REPORT 2022-2023
2022-2023
Marvin Abney
Daniel Benson
Josiah Bunting III
Maura Smith Cullen
Michelle Drum
Jacalyn Egan
Edwin G. Fischer, M.D.*
Michael Gewirz
John Rovensky Grace
John D. Harris II
M. Holt Massey
Aida Neary
Waring Partridge
Janet Alexander Pell
Earl A. Powell III
R. Daniel Prentiss, Esq.*
Andy Ridall
Jeffrey Siegal
Susan Sipprelle
Robin Warren
Dear Redwood Community, History is the heart of the Redwood. It lies deep in the building and within all its treasures. We commemorated our story throughout this fiscal year, as we continued to celebrate our 275th anniversary. In 1833, the word athenaeum was added our title to expand our minds through the exchange of ideas and exposing us to all art forms.
Benedict Leca and the hardworking staff once again fulfilled our creative dreams through music, journalism, artifacts, books, gardening, and theater. Art entered through lectures and on our walls. We ended the year with two gallery shows. Ambassador Traina’s photography collection and the beautiful Clouds Hill house exhibit.
This year slavery, war, politics, journalism and government are a few of the other subjects covered by our speakers. Questions and lively exchanges usually followed these presentations. Our events and openings were all well received. Post-Covid brought us a burst of energy especially on the dance floor of our successful 275th themed summer gala!
Our anniversary also inspired the Capital Campaign. Our committee is working hard hoping to bring $5 million dollars into the endowment. The response so far is positive. We are encouraged by the donations as well as the general support for our cause.
We look forward to seeing you at the Redwood and thank for all your help in guiding us towards a successful future.
Yours sincerely,
Janet A. Pell President, Board of Directors
*Emeritus Board Member
Dear Friends,
It is with much gratitude for your support that I write now to recap our 2022-23 fiscal year, one certainly worthy of note, given that—incredibly—it marked the Library’s 275th year. It is an astounding fact: for nearly three centuries people have come to the Redwood to find delight and instruction. Indeed, it bears repeating that the Redwood Library is the sole surviving secular cultural institution with an unbroken link to the Colonial period and to our nation’s founding.
To celebrate this remarkable milestone, the Redwood staff went even further than ‘above and beyond.’ The year’s two exhibitions were exceptional: the pathbreaking photographs of the famed photojournalist Harry Benson in the Peirce-Prince gallery; and a retrospective exhibition gathering long-held treasures and the many new additions to the Library’s Special Collections in the adjacent Van Alen gallery. And among the myriad quality lectures and concerts, one would have to single out the incomparable Bob Woodward, the year’s John. J. Slocum Jr. memorial lecture speaker.
Finally, the 2022 celebration marked another milestone, the kick off of our endowment campaign, already in full swing. With your help, this effort will ensure that the Library endures for another 275 years.
With many thanks again for your support,
Benedict Leca, Ph.D. Executive Director
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.”
The Redwood Library & 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.
Consolidated Statement of Financial Position as of June 30, 2023 (with comparative totals as of June 30, 2022)
Liabilities and Net Assets
7,775,404
For the year ended June 30, 2023 (with comparative totals for the year ended June 30, 2022)
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, 2023, 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. Sources of Funds 2023
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
Jeanne L. Peirce
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
Marvin and Cheryl Abney
Alletta Morris McBean Charitable Trust
Alexander and Nancy Auersperg
Les and Carol Ballard
Diane Beaver
Daniel and Dory Benson
James Barr
Miles and Lisa Bidwell
Philip and Patricia Bilden
Thomas Blake
Richard and Nancy Brickley
Josiah and Diana Bunting
Anthony and Sara Carcieri
Jonna Chewning
Eugene and Marianne Conese
Sandra Craig
Matthew and Maura Cullen
Norey Dotterer Cullen
Jessica Kagan Cushman
Charles and Rose Dana
Glenn and Kim Darden
Virginia Decker
Patrick Dolat
Robert and Michelle Drum
William and Jackie Egan
Edwin G. Fischer, M.D., and Angela B. Fischer
Ronald Lee Fleming
Bernard and Sarah Gewirz
Elizabeth Goltra
Michael Greene and Joyce Kirby
John and Sherri Grace
Robert and Jane Grace
Washington Irving III, Ph. D.
