Download - Annual Report 2012-13
IT IS THE MISSION OF THE
NEWPORT HISTORICAL SOCIETY
TO COLLECT AND PRESERVE
THE ARTIFACTS, PHOTOGRAPHS,
DOCUMENTS, PUBLICATIONS AND
GENEALOGICAL RECORDS THAT
RELATE TO THE HISTORY OF
NEWPORT COUNTY; TO MAKE THESE
MATERIALS READILY AVAILABLE FOR
BOTH RESEARCH AND ENJOYMENT;
AND TO ACT AS A RESOURCE
CENTER FOR THE EDUCATION OF
THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE HISTORY
OF NEWPORT COUNTY SO THAT
KNOWLEDGE OF THE PAST
MAY CONTRIBUTE TO A FULLER
UNDERSTANDING OF THE PRESENT.
Newport Historical Society
Annual Report 2012‐2013
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The Historical Society’s Vision
One of Newport’s best assets is its rich and prominent history, and that history is embedded in
the collections of the Newport Historical Society.
Newport’s nearly 400‐year history, combined with the survival of much of the City’s built
environment and the important role Newport played in a constellation of significant American
events, justifies a designation as one of America’s most historic cities. Over 150 years of
collecting has resulted in holdings that embody Newport’s stories, but this history, and the
collections at the NHS, are not generally well known. The NHS envisions growing its capacity:
to assist our community in developing a firm understanding of the history of Newport and its
prominent position in American history, and to be ready to bring this history to a national and
international audience.
This awareness will develop a pride of place for Newporters that will serve to bolster the
quality of life and contribute to the economic health of the City today. The NHS collections –
properties, objects, art, photographs and documents – are an essential resource for our
illustrious and important American city.
NEWPORT HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Institutional Status Report, Goals and Plan August 2013
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A Proposed Business Model for a More Effective Newport Historical Society
The Newport Historical Society believes that in we can increase our ability to serve and our
impact by focusing specific attention on our unique asset – the collections – and on
maintenance, preservation and accessibility for both scholars and the public.
We have three principal goals for our development:
1. Access. By allowing, supporting, and encouraging scholarship about Newport, and
collecting, collating and storing it, we can then provide this scholarship to an increase‐
ingly interested public. Think of us as an hourglass: we open our collections to scholar
ship by a broad group of thinkers, collate and organize the scholarship in the center,
and then disperse it through a broad variety of methods.
2. Collaboration. Our second principle for continued growth is that we will do better:
leverage more funds, create more awareness in the community, get more
comprehensive input, and spend less, whenever we are able to work in collaboration
with other institutions with similar interest areas, audiences, or needs.
3. Sustainability. The NHS believes that it must be comfortably sustainable so that it can
devote staff resources directly to the mission. The Historical Society has established
well‐diversified income streams. However, it does not currently retain a reserve fund
and therefore is dependent on each stream doing well each year. Increased earned
income combined with a larger endowment will allow the NHS to budget for a
growing operating reserve.
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Achievements to Date
The Historical Society has been working towards a revitalized future since 2006. Building on
strategic goals to expand audiences, establish professional management for all collections and
move towards financial sustainability, the NHS has:
Addressed two decades of delayed maintenance at all five historic properties.
Revitalized the Museum of Newport History, and began a program of satellite
and temporary exhibitions.
Revamped its website and social media program and established online
visitation to 3,500+ each month.
Completely reinvented the Newport Antiques Show.
Established a profitable Museum Store.
Increased visitation has increased from under 10,000 to over 70,000 (with some
years exceeding 100,000).
Expanded its calendar of scholarly and public history programming.
Maintained the production of Newport History, its scholarly journal.
Built on the successful Buchanan‐Burnham internship program to host 4‐9
graduate interns in history, collections and public history each year.
Have made significant progess in putting collections information online, the
only Newport cultural institution to do so.
Created the Explore Newport History mobile app.
Collaborative efforts have built steadily from a small base in 2007; these include:
A programmatic collaboration with the Newport Restoration Foundation to
produce Newport History Tours.
A marketing collaborative among five arts and cultural organizations in
Newport’s historic downtown: The Old Quarter.
Newportal, a project which involves five local organizations working to create a
collaborative discovery tool for Newport collections.
Cultural Catalysts: Catalyzing Culture, which is a new effort championed by
the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities and funded by the van Beuren
Foundation to develop a City‐wide platform, to raise awareness of, and find a
broader audience for Newport’s history.
The Spectacle of Toleration, a project about religious tolerance and diversity in
collaboration with Brown and Salve Regina Universities, the Rhode Island
Historical Society, and the George Washington Institute for Religious Freedom.
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Challenging the Future Campaign
The NHS has developed a modest capital campaign to prepare the organization to meet the
goals it has set for itself. The campaign is infrastructure and endowment‐based, and focused
on building our capacity to provide access to our collections.
Funding through this capital campaign will be directed toward:
Development of a modern Resource Center at 82 Touro Street for the study,
interpretation and understanding of Newport’s history.
Creation of funds to support the functions at NHS that are most directly responsible
for providing public access to Newport’s history: The Curatorial and Education
Departments.
A re‐presentation of its Museum store to create a more vibrant presence at the Brick
Market, including increased square footage for retail opportunities.
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VISITATION 2012‐2013
Categories of visits and their relative
impact; this does not include individuals
who come in contact with our properties
for events held by others, or the
dissemination of Facebook postings,
which appear over 300,000 times / year
in various places.
EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
PUBLIC PROGRAM ATTENDANCE
Seasonal Walking Tours & Historic Site Tours
Newport History Walking Tours July 2012 through June 2013 had an attendance of 1,377 for 296 tours.
The attendance for Newport Historical Society’s guided historic site tours July 2012 through June 2013 was 303.
Group Tours The NHS provided private group tours July 2012 through June 2013 with a total attendance of 1,298 for 48 tours.
Additional Programs Attendance for other public programs between for the fiscal year totaled 2,177 at 38 programs. This number does not
include the following programs and their attendance figures: NHS Newport Antiques Show Preview and the weekend
Show; NHS exhibits; NHS connoisseurs’ tour. This number also does not include groups and others who enjoyed our
properties through rental agreements (e.g., Island Moving Company).
GUIDES / INTERNS / VOLUNTEERS
Newport Historical Society Guides
Mat DeLaire
Pat Drislane
Kassie Ettefagh
Chuck Flippo
Lew Keen
Colleen Miller
Elise Petrarca
Jean Quinn
Renee Walker‐Tuttle
Brick Market
Museum
Progams
Newport
Antiques Show
July 4th
App
Social Media
Researchers
Web Page
Virtual
State House
Charter Room
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2012 Buchanan/Burnham Interns
Caylin Carbonell, Bates College. Project: “Newport Historical Society Resource Map of Women’s Roles in Newport
Churches, 1690‐ 1810.”
Tracy Jonsson, Roger Williams University. Project: “Enshrined Ideals: Rhode Island’s Charter in
Theory & Practice from Birth to Statehood.”
Nicole Nietzel, University of Virginia. Project: “Wanton‐Lyman‐Hazard House Inventory Guide.”
Rebecca Soules, Brown University. Project: “Digital Solutions to Mapping an Eighteenth‐Century: Newport Common
Burying Ground, 1665‐2012.”
2013 Buchanan/Burnham Interns
Renee Erb, History, University of Portland . Projects: Finding Aid to the NHS Music Collection; “Found” write ups for:
17th Century Music Manuscript, 18th Century Singers Assistant, 18th Century Table Top Piano, & 19th
Century Presentation Firemenʹs Trumpet; Spectacle of Toleration concert program planning.
Katie Garland, Public History, UMass Amherst. Project: Series of thirteen essays for the Spectacle of Toleration
Project, SpectacleofToleration.com.
Lauren Mojkowski, Public History, University of South Carolina. Project: “Hurricanes in Newport,” virtual exhibit,
NewportHistoryApp.com.
Jenna Teachout, MA student in History at the University of Rhode Island. Project: “Newport’s Consumer Revolution,”
virtual exhibit, NewportHistoryApp.com.
Additional Interns & Volunteers
Newport Antiques Show Volunteers 2012
Oliver Beavers, Research
LCDR Christopher S. Edwards,
Tours
Kassie Ettefagh, Archives
Cory Pacheco, Archives
Bridget Sullivan, Collections
Marky Thompson, Museum
Retail
Melissa Andrade, Spectacle of
Toleration
Gordon Willard, Tours
Jay and Joanne Adler
Maria Carroll
Chuck Flippo
Lynn Hughes
Lewis Keen
Deborah Kelsey
Adam Keefe
Christina Parise
Ann Sheeley
Liz Spoden
Ken & Jo Yellis
EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
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EDUCATION DEPARTMENT continued
Lectures, Programs, Special Tours
Celebration of the Colony House Restoration, Open House, Colony House, July 4. Rum & Revolution Walking Tour, July 4. Newport Antiques Show Preview Gala, St. George’s, July 26. Newport Antiques Show, St George’s School, July 27 – 29. “Restoration, Preservation and History in Design” presentation at the Newport Antiques Show, July 27. “New Bedford Artists & their Welcoming Harbor,” New Bedford Whaling Museum Newport Antique’s Show Loan
Exhibit and gallery talk by Stuart Frank.
