Support the Department
Giving Options
When you give to the History Department, you are supporting students who are becoming thought leaders—critical thinkers who understand what questions might be asked of the past to move forward into a well-considered future. You are also supporting award-winning faculty who foster the growth of these intelligent, prepared, and extremely marketable undergraduate and graduate students.
The History Enrichment Fund
This is our most general purpose, flexible fund. We use it to support a range of departmental activities and resources for undergraduates, graduate students and faculty that are not possible within our UTK operating budget, such as the undergraduate History Club events and research travel.
Joshua S. Hodge Award Endowment
Joshua Hodge was a PhD student in the History Department who collected and edited The Cas Walker Stories. Hodge passed away while the book was in its final stages of completion. An endowment fund, raised in his honor, supports graduate research. The oral histories that Josh recorded can be found in the Knox County Library’s archives.
Andrew Jackson Papers Support Fund
Andrew Jackson is one of the most critical and controversial figures in American history. The Andrew Jackson Papers project is publishing all of Jackson’s most significant documents and has finished 12 out of 17 volumes. We have raised significant funds from federal agencies and private groups, but we need your help to continue with this foundational work in American history.
Where to Send Your Gift
Gifts to our endowment accounts can be made online by going to the Make a Gift page on the Advancement website and searching for one of our major named funds:
- Wheeler Graduate Research Endowment in History – for graduate student research travel
- Freeberg Undergraduate Research Endowment – for undergraduate research support
- Hop Bailey Jr. Endowment for the Center for the Study of War and Society – for supporting the Center for the Study of Tennesseans and War
If you prefer to send your gift by check, please mail it to:
University of Tennessee Department of History
916 Volunteer Blvd
6th Floor, Stokely Management Center
Knoxville, TN 37996
Please make checks payable to the University of Tennessee, being careful to use the memo line on the check to indicate “History Department” and, if you wish, to indicate a specific fund. If you wish to discuss other gift opportunities, please contact Department Head Susan Lawrence at slawre16@utk.edu.