Dorrance H. Hamilton Charitable Trust
The Hamilton Family Charitable Trust
John Harris and Linda Sawyer
George and Nannette Herrick
Maris S. Humphreys
Edward W. Kane and Martha J. Wallace
Dodie Kazanjian and Calvin Tomkins
Elizabeth and William Leatherman
John and Anne Manice
Robert and Heidi Manice
Holt and Sandra Massey
Christopher Matthews
Edith McBean
Earl and Elizabeth McMillen
Victoria Mele
Quinlan and Sarah Murphy
Tim and Aida Neary
Waring and Carmen Partridge
Charles and Liz Pearsall
Diana Pearson
John M. Peixinho
Christopher T. H. and Janet Alexander Pell
George and Susan Petrovas
R. Daniel Prentiss, Esq.
Elizabeth “Lisette” Prince
Earl and Nancy Powell
David Ray
Frank and Betsy Ray
Andy and Isabella Ridall
Donald and Susan Ross
Luis Roth and Jennifer Dalrymple
Richard Sayer
Jeffrey and Cathy Siegal
Dwight and Susan Siprelle
Diana Slocum
Donald and Margaret Steiner
Brenda Sullivan
Janette van de Geest-Van Gruisen
van Beuren Charitable Foundation
Jean Wagley
For those who may be considering a gift to the Library’s endowment, please contact Alyssa Gaudreau at 401-847-0292.
It was through the generosity of its donors that the Redwood Library was conceived and built 276 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, 2022 to June 30, 2023, 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
Anonymous (2)
Kane Wallace Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Dwight D. Sipprelle
$50,000 to $99,999
Ford Foundation
$25,000 to $49,999
Mr. and Mrs. Philip Bilden
Mrs. Taylor Chewning
Kim and Glenn Darden
Mrs. John R. Donnell
Elaine and Alexandre Rosenberg Charitable Foundation
G. Peabody and Rose Gardner Charitable Trust
Mr. and Mrs. John Rovensky Grace
Mrs. Robert Grace
The Hartfield Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. George G. Herrick
Mae Caldwell Rovensky Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Manice
Estate of Jonathan B. Monroe
Ms. Diana L. Pearson
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher T.H. Pell
Mr. and Mrs. George Petrovas
Prince Charitable Trusts
Mr. David W. Ray
Mrs. Alfred S. Wilsey
$10,000 to $24,999
BankNewport
Dr. Holly Bannister and Mr. Douglas Newhouse
Mrs. Robert A. Beaver
Mr. Robert A. Chase
Mrs. Marilyn Curtis
PM Rose and Charles Dana Charitable Fund
Virginia Decker
Oliver S. and Jennie R. Donaldson Charitable Trust
Mr. and Mrs. William P. Egan - Duniry Foundation
EJMP Fund for Philanthropy
Dr. and Mrs. Edwin G. Fischer - The Hope Foundation
Mrs. Kate Gubelmann
Belinda Buck Kielland
Mr. and Mrs. William L. Leatherman
Mrs. James W. Lloyd
Mr. and Mrs. John Manice
Mr. and Mrs. Holt Massey
Mr. and Mrs. Earl McMillen III
R. Daniel Prentiss, Esq.
Mr. and Mrs. James A. Purviance, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ray
Rhode Island Foundation
Ms. Patricia G. Saunders
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Steiner
$5,000 to $9,999
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Auersperg
Bazarsky Family Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Benson
Mr. Cornelius C. Bond and Ms. Ann E. Blackwell
Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Brickley
Mr. and Mrs. John L. Cassis
Mr. and Mrs. Duncan A. Chapman
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Drum
Bernard and Sarah Gewirz Family
Pamela McEnness Giannini
Mr. and Mrs. John T. Good
Mr. Miles Hamilton
The Hamilton Family Charitable Trust
Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Hudson, Jr.