Images of America: Middletown book debut & lecture by Christine Haverington of the Middletown Historical Society,
Colony House, August 9.
French in Newport walking tour, August 11. Rum & Revolution walking tour, August 31. Newport Historical Society Annual Meeting, Colony House, September 20. “Private Lives, Public Spaces: Rhode Island’s Colonial Consumers,” Annual Meeting guest speaker Marian Desrosiers,
Colony House, September 20.
Explore Historic Newport App launch party, Colony House, September 21. Chamber of Commerce After‐Hours event, Colony House, September 27.
The Newport Historical Society on PBS, Premiere of The History Detective Valley Forge Map Episode, Jane Pickens
Theater, October 9.
Rhode Island’s Civil War Hospital, lecture and book signing by Frank Grzyb, Colony House, October 11. Engage Newport City Event – Newport City Community Event, Great Friends Meeting House, October 11.
Spectacle of Toleration Planning Conference, Keynote Address by James Carroll, Salve Regina University,
October 18 – 20.
Kay/Catherineʹs Patronesses: a Walking Tour of Women and Newport Architecture, Dr. Catherine Zipf,
October 27.
Marlborough: Soldier and Diplomat, lecture and book signing by Dr. John Hattendorf, Colony House,
November 1.
Point Neighborhood Walking Tour, Lisa Dady, November 3. “Rhode Islandʹs Black Seafaring Men” lecture by LaShonda Barnett, Colony House, November 15. Wanton‐Lyman‐Hazard House: Winter in 1795, site tour, December 1. Concert by the Ministers of Apollo, Annual Holiday Open House, Colony House, December 1. Wanton‐Lyman‐Hazard House: Winter in 1795 tour, site tour, December 8.
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“Rhode Island Broadsides – A Collector’s Perspective,” lecture by Russell DeSimone, in collaboration with the
Redwood Library, Colony House, January 3.
Rogues & Scoundrels Walking Tour, January 21.
“History Undressed: What Women Wore in the 18th Century,” Renee Walker Tuttle & Elizabeth Sulock, Colony
House, February 21.
“Piracy & Piety in Early 18th Century Newport,” lecture by Cherry Bamberg & Michael Dwyer, Colony House,
March 21.
Discover Colonial Newport History Stroll with a costumed interpreter, March 23. Rogues & Scoundrels Walking Tour, March 29. Golden to Gilded Walking Tour, March 31. Library Workshop: Introduction to Resources at the Newport Historical Society, April 8.
“Rupture in the Temple: The Rise & Fall of Freemasonry in Colonial RI, 1749‐72,” lecture by Samuel
Biagetti, Colony House, April 8.
Discover Colonial Newport History Stroll with a costumed interpreter, April 15.
Rogues & Scoundrels Walking Tour, April 19.
Merrillton: A Historic Newport Landscape, Tim Brown and the Newport Tree Society, April 20.
“From Rainforest to Parlor: Mahogany Trade in Colonial Rhode Island,” lecture by Jennifer Anderson,
with the Newport Restoration Foundation and the Newport Tree Society, Colony House, April 24.
“Tolerably Dull Sojournment,” lecture by Matthew Keagle, Colony House, May 9. Point Neighborhood Walking Tour, Lisa Dady, May 18. Sounds of Diversity, a Spectacle of Toleration Music Event, Colony House, May 26. Library Workshop: Introduction to Resources at the Newport Historical Society, June 3, Newport Historical Society. Women in Colonial Newport Walking Tour, June 15.
“How Christian an Understanding,” a Spectacle of Toleration Panel Discussion led by John Barry, Daniel Cowdin,
John Fea, Michael Feldberg, Great Friends Meeting House, June 21.
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COLLECTIONS
ACCESS / ACCESSIONS In addition to our online catalog, which presents over 6,065 objects, photographs and manuscript collections, the
Historical Society now has 12 finding aids on RIAMCO, the Rhode Island Archival and Manuscript Collections
Online. This allows for greater accessibility for the scholarly community through industry‐standard finding aids on
a state‐wide repository.
We are a founding institution of Newportal, a collaborative project designed to provide online access to Newportʹs
archival collections, which received a $10,000 planning grant from the Rhode Island Foundation.
In the past year, NHS staff have researched and reassigned accession numbers to almost 350 items: primarily objects
but also photographs and manuscripts. In the process of updating and refining organization and access to collections,
over 200 ʺfound in collectionʺ items were cataloged that were previously unrecorded.
With the expansion of access and information about NHS collections has come increased interest from across the
country. Newport Historical Society items have appeared in at least five extra‐institutional exhibits this year, including
Capturing the Cup: Yacht Racing During the Gilded Age at the Flagler Museum in Palm Springs, Florida and A Lively
Experiment: Rhode Islandʹs Colonial Charter at the Rhode Island Statehouse.
Online Access to Collections
Online Collections Catalog
http://j.mp/nhscatalog Not all collection items are available online yet: as data is verified and updated in the NHS database, more items will
be included. There are approximately 3,500 objects, 2,500 photographs, and 65 manuscript collections currently online.
Primarily for scholars, researchers, and enthusiastic members of the public.
Archives and Manuscripts Collection Inventory
http://j.mp/archivesinventory This resource represents the first step in an on‐going process to provide scholar and researcher access while more formal
processing is underway. This spreadsheet contains many unprocessed or unarranged collections, and may contain
incomplete information or even inaccuracies; but it is the first time in NHS history that a comprehensive manuscript
resource has been made available to the public. It has full‐text searching capability. For serious scholars and researchers.
Rhode Island Archives and Manuscripts Collection Online
http://j.mp/nhsriamco RIAMCO is a state‐wide repository for archival finding aids. As collections are formally processed and finding aids are
developed, they will be posted on RIAMCO. For serious scholars and researchers.
Explore Historic Newport
http://newporthistoryapp.com This web based app is accessible with any internet‐capable device, including desktop computers. It synthesizes
educational content, such as walking tours and other scholarship, with collections items such as historical photographs.
The appʹs GPS enabled interactive map pinpoints nearby historic sites. For everyone!
The Common Burying Ground Mapping Project
http://j.mp/buryinggroundmap The online map marks and identifies gravestones within the burying ground. Thus far, approximately 700 of the 7,900
gravestones have been added. Primarily intended to map religious affiliation within the burying ground, icons on the
map are color‐coded according to the deceased’s religious affiliation. Primarily for researchers and scholars, but could also
be enjoyed by the enthusiastic cemetery visitor.
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FISCAL YEAR 2012‐2013 ACCESSIONS
Accession # Description Donor
2012.24 Postcards of various Newport sites, circa 1910. Roehrich, Danielle
2012.25 Broadside advertising a minstrel show at the Opera House in
Newport, circa 1900. Borkowski, Stephen
2012.26 George Denniston stoneware jug, circa 1850. Leipsic, John
2012.27 Front newspaper pages, The Newport Union and the New Bedford
and Fall River Union, Saturday, October 12, 1901. Dyer, Katie
2012.28 Souvenir pitcher featuring Forty Steps and Channing Memorial
Church, circa 1935. Leipsic, John
2012.29 Record center boxes of processed records related to the Swinburne
School as well as many other artifacts from the School. Redwood Library & Athenaeum
2012.30 Record center boxes of unprocessed records, including
photographs, newspaper clippings, meeting minutes and monthly
reports from the Swinburne School.
Redwood Library & Athenaeum
2012.31 Testimony of Thomas Richardson, Rhode Islandʹs General
Treasurer to Martin Howard, Justice of the Peace, about his
involvement in forfeited lands by Joseph Munro of Swansea, 1756.
Wright, Josy
2012.32 Marriage certificate of Asa Sherman and Elizabeth Mitchell,
signed by witnesses at the Great Friends Meeting House, dated
1805.
Balmer, Rick D.
2012.33 Architectural documents from the King family, including an
plans/drawings for an addition to a house stamped by Dudley
Newton. Also included are specifications packet from McKim,
Mead and White Architects for LeRoy King’s Newport home, 1881‐1895.
Chase, David
2012.34 Photographs and correspondence from the Wheeler Paul family
of Newport, 1874‐1898. Hollins, Elizabeth K.
2012.38 Photograph, Mount Olivet Baptist Church, circa 1949. Thompson, Claudia
2012.36 Large doll measuring about 34.5ʺ named Mehetabel Howland
Hammett (nicknamed ʺHettyʺ) made by Sarah Matilda Howland
Hammett, 1884.
Buckman, Susan
2012.39 Naval photographs as well as some business documents from
family business, M.J. Smith Photography, 1900‐1930. Nelson, Trudy
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Accession # Description Donor
2012.40 Photographs with negatives of Vacluse, taken by John Howe
Hall, 1934. Kerr, Caroline
2012.41 Oversized Frank Child photographs of sailing vessels, 1897‐
1902. Preuthun, Vince
2012.42 Postcard, Wharf‐showing Constellation and USS Boxer,circa
1918. Orange County Regional
History Center
2012.43 Postcards of Lippit Castle, circa 1907. Marrin, Marian A. Bruen, Dr.
2012.44 Two wallpaper fragments, from the Rhoads‐Pease‐King House
at 32 Clarke Street, circa 1700. Long, Richard
2012.45 Photographs of the Auchincloss family, circa 1865. Auchincloss, Hugh
2012.46 Photograph of Newport Rescue No. 1 ambulance, outside
Cardines Field, 1967. Pennachi, George
2012.47 Photograph of National Division of North America Sons of
Temperence, Newport, RI, July 19‐23, no year. Possibly taken
at the First Baptist Church.
