Annual Report 2021-2022

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

2021-2022

Marvin Abney

Daniel Benson

Josiah Bunting III

Michelle Drum

Jacalyn Egan

Edwin G. Fischer, M.D.*

Michael Gewirz

John D. Harris II

Elizabeth Leatherman

M. Holt Massey

Aida Neary

Waring Partridge

Janet A. Pell

Earl A. Powell III

R. Daniel Prentiss, Esq.

Frank Ray

Jeffrey Siegal

*Honorary Board Member

STAFF & VOLUNTEERS

STAFF

Benedict Leca, Ph.D.

Executive Director

Willa Anderson

Technical Services Librarian

Julia Boron Communications Assistant

John Bartosh

Facilities Manager

Michelle Farias Archivist & Special Collections Librarian

Alyssa Gaudreau Donor Relations Manager

Drew Kemp

Library Assistant

Victoria Leduc

Library Assistant

Julia Morisi

Library Assistant

Patricia Barry Pettit

Chief Communications Officer

Mary Power

Library Assistant

David Thalmann Director of Finance

INTERNS

Samara Ayvazian-Hancock

Kaitlyn Gleason

Cecilia Sanders

VOLUNTEER

Niall Tarrell

art of writing

for a forum, jointly hosted by the

and the Rhode Island School of Design, which took place in October of this year. It also was the inspiration for Ex Libris, a painting by one of the most significant of American contemporary artists, Ed Ruscha, which has been on exhibit at the Redwood since the summer. A limited edition of signed, numbered lithographs of the painting were created for the Redwood, for purchase by investors and collectors.

Letter from the President & the Executive Director

MISSION

In December, we will open opened an exhibition of the largest collection ever assembled of clocks made by the renowned Eighteenth Century Newport clockmaker William Claggett.

Dear Friends:

The Redwood was enabled by a generous gift to host an installation by the noted Camaroonian-Belgian artist Pascale Marthine Tayou, Remember Bimbia, named for the West African port which was the largest point of embarkation for slaves who were destined for North America. This installation was the subject of a fascinating lecture and exchange of views by the public on the art, and the manners of its perception, understanding, and representation, which took place on the lawn surrounding the exhibit on a beautiful August evening.

I write first to thank you for your support—of activities that took place during the Fiscal Year 2021-22. The report is delayed from a lengthy, post-COVID backup in accurate information gathering.

Our Contemporary Arts Initiative is an essential part of the Redwood’s role as a forum for public discussion of topics of both historic and current interest. With these exhibits, along with our Life of the Mind Salon series, lectures, and recitals, we hope to spark curiosity and interest, expansion of experience, discourse, and exchanges of views among the members of our community.

Coming out of the pandemic, the preoccupations of the last half of 2021 concerned continuity in the on-line programming, and the re-opening the Library to the public. We also at that time re-adjusted our hours, including a permanent closure of Mondays.

Founded in 1747 on the Enlightenment ideals of intellectual pursuit and civic engagement, and committed to lifelong, interdisciplinary learning, the Redwood Library & Athenæum generates knowledge in the humanities for the benefit of the widest possible audience with “nothing in view but the good of mankind.”

VISION

The value of conversation among divergent outlooks was beautifully crystallized by Benjamin Franklin in his final address at the conclusion of the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787. Franklin only reluctantly signed the document, because “there are several parts of this constitution which I do not at present approve, but I am not sure that I shall never approve them.” He explained,

Meanwhile the sustained preparation of the 275th year of 2022 continued, which was inaugurated by a visit from Rhode Island Governor Daniel McKee.  Commemorative events started in the late spring and a robust schedule of programs continued throughout the milestone year.

Having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged by better information, or fuller consideration, to change opinions even on important subjects, which I once thought right, but found to be otherwise. It is therefore that the older I grow, the more apt I am to doubt my own judgment, and to pay more respect to the judgment of others.

Just so. When the Redwood through its exhibits, lectures, salons, and programs catalyzes open-minded conversation among differing viewpoints, it contributes to the betterment of our community.

