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Arts & Architecture
The sacred and musical arts, art history, graphic and industrial design, film, television, and theatre, and architecture are increasingly recognized among Notre Dame’s most outstanding academic programs. In addition to the infusion of talent from faculty and staff, these library collections provide resources that help to meet the changing demands of scholarship in support of these world-class, vigorous disciplines.
- Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Borger Architecture Library Endowment
- Gladys Brooks Foundation Endowed Library Collection in Italian Art
- Paul F. & Suzanne Mattes Coash Endowed Library Collection in Architecture - Honoring Lee H. Mattes
- Alice Wolohan Hohmann Endowed Collection in the Arts
- Ray and Mary Kennedy Family Endowed Collection in Irish Music
- R. Steven and Elizabeth A. Lutterbach Family Endowment in Film, Television, and Theatre
- Plym Foundation Endowed Library Collection in Architecture
- Paul and Dora Rath Endowed Collection for the Continuing Study of Traditional American Music: Jazz, Blues, and Gospel
- Irene O'Brien Ryan Library Collection in Fine Arts
- The Ryan Family Collection of the Park List: A Collection of Architectural Books in America Before the Revolution
- Eli J. and Helen Shaheen Collection in Architecture
- Phil & Dorothy Spaeth Endowed Collection in Music
- Thomas and Anne Wamser Family Endowment in Architecture
- Dorothy & Ted Weber Jr. Family Collection - Retrospective Fund for the College of Arts & Letters
- Thomas and Charlotte Wolohan Collection in Architecture
Business
Business resources must be continually renewed to keep pace with rapidly expanding business curricula, teaching methodologies, and research endeavors of the Mendoza College of Business. Collection development in business supports electronic journals, databases, monographs, and other resources specifically targeted to business studies, helping the College to sustain top rankings among peer institutions year after year.
- The Richard P. Anton Family Endowed Collection in Business Ethics
- Mike Bachurski Family Endowment for the Study of Venture Capital Innovation and Ethics
- Berasi Family Library Endowment in Business and Health
- Dolphin Family Library Endowment for Business Information
- Anne and Bob Hoyt Library Endowment in the Mendoza College of Business
- Norman and Elaine Jenkins Library Endowment in Business
- Mahaffey Business Library
- Pilliod Family Endowed Collection in International Marketing and Finance
- The William J. Schmuhl Library Endowment in Business Management
- Jack Boyd Smith Family Collection in Business
- J. Albert Smith Family Endowed Collection in Finance and Accounting
- Michael P. and Lyle C. Williams Library Collection in Ethics in Business and Society
Engineering & the Sciences
New discovery creates daily changes in engineering and scientific knowledge—increasingly so in today’s digital world. Diverse collections in many formats focused in these expanding academic areas enable the Hesburgh Libraries to provide access to journals, data sets, and other state-of-the art resources critical to the research of students and faculty in the science and engineering disciplines.
- Arnold Library Endowment for Digital Access
- Jeanne and Edward Arnold Library Endowment in Science and Engineering
- Lawrence and Helen Baldinger Endowed Library Collection in Critical Technologies in Medicine
- Bayer USA Foundation Endowed Library Collection in Science
- Bea Family Endowment for Medical Studies
- The Thomas Patrick Carney Collection in Chemistry
- Marilouise Smith Condon Computer Science and Engineering Department Endowment Collection
- Creighton Family Science Library Endowment
- The Mr. and Mrs. Franklin E. Eck Endowed Collection in Chemical Engineering
- Philip J. Fagan, Jr., M.D., and Family Endowed Library Collection in Honor of Philip J. Fagan, Sr., M.D.
- Louis M. and Jane G. Haley Endowed Collection in Science and Science Technology
- Dorene and Jerry Hammes Library Endowment for Critical Technologies in Engineering - Dedicated to Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C.
