Annual Report 2016-2017
PRESIDENTS 1747-2017 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.
Front cover: detail from photo above by Kevin Dacey, Artist in Residence, 2017
Nailer Tom’s Diaries, 1778-1830 Thomas Benjamin “Nailer Tom” Hazard was the son of Benjamin Hazard and Mehitable Redwood, daughter of Abraham Redwood. He lived near a village in Kingston, Rhode Island, and worked as a blacksmith, mechanic, farmer and commercial fisherman. His diaries contain references to over 6,100 people and document his life as an average working man. Published as: Nailer Tom’s diary: otherwise, The Journal of Thomas B. Hazard of Kingstown, Rhode Island, 1778 to 1840, which includes observations on the weather, records of births, marriages and deaths, transactions by barter and money of varying value, preaching Friends and neighborhood gossip. Edited by Caroline Hazard. (Boston: The Merrymount Press, 1930)
Table of Contents
MISSION STATEMENT
page 2
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
page 3
LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT
page 4
LETTER FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
page 5
LIBRARY SERVICES AND STATISTICS
page 7
EXHIBITIONS page 8
PROGRAMS AND EVENTS
page 10
DONORS page 15
FINANCIALS page 20
COMMITTEES, STAFF & VOLUNTEERS
page 23
IN MEMORIAM
page 24
Annual Report For Fiscal Year: July 1, 2016 to June 30, 2017
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
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.
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Holly Bannister, M.D.
Zia Eftekhar
Kenneth M.P. Lindh
Miles O. Bidwell
Edwin G. Fischer, M.D.
Ronald E. Long
David F. Brodsky
Ronald Lee Fleming
Earl McMillen III
James O. Coleman
Michael K. Gewirz
Janet Alexander Pell
Virginia Decker
John R. Grace
R. Daniel Prentiss, Esq.
Esmond V. Harmsworth
Frank N. Ray
Washington Irving III
David L. Reed
Edward W. Kane
Douglas R. Riggs
Dodie Kazanjian
Allison Walk
Elizabeth Leatherman
Stephen G. W. Walk
Photo: Jessica Pohl
Board of Directors 2016-2017
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Photo: Jessica Pohl
Letter From The President The last Wednesday in September, as prescribed in the original Library by-laws, the shareholders assembled to take stock of this past year. They elected three new directors to the Board, Marvin Abney, Vincent Buonanno and Victoria Mele; they also lost a good friend in former Director and Chair of the Nominating Committee John Jermain (Jerry) Slocum, Jr., but received an anonymous gift of $100,000 in his honor to create a fund supporting the Redwood’s educational programs. Finally, they saw the $1.118 million balloon payment of its longstanding debt prepaid in January, a feat accomplished by the combined generosity of Les Ballard, Ed Kane, the Alletta Morris McBean Charitable Trust, Director Earl McMillen’s “shares initiative” and very generous donations from many others. The meeting was a special one for me, for it marked the official end of a 7-year tenure as Chairman, celebrated by a poem from Director Doug Riggs, the gift of a framed eighteenth-century print and my elevation to honorary Board Member status, all of which touched me deeply. I am especially grateful that Board Vice President Dan Prentiss very effectively stepped in for me this past January and equally for the leadership of Dr. Benedict Leca as Executive Director, a talented fund raiser, organizer, scholar and historian. Our journey is still far from over. In 1747 Abraham Redwood gave £500 for the library that bears his name with ‘Nothing in View but the Good of Mankind’. He became the patron of Newporter Dr. Benjamin Waterhouse, a close boyhood friend of Gilbert Stuart who studied painting at the Royal Academy while Waterhouse studied medicine in London, Edinburgh and Leiden. Saving literally thousands of lives as Harvard’s first professor of medicine—the Faculty Room at Harvard is called the Waterhouse Room—Waterhouse tirelessly promoted Jenner’s knockout vaccine for smallpox in this infant nation. Acknowledging his eternal gratitude to Redwood and the Library, Waterhouse’s widow donated the Gilbert Stuart self portrait and that of Waterhouse to the Redwood, done while they were both students in England. The portraits hang on either side of the street entrance to the Harrison Room. As we look to the future, we should all keep in mind the potential ramifications of extraordinary philanthropy. Sincerely,
Edwin G. Fischer, M.D. President, Board of Directors
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I must always begin by thanking you, our shareholders, members and donors, whose persistent engagement with the humanities is reflected actively in your optimism and generosity: thank you. But what is perhaps of greater importance are your roles as exemplars of what it means to apply intellectual pursuit to public ends, that is, with a civic conscience. Abraham Redwood set the pace when he paid for the creation of the Redwood Library itself. That same spirit has animated all of your contributions, but especially those made by the man pictured on the preceding page, the outgoing chair of the Redwood board Dr. Garry Fischer, to whom we all owe an enormous debt of gratitude for having guided us to a hopeful new era.
