NCHGS 2020 Annual Report

Annual Report Late 2019-2020

A YEAR LIKE NO OTHER The year 2019 ended on a high note with the opening of our much-anticipated Destination: Northampton County exhibition. Hundreds of people joined us to celebrate the stories of friends and neighbors from all over the world, and all walks of life, who settled in Northampton County.

At its heart, the exhibition is about building community, and we were thrilled that so many people felt at home in our museum. Not long after our Community Day event, DNC was honored with an Award of Excellence by the American Association for State and Local History. NAACP Easton Branch #2260 also presented Sigal Museum with an Image Award for our collaborative efforts to share the history of the Black experience in Easton.

2020 was off to a strong start with visitation climbing, school field-trip season beginning, and new projects underway. Then came March and the COVID-19 shutdowns. Like so many others, we closed our doors, said good-bye to our visitors, good-bye to our volunteers, and had to figure out how to fulfill our educational mission when people could no longer visit.

To give you an idea of how the months-long pandemic closures affected NCHGS, consider some numbers. A typical Annual Report lists visitor numbers in the thousands. In 2020, we hosted: 116 schoolchildren (two field trips in early 2020) 481 visitors - January-mid March, Quarter 1 0 visitors - April-June, Quarter 2 101 visitors - late July-September, Quarter 3 76 visitors - October-December (museum closed again on 12/12), Quarter 4 • Total volunteer hours dropped from 4,866 in 2019 to 1,413 in 2020 • • • • •

Despite those stark numbers, 2020 was a year of rich, meaningful work and connection. We were, in fact, able to serve thousands of children, families, and adults with the help of our NCHGS community.

Members and friends rallied with donations or supported programs and events. Foundations and government organizations provided CARES Act relief grants that helped sustain us through difficult, uncertain months.

Staff and volunteers remained undaunted, determining that if visitors could not come to us,

Lance Wheeler, NAACP Easton Branch President, Jean Bemesderfer (middle), and Carey Birgel (right)

we would take history to them. We embraced the online world, going virtual with everything from tours, exhibits, and programs to children’s educational activities, research requests, and even our Lehigh Valley Wine Auction fundraiser.

A year that once seemed to shrink in upon itself ended with hope and optimism. So much of that is due to your generosity and unfailing support. I’d like to extend a heartfelt “Thank You” to: Our Board of Trustees who helped us navigate a steady course (and remained calm in the face of multiple budget revisions).

Our Members and Friends who supported us in the face of so much personal isolation and loss.

Our Volunteers who kept our Jane S. Moyer Library open behind the scenes, our Museum Store stocked and welcoming, our programs lively, and our spirits high.

Our Staff who mastered the art of the pivot and found new ways to share history. You inspire me every day.

Carey Birgel, Executive Director

1,500 Number of schoolchildren served during the 2020 academic year through field trips, Traveling Trunks, virtual programs, and Grab & Go History Craft Kits.

2021 Education Goals Offer virtual field trips, onsite visits (when able), and COVID-friendly Traveling Trunks.

Provide digital, distance-learning curriculum, supplementary materials, and activities for teachers and students.

Open the Sigal Museum Family Room, a space for hands-on history activities for children and families.

Welcome the Cops ’N’ Kids Reading Room literacy programs to Sigal Museum.

Lenape Lifeways Early Settlers “Mystery” Artifacts History Story Time & Crafts Master Craftsmen & Apprentices Pre-Revolutionary Life Diversity & Community Stories

Image above: Jewish Community Center, Easton, 1934; NCHGS collection, contributed by Barbara Weitzman

Screenshot of one of our new Virtual Field Trip distance-learning modules

Virtual Field Trips One of our major initiatives for 2020 was the digitization of our field trip programs for use in the classroom and online home learning. Funded by a National Endowment for the Humanities CARES Relief Act grant, and supported by EITC donations, these distance-learning modules will help us share our collection with students in the Lehigh Valley, and beyond.

We have utilized the CultureConnect platform to create a series of interactive lessons for grades 3 through 7 that include: standards-based curriculum, artifact images, videos, walking tours, quizzes, and hands-on activities like Lenape necklace-making or oral history exercises for older students. Lessons can be downloaded directly into school classrooms or self-guided via a home or public library computer or mobile device. Our educators will even have the option to livestream programs and gallery tours while classes (or adult groups!) work their way through the virtual modules.