Mr. Benjamin Shibe Macfarland III
Mr. and Mrs. Sean M. Maloney
The Edith McBean Fund
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel M. Mencoff
Mr. John M. Peixinho
Mr. and Mrs. Archbold van Beuren
Mr. and Mrs. William L. Wallace
$2,500 to $4,999
Mr. and Mrs. Josiah Bunting III
Ms. Helen M. Burnham and Mr. George Jacobs
Mr. and Mrs. James F. Carlin
Mr. and Mrs. George E. Clark, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Conese, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. John Dalsheim
Mr. Guillaume de Ramel
Mr. and Mrs. Tylor Field II
Genser Insurance
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Seipp Goltra
Mr. and Mrs. Peter W. Gonzalez
Mr. and Mrs. S. Matthews V. Hamilton, Jr.
Gray Hamilton and Eleanor Trepte
Mr. and Mrs. William M. Kahane
Mr. Michael J. Greene and Ms. Joyce A. Kirby
Ms. Elizabeth Locke and Mr. John Staelin
Mr. and Mrs. John Q. Murphy
Mr. Jay J. Page
Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan H. Pardee
Mr. and Mrs. Torre A. Peterson
Mr. and Mrs. Andy Ridall
Mr. and Mrs. Donald O. Ross
Mr. and Mrs. Ernst Rothe
Mr. Richard Sayer
Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Stephen R. Seiter
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Siegal
Elliot Stultz and Dan Drake
Mrs. Virginia Treherne-Thomas
Mr. and Mrs. Dan C. Tutcher
Mrs. Janette van de Geest-Van Gruisen
Mrs. John Wagley
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen G. W. Walk
$1,000 to $2,499
Mr. and Mrs. David Aldrich
Mr. and Mrs. Theodore H. Ashford
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas G. Auchincloss, Jr.
Mr. James Barr
Ms. Gloria Bartolotta
Mrs. Richard Benson
Mr. and Mrs. J. Stuart Bevan
Mr. and Mrs. Miles Bidwell
Mr. Thomas B. Blake
Brenton Hotel
Mr. David F. Brodsky
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Brooks, Jr.
Captain and Mrs. Nicholas Brown
Ms. Morgan Capodilupo
Christie’s
Mrs. Ann F. Conner
Mrs. Norey Dotterer Cullen
Mr. and Mrs. Kendrick de Koning
John R. Drexel IV and Nicholas A. Drexel
Dr. Howard Eisenberg and Ms. Doris Zografos
Ms. Anne Fairfax and Mr. Richard Sammons
Chris Gannon and Carol Hopkins
Mr. and Mrs. Michael K. Gewirz
Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Greeven
Mr. John K. Grosvenor and Ms. Cheryl Hackett
Nina and Jim Grosvenor
Mr. and Mrs. William Guenther
Mr. and Mrs. David Hill
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen B. Huttler
Ms. Dodie Kazanjian and Mr. Calvin Tomkins
Mr. Adam Keefe
Peter R. & Cynthia K. Kellogg Foundation
Ms. Jody Kuss
Mr. and Mrs. James Lanzillo
Sandra Liotus Lighting Design, LLC
Mr. Henry S. Lynn, Jr.