Photo: Jessica Pohl
Letter From The Executive Director
It is under his unwavering leadership that just about all of the recent substantive changes undertaken at the Redwood— the Annual Fund, the Life of the Mind Salons, the Abraham Redwood medal—were conceived and nurtured. Certainly, he has been supportive of me and our staff in our efforts to reaffirm the Redwood’s central role as the historic intellectual center of Newport, the original interdisciplinary ‘think space’ in the region, and a national treasure shared by all Americans. Through Dr. Fischer’s work on behalf of the Redwood—and yours—we are now in a substantially improved position, both financial and programmatic, than we were at this time last year. Indeed, as of nine months ago the Redwood retired the bond debt remaining from the 2006 restoration. In parallel, we placed hundreds of new volumes in circulation for our borrowers, added two separate specialized book collections, a replacement copy for the Original Collection, a handful of art works, as well as installed a world-class security system with which to present our holdings to advantage without concern. We also further professionalized our staff, which now includes a new Curator of Contemporary Projects, a new Chief Communications Officer, and a Director of Finance. Likewise, following the retirement of the inimitable Maris Humphries, and through her exceptional donation, we were able to gather funds to hire her replacement, a new Ezra Stiles Special Collections Librarian—Patrick Crowley—a young man whose passion and erudition for rare books and historical material should serve as an example to us all. With one of the most significant and productive years in the history of the Redwood behind us, we can look forward to a slew of initiatives that will further our mission, without yet losing sight of the progress towards sustainability that remains to be made. Finally, as you consider “the good of mankind” in your unending search for meaning and wisdom, I invite you to join me in welcoming R. Daniel Prentiss, Esq., as our new board chair. With many, many thanks for continued support,
Benedict Leca, Ph.D. FRSA Executive Director
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Photo: Kevin Dacey
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Library Services and Statistics Donations
Cataloging
2,689
Existing items cataloged
7,014
Books 2,522
New items cataloged
4,331
Books-on-CD 15 Compact discs
20
Circulation 12,592
DVDs 116
Architectural Preservation
Periodical Subscriptions
16
Group Tours:
30
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Art 108 Audio-Visual 1,157 Biographies 515
Private Vault Presentations:
Children’s 443
Reference Appointments:
eBooks 832 Fiction 1,988 Hamilton Gardening
Visitors and Members:
4 50 15,756
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Mysteries 2,183 Naxos Music Logons
409
New Books
251
Non-Fiction 1,694 Periodicals 394 Toys 1,906 Young Adult
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Photo: Benedict Leca
Photo: Jessica Pohl
Other 543
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Exhibitions
Do Lord Remember Me: The Black Church in Rhode Island October 24 - November 14, 2016
July 1 - October 30, 2016 Postwar America’s optimism found one of its signal expressions in automotive design and illustration, a story of American artistic ascendance that parallels New York’s eclipse of Paris as the world’s artistic center. The exhibition, in collaboration with the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, surveyed automotive art from the 1950s to the 1970s, providing a view onto what is now understood to be the ‘Great Age’ of American know-how in car design and excellence in automotive art. At the nexus of engineering, design, art and advertising, the show also offered intriguing perspectives on the technological advances and cultural shifts of the postwar era and their impact on car design, as well as on conventions of automotive advertising in relation to consumer trends. For many postwar Americans, prosperity was imagined in terms of technological progress that often conflated flight with cars, yielding drawings that emphasize large fins and other aerodynamic elements in the service of a consumer desire for the ‘futuristic’.
Photo: Andrea Hansen
Future Retro: Car Drawings from the Great Age of American Automobiles
Do Lord Remember Me: The Black Church in Rhode Island a groundbreaking exhibit on the 250-year history of its formation and function as the community’s moral compass, town hall and developer of artists, thinkers and doers. The exhibit told the story in images and text of American firsts: the first free Black church—Newport; the first Black Episcopal Church—Providence; the first piece of sacred music by an African—Newport Gardner; The first Baptist church in America—Newport and more.
The Variable Line: Master Drawings from Renaissance to Contemporary December 1, 2016 – March 5, 2017
Exhibition lighting by Sandra Liotus Lighting Design, LLC, generously provided by Cornelius C. Bond and Ann E. Blackwell.
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From the birth of graphic art, in the drawings of Paleolithic cave artists, line was the basic means through which to define form or suggest volumes. Likewise relied upon to communicate subtle differentiations of surface, texture, or color, a line is an abstraction, yet one whose foundational, delineative properties are capable of
underpinning artistic expression in all media, whether print, painting, sculpture or video.
spectral museum-goers float in sweeps of white light, suspended between the moment (Now) and its future (When). And in Date/Time, brilliant large-format photographs are pierced by points of illumination that spell out cryptic streams of dates: 1917, 1929, 1973.
It is for this reason—as the basic building block of any art making—that drawing’s ubiquity has stretched unbroken to this day, even routinely entering our own lives as doodle or sketch. From the most pervasive to the most individual, drawing, like handwriting, offers us historical perspectives through the continuities inherent to the medium. It also remains the site of radical artistic adaptations or renewals, born of the technical or stylistic idiosyncrasies of artists intent on bucking tradition.
Photo: Andrea Hansen
In the end, it is drawing’s immutable simplicity—a line drawn across paper—that makes the drawings exhibited among those rare objects that enable us to ride along on the creative journey of both Renaissance and contemporary artists.
Outside/In Kevin Dacey March 15 – June 4, 2017 For over a decade, Boston artist Kevin Dacey has been photographing cultural spaces such as museums and libraries, creating liquidy surfaces of reflection that dissolve the boundaries between outside and in: between nature and culture, between reality and its multiple refractions. Launching the artist’s yearlong residency at the Redwood—part of the new Redwood Contemporary Arts Initiative—this exhibition presented Dacey’s initial meditations on the ins and outs of this eighteenth-century institution. Dacey’s recent photographs taken at a wintery Redwood join three earlier bodies of work. Vitrine focuses on museum cases, confounding our sense of what lies within these glass houses or outside them. In NowWhen,
Photo: Andrea Hansen
As exterior and interior fold into one another in multiple ways, Dacey’s photographs blur the line between the material and the cerebral, between the realities that lie outside us and our imagination within. In this way, they press the question: What is located in the photograph and what is our external projection onto it? Which is just another way of asking: where does our outside begin and our inside end?
Redefining Newport Style: The Interwars Years 1920-1940 June 23 – October 30, 2017 It is widely assumed that Newport, Rhode Island, queen of Gilded Age American resorts, abruptly ceased to be a touchstone of fashionable trends in architecture, art and lifestyle following the outbreak of World War I. On the contrary, although not to the frenzied pace of the last quarter of the 19th century, the city maintained its status as an international byline from the late teens through the challenges of the Depression and the gathering storm clouds of the bellicose thirties. Leading architects, artists, designers and sportsmen continued to transform the appearance and aspirations of the cottage colony; coupled with the ascendant public interest in the lives of leading debutantes, Newport remained in position as a reference point in taste around the world. This chronological chapter remains a little explored segment of the community’s history and the aim of this exhibition was to address the imbalance.