Virtual Field Trips available: • • • •

Lenape Early Settlements/Settlers Destination: Northampton County - Diversity, Community Building, Snapshot Stories Northampton County History Timeline

Coming in 2021 and 2022: • Mobile walking tours for adults and kids • Mobile gallery tours • Mobile themed tours

Left to right: Yasmine Karam, Curator Brittany Merriam, Gladys Wehbe, Assistant Curator Jean Bemesderfer, November 2019

CURATORIAL Destination: Northampton County images and artifacts are available to view in the Lehigh Valley Engaged Humanities Consortium Digital Archive via Lafayette College Libraries.

6500+ records in our PastPerfect database are now available online, including family files, genealogical information, and highlights from our archival collection.

Online collections, favorite past exhibitions, and archival video footage can now be viewed online (Eras of Elegance, Norma Collmar glass plates, WWI & WWII political posters, and more).

The COVID Chronicles Writing + Archive project documented our shared experience of COVID-19.

Curators hosted a virtual tour of NCHGS’s archives and the Finding Family program for Heritage Day.

Destination: Northampton County The exhibit opened in November 2019 with a celebration for sponsors and Community Ambassadors and a free Community Day that brought over 400 visitors to the Sigal Museum.

NCHGS celebrated diversity, heritage, and community building with a series of family programs, a naturalization ceremony, and American Monarch Theatre’s sold-out performances of The Immigrant: a new musical by Mark Harelik.

In early 2020, the exhibit was honored with an Award for Excellence by the American Association for State and Local History.

LEHIGH VALLEY PASSPORT TO HISTORY Lehigh Valley Passport to History is a partnership of historic sites and resources in and around Pennsylvania’s Lehigh and Northampton counties. Partners have developed a group website and Passport to History Weekend to connect visitors with historical activities, events, tours, and exhibitions throughout the Valley.

2020 Highlights and Collaborations • The group hired a part-time Marketing Consultant to expand our media and digital reach, our partner network, and our annual Passport to History event.

• Our group grew to include 37 museums, historical societies and sites.

• We collaborated on two virtual series with Lehigh Valley with Love Media’s George Wacker: History Happy Hour and a Winter Virtual Series featuring programs such as Pennsylvania Dutch Therapies for Pandemics (and Other Diseases), Firefighters, Cabinet of Curiosities: Guess the Artifact, a Black History Month celebration, and Hugh Moore, the Slightly Wacky Inventor of the Dixie Cup. • Passport to History Weekend, August 2020: 16 sites opened to the public and welcomed over 1000 visitors.

• We developed themed, self-guided Heritage Trail tours to get visitors out and exploring.

2020 Visitor Survey Highlights We resumed visitor surveys in early 2020 to help us better serve our audience. Here is a snapshot of some questions and corresponding answers with the highest percentages.

Question

Answer

Which program did you attend at the museum?

Museum Tour - 57.89%

Please indicate your age range

Over 60 - 47.37%

Where do you live?

Northampton County - 44.44% Lehigh County - 22.22% Other/Out of State - 22.22%

How did you hear about Sigal Museum?

From a previous event - 35% Social media - 20%

What was your favorite exhibit area?

Destination: Northampton County - 21.74% Lenape/Early Settlements - 17.39%

Was this your first visit?

No - 66.67% Yes - 33.33%

What other activities did you participate in during your visit to Easton?

Dined at a local restaurant - 44.44% Visited the Easton Public Market/ Farmers’ Market - 37.04%

OUTREACH

Program & Event Highlights Access Programs offer reduced or free admission to community members who might not be able to afford admission.

• • • • • •

Free Sundays & Fourth Fridays Free for EBT (Electronic Benefit Cards) holders Free Public School Field Trips (EITC funding) Military Discounts College Student Discounts Library passes - Mary Meuser Library patrons

We also offered several months of “Pay What You Wish” admission to welcome visitors back after the pandemic shutdowns.

