This endowment was established for the purpose of commencing and continuing the support of the Lauritzen Archives as a part of the photographic collections housed in UCSC Special Collections and Archives. Income from the endowment will be used by the Head of Special Collections first to preserve, organize, and make known and accessible to the faculty and students of UCSC and to the general public the unique photographic contribution of Erik Lauritzen, and second, to support the general needs of the photographic collection and thirdly to support the needs of of the Special Collections.