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Photo: Andrea Hansen
Programs and Events
LIFE OF THE MIND SALON SERIES
Spring 2017
Fall 2016
Peter Andreas: Rebel Mother: My Childhood Chasing the Revolution
Michael Gross: Focus: The Sexy, Secret, Sometimes sordid World of Fashion Photographers
Lee DiPietro: Against the Wind: An Ironwoman’s Race for Her Family’s Survival
Shawn A. MacDonald, Ph.D.: Human Trafficking Susan Brind Morrow: The Dawning Moon of the Mind
Joan Johnson-Freese, Ph.D.: Gender Equality Within Society
Wendy Schiller: The Future of Our Country Under Either Presidential Candidate
Kim Fuller, Finding: The Story of a Young Boy Who Became His Adoptive Mother’s Greatest Spiritual Teacher
Steven Sloman, Ph.D.: The “Community of Knowledge”
Stephen Kinzer, The True Flag: Theodore Roosevelt, Mark Twain, and the Birth of American Empire
Joseph Steinfield: The Concept of Blasphemy in the Modern World and the Current Instances of “Defamation of Religion” Brigadier General Peter Zwack, Rtd.: Vladimir Putin
Catherine Moran: Beyond Gilded: Alva Vanderbilt and Her Age Bing West: The State of America’s War on Terror U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse: Captured: The Corporate Infiltration of American Democracy
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SPECIAL EVENTS
Winter 2017
Summer-Fall 2016
Newport Artillery Salute in honor of George Washington’s Birthday
An Evening to Honor Gordon S. Wood, Ph.D., Recipient of the Abraham Redwood Medal
Tutorial: Use of Redwood’s Electronic Resources
Annual Gala: Future Retro: Honoring the Past, Celebrating the Future
Spring 2017
Annual Summer Garden Party The Great English Houses, a four-part lecture series, presented by John Tschirch
Bloomsday: A Celebration of James Joyce Debate on Legalization of Marijuana in Rhode Island
Holiday Open House
Redwood History Seminar, Colonial Classics: The Redwood Library & American Architecture in the 18th Century
New Member Orientation and Tour
Tutorial: Use of Redwood’s Electronic Resources
Normandie : The Tragic Story of the Most Majestic Ocean Liner author lecture by René Silvin
The Price of Illusion, author lecture by Joan Juliet Buck
Of Apples and Objects: The Still Life Paintings of Paul Cézanne lecture by Benedict Leca, Ph.D
What is Global Contemporary Art? A speculative History in Three Parts by Leora Maltz-Leca, Ph.D.
Photo: Jessica Pohl
Photo: Andrea Hansen
Photo: Jessica Pohl
The Blue Garden: Recapturing an Iconic Newport Landscape, book signing
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Photo: Andrea Hansen
Photo: Jessica Pohl
MUSIC
EXHIBITION OPENING RECEPTIONS
Piano Performances
Future Retro: Car Drawings from the Great Age of Automobiles
Virginia Eskin Roxana Bajdechi Frizzi I-Huang Lee
Do Lord Remember Me: The Black Church in Rhode Island Kevin Dacey: Outside/In
Gemma Turvey, pianist
The Variable Line: Master Drawings, Renaissance to Contemporary
Clemens Teufel, Solo
Redefining Newport Style: The Interwar years 1920-1940
Clemens Teufel & Angela Kim, Piano Four Hand Lecture Series
ON-GOING PROGRAMS
Dr. Edward Markward: Beethoven’s Symphonies 1,3, and 5 and Beethoven’s Symphonies 6,7, and 9
If It’s Tuesday, It Must Be Shakespeare: Weekly
Dr. Edward Markward: Bach’s Christmas Oratorio; Richard Chiney’s I Dream A World ; The Life & Works of Haydn, Mozart, and Stravinsky and Brahms’ A German Requiem
The Redwood Book Club: Monthly
CHILDREN’S PROGRAMS Children’s Monday Story Time Dog Days of Summer, Stories and Musical Performance by Mifflin Lowe Summer Art Exploration
Photo: Andrea Hansen
Photo: Andrea Hansen
Photo: Andrea Hansen
Toddler Play and Learn
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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.
Photo: Alyssa Gaudreau
The Redwood is grateful 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 appreciative of their support.