Library & Volunteers

While our library remained closed throughout 2020, we compiled a list of online resources to help people continue their research from home.

When restrictions lifted in summer, volunteer librarians returned to work behind the scenes on genealogical and historical research requests.

Who were our first volunteers to return after spring quarantine?

Pat Baratta, Cynthia Smith, Nancy Dolder, Howard McGinn, and Annette Stoody - Library Helaine Sigal and Mary Jane McAteer - Museum Store

• Historical Dinner Project evenings at Bachmann Publick House • Lunch & Learn programs: Maps of Easton and GIS Systems, Clarina Nichols: Activist, 1863 • Museum at Home: a new online database that showcases virtual programs, tours, online collections, archival footage, and children’s activities.

• Columbus in the Crosshairs: Navigating Symbolism in Public Art • Art + History Family Workshops: Natural Inks and Printing • History Happy Hour Series • This I Remember: Harvey Morgenstern reminisces about growing up in the 1890s-1900s, in a 36-part series originally published in the Easton Express (1969) • Passport to History Weekend • Book Talks: Rebecca Price Janney and Richard Taylor • Lehigh Valley Virtual Wine Auction • Conversations Through Time: the Women Who Won the Vote • Kids Only!: History Storytime, online activities and crafts - Durham Boats, Rainbow Crow, Fraktur, Hex Signs, Museum of Me, and Easton Expedition

FINANCES

Current Assets (as of 12/31/20) Total Checking/Savings Total Other Current Assets

603,194.69 2,417,841.59

TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS

3,021,036.28

Fixed Assets (as per 2019 audited report)

5,407,229.00

TOTAL ASSETS

8,428,265.28

Total Fixed Assets

$230,780 2020 Grants and Foundation Support

$2,417,841.59 Value of NCHGS investment portfolio as of December 2020

Financial Report as audited by Buckno Lisicky and Company on December 31, 2019

Financial Report as audited by Buckno Lisicky and Company on December 31, 2019

DONORS Annual Appeal 2019

Ilene Baumann in memory of Richard Baumann Marlou Belyea Neil & Kathleen Coddington Chuck & Judie Dickerson Michael Dowd Phil Fair Ned & Linda Heindel Roberta Housel Huth Insurance Selma Jacowitz Stephen Jensen & Alison Byerly C. Peter Junker Rebecca Kincade Harry Koch Eileen Kitzler John & Colleen Lavdar Rod & Karen Oren John & Deborah Patterson Richard & Marianne Phifer.

RL Reppert Inc. William & Denise Rossi Robert & Esther Rowan Nancy Scheirer and Peg Heim David & Susan Shaffer Richard Taylor Jessica Ytkin

Annual Appeal 2020

Charles Adami Linda Adler Charles & Gail Anderson Ilene Baumann Christopher Black & Ms. Patricia Burton Marylu Briggs Doug & Judith Burton James Chesterton & Ms. Marianina Savoia Lorraine Chromiak Bessie Cicero Neil & Kathleen Coddington Chuck & Judie Dickerson Dale Eden Kenneth Everett Phil Fair Marcia Falconer Jeffrey & Kimberly Finegan Ellis and Phyllis Finger Beall Fowler Freebridge Realty Antonia Grifo Ned & Linda Heindel Preston & Sue Hindmarch Karen Hodges Roberta Housel Thomas & Polly Hunt Stephen Jensen & Alison Byerly

Elizabeth Jones Maria Kastrinakis Alice Keiner Harry Koch Eileen Kutzler Jane Lahey John & Colleen Lavdar Lois Lum Alan & Kathleen McFall Bob & Nancy Michler Karen Murray Norman & Judith Nardelli Rod & Karen Oren Bruce Palmer James & Carol Palmeri Robert Pasquini Jr. John & Deborah Patterson Richard & Marianne Phifer Nancy Scheirer and Peg Heim Helaine Sigal Roy Siple Kathleen Skaluba Richard Taylor Jerry Thomas Helenbeth Vilcek Elizabeth Weaver Francis & Gladys Wehbe Howard & Catherine White Susan Wolf Robert & Jeanne Young Andria Zaia & Joe Wagner

