Historic Nantucket, Spring 1997, Vol. 46 No. 2 by Nantucket Historical Association

THE NANTUCKET HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION Mrs. William Slover President Ms. Nancy A. Chase Second Vzce President

Mr. David H. Wood First Vice Preszdent Mr. Alan F. Atwood Treasurer

Mr. Richard Tucker Third Vice Preszdent Mrs. Hamilton Heard, Jr. Clerk

Jean M. Weber Executive Director

Mrs. Robert Champion Ms. Kimberly C. Corkran Mr. John H.Davis Ms. Alice Emerson Mrs. Thomas H. Gosnell Mr. Erwin L. Greenberg

BOARD OF TRUSTEES Mrs. William E. Grieder Mrs. Edmund A. Hajim Prof. William A. Hance Mr. ArieL. Kopelman Mrs. JaneT. Lamb Mr. Peter W. Nash

Mr. Walter Beinecke,Jr. Mrs. Richard L. Brecker Ms. Patricia A. Butler Mr. Alcon Chadwick Mrs. James F. Chase Mr. Michael deLeo Mrs. Norman E. Dupuis ill Ms. Martha Groetzinger Mrs. Herbert L. Gutterson Mrs. Robert E. Hellman

ADVISORY BOARD Mrs. John G. W. Husted, Jr. Mrs. Arthur Jacobsen Mr. Francis D. Lethbridge Mr. Reginald Levine Mrs. John A. Lodge Mrs. Francisco Lorenzo Mrs. Thomas B. Loring Mr. William B. Macomber Mr. Paul Madden Mr. Robert F. Mooney

Mary H. Beman Susan F. Beegel Richard L. Brecker

EDITORIAL COMMITTEE Robert F. Mooney Elizabeth Oldham

Mrs. Scott Newquist Mr. Steven Rales Mr. Arthur Reade, Jr. Mr. Al&ed F. Sanford ill Mrs. Joseph F. Welch Mr. Robert A. Young

Mrs. Frederick A. Richmond Mrs. William A. Sevrens Mr. Scott Steams, Jr. Mr. John S. Winter Mrs. Joseph C. Woodle Mrs. Bracebridge Young RESEARCH FELLOWS

Dr. Elizabeth Little Nathaniel Philbrick

Nathaniel Philbrick Sally Seidman David H. Wood

STAFF Joan Clarke Tom Dickson Patti Hanley Meredith Haskell Michael Jehle

Cecil Barron Jensen Christina LeBlanc Betsy Lowenstein Peter MacGlashan

Rick Morcom Tracy Murray Aimee Newell Elizabeth Oldham Jeremy Slavitz

DOCENTS Caroline Grimes Elizabeth Hartig Dorothy Hiller Melissa Hird Harris Hulbert Barbara Johnston Peter Kendall Chris Kinsella Rene LaPierre Paul Leighton

Robert Allen Sue Belanger Mary E. Beman Todd Boling Doug Burch Patricia Clinton JayD'Aprix Jennifer Dowell MargotEcke Walter Garbalinski

Cecil Barron Jensen EDITOR

Helen Winslow Chase HISTORIAN

Susie Leighton Derek Mills Meg Oliver Al&edOrpin Betsy Pardi Doris Simpson Leigh Simpson Margaret Trapnell Mary Witt Mary Woodruff

Elizabeth Oldham COPY EDITOR

Claire O'Keeffe ART DIRECTOR

Historic Nantucket welcomes articles on any aspect of Nantucket history. Original research, first-hand accounts, reminiscences of island experiences, historic logs, letters, and photographs are examples of materials of interest to our readers. © 1997 by Nantucket Historical Association Historic Nantucket (ISSN 0439-2248) is published quarterly by the Nantucket Historical Association 2 Whaler's Lane Nantucket MA 02554. ' ' Second-class postage paid at Nantucket, MA and additional entry ~ffices. Postmaster: Send address changes to Historic Nantucket Box 1016 • Nantucket, MA 02554-1016 • (508) 228-1894; F AX:(508) 228-5618 • infonha@capecod.net

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4 From the President by Dorothy Slover

6 From the Executive Director 1996 Overview

by Jean Weber

8 Staff Reports 12 Committee Reports 16 Financial Reports 18 1996 Acquisitions & Loans 21 Members 25 Volunteers

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Life Members Donors 1996 Special Events Annual Antiques Show and Festival a/Trees

"Carefully lnwrought": Nantucket N eedlework1797-1997 by Aimee Newell

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Book Section NHANews On the cover: The doonuay of the Nantucket W'halzizg Museum in brilliant sunshine. Photograph by Carol Bates

PROPERTIES OF THE NHA Oldest House Hadwen House Macy-Christian House Robert Wyer House Thomas Macy House 1800 House Greater Light HI S TORI C

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Old Mill Old Gaol Old Town Building Thomas Macy Warehouse Fire Hose-Cart House Quaker Meeting House Nantucket Whaling Museum

Fair Street Museum Peter Foulger Museum Museum Shop Bartholomew Gosnold Center Folger-Franklin Memorial Fountain , Boulder, and Bench Settlers Burial Ground

Tristram Coffin Homestead Monument Little Gallery Eleanor Ham Pony Field

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HIS QUESTION WAS RECENTLY POSED TO ME:

What would Nantucket look like without the presence and properties of the Nantucket Historical Association? As I pondered the possibility, I envisioned our properties- situated as they are throughout Nantucket as part of the living conununity. The Old Gaol, tucked away behind Roy Bailey's studio, built in 1806 and, remarkably, used until1933. It is a fascinating structure, built of massive tin1bers and iron straps, eerily primitive and defying the possibility of escape - or comfort. And there it sits, just as it did in 1806, living on with Nantucket. I think of the Hose-Cart House, erected in 1886 on Gardner Street in the midst of a lively and inhabited collection of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century dwellings. The structure houses a hand-pumper hose cart known as "Siasconset No. 6," the community's nineteenth-century weapon for combating one of its greatest threats- fire. My mind wanders to the Oldest House, perched on Sunset Hill overlooking West Chester Street houses and the Lily Pond. It dates back to Nantucket's earliest settlement in the seventeenth century, and by its structure and domestic artifacts tells a vivid story of life in that time. Then there's the Macy-Christian House, dating from 17 45, in the center of town on the corner of Liberty and Walnut streets. This historic house is actually across the street from my own house, reminding me always how integrated the properties of the NHA are into today's conununity, allowing for a quick or lingering step back into life in the centuries that came before us yet remaining comfortably in today's conununity. On to the Hadwen House, sitting in all its nineteenth-century majesty on Main Street, our house-museum dating from 1845, a large, elegant Greek Revival house built in the "palmy days" of Nantucket's whaling era. In counterpoint to the Oldest House and its simplicity of design and furnishings, the exterior and the interiors of the Hadwen House reflect the sumptuous lifestyle of the wealtl1y of that time. And who can imagine Nantucket without the Old Mill? There it sits, up on its hill- passed by those on the way to and from town, to the hospital, to the market, to the beaches - so proudly surveying all the history it has seen and will see, long after all of us are but a memory.

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My reverie drifts on to the Quaker Meeting House on Fair Street, which was built in 1838 and was the NHA's first acquisition, in 1894. It is still used by Island Quakers as a place of worship, all a part of the living history so precious to us all. Attached to the Quaker Meeting House is our Fair Street Museum, built in 1904 to house the rapidly growing NHA collection. It wasn't long before our collections outgrew this building, and today the museum is used for changing exhibitions. Our collections soon spread out into all of our properties, stored in every available space, until this decade in which we have completed the Gosnold Center, a storage facility for our collections, built to meet the highest museum standards for conservation and security, located out of town on Bartlett Road. Here we are able to house under one roof most of our collections not on exhibit. Then we have our larger structures in the heart of town. We own the Old Town Building, on Washington Street, forn1erly our offices and presently leased to raise funds to help maintain our other properties. It is one of the earliest town buildings. We own the wonderful Thomas Macy Warehouse on Straight Wharf, near the docks, a brick structure erected in 1846 to store materials for outfitting whaleships, and the wooden structure attached to it known as the Little Gallery. The NHA has elected to lease both of these structures as well, for much needed revenues to maintain our other properties. Contemplating maintenance revenues turns my thoughts to the 1800 House, on Mill Street, sad and closed because we did not have the funds to halt its deterioration. With recent revenues we have been able to begin the stabilization of the structure, and look forward to the day when we will once more open this fine and pure example of a middle-class house of 1800. It is inevitable, next, to see Greater Light in my mind's eye, the most quixotic of our properties, an eclectic dwelling of the early twentieth century. The house, nestled into its lot on Howard Street, was once a barn, then lovingly converted into a home and a repository for the collections and fantasies of the Monaghan sisters. Gifted to the NHA, all but the garden is closed because, like the 1800 House, we didn't have the funds to ward off the attacks of age. It is, however, as is the 1800 house, a valued member of our collection, and an integral part of our restoration plans. With this already impressive and awe-inspiring picture of the properties of the NHA, I turn to the flagship SPRING

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of our collections and properties , the Whaling Museum and its next door neighbors, the Museum Shop and the Peter Foulger Museum. Situated at the head of Steamboat Wharf, the Whaling Museum houses and displays its rich collection of Nantucket's glorious whaling memorabilia. Literally reaching around the globe in its significance, the museum holds vast treasures collected by Nantucket whalers as they sailed the world. Such riches include scrimshaw, sailors' valentines, China trade artifacts, and paintings. Next door, on the first floor of the Peter Foulger Museum, the current "Away Off Shore" exhibition draws on our extensive collections to explore Nantucket's histoty from its beginning through to the present an d projecting into the future. The second floor houses our research center, a fantastic .,. and compelling collection of manuscripts and letters, books on marine history and exploration , ships' logs, charts, audio-visual and genealogical materials, and a 30,000-item collection of photographs. Take all these away plus the several facade ease me nts , land easements, the Folger Franklin Memorial Bench, a marker comm emoratin g the site of Tristram Coffin's hom e, then one could get an idea of what Nantucket would look like without the NHA. It is both an exciting and challenging responsibility to ensure, in our time as well as that of future generations, that Nantucket will never be without the NHA. I am constantly in awe of what has been accomplished , what a unique and almost ovetwhehing collection we have, and what we must do to preserve it - while making the history available and meaningful to the public. We owe it to our predecessors, and to the future, to add our own contribution to the NHA and to the community. We have begun an ambitious plan to do this. We must care for our properties. Those before us acquired these treasures. Our job seems to be to restore, to recover, to research, to re-interpret and to re-present. We are deep into the planning phase of evaluating our JIIST OR I C

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needs and our responsibility to the community, but The Quaker more important, as the keeper of Nantucket's history Meeting House. and historical well being. A planning process that Carol Bates Photography should- no, must- hear the voice of the membership and the community. The public is the ultimate beneficiary of the work of the NHA. We will be turning more and more to you as we move through this self-examination, evaluation, and plan for the future. SPRil\:G

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1996 OVERVIEW BY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

by Jean Weber

HARGED WITH PRESERVING AND REPRESE T-

ing the past in a community that is moving rapidly toward a challenging future, the NHA has a unique responsibility: to act in the present, to be responsive to the pressures of change, and to provide an immediate sense of the values of history to the community at large. Recognition of that role, added to the traditional roles of collecting, researching, and exhibiting the material culture of Nantucket, has defined the activities and driven the decisionmaking throughout the year. Nineteen hundred and ninety-six was a year of assessment and preparation. Intensive planning, redefinition of policies, tight fiscal control, understanding audiences, adaptive reuse of some properties, and a rigorous evaluation of all of the association's properties provided the momentum for the "tactical plan," which continues to take shape as we move into 1997. Many of the public activities of the NHA broke new ground in 1996 as well. Although the schedule of events will always be linked to the seasonal patterns of life on Nantucket, the association made a special effort to extend public hours and provide year-round access to its resources. The Whaling Museum opened on weekends in April and remained open with limited hours through the end of December. Weekend hours are scheduled even earlier in 1997. The Library and Research Center was open daily all year and the Peter Foulger Museum exhibit, "Away Off Shore," was also accessible daily for special tour groups and, by request, to visitors throughout the winter months. Extended hours at the museums were supported in part by contributions from the Bank of Boston and the Nantucket Lodging Association.

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in museum galleries: "Nantucket: Picturesque and Historic" based on the souvenir photographs of Henry Wyer and other tum-of-the century photographers, at the Fair Street Museum in May; and "Away Off Shore," a comprehensive view of Nantucket history from prehistoric times to the present, at the Peter Foulger Museum, in June.

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Dorothy Slover, president, appointed vice-president David Wood as trustee liaison to the board of advisors, and in April the advisors met at the Gosnold Center for a tour of the new collections storage and research facility.

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A decade of important gifts to the collections from the Friends of the antucket Historical Association were exhibited in newly refurbished galleries at the Hadwen House, celebrating their generosity and their tenth anniversaty.

The Board of Trustees established the honorary designation of Research Fellow to recognize "significant volunteer service to the NHA in research pertinent to the historical collections and properties .... " Dr. Elizabeth Little and Nathaniel Philbrick were the first to be named Research Fellows at the 1996 Annual Meeting, at which Philbrick was the keynote speaker.

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nineteenth annual August Antiques Show broke all previous records for attendance and net profit for the association. Barbara Hajim and her committee selected and restored four historic "theme" samplers, launching an effort that led to extensive textile conservation and a major exhibition in 1997.

The Folger-Franklin Memorial Bench was replicated and reinstalled by Rick Morcom with lumber donated by Michael Egan as a contribution to the community.

+ In July, at 99 Main, Jane Fitch and a core group of volunteers met with staff members to explore ways to expand and give more structure to the many opportunities for volunteers at the NHA. The group identified particular interests in working with collections in the library and at the Museum Support Center and in focusing on individual historic sites. In addition to the many friends who gave countless hours serving on regular and special events committees, in 1996 forty-five volunteers contributed over 2000 hours to assisting museum staff in a variety of departmental tasks and research.

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Society of Friends and musician Mollie Glazer organized a series of summer chamber music concerts in the Quaker Meeting House, supported by a grant to the NHA from the Boyd Endowment of the Nantucket Arts Council.

+ In November the sixth-grade students and teachers from the Cyrus Peirce School participated in an experimental two-day visit to the Whaling and Peter Foulger musuems designed to coordinate NHA resources to classroom curriculum in whaling history. NHA staff were joined by Nat Philbrick and Margaret Moore of the Egan SPR I NG

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Institute of Maritime Studies and Don Sineti from Mystic Seaport. The collaborative program was supported by a grant from Bank of Boston.

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boasts a new format and expanded size. Thank you, Maia Gaillard and Claire O'Keeffe. Welcome to new editor Cecil Barron Jensen.

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and properties attendance for the year was 90,684, an increase of 6% over the preceding year at the same sites. Admissions revenues increased by 16% and revenues from tours, concerts, and a full schedule of special educational programs provided $27,328 in new income.

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technological age arrived at the NHA in January with the installation of a new telephone system linking work stations and the public through voice mail. It continued as computer stations were added and linked and we designed a database for donors and members. In November the HA went on-line: our e-mail address is infonha@capecod.net.

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1995-96 year-end appeal was enhanced by matching incentive contributions from six generous donors and Suzanne Mueller, chair. It, too, broke all previous records for a total of $92,065 and was one of many factors that helped to carry us through to the close of fiscal1996 with an operating surplus.

+ The combination of a highly successful year-end appeal and income from new rental facilities provided funds for a number of long-deferred restoration projects at the historic properties. Two properties now closed to the public received attention: a structural engineering survey was completed for the 1800 House, and Preservation Institute: Nantucket selected Greater Light for its historic structural reports and full architectural surveys.

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of Trustees voted in December to engage Ann Beha Associates, a Boston-based architectural firm, to work with the NHA to complete the planning for museum and research center activities located in the Whaling, Peter Foulger, and Fair Street museums and to provide analyses and specifications for the structural stabilization of the Whaling Musewn .

who are not - because they continue to give gifts of time, talent, and material goods, often anonymously this is a small space to convey the profound thanks and recognition due. Quite simply, the NHA would never have come into existence and could not now exist without the committed support and lively interest of volunteers and the Nantucket commW1ity. We share the role of guardians of the past with many, and few are W1interested in the outcome of our activities. The professional staff of the NHA is surprisingly small in number for the size of the organization, the significance of its historical holdings, and the responsibilities they bear in caring for them and presenting them to the public. New to our staff in 1996 are Aimee Newell, registrar; Tracy Murray, finance manager; Betsy Lowenstein, librarian; and Cecil Barron Jensen, public relations coordinator and editor of Historic Nantucket. They have already proven their individual talents beyond measure and they join a staff to whom I am especially indebted for its creative energies, perseverance, loyalty, and good hw11or: respected colleagues and friends , all.

LOOKING AHEAD: Concluding months of assessment and preparation, we face a critical year ahead. The needs have been more clearly defined than ever before. We have begun to match facts and cost estimates to projects, organizational requirements, and restoration plans that have been waiting in the wings for far too long. Difficult choices and exciting plans are on the table. It seems to me that to move ahead and face the challenges that are beginning to emerge, we must be prepared to question many of our assumptions and invite widespread participation from new quarters. We must send a dear and convincing message about the merits of preserving the records of the past in a community with its sights set actively on the future, and we must step up to the responsibility of enlarging our vision and our capacity to do so.

Greater Light Garden is maintained by Gale Arnold 1i1 memory of her mother, Betty Palmer. Carol Bates Photography

The Festival of Trees moved to the Fair Street Museum for the 1996 Christmas season and expanded its schedule from three to five days. Chaired with resow1ding success by Kin1 Corkran, Judi Hill, and Kathleen Walsh, the twenty-four exhibitors drew record attendance and the committee contributed over $15,000 net to the association.

CONCLUDING WITH THANKS To the hundreds who are named throughout this report for special contributions and membership and to many HISTORI C

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Curatorial Department

Curator Michael Jehle and Trustee Kim Corkran. Photograph by Terry Pommett

The curatorial department had a dynamic and exciting year in 1996 with the presentation of three new changing exhibitions: "Away Off Shore," "Nantucket: Picturesque and Historic," and "A Celebration of Friends." Curated by Peter MacGlashan, the NHA's audiovisual librarian, "Nantucket: Picturesque and Historic" opened at the Fair Street Museum on May 24. There the wonderful breadth of the NHA's photographic collection was revealed through the works of Nantucket's early souvenir photographers -Henry Wyer, Josiah Freeman, and Henry Platt. Supplemented by souvenir plates, spoons, and other artifacts, the exhibition revealed how the work of those late-nineteenth-century artists helped promote the sometimes mythologized view of Nantucket's past that often influences our contemporary perceptions. Another successful collaborative effort produced the exhibition "Away Off Shore: Nantucket Island and Its People," which opened June 28 at the Peter Foulger Museum. That two-year exhibition, inspired by the acclaimed book of the same name written by Nathaniel Philbrick of the Egan Institute of Maritime Studies, presented some of the NHA's most treasured artifacts in a broad overview of the island's history from its geological beginnings to the present. With financial assistance from the Private Bank at Bank of Boston, "Away Off Shore" is also the first NHA exhibition to be opened year-round to the Nantucket community. Dozens of Nantucket schoolchildren have thus been able to expe-

rience the diversity and wonder of Nantucket's material heritage over the past school year. Nineteen ninety-six was also a landmark year as it marked the tenth anniversary of the founding of the Friends of the NHA. Thanks to that group's generous decade of support, some of its most important and rare artifacts and works of art have been added to the NHA's collection. The scope of the Friends' munificence was displayed last summer in newly renovated exhibition galleries at Hadwen House in the exhibition "A Celebration of Friends." Behind the scenes, the curatorial department was pleased to welcome a new registrar in June. Aimee Newell, who received her M.A. in History from Northeastern University in 1994, came to us from the curatorial department of the Independence National Historic Park in Philadelphia. Wasting no time, Aimee has begun organizing the NHA's collections and records at the Gosnold Center. The curatorial department also facilitated several important research projects over the year, which included a study of Native American pathologies conducted by Michael Gibbons of the University of Massachusetts, furniture studies of Greater Light and 99 Main, investigation of the NHA's Osborn piano by Darcy Karonin of the Museum of Fine Arts, studies into the origins of Nantucket needlework schools conducted by Aimee Newell and Susan Boardman, and further attribution analysis of the NHA's extensive painting collection by Michael Jehle and Charlotte Emans Moore. In all, 1996 was a busy and prosperous year for the curatorial department as we continued to make the association's collections more accessible to the public and scholars. Limitations of space unfortunately prevent me from thanking each of the exhibition lenders, donors, volunteers, and supporters who made our efforts not only fruitful but tremendously enjoyable. Our sincere thanks go to all of you who helped support the collecting and research mission of the NHA in 1996. Without you, none of our accomplishments would have been possible.

