Annual Report 2020-2021

ANNUAL REPORT 2020-2021

Letter From The President

BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2020-2021

Dear Redwood Community, 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

*Honorary Board Member

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 Directors

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Letter From The Executive Director Dear Friends, While 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.

MISSION 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 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.

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Statement of Financial Position Consolidated Statement of Financial Position as of June 30, 2021 (with comparative totals as of June 30, 2020) 2021

Assets

2020

Cash and cash equivalents Accounts receivable, net Pledges receivable, net Grants receivable Prepaid expenses Inventory Investments Property and equipment, net Beneficial interest in assets held by Rhode Island Foundation Cash restricted to endowment Pledges receivable restricted to endowment, net Permanent collection items acquired since 1992

$

329,736 25,194 4,500 45,123 30,208 12,965,558 10,899,373 138,875 55,038 80,827 2,306,426

$

516,377 42,409 42,500 25,000 64,545 30,208 10,621,590 11,257,752 107,812 184,788 110,929 2,196,864

Total Assets

$26,880,858

$25,200,774

Liabilities and Net Assets Liabilities Accounts payable Accrued payroll and taxes Payroll Protection Plan note payable Note payable Deferred revenue Security deposit payable

21,522 19,225 189,608 29,477 45,583 1,000

$

$306,415

$358,321

Net Assets Unrestricted Temporarily restricted Permanently restricted

18,897,749 1,405,859 6,270,835

18,324,921 284,304 6,233,228

Total Net Assets

7,676,694

24,842,453

$26,880,858

$25,200.774

Total Liabilities

Total Liabilities and Net Assets

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$

5,315 46,993 152,700 42,665 110,648 -

Statement of Activities For the year ended June 30, 2021 (with comparative totals for the year ended June 30, 2020) 2021

Revenues

2020

Grants and donations Memberships Special events, net Program and other revenue Investment returns for operations Share assessments

$

629,144 82,520 80,961 17,083 288,307 71,100

$

663,749 87,685 148,718 125,779 408,244 72,600

Total

$1,169,115

$1,506,775

Programs Fundraising and marketing General and administrative Depreciation (non cash expense)

$

$

Total

$1,703,671

Functional Expenses

Sources of Funds 2021

502,384 268,756 485,697 446,834

779,256 292,459 401,599 453,096

$1,926,410

Functional Expenses 2021

Grants and donations 54% Special events, net 7% Memberships 7% Share Assessments 6%

Depreciation 26% Programs 29% General and administration 29% Fundraising and marketing 16%

Program and other revenue 1% Investment returns for current operations 25%

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.

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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 Edwin G. Fischer, M.D., and Angela B. Fischer R. Daniel Prentiss, Esq. James and Virginia Purviance Dennis Stark Lawrence Wick

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Gifts to the Endowment

Robert Johnston, 1783-1839 Gift of Margaret Vaughan

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.

Donors 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

$2,500 to $4,999

Mr. and Mrs. John Rovensky Grace Mr.* and Mrs. Robert Grace The Hamilton Family Charitable Trust Belinda Buck Kielland

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

$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

$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

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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

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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

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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 Dr. Raymond Picozzi Mrs. Alberta T. Picozzi

In memory of William H. Connerton, Jr. Mrs. Jane P. Connerton

In memory of Eugene B. Roberts, Jr. Lynn Springer Roberts and Anne C.B. Roberts and Matthew Garrett Winterkorn

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 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

In memory of Lawton P.G. Peckham and Katherine Peckham Professor and Thomas C. Day

Committees, Staff & Volunteers STANDING COMMITTEES 2020-2021 Executive Audit Buildings and Grounds Finance Development Investment Library Museum Nominating Program Redwood Advisory Council Young Redwood

VOLUNTEER Niall Tarrel

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STAFF Benedict Leca Executive Director

Rachel Greggs Assistant Archivist & ILL Coordinator

Willa Anderson Technical Services Librarian

Drew Kemp Library Assistant

John Bartosh Facilities Manager

Victoria Leduc Library Assistant

Michelle Farias Special Collections Assistant

Patricia Barry Pettit Chief Communications Officer

Alyssa Gaudreau Donor Relations Manager

David Thalmann Director of Finance

PROGRAMS

Due to the pandemic, all lectures and programs were presented virtually.

