"While
we were admiring the beauty
of the architecture
and decorations
of the
Riggs Memorial Library,
the question
arose
in our minds,
Is there any
Library fund,
and if
not,
why not?"

J. Stanislaus Easby-Smith, Class of 1891, The Georgetown College Journal, March, 1891

Endowment funds provide a permanent source of income to meet the Library's various needs. Our endowments are listed below, alphabetically within category.

General Collections
Collections in Special Subject Areas
Expanding Information Technology
Preservation
Discretionary Funds
Special Purpose Funds

General Collections

• Lord and Lady Archer Library Endowment Fund
• Books Forever Endowment Fund
• College Class of 1954 Book Fund
• Richard J. Donohue Book Endowment Fund
• John F. Donahue Memorial Book Endowment Fund
• Nikki Lee Earll Book Endowment Fund
• Peter S. Finley Memorial Book Endowment Fund
• James J. Foy Memorial Book Endowment Fund
• The Emily Ann Gajek, N'96 and Marianne Gajek, B'97, Library Endowment Fund
• Donald W. Ide Memorial Book Fund
• F. Thomas Lauinger and Julie E. Lauinger Library Resource Endowment Fund
• Miriam & William Leahy Book Fund
• Library Associates Book Endowment Fund
• Joseph N. Mellace Memorial Book Endowment Fund
• P.C. Lauinger Memorial Book Fund
• Louis and Laura Moscato Book Endowment Fund
• Joseph A. O'Hare Memorial Book Endowment Fund
• Melanie B. O'Neill, C'95, Library Endowment Fund
• Bernard and Nancy Picchi Book Endowment Fund
• Baxter Milne Russell Memorial Book Fund
• James Fleming Rutledge Book Endowment Fund
• John Shallow Book Endowment Fund
• James R. Sprankle Book Endowment Fund
• Peter J. Tanous Book Fund
• The Tarone Family Endowment Fund

Collections in Special Subject Areas

• American History Book Endowment Fund
• Bernard Blommer Memorial Book Fund
• The Melanie and Bill Bone Library Endowment Fund
• Russell J. Bowen Fund
• Breier-Scheetz Manuscript Endowment Fund
• Glen F. Brown Endowed Fund
• The Graham Justin Buck Writing Fund
• Timothy W. Childs Book Endowment Fund
• Timothy W. Childs Endowed Fund
• Class of 1978 Book Endowment Fund
• The Heyward & Ella Randolph Cooke Library Endowment Fund
• Rev. Royden Davis, S.J. Book Endowment Fund
• Diplomacy and International Relations Book Endowment Fund
• Otto Donner Memorial Fund
• Rev. Joseph Durkin, S.J. Book Endowment Fund
• Miles P. DuVal, Jr. Endowed Collection on Inter-Oceanic Canal and Naval History
• English Literature Book Endowment Fund
• Charles M. Fairchild Endowment Fund
• Professor Ernst H. Feilchenfeld Memorial Book Fund
• Professor Michael F. Foley Book Endowment Fund
• John H. Forsgren, Sr. Memorial Book Endowment Fund
• John H. Forsgren Collection For the Arts Fund
• Mori Cottrell Green Endowment Fund
• The Thomas J. Healey Fund for National Book Award Collections
• The Thomas J. Healey Fund for Booker Prize Collections
• Josephine Overholser Helleskov Book Endowment Fund
• Joseph and Jeannine Jeffs Book Endowment Fund
• Irish Literature Book Fund
• Italian Literature Book Endowment Fund
• Peter Patrick Kellogg Memorial Fund
• Evron Kirkpatrick, Ph.D. Library Endowment Fund
• Language and Culture Resource Fund
• Lauinger Family Library Endowment Fund
• Leahy and Friday Family Endowed Fund for Japanese Art
• Lucius N. Littauer Book Fund for Jewish Studies
• Donald J. McDonough Sr. Memorial Endowment Fund
• Professor William Manger Collection on Inter-American Relations
• James Ethelbert Morgan Memorial Book Fund
• W. Coleman Nevils, S.J. Fund
• Joseph Charles O'Conor Memorial Book Fund
• Thomas T. Petzold Endowed Fund
• Pickard-Studley Collection
• Blessed Margaret Pole Book Endowment Fund
• Anthony and Catherine Previte Memorial Book Fund
• Charles and Dorothy Quest Memorial Endowment Fund
• Rare Books & Manuscripts Endowment Fund
• Riggs Book Endowment Fund
• The Leon Robbin Library Endowment Fund
• School of Business Administration Book Endowment Fund
• Science and Humanities Book Endowment Fund
• Louis E. Seibold Book Endowment Fund
• John W. Snyder Book Endowment Fund
• Spalding Book Endowment Fund
• Special Collections Endowment Fund
• G. Harvey Summ Book Endowment Fund
• Margaret Courtenay Stone Memorial Book Endowment Fund
• David R. Turner Memorial Book Endowment Fund
• Professor Bernard Wagner Book Endowment Fund

Expanding Information Technology

• Wilbert B. Dubin Memorial Classroom Fund
• The Susan K. Martin Fund for Innovative Information Technologies
• Bernard and Nancy Picchi Electronic Information Resource Center Endowment Fund

Preservation

• Lauinger Family Library Preservation Fund
• Mary B. and Joseph J. Sussen, Jr., C'49 Library Endowment Fund

Discretionary Funds

• Nancy J. Colalillo, F'76 Endowed Fund
• Georgetown Chimes Endowment Funds
• Richard J. and Kaye B. Heafey Library Fund
• Stephen Richard Kerbs, B'67, Library Endowment Fund
• McCarthy-O'Connor Library Fund
• Clarke A. Nelson Endowment Fund
• George H. O'Connor, Jr. Endowed Discretionary Fund
• Arnold Rosenthal Fund
• Eric and Jan Elaine Smith Library Fund

Special Purpose Funds

• Casey·McIlvane Lecture Fund
• Ellen Catherine Gstalder C'98 Memorial Lecture Fund
• Elizabeth Wood Library Scholar Fund