The Richards Center's many programs are made possible in part by the generosity of private donors who share a commitment to liberal arts education as well as an interest in Civil War-era history. We would like to express our profound thanks to the following individuals for their contributions to the Center:

  • Steven and Janice Brose
    Sponsors of the Steven and Janice Brose Distinguished Lecture and Book Series in the Civil War Era

  • Laurence H. and Lynne G. Brown
    Sponsors of the Undergraduate Internship Support Fund

  • Arthur J. and Susan W. Glatfelter
    Sponsors of the Glatfelter Program Fund for Teacher Education

  • Special friends of the Richards Center pose near the U.S. Grant Memorial in Washington, DC. The custom-made flag was a gift to the Center from Lewis Gold.

  • Karen and Lewis Gold
    Sponsors of the Karen and Lewis H. Gold Fellowship

  • Matthew Isham
    Sponsor of the Carl M. Isham Graduate Award

  • Lawrence J. and Gretchen McCabe
    Sponsors of the McCabe Greer Professorship in American Civil War Era History and the McCabe Program Fund for Faculty and Graduate Student Research

  • Anne and George Miller
    Sponsors of the James Landing Graduate Fellowship and the George and Anne Miller Civil War Era Center Director's Fund

  • George Middlemas and Sherry Petska
    Sponsors of the Warren W. Hassler Graduate Fellowship

  • John and Carol Paulus
    Sponsors of the John and Carol Paulus Director's Fund for the Journal Civil War History

  • George and Ann Richards
    Sponsors of the Richards Center Named Endowment