DiSaia, Ralph
2012.48 Silver spoon with marking consistent with Thomas Arnold
(1734‐1828). Arnold, Vincent
2012.49 ʺGeorge Washington and Rhode Island,ʺ 40pp, Hayley & Sykes
Company, 1932. Leipsic, John S.
2012.50 Two pipe bowls, 1845‐1875. Revock, Kimlee
2012.51 Navy Day medal. This medal commemorates a 2 day event
hosted by Theodore Roosevelt held on Eastonʹs Beach, 1913. Tarapow, Marcelo C., CDR
2012.52 Pair of andirons from the Thomas Robinson House,
64 Washington Street, 1760‐1820. Burckes, Margaret
2012.53 Photograph, Rogers High School, Class of 1950. Grinnell, Nancy
2012.54 Portrait of Rose Pastor Phelps Stokes, oil on canvas mounted
on board, circa 1915. Webb, Judith
2013.1 A desk once belonging to Rhode Island Senator Francis Malbone
(1759‐1809). Blodget, Francis Malbone, Jr.
ACCESSIONS continued
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Accession # Description Donor
2013.4 Postcards of various Newport locations, circa 1915. Femery, Carol
2013.5 Materials relating to Vernon Court Junior College, including
school newsletters, programs and pennants, 1964‐1966. Apicelli, Linda
2013.6 Business ledger of Otto Ruecker ledger, a clockmaker, 1892‐
1937. Audubon Society of Rhode Island
2013.7 Various family papers and documents of the Coggeshall and
Chase families, 1771‐1985. Dorothy Copeland Chase Farm
2013.8 An invoice for the sale of wood shipped aboard the Newport
packet ship, ʺRichard,ʺ consigned by Samuel and William
Vernon, 1751.
Leipsic, John
2013.11 Collection of family photographs, 1926‐1941. Dutra, Jack
2013.12 Twenty‐seven color postcards depicting Newport houses,
beaches, streetscapes, scenic points of interest; Naval War
College.
Fairbanks, Lois Ann
2013.13 Photographs of Villa Rosa, 1900‐1960. Kathrens, Michael
2013.14 Topham/Stacy family photographs and marriage certificate,
1850‐1970. Vislay, Cheryl
2013.15 Funeral home record books from Dunphy/Leary Funeral Home
located at 295 Broadway in Newport, 1899‐1958. Leary, Francis
2013.16 Mumford School 8th grade class photograph, 1932; Coggeshall
School, 6th grade class, 1930; Coggeshall School play cast and
crew photograph, 1930.
Fagan, Leone B.
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COLLECTIONS continued
A Sampling of Image Orders from the NHS Collection: 2012‐2013 Many additional requests for scholarly research and papers, personal and genealogical research, local architectural
research have been processed.
An American Experience: The Newport Jewish Community and Touro Synagogue by Melvin I. Urofsky, George
Washington Institute for Religious Freedom – Images of Mary Dyer painting by Howard Pyle, map of Newport
by John Mumford, and engraving of the Colony House.
At the Point of the Cutlass by Gregory Flemming – Image of Newport Harbor lithograph by John Perry Newell.
Belcourt, Alex and Ani – images of documents for house and property research.
Carrying the Torch: Maud Howe Elliot and the American Rennaisance by Nancy Grinnell – Image of Maud and
John Elliot from a personal photo album.
Council for Secular Humanism and Center for Inquiry, Buffalo – painting of Mary Dyer by Howard Pyle for
public presentation and video.
Elliot Museum, Florida – Images of early American aviator Hugh Willoughby for museum exhibit.
Flagler Museum, Florida – Images of various yachts for an exhibit entitled “Capturing the Cup: Yacht Racing
During the Gilded Age.”
Fort Sinquefield, Alabama – Drawing of a woman hanging wash by Michele Felice Cornè (c.1800) for interpretive
sign at site.
Freedom Trail Foundation, Boston – Image of Mary Dyer painting by Howard Pyle, used in mobile app and
educational materials.
Historic currency website, www.ricurrency.com – Images of selected banks in Newport, including Newport
National Bank, National Bank of Rhode Island, and National Exchange Bank.
Jail House Inn – Historic photographs of Newport and Newport Jail House for hotel display.
Jews on the Chocolate Trail by Rabbi Deborah Prinz – Image of page from Lopez Memorandum Book.
Legendary Locals of Jamestown, Rosemary Enright and Sue Maden, Jamestown Historical Society – Photographs of
Dr. John Sweet and an 18th‐century firkin.
Legendary Locals of Newport by Annie Sherman – Photographs of notable people and places in Newport.
Lion Television for PBS’ “History Detectivesʺ– Images of Valley Forge Plan and other documents.
Masked: The Life of Anna Leonowens by Alfred Habbeger – Image of letter from Mongkut, King of Siam, to
David O. King, 1855.
Newport Art Museum ‐ Photographs of Jane Stuart for introductory slideshow presentation.
Newport Daily News – “Then and Now” Column.
Newport Harbor Guide – Photograph of Ida Lewis for article, “Rescuing Rescue”
Newport This Week – “History Bytes” Column.
Oliver Hazard Perry in the Temple of Fame by Stephanie Ocko – Image of painting of Oliver Hazard Perry.
Preservation Society of Newport County – Images for Historic Newport Urban Plan Project and a public
presentation entitled “Paradise Revisited.”.
Everything Has a History: Buildings, Raintree Publishers – Image of letter written by Newport Gardner for a
children’s book.
Rhode Island Black Heritage Society – Photograph of Allen Brothers’ Touro Dining Rooms for “Sing for Your
Supper” exhibit, John Brown House, Providence.
“The Business of Slavery and Antislavery Sentiment: The Case of Rowland Gibson Hazard” by Christy
Clark‐Pujara, Rhode Island History, publication of the Rhode Island Historical Society – Image of Potter Family
overmantel painting.
Sylvester Manor Educational Farm, New York – Photograph of the Chesebrough House on Mary Street.
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“Towards a Global Material Culture: Domestic Interiors in the Atlantic and Other Worlds” by Dr. Michael North, The Eighteenth Century and the Habsburg Monarchy – Image of Potter Family overmantle painting.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Visitor Center, Sachuest Point – Photograph of steeplechase at Sachuest Point.
United Congregational Church – Postcard image and painting of Newport Harbor by James Nicholson for restoration
research.
Wickford Junction Train Station display – Photographs of steamships Eolus and The General.
Women of the Ocean State: 25 Rhode Island Women You Should Know, Apprentice Shop Books – Photograph of the James
Franklin press.
EXHIBITS
While the Brick Market Museum remains our primary exhibit facility, we continued to create temporary and satellite
exhibits.
Newport and the Cup! Vintage America’s Cup photos at Newport’s Visitor’s Center
Diversions and Entertainments in 19th Century: Broadsides from the Newport Historical Society’s Collections. Brick Market
Museum.
Hearth & Home: Keeping Warm in Early Newport. Brick Market Museum
The Greatest Trial: Lincoln, Newport, and the Civil War. Brick Market Museum
In collaboration with The Rhode Island Historical Society and the State Archives:
The Rhode Island Charter Room, the Statehouse, Providence
This year has also brought about a new program of virtual exhibits on our App, Explore Newport History. The exhibits in
our app have allowed us to tell more comprehensive stories surrounding a particular topic. We are no longer confined to
the physical limitations of space at our rotating gallery space at the Brick Market. This year, both of our exhibits at the
Museum of Newport History had extended content that the public could visit to supplement their experience. The online
exhibits remain available even after the physical exhibit is uninstalled, allowing our scholarship to be temporally
independent. Additionally, those unable to visit the museum exhibit can enjoy our them without having to be in
Newport, allowing us to reach a broader audience.
Extended content for Hearth and Home: Keeping Warm in Early Newport and The Greatest Trial: Lincoln, Newport and the Civil
War can still be viewed in the app.
As a result of the success of supplementing Museum exhibits in the App, this summer we created a number of born‐
digital exhibits. These new exhibits do not support or supplement another physical exhibit, but are exhibits in their own
right. This platform allows interns to complete extensive and thoughtful research using NHS collections, without the
hindrance of physical limitations and other exhibition logistics.
The Common Burying Ground Mapping Project
Hurricanes in Newport
Consumer Revolution in Newport
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LIBRARY *Denotes NHS Collections and Staff research.
2012‐13‐1 “A Caviar and Champagne Diplomat: The Memoirs of R. Campbell “Zup” James” ed. By Eugene Pool and
Oliver Janney 2012. Gift of Henry H. Anderson.
2012‐14‐1 Rhode Island’s Civil War Hospital: Life and Death at Portsmouth Grove 1862‐1865 by Frank L. Grzyb (North
Carolina: McFarland & Co. 2012) *NHS research and graphics, guest speaker. Gift of the author.