EITC Corporate Support 2020 Avalon Insurance Co. CHUBB Embassy Bank for the Lehigh Valley Fidelity Bank Fulton Bank

Walking Tour Sponsor Mountain View Kennels

2019 & 2020 General Donations John Beitel Marlou Belyea Brown Daub Brown Daub Foundation Leonard Buscemi Polly Clark Neil & Kathleen Coddington Christine Crawford-Oppenheimer Fred Curcio Linda Darby Andy & Carolyn Daub Frances Dreisbach Richard & JoAnn Durante Lynn Greacen

DONORS

2019 & 2020 General Donations

2020 Foundation & Grant Support, COVID Relief

Antonia Grifo Laurie Hackett Ned & Linda Heindel Preston & Sue Hindmarch Robert Hoch Roberta Housel Selma Jacowitz Stephen Jensen & Alison Byerly Alice Keiner Kenneth & Elizabeth Kressler Fund Jean L. de Streel John & Colleen Lavdar Thomas & Susanne Llewelyn Joe & Gale LoCicero Lois Lum Richard & Mary Jane McAteer Daniel McMahon MCS Industries, Inc. Jay & Eileen Miers Philip & Linda Mitman Kara Mohsinger Bryan & Karen Nace William Nenow Bruce Palmer Anita Paukovits Lynne Reismeier Mike & Rebecca Pichetto David & Kim Rose Janet Rosenthal Robert Rumfield Robert Schmidt Ronald Shipman, Esq. Helaine Sigal John Stoffa Brendan Strasser William Taverner Richard Taylor Jerry Thomas Megan Van Ravenswaay Helenbeth Vilcek Robert Weiner Kenneth & Lois Wildrick William H & Patti A. Lehr Foundation Marshall & Kay Wolff James Woolley Working Dog Press

Brown-Daub Foundation Crayola County of Lehigh County of Northampton Ned and Linda Heindel Kiwanis Foundation of Easton Lehigh Valley Community Foundation (Kenneth and Elizabeth Kressler Fund) Lehigh Valley Engaged Humanities Consortium Martin Guitar Charitable Foundation National Endowment for the Humanities Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission Stefanie Zeldin Sigal and Robert K. Sigal Family Foundation U.S. Small Business Administration Wildrick Trust Zeldin Family Foundation

Destination: Northampton County Sponsors and Supporters

Thank You to Our Community The County of Northampton Lehigh Valley Engaged Humanities Consortium

with generous support provided by a grant to Lafayette College, from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

Brown Daub Foundation Dr. Ken & Lois Wildrick Martin Guitar Charitable Foundation Dr. Alison Byerly & Stephen Jensen Merchants Bank of Bangor Fulton Bank Colleen & John Lavdar Marshall & Kay Wolff Karen & Rod Oren

Brittany Merriam, Curator, Interpretive Designer Jean Bemesderfer, Assistant Curator, Digital Collection Chaz Hampton, Brick + Mortar, Consultant, Artist, and Fabricator Joe Wagner, Keystone Sound Design Cliff Ross Inc., Graphics Printing Thank you to the NCHGS Board of Trustees

This list may be incomplete at time of print.

Clarence Alford Marvin Boyer Dr. Karen Britt Judie & Chuck Dickerson Yasmine Karam John Robinson Liz Rosen Carissa Santos and the Santos Family

Clarence Alford Syeda Ahmed Kitsa Behringer Slate Belt Heritage Center Lehigh Valley Hispanic Center Francesca Citak Paradise Club Lafayette College Georgia Colasante Shiloh Baptist Church Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Church Paradise Club Stephen Constantine Rabbi Melody Davis NAACP Easton Phil Fair The Theadford Family Ismael Garcia Neville Gardner Steve Glickman Becky Goldenberg Chaz & Robin Hampton Beverly Hannah Tim Hare Linda Heindel Melissa Hough Rabbi Allen Judah

