Endowed Library Funds A-B
The generous support of the following endowed funds enables the Bryn Mawr College Libraries to purchase materials in support of the teaching and research mission of the College.
- William R. and Martha S. Adair Memorial Fund
- Agnew Memorial Library Fund
- Ankeny Family Library Fund
- Art and Archaeology Library Fund
- Atherton Book Fund
- Mary M. Baizer Memorial Fund
- Margaret Ayer Barnes Book Fund
- Nita Scudder Baugh Fund
- Dr. Fritz Berliner Biochemistry Fund
- Ernst Berliner Fund for Journals in Chemistry
- L. Joe Berry Fund
- Julia Fellows Blaisdell Memorial Fund
- Josephine Katzenstein Blancke Book Fund for Foreign Languages
- Phyllis Pray Bober Art and Archaeology Library Fund
- Bolton Book Fund
- Bryn Mawr Book Fair
- Sylvia C. Bowditch Fund
- Mary Keller Boyd Library Fund
- Maynard Riggs Bradley Fund for Library Purchases in Archaeology
- Jane L. and Harriet M. Brownell Fund
- Roger Frederic Brunel Fund
Endowed Library Funds
Ankeny Family Library Fund
, beginning with fiscal year 2003.
Designated for the purchase of periodicals in the Humanities and Social Sciences.
Established by Mrs. Dewalt H. Ankeny and her daughters Sally Ankeny Anson, Class of 1952, and Kendall Ankeny Mix, Class of 1948. This fund has been used to purchase reference books, begin an approval program of art exhibition catalogs, and to support periodicals. Beginning in 1990, the fund solely supports the purchase of periodicals in the humanities and social sciences.
Art and Archaeology Library Fund
, beginning with fiscal year 2003.
Designated for the purchase of materials in Archaeology and the History of Art.
Established by a gift from Maxine de Schauensee Lewis, Class of 1958.
Atherton Book Fund
, beginning with fiscal year 2003.
Designated for the purchase of materials for the general collection.
Louise Dickey Davison, Class of 1937, conceived the idea of soliciting contributions from all Bryn Mawr members of her family, relatives, and friends to raise the money for this fund. Five sisters are the center of this idea: Louise Atherton Dickey, Class of 1903; Melanie Atherton Updegraff, Class of 1908; Sarah Atherton Bridgman, Class of 1913; Elizabeth Atherton Hewitt, Class of 1914; and, Eleanor Atherton Hendrickson, Class of 1918.
Mary M. Baizer Memorial Fund
, beginning with fiscal year 2003.
Designated for the purchase of books in Russian, German, and English Literature.
Established by a gift in memory of Mary M. Baizer from her husband Manual Baizer and her daughters Joan Baizer, Class of 1968, and Carol Baizer, Class of 1973.
Dr. Fritz Berliner Biochemistry Fund
Designated for the purchase of books in Biochemistry.
Begun in 1970 by Ernst and Frances Berliner, specifically for the purchase of books in Biochemistry and not periodicals. At that time the College was the beneficiary of a National Science Foundation grant and the Berliners requested that the income be returned to principal for the first three years of the fund. In fact, the income was returned to principal until 1986, when it was posted as a regular library endowment fund.
Ernst Berliner Fund for Journals in Chemistry
L. Joe Berry Fund
, beginning with fiscal year 2003.
Designated for the purchase of books in Biology.
Established by a donation from friends, students, and colleagues in honor of L. Joe Berry, a member of the Biology faculty from 1940 to 1970.
Julia Fellows Blaisdell Memorial Fund
Designated for the purchase of materials for the general collection, with a preference for those in the Classics.
Established by an initial gift by Viola Margaret Blaisdell, Class of 1907, in memory of her mother, Julia Fellows Blaisdell. Viola Margaret Blaisdell's major subjects were Mathematics and Latin.
Phyllis Pray Bober Art and Archaeology Library Fund
, beginning with fiscal year 2003.
Designated for the purchase of books in the field of art and archaeology, with a preference given to the classical tradition and the Renaissance.
Established by gifts from friends and colleagues of Professor Bober upon her retirement.
Bolton Book Fund
, beginning with fiscal year 2003.
Designated for purchases in architectural history, land management, and urban studies.
Established in 1990 through the combined gifts of the Elisha-Bolton Foundation and Gilbert Schafer, Haverford Class of 1984.
Bryn Mawr Book Fair
Designated for the purchase of materials for the general collection.
Established through the funds generated from the 1976 Book Fair, held under the auspices of the Staff of Canaday Library and the Friends of the Bryn Mawr College Library. The Book Fair was a biennial event from 1976 to 1982 with some of the proceeds from each of the four Fairs added to the fund.
Maynard Riggs Bradley Fund for Library Purchases in Archaeology
Jane L. and Harriet M. Brownell Fund
, beginning with fiscal year 2003.
Designated for the purchase of materials for the general collection.
Established at the bequest of Jane L. Brownell, Class of 1893 and M.A. 1894, and her sister Harriet M. Brownell, Class of 1897. Originally the gift was used for alterations to Dalton Hall and to set up the Jane L. Brownell Memorial Room in the Mathematics Department. After construction, the remainder was consolidated to form this library fund.
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