- Gregory and Susanne Hoffman Family Endowed Collection for the College of Science in Honor of Dr. and Mrs. Arthur Hoffman and Mr. and Mrs. C. Norman McCullough
- Kuzmich Earth Sciences Endowed Library Fund
- Marino Collection in Computer Science and Engineering
- Donald T. McAllister, M.D. and Family Endowed Collection in Science
- Dr. and Mrs. Martin O. Miller Library Collection in Science
- Carl and Louise Pettersch Library Endowment in Critical Technologies
- Robert and Dorothy Pfeil Library Endowment in Electrical Engineering
- Rivco Foundation Library Collection in Engineering
- The Leo and Verna Wahl Library Endowment in Engineering
- Richard and Angela Wolohan Family Endowment for Engineering
Enhancements & Services
- Paul John Anderson Endowed Library Preservation Fund
- David H. and Denise C. Brenner Family Library Endowment Fostering Innovative Learning Initiatives
- Michael G. Browning Family General Library Endowment
- Butler Family Hesburgh Libraries Endowment
- John and Dessa Campbell Library Endowment
- The William B. Carey ’59 Collection of Signed and Inscribed Books
- The Reverend John J. Cavanaugh, C.S.C., Discretionary Fund
- Class of 2010 Library Endowment
- Albert M. and Doris F. Connolly Library Endowment
- The Crouch Family Library Endowment
- Jolene and Anthony DiMaggio General Library Endowment
- Vincent J. Duncan Family Library Endowment
- Amelia I. and Robert J. Frost, M.D., General Endowment
- Margaret P. and Robert H. Gore Jr. Memorial American Numismatic Collection
- Jim and Dorothy Griffin Library Endowment Strengthening the Joyce Sports Collection and Rare Resource Acquisitions
- J. Arthur and Mary Virginia Haley Memorial Library Collection
- Gerard & Viola Herkes Endowed Library Collection
- Mary Frances and H. Joseph Hinton Endowed Library Collection
- John L. Hoeck General Library Endowment
- Fritz and Ellen Holzgrefe Family Library Endowment
- John Hrycko Family Endowment Fund
- Thomas Irwin General Library Endowment
- Kenefick/Brennan General Library Endowment
- Raymond and Mary Kennedy Family Library Endowment
- Raymond and Mary Kennedy Family Library Preservation Fund
- Carol and Rees LaBar General Library Endowment
- Ted and Marie Majerek Family Periodicals Program
- Michael and Sylvia Mallardi and Family General Library Endowment - In Memory of William H. Fallon ('37)
- Rev. Edward A. Malloy, C.S.C., General Library Endowment
- James M. and JoAnne Morrison General Library Endowment
- John F. Nash Family General Library Endowment
- Pilliod Family Library Endowment
- Edward and Sheila Scanlan Collection of Great Lakes Maps
- Edmund A. Stephan Chicago Tribune Microfilm Library Collection
- Herb and Maxine Thyen Family General Endowment
- Jean Roberts and Theodore F. Twardzik Family General Library Endowment
- Wamser Family Library Endowment: Honoring the Liberal Arts Tradition
- Laura K. & Theodore S. Weber, Sr. Family Endowed Collection for Penguin Books
- Ellen B. and Robert K. Wilmouth Endowed Library Collection
- Wolnitzek Library Endowment
Humanities
These funds strengthen the foundation for the academy’s worldwide reputation in the humanities. Notre Dame is proud of this diverse group of collections. Medieval literature and history, Irish studies, and Catholic Americana, to name just a few, are recognized among the very best in the world. Our strong print and digital collections in this area make the Libraries a true “laboratory” for humanistic studies.