-Michael A. Jehle Education Department 1996 was an exciting year for the education department. The seasonal staff, education programs, and group tours all continued to build upon the success of recent years. In addition, the department has continued to

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work closely with Nantucket Public Schools to provide local young people with unique and enriching expenences. During 1996 the NHA's docent staff continued to display why it is one of the organization's most valuable assets. An enthusiastic core of returning docents worked tirelessly to provide visitors with an understanding of Nantucket's fascinating past. They take their position seriously and do their best to ensure that our guests have a positive experience while visiting our museums and historic houses. Education programs, which have been one of the most dynamic elements of the NHA, continued to g row. During the summer the Living History for Children program was expanded to include a new session. This activity, called the Whale Fishery, explored the technical aspects of whaling and the different jobs carried out aboard a whaleship. Each child "learned the ropes " by completing a knot board displaying some of the more common knots used by mariners. The Sailor's Valentine progran1 was renamed Whaling Lore, and shifted its focus to the ports of call around the world visited by Nantucket's whalemen. Over 600 children participated in the programs, including members of the Nantucket Community School's summer day can1p. The NHA also continued its relationship with Planned Enrichment Activities for Kids, PEAK , offering two after-school programs to local children. Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Nantucket was offered in the spring and Whaling Nantucket was offered in the fall. Each program provided children with hands-on activities that illustrated different aspects of Nantucket's past. Activities included crafting scrimshaw, whirligigs, and nineteenth-century games, just to name a few. We took some of our programs on the road in 1996. The Sailor's Valentine activity was brought to Nantucket Elementary School the week of Valentine's Day. Over thirty children participated in this program. We also offered the Sailor's Valentine progran1 at Adult Day Care Center at Landmark House. Modified for an older audience, the program allowed seniors a chance to explore Nantucket's past while providing their own observations on the island's more recent history. Group tours continued to show solid gains in 1996. One hundred and twenty-one groups ranging from visiting schools to senior travel groups visited the NHA's HISTORIC

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sites. Many of the visiting schools saw all of the NHA properties. We also continued to work with educators to provide an educational experience that satisfies teachers' needs, and tours were designed to examine the aspects of island history that best fit the students' course of study. In addition, the NHA worked closely with the sixthgrade teachers at Cyrus Peirce School to develop a twelve-week interdisciplinary study on Nantucket's whaling industry , culminating in two days at the Whaling and Peter Foulger museums. Students participated in activities designed to allow them to utilize their knowledge. Each day was concluded with a rousing sing-along with chanteyman Don Sineti from Mystic Seaport. -Jeremy Slavitz

Docent Coordinator Jeremy Slavitz with Cyrus Peirce School sixth graders. Photograph by Rick Morcom

Properties Department With the money gained through rental income, the structures department has been able to resume the task of stabilizing our historic properties. The Quaker Meeting House has a new red cedar roof and gutter repairs. The rewiring is finished in Hadwen House and additional exhibition space has been provided on the second floor. The Nantucket Garden Club kindly provided the funds to repair and paint the garden fence and once again did a fine job of keeping up the garden at Hadwen House. The Old Town Building has a new roof, roof scuttle, gutters, and down leaders, and the east facade has been repainted and sealed. The Old S PRl "G

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Edouard A. Stackpole Library and Research Center

Research Fellow Nat Philbrick with Cyrus Peirce School students at "Away OffShore" Photograph by RzckMorcom

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Nineteen ninety-six was a busy year in the library despite a degree of flux resulting from personnel changes. In September, Betsy Lowenstein becam e librarian, succeeding Gayl Michael who had served as interim librarian since December of 1995, and Elizabeth Oldham became the permanent library assistant. Over the year we answered 535 inquiries by mail and telephone and served 700 visitors from nearly every state in the country and from locales as distant as England, Australia , the Falkland Islands, and Hong Kong. Many of our visitors investigated an ancestor or a borne. Other researchers came with more varied interGaol received some much needed attention with new ests, from baleen ditty boxes and textiles to South window openings , cornerboards, and shingles. Atlantic sealing and the Indian sickness. The library assisted a contingent of professors, proAlthough there were some severe areas of rot, which were stabilized or replaced , the building generally is in fessional researchers, and students in their investigation fine condition. Look for some more visitor activity there of antucket history. Brenda and Charles Hoopes from this summer. Duke University researched the life of Absalom Boston. The removal of the Theberge cottage on Sunset Hill Dr. Richard Slusarczky from Columbia studied tl1e fashas created a wonderful new approach to the Oldest cinating whaling journal of Mary Hayden Russell. House. The property was graded, planted, and fenced. Maria Mitchell was the subject of research conducted The shed behind the Oldest House was rebuilt and a by Barbara Baxter Pillin ger of the University of preliminary landscape plan investigated. Minnesota. Nantucket's activities in the War of 1812 In the early part of the year, we were busy con- was one component of Dr. John C. Fredriksen's comstructing the "Away Off Shore" and "Nantucket: prehensive American study. P eter Krogh of Picturesque and Historic" exhibitions as well as dis- Georgetown University investigated the Portu gese mantling the Macy Warehouse exhibit. Moving the dio- community of Nantucket, while Robert Hayden, the rama of the town to the Peter Foulger Museum proved first University of Massachusetts James Bradford Ames to be a real challenge for all of us. Thanks to Robert Fellow, spent many hours documenting the lives of the McKee's painting skills we were able to complete all island's African Americans and Cape Verdeans. three exhibit spaces on time. As always, the library experienced strong use from Preservation Institute: Nantucket completed a com- local businesses and newspapers, not to mention use prehensive investigation of Greater Light, providing the from visitors affiliated \vith various historical societies NHA with excellent drawings of the bouse and garden and museums, including the New England Historic and a great deal of structural information. Genealogical Society, the Plymouth Antiquarian The autumn's heavy rain flooded the Whaling Society, the South Street Seaport Musewn, the Texas Museum time after time but with the help of Jeremy Seaport Museum, and the Amador [California] County Slavitz we were able to keep ahead of the water. The Historical Society. drainage has been improved, but the whole site needs a The library responded to more than 160 written closer look. queries, and answered some 375 telephone inquiries, With all that and the general upkeep of the rest of a dramatic increase compared with last year's figures. the properties, 1996 was a very progressive year and we Work on the Barney Records project, a genealogical NANTUC K E T

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database, continued. Because of the efforts of Tanya Brezinsky, who left in the spring, and Joan Clarke, the project is nearing the half-way mark and should be completed in a year's time. The Tupancy-Harris Foundation generously continued to fund the project through a grant. Volunteers gave more than 350 hours of their time to assisting in many capacities. Volunteers read logs, indexed and identified photographs, responded to research questions , and helpfully performed clerical tasks. A much anticipated connection to the Internet becan1e a reality in 1996. The ability to access public, academic, and special library catalogs will be a boon to both library staff and patrons. The library can locate additional research materials, as well as keep abreast of the latest developments in the library and archival professions through electronic discussion groups and bulletin boards. Members can contact the library at nhalib@capecod.net. - Betsy Lowenstein

Museum Shop Expectations for the 1996 season were high in the Museum Shop primarily because of several new and exc itin g items custom made for the NHA . The Lightship Basket Scarf and the Whaleware pottery were t\vo of the most successful selections. We also did very well with a children's teddy bear tea-set basket. The direction of the shop, however, has been changing over the past five years with our merch andise becoming more utilitarian-oriented. We have moved away from carrying products that are pure accessories. Furniture, for instance, took an upswing in 1996 as did book and foodstuff sales. This was a definite move away from the "dust collector" popularity of the 1980s. Overall, the 1996 season was a success despite the poor weather conditions starting on Labor Day and continuing through the month of September, which is usually considered one of our strongest income-producing periods. The Christmas Stroll weekend was also down. Bad weather, again, cut deeply into our single strongest business day of the year. As always, the staff would like to thank the members who frequented the shop and helped to make the past year as successful as it was. -Tom Dickson HISTORIC

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Finance Department Last April the NHA was seeking a hands-on accounting professional with some nonprofit experience to fill the finance office position. Val Ryder had held the position for the previous five years. Tracy Murray was hired just in time for the busy swmner season. Over the year the finance manager has been responsible for the routine financial analyses and reports for operations. There were also monthly reports to the finance committee and the board of directors, periodic trial balances for various special events, a weekly management of payroll records, and the never-ending cycle of accounts payable. In addition, there were refinements to accounting policies, systems, and procedures that stenm1ed from the change in the budgeting structure of the previous year. New policies or procedures were also implemented from time to time to enhance the financial integrity of the association. Finally, there was the necessary constant tracking of restricted funds and deposits as well as the need to play the role of mother hen with all the internal expenses. What actually happened during the course of the past fiscal year? In terms of figures, a look at the final hard copy of the general ledger reveals that more than 5,000 computer entries were made for 1996. 11 terms of the bigger picture, it means that many pieces went into the pie and that every member , whether new or renewed , was counted and that no activity that the NHA was engaged in occurred without some involvement of the finance office. -Tracy Murray

Ltbraricm Betsy Lowenstein, and Trustees Jane Lamb and Ruth Grieder. Photograph by Rick Morcom

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Membership Early in the year the membership committee met to establish a timeline for mailings and events. We set rather lofty goals for each category, but felt confident that we could reach them. However, it quickly became evident that before an outreach strategy could be realized, we needed to create solid membership records. Christina LeBlanc spent countless hours cleaning up old @es, inputting new information, and pro@ing our existing members. To that end we decided to concentrate our efforts on membership events beginning with an opening of the Whaling Museum- the earliest ever thanks to funding from the Nantucket Lodging Association. It was open to members and free of charge to the local community. An overwhelming response of over 300 adults and children helped to kick off our season. And it was a season @led with events, including the opening of the exhibit "Nantucket: Picturesque and Historic," sponsored in part by Cape Air/Nantucket Airlines; lectures; a concert by Bill Shustik; and the rumual Ghost Gam. Those events were all available to our members free of charge or at discounted rates. Members also received invitations to our fundraising events, ten percent off Museum Shop purchases, and our quarterly publication

Historic Nantucket. Thanks to the hard work of our dedicated staff, 1996 did show an increase in membership; however, we fell short of our goal. The close of the year saw us re-evaluating the membership committee, discussing how businesses can get involved through membership, and making plans to serve our existing membership better with timely renewals, programs, and good communication. We look forward to advancing membership in the upcoming year with renewed energy and a great software progrrun. -Kimberly C. Corkran

Finance During 1996 major steps were taken to preserve and further enhance the NHA's principal repository of invested capital, the Endowment Fund. After careful consideration, the Finance Committee recommended to the Board of Directors that a separate Investment Committee be formed to recommend management of the Endowment Fund and oversee its

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results. Upon acceptance by the board, an Investment Committee was established, with Peter Nash as its first chairman. In October, the Endowment Fund was supplemented by the transfer in of approximately $130,000 in ew England Electric System shares that had been separately held. During the fall, the Investment Committee investigated alternatives for management of the Endowment Fund, resulting in a recommendation to the board that it be placed with Chase Manhattan Bank, which has an excellent record of performance and service. That was approved and action was taken in December to transfer the NHA's endowment, totaling approximately $1,265,000, to Chase. As a result of stringent budgetary controls, NHA's 1996 financial operations were again positive. Encouraging results from the Antiques Show, admissions, and building rentals made possible the application of funds to the previously deferred areas of building maintenance and elementary school educational programs. With increasing public support for its efforts, the NHA should be able to further strengthen its very tight annual budget and look forward to the needed enhancement of its severely limited endowment. -Alan F. Atwood

Personnel All staff positions were evaluated during the course of the year. Position descriptions were reviewed and performance goals developed for all permru1ent staff members. The ad hoc staff personnel committee, chaired by Gayl Michael, with Jeremy Slavitz, Rick Morcom, Michael Jehle, and Jean Weber met throughout the winter and spring months to revise the Personnel Manual. Their research was thorough and included gathering recent personnel manuals and policies from comparable institutions as well as obtaining copies of current laws relating to fair labor and compliance regulations from both state and federal sources. The Personnel Committee received the draft policy and manual and, after careful review, suggested certain changes that were incorporated into the final docun1ent for submission to the board. The board of trustees approved the Personnel Policy and Manual at its October meeting. Both staff and trustees express SPRING

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Trustees Peter Nash and Erwin Greenberg. Photograph by Terry Pommel!

appreciation to Rhoda Weinman for her thoughtful reviews of the policy and procedures and for her excellent advice. -Erwin Greenberg

Antiques Show We are pleased to report that the 1996 Antiques Show achieved a new record in contributions. We raised $202,337 for the NHA. An extremely dedicated and enthusiastic committee and a supportive and knowledgeable staff deserve the credit for this success. Also, special thanks go to Chase Manhattan Private Bank for its generous and increased sponsorship and Chubb Insurance for its support. A successful raffle, a growing New Collectors Booth, spectacular homes to host our benefactor and patron events, and generous underwriting completed the recipe for the nineteenth annual show's accomplishment. Of equal importance to its financial outcome is the munber of new friends the show brought to the NHA. In spite of a foggy opening night that prevented planes from landing, we had a record number of attendees. In addition, both the benefactor and patron categories grew significantly over the number recorded in 1995. The show's theme, a country fair, centered on four magnificent samplers that are part of the NHA collection. They were a rare treat to behold! Restoration of the san1plers was generously w1derwritten by supp01ters of the NHA. Education was also highlighted with an opening lecture, "Collectors and Collections of American Arts: The Passionate, the Patriotic, and the Provincial," given by Jay Cantor of Christie's and hosted by the Friends committee. The weekend's success was a culmination of hard work mixed with lots of fun by talented people who were eager to donate their tin1e, energy, and money to the NHA. It was an honor to be able to work with this wonderful group and for such a deserving organization.

- Barham Hajim

been accessioned, to try to find out (in many cases) from whence articles have come, and to ensure that we have a clear and concise record of what is in the collections, as well as to determine what objects may be in need of conservation. She is doing a superb job. During the year and in tl1e process of doing extensive work on the Pacific Club on Main Street, a cache of Customs House records dating from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries was found. They were stored in a long-forgotten safe behind later construction and, unfortunately, there was considerable water damage to the documents. The Pacific Club has turned the documents over to the NHA for conservation as well as to determine who may be the legitimate owner. Two representatives from the regional office of the National Archives visited Nantucket and examined the papers, reporting that some were of greater interest and value than the others. Since the dampness and mold threaten the very existence of the documents, they are at present in a deep freeze pending a condition report and recommendations for conservation. The past year saw many acquisitions of Nantucket items from generous donors. In addition, the Friends of the NHA, celebrating their tenth anniversary, made possible further accessions, notably a number of books and manuscripts from tl1e Barbara Johnson Collection. They all have relevance to whaling and Nantucket.

-David H. Wood

Collections Although there was no need for a meeting of the committee in recent months, it is well to report that work on the association's collections is proceeding; at the same time the collections have been added to by significant accessions. Registrar Ain1ee Newell has been working at the Gosnold Support Center to be sure all artifacts have H I STORIC

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Editorial In 1996, the Editorial Committee welcomed Cecil Barron Jensen as tl1e new editor of Historic Nantucket. Under her leadership, many of the goals set in 1995 to improve the magazine (increase the length, enhance the quality of scholarship of the articles, and add regular columns and book reviews) have been realized. S P R I C.. C

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The content and appearance of the 1995 annual report distributed at the annual meeting in July was also dramatically improved. Furthermore, the board decided that beginning in 1997 the annual report would be distributed to its members as the spring issue of Historic Nantucket. The Editorial Committee continues to welcome articles on any aspect of Nantucket history that, as stated in the magazine, provide "enjoyable reading that will promote public appreciation of Nantucket's history and preserve important information about the island's past." -Mary H. Beman

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]ea n \'(/eber sbares a laugh witb Hamilton and Virginia Heard at tbe opening of "Nantucket: Picturesque and Historic." Pbotograpb by Terry Pommett

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We are delighted to report that the 1996 season of the Museum Shop financially surpassed the previous few years. Thanks go to Tom Dickson for once again giving careful consideration to staffing as well as to buying. Our first NHA silk scarf appears to be a great success and many mail orders were filled in response to our advertisement in Cape Cod Life magazine. Priorities such as glass shelving, more lighting, reproductions of museum treasures, and a small catalogue remain on our "wish list." An all-in1portant new computer system is planned for 1997. We look forward to the up-coming season and hope that each NHA member will visit the shop. - VitÂˇginia S. Heard

Properties Nineteen ninety-six was in large measure a year of implementing decisions and recommendations made in previous years. The Theberge house, situated on land in

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front of the Oldest House, was finally removed, opening the vista to Sunset Hill. The house and land were originally purchased for that purpose, and it is good to have it accomplished as the NHA moves toward more comprehensive plans for all of its properties. Another important contribution to our planning is the architectural study of Greater Light conducted by the Preservation Institute: Nantucket in the summer of 1996, which has provided us \vith historical perspective, documentation, and beautiful drawings and architectural renderings. This study, coupled \vith the study compiled by PI:N in 1995 on the 1800 House, provide a solid foundation for the decisions we must make regarding those two properties, which are presently closed to the public. In 1996 we accepted a facade easement on the Nantucket Looms building that will ensure the preservation of the town's beloved compass rose. We also voted a transfer to the Land Bank of all interest held by the NHA in the Miacomet Park property, which had been a bequest from Grace Brown Gardner to the Atheneum, Nantucket Cottage Hospital, and the NHA. It was a very small interest, but important to the Land Bank to clear title for its preservation. In 1996 we negotiated a lease with Sailor's Valentine, a long-established Nantucket art gallery, for the first floor of the Macy Warehouse. An additional benefit of this agreement allows for shared space for Nantucket Box Office as well as a visitor information area for the NHA. The location proved good for Sailor's Valentine, and we expect to renew the lease for 1997. The revenues from this lease, along with those from the Old Town Building, have allowed us to do some long-deferred maintenance on other properties, as reported by our curator of structures. The Little Gallery was vacated by the Artists Association in tl1e fall of 1996. The board held lively discussions as to the future disposition of the property, and voted to lease rather than sell the Little Gallery at this time. We have had a lot of interest in the location, and expect to have a tenant by the 1997 season, further augmenting our maintenance coffers. I remind you that the membership, in a special meeting in 1996, voted to allocate eighty percent of all rental revenues to property maintenance. That decision has been faithfully followed. As we look to 1997, we are beginning an ambitious and comprehensive long-term strategic plan for the NHA, focused primarily on the Whaling and Peter Foulger museums, fitting it into a larger plan for all of SPRING

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our properties, programs, and endowment. Nineteen ninety-seven promises to be an exciting and challenging year for the NHA and its properties. -

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Friends of the Nantucket Historical Association The Friends marked our tenth anniversary of collecting for the NHA in 1996 with an exhibit at the Hadwen House entitled "A Celebration of Friends." It was the first time that the Friends' gifts to tl1e NHA, which are valued at more than $300,000, were seen together. Perhaps it inspired our five new members to join! The year's acquisitions included a Richard Hayley Lever oil painting of a Nantucket street with the Baptist Church tower in the background and numerous whaling-related books and manuscripts dating to the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Our annual Antiques Show lecture was given by Jay Cantor of Christie's on "Collectors and Collections of American Arts: the Passionate, the Patriotic, and the Provincial," a subject dear to many of our members. With twenty-six members, the Friends look forward to many years of significant acquisitions for the collections of the NHA. Funds for acquisitions are provided by an annual tax-deductible contribution of $2,500 by each member. -Aileen M. Newquist

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Nominating The members of the Nominating Committee are Dorothy Slover, ex officio, Georgia Gosnell, cbainmm, Kim Corkran , Earle Craig, Aileen Newquist , and Geoffrey Verney. Of this committee, tl1ree are trustees and two are not. Our goal is to continue the tradition of a balanced board, one that fully accepts tl1e responsibilities of "collecting, preserving, presenting, and interpreting to the public relevant artifacts, documents, and real property." The committee shares the desire to propose candidates for board membership who will reflect the diversity of Nantucket. To advance that purpose, the committee conducted a study of the profile of the present board, particularly addressing gender, age, and occupation. One result of this analysis was the committee's request for an expansion of the board. L1 order to truly reflect the character of Nantucket, it was clear that a larger board was needed. In addition to addressing the three HISTORI C

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concerns of gender, age, and occupation, it was decided to take as an additional charge tl1e need to represent the various settlements and geographic areas of the island. To encourage an on-going cycle of board representation, the bylaws were amended by the membership at the annual meeting on July 9, 1996, to limit the trustees to two consecutive four-year terms. No trustee will be eligible to be elected or serve as a trustee for one year after the expiration of a second term. The Nominating Committee welcomes suggestions for board membership of people with a love of Nantucket, both her past and her future. - Georgia P. Gosnell

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NANTUCKET HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION CONDENSED STATEMENT OF REVENUES AND EXPENSES AND OTHER CHANGES IN NET ASSETS For the Year Ended December 31, 1996 (With Comparative Totals for 1995)

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PUBLIC SUPPORT AND REVENUES:

1995

Public support: Gifts, grants, and bequests Annual appeal Admissions, tours Antiques Show Other programs and events Total public support

299,221 78,275 274 ,405 261 ,613 59,738

99,454 64,931 258,363 173 ,814 21.200

973,252

617.762

110,398 97,778

110,546 82,028

136,257 488,183 170.097

175,725 479 ,061 101,590

Total revenues

1,002,713

948,950

Total support and revenues

1,975,965

1,566,712

513 ,596 37,996 104,83 4

418,207 37,575 20,539

81,155 55,940 110,378 28 ,416 75,164 46,242 38,179 404 ,639 28,794

35,946 59,513 40,160 31,953 73,700 38,672 425 ,229 81,488

1,525,333

1.262,982

450,63 2

303,730

5,779,816

5,476,086

$ 6,230,448

$ 5,779,816

Revenues: Membership dues Investment income Realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment transactions Museum Shop, sales Other,.,

Expenses: Payroll and employee benefits Office expenses Outside services Printing, publications, advertising, and fund raising Utilities, telephone Repairs and supplies Insurance Antiques Show expenses Exhibition expenses Depreciation Museum Shop expenses Other 1' Total expenses Net change for year Net assets, beginning Net assets, ending

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1996 ASSETS Cash

Accounts receivable Merchandise inventory

1,011,510

696,559

16,621

2,214

137,275

142,802

Investments

1,3 15 ,201

1,151 ,730

Fixed assets, net of depreciation

3,762.111

3,789,862

6,242 ,718

5 ,7 83,167

12,270

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603,109

Temporarliy restricted

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LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS Accounts payable and accrued expenses Net assets:

301 ,027

181,309

Unrestricted: Plant funds Board designated Unrestricted operating

3,762 ,11 1 371 ,504 1,192.697

3,789,862 301,245 904,291

Total net assets

6,230.448

5 ,779.816

$ 6,242,718

$ 2,782, 167

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Collection of slides taken on Nantucket circa 1945-50 by Leon L. McGrady and twelve snapshots taken on island 1947-94 by the donor. Gz/t of Lee Rand Burne

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Carved and inlaid coconut-shell dipper, circa 1840. Gz/t of]oan Manley

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Wedgwood ceramic bowl decorated with a view of Nantucket harbor after an engraving by B. Tanner. NHA Purchase

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Six photographs taken during and after Hurricane Edouard, September 2, 1996. Gift of Richard E. Morcom

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Account book kept by Jared Coffin, 1795-1810. NHA Purchase with funds donated by Patricia Loring

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Sketchbook with twenty-four pencil drawings of Nantucket scenes, circa 1890. Gz/t o/Mr. and Mrs. Eliot S. Knowles

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Oil on board painting, View of Summer Street, by Richard Hayley Lever, circa 1929. Gift of the Friends of the Nantucket Historical Association

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Ballot box used by the town of Nantucket circa 1905-95. Gift of the Town a/Nantucket

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Two silver spoons made by William Hadwen, one engraved "TPB," the other engraved "EB," circa 1825. Bequest of Eunice Haden

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Three trophies won by Norman Jordan, Sr., for athletic events held on Nantucket during the 1920s. Gift a/Norman Jordan, Jr.

