1 Washington State University Libraries A Newsletter for the Friends of the ecord R The VOLUME 58, NO. 3, WINTER 2000 Nancy L. Baker WSU Libraries Endowments How They Work, and Why We Like Them So Much For many years, library endowments have made it possible to purchase those extra-special books and other publications that were beyond our state-funded means. Our endow- ments have also helped the Libraries take full advantage of information technology with new, upgraded com- puters and software. They have al- lowed us to create databases that have made our collections more accessible to users. We have several endowments that specifically support the preservation of our manuscripts and rare books. Five of the six libraries on the Pull- man campus have endowment funds devoted specifically to the collec- tions, information resources, and services of that particular library. Until an endowment reaches the $25,000 level, it does not generate interest that can be used by the Li- braries. Campus endowments are invested by the WSU Foundation in a consolidated endowment pool. Cur- rently the Libraries received a 4- percent annual rate of return on the interest generated by our portion of the endowments. The remainder of the monies generated by these in- vestments is reinvested into the endowment to ensure its long-term sustainability. In other words, we want to be sure that an endowment created today at $25,000 is still worth something 40 years from now, when $25,000 may no longer be worth as much as it is today. Although some of the Libraries’ endowments were created through individual, one-time donations of $25,000 or more, individual donors have built many of them over several years. Some donors ask to have their gifts added to existing endowments, so their pooled contri- butions can have a greater, more long- range impact. I would be delighted to discuss endowment possibilities with any of you at any time. This is one way to make your contribution work for the WSU Libraries for many years to come. Nancy L. Baker, Director of the Libraries [email protected], 509-335-4558 Making On-Line Donations to the Libraries The WSU Libraries have created an opportunity for Friends of the Libraries to donate on-line. By logging onto the Friends of the Libraries Web site, www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/friends/ gifts.htm, and clicking on the “I want to give” icon, you will find a pledge form for the WSU Libraries. We hope that this convenient method will encourage our Friends and their friends to continue to support the Libraries.
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Washington State University Libraries �� A Newsletter for the Friends of theecordRThe
V O L U M E 5 8 , N O . 3 , W I N T E R 2 0 0 0
Nancy L. Baker
WSU Libraries EndowmentsHow They Work, and Why We Like Them So MuchFor many years, library endowmentshave made it possible to purchasethose extra-special books and otherpublications that were beyond ourstate-funded means. Our endow-ments have also helped the Librariestake full advantage of informationtechnology with new, upgraded com-puters and software. They have al-lowed us to create databases thathave made our collections moreaccessible to users.
We have several endowments thatspecifically support the preservationof our manuscripts and rare books.Five of the six libraries on the Pull-man campus have endowment fundsdevoted specifically to the collec-tions, information resources, andservices of that particular library.
Until an endowment reaches the$25,000 level, it does not generateinterest that can be used by the Li-braries. Campus endowments areinvested by the WSU Foundation in aconsolidated endowment pool. Cur-rently the Libraries received a 4-percent annual rate of return on theinterest generated by our portion ofthe endowments. The remainder ofthe monies generated by these in-
vestments is reinvested into theendowment to ensure its long-termsustainability. In other words, wewant to be sure that an endowment
created today at$25,000 is still worthsomething 40 yearsfrom now, when$25,000 may no longerbe worth as much as itis today.
Although some of theLibraries’ endowmentswere created throughindividual, one-timedonations of $25,000 ormore, individual donorshave built many of themover several years.Some donors ask tohave their gifts addedto existing endowments,so their pooled contri-butions can have agreater, more long-range impact.
I would be delightedto discuss endowmentpossibilities with any ofyou at any time. This is
one way to make your contributionwork for the WSU Libraries for manyyears to come.
Nancy L. Baker,Director of the [email protected], 509-335-4558Making On-Line Donations to the Libraries
The WSU Libraries have created anopportunity for Friends of theLibraries to donate on-line. Bylogging onto the Friends of theLibraries Web site,www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/friends/gifts.htm, and clicking on the “I
want to give” icon, you will find apledge form for the WSU Libraries.We hope that this convenientmethod will encourage our Friendsand their friends to continue tosupport the Libraries.
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Some of Our CurrentEndowmentsGeneral Enrichment of theWSU LibrariesLibrary Excellence Endowment
Fund—Enrichment of the Librar-ies’ resources, collections, andservices.
Enrichment of SpecificPullman Campus LibrariesGeorge B. Brain Education Library
Endowment
George W. Fischer AgriculturalSciences Library Endowment
Veterinary Medical/Pharmacy Li-brary Endowment Fund
Specified-Use EndowmentsJohn W. & Mildred S. Bissinger
Endowment—for an assistant-ship to help with restorationand preservation of books andother library collections.