Dr. Akram Khater Deacon Anthony Koury Executive Lamont McClure Ashley Lilly Ryan Merriam Paul Miller Ray Morris Independence Seaport Museum Dr. Charlotte Nunes Gina Palmeri Michael Perry Kate Pitts Lafayette College Libraries & Digital Scholarship Services Christian Scheuermann Helaine Sigal Dr. Andrea Smith South Bethlehem Historical Society Berry Steiner Marjorie Stevens DeAnna Stocker Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies Museum and Library Alliance of Greater Lehigh Valley Claudia Volpe Pastor Myria Whitcomb F. Francis & Gladys Wehbe Wegmans Andria Zaia

DONORS Lehigh Valley Wine Auction & Gala Sponsors 2020 Virtual Auction Joint fundraiser with The Children’s Home of Easton McClure Company & Burns Mechanical Bill & Denise Spence Brown-Daub Family of Dealerships Alan & Marsha Abraham Charles & Sandra Adams, Selective Insurance Curt Adams Adams Outdoor Agentis Kitchen & Bath Ally Financial B. Braun Medical, Inc. Frederick H. & Margaret S. Bedford Charitable Foundation Mark Binnig & Brenda Dougherty Franz & Carey Birgel Boutique One Properties & Apex Management Brown & Brown Insurance, Inc. Buckno Lisicky & Company - Bruce & Judith Palmer Matthew & Kimberly Burtt Butz, Inc. Capital BlueCross Crayola, Inc. Rachel Clouser Danjczek John & Edith Daub Marc Devlin & Maria Kastrinakis Charles & Judith Dickerson John & Stephanie Donofrio, MassMutual Rory & Carrie Driscole East Lawn Supply Edward Jones Investments, Paul Biedlingmaier, Jr. John T. Eisenhard, CLU, MassMutual Embassy Bank for the Lehigh Valley Fodera & Long Trial Lawyers Steve & Jeanne Follett Fulton Financial Advisors Bill & Peggy Hecht Ned & Linda Heindel Dr. Carlos Hodges & Dr. Ardeth Copeland Hans & Ernestine Hoeflein Hof & Reid, LLC Steve Jensen & Alison Byerly Just Born Quality Confections, Inc. Kressler, Wolff & Miller, Inc. Jim & Debbie Landrigan Anne Lehr Kevin Leigh, JP Morgan Chase The MMZ Foundation M&T Charitable Foundation James Mack Bob & Cathy McCormick

Edward & Frances McDevitt Millie Molino, Attorney-at-Law Norris, McLaughlin & Marcus Anita Paukovits PenTeleData PPL Corporation Ed & Ellen Shaughnessy James Slifer Tower Products, Inc. Tuskes Homes, Inc. Victaulic West Side Hammer Electric Young Medical Spa

2020 NCHGS Members President’s Circle

Andy & Carolyn Daub Forks of the Delaware Historical Arms Society Elise Sigal

Founding Member

Elaine Emrick Beall Fowler Steve Jensen & Alison Byerly

Director’s Circle

Brown Daub John & Edith Daub Follett Innovative Solutions Ned & Linda Heindel MCS Industries, Inc. Bruce & Judy Waldman Kenneth & Lois Wildrick

Benefactor

Ashton Funeral Home Thomas Daub John Eisenhard Jane Fleck Antonia Grifo George & Mary Jo Hellick Nancy Light

Members

Benefactor (continued)

Alan & Kathleen McFall Alvin Mushlin Richard & Marianne Phifer Janet Rosenthal Robert & Esther Rowan Helaine Sigal Edward Spitzer & Ms. Yvonne Payne Helenbeth Vilcek Joyce Welken Marshall & Kay Wolff Andria Zaia & Joe Wagner

Patron

Charles & Gail Anderson Polly Beste Sandra Deiter Chuck & Judie Dickerson David Drinkhouse EAILD Gary & BJ Evans Phil Fair Jeffrey Feather Joseph & Suzy Feilmeier Fidelity Bank Jeffrey & Kimberly Finegan Jim & Maria Finegan Don & Mabel Follett Free Bridge Realty Becky Goldenberg & Mr. Hans Lauten James & Nancy Handzo Patricia Haviland Howard McGinn & Annette Stoody John & Colleen Lavdar Jeff Lisinicchia Helen Litzenberger Donald & Patricia Lockard Conrad Miller Rod & Karen Oren Bruce Palmer John & Billiemae Price Wayne & Shirley Pysher RL Reppert Inc. Robert Rumfield Larry & Danna Seltzer Charles Snyder William & Barbara Walters Tom & Nancy Walters James Woodley Don & Santa Wright