96.9

Three-fold screen painted with a view of Sankaty Light by Tony Sarg. Gz/t of Mr. and Mrs. Alger D. Beal

96.10

Leather-bound document box owned by John W. Barrett and wallpaper-covered bride's box owned by Philip H. Folger. Gzft of Marguerite Wills

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Two 1939 photographic aerial surveys of Nantucket and WWII ration books for Paul and Miriam Frye. Gzft a/Tom Parrish

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Two hotel guest registers: one from an unidentified hotel covering 1874-75 and 1919-46, the other from Adams House at 7 Fair Street covering 1919-52. Gift of the Nantucket Zoning Board of Appeals

Perforated paper bookmark embroidered "Marianne Coffin"; piece of a door from the Alice M . Lawrence; brown suede writing case; twenty-five cent "whale money" piece; white linen handkerchief; brown paper bag used to package corn meal at the Old Mill; political ribbon for Harrison and Tyler; pen-and-ink drawing of whaling scene; two trade cards; pencil sketch of Long Island Sound; colored drawing of the whaleships Massachusetts and Zenas Coffin; Valentine card and envelope; pencil drawing, "View of the Fort in Wallis Island"; pencil drawing, "View in Otaheite-Matavai Bay"; booklet, "'SconsetSketches "; booklet, "Nantucket Sketches"; booklet, "Picturesque Nantucket"; sketchbook with watercolors of Nantucket, Maine, and New Hampshire scenes by E. Pritchard; postcard of Nantucket Island; card printed with image of the Nantucket Training Ship; penand-ink drawing of Elizabeth A. Hussey by Alex Seaverns; pen-and-ink drawing of David G. Hussey; colored engraving of three types of whales; engraving, "South Sea Whaling"; engraving of on-shore whaling; print of Colonel O'Conor; engraving of Charles O'Conor; print of St. Paul's Church by A.H. Seaverns; drawing of Samuel Haynes Jenks ; tufted pillow cover; pencil drawing, "Vespers," attributed to George Fish; print, "A View of the Whale Fishery"; pencil drawing of an unidentified female; watercolor of ship on rough seas. Bequest of Edouard A. Stackpole

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Minutes and records of the Nantucket Arts Council, 1974-95. Gift of the Nantucket Arts Council

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Late 19th-century silk and velvet crazy quilt with embroidered motifs. Gz/t of Mrs. Frank W. Johnson

96.13

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Nantucket Garden Club records for the period September 1, 1992, to August 31, 1996. Gift of the Nantucket Garden Club

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Eight albums containing photographs, negatives, and slides by John McCalley, circa 1970-80. Gzft of Adrienne A. McCalley

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Sewing table brought from China by Capt. Henry Coleman in 1855; 1855 letter to Capt. Henry Coleman regarding the destination of the clipper ship Houqua. Gift of Mary Hoadley

96.21

Chinese Export porcelain dessert plate purchased by Henry Coleman in Canton in 1855; souvenir glass with an engraved image of the steamship Island Home; souvenir glass with an engraved image of the steamship Nantucket. Gz/t of William Sevrens

96.22

Nantucket Restaurant Guides for 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987 and 1996. Gz/t of Lee Rand Burne

96.23

Prints, books, and manuscripts from the Barbara Johnson Whaling Collection: print, "Physeter, or Spermaceti Whale"; four hand-colored plates of whales from Jules Dumont d'Urville's Voyages au Pole Sud; book, The Whale Fishery and Its Appliances by James Templeman Brown; book, An Index to the Bible by Mark Coffin; act, "Proclamation du Roi, Sur le decret de l'Assemblee Nationale, du 16 Septembre 1790, portant gue la creance de Nantukois sera exceptee de 1' arriere, du 21 Septembre 1790"; act, "No. 1140, Loi Relative aux Nantucguois etablis en France, & aceux gui desireroient y venir dans la suite ... le 25 Juillet 1791 "; pamphlet, "John Percival .. . Committee on Naval Affairs (Globe Mutiny), 1833"; pamphlet, "An Act for the Encouragement of the Southern Whale Fishery," 1786; book, Low's Genuine Almanackfor the year of the Christian Era, 1813; pamphlet, (Jones, Thomas A.P. Catesby), "Memorial, 1845"; book, Mocha Dick; or, the White Whale of the Pacific by Jeremiah N. Reynolds, 1932; book, Coast Whaling by Charles Melville Scammon; book, A Collection of the Laws of the United States relating to Revenue, Navigation and Commerce, and Light-Houses &c., up to March 4, 1843; pamphlet,

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Photograph by Rob Benchley

"Remonstrance of Inhabitants of Nantucket, against repeal of the duty of Foreign Tallow, and on Palm and Olive Oils," 1832; pamphlet, "Report of the Committee of Commerce and Manufactures ... the Petition of Tristram Hussey, of Nantucket, 1806. " Gz/t of the Friends of the Nantucket Historical Association 96.24

Whalebone-inlaid wooden club. Bequest a/Wellington f. Cummings

96.25

Papers of the Siasconset Civic Association, circa 1980-96. Gz/t of the Siasconset Civic Association

96.26

Two letters to Abby H. Gibbs dated November 1850. Gift o/Ted Graser

I Nonaccessioned Gifts Framed pencil drawing of "Povity Point." Bequest of Wellington f. Cummings Book, Camp Sankaty Chronicles, by Norman L. Claxton, and book, The Origins and Founding of the Sankaty H ead Golf Club, by Paul R. Judy. Gzft of Paul R. Judy Book, The Architecture of Historic Nantucket, by Clay Lancaster; Nantucket Telephone Directory, 1991-92 ; 1990 Antiques Guide; two undated SPRI:\C

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Antiques Guides; Nantucket Vacation Guide, July 1993. Gz/t of Francis D. and Mary Lethbridge Black and white slide of the C. C. Macy grocery on Centre Street and wooden cigar box with "Nantucket Yacht Club" stamped on top.

Gz/t ofTom Macy "This Week in Nantucket," July 25, 1949; "This Week in Nantucket," July 30, 1951 ; Theater Workshop program , 1977-78; New England Getaways Magazine, August 1986; article on lightships. Gz/t of Helen Seager Bible inscribed "Eliza Brock"; Bible inscribed "Samuel Coffin"; Bible with inscriptions referring to the Brock family. Gift of Mrs. Joseph C. Woodle

19961ncoming Loans For the "Away Off Shore" Exhibition:

American Museum of Natural History, New York Seal Skin Dr. Wesley Tiffney,Jr., Nantucket Two herbarium samples, "Spring Beauty" and "Cotton Grass"

Maddequet Admiralty Association, Nantucket Portrait of George F. Tilton, octant, lifeboat heaving line, Royal Navy boarding blunderbuss, two brass patent logs , early American Navy cutlass, quadrant, piece of planking from the ship Wanderer Mystic Seaport Museum , Mystic, Connecticut Figurehead from the ship Lydia Merchant's House Museum , New York Sleigh bed Nantucket Atheneum Painting of Ship Spermo in a Gale Pacific Club of Nantucket Portrait of Reuben Joy Deborah A. Rose, Shutesbury, MA 93 " Narwhal tusk

1996 Outgoing Loans The Coffin School, Nantucket Model of the bark Metis

For the "Nantucket: Picturesque and Historic" Exhibit:

Jared Coffin House, Nantucket Portrait of Eben W. Allen silver tea service portrait of three Coffin children, receipt for' portrait of three Coffin children signed by James Hathaway

Carl Gewirz, Washington, DC Eight Nantucket souvenir spoons

Nantucket Atheneum Portrait of Harold H. Kynett

Forager House Collection, Nantucket Nantucket souvenir ceramics

Nantucket Lifesaving Museum Section of stateroom wall from th e Andrea Doria, Walter Chase's gold lifesaving medal, Arthur Weeks's silver lifesaving medal, Edwin R. Smith's silver lifesaving medal

Union Lodge F & AM, Nantucket Three Masonic silver jewels, c. 1770

Paul C. Morris,Jr., Nantucket Kodak dry-plate camera and tripod, c. 1890 Emma Ward, Connecticut Nantucket souvenir ceramics For Examination and GenetÂˇal Exhibition:

First Congregational Church, Nantucket Eleven silver chalices, two silver wine decanters, and one pewter cann Mrs. Terrance Geaghan, Bath, Maine Three ship models

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MEMBERS Thomas Macy Associates ($1,000) Mr. &Mrs. C. Marshall Beale Mr. &Mrs. Randle Goetze Mr. &Mrs. John Greenebaum Mr. &Mrs. Richard W. Lowry Mr. &Mrs. Ian R. MacKenzie Mr. &Mrs. Marlin Miller, .Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Scott Newquist Mr. &Mrs. Francis C. Rooney, Jr. Mr. &Mrs. William Slover Mr. &Mrs. Richard F. Tucker

Hadwen Circle ($500) Mr. Alan F. Atwood Mr. &Mrs. Charles Bardelis Mr. and Mrs. Ben Barnes Mr. and Mrs. Granville E. Conway Ms. Kin1berly C. Corkran Mr. &Mrs. Nelson Doubleday Mr. &Mrs ..Joseph Starbuck Freeman Mr. &Mrs. Edmund A. Hajim Mr. &Mrs ..John Lynch Mr. &Mrs. Piers M. MacDonald Mr. &Mrs. Se)o11our G. Mandell Mr. &Mrs. Marrin McKerrow Dr. GeorgeS. Meyer, Jr. Mr.&Mrs. eal O'Connor Mr. &Mrs. James S. Regan Mr. &Mrs. Peter Ruffner Mr. &Mrs. Peter Sacerdote Mr. &Mrs. Han•ey Saligman Mr. &Mrs. James M. Stewart Mr. &Mrs. Thomas M. Taylor Mr. Jack Weinhold Mrs. Arnold A. Willcox

Contributors ($250) !'vir. &Mrs. Thomas J. Albani Ms. Cheryl Banlett Mr. &Mrs. Richard A. Becbith Mr. Allan Bell l'vlr. Alfred Bornemann Mr. &Mrs. Richard L. Brecker Mr. &Mrs. Thomas H. Broadus, Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Thomas R. Brome Mr. Robert U. Brown Mr. &M 1~. David 0. Brownwood Dr. Michael Campbell Mr. &Mrs. P. Erik Christensen Mr. &Mrs. Harold Cohen Mr. &Mrs. Richard R. Congdon Mr. &Mrs. Marrin F. Connor Mr. &Mrs. W.H. Corkran, Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Echvard Costello Mrs. Alexander M. Craig Mr. &Mrs. William Crozier,Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Joseph S. Di Martino Mr. and Mrs. John L. Dowling Ms. Cecile S. Dracken Drs. tvlichael &Pawa Duffy Mr. &Mrs. Gardiner S. Dutron Dr. &Mrs.JohnP. Fields Mr. &Mrs. Alan M. Forster Mr. tvlichael Glowacki Ms. Elizabeth Gosnell Ms. Susan Zises Green Ms. Gloria Grimshaw Ms. Katherine Grover Mr. &Mrs. Graham Gund

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Mr. &Mrs. William H. Hays ill Mr. &Mrs. Robert E. Hellman Messrs. Jack &Jim Hendrix Mr. &Mrs. Jeffrey Hohl Mr. &Mrs. D. Brainerd Holmes Mr. &Mrs. S. Roger Horchow Mr. &Mrs. Curtis L.lvey,Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Stanley R. Jaffe Mr. &Mrs. James L. Ketelsen Ms. Patience E. Killen Mr. &Mrs. ArieL. Kopelman Mr. &Mrs. Edward V. Lahey,Jr. Mrs. Jill L. Leinbach Mr. &Mrs. Francis D. Lethbridge Mr. &Mrs. Franklin H. Levy Dr. &Mrs. Peter Linden Mr. James L. Long Mr. &Mrs.]. Thomas Macy Mr. &Mrs. Donald F. McCullough Mr. &Mrs. Charles McGill Mr. &Mrs. John A. McGuinn Ms. Kristin Melbye Mr. Bruce Miller Mr. &Mrs. William C. Miller IV Mr. &Mrs. Donald W. lvlirro Mr. &l'vlrs. Alben B. Murphy III Mr. &Mrs. Henry A. Murray Mr. &Mrs. tvlichael]. ()'Mara Mr. Bruce H. Poor Mr. &Mrs. Arthur I. Reade,Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Daniel M. Reid Mr. &Mrs. F. A. Richmond Mr. &Mrs. Peter Roberts Mr. &Mrs. Kenneth Roman Mrs. Alfred F. Sanford n Mr. Robert Montgomery Scott Mr. Russell Seitz Mr. &Mrs. john I. Shaw Dr. &Mrs. Charles Shmtall Mr. &Mrs. Chad11~ck Sin1mons Mr. &Mrs. Carl H. Sjolund Mr. &Mrs. Gordon Smith Ms. Mary Susan Smith Mr. Edward W. Snowden Mr. &Mrs. Gilbert Snyder Mr. &Mrs. Paw Soros Mr. &Mrs. Scott M. Steams, Jr. Mr. &Mrs. J. Clayton Stephenson Melinda &Paul SWlivan Mr. &Mrs. John Sussek Ms. Edythe Travelstead Mr. &Mrs. E. Geoffrey Vemey Mr. &Mrs. Richard Wolfe Mr. &Mrs. DavidS. Wolff Mrs. joseph C. Woodle Mr. Robert A. Young

Sustaining Members ($100) Mr. &Mrs. John C. Acton Mr. &Mrs. Heath Allen Mrs. C. George Anastos Mr. Edgar A. Anderson Mr. Manuel Araujo Mrs. Marshall Baker Mrs. David H. Barlow Mr. &Mrs. J. Christopher Barron Mr. &Mrs. William G. Beattie Mr. &Mrs. Neil W. Benedict Mr. &Mrs. Barry Bennan Mr. &Mrs. Dan Bixler Mr. &Mrs. James M. Blackwell IV

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Mr. &Mrs. William]. Boardman Ms. Helen W. Brann Dr. &Mrs. R Huntington Breed n Mr. WilliamS. Brenizer Mr. &Mrs. Owsley Brown Mr. &!-.Irs. Willian1 Browne Mr. &Mrs. Anhur E. Burgeson, Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Carter Cafritz Mr. &Mrs. Richard Callahan Mr. &Mrs. Raymond B. Carey,Jr. Mrs. Martha A. Carr Mr. &Mrs. Richard W. Carr Mr. &Mrs. Steve Caner Mr. John Swain Caner Mr. &Mrs. Moncure Chatfield Taylor 1\lrs. Samuel P. Connor, .Jr. I-.-Irs. W. P. Constable Mr. &Mrs. Leslie Cookenboo Mr. &Mrs. Ke1~n Cooman Mr. &Mrs. Da1id W. Cox Mr. &Mrs. F. William Crandall Mr. &Mrs. Charles D. Darby Mr. &Mrs. Paw Dawson Mr. &Mrs. Porter G. Dawson Mr. &Mrs. Richard A. Denby Mr. &Mrs. Richard Deutsch Mr. &Mrs. Joseph Donaldson Mr. &Mrs. William W. Drake, Jr. Mr. &Mrs. James L. Dunlap Ms. Tharon Dunn Mr. &Mrs. Donald R. Dupre Mr. &Mrs. tvlichael C. Edgell Mr. &Mrs. F. Farney Eilers Mr. &Mrs. David Eklund Mrs. Harry Engelkirk Mr. &Mrs. RobertS. Erskine, Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Richard J. Elkind Dr. &Mrs. John W. Elpy Mrs. John M. Felleman Mr. &Mrs. Gregor N. Ferguson Mr. Glenn Field Mrs. Thomas Fisher, .Jr. Mrs. Jane Farrell Fitch Mr. &Mrs. Christopher Forester Mr. Gene Foster Mr. &Mrs. Bruno S. Frassetto Dr. &Mrs. Robert E. Funsch Dr. Gordon Gallagher Mr. &Mrs. Paul Gibian Ms. Karen K. Gifford Mr. &Mrs. Oscar S. Glasberg Ms. Valerie Goetz Mr. &Mrs. Rock Gonnella Mr. &Mrs. William Graham, Jr. i'vlr. &Mrs. Envin L. Greenberg Mrs. Toby Ann Greenberg Mr. &Mrs. John Grover Mr. &Mrs. William Guardenier Mrs. Frederick Haffenreffer Prof. William A. Hance lvlrs. Roben A. Harbach Ms. Ellen S. Harde Mr. &Mrs. Donald R. Harleman Mr. &Mrs. Charles C. Ham•ood Mr. &Mrs. Hennan A. Haus Mr. &Mrs. Philip .J. Hempleman Mr. &Mrs. Eugene Hilzenrath Mr. &Mrs. Winston R Hindle, Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Richard H. Hoff Mr. &Mrs. John P. Horgan Mr. &Mrs. Charles A. Hughes

Mrs. Nancy G. Huston Mr. &i'vlrs. Roben Inglis Mr. &Mrs. George Ingram Mrs. Edmund B. Jackson Mr. &Mrs. Fred H. Jaeger Mr. &Mrs. Robert F. Jehle Mr. &i'vlrs. Benn W. Jesser Mr. Eli W. Kaufman Mr. Robert M. Kaye Claudia &Jeffrey Keenan Ms. Marybeth Keene Dr. &Mrs. Charles A. Keller, Jr. Dr. &Mrs. Charles S. Kelly Mr. &Mrs. Robert J. Kenney Mr. &Mrs. Dennis .J. Kenny Mr. Rory Kileen Ms. Ann S. Killen Mr. Anthony D. Kuttz Mrs. John C. Lathrop Mr. &J\lrs. Charles Lenhart Dr. &Mrs. Keith M. Lindgren Mr. &Mrs. PeterS. Loomis Mr. &Mrs. John W. Loose Mr. &Mrs. Francisco Lorenzo Mr. &Mrs. Peter D. Lowenstein Mr. &Mrs. David Lund l'vlr. Jeffrey R. Lynch Mr. Hauthaway Mabbett Mrs. Barbara H. Malcolm Mr. John Matesich ill Mr. &Mrs. William L. Mather l'vlr. &Mrs. Charles Mayhew Mr. &Mrs. Eugene G. McGuire Mr. &Mrs. G. S. Meader,Jr. Mr. Richardson T. Merriman Mr. Bruce D. Miller Mr. Grayson B. tvlitchell Mr. &i'vlrs. T. Channing Moore Mr. &Mrs. John E. Moran Mr. &Mrs. James L. Morgan Mr. &Mrs. W. Christopher Mortenson, Jr. Dr. &Mrs. David B. Mosher Mr. &Mrs. Carl M. Mueller Mr. &Mrs. Craig H. Muhlhauser /vir. Raymond F. Murphy,Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Morgan J. Murray Mr. &Mrs. Michael S. Nelson Mr. &Mrs. Richard E. Nopper Ms. Camille Oechsli Mr. &Mrs. David Olsen Mr. &Mrs. Michael F. Orr Mr. &Mrs. Frank Owen Mr. &Mrs. William A. Paddock Dr. &Mrs. A. Eugene Palchanis Mr. &Mrs. jeffrey Paley Mr. &Mrs. T. Peter Pappas Mrs. Mary C. Parrish Mr. &Mrs. James S. Pasman,Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Alfred G. Peterson Mr. &Mrs. Samuel Phelan Ms. Mary Pohlad Mr. &Mrs. Robert Pratter Mrs. Sonia Puopolo Mr. William L. Reed Mr. &Mrs. Harry Rein Mr. &Mrs.l110mas L. Rhodes Mr. &Mrs ..J. Barron Riley Mr. &Mrs. Samuel Robert Mr. &Mrs. Jeffrey . Rubin 1\lr. &Mrs. J. Perry Ruddick

Mr. Andrew Sackett Mr. &Mrs. Mark Salisbury

Mr. R Scott Samuel Mr. Alfred F. Sanford ill

Mr. Francis J. Santos Mr. &Mrs. John D. Sayer Mr. &Mrs. Samuel R. Shipley Ill Mr. &Mrs. Robert Siebold Mr. &Mrs. Alben L. Silva Mr. &Mrs. Arnold R Small Ms. Sallie Ellen Smith Ms. Penny F. Snow /vir &Mrs. Peter Solben Mr. &Mrs. Charles SotJe Mr. &Mrs. Andre Spears Mr. &Mrs. \VJ. Laird Stabler,Jr. Mr. &Mrs.JohnJ. Stackpole Mr. &Mrs. William D. Stamper Mr. &Mrs. Harris Stone Mr. Landey Strongin Mr. Da1id Swain Mr. &Mrs. R. Chapman Taylor III Mr. R. Scott Taylor Mr. &Mrs. William K. Tell, Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Thomas Thomas Mr. &Mrs. Frank Tolsdorf Mr. &Mrs. John H. Troy IJ 1-.-lr. &Mrs. Robert Turk Mr. &Mrs. Vincent Vacca Mrs. Richard]. Walsh Mr. &Mrs. F. Jay Ward Dr. Whiting Russell Willauer Mr. &Mrs. Richard Wolfe Ms. Margaret L. Wolff Mr. Alexander M. Worth Mr. &Mrs. Harvey S. Young

Family Members ($50) Mrs. Homer Abbott Mr. James Abbott Mr. &Mrs. Victor C. Adams Mr. &Mrs. Ralph Albright Mrs. Pawette Allemand Mr. &Mrs. Nathan R Allen, Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Robert E. Allen Mr. &Mrs. Herschel Allerhand Mr. &Mrs. Oakes Ames Mr. &Mrs. Robert B. Anderson Mr. &Mrs. Stephen Anderson Mr. &Mrs. \'(/illianl H. Andrews ill Mr. &Mrs. Glenn Angiolillo Dr. &Mrs. Mortimer H. Appley Mr. &Mrs. Christopher Annstrong Mr. &Mrs. Norn1an]. Asher Mr. &Mrs. John G. Atwood Ms.Joyce Austin Mr. &Mrs. Philip Austin Dr. &Mrs. Steven Aveni Ms. Marian B. Awwad Mr. .Joseph E. Bachelder Mr. &Mrs. Robert W. Bailey Mr. .James L. Baird, Jr. Ms. Barbara Baisley Ms. Margaret J. Baker Mr. &Mrs. William Baker Mr. &Mrs. Patterson Bames Mr. & Mrs. William H. Barney Mr. &Mrs. John C. Barrows Mr. &Mrs. John B. Banlett Mr. & Mrs. William Barron Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth L. Beaugrand SPRl;\G

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MEMBERS Mr. &Mrs. Joshua Bekenstein Mr. &Mrs. John Belash Mr. &Mrs. WilliamS. Belichick Mr. &Mrs. Allan D. Bell Mr. Douglas F. Bennert Ms. Susan Bergman Mr. &Mrs. Brendan Bernard Mr. &Mrs. Richard Berube Mr. &Mrs. Richard Macy Biggs Mr. &Mrs. GeraldS. Biondi Ms. Deborah Black Mr. Jeff Black-well Mr. &Mrs. Donald B. Blenko Mr. &Mrs. Howard Bloom Mr. &Mrs. V.S. Charles Boillod Mr. &Mrs. Fred Boling Mr. &Mrs. Charles L. Bolling Mr. &Mrs. Richard Bond Mr. &Mrs. James Bowditch Mr. &Mrs. David E. Bradbwy Mr. &Mrs. David M. Bradt Mr. Gordon Braine Mr. &Mrs. David Briand !vir. &Mrs. Haworth P. Bromley Mr. &Mrs. omtan Brooks Mr. &Mrs. Richard A. Brooks Mr. &Mrs. DavidS.[. Brown Mr. &Mrs. Raben Scott Brown Mr. &Mrs. Theodor Brown Mr. &Mrs. Warren H. Brown II Mr. &Mrs. Willard Brown Mr. &Mrs. Raben Bruce Ms. Sharon Buck Dr. &Mrs. James E. Bullock Mr. &Mrs. Douglas K. Burch Dr. Rose Burdon Mr. Ronald G. Burg Mr. Anhur J. Burrows Mr. &Mrs. Raben M. Bunon Mr. &Mrs. W. W. Keen Butcher Mr. &Mrs. Anhur E. Butler Ms. Karen T. Butler Ms. Gail Burters Mr. &Mrs. Marthew V. Byrne Mr. &Mrs. Lawrence Cady Mr. &Mrs. WilliamR. Camp, Jr. Mrs. Paul Campbell Mr. &Mrs. Paul H. Carini Mr. &Mrs. Charles Carl, Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Mitchell Carl Mr. &Mrs. Scott P. Carlin Mr. &Mrs. William Carlson Mr. George Carneal Mr. Charles H. Carpenter,Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Revell Carr Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Carr Mr. &Mrs. John H. Caner Mr. &Mrs. Richard E. Caner Ms. Susan Cary Ms. Mary Casey Mr. &Mrs. Daniel Catlin,Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Marshall H. Chambers J\ilr. &Mrs. Richard A. Charpie Ms. Dorothy Cherry Mr. &Mrs. Peter Chick Mr. &Mrs. Monimer H. Chute, Jr. Cialini Family Mr. &Mrs. Philip Ciulla ,Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Eugene H. Clapp Mr. &Mrs. Paul Clarke Mr. &Mrs. Owen G. Clinton Mrs. Ahna Coffin

