The Neil Harris Endowment Fund was established in 2008 to support the publication of heavily illustrated, historically significant books. The Fund honors the innovative scholarship of Neil Harris, the Preston and Sterling Morton Professor Emeritus of History and Art History at the University of Chicago, and it is supported by contributions from the students, colleagues, and friends of Neil Harris.

To honor the legacy of the scholarship of Professor Harris, the Neil Harris Endowment Fund supports the publication of illustrated interdisciplinary books by the University of Chicago Press, primarily in history, but also occasionally in related disciplines, such as art history and architecture.