1.4 Million Dollar Donation

A 1.4 million dollar estate gift from Professor Emerita Betty Lou Ramsey to benefit the West Virginia & Regional History Center

More Gifts and giving

Funding secured for congressional archives enhancements, civics and history education

WVU Libraries received $1.5 million in congressionally directed spending to expand utility, usability and capacity of the American Congress Digital Archives Portal and to equip West Virginia and other states’ K-12 educators with resources.

Funding Secured for Classroom Enhancements

WVU Libraries received $250,000 in congressionally directed spending to improve classroom technology at the Downtown and Evansdale libraries, making them more hybrid-friendly.

Donations Open Doors

WVU Libraries receives support during the year from donors and the community through cash and endowment gifts as well as gift-in-kind in the form of artifacts and archives for the West Virginia and Regional History Center, and books.

1.4 Million Dollar Donation

Historians statewide will benefit from a $1.4 million estate gift from a late West Virginia University professor to support the West Virginia & Regional History Center at WVU Libraries.