2012‐15‐1 A Journal of Travel: England, France, Belgium and Germany June 14‐Septemmber 4, 1862 by Rose Diamond
Phinney. Forward by George G. Herrick (Newport, RI 2012). Gift of George Herrick.
2012‐16‐1 New Israel/ New England: Jews and Puritans in Early America by Michael Hoberman (Univ. of
Massachusetts 2011) *NHS research. Gift of the publisher.
2012‐17‐1 To Bigotry No Sanction: George Washington and Religious Freedom by the National Museum of Jewish
History, Philadelphia. Exhibit catalog 29 June‐30 September 2012. Gift of the Museum.
2012‐18‐1 A Perfect Triangle: Aaron Lopez and the Colonial Mercantile System in Pre‐Revolutionary
Newport, Rhode Island by James M. Cook (Academic Thesis, Bates College 2012). *NHS research. Gift of
the author.
2013‐1‐1 Register of the Joseph H. Welling Papers. Naval Historical Collections #12 (Revised 2012). Gift of the Naval
War College.
2013‐2‐1 Register of the Thomas R. Weschler Papers. Naval Historical Collections # 44 (2012). Gift of the
Naval War College.
2013‐3‐1 Frank “Fiddler” Corridon: A Baseball History of Frank Corridon by Cindy Alger (Shutterfly Album 2011),
including CD. Gift of Evelyn Corridon Rohlin. [Corridon was a Newport native and played for the Philadelphia
Phillies. He was credited with inventing the “Spit Ball.”
2013‐4‐1 “Private Lives and Public Spaces: John Banister and Colonial Consumers” by Marian Mathison Derosiers.
Report on the John Banister Account Book 1746‐1749 from NHS Collections. RICH Grant and NHS Lecture 2012.
2013‐5‐1 One Colonial Woman’s World: The Life and Writings of Mehetabel Chandler Coit by Michelle Marchetti
Coughlin (Boston: University of Massachusetts Press 2012). Gift of the author. *NHS Ellery family collections.
Scheduled guest speaker.
2013‐6‐1 Ancestry of Tenth Generation Browns with Allied Maternal Lines by Christine Lamar (Providence 1998). Gift
of Capt. Nicholas Brown.
2013‐7‐1 George Washington at Head Quarters, Dobbs Ferry by Mary Sudman Donovan (NY: Universe Inc.)
Gift of Marie Robinson.
2013‐8‐1 Those Lawtons 1165‐1998 by Herbert A. Lawton, Sr. (Portsmouth, RI: Hamilton Printing Co.) Gift of John W.
Haggis.
2013‐9‐1 For the Common Defense: A Military History of the United States from 1607‐2012 by Allen R.
Millett et al. 3rd ed. (NY: Free Press 2012). Gift of the publisher.
2013‐10‐1 Some Descendants of Roger Billings of Dorchester, Massachusetts by Helen S. Ullman, CG, FASG (Boston:
Newbury Street Press NEHGS 2012). Gift of the author. *NHS references.
2013‐11‐3 Gift of the Dorothy C. Chase Estate, Portsmouth:Colonel Coggeshall: The Man Who Saved Lincoln by Freda
Postle Koch (Columbus, OH: PoKo Press 198).
Hurricane Pictures of Greater Fall River, September 1938 by the Fall River Herald News.
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Assorted historical and genealogical notes on Coggeshall, Chase and allied families of the Chase Farm, Portsmouth, RI.
2013‐12‐2 Gift of Richard Rundgren, Boston, MA:
Ogden Codman and the Decoration of Houses by Pauline C. Metcalf (Boston: The Boston Athenaeum 1988).
John and Elizabeth (Buck) Auchincloss: Their Descendants and Their Ancestry by Joanna Russell
Auchincloss and Caroline Auchincloss Fowler (1957). Duplicate copy.
2013‐13‐2 Gift of Thomas P. Dungan: “A Quest for Origins: The Search for the Parentage of William
Dungan, Perfumer of St. Martin‐in‐the‐Fields.” (10th imprint, 2011)
“Lewis Latham of Elstow, Bedfordshire ca. 1584‐1655. Sergeant Falconer to King Charles I, His Life, Estate and
Family” (2nd imprint 2012)
2013‐14‐1 The Horse in the City: Living Machines in the Nineteenth Century by Clay McShane and Joel Tarr (Baltimore:
Johns Hopkins University Press 2007) Gift of George Herrick
2013‐15‐1 Oliver Hazard Perry in the Temple of Fame by Stephanie Ocko (Boston: Riverbank Press 2012) Gift of the
author. *NHS research and collections.
2013‐16‐1 To Arrive Where We Started: A Pictorial Project by Peter Eudenbach. Exhibit Catalog, Redwood Library
and Athenaeum July 15, 2012‐June 30, 2013. Gift of the author, autographed. *NHS collections on loan.
2013‐17‐1 True Tales of Life and Death at Fort Adams by Kathleen Troost‐Cramer (History Press 2013). Gift of the
publisher.
2013‐18‐1 Items of Interest Concerning Oliver Hazard Perry in Newport, and Newport in the War of 1812 by the
Newport Historical Society 1913. Reprint by Forgotten Books 2012. Gift of the publisher.
2013‐19‐1 Roger Williams and The Creation of the American Soul: Church, State and the Birth of Liberty by John M.
Barry (Viking Press 2012). Gift of the publisher. Guest Speaker, June 2013.
2013‐20‐1 Historic Tales of Colonial Rhode Island: Aquidneck Island and the Founding of the Ocean State by Richard
V. Simpson (History Press 2012) Gift of the publisher.
2013‐21‐1 A Study of Chateau Sur Mer by Holly Collins (Report, Preservation Society of Newport County 14 June 2000)
Gift of the author. Typescript.
2013‐22‐1 Painted Rooms of Rhode Island, Colonial and Federal by Ann Eckert Brown (The Connecticut Press 2012).
Gift of the author. Features Wanton‐Lyman‐Hazard House. *NHS research and graphics.
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THE BRICK MARKET: MUSEUM & SHOP
The Brick Market: Museum & Shop is an integrated activity that builds audiences, educates the public and generates
revenue for the Newport Historical Society. In the 2012‐2013 fiscal year, gross retail saw a 20% boost with a $40,000
increase over 2011‐2012. This put total revenue for the Brick Market in excess of $250,000 which also included a 10%
increase in museum admissions. This growth in revenue is credited to the addition of new, and expansion of existing,
departments and product categories in our society store, and to the involved Museum visitor Staffing has also played a vital role in our growth. Cross‐training Museum staff within the Education Department has
proven successful in informing visitors to the Brick Market on both our retail and educational offerings, and has
permitted the Brick Market to expand its hours of operation.
IN THE MEDIA 2012‐13
During the 2012‐2013 fiscal year, the Newport Historical Society expanded media coverage both regionally and
nationally. Most of the coverage was obtained through print publications such as newspapers and magazines. In 2012,
the NHS received groundbreaking television coverage thanks to a feature on the popular PBS television show History
Detectives, and through a news spot on NBC 10 with Gene Valicenti. Additional media exposure was received through
the Newport Antiques Show and partnerships such as Rhody Ramble and a loan item for the exhibit Capturing the Cup:
Yacht Racing During the Gilded Age at the Flagler Museum in Palm Beach. Our Hurricane Sandy photograph project was
featured on WPRI news with meteorologist T. J. Del Santo. That feature led us to be Pin of the Day on History Pin, a
popular historical photograph mapping site.
This year, the NHS appeared in or was covered by:
Associated Press
Boston Globe / Boston.com
Drumbeat The Sons of the American
Revolution newsletter
Early American Life Magazine
Examiner.com
GoLocalProv.com
Jamestown Press
Insite.ReligiousTravelDirectory.com
Leisure Group Travel Magazine
NBC 10
NewportBuzz.com
Newport Life Magazine
Newport This Week
Patch.com
PBS History Detectives
Preservation Magazine
San Francisco Chronicle
The Herald News
TheHistoryList.com
The New York Times
The Newport Daily News
The Providence Journal
The Traveler
The Wall Street Journal
TravelNerd.com
WPRI.com
NEWPORT ANTIQUES SHOW 2012
1stdibs.com
American Fine Art Magazine
Antiques & Fine Art Magazine
Antiques & The Arts Weekly
ArtDaily.org
Design New England Magazine
Du Jour Magazine
NewFocusOn.com
New England Home Magazine
Newport Home Magazine
NewportSeen.com
Palm Beach Daily News
Quest Magazine
Rhode Island Public Radio
SoCo Magazine
Southern New England Living Magazine
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NEWPORT HISTORICAL SOCIETY 2012‐2013
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
OFFICERS
Thomas P. I. Goddard
President
Harrison M. Wright
First Vice President
Jessica Hagen
Second Vice President
Dorienne Farzan
Secretary
Dickson G. Boenning
Treasurer
James Farrar
Beatriz Ford
George G. Herrick
Victoria Johnson
Pamela Kelley
Roger H. King
Elizabeth Leatherman
Matthew H. Leys
Doug Newhouse
Nancy Parker Wilson
Honorary Director
Anne F. Hamilton
Presidents Emeriti
Richard I. Burnham
Kenneth H. Lyons
Dennis F. McCoy
John J. Salesses
NHS STAFF
Ruth S. Taylor
Executive Director
Loraine M. Byrne
Administrative & Membership Manager
Deborah A. Carmone
Bookkeeping
Mathew DeLaire
Public Engagement Specialist
Bertram Lippincott III
Reference Librarian & Genealogist
Charles Morgan
Facilities Maintenance
Stacie Parillo
Registrar / Archivist
Ingrid Peters
Director of Education
Jennifer Robinson
Collections Assistant
Elizabeth Sulock
Public Affairs Associate
Kathleen Vanderveer
Director of Retail Operations
James L. Yarnall, Ph.D.