With many thanks and best wishes from the Redwood,

Sincerely,

R. Daniel Prentiss, Esq.

R. Daniel Prentiss, Esq. President, Board of Directors

Benedict Leca, Ph.D. President, Board of Directors Executive Director

By the end of 2020, the Redwood Library and Athenæum is one of the leading cultural institutions in Southern New England, producing programming of the highest rigor— lectures, exhibitions, musical performances—in addition to promoting historical research. With an equal devotion to the visual and the literary, as well as to the necessary dialogue between history and contemporary culture, the Redwood’s preeminent position is the result of the breadth and intellectual value of its programming and collections, exemplifying the belief that the humanities can empower all citizens to create a better world.

The Redwood Library & Athenæum’s commitment to environmental responsibility includes utilizing paper products manufactured through sustainable forest practices and using low VOC inks and solvents.

Statement of Financial Position

Consolidated Statement of Financial Position as of June 30, 2022 (with comparative totals as of June 30, 2021)

Liabilities and Net Assets

Statement of Activities

For the year ended June 30, 2022 (with comparative totals for the year ended June 30, 2021)

Financial affairs are overseen by two Board Committees: Finance and Audit. This report contains information from the Consolidated Balance Sheet and Statement of Activities of the Redwood Library & Athenæum for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, as audited and determined to be fairly presented by Mullen Scorpio Cerilli, an independent accounting firm. Complete financial statements are available for review at the Redwood Circulation Desk.

Planned Giving

Charles Bird King Society: Planned Giving

Newport native and renowned artist Charles Bird King (1785-1862) holds a special place in the Redwood Library’s long list of dedicated supporters. Described by President John Quincy Adams as “an ingenious, thinking man, with a faculty of conversing upon almost any topic”, King lived in New York, London, and Washington, D.C., but Newport was dearest to his heart. Over the years, King contributed generously to the Library, giving funds and books as well as scores of paintings. Upon his death in 1862, he gave the Redwood his personal library, volumes of bound engravings, a significant monetary gift and 75 additional paintings.

The Redwood is most appreciative to Charles Bird King and to all those who have helped it thrive for more than two and a half centuries by contributing to the endowment. It is fitting that the Library commends those who have made or intend to make, such gifts by including them in the Charles Bird King Society. The following donors have honored the Library and helped to sustain its mission with bequests, planned gifts or gifts to the endowment, thus joining the membership of the Charles Bird King Society. We are grateful for their support.

Bequests

Mrs. Roy C. Anderson

Gertrude King Bedard

Ellen C. Booth

Elizabeth Anne Burton

Roberta Carpenter

Jean DiBona

Rudolf and Lillian Dwyer

Jane C. Ebbs

Betty Ruth Everett

Arthur W. Fagan

Sadie N. and Matthew J. Faerber

John Goehlich

Henry S. Grew

Dorrance H. Hamilton

Nancy Hay

Bruce Howe

R. Campbell James

Jonathan Brandenburg Monroe

Jane Akers Ridgway

Jeanne Muller Ryan

Alfred J. Shepherd

Elliott MacGregor Strauss

The Revd. Canon Henry G. Turnbull

Planned Gifts

Miles and Lisa Bidwell

Edith Brewster

David and Carolyn Brodsky

Robert A. Chase

Joanna Chewning

Edwin G. Fischer, M.D., and Angela B. Fischer

R. Daniel Prentiss, Esq.

James and Virginia Purviance

Dennis Stark

Lawrence Wick

Gifts to the Endowment

Marvin and Cheryl Abney

Alletta Morris McBean Charitable Trust

Les and Carol Ballard

Daniel and Dory Benson

James Barr

Miles and Lisa Bidwell

Anthony and Sara Carcieri

Sandra Craig

Jessica Kagan Cushman

Patrick Dolat

William and Jackie Egan

Edwin G. Fischer, M.D., and Angela B. Fischer

Ronald Lee Fleming

Bernard and Sarah Gewirz

John and Sherri Grace

Robert and Jane Grace

Washington Irving III, Ph. D.

Dorrance H. Hamilton Charitable Trust

The Hamilton Family Charitable Trust

George and Nannette Herrick

Maris S. Humphreys

Washington Irving III

Dodie Kazanjan and Calvin Tomkins

Elizabeth and William Leatherman

Holt and Sandra Massey

Christopher Matthews

Quinlan and Sarah Murphy

Tim and Aida Neary

Waring and Carmen Partridge

Christopher T. H. and Janet Alexander Pell

R. Daniel Prentiss, Esq.

Elizabeth “Lisette” Prince

Earl and Nancy Powell

Frank and Betsy Ray

Luis Roth and Jennifer Dalrymple

Brenda Sullivan

van Beuren Charitable Foundation

For those who may be considering a gift to the Library’s endowment, please contact Jennifer R. Gorman at 401-847-0292.