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Mr. &Mrs. David R Coffin Mr. &Mrs. D.1~ght Coffin

Mr. &J\ilrs. James A. Coffin Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Coffin Mr. &Mrs. Louis D. Coffin Mr. &Mrs. Louis F. Coffin, Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Peter Coffm Mr. &Mrs. Philip T. Coffin,] r. Mr. Steven Coffin Mr. &Mrs. Terrill Coffin Ms. Barbara G. Cohen Mr. &Mrs. Allen Collins Mr. Dexter Collins Mrs. Louise W. Collins Mr. &Mrs. E. Malcolm Condon Mr. &Mrs. William R. Congdon Mr. &Mrs. Alexius C. Conroy Mr. &Mrs. Andrew J. Cooley Mr. Richard Coons Ms. Cathleen A. Coming Mrs. John W. Counland Mr. &Mrs. John B. Cowpenhwait Mr. &Mrs. Paul G. Crommelin Dr. Alben Crosby Mr. &Mrs. Alfred R. Crosby Mr. &Mrs. Raben Cross Mr. &Mrs. Herbert E. Crowell Mr. &Mrs. Paul]. Crowley Dr. &Mrs. DanielS. Crowther Mr. William Cuddy Mr. Barry Cullen Dr. &Mrs. John M. Cullen Mr. &Mrs. Joseph W. Czapp Mr. &J\ilrs. John Daniels Mr. &Mrs. Dudley V.I. Darling Dr. Jim Dasbach Mr. &Mrs. H. Chace Davis,J r. Mr. &Mrs. John B. Davis Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas H. Davis Mr. &Mrs. Stephen DeCesare Mr. Randall E. Decoteau Mr. &Mrs. Charles G. Del Signore ~ lr. &Mrs. Jon athan W. Delano Mr. &Mrs. Stephen M. DeLay Mr. &Mrs. David S. Deutsch 1\rlr. &Mrs. Hugh Dickinson Mr. &Mrs. William]. Dickson Mr. &Mrs. Philip H. Didriksen,Jr. Mr. &Mrs. David Dillard Dr. &Mrs. James Dolph Mr. John C. Doody Mr. John P. Dooley,Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Joseph P. Dooley Dr. Wendell K. Downing Mr. &Mrs. Dominic Duane Mr. &Mrs. James A. Duarte Mr. &Mrs. George M. Duff, Jr. Ms. Audrey Dumper Mr. &Mrs. John A. Dunning Dr. &Mrs. Da1~dJ. Duquerte Mr. &Mrs. 1 elson Durand Mr. &Mrs. John P. Elder Dr. Alice Emerson Mr. &Mrs. John F. Fallon ,Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Anthony Farrell Mr. John Fee,Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Mitchell Feinberg Mr. &Mrs. Raben Dean Felch Ms. Maura Finan i\lr. and Mrs.John . Fisher, Jr. Ms. Ellen Flamm Mr. &Mrs. Raben Flanagan

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Mr. &Mrs. Richard A. Flier ~ls. Lynne Marie Folger Ms. Jill Folger Mr. &Mrs. Ralph E. Folger Capt. &Mrs. Walter Folger Mr. &Mrs. Merle Fossen Mr. &Mrs. John Foster Mr. &Mrs. Michael Foster Mr. &Mrs. Elden Foulk,Jr. Mr. &Mrs. George Fraker Mr. &Mrs. I. Michael Frascati Mrs. Carla de Creny Freed Mr. &Mrs. Sruan Freilich Mr. &Mrs. John F1iedlander Mr. &Mrs. James Frogge Mr. Granger H. Frost Ms. Janice Coffin Galasso Mr. &Mrs. Craig Gam bee Mr. &Mrs. Raben R. Gambee Mr. &Mrs. Pierre Garneau Ms. Susan Gasparich Ms. A.nne H. Geddes Mr. &Mrs. Harry Geller Mr. &Mrs. Craig H. Gendel Mr. &Mrs. James Genthner Mr. Clinton A. Gerlach Mr. &Mrs. Thomas H. C. Giffin Mr. &Mrs. Charles C. Gifford, Jr. 1\llr. &Mrs. Daniel B. Gilbreth lvlr. &Mrs. William T. Gill Mr. &Mrs. James Edward Gillurn,Jr. Dr. &Mrs. T.H. Ginley Mr. &Mrs. Frank H. Ginn Mr. and Mrs. Alan T. Gin-air Mr. &Mrs. W;~ter D. Glidden Mr. &J\ilrs. Stephen Godwin Mr. &Mrs. Marvin Goldberg Mr. &Mi~. Herben Goldsmith Mr. &Mrs. Peter L. Goldsmith Ms. Kelly H~ey Goode Mr. David Goodman Mr. &Mrs. Jordon Goodman Mr. &Mrs. Eugene W. Goodwillie,J r. Ms. Adelaide R. Grant Ms.Joan B. Gray Mr. &Mrs. Andrew Green Mr. &Mrs. Burges M. Green Mr. Harold F. Greiner Mr. &Mrs. Anhur Grellier Mr. &1\llrs. Ban Grenier Mr. &Mrs. William E. Grieder Mr. &Mrs. Robert C. Griffin Mr. &Mrs. Charles T. Griffith Mr. Raben Grimes Mr. &Mrs. Paul R Gudonis Ms. Kathleen Guido Mr. &Mrs. Philip G. Gulley Mr. &J\ilrs. Henry B. Gutman Mr. &Mrs. Herben L. Gutterson Mr. &Mrs. Robert M. Haft Mr. &J\ilrs. RichardT. Hale, Jr. Ms. Brenda Lee Hall Mr. &Mrs. Hugh Halsell Mr. Dale Hantilton Mr. Derek G. C. Hamilton Ms. Jane \YJ. Hammond Mr. &J\ilrs. Charles L. Hancock Mr. &Mrs. Scott Harden rv Mr. MarkS. Hannsen Drs. Kevin &Margaret Harrington Mr. &Mrs. Donald Harris Mr. &Mrs. Fred Hartwell

Mr. & Irs. Robert llaverv Mr. &,\Irs. Samuel Havil~d Mr. &lvlrs. Robert A. Hawkins Ms. Kathleen Hay Mr. &Mrs. Peter R Hayden Mr. &Mrs. Oliver C. Hazard Mr. &M1~. Edward S.Heard Ms. Margaret C. Hearst Mr. &lvlrs. John 0. Hedden Mr. and Mrs. Brian Heidrke Mr. &Mrs. Anhur L. Held Mr. &Mrs. Ronald Henshall Mr. &Mrs. Joseph Herbert Mr. &Mrs. Richard Hennan Mr. &Mrs. Mason Heydt Mr. &Mrs. Thomas Hilliger Mr. &Mrs. William H. Hoban,Jr. Mr. &Mrs. C. Thomas Hogsten Mrs. Alma Holdgate Mr. &Mrs. E. Monon Holland Mr. &Mrs. Stanley H. Hollander ,\lr. &Mrs. Charles Hoopes Dr. Douglas Horst Dr. &M1~. Frederick W.Howes Mr. &Mrs. James C. Hoyt Ms. Elizabeth Hubbell Mr. Joseph Huber Mr. &Mrs. Randy Hudson Mr. &Mrs. \YJilliam Hudspeth Mr. &Mrs. Joseph Huertas Mr. &Mrs. Harris .J. Hulben Mr. &Mrs. Grover Hull Mr. &Mrs. Da1~d C. Hulme Ms. Jill A. Humphrey Ms. Gail Hunton Mr. &Mrs. John G.\YJ. Husted,Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Philip L. lampietro Ms. Anne H. Isbister Ms. Judy h·ey lvlr. &i\lrs. Ronald Jacko11~tz Mr. &Mrs. James \'\I. Jackson Ms. Rita jackson lvlr. David James Mr. &Mrs. Ernest J. Jax timer Dr. &M1~. Jeffrey R. Jay Mr. &Mrs. Peter Jenny Mr. &Mrs. Lawrence C. Jerome Mr. &Mrs. David B.Jewetr Ms. A.nn C. Johanson lvlr. &Mrs. Alben C. Johnsen Mr. &Mrs. Eric johnson Mr. &Mrs. William C. Jones, Jr. Mr. &Mrs ..James E. Joynt i\lrs. Carolyn F. Judson Mr. Paul R.Judy Mr. &Mrs. Paul A. Kales Dr. Fnmces Kanrunen Ms. Cynthia Keating Mr. &Mrs. John M. Kellogg, Jr. Mr. &lvlrs. Arthur L. Kelly Mr. &Mrs. PhilipS. Kemp,Jr. Mr. Sanford Kendall Mr. &t\lrs. Allen G. Kenzie Mr. &Nil>. Fred Kem Mr. and Mr~. Mm~hall T. Keys Dr. &Mrs. Carol Kilty Ms. Catherine King Mr. &Mrs. Joel B. Kirby Mr. &Mrs. Emil f. Kleinen Mr. &Mrs. \XIilli~1 F. Kloc Mr. &Mrs. Fulton C. Komack Mr. &M~>. Jacob Komgold

~lr. &illrs. Richard Kotalac Mr. &Mrs. John Kovas Mr. &Mrs. Robert Krida Mr. &Mrs. Gary Kriss Drs. Ruud &Jeannette Krom Mr. &Mrs. Ke1~ Kuester Mr. &Mrs. Charles E. Kulmann Mr. &Mrs. Peter \XI. Kunkel i\ Is. Rosanna LaBonte i\lrs. JohnS. Lampe Ms. Carol M. Lane 1\lr. &lvlrs. Rene La Pierre Mr. &Mrs. Emesr B. Latham Mr. &Mrs. John Gardner Lathrop Mr. &Mrs. Randall Laufenberg Mr. &Mrs. Thomas D. Leary Mr. &Mrs. W. David Lee Mr. &Mrs. Darren Legge Mr. &Mrs. Da11d]. Leggetr Ms. Carol E. LeG ray Ms. Deborah]. Lehan Mr. &Mrs. Franklin B. Leonard Dr. &Mrs. Timothy Lepore Mr. &Mrs. G. Painter LeRoy Mr. &Mrs. Irving Levy Mr. &Mrs. Richard E. Lewis, Jr. Dr. &Mrs. Alben G. Liddell Mr. &Mrs. Ronald Ligon Mr. &i\lrs. Philip Lindeman IT Mr. &Nlrs. Stephen A. Lindsay Mr. &Mrs. Herbert M. Lobi Mr. &Mrs. Alben Lockett Mr. &Mrs..John A. Lodge Mr. &Mrs. C. Richard Loftin Mr. &M1~. Dean Long Mr. Oliver A. Lothrop, .Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Peter D. Louderback Mr. &Mrs. Albert 0. Lauer Mr. &Mrs. Oarence S. Lo1·elace Mr. &Mrs. RichardS. Lovelace Mr. &Mrs. Frank H. Low Mr. Brian H. Lowy Mr. &Mrs. \YJ. Frederick Lucas Mr. &Mrs. J. Daniel Lugosch ill Mr. &Mrs. Eric A. Lundquist Mr. &Mrs. Albert E. Lussier, Jr. Mr. &t\lrs. Gardner MacDonald Mr. &Mrs. Dual Macintyre Mr. &Mrs. Richard B. Mack Mr. Angus MacLeod Mr. &Mrs. Hugh MacVicar Mrs John W. Macy,Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Orrin Macy Mr. &M~>. Thomas W. Macy,Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Dean E. Maguire Mr. &Mrs. Patrick Mahoney Mr. Raymond tvlak.i Mr. William G. Maloney Mr. &Mrs. Allen D. Manvel The William T. Maple Family Mrs. Theodora J. Markarian Mrs. Lia K. Marks Mr. &Mrs. Julian M. Marshall Mr. &Mrs. John Marrin Mr. &Mrs. Leslie K. Marrin Mr. &Mrs. Dennis C. Marvin Ms. Margaret B. Masters Mr. &Mrs. Bruce P. Martoon Mr. &Mrs. John K. Maus,Jr. Ms. Kathleen McCauley Ms. Rita McCauley Dr. Katherine Ann McCluskey

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MEMBERS Mr. &Mrs. Donald McCouch Mr. &Mrs. Gary L. McCoy Mr. &Mrs. Richard]. McGhee Ms. Maria McGrath Dr. Gail A. McGuinness Mr. &Mrs. James McHugh Mrs. John B. McKee1Â·er Mr. &Mrs. Arnold McKinnon Mr. &Mrs. Christopher McLaughlin Mr. &Mrs. John C. McMeekin Mr. Stephen Meadow Mr. &Mrs. William Mebane Mr. &Mrs. Emesto Mejer Dr. &Mrs. David Mendelsohn,Jr. Ms. Lisa Ann Mesdag Mr. &Mrs. Paul Michetti Mr. and Mrs. Leon L. Miller Mr. &Mrs. Michael Minichello Mr. &Mrs. Alben E. Minucci Mr. &Mrs. Earl B. Mix Ill Mr. &Mrs. Donald R. Moffett Mr. &Mrs. Charles Mohr Mr. &Mrs. Farley Moran Mr. &Mrs. Jasper Morgan, Jr. Mr. &i\llrs. Mark R Morris Mr. &Mrs. Paul Morris Mr. &tvlrs. Roben Morrison Mr. &Mrs. Allen Monon Mrs. Eva Moss Mr. &Mrs. Joseph F. Mulcahy, Jr. Mr. &Mrs. William Mulhere Mr. &Mrs. William B. Murphy Mr. &Mrs. Maclyn Musser Mr. &Mrs. Peter W. Nash II Mrs. Elizabeth R. Neff Mr. &Mrs. Aryeh Neier Mr. Alan elson Mr. &Mrs. Theodore C. Nevins,jr. Ms. Kate Nichols Ms. Pamela S. Niner Mr. &Mrs. Robert Normand Dr. &Mrs. Charles M. Norris,Jr. Mr. William M. Notthrop Mr. &Mrs. Richard E. Nonon Mr. &Mrs. Alfred H. Novissimo Mr. &Mrs. Roben \YJ. Noyes Mr. &Mrs. Roben Nussbawn Mr. Rory O'Brian-\YJillcins Mr. &Mrs. Harold O'Callaghan Mr. &Mrs. Doc O'Connell Mr. &Mrs. Peter G. O'Connell Mr. &Mrs. Edwin W. Obrecht, Jr. Mr. &Mrs. William Obremski Mr. &Mrs. Peter M. Ochsner Mr. &Mrs. Donald Opatrny Mr. Dm~d Ostergren Mr. &Mrs. Ira Ostrow Dr. &Mrs. Leslie W. Ottinger Mr. &Mrs. Karl Orrison Mr. &Mrs. Willard Overlock Mr. &Mrs. James Ozias Mr. &Mrs. John G. Palache,]r. Dr. &Mrs. E. Prather Palmer Mr. &Mrs. Mark Pape Mr. &Mrs. George Pappageorge Mr. &Mrs. Richard]. Parcli Mr. &Mrs. Jeffrey Parker Mr. &Mrs. Anthony Parrotto Dr. &Mrs. Louis S. Parvey Mr. &Mrs. William Pastuszak Mr. &Mrs. Peny Patton Mr. &Mrs. George E. Peacock

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Mr. &Mrs. Nicholas Petersen Mr. &Mrs. John G. Petrasch Mr. &Mrs. Hemy C. Pfaff,J r. Mr. &Mrs. Gerald R. Pfund Mr. &Mrs. Joseph \YJ. Phelan Mr. &Mrs. Richard Phelan Mr. &Mrs. Warren C. Phillips, Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Sergio Piedra Mr. &Mrs. John A. Pignato Dr. Deborah Pilla Mr. &Mrs. Lewis A. Plane Ms. Peg Pollard Ms. Denley Poor-Reynolds Mr. &Mrs. Donald Porter Mr. &Mrs. William G. Poner Mr. &Mrs. Eugene Potter Mr. &Mrs. William John Powell, Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Gordon W. Pratt Mr. &Mrs. Roben Pratter Drs. Margaret &Trevor Price Mr. &Mrs. Robert Raclin Ms. Lucy Sin1on Rakov Mr. &Mrs. Edmund]. Ramos, Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Richard Raysman Mr. Vincent]. Ressa,Jr. Mr. &Mrs.]. Edward Reynolds Mr. Matthew Reynolds Mr. &Mrs John B. Rhodes, .Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Fred S. Richrod Dr. &Mrs. Roben V. Riordan Mr. &Mrs. Vincent R. Rippa Mr. &Mrs. Carlos Riva Mr. &Mrs. Frederick Roberts, Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Michael A.F. Roberts Mr. &Mrs. Tom Robens Mr. D. B. Robinson Mr. &Mrs. Richard G. Robinson Mr. &Mrs. George R. Rochat Mr. Edward Rodriguez Mr. &Mrs. Peter E. Rodts Mr. &Mrs. Keith Roe Mr. &Mrs. Lewis Rubin Mr. Don Russell Ms. Binth Rustad Mr. &i\llrs. Leroy F. Ryder Mr. &Mrs. john L. Ryon,Jr. Dr. Sandra Sabatirri Mr. &Mrs. John Sammis Mr. &Mrs. Bruce W. Sanford Mr. &Mrs. Walter Sangree Mr. &Mrs. Thomas]. Santos Mr. &Mrs. Lee W. Saperstein Mr. &Mrs. La111on G. Sargent, Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Richard Scaife Mr. Joseph Scanlon Mr. Richard W. Schafer Mr. &Mrs. Richard G. Scheide Mr. &Mrs. Carl W. Schmidt Mr. &lvL~. Dennis Schmidt Dr. &Mrs. Tim Schoettle Mr. &Mt~. Franklin M. Schultz Mr. &Mrs. Jan1es Schultz Mr. &Mrs. Karl Schulz Mr. Thomas Schweizer, Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Richard A. Seaquist Mr. &Mrs. Carl Seidel Mr. &Mrs. Joseph R. Seiger Mr. P. Raymond Senecal Mr. &lvL~. Joseph L. Serafini Dr. &Mrs. Roben S. Shapiro Mr. &Mt~. L. P. Sharples,]r. Mr. William G. Shaw ill

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MEMBERS Mr. f'nmcis Howells Coffin Ms. llelen S. Coffin Mrs. Marjorie G. Coffin Mr. Melvin T. Coffin Mr. Robert !. Coffin Dr. Samuel A. Coffin Ms. Barbara Colliander Ms. Ruth B. Connolly Mrs. Sophie Consagra Mrs. George Constable Mr. Edward F. Cooper Mr. Donald Cordell Ms. Rosalind Costello Mr. Sheldon Craddock Mr. Kenneth F. Crafts Mr. john F. Crawford Ms. Cheryl Creighton Mr. John Creighton Dr. William R Culbertson Ms. Evelyn Danfonh Mr. John C. Dann Mr. John Dannenberg fvlrs. Grace C. Daughdrill Ms. Annette !. Davis Mrs. 1ewlin F. Davis Mrs. Susan D. De Angelis Ms. Molly Dee Ms. Antoinette Denisof Mr. Burton 1 . Derick Mr. Da1~d Huyler Dexter Mr. Stephen W. DeYoung Ms. Alice C. Dixon Mr. Paul). Dobrowolski Ms. Jeanne Dooley Mrs. Charlotte Doornbos Ms. Mary V. Drew Mr. Kermeth V. Duce Mrs. Mary M. Duffin Ms. Susan Duffy Mrs. Byron Dugdale Ms. Deborah 1 . Dunham Ms. Ethel Dunham fvlrs. Katherine Dunham Mr. Wayne Dupont Mr. G. Kermeth Duprey Ms. Carolyn Durand Mrs. Michael F. Eagan Mrs. Elliot G. Eberhard Mr. William H. Eckert, Jr. Ms. Sharon Edge Mr. Colin Edgell Mrs. James L. Elder Ms. Vivian P. Eh~dge Ms. Kim England Ms. Jaclin B. Farrell Mrs. John J. Fee Ms. Sydney Fee Mrs. Doris Fellerman Mr. John B. Fitzgerald Mrs. Je-.m M. Fleming Mrs. Robert . Fletcher Mr. Daniel H. Folger Mr. Harry P. Folger Ill Mrs. Wallace M. Folger, Jr. Ms. Betsy Ford Ms. Jean G. Fordyce Mr. William F. Fordyce Mrs. B. Todd Forsyth Ms. Mae C. Foss Mr. Mark Foster Mrs. Ingrid Fran cis

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Mr. Emory B. Freeman Mr. Jack Fritsch Mrs. Bradford Frost, Jr. Mrs. Harriet K. Fulton Mr. Tony Gampetro Mrs. Anne Coffin Gardner Mr. Thomas Gardner Mr. Robert Garrison Ms. Alison Gavin Mrs. John W. Gerster Ms. Gloria K. Getz Mrs. George C. Gianakos Mrs. Carol Gibbon Mrs. Oscar W. Giese Mr. John M. Gilbreth Mr. Donald W. Giles Mr. Josh Gillenson Ms. Julie Giordano Mrs. Mary E. Glowacki Ms. Carolyn K. Good Mrs. Herbert W. Goodall Ill Mrs. Grace E. Goodrich Mr. Michael Gotkin Mr. Robert N. Grant Mrs. Jean Gray Ms. Lindsay Green Mrs. Thurston Greene Mr. Peter J. Greenhalgh Mrs. Barbara P. Grey Ms. Susan Griffith Mrs. Walker Groetzinger Mrs. Bmdley Grubbs Mr. A. Peter Guarino Ms. Alice L. Guiher Ms. Mary B. Gulick Mrs. Glanding Hadley Mr. Howard Hagenbuch Mrs. Alfred A. Hall Ms. Austene Hall Ms. Nonna E. Hall Ms. Karen Han1mond Ms. ancy Hanunond Mrs. Mary I. Hardy Mr. Bruce Harrison Mr. George T. Hathaway Mrs. Donald E. Hartin Mr. Robert Hayden Mr. Kermeth B. Haynes,Jr. Dr. Da1id S. Ha~ Mr. Tim Hearne Mr. John M. Heggern Mrs. George Hendricks Mrs. Grace l. Henry Ms. llelen C. Hesselgrave Dr. William H. Higgins, Jr. Ms. Rita Beecher Hill Ms. Grace P. Hilliard Mrs. Duane Hills Mrs. Thehna Macy Hinshaw Mrs. Ma~orie E. Hock Mrs. John C. Hodges Mr. Ronald W. Hoffman Ms. Patricia M. Hogan Mr. Richard L. Hogan Mrs. Carl E. Holch Mr. Kenneth W. Holdgate,Jr. Mrs. Katherine E. Hollifield Mr. John Holly Ms. Lucinda !-Iohnes Ms ..I ulie A. Hohnstead Mrs. Robert Homer N A NT U C K E T