Ms. Christine MacDonald
Michael Hayes Company
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Muir
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Mulderry
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pearsall
Estate of Jeanne L. Peirce
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene F. Reilly
Mr. and Mrs. James H. Ross
Mr. Luis Roth and Ms. Jennifer Dalrymple
Russell Morin Catering and Events
Mr. and Mrs. William Samuels
Mr. and Mrs. Kiko Sanchez
Mrs. Jay R. Schochet
Ms. Brewer Schoeller
Ms. Suzanne Schutte
Mrs. John J. Slocum, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. John Smyth
Mrs. Topsy Taylor
Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Thomas
Ms. Joan Tobin
The Honorable F. J. Bing West and Mrs. Elizabeth West
Ms. Polly Wulsin
William and Nancy Zeitler
$500 to $999
Anonymous (3)
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Arkin
Mr. Richard A. Baker
Mrs. Evelyn I. Barrack
Mr. and Mrs. Jon M. Barrett
Ms. Rebecca Bertrand
Michael Bowden
Mr. Vincent J. Buonanno
Francesca B. CampoCampo & Company Events
Mr. and Mrs. James Chadwick
Clarke Cooke House and Bannister’s Wharf
William Crisp
Ms. Maria Crocitto
Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Cullen
Mrs. Caterine Milinaire Cushing
Mr. and Mrs. Elijah Duckworth-Schachter
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald L. Early
Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Evans
Ms. Tamara Farrick
Mr. Ronald Lee Fleming
Peter and Melinda Gerard & Loti Falk Family Fund
Steven and Katie Gewirz
Robert H.I. Goddard and Hope Drury Goddard Fund
Mr. Leonard Grace
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Gulbrandsen
Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Hayes
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Higginbotham
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph C. Hoopes, Jr.
Evan and Catherine Jones
John and Jane Kazanjian
Mr. and Mrs. Steve Lang
Mrs. Tiina Liiv
Dr. Barbara Sunderland Manousso
Mr. and Mrs. Michael P. McDonough
Mr. David Mirkin and Ms. Karen Piacentini
Mr. Alan R. Morse
Linda Murphy
Newport Garden Club
Rose and Paul Pennacchi
Diane and Michael Rabinowitz
Melissa Rappaport
Ms. Leila Ray
The Reamer Family Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Tyson Reed
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene F. Reilly
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Richmond, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas R. Riggs
Mr. and Mrs. Larry Schoenfeld
Swift Morrison Interiors
Ms. Gladys Thomas
Maria Elena Vergara and Issac Valentin
Mr. Peter J. Walsh
Mrs. Julie P. Warburton
Ms. Veronica Whitlock
Mr. and Mrs. Harrison M. Wright
$250 to $499
Lockett Ford Ballard, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Murray J. Belman
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bendick
Mr. and Mrs. R. Bruce Berriman
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Bills
Captain David C. Brown and Ms. Sheila McCurdy
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Burrows
Ms. Marsha Cohen
Mr. and Mrs. Forster Darling
Lilly Dick
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Durkin
Mr. Tristan Dyer
Ms. Martha Easley
John J. Egan, Jr.
Ms. Joan Scott Ewing
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence R. Glenn
Mr. and Mrs. Patrick O’Neill Hayes, Jr.
Robert and Angela Healey
Mr. and Mrs. Chester Helms
Gerald and Margaret Hendrick
Mr. Mervin Holland
Ms. Stefani M. Hulitar
Powel and Sahira Kazanjian
Mr. and Mrs. William Keogh
Mr. Doug Kohler
Michael and Terry Lanza
Gail and Eli Lederman
Mrs. Lisa S. Lewis and Mr. Bart Dunbar
Mr. William H. Leys
LCDR Albert J. McAloon, Jr., USN, (Ret) and Mrs. Judith H. McAloon
Mr. Joseph McEnness, Jr.