Donors

It was through the generosity of its donors that the Redwood Library was conceived and built 275 years ago, and that same generous spirit enables it to thrive well into its third century. The following individuals, foundations and corporations contributed gifts, grants and pledges from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022, to support the Library’s operations, collections, programs and exhibitions. The Redwood is deeply grateful to these benefactors, as its sustainability tomorrow is built upon the generosity of those here today.

$100,000 and above

Mr. Cornelius C. Bond and Ms. Ann E. Blackwell

Mr. and Mrs. William P. Egan - Duniry Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Holt Massey

$50,000 to $99,999

Ford Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. John Rovensky Grace

Mr*. and Mrs. Robert M. Grace

Mr. and Mrs. William L. Leatherman

Ms. Linda Sawyer and Mr. John D. Harris II

Mr. and Mrs. Waring Partridge

$25,000 to $49,999

Mr. Robert A. Chase

Mrs. Sandra Craig

Mrs. Marilyn Curtis

The Hartfield Foundation

Belinda Buck Kielland

Mae Caldwell Rovensky Foundation

Estate of Jonathan B. Monroe

R. Daniel Prentiss, Esq.

EJMP Fund for Philanthropy

Prince Charitable Trusts

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen A. Schwarzman

Mrs. Alfred S. Wilsey

$10,000 to $24,999

Anonymous

Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Darden

Mrs. John R. Donnell

Mrs. James W. Lloyd

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Drum

Mr. and Mrs. George Petrovas

Mr. and Mrs. Christopher T.H. Pell

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ray

Kate Gubelmann

Dr. and Mrs. Edwin G. Fischer - The Hope Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Benson

Victoria Leiter Mele

Ms. Patricia G. Saunders

Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Siegal

Mr. and Mrs. Dwight D. Sipprelle

Mr. an Mrs. Archbold D. van Beuren

Mr. and Mrs. Frederick J. Warren

$5,000 to $9,999

Mr. and Mrs. John L. Cassis

Mrs. Taylor Chewning

Oliver S. and Jennie Donaldson Charitable Trust

Mr. Bernard S. Gewirz

Pamela McEnness Giannini

Mr. and Mrs. John T. Good

Mr. and Mrs. N. Peter Hamilton

The Hamilton Family Charitable Trust

Mr. and Mrs. E.J. Hudson, Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. Mark M. Jarzombek

Mr. and Mrs. Samuel M. Mencoff

Mary S. Murphy, Ph.D. and Kurt Schlichting, Ph.D.

Ms. Diana L. Pearson

R.K. Mellon Family Foundation

Herman H. Rose Civic, Cultural and Media Access Fund at the Rhode Island Foundation

Mrs. John A. van Beuren

$2,500 to $4,999

Dr. Holly Bannister and Mr. Douglas Newhouse

Mr. and Mrs. Miles Bidwell

Mr. and Mrs. Philip Bilden

Mr. and Mrs. James F. Carlin

Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Conese, Jr.

Mrs. Ann F. Conner

Jessica Kagan Cushman

Anne Fairfax and Richard Sammons

Genser Insurance

Mr. and Mrs. Peter W. Gonzalez

Mr. and Mrs. Paul E. Gricus

Gustave White Sotheby’s International Realty

Mr. and Mrs. S. Matthews V. Hamilton, Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. George G. Herrick

Mr. and Mrs. John Manice

Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Manice

Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan H. Pardee

Mr. and Mrs. Torre A. Peterson

Mr. Luis Roth and Ms. Jennifer Dalrymple

Mr. and Mrs. Ernst Rothe

Major General and Mrs. Stephen R. Seiter

Mr. and Mrs. Donald Steiner

Mr. Elliot Stultz

Mrs. Joseph F. Sullivan

$1,000 to $2,499

Mr. and Mrs. David Aldrich

Mrs. Evelyn I. Barrack

Mrs. Robert A. Beaver

Mrs. Richard Benson

Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Brickley

Mr. and Mrs. John W. Brooks, Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. Josiah Bunting III

Mrs. Richard I. Burnham

Mr. Connell C. Cannon and Ms. Carol Hopkins

Mr. and Mrs. James Chadwick

Mr. and Mrs. George E. Clark, Jr.