Editor, Newport History
BRICK MARKET
Part Time
Kassie Ettefagh
Emily Stenning
Renee Walker‐Tuttle
LEADERSHIP COUNCIL
Hugh D. Auchincloss III
Sylvia Brown
Richard I. Burnham
Richard C. Crisson
Elaine Forman Crane
David B. Ford
Anne F. Hamilton
Edward W. Kane
Michael C. Kathrens
Karen Lloyd
Philip C. Marshall
Doug Riggs
Gerald W. R. Ward
Edward L. Widmer
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MEMBERS
1854 Society
Mr. and Mrs. Richard I. Burnham Bart Dunbar and Lisa Lewis
Mrs. George E. Ford Mr. and Mrs. James W. Lloyd Rdml. and Mrs. Dennis McCoy Dwight and Susan Sipprelle Mr. and Mrs. Paul Steinbrenner
Patron
Mrs. Russell Barnett Aitken Harry and Wendy Atterbury Mrs. Barbara Lloyd Baker Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Ballard Merrilyn Bardes Mr. and Mrs. Francis Malbone Blodget, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. James J. Coleman, Jr. Elizabeth Prince de Ramel Mrs. John R. Donnell Mr. and Mrs. William P. Egan Patricia Hamilton Fernandez Mr. Ronald Lee Fleming David B. Ford Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Gewirz Mr. and Mrs. Stephen L. Glascock Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Grace
Mr. and Mrs. James B. Gubelmann Mr. and Mrs. N. Peter Hamilton Mrs. Victoria Johnson Edward W. Kane and Martha J. Wallace Mr. and Mrs. Roger E. Kass Pamela and Brendan Kelley Kevin and Debbie Kelley Belinda Kielland Mr. and Mrs. Peter D. Kiernan III Mr. and Mrs. Roger H. King, Jr. William and Elizabeth Leatherman Mr. Henry S. Lynn, Jr. Peter E. Madden Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Manice Juliette C. McLennan Brian McNally
Charles Miller and Birch Coffey Mr. Douglas L. Newhouse and Dr. Holly M. Bannister Anne Owen Pontez Mr. and Mrs. Frederick H. Prince Mr. & Mrs. Frank N. Ray Jay and Suzette Schochet Jane M. Timken Mr. and Mrs. John A. van Beuren Mr. and Mrs. Archbold D. van Beuren Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth R. Woodcock
Sponsor
Mr. George C. Bitting
Mr. and Mrs. Dickson G. Boenning Mr. and Mrs. Josiah Bunting
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas P. I. Goddard Jim and Anne Hogg Tisha Kalberer Mr. Peter King III Steven and Angela Kumble Mr. and Mrs. Robert Leduc Mr. Brian W. OʹReilly list as Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Otorowski Mr. Richard S. Palmer Mr. and Mrs. Brian C. Pelletier John and Linda Purdy Brooke and Barbara Roberts Seventh Day Baptist New England
Yearly Meeting Seventh Day Baptist Missionary Society Seventh Day Baptist Historical Society Mr. and Mrs. William L. Wallace Brenda and Jay Wilson
History Guild
Paul Brueggemann Katherine Dimancescu Ralph Gizzi Margaret Tanner Glover Mr. David P. Leys Stephen C. Maxson Mrs. Cortlandt Parker Mr. John M. Peixinho Brenda L. Sullivan Judith Webb
Household/Family
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Beerkircher Mrs. Anne Wister G. Boenning Rev. and Mrs. Hébert W. Bolles Mr. and Mrs. Steven Boshi David and Caroline Brodsky Karen and Kevin Caddell Trudy Coxe and Jim Gaffney Jack and Donna Flynn Kathleen Gallichio Robert and Laura Gilbert Mr. and Mrs. Sidney S. Gorham III
Dr. and Mrs. Paul E. Green Ms. Jessica Hagen Dorrance Hamilton Prof. and Mrs. John B. Hattendorf Dr. Judith G. Holcomb Robert and Lynn Hughs Meghan Johnston Martha and Edward Keagle Philip C. Marshall Pat Mathinos Pauline C. Metcalf Antoinetta Moore Mr. and Mrs. William J. Museler Ms. Clara A. Perlingiero Laura Rose and Bill Hall
Joseph and Maureen Roxe Peter and Sharon Siegl Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Sinclair Mr. John Lyman Slocum Marcia and David B. Tanner Rev. Dr. Jane A. and Mr. John Tomaine
Mr. Christopher Townsend George and Phyllis Walker
Islander Household Capt. and Mrs. Richard G. Alexander Dominique Alfandre and Thomas Palmer Mr. and Mrs. John W. Bagwill Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Beaver Mr and Mrs. Ronald Becker Mr. Nicholas Benson Mr. and Mrs. Theodore A. Bierwirth Nancy Blackwell Kevin and Theresa Block Paul and Maxine Bornstein Mr. and Mrs. John Broughan
James Burress William and Mary Caine John and Patricia Caswell James Caswell Mr. and Mrs. John D. Caulfield Martha and James Chadwick Mr. and Mrs. Robert Miles Chandler Martha Clark Mr. Neill F. Coffey Mr. and Mrs. Lyn Comfort Capt. and Mrs. Lee Crane Mr. Brian Cunha Mr. and Mrs. Peter Damon Paul and Valerie Debrule Mr. and Mrs. Edward Dowski Mr. and Mrs. William A. Durgin
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald H. DuVall Dan and Kerry Dwyer Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Edenbach Harry and Donna Elkin Thomas Emmett and Amy Garrison Stephen and Bonnie Erickson Maia and Donald Farish Mr. and Mrs. Mohamad Farzan Mr. and Mrs. Tylor Field II Katherine Field & Associates Bruce and Kathy Foulke John and Elizabeth Gilpatric Lynne Glickman and Mark Kanter John and Sandra Good L. Neill and Leslie J. Gray Rev. and Mrs. Everett H. Greene
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Grosvenor Mr and Mrs. Frank Stewart Hale II Mr. and Mrs. Daniel F. Harrington The Hazel‐McEntee Family Robert and Angela Healey
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Mr. and Mrs. Michael Henlyshyn David Howe Keith and Maris Humphreys Kim and Larry Ingeneri Capt. and Mrs. Charles W. Jauss Mrs. Mary M. Jennings Leonard Katzman and Jhodi Redlich
Lewis and Trudy Keen Brian F. and Laurie J. Kelly Mrs. James D. Klau Mr. and Mrs. Reynold T. Larsen Mr. and Mrs. Matthew H. Leys Mr. and Mrs. Bertram Lippincott, Jr. Beverly Little Aimee Lunn and Matthew Medeiros Mr. and Mrs. Ed Madden Mr. and Mrs. Curtis W. Magee Mr. and Mrs. John H. Manice Stephen and Lynn Marino Dr. and Mrs. Charles F. McCaffrey Herbert Meister Robert and Kathleen Morton Michael and Beverly Muessel
Leonard and Christine Murphy Dr. and Mrs. Michael Murphy Mr. Finbarr Murray Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Nemtzow Anthony and Olivia Nuzzo Mr. Ronald J. Onorato Dr. and Mrs. Frederick A. Peirce Mr. Christopher T. H. Pell Mr. Raymond S. Perry Mr. Ralph Plumb ‐ Brick Alley Pub Mrs. Virginia P. Purviance Mr. and Mrs. David L. Reed Capt. Peter A. Rice, USN (Ret.) Douglas and Mary Riggs Denise Roberts and David Barnes Mr. and Mrs. John Rok
Mrs. Pamela Rooney Mr. and Mrs. Pieter Roos Bayard and Pamela Russell Kim Salerno, Steven and Deirdre Irvine Drs. Kurt and Mary Murphy Schlicting Mr. and Mrs. J. Ian Scott Mr. and Mrs. Richard B. Sheffield Mr. and Mrs. Edwin S. Sheffield Mr. and Mrs. Michael Shepherd Mr. and Mrs. Albert K. Sherman, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. Sherman III Mr. and Mrs. John Michael Skaggs Timothy and Linda Somes Carolyn and William Stone Richard Svelta and Joseph Kelly Mr. and Mrs. Dennis M. Taber
Pieter and Nina Taselaar Amb. Paul and Dr. Dorcas Taylor Mr. and Mrs. Stuyvesant Vanderveer Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Walker
