Rare Book School's $2 Million Endowment Campaign

FAIN: CH-50315-07

Rare Book School (Charlottesville, VA 22903-2444)
Terry Belanger (Project Director: November 2005 to September 2009)
Michael Felix Suarez (Project Director: September 2009 to November 2011)

Endowment for new programming, staff salary enhancement, and scholarships as well as direct fund-raising costs.

Rare Book School (RBS) is the nation’s principal resource (1) for the study of the history of paper-making, typography, printing, illustration, binding, publishing, the regulation of the press, and personal and institutional book collecting; (2) for the study of the history of the production, distribution and use and ultimate fate of books, manuscripts, and related materials; and (3) for basic and continuing education in the techniques and technologies of rare book and special collections librarianship. The RBS Board of Directors invites the NEH to participate in its endowment campaign to strengthen and expand the essential programs of the school.