Mrs. Ronald F. Dick

Mr. Ronald Lee Fleming

The Bob and Wini Galkin Fund

Mr. and Mrs. Peter Goltra

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Higginbotham

Ms. Dodie Kazanjian and Mr. Calvin Tomkins

Peter R. & Cynthia K. Kellogg Foundation

Mr. Jerome R. Kirby, Jr.

Ms. Jody Kuss

Mr. and Mrs. David Little

Ms. Christine MacDonald

Mr. Frank Mauran

Mrs. Caterine Milinaire Cushing

Mr. John M. Peixinho

Elizabeth J. M. Prince

Mrs. Frederick Prince

Mr. David W. Ray

Ms. Janet L. Robinson

Mr. and Mrs. James H. Ross

Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Santry III

Mrs. Jay R. Schochet

Mr. and Mrs. John Smyth

Mr. and Mrs. William L. Wallace

Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Warburg

$500 to $999

Anonymous

Mr. and Mrs. Mark Amorello

Richard A. Baker

Mr. and Mrs. Jon M Barrett

Madeline Bassinder

Mr. and Mrs. J. Stuart Bevan

Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Bills

Brooke Blake

Dr. and Mrs. Kendrick Brede

Mr. and Mrs. David F. Brodsky

Mr. Vincent J. Buonanno

Ms. Helen M. Burnham and Mr. George Jacobs

Mr. and Mrs. Anthony A. Carcieri

Mr. Daniel A. Cordeiro and Mr. Reinhard P. Kraxner

Mr. and Mrs. Kendrick de Koning

Mr. and Mrs. Jeremiah de Rham

Mr. and Mrs. Russ Demers

Mr. and Mrs. Ronald L. Early

Mr. Martin Elias

Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Evans

Mr. and Mrs. Michael K. Gewirz

Robert H.I. Goddard and Hope Drury Goddard Fund

Mr. Leonard Grace

Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Greeven

Rick and Terry Grosvenor

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hagerty

Mr. and Mrs. David Hill

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph C. Hoopes, Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. Pierre Irving

Mr. and Mrs. Evan Jones

Mr. and Mrs. Louis Kantaros

Ms. Dione Kenyon

Mr. Doug Kohler

Mr. and Mrs. Jack Krichavsky

Mr. and Mrs. James Lanzillo

Mr. Marc Lewinstein

Sandra Liotus Lighting Design, LLC

Mr. Richard C. Loebs, Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. Sean M. Maloney

Mr. and Mrs. Terence Martin

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mauran IV

Mr. and Mrs. Michael P. McDonough

Mr. Timothy McVay

Mr. Thomas S. Michie

Ms. Marcia Morris and Mr. Arnold Hiatt

Ms. Jennifer Nassour

Newport Garden Club

Mr. and Mrs. John S. Palmer

Rose and Paul Pennacchi

Katie and Jim Peterson

Mr. and Mrs. James Purviance

The Rabinowitz Foundation

Mrs. Melissa Rappaport

The Reamer Family Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Eugene F. Reilly

Mr. Ian Slater

Mr. and Mrs. Andy Snider

Ms. Joan Tobin

Mr. Ted Valk

Mr. Kenneth W. Washburn

Ms. Katherine Weschler Williams

Mr. and Mrs. William F. Wilson

Dr. and Mrs. Harrison Wright

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Zielinski

$250 to $499

Mrs. Leith Adams

Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Abney

Ms. Merrilyn Bardes

Mr. and Mrs. Murray Belman

Matthew Bloom

Mr. and Mrs. Tom Borden

Michael Bowden

Mrs. Wiley T. Buchanan III

Mr. and Mrs. John Collins

Deborah Del Nero

Mr. Guillaume de Ramel

Mr. and Mrs. Elijah Duckworth-Schachter

Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Durkin

Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Fox

Steven Gewirz and Katie Hamilton Gewirz

Natasha Harrison

Professor John B. Hattendorf

Wayro, Inc.

Mr. and Mrs. Chester Helms

Ms. Stefani M. Hulitar

Washington Irving III, Ph. D.