Robert W. & Eleanor M. BucklinArchival Fellowship—for anassistantship to help process,preserve, and make manuscriptsand archival collections moreaccessible.
Edwin & Ruth Burgess MemorialLibrary Collection Endowment—acquisition of materials, prefera-bly in the field of western Amer-icana.
Herman Deutsch Memorial LibraryFund— acquisition of materialsin PNW history.
Lynn R. Hansen Special CollectionEndowment Fund for mainte-nance of the Hansen Comix andBeatles collections, and for ac-quisition of collections of popu-lar culture.
Humphrey W. Leynse EndowmentFund—preservation and dissem-ination of the H.W. Leynse FilmCollection in MASC.
Moldenhauer Archives EndowmentFund—purchase of music ar-chive and source materials.
Sheldon & Michael Osborn LibraryEndowment—focusing on MediaMaterial Services.
Marc Moise Szeftel & Kitty SzeftelEndowment—acquisition, main-tenance, and dissemination ofresources in Russian and Euro-pean history.
It’s the students who are the ultimatebeneficiaries of endowed gifts to theLibraries.
Western WashingtonAdvisory BoardJudy Borth
Seattle
Mary Kay FowlerSeattle
Ron FowlerSeattle
Ruth and Robert GibbBellingham
Marilyn KimbleKingston
Patricia KnowlesSeattle
Carmen OteroIssaquah
Laurie PenrodSnohomish
Cherry ShawVancouver
Matt WilliamsKent
Thomas J. WeingartenSeattle
Mary Kay McFaddenWSU WestSeattle
Nancy L. Baker, DirectorWSU LibrariesPullman
Robert L. StaabDevelopment DirectorWSU LibrariesPullman
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Endowment Support in 1999
The 1999 Honor Roll of Donorsthank as fully as we do those whosenames are included. We sincerelyvalue the support and the generosityof our friends. If your name wasinadvertently omitted or improperlyreported, please contact Robert L.Staab, 509-335-8736,[email protected].
* James Bryant* Eleanor BucklinJoseph & Jean BuhalyRichard & Roberta BullM. Elaine BurgessTony BuschJose & Rebecca CardellDaniel CareyElisabeth CareyRobert CarlsonAletha CarltonHugh & Ann CarrAlys CarrascoErin CarrierSeth CarterDennis CartwrightClinton CatesJennifer ChallenderJohn & Linda ChaplinJo ClancyPhyllis ClancyClark Co. Veteran’s Memorial CommitteeLila CoatesLester & Mona CoffmanWilliam & Leanne ColwellThomas & Dawn ComishJ. Parker & Nancy CompauFaith CookeLawrence & Christy CostelloHelen CoulterRichard CramondLouis & Diane Criez
A portion of the Humphrey W. Ley-nse Endowment was used for thetransfer of 16mm and 35mm filmfrom the Humphrey W. Leynse Col-lection to digital tapes and video-tapes. These transfers were in con-cert with the endowment—i.e.,providing for the preservation anddissemination of the Humphrey W.Leynse Collection in Manuscripts,Archives, and Special Collections(MASC).
A portion of Wallis R. & MarilynV. Kimble’s generous donation wasused to purchase a digital camera forMASC. This acquisition enables theLibraries to provide better access toMASC’s resources, to provide elec-tronic transfer of these resources forpatrons, and to preserve MASC’sresources.
The late Mrs. Mildred Bissing-er’s generous giving enabled MASCto acquire computer equipment anda scanner for digital imagingprojects and for the preservation ofMASC’s fragile resources. The first
function this workstation will serve isthe pilot project forthe Statewide DigitalImaging Initiative, using theContent Database for digitiz-ing the Frank Matsura Photo-graph Collection. (See backpage.)
Bissinger’s funds were alsoused for sponsorship of theWestward Bound (Book Arts)Exhibit in MASC (October 18-November 24, 1999), as well astwo lecturers during the exhibit.
A portion of the Brooks FamilyFund was used to purchase twooversize map cases for the largearchitectural drawings from theKenneth W. Brooks Archive inMASC.
The Sheldon and Michael Os-born Endowment funds Media Ma-terials Services (MMS) in the Hol-land/New Library. In 1999 theOsborn Endowment funded MMSexpansion of the motion picture
The Honor Roll recognizes Friends ofthe Libraries who have contributedto the WSU Libraries from January 1,1999 to December 31, 1999. Absentfrom this list are the names of manyloyal supporters who made gifts oflibrary material, and the names ofanonymous donors, all of whom we
collection of DVDs. DVD technologyis in high demand among libraryusers, and the endowment allowsMMS the flexibility to acquire a num-ber of these discs.
