Lovejoy Library at
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE) is a public university in Edwardsville, Illinois. SIUE was established in 1957 as an extension of Southern Illinois University Carbondale.Butler 1976, p. 18 It is the younger of the two major inst ...
opened in 1965 and is located on the Stratton Quadrangle of the SIUE campus. The library was named for
Elijah Parish Lovejoy
Elijah Parish Lovejoy (November 9, 1802 – November 7, 1837) was an American Presbyterian minister, journalist, newspaper editor, and abolitionist. Following his murder by a mob, he became a martyr to the abolitionist cause opposing slavery ...
, American Presbyterian minister, journalist and newspaper editor who, in 1837, was murdered by a mob in nearby
Alton
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for his abolitionist views.
Business hours are 7:30 a.m.-1 a.m. Mondays-Thursdays; 7:30 a.m.-9 p.m. Fridays; 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturdays and 1 p.m.-1 a.m. Sundays.
Collections
Lovejoy Library houses a collection of more than 800,000 copies of nearly 600,000 book titles; over 1,675,000 microfilm units; 10,000 electronic book titles; 26,000+ periodical subscriptions, including almost 23,800 electronic journals; in excess of 33,000 audio-visual units, including some 5,000 video/DVDs. Additionally, Lovejoy Library has been a selective depository in the
Federal Depository Library Program
The Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) is a government program created to make U.S. federal government publications available to the public at no cost. As of April 2021, there are 1,114 depository libraries in the United States and its ter ...
for U.S. government documents since 1965, selectively adding to its general collection some 500,000 government publications (in a variety of formats from paper to electronic) that are a complement to the University's curriculum.
Special collections
Among the numerous special collections to be found in the Lovejoy Library are:
*The National Ragtime and Jazz Archive includes recordings, interviews, and research materials on and about jazz musicians, particularly from the St Louis area. Items in the collection also include audio and videotapes, sheet music, piano rolls, photographs, and oral history materials. Included within the NRJA are the NJRA Record Collection of more than 20,000 recordings including the John Randolph Collection
*The
Eugene B. Redmond
Eugene B. Redmond (born December 1, 1937, St. Louis)Burton, Jennifer"Eugene Redmond" ''Oxford Companion to African American Literature''. is an American poet, and academic. His poetry is closely connected to the Black Arts Movement and the city ...
Collection: the poet has donated a collection including his personal library, manuscripts, photographs, posters, and other items.
*The Louisa H. Bowen University Archives and Special Collections compiled by the late university archivist, preserves materials pertaining to SIU Edwardsville and to the history of Southwestern Illinois.
* The Rare Books Collection was largely acquired by John Cushman Abbott (1921-2005), the Lovejoy Library's first director.
* Music and Music-related Collections: Some seventeen separate collections, including those of composer/conductor
Walter Damrosch
Walter Johannes Damrosch (January 30, 1862December 22, 1950) was a German-born American conductor and composer. He was the director of the New York Symphony Orchestra and conducted the world premiere performances of various works, including Ge ...
, violinist/educator
Shinichi Suzuki, and pianist/educator
Ruth Slenczynska
Ruth Slenczynska (born January 15, 1925) is an American pianist with Polish roots.
Early life
Slenczynska was born in Sacramento, California. Her Polish father, Joseph Slenczynski (Józef Ślenczyński), was a violinist. Pushed by her father an ...
. The
Albert Richard Mohr Albert Richard Mohr (1911–1992) was a German music and theatre expert.
He was born in Frankfurt. He studied there at the Frankfurt University.
From 1937 to 1943 he was lecturer on Music and Theatre History at the Hochschule für Musik und Da ...
Collection is said to be the world's largest collection of music manuscripts and miscellany of modern European composers, with dozens of composers from nineteen countries represented.
Friends of Lovejoy Library
The library is strongly supported by the Friends of Lovejoy Library. Since 1965, the group has contributed more than $2.6 million to enhance library collections, equipment and programs. Establishing 31 endowments worth more than $800,000, the group was recognized nationally in 1991 and 1995 as the top academic friends' group in the country by Friends of Libraries U.S.A., a consortium of library friends organizations now known as the Association of Library Trustees, Advocates, Friends and Foundations
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References
External links
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General
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SIUE Lovejoy Library
Lovejoy Library at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville opened in 1965 and is located on the Stratton Quadrangle of the SIUE campus. The library was named for Elijah Parish Lovejoy, American Presbyterian minister, journalist and newspaper e ...
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
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