Dr. Powel Kazanjian and Dr. Sahira Kazanjian

Mr. and Mrs. John H. Kazanjian

Peter Kiernan

Mr. and Mrs. Michael Lanza

Mr. Charles Lester

Ms. Lisa S. Lewis and Mr. Bart Dunbar

Mr. and Mrs. Albert J. McAloon, Jr.

Timothy McCormick

Mr. and Mrs. Earl McMillen III

Ms. Mary Meagher

Ms. Pauline C. Metcalf

Mr. Richard Murphy

Ms. Diana Oehrli

Thomas P. Palmer and Dominique Alfandre

Kate Barber and Edward Pitoniak

Mr. N. Claiborne Porter, Jr., AIA

Mrs. Eugene B. Roberts, Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. Donald O. Ross

Mr. Clark Royle

Ms. Marie Samuels

Salve Regina University

Mr. and Mrs. James D. Seymour

Mrs. John J. Slocum, Jr. Earl Smith

Mrs. Mary F. Smith

Mr. Frederick W. Stetson

Ms. Carol J. Swift

Mr. and Mrs. William Wallace

Mr. Peter J. Walsh

Charles Wharton

$100 to $249

Anonymous (2)

Anonymous

Dr. Gregory Abel and Mr. Andrew Grace

Mr. James Alexander and Mr. Thomas Stocker

Mr. George P. Antone

Dr. M. Therese Antone, RSM

Ms. Melissa A. Bachelder

Mr. and Mrs. Chris Berl

Mr. and Mrs. R. Bruce Berriman

Ms. Barbara S. Bissinger

Ms. Katharine C. Boden

John and Winnie Broughan

Mr. and Mrs. John W. Burrows

Francesca B. Campo - Campo & Company Events

Mr. and Mrs. Henry A. Casazza

Mrs. Patricia A. Cassidy

Sara Eastman Chadwick

Mr. Howard W. Christian

Mr. Stephen H. Clark

Mr. Dumont Clarke IV

Mr. Michael R. Corcoran

Karen and Bill Corcoran

Robert and Edith Cowley

Ms. Susan F. Daly

Miss Karen S. Deibert

Mr. and Mrs. William J. Donovan

Lisa Donovan, MD

Mr. and Mrs. Emlen Drayton

Mr. Bernard Drury

Mrs. Thomas E. Ewens

Mr. and Mrs. O. Mario Favorito

Ms. Melissa Fairgrieve

Dr. and Mrs. Ronald C. Fleming

R. Payson Fugitt

Vance Hayes Gatchel

Elizabeth Gibbs and Eliot Raymond

Mr. and Mrs. Theodore J. Giletti

Dr. Alexia Gordon

Ms. Nancy Grieb

Mr. and Mrs. William Guenther

Ms. Ruth M. Hall

Mr. and Mrs. Patrick O’Neill Hayes, Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Hayes

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Higgerson

Mr. Thomas Lee Higginson, Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Hilliard, Jr.

Admiral and Mrs. James R. Hogg

Mr. Gordon Holmes

Mrs. Annette Jackson

Mr. Donald King

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Klaffky

Ms. Sally LaBonte

Ms. Lois Lang

Dr. and Mrs. Reynold T. Larsen

Mr. and Mrs. Eli Lederman

Mr. Paul Leys and Ms. Margaret Corcoran

Mrs. Tiina Liiv

Mr. Henry S. Lynn, Jr.

Dr. Louis J. Mariorenzi and Ms. Priscilla Szneke

Mr. David Martin

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Matheson

Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Meikle

Mr. Paul F. Miller and Mr. Charles J. Burns, Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. James E. Moore