Ms. Pat Watrous Rabbi and Mrs. Loel Weiss Bruce Westgate Diane B. Wilsey Nancy Parker Wilson David and Ellen Wixted David and Paula Wood
Mr. and Mrs. Donato Ziurella Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Zvanovec
Individual
Candy Alves Preston Anderson
Ms. Florence G. Archambault Ms. Ann E. Arnold James Auchincloss Nancy Austin Mrs. Jean L. Babcock Cherry Fletcher Bamberg Tricia Baylor Esteban Beetar‐Mestre Robbie M. Benjamin Stephen Biga Lenys Biga Patricia Blakeley Mr. David E. Boenning Joan Boghossian Melanie Sharp Bolster Ms. Pamela C. Bradford
Mr. John F. Brady Edward Brassard Mrs. Nancy Preston Bredbeck James E. Brooks Mr. Timothy J. Brown Mr. Gilbert Brownell Mary Brunell Mrs. Ruth Buchanan Marilyn Bunnewith Mrs. George Jacobs Mr. James Buttrick Elena B. Cabot Barbara Hayes Carpenter Dr. Mark L. Carr Dr. Anthony T. Carrellas Karin Cassell Patricia A. Cassidy
Mrs. William J. Catlett, Jr. Norman Champagne Ms. Letty R. Champion Ms. Evelyn M. Cherpak Michael Christensen Clambake Club of Newport Mrs. Joan Clemens Ms. Paulette Cleveland James Cole Ms. Mary C. Connolly Edward A. Connolly Kay Cooke Mrs. Nancy Corkery
Mr. Michael R. Cottrell Elaine F. Crane Mr. Richard C. Crisson Michael J. Cullen Dr. Colette L. Cunningham Mrs. Marilyn D. Curtis William R. Curtis
Ms. Sue Hensley Cushing Betty Czech Ms. Susan F. Daly Paul Davis Gayle Davis Claire DeBlois‐Murtaugh Jane A. Desforges Russell DeSimone Mark DeVine Susan Dias Mrs. Lois D. Dickison Ms. Mary Jo Dieckhaus Mr. William L. Douglas, Jr. Mrs. Alexandra Driscoll Patricia A. Drislane Mrs. Michelle Drum
Thomas Dungan Jane H. Dwyer Mrs. Charles Edenbach Jonathan Edwards Naemi Engler Rosemary Enright Karen Estes Marian Estes Mr. Harry J. Eudenbach Mr. Michael Evangelisi Mr. Jonathan K. Farnum Brenda M. Finn Chuck Flippo Michael Franco Ms. Joan C. Frank Thomas F. Freeman
Ms. Jae French Mr. Peter Garcia Charles Gardner Mr. Terrence Gavan Bari George Mr. Francis X. Girr Mrs. Frieda Weaver Gockel Judith Goranson Benjamin Grande Ms. Nancy Whipple Grinnell Mrs. Lloyd P. Griscom, Jr. Mr. Frank L. Grzyb Mr. Willard T. Hall Charles A. Hambley, Jr. Mrs. Linda Shea Hammer Mr. Paul H. Harpin
Mr. Vernon A. Harvey Joanne Harvey Jane K. Hence
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Mrs. Bushnell Pearce Henry Mr. Eric Hertfelder Kathy Hitt Mrs. Elizabeth C. Houlihan Joanne Hovey Mrs. Richard F. Hunnewell Susan Iglehart Ms. Martha FitzGerald Jensen Mr. Daniel W. Jones, Jr.
Kathleen Jones Mr. Peter Colt Josephs Jill H. Kassis Mr. Michael C. Kathrens Mr. John G. Kavanagh Ms. Winifred P. Kelley Thomas Kennedy Mrs. Linda Kiederer Susan Kieronski Mr. David Kilroy Mr. Patrick G. Kirby Mary Klee Mr. Albert T. Klyberg Mrs. Dennis Kukulski Cot LaFond Mrs. Waltrude A. Lampé
Jan Elizabeth Landwehr John Langley James Lanzillo Ms. Christine Laudon Mrs. Dorothy G. Lawton Albert Lees Tim Lehnert John Leipsic Barbara Levantrosser Mr. William H. Leys Andrew Lindh Sarah Littlefield Mr. Richard C. Loebs, Jr. Katherine Long G. Kirk Looper Richard J. Lundgren
Jack MacDonald Mrs. Susan Maden Donald Magee Douglas Manoni Mr. James D. Marinan Mrs. Vernon H. Mark Mr. Thomas P. Mazza Dr. Julie C. McAlpine Mr. William J. McAtee Christian McBurney Mrs. John H. McCain Bruce D. McLean Arthur Mead Mr. Rufus W. Meadows Gloria Merchant Mr. Paul F. Miller
Ms. Jane S. Miner Kirtley S. Mitchell
Mr. Charles J. Moore Mr. Edward T. Morris William E. Mullins Mrs. Barbara Bye Murdock Mr. Patrick F. Murphy Michele G. Musselman Ms. Marya C. Myers Mrs. Geraldine Nagle Charles P. Neimeyer
Karl W. Nelson John W. Nelson III Carol Nelson‐Lee Sanford Neuschatz Ms. Nancy Newbury Newmans LTD Ms. Natalie N. Nicholson Fay Norred Ms. Leslie North Mr. Daniel J. Oakley Mr. Roderick B. OʹHanley Susan Oliver Meaghan OʹNeill Patricia OʹSullivan Jay Jarvis Page Patrice Palermo
Mr. Leonard J. Panaggio Mr. Michael A. Pare Steven A. Perry Carolyn Petrocelli Mrs. Alberta T. Picozzi Peter Piness Capt. Donald Pizinger Judith Porter Ms. Lorraine F. Pregenzer Mr. John F. Quinn Alicia Quirk Mrs. Mary H. Reynolds Mr. Joseph F. Richards Mr. Donald C. Richards Ms. Penelope B. Roberts Mrs. Marie A. Robinson
Ms. Michelle Roche Denise Rollins Ms. Kathleen K. Russell Nancy Ryan Mr. Harold Sands Mr. Turner C. Scott, Esquire Mrs. Donna Shafer Kathleen Shannon Ms. Jan C. Shapin Mr. Arthur Shattuck Mrs. Albert K. Sherman Mr. James M. Silvia Scott Skuncik Robin Skuncik Jones Mrs. Susan Small Mrs. Mary Beth Smith
Mr. Gregory A. Smith Mary Alice Smith
Mr. William F. Spencer Dino Spentzos Mr. Jeffrey L. Staats, AIA, AICP Mrs. Patricia A. Steel Mr. Nicholas M. Stephens Mr. James A. Stratford Linda Straube Lisa Stuart Mr. Roger J. Sullivan
John F. Sullivan Karen Taylor Mrs. Anna Templeton‐Cotill Janet Thorngate Mr. John C. Thresher Carl Tiska Robert Townsend Trump Frederic B. Underwood Kathleen G. Upchurch Kari Van Buren Cheryl Vislay Anne Wagner Jane MacLeod Walsh Alexander G. Walsh Mrs. Elinor B. Warburg Dr. Eileen Warburton
Gerald Ward Mr. Robert S. Weibust Robert Weiner Capt. Charles F. Weishar CDR Ralph Weiss Mr. James Wermuth Mr. Charles W. Wharton III Ms. Catherine White Almeida CDR Walter J. Whitley Mrs. Helen S. Wilkey Mr. J. Gordon Willard Mr. Sydney O. Williams Phillip Wilson Mrs. Susan Woythaler Dr. Elizabeth G. Wylie Mr. James L. Yarnall
Mrs. Robert Yeaton Dr. Catherine Zipf
Scholar
April Bellafiore Samuel Biagetti Mrs. Joan Caffrey
Elizabeth Cazden Adam Choice Christina Connett David de Muzio Dr. Marian Mathison Desrosiers Caroline Frank Richard E. Garland Daphne Geanacopuolos Mr. Charles S. Gifford Christine Haverington Frankie Hutton
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William Leeman Sarah J. McDonough John Parrillo Dr. Verna B. Robinson Mr. William S. Rogers Mr. Richard C. Rohrs Holly Snyder Laurie Tvedt Kenneth M. Walsh
Chuck Watkins Linda Welters Michael J. White Mr. Richard Guy Wilson Dr. Fred Zilian
Lifetime
Mr. and Mrs. Larry Allen
Mr. Henry H. Anderson, Jr.
Mrs. Maryalice E. Barker
Ms. Mary K. Baumgartner
Dr. Joseph Blumen
Mr. and Mrs. Richard N. Bohan
Dr. and Mrs. Howard S. Browne
Mrs. Helen D. Buchanan
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Butler
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond W. Caine, Jr.
Mr. James F. Carlin, Jr.
Mrs. Ralph E. Carpenter
Mr. Dayton T. Carr
Mr. David W. Chase
Mrs. William Cooper
Mr. Jack Cory
Mr. Frederick A. Cushing
Mr. William J. Donovan, Jr.
Mr. Edward P. Evans
Angela B. Fischer
Mrs. John W. Fiske
Ms. Faith Underhill Fogle
Mr. Richard E. Ford
Mr. Henry Foster
Mr. Robert G. Goelet
Mr. and Mrs. John E. Hall
Mrs. Samuel M. V. Hamilton
Mr. and Mrs. S. Matthews V. Hamilton, Jr.
Marion O. Harris
Mr. Alexander B. Hawes
Mrs. Diana Hepting
Mr. and Mrs. George G. Herrick
Dr. Joanne and Mr. C. Gus Hologgitas
Mrs. Stanley B. Jaffe
Mrs. Donald Wiles James, Jr.