Ms. Isabelle Monet
Mr. and Mrs. James E. Moore
Mr. Richard Murphy
Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Oliveira
J. Timothy and Dorothy O’Reilly
Patricia Barry Pettit
Dr. Barbara Pilling
Shelia Plaisance
N. Claiborne Porter, Jr., AIA
Mr. and Mrs. Earl A. Powell III
Lynn Roberts
Mr. and Mrs. Patrick E. Rooney
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Rugg
Mr. Richard Schell
Mr. Scott Shiland
Ms. Cameron Taylor
Lowell Thomas
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Weiss
Charles Wharton
Ms. Annette Williamson
Judge Marjorie Yashar
$100 to $249
Anonymous (2)
Mr. Robert Abelson
Mr. John Woodford Adams
Robert Agresta
Cindy Amundson
Jerrell Angell
George and Allen Louise Antone
Ms. Melissa A. Bachelder
Mr. and Mrs. Paul G. Bamberg
Merrilyn Bardes/Bardes Fund
Mr. and Mrs. William P. Barry
Ms. Barbara S. Bissinger
Jill Bromberg
John and Winnie Broughan
Jim and Elaine Burress
Mr. Daniel Cammarata
Ms. Anne L. Carlson
Mrs. James Carroll
Mr. John Cassell
Patricia A. Cassidy
Ms. Sara E. Chadwick
Mr. Howard W. Christian
Mr. Dumont Clarke IV
The Conover Family
Mr. Michael R. Corcoran
Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Cort
Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Cowley
Mrs. Sandra Craig
Captain and Mrs. Lee D. Crane
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Cresser
Ms. Susan F. Daly
Mr. Peter S. Damon
Professor and Mrs. Thomas C. Day
Mr. Ronald De Yoe and Mrs. Carol Pardee
Karen S. Deibert
Ms. Deborah Del Nero
Mr. and Mrs. Kurt A. Dolnier
Lisa Donovan, MD
Mr. and Mrs. Emlen Drayton
Mr. John J. Drotos
Bernard Drury
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen P. Duffy
Mrs. Joan Edenbach
Mr. David Ender
Mr. and Mrs. Lampton Enochs
Mrs. Thomas E. Ewens
Mr. and Mrs. O. Mario Favorito
Dr. and Mrs. Ronald C. Fleming
Mrs. Nancy Dotterer Field
Steven Fielding
Mr. R. Payson Fugitt
Christon Gibson
Dr. Vasant and Sarah Gideon
Mr. and Mrs. John T. Goltman
Dr. Alexia Gordon
Mr. and Mrs. David A. Grant
Mr. and Mrs. Paul E. Gricus
Ms. Nancy Grieb
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Hall
Paul Harden
Ms. Linda Sawyer and Mr. John D. Harris II
Professor John B. Hattendorf
Captain Kevin M. Healy
Ms. Mary Jane Healy
Rick and Phyllis Higgerson
Thomas L. Higginson, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Hilliard, Jr.
Admiral and Mrs. James R. Hogg
Mr. Gordon Holmes
Captain and Mrs. Donald A. Jagoe
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Jefferys
Ms. Mary Jennings
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Kahn
Ms. Carolyn Killian
Elena T. Kissel
Mrs. Jeanne Knerr
Mr. and Mrs. David E. Krupa
Mr. Michael Lack
Patrick Lambert
Ms. Sally LaBonte
Dr. and Mrs. Reynold T. Larsen
Betsy S. Leerssen
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Lewinstein
Mr. Paul Leys and Ms. Margaret Corcoran
Mr. Richard C. Loebs, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Magee
Mr. Vincent Marcello
Mr. David Martin
Mr. and Mrs. John Martin
Mr. Tim McCormick
Mr. and Mrs. Larry McGurk
Ms. Mary Meagher
Bob & Puffy Meikle
Suzanne Mello-Stark
Ms. Patricia F. Melrose
Mrs. Irene Menas
Ms. Gloria L. Merchant
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Morton
Ms. Wendy Murad
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Niedzwiecki
Ms. Cynthia O’Malley
Mr. Thomas P. Palmer and Ms. Dominique Alfandre
Mr. Leonard C. Panaggio
Mr. and Mrs. Waring Partridge
Mr. and Mrs. Paul A. Perrault
Mr. and Mrs. James Peterson
Ms. Catherine Piccoli and Mr. Richard Rosene
Mr. Edward Pitoniak and Ms. Kate Barber
Mr. Braden Plant
Ms. Patricia C. Presnall
Ms. Leila Ray
Mr. and Mrs. G. Peter Reed, Jr.
Mr. William M. Salmons, Jr.
Mr. Donald T. Sanders
Mr. Federico Santi and Mr. John Gacher
Stephen Santos and Maria V. Nelson
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Self
Mr. and Mrs. Ross Sherbrooke
Julie S. Smith
Mrs. Susan Stautberg
Mrs. John W. Stokes II
Joseph Studlick
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sullivan
Mr. Kevin P. Sullivan
Ms. Margaret Sullivan-Carr
Mr. and Mrs. Paul L. Szapary
Ms. Melissa Jane Taylor
Ms. Julia Rush Toland
Dr. and Mrs. William A. Turley, Jr.