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Bequests Mrs. Roy C. Anderson Gertrude King Bedard Ellen C. Booth Elizabeth Anne Burton Jean DiBona Rudolf and Lillian Dwyer Jane C. Ebbs Arthur W. Fagan 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 Planned Gifts Miles and Lisa Bidwell Edith Brewster David and Carolyn Brodsky Robert A. Chase Edwin G. Fischer, M.D., and Angela B. Fischer James and Virginia Purviance David and Leslie Reed Dennis Stark Lawrence Wick Gifts to the Endowment Les and Carol Ballard Alletta Morris McBean Charitable Trust Bernard and Sarah Gewirz Dorrance H. Hamilton Charitable Trust George and Nannette Herrick Maris S. Humphreys Christopher T. H. and Janet Alexander Pell 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 270 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, 2016 to June 30, 2017, 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 Hamilton Family Foundation van Beuren Charitable Foundation $50,000 to $99,999 Anonymous Mr. Cornelius C. Bond and Ms. Ann E. Blackwell Dorrance H. Hamilton Charitable Lead Trusts Mr. and Mrs. David B. Ford Mr. and Mrs. John Rovensky Grace Mr. and Mrs. J. Colin Keith $25,000 to $49,999 Mr. and Mrs. A. Leslie Ballard - Ballard Exploration Company, Inc. Dr. Holly Bannister and Mr. Douglas Newhouse Mr. Dayton T. Carr Champlin Foundations Dr. and Mrs. Edwin G. Fischer - The Hope Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Robert Grace Edward W. Kane and Martha J. Wallace Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. William L. Leatherman Mae Caldwell Rovensky Foundation Estate of Jonathan B. Monroe Mrs. Peter V.C. Morris George L. Ohrstrom, Jr. Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Christopher T.H. Pell Elizabeth J. M. Prince Prince Charitable Trusts $10,000 to $24,999 1772 Foundation Mr. Vincent J. Buonanno Mr. Robert A. Chase
Mrs. Sandra Craig Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Darden Oliver S. and Jennie R. Donaldson Charitable Trust Mr. and Mrs. William P. Egan Duniry Foundation The Bob and Wini Galkin Fund Mr. and Mrs. Bernard S. Gewirz Mr. Esmond V. Harmsworth Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ray Mr. and Mrs. David L. Reed Ms. Patricia G. Saunders Mrs. Alfred S. Wilsey $5,000 to $9,999 Mr. and Mrs. Philip Bilden Mr. and Mrs. Richard I. Burnham Mr. Thomas J. Campbell Mr. and Mrs. James F. Carlin Mr. and Mrs. Guillaume de Ramel The de Ramel Foundation Mrs. John R. Donnell Mrs. Patricia M. Dunnington Mr. and Mrs. Paul Edgerley Mr. and Mrs. Zia Eftekhar Dr. Howard Eisenberg and Ms. Doris Zografos Mr. and Mrs. George G. Herrick Mr. and Mrs. Mark M. Jarzombek Mr. and Mrs. William M. Kahane Mrs. James W. Lloyd Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Manice Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan H. Pardee Mr. and Mrs. George Petrovas R. Daniel Prentiss, Esq. Mr. and Mrs. James Purviance Mr. and Mrs. Donald Steiner Mr. and Mrs. Dan C. Tutcher
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$2,500 to $4,999 Anonymous Mrs. Irene Roosevelt Aitken Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Bacon Bannister’s Wharf Realty, LLC Mr. and Mrs. David F. Brodsky Mr. and Mrs. Duncan A. Chapman Mrs. Marion O. Charles Mr. and Mrs. William A. Crimmins Mr. Ronald Lee Fleming Genser Insurance Peter and Melinda Gerard & Loti Falk Family Fund Mr. and Mrs. John T. Good Gustave White Sotheby’s International Realty Hotel Viking Ms. Dodie Kazanjian and Mr. Calvin Tomkins Mr. Ronald E. Long Mr. and Mrs. Michael Holt Massey Mr. and Mrs. Earl McMillen III Michael Hayes Mr. David Mirkin and Ms. Karen Piacentini Mr. and Mrs. James E. Moore Mary Murphy, Ph.D. and Kurt Schlichting, Ph.D. Dr. and Mrs. Michael S. Murphy Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Nemtzow Mrs. Jay R. Schochet Shelley & Nicholas Schorsch & Family Major General and Mrs. Stephen R. Seiter Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Siegal Mr. and Mrs. Dwight D. Sipprelle Mr. and Mrs. Joseph F. Sullivan Foundation Fund of Central Carolina Community Foundation Mrs. John A. van Beuren Mr. and Mrs. Frederick J. Warren Mr. and Mrs. Ellicott Wright Dr. and Mrs. Harrison Wright
$1,000 to $2,499 Captain and Mrs. Richard G. Alexander Mr. and Mrs. Alexander von Auersperg Captain and Mrs.* Lee C. Bakalarski Lockett Ford Ballard, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Paul G. Bamberg
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BankNewport Mr. and Mrs. Miles Bidwell Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Bohan Captain and Mrs. Nicholas Brown Mr. and Mrs. Anthony A. Carcieri Mrs. Patricia A. Cassidy Mr. and Mrs. James Chadwick Charles Sumner Bird Charitable Foundation Mr. Michael R. Cottrell Mrs. Marilyn Curtis Mr. and Mrs. Laurence S. Cutler Mr. Donald Francis Donovan Mr. and Mrs. Peter H. Elebash Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Evans Ms. Maureen Finneson Mr. and Mrs. Michel Fleuette Freeman’s of Philadelphia Mr. and Mrs. Michael K. Gewirz Elizabeth Gibbs and Eliot Raymond Mr. and Mrs. Peter Goltra Mr. and Mrs. Peter W. Gonzalez Hon. and Mrs. David S. Gordon Greenvale Vineyards Mrs. Mary Harding Mr. and Mrs. Chester Helms Mr. and Mrs. Allan A. Hodges Mr. and Mrs. Edward C. Johnson 3rd Mr. and Mrs. Brendan P. Kelley Peter R. & Cynthia K. Kellogg Foundation Mr. Richard Knowles Mr. and Mrs. Chris LeVine Ms. Lisa S. Lewis and Mr. Bart Dunbar Ms. Elizabeth Locke and Mr. John Staelin Mr. Richard C. Loebs, Jr. Mr. Henry S. Lynn, Jr. Ms. Joan Mason Mr. Frank Mauran Mr. and Mrs. Robert McGinnnis Mr. Charles H. Mott Newport Hospital Ocean Point Insurance Agency, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Torre A. Peterson Mr. James Pickering Mr. and Mrs. Michael Rabinowitz Mrs. Maryann Richardson Ms. Janet L. Robinson Mr. and Mrs. James H. Ross