Virtual Lectures & Programs SUMMER 2020 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

Lectures Winning Your Audience James Rosebush The Lafayette Escadrille Paul Glenshaw & Darroch Greer

FALL 2020 Redwood Book Club

Dr. Edward Markward’s Music Appreciation Series

The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz Erik Larson

The Later 19th Century: Part II Tchaikovsky and “The Mighty Five

Barchester Towers Anthony Trollope

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

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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

2021 WINTER-SPRING Dr. Edward Markward’s Music Appreciation Series The Later 19th Century: Part IV The Nationalists Continued: Grieg, Sibelius, Falla

Dr. Patrick Conley, Historian Laureate of Rhode Island selected the Redwood Library & Athenaeum to house a substantial portion of the Dr. Patrick T. Conley Library consisting of scholarly works on all phases and aspects of American History. Dr. and Mrs. Conley met with Executive Director Benedict Leca when the collection arrived.

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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

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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

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

EXHIBITIONS Russell Lee: A Documentarian’s Personal Kodachromes Doug Fitch Then and Now: Tales from the Big Chair

Women and Women Writers in Early America Scott Paul Gordon

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In Memoriam July 2020 - June 2021

Andy Anderson

Berit Hattendorf

Rodney Armstrong

Marilyn M. Hayes

Wiley T. Buchanan III

Jerome Jackson

Patricia Callahan

Marianne Jarzombek

Anne S. Damon

Christopher P. Monkhouse

Dr. Elizabeth R. DeBlois

Monique M. Panaggio

David B. Ford

We regret if there are omissions to this list as communications were limited during the pandemic.

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PRESIDENTS 1747-2020 1747-1788 1791-1796 1797-1801 1801-1809 1809-1813 1813-1830 1830-1836 1836-1844 1844-1846 1846-1849 1849-1859 1859-1870 1870-1872 1872-1874 1874-1875 1875-1882 1882-1883 1883-1886 1886-1895 1895-1902 1902-1909 1909-1913 1913-1916 1916-1933 1934-1939 1939-1948 1948-1952 1952-1959 1959-1964 1964-1986 1986-1991 1991-2000 2000-2001 2001-2008 2008-2009 2009-2010 2010- 2017 2017- present

Abraham Redwood Henry Marchant William Vernon John Bours Jonathan Easton Robert Stevens David King Audley Clarke George G. King William Hunger David King George G. King William Cozzens Henry Ledyard Edward King Francis Brinley James E. Mauran Henry E. Turner LeRoy King Henry G. Marquand Arthur B. Emmons Daniel B. Fearing J. Fred Pierson Roderick Terry Henry Barton Jacobs Roderick Terry, Jr. Andrew Chalmers Wilson Hugh B. Baker William P. Sheffield Donald B. Fletcher John J. Slocum C. Mathews Dick, Jr. Ann F. Conner Stephen G. W. Walk Douglas R. Riggs Ann F. Conner Edwin G. Fischer, M.D. R. Daniel Prentiss, Esq.

LIBRARIANS 1747-2020 Edward Scott Thomas Moffatt Martin Howard, Jr. Jeremiah Leaming Ezra Stiles Henry Marchant Edward Thurston, Jr. Thomas Wickham, Jr. Ezra Stiles William Tillinghast George Bisset William Tillinghast Christopher Ellery William Smith William Patten Levi Tower John Rodman Robert Rogers George G. King William A. Barber James Barker Christopher E. Robbins Augustus Bush George R. Hammett Dumont Clarke Benjamin H. Rhoades Benjamin F. Thurston Richard Bliss George Lyman Hinckley Frances Hubbert J. Alden Manley Donald T. Gibbs Richard L. Champlin Erik Bradford Stocker Marilyn D. Curtis, Acting Librarian Stephen J. Zietz Marilyn D. Curtis, Acting Librarian Jay H. Hall Cheryl V. Helms Kenneth Brockway, Acting Librarian Jennifer E. Tuleja Benedict Leca, Ph.D.

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