Library’s Subject Endowments Top $1 Million

Many of those who established subject endowments attended the December event at McHenry Library. Pictured in front of the wall bearing their names are: (Back row, l-r) Merryl Cicourel, Michael Clark, Marion Taylor, Charles and Jean Engel, Ton and Thelma Jue, Rolf Augustine, committee chair Lynn Stegner, and University Librarian Allan Dyson. (Front row, l-r): Rita Bottoms, Miriam Patchen, Florence Wykcoff, Emily Clark, Janet Reed, and Pat Beresford. Not pictured, but also in attendance, were Anne and Paul Levin and Mickey Rebecchi of the Long Foundation.

A mid-December ceremony honored several dozen donors who have made contributions to the University Library’s subject endowment collection, which now has an overall value of nearly $1 million.

Twenty-three endowments have been established by donors in a range of subjects from horticulture to Jewish studies to the Pacific Rim. The endowments are an important means of expanding the library collection, providing a source of ongoing support for acquisitions in a specific area of interest.

"The library is here, not just for today’s faculty and students, but for the scholars of tomorrow," said University Librarian Allan Dyson. "Through the establishment of endowed funds, our farsighted supporters have ensured that the record of human knowledge will be documented, preserved, and made accessible as far as we can see into the future."

The names of the library’s philanthropists and the 23 endowments they have established are commemorated on plaques in the entryway to McHenry Library on a "wall of honor." The wall was unveiled at the December ceremony attended by donors, their families, and friends of the library.

Noted writer and UCSC alumna Lynn Stegner, chair of the UC Santa Cruz Foundation’s Library Development Committee, commented on the myriad values of the subject endowment in broadening and enhancing the library’s collection. "A book is not just a way of containing information. A book is the thing itself–it has weight and scent and it engages the imagination and the memory. For those reasons it is intrinsically human. If we can’t save that part of ourselves as a species then we’re in deep trouble."

The names of the endowments are listed below. For more information on establishing an endowment, contact Library Development Officer Margaret Gordon at (408) 459-4211.

Endowments:

• Asian American Library Collection Endowment: Established in 1991 by leaders of the local Asian American Community
• Rolf Augustine Cataloging Fund: Established in 1996 by Rolf Augustine and his friends
• Bauman Jewish Studies Fund: Established in 1996 by Rabbi Morton and June Bauman
• David and Ida Berner Endowment for the Kenneth Patchen Archive: Established in 1997 by the Berner family and other Patchen admirers
• Castle Humanities Fund: Established in 1996 by Frank and Jayne Castle Krentz
• Donald T. and Emily Clark Map Endowment: Established in 1992 by University Librarian Emeritus Donald T. and Emily Clark
• Ethel Hammond Curtis Fund: Established in 1993 by Ethel Hammond Curtis in memory of Sally Jane Hammond
• Electronic Data Access Endowment: Established in 1992 by the S. H. Cowell Foundation; augmented by the Honeywell Foundation
• Ruth Franklin Engel Horticulture Collection: Established in 1996 by the family and friends of Ruth Franklin Engel
• Friends of the UCSC Library Endowment: Established in 1991 by the Friends of the UCSC Library
• Louis E. Hihn Endowment: Established in 1993 to Benefit the Hihn Archive
• Pirkle Jones and Ruth-Marion Baruch Special Collections Photography Endowment: Established in 1997 by Pirkle Jones
• Pamela S. Jue Reference Endowment: Established in 1997 by Pamela S. Jue
• J. M. Long Foundation Fund for Pacific Rim Studies: Established in 1995 by the J. M. Long Foundation
• J. M. Long Foundation Endowed Fund for Permanent Enrichment for Information Resources in Marine Sciences: Established in 1997 by the J. M. Long Foundation
• William G. Mackenzie and Hubert and Florence Wykcoff Migrant Agricultural History Archive Endowment (MAHA): Established in 1997 by the William G. Mackenzie Memorial, the Wykcoff Family Funds, and the MAIA Foundation
• Multicultural Children’s Literature Library Fund: Established in 1993 by Yankee Book Peddler, Inc.; John R. Secor, President
• Anne Neufeld Levin Holocaust Studies Collection Endowment: Established in 1997 by Anne Neufeld Levin
• Gary F. Reed Memorial Endowment for Political Theory: Established in 1992 by the Reed Family
• Alec and Phyllis Ritch and Harold and Annie Gordon Interdisciplinary Endowment: Established in 1997 by Alan Ritch and Margaret Gordon in honor of their parents
• Special Collections Endowment: Established in 1996 by supporters of Special Collections; augmented by Highlands Inn – Carmel, CA
• Strouse Endowment for Thomas Carlyle: Established in 1994 by Norman H. and Charlotte Strouse
• Marion E. Taylor Music Fund: Established in 1996 by Marion E. Taylor, her family, and friends