Friend

Alan & Marsha Abraham Linda Adler Alvin H. Butz, Inc. Dirk Bach & Kay WalkingStick Patricia Baratta Bardot Plastics, Inc. William & Becky Bartlett Barbara Bauer Marlou Belyea Robert Bergren Binney & Smith Carey Birgel Donald & Elaine Bogus Linda Bonney Doris Bonstein Leonard Buscemi Sally Bush Charles Chrin Company Chrin of Delaware, Inc. Lorraine Chromiak Neil & Kathleen Coddington Roger & Carolyn Conners Conroy Chiropractic James Cotter & Kathryn Chartier Kevin Danyi Edward & Claire Davis Michael Dowd Jessica Edris Herb Emsweller Bernard & Dorothy Enright Gwen Epstein Karnes Mary Ann Fischer Ann Frechette & Mary Lynch Timothy Goldsmith John & Judy Greco Robert & Jill Hamilton Watson & Babette Hart Christine & Michael Hausmann Thomas & Polly Hunt John Hill & Susan Flagg Ronald Hineline Karen Hodges Patrick & Roxanne Hoops Anne Houston Rebecca and Scott Janney Elizabeth Jones C. Peter Junker Rebecca Kincade Kenneth Klabunde Al Kratzer Richard & Margaret Kuntz Jane Lahey Noël Lammers Wendy Leap Joe & Gale LoCicero

Lois Lum Rosanne Manmiller Martin D. Cohen Family Foundation Richard & Lora Marzuoli Richard & Mary Jane McAteer Gerald McBride Lee Mermelstein & Ms. Judith Kross Blair Mielnik Jay & Eileen Miers David & Deborah Miers Philip & Linda Mitman Kara Mohsinger Elaine Molnar Scott & Kristina Moore Bryan & Karen Nace Norman & Judith Nardelli Lawrence Oberly Francis & Nancy O'Hanlon Mike & Mary O'Malley James & Carol Palmeri Mary Jane Parrish John & Bonnie Pearce Rosalin Petrucci Ron Plantone R. J. Doerr Company, LLC Tom Readmond Leon Riker Ronald & Bonnie Robbins John Robinson David & Kim Rose William & Denise Rossi Laura Rothkopf.

Ron Schlegel Paul & June Schlueter Mercedes Sharpless Donna Shelton Richard Shupp John & Louise Sipos Linda Smith Sabra Smith Anne Snyder-Lyons Richard Taylor William Thomas Jerry Thomas Dave & Liz Toler Robert Washburn Elizabeth Weaver Marta Whistler Williams Township Board of Supervisors Karen Williamson Earl Wismer David & Christine Wolff Working Dog Press Robert & Jeanne Young Tom & Linda Zimmerman

Members

Family

John & Megan Abbott Charles Adami Christopher Black & Ms. Patricia Burton Glenn Boerstler Marvin Boyer Doug & Judith Burton James Chesterton & Marianina Savoia Polly Clark Jack & Barbara Corcoran Mary Cresseveur Ed Dietrich Charles & Wendy Eckert Nancy Fegley C. Fennimore John & Louise Fielding Edward & Millie Henning Richard & Virginia Hope Susan Howell Maria Kastrinakis John & Lucille Kincaid Joel Klaperman John Koontz Caroline Lee Thomas & Susanne Llewelyn Richard & Evonne Loomis Eric & Susan Mangler Carl Meixsell Bob & Nancy Michler John & Kathie Nevin, III Blayne Olsen Mark Pacifico & James Plowder III John & Deborah Patterson Susan & Arthur Ravitz Bill & Barbara Rossi John & Karen Samuels Nancy Scheirer & Peg Heim Dina & Morris Schrum Sue Spaziani & John Williamson David & Claudia Steckel Michael Stershic Robert & Claire Wade Francis & Gladys Wehbe Elizabeth Werley Howard & Catherine White James Woolley