Mr. and Mrs. Ernst Rothe Captain and Mrs. Bayard W. Russell Ms. Karen Seabury Mr. Nicholas B. Scheetz* Mrs. Rita D. Slom Ms. Lindy Snider Mr. and Mrs. Paul Steinbrenner Mr. Kevin P. Sullivan and Mr. Dennis P. Doak Mrs. Anna M. Tillinghast Mrs. Virginia Treherne-Thomas Mr. and Mrs. Archbold van Beuren A. Dallas and Kathleen J. Wait Mr. and Mrs. Stephen G.W. Walk Mr. Kenneth W. Washburn
$500 to $999 Mrs. Leith Adams Mr. and Mrs. Charles Anton Mr. and Mrs. George Baker Merrilyn Bardes/Bardes Fund Mrs. Evelyn I. Barrack Mr. and Mrs. Pelham Boyer Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Brickley Mr. and Mrs. John W. Brooks Mr. and Mrs. Scott Burns Mr. Robert J. Chapman and Ms. Lillian Knoeller-Chapman Mrs. Taylor Chewning Mr. and Mrs. George E. Clark, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John Collins Mr. and Mrs. Lyn Comfort Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Constantine Mrs. Norey Dotterer Cullen Mr. and Mrs. Kendrik de Koning Mrs. C. Mathews Dick, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. David K. Elwell, Jr. Jae and John H. French Mr. and Mrs. G. Stanton Geary Mr. and Mrs. Steven B. Gewirz Mr. and Mrs. Larry R. Glenn Robert H.I. Goddard and Hope Drury Goddard Fund Reverend Everett H. Greene Mr. and Mrs. Paul E. Gricus Professor and Mrs. John B. Hattendorf Ms. Stefani M. Hulitar Mr. Washington Irving III Mr. and Mrs. Randolph Johnson Mr. and Mrs. J. Evan Jones
Belinda Buck Kielland Mr. and Mrs. James Lanzillo Mrs. David E.P. Lindh Sandra Liotus Lighting Design, LLC Mr. and Mrs. David Little Mr. Joseph McEnness, Jr. Mr. Paul F. Miller and Mr. Charles J. Burns, Jr. The Honorable William Nitze Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth M. Ohrstrom Ms. Rochelle Ohrstrom Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Oliveira Romaine Orthwein Mr. and Mrs. Edgar R. Owen, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Brian Owens Mr. and Mrs. John S. Palmer Mr. Richard S. Palmer Thomas P. Palmer and Dominique Alfandre Mr. and Mrs. John D. Picotte, Jr. John D. Picotte Family Foundation, Inc. The Reamer Family Foundation Ms. Virginia R. Richard Mr. and Mrs. Douglas R. Riggs Mr. and Mrs. David Ryan Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Self Mr. Michael Semenza Mr.* and Mrs. John J. Slocum, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Tarleton H. Watkins, II Ms. Charlotte C. Weber The Honorable and Mrs. F. J. Bing West
$250 to $499 A4 Architecture and Planning Mr. and Mrs. David Aldrich Mr. John Appleton Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Armstrong Mr. and Mrs. William Barrack Mr. and Mrs. Jon Barrett Mrs. Marie Bennett Mr. and Mrs. J. Stuart Bevan Ms. Edith H. Brewster Captain David C. Brown and Ms. Sheila McCurdy Mr. James Carroll Mr. Robert R. Chace, Jr. Juan E. Corradi and Christina M. Spellman Mr. and Mrs. William J. Crowe Mr. and Mrs. Jeremiah de Rham
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Ewens Mrs. Pamela M. Giannini Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Gorham III Mr.* and Mrs. Richard C. Grosvenor Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Hayes Mr. and Mrs. Gerald P. Hendrick Mr. and Mrs. Joseph C. Hoopes, Jr. Mr. Jack P. Jefferies Ms. Victoria Johnson John and Jane Kazanjian Dr. Powel Kazanjian Mr. William H. Leys Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth M.P. Lindh Mr. and Mrs. Curtis W. Magee Mr. and Mrs. Michael Mariner Mr. and Mrs. Joseph F. Mele Mr. Pierre F.V. Merle Mrs. Caterine Milinaire Cushing Newport Garden Club Mrs. Audrey C. Oswald Ms. Diana L. Pearson Ms. Patricia Barry Pettit Dr. Barbara Pilling and Mr. Andy Anderson Kate Barber and Edward Pitoniak Mr. and Mrs. John M. Purdy, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John W. Richmond, Jr. Ms. Louise C. Riemer Mr. and Mrs. Eugene B. Roberts, Jr. Mrs. Marie Robinson The Romeo Family Foundation Luis Roth and Jennifer Dalrymple Salve Regina University Mr. and Mrs. Albert K. Sherman, Jr. Mrs. John W. Stokes II Mr. and Mrs. Willem van Rijn Viti Automotive Group Arthur H. Carr Fund and Mrs. Dudley A. Williams Mr. Sydney Williams Mr. and Mrs. W. Redwood Wright*
$100 to $249 K. M. Abbondanza Mr. John W. Adams Mr. and Mrs. Richard P. Adams Ms. Christina Agnew and Mr. Robert Agnew Mr. Henry H. Anderson, Jr. Mr. George P. Antone
