research and preserve the papers of Mr. Hungerpiller and for acquisition of materials for South Caroliniana Library	South Caroliniana Library
Lewis P. Jones Research Fellowship in South Carolina History To support summer fellowships for research in South Carolina history	South Caroliniana Library
J.A. Kay South Caroliniana Library Intern Endowment Fund Provides for internship(s) for graduate or undergraduate students to work with rare and unique research materials and learn conservation techniques and other library skills	South Caroliniana Library
Lumpkin Foyer Endowment Fund at the South Caroliniana Library Provides support for enhancement and maintenance of the Lumpkin Foyer as well as unrestricted support for the library	South Caroliniana Library
Governor Thomas Gordon McLeod and First Lady Elizabeth Alford McLeod Research Fellowship Endowment Provides support for research at South Caroliniana Library to encourage the study of post-Civil War politics, government and society, with an emphasis on South Carolina history	South Caroliniana Library
William Davis Melton University Archives Graduate Assistantship at the South Caroliniana Library Provides support for a graduate assistant in the University Archives Department at the South Caroliniana Library	South Caroliniana Library
Robert L. and Margaret B. Meriwether South Caroliniana Library Fund Supports the library in memory of founding director, Robert L. Meriwether, and his wife and colleague, Margaret B. Meriwether	South Caroliniana Library
John Hammond Moore Library Acquisitions and Conservation Fund Provides support for the acquisition of new materials and conservation of existing holdings at South Caroliniana Library	South Caroliniana Library
Hemrick N. Salley Family Endowment Fund Provides support for the care and preservation of the library	South Caroliniana Library
Lanny and Sidney Palmer Endowment Fund at the South Caroliniana Provides support for the Lanny and Sidney Palmer Cultural Arts Collection and related collections. Funds can be used for processing, preservation, programming and publications as well as for materials and staff to support increased use of and access to the collections	South Caroliniana Library
John Govan Simms Memorial Endowment to Support William Gilmore Simms Collections Provides support for the library to maintain its pre-eminent position as the leading and most extensive repository of original source materials for research, analysis and study of William Gilmore Simms and his position as the leading man of letters in the antebellum South	South Caroliniana Library
William Gilmore Simms Visiting Research Professor Endowment To support scholarship based on the publications and manuscripts by Simms held in the South Caroliniana Library	South Caroliniana Library
Ellison Durant Smith Research Award for the South Caroliniana Library Provides annual research awards for scholars seeking to conduct research at the South Caroliniana Library on government, politics and society since 1900	South Caroliniana Library
South Caroliniana Library Alcove Endowment Fund Provides support for renovation, maintenance and related capital projects; also supports acquisition of materials and the hiring of student or temporary employees	South Caroliniana Library
South Caroliniana Library Fund Provides resources for the library in the areas of greatest need	South Caroliniana Library
Oral History Endowment Fund Supports the activities and programs of the Oral History Program, including equipment, supplies, staff, student training and publications	Department of Oral History
South Caroliniana Library Portrait Conservation Endowment Provides support for the maintenance and conservation of the library's portrait collection, including portraits of individuals who helped shape the history of our state	South Caroliniana Library
South Caroliniana Library Renovation Fund Provides for the renovation of the library	South Caroliniana Library
Southern Heritage Endowment To support scholarship and protect materials related to Southern history and culture (in conjunction with the McKissick Museum)	South Caroliniana Library
Allen Stokes Manuscript Development Fund Provides for the acquisition of new materials and the preservation of existing materials housed in the Manuscripts Division of South Caroliniana Library	South Caroliniana Library
Harvey S. Teal South Caroliniana Library Fund Provides support for the acquisition of new manuscripts and visual materials and for the preservation of holdings in the manuscripts and visual materials collections	South Caroliniana Library
Louise Irwin Woods Fund Provides for internships, fellowships, graduate assistantships, stipends, program support, preservation and/or acquisitions at the South Caroliniana Library	South Caroliniana Library
Charles and Donna Bricker Endowment For general advancement and expansion of Thomas Cooper Library	Thomas Cooper Library
Class of 1958 Collaborative Learning Laboratory Fund Provides for the renovation and continued support of the Cooper Technology Lounge at Thomas Cooper Library. The lounge is the largest computer lab on campus and contains flexible learning spaces for students	Thomas Cooper Library
Class of 2008 Fund Supports the unrestricted needs of the library. Gifts to the fund will be transferred annually to the Library Fund	Thomas Cooper Library
Class of 2009 Fund Supports the unrestricted needs of the library such as renovating spaces and acquiring materials	Thomas Cooper Library
Class of 2010 Fund Supports the unrestricted needs of the library such as renovating library study spaces, acquiring electronic journals, and purchasing SMART Boards and laptop computers	Thomas Cooper Library
Dr. Edwin E. Gordon Archive Fund Supports the Edwin E. Gordon Archive and related materials and projects	Thomas Cooper Library
Irene Borchardt Hawley Map Library Acquisitions Endowment at Thomas Cooper Library Provides for the purchase of cartographic materials for the Map Library at Thomas Cooper Library	Thomas Cooper Library
Lou and Beth Holtz Library Endowment for Undergraduate Resources at the Thomas Cooper Library To provide for the addition of library materials and resources for undergraduate students and to encourage athletic and academic partnerships	Thomas Cooper Library
Senior Class Legacy Fund Provides for renovations of Thomas Cooper Library	Thomas Cooper Library
Michael S. Smith and Carol A. Smith European History Library Fund Created to enhance and enlarge the library's current holdings in European history	Thomas Cooper Library
Thomas Cooper Library Fund Provides discretionary funds for greatest needs	Thomas Cooper Library
Thomas Cooper Library Science and Mathematics Endowment Assists in offsetting the increasing costs of journals for the Thomas Cooper Library in the fields of science and mathematics	Thomas Cooper Library
Thomas Cooper Society Endowment To provide support for Thomas Cooper Library	Thomas Cooper Library
USC Literary Festival Endowment Fund Provides for an annual literary festival attended by prominent writers and conducted by the College of Liberal Arts, the English Department and Thomas Cooper Library	Thomas Cooper Library
Deloris and David Zeigler Library Endowment for Nursing Provides for the acquisition of books and materials to enhance Thomas Cooper Library’s nursing collection	Thomas Cooper Library
W. Mullins McLeod South Caroliniana Library Endowment Fund To process manuscript collections, with emphasis on the McLeod family papers and related collections, and materials relating to the history of railroads in South Carolina	South Caroliniana Library