Peter Jefferys
Mr. William V. Keary
Mr. Eugene LaParle, Jr.
Mr. John G. Laramee
Ms. Marie Lederer
Mr. James W. Lees
Mrs. Elizabeth Long
Capt. and Mrs. Kenneth H. Lyons
Ms. Laura Manchester Smith
Mrs. Hayward F. Manice
William T. McCue, Jr.
Ms. Elizabeth E. Meyer
Mr. and Craig J. Millard
Mrs. Helen I. Miller
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur C. Milot
Gloria Nagy and Richard Saul Wurman
Eugene OʹReilly
Mrs. Ruth Orthwein
Mrs. Nuala Pell
Mrs. Nancy W. Pendleton
Ms. Jill M. Radel
Ms. Margaret Rhodes
Mrs. Gregg Ring
Mrs. John Newbold Robinson
Mr. Richard Robinson
Mr. Nicholas B. Scheetz
Mr. Harry A. Schult
Mrs. Paul Scura
Mr. James V. Serzan
Mr. Alfred R. Simson
Mrs. Stephen W. Spencer
Mr. Lewis T. Steadman
Mrs. Luise Strauss
Ms. Sally Alice Unkles
Ms. Mary Jo Valdes
Mr. Paul Valente
Mr. and Mrs. William M. Vareika
Capt. and Mrs. G. L. Voegeli
Mrs. James W. Winston
Ms. Stacey E. Wolf
Mr. and Mrs. Harrison M. Wright
Mrs. James Wright
Mr. and Mrs. Ellicott Wright
Mr. G. Richard Young
Library / Museum
Allen County Public Library
American Antiquarian Society
Boston Public Library
Brown University, Rockefeller Library
Cincinnati Public Library
Community College of RI, Newport Library
Cornell University Library
Dallas Public Library
DAR Library
EP Ipswich Editorial Department
Library of Boston Athenaeum
Middletown Public Library
Museum of Newport Irish History
Naval War College Library
Newport Public Library
Phillips Memorial Library, Prov. College
Portsmouth Free Public Library
Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Roger Williams University Library
Salve Regina University Library Winterthur Museum and Library Wisconsin Historical Society Periodicals
Business Members
Alexandra Allardt, ArtCare Resources
BankNewport
Bardorf & Bardorf
Empire Tea & Coffee
Bowenʹs Wharf Company, Inc.
Christieʹs
Coastline Trust Company
Corcoran, Peckham, Hayes & Galvin, P.C.
American Art & Antiques
Lila Delman Real Estate of Newport
Dwyer Insurance Agency
Farrar & Associates, Inc.
Vantage in Philanthropy
Jessica Hagen Fine Art + Design
Pearls Boutique Hotels
NewportFed
Northeast Collaborative Architects
Koziara, OʹReilly & Skuncik, Ltd.
Washington Trust Company
Old Quarter Partners
Newport Art Museum
Newport Restoration Foundation
Redwood Library & Athenaeum
Tennis Hall of Fame
Touro Synagogue
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ANNUAL FUND 2012‐13
$5,000+
William and Elizabeth Leatherman
Mr. and Mrs. John A. van Beuren
$2,500 to $4,999
Harry and Wendy Atterbury
Mr. Hugh D. Auchincloss III
Mrs. Barbara Lloyd Baker
Mr. and Mrs. S. Matthews V. Hamilton, Jr.
Edward W. Kane and Martha J. Wallace
Deborah Kelsey
Robert and Heidi Manice
Gloria Nagy and Richard Saul Wurman
Mr. Douglas L. Newhouse
and Dr. Holly Bannister
Jane M. Timken
$1,000 to $2,499
Dominique Alfandre and Thomas Palmer
Mr. and Mrs. Dickson G. Boenning
Mrs. Helen D. Buchanan
Mr. and Mrs. Richard I. Burnham
Ms. Elizabeth Prince de Ramel
Mr. James Farrar
Dr. and Mrs. Edwin G. Fischer
Mrs. George E. Ford
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas P. I. Goddard
Mr. and Mrs. George G. Herrick
Pamela and Brendan Kelley
Ms. Belinda Kielland
Robert and Heidi Manice
Rdml. and Mrs. Dennis McCoy
Mrs. Juliette C. McLennan
Mr. Pieter Roos
Mrs. Nuala Pell
Mr. and Mrs. Jay R. Schochet
Mrs. Luise Strauss
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth R. Woodcock
Mr. and Mrs. Harrison M. Wright
$500 to $999
Captain and Mrs. Nicholas Brown
Mr. Bartlett S. Dunbar
Mr and Mrs. Lyn Comfort
Nancy W. Cushing
Mr. Mel Davey, American Art & Antiques
Vincent and Erica DiBona
Steve and Nuala Duffy
Mrs. George E. Ford
Mr. and Mrs. John T. Good
Ms. Jessica Hagen
Mrs. Samuel M. V. Hamilton
Mrs. Victoria Johnson
Lewis and Trudy Keen
Mr. Daniel K. Kinder
Mr. Roger H. King, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. James Klau
Mr. and Mrs. James W. Lloyd
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth H. Lyons
Mrs. John P. C. Matthews
Capt. Clara A. Perlingiero
Denise Roberts
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph F. Sullivan
Kathleen and Charles
Stuyvesant Vanderveer
Ms. Diane B. Wilsey
Mrs. Nancy Parker Wilson
Mr. and Mrs. Ellicott Wright
$100 to $499
Ms. Victoria J. Avery
Mr. and Mrs. Harold dʹO. Baker
Mrs. Maryalice E. Barker
Mr. and Mrs. Mortimer Berkowitz III
Mr. and Mrs. Theodore A. Bierwirth
Mrs. Anne Wister G. Boenning
John and Winnie Broughan
David C. Brown
Mrs. Henry W. Brownell
Brig. Gen. and Mrs. John C. Burney
James Burress
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Cahill
Ms. Denise Campbell
Deborah and Matthew Carmone,
King Lock Company, Inc.
Mrs. Patricia A. Cassidy
Jonna Chewning
Mr. and Mrs. Neill F. Coffey
Ms. Elaine F. Crane
Mr. Richard C. Crisson
Mr. Howard G. Cushing
Mrs. C. Mathews Dick, Jr.
Ms. Katherine Dimancescu
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel F. Dwyer III
Mr. and Mrs. Mohamad Farzan
Mr. Louis A. Fazzano
Mr. Ronald Lee Fleming
Wini and Bob Galkin
Mr. and Mrs. Sidney S. Gorham III
Ms. Jessica Hagen
Mr. and Mrs. Peter W. Harris
Edward and Wendy Harvey
Patrick OʹN. Hayes, Jr. and Mary C. Hayes
Jim and Anne Hogg
Dr. and Mrs. B. Thomas Hutchinson
Mrs. Susan L. Iglehart
Peter Jefferys
Ms. Mary M. Jennings
Mr. Daniel W. Jones, Jr.
Mr. William S. Jones
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Kinder
Mr. Peter King
Mr. Albert T. Klyberg
Mrs. John V. Lanzieri
Mrs. Charles M. Leighton
Mr. and Mrs. Matthew H. Leys
Mr. William H. Leys
Mr. Henry C. B. Lindh
Edward C. Long III and Evelyn Rhodes
Hon. and Mrs. Ronald K. Machtley
Michael and Marion Mariner
Stephen and Lynn Marino
Elizabeth Rollins Mauran
The Hazel‐McEntee Family
Mr. Herbert Meister
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur C. Milot
Mrs. Kirtley S. Mitchell
Mrs. Geraldine Nagle
Mr. and Mrs. J. Timothy OʹReilly
Mr. Richard S. Palmer
Mr. Christopher T. H. Pell
Peter A. and Pamela J. Pelletier
Michael Hunter Phelps
Mr. and Mrs. James A. Purviance
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Radel
David and Leslie Reed
Douglas and Mary Riggs
Brooke and Barbara Roberts
Eugene and Lynn Roberts
Mr. and Mrs. Donald O. Ross
Mr. Joseph D. Roxe
Maj. Gen. and Mrs. John J. Salesses
Mr. Nicholas B. Scheetz
Mrs. Albert K. Sherman
Peter and Sharon Siegl
Mr. James M. Silvia
Ms. Marie Spicer
Mrs. Anna Templeton‐Cotill
Mr. Asheton C. Toland
Mr. Christopher Townsend
Kay and Kent Van Allen
Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Walker
Mr. Alexander G. Walsh
Dr. Eileen Warburton
Capt. Charles F. Weishar
VAdm. and Mrs. Thomas R. Weschler
Mr. Charles W. Wharton III
Mary and Redwood Wright
Dr. Catherine W. Zipf
and Mr. Mark Courtney
To $99
Mrs. Jean L. Babcock
Mr. and Mrs. John Bagwill, Jr.
Mrs. Cherry Fletcher Bamberg
Mr. Nicholas Benson
Carolyn and Andy Bjork
Janet and Andy Boyes
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Mr. and Mrs. William A. Briggs, Jr.
Mr. Ross Sinclair Cann
Deborah and Matthew Carmone
Mrs. William J. Catlett, Jr.
Mrs. Letty R. Champion
Ms. Evelyn M. Cherpak
Mary Jane Behrends Clark
James P. Gaffney and Trudy M. Coxe
Mr. Norman Desmarais
Mr. William L. Douglas, Jr.