Ms. Melissa A. Bachelder Mr. Ronald Barr* Mr. and Mrs. Peter J. Baum Mr. and Mrs. Peter Baylor Mrs. Laura Belman Mr. and Mrs. Richard Benson Mr. and Mrs. R. Bruce Berriman Mr. and Mrs. Wharton Biddle Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Bills Mr. and Mrs. Hadi Bozorgmanesh Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Brockway Mr. and Mrs. John Broughan Mrs. Ruth H. Buchanan Mr. and Mrs. James M. Burress Mr. and Mrs. John W. Burrows Mary Colt Curtis Burrus Captain and Mrs. Warren Caldwell Francesca B. Campo Campo & Company Events Mr. and Mrs. Edmund F. Capozzi Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Ceres Mr. Robert Chandler Children’s Literacy Initiative Mr. Donald C. Christ Cris Cobaugh and Justin McLaughlin Mr. and Mrs. John R. Cohn Mrs. Elizabeth Conklin Karen and Bill Corcoran Mr. Michael R. Corcoran Ms. Susan F. Daly John Drotos and Astrid Aarland-Drotos Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Durkin Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Dwight Ms. Barbara Ehrlich Mr. and Mrs. Thomas N. Fair Ms. Melissa Fairgrieve Mr. and Mrs. Paul A. Fattibene Mr. and Mrs. O. Mario Favorito Dr. and Mrs. Ronald C. Fleming Mr. Dean Fraioli Friends of Robinson Gardens Francis Frost & Family Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Fye Col. and Mrs. Theodore L. Gatchel Vasant and Sarah Gideon Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Goelet Mr. and Mrs. John Goltman Chris and Kate Greenman Ms. Nancy Grieb Mr. and Mrs. John David Hagerman
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Mr. and Mrs. Edward T. Harvey Mr. Thomas Lee Higginson, Jr. Mr. Gordon Holmes Mrs. Joan R. Hopper Mr. and Mrs. Peter Jefferys Ms. Mary Jennings Mr. and Mrs. Bjorn Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Steve Johnson Ms. Carolyn Tatnall Jopes Mr. and Mrs. Edward Karle Mr. and Mrs. Richard Klaffky Mr. and Mrs. James D. Klau Mr. Doug Kohler Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Lackner Ms. Lois Lang Dr. and Mrs. Reynold T. Larsen Ms. Gladys Bozyan Lavine Captain George Leber Mrs. Tiina Liiv Mr. and Mrs. Alfred M. Lowe Mr. and Mrs. William G. Luff, Jr. Mrs. Jean MacCormick Ms. Christine MacDonald Dr. and Mrs. Edwin J. Madden Mr. and Mrs. Donald Magee Mrs. Margaret M. Mancieri Mr. Michael Margonis and Ms. Margaret Read Mr. Charles E. Mather III Mr. and Mrs. Peter E. McCarthy Mr. and Mrs. Joseph F. McEnness Mr. and Mrs. Paul F. McMahon Mr. John Mecray* Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Meikle Mrs. Irene Menas Mrs. Gloria L. Merchant Ms. Constance Metcalf Mr. Thomas S. Michie Mr. and Mrs. Harry E. Mrozowski Ms. Janneke Seton Neilson Newport Tent Company, Inc. Mrs. Edna North Ms. Patricia O'Donnell Mr. and Mrs. Ronald J. Onorato Mr. and Mrs. J. Timothy O’Reilly The Honorable M. Teresa Paiva-Weed Mr. Leonard C. Panaggio Mr. and Mrs. Paul A. Perrault Mr. Charles Peto Ms. Elizabeth Phelps
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Mrs. Sally Phelps Ms. Linda Phillips Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Pichler Mrs. Alberta T. Picozzi Dr. and Mrs. Maxime J.P. Poirrier Mr. N. Claiborne Porter, Jr. Ms. Alexandra Reynolds Mr. and Mrs. Charles Richardson, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John Rok Mr. and Mrs. Donald O. Ross Mr. and Mrs. Steven Ross Ms. Marianne R. Rowe Mr. and Mrs. Mario A. Ruscetta Ms. Joanna Salvo Mr. Federico Santi and Mr. John Gacher Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Schaefer Dr. and Mrs. William Schwartz Mr. and Mrs. Roderick S. Shaffert Mr. and Mrs. Edwin S. Sheffield Mrs. Frances Sherman Ms. Kathleen Shinners Mr. Peter Siegl Ms. Elizabeth Smith Mr. and Mrs. Patrick P. Smith Mr. J. Peter Spang Mrs. Marjorie Spencer Mr. William H. F. Spencer Mr. and Mrs. Gary J. Stack Mr. Dennis E. Stark Ms. Ann L. Sullivan and Mr. Lawrence E. Modisett Mr. Jerome Sullivan Ms. Diana M. Sylvaria Mrs. Anna Templeton-Cotill Mr. David A. Thalmann Mr. Oakleigh B. Thorne and Ms. Susan Dye Mrs. Harle Tinney Ms. Julia Rush Toland Mr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Tomaino Ms. Roberta L. Tungett Mr. Richard E. Updegrove The Hon. and Mrs. Robert F. Vacchelli Mr. Jamie Vara Mr. and Mrs. Anthony J. Vetrano Susan and Robert Vincent Hester and William Virgin Angela von der Lippe and James Jordan Mr. Michael F. Walsh Mrs. Pauline Walsh
Mr. and Mrs. Peter B. Wilcox Ms. Katherine Weschler Williams Professor John Wilmerding Mr. and Mrs. William F. Wilson Mr. Henry A. Wood Mr. William Redwood Wright, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Richard T. Zuerner
Gifts up to $99 Ms. Andrea Ahern Mrs. Florence G. Archambault Ms. Virginia Arnold Mr. Fritz Attaway Ms. Linda Bahrs Mr. Irving Barrett Mrs. Barbara H. Bartram Mr. Peter B. Belinsky VMD Mr. Nicholas W. Benson and Ms. Alix Flood Mr. George C. Bitting Alexandra Brooks Mr. Dennis Brown Mr. and Mrs. David L. Bunnell Nancy Nelson Caswell Mr. and Mrs. Amos Cecchi Ms. Sara Chadwick Mrs. Patricia D. Chase Mr. Jeff Clark Ms. Lori Cohen Mr.* and Mrs. Robert B. Conner Ms. Francesca Craig Mr. Brian M. Delaney Mr. and Mrs. Timothy J. Demy Ms. Mary Jo Dieckhaus Mrs. Virginia C. Eagan Ms. Susan Estabrook Ms. Jemison Faust Mr. H. Wells French, Jr. Mrs. Pamela Giroux Mrs. Richard Grosvenor, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Healey Captain and Mrs. Kevin M. Healy Mrs. Jane Hence Mr. Douglas Davies Henry Mr. and Mrs. George H. Hill Dr. and Mrs. Brian P. Hogan Mr. and Mrs. Keith Humphreys Ms. Jane Johnston Ms. Rachel Kitchens Mr. Henry P. Kniskern III
Mrs. Joan M. Lynch Ms. Stacey Lyon Mr. David Martin Mr. Thomas McAndrews Dr. and Mrs. Edward P. McCrorie Mrs. Susan McDermott Mr. and Mrs. Michael P. McDonough Ms. Kathleen Merrill Mr. and Mrs. Robert Morton Mr. Richard Murphy Newport Historical Society Ms. Cynthia Opaluch Leland M. Park, Ph. D. Ms. Charlotte Parker Mr. Geoffrey T. Prentiss Ms. Patricia C. Presnall Mr. John P. Primiano Ms. Janet Prip and Mr. Roger Birn Mr. Wayne Robinson Mr. John Royall Dr. Marian Royer Mrs. Sally Sadler Mr. Richard Schell Mrs. Margaret Shinners Mrs. Cynthia Sinclair Mr. Daniel Smith Miss Virginia Smith Ms. Gail G. Thacher United Way of Rhode Island Mr. and Mrs. Bob Ward Mr. and Mrs. Michael Warren *deceased
