The Charles P. and Dorothy C. Sacher Family Endowment in Southern United States History and Culture was established in 1996. Charles Sacher (’61, ’64 J.D.) is a founding partner of Sacher, Martini & Sacher, P.A. He has been a member of the Notre Dame Law School Advisory Council since 1991. He and his wife, Dorothy, a graduate of Florida State University, have three sons: Charles S. (’89, ’92 J.D.), John M. (’92), and Richard J. (’93). The Sachers are members of the Sorin Society, the Order of St. Thomas More, and the Badin Guild.
 
The Sacher Endowment enables the Hesburgh Libraries to provide improved resources for research and teaching on the American South. This is increasingly important as interdisciplinary, area, and regional studies are growing fields in academe. Its income is being used to support the acquisition of primary and secondary materials—both print and non-print—dealing with southern authors, the literature of the South, southern culture, southern and regional state histories, and source materials on the South in general.
 
The 44-volume Garland series of Faulkner’s manuscripts is just one example of a fine addition to the Libraries’ collection that is extensively used, that was purchased with Sacher Endowment funds.