Daniel & Gladene ReaughKathryn RecordsDonald & Helen ReedStephen Reidel & Mary KnightChristopher Reuter & Jean MarklLinda RiceThomas & Meredith RichardsJerry Roach & Diane ShawDee RodgersPatricia RolstadPaul & Margaret RosefeldtRollie & Irene RuehlmanCharles RundlePaul RutherfordFrances SadoffMeredith SageLynda SalgadoEsther SalisburyJohn San FellipoGregory SassmanHenry & Nancy SauerDavid & Kathy SchaeferJohn & Joyce SchaferJames & Karen SchlosserDonald & Gwen SchreinerLorna SchumannJuanita SchwyhartDiane ScollardDaniel & Gayle SeePaul & Agatha SellinEdward & Cherry ShawPatrick & Marian SheaforPhillip & Bonnie SheatsZhixin Shi & Lan LiDawn ShinewDavid Slavit & Gisela Ernst-Slavit
Brooks ExhibitThe exhibit, “Urban Spaces, UrbanPlaces: The Architectural Visions ofKenneth Brooks,” is being present byManuscripts, Archives, and SpecialCollections in the Holland/New Li-brary. The exhibit is open to thepublic from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.,Monday through Friday, until March31, 2000.
On January 18, 2000, professorAyad Rahmani, WSU School of Ar-chitecture, presented a lecture enti-tled, “Between Imagination and Rea-son: The Figure of Kenneth Brooks.”Held in the Holland/New Library, thelecture was an overview of Brooks’scareer. Kenneth Brooks’s widow,Mrs. Edna Brooks, and her familywere in attendance. Upon the conclu-sion of the lecture, a tour of theexhibit and reception were held inhonor of the Brooks family.
In 1941 Kenneth Brooks graduatedin architectural engineering from theUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He was first exposed toarchitectural practice at Skidmore,Owings and Merrill in New York. In1948 he spent seven months travel-ing in Europe on a Plym Fellowship,
most of which was spent in Swedenworking under the tutelage of SvenMarkelius, a Swedish city plannerand architect who was instrumentalin reshaping Stockholm in the imme-diate post-World-War-II period.
After visiting an uncle inSeattle, Brooks arrived inSpokane, Washington, in1948. Keen to make Spokanehis future hometown, he tookan immediate and lifelonginterest in its urban pros-pects and problems—aninterest which preoccupiedhim until his death in 1996.Throughout this period hewas a tireless public advocateof architecture and urbandesign as an essential meansto improve the quality of lifein Spokane. Brooks’s civicvoluntarism was also evidentin the lectures and visualpresentations he made beforedifferent audiences in thatcity. His immersion in urbanthemes ultimately foundexpression in Expo 1974. Thisproject resulted in the Spo-kane River being cleaned andin the amelioration of pock-
ets of urban blight in the downtownarea; perhaps more importantly, inExpo 1974 Brooks articulated a vi-sion of Spokane that foreverchanged its image and its possibili-ties.
Don SmithMichael & Christine SodorffRobert & Janet SpethChad SprouseBharatendu & Pratibha SrivastavaBob & Sylva StaabCatherine StappSandra StarkState of WashingtonJames & Kathleen StephanickJames & Angela StewartPaul & Karen StirrupHenry StricklerDorothy SzendreSteven & Christine TalbottIrving Tallman & Marilyn Ihinger-TallmanAlexis & Gerdean TanDale & Veronica TarrantMaurice & Catherine TauberNorman & Florence TeitrickJoan TelferJohn Terrey & Elizabeth Matysik-TerreyKenneth & Stephanie TeschWilliam & Chris ThackaberryJoan ThieleTimothy Thomsen & Marcia RobinsonBarbara ThonnDonald & Susan TiltonAnthony & Alice TobiasPhuc TranPeter & Margaret Turping United Way of King CountyNeil & Christine ValentineMadalyn VanNessWilliam & N. Yvonne VenemaAlbert & Jane von Frank
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Calendar of EventsFebruaryFebruary 28-March 3 Paintings of Alfredo Arreguin, Celebration of Semana de la Raza—Exhibit Case
March3-31 Women’s History Month. Women Making History at WSU—Exhibit Case6-20 GLBA Exhibit—Exhibit Case21-31 African Night Celebration—Exhibit Case
April1-30 Filipino-American History Exhibit—Atrium3-16 National Library Week—Exhibit CaseApril 10-May 31 “The History of Radio and Television Services at WSU”—MASC Exhibit AreaApril 17-May 15 Golden Grads, Class of 1950; Transportation of the 1950s—Exhibit Case
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Images from the Frank Matsura PhotographCollection. The John W. and Mildred S. BissingerEndowment is making it possible for theLibraries to digitize the collection.