Mr. Stanley J. Ehrlich
Ms. Caroline Frank
Glenn and Kristie Gardiner
Mr. Francis X. Girr
Mrs. Frieda Weaver Gockel
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Gorman
Rev. and Mrs. Everett H. Greene
Ms. Nancy Whipple Grinnell
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Grosvenor
Mr. Charles Hambly, Jr.
Mr. Paul H. Harpin
Marion O. Harris
Mrs. Donald M. Hazard
Robert and Angela Healey
Keith and Maris Humphreys
Leonard Katzman
Edward and Martha Keagle
Hank and Bonnie Kniskern
Ms. Sarah Knowles
Mrs. Dorothy G. Lawton
Dorothy and Edwin Madden
Mr. Christian M. McBurney
Mr. Christian M. McBurney
Mr. Arthur C. Mead
Mr. and Mrs. John Mendez
Mr. Matthew S. Moran
Ms. Mena OʹConnor
Mr. Ronald J. Onorato
Mrs. Patrice OʹBrien Palermo
Ms. Lorraine F. Pregenzer
David and Leslie Reed
Mr. Joseph F. Richards
Mr. Nathan Rogers
Mr. William S. Rogers
Ms. Kay Russell
Mr. Arthur Shattuck
Mr. and Mrs. Richard B. Sheffield
Dr. and Mrs. Peter A. Shocket
Ms. Ann C. Souder
Mr. William H. F. Spencer
Dennis E. Stark
Mr. Roger J. Sullivan
Mr. John C. Thresher
Jennifer Tuleja
Ms. Mary Jo Valdes
Mr. Robert J. Weiner, Jr.
Ms. Linda Welters
Mr. Sidney O. Williams
Dr. Elizabeth G. Wylie
Robert and Kathleen Yeaton
Dr. Fred Zilian
ADDITIONAL SUPPORT
Buchanan / Burnham Internship
Mrs. Helen D. Buchanan Mr. and Mrs. Richard I. Burnham
Challenging the Future Capital Campaign (not including pledges) Mr. and Mrs. Dickson G. Boenning
Mr. and Mrs. Richard I. Burnham
James Farrar, Farrar Associates, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Mohamad Farzan
Barr A. Flynn,
Newport Community Church
Mr. and Mrs. George G. Herrick
Mrs. Victoria Johnson
Pamela and Brendan Kelley
Mr. and Mrs. Matthew H. Leys
NewPort Architecture LLC
Mr. and Mrs. Harrison M. Wright
Alletta Morris McBean Charitable Trust
BankNewport
Prince Charitable Trusts
Collections (Lost & Found) van Beuren Charitable Foundation, Inc.
Memorial Gifts Sandy and Jim OʹNeill
in Memory of Peg OʹNeill Lynda Uperti
in Memory of Stella Morrell Gomes
Spectacle of Toleration Ambassador John L. Loeb, Jr.
RI Council for the Humanities
Newport Antiques Show 2012 Founding Sponsor
William Varieka Fine Arts
Preview Party Sponsor
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.
Corporate Sponsors
Chubb Group of Insurance Companies
Freemanʹs
Howard Johnson Hotel Group
Lockwood Furniture Restoration
NewportFed
Woodbury Antiques
Newport Antiques Show 2012 Founders
Mrs. Russell B. Aitken
Carol and Les Ballard
Merrilyn Bardes
Mr. and Mrs. James J. Coleman, Jr.
Mrs. John R. Donnell
Bill and Jacalyn Egan
Mr and Mrs Michael Fernandez
Mr. Ronald Lee Fleming
Mr. David B. Ford and Ms. Pamela L. Fielder
Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Gewirz
Mrs. Robert M. Grace
Mr. and Mrs. James B. Gubelmann
Mr. and Mrs. S. Matthews V. Hamilton, Jr.
Mrs. Samuel M. V. Hamilton
Mr. and Mrs. Roger E. Kass
Mr. and Mrs. Peter D. Kiernan III
Mr. Henry Sharpe Lynn, Jr.
Mr. Peter E. Madden
Brian J. McNally
Doug Newhouse and Holly Bannister
Anne Owen‐Pontez
Frederick and Diana Prince
Mr. and Mrs Stephen L. Glascock
Archie and Helene van Beuren
Mr. and Mrs. John A. van Beuren
Mr. and Mrs. William Vareika
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander von Auersperg
Mr. and Mrs. William L. Wallace
Individual Sponsors
Brittain Bardes
Mr. and Mrs. Richard I Burnham
Nancy and Richard Brickley
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Gilbane, Jr.
William L. Wallace
Media Sponsors
American Fine Art Magazine
Design New England Magazine
New England Home Magazine
Newport Daily News
Rhode Island PBS
Rhode Island Public Radio
SoCo Magazine
The Magazine Antiques
All lists may be incomplete.
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Operating Revenue Contributions & Support Foundation Grants $ 95,000 Corporation Income $ 12,000 Individual contributions $ 130,000 State Grant $ 3,884 Earned Income Academic Services $ 9,000 Admissions $ 13,000 Tour Fees $ 40,000 Membership Fees $ 31,000 Brick Market Sales $ 225,000 Rental income $ 8,000 Internet Sales $ 4,000 Other Revenue Special events $ 116,000 Endowment Distribution $ 112,000 Mellon Distribution $ 20,000 Other (funds released, etc.) $ 6,500 Capital Campaign subsidy $ 35,000 Total Revenues $ 860,384 Expenses Salaries and Fringe $ 517,439 Marketing/Development/Members $ 24,000 Museum $ 5,000 Programs $ 17,000 Inventory Expenses $ 115,000 Building & Grounds Maintenance $ 27,500 Accounting/Audit Services $ 10,000 Legal/Consulting Services $ 2,000 Meals & Entertainment $ 2,000 Merchant Service Fees $ 9,000 Insurance $ 22,000 Equipment Rental/Maintenance $ 4,100 Fees, Licenses & Permits $ 410 Information Technology $ 17,500 Office Supplies $ 10,500 Postage & Delivery $ 5,300 Printing $ 12,000 Security $ 5,300 Telephone $ 5,200 Travel $ 4,000 Utilities $ 27,000 Payroll Processing Services $ 1,800 Other $ 3,630 Total Budgeted Expenses $ 847,769 Net Income $ 12,616
Capital Expenses Campaign Planning and Management Environmental Planning $ 10,000 Architectural Planning (Schematic Design) 20,000 Campaign Assistance $ 25,000 Campaign Expenses 2011-14 Campaign counsel 2012-14 $ 50,000 Marketing collateral $ 20,000 Cultivation events, purchased tickets, etc. 25,000 Subtotal Campaign Expenses 2012-13 $ 150,000 Operating Supplement 2012-14 $ 150,000 Total Campaign Management Expenses $ 300,000 Campaign Goals Resource Center Improvements $2,750,000 Museum Store $ 250,000 Education Department Endowment $1,000,000 Curatorial Department Endowment $1,500,000 Total Campaign Goals $5,500,000 TOTAL CAMPAIGN ALLOWANCE $5,800,000 Income Campaign Expenses/Preparation Income Total: $ 113,600 Hard Campaign Income Total in hand: $ 644,250 Unfulfilled pledges: $1,177,750 Total: $1,935,600 Total to Raise: $3,864,400 (to need) As of 9/13 $ 815,000 (to groundbreaking) Funds Expended to Date: $ 160,755
Operating and Capital Budgets 2013-2014
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ELECTIONS, BOARD OF DIRECTORS, ANNUAL MEETING 2013
DIRECTORS ELECTED TO THE CLASS OF 2016 New This Year:
Richard I. Burnham (returning after a term as President Emeritus) David Brodsky
Dwight Sipprelle
Reelected: Thomas P. I. Goddard
Matthew H. Leys Nancy Parker Wilson Harrison M. Wright
SPECIAL MEMBERS ELECTED FOR A ONE YEAR TERM
PRESIDENTS EMERITI
Dennis McCoy
Kenneth H. Lyons
HONORARY DIRECTOR
Anne F. Hamilton
SLATE OF OFFICERS TO BE ELECTED AT THE NOVEMBER MEETING
Thomas P. I. Goddard, President
Harrison Wright, First Vice President
Jessica Hagen, Second Vice President
Dickson Boenning, Treasurer
Dorienne Farzan, Secretary
Rotating off with our gratitude: Roger H. King
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It All Starts Here: Newport Historical Society
Challenging the Future Newport Historical Society Campaign
September 2013
Access • Collaboration • Sustainability Resource Center
Development of a modern Resource Center at 82 Touro Street for the study, interpretation and understanding of Newport’s history.
Funded Programs Establishment of funds to support the Curatorial and Education departments which are directly responsible for providing access to Newport’shistory for the public.
Museum Shop Creation of a vibrant presence at the Brick Market including increased square footage for retail opportunities.
Campaign Goals Resource Center $2,750,000 Museum Shop $ 250,000 Education Department $1,000,000 Curatorial Department $1,500,000 Total Campaign Goals $5,500,000 Gifts & Pledges to date $1,900,000 Total to Raise: $3,500,000 To Groundbreaking: $ 850,000