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Morton

Mr. Arthur W. Murphy

Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Neary

Eileen and Michael Niedzwiecki

Ms Susan Ogden

Mr. and Mrs. J. Timothy O’Reilly

Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Page

Dr. Thomas Patnaude

Mr. Thomas J. Peirce

Mr. and Mrs. Paul A. Perrault

Ms. Patricia Barry Pettit

Dr. Barbara Pilling

Ms. Patricia C. Presnall

Leila Ray

Ms. Maryann Richardson

Mr. and Mrs. John Rok

Mr. Donald T. Sanders

Mr. Richard Schell

Mr. Dennis P. Sheehan

Mr. and Mrs. Ross Sherbrooke

Julie S. Smith

Mrs. Marjorie Spencer

Mr. and Mrs. Robert T. Steel

Mr. William M. Stott

Dr. and Mrs. Michael Stout

Mr. Jerome H. Sullivan

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sullivan

Mr. Kevin P. Sullivan

Lowell Thomas

Ms. Julia Rush Toland

Mr. and Mrs. Mike Toppa

Mr. Richard E. Updegrove

The Hon. and Mrs. Robert F. Vacchelli

Prof. Michael Vocino

Mr. and Mrs. George K. Walker

Mr. Robert S. Walker

Alexander Walsh

Drs. Roger and Eileen Warburton

Mr. and Mrs. Sam B. Warner

Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Weiss

Professor John Wilmerding

Mr. Ronald M. Wood

Mr. and Mrs. Ellicott Wright

Alyce Wright

Dr. and Mrs. Richard T. Zuerner

Gifts up to $99

Joseph and Mary Ambrosio

Lockett Ford Ballard, Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. Paul G. Bamberg

Mr. Richard Batchelder

Mr. Peter B. Belinsky VMD

Ms. Emilie A. Benoit

Mr. Nicholas W. Benson and Ms. Alix Flood

The Rev. Anne and Mr. Paul Bolles-Beaven

Mrs. Helen Brennan

Mrs. Philip T. Calcina

Maureen Carlin

Nancy Caswell

Sam and Pat Chase

Dr. and Mrs. Martin L. Cohen

Ms. Deanna Conheeny

The Conover Family

Professor and Mrs. Thomas C. Day

Ms. Kate Dimancescu

Mr. Gene DiPina

Mr. and Mrs. J. William Flynn

Alyssa Gaudreau

Karen J. Geary

Dr. Vasant and Sarah Gideon

Ms. Nancy Gilman

Mrs. Irene Graham

Mrs. Mary B. Hall

Ms. Marilyn Hennessey

Cdr. Douglas Davies Henry, USN (Ret)

Ms. Victoria Johnson

Mr. and Mrs. Kieronski

Mr. Christian McBurney

Mrs. Gloria L. Merchant

Dr. Mark C. Muetterties and Ms. Jacqueline Colbert

Mr. Peter Nunes

Mr. Frederick Royce Perez

Ms. Antonia Pollak

Ms. Janet Prip and Mr. Roger Birn

Ms. Elizabeth E. Reed

Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Seward

Mr. Barnett Shepard

Ms. Kathleen Shinners

Mr. Jeffrey L. Staats

Mr. Dennis E. Stark

Mr. Al Weisman

Mr. and Mrs. Brien Welch

Robert Whitcomb

The Wintersteen Family

*deceased

Tribute and Memorial Gifts

In Memory of James A. Baar

Mr. Dennis E. Stark

In Memory of Mr. and Mrs. Louis J. Barry

Ms. Patricia Barry Pettit

In Memory of Mr. Robert Beaver

Mrs. Robert A. Beaver

In Memory of BG John C. Burney, USA Ret.

Mr. and Mrs. Albert J. McAloon, Jr.

In Memory of Mrs. Mary A. Burney

Mr. Albert J. McAloon Jr.

In memory of Thomas P. Cassidy, Jr

Mrs. Patricia A. Cassidy

In Memory of Ralph E. Carpenter

Mr. and Mrs. Torre A. Peterson

In Memory of Julia Sands Chase

Mr. Robert Allan Chase

In Memory of Betty Conklin

Gustave White Sotheby’s International Realty

In Memory of Frederick A. Cushing

Ms. Caterine Milinaire Cushing

In Memory of Molly de Ramel

Mr. Robert Whitcomb

In Memory of C. Mathews Dick, Jr.

Donated by the Dick Family in Honor of C. Matthews Dick, Jr. President of the Redwood Library 1991-2000

In Memory of Thomas Ewens

Mrs. Ellen C. Ewens

In Memory of Richard Grosvenor

Mr. Frederick W. Stetson

In Memory of Berit M. Hattendorf

Professor John B. Hattendorf

In Memory of Powel and Louise Kazanjian

Mr. and Mrs. John H. Kazanjian

In Memory of Doris Lawton

Mrs. Helen L. Brennan

In Memory of John Quinlan Murphy

Mary S. Murphy, Ph.D. and Kurt Schlichting, Ph.D.

