FRIENDS of the LIBRARY
QUEENS UNIVERSITY of CHARLOTTE
BOARD of DIRECTORS and ADVISORS 2015-2016
www.queens.edu/fol
fol@queens.edu
704-688-2708
Adelaide Davis (Ned)
Alina Bartlett (Richard)
Advisor
Historian
1900 Selwyn Avenue, 28274
Office: 704-337-2329
davisa@queens.edu
1147 Queens Road, 28207
Home: 704-375-6101 Cell: 704-589-1160
alinabartlett@gmail.com
Mary Ellison (Ernest)
Sheila Bennett (Bob)
Assistant Treasurer
Book and Author Chair
6720 Churchill Park Court, 28210
Home: 704-643-7745
meme.ellison@gmail.com
3028 Cutchin Drive, 28210
Home: (704) 553-1146
sheila.bennett@earthlink.net
Lisa Evans (Carlos)
Kathie Broderick (Terry)
Holiday Books and Coffee Co-Chair
Holiday Books and Coffee Co-Chair
425 Colville Road, 28207
Home: (704) 358-0984
lisa.b.evans78@gmail.com
1301 Scotland Avenue, 28207
Home: 704-331-0968
kathieb3@gmail.com
Sylvia Forsythe
Trudie Crigler (Benner)
Board
Advisor
807 Treverton Drive, 28105
Cell: (704) 246-4006
stforsythe@carolina.rr.com
7401 Baltusrol Lane, 28210
Home: 704-552-1799
TBC@carolina.rr.com
Gwen Fox (Bill)
Caroline Crownover
Spring Books & Coffee Co-Chair
Board
1129 Coddington Place, 28211
Home: (704) 366-0362
gcfox1@att.net
7700 Red Oak Lane
Home: 704-578-2400
ccrownover2@gmail.com
Sherard Anne Gates (Tom)
Dr. Pamela S. Davies (Bob)
Book Club Chair
Advisor
2311 Roswell Avenue, 28207
Home: (704) 372-3640
sa.gates@att.net
1900 Selwyn Ave., 28274
Office: 704-337-2217
daviesp@queens.edu
Mary Jane Gilmore
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Advisor
8919 Park Road, Apt. 388, 28210
Home: 704-551-6544
maryjanegilmore@gmail.com
7229 Broadford Court, 28277
Cell: (704) 543-9018
slacy10@yahoo.com
Phyllis A. Mahoney (John III)
Audean Godehn (Berkley)
Vice President & Author Search Chair
Past President/Nominating Chair/Road Trip
2109 Bucknell Avenue, 28207
Home: 704-375-9095 Cell: 704-756-9971
phyllisacree@yahoo.com
P.O. Box 470927, 28247
Home: 704-552-1200
audean@carolina.rr.com
Fran Mathay
Claudette Hall (James)
Advisor
Membership Chair
6805 Constitution Lane, 28210-4219
Home: 704-552-8939 Work: 704-553-9003
fmathay@bellsouth.net
5715 Rebel Drive, 28210
Home: 704-577-8891 Cell: (704) 552-8935
cbh@carolina.rr.com
Lydia McNeary (Jack)
Roshena Ham Bugge
Advisor
Board
1436 Queens Road West, 28207
Home: 704-377-6410
lamcneary@gmail.com
909 Romany Road, 28203
Cell: (704) 333-1886
roshena1789@yahoo.com
Janine Moore
Jennie Harper (Greg)
Shortbread Co-Chair
Shortbread Co-Chair
2100 Dilworth Road W, 28203
Home: (704) 333-0427 Cell: (704) 506-3947
janine.moore@me.com
420 E Worthington Ave, 28203
Home: (704) 378-8876 Cell: (415) 577-6842
jenniecookharper@gmail.com
Julia Oldham
Elaine Henderson (Landrum)
Community Relations, Everett Library Coordinator
New Member Event Chair
1900 Selwyn Avenue, 28274
Office: 704-688-2708
oldhamj@queens.edu
830 Cherokee Road, 28207
Cell: 704-607-6548
elaine0903@aol.com
Mica Oberkfell (Keith)
Susan Kelly
Author Search Co-Chair
Advisor
3839 Columbine Circle, 28211
Home: (704) 442-5433
oberk5@aol.com
8919 Park Road, Apt. 3001, 28210
Home: 704-930-7151
susanonselwyn@aol.com
Cookie Parnell (Jerry)
Jean King (Van)
Treasurer & Long Range Planning Chair
Spring Books & Coffee Co-Chair
6749 Brookfield Place, 28270
Home: 704-364-5162
cfparnell1@gmail.com
1562 Stanford Place, 28207
Cell: 336-633-9422
jeantking@gmail.com
Stephanie Pettit (Jim)
Sharon Lacy
Annual Meeting Co-Chair
Board
615 Chorale Court, 28270
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Home: 704-541-0879 Cell: 704-502-7983
jimstephanie@bellsouth.net
nancysswan@gmail.com
Anne Devane Tonissen (John)
Debbie Phillips
Secretary
Book & Author Co-Chair
2239 Club Road, 28205
Home: 704-376-9097
jtonissen@carolina.rr.com
1002 Leewood Drive, 28112
Home: (704) 365-2221
Debbie.phillips@salkat.net
Susan Triantafyllides
Martha Player (Roddey)
Holiday Books & Coffee Co-Chair
Annual Meeting Co-Chair
418 Colville Road, 28207
Home: 704-376-7636
8820 Rosslare Villas Ct. 28226
Cell: 704-544-8822
Martha_mydear@msn.com
frappepower@gmail.com
Julie T. Walton (Lance)
Rebecca Schenck
President
Advisor
2237 Roswell Avenue. 28207
Home: 704-342-0911 Cell: 704-661-4427
juliewalton.jw@gmail.com
5100 Sharon Road #1204 North, 28210
Home: 704-554-1348
beccaschenck@gmail.com
Betty Seifert (William)
Advisor
17007 Jetton Road Cornelius, NC 28031
Home: 704-892-4987 Cell: 704-351-1289
bettys63@att.net
Eric Shoaf
University Librarian, Everett Library
1900 Selwyn Avenue, 28274
Office: 704-337-2400
shoafe@queens.edu
Linda Simpson (Mrs. David Hartgen)
Board
8711 High Ridge Lane Concord, NC 28027
Home: 704-784-2974 Cell: 704-785-7367
dhartgen@ctc.net
Sally A. Stapleton
Advisor
1414 Euclid Avenue Charlotte NC, 28203
Cell: 404-401-6252 Work: 704-337-2442
staplets@queens.edu
Nancy Swecker Swan
Patrons’ Reception Chair
721 Governor Morrison St. Apt 457, 28211
Cell: (704) 806-2700
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FRIENDS of the LIBRARY
COMMITTEES 2015-2016
Executive Committee
Julie Walton, President
Phyllis Mahoney, Vice President and Author Search Chair
Anne Tonissen, Secretary
Cookie Parnell, Treasurer and Long Range Planning Chair
Mary Ellison, Assistant Treasurer
Sheila Bennett, Book and Author Chair
Debbie Phillips, Book and Author Co-Chair
Mica Oberkfell, Author Search Co-Chair
Audean Godehn, Past President and Nominating Committee Chair
Historian
Alina Bartlett and Kathryn Preyer
Shortbread Sale
Janine Harper and Jennie Harper
Elanie Henderson
JOIN FOL – New Member Recruitment Reception
Elaine Henderson
Book Club Committee
Sherard Anne Gates
Phyllis Mahoney
Holiday Books and Coffee
Kathie Broderick, Lisa Evans and Susan Triantafyllides
Membership Committee
Claudette Hall
Patron’s Reception
Nancy Swecker Swan
Book and Author Committee
Sheila Bennett and Debbie Philips
Roshena Ham Bugge
Audean Godehn
Author Search Committee
Phyllis Mahoney and Mica Oberkfell
Caroline Crownover
Spring Books and Coffee
Gwen Fox and Jean King
Road Trip
Audean Godehn
Sheila Bennett
Annual Meeting
Stephanie Pettit and Martha Player
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FRIENDS of the LIBRARY
QUEENS UNIVERSITY of CHARLOTTE
CALENDAR of EVENTS 2015-2016
EVENT
DATE & TIME
LOCATION
Executive Committee Meeting
Thursday, Sept 10
1:00pm-3:00pm
Julie Walton’s Home
2237 Roswell Ave
Board Meeting
Wednesday, Sept 16
1:00pm-3:00pm
Sports Complex
Conference Room A
Shortbread Sale Begins
Wednesday, Oct 1
JOIN FOL
Wednesday, Oct 7
6:30pm-8:30pm
New Member Recruitment Reception
Book Club
Wednesday, Oct 21
7:00pm-9:00pm
Anne Neilson Fine Art
118 E Kingston Ave #16
Park Road Books
Park Rd Shopping Center
Executive Committee Meeting
Thursday, Oct 29
1:00pm-3:00pm
Julie Walton’s Home
2237 Roswell Ave
Board Meeting
Wednesday, Nov 4
1:00pm-3:00pm
Sports Complex
Conference Room A
Shortbread Pick-Up
Friday, Nov 20 and
Monday, Nov 23
Noon-2:00pm
Holiday Books & Coffee
Friday, Nov 20
10:00am-Noon
Shortbread Pick-Up
Thursday, Dec 10
Noon-2:00pm
Executive Committee Meeting
Thursday, Jan 7
1:00pm-3:00pm
Board Meeting
Stuff & Mail Luncheon
Wednesday, Jan 13
Noon-2:00pm
Carriage House
Harris Welcome Center
McInnes Parlors
Burwell Hall
Carriage House
Harris Welcome Center
Julie Walton’s Home
2237 Roswell Ave
Sports Complex
Conference Room A
Patron’s Reception
Wednesday, Feb 3
6:30pm-8:00pm
TBA
EVENT
DATE & TIME
LOCATION
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Conversations with the Authors
Monday, March 7
6:30pm-8:00pm
McInnes Parlors
Burwell Hall
Book & Author Wine Reception
Tuesday, March 8
11:30am-Noon
Trexler Foyer
Book & Author Luncheon
Tuesday, March 8
Noon-1:30pm
Book Club
TBA
Young Dining Hall
Executive Committee Meeting
Thursday, March 24
1:00pm-3:00pm
Julie Walton’s Home
2237 Roswell Ave
Board Meeting
Wednesday, March 30
1:00pm-3:00pm
Sports Complex
Conference Room A
Spring Books & Coffee
Friday, April 8
10:00am-Noon
McInnes Parlors
Burwell Hall
Road Trip
Annual Meeting
TBA
Monday, May 9
6:30pm-8:00pm
Everett Library
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FRIENDS of the LIBRARY
OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, AND ADVISORS
2015-2016
OFFICERS
President
Vice President
Secretary
Treasurer
Assistant Treasurer
Book & Author Chair
Book & Author Co-Chair
Author Search Chair
Author Search Co-Chair
Past President-Nominating
Julie Walton
Phyllis Mahoney
Anne Tonissen
Cookie Parnell
Mary Ellison
Sheila Bennett
Debbie Phillips
Caroline Crownover
Mica Oberkfell
Audean Godehn
DIRECTORS
2016
Sheila Bennett
Caroline Crownover
Lisa Evans*
Audean Godehn*
Claudette Hall
Roshena Ham Bugge
Elaine Henderson*
Jean King*
Anne Tonissen
2017
Alina Bartlett*
Kathie Broderick*
Mary Ellison
Jennie Harper
Janine Moore
Mica Oberkfell
Cookie Parnell*
Martha Player*
Linda Simpson*
2018
Sylvia Forsythe~
Gwen Fox
Sherard Anne Gates~
Sharon Lacy
Stephanie Pettit~
Debbie Phillips~
Nancy Swecker Swan~
Susan Triantafyllides
Julie Walton*
*In Second Term
~New Member
+Filled Unexpired Term
ADVISORS
2016
Trudie Crigler
Mary Jane Gilmore
Phyllis Mahoney
Fran Mathay
Lydia McNeary
2017
Susan Kelly
Rebecca Schenck
Betty Seifert
Sally Stapleton
UNIVERSITY ADVISORS
President, Queens University of Charlotte
Associate Vice President/Alumni Relations
University Librarian, Everett Library
Community Relations Coordinator, Everett Library
Dr. Pamela Davies
Adelaide Davis
Eric Shoaf
Julia Oldham
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FRIENDS of the LIBRARY
QUEENS UNIVERSITY of CHARLOTTE
Membership Levels
FRIEND
$35/year (single)
$50/year (couple)
-Invitations to all Friend of the Library events including a fall event, spring event and the annual meeting.
-Receives Friends of the Library newsletters.
-An option to purchase tickets to the Book & Author event before tickets go on sale to the public.
-Borrowing privileges from Everett Library.
PATRON
$100/year
All benefits of the Friend level, with the following upgrade:
-An invitation to the annual Patrons’ Party.
BENEFACTOR
$250/year
All benefits of the Patron level, plus the following:
-One new book added to Everett Library, bearing a bookplate in honor of the Benefactor,
or in honor or memory of the member’s designee.
EVERETT SOCIETY
$500/year
All benefits of the Benefactor level, with the following upgrade:
-Two new books added to Everett Library, bearing a bookplate in honor of the Everett Society member,
or in honor or memory of the member’s designee.
RENA HARRELL SOCIETY
$1,000/year
All benefits of the Everett Society level, with the following upgrades:
-Four new books added to Everett Library, bearing an artist-designed bookplate in honor of the
Rena Harrell Society member, or in honor of or memory of the member’s designee.
-A significant part of the gift will be placed in the Everett Library Endowment to provide ongoing support
of the library.
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FRIENDS of the LIBRARY
QUEENS UNIVERSITY of CHARLOTTE
Current Memberships as of 9/1/2015
Rena Harrell Society
Jo Barbre
Byron Bullard
Don Davidson
Rose Daniel
Helen & Freeman Jones
Susan Kelly
Martin Kreshon
Carol Mesrobian
Harriet & Bill Moore
Everett Society
Amy & Philip Blumenthal
Jane & Hugh McColl
Benefactor
Frannie & Herb Browne
Virginia Davis
Audean & Berkley Godehn
Ginger & James Kelly
Ann & Brent Milgrom
Lynn & Allen Morrow
Debbie & Pat Phillips
Julie & Lance Walton
Patron
Marjorie & James Andrews
Linda & Murrey Atkins
Jeanette Barnes
Dottie & Jim Barnhardt
Harriet & Bill Barnhardt
Alina & Richard Bartlett
Sheila & Robert Bennett
Marcia & Tate Bowers
Mary Boyer
Cassie Broadway
Kathie & Terry Broderick
Patty Brooks
Kathy & Peter Browning
Karen & Paul Broyhill
Mary Irving & Hugh Campbell
Lynne & Colby Cathey
Barbra & Donald Chamblee
Margie & Alpo Crane
Trudie & Benner Crigler
Adelaide & Ned Davis
Mary & Ernest Ellison
Frances & Don Evans
Lisa & Carols Evans
Linda & Bill Farthing
Gwen & Bill Fox
Jane & Gaston Gage
Sarah & Frank Gentry
Mary Jane Gilmore
Adrienne & Harvey Gossett
Kathie & Bill Grigg
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Claudette & Jim Hall
Roshena Ham-Bugge
Jennie & Gregory Harper
Sue & Dennis Harvey
Elaine & Landrum Henderson
Barbra & Fitz Hiestand
Abbot Howard
Lanier & Douglas Hoy
Marjorie James
Sara Bee & Jim Johnson
Jean & Van King
Nancy Kiser
Sharon Lacy
Barbra Laughlin
Donna Leak
Carmen & Joe Lipe
Phyllis & John Mahoney
Fran Mathay
Catherine & Bill Maxwell
Kathy & Bill McCollum
Anne & James McCoy
Janice McIntosh
Lydia & Jack McNeary
Carolyn & Sam McMahon
Janine Moore
Sally & Joe Morris
Ann & Gary Murphy
Jane Myerly
Janet & Lowell Nelson
Mica & Keith Oberkfell
Cookie & Jerry Parnell
Stephanie & Jim Pettit
Martha & Roddy Player
Kathryn Preyer
Patsy Reames
Clyda & George Rent
Lynn Rogers
Blair & Ivon Rohrer
Elizabeth Rosenbaum
Ann Ruff
Rebecca Schenck
Jo & Jack Schofield
Harriet Seabrook & Zeke Foard
Betty & William Seifert
Eric Shoaf
Linda Simpson
Sally Stapleton
Nancy Swan
Victoria Thornbury
Anne & Jock Tonissen
Claire & Brent Trexler
Susan Triantafyllides
Kathy & Joe Tronco
Julie Tuggle
Sherry & Simon Ward
Erwin & Donnie Williams
Katie Wireman
Dana & Joe Woody
Friend
Margaret Adams
Henry & Alice Adkins
Kim Alezxnder
Sylvia Allen
Gloria & Vernon Anderson
Betty & Perrin Anderson
Susan Atkins
Jo Ann Ball
Gail & John Baron
Suzanne Belk
Sandra & Robert Bisanar
Nancy & Darwin Blaine
Ellanor Boyd
Shirley Brannan
Nikia Bye
Susan & Bob Calton
Ann Carmichael
Lee Carnes
Sonya Charles
Elizabeth Clark
Billie Clark
Jane & Bill Coley
Karen & Stephen Coma
David & Jane Conlan
Kathy & Joe Cook
Allison & Thomas Cordell
Caroline & Hal Crownover
Carol Dabbs
Anna Damron
Susan Daughtridge & Paul Streib
Debra Dawson
Catherine & Cliff Deal
Stephanie Dempsey
Anne Dickinson
Elizabeth Donavan
Judy & David Dorminey
Kay Farmer
Ellen & Stuart Fligel
Sylvia Forsythe
Linda Freeman
Peggy Gandy
Sherard Anne Gates
Momtaz Ghalamzan
Bonnie & Michael Gilbert
Dorothy Gilchrist
Anne Gildea
Phyllis Gill
Jessica Goglin
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Joyce & Carroll Gray
Laura & Charles Greer
Nancy & Skip Gribble
Elaine & Bill Griffin
Susan Grove
Ann Hampton
Melva Hanna
Phyllis HarperLucille Harris
Jane & Flynn Harris
Howard & Pat Hayworth
William Heckmueller
Jean Hermes
Linda Hernandez
Mary Higgins
Maureen & Tim Highley
Catherine Hunter
Jane Hunter
Marg & Tom Hutchins
Mary & John Jeter
Linda & Rob Jewell
Emily & Mark Kern
Carolyn Kibler
Joanna King
Susan Kirkland
Ellen Knott
Barbra & James Knowles
Ellen Lambert
Darie & Charles Lapp
Patricia Lawing
Margaret & Dale LeCount
Judy & Paul Leonard
Heather Livengood
Virginia & Ben Maffitt
Janelle Mahoney
Joan & Pat Martin
Anne Martin
Margaret Martin
Renna & Thomas Massey
Joan & Delma McGill
Joan McGill
Jane & Joe McLaney
Phyllis & Burt Melton
Erwin Mercer
Caroline Myers
Linda & James Nash
Mary Jo & Forrest Nelson
Bill Nichols
Leland Park
Jane& John Pasquini
Mary & Lamar Peach
Kristen Ramage
Janet Reddel
Shirlie Roberts
Happy Rogers
Sue Ross
Erin Ryan
Gail Salmon
Sandra Sanders
Carol Saville
Pat Scantlebury
Sue Schenck
Noell & Jim Schepp
Patricia & Michael Schober
Abigail Schoff
Susanne Sellers
Helen Sirett
Susan & Herbert Spaugh
Patricia Spearman
Barbra Speir
Constance Spencer
Ashley & Charlie Stewart
Margaret Sullivan
Velma Swecker
Jacquelin Tatterson
Jayne Thomspon
Meredith & Jim Thompson
John Thompson
Alice & Jerry Thrasher
Netta & John Turnbull
Mary Utting
Sally & William Van Allen
Dianne & L.G. Walker
Betty Wells
Campbell & John Wester
Kelly & William White
Muriel Williams
Liz & Brad Winer
Nancy Zampieri
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FRIENDS of the LIBRARY
QUEENS UNIVERSITY of CHARLOTTE
An Informal History by Kathryn Preyer
The idea of forming a support group for Everett Library came from Kathryn Preyer’s
participation on the board of the Friends Group at UNC-G and seeing, first hand, what community
supports was engendered due to the interesting programs and library privileges that were offered to
members. The librarian of Queens, Rose Anderson, was enthusiastic about the idea, as was Miss
Thelma Albright, faculty member and former dean of students, and Dr. John Smiley, college president.
A group of friends, some Queens’ alums and some not, were also interested; so, and an organizing
meeting was held in April 1971 in what is now the Special Collections Room. Some one hundred
people attended to hear short talks by the president, librarian, etc. to have coffee and cookies, and to sign
up as Charter Members. Their enthusiasm was so exciting.
The purpose in forming the Friends was, as explained to the original group, to focus attention on the
Library as the center of learning on campus, to strengthen ties between Queens College and the
Charlotte Community by planning events that would contribute to the cultural life of the city and bring
people on campus, and to make useful gifts to the Library whenever possible-the “icing on the cake”.
Officers were appointed by Dr. Smiley with Helen Jones president. A strong Board was picked, also, and
plans were made for the first Book and Author Luncheon followed by the Annual Meeting in the spring.
Both events were successful, and we succeeded in attracting many members. By the tenth anniversary
dinner, with Charles Kurault as speaker, the membership was over nine hundred! The highest point was
over one-thousand in 1992.
Looking back over the forty-four years of existence and remembering all the meetings, parties for
authors, receptions for patrons, coffee, book reviews, and especially the busy times of Book and Author
Events, part of the purpose has been fulfilled. Thousands of people have been on Queens’ campus to
hear over 10 authors at the Book and Author Event, and over 70 other authors for readings, Annual
Dinner speakers, Fall Events, etc. Through these programs, we have offered a platform for the wellknown writer as well as the novice, and we have enjoyed and learned from all of them.
Gifts to the Library, the “icing on the cake,” have been based on the special needs as recommended by
the librarian to the Board. Books for browsing have been an item in the budget, as have carpeting,
refurbishing the student lounge, microfiche readers, etc.
Though not a fund-raising organization, we have contributed through the years to special challenges for a
grand total of $751, 374.74 between 1971 and 2011. Some projects included:
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$25,000 to help construct the Rena Harrell Special Collections Room,
$4,000 to complete the Media Center
$12,000 for refurbishing the reading area of the Library
$9,500 for equipment for the audio-visual center
$125,000 for books for Library accreditation (a twentieth anniversary gift)
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The Everett Library Endowment Fund, consisting of eight funds, totals $105,000+ and the income is
used for books.
All of this has been accomplished by hard-working, dedicated boards over the years. The various talents
and strengths of the board members have been generously given for the benefit of the library, and have
been greatly appreciated by Queens College (since 2002, known as Queens University of Charlotte).
Also, the loyalty of the members must not be forgotten, for without them, there would be no Friends.
Mrs. Kathryn Preyer is a founding board member, past president, and benefactor. Mrs. Preyer has
served as director and advisor to this board and her all-encompassing service is unparalleled.
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FRIENDS of the LIBRARY
QUEENS UNIVERSITY of CHARLOTTE
BY LAWS
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ARTICLE I
PURPOSES
The Friends of the Library (“the Friends”) at Queens University of Charlotte was formed by a group of
men and women in the Charlotte area who love books. They aim to broaden the usefulness and
influence of the Everett Library, thereby making a cultural contribution to the life of Charlotte.
ARTICLE II
MEETINGS
Section 1. The Friends shall meet during the academic year of the University for the election of the
Board of Directors and the transaction of other business. This shall be considered the Annual Meeting.
Section 2. The Executive Committee of the Board of Directors may call a special meeting of the Friends
at any time or upon the written request of ten percent (10%) of the members (of the Executive
Committee). They must specify the purpose of the meeting. The Secretary of the Friends shall notify the
members of the meeting two weeks prior to the meeting; the notice shall state the purpose(s) for which
the meeting is called.
Section 3. The members present at any meeting of the Friends shall constitute a quorum for any
business to be transacted or action to be taken.
ARTICLE III
OFFICERS, DIRECTORS AND ADVISORS
Section 1. The Board of Directors of the Friends shall present candidates for election as Officers and
Board members to the members at the Annual Meeting. Election will be by a majority of those members
present and voting. The terms of those elected will begin upon their election.
Section 2. The Executive Committee of the Board of Directors shall consist of: the President, VicePresident, Secretary, Treasurer, Advisor (the immediate, past-President), and any others whom the
President deems necessary.
Section 3. The officers of the Friends shall have the usual powers and duties of officers of a voluntary
association under state law. Nonetheless, neither the Executive Committee nor the Officers shall have
any authority to borrow money or to incur any debt or liability in the name of or in behalf of the Friends.
No officer or member of the Executive Committee shall incur any debt or obligation on behalf of the
Friends in excess of the amount of money on hand or in the bank
after deducting therefrom the total of all unpaid accounts and/or obligations. The liability of the
Executive Committee and the Officers of the Friends shall be limited according to state law and to those
acts not taken in good faith and with consent of the Friends.
Section 4. Should any vacancy in office occur, the Executive Committee shall appoint a member in good
standing to serve the remainder of the term in that office.
Section 5. The Board of Directors shall be divided into three classes, each class to consist of no more
than one-third of the total prescribed number of Directors. One class shall be elected each year to serve
a term of three years. No member of the Board of Directors who has served two consecutive, full, threeyear terms shall be re-elected until after the expiration of one year. The President and the Chair of the
Nominating Committee may agree to exceptions to this rule; such exceptions shall be rare. In the event
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that the immediate, past-President has completed the last year of her/his second consecutive full term on
the Board, she/he will automatically serve one additional year as an ex-officio member of the Board.
Section 6. The Friends shall have an Advisory Committee which consists of the following officials of
Queens University of Charlotte: the President, the Vice-President for University Advancement, the VicePresident for Alumni Relations, the Director of the Library, the Chair or representative of the faculty
Library Committee, the President or a representative of the Alumni Association, and, any other officials
whom the Executive Committee deems necessary. The Board of Directors, acting on the advice of the
Nominating Committee, may appoint other members to the Advisory Committee; such members shall
serve a two-year term and may be re-appointed. The Advisory Committee members shall serve as
members of the Board of Directors without voting privileges.
ARTICLE IV
MEMBERSHIP
Section 1. The Friends shall consist of the following classes of membership:
A. Contributing Member, upon annual payment of dues as set by the Board of Directors.
B. Charter Member, a contributing member who qualified for membership on or before May 31, 1971.
C. Honorary Member, elected by the Board of Directors on the basis of outstanding contributions and
service to the library.
Section 2. Membership shall be for a one-year period.
ARTICLE V
COMMITTEES
The President shall establish and staff any committees necessary to carry out the purposes of the Friends,
including the Nominating Committee. The members of such committees shall serve a term of one year,
after which they may be re-appointed.
ARTICLE VI
AMENDMENTS
These by-laws may be amended by two-thirds (2/3) of the members of the Board of Directors present
and voting at any meeting of the Friends.
ARTICLE VII
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 1. In the event that the Friends is dissolved or ceases to exist for any reason, its residual assets
shall be turned over to one or more organizations which are exempt from federal, state, and/or local
taxes under section 501 (c)(3) and/or 170(c) of the Internal Revenue Code and any corresponding
sections of any prior or future tax codes and/or regulations of the federal, state, and/or local
governments.
Section 2. In carrying out its purposes and exercising its powers, the Friends shall be limited as follows:
A. None of the Friends' assets or income shall be distributed to its members, directors, or officers.
B. The Friends is not a political organization. Therefore, the activities of the Friends shall not include
carrying on of propaganda, attempting to influence legislation or the advocacy of campaigning.
C. The Friends shall not participate in any political campaign for any candidate for public office.
D. The Friends shall not engage in any activity(s) which would cause it to fail to qualify under section 501
(c)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code.
E. The Board of Directors shall receive and read these By-laws annually.
F. Every five years, the President shall appoint a committee to review these By-laws and recommend any
needed changes.
FRIENDS of the LIBRARY
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QUEENS UNIVERSITY of CHARLOTTE
Past Presidents 1972-2015
2014-15
2013-14
2012-13
2011-12
2010-11
Audean Godehn (Mrs. Berkley)
Betty Seifert (Mrs. William)
Jean King (Mrs. Van)
Janet Preyer Nelson (Mrs. Lowell)
Linda Simpson (Mrs. David)
2009-10
2008-09
2007-08
2006-07
2006-07
2005-06
2004-05
2003-04
2002-03
2001-02
2000-01
Elaine Hallman Henderson (Mrs. Landrum H., Jr.)
Elaine Hallman Henderson (Mrs. Landrum H., Jr.)
Mary Jane Robinson Gilmore (Mrs. Samuel T.)
Rebecca Scholl Schenck*(Mrs. Gordon, Jr.)
Diane Lumpkin Peery# (Mrs. Stewart)
Mary Jane Robinson Gilmore (Mrs. Samuel T.)
Mary Frances (Fran) Mathay
Sherry Vestal Ward (Mrs. Simon V. III)
Cleta (Sue) Bennett Keenan (Mrs. William E.)
Rose Grubb Daniel (Mrs. Eugene L.)
Cookie Foreman Parnell (Mrs. E. Fitzgerald III)
1999-00
1998-99
1997-98
1996-97
1995-96
1994-95
1993-94
1992-93
1991-92
1990-91
Kathryn (Kathy) Broadway McCollum (Mrs. M. William, Jr.)
Kathryn (Kathy) Broadway McCollum (Mrs. M. William, Jr.)
Sandra (Sandy) Halliday Hoard (Mrs. Richard L.)
Sandra (Sandy) Halliday Hoard (Mrs. Richard L.)
Trudie Leonard Crigler (Mrs. Benner B.)
Trudie Leonard Crigler (Mrs. Benner B.)
Anne Rhyne McCoy (Mrs. James L., Jr.)
Lucielle Gwaltney Hunter (Mrs. Charles)
Jane Tanner Craven (Mrs. Jesse)
Sandra LeShanna Reynolds (Mrs. Walter A. III)
1989-90
1988-89
1987-88
1986-87
1985-86
1984-85
1983-84
1982-83
1981-82
1980-81
Lydia Alexander McNeary (Mrs. John M.)
Josephine (Jo) Anthony Schofield (Mrs. John S. III)
Ann Mauldin Elliot (Mrs. John D.)
Margaret Harbison (Mrs. William)
Harriet Marlowe Moore (Mrs. William C., Jr.)
Ann Strickland Schrader (Mrs. Clement)
Susan Bowman Kelly (Mrs. Luther)
Susan Bowman Kelly (Mrs. Luther)
Nancy Hovis Jones (Mrs. O. Hunter)
Lalla Marshall Gribble (Mrs. Rex)
1979-80
1978-79
Lalla Marshall Gribble (Mrs. Rex)
Anne Stapleton Davidson (Mrs. Don)
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1977-78
1976-77
1975-76
1974-75
1973-74
1972-73
1971-72
Barton Jackson Cathey (Mrs. Henry)
Jane Ellen Taylor Norman (Mrs. T. J.)
Jane Ellen Taylor Norman (Mrs. T. J.)
Kathryn Cobb Preyer (Mrs. Norris W.)
Kathryn Cobb Preyer (Mrs. Norris W.)
Helen Bouldin Jones (Mrs. Freeman)
Helen Bouldin Jones (Mrs. Freeman)
*completed an unexpired term
# resigned
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Books and Authors for Book and Author Events, 1972-2015
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*The Beverly D. Clark Author
**The First Beverly Clark Author
***For which the Author received the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
2015
The Bone Collector
The Same Sweet Girls’ Guide to Life
Jeffery Deaver
Cassandra King*
2014
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
A Land More Kind than Home, This Dark Road to Mercy
Ishmael Beah
Wiley Cash*
2013
Stand Up This Mountain
Life after Life, The Cheerleader
Jay Erskine Leutze
Jill McCorkle*
2012
The Ballad of Tom Dooley, She Walks These Hills
Lions of the West, Boone, Gap Creek
Dreams of Joy, Shanghai Girls,
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Sharyn McCrumb*
Robert Morgan
Lisa See
2011
Plum Wine, Butterfly’s Child
The Queen of Palmyra, Wishing for Snow
Angela Davis Gardner
Minrose Gwin*
2010
206 Bones
The Help
Kathy Reichs*
Kathryn Stockett
2009
The King of Lies, Down River
Serena
John Hart
Ron Rash*
2008
Absolution
Reflections on Teaching
Boone
Miriam Herrin
Kay McSpadden
Robert Morgan*
2007
Black Girl/White Girl, High Lonesome
Joyce Carol Oates
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2006
March***
The Pleasure Was Mine
Skeletons on the Zahara
Geraldine Brooks
Tommy Hays
Dean H. King*
2005
Early Leaving
Bush Pilot, Harvest
Judy Goldman*
Donald Haack
2004
Little Bitty Lies
Hugh Morton's North Carolina
Mary Kay Andrews
Hugh Morton*
2003
The Sunday Wife
Red Clay, Blue Cadillac
Splendor in the Glass
Cassandra King
Michael Malone**
Tamar Myers
2002
The Bridge
Fire in the Rock
The Ladies of Covington Send Their Love
Doug Marlette
Joe Martin
Joan Mendicott
2001
Friendship Cake
Six Figures
Gravesend Light
Lynn Hinton
Fred Lebron
David Payne
2000
The Slow Way Back
Home across the Road
McColl: The Man with America's Money
Judy Goldman
Nancy Peacock
Ross Yockey
1999
Mrs. Whaley Entertains
Just Plain Folks
William P. Baldwin
Lorraine Johnson-Coleman
1998
The Notebook
I Want to Buy a Vowel
American Pie
Nicholas Sparks
John Welter
Michael L. West
1997
What the Deaf Mute Heard
Chestnut Mare
J.D. Gearino
Jody Jaffe
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Trinity
Susan Ludvigson
1996
The Girl in the Yellow Raincoat
A Light in the Window
Anthony S. Abbott
Jan Karon
1995
Here We Are in Paradise
Wanting to Know the End
Ruin Creek
Parting the Curtains
Tony Earley
Judy Goldman
David Payne
Dannye Romine Powell
1994
Souls Raised From the Dead
The Last Studebaker
Littlejohn
Doris Betts
Robin Hemley
Howard Owen
1993
Favorite Sons
Family Times
Where the Buffaloes Roam
John Russell
Lee Smith
Bob Stone
1992
A Scrambling After Circumstance
Keeper of the Moon
Balance a Belief
Robert Love Denman
Tim McLauren
Wyatt Prunty
1991
The Secret Diary of Mikhail Gorbachev
Old Dogs and Children
Clover
Frye Gaillard
Bob Inman
Dori Sanders
1990
Windows of Opportunity
Forgiven
Jack of Diamonds
Graham Allison
Charles Shepard
Elizabeth Spencer
1989
Bitter Blood
Peachtree Road
Jerry Bledsoe
Anne Rivers Siddons
1988
Gardening for Love
Rich in Love
Cry at Dusk
Alan Lacy
Josephine Humphreys
Mignon Ballard
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1987
Handling Sin
Bobby Rex's Greatest Hits
Home Fires Burning
Michael Malone
Mary Anne Genger
Bob Inman
1986
Run with the Horsemen
Cold, Sassy Tree
Raney: A Novel
Ferrol Sams
Olive Ann Burnes
Clyde Edgerton
1985
Lords, Ladies and Gentlemen
Dreams of Sleep
Here to Get My Baby Out of Jail
Clifton Daniel
Josephine Humphreys
Louise Shivers
1984
Mr. Bedford and the Muse
Safekeeping
Suitcases
Gail Godwin
Jonellen Heckler
Anne Hall Whitt
1983
Felice
Oral History
Race, Rock and Religion
Angela Davis Gardner
Lee Smith
Frye Gaillard
1982
Lee, The Last Years
Beale, Black and Blue
Mary Boykin Chestnut
Charles Bracelen Flood
Margaret McKee
Elisabeth Muhenfield
1981
Sherman's March
The Four Winds of Heaven
Burke Davis
Monique Raphael High
1980
Goodbye Chicken Little
The DuPont Family
Prince Charles
1979
Cora
Cola-Cola
A Family Fortune
Betsy Cromar Byers
John D. Gates
Anthony Holden
Daphne Atlas
Pat Watters
Jerome Wiedman
1978
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Vivien Leigh
Jim Mundy
Undergraduate
Anne Edwards
Robert H. Fowler
Richard Walser
1977
Rise and Fight Again
The Kate Greenaway Book
Lovey
Charles Bracelen Flood
Bryan Holme (editor)
Mary MacCracken
1976
The Lonely Hunter
The Raider
John Chancellor Makes Me Cry
Vivian Spencer-Carr
Jesse Hill Ford
Anne Rivers Siddons
1975
The Americanization of Dixie
Nancy Astor and Her Friends
John Edgerton
Elizabeth Langhorne
1974
The Beasts of the Southern Wild
The Provincials
Horse-Horse, Tiger-Tiger
Doris Betts
Eli Evans
Heather Ross Miller
1973
The Randolphs of Virginia
Implosion Conspiracy
Nobody Else Will Listen
Johnathan Daniels
Louis Nizer
Marjorie Holme
1972
Death of the Fox
Midnight Was My Cry
Code Five
George P. Garrett
Carolyn Kizer
Frank G. Slaughter
FRIENDS of the LIBRARY
QUEENS UNIVERSITY of CHARLOTTE
Gifts to Everett Library Cumulative 1972-2015
1971-1972
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$375.00 Display case
$82.50 Rare Books
$17.50 Facsimile
$750.00 Guttenberg Bible
$375.00 Library Director's Discretion
$1,600.00
1972-1973
$250.00 Current Fiction
$250.00 Student Lounge
$500.00 toward rare books collection
$3,000.00 Audio-visual equipment & materials
$4,000.00
1973-1974
$300.00 Challenge gift
$1,800.00 Reader-printer
$600.00 Audio-visual material
$600.00 Current fiction
$650.00 Special items (local history, etc.)
$350.00 Catalog drawer
$4,300.00
1974-1975
$1,000.00 Memorials for books
$1,750.00 Special collections books
$750.00 Current fiction and non-fiction
$1,000.00 Microfilm and various materials
$4,500.00
1975-1976
$500.00 Shelving
$5,000.00 J. Smith Reynolds Challenge Gift - To help meet $100,000 grant to receive $50,000 from Reynolds
Foundation to complete library facilities and microfilm of the New York Times from its first year, 1851 to the end
of 1865, with 2 index volumes.
$5,500.00
1976-1977
$25,000.00- Help with Construction of Special Collections Room
$25,000.00
1977-1978
$1,500.00- Refurbished Student Lounge
$1,500.00- Special Collections Room
$3,000.00
1978-1979
$6,000.00- Books for Rena Harrell Room and Library Collection
$6,000.00
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1979-1980
$500.00-Assist in publication of Dr. McEwen’s book on Queens’s College
$500.00- Binding Books
$3,000.00- Reader Printer
$500.00- Storage Cabinet
$4,500.00
1980-1981
$3,200.00- Special Collections Room
$3,200.00
1981-1982
$4,000.00- Complete Media Center in honor of Margaret Chapman
$4,000.00
1982-1983
$750.00- Special Collections Room
$700.00- Electric Typewriter for Cataloging Department
$625.00- Browsing Books
$2,075.00
1983-1984
$906.83- Browsing Books
$2,000.00- New Art Books & Encyclopedias
$2,906.83
1984-1985
$1,497.93- Browsing Books
$1,174.49- Reference Books
$378.22- Art Books
$4,998.98- Modernization Project
$488.00- Transfer Student Newspaper to Microfilm
$8,537.62
1985-1986
$1,209.83- Memorial Account for Books
$1,525.55- Browsing Book
$172.50- Computer
$179.34- Carpet
$3,087.22
1986-1987
$10,000.00-Everett Library Endowment
$1,772.00- Library Construction
$976.40- Typewriter (Judith)
$517.27- Printer Cable (Judith)
$101.41- Memorials
$880.85- Browsing Books
$14,247.93
1987-1988
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$5,500.00- Everett Library Endowment
$1,100.00- Special Project Endowment in honor of Walter Spear
$500.00- Library of America (60 Volumes)
$600.00- Reimbursement of auction books
$1,006.13- Gaylord Computer
$1,022.70- Two Typewriters
$1,704.00- Library PC System
$222.00- Software for Above
$3,315.18- Browsing Books
$649.88- Memorial Account
$16,064.29
1988-1989
$2,500.00-Everett Library Endowment
$2,403.00-Special Project
$1,802.69-Browsing Books
$950.26-Memorial Gift
$900.72-Browsing Collection Shelving
$850.75-Computer Desk and Furniture
$805.00-Microfilm Cabinet
$720.83-Everett Library Memorial Account
$502.50-Microfiche Cabinet
$400.00-Walter Spearman Endowment
$50.00-Clyda Rent Scholarship Fund
$11,885.75
1989-1990
$2,461.40 Browsing Books
$507.03 Audio Cassette Display
$1,950.00 Work Station
$1,102.90 Four (4) Chairs
$499.06 Re-upholster sectional sofa
$6,520.39
1990-1991
$1,986.52 Browsing Books
$12,073.92 Special project - refurbishing reading area
$14,064.44
1991-1992
$5,000.00-To 20th Anniversary Fund
$5,000.00-Establish Helen and Freeman Jones Endowed Book Fund
$1,213.34-Everett Library Fund
$2,947.46-Browsing Books
$526.09-Framing the Vanity Fair Prints
$14,686.89
1992-1993
$2,470.83 Browsing Books
$114.38 Storage Cabinet
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$523.50 Plaque
$150.00 Library of America Books
$1,213.34 Everett Library Fund
$680.00 Library Supplies
$5,152.05
1993-1994
$9,573.03 Microfilm, Microfiche Reader-printer
$10,416.24 Printer
$1,500.00 Everett Library Endowment
$2,311.40 Browsing Books
$3,000.00 Special Projects
$150.00 Library of America Enrichment Books
$1,000.00 Walter Spearman Fund
$27,950.67
1994-1995
$555.51 Small Classroom Equipment and Furnishings
$1,180.03 Browsing Books
$150.00 Library of American Enrichment Books
$1,885.54
1995-1996
$3,747.39 Browsing Books
$125,000.00 Library Books for Accreditation
$9,500.00 Equipment for Audio-Visual Center
$12,000.00 Refurbish Reading Center
$2,005.00 Reference Books Director Wanted
$150.00 Library of America Enrichment Books
$514.73 Overhead Projector/Library classroom
$4,000.00 Complete Media Center
$50.00 In memory of Luther Kelly and Nancy Hovis Jones
$156,967.12
1996-1997
$5,701.92 Browsing Books
$150.00 Library of America Enrichment Books
$400.50 Special Project - mounting screen
$25.00 Everett Library Fund, in memory of Charles Hunter
$6,277.42
1997-1998
$8,000.00 Refinish library study tables
$3,643.48 Browsing Books
$460.38 Library supplies
$98.99 Display Case
$150.00 Library of American Enrichment Books
$12,352.85
1998-1999
$8,736.90 Browsing Books
$9,216.00 Computer and Library study table (#)
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$879.95 Microfilm Cabinet
$150.00 Library of American Enrichment Books
$2,157.03 to Library
$8,077.00 Update Microfiche Files
$29,216.88
1999-2000
$3,119.70 Browsing Books
$4,000.00 Beverly Clark Memorial Endowment
$1,896.75 to Library
$175.00 Library of America Enrichment Books
$9,191.45
2000-2001
$5,401.34 Browsing Books
$7,000.00 Archives Suite
$9,216.00 Computers for Front Desk
$3,578.72 2 Glass Display Cases
$1,526.78 3 Bookcases
$25,000.00 Custom Public Service Desk
$51,722.84
2001-2002
$5,000.00-Browsing Books
$8,586.90-Computer Kiosk (Adjustment to show actual cost rather than estimate)
$2,976.00-Two computers for kiosk
$16,562.90
2002-2003
$1,700.00- Oriental rugs and objets d’art from the former President’s home
$1,700.00
2003-2004
$3,900.00-Browsing Books
$600.00-Yearly subscription to NY Times
$2,463.50-Glass doors for Special Collections Room
$4,799.18-Heavy Duty Printers for the Common Area
$2,000.00-Special Projects Fund (B&A)
$3,034.00-Dress End-boards for Book Ranges
$5,000.00-Proceeds from Used Book Sale for Everett Library (Used to purchase books for the 2004-2005
academic year)
$21,796.68
2004-2005
$2,000.00-Browsing Books
$11,173.73-Partitions for Technical Services and Reference
$1,960.00-Reupholstering loveseat and couch in Special Collections Room
$5,000.00-Proceeds from Used Book Sale go to Everett Library
$20,133.73
2005-2006
$4,000.00-Computer kiosk with handicapped accessible work station
$5,000.00-Proceeds from used book sale
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$5,000.00-Browsing Books
$22,229.00-Library furniture
$36, 229.00
2006-2007
$5,000.00-Browsing books
$8,000.00-Proceeds from used book sale
$10,000.00-Ten laptop computers and charging/storage case for Laptop Loaner Program
$28,000.00
2007-2008
$3,000.00-Proceeds from Used Book Sale (Purchased Browsing books)
$8,000.00-Proceeds from Used Book Sale (Purchased Academic books)
$7,000.00-Purchased first year’s subscription of JSTOR, a database of full text issues of scholarly journals in the
social sciences, humanities, and general sciences.
$18,000.00
2008-2009
$5,000.00-Academic Books
$6,619.00-Proceeds from the ‘Shortbread is Back’ campaign (Purchased new computers and scanners for the
Welcome Desk)
$15,000.00-Upgraded 14 computers in the kiosk commons, for use by students and guests
$26,169.00
2009-2010
$5,000.00-Academic books
$7,394.25-Proceeds from the “Shortbread is Back’ campaign (Purchased new help desk, lounge furniture for
browsing area, and academic books)
$12,394.25
2010-2011
$5,000.00-Academic books
$500.00-Winnie Bryce book fund
$6,477.53-New library chairs
$53,693.97-40th Anniversary Quiet Room
$65,671.50
2011-2012
$8,000.00-Proceeds from Used Book Sale
$7,000.00- Purchased second year’s subscription of JSTOR, a database of full text issues of scholarly journals in
the social sciences, humanities, and general sciences
$5,000.00- Academic books
$20,000.00
2012-2013
$3,045.00- Purchased a cabinet to house the John Barringer collection.
$790.00- Desktop computer for the FOL office
$980.00- Dennis Gerwin’s pottery
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$4,815.00
2013-2014
No gifts to display
2014-2015
Contributed towards library renovations
$90,000.00
Sub-total $ 821,864.94
The Book and Author Endowment and Spending Account
(principal and earnings, as of 6/30/15): $115,939.00
FRIENDS of the LIBRARY
QUEENS UNIVERSITY of CHARLOTTE
Book and Author Endowment / Beverly D. Clark
It became evident in 2001 that a Book and Author Endowment was needed to help with the expenses of
bringing noted authors to our program. The basis of the Endowment was the memorials that were given
to Everett Library in memory of Beverly Clark, the past chair of the Book and Author event. Members
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of the Friends of the Library Board of Directors and the Advisors were approached individually to make
donations to the Endowment. Individual letters were sent to the membership of the Friends of the
Library. At the end of the campaign, an anonymous donor gave a substantial gift in Beverly Clark’s
memory. At the request of the anonymous donor, the money that was given by the donor is put into a
separate Book and Author Endowment account. If the Book and Author Endowment is ever dissolved,
the donor has designated what is to be done with that donation. Over $100,000 was raised during the
campaign, including the Beverly Clark Book and Author Endowment.
The income from the Book and Author Endowment is to be used exclusively for speakers’ honorariums
and /or travel expenses. Unused income from any year is to remain in the spending account of the
Endowment for future use. Beginning March 2003, one of the speakers at each Book and Author Event
was designated as the Beverly D. Clark Speaker, in honor or our special friend.
Each year approximately five percent of the three-year rolling average of the Endowment is put into a
spending account, which does not accrue interest. Money that is not spent in one year can accrue to be
spent at a later date. It is homed that on special occasions/anniversaries accrued earnings can be used to
bring in someone really special for our Book and Author events.
Tax-deductible contributions can be made to the Book and Author Endowment by writing a check
payable to FOL Book and Author Endowment and mailed to:
Queens University of Charlotte
Everett Library
1900 Selwyn Avenue
Charlotte, NC 28274
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