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Ms. Diane Maddison Dr. Charlotte E. Maguire Mrs. Ed1vin Mahoney Ms. Mary Malavase Mr. Ronald G. Malenbaum Mrs. E. McElroy Maloney Capt. Thomas C. Maloney Mr. john Mansfield Mrs. Benjamin Margolin Ms. Joyce Mark Mrs. IA1~ght Marshall Ms. Mary Martin Mrs. Nell Martin Mrs. Virginia E. Martin Ms. Ann Barnes Maury Mr.John Maury Mrs. Lawrence Maury Mrs. James R Me Intosh Ms. Adrienne A. McCalley Ms. Bridget McCanhy Mrs. Donald McCreary Ms. Helen M. McDonald Ms. Doris McGuinness Mrs. Philip C. McLaughlin Mr. Nathan B. McMullen Ms. Barbara Melendy Mrs. Adolph J. Merkt Ms. Pamela M. Merritt Ms. Mary Menon Mr. & Mrs. John L. fvlichelsen Ms. Mary R Miles Ms. Jeanne M. Mills Mr. Bruce Hal Miner Mr. Richard F. Mitchell Mr. Samuel W. Mitchell Mrs. Philip Molloy ~Jr. Michael A. Montalbano Ms. Elizabeth Moore Ms. Margaret Moore Mr. Lee Morgan Mr. John E. Moms Ill Ms. Eleanor J. Morrison fvlrs. Copeland Monon,Jr. Mrs. Anne T. Mount Ms. Dorothy H. Mulvey Mrs. Alfred E. Munier Mrs. John Murkland Mr. James Murphy Mr. Paul G. Murphy Mrs. Da1~d H. Murray Ms. Je-.mne Murray Mr. F. Phillip ash, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Alan D. athan Mrs. Faith ewell Mr. Lee I. Niedringhaus Ms. Lisa Norling Mr. Da1~d O'Brien Ms. Oaire ()'Keeffe Mrs. Benha O'Neil Mrs. Kathryn D. O'Neill Mrs. Helen B. Olcott Mr. Arthur L. Olderich Ms. Elizabeth Oldlham Ms. Ellen R Oppliger Mr. Alfred N. Orpin Ms. Grace Joyce Page Ms. Lee Papale Ms. Carol Parsons Ms. Sarah Patterson Ms. Joyce S. Pendery Mrs. Myer Perelman

Ms. Anne C. Pe1ers Ms. Mary Ellen E. Pe1ers Mrs. Sabra Peterson Mrs. John E. Pe1rie Mrs. Russell E. Pel'erly Mr. Henry \YJ. Pfeiffer Ms. Louisa Pfeiffer Ms. Be\'crly Phillips Mrs. Elizabeth H. Phillips Ms. Christine M. Philp Mr. Wilbur B. Pierson Mr. Richard]. Pike, Jr. Dr. Barbara Baxter Fillinger Mr. Paul M. Pinkham Mrs. Vi\ian Pitney Ms. Laura Pless Mrs. James M. Pope Mrs. Janet P.G. Porterfield Ms. Carol Coggins Powell Mrs. Richard A. Prate! Mr. JeffreyS. Proden Mrs. Alexandra A. Punnett Ms. Mary Lynne Rainey Mr. Gustave Ra1he Mr. John Raymond Mrs. Jerry Rea ugh Mrs. William P. Reavey Mr. William Reeves Mrs. Denis G. Regan Ms. Diana R Regan Ms. Jean Reiland Mr. Allen B. Reinhard Mrs. Nestor A. Richard Mrs. Charles Rickards Mrs. Winnifred Rickes Ms. Patricia V. Robinson Ms. Patricia H. Rodgers Mrs. Alison Rodin Mr. Malcoln1]. Rohrbough Ms. Nancy Romankie11icz i\.1r. Kermit Roosevelt, Jr. Ms. Barbara Rose . Mr. David B. Rose Mr. Dan Ross Mrs. Lee Rounsville Mrs. Terence M. Rowse Ms. Louise M. Rucker Mrs. P. Timothy Russell ~Irs. hirley L. Russell Mr. Donald L. Ryder Mrs. John]. Saunders Ms. Joyce Savoca Ms. Lindee Scarmell Mr. John D. Schaperkotter Ms. Elizabeth R Schloss Ms. Margaret Schram Ms. Louisa Scott Ms. Dorothy N. Shailer Mrs. Elizabeth E. Sheppard Ms. Megan Shortall Ms. Mary M. Shumaker fvlrs. Earle M. Sigler Mr. \XI alter R Silva Mr. Martin]. Silverman Mrs. Robert Silverstein Ms. Laura Simon Mrs. RolfSjolund Ms. Jane L. Skinner Mrs. William A. Slade Dr. Richard Slusarczyk Mr. Brooks Smith SPRING

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MEMBERS Ms. Charlotte B. Smith Mr. Clifford E. Smith, Jr. Mrs. Uene N. Smith Mrs. Phillips U. Smith Mr. Robert D. Smith tvlr. Robert L. Smith Ms. Sandra Smith Mrs. William E.P. Smith 1\ Is. Sheri Snivdv MIS. Catherine R.Snow Mr. James L. Socks ~Irs. Anna ~1. Spahr Mr. & Mrs. G. Hollister Spencer Ms. Sheila Spezzano Dr. Stephen St. Pierre i\ lrs. John Stahler Mr. RI)1TIOnd Starbuck Mr. Ste1·en C. Starbuck Mrs. Nicholas N. Stephanoff Ms. Fran M. Stephenson Dr. Jean K. Stevenson Ms. Caroline Stewardson Mrs. Shirley]. Stojak J\.lr. Agnell Srree1 Mr..Jan1es F. Srrob Mr. Jon S1roup Mr.Joseph Stupar Mrs. Melinda]. Sutherin Mrs. Samuel Reid Sutphin

Mr. Carl E. Swain Mr. Frederick R. Swan Mr. Hen!)' G. Swain Mrs. Agnes \X'. Sylvia Ms. Barbara T. Szabo ~1s. Ann B. Sziklas Mrs. Charles Sziklas Mr. Richard Szy111Cak Mr. Da1is T. Taumon,Jr. ,\Is. Mildred Ta1lor-Shaw ~1s. Karen The;oux ~Irs. Paul Thomas MIS. Carol D. Thomton Ms. Barbara C. TUnken ~lr. Carl S. Tobie Ms. Sheila folger Todd Ms. Jane Elizabeth Tolton Ms. Sarah Tomkins Mrs. Ellen Nora D. Toombs Mrs. Kenneth Trainor Mrs. Edward R. Trapnell Ms. Bromnn Troska Mrs. Kathl~n t\. Tucker Ms. Jacqueline Tullo Mrs. BetsyTyler Mrs. Ross Unmh Mrs. Frederick ,\I. Vallett Mr. \X'alton \'an \X'inkle !II Mrs. Robert \YJ. Vangundy

1'vlrs. Virginia L. Vanzandt Mr. Paul E. Vardeman Ms. Nancy Vasilakis Mrs. lnvu1Villani Ms. \X'alrrul I'On Bertrab Ms. Eugenic H. Voorhees Ms. Janet Wagner Mr. Scott H. \X'aldie Mr. TUnothy \X'alker i\lr. Stewart Wallace i\ ls. \X'endv \X'allace i\ ls. Jane C. \X'alwn Ms. Suzanne Walton 1\lrs. Edward H. \X'ard, Jr. ,\ lr. Charles L. Washbume Dr. Lawrence \X'asser 1\ls. Heidi Weddendorf Mr. Stephen Welch Mr. \X'illiam Welch i\ ls. Ann t\. \X'dfeld i\lrs. Frank H. Weller, Jr. i\ ls. Dan•l A \l'es1brook i\ ls. Sar; Ann \l'estbrook ,\Irs. Leonore S. \X'etherill i\lrs. DonaldS. \l'hi1e Dr. Stephen ,\ I. \X'hi1e ~Ir. StuartS. \\'hire ,\Is. Carole \X'. Wilkinson 1\lr. Howard L. \X'ilkU1son

Mrs. Dorothea .J. Williams Mrs. Eric Williams Mrs. Paula K. Williams Mr. Philip A. Williams 111 Ms. Marguerite Wills Mrs. Forrest C. Wilson Dr. Joy Terese Wilson Mrs. Anne Reed Witherby ,\ Irs. John R. Wittpenn ,\ Irs. Allan D. Wood J'vlr. David II. \X'ood Mr. Hilliard 0. Wood Ms. ,\lary Swau1 Wood Mr. Gram C. Woodard Mrs ..J. Eliot W'oodb1idge Ms. Mary Elizabeth \XIoodmff Ms. Mary H. Woodrum Mr. \X'alter H. \XIoods i\lr. Hobson Woodward Mr. James E. Worth, Sr. ,\Irs. Laurie S. Wragg 1\ Is. Grace E. Yenni i\Is. Lucinda E. Young J\.lrs. Paula Blackmur Young Lt. Col. James\\'. Youngberg i\Irs. Henry Zapmder i\ls. Carole Zellie Mr. Joseph Zito

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VOLUNTEERS Mrs. Jane Fitch, Chair a/Volunteer Guild Mr. Willian1 H. Barney Ms. Susan Boardman M r. .Jean Boutyette Ms. Danica Buckley Ms. Norma Burton Mrs. Joan Clarke Ms. Jane Connell Mr. Howard Crise Mrs. D. Weston Darby,Jr. Mrs. Nancy A. Forster Mrs. Susan Z. Green Ms. Amanda Haskell Ms. Jill Kasle Ms. Alicia J eannotte Mr. &Mrs. W . C.Jones,Jr. Mrs. JaneT. Lamb Mr. & Mrs. Paul Leighton

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Mr. Kenneth W. Douglas,] r. Mr. &Mrs. Robert]. Dowd Mr. &Mrs. Leonard P. Drabkin Mr. &Mrs. Daniel \YJ. Drake Ms. Tmdy Dujardin Mr. Lawrence P. Dunham Mr. Richard Earle Mr. Robert Ebert Mr. &Mrs. Albert F. Egan, Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Ray B. Eger Dr. &Mrs. John Taylor Ellis Mr. &Mrs. Charles Augustus Ernst, Jr. Mr. Roger Ernst Mr. William C. Euler Ms. Rosemal)' H. Evans Mr. &Mrs. David Ewing Mrs. Louis Eyster Ms. Marsha Fader Mrs. Henl)' D. Fairlie Mr. &Mrs. Thomas]. Farrell, .Jr. Mr. &Mrs. A. R. Fauth Mr. &Mrs. G. R. Fauth Mr. &Mrs. Hen I)' \XI. Fee, Jr. Mr. Sherman E. Fein Mr. Stuart P. Feld Mr. Eric N. Ferguson Mr. &Mrs. Martin D. Fife ,\Irs. Nonnan G. Figures Mr. Douglas R Finney Mrs. Howard Finney, Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Howard Finney III Mr. &Mrs. John R. Finney Mr. Paul M. Finney Mr. Charles W. Fisher Mr. 1 orman E. Flayderman Mr. George L. Fleming Mr. Al11n G. Folger Mr. Benjamin F. Folger, Jr. Mr. Peter Folger Mr. Peter Folger Mr. Peter M. Folger Mr. &Mrs. Richards Folger Mr. &Mrs. Samuel R. Folger Mr. Walter Weston Folger Mrs. C. Douglass Fonda, Jr. M1~. S. C. Foote Mr. Mark Fonenberl)' Mr. &Mrs. George A. Fowlkes Dr. Marsden Fox Mr. Ehren). Frank Mr. &Mrs. Ernest H. Frank Ms. Samantha Frank Ms. Sandriel Frank Mr. Harrison C. Freeman, Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Joseph Starbuck Freeman Ms. Fiona Jane Fulton Mrs. Geoffrey E. Fulton Mr. &Mrs. Charles J. Gardner M 1~. Edward T. Gardner,Jr. M 1~. Fred Gardner Mr. Sandor A. Garfinkle Mr. &Mrs. Richard .J. Garrett Mrs. Grenville Garside Mr. &Mrs. Carl Ge~virz Mr. &Mrs. john R. Gibb Mr. Thomas W. Gibb Mr. & Mrs. George B. Gibbons, Jr. Mrs. HenI)' Gibbs Cdr. &Mrs. Maurice E. Gibbs Mrs. C. Elizabeth Gibson

Mrs. Susan H. Gibson Mr.&Mrs.JohnGilbert Ms. Rosalie D. Girard Mr. &Mrs. James Glidden Mr. &Mrs. Richard Glidden Mrs. Charles Goetz LTC &Mrs. David H. Goodwillie Mrs. Donald R. Gordon Mr. &Mrs. George Gordon Mr. &Mrs. Thomas H. Gosnell Mrs. Colin Gray Mrs. Theodore Greenebaum Dr. &Mrs. B. Herold Griffith Ms. Nancy Griffith Mrs. Bernard D. Grossman Dr. Emil F. Guba Mr. &Mrs. Peter Gulbrandsen Mrs. Elliort W. Gumaer,Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Gordon Gund Mr. Theodore B. Gurley Mr. William H. Gurney,Jr. Mr. William V. Haddon Mr. Charles D. Haden Ms. Beverly Hall Mr. Bion N. Hall, Jr. Mr. Ed11w M. Hall Ms. Jane W. Hammond Mr. &Mrs. Charles B. Hanan Mrs. Donald R Hardenbrook Mr. &Mrs. Ralph L. Hardy Mrs. Reginald Haskell Mr. &Mrs. James W. Hawes Mr. &Mrs. Hamilton Heard, Jr. Mr. Jack E. Helms Mrs. RogerS. Hen I)' Ms. Julie Hensler Mr. William P. Herbert Mr. &Mrs. Steven K. Herlitz Mr. James L. Hiers, Jr. Mr. &Mrs. G. S. Hill Dr. &Mrs. Richard E. Hillger Mr. Richard M. Hinchman Mr. Winthrop D. Hodges, Jr. Dr. Dorrit Hoffleit Mr. &Mrs. Carl G.l-logan Mrs. Christopher F. HoUand Mr. \'\layne F. Holmes Mrs. James E. Hooper, Jr. Mrs. John C. Hosmer Mr. N. Newbul)' Hovde Mr. &Mrs. Leonard Howard Mr. &Mrs. George Hughes Mr. &Mrs. Robert K. Humphrey Mrs. David Huntington Mr. &Mrs. James B. Hurlock Capt. &Mrs. William B. Hussey Mr. &Mrs ..James M. Hutton nJ Mr. WiUiam E. Hutton Mr. 0. Edward Hyde Mr. Richard H. lliingworth Mr. Robert D. Jay Mrs. Betty B. Jenney Dr. G. 0. F. Jensen fvls. Barbara Johnson Mrs. Hem1on E. johnson Mr. &Mrs.]. s;vard.Johnson,Jr. Dr. &Mrs. Donald R. Johnston Mr. &Mrs. H. Frederick Johnston Mrs. David Jones Mrs. George W. Jones

Mr. &Mrs. Michael J. Kane Mr. Robert Karelitz Mrs. Sara M. Worth Kassman Mr. &Mrs. Frederick Kauders Mrs. John F. Keiser Mr. &Mrs. William Keller Mrs. Margaret P. KeUey Mr. Daniel F. Kelliher,] r. Mr. Thomas B. KeUogg Mr. John L. Kemmerer Mrs. Marron Kendrick Mr. Alfred V. Kidder Mrs. Sidney H. Killen Mr. Bl)'an F. King Ms. Edith E. King Ms. Janet F. King Mrs. Marriorr F. King Mr. &Mrs. John H. Kirchen ,Jr. Ms. Agathe Kongshoj Mr. Louis C. Krauthoff Mrs. Michael 0. Lamb Mr. & Mrs. James \YJ. Lamberton Mr. &Mrs. Peter W. Lamberton Mr. &Mrs. Stephen B. Land Mr. Christopher Larsen Mr. Robert J. Leach Mrs. Lawrence R Lee Mr. L. Randolph Lee Mr. Thomas V. Lefevre Mr. Robert Leichter Rev. &Mrs. Paul E. Leighton Mrs.James Leon Mr. Morgan J. Levine Mr. Reginald Levine Mr. Albert M. Le1vis Mr. &Mrs. Brock Le111s Mr. Howard L. Le111s Mr. Thomas H. Le1vis,Jr. Dr. Byron S. Lingeman Mrs. John D.C. Little Mrs. Edward \YJ. Lombard Mr. Dennis). Looney Mr. &Mrs. Thomas B. Loring Mr. Donald K. Lourie Dr. &Mrs. Frank W. Lovejoy Ms. Kate M. Lovett Mrs. David A. Lussier Mr. & Mrs. Edward C. Mabbs Mrs. Earle R MacAusland Mr. Daniel H. Macey Mrs. Manuel Machado Mr. Nom1an E. Mack II Mr. Richard MacKay Mr. & Mrs. Geoffrey C. MacLay Mr. William Q. MacLean Mr. &Mrs. George W. MacWan Mrs. Florence D. Macomber Mr. &Mrs. William B. Macomber Mr. Bill C. Macy Mr. Charles T. Macy Mrs. Elwood Macy Mr. James B. Macy,Jr. Mrs. John C. Macy Mrs. ]. oel Macy Mr. Thomas 0. Macy Mr. Paul Madden Mr. Gerald D. Mainhart Mrs. James Malone lH Mrs. Mina BlaisdeU Manner Mr. &Mrs. Albert L. Manning, Jr.

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Mrs.llerberr \YJ. Marache,Jr. Mr. Gordon St. G. Mark Mr. &Mrs. Jeffrey F. Marks Mr. &Mrs. Peter T. Martin Ms. Edith S. Mason Mr. John F. Mason Ms. Frances Grey Massey Mr. &Mrs. David Masters Mr. &Mrs. MacDonald Mathey Mrs. Kent F. Matteson Mr. &Mrs. William B. Matteson Mr. Thomas F. McAtJey Mr. &Mrs. john M. McCarthy Mrs. Jesse D. McClellan Ms. GraceS. McCreary Mr. John B. McElderry, Jr. Mrs. Thomas B. McGrath Mrs. \YJilliamJ. McHugh Mr. &Mrs. james R. Mcintosh Mr. D. Eric.McKechnie Mr. John F. McLaughlin,Jr. Ms. Juliet McMains Ms. Sara Anne McMains Mr. &Mrs. Wren McMains Mr. \YJ. Tarkington McMains Mrs. Helen D. McMaster Mrs. Leslie C. McRobetts Mr. Edwin \YJ. Meader Mr. R. Wakefield Menke Mr. &Mrs. Richard L. Menschel Mrs. Everett B. Merrithew Mrs. Raymond H. Menens Mr. &Mrs. Peter Metters Mr. &Mrs. L. Gordon Miller, Jr. Ms. Polly Thayer Miller Ms. Nancy D. Minus Mr. Hugh Mitchell Mr. Leeds Mitchell, Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Raben i'vlitchell Mr. Raben F. Moonev Raben &Daniel M~ney Ms. Dorothy M. Morrenson Mr. HowardS. Matt Mr. &Mrs. Carl M. Mueller Mr. Da1~d Donald Mulford Mr. &Mrs. John D. Murphy Dr. &Mrs. Joseph Murphy Mr. John P. Murray Mr. &Mrs. Philip C. Murray Mr. &Mrs. Peter \YJ. Nash Dr. David G. Nathan Mr. Edgar D. Nelson Mrs. W. Ripley Nelson Mr. &Mrs. Alan Newhouse Mr. &Mrs. Chtis Newhouse Ms. Jennifer Newhouse Ms. Nancy Newhouse Mr. &Mrs. Roberr J. Newhouse, Jr. Mr. William H. Newton Mr. &Mrs. Rayman W. Nickerson Mrs. Abram J. Niles LCDR &Mrs. Charles L. Noblit Mr. Peter \YJ. Nonh Mr. Johnston F. Northrop Mrs. Eldridge B. Nonon Mrs. Jane Meader Nye Mrs. Marjory R. O'Day Mr. Clifford B. O'Hara Mr. &Mrs. Gerald L. O'Hara Mrs. Michael O'Reilly

HISTORIC

Mr. David Ogden Miss Faith A. Oldham Mrs. C. Hardy Oliver Mr. &Mrs. C. HardyOliver, Jr. Mrs. Nmman Lac Olsen Nirs. Barbara \YJ. Osborne Dr. Eileen M. Ouellette Mr. &Mrs. Robett L. Palmer Mt~. Donald A. Park, Sr. Mr. Floyd L. Parks, Jr. Mr. &Mrs. W. Malcolm Parry Mr. Eric Pawley Mr. &Mrs. Francis \YJ. Pease Mr. C. Robert Perrin Mr. &Mrs. HemvC. Petzel Mrs. 1vl H. Phillips Mr. &Mt~. Don Polvere Mr. Gene M. Pranzo Mrs. James B. Punderson Mr. David S. Rahilly Nh~. Edward Rakestraw Mrs. Jeanne G. Rand Mr. &Mt~. H. Flint Ranney Mr. James T. Ranney Mrs. Katherine Ranney Mr. Robert F. R.1nney Mr. William Rannev Mt~. A. L. Rawling; Mr. &~Irs. Homer f. Ray Ill Mr. &Mrs. Robert M. Rav Mr. George G. Ra)~llond,-Jr. Mr. &Mrs. john R. Redfern Mr. &Mrs ..Reginald Reed Mr. Albert C. Reid, Jr. Mr. Harrv Gardine1: Reid Mr. & M~. Myles Reis 1\IIrs.WilliamReis Mr. \X'illiam C.S. Remsen Mr. Robin A. Reves Mrs. Lawrence Richardson, Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Ll·dle L. Rickard Mrs. Barbara Hussey Riggins Mrs. Lawrason Riggs, Jr. Ms. Alma Robbins Mr. &Mrs. Kip Robbins Mrs. Edward C. Robens Mr. Chester Robinson Mrs. Helen Root-Garcia Mr. Fred M. Rogm Mrs. L. Fran cis Rooney Ms. Elizabeth A. Roos Mr. &Mrs. Raben M. Rosenthal Mr. &1\llrs. Richard Rovsek Mr. Robert S. Royce Mrs. Jadyn R. R~ssell Mrs.J. Townsend Russell Dr. Sylvester J. Ryan Dr. &Mrs. RobertS. Salisbury Mrs. Cornelia Samuel Mrs. Fannerte Sawyer Mrs. Charles F. Sayle Mr. &Mrs. William M. Schaefer Mr. William M. Schaefer,} r. Ms. Patricia B. Schafer Mr. &Mrs. Morton Schlesinger Ms. Karen C. Schwenk Mrs. V. L. Schwenk Mrs. Helen Seager Mrs. Kenneth Seagrave Mr. John C. Seedorff

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MEMBERS

Mr. &Mrs. William Seegraber Mrs. Edgar V. Seeler, Jr. Dr. &Mr>. Richard Seibert Mr. David I 1. Semmes Mr. &M1~. William A. Sevrens Ms. Maty Eliza Lovett Shaper Mr. &Mrs. Randolph G. Sharp Mrs. Gertrude C. Shelton !Vir. &Mrs. Alan H. Shiff Mr. Joseph Shramko Mr. Herbert L. Shultz i'vh Clarence L. Sibley Mrs. Russell A. Sibley Mr. &Mrs. William R. Siddall Mr. &Mr>. Frederick R Sidon Mrs. Eugene M. Sigman Mr. Andre R Sigourney Mrs.John D. Silliman i'vl rs. George H. Su11onds Mrs. Anne L. Simonson Mrs. Carroll D. Smith !vir. &Mrs. H. C. Bowen Smith Ms. Hillmv Smith Mr. Kent C. B. Smith l'vh;, She1woocl W. Smith Mrs. Stanb· M. Smith Mr. \X'illim;, E. Smith Mr. &Mrs. George A. Snell Mr. &Mrs. Richard \X'. Sorenson Mrs. Barbara Beu1ecke Spider ~lr.John K. Spting Mr. Matthew P. Stackpole Mr. &i\lr>. Renny A. Stackpole ~lr>. George T. Stafford Mr. Frank F. Stm·buck ~Ir. & Mrs. Fred Starbuck 1\Irs. Krisrer Stendahl Mr. &Mrs. Gerald Stiller Dr. &Mrs. John C. Stockman 1\Irs. Benjamin Stone 1\lrs. Martin Stone ~Is. Alida L. Storer ~lr. & Mrs. Erick Storer Mr. & ~Irs. Raben G. Stover Mrs. Anne P. Strau1 ~Irs. Emily Stubbs-~lacy Mr. &ivlrs. Robert H. Sturdy 1\lrs. SaUv i'vl. Stunn Mr. Cha;les Swain Mr. Jonathan F. Swau1 Mrs: P. Pru11e Swain Mr. &Mrs. Sidney E. Sweet !'vir. &Mrs. Peter E. Syh~a Mrs. Mal)' Ranke Tamplin Mr. &i'vh Hans Tausig Mr. &Mrs. Jared F. Tausig Mr.JothmnP. Tausig Mr. Justin D. Tausig Mrs. Da1~d Tausig-Edwards Mrs. C. Harold Taylor Mr. &Mrs. John M. Taylor, Jr. Mrs. Robert B. Taylor Mrs. Joy C. Teal Mr. &Mrs. Donald E. Terry Mrs. Henry R. Terry Mrs. Robert M. Thomas, Jr. Mrs. Thomas Thompson Dr. Wesley N. Tiffney,Jr. Mr. J. Anthony Tunmons Mrs. Edward H. Townsend, Jr.

Mr. William Tuach i'vlrs. Ben S. Turner Mrs. Austin F. Tyrer Mrs. Clara R Urbahn !vir. &Mr>. Herbert R Van Ness, _)i·. Ms. Jean Ma1ie Van Waveren Mr. &Mr>. Richard G. Vemey Mrs. Kendall Smith Voges Mr. &Mrs. Peter C. Von Zumbusch Mrs. Robert M. Waggaman 1\Ir. William M. Waggaman ~Irs. Linda Loting Wait Dr. II. Brooks Walker Mrs. john H. \'\1aU ace Mr. &Mrs. William Wahnslev Mrs. Elizabeth R Ward ' Mr. &~Irs. Francis B. Wasley Mrs. Faith P. Waters Mr. &Mrs. Charles). Webb II Mr. &1\Irs. Da1~d C. Webster 1\lr. Franklin Folger Webster lil Mrs. George A. \X'ebster 1\lr. Paul C. Webster Mrs. \X'illiam S. Weedon Mr.Jmnes D.B. \X'eiss,Jr. Mr. & ~Irs. Philip M \X'eiss Mrs. R. J. \X'eisskopf Ms. Alexandm \X'elch Mr. &J\ lrs. John N. Welch Mr. john N. Welch, )r. Mr. .& Mrs. Joseph F. \X'elch Mr. Christopher M. Weld Mr>. Samuel P. Wetherill Mrs. Roger M. \X'heeler Ms. Elizabeth B. \X'heelwright Mr. Lu1dsay \X'hite Mr. &J\h john K. Whitney Mrs. \X'avn~ G. Wickman . Mr. &J\lrs. Henn' A. Willard II Mr. Orris W. Willard Mrs. Lu1da F. Williams Ms. Muriel Williams Mr>. Stephen G. Williams 1\ h ). Alfred Wilner Ms. Erica Wilson Mrs. William L. Wilson Mr. & ~Irs. Robert G. Windsor Dr. Andrew Wise Mr. Kenneth A. Wise Mr. &t\lr>. Stephen A. Wise Mr. &Mrs. Gordon Wolfe Mrs. Virginia B. Wood Mr>. Thmrston Wright, .Jr. Mrs. Bracebridge Young Mr. &Mr>. Bracebridge H. Young, Jr. Mr. &~Irs. Roger A. Young Mrs.Jack A. Ziebarth Mr. DanieiJ. Zin1ru1g Mr. &Mrs. Bm·ty R. Zlatin Mrs. Jo Zschau

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1997

DONORS

Donations in Honor of Living Persons Mr. &Mrs. William B. Macomber In Honor of Laura Baldwin Mr. &Mrs. William B. Macomber In Honor of]ane Haner Mr. &Mrs. Willian1 B. Macomber In Honor of Mr. &Mrs. H. Flint Ranney

Matching Gifts ARCO Chemical Company AT&TFoundation Matching Gift Program Bank of Boston BP America Matching Gift Program Checkfree Corporation Chubb Corporation Coming Incorporated Foundation Exxon Corporation Federated Department Stores Foundation IBM International Foundation PepsiCo Fow1dation, Inc. Rockefeller Financial Services Sun Microsystems Corporation TransAmerica Foundation United Technologies

Foundation Grants Boyd Foundation Cox Foundation Jockey Hollow Foundation Osceola Foundation R. C. Lilly Foundation Lawrence Saunders Fund The Whitehead Foundation Tupancy Harris Foundation

Bequests Conant Peckhar11 Cowan Wellington]. Cummings Eunice Haden Monaghan Trust

Memorial Funds Fred Gardner Fund Mr. Robert Archer Ms. Marie G. Barry Mr. &Mrs. Thomas C. Brown Mr. George M. Buckingham,] r. Mrs. Ah11a Coffin Ms. Anne Corbett Mr. & Mr~. Robert G. Croot Mr. &Mrs. Walter D. Glidden Dr. David E. Grabeman Mr. Reginald C. Hannon Mr. &Mrs. Thomas Huguenin Mr. &Mrs. James S.Johnston,Jr. Mrs. Marriott F. King Mr. &Mrs. Raymond D. Lenoue Mr. &Mrs. Robert L. Luce Mr. &Mrs. L. B. Martin ill Mr. John Maury Mrs. A. Foster McKissick Mr. &Mrs. L. Gordon Miller,J r. Mr. &Mrs.]an1es Moore, Jr. Mr. &Mrs. James B. Moore Mrs. Mary C. Parrish Mr. &Mrs. Bony H. Pe-Jce Ill Ms. Dorothy M. Ptoctor Mrs. Charles F. Sayle Ms. Katherine M. Sumns

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Mr. &Mrs. John K. Speer, Jr. lvlr. &Mrs. G. Hollister Spencer Mrs. Barbara Beinecke Spitler Mr. &Mrs. E. Nicholson Stewart Mrs. Edward H. Townsend, Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Charles W. Veysey Mr. &Mrs. Robert G. Windsor Maj. Gen. &Mrs. Sidney C. Wooten

Memorial Gifts Ms. Nancy A. Chase In Memory of Lawrason Riggs Mr. &Mrs. Howard Beir In Memory of Ma~orie Schultz Mr. &Mrs. Sheridan R. Smith In Memory of Ma~orie Schultz Ms. Augustine Conant In Memory of Robert Minot Mr. &Mrs. Stuart Conant In Memory of Robert Minot Ms. Emily Hoeffel In Memory of Robert Minot Mr. Robert Severy In Memory of Robert Minot Ms. Nancy A. Chase In Memory of Suzanne Reade Mr. &Mrs. Joseph F. Welch In Memory of Suzanne Re-Jde

Restricted Contributions ($10,000 and over ) Bank of Boston Mr. &Mrs. Albert F. Egan, Jr. Mrs. Charles W. Engelhard Mr. &Mrs. Thomas H. Gosnell Mr. &Mrs. Scott Newquist Mr. &Mrs. RichardTucker

Restricted Contributions ($1,000- 9,999) Mrs. Gale H. Arnold Cape Air/Nantucket Airlines Mr. &Mrs. Robert Champion Ms. Nancy Chase Mr. &Mrs. Ernest H. Frank M r~. Patricia Loring Mr. &Mrs. William B. Macomber Nantucket Lodging Association Mr. Alfred F. Sanford ill Mr. &Mrs. DavidS. Wolff

Restricted Contributions ($500- $999) Mr. Alan Atwood Prof. William A. Hance Mrs. John D.C. Litcle Mr. Robert Swain

Restricted Contributions ($100 - $499) Mrs. Louise W. Collins Ms. Patience E. Killen Ms. Mary Malavase Nantucket Garden Club Mr. Edward \YJ. Snowden

Restricted Contributions (up to $100) Mrs. Jean Gray Rockland Trust Mr. &Mrs. Scort M. Steams, Jr.

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Unrestricted Contributions ($10,000 and over) Mr. &Mrs. John B. Fairchild

Unrestricted Contributions ($1,000- 9,999) Mr. &Mrs. Richard Gamble Mr. Robert]. Leach Mr. Andrew Lowell Mr. &Mrs. !an R. MacKenzie

Unrestricted Contributions ($100-999) Mr. &Mrs. Charles Bardelis Haulover Mr. &Mrs. Charles Mayhew Mr. &Mrs. Peter W. Nash Mr. Mark Sandier This Old House Ms. Ann Wasserman Mr. Brooks Wynn Mr. &Mrs. Roger A. Young

Unrestricted Contributions (up to $100) Mr. &Mrs. Robert Scott Br01vn Mr. &Mrs.JeffreyChakel Mrs. Robert Chuckrow Mr. Peter Colesworthy J &M Towing Mr. &Mrs. Charles Mayhew Ms. Polly Thayer Miller Mr. William L. Reed Ms. Annette P. Stackpole Mrs. Robert A. Wilson

Annual Apral ($1,000 an over) Mr. &Mrs. Max Berry Ms. Nanty A. Chase Congdon &Coleman Real t.ltate Mr. &Mrs. Nelson Doubleday Mrs. Charles \YJ. Engelhard Mr. &Mrs. Charles Augustus Ernst, Jr. Ms. Susan Zises Green Mr.& Mrs. RichardT. Grote Mr. &Mrs. Edmund A. Hajim Mr. &Mrs. Amos B. Hostetter, Jr. Mr. Thomas F. Kennelly Mrs. Edward W. Lombard Mr. &Mrs. lan R MacKenzie Mr. &Mrs. William B. Macomber Mr. &Mrs. Carl M. Mueller Mr. &Mrs. Scott Newquist Mr. &Mrs. Charles W. Phillips Mr. &Mrs. Steven Rales Mr. &Mrs. Robert M. Rosenthal Mr. &Mrs. Peter Sacerdote Mr. &M1>. William Slover Mr. &Mrs. George A. Snell Dr. &Mrs. Paul R.C. Sullivan Mr. &Mrs. Richard F. Tucker Mr. &Mrs. Joseph F. \YJelch Mr. &Mrs. F. Helmut \YJeytnar Mr. &Mrs. John K. Whitney Mr. Robe1t A. Young

Annual A~~eal ($500- $ 9) Mr. &Mrs. W. Seymour Archibald, Jr. Mr. Alan F. Arwood Mr. &Mrs. Robert W. Bailey Cape Air/Nantucket Airlines

Ms. Nancy A. Chase Mr. &Mrs. LeeR. Cole Mr. &Mrs ..James L. Dunlap Dr. Alice Emerson Ms. Katherine Grover Mr. &Mrs. Hamilton Heard, Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Arie L. Kopelman Mr. &Mrs. Richard L. Menschel Mr. Robert F. Mooney Mr. & Mr~. Peter \YJ. Nash Mr. &Mrs. Jeffrey Paley Mr. &Mrs ..James M. Stewart Mr. &Mrs. Thomas M. Taylor Mr. &Mrs. Richard Wolfe Mr. &Mrs. Robert C. Wright

Annual ~~eal ($100- 9) Mr. Jan1es Abbott Mr. &Mrs. Oakes Ames Mr. Bruce B. Bates Mr. &Mrs. Walter Beinecke,Jr. Dr. &Mrs. George Berkheimer Ms. Clara Bingham Mr. &Mrs. William J. Boardman Mr. Alfred Bornemann Ms. Helen W. Brann Mr. &Mrs. Larry P. Breakiron Mr. &Mrs. Richard L. Brecker Ms. Bette]. Brinkerhoff Mr. &Mrs. Thomas H. Broadus,Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Richard A. Brooks Mr. &Mrs. Carter Cafritz Mr.] ohn Swain Carter Mr. &Mrs. Robert Champion Mr. &Mrs. James F. Chase Mr. &Mrs. P. Erik Christensen Mr. James J. Coddington, Jr. Mrs. Louise W. Collins Mr. &Mrs. Richard R. Congdon Mr. &Mrs. Martin F. Connor Mr. &Mrs. Andrew]. Cooley Ms. Kimberly C. Corkran Mr. &Mrs. Bruce D. Cowen Mr. &Mrs. John B. Cowperthwait Ms. Amanda B. Cross Mr. &Mrs. D. Weston Darby,Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Porter G. Dawson Mr. Kenneth W. Douglas, Jr. Ms. Cecile S. Drackett Drs. Nlichael &Paula Duffy Mr. &Mrs. Gardiner S. Dutton Mr. John LeMoyne Ellicott Mr. &Mrs. Richard]. Eskind Mr. Pat Burch Ewing Mrs.John M. Felleman Mr. &Mrs. Alan M. Forster Mr. &Mrs. George A. Fowlkes Mr. &Mrs. Joseph Starbuck Freeman Mrs. Donald R. Gordon Mr. &Mrs. Erwin L. Greenberg Mrs. Toby Ann Greenberg Mrs. Elliott W. Gumaer, Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Gordon Gund Prof. William A. Hance Mr~. Isaac Harter.] r. Messrs. Jack &Jim Hendrix Mr. &Mrs. Steven K. Herlitz Dr. &Mrs. Richard E. Hillger Mr. David Hoalt Mr. &Mrs. WilliamH. Hobart, Jr. Mr. &Mrs. John P. Horgan

Mrs. Peyton C. Home Mrs. Ellen E. Howe Mrs. E.V. Huggins Mr. &Mrs. Robert F. Jehle Mr. &Mrs. Raymond L. Jones Claudia &Jeffrey Keenan Mrs. Margaret P. Kelley Dr. &Mrs. Charles S. Kelly Mr. Richard Kemble Ms. Patience E. Killen Mr. Anthony D. Kunz Mrs. Roy E. Larsen Ms. Dorothy \XI. La1~ne Dr. &Mrs. Jack M. La)10n Dr. &Mrs. Keith M. Lindgren Mr. &Mrs. John \YJ. Loose Mr. &Mrs. William R.J. Lothian Mr. & ~Irs. Geoffrey C. 1\llacLay Mrs. Florence D. Macomber Mr. Paul Madden Mr. &,\Irs. Albert L. Manning, Jr. ,\\r. Thomas McCann Mr. &Mrs. John A. McGuinn Mrs. William]. McHugh Mr. &Mrs. James R. Mcintosh ~lr. &Mrs. Martin McKerrow Mr. Richardson T. Merriman Mr. &Mrs. William C. i'v!iller IV Mr. Hugh Nlitchell Mr. Leeds Mitchell, Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Mark R. Morris Mr. &Mrs. Allen Morton Mrs. Alfred E. Munier Mr. Johnston F. Northrop Mr. &Mrs. Neal O'Connor Mr. &Mrs. V. Henry O'Neill Mr. &Mrs. Donald Opatrny Dr. &Mrs. A. Eugene Pluchanis Mr. &Mrs. W. Malcolm Parry Mr. &Mrs. James S. Pasman.Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Gordon \YJ. Pratt Mr. &Mrs. H. Flint Ranney Mr. &Mrs. Arthur I. Reade, Jr. Mr. &Mrs. J. Perry Ruddick Dr. &Mrs. Robert S. Salisbury Mr. Alfred F. Sanford Ill Mr. &Mrs. Thomas C. Schneider Mr. Thomas Schweizer,] r. Mr. &Mrs. William Seegraber Mr. &Mrs. John I. Shaw Dr. &Mrs. Charles Shortall Mr. &Mrs. John Silliman Mr. &Mrs. Arnold R Small Mr. Richard F. Smith Mrs. Sherwood \YJ. Smith Mr. &Mrs. Gerald Stiller Mrs. Dale Sroodley Mr. Landey Strongin Mr. &Mrs. William M. Sullivan Mr. &Mrs. R. Chapman Taylor Ill Ms. Annie Te-Jsdale Mrs. Harriet S. Tumer Mr. Paul E. Vardeman Mr. &Mrs. E. Geoffrey Vemey Mr. &Mrs. Richard G. Vemey Mr. &Mrs. Samuel \YJagner Mr. &Mrs. William Cook \YJallace Mr. &Mrs. F. Jay Ward Mr. &Mrs. TomS. Ward, Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Samuel]. Weinhoff Mr. Jack Weinhold SPRING

1997

DONORS

Mr. &Mrs. Joseph F. Welch Mr. &Mrs. Walter C. Wilson Mr. &Mrs. Richard Wolfe Mrs. Bracebridge Young

Annual Aggeai (Upto$1 )

Mrs. Eugene F. Allen Mr. &Mrs. Heath Allen Mr. &Mrs. Louis B. Ames Ms. Kim A. Andersen Mr. Adam F. Atwood Ms. lvla~orie Credo Baker Mr. &Mrs. Robert F.R. Ballard Dr. &Mrs. Peter Barrett Mr. &Mrs. Philip E. Bash Mr. &Mrs. Robert Beilman Mr. &Mrs. John Belash Ms. Deborah Black Mr. &Mrs. James M. Blackwell IV Mr. &Mrs. Donald B. Blenko Gale R. Blosser lr. &Mrs. Charles L. Bolling Ms. Edith S. Bouriez Mr. &t'vl rs. James Bowditch Mrs. Joan D. Boynton Mr. Gordon Braine Dr. J\llichael Bralower Mr. &Mrs. Owsley Brown Mr. &Mrs. Willard Brown Ms. Leslie Brown Mr. George M. Bucku1gham,)r. Ms. Lee R.1nd Burne Mr. Arthur J. Burrows

Mr. &Mrs. Robert M. Burron Mr. &Mrs. Arthur E. Buder Mr. &Mrs. Warren M. Cannon Mr. &Mrs. Scott P. Carlin Mr. &Mrs. Harry G. Carpenter Mr. John C. Chadbourne Mr. &Mrs. Roy D. Chapin, Jr. Mrs. Fred L. Chase Mr. &1\lrs. Peter Chick Mrs. Johanna L. Chisholm Mrs. Robert w rClark Mr. &~Irs. Owen G. Clinton Mr. Kenneth P. Coffin Mr. &Mrs. William R. Congdon Mrs. George Constable Mr. &Mrs. Frederic \VJ. Cook Mr. Kenneth F. Crafts Mr. William Cuddy Mr. John C. Dann Mr. &~Irs. John A. de Ia Haye Mr. Daniel C. de Menocal Mrs. Louis Dejonge Mr. &Mrs. Da1~d S. Deutsch Mr. &Mrs. Leonard P. Drabkin Ms. Deborah N. Dunham Mr. &Mrs. Donald R. Dupre Mr. \VJilliam H. Eckert, Jr. Mr. &Mrs. F. Farney Eilers, Jr. Mr. &Mrs. William R. Elmer Mr. &Mrs. Robert Dean Felch Mrs. Doris Fellerman Mrs. Eleanor B. Fisher Mrs. Jane Farrell Fitch Mrs. Ingrid Fr.1ncis

Mrs. Fred Gardner Mr. Clinton A. Gerlach Mrs. Carol Gibbon Cdr. &Mrs. t\llaurice E. Gibbs Mrs. Oscar W. Giese Mr. &Mrs. Whitney Gifford ~lr. &Mrs. T. \X1illiam Gilbert Mr. &Mrs. Daniel B. Gilbreth ~Irs. Sl'bil Goldsmith ~lr. &.Mrs. Jordon Goodman ~lr. &~Irs. Peter L. Goldsmith Mr. &~Irs. Eugene \X'. Good111llie,Jr. Ms. Adelaide R. Grant Mr. &Mrs. Paul R. Gudonis Mr. William V. Haddon Mr. &Mrs. Charles L. Hancock Mr. &Mrs. Robert E. lleUman Mr. &Mrs. Mason Heydt Mr. &Mrs. Philemon N. lloadley Mr. &Mrs. William B. Holding Irs. Peyton C. Home lr. &Mrs. Charles A. Hughes lvlr. &Mrs. David C. Hulme lr. &Mrs. John G.W. Husted, Jr. Mr. &Mrs. James M. Hutton llT Mr. &Mrs. Richard D. li1vin lr. &Mrs. James \VJ.Jackson Mr. Joseph Johnson Mr. &Mrs. Dennis J. Kenny Mr. &Mrs. Allen G. Kenzie Mr. Charles A. Kilvert Mr. James E. King ~!r. &Mrs. Ke1•in Kuester ~lr. &Mrs. Charles E. Kulmann

Art on Nantucket

Mr. John E. Lacouture Mrs. JaneT. Lamb Mr. &Mrs. Paul E. Lancaster Mr. &Mrs. Stephen B. Land Mr. &Mrs. Ernest B. Latham Mr. &Mrs. Franklin B. Leonard lvlr. &Mrs.l"ing Le~~· Mr. &Mrs. Richard E. Le111s,Jr. Mr. &Mrs. C. Richard Loftin ,\lr. Dennis]. Looney Mr. &Mrs. Clarence S. Lovelace Mr. &Mrs. Frank H. Low lvlr. Richard MacKay Mrs. James Malone lli Mr. &Mrs. John Martin Mr. Thomas McCann Ms. GraceS. McCreary Mr. &Mrs. Eugene G. McGuire Mrs. John B. McKeever Mrs. Leslie C. McRoberts 1\llr. &Mrs. John L. Michelsen Mr. &Mrs. Earl B. Mix, Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Randolph P. Norris Mrs. Roben K. Noyes Mr. &Mrs. V. Henry O'Neill Mr. Alfred N. Orpin Mr. &Mrs. Ira Ostrow Ms. Susan C. Painter Dr. &Mrs. E. Prather Palmer Mr. &Mrs. Richard]. Pardi Mrs. ~ lary C. Panish Ms. Annette W. Peterson Mr. & 1rs. lathaniel Philbrick lvlr. &lv1rs. Myles Reis

Mrs. Lawrence Richardson, Jr. Mr. Donn RusseU Mr. &Mrs. John L. Ryon,J r. Ms. ~lary Eliza Lo1·en Shaper Mr. &Mrs. Henrv B. Sheers Mrs. George H. Simonds Mr. &Mrs. Carl H. Sjolund Mr. BillSlol'er Mr. Brooks Smith Ms. Sandra Smith Mr. &Mrs. Lars 0. Soderberg Mrs. Barbara &inecke Spitler Ms. Susan K. Spring Dr. &Mrs. Edward G. Stanley· Brown Mr. &Mrs. Grove Stoddard Mr. Louis B. Susman Mr. &Mrs. Peter C. Surro Mr. Jonathan F. Swain Mr. &Mrs. Allin S. Topham Mr. Tom Twomey Mrs. Virginia L. Vanzandt Mr. &Mrs. Leoni. Warms Mrs. Jean Weaver,J r. lvlrs. George A. Webster Mr. &Mrs. Lawrence \\'erzel Mr. &Mrs. Richard R. \X'hire 1vlr. &Mrs. \X'illiam Lee \X'iley Ms. ~Iurie! Williams Mr. &Mrs. Da11d H. Wilson Mrs. Georgia Winter Mr. Da11d H. Wood

Art on Nantucket

I-IE JANE EGAN ART ON NANTUCKET FUND WAS

established by Mr. and Mrs. Albert F Egan,Jr., in memory of their daughter, to support the conservation of the .fine arts collection. This summer the fund will help support the conservation of over forty paintings in preparation for exhibition and publication in 1998. In particular, the Jane Egan Art on Nantucket Fund will support the residence of two graduate Winterthur painting conservationists during the swnmer. Art on Nantucket was published specifically to support contributions to the fund. Copies of the book are available for $250 -$200 of which is a tax-free contribution to support the restoration of the Nantucket paintings. Copies may be inscribed as gifts. For further information, call the NHA office at 508-228-1894.

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Some of the friends and committee members who helped to make the show such a success. From left to right: Atleen Newquist, Ginger Ivey, Dorothy Slover, Karen Clark, Barbara Hajim, Ruth Snide1; Brownie Roe, and Mellie Cooper

Antiques Show Benefactors

Mr. &Mrs. John H. Davis

Mrs. Thomas]. Anarhan Mrs. Fay H. Anarhan Dr. &Mrs. Mortimer H. Appley Mrs. Gale H. Arnold Mrs. Robert \YJ. Bailey Mr. &Mrs. George F. Baker Mr. and Mrs. Ben Barnes Mrs. Stephen C. Barnett Dr. &Mrs. Peter Barrett Mr. &Mrs. C. Marshall Beale Mr. &Mrs. Kennerh L. Beaugrand Ms. Patricia M. Beilman Mr. &Mrs. Peter M. Bernon Mr. &Mrs. Max Berl)' Mrs. Cece Black Mrs. James C. H. Bonbright Mrs. Dorris Carr Bonfigli Ms. Sharon Buck Ms. Susan Payson Burke Mr. &Mrs. Guy K. Bush Mr. &Mrs. \'(/illiamR Cmnp,Jr. Ms. Gail E. Carpenter Mr. &Mrs. Robert Champion Mr. &Mrs. Howard L. Clark, Jr. Mrs. Roy S. Clauss Mr. &Mrs. Granville E. Conway Ms. Kimberly C. Corkran Mr. &Mrs. Earle M. Craig, Jr. Mr. &Mrs. John\'(/. Creamer Mr. &Mrs. William Crozier, Jr. Dr. Jim Dasbach

Mr. &Mrs. Stephen A. Davis Mr. &Mrs. Stephen DeCesare l'vlr. &Mrs. Joseph S. DiManino Mr. &Mrs. Robert E. Diamond, Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Joseph P. Donelan ill Mr. John C. Doody Ms. Cecile S. Drackett Mr. &Mrs. Richard A. Drucker Ms. Tmdy Dujard.in Mr. &Mrs. James L. Dunlap Mr. &Mrs. Norman E. Dupuis ill Dr. &Mrs. DavidJ Duquette Mrs. Richard W. Durkes Ms. Serena Barnum Eascland Mrs. Charles W. Engdhard Mrs. John V. Erickson Mr. &Mrs. Charles Augustus Ernst, Jr. Dr. &Mrs. John \'(/. Espy Mr. &Mrs. Martin D. Fife Mr. &Mrs. Biff Folberth Mr. &Mrs. Walter Forbes Mr. &Mrs. Christopher Forester Mr. &Mrs. Alan M. Forster Mr. &Mrs. Stuart Freilich Mrs. Irene G. Gallagher Mr. &Mrs. 0\11ght Gesswein Ms. Lynn Glenn Mr. &Mrs. Thomas H. Gosnell Mr. &Mrs. Frederick D. Green Ms. Susan Zises Green Mr. &Mrs. Envin L. Greenberg

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Mr. &M.rs. John Greenebaum Mr. &Mrs. Robert Greenhill Mrs. Bernard D. Grossman Mr. &l'vlrs. Gordon Gund Mr. &Mrs. Graham Gund Mr. &l>lrs.John H. Gutfreund Mr. &Mrs. Edmtmd A. Hajim Mr. &Mrs. Grego!)' S. Hedberg Mr. &Mrs. Robert E. Hellman Mr. &l'vlrs. Philip J Hempleman Mrs. Hudson Holland,Jr. Mrs. D. Brainerd Holmes Mr. &Mrs. Amos B. Hostetter, Jr. Mrs. Ellen E. Howe Mr. &Mrs. Curtis L. lvey.Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Julius Jensen ill Ms. Marsha Johnson Ms. Mmybeth Keene Mr. &1\lrs. James L. Ketelsen Mr. &Mrs. A1thur Kobacker Mr. &Mrs. ArieL. Kopdman Mr. &Mrs. Robe1t A. Krantz,Jr. Dr. &Mrs. Peter Linden Mrs. Fran cisco Lorenzo Mrs. Thomas B. Loring Mr. &Mrs.lan R. MacKenzie Mr. &Mrs. William B. Macomber Mr. &Mrs. Barl)' MacTaggmt Mr. &Mrs. Seymour G. Mandell Mr. John]. McAtee,Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Peter McCausland Mr. &Mrs. Donald F. McCullough

Mr. &Mrs. G. S. Meader, ir. Mrs. Howard M. Meyers . Mr. &Mrs. Marlin Miller, Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Carl M. Mueller Mr. Peter W. Nash l'vlr. &Mrs. Scott Newquist Mr. &Mrs. Thomas D. O'Malley Mr. David B. Poor !VIr. \'(layne Pratt Mr. &Mrs. Virgil M. Price ll Mr. &Mrs. Steven Rales Mr. &Mrs. Stanley Rand ill Mr. &Mrs. H. Flint Rmney Mr. &Mrs. George M. Rich, Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Keith Roe Mr. &Mrs. Kenneth Roman Mr. &Mrs. Dm~d Ross ill Mr. &Mrs. JeffreyS. Rubin Mr. &Mrs. Peter Sacerdore Mr. &Mrs. Han•ey Saligman Mr. &Mrs. Mark Sandler Mr. &Mrs. Richard Scaife Mr. &Mrs. L. Dennis Shapiro Mr. &Mrs. Brian P. Simmons Mrs. Richard F. Skelly Mr. &Mrs. William Slover Mr. &Mrs. Hanford Smith, Jr. Mr. &Mrs. H. C. Bowen Smirh Mr. &Mrs. Gordon Smirh Mr. &Mrs. Eliot I. Snider Mr. &Mrs. Guy W. Snowden Mr. &Mrs. John Aldridge Sower

Mr. John K. Spring Mr. &,\1rs.John Toland Ms. Edythe Travdstead Mr. &Mrs. Richard f. Tucker Mrs. Richard./. Walsh Mr. &Mrs. Bruce L. Wan11ck Mr. &Mrs. Samuel[. Weinhoff Mr. &Mrs. Joseph f. Welch Mr. &Mrs. John K. \X'himey Mr. &Mrs. johnS. Winter Mr. & Mrs. ·DavidS. Wolff Mr. &M1~. Robert C. Wright Mrs. Jack A. Ziebarth

Antiques Show Patrons Mr. &Mr~. John F. Aker~ Ms. Jan is Aldridge Mr. &Mrs. Nathan R. Allen,Jr. l'vlr. &Mrs. Kennerh C. Ambrecht Mrs. Charles Bardelis Mr. &1\lrs. E. Garrett Bewkes, Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Larl)' P. Breakiron Mr. &Mrs. Dm~d S. J Brown 1\Jlr. &Mrs. Lowell Bl)'an Dr. Rose Burdon Mr. Thomas C. Clark Mr. &Mrs. Alexius C. Conroy Mr. &Mrs. James E. Cooper,Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Paul J. Crowley Mr. &Mrs. John N. Curlett, Jr. Mr. & MJ>. Kevin G. Curran Mr. John M. Davis

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Mr. and Mrs. John L. Dowling Mrs.Joseph N. DuBerry N Mr. &Mrs. R \YJ. Foote Mr. &Mrs. Emesr H. Frank Mrs. Carla de Creny Freed Mr. &Mrs. Richard H. Gibbs Mr. &Mrs. James R. Grieves Mr. &Mrs. Robert C. Griffin Ms. Gloria Grimshaw Dr. &Mrs. Laurance]. Guido Mr. William H. Gumey,Jr. Mr. &Mrs.JamesJ. Hagan Mrs. William A. Halsey Mr. &Mrs. Donald R. Harleman Mr. &Mrs. Hamilton Heard, Jr. Mr. &Mrs. S. Roger Horchow Mrs. Nancy G. Huston Mr. &Mrs. AnhurJacobsen Mr. &Mrs. Benn \YJ. Jesser Mr. &Mrs. Edward V. Lahey,Jr. Dr. &Mrs. Robert S. Liebeskind Ms. Letitia Lundeen Mr. &Mrs. Roger !1-1. Lynch Mrs. Earle R.MacAusland Mr. &Mrs. Piers M. MacDonald Mr. &Mrs. Russell R. MacDonnell Mr. Nonnan E. Mack II Mr. &Mrs. Charles McGill Mr. &Mrs. Martin McKerrow Mr. &Mrs. F. Duffield Meyercord Mrs. Herbert L. Moss Mr. &Mrs.il-lichaeiJ. O'Mara Mr. &Mrs. Edwin \XI. Obrecht, Jr. Mr. &l\1rs.il-lichael F. Orr Mr. &Mrs. John F. Otto Mrs. James R. Poole Mr. Bruce II. Poor Mrs. Richard A. Prarel Mr. &Mrs. Thomas L. Rhodes Mr. &Mrs. Pierre Rinfrer Mr. &Mrs. Francis C. Rooney, Jr. Mr. &Mrs. James Roper Mr. Erell Rudman Mr. &Mrs. John D. Sayer Ms. Franees G. Scaife Mr. &Mrs. Joseph L. Serafini Mr. &Mrs. Alan H. Shiff Mr. &Mrs. Chad11~ck Simmons

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Mr. &Mrs. Fredric C. Slater Mrs. Edward \YJ. Snowden Mr. &Mrs. Nicholas N. Solley Mrs. Paul Soros Mr. &Mrs. Scon M. Steams, Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Hans Tausig Mr. &Mrs. Thomas M. Taylor Mrs. B. Brooks Thomas Mr. &Mrs. Richard G. Vemey Mr. &Mrs. Alexander Carl von Summer Mr. Victor Weinblatr Mr. &Mrs. George C. Whiteley liJ Mr. &Mrs. Bracebridge H. Young,.J r. Mr. &Mrs. Peter H. Zecher

!1-lr. &,\Irs. Max Berry Mr. &Mrs. Edmund A. Hajim Senator &Mrs. John Kerry Mr. &i\lrs. Clifford L. Michel Mr. &Mrs. F. HeLnw \YJeymar Antiques Show Samplers Mr. &Mrs. Roy S. Clauss Marthe11~ Ventures Mr. &Mrs. Eliot Snider Wayne Pratt

Antiques ShowSponsors

Donors ($500-$999)

Mr. &Mrs. Banks T. Adams, Jr. Mr. Alan F. Arwood Mr. &Mrs. Th1~ghr E. Beman Mr. Robert A. Bennen Mr. &Mrs. Thomas R. Brome Mr. &Mrs. Laurence E. Carpenter Mrs. Helen Winslow Chase Mr. &Mrs. Nelson Doubleday Dr. &Mrs. Josef E. Fischer Mr. &Mrs. Robert A. Fox Mr. &Mrs. Pard Gibian Mr. &Mrs.James Edward Gillum ,Jr. Ms. Elizabeth Gosnell Mrs. Walker Groerzinger lv1rs. Thomas A. HoLnes Mr. &Mrs. Stanley R Jaffe Dr. &Mrs. Jeffrey R.Jay Mr. &Mrs. t\lichael S. Jemison Mr. &Mrs. David M. Lilly Mrs. Earle R. i\lacAusland Mr. &Mrs. J. Thomas i\ lacy Mrs. Cleveland 1\leredith Dr. GeorgeS. Meyer, Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Morgan}. Murray Mr. &Mrs. Neal O'Connor Mrs. C. Hardy Oliver Mr. &Mrs ..James S. Pasman,Jr. Mrs. Michael Peacock Mr. &Mrs. James S. Regan Mr. &Mrs. Kip Robbins Mr. Raben Montgomery Scott

Mr. &Mrs. Richard Kreider ~lr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Marcus

!llrs. Edmund A. Hajim

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Mr. &Mrs. John I. Shaw Mr. &Mrs. Robert Slater Mrs. Braceb1idge Young

Donors ($1,000 and over)

Mrs Joel Anapol Mr. &Mrs. John B. Cowpenhwair Mr. &Mrs. Theodore Cross Drs. Michael &Paula Duffy Mr. &Mrs. MichaelS. Egan Mr. &Mrs. John L. Engels, Jr. Dr. &Mrs. Keith Gonesdiener Mr. &Mrs. Gordon Gund Mr. &Mrs. Jack Heffemen Mr. &Mrs. Peter E. Hoey Mr. &i\lrs. Stanley R.Jaffe Mr. &Mrs. RupenJohnson,Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Raymond L.Jones Mr. &Mrs. Dennis Keller i\lr. &Mrs. Robert A. Krantz, Jr. Ms. Memrie M. Le111s Dr. &Mrs. Keith M. Lindgren Mr. &Mrs. Philip C. Murray Ms. Pamela S. Niner Mrs. Alfred F. Sanford U Rev. Georgia Ann Snell Mr &Mrs. Peter Solben Mr. &Mrs. Georgel-1. Tilghman Mr. &Mrs. Robert Torray Mr. &Mrs. Henry A. Willard ll

Donors (up to $100) Mr. &i\lrs. Louis B. Ames Mr. &Mrs. Harrington Bischof Mr. George M. Buckingham, Jr. Mr. William H. Ecken,.Jr. Mr. &Mrs. William B. Hopkins Mr. &Mrs. John L. Michelsen Mr. &Mrs. Phillip F. Stambaugh Mr. &Mrs. Richard B. \\'hire

Underwriters Chubb&Sons Chase Manhanan Bank

Honorary Chairs Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Scaife

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Mrs. Robert Champion Mrs. Norman E. Dupuis fil Mrs. Thomas H. Gosnell Mrs. Seen C. Newquist Mrs. \X'illian1 L. Slover Mr. &Mrs. Nathan R. Allen,Jr. Mrs. George F. Baker lvlr. &Mrs. C. Marshall Beale Mr. &Mrs. i\lax Berry Mrs. Cece Black Mr. &Mrs. Guv K. Bush i\lrs. i\lichael G. Cain 1\ls. Gail E. Carpenter 1\lrs. Laurence E. Carpenter i\\r. &i\lrs. Howard L. Clark, Jr. Mrs. Roy S. Clauss Mrs. Alexius C. Conroy Mrs. James E. Cooper,.) r. Ms. Kimberly C. Corkran Mrs. William Crozier, Jr. Mrs. John N. Curlett, Jr. il-l rs. Stephen A. Davis Mrs. Joseph P. Donelan ll1 Mrs. James L. Dunlap Mrs. John V. Erickson 1\lr. &Mrs. \X'alrer Forbes

Mr. &1vlrs. Alan M. Forster Mr. &Mrs. Dwight Gesswein Mrs. Eugene \X'. Goodwillie,Jr. Ms. Susan Zises Green 1\lr. &Mrs. Robert Greenhill Mrs. Robert C. Griffin ~1r. & Mrs. Graham Gund Mrs. Hamilton IIeard, Jr. Mrs. Philip J. Hempleman Mrs. Sandi Holland Mrs. Curtis L. h·ey,Jr. Mrs. Nlichael S. Jemison Mr. &1\lrs. J. Seward Johnson, Jr. Ms. Marsha Johnson Ms. Maryberh Keene Mrs. James L. Ketelsen Mr. &,\Irs. Arie L. KopeLnan Mr. & ~Irs. Francisco Lorenzo i\lrs. Brian P. MacDonald !1-lrs. Barry MacTaggart 1\ls. Megan Keene Maltby ~Irs. Peter ~lcCausland Mr. &i\lrs. Cleveland Meredith ,\Is. i\ limi Menon Dr. GeorgeS. 1\leyer, Jr. 1\lrs. Edwin \X'. Obrecht, Jr. Mrs. John F. Otto Mr. &Mrs. i\lichael Peacock Mrs. Stanley Rand Ill Mrs. Pierre Rinfrer Mrs. Keith Roe 1\lrs. Da1id Ross Ill 11-lrs. Joseph L. Serafini Mrs. Alan H. Shiff Mrs. Peggy Sil1·ersrein i\lr. &,\lrs. Eliot I. Snider i\ lr. &11-lrs. Paul Sores i\ls. Edvrhe Travelsread i\lr. &&trs. Alexander Carl von Sun1mer ,\lr. &Mrs. Bruce L. \YJam1ck Ms. Thorunn Wathne Mr. Victor \YJeinblatt Mrs. Joseph F. \X'elch Mrs. Dm~d S. Wolff

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FESTIVAL OF TREES Chairs Kimberly C. Corkran Judi R Hill Kathleen \XIalsh

Sponsors Nantucket Bank American Express Mr. &Mrs. Tom McCann

Committee Lisa Burke Sherri Bustad Laurie Champion Nancy Cooke John Dannenberg Bmce Harrison Virginia Heard Richard Kemble GeorgeKorn Diane LaFrance Kent Levine Mary Malavase Bethny Mason Denise &Da1od Olsen BmcePoor Richard Schaefer Sara Ann \X'estbrook George Wingenfeld

Contributors Mrs. Fay H. Anathan Mr. &Mrs. William H. Andre\\~ III Ms. Cheryl Banlett Mr. &Mrs. C. Marshall Beale Mr. &Mrs. Kenneth L. Beaugrand Mr. &Mrs. Paul A. Bennett Mr. Alfred Bornemann Mrs. Alita Brooks Mr. &Mrs. a.,~Jey Brown Mr. Roben U. Brown Ms. Sharon Buck Mrs. Gilben Burchell Mr. &Mrs. William R. Camp, Jr. Enrico Carlee Mr. &Mrs. Roben Champion Mr. &1'v!rs. James F. Chase Ms. Nancy A. Chase Ms. Kimberly C. Corkran Mr. &Mrs. W.H. Corkran, Jr. Mrs. Alexander M. Craig Mr. Anhur H. Crapsey,Jr. Mr. Jay D. D'Aprix Mr. &Mrs. Jerry Daub Mr. &Mrs. Roben A. diCurcio Mr.John C. Doody 1\lls. Trudy Dujardin Ms. Tharon Dunn Mr. &Mrs. Michael C. Edgell Dr. &Mrs. John P. Fields Mrs. Jane Farrell Fitch Mr. &Mrs. Alan M. Forster The Honorable &Mrs. William Frist Mr. Harrison Frist

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Mr. Jonathan Frist Mr. Bryan Frist Mr. &Mrs. Roben R. Gam bee Ms. Anne H. Geddes Mr. &Mrs. Randle Goetze Mr. &Mrs. Thomas J. Gordon Mr. &Mrs. Thomas H. Gosnell Mrs. Toby Ann Greenberg Mr. Peter]. Greenhalgh Ms. Gloria Grimshaw Mrs. Bernard D. Grossman Mr. A. Peter Guarino Mr. &Mrs. Edmund A. Hajim Prof. William A. Hance Ms. Kathleen Hay Mr. &Mrs. Hamilton Heard, Ir. Mr.&Mrs.G.S.Hill . Mr. &Mrs. Hudson Holland, Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Charles A. Hughes Mrs. Mildred E. Irvin Mr. &Mrs. Stanley RJaffe Mr. Eli \YJ. Kaufman Mr. Richard Kemble Ms. Patience E. Killen Mr. Michael Kittredge Mr. &Mrs. ArieL. Kopelman lvlr. George Korn Mr. Louis Lapirz Mr. &Mrs. Ernest B. Latham Katie Trinkle Legge &Darren Legge Ms. Deborah]. Lehan Mr. &Mrs. Francisco Lorenzo Mr. &Mrs. Jan R. MacKenzie 1'vtr. &Mrs. William B. Macomber Ms. Mary Malavase J\lls. Mary Menon Mr. BlliCe D. Miller Mr. &Mrs. Marrin]. Murphy Mr. &Dr. I !enry A. Murray lvlr. &Mrs. James Nace Mr. &Mrs ..Peter \Y!. Nash Mrs. Michael O'Reilly Mr. David Ogden Mr. Alfred N. Orpin Mr. &Mrs. Rafael Osona Mr. Bmce H. Poor Mr. &Mrs. H. F1int Ranney Mrs. Lawrason Riggs, Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Kip Robbins Ms. Lisa Robens Mr. &Mrs. Kenneth Roman Mr. &Mrs. Peter Ruffner Mr. Alfred F. Sanford []] Mr. &Mrs. Phillipe Schreiber DianeShonall Megan Shonall Mr. &Mrs. Roben Siebold Mr. &Mrs. William Slover Mrs. Anne P. Strain Ms. Edythe Travelstead Mr. &Mrs. Richard F. Tucker Ms. Jacqueline Tullo Ms. Eugenie H. Voorhees Ms. Wendy Wallace NANTUCKET

Kathleen Walsh Mrs. Edward 1-1. Ward, Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Joseph F. \XIelch Paul Willer Mr. &Mrs. David H. Wilson Ms. Carol Win Mrs. Joseph C. Woodle Ms. Mary H. Woodrum Mrs. Bracebridge Young Mr. Brent Young Mr. Roben A. Young

In-Kind Services Banlen's Ocean View Farm The Beachside Ken McAuley &staff Nantucket Parry Planners Via Pro1•ence

Wreath Donations Banlett's Ocean View Farm Jill Conlon Ensembles

Flowers at the Boarding House Grass Roots Paula Gonfrade Hill's of antucket Sharon McLaughlin Denise Olsen Island Herbs- Christine Hermansdorfer Sue Orrison Jackie Peterson Thom&Ban DaiJ•IWestbrook

Tree Designers Bramhall and Dunn Jerry and Jeannette Carl Cape Air/Nantucket Airlines Forager House Ken Haynes Nina Hellman and Bee Gonella Greg and Judi Hill The Design Guild Glenora Kelly-Smith

~lanor House Antiques !viichelle's Nantucket Garden Club Nantucket Glass Works Nantucket Rose Garden Nantucket Sleigh ride

NHA David and Denise Olsen Wayne Pratt Antiques Rosa Rugosa The Tile Room Toy Boat Sailor's Valentine Seldom Scene Interiors Weeds

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"Carefully Inwrought'': Nantucket Needlework 1797-1997 Plain as tbis Sampler was, as plaz/1 we fine~ Unfetter' d unadorn 'd tbe Female Mind, No fine Ideas fill tbe vacant Sou~ No gracefid Colouring animates tbe wbole. Witb close attention, carefully inwrougbt, Fair Education prints the pleasing Thought, Inserts tbe curious lines on proper Ground, Compleats the Work and scatters Roses round. HESE WORDS, DELICATELY STITCHED BY Lydia Coffin during the 1790s on Nantucket, convey the meaning that needlework held for many island girls and women. By learning the techniques necessary to produce a sampler such as this, "Fair Education print[ed] the pleasing Thought[s]" of letters and numbers upon the minds of Nantucket girls. Not only did they employ both plain and fancy sewing skills in making a sampler, for many girls it was their best chance to learn to read and count.

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Also, many samplers boast verses from the Bible or from classic works of literature, exposing girls to new ideas. Yet these samplers were creative, "scatter[ing] Roses round" by brightening one's home and offering the girls a way to display their talent. No woman of the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries grew up without learning to stitch. Despite her age, social class, or where she lived, she needed to learn to sew to keep herself and her family clothed, warm and clean. Girls were first taught "plain" sewing, such as that

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used to construct and hem pillow cases, sheets, towels, undergarments, and other clothing. Once she mastered the basics, a student could progress to "fancy" work, a decorative form of stitching, and by most accounts, a more pleasant task. However, as the November 1792 Ladies Magazine warned: "A girl should learn needlework to perfection, but principally the useful parts, and though the ornamental be highly commendable, yet it must not be encouraged to the prejudice or neglect of the useful." As early as age four or five, a girl's mother could assist her in starting a simple marking sampler. Hannah Coffin's, stitched in 1805, is typical of that form of stitchery. She used one color and worked the piece exclusively in cross-stitch. Seven alphabets appear in different styles, followed by the numbers one to nine and text: "The Rule to mark napkins." In fact, that was precisely what Coffin was practicing as she stitched her san1pler. At the bottom, four exan1ples of marks appear. Once Coffin married and had a household of her own to manage, she would need to mark her linens, including sheets, napkins, tablecloths - and even personal items such as handkerchiefs and petticoats - with her initials and the number of the set (or the item within the set). Sometin1es the date was also included. The marks allowed the woman to keep track of how many items she owned. Marking linens also assisted in identifying them quickly, ensuring their prompt return, particularly when they were sent out for laundering or even when they were just spread to dry on bushes outside the house. Furthermore, the woman could prevent uneven wear by rotating them regularly according to their marks. The san1plers produced on Nantucket during the 1790s were probably stitched as part of an instructional course at a private school. Some of the schools offered academic subjects as well as classes in the arts, including needlework. Others confined themselves to decorative arts such as painting and embroidery. Some of the samplers in the NHA's collection can be linked, suggesting that they were produced during specific terms at island schools. Being able to examine so many san1plers at the san1e time allows us to learn about the teaching methods employed by the schoolmistresses. How did the teacher detef111ine which pattern each student should stitch? Did she select patterns based on the student's age, talent, or

Nantucket Needlework Exhibition to Open in May NHA WILL PRESENT an exhibition of needlework from May 23 through October 13, 1997, at the Fair Street Museum. Two centuries of handwork made on the island of Nantucket will be on exhibit, featuring samplers, quilts, needlepoint, and the tools used for those pursuits. The exhibition, "Carefully Inwrought": Nantucket Needlework, 1797-1997, curated by Aimee Newell, will also include other decorative and household artifacts related to the needlework and its makers. Other special events accompanying the exhibition include a lecture series and children's program. "Carefully lnwrought": Nantucket Needlework, THE

1797-1997 will be open May 23 -June 15, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.; June 16 Labor Day, 10 a.m .5 p.m; September 2 October 13, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. (Closed May 27-29.)

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skill level? As research continues on the samplers, insight into the curricula and methods of teaching will be gained. Was needlework taught to girls using the same structure as that for reading and arithmetic when taught to boys? The Nantucket san1plers in the collection of the NHA, like most samplers from New England during the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, were generally stitched in silk on linen. Linen could be produced at home or purchased in town. The silk thread frequently came from China. Islanders were introduced to China trade goods during the mideighteenth century. After the Revolutionary War, trade restrictions with China loosened and Nantucket whalers could transact business directly with Chinese merchants, making all kinds of goods cheaper, including silk thread and fabric, as well as tea and porcelain. Those developments made the items significantly cheaper on the island, and it can be assumed that silk thread and fabric were widely available. Making a sampler was not purely educational. Choosing motifs and colors of silk thread offered girls a chance to be artistic. Lydia Coffin's sampler represents the pinnacle of needlework accomplishments. The sampler is stitched on thirty-two count linen over one and two threads. Most motifs are stitched "over two," meaning that Coffin could fit sixteen stitches in an inch of fabric. Some of the more delicately detailed elements, including the text of the verse, are stitched over one thread, resulting in thirty-two stitches to the inch. Coffin used red, green, yellow, blue, and cream silk thread on a piece of bleached linen. Her elaborate floral and animal motifs are primarily stitched in cross-stitch with some satin-stitch flowers, a long straight stitch that provided smooth blocks of color, and queen-stitch berries. A challenging stitch, the queen-stitch forms a diamond by pulling four threads of linen into that shape. Extremely detailed, the san1pler was probably the final project of the term at her school. The piece was meant to be framed and hung in Coffin's home to display her talents with the needle. There were a number of steps between a girl's first marking sampler and a decorative sampler like Lydia Coffin's. Once the basics of counted cross stitch had been mastered, the needlework-school syllabus would move on to more challenging stitches SPRING

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and motifs. For example, Anna Meader's sampler represents a middle step between the simplicity of Hannah Coffin's marking san1pler and Lydia Coffin's showpiece. Meader's sampler uses cross-stitch and satin-stitch with many motifs from nature, such as flowers, birds, and trees. The entire piece is stitched "over two" on fortyfour-count bleached linen (making twenty-two stitches to the inch). Meader used blue, green, black, peach, yellow , and cream silk thread to "paint " the fabric. Meader's sampler features motifs similar to Lydia Coffin's but the work is not quite as delicate and she did not employ the more challenging stitches, such as the queen-stitch. Both Anna Meader's and Lydia Coffin's samplers employ a mix of traditional Quaker motifs and unique Nantucket elements. As in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware, the Society of Friends exerted a strong influence on the inhabitants of Nantucket. Mary Starbuck, daughter of one of the leading fan1ilies on the island, introduced Quakerism to Nantucket in 1701. The religion, with its tenets of "inner light" and the pursuit of a sin1ple life, gained adherents rapidly. By 1800, nearly half of the island's population of 5600 belonged to the Society of Friends. The Quakers expressed progressive ideas about education and encouraged girls as well as boys to attend school. Records from the island's meeting confirm that both boys and girls attended the local school. For the girls, needlework was part of the curriculw11, and several of the samplers in the NHA collection include traditional Quaker elements seen in samplers from Pennsylvania and Delaware. Those elements include free-standing motifs of birds, fruit baskets, and stylized pots of flowers scattered across the linen. Although sampler patterns were available from England during the eighteenth century, most teachers devised their own. That seems to be the case for Anna Meader's sampler, which was stitched in 1800 and is virtually identical to four other samplers in the NHA's collection and one known piece in a private collection. Four of the samplers - those by Elizabeth Hiller, Sally Barker, Love Calder, and Rachel Swain - include an acrostic verse, though not all of the samplers include all eleven lines: All mortal men that live must surely die But how or when is hzd /rom human eye Conszder then thy few uncertain days Delay no longer to amend thy ways Engage thy heart to serve the Lord in love HISTORI C

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For all hzs ways the ways of comfort prove Grant to thyself no time /or vain delight Hate all thats wrong and love to do the right In all thou ever dost act gods /ear Keep still the thoughts of death and judgrnent near Learn to avoide what thou be/eave zs sin.

Each sampler includes one alphabet, birds, flowers, fruit baskets, and pairs of delicately stitched sheep and dogs. The sawtooth-satin-stitched border and the outside floral border, composed in a wavy line, are unique Nantucket elements. The remaining samplers in this group , those by Mary Brown and Anna Meader, are smaller in size but repeat many of the san1e motifs. They include a short verse adapted from John Hawkins 's Epigram on Providence, "See How the Lillies Flourish White and Fair/See How the Ravens feed From Heavens Care." Each includes the sawtooth and wavy floral vine borders mentioned above. Also, these two samplers include a motif known as the "Nantucket tree." The tree is unique to island needlework and assists current scholars in identifying Nantucket samplers. The similarities in layout, color, verse, and design elements to say nothing of their identical dates- suggest that these samplers were produced during the same term at the san1e school. It is hoped that ongoing research into tllis group of samplers will provide a link between them and a teacher on the island. Though the production of samplers by young girls decreased as the middle of the nineteenth century approached, needlework schools continued to flourish on the island. Several instructors advertised in the Inquirer during the 1820s, offering classes in "Plain and Ornamental Needlework. " Needlework pictures, made by stitching on silk fabric with silk thread, gained popularity and were frequently made to commemorate departed friends and relatives. The NHA's collection includes several "mourning pictures" delicately stitched on silk and reflecting a popular aesthetic of the time with romanticized figures weeping over a monument against a landscape of symbolic trees and flowers. Girls also made needle rolls, pincusllions, wallets, and small bags, demonstrating their proficiency with more complicated stitches such as the queen-stitch and the flame-stitch. Popular magazines, such as Godey's Lady's Book, included patterns for embroidery designs and instructions for household items such as slippers and eyeglass cases. An island thirty miles at sea, Nantucket was isolated but not insulated during the early nineteenth century. SPRlNG

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The impact of the whaling trade has been well documented. Many islanders bad more contact with the exotic whaling ports of the South Pacific than with the neighboring ports of Massachusetts and Rhode Island. While at sea men designed scrimshaw tools of many functions. The NHA's collections include a multitude of sewing and other domestic accessories crafted from ivory and decorated with artistic motifs. The function of those objects is not their only link to women's needlework. The designs and motifs scratched into the ivory resemble borders and design elements used on samplers, mourning pictures, and embroidered needle cases and purses. When whalers began sailing farther afield during the 1790s, necessitating voyages of several years' duration, the amount of free time on board ship increased. The men started creating works of art on whales' teeth and household accessories from whalebone to take home as souvenirs for their wives and daughters. Scenes that reminded the men of home were common, as were flora and fauna parterns. Mourning themes were prevalent, given the mortality rate on board ship. The designs mirrored the elements that women stitched at home on Nantucket. Scrimshaw's "golden age"- from 1830 to 1850, coincided with the whaling trade's "greasiest" years. During that period, scrimshaw became stylized with common themes, motifs, and techniques. Central scenes were generally employed with repetitive motifs and borders. In fact, the borders employed by the artists were often inspired by embroidery patterns and 1acework, as well as flowers, vines, rope, and wrought iron. Outer motifs included birds, flowers , hearts, and geometric figures - all elements used on samplers and needlework pictures. The same sawtooth border that appears over and over again on Nantucket samplers is visible on countless scrimshaw and ivory artifacts: for example, the dressing case \vith mirror that Captain James Archer crafted for his wife Mary while on the whaling bark Afton from 1853 to 1856. The dressing case is mahogany inlaid with ivory, ebony, rosewood, and whalebone. Ebony hearts appear on the drawers and the edges are lined with an ivory sawtooth border. Though the "golden age of scrimshaw" was several decades later than the golden age of samplers, the similarities in design cannot be overlooked. Obviously, when men were sailing around the world they thought fondly of home. They probably remembered the framed samplers worked 3 6 1!1STORI C

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by their sisters and mothers that hung on the walls at home and replicated those designs on their scrimshawed teeth , busks , and panbone pictures. Many even used the pictures and patterns in Godey's Lady's Book for inspiration. By the end of the nineteenth century, island lifestyles had changed. Classes in traditional subjects such as reading, writing, and arithmetic were compulsory for girls and boys. Sewing was still a necessary skill, but hours were not devoted to samplers. Girls could learn the alphabet from books in the classroom and be taught how to sew at home. Needlework became an enjoyed leisure pursuit rather than a forced form of practical education. The NHA collection includes needlepoint pictures and Victorian crazy quilts, both forms of needlework which required intensive work that was time-consuming in nature. Neither form, however, was ever intended for practical household use; rather they were decorative only. The woman who could display a richly embroidered crazy quilt or a needlepoint pillow, which demanded a fully stitched background, demonstrated that she had the leisure time to devote to those activities. Her time was not consun1ed by household chores and practical, plain sewing for her fanUly. Needlepoint, quilting, and counted cross-stitch are still practiced on the island today with many unique Nantucket-then1ed designs available. The san1plers and examples of other needlework in the NHA's collection represent only a small part of the hundreds of items stitched over the past two centuries. Research into samplers and needlework created on the island is an ongoing project as we try to learn more about the pieces in the NHA's collection. Toward that end, we would like to ask anyone who owns a Nantucket sampler or has information about a piece to call us at their convenience (508-325-7885). We are compiling a reference database for the NHA of extant Nantucket samplers in order to learn of the needlework schools that existed on the island. Every sampler documented adds to the historical record and moves us closer to an understanding of what it was like to live in the past on the island that we hold so dear in the present. We look forward to discovering new examples of these beautiful artifacts. NHA Registrar Azinee Newell acknowledges with thanks Susan R. Boardman and Kate Stout /or their research assistance with this article. SPRING

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Historic Nantucket Book Section Bounty chronometer and azimuth compass and then Folger was off again , still hunting seals but only finding trouble. The Topaz was arrested, looted, and detained By Walter Hayes. Hardcover, $100 in Chile by the Spaniards. It says a great deal for Folger Special edition boxed and signed by the author, $125 that, in the midst of all his pressing personal concerns, An Introduction by the Author he managed to make his way to Valparaiso, a seaport in f the eleven areat families of Nantucket - Chile, and report his discovery at Pitcairn to an English descendants"of the ~irst Purchasers :vho naval officer. bought the island m 1659 - none ts of All my life I had been fascinated by the Bounty story more consequence than the Folgers. In his and had collected evety book and piece of ephemera I monumental history of the island, Alexander Starbuck could find . I came to the United States from my home lists 173 of them by name, from Aaron to Zaccheus. in England in the late seventies to work in Michigan, In a footnote to the page that notes the birth of bringing my libraty with me. At a ditu1er in New York, Mayhew Folger, Starbuck records: "Captain Mayhew I found myself seated next to a remarkable woman Folger, commanding the ship Topaz discovered in 1809 from Philadelphia who had built the largest and most on Pitcairn's Island the lost mutineers of the English extensive private collection of early Americana. Her ship Bounty." name is Marion Carson. Inevitably we talked over dinFor all the 189 years since Mayhew Folger landed at ner about the Bounty. Some years later when I returned Pitcairn he has remained a footnote. The mutiny on the to England, she sent me a manuscript she had come Bounty has fascinated the world for 200 years. It has across in her papers. Was it, she asked, important? become transformed over time into legend and myth It was indeed. She bad found the longest and most and no adventure at sea has inspired more books, detailed first-hand account by Mayhew Folger of his movies, exhibitions, or psychological analysis. And yet encounter at Pitcairn. This inspired a new search that Mayhew Folger, the one American hero, has been led to letters, dispatches, and documents - many of allowed to slip between the boards of history. which had never been seen before or, at least, valued It has been my good fortune to bring hin1 back from as well as the discovery in Hawaii of the only known the past, to follow in his wake and (with the help of the likeness of Folger hin1self. NHA) produce a biographical history that will, I hope, In the process of searching and writing I have come confer overdue honor upon a man to whom it is so to a much greater understanding of, and respect for, richly due. Nantucket and her valiant sailors. America Mayhew Folger, who was born in Nantucket on owes so much to its early sailors and to March 9, 1774, was given command of the Topaz out of Nantucket. It is more than rewarding to Boston and, on April5, 1807, set out on a sealing voy- know that one of its most intrepid sons is age to the South Seas. The voyage seemed doomed I no longer a footnote. from the start. The ship encountered appalling weather The Captain from Nantucket and the and mountainous seas and endured a terrifying naviga- Mutiny on the Bounty, by Walter Hayes, is tion around Cape Horn - and seals were nowhere to be published by the William L. Clements found. As close to despair as he ever allowed himself to Library of the University of Michigan. Mr. become, Folger set course for Pitcairn. He was sur- Hayes will be a speaker in the NHA lecture prised to discover the island inhabited and astonished series on Thursday, July 24. The book is to encounter the last of Fletcher Christian's mutinous available from Edward J. Lefkowicz, Inc. , crew. P.O. Box 630, 43 Fort Street, Fairhaven, He spent four hours ashore. John Adams, the MA 02719, or by calling 800-201-7901. "patriarch" of the little community, gave him the The Captain from Nantucket and the Mutiny on the Bounty

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The onlv known lzkenessof Mayhew Folger. Collection of the Lahaina Restoratio11 Foundation, the Master's Readzl1g Room. Lahmlw, Maw; Hawazi

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New Staff Joan Clarke has been working on the Barney Genealogical Records database since its inception in February of 1995. A 1959 graduate of the Katharine Gibbs School in New York City, she had a thirty-year career at IBM before moving to antucket from Danbury, Connecticut, in 1994. Patti Hanley is the science librarian at the Maria Mitchell Association and is assisting Joan Clarke on the Barney Records project in her off hours. Graduating from the University of Oregon in Eugene in 1975, Hanley was a medical librarian in Portland for twelve years. A graduate of the Lewis and Clarke Northwestern School of Law, she has been practicing criminal, family, and real estate law since 1988. Eager for new scenery and a career change, Hanley moved to Nanrucket in April1996.

Staff Promotions

Below: Newly promoted Finance Manager Tracy Murray

Curator Michael Jehle has recently been named Director of Museums. After seven years with the NHA, Jehle is taking on added administrative duties. The emphasis of the new position will be to devdop museum exhibits and programs. He will also be working with designers and architects to establish conceptual and architectural plans for the Whaling, Peter Foulger and Fair Street museums. Jehle will continue as curator of the NHA collections. Bookkeeper Tracy Murray has also received a promotion. Murray's ability to see and understand the overall financial picture of the organization while attending to the day-to-day details of the department has earned her the title Finance Manager. With the new position, she will continue to monitor the various NHA accounts, oversee part-time departmental staff, and serve as the association's Personnd Officer.

Friends of the Nantucket Historical Association Purchases Last October 28 and 29, curator Michael Jehle attended an auction of the Barbara Johnson Collection in New York and made some valuable purchases for the NHA's collections on behalf of the Friends of the anrucket Historical Association. Barbara Johnson was a prominent collector of books and manuscripts on whales, whaling, and rdated subjects. Jehle went to the auction with a wish list he compiled

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with librarian Betsy Lowenstein and the Friends . Fortunatdy, he was able to purchase almost everything on his list and more. Some of the items of particular importance are two French acts an d one English act encouraging the settlement of American whalers in Dunkirk, France, and Milford Haven, Wales. These acts are significant as tl1ey document the migration of Nantucketers outside the United States. Also of great interest is a fascinating pamphlet by Thomas Ap Catesby Jones that details the lawlessness in the Hawaiian Islands arising from the large number of desertions and discharges from Nantucket whaling ships. Rare texts on whaling and whaling implements were also purchased. We also were able to acquire two whale prints for the museum collections. For a complete listing of the purchases, please see the accession list on page eighteen. Our thanks go to the Friends for these additions to our collection, and we encourage members to stop by the library to learn more about them.

Volunteers Needed The NHA is looking for volunteers interested in inventorying and cataloguing sections of ilie collection at the Gosnold Support Center. If you have special knowledge or just a desire to learn more about Nantucket's history and decorative arts, give us a call. We would prefer that volunteers are available at least one morning or afternoon per week, and the length of the commitment is flexible - volunteering only for the summer monilis is fine, although those who can and would like to continue year-round are especially appreciated. The NHA has a diverse collection that includes textiles, silver, furniture, whaling implements, scrimshaw, and ship models. To set up a meeting with the registrar Aimee Newell, please call325-7885. SPR I NG

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Gifts of McCalley Photographs Mrs. Adrienne McCalley has given the association eight binders containing photographs and negatives of Nantucket scenes and people taken by her late husband John McCalley (1916-83). Mr. McCalley was a resident and professional photographer here from 1961 until his death. In addition to individual portraits and special events, Mr. McCalley photographed Straight Wharf Theatre productions in the sixties and contributed to the Nantucket High School yearbook. His book, Nantucket Yesterday and Today, a photographic study in contrasts between the nineteenth century and the 1970s, is available at the Musew11 Shop. This donation, in addition to Mrs. McCalley's earlier gifts of darkroom equipment and other photographs by her husband, is most appreciated. Stop by the library and see Mr. McCalley's images of Nantucket.

Thank You from the Library The response from the Library Wish List in the winter issue of Historic Nantucket was overwhelming. Within a few days of the magazine's release, all of the books, and more on a quickly compiled secondary list, were donat-

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ed. Another wish list will be printed in the summer issue for those who did not have an opportunity to donate to the Library. Our thanks to the following people for their generosity.

Judy Belash Massachusetts Biographical Dictionary Beverly Hall Columbia Encyclopedia Ninnuock (The People) Webster's Biographical Dictionary Herman Melville.· A Biography, Vol 1.· 1818-1851 Mr. and Mrs. Herbert L. Guttet·son Hammond Atlas of the World Nancy Wilson Lampe Encyclopedia a/Massachusetts Joan Small The Lzbrary of Congress: A Guzde to Genealogical and Historical Research Dr. Richard Slusarczky Below the Convergence: Voyages to Antarctica, 1699-1839 Edward Burdett, 1805-1833: America's First Master Scrimshaw Artist

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Living History

for Children Have you ever wondered what it was like to live on Nantucket in the past? The Nantucket Historical Association is pleased to offer hands-on activities based on island life during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

Programs offered in July and August:

Tuesday: The Whale Fishery Learn the skills necessary to sign on for a whaling voyage. Children will "learn the ropes" by creating a knot board and see how whales were captured and processed by Nantucket Whalemen.

Wednesday: Colonial Life Children will begin at the Old Mill where they will help the miller grind com. They will then walk to the Oldest House where they will bake bread on the open hearth and explore colonial life.

Friday: Whaling Lore Children will follow the voyages of the Nantucket whalemen as they travel round the world. Each child will make a Sailor's Valentine, a popular maritime souvenir from the nineteenth century. Each program is offered as a two-hour session twice each day at 10 A.M. and 2 P.M. Space in each session is limited to ten children aged 6-10. Reservations required. Cost $20 per child. $15 for members of the Nantucket Historical Association. For more information, call508-228-1894.