Mr. Richard E. Updegrove
The Honorable Robert F. Vacchelli and Mrs. Cathy Vacchelli
Mr. Jamie Vara
Ms. Barbara Vietor
Mr. William P. Virgin
Anne and Mac Walker
Mr. Robert S. Walker
Mr. Alexander G. Walsh
Mr. and Mrs. Sam B. Warner
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Phelps West
Ms. Camille Westervelt
Ms. Deborah E. Wiley
Professor John Wilmerding
Mr. and Mrs. William F. Wilson
The Wintersteen Family
Ms. Carole M. Yeager
Ms. Lyn Younes
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Zielinski
Dr. and Mrs. Richard T. Zuerner
Gifts up to $99
Anonymous
Mrs. Charles C. Adams III
Ms. Kathleen M. Ahearne
Joseph and Mary Ambrosio
Mr. Irving Barrett
Mr. Nicholas W. Benson and Ms. Alix Flood
Mr. and Mrs. Dickson G. Boenning
Mrs. Helen Brennan
Mrs. Nancy Nelson Caswell
Sam and Pat Chase
Ms. Elizabeth Cody
Dr. and Mrs. Martin L. Cohen
Ms. Trudy Coxe
Ms. Norah Diedrich
Ms. Kate Dimancescu
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Ellovich
Ms. Jennifer Foley
Dr. and Mrs. Alexander Gaudio
Alyssa Gaudreau
Karen J. Geary
Ms. Katherine Gozdur
Rick and Terry Grosvenor
Virginie Harris
Ms. Nancy J. Harris
Ms. Victoria Johnson
Mr. Edward Rice Johnson
Ms. Karen Kalisch
Dr. and Mrs. John J. Kenny
Ms. Susan Killebrew
Ms. Melissa Kollitides
Diana Labrecque
Mr. Edmond L. Lincoln
Ms. Joan Mason
Mr. Christian McBurney
Ms. Janet McCarthy
Ms. Carolyn Neary
Mr. Peter A. Nunes
Mr. and Mrs. Edward O’Neill
Betsy Parson
Ioana Preston
Ms. Liz Reilly
Ms. Maryann Richardson
Mr. and Mrs. John Rok
Dr. Marian Royer
Ms. Alison Scavone
Mrs. Richard B. Sheffield
Mr. Barnett Shepard
Ms. Kathleen D. Shinners
Ms. Elizabeth F. Smith
Mr. and Mrs. Adams Taylor
Clemens Teufel and Erin Harrington Teufel
Ms. Deborah Timby
Mrs. Harle Tinney
Rebecca Toppa
Mr. Frankie Vagnone and Mr. Johnny Yeagley
Mrs. Maryjane Chartier Walda
Tom and Amy Walker
Mrs. Carol Ward
Mr. and Mrs. Brien Welch
Mr. and Mrs. Rian M. Wilkinson
Mr. Phillip M. Wilson
Laura Witt
Ms. Kelly Zuzolo
Tribute and Memorial Gifts
In Memory of Mr. and Mrs. Louis J. Barry
Ms. Patricia Barry Pettit
In Memory of Robert A. Beaver
Mrs. Diane E. Beaver
In Memory of Kenneth Brockway
Ms. Martha Easley
In Memory of Marilyn Brockway
Patrick S. Lambert
In Memory of Richard Burnham
Edith and Robert Cowley
In Memory of Thomas P. Cassidy, Jr.
Patricia A. Cassidy
In Memory of Julia Sands Chase
Mr. Robert Allan Chase
In Memory of Thomas Ewens
Mrs. Thomas E. Ewens
In Memory of Sally Ann Healy
Ms. Mary Jane Healy
In Memory of Powel and Louise Kazajian
John and Jane Kazanjian
In Memory of Natalie Mason
Joan Mason
In Memory of Bruce McLean
Mr. Richard E. Updegrove
In Memory of Daniel K. Murphy, Sr.