Dr. and Mrs. Michael S. Murphy

In Memory of Eugene B. Roberts, Jr.

Lynn Springer Roberts and Anne C.B. Roberts and Matthew Garrett Winterkorn

In Memory of Roslyn Rosner

Mrs. Melissa Rappaport

In Memory of Robert and Margaret Shinners

Ms. Kathleen Dobbs Shinners

In Memory of John Ward

Ms. Mary W. Ambrosio

In Memory of Roger Williams

Mr. Richard Batchelder

In Memory of Bernice Wood

Ms. Maryann Richardson

In Honor of Dr. Donald B. Fletcher

Mr. and Mrs. Paul G. Bamberg

In Honor of Bushnell Pearce Henry

Mr. Douglas Davies Henry

In Honor of Patricia Barry Pettit

Mr. James Alexander and Mr. Thomas Stocker

In Honor of Benita Pullar

Ms. Nancy Gilman

In Honor of Hope H. van Beuren

Mr. John M. Peixinho

The Redwood Library & Athenæum makes every effort to ensure the accuracy of its list of supporters. We regret any inaccuracies or omissions.

Exhibitions

Library of Amorphous Matter: Jocelyne Prince July 14 – October 10, 2021

Nari Ward: Anchoring Ithaca Escapement Unveiled August 19, 2021

Gifts From The Sea: Sailors’ Valentines August 26, 2021 – March 6, 2022

Programs and Events

VIRTUAL LECTURES & EVENTS

An Evening of Poetry with Afia Ansong and Jacqueline Johnson

Colonization of Black Female Bodies, Dr. Akeia de Barros Gomes

The Last Platoon: A Novel of the Afghanistan War, Bing West Earth Medicine, Merrill Page

Boneyman, Poetry with David Mills

Piano For Fourhands Concert with Audrey Vardanega and Clemens Teufel

Deep Ocean Life and Its Promise for The Future with Tim Shank, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Creating the Processional Scepter for the Yale Faculty of Arts & Sciences, Howard Newman

Resting in Peace in Newport: Monuments From the Past, Lessons for The Future with Lew Keen

Winter Tree Bud Identification Project with the Newport Tree Conservancy

Swimming the Volga, Brigadier General Peter Zwack

George Berkeley: Why He Mattered to Newport, Why He Matters Today, Jere Wells

MLK Tribute Concert with the Voices of Unity Choir: Combined Choirs of Mount Zion AME Church and Community Baptist Church

Disappearing Ink: Rhode Island Black Literature and the Black Press, Ray Rickman & Robb Dimmick, Stages of Freedom

The Perils of Symbolic Blackness, Dr. Brenna Wynn Greer

A Brief Exploration into the Life Work of Lorenzo Johnston Greene, Dr. Christopher Roberts

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. “The Destiny of A Dream”, Rev Glen S. Leverette

290th Birthday Salute to George Washington with the Rhode Island Sons of the Revolution and the Artillery Company of Newport

Fifth Annual Rhode Island Black Film Festival: Environmental Justice in a Climate of Change

A Bloomsday Celebration with Newport Celtic Players

Parks of the 21st Century, Victoria Newhouse

MUSIC APPRECIATION SERIES

The Nationalists: Kodály and Bartók

J. S. Bach: B Minor Bass Requiem For Living

Leonard Bernstein: A Spiritual Journey The 20thCentury “Crisis of Faith”

J.S. Bach: Christmas Oratorio, Six Cantatas for Six Days of Christmas

American Composers I: The Colonial Period William Billings

Black Composers and Their Contributions to American Classical Music Part I and Part II

Phillip Glass: The Portrait Opera Triology

John Adams: Nixon in China

Five Women Composers Who Paved the Way

BOOK CLUB

The Honourable School Boy by John Le Carré

Anxious People by Frederik Bachman

Washington’s General: Nathanael Greene and the Triumph of the American Revolution by Terry Golway

Death Comes for The Archbishop by Willa Cather

Cry, The Beloved Country by Alan Paton

Hercule Poirot’s Christmas by Agatha Christie

Hard Times by Charles Dickens

Facing The Mountain by Daniel James Brown

First Love by Ivan Turgenev

Murder in The Cathedral by T.S. Eliot

Go Tell It On The Mountain by James Baldwin

Joan of Arc by Mark Twain

275TH ANNIVERSARY ANNOUNCEMENT

March 10, 2022

Rhode Island Governor Daniel McKee

In Memoriam

Captain Richard G. Alexander

James A. Baar

Dr. Joseph Blumen

Elizabeth Conklin

Mary de Leiris

Molly de Ramel

Thomas E. Ewens

Phyllis A. Friedman

Dorothy A. Garman

Theodore L. Gatchel

The Honorable David S. Gordon

Robert M. Grace

July 2021 - June 2022

Joan R. Hopper

Maris Humphreys

Martha Hunnewell

Eileen S. Leonard

Perry Lewis

Joan M. Lynch

Joan S. Malkovich

Dr. Daniel K. Murphy

Sherilyn Grace Nemtzow

The Honorable William Nitze

Dolores Salesses

Albert Schofield

Dorothy Y. Sheffield

William H. F. Spencer

Eunice G. Staats

Joseph F. Sullivan

Jill Elizabeth Urban

Russel von Taby

Barclay Harding Warburton IV

George H. Warren

Kenneth Wood Washburn

Priscilla Wimpress

PRESIDENTS 1747-2018

1747-1788 Abraham Redwood

1791-1796 Henry Marchant

1797-1801 William Vernon

1801-1809 John Bours

1809-1813 Jonathan Easton

1813-1830 Robert Stevens

1830-1836 David King

1836-1844 Audley Clarke

1844-1846 George G. King

1846-1849 William Hunger 1849-1859 David King

1859-1870 George G. King

1870-1872 William Cozzens 1872-1874 Henry Ledyard 1874-1875 Edward King

1875-1882 Francis Brinley

1882-1883 James E. Mauran

1883-1886 Henry E. Turner

1886-1895 LeRoy King

1895-1902 Henry G. Marquand

1902-1909 Arthur B. Emmons

1909-1913 Daniel B. Fearing

1913-1916 J. Fred Pierson

1916-1933 Roderick Terry 1934-1939 Henry Barton Jacobs 1939-1948 Roderick Terry, Jr. 1948-1952 Andrew Chalmers Wilson

1952-1959 Hugh B. Baker 1959-1964 William P. Sheffield

1964-1986 Donald B. Fletcher

1986-1991 John J. Slocum

1991-2000 C. Mathews Dick, Jr.

2000-2001 Ann F. Conner

2001-2008 Stephen G. W. Walk

2008-2009 Douglas R. Riggs

2009-2010 Ann F. Conner

2010- 2017 Edwin G. Fischer, M.D.

2017- present R. Daniel Prentiss, Esq.

LIBRARIANS 1747-2022

Edward Scott 1747-1750

Thomas Moffatt 1750-1752

Martin Howard, Jr. 1752-1755

Jeremiah Leaming 1755-1756

Ezra Stiles 1756-1764

Henry Marchant 1765-1766

Edward Thurston, Jr. 1766-1767

Thomas Wickham, Jr. 1767-1768

Ezra Stiles 1768-1777

William Tillinghast 1777-1778

George Bisset 1778-1779

William Tillinghast 1779-1785

Christopher Ellery 1785-1789

William Smith 1791-1792

William Patten 1792-1809

Levi Tower 1809-1811

John Rodman 1811-1812

Robert Rogers 1812-1831

George G. King 1831-1835

William A. Barber 1835-1841

James Barker 1841-1848

Christopher E. Robbins 1848-1849

Augustus Bush 1849-1857

George R. Hammett 1857-1858

Dumont Clarke 1858-1859

Benjamin H. Rhoades 1859-1880

Benjamin F. Thurston 1881-1884

Richard Bliss 1884-1914

George Lyman Hinckley 1914-1927

Frances Hubbert 1927-1949

J. Alden Manley 1949-1952

Donald T. Gibbs 1952-1988

Richard L. Champlin 1988-1991

Erik Bradford Stocker 1991-1993

Marilyn D. Curtis, Acting Librarian 1993-1995

Stephen J. Zietz 1995-1996

Marilyn D. Curtis, Acting Librarian 1996-1997

Jay H. Hall 1997-1998

Cheryl V. Helms 1998-2010

Kenneth Brockway, Acting Librarian 2010-2012

Jennifer E. Tuleja 2012-2014

Benedict Leca, Ph.D. 2015-present