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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 Librariesbakern@wsu.edu, 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

Frances Penrose Owen Science &Engineering Library Endowment

School of Architecture EndowedLibrary

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,rstaab@wsu.edu.

* 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.

Betty AdamsDaniel AdamsAllied Arts GalleryKurtzi AndersonMerry ArmstrongBrooke BairdAlexandra BakarichDavid & June BakerJames & Nancy BakerCarol Baker-CasprowitzRaymond & Jacquelyn BanasikGary Baranzini & Marlene Smith-BaranziniPhilip BarnardSusanne BarrSusan BaughmanCharma BergJulian & Ruth BindlerBiomedical and Env. Consultants

Brian BirminghamRobin BiscardiEllen BishopWarren & Barbara Bishop* Mildred BissingerThomas & Donna BlantonDonald BlayneyKarl & Mary Ann BoehmkeJohn BonnerCleve & Judith BorthGerald & Mary BortvedtRichard & Annette BowieGeorge & Harriet BrainWilliam & Nancy BroneillEdna Brooks* Kenneth BrooksChristopher BrownGarrett Brown

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Bill and Leanne Colwell attended the October 30thPA event, during which the Libraries highlightedtheir gift of science fiction literature to WSU.

Glenn & Jane CrosbyKaren CrosbyAlan & Nancy CroweKara CushingNancy DavidsonCharles DavisHarry & Helen DavisBill & Marcia DeanJoel & Janet DeLisaRobert & Nancy DeLorenzoBarbara DelzellMike Destabelle & Jennifer SteeleFrank DexineLynda DezellemDee DickMichael DinningRonald & Susan DinningStephen & Terry DixonMark DoennebrinkJerry & Carol DoerrVipul DoshiDavid & Jeanne DryfoosWalter & Barbara DryfoosGlen Dulski & Debra SandersSue DurrantDaniel EckerDouglas & Annette EdwardsJean EnzlerDavid & Dolores FaerberTim & Susan Falk Faxon CompanyRobert FellowsHerbert & Elizabeth FemlingVitt & Mary FerrucciRobert FizzellGary & Gloria FletcherAlvis & Barbara ForbesChris Foster & Teresa Rob-

ertsonMary Kay FowlerRonald FowlerRodney & Marilyn Frederiksen Friends of the Kettle Falls LibraryKristine FromholdRobin GallionVernon & Joan GallupSteven & Mary GambriellMary GardinerAnn-Marie GardnerRobert & Ruth GibbRobert & Shirley GidenFrances GiffeySusan GillDavid & Mary GillespieKurt & Vickie GlastetterRobert GleasonAlbert & Edna GoodmanJonathan & Margaret GosseHarvey & Jane GoverHelen GrafPatrick & Barbara GravesAudrey GravleyPaul GreenTimothy & Tana GriffithMichael Griswold & Alice KarlJ.A. GrossRobert & Marjorie GrunewaldJohn & Jane GuidoKeith GuntherHakan Gurocak & Elizabeth Reilly GurocakChristine HadlowMelvin HamreScott HannahGreg & Cassa HanonEbba HansenRalph & Lillian HansenTrygve HansonJudy HarderJames & Deborah HarshLucile HatchKenneth HearlsonRichard & Colleen HendricksonRobert HendricksonMarybelle Henry

Mark & Carrie HewittHewlett Packard CompanyDarlene HildebrandtBetty HillJames & Cheryl HillFan Ho & Jacklyn ChangJosephine HockenhullRenee HoekselPatrick HollisterJanet HollowayBart & Kristin HolmbergGary & M. Chris HouserRobert HoweAnne Huntwork

Lori IrvingMartha JackDonald Johnson & Tammy Foster-JohnsonMichael & Elizabeth JohnsonRobert & Katherine JohnsonThomas & Janet JohnsonWendy JohnsonChristopher JonesJordan & Atlanta JustenHelen KeiserThomas & Carol KeljoPaul KellerValerie KellyAlexander KhapalovE. Miles & Kathryn KilburnWallis & Marilyn KimbleEdward KimbroughLeonard KirschnerPaul & Martha KlavanoSydney & Betty KlenkChristopher KlobucherRobert & Ann KnottDavid & Patricia KnowlesRobert KnoxTim Kohler & Marilyn VonSeggernAllen KopfBonnie KosteleckyWendy KrakowkaDonald KumpulaCressy LambertBret & Ellen LamoreeFrank & Gaye LawheadGregory & Mary LeachElizabeth Lecuyer-MausAlbert & Helen LeguisJames LeierDavid & Myrnie LemkeKurt LenkersdorferDong & Jane LiAlbert & Suzanne LiebetrauRichard & Sherene LienSteven LinkGeorgia LomaxLarry & Marilyn LomaxHarold Loo

Charles & Theresa LoPrestiEileen LorenzoRuth LoveRobert & Leila LuedekingRita LyonGregory MaggardPaul MajerJay & Annette MarkinDorothy MatsonGlenn Kastrinos & Anne Maxham-Kastri-

nosRita MazurDuncan McAlpineAndrew McAmmondHarold McClimansElinor McCloskeyTimothy McLarenAllen & Chari McRillAnne MealeyLawrence Meinert & Georgia YuanKathie MeyerRobert & Phyllis MeyerKenneth & Judy Meyers Microsoft CorporationRebecca MillerJames MinorMisty Meadow KennelsJudy MitchellMarie MonahanEmmett MooreKathleen MoranEarl MorganMichael MorrisRoger Morris* Hazel MotleyBrad & Judy MunnChristopher Murray & Carla ChiottiKristine MurrayRaymond & Marianne MuseCathy NattDavid & Kerry NelsonDonald & Catherine NelsonWyatt & Nancy NewmanRay & Julie NewnamTyre & Eleanor NewtonYolanda NiemannRachael NitzRobert & Mary NofsingerCarin O’HandleyRichard & Janice OkitaHenderson & Mary OrchardLeonard & Sarah OrrRichard OrwigFrances OwenKishan PadakannayaPalouse Empire Asian American AssocRobert & Marion ParkerClaudia ParkinsRobert & Carol ParvinVirginia PaulDaniel & Suzanne PauloBrian PaystDale & Cynthia PetersenCraig & Wendy PetersonWayne & Pamela PetersonRoger & Annette PettengerGhery & Frances PettitJack & Lynda PheasantDonald & Marilyn PhelpsMax & Pamela PhelpsRichard & Carol PilskogJohn & Ila PittmanDouglas PooleMichael & Suzanne PooleLeonard & JoAnn PorterJudith PowellAaron & Tiffany PriceWilbur & Toni PriceWilliam Price & Cindy Immasche-PriceMichele PrimaveraRobert PringleThomas & Wanda ProteauJulia PutnamM. Ramula

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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

Betty WagnerWilliam & Judi WamsleyChris Warner & Nancy Collins-WarnerRichard & Helen WeathermonTroy Webb & Barbara WoodsCarrie WebberThomas WeingartenThomas Weir & Constance PotterDick & Elizabeth WetzelJohn & Shirley WhitakerBrandon & Janet WhiteGlenn & Carolyn WhiteKim White-TorruellasAlan WicksWilliam & Beth WiegandAnn WierumBrad & Charlotte WightmanDale WilliamsWallace & Kathleen WilliamsWendy WilliamsJoan WilliamsonRobert & Diane WilsonSusan WohldWomen Veterinarians AssociationMary WoodKeith Yamakawa & Arlene Cabalce-Ya-

makawaLarry & Linda YatesTerrell & Christine Young* Elaine YunkerWayne YunkerRonald & Elli Ziegler

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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.