Mrs. Linda Murphy
STAFF
Benedict Leca, Ph.D.
Executive Director
Julia Boron
Communications Assistant
John Bartosh
Buildings and Grounds Manager
Michelle Farias
Head Librarian, Archivist & Special Collections Librarian
Alyssa Gaudreau
Donor Relations Manager
Patricia Barry Pettit
Chief Communications Officer
David Thalmann
Director of Finance
In Memory of John Quinlan Murphy
Mr. and Mrs. John Q. Murphy
Mary S. Murphy, Ph.D. and Kurt Schlichting, Ph.D.
From the family of
Dr. and Mrs. Michael S. Murphy
In Memory of Leonard J. Panaggio
Mr. Leonard C. Panaggio
In Memory of Florence Pennacchi
Mr. and Mrs. Paul G. Pennacchi
In Memory of Peter Sweet
Mr. Daniel Cammarata
Mr. David Ender
Joan Scott Ewing
Mr. Mervin Holland
Mr. Edward Rice Johnson
Mr. and Mrs. John Martin
Ms. Janet McCarthy
Ms. Wendy Murad
Mr. and Mrs. Edward O’Neill
Ms. Patricia Barry Pettit
Mr. and Mrs. Patrick E. Rooney
Anne and Mac Walker
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Walker
Mr. Rian M. Wilkinson
Ms. Carole M. Yeager
In Memory of Nicholas B. Scheetz
Ms. Diana L. Pearson
In Memory of Augusta Bishop Sigourney
Ms. Melissa Jane Taylor
In Memory of Richard Sheffield
Mrs. Gay G. Sheffield
In Memory of Robert J. and Margaret Shinners
Ms. Kathleen Dobbs Shinners
Willa Anderson
Technical Services Librarian & Interlibrary Loan Coordinator
Colin Braun - Circulation Assistant
Charles Burns - Circulation Assistant
Rebecca Farias - Circulation Assistant
Drew Kemp - Circulation Assistant
Grace Parenti - Circulation Assistant
Mary Power - Circulation Assistant
Janette van de Geest-Van GruisenCirculation Assistant
In Memory of John Ward
Joseph and Mary Ambrosio
In Honor of Mrs. John R. Donnell
Mr. Henry Sharpe Lynn Jr.
In Honor of Jackie Egan
Virginia Decker
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Steiner
In Honor of Dr. Donald B. Fletcher
Paul and Cherry Bamberg
In Honor of Angela and Garry Fischer
Mr. and Mrs. Philip Bilden
Mrs. Maureen Donnell
In Honor of Barbara O’Leary and David DeFanti
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Hall
In Honor of Merrill Page
Mr. Jay J. Page
In Honor of Bettie and Jonathan Pardee
Mr. and Mrs. Dan C. Tutcher
In Honor of Janet Pell
Mrs. Kate Gubelmann
The Edith McBean Fund
Mr. R. Daniel Prentiss Esq.
In Honor of Betsy and Frank Ray
Mr. and Mrs. Dan C. Tutcher
The Redwood Library & Athenæum makes every effort to ensure the accuracy of its list of supporters. We regret any inaccuracies or omissions.
STUDENT INTERN
Macarena Arrue Riofrio
VOLUNTEER
Niall Tarrell
Arrangements and Other Photographic Maneuvers:
Daniel Lefcourt Arranges The Trevor Traina Collection
Harry Benson: Persons of Interest
Black Ink on White Pages: The African American Press in Rhode Island
Expanding Horizons: Highlights From The Clouds Hill House Museum
Treasures of the Redwood: Celebrating 275 Years
Vines and Threads for Ukraine
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275 ANNIVERSARY EVENTS
275th Anniversary Gala
Bob Woodward: John J. Slocum, Jr.
Memorial Lecture
Bill Murray, Jan Vogler and Friends “New Worlds” Benefit Concert
275th Anniversary Garden Party
LECTURES
Mark Arsenault: The Imposter’s War
Dr. David Blight: Frederick Douglass: What He Continues To Teach Us”
Dr. Marian Desrosiers: Island Girl: Justice Florence Kerins Murray
Peter Duchin: Face The Music
Robert Geake: In League with Liberty: The Persistence of Patriots of Color
Porter Halyburton: Reflections on Captivity
Julia Hansen: The Andrea Doria
Middleton Place: A Lens Into the Nation’s Story at America’s Oldest Landscape Gardens
Alexandre Livingstone Smith: The Archaeology of Central Africa
Stefanie Van Steelandt: Paton’s Wife’s
U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse: The Scheme
Thomas Wickman: John Quinlan Murphy Lecture: Grounded Histories of Climate in the Native Northeast and Colonial New England
EXHIBITION OPENINGS
Arrangements and Other Photographic Maneuvers: Daniel Lefcourt Arranges The Trevor Traina Collection
Harry Benson: Persons on Interest
Black Ink on White Pages: The African American Press in RI Expanding Horizons: Highlights From the Clouds Hill House Museum
Treasures of The Redwood: Celebrating 275 Years
Vines and Threads for Ukraine
CONCERTS & PERFORMANCES
Sundays at the Redwood Series
Clemens Teufel, Pianist: Beethoven & Debussy
Francesca McNeely, Cellist & Yvonne Chen, Pianist: Brahms, Debussy & Wallen
Larry Brown Swingline Orchestra
Clara Kim, Violinist & Angela Kim, Pianist: From Bach to the 21st Century
Clemens Teufel and Olha Abakunova Four Hands Concert
Esther Ning Yau, Pianist
Mrs. Campbell, Mr. Shaw: One act play
Newport Celtic Players: Bloomsday Celebration
Rhode Island Sons of the Revolution: George Washington Salute
Sinfoniette Cracovia, Polish Chamber Ensemble
Teryn Kuzma, Soprano and Bandurist: Benefit Concert for Ukraine
Annual Redwood Book Sale
Holiday Food Drive to Benefit the Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Center, Newport
MUSIC APPRECIATION LECTURES WITH DR. EDWARD MARKWARD
War Requiem, Benjamin Britten
From Song to Symphony, Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 5 in D Minor op. 47, Dimitri Shostakovich
St. John Passion, Johann Sebastian Bach
Black History Month Tribute, William Grant Still
British Choral Tradition Part I, Purcell to Elga
British Choral Tradition Part II: Byrd to Britten Motets & Anthems
American Composers II, Rhode Island Composers
American Composers III, Charles Ives: An American Icon, Lately Discovered
American Composers IV, The Second New England School: The Boston Six
American Composers V, Ernest Bloch, Howard Hanson, Roy Harris, Paul Creston, Samuel Barber
American Composers VI, Aaron Copland: Third Symphony
Five Women Composers Who Paved the Way
REDWOOD BOOK CLUB
Lincoln Highway, Amor Towles
Red Traitor, Owen Matthews
Bunker Hill, Nathaniel Philbrick
William Trevor’s Last Stories
The Color of Water: A Black’s Tribute to His White Mother, James McBride
Skipping Christmas, John Grisham
Oblivion, Anthony Horowitz
50 Great Short Stories
City on Fire, Don Winslow
Emily Dickinson Selected Poems, Helen Vendler
River of Gods, Candace Millard
The Candy House, Jennifer Egan
Ronald Becker
Marilyn Brockway
Joan Ceglarski
Edward B. Corcoran
Robert T. Galkin
James J. Gillis
John Goelet
Reverend Everett H. Greene
Margot Sullivan Grosvenor
Vernon A. Harvey
Mary Bushnell Pearce Henry
Mary Stevens Jemail
July 2022 - June 2023
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Roger H. King, Jr.
Dr. Edwin J. Madden
Anna Gray Prior
Katherine Hoyt Psaki
Barbara Reed
Barbara A. Ruscetta
Stanley D. Scott
Peter Sortwell Sweet
Kathleen Ann Updegrove
Shirley V. Waters
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2022- present Janet A. Pell
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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