- Alfred R. and Lee Abrams Collection in Hebrew and Jewish Studies
- Edward H. Arnold Family Endowment for Germanic Studies
- Thomas and Marcia Blum Family Library Collection for American Catholic Intellectual Thought - Established by Anne and John ’48 Hoeck
- Thomas and Marcia Blum Family Library Collection for the Study of Christianity: From Rome to Byzantium
- Brian and Jeannelle Brady Family Endowed Collection in Irish Studies
- Maura Collins Endowment for Irish Studies
- John T. Conroy Jr. Family Collection of Studies in Early Christianity
- Margaret Conway Library Collection in Medieval Studies
- William J. and Laura B. Corbett Medieval Library Endowment
- Coss Family Collection in Irish Studies
- Arthur Vining Davis Foundations Endowment for Humanities
- Arthur Vining Davis Foundations Endowment for Medieval and Renaissance Italian Studies
- William J. and Katherine L. Devers Family Endowment in Dante Studies
- José E. Fernández Sr. Library Retrospective Collection in Hispanic Caribbean Studies
- Matthew Fitzsimons Endowed Library Collection in History
- Paul Foley Memorial Library Collection in American History
- Fort Howard Corporation Endowed Collection in Western European History
- Foxen Family Endowed Collection for the Humanities
- Merrill B. Frick Family Library Endowment for Early Christian Studies
- The Merrill B. Frick Family Endowment for German Studies
- The Merrill B. Frick Family Endowment for Protestant Studies
- Yusaku and Ken Furuhashi Library Endowment in International Studies
- John F. and Kathleen L. Gibbons Family Endowment in American Catholic Studies
- John F. and Kathleen L. Gibbons Endowment for the Enrichment of Studies in American History
- John F. and Kathleen L. Gibbons Family Endowment in Irish Studies
- Dorothy G. Griffin Endowed Collection in French Poetry
- Guido Family Collection in Italian Studies
- Healy Library Collection in Irish Literature
- John Hrycko Family Endowed Collection in Eastern European Studies
- John Hrycko Family Endowed Collection in French Studies
- John S. Jackoboice Family Endowment in Memory of Mary Ann Jackoboice
- Jolley/O’Rourke Family Collection in Irish Studies
- Christopher J. and Susan M. Kearney Endowment for the Study of American History in Memory of Christopher J. Kearney Jr. and Philip J. Foley
- Mary E. Kenny Library Collection in Medieval Studies
- Donald R. Keough Endowed Collection in Irish Studies
- Donald R. Keough Family Irish Studies Collection
- Donald & Marilyn Keough Family Irish Studies Swift Collection
- Madden Family Collection in Irish Studies
- Raymond E. Mahoney New Opportunities Fund
- Raymond E. Mahoney Endowed Collection in Shakespearean Studies
- Thomas and Mary L. Marcuccilli Family Endowed Collection in Civil War History
- Mary B. Mathaus Endowed Library Collection on the Book and English Literature
- William J. McCarthy Family Endowed Collection in Chinese Studies
- Harley L. McDevitt Endowed Fund for Medieval English Literature
- Harley L. McDevitt Spanish Inquisition Library Collection
- McGovern Family Collection in British Fiction and Criticism
- John and Mary Meany Endowed Collection in American History
- Tom and Sarah Mulcahy Family Endowed Collection in Irish Studies
- Dennis F. and Ellin C. Murphy Irish Studies Library Endowment
- National Endowment for the Humanities Endowment for Northern Medieval Vernacular Literature
- Charles and Jean Neil Irish Fiction Initiative
- John A. O'Brien Library Collection in Theology & Philosophy
- John F. O'Loughlin Endowed Collection in Irish Studies
- Anthony J. F. O’Reilly Endowed Collection in Irish History and Society
- I.A. O'Shaughnessy Foundation Endowment for the Humanities in Memory of Eileen A. O'Shaughnessy
- Howard & Evangeline Phalin Collection in English & American Literature
- Antonio and Suzanne Rea Family Endowment in Italian Studies
- Stephen and Peggy Ren Medieval Studies Collection
- The Sophronia B. Schmuhl Library Endowment in American Studies and Journalism
- John and Dianne Sennett Family Endowment for Irish Studies
- Eli J. and Helen Shaheen Collection in Philosophy
- Laura Shannon Endowed Medieval Collection
- Eduard Adam Skendzel Polonian Historical Collection
- Hal and Sharon Smith Family Endowment for Irish Studies
- Smurfit Collection in Irish Studies - Furthering the Irish Fiction Initiative with the Loeber Collection of Irish Fiction
- The Sullivan Family Library Endowment
- Richard C. Sweetman Family Collection in Irish Studies in Honor of Richard S. & Evelyn O’Rourke Sweetman
- Jean Roberts and Theodore F. Twardzik Family Endowed Collection in Polish Studies
- Valenti Family Endowment in Italian Studies
- Vuono Family Endowment for Italian Literature and Culture
- Walsh Family Endowed Collection in Irish Studies
- James L. Walsh Jr. Endowment for Humanities Research
- James L. Walsh Jr. Endowed Collection in Russian and East European Literature and Culture
- John A. and Marion L. Walsh Library Endowment in Military Science
- Ted Weber, Jr. Family Collection - Advancing the Catholic Intellectual Heritage
- Robert J. Williams, Sr. Library Collection in Theology and Science
- Joseph J. and Frances D. Zavislak Family Collection in Polish Studies