Matching Gift Companies John A. Hartford Foundation Merck Partnership for Giving
Community Partners Bannister’s Wharf Freeman’s of Philadelphia Gustave White Sotheby’s International Realty Michael Hayes Hotel Viking OceanPoint Insurance Sandra Liotus Lighting Design, LLC
Tribute and Memorial Gifts 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 Audrey Hoffman Clinton Mrs. Audrey C. Oswald In memory of Julia Sands Chase Mr. Robert A. Chase In memory of Thomas D. Cullen Mrs. Norey Dotterer Cullen In memory of Frederick A. Cushing Mrs. Caterine Milinaire Cushing In memory of C. Mathews Dick, Jr. Mrs. C. Mathews Dick, Jr. In memory of Ronald F. Dick Mr. and Mrs. David B. Ford In memory of Countess Alexander Eltz Mr. and Mrs. Eugene B. Roberts, Jr. In memory of Mary Finneson Ms. Maureen Finneson In memory of Dorrance Hill Hamilton Mr. and Mrs. David L. Bunnell Children’s Literacy Initiative Ms. Lori Cohen Mr. and Mrs. George G. Herrick Mr. and Mrs. Keith Humphreys Ms. Carolyn Tatnall Jopes Mr. and Mrs. Chris LeVine Mrs. David E.P. Lindh Mr. and Mrs. William G. Luff, Jr. Mr. Charles E. Mather III Mr. Charles H. Mott Ms. Janneke Seton Neilson Mr. and Mrs. Edgar R. Owen, Jr. Ms. Jane Pepper Mr. and Mrs. James Purviance Mr. and Mrs. John W. Richmond, Jr. Ms. Louise C. Riemer The Romeo Family Foundation Dr. and Mrs. William Schwartz Mr. and Mrs. Edwin S. Sheffield Ms. Lindy Snider Mr. David A. Thalmann Mrs. Charlotte C. Weber and Ms. Virginia Moens In memory of Nancy Jean Harrington Mrs. Margaret M. Mancieri In memory of Powel and Louise Kazanjian Mr. and Mrs. John H. Kazanjian
In memory of Natalie Mason Ms. Joan Mason In memory of Leona Misto, RSM Dr. Karen Abbondanza In memory of John Quinlan Murphy Mary Murphy, Ph.D. and Kurt Schlichting, Ph.D. Dr. and Mrs. Michael S. Murphy In memory of Dr. Raymond Picozzi Mrs. Alberta T. Picozzi In memory of Patricia Lou Robinson Mr. Wayne Robinson In memory of Jerry Slocum Leland M. Park, Ph.D. In memory of Vincent D. Whitestone Ms. Jane Whitestone In honor of Canon and Mrs. Lockett Ford Ballard, Jr. Lockett Ford Ballard, Jr. In honor of Nancy Edgerley Mr. and Mrs. Paul Edgerley In honor of Angela and Garry Fischer Mr. John Appleton Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Dwight In honor of John and Connie Hayes Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Hayes In honor of Bushnell Pearce Henry Mr. Douglas Davies Henry In honor of Mary Hulitar Ms. Stefani Hulitar In honor of Dodie Kazanjian Mr. and Mrs. Roger Kass In honor of Gretchen Markert Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Pichler In honor of Bettie and Jonathan Pardee Ms. Rachel Kitchens In honor of Hope van Beuren Mr. and Mrs. Dwight D. Sipprelle In honor of Mary Van Pelt Ms. Romaine Orthwein In honor of Marianne Wolfensberger-Jarzombek Ms. Michelle Drum Mr. and Mrs. Mark Jarzombek
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Statement of Financial Position Consolidated Statement of Financial Position as of June 30, 2017 2017 2016
Assets Cash and cash equivalents Pledges receivable, net Security deposit Prepaid expenses Deferred bond fees, net Investments Newport book inventory Property and equipment, net Beneficial interest in assets held by Rhode Island Foundation Permanent collection items acquired since 1992
$
807,733 $ 755,856 123,416 696,373 - 2,756 64,721 40.298 - 6,398 10,235,216 9.745,959 34,885 43,291 11,952,626 12,321,913 108,985 100,000 2,188,435 2,098,435
Total Assets
$25,516,017
$25,811.279
Liabilities and Net Assets Liabilities Accounts payable Accrued payroll and taxes Deferred revenue Reserve for gain/loss on interest rate swap contracts Bonds payable Total Liabilities
18,030 25,143 228,771 - - 271,944
$
17,472 16,052 207,087 11,114 1,118,374 1,370,099
Net Assets Unrestricted Temporarily restricted Permanently restricted
19,195,457 18,045,699 691,656 1,107,300 5,356,960 5,288,181
Total Net Assets
25,244,073
24,441,180
$25,516,017
$25,811,279
Total Liabilities and Net Assets
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$
Statement of Activities Statement of Revenues and Expenses for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2017 2016 2017
Revenues Grants and contributions Memberships Other revenue and income Investment returns for operations Total
$
937,028 $ 630,157 144,905 153,365 176,283 181,543 576,188 636,929 $1,834,404 $1,601,994
Functional Expenses Programs Fundraising and marketing General and administrative Bond interest Depreciation Total
$
884,624 $ 891,098 405,298 337,465 347,633 388,325 32,965 14,703 474,122 468,270 2,144,642 2,099,861
Sources of Funds 2017
Operation Expenses 2017
Grants and donations 18%
Bond interest 1%
Annual fund 21%
Personnel and related 49%
Investment returns 40%
Depreciation 22%
Memberships 9%
Programs 17%
Programs and events 9%
Fundraising 5%
Earned revenues 3%
General and administration 6%
Financial affairs are overseen by two Board Committees: Finance, chaired by Alison Walk; and Audit, chaired by Peggy Richmond. This report contains information from the Consolidated Balance Sheet and Statement of Activities of the Redwood Library & AthenĂŚum for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2017, 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 Circulation Desk.
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Committees, Staff & Volunteers STANDING COMMITTEES 2016-2017 Executive Committee Edwin G. Fischer President, ex officio all committees R. Daniel Prentiss, Esq., Vice President Allison Walk, Treasurer Virginia Decker, Secretary Miles Bidwell Zia Eftekhar Frank Ray Audit Committee Peggy Richmond, Chair David F. Brodsky Peter S. Damon Zia Eftekhar R. Daniel Prentiss, Esq. Stephanie Zwack David Thalmann, Staff
Development Committee
Nominating Committee
Miles O. Bidwell, Chair Zia Eftekhar Victoria Mele Frank Ray Allison Walk Stephen G. Walk Carolyn duPont, Staff
Janet Alexander Pell, Chair Virginia Decker Angela Brown Fischer Garry Fischer Elizabeth Leatherman Frank Ray Richard Sayer Steve Walk
Investment Committee Allison Walk, co-Chair David Brodksy, co-Chair Grenville Craig Zia Eftekhar Peter Kiernan Library Committee
David L. Reed, Chair Allan J. Booth, Jr. Jean Gorham William H. Leys Virginia Purviance Betsy D. Ray John R. Richmond, Jr. Tom Casey, Staff
David Ford, co-Chair George Herrick, co-Chair Robert W. Cowley Norm Desmarais Ronald Lee Fleming Col. Theodore L. Gatchel John B. Hattendorf Donald Magee Dr. Edward McCrorie Molly de Ramel Nicholas B. Scheetz* Francis J. “Bing” West Nancy Parker Wilson Molly Jenks, Staff
Finance Committee
Museum Committee
Allison Walk, Chair David Brodsky Grenville Craig Michael K. Gewirz R. Daniel Prentiss, Esq. Jeffrey Siegal David Thalmann, Staff
Elisabeth Clark, co-Chair Nannette Herrick, co-Chair Jemison Faust Francis Frost Linda Gordon Terry Grosvenor Constance Metcalf Paul Miller Betsy Ray Jeffrey Siegal Benedict Leca, Staff
Buildings and Grounds Committee
Program Committee Douglas Riggs, co-Chair Mary Riggs, co-Chair Melissa Bachelder Leilani Brenner Washington Irving III Janet Pell Linda Phillips Nel Roberts Gail Thacher Lynne Tungett Brig. Gen. Peter Zwack, Rtd. Carolyn du Pont, Staff Redwood Advisory Council George Gardner Herrick, co-Chair Nannette C. Herrick, co-Chair Rodney Armstrong A. Leslie Ballard H. Wood “Woody” Brock Christopher Buckley The Lord Camoys Ronald Lee Fleming David B. Ford Jane Grace Werner Gundersheimer Kate Gubelmann Beth Carroll-Horrocks Thomas Horrocks Edmund Morris Sylvia Jukes Morris Honorable William Nitze Peter Pennoyer Charles E. Pierce Ted Widmer John Wilmerding Diane Wilsey Richard Guy Wilson *deceased
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Benedict Leca, Ph.D. Executive Director Brandon Aglio Library Assistant Christine Bradley Library Assistant Lori Brostuen Director of Library Systems Elaine Bunnell Technical Services Library Assistant and Tour Manager Rowena Burke Library Assistant and Interlibrary Loan Tom Casey Maintenance and Grounds Carolyn du Pont Director of Development and Programs Michelle Farias Special Collections Assistant Alyssa Gaudreau Donor Relations Manager Nancy Hackett Circulation Supervisor Maris Humphreys Rare Book Cataloger Molly Jencks Technical Services Librarian
Robert Kelly Collection Development Librarian Drew Kemp Library Assistant
VOLUNTEERS Kimberly Bakoledis Leilani Brenner
Victoria Leduc Library Assistant
Mary Jo Dieckhaus
Michelle Lee Leonard Children’s Program Coordinator
Dianne Elliott
Alexis Mateus Administrative Assistant Patricia Barry Pettit Chief Communications Officer Tim Rohe Archivist/Special Collections Librarian Joseph Rusnak Visitor Services Supervisor
Jack Dorato
Linda Gordon Mark Hugo George Kouchakdjian Erin Nicholson Wayne Robinson Mollie Suprenant Jack Sweeny
Nichole Smith Children’s Program Coordinator Gail Sullivan-McCune Library Assistant Niall Tarrel Library Assistant David Thalmann Director of Finance and Administration Lisa White Administrative Assistant In Memoriam Glenna Turner 1949-2017
Photo: Jessica Pohl
STAFF
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Photo: David Thalmann
In Memoriam July 2016 - June 2017
Ronald W.H. Barr Richard M.W. Benson Dr. Anthony Caputi Robert E. Corbin John P. Davis, Jr. Rosemary T. Day James M. Dingwall Steven Cantor Norma Green Dorrance H. Hamilton William R. Harvey Peter King III Susan C. King John L. Lafferty
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Barbara M. Moore Sylvia Stoun Mureddu Bruno R. Nesto Joseph J. Nicholson Edna North Brian W. O’Keefe Donald Ritter Nanette Ross Nicholas B. Scheetz Robert K. Sexton Elizabeth D. Wallin Paula M. Washburn Cdr. Walter J. Whitley USN Ret. Helen M. Winslow
LIBRARIANS 1747-2017
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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