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Administrator's Report JANUARY 4, 1972 We have been surprisingly active during the last three months, the reporting of which causes a conflict between the desire to cover all and to keep this report brief. Please call or write me if you wish more information about any of the items I am briefly reporting. We have received notice that Mrs. George Christian left us her beautiful house and contents on Liberty Street with a trust fund of $50,000. The Council voted to have this open to the public next summer if possible. Past President George W. Jones was appointed our dele gate to the Bay State League and we hope this will make it possible to be in closer touch with the activities of other associa tions in the state. An Archeological Department is being organized as part of our program. A great many details must be worked out but there is need and considerable enthusiasm for this. We had American Whaling on the Chathams Grounds by Rhys Richards printed in paper book form. Copies are obtain able at the Old Town Building office or in the museums for $1.00 plus .25 for tax and mailing. Our museums stayed open longer this fall and it proved well worthwhile. Also the Whaling and Peter Foulger Museums have been open every Saturday until now. It is possible that we cannot continue this because of low attendance but I think it has been appreciated by many who visited here on a weekend. Preparations have been made to move our log books and valuable manuscripts from the Whaling Museum to the new vault at the Peter Foulger. Understandably, the people at the Whaling Museum hate to see these old friends leave but they are irre placeable and the Peter Foulger vault is especially constructed to protect them. The Friends Meeting House was used every Sunday this past summer for the meetings and on two occasions for wed dings. We received a letter of appreciation and a contribution for its use from George A. Selleck in which he noted a sizable increase in attendance over previous summers. Our Historian, Past President Edouard A. Stackpole, is working on an expanded educational program and has lectured to students in the local schools, the Nantucket Institute and the
