1998 Annual Report by Nantucket Historical Association

1998 ANNUAL REPORT

THE NANTUCKET HISTORICAL AsSOCIATION Dorothy Slover Preszdent David H. Wood First Vice President

Virginia S. Heard Clerk

Alan F. Atwood Treasurer

Peter W. Nash Second Vice President Jean M. Weber Executive Director

BOARD OF TRUSTEES Aileen M. Newquist Steven M. Rales Arthur I. Reade, Jr. Alfred Sanford Richard F. Tucker Marcia Welch Robert A. Young

William A. Hance Julius Jensen III Arie L. Kopelman L. Dennis Kozlowski Jane Lamb Carolyn MacKenzie Albert L. Manning, Jr. Bruce D. Miller

Sarah Baker Patricia M. Bridier Laurie Champion Prudence S. Crozier John H. Davis Alice F. Emerson Barbara Hajim

ADVISORY BOARD Walter Beinecke, Jr. Joan Brecker Patricia Butler Helen Winslow Chase Michael deLeo Lyndon Dupuis Martha Groetzinger Dorrit D.P. Gutterson

William B. Macomber Paul Madden Robert F. Mooney Jane C. Richmond Nancy J. Sevrens Scott M. Stearns, Jr. John S. Winter Mary-Elizabeth Young

Nina Hellman Elizabeth Husted Elizabeth Jacobsen Francis D. Lethbridge Reginald Levine Katherine S. Lodge Sharon Lorenzo Patricia Loring RESEARCH FELLOWS

Dr. Elizabeth Little

Nathaniel Philbrick

Renny A. Stackpole

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

Thomas B. Congdon, Jr. Charlotte Louisa Maison Robert F. Mooney Elizabeth Oldham

Jean Grimmer Marie Henke Cecil Barron Jensen Christina LeBlanc Betsy Lowenstein

Rick Morcom Aimee Newell Elizabeth Oldham Yvonne Pimental Jeffrey Pollack

Nathaniel Philbrick Sally Seidman David H. Wood

STAFF Reema Sherry Jeremy Slavitz Virginia Sullivan Augusta Wallace Mary Woodruff

DOCENTS Robert Allen Todd Boling Doug Burch Patricia Clinton Lauren Curtis JayD'Aprix MargotEcke

Walter Garbalinski Elizabeth Hartig Anne Haskell Dorothy Hiller Harris Hulbert Barbara Johnston JiliKasle Peter Kendall

Christopher Kinsella Emil Kleinert Oaire KurtgisHunter Rene LaPierre Paul Leighton Susie Leighton Pamela Leinbach

Cecil Barron Jensen

Sarah Lindsey Molly Livingston John McGuinness Martina Morrow Al&edOrpin Martha Osborne Betsy Pardi Marian Peacock

Byron Prugh Patrick Prugh Jennifer Sharp Doris Simpson Leigh Simpson Margaret Trapnell Brian Willey

Elizabeth Oldham

EDITOR

COPY EDITOR

Helen Winslow Chase

Oaire O'Keeffe

f-llSTORIAN

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. © 1999 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 offices. ' Postmaster: Send address changes to Historic Nantucket Box 1016 • Nantucket, MA 02554-1016 • (508) 228-1894; F AX:(508) 228-5618 • infonha@capecod.net

NANTUCKEr VOLUME 48, NO. 2

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4 From the President

Donors

by Dorothy lover

From the Executive Director

1998 Overview by Jcan Weber

Staff Reports Board of Trustees Committee Reports

1998 Special Events Annual Antiques Show and Festival of Trees

Volunteers

Eastman Johnson's Summers on Nantucket by P atricia Hills

Financial Reports

1998 Acquisitions & Loans

Members

Life Members

Spotlight on Collections Presidential Signatures by Betsy Lowenstein

NHANews

On the fron t and back covers:

The Wle 18/b-cenlury Captain james Chase Ltverpool pitcher, donated by the family o/James Franklin Chase. PboloJ!,raph bv }l//rey S. Allen.

The <llltuckct llistorical Association is an educational institution organized in 189-1. The mtsston. as st.ned m the bylaws (rc1·ised July 9, 1996), is "to encourage the appreciation of Nantucket's unique history by collecl!ng, prt•setYing. prt~enting, and imerpreting to the public relevant artifacts, documents, and real property." Throu~h this statt'nK'nt ol purpose. the li t\ seeks to prm·ide both inhabitants of, and visitors to, Nantucket Island with a tk-cpt·ned undcrst<tmling of the island's htstory; its contributions to the economic, intellectual, political, cultural, and religious development of the communit~. ( ~OilllllOI1\I'ealth. and nation; and a historical perspective on the island's present and future development."

PROPERTIES OF THE NHA OldL>st l louse I Iadwen House Macy-Christian I louse Robert Wyer I louse Thomas Macy I louse 1800 I louse Greater Light

Old Mill Old Gaol Old Town Building Thomas Macy Warehouse Fire I lose- art I louse Q uaker Meeting House antucket Whaling Museum

Fair Street Museum Peter Foulger Museum Musewn Shop Bartholome1v Gosnold Center Gosnold Center Annex Folger-Franklin Memorial Fountain, Boulder, and Bench

Settlers Burial Ground Tristram Coffin Homestead Monument Little Gallery Eleanor Ham Pony Field

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sweet year. We saw our staff grow in numbers and professionalism. We elected new trustees who have brought great energy to an already very engaged and active board. We also learned that our beloved executive director Jean Weber would be retiring at the end of her present contract, a great loss for the organization. Also, at the end of 1998 our curator Michael Jehle announced that he would be leaving the NHA to take a position at the New Bedford Whaling Museum. We must look at these changes as the natural ebb and flow of a vital, living, and very human organization which in turn reflects the vital, living, and very human history that is Nantucket. Everything is pem1anent and nothing is permanent. In 1998 Julius (Reb) Jensen, Dennis Kozlowski, and Patricia (Trish) Bridier joined the board, which now stands at twenty-seven members and represents a solid cross section of the Nantucket community. As a whole, the trustees offer the diverse experiences and skills we need to guide the organization through the ambitious plans it has for the next few years, as well as far into the future as we preserve our legacy for generations to come. Jean Weber's decision to retire is a sad one for the NHA. In the four years Jean has been with us, she has brought her wealth of museum experience to bear in raising the association's level of professionalism and growth while maintaining financial stability. She has put into action plans for the restoration of a number of our sites and has directed the growth and management of our collections using established museum standards.

Under Jean's direction, the NHA has greatly expanded its educational programs in the schools, for young visitors, and in the community at large. She has positioned the NHA to take the next step in expansion and conservation of its properties, collections, and progran1s. The NHA, and indeed the community of Nantucket, will reap the benefits of Jean's commitment, vision, and accomplishments in her time here for years to come. We will miss her. We will miss her very much . Michael Jehle's decision to move to the New Bedford Whaling Museum was also a sad one for the NHA; he had been curator for over eight years. During his tenure at the NHA he mounted some very impressive exhibits including From Brant Point to the Boca

Tigris: Nantucket and the China Trade; Away Off Shore; and, most recently, Captains, Mates, and Merchants: The Face of Nantucket's Past. Michael also worked closely with Jean Weber to oversee a concerted effort to inventory, document, and house our significant collections in proper museum conditions. He served as consultant and liaison to the Friends of the Nantucket Historical Association in their mission to acquire items for our collections. He has made a significant contribution to the NHA. Working closely together, and with a w1ified vision, the board of trustees and the executive director recognized, defined, and have begun to implement an an1bitious plan to provide Nantucket, and indeed the country, with a musewn wortl1y of the history and the I community that resides here. Fund-raising began within the board, and we can proudly report a hundred percent participation at levels that are most generous within individual means. The trustees believe in their vision, and want to make it a reality. The project also has had generous support from other individuals who are committed to the belief that Nantucket deserves a worldclass museum to best present the history it has collected with dedication over the last hundred and five years and to provide an environment that invites everyone to absorb this history. Nature's gift of a second whale validates this dream, which is fast becoming a reality. Nineteen ninety-eight was a very good year.

Dorothy Slover

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1998 OVERVIEW BY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

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twin pillars of our mission, were the focus of intensive planning efforts this past year. And, on a practical level, the forty-seven-foot sperm whale stranded in the closing days of 1997 on Low Beach and placed in our custody early in the new year continued to dominate many of our activities and direct a change in perspective to some of our plans. In consultation with a network of new friend reaching from Alaska to the Smithsonilm, staff and volunteers led by Rick Morcom and Jeremy Slavitz retrieved the whale's remains from palettes submerged in the harbor off Brant Point and from burial pits on shore and reassembled the skeleton for study and articulation in our new storage barn on Bartlett Road. Even in irs temporary quarters, en route to future exhibition in the new Museum Centt:r, the whale attracted school groups, scientists, \Âˇolunteers from the salvage, research- and whale-stranding teams. 1 f LA friends, and curious visitor . It served as tht: subject for a video production, the theme for the 1998 Antiques Show, and the inspiration for a set of dra\\'ings contributed by Don Sineti to be used as note cards for the joint benefit of the I IA and the Cetacean Societ] lnternational. The preservation processes and educational value of the whale arc thoroughly intertwined, even in these early stages of preparation and planning for new museum exhibits. Y ct the whale, while a very large and unexpected 1998 accession "object," is only a small part of the enormously varied and richly illustrative collection holdings of the association . Multiple planning efforts this year recognized the need to assess the potential for learning, enjoyment, and research and the need for new interpretation of our collections: paintings, historic artifact , maps, manuscripts and photographs, hi toric buildings, and domestic arts and crafts. The long-range planning committee, cochaired by trustee Alfred Sanford and director of museums and curator Michael Jehle, worked throughout the year to compile departmental list projecting needs and priorities for a five-year period. The staff reviewed the master lists of the twenty-five properric owned by the ] lA, confirmed priorities, and drafted a facilities usc policy for each property for referral to the trustees. Architects Botticelli and Pohl were engaged to plan the renovation of the fair treer Museum as a new home for the library and research center. As the first step in the sequence of N! lA renovations and upgrading of faciliti s, the library plans II I S T 0 R I C

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were carefully developed under the guidance of library by Jean Weber director Betsy Lowenstein, with outside consultants to assist in selecting specialized systems and use patterns for the new facility . Outside consultants were also engaged to review Museum Shop operations, financial, and electronic systems, and draft business plans for the new Museum Center and for the Museum Shop. Of primary concern for each of those planning efforts was long-term institutional stability and the feasibility and in1pact of the new Museum Center on the future operations of the HA. Museum Center plans call for the renovation of our two side-by-side museums, the Whaling Museum and the Peter Foulger, with a new linking wing to provide a single entrance for visitors, an introduction to antucket history, an exhibition hall for the whale exhibits, and a multipurpose orientation theater. Keeping to the approximate footprint of the current buildings, it is not truly an expansion plan. It is rather a fulfillment of the NHA's mandate to exhibit more of its collections, to offer a richer mix of interpretive programs, educational opportunities, public gatherings for the enjoyment and understanding of island history, and to provide secure and climate-controlled environments Jean Weber and for the collections. From the viewpoint of basic instituMichael Jehle tional responsibility, we have little choice. It is not a flank members matter of whether we must improve facilities, repair a/the walls, and install new exhibitions: it is a question of james Franklin Chase family when and how. last summer.

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To that end the NHA has expressed unanimous consent, undergone a rigorous process of self-analysis and planning for the past two years, and backed the effort with an initial strong financial commitment from the trustees. The strength of the organization is further demonstrated by the growth in staff, program activities, and collections. Increased annual operating budgets over the past four years have allowed us to undertake deferred maintenance and restoration projects, increase the I number of special exhibitions, complete major conservation of the painting collection, research and publication, and purchase of new computer systems (Y2K compliant!). Despite these operating increases, the growth has been healthy. Income from a sound mix of traditional and new resources has made it possible for the NHA to complete this fiscal period, for the fifth year in a row, with an operating surplus. The closing financial picture was strong enough in 1998 to permit us to write off $83 ,731 in obsolete Museum Shop inventory, reducing the surplus from $153,011 to $69,280. The endowment, too, has grown substantially over the same period. In 1998 a $500,000 bequest from the estate of longtime docent Marjorie Schultz was received and designated by the trustees for the endowment fund in order to provide long-term benefit to the organization from her gift. The Schultz bequest brought the endowment to

$2,098,588.

"Reading the ships' logs in the library has given me, a newcomer to the island, a rich sense of Nantucket's history."

Overall, the net assets of the NHA grew from

$6,542,246 to $8,559,179 in 1998, a figure that includes

the contribution of the Friends of the Nantucket Historical Association who have over the past twdve years added substantially to the archival and artifact collections and immeasurably to our ability to keep important historic documents and treasures from being sold into private collections off-island. It also reflects the strong support of the business community this past year in their new Business Partners program and in their enthusiastic sponsorship and amazing transformation of the Whaling Museum, with cochairs Edythe Travdstead and Jenny Garneau, for the highly successful 1998 Festival of Trees. Once again, the Nantucket Lodging Association offered its support and ideas for expanding winter hours at the museums. Denby Real Estate, in a model program of business support, provided fifty-nine gift memberships in the NHA to new home owners. Underlying all of the successes and activities of the year is the gift of volunteer time, interest, and commitment to the work of the association. Volunteer activities are wide ranging and reflect the wealth of experience and varied interests that volunteers bring to us: from highly technical computer consultations on creating a digital-in1age data bank to the loving care of the gardens at Greater Light provided by Gale Arnold, who supports the Betty Palmer Memorial Garden at the site and Valerie Strayal who gathered a group of friends to work weekends to do heavy-duty cutting and weeding in the front and kitchen gardens. For some volunteers it is the love of collections, for others a commitment to education, for others the opportunity to extend their own learning frontiers. For all it is the opportunity to hdp the NHA preserve the history of Nantucket and bring it to a rapidly growing audience. We could not begin to do it without them. It is a great pleasure to join with the enormously dedicated staff and energetic and highly focused board of trustees to thank our many volunteers. Throughout the pages of this annual report we will highlight some of their activities with photographs and descriptions.

GARTH GRIMMER, seen here with a sixth-grade visitor, has been volunteering since September.

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REPORTS "As a hobby weaver, I have a special interest in textiles. Volunteering in the curatorial department, I have found it educational and rewarding to work with a variety of objects from the NHA's rich . " textile coIIectlon.

The NHA's curatorial department weathered a busy year in 1998 with the opening of four new exhibitions and the continuation of many research, inventory, and cataloguing projects. HILDEGARDE VAN LIEU When the Whaling Museum opened for the season has volunteered with curator of collections in April, visitors were treated to a photographic exhibit Aimee Newell /or over two years. loaned by the Gerry E. Studds Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary. E ntitled Creatures of the The NHA was fortunate to receive gifts of artifacts I Bank, the exhibit illustrates the wide variety of species and library materials from over one hundred donors in inhabiting the Stellwagen Bank, a marine environment 1998, including photographs and videotapes of the that spans nearly the entire moutl1 of Massachusetts Bay. New Year 's sperm whale stranding; a beautiful Memorial Day weekend saw the opening of the antici- Liverpool jug brought back to Nantucket by Captain pated exhibition of selections from the NHA's painting J atTies Chase, circa 1792; and a collection of nineteentl1collection. Captains, Mates, and Merchants: The Face of century documents pertaining to the Gardner and Nantucket's Past presented a scholarly look at portraits Riddell families . Special thanks to the Friends of the of Nantucketers, from the early silhouettes and naive NHA for their generous contributions in 1998, which prinlltives through the whaling heyday. Formal portraits included three paintings (one an oil study for Eastman of prominent Nantucketers by William Swain and J atTICS Johnson's The Cranberry Pickers, Island of Nantucket), Hathaway to works by Eastman Johnson at1d Elizabeth an account book, and a Sherwin Boyer lightship basket. Rebecca Coffin signaled the island's rebirth as a tourist Beyond activities noted here, the department was destination and artists colony in the late-nineteenth and active in serveral community preservation and planning early twentieth centuries. In June, The Lightship Baskets initiatives. Department staff also pursued opportunities of Nantucket opened at the Hadwen House, providing for professional development. Curator of collections I an overview of the NHA's basket collection at1d promi- Ainlee Newell attended an annual conference on the nent ishmd basketmakers. Finally, over July 4th week- legal issues of museum administration sponsored by end, Shoals and Shipwrecks: Nantucket's Treacherous American Law Institute-American Bar Association Shores opened at the Fair Street Museum to \vide popu- in Clucago. Director of musewus and curator Michael lar acclaim. Telling the stories of island shipwrecks dur- Jehle spoke at the Kendall Whaling Musewu's aruma! ing th e nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the scrimshaw symposium, gave a paper at the Sotheby's photographic record is combined with relics from the Institute program on Nantucket whaling and wrecks to provide a compelling record of the heroism scrimshaw, and gave a lecture on the China trade and sacrifices made by sailors, passengers, at1d rescuers. for the Williams-Mystic Program when they visited Behind the scenes, research and cataloguing contin- Nantucket. ued on the NHA's painting collection: the NHA Space constraints preclude thanking by nat11e all of expects to have a cata lo g ue, entitled Picturing the donors, lenders, volunteers, at1d advisers who have Nantucket: An Art History of the Island, with Paintings assisted with departmental projects. But that does not /rom the ColLection of the Nantucket Historica l dinlliush the sincerity of our thanks. Success achieved in Association, published witl1in a year. Also, an extensive 1998 depended on the help offered by all of you. survey of the NHA's collection of whaling tools and We look forward to another rewarding year in 1999. in1plements on exhibit at1d in storage bas begw1 with -Aimee E. Newell and Michael A. Jehle the help of knowledgeable collector and volunteer Robert Hellman. The department received invaluable Development assistance throughout tl1e year from twenty-three volunteers who contributed 348 collective hours of their tin1e. One of the many publications I read before coming to Projects included cataloguing baskets at1d booked rugs the Nantucket Historical Association was the 1997 Armual Report. My initial in1pression was that of a vinand inventorying cerat11ics at1d textiles.

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tage organization well supported by those who care for it and its exacting mission. In particular, I was struck by the commitment made by the board of trustees not only to the short term, or annual, goals of the association, but also their unwavering support for the objectives of the long-range plan. For this organization to thrive and flourish, ongoing support of members is key. Second, I was struck by how many people have been members, consistently, for a great number of years, including the large number of people who are Life Members of the organization. Their collective sense of ownership of the association and of its mission is commendable. In addition, I was impressed by the number who support special fund-raising events, particularly the August Antiques Show and the Festival of Trees - yet still more, make additional gifts when the annual appeal arrives in their mail boxes. In all quarters of the NHA support, I saw a strong tradition of caring - one on which, together with the staff who are equally dedicated, we can build an even stronger organization. The work accomplished in 1998 indicates that, as a membership organization, we have begun this important building process together. To date we have a total of one thousand nine hundred and eighty-six members who have renewed tl1eir membership in support for the association. This is a seven percent improvement over last year. Equally important is that rwenty-one percent of our members renewed at a higher level. In addition, we added "The NHA needs support four hundred and thirty-six new and we're happy to be two of members- rwenty percent more the many movers and shakers than in the previous year. In August, the NHA launched a who make the NHA new initiative to encourage a vital organization." Business Memberships. Carefully researched and implemented by

I Reema Sherry, membership coordinator, and her board of trustees partner, Robert Young, membership committee chairman, we have increased support from Nantucket businesses from seventeen to sixty, an amazing rwo hundred and fifty-three percent increase! This year's special events were a smashing success 1 thanks to the extraordinary commitment of the respective chairs. The Annual August Antiques Show chairs Sarah Baker and Polly Espy, with their committee, ran a spectacular show. The new revenue from this event yielded approximately eleven percent of the operating budget. The Fifth Annual Festival of Trees was a huge success thanks to the capable hands and creative minds of Jeanette Garneau and Edythe Travelstead and their committee. This year the festival was mounted in the Whaling Museum, more than tripling in attendance as 1 well as in the net revenue over the previous year. I The year-end appeal, "Yesterday, Everyday, and Always," was well received, yielding an overall five percent increase over 1997. I was particularly pleased to note that ninety-seven Life Members made gifts representing a thirteen percent increase over the previous year. This year all donors where invited to designate their gifts. Sixty-five percent directed their gifts as follows: eighty percent chose the Area of Greatest Need, eleven percent selected Historical Building Restoration, and the remaining nine percent split between Exhibitions and Education Programs. fall we were approached to offer an internship I to aLast graduate student at the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth with special interest in fund-raising. Virginia Sullivan joined the team in October to research and write grants for the NHA. Over the next twelve weeks she worked with staff to file grant proposals I and continues to assist the development team as a staff member. In summary, the Development Department has been reorganized so that the goals set for the various revenue streams match the objectives for the whole organization, established by the board of trustees and the executive director, Jean Weber. The graph opposite indicates that voluntary support for the Nantucket Historical Association is increasing; however, there is still much to I be done. Over the next five years we will seek a deeper

and RICHARD KEMBLE owners of the Forager House Collection, h~ve lent their creative input and nonstop energy to the Festival a/Trees /rom the start.

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commitment to the mission of the NHA as "presetVer of the island's history." With the solid support of people through membership and special fund-raising events and the annual appeal, the association will continue to balance its operating budget. But we must also do a better job of increasing the number of members proportionally to the number of visitors using our facilities. We must seck to position the I IA as a higher priority within the plethora of philanthropic choice on the island. We must renew the enthusiasm and active involvement of those who took the "Life Member" option back in the seventies. While their psychological support is vit<tl. annual increased voluntary financial support means we can do more for more people. In addition, we hope that we can encourage our members to make commitments to the association through their financial and estate plans. Gifts by bequest ~md through trusts that provide income for life will help to build a strong endowment fund that will help meet the needs of a vibrant and growing organization. -Jean Grimmer

Public Programs and Education Department Nineteen ninety-eight was an excellent year for the public programs and education department. ,hildren 's education programs, group tours, docent staff, and the lecture/concert series all fared welL In addition, the harvesting and continued processing of the sperm whale skeleton i opening up a whole new set of opportLmities to be explored. The summer "Living History for Children" prognm1 offered in July and August continues to be weiJ attend'' IS T 0 RIC

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ed and popular with both children and parents. Martina Morrow, a local elementary school teacher, joined retired educator Patti Clinton in holding the classes. Though attendance was affected by inclement weather late in the season, our participants had a wonderful time. For the sixth year, children attending Nantucket Community School's summer camp took part in the program. In addition to the summer programs, the NHA continued to work with schools. The Cyrus Peirce Middle School grade six program has grown into a fine example of just how much we can do working with local educators. The student's eight-week unit on whales and whaling finished up with two consecutive days at the Whaling and Peter Foulger musewns where they participated in eight interactive stations designed to add experience to their learning. Students made scrimshaw, participated in games designed to use their vocabulary, wrote stories, explored the lives of whalemen, viewed ships' logs and photographs, and learned to draw whales while exploring the biology of the creatures. The two days finished with a sea chantey concert and a traditional "dead horse" ceremony. Invaluable assistance to the program was provided by Don Sineti of Mystic eapmt and Anne Smircina from the Gerry E. Studds teiJwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary. Great strides were also made with off-island schools. The public programs and education staff worked with

"We are so fortunate to have the support and inspiration of the NHA. When the sixth graders go for their two-day 'extravaganza,' the entire whaling unit becomes alive and meaningful. I am forever grateful for this annual experience and know what a lasting impression it has made on all of the students in the school system." KARLA BUTLER is a history teacher at the Nantucket middle school and is instrumental in coordinating the sixth grade's two-day visit to the NHA each fall PRING

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teachers at the University School of Shaker Heights, [ Properties Department Ohio to refine curriculum prior to their May visit to the The first of January dawned cold and clear. The razor ' museums. The scrimshaw program was sent " on vaca- edge of a stiff east wind bit at any expos~d flesh. La.te tion " as the teachers used the NHA's program in the that day, I was to find myself knee deep m gurry, eVIsclassrooms. It was exciting to see the work the students cerating forty tons of steaming leviathan , the very creabrought to the island to compare with the real thing. ture that two hundred years ago made the name of this Many off-island schools are beginning to take advantage tiny sandbar renowned throughout the world. Primal of the Whaling Museum in the evening. Without having emotions were evoked when drawing hundred-andto compete with the museum's regular visitation, the fifty-year-old pounded steel through the eight-inchchildren are able to participate in more activities and thick oily black skin of a creature who swan1 the seas for have tours shaped to their classwork. I Group Tours were consistent with past years - as many years as I have walked the earth. For the properties department, 1998 was indeed the year of the showing expected increases. The most exciting of t~e sperm whale- x-raying flippers, building cages, tours was a visit by U.S. Congressmen and then exhlll11ing bones from the earth and later the sea, orderCanadian counterparts, who spent a weekend in May ing the bones and cleaning and bleaching, and even tryon island. Included in their visit to the NHA was a ing out and pressing spermaceti. In large part through series of walking tours and a lecture on lightship baskets the energetic aid of the community and the many hours presented by trustee David Wood. of volunteer support, we have a clean skeleton to be disThe docent staff again proved its mettle in the heat played for future generations: to study and to stand in of the summer, ensuring visitors to the museums and awe of the majesty of this creature. I feel privileged to historic homes an informative and enjoyable time. be part of the process. The 1998lecture and concert series represented one Beyond this unexpected project, the structures of the department's most ambitious undertakings. The department was occupied with continuing care of our series offered a diverse series of presentations to an historic buildings. The Little Gallery, now a rental propincreasing audience of NHA members and summer reserty, was suffering a rotting floor and deteriorating founidents. In addition to many of our annual concerts and dation. The building was stabilized, an excavation lectures, the 1998 slate of speakers included Jack made, and a new foundation installed. Slab was poured Putnam of the South Street Seaport as Herman and the building rebuilt down to the slab. With a new Melville; Margherita Desy, curator of the USS roof and fresh shingles, it was ready for the 1998 season. Constitution Museum; Mary Malloy of Kendall The Hadwen House had a new roof applied and new Whaling Museum; and Laurel Gabel of the Association copper linings for the gutters. During the job we discovfor Gravestone Studies, to name a few. ered that the cupola skirt was rotten; Jim Lydon, who The sperm whale skeleton has opened up a whole contracted tl1e roof job, generously donated its rebuildnew arena of exciting possibilities for the public proing. The east and north facades got a new coat of paint. grams and education department. While the cleaning of Based on the basic features of Greek revival architecthe bones offered little to see, as they were at the botture, the decision was made to leave the shutters off. tom of the harbor, visits to the schools were made in the During the spring, the properties staff aided the spring to show slides and answer questions. A few high curatorial department in preparing for tl1e portrait exhischool students assisted in removing the skeleton from bition in tl1e Peter Foulger Museum and installing the the water as part of their marine biology class. As the shipwreck exhibition at the Fair Street Museum. We project continues, NHA staff and Nantucket teachers will explore ways to include the sperm whale in as many also helped the curatorial department remove all of the artifacts from Sanderson Hall in order to give the exhigrade levels as possible. The department is also looking bition space a new coat of paint. A new cradle was confor other ways to work with teachers to develop curstructed for the whaleboat. riculum that utilizes NHA resources, including internAfter exan1ining the specifications for Greater Light, ship opportunities. stabilization has begun there. Custom-made brackets -Jeremy Slavitz were installed, tying the major structural components

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together. The rafters were reattached to the top plate and a new roof was installed on the west side. New gutters and shingles now cover th e replaced sill and northwest comer post. We'll move on to the north side in 1999. In the fall, a new thirty-by-sixty-foot storage shed was constructed behind the Gosnold Center to house large objects and other materials stored in the basement of the Fair Street Museum. Currently it is housing a large pile of bones! Work at the 1800 House included a new fence and some interior stabilization. Along with the building maintenance, we are trying to im prove the landscaping around the properties, thereby improving their environment and the enjoyment of our visitors. We have a long way to go, but with your continued support it is a goal well worth striving for.

- Rick Mmcom

Edouard A. Stackpole Research Center Requests for information pertaining to Nantucket were up by one hundred and seven ty-five queries in 1998. More than seven hundred researchers, both members and nonmembers, visited the research center; while staff fielded three hundred and fifteen phone inquiries, one hun dred and thirteen mail inquiries, and sixtyone e-mails. Subjects of interest for researchers included spennaceti candles, Nantucket love letters, historic timber framing, Portuguese culture and cuisine, silver, gravestones, linages of compass roses, Tony Sarg marionettes, the whaleship Susan, the Nantucket Memorial Airport, the Surfside Lifesaving Station, golf courses, the Gold Rush , colonial handwritli1g, the log of the 1-louqua, and the 'Sconset Union Chapel. Inc.lividuals of particular interest were Mary Hayden Ru ssell , Phebe Coffin Hanaford, Lucretia Mott, William Cash, Henry Clapp, Cyrus Peirce, and Frederick Douglass. Graduate students Michael Fickes of UCLA and David ilverman of Princeton University investigated Nantucket's American Indian population and community; Alice Friedman of Wellesley College resea rched antucket arts and patronage; the common seaman from 1750 to 1850 was the topic of research by Paul Gilje of the University of Oklahoma; Jan e Lancaster of Brown University explored the life of Lillian Gilbreth and Nantucket in the 1920s; Dr. Thomas J. Legg of the Williams-Mystic Maritline Studies Program gathered

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information about the headstones of mariners; James Long of Colorado State University researched the China trade; and for the forthcoming publication of Buildings of the United States: Massachusetts, Vol. II, Cynthia Zaitzevsky of Radcliffe investigated ilie island's architecture. In addition to assisting researchers, the library worked wiili Nantucket High School students from two clilierent classes to retrieve photographs of Nantucket during the WW II era and to gather information about Nantucket's streets. The library director and photo archivist also visited Ann Perkins's sixth-grade class with materials from the collections dating from the island's whaling era. Volunteers contributed ilie linpressive total of nine hundred and forty-five hours to library projects, an increase from 1997 of three hundred and fifty hours. Volunteers were occupied wiili familiar projects such as indexmg ships' logs and sorting vertical files to new pro-

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jects such as cataloguing maps and photographs and entering descriptive records into the library's databases. In order to encourage scholarly interest in the resources of the historical association, the library established the Visiting Research Scholar Program. The award provides a postgraduate scholar with a stipend and housing for a three-week period during which research is conducted in the collections. Twenty-two persons requested information about the program and seven persons applied. Lloyd Pratt, who is working toward a doctorate in English Literature at Brown University, was chosen as the program's first scholar. He is researching reading and community life on Nantucket in the 1840s. In December the library received a $2,500 grant from the Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities to compile and publish a guide to Nantucket's historical records and genealogical resources. Given that no directory exists that completely describes the island's historical records, the guide will be an invaluable resource to scholars, historians, genealogists, teachers, and students. The guide will be available to the public in April of1999. Architectural plans for a new library in the Fair Street Museum building got under way in 1998. Working with consultants, space planners, and architects Botticelli & Pohl, library and space needs were assessed and schematic drawings begun. The new library will offer increased work "We have always been space for staff, volunteers, interested in history researchers, and students, as well as enhanced storage conditions for and genealogy; collections. Construction will begin working here was in the fall of 1999. - Betsy Lowenstein

Museum Shop I arrived in June as the assistant shop manager and took on full management responsibilities in November. A final audit (see page 18) of the business figures will reveal the actual success of the shop. I have outlined a few of my impressions and highlights of 1998. The summer was a busy one. Adapting the summer schedule to include some evening hours helped to accommodate visitors who spent long days at the beach and were ready to shop later in the day. The veteran staff was adept at handling the increased volume of customers and the responsibilities that go along with the higher numbers of people. Thanks to all involved for their support. The tried and trues - jams and postcards - seem to remain the best sellers at the shop. However, the new products added to the line such as Wick Ahrens sculptures and ditty boxes by Evergreen caught customers' attention and increased revenues. The Museum Shop had a very successful holiday season - in particular over Stroll weekend. The positioning of the Festival of Trees at the Whaling Museum had a positive effect on shop business. The staff was kept busy wrapping and shipping gifts for much of December. We also had a pre-Christmas sale, which brought additional local customers into the store. I am excited to be a part of the shop's future and will continue to reflect the mission of the NHA and the I museum collection through carefully selected and related merchandise. - Augusta Wallace

. " a natural progresston.

DUAL and PENNY MACINTYRE have been volunteering in the Edouard A. Stackpole

Research Center /or the past three years. Most recently Dual has been assisting library director Betsy Lowenstein with the Guide to Historical Records and Genealogical Resources of Nantucket.

"We have created a valuable reference for scholars and genealogists." 11 1 5 T 0 R 1 C

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Antiques Show Nineteen ninety-eight marked the twenty-first anniversary of the annual antiques show. The importance of the sperm whale, which was stranded on Low Beach, and whose skeleton will eventually be articulated in the Whaling Museum, suggested the theme for the show. A talented and enthusiastic committee worked magic in decorating the Nantucket High School for the event. The week of the show began with a lecture by Diana D. Brooks, CEO of Sotheby's Holdings Inc. It was followed by a preview party, chaired by Patricia C. McGill. Benefactor and patron parties were graciously hosted in the homes of Mr. and Mrs. Ha~vey Saligman and Mr. <md Mrs. Scott Newquist. The events were an exciting collaboration between committee members, staff, ~md generous contributors - all of whom share a love for Nantucket and the work of the NHA. The 1998 show boasted an attendance that exceeded all previous years and netted $211,000. We are again grateful to our lead sponsor, the Chase Manhattan Private Bank. Thanks also to Sotheby's/Sotheby's International Realty; Westchester Air, Inc.; Aetna International; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Matthews; J & H Marsh & McLennan Inc.; and the magazine Antiques for their underwriting. The raffle tickets raised a record $16,000. We are indebted to those who donated gifts including Janis Aldridge, Acklen Dunning, Wayne Pratt and Co., Glenaan Elliot Robbins, Seaman Schepps, William Sevrens, Christopher Walling, Inc., and Wathne Ltd. We would also like to express our gratitude to all tho e who assisted us in this project. It was a pleasure and privilege to cochair this worthy endeavor.

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" I started volunteering because the efforts of the association, including the education programs and exhibitions, are so worthwhile. I also truly enjoy the camaraderie of working with the other antiques show volunteers." POLLY ESPY, cochair in 1998 and 1999 chair of the antiques show.

Collections As can be seen by the long list of accessions and loans, 1998 was a year of many acquisitions by the NHA. The largest "gift " was, of course, the sperm whale that beached itself on 'Sconset shore; the skeleton will be mounted and hung in the new museum center when it is completed. Again, the NHA is deeply indebted to the Friends of the NHA for their extraordinary generosity. Chief among their gifts was an important oil study by Eastman Johnson for the Cranberry Pickers of antucket. Other gifts from the Friends and individual and institutional donors greatly enriched the NHA collections with silver, baskets, paintings, documents, books, and memorabilia. Much appreciated was the gift from the James Franklin Chase family of the unique Nantucket Liverpool pitcher \vith a whaling scene, pictured on the covers. It has never before been out of the family. Helen Winslow Chase donated a lightship basket purse bearing a scrimshawed linage of the san1e scene.

-David H. Wood

Looking to the Future Members of the board of trustees, both current and former, have been especially generous in their support of the specific plans to upgrade and expand a number of the association's facilities. We arc encouraged by this generosity, especially since it will enable the NHA to approach others who care deeply for the conservator of the island's history. In addition, the capital campaign committee has set as an objective to increase the general endowment fund of the NHA to ensure a firm foundation to help achieve the future needs of the association. - Peter W. Nash liiSTORIC

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Development The year ended positively from a fund-raising standpoint. The development conm1ittee worked throughout 1998 to increase support for the NHA over and above membership revenue. In particular, the year-end appeal-"Yesterday, Everyday, and Always"-garnered support from nearly three hundred donors. I am particularly grateful to Life Members Mr. and Mrs. William B. Macomber, Jr., for tl1eir testimonial to fellow "Lifers" on the importance of the NHA along with a personal request to join them in supporting the associSP R I N G

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arion through the annual appeal. Overall, the fund grew this year without an increase in participation. Revenue from foundations and corporations also increased to further the mission of the Nantucket Historical Association through its preservation and curatorial activities, publications, and educational programs. This past September, Jean Grimmer joined the Nantucket Historical Association staff as director of development. Her extensive experience at Emma Willard School and in broadcasting have already added new and creative approaches to our development strategy. She has assumed overall responsibility for all fundraising activities, including the membership program, special events, and gifts for specific NHA projects and is initiating a plan to encourage members to include the NHA in their financial and estate plans. As always, I would like to thank all of our supporters. Your continued interest, participation, and enthusiasm for the NHA is key to our success. We could not do it without you!

- Barbara Hajim

Finance Nineteen ninety-eight was another active and financially successful year for the NHA, \vith strong inflows and carefully controlled expenditures resulting in a modest surplus in the operating budget at year end. This outcome was made possible by increasingly active community support over a broad range of areas, including strong participation in the annual Antiques Show and Festival of Trees, supplemented by a marked increase in business memberships. The employment of a highly experienced and successful director of development should do much to reinforce these positive trends. As part of its program to attract and retain members of its well-qualified professional staff, during 1998 the NHA began active research into employee housing needs and the best ways in which assistance could be rendered in Nantucket's very tight housing market. The manner in which this important issue is blended into NHA staff compensation will have a significant effect on future budgeting. As with all healthy, responsive organizations, two processes now dominate the NHA's overall pattern of development: growth and change. These twin forces have an ever greater effect upon evety area of NHA's activity, making sound financial and accounting structures increasingly important.

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It is now necessary to account for and safely invest larger inflows from public, foundation, and membership support, special events, and income-producing resources as well as to prudently budget, record, and monitor expenditures for expanded ongoing operations, community programs, and enhanced facilities. To meet these needs, NHA management has taken the following actions:

+ Employed as finance manager Yvonne Pimental, who has produced significant results in upgrading accounting systems and computer software. The position of bookkeeper/ assistant has also been authorized to provide needed backup and additional accounting supp01t for the Musew11 Shop.

+ Established an audit committee to oversee the ongoing implementation of vital accountingcontrol procedures needed to provide appropriate checks and balances.

+ Retained the services of an outside auditing firm particularly well qualified in the complex regulations and procedures relating to nonprofit organizations. In addition to annual financial reports, their service will include identification of areas needing accounting improvement as well as reconunendations for appropriate accounting, control, and management systems. We are certain that the broad base of the NHA's supporters will welcome, and benefit from, the association's continuing emphasis on providing sound management of the growing resources entrusted to its care.

-Alan F. Atwood

Friends of the NHA The year 1998 was marked by the Friends' most signifi-

I cant gift to date, an Eastman Johnson study of The Cranberry Harvest, Island of Nantucket, the masterwork of his career and one of the key works of latenineteenth-century American painting. In a refreshing plein-air style, Johnson depicts a bog in the cliff area of the north shore, animated by cranberry pickers and Nantucket architectural landmarks. (For more on Johnson see page 42.) Other gifts included an adventuresome Honore Pellegrin watercolor of two ships colliding in Marseilles Harbor, a charming portrait of Elizabeth Rebecca Coffin, and a signed Boyer lightship basket. SPRING

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The annual antiques show lecture, "The Changing Nature of the Auction Business," was given by Diana D . Brooks, Chief Executive Officer of Sotheby's Holdings, Inc. Our first woman speaker captivated a record-breaking audience with her analysis of the competitive forces and business trends impacting global markets for real estate, art, jewelry, and antiques. Our membership roster continues to grow, with participants providing a $2,500 annual tax-deductible contribution entirely dedicated to providing acquisition funds for the NHA. We welcome additional members and ideas for new acquisitions. - Prudence S. Crozier

Investment Under the able guidance of our investment manager, the Chase Manhattan Private Bank, the NHA endowment portfolio successfully maneuvered through the "ups and downs and ups" of the very volatile financial markets in 1998. Helped by a generous bequest of $500,000 received in June, the endowment ended the year with a total value of $2,098,588 up from $1,503,655 on December 31, 1997. Of that, approximately fifty-six percent was invested in equities and the balance in fixed-income securities and cash. -Peter W. Nash

Long-Range Planning The long-range planning committee was organized at the end of 1997 and began regular meetings in the winter of 1998. We began by looking at our histmy <md discovered that, over the years, many plans have been developed for the association; some were implemented, some forgotten. Currently, planning is being done at several different levels - department, administration, and committee - with different purposes and tin1e frames. Our committee's purpose is to coordinate all tl1e plans and to set up procedures to measure, maintain, and modify them as the association develops. Currently, the planning process manifests itself in the annual budget and in special plans endeavoring to forecast budgets and finances. We expect our work to provide, in the future, some of the basis for tl1ese plans and budgets and to coordinate between them. This is a big job and will not be done in a single year. We have started along two paths. First, we have created a list of future projects in each of the seven departments II l S T 0 R l C

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- administration, building, education, publications, curatorial, library, and Museum Shop. Some of these projects are crucial and under way even now; some are for the distant future. Some, after study, may be abandoned as unsuitable or unworthy. But the list as a whole represents the ambition of the departments at this time. Second, we have developed a process to describe each of the projects and to get a measure of its cost and benefit. After vetting by the committee, the description of the projects will give the administration and trustees the documentation they need to make decisions about implementing specific proposals. We hope to have this work substantially complete, in loose-leaf notebook form, by the end of 1999. The work will be ongoing as new projects are proposed and old ones are modified. In addition, our committee studies more general, nondepartmental, options before the association. In 1998 we studied the issue of staff housing. This is a complex issue that affects hiring and morale and involves the policies of the personnel, finance, and investment committees. We made a proposal of policy on staff housing to the trustees. We also have begun, and expect to complete in 1999, a general plan for best use of our real properties. Nineteen ninety-eight was a good first year for the long-range planning committee, yet we have a lot of work to do before our "Congdon & Coleman has been start-up phase is over. -Alfred Sanford a long-term supporter of the

Nantucket Historical Association and its mission of preserving our island heritage. The NHA plays an integral role in helping to maintain Nantucket's architectural and historical character, while educating visitors and islanders alike about the Gray Lady's storied past." BILL CONGDON, of Congdon & Coleman Insurance,

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Membership Nineteen ninety-eight was a successful year for membership. Our success can be attributed in large part to the team of volunteers who worked overtime to make contact with potential members in the business community as well as encouraging higher levels of participation with existing members. The contributions of Reema Sherry, membership coordinator, proved invaluable in keeping us on track with our ambitious goals. Overall membership rose seven percent in 1998 with significant increases in Sustaining (up twenty-five percent), Hadwen Circle (up twenty-one percent), and Thomas Macy Associates (up fifty-eight percent). A focused push for new business members resulted in a two hundred and fifty-three percent gain; the NHA now has over sixty businesses enrolled. Incentives for new business members included an NHA screensaver that features images of the properties and collections, an NHA mouse pad, and visitor passes for businesspeople to distribute to employees and valued customers. The business membership program has promoted the NHA and has helped to strengthen our ties with the local business community. A good number of members (two "As a gallery director, hundred and four) renewed at a I am growing more higher level in 1998, up twenty-one interested in the preservation percent over 1997. There were four hundred and thirty-six new members of Nantucket's art history, enrolled, up twenty percent over the especially nineteenth- previous year. Thomas Macy memcentury art. I use the bership saw steady gains throughout the year. A Daffodil Weekend NHA's resources as a brunch at the Oldest House for reference when researching Thomas Macy members was a rousing success, giving the season an paintings and art. enthusiastic jw11p start. We look forI would also like to ward to another such event in 1999. find more Our continuing challenge ways to return now is to involve our members

new business membership program in 1998. IIISTOHI C:

Museum Shop It is with great anticipation that I look forward to the 1999-2000 season for the Museum Shop. Upon Tom Dickson's departure in the fall of 1998, Augusta Wallace took the reins in November and has worked tirelessly for the organization since. Plans are under way to paint the interior of the shop and new products are being sought out and ordered for the shelves. With Augusta's background in interior design , as well as retail, we will have a very attractive environment for our collection. The close of 1998 saw the preparations for the Musewn Shop's first full inventory. Tlus huge undertaking was completed in early January 1999 by NHA staff and a group of volunteers. I would like to thank the volunteers who worked long hours on the inventory including Biddy Husted, Alan Atwood, Jamie Starbuck Plant, Lisa Poro, and Kim Corkran. Wonderful helpers all! New computer systems, a fax, and dreams of going "on-line" are on our wish list for 1999-2000. Much has already been accomplished. Please be sure to come in and meet Augusta and see the shop when it reopens in the spring. - VitÂˇginia S. Heard

Nominating

There are nine members of the nominating committee of which six are trustees. Meetings are held periodically during the swnmer months. When personal meetings are impossible, communication is made by phone and fax. The committee receives suggestions from other trustees, advisors, staff, and friends of tl1e NHA. Our objective is to produce a board with varied expertise, interests, experience, and perspectives. We strive to create a group whose talents and love of Nantucket and its heritage will be best suited to guiding the KATHLEEN KNIGHT of NHA in the opportunities and challenges it faces in The Galtery at Four India Street, the futme. which became a leader in the

art work to the island to places such as the NHA."

in the varied activities of the association. Participation of the membership can take many fon11S, but mostly we look forward to hearing from members on how we might better serve their needs as we continue to serve our broad mission. - Robert Young

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"Growing up on Nantucket, history was always an important part of my life. I drifted naturally to the NHA. It was part of my growmgup.

Personnel The new organization of staff and their responsibilites served the NHA very well this year. Sixteen full-time and thirty seasonal staff members carried out the widely varied activities of the association. In addition, forty-five volunteers gave their time and energies to the NHA's operation. In 1998 the NHA was fortunate to have several new members join the staff, including development director Jean Grimmer, membership coordinator Reema Sherry, finance manager Yvonne Pimental, and properties assistant Jeff Pollack. Unfortunately, we also learned that we will lose two of our senior staff members. In July, at the conclusion of her current contract, we will say goodbye to executive director Jean Weber. The NHA has been strengthened in myriad ways under Jean's leadership, and she will be very much missed. A search is under way for her successor, and we hope to have identified this person by summer. Also, in December, we learned that museums director and curator Michael Jehle would be moving to the New Bedford Whaling Museum and begin there as director of curatorial affairs in March. During the course of the year, the trustees approved the revised personnel handbook and the organization's emergency procedures. In the coming year, the trustees and staff will be working on a code of ethics. As part of the long range planning process, trustees are also reviewing issues related to housing for NHA staff. The number of volunteers grew substantially this year. The staff is pleased to report that volunteers assist in the library and curatorial departments year round. Five even gave over one hundred hours in 1998! We also benefited from the valuable assistance of many volunteers who, with leadership from properties manager Rick Morcom and coordinator of public affairs Jeremy Slavitz, participated in taking apart the beached sperm whale and securing its skeleton for the future. Many thanks to all of the volunteers; the NHA just could not survive \vithout you! Staff achievements have been numerous over the year, many of which are cited in other parts of this report. We are all very fortunate to have such a hardworking and truly dedicated staff at the NHA. -Alice F. EmetÂˇson

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HELEN WINSLOW CHASE

was honored for her role as historian in 1999. For many years her unofficial role at the NHA was "to share her knowledge and history a/Nantucket with anyone new." She has been editor of Historic Nantucket and has written many articles on Nantucket history /or other publications.

Publications Under the capable leadership of editor Cecil Barron Jensen, Historic Nantucket brought members four fine issues containing scholarly articles, regular columns, NHA news, and book reviews, all enhanced by supporting illustrative materials. Throughout 1998 the content, scope, and presentation of the materials in the magazine continued to improve. For the first time, the board opted for a four colorcover for its sun1mer issue on whaling. Thanks to a contribution by Nantucket Bank, the result was an attractive publication with interesting articles. The high quality of the issue and a broad interest in the subject matter account for the issue's successful sales in local bookstores and at the NHA Museum Shop. A fitting tribute to the professionalism and hard work of everyone involved in Historic Nantucket came in the spring, when the editor and the art director, Claire O'Keeffe of communicationDESIGN, received a second-place finish in the New England Museum Association's annual publication competition. Congratulations to all! The publications 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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NANTUCKET HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION STATEMENT OF ACTMTIES December 31, 1998 TEMPORARILY

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OPERATING ACTIVITIES: Revenues, gains and other support Contributions Admissions Memberships Museum Shop revenue Investment return designated for operations Other earned revenue Antiques Show and other special fund -raising events Net assets released from restriction Total revenues, gains and other support Operating expenses Program expenses Antiques show Curatorial Educational and public programs Research and library Museum shop Buildings and maintenance

167 ,822 283,384 203,077 481,146 72 ,078 203 ,662 350,165 152 ,558 1,913 ,892

112,703

280,525 283,384 203,077 481,146 93,020 203 ,662 350,165

20,942

(152,558) ~18~13)

1,894,979

95 ,993 75,596 17 ,607 27 ,321 377,884 185,788

95,993 75,596 17,607 27,321 377,884 185,788

Total program services

780,189

Supporting services General and administrative Membership , publications, and development

942,120 103 ,390

942,120 103,390

11045!510

1,045,510 1,825,699

Total supporting services Total operating expenses Change in net assets from operating activities

1~82]~699

88,193

(18,913)

69,280

87,258

8,995 67,418

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1,865 ,717 (107,694)

96,253 67,418 (83,73 1) 1,865,717 (107,694)

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1,837,963

91 ,720

1,815 ,523

1,907,243

(126,965) _ _236,655

(126,965) 236,655

109,690

109,690 2,016,933

NONOPERATING ACTIVITIES: Investment return Friends of the NHA contributions Write-down of inventory Capital campaign contributions Capital campaign expenses Change in net assets from nonoperating activities Change in net assets before changes related to collection items not capitalized and changes in accounting principle

(83 ,731)

Change in net assets relating to collection items and changes in accounting principle Purchase of collection items Addition of Friends of NHA (Note 10) Change in net assets Net assets at the beginning of the year

91 ,720

1,925,213

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603 ,109

6,542 ,246

Net assets at the end of the year

$ 5,791,724

$ 2,164,346

$ 603,109

$ 8,559,179

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NANTUCKET HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION December 31, 1998

ASSETS Cash and cash equivalents

1,760,231

Accounts receivable- trade

14,595 9,870

Other receivables Pledges receivable

833,405

Inventories

92,731

Land, buildings and equipment

3,777,563

Collections

Long-term investments

2,098,588

Total assets

8,586,984

LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS Accounts payable

24,115

Payroll with holdings payable

3_,690

Total liabilities Net assets Unrestricted

5,791,724

Temporarily restricted

2,164,346

Permanently restricted

603,109

Total net assets

8_?59,179

T otalliabilities and net assets

$ 8,586,984

The financial statements /or 1998 have been audited by Russel~ Brier & Co., who have rendered an unqualified opinion on them. Accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements. Complete financial statements are available on request. HISTORIC

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1998 Acquisitions and Loans Acquisitions 98.1

98.13

Needlepoint pillow showing Nantucket Harbor, the Unitarian Church, lightship, and several buildings.

Gift of Erica Wilson 98.2

Architectural drawing of the floor plan of the Sea Cliff Inn, circa 1887.

NHA Purchase 98.3

Skeleton of sperm whale, which washed up on Low Beach December 31, 1997 (U.S.# 97631PC).

Gift ofMary Munroe 98.14

Custody awarded to the NHA by the National Marine Fisheries Service 98.4

Sign used to designate Massachusetts Audubon Wildlife Sanctuaries on Nantucket. Sign used to designate areas administered by the Nantucket Conservation Foundation.

98.15

Gift of the Nantucket Conservation Foundation 98.6

Sign posted by the town of Nantucket to prevent access to active plover nesting sites.

Two Nantucket High School yearbooks, 1996 and 1997; one Cyrus Peirce Middle School Yearbook, 1996.

98.16

Six photographic prints: Cherry Grove Farm, automobiles, Pleasant Street, and Martha Fish Hussey, all circa 1916-1920. Geologic map of Nantucket and nearby islands by Robert N. Oldale, 1985.

98.18

Ship's flag or pennant from the B. Colcord. Book, Holy Bible signed by Peleg Folger, 1752; book, A Short Account of the Early Part of the Life ofMary Mitchell by Mary Mitchell, 1812.

Gift of Carolyn Amory 98.12

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Daybook from unidentified dry goods store, 1820-1821. Gift a/Union Lodge F & A.M.

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David Joy's scrapbook, 1850s-1870s.

Gift of Carol A. Lynch 98.20

NHA Purchase 98.11

Program from the Straight Wharf Theatre, 1942; four twentieth-century postcards of Nantucket scenes.

Gift of the Framingham Historical Society 98.19

NHA Purchase 98.10

Thirty-six photographs of the sperm whale stranding on Low Beach, December 1997January 1998.

Gift a/Tim Howard

Gift a/Martha H. Bouton 98.9

Videotape of the 1967 stranding of the fin back whale whose skeleton is now in the Whaling Museum.

Gift a/Janet DeCosta 98.17

Gz/t a/Daniel Kellzher 98.8

Pieced quilt in multicolored silks and satins made by Malvina Pinkham Marshall, circa 1860; homespun blanket marked "SMP" for Seth and Mary Pinkham.

NHA Purchase

Gift of the Town of Nantucket, Marine Department 98.7

Partially printed indenture between Richard Peters of Newburyport and Elias Ceely of Nantucket, master of the Boston whaleship Beverly, November 19, 1820; promissory note for $50 from John Williams to Elias Ceely, November 20, 1820.

NHA Purchase

Gift a/Massachusetts Audubon Society 98.5

Collection of photographs of the Hills family and Rochester Lodge, Siasconset; collection of loose pages from photograph albums with photos of the Hills family and Rochester Lodge, Siasconset; photograph albwn with photos of the Hills family and Rochester Lodge, Siasconset; two postcards of Rochester Lodge, Siasconset, all circa late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries.

Two journals kept by a member of the Dunham family during WWII.

Gift of Mrs. Lucy A. Dunham 98.21

Fishermen's shipping papers from the schooner Vestal, the schooner Oliver Cromwell, the schooner D.D. Geyer, the schooner C. C. Davis, and the schooner Queen of the Cape- all from 1866, the last four each with a certificate of exanlination.

Gift of the Pacific Club

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98.23

Cut-glass pickle jar with silverplated stand and cover, possibly from the Surfside Hotel; pair of sugar tongs engraved "Surfside Hotel."

Gift o/Wdliam A. Sevrens Painting, In the Fields by J. Eastman Johnson, circa 1878--1879, a study for Johnson's The Cranberry Pickers, Island a/Nantucket. Gz/t of the Friends of the Nantucket Historical Association

98.24

Five slides of a hooked rug by Carolyn Watt, inspired by Susan Veeder's log kept on the ship Nauticon.

98.25

Liverpool pitcher with colored whaling scene on one side, brought to the island by Captain James Chase, circa 1792-1800.

98.26

Gift of Helen Winslow Chase 98.27

Hand-held wooden ballot box used by the Relief Association and the Union Benevolent Society.

Gift of the ReliefAssociation 98.28

Gz/t of Carolyn A. Watt

Collection of documents including invoices, bills, receipts, wills, deeds and an insurance policy from members of the Gardner and Riddell families, ranging from 1805 through

1879. Gift o/Jane H. Gay 98.29

Gift a/James Franklin Chase, Jr., Susan Ottison, Phyllis Burchel4 and Nancy Chase in memory of James Franklin Chase, Sr.

Five scrapbooks of photographs, newspaper clippings, and programs associated with the Nantucket Garden Club, 1985-1996.

Gift of the Nantucket Garden Club

Whaleshi~

Oval lightship basket purse with swing handle; ivory plaque on lid has scrimshanded whaling scene identical to that on Chase Liverpool pitcher.

Brook Watson

T LAST YEAR'S ANNUAL

1803, the same year the portrait of

MEETJNG, RESEARCH FEL-

his ship was painted.

A. Stackpole

The ship Brook Watson was

pr<.~ented the NHA with a beauti-

built as a whaler and set sail from

LOW Renny

fully restored painting of the ship

Deal, Kent, in 1802 with Captain

Brook Watson. Along with the

Benjamin Swift as master. After

painting, Stackpole produced thor-

war broke out between Britain and

ough and interesting research.

France, the ship was re-registered

The man Brook Watson is per-

in 1804 as an armed merchant

haps best known from another

vessel under the command of

painting. At the age of fourteen he

Obadiah Worth. The picture of

had a leg bitten off by a shark

the ship was painted by the artist

while swimming in the harbor at

St. Jean, possibly conunissioned by

Havana. The incident is thrillingly

Swift. Since Swift died shortly after

captured by John Singleton Copley in the

its completion, perhaps Worth brought the England; an alderman of the City of London

painting to Nantucket where it was acquired

Warson was involved in the development

between 17 8-1 and 1807, serving as Lord

by the Stackpole fanllly many years later.

of Lloyd's and was a director of the Bank of

Mayor in 1796-97; and made a baronet in

famous work Brook Watson and the Shark.

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98.30

Book, Memorial of Charles H. Marshall by William A. Butler, New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1867; book, Notes on some few

Sophia Elkins Ray, circa 1870.

of the wrecks and rescues during the present century by R B. Forbes, Boston: Little, Brown

98.39

and Company, 1889; pamphlet, "Loi relative la peche de la baleine et du cachalot dans les mers du nord et du sud," 1792.

NHA Purchase 1 98.31

98.33

Painting, Whaleship Brook Watson by St.Jean, 1803. Gift of Renny A. Stackpole Printed bookplate of two female figures and a greyhound with text, "Misses Monaghan and Angel Gabriel"; four photographs of Monaghan family members, twentieth century.

Gift o/Dr. and Mrs. James Bullock 98.34

98.35

98.36

98.40

98.41

Gift of the Estate of Romola R. Bowditch Painting, Tuscan Steamer Leopold 2nd Olive Master coming in contact with the William Tell at the entrance ofMarseilles

1802.

by Joseph Honore Maxime Pellegrini, 1838.

98.42

Gift of the Friends of the Nantucket Historical Association Book, first edition of The Greatest American Woman: Lucretia Mott by Lloyd C.M. Hare, published by American Historical Society, Inc., 1937.

Album of photographs of Nantucket summer scenes taken and kept by William Vose Lowe, early twentieth century.

Gift a/Dorothy L. Aldom

Oral history audiotape with details of the Northeast Airlines plane crash on Nantucket on August 15, 1958.

Gift of Hazel Kingsley Turley Book, first edition of The New American Practical Navigator by Nathaniel Bowditch,

Black and white photographic print of "One of the first United States Life-Saving Stations."

Gift o/Wzlliam P. Quinn 1 98.32

Gift of Martha L. Parkhurst

98.43

Gift a/Patricia E. Flynn Three half-pint glass milk bottles,

Seven photographs of Siasconset scenes, circa 1895.

one marked "Tashama Farm" and two marked "Whiting's."

Gift a/William H. Savage

Gift of Erna Blair

Nineteen black and white photographs of 3 North Liberty Street, circa be so close 1930s; photograph of Tony Sarg shop in New Hope, Pa.

"We were excited to to historical objects that are generally not available to the public. We were especially caught up in the history of the maps."

Gift o/Jane Schnitzer 98.3 7

Daguerreotype of Lydia Folger in mother-of-pearl case, circa 1850.

Gz/to/ Mrs. Joseph L. Serafini 98.38

Book, "Nantucket Receipts," probably

98.44

Twenty-four twentieth-century postcards of Nantucket scenes.

Gift o/Mrs. Lucy Winant 98.45

Account book dated 1750 to 1847, kept by Elisha Coffin (1729-1777) and Elisha Clarke (1782-1850).

Gift of the Friends of the Nantucket Historical Association 98.46

Minutes and Treasurer's Ledgers and Reports from the Siasconset Union Chapel, 1882-1996.

Gift of the Siasconset Union Chapel

Two years ago, AL and MARY NOVISSIMO came to the lzbrary to research their island house. The map project sparked their interest and led them to reorganize and catalogue the NHA's map collection. Al also serves as the lzbrary's computer consultant.

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98.47

98.48

98.59

Gift of the Nantucket Garden Club

98.60

Album of cyanotype photographs of Nantucket scenes and people, taken by Clara E. Pitman, circa 1890-1895.

Shidd-shaped silvertone badge with lettering, "Sea Cliff Inn Watchman."

98.61

Doll's rocking chair; doll's round table; doll's chest of drawers; doll's carriage; doll's bed; child's potty chair; glass tobacco jar and five drinking glasses all marked "TM"; watercolor portrait of unidentified boy; scrapbook of Christmas cards compiled by Alice Beebe; hand-colored photograph ofJohn Allen Beebe as a young boy; autograph book bdonging to Alice Beebe, 1886; two black lacquered tea boxes.

Gift of Cory Glaberson 98.49

Gift ofAlbert Brock

Gift a/Lou Potter

Nantucket High School yearbook, 1998.

Gift a/Daniel Kellzher 98.50

Videotape from the July 10, 1998, annual meeting of the 'Sconset Trust featuring oral history by Betsy Groat Krida, Mary Heller, Bill Hutton, and Harrison Smith.

Gift of the 'Sconset Trust 98.51

Journal covering 1851 to 1863 by an unknown keeper (possibly a member of the Rule family), contains news clippings circa 1892 when the volume was owned by Mrs. George C. Rule.

98.62

Gift a/Walter Beinecke, Jr. 98.52

Four color photographs showing Main Street views and the Jared Coffin House, circa 1970.

Gift a/Gertrude Taylor 98.53

Scrapbook containing news clippings and photographs about the 150th anniversaty of the First Congregational Church Ladies Union Circle, 1995-1997.

98.55

Bequest o/Elenor Lowe

Two photographs ofJose Reyes in his shop on York Street, taken by donor in July 1973.

Painting, portrait of Joseph Chase attrib. William Swain; silver tablespoon engraved "JPB" by unidentified maker; two silver tablespoons engraved "J & W Chase" by James Easton 2d; two ambrotypes of members of the Chase family.

Gift ofBrian R. Will

Bequest of Isabell L. (Chase) Burnett

98.63

Eldridge's Chart No. 1, Vineyard Sound and Nantucket Shoals, 1872.

98.64

Wooden block plane marked "Peter Folger"; silver eyeglasses case engraved "Owen Chase 1847."

98.65

Gift a/Harry Yerkes 98.57

English eighteenth-century Tower musket; carved wooden paddle from South Sea Islands. Collection of historic clothing and textile samples.

Gift ofAnne Strain I!ISTORJ C

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Painting, portrait of artist and subject in conversation, attrib. Elizabeth Rebecca Coffin, c. 1890.

Gift of the Friends of the NHA 98.66

Woman's white lace jacket; child's white petticoat; child's white christening gown; woman's white dress with lace-trimmed front, all circa 1890-1920. Gift a/Bertrand F. Johnston

98.67

Collection of fifty-three printed and manuscript docwnents including deeds, receipts, notes and letters, spanning 1836 to 1866; most

Gift a/Peter A. O'Mara, Jr. 98.58

Etching of Eastman Johnson's painting,

A Glass with the Squire, circa 1886. NHA Purchase

Gift a/William L. Mather 98.56

Gz/t a/Josephine Boyd Carpenter and Walter Boyd Painting, Triptick, Fishermen's Houses attrib. Harriet Lord, c. 1925; painting, Triptick, Harbor and Fishermen's Hovels attrib. Harriet Lord, c. 1925; painting, Looking Out, Roe Carpenter, 8 Ray's Court attrib. Harriet Lord, c. 1925-1940; painting, still life of flowers in bowl by Harriet Lord, c. 1925-1940.

Gift of the First Congregational Church Ladies Union Circle 98.54

Five-dollar bond note, #N714, issued by the Pacific Bank.

Minutes, newsletters, correspondence, and reports from the Nantucket Garden Club, 1956-1981, 1994-1998.

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cards showing group portraits by J. Freeman, each circa 1885-1887; seventeen postcards of Nantucket scenes by H. Marshall Gardiner and Henry Wyer.

Gift ofMr. and Mrs. Kenneth M. Nesheim

Gifts to the Library and Study Collections Videotape of sperm whale stranding at Low Beach, December 31, 1997,3-3:30 P.M.

Gift of Stephen Mehl Photocopy of letter from Josiah Franklin (father of Benjamin) to Peter Folger,Jr.,July 14, 1706.

Gift o/Nian-Sheng Huang Book, Baleiniers Fran~ais aux XIXe siecle by Thierry Du Pasquier, Grenoble: Terre et Mer, 1982; book,

This is one offour twentieth-century photographs of members of the Monaghan family donated by Dr. and Mrs. James Bullock

pertain to Cobb, Morton, and Folger families. 98.68

98.69

Gift of Robert 5. Douglass

Du Pasquier, Paris: Kronos, Henri Veyrier, 1990.

Photograph of harbor scene, titled "At Quiet Anchorage, Nantucket" by Russell Pendery, 1952.

Biographical paper, "Notes on the Life of Joseph Coleman Hart (author of Miriam Coffin)" 1998.

98.71

Gift ofArch Dixon Hart

Wooden box with hinged lid; portion of Godey's Lady's Book, May 1867; set of scrimshanding tools; partially scrimshanded whale's tooth with fashion plate from Godey's Lady's Book attached.

Booklet, "Fair Street Museum: A Guide to Several Interesting Exhibits," 1942.

Booklet of papers including letters, poetry, and a journal, kept by unidentified people, circa 1750 to 1850.

NHA Purchase Painting, Charlotte's Studio by Charlotte Stuart Kimball, 1953.

Gift ofReggie Levine 98.72

Round open lightship basket with swing handle by S. P. Boyer.

Gift of the Friends of the Nantucket Historical Association 98.73

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NHA Purchase

Gz/t of the Cincinnati Museum Center

Gzft ofMorgan Levine I 98.7o

Baleiniers Fran~ais de Louis XVI aNapoleon by Thieny

Sketchbook of watercolor and pencil drawings of Nantucket scenes by a group of artists, circa 1893; white silk parasol with ivory handle; watercolor drawing of the Oldest House attrib. Moses Moore; scrapbook of newspaper clippings and programs kept by Mary B.I. Kidder, circa 1885; carte-de-visite of woman, possibly Lucy Cary Morse, 1887; two cabinet

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Gift of the Framingham Historical Society Crazy-quilt top made from multicolored wool, silk, and velvet fabrics with embroidered embellishments, marked "LUE" and "1891."

Gift a/Donald Pelrine Set oÂŁ75 prints of painting, Mzll of the Mist by Paul Harrington.

Gift of Paul Harrington Book, A Most Noble Anchorage: A Story of Russell and the Bay of Islands by Mary King, Keri Keri, New Zealand: Northland Historical Publications Society, Inc., n.d.

Gift of the Russell Museum Photocopies of fishing journals for: schooner Oliver Cromwell, 1865 and 1866; schooner D.D. Geyer, 1865; schooner C. C. Davis, 1865 and 1866; schooner Queen of the Cape, 1866; schooner Vestal, 1866.

Gift of the Pacific Club Photocopy of an original map of Nantucket, compiled in the 1930s and 1940s by William Mack Angas.

Gift a/Frances A. Weaver, Gale Angas Hardaker, Mary Angas Dreyer, Jean Angas Starks, and Roberta Angas Douglas SPRING

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Handwritten essay about Nantucket; book, Greater Light on Nantucket by Hanna D. Monaghan, Philadelphia: Hill House, 1973. Gift o/Dr. and Mrs. James Bullock Book, Nantucket Sketchbook by Edwin Eberman, Nantucket: Stanley F. Baker, circa 1946. Gift of Grace M. Fulton

Book, My Father's Shoes (Coffin Genealogy) by Ross Coffin, c. 1998.

Gift ofRoss Coffin Rectangular tray with reproduction of H. S. Wyer's "Nantucket from Brant Point" photograph in bottom.

Anonymous Donor Eighteen photographs of silver tableware by various makers, most pieces engraved with initials of owners.

Wrought-iron sign, "Sarg House" from 3 North Liberty Street; eight scraps of wallpaper from 3 North Liberty Street. Gift a/Jane L. Schnitzer

Gift a/Violet Lauron

Book, reprint edition of The Greatest American Woman: Lucretia Matt by Lloyd C. M. Hare, St. Clair Shores, Mich.: Scholarly Press, Inc., 1972. Gift of Patricia E. Flynn Book, Of Whales and Men by RB. Robertson, New York: Knopf, 1966. Gift a/Don Peterson Book, limited edition of More Scrimshaw Artists by Dr. Stuart Frank, Mystic, CT: Mystic Seaport Museum, 1998.

Gift o/Dr. Stuart Frank Book, Hawkers and Walkers in Early America by Richardson Wright, Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Co., 1927; book, The Practical Book of Period Furniture by Harold Donaldson Eberlein and Abbot McClure, Philadelphia: ].B. Lippincott Co., 1914; catalog from the Worcester Art Museum, "The Second Fifty Years: American Art 1826--1876"; catalog from the Metropolitan Musew11 of Art, "A Bicentennial Treasury: American Masterpieces from the Metropolitan."

Gift a/Margaret Trapnell Book, The Nantucket Table by Susan Simon, San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1998. Gift ofSusan Simon Photocopies and photographs of docwnents in the National Archives pertaining to Nantucket lighthouses.

Gift ofSandra Maclean Clunies Book, The Rotches of Castle Hall by Wing Cmdr. Ken McKay, Milford Haven, England: Gulf Oil, 1996. Gift a/Leigh Simpson Bound copy of Hussey genealogy, 1998. Gift of Ruth V Herbert

Black and white photograph of drawing, "My Brother Michele" by Antonio Ciccone; color photograph of painting, "Lunar Moth" by Elizabeth Saltonstall.

Gift o/Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth M. Nesheim Copies of twenty-one photographs of Nantucket shipwrecks.

Gift a/William P. Quinn Book, Saltwater Foodways by Sandra L. Oliver, Mystic, Conn.: Mystic Seaport Museum, Inc., 1995. NHA Purchase Book, Inventing New England: Regional Tourism in the 19th Century by Dona Brown, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1995; book, 0/0ne Blood: Abolitionism and the Origins a/Racial Equality by Paul Goodman, Berkeley: University of California Press, 1998; book, A World History a/Photography by Naomi Rosenblw11, New York: Abbeville Press, 1997.

NHA Purchase

"Now that I am retired I have the time to find out all the wonderful things about Nantucket that I never knew growing up here. When I was younger I didn't have the time to study the island's history. And it's . amazmg.

Collection of buttons, ribbons, and textile fragments.

Gift ofAnne Strain

PAULA KLINGELFUSS WILLIAMS

has been volunteering in the lzbrary /or close to five years. HISTORIC

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Incoming Loans FOR THE EXHIBITION, SHOALS AND SHfPWRECKS: NANTUCKET'S TREACHEROUS SHORES:

Painting, Wreck of the Poinsett by Wendell Macy

Loaned by Mr. and Mrs. C. Marshall Beale Painting, Wreck of the British Queen by Rodney Charman.

Loaned by the Egan Foundation Artifacts from the Andrea Doria shipwreck: lifejacket, suitcase, wristwatch, and blue and white porcelain pitcher.

Loaned by Bud and Wink Gifford Tally boards, hawser cutter, breeches buoy, Lyle gun #455 , shot line for drill and top, USLS crotch boards, diorama of wreck and breeches buoy, trailboard from the Warren Sawyer.

Loaned by the Nantucket Life-Saving Museum Charcoal drawing, portrait of Robert C. Mooney; quarterboard from the British Queen. Loaned by Mr. and Mrs. Robert F Mooney Fid from the Alice M. Lawrence; ship's wheel, possibly from the Evelyn Thompson; deck knee; stanchion from the Wyoming; peak halyard iron; bow chock; painting, Wreck of the W.F Marshall by Paul C. Morris. Loaned by Mr. and Mrs. Paul C. Morris Painting, Brig Ceylon by William H. Coffin. Loaned by the Peabody Essex Museum Twenty-one photographs of various Nantucket shipwrecks.

Loaned by William P. Quinn Trailboard from the Papa Luigi C.

Loaned by Mr. and Mrs. RichardS. Sylvia U.S. Navy telegraph key with connection cable.

Loaned by Ms. Gay Vogt FOR THE EXHIBITION, CAPTAfNS, MATES, AND MERCHANTS: THE FACE OF NANTUCKET:

Painting, Self-Portrait by Elizabeth Rebecca Coffin, circa 1890.

Loaned by the Coffin School Trustees FoR TI-IE EXHIBmON, CREATURES OF THE BANK:

Forty-one framed photographs of marine animals, two framed title panels and associated labels.

Loaned by the Gerry E. Studds Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary

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FOR THE EXHffiiTION, LIGHTSHfP BASKETS OF NANTUCKET:

Round lightship basket with inset ivory handles by George W. Ray, circa 1870; round lightship basket with swing handle by R. Folger, circa 1890-1900; tall round lightship basket with inset handles by A.D. Williams, circa 1900-1920; nest of five oval lightship baskets with swing handles by Davis Hall, circa 1870; oval lightship basket with swing handle by William D. Appleton, circa 1890.

Loaned /rom a private collection FOR EXAMINATION AND GENERAL EXHIBITIO :

Log of the ship Rose, 1803-1804; tea chest; miniature portrait of]ames Cary on ivory; carved ivory stamp "Jas. Cary"; account book kept by James Cary, 1850; log of the ship Hercules, 1797; log of the ship Margaret and the schooner Conch, 1835.

Loaned by Jane Anzovino Book, The Book of Common Prayer, 17 83; book, Letters to a Young Lady by the Rev. J. Bennett, 1830; book, The Holy Bzble, 1860; book, The New Testament, 1871; pamphlet, "Thomas Starr King: A Memorial Address" by Edward E.H. Westwood; book, The Diadem 1845 Anthology; book, bound sheet music; postcard album; book, Catherine Wyer's Album of Verse and Prose, 1834; photographs of Mrs. Matthew Starbuck and the Nantucket branch of her family; wedding gown, gloves, and shoes of Florence Maria Merriam.

Loaned by Merriam Bouscaren Ship models of the frigate Foudroyante, schooner Lynx, and bark Sunbeam. Loaned by Jocelyn M. Geaghan Ellen Ramsdell's photo album, 1918--1919; Ellen Ramsdell's 1911 Coffin School sewing sample book; Ellen Ramsdell's scrapbook of Nantucket musical performances, 1930s-40s; 36 volumes of The (Old) Farmer'.r

Almanack; Low's: An Astronomical Diary or Almanack /or the Year 1807. Loaned by Frances Karttunen Royal Navy boarding blw1derbuss; painting, portrait of George F. Tilton by Walter Gilman Page.

Loaned by the Maddequet Admiralty Association Sleigh bed.

Loaned by the Merchant's House Museum SPR I NG

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Figurehead from ship Lydia. Loaned by Mystic Seaport Museum, Inc. Painting, Whaleship Spermo in a Gale by J. Fisher, 1822.

Loaned by the Nantucket Atheneum Painting, South Shore, Nantucket by Walter Francis Brown, 1890; painting, portrait of Captain Fishback by Eastman Johnson.

1880s Coffin School class by J. Freeman; model of bark

Metis. Loaned to the Egan Institute ofMaritime Studies at the Coffin School Painting, portrait of Eben W. Allen; silver serving tray and silverplated tea service; painting, portrait of three Coffin children by James Hathaway.

Loaned to the Jared Coffin House

Loaned by Caroline O'Connell

Two scrimshaw "Susan's Teeth" by Frederick Myrick.

Painting, portrait of Reuben Joy.

Loaned to the Kendall Whaling Museum, Sharon, Massachusetts Painting, portrait of Harold H. Kynett by

Loaned by the Pacific Club a/Nantucket Prisoner-of-war ship model.

Loaned by Adam W Phzllips 93" Narwhal tusk.

Loaned by Deborah and Jessica Rose in memory a/Ira B. Rose Ship's bell and life preserver mounted on board from the Nantucket Naval Facility.

Loaned by the U. S. Navy

James McBey.

Loaned to the Nantucket Atheneum Painting, portrait of Peter Ewer attrib. William Swain, 1828.

Loaned to the Mariners' Museum, Newport News, Virginia Model, ship Morning Star; reproduction scrimshaw "Susan" tooth.

Loaned to the Nantucket Memonal Airport Painting, portrait of Rev. George Bradburn.

1998 Outgoing Loans Framed map of Nantucket by Rev. F.C. Ewer; framed lithograph of Abram Quary; Native American mortar and pestle; Native American marker, "P. Johmo"; Native American arrow; shard from a Native American bowl; two Native American woodworking tools; fifteen Native American points.

Loaned to the Unitarian Universalist Church

Oneo/the Clara E. Pitman photographs /rom the gift of Cory Glaberson.

Loaned to the Nantucket Atheneum /or the "Abram's Eyes" exhibition cosponsored by the Atheneum, the NHA, and the Egan Institute of Maritime Studies Painting, portrait of Augustus Morse; Tristram Coffin medal; Map of Nantucket by Lucy S. Macy, 1830; Dance card for Coffin School levee, 1895; valedictory speech for Coffin School graduation, 1889; Coffin School graduation song, June 24, 1892; two Coffin School record books, 1829-1831 and 1831-1834; Coffin School graduation program, 1889; letter from Adm. Sir Isaac Coffin to William Coffin, Esq., June 15, 1829; cabinet card showing HISTORIC

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Thomas MacyAssociates ($1,000)

Mr. Michael Campbell Mr. &Mrs. W. R Hearst ill

Mr. &Mrs. Eugene D. Atkinson Mr. &Mrs. George F. Baker Mr. &Mrs. Charles L. Bardelis

Dr. GeorgeS. Heyer, Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Thomas A. Holmes Ms. Joyce L. Howar Mrs. Arthur Jacobsen Mr. &Mrs. Michael Karlson Mr. &Mrs. Arthur Kobacker Mrs. Roy E. Larsen Mrs. John C. Lathrop Mr. &Mrs. John G. Lynch Mr. &Mrs. Seymour G. Mandell Mr. &Mrs. Martin McKerrow Mrs. Paul Mellon Mr. &Mrs. Neal W. O'Connor Mr. Bruce H. Poor & Ms. Gloria J. Grimshaw Mrs. Sonia M. Puopolo Mr. &Mrs. Daniel M. Reid Mr. &Mrs. Thomas L. Rhodes Mr. &Mrs. Jeffrey S. Rubin Mr. &Mrs. Peter Ruffner Mr. &Mrs. L. Dennis Shapiro Dr. &Mrs. Charles T. Shortall Mr. &Mrs. Jan1es M. Stewart Mr. &Mrs. Thomas M. Taylor Mr. &Mrs. Randolph M. Watkins Mrs. Arnold A. Willcox Mr. &Mrs. DavidS. Wolff Mr. &Mrs. William Wraith IV

Ms. Joy H. Briggs Mr. &Mrs. Robert L. Champion Mr. &Mrs. Howard L. Clark, Jr.

Mr. &Mrs. William M. Crozier, Jr. Mr. &Mrs. John H. Davis

Mr. &Mrs. Richard E. Deutsch Mr. &Mrs. Richard A. Drucker Mr. &Mrs. Randle M. Goetze Ms. Susan Zises Green Mr. &Mrs. John Greenebaum Mr. &Mrs. Robert C. Griffin Mr. &Mrs. Graham Gund Mr. &Mrs. Robert M. Haft Mr. &Mrs. Edmund A. Hajim Mr. &Mrs. Hamilton Heard, Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Stanley R Jaffe Mr. Thomas F. Kennelly Mr. &Mrs. James L. Ketelsen Mr. &Mrs. ArieL. Kopelman Mr. L. Dennis Kozlowski Mr. &Mrs. Richard Kreider Dr. &Mrs. Peter]. Linden Mr. &Mrs. Richard W. Lowry Mr. &Mrs. Ian R MacKenzie Mr. &Mrs. Peter McCausland Mr. &Mrs. Marlin Miller, Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Peter \YJ. Nash Mr. &Mrs. Scott C. Newquist Mr. &Mrs. RogerS. Penske Mr. David B. Poor & Ms. Patricia M. Beilman Mr. &Mrs. Steven M. Rales Mr. &Mrs. Francis C. Rooney,Jr. Mr. Bob Ruley Mr. &Mrs. Peter Sacerdote Mr. &Mrs. Harvey Saligman Mrs. Alfred F. Sanford II Mr. Alfred F. Sanford III Mr. &Mrs. William Seidman Mrs. Dorothy Slover Mr. &Mrs. Gordon Smith Dr. Jane Cowles Smith Rev. Georgia Ann Snell Mr. &Mrs. Eliot I. Snider Mr. &Mrs. Guy B. Snowden Mr. &Mrs. Richard F. Tucker Mr. &Mrs. Joseph F. Welch Mr. &Mrs. F. Helmut Weymar Mr. &Mrs. Robert C. Wright Mr. &Mrs. Robert A. Young

Hadwen Circle ($500) Mr. Alan F. Atwood Mr. &Mrs. Ben Barnes Mr. &Mrs. Lowell Bryan Mr. &Mrs. Martin F. Connor Mr. &Mt~. Andrew J. Cooley Mr. Michael de Leo Mr. &Mrs. Douglass N. Ellis, Jr. Dr. &Mrs. John W. Espy Mr. &Mrs. Christopher P. Forester Mr. &Mrs. Charles F. Fortgang Mr. &Mrs. Joseph Starbuck Freeman Mr. &Mrs. Charles M. Geschke Ms. Elizabeth Gosnell Ms. Katherine Grover

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Mr. &Mrs. Thomas J. A! bani

Mr. &Mrs. J. Christopher Barron

Mr. &Mrs. Richard A. Beckwith Mr. &Mrs. Larry P. Breakiron Mr. &Mrs. Richard L. Brecker

Mr. &Mrs. \'\lilliam S. Brenizer Mrs. Thomas H. Broadus,Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Thomas R Brome Mr. Robert U. Brown Mrs. Martha A. Carr Mr. &Mrs. Poul Erik Christensen 1\tlr. &Mrs. Harold Cohen Mr. &Mrs. Richard R. Congdon Mr. &Mrs. William H. Corkran, Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Edward]. Costello Mrs. Alexander M. Craig Mr. &Mrs. Charles D. Darby Mr. &Mrs. JosephS. DiMartino Mr. &Mrs. Joseph P. Donelan II Mr. &Mrs. John L. Dowling Drs. Michael &Paula Duffy Mr. &Mrs. James L. Dunlap Mr. &. Mrs. Nonnan E. Dupuis ill Mr. &Mrs. Gardiner S. Dutton Ms. Serena Barnum Eascland Mr. &Mrs. Timothy J. Finn Mr. &Mrs. Robert T. Foley Mr. &Mrs. Alan M. Forster Mr. &Mrs. Robert A. Fox Mr. &Mrs. John B. Gallo Mr. Michael A. Glowacki Mr. &Mrs. Frederick D. Green Mr. &Mrs. James J. Hagan Mrs. Isaac Harter, Jr. Mr. &Mrs. William H. Hays ill Mr. &Mrs. Harry W. Healey, Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Robert E. Hellman Messrs. Jack &James Hendrix Mr. &Mrs. William H. Hobart,] r. ANTUCKET

Mr. &Mrs. Jeffrey M. Hohl

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Dr. &Mrs. Mortimer H. Appley Mr. &Mrs. Christopher W. Annstrong Mr. &Mrs. Charles Balas Mr. &Mrs. John A. Baldwin Mrs. Robert F. R Ballard Dr. &Mrs. David H. Barlow Mr. &Mrs. Patterson Barnes Mr. &Mrs. William G. Be-Jttie Mr. &Mrs. Kenneth L. Beaugrand Mr. &Mrs. Allan D. Bell Mr. &Mrs. Neil W. Benedict !II Mr. &Mrs. Richard L. Berube Ms. Cecelia Bibby Mr. &Mrs. James M. Blackwell N Mr. &Mrs. Marvin A. Blumenfeld Mr. &Mrs. William J. Boardman Mr. Ronald P. Bourgeault Mr. Gordon G. Braine & Ms. Judith lvey Ms. Helen W. Brann Mr. &Mrs. John Bruce Bredin Dr. &Mrs. R Huntington Breed 0 Mr. &Mrs. Owsley Brown II Mr. &Mrs. Da1~d Owen Brownwood Mr. &Mrs. Dou~as K. Burch Mr. &Mrs. Robert M. Burton Mrs. Karen T. Buder Mr. &Mrs. Robert Bucler Mr. &Mt~. Carter Cafritz Mr. &Mrs. Raymond B. Carey, Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Paul H. Carini Mr. &Mt~. George U. Carneal Mr. &Mrs. Richard W. Carr Mr. John Swain Carter Mr. &Mrs. Stephen \Y/. Carter Mr. &Mrs. Alfred D. Chandler, Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Moncure Chatfield-Taylor Mr. &Mrs. Paul Clarke Mr. Martin D. Cohen Mr. &Mrs. LeeR Cole Mr. &Mrs. Leslie Cookenboo Mr. &Mrs. Kevin S. Cooman Mr. &Mrs. Bruce D. Cowen Mr. &Mrs. John B. Cowperthwait Mr. &Mrs. Da1~d W. Cox Mr. &Mrs. F. William Crandall Mr. &Mrs. Paul). Crowley Mr. &Mrs. John N. Curlett, Jr. Mr. &Mrs. John L. Daniels Mr. &Mrs. Paul Dawson Mr. &Mrs. Porter Grey Dawson Mr. &Mrs. Stephen M. DeLay Mr. Richard A. Denby Mr. &Mrs. DavidS. Deutsch Mr. &Mrs. Stacy S. Dick Mr. &Mrs. Philip H. Didriksen,Jr. Mr. Todd Din1Ston Mrs. William K. Donahue Mrs. Joseph N. DuBarry IV Mr. &Mrs. John A. DLmning Mr. &Mrs. Wayne H. Dupont Mr. &Mrs. Donald R. Dupre Mr. &Mrs. Richard W. Durkes Mr. &Mrs. W. B. Edgell, Jr. Mr. &Mrs. F. Famy Eilers, Jr. Mr. &Mrs. David A. Eklund Mr. John LeMoyne Ellicott Dr. Alice F. Emerson Mr. &Mrs. Harry Engelkirk Mr. &Mrs. RobertS. Erskine, Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Richard]. Eskind

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Mr. &Mrs. John M. Felleman Mr. &Mrs. Gregor N. Ferguson Mr. William Ferrall Dr. &Mrs. John P. Fields Mrs. Jane Farrell Fitch Ms. Ellen Flamm Mr. &Mrs. Richard A. Flier Mr. William E. Flaring Mrs. Gene G. Foster Mr. &Mrs. Bnmo S. Frassetto Dr. &Mrs. Robert E. Funsch Dr. Gordon V. Gallagher Mr. &Mrs. Robert R Gambee Mr. Michael L. Gassman & Ms. Cynthia A. Lewis Dr. &Mrs. John W. Gerster Mr. &Mrs. Richard H. Gibbs 11-ir. &Mrs. Paul Gibian Mr. &Mrs. Alfred Gillis Mr. &Mrs. James Edward Gillwn,Jr. Dr. &Mrs. Thomas I l. Ginley, Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Oscar S. Glasberg Mr. Christopher Glowacki Mr. &Mrs. Stephen A. Godwin Mr. &Mrs. Charles M. Goetz, Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Herbert M. Goldsmith Dr. &Mrs. Charles W. Graeber Mrs. Toby Ann Greenberg Mr. &Mrs. Wade Greene Mr. &Mrs. Arthur W. Grellier Mr. &Mrs. John C. Grover Mr. Peter]. Grua & Ms. Marv G. O'Connell Mr. &Mrs. \X'illiam Guardenier Mr. &Mrs ..John A. Gunn Mrs. Frederick Haffenreffer Mr. &Mrs. Derek G. C. Hamilton Prof. \X'illian1 A. Hance Mr. &Mrs. 11-lichael Harde Mr. &Mrs. Donald R Harleman Dr. Margot K. Hartmann Mr. &Mrs. Hennan A. Haus Mr. &Mrs. Robert Hay Mr. &Mrs. Walter L.A. Hayes Mr. &Mrs. Frederic F. HeJp Mr. &Mrs. Edward S. HeJrd Mr. &Mt~. Philip]. Hempleman Mr. &Mrs. Eugene B. Hilzenrath Mr. &Mrs. Winston R. Hindle, Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Richard H. Hoff Mr. &Mrs. William B. Holding Mr. &Mrs. Peter B. Holmes Mr. &Mrs. Alton H. Hopkins Mr. &Mrs. \'\lilli~un B. Hopkins Mrs. Peyton C. Horne Dr. Douglas llorst Ms. Maureen Phillips Mr. tephen R. Hourahan Ms. Ellen E. Howe Ms. Elizabeth Jeffery Hubbell Mrs. Nancy G. Huston Mr. &Mrs. Robert A. Inglis Mr. &Mrs. George Ingran1 Dr. &Mrs. Jeffrey R.Jay Mr. &Mrs.RobertF.Jehle Mr. &Mrs. Benn W. Jesser Mr. &Mrs. Michael V. Johnson Mrs. Sally R. Johnson Mr. &Mrs. William Johnston, Jr. SPHTNG

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Ms. Barbara Ann Joyce Mr. &Mrs. Eli Winkler Kaufman Mr. Roben i\1. Kaye Mr. &Mrs.Jeffrey J. Keenan Mrs. Julia M. Z. Keith Dr. &Mrs. Charles S. Kelly Mr. &Mrs. Dennis J. Kenny Mr. Ross B. Kenzie Mr. and Mrs. Marshall T. Keys Ms. Ann S. Killen Mr. Rory Killen Ms. Marybeth Keene Ms. Leeanne M. King Ms. Marsha Kotalac Mr. Brent Thomas Krueger Mr. Paul La Paglia Mr. &Mrs. Edward V. LahL'Y,Jr. Ms. Jennifer M. Lankford Dr. &Mrs. Jack M. Layton Mr. &Mrs. William E. LL-amard Mr. &i\lrs. Charles Raben Lenhan Dr. &i\lrs. Timothy Lepore Mr. &Mrs. Roben Leske Mr. &Mrs. Franklin H. Lcvv Mr. &Mrs. Da1id ~1. Lill) LTC &Mrs.lloward S. Lincoln Dr. &Mrs. Keith M. Lindgren Mr. &Mrs. Hcrbcn i\1. Lobi Mr. James L. Long Ms. Jean W. Long Mr. &Nlrs. John W. Loose Mr. &Nlrs. Peter D. Louderback Mr. &Mrs. Clarl'nce S. Lovelace Mr. &Mrs. Peter D. Lowcnstem Mr. &Mrs. Walter P. Lukens Mr. &Mrs. Da1id A. Lund Ms. Letitia Ltmdeen Mr. Jeffrey R Lynch Mr. &i\lrs. Richard B. Mack Mr. Lowell R. Macy Mrs. Barbara H. Malcolm Mr. William G. Malonev Mr. &Mrs. John M. M~nm Ms. Margaret B. Masters Mr. &/vlrs. William L. Mather Mr. &Mrs. Richard L. ManhCII~ Mr. &Mrs. Raben V. Matthews Mr. &Mrs. Timothy B. Matz Mrs. Adrienne A. McCalley Mr. &Mrs. Charles H. McGill Ill Mr. Thomas B. McGrath Ms. Sandra J. Medallis Mr. &Mrs. Eugene G. McGuire Mr. Emesto Jose Mejer Ms. Ilollace Lindsay Roe Mr. &Mrs. Cleveland G. Meredith Mr. Grayson B. Mitchell Mr. &Mrs. Earl B. Mix Ill Mr. &Mrs. James L. Morgan Mr. &Mrs. Jasper \YJ. Morgan, Jr. Mr. &Mrs. \YJ. Christopher Monenson,Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Carl M. Mueller Mr. &Mrs. Craig I LMuhlhauser Mr. Raymond r:. Murphy,Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Morgan J. Murray Mr. &Mrs. Reid James Murray Mr. &Mrs. Michael S. Nelson Mr. &Mrs. Theodore C. Ne-vins, Jr. Mr. &Mrs. lbomas Ranier Nonebohm HI STOR I C

Mr. &Mrs. Alfred H. Novissimo Mr. &Mrs. Roben A. Nussbaum Mr. &Mrs. Stephen B. O'Brien Mr. &Mrs. V. Henry O'Neill Mr. &Mrs. Joseph E. Obermeyer Mr. &Mrs. Michael F. Orr Mr. Da1id Ostergren Ms. Rita Jackson Mr. &Mrs. Ira Ostrow Dr. &Mrs. Leslie W. Ottinger Mr. &Mrs. Karl Orrison Mr. &.\Irs. Frank S. Owen Mr. &Mrs. William A. Paddock Dr. &Mrs. A. Eugene Palchanis Mr. &Mrs. T. Peter Pappas Mr. &Mrs. Edward F. Paquene Mr. &Mrs. Jeffrey P. Parker Mrs. Mary Chandler Parrish Mr. &Mrs. James S. Pasman,Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Roben Patterwn Mr. Da1id A. Pert)·-Miller & Mr. John Lamb Mr. &Mrs. Alfred G. Pcterwn Mr. &Mrs. Richard . Phelan Mr. &Mrs. Samuel Phelan ~lr. &.\Irs. Jan1es \Y!. Pierwn .\lr. &Mrs. James Pohlad Mrs. Richard A. Prate! .\lr. &Mrs. Raben L. Pratter Dr. &Mrs. Frederic \X'. Pullen U Mr. &Mrs. Ray Pushkar Mr. &Mrs. Richard Ra;~man .\1r. &Mrs. Philip Whitney Re-Jd Mr. William L. Reed .\lr. &Mrs. James S. Regan Mr. Christopher B. Reid .\lr. &Mrs. Hart)' T. Rein Mr. &/>.Irs. John B. Rhodes,Jr. Mr. &Mrs. George i\1. Rich, Jr. .\lr. &.\Irs. Hal C. Richardson Mr. &Mrs. J. Banon Riley Mr. &Mrs. Smnuel Robcn \lr. &Mrs. Michael A. F. Robens Mr. &Mrs. Peter E. Rodts Mr. &Mrs. Kenneth Roman Dr. &Mrs. Alben L. Rosenthal ,\lr. &Mrs. L)nn A. Rotando Mr. &Mrs. Mark E. Rubenstein Dr. &Mrs. Reid Rubsamen Mr. &Mrs. J. Perry Ruddick ~lr. &,\Irs. Don Rus.'Cll ~Jr. &Mrs. John C. Ruttenberg Mr. &Mrs. Andrew Sackett Mr. &lllrs. Mark Sali>bury Mr. R Sum Sanmd Mr. &Mrs. Francis_). Santos Mr. &Mrs. John D. Sayer Mr. &Mrs. Richard G. Scheide Ms. Elizabeth Robinson Schloss Mr. &Mrs. Stuan Schuster Mr. Raben Schwarzcnbach & Ms. Judith r. Ll'C Mr. Thomas Schwcizcr,Jr. Dr. Raben Seinfeld & Ms. Judith Grt.'Cnberg Mr. &Mrs. Joseph L. Serafini Mr. &Mrs. John I. Shaw, Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Bruce A. Shear Mr. &Mrs. Samuel R. Shipley Ill Ellen K. Shockro Ph.D. Mr. Alben Laurence Silva Mr. &Mrs. Sidney \YJ. Small

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Mr. &Mrs. Herschel Allerhand Mr. &Mrs. Compton Allyn Mr. &Mrs. Howard A. Alpen Mr. &Mrs. Oakes Ames Mr. &Mrs. Pennel Ames Mr. &Mrs. Da\id W. Anderwn Mr. Edgar A. Anderwn Mr. &Mrs.James W. Anderwn Mr. &Mrs. Roben B. Anderwn Mr. &Mrs. Scott Anderwn Mr. &Mrs. William H. Andrews ill Mr. &Mrs. Glenn]. Angiolillo Mr. Roben S. Applegate Ms. Carol S. Anz Mr. &Mrs. Norman). Asher Mr. &Mrs. John G. Arwood Mr. &Mrs. Allan Austin Mr. &Mrs. Philip Austin Dr. &Mrs. Steven V. Aveni Dr. &Mrs. Raben M. Averne Mr. Lawrence A11~1·ad & Ms. Marian B. Awwad Mr. &Mrs.John B. Ayres Mr. Joseph E. Bachelder Mr. &Mrs. Raben W. Bailey Mr. &Mrs. Hamson Bains Mr. James L. Baird, Jr. Ms. Margaret L. Pollard Ms. Margaret J. Baker Mrs. Marjorie von Credo Baker Mr. &Mrs. Marshall E. Baker Mr. &i\lrs. Russell W. Baker Mr. &Mrs. Harry Balfe Mr. &Mrs. Damon H. Ball Mr. &Mrs. Mark Barber Mr. &i\lrs. V. Lee Barnes Mr. Luther 0. Barnett & Ms. Elizabeth A. Randall Mr. &Mrs. William Hadwen Barney,Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Jeffrey Barrett Dr. &Mrs. Peter Barrett Mr. &Mrs. John C. Barro11-s Mr. &Mrs. William M. Barstow Mr. &Mrs. John B. Bartlett Mr. &Mrs. Philip D. Bartlett Mr. &Mrs. William Ban on Mr. &Mrs. Philip E. Bash Mr. &Mrs. Randy Battat Mr. &Mrs. Harold Baxter Mr. &Mrs. Reginald R Baxter Ms. Maureen V. Beck Mr. &Mrs. John \YJ. Belash Mr. &Mrs. WilliamS. Bclichick Mr. Douglas F. Bennett Mr. &Mrs. James Bennett Mr. &i\lrs. John D. Bennett Mr. &/>.Irs. Raben B. Berger Mr. &Mrs. Douglass A. Bermingham Mr. &/>.Irs. Brendan Bernard Mr. Michael J. Bcl~er Mr. &Mrs. Richard Macy Biggs Mr. &Mrs. Daniel]. Bills Mr. &Mrs. GeraldS. Biondi Mr. John D. Birkhoff Mr. &Mrs.J}Jvid D. Bixler,Jr. Mr.Jeff L Blackwell & Ms. Mary E. Casey

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Mr. &Mrs. Donald B. Blenko Mr. &Mrs. Howard N. Blirman Mr. &Mrs. Bobulski

Mr. &Mrs. Donald Bohnsack Mr. &Mrs. Charles V.S. Boillod Mr. &Mrs. Fred Boling Mr. &Mrs. Charles L. Bolling

Mr. Richard Bond Mr. &Mrs.JohnJ. Bonsee Mr. &Mrs. Manin Booker Mr. &Mrs. Paul Borneman

Mr. Stefan R Bothe Ms. Jennifer V. Cheng Mr. &i\lrs.James A. Bowditch Mr. Walter Willard Boyd Mr. &Mrs. David E. Bradbury Mr. &Mrs. Da\id M. Bradt Mr. &Mrs. Soon Richard Brady Mr. &Mrs. George C. Brannock Mr. &Mrs. Kenneth L. Brasfield Mr. &Mrs. Hawonh P. Bromley Mr. &Mrs. Norman Brooks Mr. &Mrs. Da\id S.). Bro1111 Mr. &i\lrs. Edward C. Bro1111 Mr. &i\lrs. Raben Scon Bro1111 Mr. &Mrs. Warren H. Bro1111 Mr. &Mrs. Willard Brown Mr. &Mrs. Edward Bruno Dr. &Mrs. James E. Bullock Ms. Barbara Bund Mr. &Mrs. Anhur E. Burgeson, Jr. Ms. Linda M. Burke Mr. &Mrs. Raben L. Burnham Mr. &Mrs. John Moran Burns Mr. &Mrs. Arthur E. Butler Mr. Charles Butler Mr. &Mrs. Stephen Butler Ms. Gail Lapham Buners Dr. &Mrs. George P. Butterwonh Mr. &Mrs. Manhew V. Byme,Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Lawrence M. Cady Mr. &Mrs. Vincent]. Calarco, Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Michael Callahan Mr. &Mrs. Richard A. Callahan Mr. &Mrs. William R Camp, Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Peter Campanella Ms. Rosemary J. Campobasso Mr. Charles M. Carberry Mr. &Mrs. Michael R. Carey Mr. &Mrs. Charles G. Carl, Jr. Mr. &Mrs. C. Mitchell Carl Mr. &Mrs. Enrico Cartee Mr. &Mrs. William J. Carlson Mr. &Mrs. Dawd H. Carney Ms. Fran cis K. Carpenter Mr. &Mrs. Harry G. Carpenter Mr. &Mrs. Laurence E. Carpenter Mr. &Mrs. Thomas A. Carr Mr. &Mrs. John H. Caner Mr. Cal1in R Carver, Jr. & Ms. Anne Delaney Mr. Richard Momfon Cary Mr. &Mrs. Andrew J. Casner, Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Haig M. Casparian Mr. &Mrs. Richard R. Castellano Mr. &Mrs. Daniel Carlin, Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Bruce A. Chabner Ms. Patricia \YJ. Chad1\ick Mr. Norman W. Chaleki Mr. &Mrs. Marshall H. Chambers Mr. &Mrs. Donald Charbonneau SP RI NG

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MEMBERS Mr. &Mrs. Richard A. Charpie Mr. &Mrs. John Christensen Mr. &Mrs. Mortimer H. Chute,] r. Mr. &Mrs. Cialini Mr. &Mrs. Eugene H. Oapp ill Mr. &Mrs. Owen G. Clinton Mrs. Alma K. Coffin Mr. &Mrs. Da1~d R Coffin Mr. &Mrs. James A. Coffin Mr. &Mrs. Jerry D. Coffin Mr. &Mrs. Louis D. Coffin Mr. &Mrs. Louis F. Coffin, Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Peter Coffin Mr. &Mrs. Phillip T. Coffin, Jr. Mr. &Mrs. TerrilJM. Coffin Mr. Stephen B. Cohen Mrs. Louise \YJ. Collins & Mr. Dexter Collins Ms. Carol L. Condon Mr. &Mrs. E. Malcolm Condon Mr. &Mrs. William R. Congdon Mr. &Mrs. William Connell Mr. &Mrs. Alexius C. Conroy Mr. &Mrs. George W. Constable Mrs. W. P. Constable Mr. &Mrs. James E. Cooper,Jr. Mr. &Mrs. William Coquillette Ms. Kimberly C. Corkran Mr. &Mrs. M.ichael Coscia Mr. &Mrs. John W. Courtland Ms. Diane Parker Coyer Mr. &Mrs. Paul G. Crommelin Prof. Alfred W. Crosby & Dr. Franees Kamunen Mr. &Mrs. Robert F. Cross Mr. &Mrs. Herbert E. Crowell Dr. &Mrs. Daniel F. S. Crowther Mr. William V. Cuddy Mr. &Mrs. Barry Cullen Mr. &Mrs. A. L. Cummings Mr. Wieslaw Z. Czyzewski & Ms. Gail L. Hunton Mr. &Mrs. Herbert P. Dane Mr. &Mrs. Robert Dane Mr. &Mrs. Dudley V. I. Darling Mr. &Mrs. Thomas C. Darling Mr. &Mrs. Bert Davidson Mrs. Helen Van Tuyl Davis Mr. &Mrs.JohnP. de Neufville Mr. &Mrs. Charles H. Dearborn Mr. &Mrs. Stephen DeCesare Mr. Randall E. Decoteau Mr. Charles G. Del Signore & Ms. Mary E. lvey Mr. &Mrs. Jonathan W. Delano Mr. &Mrs. Hugh M. Dickinson Mr. &Mrs. William}. Dickson Mr. &Mrs. David Dillard Mr. &Mrs. Matthew Diserio Mr. &1\JI.rs. Jeff Donnelly Mr. John C. Doody & Ms. Carol A. Witt Mr. John P. Dooley,Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Joseph P. Dooley Mr. Menard Doswell Mr. &Mrs. Edward G. Dougan Dr. Wendell K. Downing Mr. &Mrs. William W. Drake,Jr. Ms. Robin Driscoll Mr. &Mrs. Jan1es A. Duarte Mr. Kenneth V. Duce Dr. &Mrs. David}. Duquette

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Ms. Susan Yerkes Cal)' Dr. &Mrs. Jordon Goodman Mr. &Mrs. Eugene W. GOO<h,~e,Jr. Mr. David Good1vin Mr. &Mrs. John B. Good1vin,Jr. Ms. Viaoria Goss Mr. &Mrs. Willian1 J. Gottschlich Ms. Adelaide R Grant Dr. &Mrs. Andrew Green Mr. &Mrs. Burges M. Green Mr. &Mrs. Bart A. Grenier Mr. &Mrs. William E. Grieder Mr. &Mrs. Charles T. Griffith Mr. &Mrs. Robert P. Grimes Mr. &Mrs. Garth Grimmer Mr. &Mrs. John M. Groff Mr. Viaor F. Guaglianone & Ms. Janet L. Steinrnayer Mr. &Mrs. Paul R. Gudonis Mr. &Mrs. Philip G. Gulley Mr. &Mrs. E. Ronald Gushue Mr. &Mrs. Henrv B. Guanan Mr. &Mrs. Her~rt L. Gutterson Mr. &lvlrs. Howard V. Hagenbuch Mr. &Mrs. Richard Thomas Hale Mr. &tvlrs. Hugh Halsell ill Mr. &Mrs. James E. Hamerstone Mr. Dale llamilton & Ms. Susan Gasparich Mr. Mark Handlev Ms. Dorothy Handley-More Mr. &Mrs. Henry \X'. Harding,Jr. Mr. MarkS. Harmsen Mr. &Mrs. Albert K. Harpell Mr. &Mrs. Donald C. Harris Ms. L. Marjorie Harris Col. Robert L. Hart Mr. &Mrs. Fred Hamvell Mr. &Mrs. George T. Hathaway Mr. &Mrs. Samuel S.llaviland Mr. &Mrs. Robert A. Hawkins Mr. &Mrs. Walter M. Hawkins Mrs. Diana R. Hayden Mr. &Mrs. Peter R Hayden Mr. &Mrs. Oliver C. Hazard Mr. John 0. Hedden Mr. &Mrs. Richard Heffernan Mr. &Mrs. Brian). Heidtke Mr. &Mrs. Arthur L. Held Ms. Iris A. Helfeld & Ms. Jill Navarra Mr. &Mrs. PeterS. Heller Richard G. Heller Ph.D. Fredericka .M. Heller M.D. Mr. Jonathan Hemingway& Ms. Laura Blaisdell Mr. &Mrs. Robert D. Hennelly Mr. &Mrs. John Herlitz Mr. &Mrs. RichardS. Hennan Mr. &Mrs. Mason C. Heydt Mr. Glenn Hillman Mr. &Mrs. Norman S. Hillman Mr. &Mrs. Philemon . Hoadley Ms. Barbara C. Hobson Mr. Ronald W. Hoffman & Mr. Anthony Joseph Garnpetro Mr. &Mrs. C. Thomas Hogsten Mr. &Mrs. E. Morton Holland Mr. &Mrs. Stanley H. Hollander Dr. &Mrs. Bruce D. Hopper Mrs. Robert B. Horner Mr. &Mrs. John A. Hosmer

Dr. &Mrs. Frederick W. Howes Mr. &Mrs. James C. Hoyt ,\lr. Joseph Huber & Ms. Kate Nichols Mr. &Mrs. Randy Hudson Mr. &Mrs. William Hudspeth Mr. &Mrs.Josephj.Huertas Mr. &Mrs. H. Wayne Huizenga Mr. &~Irs. Harris). Hulburt,Jr. Mr. &~Irs. D-a1id C. Hulme tvlr. &Mrs. Robert). Humphrey Mr. &Mrs. Philip L. lampietro Mr. &Mrs. Richard D. lm·in Ms. Anne H. Isbister Mr. &tvlrs. Peter Iverson Mr. &Mrs. James W.Jackson ,\lr. &Mrs. Fred H.Jaeger Mr. &tvlrs. Ernest 1. laxtirner Mr. &tvlrs. Richard.iaycobs Mr. &Mrs. Peter )cnnv tvlr. Da1id B. jew~tt . Ms. Ann Cooper Johanson Mr. &Mrs. Albert C. Johnsen Mr. &Mrs. Carl H. Johnson 1\lr. Da1id johnson . ,\lr. &~Irs·. Eric R. johnson l>lr. & ,\Irs. Paul Johnson Mr. &Mrs.llarve1 C. Iones, lr. Mr. &,\Irs. lanK'S ·c. l~1nt . Prof. &~~~- 1. Richa~l)udson 1\lr. &Mrs. Paul R.Judy ~Irs. Howard Kafer Mr. &Mrs. Paul A. Kales ,\lr. Da1id Kanyock ,\lr. &Mrs. StephenJ. Karper ,\lr. Jeffrc'\ Km;chuluk Mr..&M~. Edward Katz Dr. Peter . Kav Mr. &Mrs. St~·e Kave Mr. &tvlrs. lohn Ket~han ,\lr. &tvlrs ..llenrv G. Kehlenbc>ck ,\lr. &i\lrs.John ~1. Kellogg, Jr. Mr. &tvlrs. John I. Kelly tvlr. Richard Kemble & Mr. George Korn Mr. Sanford Kendall Mr. &Mrs. lohn 1. Kennedv Mr. &Mrs. ·Allan· G. Kenzi~ Mr. &Mrs. Fred Kern Mr. &Mrs. Farid A. Khan Dr. &Mrs. Stanley E. Kilty Mr. Charles A. Kilvert Mr. &Mrs. Da1id King Mr. &Mrs. Robert King Mr. &Mrs. Thomas Cleve King Mr. &Mrs. Kenneth N. Kinsley Mr. &Mrs. Joel B. Kirby Mr. &Mrs. Edward L. Klein Mr. &Mrs. Emil 1. Kleinert Mr. &Mrs. \'ililli;m F. Kloc Mr. &Mrs. Fred M. Klumpp Mr. &Mrs. Fulton C. Kornack Mr. &Mrs. Jacob H. Korngold Mr. &Mrs. Richard E. Kotalac Mr. &Mrs. Robert P. Krida Drs. Ruud &jeannerre Krom Mr. &Mrs. Charles E. Kulmann Mr. &Mrs. Peter \YJ. Kunkel Mr. &Mrs. Ed1vin D. Kunzman Mr. &Mrs. Rene 0. La Pierre Mrs. Elizabeth Heard Laffey

Mr. &Mrs. Robert W. Lamb Mr. &Mrs. Paul E. Lancaster Mrs. Virginia Heard Landis Mr. &Mrs. Anthony P. LaRocco Mr. &Mrs. Ernest B. Latham Mr. &Mrs. John Gardner Lathrop Mr. &Mrs. Fred Lawrence Ms. Ioanne T. Lawrence Mrs: Edith K. Le-ary Mr. &~Irs. Thomas D. Leary Dr. &Mrs. JohnS. Ledbener ~lr. &Mrs. \X. Da1id Lee ~Is. Diane H. Legg Mr. &Mrs. Darren Legge .\lr. &Mrs. Da1id]. Leggett Mr. &Mrs. John M. Leggett ,\lr. & :\Irs. \X'illiam ]. LeG ray :\lr. &tvlrs. I mnklin B. Leonard ,\lr. Scott Leonard & .\Is. Michelle Perkins .\lr. & Mrs. G. Palmer LeRoy .\lr. &.\Irs. Robert]. Lesch Dr. &~Irs. James Levin Ms . .\limh U'lin ~Is. Judith i.eline-Porino ,\lr. & ~lrs.lning !.ely \lr. & .\lrs.llugh V. i.el1~s :\lr. & ;\Irs. Richard E. i.elvis,Jr. Dr. & :\Irs. Albert G. Liddell ,\Is. Dororhv Liffman tvlr. &.\Irs. ·Ronald S. Ligon ,\lr & ,\Irs Philip Lindeman IJ Mr. & ~Irs. Albert Lockett ,\lr. &,\Irs. lames B. Lockhart ill ,\lr. & ,\Irs. John A. Lodge :'llr. & :\Irs. De-Jn S. Long .\lr. &:\Irs. \X'illian1 C. Long ,\lr. &.\Irs. Robert F. Longley /llr. & .\Irs. James \VJ. Loss tvlr. Oliver A. Lothrop, Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Albert 0. Louer ~1r. & :\Irs. Frank H. Low ~lr. &Mrs. Andrew G. Lowell .\lr. & \Irs. \X'alter F. Lucas Mr. & Mrs. Eric A. Lundquist ~lr. & Mrs. Albert E. Lussier, Jr. tvlr. & Mrs. Gardner MacDonald Mr. &Mrs. Dual A. Macintyre Mr. Angus MacLeod & Ms. Deborah Troutrnan ~lr. & \Irs. Hugh MacVicar tvlr. &Mrs. Orrin Macy Mr. & Mrs. Thomas L. Macy Mr. &Mrs. Thomas \VJ. Macy,Jr. Ms. Charlotte Maison Ms. Christine Mallia Capt. &Mrs. Thomas C. Maloney Ms. loan H. Manley & ·Ms. Mary Jane Stroup Mr. &Mrs. Willian1 T. Maple Mr. &Mrs. Herbert \VJ. Marache ill Mr. &Mrs. jan1es Markarian Mrs. D11~ght Marshall Mr. &Mrs. julian M. Marshall Mr. Richard S. Marshall Mr. &Mrs. Joseph Ma1tin Mr. &Mrs. lt.'Slie K. Martin Mr. &Mrs. Dennis C. MalVin Mr. John C. Matesich ill Mr. &Mrs. Richard \VJ. Matheson Mr. &Mrs. Bruce P. Mattoon Mr. Christopher MaUl)' SPRING

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MEMBERS Mr. &Mrs. John K. Maus,Jr. Mr. Gary McBoumie & Mr. Robert L. Geary Mr. &Mrs. Thomas]. McCartney Ms. Rita A. McCauley Dr. Katherine Ann McCluskey Mr. Stephen McCluskey & Ms. Kendra Lockley Mr. &Mrs. Donald G. McCouch Mr. &Mrs. Gary L. McCoy Mr. &Mrs. DonaldS. McCreary Mr. &Mrs. Peter McCusker Mr. &Mrs. Morton McDonald Mr. &Mrs. Mark McFadden Mr. &Mrs. Richard]. McGhee Mr. &Mrs. Martin E. McGowan Mr. &Mrs. Benjamin M. McGrath Dr. Gail A. McGuinness Mr. &Mrs. John M. McGuinness Mr. &Mrs. James R Mcintosh Mrs. John B. McKeever Mr. &Mrs. Arnold B. McKinnon Mr. &Mrs. Christopher McLaughlin Mr. &Mrs. John C. McMeekin Mr. &Mrs. John McMillian Mr. &Mrs. Da11d S. McRobie Mr. &Mrs. Glenn Stevens Meader, Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Stephen H. Meadow Mr. &Mrs. William B. Mebane Dr. &Mrs. David Mendelsohn, Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Richardson T Menriman Mr. &Mrs. CarlS. Merritt Mr. &Mrs. Robert Mesaros Mr. &Mrs. John L. Michelsen Mr. &Mrs. Paul]. l\lichetti Mr. &Mrs. B. Jenkins Middleton Dr. Clinton F. Miller & Ms. Adele E. Wick Mr. &Mrs. Dennis F. Miller Drs. E<hvin &Nora Miller Dr. &Mrs. Leon L. Miller Mr. &Mrs. Michael D. Milone Mr.M.J.Mintz Mr. &Mrs. Albert E. Minucci Mr. &Mrs. Donald R Moffett Mr. &Mrs. Charles V. Moore Mr. &Mrs. T. Channing Moore Mr. &Mrs. Timothy J. Moore Mr. &Mrs. Farley Moran Mr. &Mrs. John E. Moran Mr. &Mrs. Bruce Moreton Mr. &Mrs. Paul C. Morris, Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Philip Morris Ms. Anne D. Morrison Mr. &Mrs. Allen S. Morton Mrs. Eva Moss Mr. &Mrs. David Mosso Mr. &Mrs. Joseph F. Mulcahy, Jr. Mr. &Mrs. William H. Mul.here Mr. &Mrs. John W. Mullen Mr. &Mrs. Charles L. Muller Mr. &Mrs. John F. Murphy Mr. Michael W. Murray Mr.JamesM.Murzic Mr. &Mrs. Maclyn H. Musser Mr. &Mrs. Francis Phillip Nash, Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Peter W. Nash II Mr. &Mrs. Alan D. Nathan Dr. &Mrs. Larry Nathanson Mrs. Elisabeth R. Neff Mr. &Mrs. Aryeh Neier Mr. David S. Nelson

Mr. &Mrs. Norman D. Newell Mr. &Mrs. William Newman Mr. &Mrs. Shane D. Nicholls Ms. Gail Nicket~on-Johnson Mr. &Mrs. RichardT. iner Mr. &Mrs. Richard E. Napper Mr. &Mrs. Robert L. Normand Dr. &Mrs. Charles M. Norris,Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Randolph P. Norris Mr. &Mrs. Richard E. Norton Mrs. Robert K. Noyes Mr. &Mrs. Robert W. Noyes Mr. &Mrs. John G. O'Brien Mr. &Mrs. Harold A. O'Callaghan,Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Arthur O'Connell Mr. &Mrs. Michael]. O'Mara Mr. &Mrs. William Obremski Mr. &Mrs. Peter M. Ochsner Mr. &Mrs. Christopher Oddleifson Mr. &Mrs. J. Edward Odegaard Mr. &Mrs. Martin Ogletree Ms. Heather Olsen Mr. &Mrs. Theodore Olson Mr. &Mrs. John Edward Osborn Mr. &Mrs. Rafael Osona Ms. Mary Onaviano Mr. &Mrs.Janles Ozias Mr. James Pacheco Mr. &Mrs. John G. Palache,Jr. Mr. Paul Palenski Dr. &Mrs. E. Prather Palmer Mr. &Mrs. George C. Pappageorge Mr. &Mrs. Richard]. Pardi Mr. &Mrs. Anthony J. Parrotta Dr. &Mrs. Louis S. Parvey Mr. &Mrs. William T. Pastuszak Mr. Geoffrey Paul Mr. &Mrs. George E. Peacock Mr. &Mrs. David Pearson Mr. &Mrs. John Pensell Mr. Stuart Peskoe & Ms. Barbara E. Wolfinger Mr. & Mi~. Nicholas K. Petersen Mr. &Mrs. john G. Petrasch Mrs. Kathe;ine \XI. Petrie Mr. & Mrs. Henry C. Pfaff, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Gerald R. Pfund Mr. &!\Irs. Joseph W. Phelan Mr. &Mrs. Nathaniel Philbrick Mr. &Mrs. HatYey G. Phillips Mr. &Mrs. Wilbur B. Pierson Mr. &Mrs. John A. Pignato Mr. &Mrs. Gary Pilgrim Mr. &Mrs. Lewis A. Plane Mrs. Charles N. Pollak Mr. &Mrs. Donald A. Porter Mr. &!\Irs. William G. Porter Mr. &Mrs. Gordon \Y/. Pran Mr. &Mrs. Wayne E. Pratt Drs. Margaret &Trevor Price Mr. &Mrs ..JeffreyS. Proden Mr. &Mrs. Robert Radin Ms. Miriam W. Coffin Ragsdale Ms. Paulene Raimo Mr. &Mrs. Edmund]. Ramos, Jr. Mr. Robert]. Ramos Mr. &Mrs. Phillip J. Raneri Mr. Gustave R1the,Jr. & Ms. Leslie A. Crowell Mr. &Mrs. John E. Reynolds Mr. &Mrs. Ron Richards Mr. &Mrs. Frederick A. Richmond

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Mr. &Mrs. Fred S. Richrod Mr. &Mrs. V. Bruce Rigdon Dr. &Mrs. Robert V. Riordan Mr. &Mrs. Carlos A. Riva Mr. Robert D. Rivers & Ms. Elizabeth D. Calvit Mr. &Mrs. George Roach Mr. &Mrs. Frederick G. Roberts, Jr. Mr. D. B. Robinson Ms. Janet L. Robinson Mr. &Mrs. Richard G. Robinson Mr. &!\Irs. George R Rochat Mr. &Mrs. Dana F. Rodin Mr. &Mrs. K. Keith Roe Mr. &Mrs. Dirk Gardiner Roggeveen Mr. Malcolm]. Rohrbough & Ms. Sarah Hanley Mr. &Mrs. Kermit Roosevelt, Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Wayne]. Roper Mr. Sanford Rose Mr. &Mrs. Gregory A. Ross Mr. Milton Chandler Rowland Mr. &Mrs. Terence M. Rowse Mr. &Mrs. Le1vis Rubin Mr. Steve Ruggles & Ms. Lisa A. Norling Ms. Binth Rustad Mr. &Mrs. Donald L. Ryder Mr. &Mrs. Leroy F. Ryder Mr. &Mrs. John L. Ryan, Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Robert Sabelhaus Mr. &Mrs. Walter H. Sangree Mr. &Mrs. Thomas]. Santos Mr. &Mrs. Lee \XI. Saperstein Mr. &Mrs. La11~on G. Sargent,] r. Mr. &Mrs. Pat Sanna Mr. &Mrs. William R Sayle Mr. &hvin F. Scheibel,Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Carl \XI. Schmidt Mr. &Mrs. Dennis A. Schmidt Ms. Mary A. Schmidt Dr. &Mrs. Tun Schoettle Dr. &Mrs. Herbert Schreiber Mr. &Mrs. Philippe Schreiber Mr. &Mrs. Franklin M. Schultz Mr. &Mrs. James A. Schultz Mr. Karl H. Schulz & Ms. Donna K. Cooper Mr. John R. Schwanbeck Ms. Penelope Scheerer Mr. Robert A. Schwed Mr. &Mrs. Robert Scott Mr. &Mrs. Richard A. Seaquist Mr. &Mrs. Carl H. Seidel Mr. &Mrs. Paul R. Senecal Mr. &Mrs. Donald B. Shackelford Dr. &Mrs. RobertS. Shapiro Mr. &Mrs. Willian1 G. Shaw ill Mr. &Mrs. Henry B. Sheets,Jr. Mr. &Mrs. William R. Sherman Mr. &Mrs. Russell A. Sibley, Jr. Mr. Jinl H. Siburg Mr. &Mrs. Robert Siebold Dr. Charles H. Sillars Mr. Walter R. Silva Mr. &Mrs. Edward Sin10nian Mr. &Mrs. Leigh A. Simpson Dr. &Mrs.James C. Sisk Dr. &Mrs. John Slavitz Mr. &Mrs. Christopher W. Smiles Mr. &Mrs. Peter K. Smith Mr. &Mrs. Robert B. Smith

Mr. Robert Louis Smith Mr. &Mrs. Snavely Mr. &Mrs. Norbert H. Snobeck Mr. &Mrs. Stephen L. Snow Mr. &Mrs. \XI. Lloyd Snyder Mr. &Mrs. Gray R Sobran Mr. &Mrs. Lars 0. Soderberg

Mr. &Mrs. Peter Solbert Mr. &Mrs. Nicholas E. Somers

Mr. &Mrs. Paul T. Spellman Mr. &Mrs. Alexander]. Spencer Mr. &Mrs. George Hollister Spencer Mr. &Mrs. Francis T. Spriggs Ms. Susan K. Spring Mr. &Mrs. William D. Stamper Mr. Alfred T. Stanley &

Ms. Kathleen A. Guido Dr. &Mrs. Edward G. Stanley-Brown Mr. &Mrs..John C. Steele Mr. C. William Steelman Ms. Caroline B. Stellman Mr. &Mrs. Lawrence L. Stenzel II Mr. &Mrs. Nicholas N. Stephanoff Mr. &Mrs. William B. Stephenson Mr. &Mrs. Bruce H. Stem Mr. &Mrs. Philip C. Stevens Ms. Maureen B. Stier Mr. Peter R. H. Stoberock Ms. Charlone Stone Mr. &Mrs. Eric F. Stone Mr. &Mrs.JonathanP. Stone Mrs. Dale G. Stoodley Capt. &Mrs. Nicholas Stramandi Mr. &Mrs. John B. Strasenburgh Ms. Janet A. Strickland Mr. &Mrs. Daniel Sudarsky Mr. &Mrs. James Sullivan Ms. Joanne Sullivan Mr. &Mrs. John Sussek Mr. &Mrs. Daniel P. Sutherland Mr. &Mrs. David Swain Mr. Frank Swain & Ms. Sally Wallace Mr. &Mrs. Nason S. Swain Mr. &Mrs. Wilmer C. Swarrley Mrs. Elizabeth C. Sylvia Dr. &Mrs. John]. Sziklas Mr. &Mrs. Robert W. Sziklas Mr. Mason M. Taber, Jr. & Ms. Cynthia Keating Mr. &Mrs. RobertTallman,Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Charles \YJ. Tardanico Mr. Davis T. Taunton, .Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Bruce M. Taylor Mr. &Mrs. James]. Taylor Mr. &Mrs. R. Chapman Taylor ill Mr. &Mrs. Robert L. Taylor Mr. &Mrs. Charles G. Thebaud Mr. &Mrs. GeorgeM. Thom,Jr. Mr. &Mrs. John W. Thoman Mr. &Mrs. George Thompson ill Mr. &Mrs. Harris Thompson Mr. &Mrs. Thome1vill Mr. &Mrs. Mark C. Tobin Dr. &Mrs. W. Duane Todd Mr. &Mrs. Robert A. Toledo Mr. &Mrs. Richard Tolsdorf 1\ilr. Edward S. Toole & Ms. Rachel C. Hobart Mr. &Mrs. Charles E. Toombs 1\lr. &Mrs. James 0. Treyz Mr. &Mrs.John H. Troy II

Mr. &Mrs. John P. Turrentine Ms. Michele Tusinac Mr. &Mrs. Gray Tutcle Mr. &Mrs. Frederick W Ulmer Drs.John &Mary Valentis Mr. &Mrs. Fran cis W. Van Arsdale Mr. &Mrs. Donald W. Van Dyke Mr. &Mrs.John F. Van Lieu Mr. &Mrs. Peter Van Pelt Mr. &Mrs. Charles W. Veysey Mr.John R. Wagley Ms. Judith E. Wagner Mr. &Mrs. RobertS. \YJalin Mr. &Mrs. \YJ. Wyart Walker,Jr. Ms. Suzanne M. Walton Mr. &Mrs. Richard B. Wantz Ms. Karen Ward Mr. &Mrs. TomS. \YJard,Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Robert S. Wareham Mr. &Mrs. Leon]. Warms Mr. &Mrs. John E. Warner Mr. &Mrs. Stephen C. Wasley Mr. &Mrs. Stephen Waterhouse Mrs. Livingston D. Watrous Mr. &Mrs ..John L. Watson ill Ms. Katherine Watts Mr. &Mrs. Fred C. Weber Dr. &Mrs. John G. Webster Mr. &Mrs. Willian1 S. Webster Mr. &Mrs. John W. Weeks Mr. Richard Weening Ms. Robin Woodard Mr. &Mrs. Robert E. \YJehmueller Mr. Jack Weinhold Mr. &Mrs. Stephen D. Weinroth Mr. &Mrs. Thomas Weinstock Mr. Stephen J. Welch Ms. Ann A. \YJelfeld Mr. &Mrs. FrankS. Welsh Mr. &Mrs. Robert S. Westbrook Mr. Peter Wester Mr. &Mrs. Lawrence Wetzel Mr. &Mrs. William S. Wheeler Mr. &Mrs. Harold \YJhelden Mr. &Mrs. Larry \YJhelden Mr. &Mrs. Wayne K. \YJhippen Mr. &Mrs. Davison D. White Mr. &Mrs. Richard B. White Mr. &Mrs. William A. White Mr. &Mrs. Walter D. Wick Ms. Janice Coffin Wiesen Ms. Margaret D. Wiley Mr. &Mrs. William Lee Wiley Mr. &Mrs. William Wilkinson Mr. &Mrs. Andrew M. Willauer Mr. &Mrs.JamesR. Williams Mr. &Mrs. Warren E. Wills Mr. &Mrs. David H. Wilson Mr..Jon Louis Wilson Mr. &Mrs. Peter Wilson Ms. Stephanie Edens Wilson Mr. &Mrs. Robert B. Winebrenner Mr. &Mrs. Eugene A. \YJinger,Jr. Mr. Ronald W. Winters Mr. &Mrs. William F. Wiseman Mr. &Mrs. William H. Win Mr. John G. Wofford Mr. &Mrs. Paul A. Wolf,Jr. Mr. &Mrs.James W. \YJolitarsky Ms. Mary Swain Wood Mr. &Mrs. Robert B. Wood SPR I NG

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Ms. Alice Graves Dejonge Ms. Antoinene Denisof Mr. Burton N. Derick Mr. David Huyler Dexter Mr. Stephen W. DeYoung Mr. Paul J. Dobrowolski Mr. Donald A. Dohrman Ms. Jeanne M. Dooley Ms. Elizabeth G. Dom Mr. Christopher D. Dougherty Ms. Mary V. Drew Mrs. Mary M. Duffin Ms. Susan Dulfy Mrs. Lois L. Dugdale Ms. Audrey M. Dumper Ms. Deborah Newhouse Dunham Ms. Ethel Dunham Mrs. Katherine Dunham Mts. Courtenay Dunk Mr. G. Kenneth Duprey i\llrs. Michael F. Eagan Mts. Clara E. Eberhard Mr. William H. Eckert, Jr. Ms. Sharon L. Edge Mrs. James L. Elder Mr. Douglas R. Ellsworth Ms. Vivian P. Elvidge Mts. Benjamin C. Evans,Jr. Ms. Parry Walton Fast Mrs.JohnJ. Fee Mts. Doris Fellennan Mr. Michael Fickes Dr. J. E. Fields Mts. Eleanor B. Fisher Dr. John B. Fitzgerald Ms. Tracie Fitzgerald Mrs. Jean M. Aeming Mts. atalie J. Aetcher Ms. Catherine Aynn Mr. Harry P. Folger ill Mts. Wallace M. Folger,Jr. Ms. jean G. Fordyce Mr. William F. Fordyce Mrs. Wilson P. Foss Mr. Mark L. Foster Mr. Donald G. Fox Mrs. Ingrid A.M. Francis Ms. Judith Frank Mrs. Dorothy S. Fredland Mr. Emory B. Freeman Mrs. Virginia Friberg Ms. Alice T. Friedman Mr. Jack Fritsch Mr. Brian R Gallagher Mr. Tunothy M. Gallagher Ms. Frances C. Galloway Mrs. Anne Coffin Gardner Mr. John A. Gardner Mr. Thomas Gardner Mrs. James W. Garnett Mrs. George C. Gianakos Mrs. Oscar \YJ. Giese Ms. Karen K. Gifford Ms. Jennifer Gilbert Mr. Donald \YJ. Giles Mr. Kenneth E. Giles Ms. Julie A. Giordano Ms. Mary Anne Giuseppe Mrs. Edward K. Gleason Mts. Mary E. Glowacki Mrs. Pauline Godfrey

Mr. Eric Raphael Goldlarb Ms. Sybil G. Goldsmith Ms. Rose M. Gonnella Mrs. Donald L. Good Mr. Michael A. Goode Mrs. Grace E. Goodrich Mr. Peter Gow Ms. Nicole C. Graham Mr. Jeffrey Joel Grandahl Mrs. Alice J. Grant Mr. Robert . Grant Ms. Lindsay Gn:en Mrs. Thurston Greene Mr. Peter J. Greenhalgh Mr. Harold F. Greiner Mrs. Barbara P. Grey Mrs. Paul D. Griffin Mrs. Susan C. Griffith Mrs. \X'alkcr Groetzinger Mrs. Bradley Grubbs 1\ir. A. Peter Guarino 1-lrs. Sherri B. Guggenheim Ms. Alice Loomis Guiher />.1s. Mary B. Gulick )11rs. Glamling Hadley Ms. Austene \YJ. llall Mr. Gregory A. Hall Ms. orma E. llall Mrs. Harry .Hammond Ms. Karen T. ILunmond Mrs. Chark'S Lea Hancock Ms. Ann \1. I!Jnson Mrs. Mary I. llardy Mr. Robert Harper Dr. Margaret Harrington Mr. AndrewS. llarris Mrs. Marjorie I.lacy !Iattin />.1s. llelcne Hal'crs Dr. Da11d S. !Ia}) Ms. usan Eaton Heard Mr. Thomas F. lleffcman Mr. John M. Hl>ggem Mrs. George Hendricks Ms. Grace Coffin llcnry Ms. Ruth V. Herbert lr. lohn A. Herndon Mrs: Henry G. llerzing Ms. Stacey F. llcrzing Mrs. Jay llesselgmve Dr. William II. !Iiggins, Jr. Ms. Rita Beecher llill Ms. Grace P. llilliard Mrs. Thelma I. llinshaw Ms. Ann I linton Mrs. Marjorie E. Ilock Mrs. John C. Hodges Mr. Richard L. Ilogan Mrs. Carl E. llolch Mr. Eric Holch Mr. Kenneth \Y!. Holdgate,Jr. Mr. Charles F. llollander Mrs. Katherine E. l lollifield Mr. John H. Ilolly Mr. Michael \YJ. Holt Mrs. George A. Hood Mrs. \YJilliam P. llourihan Ms. Lucinda II ughes Mrs. Park \YJ. lluntington Mr. Patrick F. llussey Mr. john G. \YJ. Husted, Jr. Mr. Roland G. Huyser

Mr. Tom !ampietro Ms. Lynn R Jackson Mr. Valdemar F. Jacobsen Mr. Da11d L. James Mr. \X'illiam Jamicwn Mrs. Arthur r.Jarnison Ms. Page \X'roth Jamison 1-lrs. Robert C. Jay ,\Is. Pamela G.Jdleme Ms. Charlotte D. Jensen ,\Is. Suzanne Jensc'll Mrs. Douglas \X'. Johnson Mr. John G.Johnson ~lr. Joseph Johnson ,\Is..\lary \\'.Johnson ,\lr. Robert johnson ,\Is. Sus,m Connors Johnson Mr llcrtrand !.Johnston ~Is Janet B. Joy ,\Is ..\lal)!arct !~ Ka\'anaugh Mrs. \X'illiam Keightley ,\Irs Doris [ Kenyon ,\lr. L. :\iles hl'llyon ,\lr. Ed\\'ard Kern \Irs. !:11 aid Kerstl'll ,\ls.lanis C. Ketterer ,\Irs: iudith Ketterer ,\lr. lames ,\I. Killen ,\lr.) Ru,dl Kin~ \Is. Su"m Kinney Mrs. l1i7.abcth Kinsaul \Is. Rita Ddafidd Kip ,\lr. ,\ndrew D. Kotchcn ,\Is. :\,mcy Kurl ,\lr.iohn E. Lacouture ~Irs. [l'erctt Lamb I.Irs. JaneT. Lamb \Is \lichellc Lamb ,\Irs Sarah Folger Lunott ,\Is Carol \1. Lane ,\Irs. Doris Barlo\1' Lanigan :\lrs.llo\\'ardJ Laundry ,\lr. Robert Ed\\'ard Le-ach 1\lr. \X\nn L !A.'t: l-Is A~n Bulman Lehan \1 r Robert L Leigh l-Is. ,\lel'l.'tiith L. Lempke Mr. \'i'altcr E. Lcnk,Jr. Mr. A. Barron Lc11is \Is. L..,th Lipton \Is. Audl'l.·v S. Lockard Ms. Susan .Lister Locke 1\k Anne Longk·y Ms. lancv J. Looney 1-lr. Alhcn llcllarny Lovering \Is llcttv Lo\\'rv Mr. Iack Lucks 1-lrs: Ann Fril'llrich Lundberg Mrs. Katherine M. Lynch Mr. Stephen P. t.lack Mrs.iohn Macrae Ms. Ruth S. MacRae Ms. !A."t:Macy Ms. Janct L. Macy Col. Owen Y. Macy Mr. Robert Oayton Macy 1-lr. Thomas \YJ. Macy l-Is. Di,me L. Maddison Dr. Charlotte E. Maguire Mrs. Edwin B. Mahoney Ms. Mary Mala1•ase SPRING

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MEMBERS Mr. Ronald G. Malenbaum Ms. Catherine Theresa Maloney Mrs. E. McElroy Maloney Mr.John Mansfield Mrs. Lia K. Marks Ms. Mary Martin Ms. Michele Martin Mrs. Nell W. Martin Mrs. Virginia E. Martin Ms. Bethny H. Mason Ms. Ann Barnes Maury Mr.John F. Maury Mrs. Michelle B. Maury Ms. Bridget McCarthy Mrs. E. D. McCraw Ms. Helen M. McDonald Mrs. Philip C. McLaughlin Mr. athan B. McMullen Ms. Edith W. McNair Ms. Barbara Melendy Mrs. Adolph J Merkt Ms. Mary Merton Mr. Charles Avery Meyer, Jr. Ms. Mary R. Miles Ms. Alexis Anne Miller Ms. Barbara A. Miller Ms. Mary Franees Miller Mr. Bruce Hal Miner Mr. Richard F. Mitchell Mr. Samuel \X'. Mitchell Mrs. David A. MittcU Mr. Earl B. Mix, Jr. Ms. Elizabeth M. Moore Mr. Lee Morgan Ms. Eleanor J. Morrison Mr. Fritz Motschman Mrs. Anne T. Mollllt Ms. Dorothy H. Mulvey Mrs. Alfred E. Munier Mrs. John Murkland Mr. Paul G. Murphy Ms. Jearme Murray 1\ls. Kathleen Sue Mrers Ms. Barbara]. Nath~ Mrs. Faith E. NeweU Ms. Ruth Noble Mr. William i\1. Northrop Mr. David Thomas O'Brien Ms. Marion M. O'Grady Mr. John A. O'Malley Mrs. Bertha O'Neil Mr. Arthur L. Olderich, .Jr. Mrs. Norman Olsen, Jr. Mrs. Roger Grove Olson Mr. Alfred .Orpin Ms. Grace Joyce Page Ms. Manha Palmer Ms. Carol L. Parsons Ms. Joyce S. Pendery Mrs. Mary Louise Penrose Mr. James A. Perelman Mrs. Myer Perelman Mr. Jeffrey M. Perk Mr. Robert Perlman Ms. Anne C. Peters Ms. Annette W. Peterson Mrs. Sabra Peterson Mrs. Russell E. Pe-.•erly Mr. Henry W. Pfeiffer

Ms. Louisa Pfeiffer Ms. Kathrin Phelan Ms. Beverly Phillips Mrs. Elizabeth Hood Phillips Mrs. Susan S. Phillips Mr. Richard J Pike,J r. Mr. Paul M. Pinkham Ms. Jamie S. Plant 1\lr. Terry Pommett Ms. Sarah Manvel Porter Mrs.J:met P. G. Porterfield Ms. Peyson W. Potter Ms. Carol Coggins PoweU Mrs. Willian1 L. Powell Mr. Philander Hamvell Rainey Mrs. Jane W. Ransom Mrs. Richard L. Ray Mr. John M. Raymond Mrs. Ruth Folger Re-Jvey Mrs. Denis G. Regan Ms. Diana R Regan Ms. Jean Reiland Mr. John A. Reindel Mr. AUen B. Reinhard Mrs. Charles R. Rickards Mrs. Winnifrcd K. Rickes Mrs. Patricia V. Robinson Ms. llelen Rockwell 1\ls. Patricia H. Rodgers Ms.Marv Frances Roethel Ms. Dio~is Marijke Roggeveen Mrs. John A. Romankie-.\1cz Ms. Susan M. Rosser Ms. Elisabeth C. Roxby Ms. Louise M. Rucker Ms. Mary L. Ruley Mrs. P. Timothy Russell Mrs. Shirley L. Russell Mr. John C. Sammis Mrs.John.J. Saunders 1\ls. Sally B. Sawyer Ms. Madel)11 f'rancis SamneU Mr. John D. Schaperkotter Ms. Margaret B. Schram Ms. Dorinda Dodge Schreiber Ms. Melissa Schwab 1\lrs. Betty Macy Sch,,1er Mr. Da,1d Sharpe Mrs. Pattie Shaw Ms. Kathryn K. Sheehan Mrs. Elizabeth E. Sheppard Ms. Beverly Swain Sherman Ms. Whitney Shenmm Ms. Mary l\1. Shumaker Ms. Bobbie]. Sick Mrs. Earle M. Sigler Mr.l1win Silver Mr. Stephen R. Silver Ms. Laura Simon Ms. Sus:m Simon Mrs. Ewlice Sjolund Ms ..hme L. Skinner Mrs. William A. Slade Mr. \XIilliam Le\vis Slover, Jr. Dr. Richard Slusarczyk Mrs. Amold R. Small Mr. Clifford E. Smith, Jr. Mr. H. Brooks Smith Mrs. Uene N. Smith

Ms. Janet Riley Smith Ms. Mildred L. Smith Mr. Robert D. Smith Ms. Sandra F. Smith Mrs. William E. P. Smith Mrs. Meredith Snedigar Ms. Sheri L. Snively Mr.James L. Socks Mrs. Frank C. Soule Ms. Patricia M. Spear Ms. Sheila Spezzano Mrs. Caryl Spivak Mrs. Jareaseh E. St. Jean Mrs. John Stahler Mr. Harry L. Starbuck Ms. Katherine Starbuck Mr. Raymond B. Starbuck Mr. Stephen C. Starbuck 1\ls. Carolyn Stark Dr. Jean K. Stevenson Mrs. Shirley .J. Stojak 1\lr. Jon A. Stroup Mr. Joseph M. Stupar,Jr. Mr. Robert Sturges Mrs. Melinda]. Sutherin Mrs. Samuel Reid Sutphin Mrs. George Sutton Mr. Carl E. Swain Mr. Henry G. Swain Ms. Minna E. Swain Mr. Frederick R Swan Mrs. Agnes Worth Syh~a Ms. Barbara T. Szabo Mrs. Charlotte Sziklas Mr. Richard S. Szymczak Ms. Mildred Taylor Ms. Susan C. Terry Mrs. Paul H. Thomas Mrs. Carol D. Thornton Ms. Elizabeth Thornton Ms. Jane Tiger Mrs. Sheila Folger Todd Ms. Elizabeth K. Tolton Ms. J:me Elizabeth Tolton Mrs. lnlion F. Trainor Mrs. Margaret H. Trapnell Ms. Bronwyn 1. Troska Mrs. Kathleen A. Tucker Mrs. William II. Tuttle Ms. Nancy E. Tyrer Ms. Marika S. Ujvari Mrs. Robert \YJ. Van Gundy Mr. Walton Van Winkle ill Mrs. Pamela). Vana-Paxhia Mrs. Virginia L. Vanzandt Mr. Paul E. Vardeman Mrs. Invin Villani 1\lrs. Gay G. Vogt Ms. Eugenie II. Voorhees Ms.Janer Wagner Mr. Scott H. Waldie Mr. Timothy J. Walker Ms. Sandy Wallace Ms. \'(/endy L. Wallace Ms.JaneCorliss \XIalton Mr. Donald Warrin Mr. Charles L. Washburne Mrs. J. Brooks Watt Ms. Melinda Swain Way

1\lr. DanielS. Wayland

Mr. Michael Wayland Mr. Patrick S. Wayland Mr. William Welch Ms. Suky Werman Mrs. Nicolette Wernick Mr. Mac Whacley Mrs. DonaldS. White Dr. Stephen M. White Mr. StuartS. White Mr.John P. Wickser Ms. Carole \XI. Wilkinson Mr. Howard L. Wilkinson Ms. Natasha Willauer Mr. Paul E. Willer Mr. Charles} Willian1s Mrs. Dorothea J Williams Mrs. Eric J Williams Mrs. Paula K. Williams Mr. Philip A. Williams Ill Ms. Marguerite C. Wills Mrs. Forrest C. Wilson Dr. Joy Terese Wilson Ms. Maureen Wilson Mr. Peter Wilson Mrs. Shirley K. Wittpenn Mr. Hilliard 0. Wood Mr. Grant C. Woodard Mrs. J. Eliot Woodbridge Ms. Mal)' H. Woodrum Mr. Walter H. Woods, Jr. Mr. James E. Worth Ms. Grace E. Yenni Ms. Lucinda E. Young Mrs. Paula Blackmur Yollllg Lt. Col. James W. Youngberg Ms. Mary Zappas Mrs. Henry Zapruder Ms. Lauren J. Zonderrnan

Institutional Members AUen Collllry Public Library American Antiquarian Sociery Cornell Universiry Library Daughters of the American Re\·olution Library Historic Genealogical Society Library of Boston Athenaeum Magill Library Massachusetts State Library Museum of Afro American History Ne-.v York State Library Ne-.vberry Library Public Archaeology Laboratory, Inc. Public Library of Cincinnati State Historical Sociery of Wisconsin University of Massachusetts Library

Business Leaders ($1,000) Cape Air/Nantucket Airlines Congdon & Coleman Insurance Congdon & Coleman Real Estate Denby Real Estate Don AUen Auto Service, Inc. The Gallery at Four lndia Island Properties Killen Real Estate Lucille Jordan Associates

Maury People McAuley Electric Mitchell's &ok Comer Nantucket Bank Nantucket Moorings Pacific National, ADi,ision of BankBoston Roberts House Toscana Corporation Trianon/Seaman Schepps The Wauwinet

Business Sponsors ($500) Botticelli & Pohl, P.C. Dowling & O'Neil Insurance Agency Harbor Fuel Oil Corporation Jared Coffin House Madaket Marine Melissa Philbrick, P.C. Nantucket House Antiques & Interior Design Studio, Inc. Nantucket Pharmacy Yollllg's Bicycle Shop

Business Partners ($250) Angelastro Re-dl Estate The Beachside at Nantucket Barry Thurston's Fishing Equipment Robert Boyle & Associates Cashmere antucket, Inc. Cliffside Beach Club Design Associates, Inc. Eighteen Gardner Street lnn Fahey & Fromagetie Patricia A. Halsted, Attorney at Law Hepburn, Ltd. Hill's of Nantucket Hutch's Inquirer and Mirror Johnsen Computer Services K.i\viJohns Le Cherche-Midi Lindsay, Inc. Nanrucket Golf Club Nantucket Landfall Nantucket Magazine Nantucket Real Estate Company Nantucket Vineyard On-Cape Lithographers Royal CoUey Associates Real Estate S.]. Patten Je-.velers Sandcascle Construction, Inc. Sankary Head Golf Club Sarah F. Alger, P.C. Seven Sea Street Inn Sherburne Inn Sweet Inspirations Sylvia Antiques I Four Winds Craft Guild The Tile Room Vis-A-Vis Chip Webster & Associates Carol A. Witt, Attorney at Law Zero Main

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L I F E Mrs. Emery E. Allain Mr. Roben \YJ. Allen Mr. & Mrs. Louis B. Ames Mr. &Mrs. Roben S. Ames

Mr. &Mrs. William M. Arney Mrs. Carolyn Pesnell Amory Mr. &Mrs. Joel Anapol Mr. &Mrs. 'lbomas]. Anathan Rev. Edward B. Anderson Mr. Michael C. Anderson Mrs. James Clinton Andrews Mr. &Mrs. \XI. Seymour Archibald, Jr. lvlrs. George Arnold, Jr. Mrs. Harold Arnold Mrs. Loaine C. Arnold Mr. Edmund D. Ashley Mr. &Mrs. Richard C. Austin Mrs. Phillips G. Avery Mr. &Mrs.J. Robert Aydelotte Mr. James E. Aydelotte Mr. Ke~w R Aydelotte Mr. Michael Bachman Mr. \XIillian1 Bachman Mr. &Mrs. Kenneth Baird Dr. Clifford C. Baker Mr. Walter D. Bannard Mr. Clifford E. Barbour, Jr. Mr. James Hunt Barker Mr. & Mrs. Fmnklin Barnett Mr. Bruce B. Bates Mr. &Mrs. Nonnan F. Beach Mr. &Mrs. C. Marshall Beale Mr. &fvlrs. Robert Beilman Mrs. Mary Anne Beinecke Mr. &Mrs. Walter Beinecke,Jr. Mr. Walter Beinecke Ill Mr. &Mrs. Dl1~ght E. Beman Mrs. A. L. Benjamin

"Nantucket has had a ringside seat for so many of the major developments in American history. It's fascinating."

Mr. &~Irs. Paul A. BennetT Mr. Robert A. Bennett Dr. & Mrs. George Berilheimer Dr.JamesS. Bernstein Mr. & Mrs. Max N. Berry Mr. & Mrs. H. Gemrd Bissinger fl Mr. & lvlrs. Kenneth Blackshaw Ms. Gale R Blosser Mr. & Mrs. Robert II. Bolling, Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Douglass Bomeisler Mrs. James C. H. Bonbright Mr. &Mrs. Da,;d B. Borie Ms. Edith S. Bouriez Mr. &Mrs. Edwin C. Breeding Mr. Benjamin Brennan Mr. &Mrs. Bernard J. Brennan IV Mr. Bernard). Brennan V Ms. Elfriede E. Brennan Ms. Kasam M. Brennan Mr. &Mrs. Gregg C. Brewer Mr. & Mrs. Gilles A. Bridier Mr. Folger Brink Mr. Atherton Bristol Mr. & Mrs. Alben G. Brock Mr. John Brock Mr. A. C. Brodie Mrs. Evelyn E. Bromely Mrs. Alita Brooks Mr. Alan Brown Mr. & Mrs. Colin H. Brown Mr. & Mrs. Stillman Bro1111 Ms. Virginia Bro1111 Mr. &Mrs. Buder Bro1111eU Mr. & Mrs. John r. Buckley Mrs. Eldee Buhite Ms.lvtiriam H. Bunker Mr. Paul West Bunker Mrs. Gilbert Burchell Mr. &Mrs. William F. Burdick, Jr. Mr. Clair E. Buder Mr. Charles C. Butt Ms. Elisabeth Ray Calene Mr. & Mrs. Paul A. Callahan Mr. & Mrs. Warren M. Cannon Mr. Henry C. Carlisle, Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Miles G. Carlisle Mrs. J. Neale Cannan Mr. & Mrs. Charles II. Carpenter, Jr.

MEMBERS

Mrs. William H. Cassebaum Mr. John C. Chadbourne Mr. Hot~·ard B. Chad11;ck, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Cha~pion Mr. & Mrs. Roy D. Chapin, Jr. />Irs. JohnS. Chapman Ms. Barbam Ann Charder Mrs. Fred L. Chase Helen Winslow Chase Ms. Nancv A. Chase Dr. Richa;d A. Chase Mrs. \X'illiam S. Christopher Mrs. Robert Chuckrow Capt. II. R. Church Mrs. Patricia Mao;on Claflin Mr. Gerald E. Clare Mrs. Roben B. Clark Mrs. Roben \X'. Clark lvlr. 'lbomas I. Clark Mrs. norene~ Clifford ~lr.Jamcs I. Coddington, Jr. Mr. & .\Irs. Dexter D. Coffin, Jr. Mr. Kenneth P. Coffin .\lr. & ,\Irs. Richard l. Coffin Mr & ,\Irs. Roben Parker C..offin Mr. Winthrop B. C.offin Mr. & ~Irs. lcfffel . Coht'11 Ms. Marr ~n u;lc ~h llenrv B. Cobnan 11-lr. G. Cn;11.ford Colket 11-lr. Michael \X'. Conger Mr. Philip G. Connell, Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Frt'tleric \\'.Cook .\lr Olim Coolidge Mr. & ,\Irs. \\'illiam B. Coolidge Mr. Bruce Courson ~Irs. Joseph M. Cowan Mr. 1. St.mler Co111c Mr.'& lvlrs. Lrl~ ~1. Cmig,Jr. Mr. James B. Crecca Mr. Howard R Crocker ~lr. [l'erctt U. Cm.bv II 11-lr. !}.mid G. Crozte~ Mr. &Mrs. Da,;d E. Cunningham Mrs. Anita Coffin D.tmmin Dr. iohn Tristram C. D.tmmin Mr.· & Mrs. Joseph \\' Damskcr Mr. & i\lrs. Charles T. Danid, Sr. Mr. & Mrs. D. Weston Darbv, Jr. i\lr. & Mrs. Jerry Daub .· lvlr. Edward L. Da1;s Mr. Daniel C. de ML'flocal Mrs. Barham 0. de Ztlduondo Mrs. Abbott L. Deroo Mr. Kenneth \X'. Douglas,Jr Mr. & Mrs. Roben 1. Dowd Mr. & Mrs. Leonard P. Drabkm Mr. & Mrs. Daniel W. Dmke

Ms. Trudy Duwdin .\lr Lm'fl1lcc P. Dunham \lr Richard Earle ,\lr & .\Irs. Robert Lbcrt 1\lr. & ,\Irs. Albert 1'. [g;m,Jr. .\lr & ,\I~ Ra1· B. 4er Dr. & .\I~. John Ta1lor Ellis ,\lr & ,\lrs.'Charb.Augustus Lmst.Jr. \lr. Roger I:rnst \lr. \X'illiam C. l.ulcr & ,\lr. Andrt'\1' ();u,., .\Is Roxmar~lll.rans :\lr. & .\Irs. Dmd [wmg

.\Irs. Lows l."ter .\Is. \la~ha l'adcr \I~. I k'flfiD. I airlic .\lr & ,\Irs. Thom;~> J. Farrdl.lr ,\lr. & ,\Irs. r\. R. b;uh · .\lr & ,\Irs (; R.l'.tuth \lr & \Irs. I k'flfl' \\'. I'L"C. Ir \lr Shcnn.ml. Iem .\lr & \Irs. '-tu;lrt P l'dd tl-lr & \lrs.l.nc \. l·crgu><lll \lr & .\Irs \brtnlD.IIk.\h :\om1an (, I igun:. .\lr Dougb R Iimll~· ,\lr & .\Irs llolr,trd lmnL~ Ill \lr la1 ltmll~ \lr ·J,;hn R.l inn<\' \lr ·P,tul \II innL~· .\Is. ~U>;Ul ftnnL'V \lr Chark" \X'. II,her .\ lr \t>mlaJll. Ihrdennan .\lr (;Lw~e !..!leming \lr Akin (;. tolgcr .\lr BenJamin I', Folger.) r. \lr Peter .\I. I <>I •er .\lr Peter l'o4:cr \lr Peter I olger \lr & \I~. Ri,h,lrds I ol~er \lr & \h S.unud R. I'olger \lr. \X alter\\ '"ton l'olgcr \Irs. ( . I:X>ugla" I'onda.lr. \lr \l.trk Ft>rtenl>crfl' . .\lr & .\Irs. (;,wee Allc·n l'owlk, Dr..\larsden h>X. .\lr. Lhrt'fl J l'r.mk \lr & .\Irs. l.rnL"St II. I'rank \k \ml<mtb,, I'rank \k \mdnd l'r.mk .\lr.llam,on (' l'rt"Cman. lr ,\k I i!lna lanL' l'ult!lll . ,\Irs. GltllirL'V I~ I ulwn lvlr. & .\Irs. Charll's 1. (;,lrdntl .\I~. Edward T G.t;dner, Jr. \Irs. I red G,trdntr . .\lr. ~aJlllor A ( ;arfinkle ,\lr. & \Irs. Rtlhard .J, (;,trrctt

"We are continuing a tradition of helping the NHA because we appreciate all that they do."

.\I~. Gremillc Gar;ide

.\1r. &.\Irs. Carl Gl'll;rz .\lr. & .\Irs. John R. Gibb ,\lr. lboma~ \X'. Gibb ,\lr. & .\Irs. GL'Orge B. Gibbons, Jr. .\Irs. I k-nrr Gibbs ( DR & \Irs. \Iaurice E. Gibbs ,\Irs. C. Llizahcth Gibson .\Irs. Sll'<ln II. Gibson ,\lr. & ,\Irs John Gilbert \Is. Ros.tlic ·o. Girard .\lr. · .\h .l•tmes Glidden ,\lr. &.\Irs. Richard Glidden .\Irs. Ch,trb Goetz I TC & \Irs. Da1;d II. Good11i!lie Mrs. Don.dd R. Gordon Mr. &.\Irs. GL'Ofgc Gordon ,\lr. & ,\1~. 'lbomas II. Gosnell \Irs. Colin Gra1 .\Irs. 'lbe"Jorc.GrL'I.'flcbaum Dr. & ,\Irs. B.llerold Griffith .\I, Tnst;m Griffith \Irs. Bcm;trd D. Grossman Dr [mill'. Cuba Mr. & .\Irs Peter Gulbrandsen ~lr. & ,\I~ Elliott \Y!. Gumaer, Jr. ,\\r. & .\I~ Gordon Gund ~lr. & ,\\~. 'lbLt>dore B. Gurley .\lr. \\'illi,ml H. Gumly,Jr. ~lr. \\'ilbm \' lladdon ,\\r. Chark., D. Ihtdcn .\k&wrlrlbll ,\lr. Ilion ~.1 !.ill. lr. ,\lr. hlwm .\1. I !JU ,\\~.lanL· \\'.1 hunmond ,\\r. &,\h Charks B. Hanan ,\I~ I:XmaiJ R.llardenbrook .\lr. & ,\h R.dph L.llarJy ,\ b RL')!inaiJ I h~>kcll .\lr & ,\I~. lanK'S \X'. Hawes ,\lr. & ,\Irs.. llamilton I Ieard. Jr. ,\lr. lack L. Helms .\Irs. Rt>ger S. Henry ,\Is. Julie llenslcr .\lr.\\'illi.ml P.llerben ,\lr. & \I~ .• tL'\en K. llerlitz ,\lr.J.unD L.llicrs,Jr. ,\lr. & \I~. G. S.llill Dr. & \Irs. Rich;trd C. llillger ,\lr. Richard 1\l.llinchman ,\lr. \\'uuhrop D.lloJges,Jr. ,\Is. Ellm Dornt lloftlcit ,\ lr, & \Irs. Ctrl G. I logan .\I~. ( hnstophcr S. Holland ,\lr. \\ ame I' llolmes ,\Irs lames L !looper. Jr. ,\I~. ·john C. llosmcr ,\lr ~. :\L'\rbury llorde \lr. & ,\Irs. L."On;trd lloward \lr. & \Irs. Gt"Orge llughes \lr. & .\Irs. Robert K.llumphrey ,\Irs. Dadd lluntington \lr. & Mrs. lames B. Iturlock Ctpt. & .\!~. \X'illiam B. Hussey \lr. & .\Irs. l•tllll'S M.llutton ll1 Mr. \X'illian; C. !Iutton Mr. 0. Edward llyde \lr. & ~Irs. Richard ll.lllingworth

Life Members WILLIAM and PHYLLIS MACOMBER; Phyllis is a former vice-president and trustee and William is a Cl/rrent advisor to the association. IIISTORJ C

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L I F E Mr. Robert D. Jay

Mrs. Betty B. Jenney Dr. G. 0. F. Jensen Ms. Barbara Johnson Mr. &Mrs.]. Seward Johnson, Jr. Mrs. Sally R. Johnson Dr. &Mrs. Donald R.Johnsron Mr. &Mrs. H. Frederick Johnston Mrs. Dm~d Jones Mrs. George \XI. Jones Mr. &Mrs. Michael). Kane Mrs. Sara M. Worth Kassman Mr. &Mrs. Frederick Kauders Mrs. John F. Keiser Mr. &Mrs. William Keller Mrs. Margaret P. Kelley Mr. Daniel F. Kelliher, Jr. Mr. Thomas B. Kellogg Mr. John L. Kemmerer Mrs. Marron Kendrick Mr. Alfred V. Kidder Mrs. Sidney H. Killen Mr. Bryan F. King Ms. Edith E. King Ms. Janet F. King Mrs. Marriot F. King Mr. &Mrs. John H. Kitchen.Jr. Ms. Agathe Kongshoj Mr. Louis C. Krauthoff Mrs. Michael 0. Lamb Mr. &Mrs. James W. Lamberton Mr. &Mrs. Peter W. Lamberton Mr. &Mrs. Stephen B. Land Mr. Christopher Larsen Mr. Robert]. Leach Mr. L. Randolph Lee Mrs. Lawrence R. Lee Mr. Thomas V. Lefevre Rev. &Mrs. Paul E. Leighton Mrs. James Leon Mr. Morgan J. Levine Mr. Reginald Levine Mr. Albert M. l.e\,1s Mr. &Mrs. Brock Le111s Mr. Howard L. Le111s Mr. Thomas H. Le111s,jr. Dr. &Mrs. Byron S. Lingeman Drs. John &Elizabeth Litcle Mrs. Edward W.l.ombard Mr. Dermis J Looney Ms. Linda Loring Mr. &Mrs. Thomas B. Loring Mr. Donald K. Lourie Mrs. Frank W. Lovejoy Ms. Kate M. Lovett Mrs. David A. Lussier Mr. &Mt~. Edward C. Mabbs Mrs. Earle R. MacAusland Mr. Daniel H. Macey Mrs. Manuel Machado Mr. Nom1an E. Mack 11 Mr. &Mrs. Richard MacKay Mr. &Mrs. Geoffrey C. MacLay Mr. &Mrs. William Q. MacLean Mr. &Mrs. George \'1/. MacLellan Mrs. Florence D. Macomber Mr. &Mrs. William B. Macomber Mr. Bill C. Macy Mr. Charles T. Macy Mrs. Elwood Macy Mrs.]. Noel Macy Mr. James B. Macy,Jr. HISTORIC

Mrs. John C. Macy Mr. Richard Macy,Jr. Mr. Thomas 0. Macy Mr. Paul Madden Mr. Gerald D. Mainhart Mr. &Mrs. James L. Malone Ill Mrs. Mina BlaisdeU Manner Mr. &Mrs. Albert L. Manning, 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. McAuley Mr. &J\.1rs. John M. McCarthy Mrs. Jesse D. McClellan Miss GraceS. McCreary J\.lr..John B. McElderry, Jr. Mr. Donald McGannon Mr. Thomas B. McGrath Mrs. Jeanne M. McHugh Mr. &Mrs. )ames R. Mcintosh Mr. D. Eric .McKechnie Mr. John F. McLaughlin, Jr. Ms. Iuliet McMains Ms. ·Sara Anne McMains J\.lr. \X'. Tarkington McMains Mr. & Mrs. \'1/ren McMains Mrs. Helen D. McMaster Mrs. Leslie C. McRoberts Mr. & Mrs. Edwin W. Meader Mr. R. Wakefield Menke !;1r. &Mrs. Richard L. Menschel Mrs. Ererett B. Merrithew Mrs. Raymond H. Mertens Mr. &Mrs. Peter Metters Mr. &Mrs. L. Gordon 1\!iller,.Jr. Ms. PoUy Thayer Miller Ms. Nancv D. Minus Mr. Hugh MitcheU Mr. Leeds Mitchell, Jr. J\.lr. &Mrs. Robert J\.litcheU Daniel &Michael Mooney Mr. &J\.1rs. Robert r. Mooney Ms. Dorothv M. Mortenson Mr. lloward S. Man Mr. &Mrs. Carl M. MueUer Mr. Da,1d Donald Mulford Mr. &Mrs.John D. Murphy Dr. &Mrs. Joseph Murphy 1\.lr..John P. Murray Mr. &Mrs. Philip C. Murray Mr. &Mrs. Peter \'1/. Nash Dr. David G. Nathan Mr. Edgar D. Nelson Mrs. W. Ripley Nelson Mr. Alan Newhouse J\.!r. &t\lrs. Chris Newhouse Ms. Jennifer Newhouse Ms ..Nancy A. Newhouse Mr. &M~. Robert .J. Newhouse, .Jr. Mr. William H. Ne111on Mrs. Jane D. Nickerson Mrs ..Abram J. Niles LCDR &1\.lrs. Charles L. Nob lit Mr. Peter \'1/. North Mr. &Mrs. Johnston F. Northrop

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MEMBERS Mrs. Eldridge B. Norton Mrs. Jane Meader Nye Mrs. Mrujory R. O'Day Mr. Clifford B. O'Hara Mr. &Mrs. Gerald L. O'Hara Mrs. Michael O'Reilly Mr. David M. Ogden Miss Faith A. Oldham Mr. &Mrs. C. Hardy Oliver, Jr. Mrs. Norman Lac Olsen Mrs. Barbara W. Osborne Dr. Eileen M. Ouellette Mr. &Mrs. Robert L. Palmer Mrs. Donald A. Park, Sr. Mr. Floyd L. Parks, Jr. Mr. &Mrs. \'1/. Malcolm Parry Mr. Eric Pawley Mr. &Mrs. Francis W. Pease Mr. &Mrs. Henry C. Petzel Mr. Charles W. Phillips Mr. &Mrs. Don Polvere Mr. Gene M. Pranzo Mrs. Elinor M. Pullen Mrs. James B. Punderson Mr. DavidS. Rahilly Mrs. Edward Rakestraw Mrs. Jeanne G. Rand Mr. &Mrs. H. Flint Ranney 1\ir. Jrunes T. Ranney Mr. Robert f. Ranney Ll]G William M. Ranney USNR Mrs. A. L. Rawlings Mr. &Mrs. Homer F. Ray Ill Mr. &Mrs. Robert M. Ray Mr. George G. Raymond, .Jr. Mr. &Mrs. John R Redfern Mr. &Mrs. Reginald Reed Mr. Albert C. Reid, Jr. Mr. Harry Gardiner Reid Mr. &Mrs. Myles Reis Mr. William C. S. Remsen Mr. Robin A. Reyes Mrs. Lawrence Richardson,] r. Mr. &Mrs. Lydie L. Rickard Mrs. Barbara Hussey Riggins Mrs. Lawrason Riggs, Jr. Ms. Alma Robbins Mr. &Mrs. Kip Robbins Mrs. Edward C. Roberts Mr. Chester Robinson Mrs. Helen Roca-Garcia Mr. Fred M. Rogers Mrs. L. Francis Rooney Ms. Elizabeth A. Roos Mr. &Mrs. Robert M. Rosenthal Mr. &Mrs. Richard Rovsek 1\.1 r. Robert S. Royce 1\.lrs. J. Townsend Russell Mrs. Jaclyn R Russell Dr. Sylvester J. Ryan Dr. &Mrs. RobertS. Salisbury Ms. Cornelia Samuel Mrs. F.mette Sawyer Mrs. Charles f. Sayle 1\.lrs. Katherine R Sayle Mr. &Mrs. WiUiam M. Schaefer Mr. \'l/illian1 M. Schaefer, Jr. Ms. Patricia B. Schafer . Mr. &Mrs. Morton Schlesinger Ms. Karen C. Schwenk Mrs. V. L. Schwenk Mrs. Helen P. Seager

Mrs. Kenneth Seagrave Mr. John C. Seedorf£ Mr. &Mrs. \'1/illirun Seegraber Mrs. Edgar V. Seeler, Jr. Dr. &Mrs. Richard Seibert Mr. David H. Semmes Mr. &Mrs. \'1/illiam A. Sevrens Mr. &Mrs. C. Park Shaper Mr. &Mrs. Randolph G. Sharp Mrs. Gertrude C. Shelton Mr. &Mrs. Alan H. Shiff Mr. Joseph Shmmko Mr. Herbert L. Shultz Mrs. Clarence L. Sibley Mrs. Russell A. Sibley Mr. William R. Siddall Mr. &Mrs. Frederick R. Sidon Mrs. Eugene M. Sigman Mr. Andre R Sigourney Mrs. Jobn D. Silliman Mr. &Mrs. George H. Sin10nds Mrs. Anne L. Simonson Mrs. CarroU D. Smith Mr. &Mrs. H. C. Bowen Smith Ms. Hillary Smith Mr. Kent C. B. Smith Mrs. Sherwood W. Smith Mrs. Struuey M. Smith Mr. William E. Smith Mrs. George A. SneU Mr. &Mrs. Richard W. Sorenson Mrs. Barbara Beinecke Spider Mr. &Mrs. John K. Spring Mr. Marthew P. Stackpole Mr. &Mrs. Renny A. Stackpole Mrs. George T. Stafford Mr. Frank F. Starbuck Mr. &Mrs. Fred Starbuck Mrs. Krister Stendahl Mr. &Mrs. Gerald Stiller Dr. &Mrs.John C. Stockman Mrs. Benjamin Stone Mrs. Martin Stone Ms. Alida L. Storer Mr. Erick Storer Ms. Gretchen Storer Mr. &Mrs. Robert G. Stover Mrs. Anne P. Strain Mrs. Emily Stubbs-Macy Mr. &Mrs. Robert H. Sturdy Mrs. Sally M. Sturm Mr. Charles Swain Mr. Jon athan F. Swain Mrs. P. Prime Swain Mr. &Mrs. Sidney E. Sweet Mr. &Mrs. Peter E. Sylvia Mrs. Mary Ranke Tamplin Mr. &Mrs. Hans E. Tausig Mr. &Mrs.Jared F. Tausig Mr..Jotham P. Tausig Mr. Justin D. Tausig Mr. &Mrs. Da\~d Tausig-Edwards Mrs. C. Harold Taylor Mr. &Mrs. John M. Taylor, Jr. Mrs. Robert B. Taylor Mrs. Joy C. Teal Mr. &lvlrs. Donald E. Terry Mrs. Henry Riddel Terry Ms. Henrietta S. Thomas Mr. Thomas Thompson Dr. Wesley N. Tiffney,Jr. & Ms. Susan Beegel

Dr. &Mrs. Thomas H. C. Tiglon Mr.J. Anthony Timmons Mrs. Edward H. Townsend, Jr. Mr. William Tuach Mrs. Bert S. Turner Mrs. Austin F. Tyrer Mr. &Mrs. Eric M. Urbahn Mr. &Mrs. Herbert R. Van Ness, Jr. Mrs. Jean Marie Van Waveren Mr. &Mrs. Richard G. Verney Ms. Katherine H. Vincent Mrs. Kendall Smith Voges Mr. &Mrs. Peter C. Von Zumbusch Mrs. Robert M. Waggaman Mr. William M. \'l/aggan1an Dr. H. Brooks Walker Mrs. John H. Wallace Mr. &Mrs. \'1/illirun Walmsley Mrs. Faith P. Waters Mrs. Charles J. Webb IT Mr. Franklin Folger Webster Ill Mrs. George A. Webster Mr. Paul C. Webster Mrs. William S. Weedon Mr. James D. B. Weiss, Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Philip M. Weiss Mr. &Mrs. Rudolph). \'1/eisskopf Ms. Alexandra Welch Mr. &Mrs.JohnN. Welch Mr. John N. Welch, Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Joseph F. Welch Mr. Christopher M. Weld Mr. &Mrs. Richard Wengren Mrs. Samuel P. WetheriU Mrs. Roger M. Wheeler Ms. Elizabeth B. Wheelwright Mr. Lindsay White Mrs. John K. Whitney Mr. &Mrs. Wayne G. Wickman Mr. &Mrs. Henry A. Willard IT Mr. Orris W. Willard Mrs. Linda F. Williams Ms. Muriel Williams Mrs. Stephen G. Williams Mrs.]. Alfred Wilner 1\.ls. Erica Wilson Mrs. William L. Wilson Mr. &Mrs. Robert G. Windsor Dr. Andrew Wise Mr. Kenneth A. Wise Mr. &Mrs. Stephen A. Wise Mr. &Mrs. Gordon W. Wolfe Mrs. Virginia B. Wood Mrs. Thrusron \'I/right, Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Bracebridge H. Young,] r. Mrs. Bracebridge H. Young Mrs. Roger A. Young Mr. &Mrs. Jack A. Ziebarth Mr. Daniel J. Zirnring Mr. &Mrs. Barry R. Zlatin Mrs. JoZschau

SPR I NG

1 999

DONORS

Annual Appeal

Annual ~ppeal

($2,000-10,000)

($100-$499)

Mr. &Mrs. Roben M. Haft Mr. &Mrs. Edmund A. Hajim

Mr. &Mrs. James W. Abbott

The Lucelia Foundation, Inc. (Ms. Elizabeth Gosnell) Mr. &Mrs. Ian R MacKenzie Mr. &Mrs. William B. Macomber Mr. &Mrs. Carl M. Mueller Mr. &Mrs. Peter \YJ. Nash Mr. Charles W. Phillips Mrs. Edgar V. Seeler, Jr. Mrs. George A. Snell

Annual Afpeal

($1,000- ,999)

Mrs. James C. H. Bonbright Ms. Joy H. Briggs Mr. &Mrs. Earle M. Craig, Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Elliott W. Gumaer, Jr. Hostetter Foundation Mr. &Mrs. Arie L. Kopelman Mr. &Mrs. Richard Kreider Mrs. Edward W. