Marvin Abney
Daniel Benson
Josiah Bunting III
Jacalyn Egan
Edwin G. Fischer, M.D.*
Michael Gewirz
John R. Grace
Washington Irving III
Dodie Kazanjian
Elizabeth Leatherman
M. Holt Massey
Aida Neary
Janet A. Pell
Earl A. Powell III
R. Daniel Prentiss
Frank Ray
Jeffrey Siegal
As this fiscal year ended, the world seemed to be finally emerging from the depths of the global pandemic. The toll of this scourge has been enormous; it has visited tragedy on people of all walks of life around the globe. We mourn those whom the disease has taken from us. Our goal is to honor them through our continued existence as one of the foremost repositories of the history of the civilization that was founded on these shores in the Seventeenth Century.
The Redwood has observed, recorded, and endured every crisis experienced by the colony that became the United States of America, from the revolutionary war following a declaration of independence, to a great civil war fought to remove from our country the stain of enslavement of human beings, two world wars, and a prior global pandemic. I take great pride in reporting that the Redwood is successfully weathering the current pandemic.
Our continued programming, adapted to the requisites of pandemic health policies through remote technology, represents our awareness of the importance that the function of encouraging public discourse and erudition be sustained, even in times of crisis. Benedict Leca and our loyal, hardworking staff have maintained a robust schedule of events which have proved to be satisfyingly popular and well-attended.
We look forward to emergence from COVID-19 and resuming our full, active, in-person program of events. Thank you for your support.
Sincerely,
R. Daniel Prentiss, Esq. President, Board of DirectorsWhile we continued to face the unprecedented challenges of the pandemic in this fiscal year, the communal spirit evinced by you our members and supporters, and of Newporters themselves, has reminded us that come what may, by sticking together, anything can be overcome. It is thus your resilience that I would first salute, as I extend our deeply felt thank you for your support during these trying times.
It is also the resilience and remarkable adaptability of our ace staff that I want to recognize. For, as suddenly as this unimaginable situation came upon us, the Redwood was able to adapt with exceptional speed and ingenuity. You will have noticed the immediate redirection of our programming to online platforms, for example. That same dedication enabled us to be among the first institution to re-open last August, this while we provided the cultural sustenance that local and regional patrons have relied on for nearly 275 years. From the Music Appreciation Series by Professor Edward Markward to the exceptional slate of presentations for Black History Month in February, to the unveiling of the outdoor installation Tales from the Big Chair in June, to the moment of this writing, our programming and services continue with more yet to come.
It is thus with much gratitude for your support and optimism for the future that I can also report that our financial health is undiminished. Yes challenges remain, but thanks to you and our industry we have much to look forward to. Thank you and see you soon at the Redwood.
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.
Benedict Leca, Ph.D. FRSA Executive Director
PLEASE NOTE: Publication of this report was delayed due to circumstances created by the Covid 19 pandemic.
Consolidated Statement of Financial Position as of June 30, 2021 (with comparative totals as of June 30, 2020)
For the year ended June 30, 2021 (with comparative totals for the year ended June 30, 2020)
The COVID-19 pandemic necessitated a closing of the Redwood Library & Athenaeum from March 15, 2020 to July 31, 2020. This closure impacted not only the in-person services we provide to our members and patrons, but also our staffing and budget. We were able to pivot to online services and virtual programming, but were forced to cut staff and radically trim our budget owing to the loss of revenue-generating events.
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, 2020, 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.
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.
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
Edwin G. Fischer, M.D., and Angela B. Fischer
R. Daniel Prentiss, Esq.
James and Virginia Purviance
Dennis Stark
Lawrence Wick
Alletta Morris McBean Charitable Trust
Les and Carol Ballard
Daniel and Dory Benson
Miles and Lisa Bidwell
Anthony and Sara Carcieri
James Barr
Patrick Dolat
Edwin G. Fischer, M.D., and Angela B. Fischer
Ronald Lee Fleming
Bernard and Sarah Gewirz
John and Sherri Grace
Robert and Jane Grace
Dorrance H. Hamilton 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
Waring and Carmen Partridge
R. Daniel Prentiss, Esq.
Elizabeth “Lisette” Prince
Christopher T. H. and Janet Alexander Pell
Frank and Betsy Ray
Earl and Nancy Powell
van Beuren Charitable Foundation
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 274 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, 2020 to June 30, 2021, 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.
$50,000 and above
Mr. and Mrs. John Rovensky Grace
Mr.* and Mrs. Robert Grace
The Hamilton Family Charitable Trust
Belinda Buck Kielland
$25,000 to $49,999
The Champlin Foundations
EJMP Fund for Philanthropy
The Hartfield Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. William L. Leatherman
Mae Caldwell Rovensky Foundation
Estate of Jonathan B. Monroe
George L. Ohrstrom, Jr. Foundation
Prince Charitable Trusts
$10,000 to $24,999
Anonymous
Mr. Cornelius C. Bond and Ms. Ann E. Blackwell
Mr. and Mrs. William P. Egan - Duniry Foundation
Kate Gubelmann
Dr. and Mrs. Edwin G. Fischer - The Hope Foundation
Mrs. Marianne Jarzombek*
Peter R. & Cynthia K. Kellogg Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Holt Massey
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher T.H. Pell
R. Daniel Prentiss, Esq.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ray
Ms. Linda Sawyer and Mr. John D. Harris II
$5,000 to $9,999
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Benson
Mr. Robert A. Chase
Oliver S. and Jennie R. Donaldson Charitable Trust
The Edward W. Kane and Martha J. Wallace Family Foundation
Pamela McEnness Giannini
Mr. and Mrs. E.J. Hudson, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. George Petrovas
Mr. Luis Roth and Ms. Jennifer Dalrymple
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Siegal
Mr. and Mrs. Dwight D. Sipprelle
Mrs. Alfred S. Wilsey
$2,500 to $4,999
Mr. and Mrs. James F. Carlin
Mr. and Mrs. S. Matthews V. Hamilton, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Colin Keith
Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Manice
Mary S. Murphy, Ph.D. and Kurt Schlichting, Ph.D.
Dr. and Mrs. Michael S. Murphy
Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas S. Schorsch
Major General and Mrs. Stephen R. Seiter
Mr. Donald Tofias and Ms. Joanne O’Dwyer
Mr. and Mrs. Archbold van Beuren
$1,000 to $2,499
Mrs. Robert A. Beaver
Mrs. Richard Benson
Mr. and Mrs. Philip Bilden
Mr.* and Mrs. Richard I. Burnham
Mr. Connell Christopher Cannon and Ms. Carol Hopkins
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony A. Carcieri
Mrs. Ann F. Conner
Mrs. Sandra Craig
Mrs. Marilyn Curtis
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Darden
Mrs. Sadie N. Faerber
G. Peabody and Rose Gardner Charitable Trust
Mr. and Mrs. Michael K. Gewirz
Mr. and Mrs. Peter W. Gonzalez
Mr. and Mrs. John T. Good
Mr. and Mrs. George G. Herrick
Ms. Dodie Kazanjian and Mr. Calvin Tomkins
Mr. and Mrs. John Manice
Ms. Diana L. Pearson
Mr. and Mrs. Torre A. Peterson
Mr. and Mrs. James Purviance
Mr. David W. Ray
The Reamer Family Foundation
Mrs. Eugene B. Roberts, Jr.
Ms. Janet L. Robinson
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Santry III
Mrs. Jay R. Schochet
Mr. and Mrs. Albert K. Sherman, Jr.
Society of the Cincinnati
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Steiner
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph F. Sullivan Foundation Fund of Central Carolina Community Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen G.W. Walk
Mr. and Mrs. William M. Zeitler
$500 to $999
Anonymous
Mr. and Mrs. Theodore H. Ashford
Mrs. Evelyn I. Barrack
Mr. and Mrs. Jon Barrett
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Bills
Mr. Horace W. Brock
Captain and Mrs. W. L. Caldwell
Mr. Patrick Dolat
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald L. Early
Mr. Martin Elias
Robert H.I. Goddard and Hope Drury
Goddard Fund
The Goizueta Family
Mr. Leonard Grace
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Higginbotham
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph C. Hoopes, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Evan Jones
Mrs. Brendan P. Kelley
Mr. Ryan Patrick Kelley
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mauran IV
Mr. Frank Mauran
Mr. and Mrs. Michael P. McDonough
Mr. and Mrs. Earl McMillen III
Mrs. Caterine Milinaire Cushing
Dr. and Mrs. Daniel Murphy
The Rabinowitz Foundation
Melissa Rappaport
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene F. Reilly
Mr. and Mrs. James H. Ross
Mr. and Mrs. Ernst Rothe
Ms. Martha Ruest
Mr. and Mrs. David Ryan
Mr. and Mrs. John Smyth
Mr. Charles Wharton III
Dr. and Mrs. Harrison Wright
$250 to $499
Anonymous
Mrs. Leith Adams
Lockett Ford Ballard, Jr.
Mr. Frederick D. Ballou
Ms. Merrilyn Bardes
Mrs. William Barrack
Mr. Thomas Blake
Captain David C. Brown and Ms. Sheila McCurdy
Mr. and Mrs. James Chadwick
Mr. Michael R. Corcoran
Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Cowley
Mrs. Norey Dotterer Cullen
Mr. James D. Currier
Deborah Del Nero
Mrs. Ronald F. Dick
Mrs. C. Mathews Dick, Jr.
John R. Drexel IV and Nicholas A. Drexel
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Durkin
Mrs. Nancy Dotterer Field
Mr. Joseph Geary
Mr. and Mrs. Theodore J. Giletti
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence R. Glenn
Mr. Bryan Harris
Professor John B. Hattendorf
Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Hayes
Mr. and Mrs. Chester Helms
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald P. Hendrick
Mr. and Mrs. Steve Johnson
Mr. and Mrs. John H. Kazanjian
Dr. Powel Kazanjian and Dr. Sahira Kazanjian
Mr. Jerome R. Kirby, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Lanza
Captain George Leber
Ms. Lisa S. Lewis and Mr. Bart Dunbar
Mr. William H. Leys
Mrs. Tiina Liiv
Mr. and Mrs. David Little
Honorable and Mrs. Ronald R. Machtley
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Matheson
Mr. Tim McCormick
Newport Garden Club
The Honorable William Nitze
Ms. Diana Oehrli
Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Oliveira
Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan H. Pardee
Mr. and Mrs. Paul A. Perrault
Mr. Edward Pitoniak and Ms. Kate Barber
Mr. N. Claiborne Porter, Jr., AIA
Mr. and Mrs. Earl A. Powell III
Ms. Alden Prouty
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Richmond, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Rockwell Stensrud
Ms. Carol J. Swift
Mr. Edwin Trautman and Ms. Mary Mohler
Michael Van Beuren
Susan and Robert Vincent
Mr. Kenneth W. Washburn
Ms. Katherine Weschler Williams
$100 to $249
Anonymous
Dr. Gregory Abel and Mr. Andrew Grace
Mr. John W. Adams
Mr. James Alexander and Mr. Thomas Stocker
Mr. George P. Antone
M. Therese Antone, RSM, Ed.D.
Mr.* and Mrs. Rodney Armstrong
Mr. and Mrs. Paul G. Bamberg
Mr. and Mrs. Peter J. Baum
Mr. and Mrs. Murray Belman
Mrs. Jane Berriman
Mr. George C. Bitting
Mr. and Mrs. Steven Bowman
Mr. and Mrs. Pelham Boyer
Mr. and Mrs. John Broughan
Mr. and Mrs. Josiah Bunting III
Jim and Elaine Burress
Mr. Leonard Cambra and Mr. Mark Aaron Perry
Ms. Kirtley Cameron
Mrs. James Carroll
Mr. and Mrs. Henry A. Casazza
Mrs. Patricia A. Cassidy
Sara Eastman Chadwick
Mr. Robert Chandler
Mrs. Taylor Chewning
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Choquette
Mr. Howard W. Christian
Mr. Stephen H. Clark
Mr. Dumont Clarke IV
Mr. and Mrs. John Collins
Mrs. William H. Connerton
Karen and Bill Corcoran
Mr. and Mrs. Edward B. Corcoran
Captain and Mrs. Lee D. Crane
Ms. Susan F. Daly
Mr. Peter S. Damon
Professor and Mrs. Thomas C. Day
Ron De Yoe and Carol Pardee
Miss Karen S. Deibert
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Dembinski
Ms. Alice W. Dickinson
Mr. and Mrs. William J. Donovan
Dr. Lisa Donovan
Mr. John Drotos
Mr. Richard Eason
Mrs. Joan Edenbach
Mrs. Thomas E. Ewens
Mr. and Mrs. O. Mario Favorito
Dr. and Mrs. Edwin G. Fischer
Dr. and Mrs. Ronald C. Fleming
Mr. Ronald Lee Fleming
Mr. R. Payson Fugitt
The Bob and Wini Galkin Fund
Alyssa Gaudreau
Ms. Elizabeth Gibbs and Mr. Eliot Raymond
Dr. and Mrs. Wayne Glazier
Mr. and Mrs. Mark J. Godridge
Mr. and Mrs. John Goltman
Chris and Kate Greenman
Ms. Ruth M. Hall
Mr. Michael J. Hayes
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Higgerson
Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Hilliard, Jr.
Admiral and Mrs. James R. Hogg
Mr. Gordon Holmes
Ms. Jennifer S. Huntley
Mr. and Mrs. Laurence B. Jacobs
Ms. Mary Jennings
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Kahn
Ms. Dione Kenyon
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Klaffky
Ms. Bonnie Watson Kniskern
Ms. Lois Lang
Dr. and Mrs. Reynold T. Larsen
David Lavery
Mr. and Mrs. Eli Lederman
Mr. Paul Leys and Ms. Margaret Corcoran
Mr. Michael Margonis and Mrs. Margaret Read
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Mariner
Sheila McEntee and Darryl Hazel
Ms. Mary Meagher
Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Meikle
Ms. Constance Metcalf
Ms. Pauline C. Metcalf
Mr. Chas A. Miller III
Martha Milot
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Morton
William C. Murray, Esq.
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Neary
Mr. Daniel Oakley
Mr. Roderick B. O’Hanley
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel J. O’Leary
Miss Mary C. O’Malley
Mr. and Mrs. J. Timothy O’Reilly
Dr. Thomas Patnaude
Mr. Thomas J. Peirce
Katie and Jim Peterson
Ms. Patricia Barry Pettit
Mrs. Alberta T. Picozzi
Dr. Barbara Pilling
Dr. and Mrs. Maxime J.P. Poirrier
Ms. Alexandra Reynolds
Ms. Denise Roberts and Mr. David Barnes
Mrs. Marie Robinson
Captain and Mrs. Bayard W. Russell
Mr. Donald T. Sanders
Mr. Richard Schell
Mr. and Mrs. James D. Seymour
Mr. and Mrs. Ross Sherbrooke
Ms. Patricia Slingluff
Mrs. John J. Slocum, Jr.
Mrs. Rita D. Slom
Mrs. Mary F. Smith
Capt. and Mrs. Timothy E. Somes
Mrs. Marjorie Spencer
Mr. William H. F. Spencer
Mr. and Mrs. Robert T. Steel
Dr. and Mrs. Michael Stout
Mr. Jerome H. Sullivan
Mr. Kevin P. Sullivan
Mr. David A. Thalmann
Lowell Thomas
Ms. Julia Rush Toland
Captain and Mrs. Michael Tollefson
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Tomaino
Dr. and Mrs. William A. Turley, Jr.
The Hon. and Mrs. Robert F. Vacchelli
Mr. and Mrs. George K. Walker
Mr. Robert S. Walker
Mr. Alexander G. Walsh
Mr. Michael F. Walsh
Dr. Eileen Hand Warburton
Mr. and Mrs. Roger K. Wells
Professor John Wilmerding
Mr. Ronald M. Wood
Mr. William Redwood Wright, Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. Richard T. Zuerner
Gifts up to $99
Captain Richard G. Alexander
Joseph and Mary Ambrosio
The Rev. Susan Barnes, Ph.D.
Mr. Irving Barrett
Mr. and Mrs. William P. Barry
Mr. Peter B. Belinsky VMD
Mrs. Helen Brennan
Nancy Caswell
Mrs. Patricia D. Chase
Mary Beth Clack
Ms. Francine Clark
Dr. and Mrs. Martin L. Cohen
Ms. Deanna Conheeny
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Conway
Mr. Paul Curtis
Mr. Larry Davis
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Del Nero
Brian Doherty
Mr. and Mrs. Emlen Drayton
Mr. James Farley
Ms. Faith Fogle
Michele Gallagher
Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Galvin
Vance Hayes Gatchel
Karen J. Geary
Dr. Vasant and Sarah Gideon
Ms. Jane Gilgun
Dr. Alexia Gordon
Mrs. Irene Graham
Ms. Jodi Greenblatt
Rick and Terry Grosvenor
Kevin and Sally Healy
Mr. Condit Hower
Ms. Victoria Johnson
Ms. Laura Kelly
Mrs. Cynthia Lafferty
Mary Beth Lescault
Mr. Paul Manuel
Mr. David Martin
Ms. Joan Mason
Mr. Edward G. McPherson IV and Ms. Claire Nelson
Mrs. Gloria L. Merchant
Ms. Mildred Nichols
Ms. Kathryn O’Keefe
The Perrotti Family
Ms. Janet Prip and Mr. Roger Birn
Mr. Pierre Randolph
Ms. Peggy Roney
Ms. Joanna Salvo
Mr. Dennis P. Sheehan
Ms. Kathleen Shinners
Ms. Gail G. Thacher
Ms. Karen Trinkle
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Warren
Ms. Ella Whaley
Mr. Leonard Williams
The Wintersteen Family
*deceased
Tribute and Memorial Gifts
In memory of Mida Ballard
Mr. Lockett Ford Ballard, Jr.
In memory of William Peter Barrack
Mrs. Katherine W. Barrack
In memory of Mr. and Mrs. Louis J. Barry
Ms. Patricia Barry Pettit
In memory of Robert A. Beaver
Mrs. Diane Beaver
In memory of Ruth Buchanan
Mrs. Diane B. Wilsey
In memory of Patricia Callahan
Ms. Francine R. Clark
Dr. and Mrs. Martin L. Cohen
The Goizueta Family
Ms. Laura Kelly
Ms. Katherine Perrotti
Ms. Ella Whaley
In memory of Ralph E. Carpenter
Mr. and Mrs. Torre A. Peterson
In memory of Thomas P. Cassidy, Jr.
Mrs. Patricia A. Cassidy
In memory of Julia Sands Chase
Mr. Robert Allan Chase
In memory of William H. Connerton, Jr.
Mrs. Jane P. Connerton
In memory of David B. Ford
G. Peabody and Rose Gardner Charitable Trust
In memory of Marianne Wolfenberger Jarzombek
Mr. and Mrs. Pelham Boyer
In memory of Powel and Louise Kazanjian
Mr. and Mrs. John H. Kazanjian
In memory of Natalie Mason
Ms. Joan M. Mason
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 Kathleen Gray Murphy
Dr. and Mrs. Daniel Murphy
In memory of Lawton P.G. Peckham and Katherine Peckham Professor and Thomas C. Day
STANDING COMMITTEES
2020-2021
Executive Audit
Buildings and Grounds
Finance Development Investment Library Museum
Nominating Program
Redwood Advisory Council
Young Redwood
VOLUNTEER
Niall Tarrel
STAFF
Benedict Leca Executive Director
Willa Anderson
Technical Services Librarian
John Bartosh
Facilities Manager
Michelle Farias
Special Collections Assistant
Alyssa Gaudreau
Donor Relations Manager
In memory of Dr. Raymond Picozzi
Mrs. Alberta T. Picozzi
In memory of Eugene B. Roberts, Jr. Lynn Springer Roberts and Anne C.B. Roberts and Matthew Garrett Winterkorn
In memory of Connie Smith Schatzoff
Ms. Susan Knorr
In memory of Joseph Sheehan
Mr. Dennis P. Sheehan
In memory of Margaret G. Shinners
Ms. Kathleen Dobbs Shinners
In memory of John W. Stokes
Mr. and Mrs. Murray Belman
In memory of John Ward
Ms. Mary W. Ambrosio
In honor of Arthur C. Milot
Ms. Martha Milot
Rachel Greggs
Assistant Archivist & ILL Coordinator
Drew Kemp
Library Assistant
Victoria Leduc
Library Assistant
Patricia Barry Pettit
Chief Communications Officer
David Thalmann
Director of Finance
Dr. Edward Markward’s Music Appreciation Series
Late Romanticism II
Bruckner and Mahler
Late Romanticism III
Liszt and R. Strauss: The Tone Poem and Other Forms
The Later 19th Century: Part I
Franck, Faure and Their French Contemporaries
John Tschirch, Palaces of Repose Lecture Series
Part 1: Drottningholm: The Wooded Realm of Swedish Queens
Part 2: Schonbrunn: A Dream in a Beautiful Spring
Part 3: The Royal Villas of Potsdam: Retreats without a Care
Part 4: Tsarskoe Selo: The Tsars Village
Redwood Book Club
The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz
Erik Larson
Barchester Towers
Anthony Trollope
Due to the pandemic, all lectures and programs were presented virtually.
Lectures
Winning Your Audience
James Rosebush
The Lafayette Escadrille
Paul Glenshaw & Darroch Greer
Dr. Edward Markward’s Music Appreciation Series
The Later 19th Century: Part II
Tchaikovsky and “The Mighty Five
The Later 19th Century: Part III
The Nationalists: Smetana, Dvorak
George Frideric Handel: Messiah
Redwood Book Club
Leo Africanus, Amin Maalouf
The Star Rover, Jack London
Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland, Patrick Radden Keefe
Christmas Bells, Jennifer Chiaverini
Lectures
Chasing Labyrinths:
A Guide to the Labyrinths of Connecticut and Rhode Island
Bill Ludwig
Unacceptable
Privilege, Deceit & the Making of the College Admissions Scandal
Jennifer Levitz
The History of the U.S. Postal Service & Its Role in 2020
Joseph Alderman
Lincoln on the Verge
Ted Widmer
War at Sea in the Age of Sail: The Campaign of Trafalgar
Evan Wilson
Before The Baguette
The History of French Bread
Jim Chevallier
Frederick Douglass in Newport
Dr. John Rice
Wicked Pilgrim: The True Story of the Englishman Who Gave Mayflower II to America
Randal Charlton
The Money Plot: A History of Currency’s Power to Enchant, Control and Manipulate
Frederick Kaufman
Dr. Edward Markward’s Music Appreciation Series
The Later 19th Century: Part IV
The Nationalists Continued: Grieg, Sibelius, Falla
The Rites of Spring I: Debussy, Ravel, Ives
The Rites of Spring: Part II
Stravinsky: The Three Ballets
Between The Wars: Part I “Les Six”
Darius Milhaud, Francis Poulenc, Arthur Honegger, Georges
Auric, Louis Durey and Germaine Tailleferre
Between The Wars: Part II
Germany: Weill & Hindemith
Between The Wars: Part III
The Soviet Union: Serge Prokofiev and Dimitri Shostakovich
Redwood Book Club
American Dirt
Jeanine Cummins
A Life on Our Planet
David Attenborough
The Night Watchman
Louise Erdrich
The Razor’s Edge
W. Somerset Maugham
Hamnet
Maggie O’Farrell
King of the World: A Biography of Muhammad Ali
David Remnick
Lectures
George Washington, Slavery and The Enslaved Community at Mount Vernon
Mary V. Thompson
The Life and Legacy of Dr. Carter G. Woodson: Black History Month and Beyond
Dr. Christopher Roberts
Women and Women Writers in Early America
Scott Paul Gordon
The Irish in Newport: Immigration, Employment & Social Institutions
Dr. Kurt Schlichting
The Waters Between Us: A Boy, A Father, Outdoor Misadventures and the Healing Power of Nature
Michael Tougias
Planting for the Future While Preserving the Past: The Redwood’s European Fernleaf Beech
Nick Castrataro
The Road To Yorktown: French Campaigns in the American Revolution
Norman Desmarais
OUTDOOR CONCERT SERIES
Then and Now: Tales From The Big Chair
Opening: The Vox Hunters
Russell Lee: A Documentarian’s Personal Kodachromes
Doug Fitch Then and Now: Tales from the Big Chair
Andy Anderson
Rodney Armstrong
Wiley T. Buchanan III
Patricia Callahan
Anne S. Damon
Dr. Elizabeth R. DeBlois
David B. Ford
Berit Hattendorf
Marilyn M. Hayes
Jerome Jackson
Marianne Jarzombek
Christopher P. Monkhouse
Monique M. Panaggio
We regret if there are omissions to this list as communications were limited during the pandemic.
1747-1788
1791-1796
1797-1801
1801-1809
1809-1813
1813-1830
1830-1836
1836-1844
Abraham Redwood
Henry Marchant
William Vernon
John Bours
Jonathan Easton
Robert Stevens
David King
Audley Clarke
1844-1846 George G. King
1846-1849
1849-1859
1859-1870
1870-1872
1872-1874
1874-1875
1875-1882
1882-1883
1883-1886
1886-1895
William Hunger
David King
George G. King
William Cozzens
Henry Ledyard
Edward King
Francis Brinley
James E. Mauran
Henry E. Turner
LeRoy King
1895-1902 Henry G. Marquand
1902-1909
1909-1913
Arthur B. Emmons
Daniel B. Fearing
1913-1916 J. Fred Pierson
1916-1933
1934-1939
1939-1948
1948-1952
Roderick Terry
Henry Barton Jacobs
Roderick Terry, Jr.
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.