Individual

Holly Bachman Marianne Baltrotsky Ilene Baumann Stephanie Binns Marylu Briggs Jennifer Buck Knies Elizabeth Bugaighis David Bussiere Brian Carroll

Michael Cavanaugh William Chase John Clark Joseph Corpora, Esq. Ed Dean Frances Dreisbach Easton Area Public Library George Englesson, P.E.,Ph.D Kenneth Everett Marcia Falconer Ellis and Phyllis Finger Folee Glosser Lynn Greacen W. Michael & Valerie Hollingsworth Bruce Holmes Lelane Hoose Roberta Housel David Hunsicker Gwen Jacobs Selma Jacowitz Eileen Kutzler Diane Lachemayer Janet Loengard Peter Loukas James Martin Julie O'Brien Robert Pasquini Jr. Christopher Phillips Eve Puhalla Regional Shelter-All Inc. Marjorie Rehrig Richland Library Co. Kathleen Skaluba Cynthia Smith Patti Smith Brendan Strasser Meagan Swartley-Price William Taverner Jessica Ytkin Kristopher Ziegler

Senior

Constance Ace Earl Ball Bonnie Baron Anna Barrese Nelda Barron Patricia Bechtel William Bender Barbara Bradley Andrea Brown Libby Bush Bessie Cicero Barbara Clark LuAnn Comes Christine Crawford-Oppenheimer Linda Darby Massimo DiGloria Linda Dreischalick Dale Eck Dale Eden Brenda Egolf Ronald Eichman

Michael Farmer Margaret Ferraro Lou Carol Fix Robert Freeman George Gelles Rebecca Gelles Joan Haldeman Bette Holdos Bette Holdos Linda Iudicello Anne Kaye Alice Keiner Holly Kilpatrick Harry Koch Jean L. de Streel Joanne LaBarre Bradford Landon Robert Levers Charles Lewis Harriet Lindsay Terri Lubenesky Kathleen Luhrs Dave Margeson Joseph Mayer Audrey McAbee Garth Mellick Vincent Menegus Marishka Michener David Miller Rory Morgan Steven Moyer Karen Murray John Nevin Fay Kantner Pacchioli Clint Palmer Sharon Rasely Kathleen Reed Lynne Reismeier Robert Sassaman Robert Schmidt Janice Schott Michael Seksinsky Ronald Shipman, Esq. David Siegfried Roy Siple Judith Smith Patti Stafford Kurt & Lynn Steckley Thomas Thomasik Peter Wardle Tom Wilhelm Susan Wolf Judi Worrall

Historian/Student Rachel Ackerman Katrina Harrison Thomas Verenna Kyle Jones Benny Kanofskyere

BOARD OF TRUSTEES President Stephen R. Jensen

Secretary W. Beall Fowler

Vice President Antonia Grifo, Esq.

Treasurer Thomas L. Walters

Cornelius “Neil” Coddington Fred Curcio, Sr. L. Anderson Daub Charles Dickerson Rev. J. Michael Dowd Joseph R. Feilmeier Maria Kastrinakis Al Kratzer Colleen Lavdar Alan B. McFall, Esq. Julie O’Brien Gerald E. Seyfried Ellen Shaughnessy Tom Verenna HelenBeth Vilcek Andria Zaia

STAFF

Executive Director – Carey Birgel Director of Operations – Andrew Glovas Director of Development – Megan van Ravenswaay Curator – Brittany Merriam Assistant Curator – Jean Bemesderfer Education Program Coordinator – Holly Houser Financial Manager – Debbie Patterson Office & Admissions Coordinator - Sarah White Maintenance – William “Ben” Kegler, Todd Earich

Thank you to our Volunteer Staff!

Volunteer Coordinator – Kenneth Wildrick Museum Store Coordinator – Helaine Sigal Program Coordinators: Kathleen Coddington – Mixsell-Illick House Linda Heindel – Grapevine Editor Marianne Phifer – Bachmann Publick House Images from the Lehigh Valley Engaged Humanities Consortium Destination: Northampton County Digital Archives, Sigal Museum collection Top right: Greek School, Bethlehem, PA, contributed by Georgia Colasante Bottom right: Julia Stevens and May Crowning processional at Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Catholic Church, Easton, contributed by Julia Stevens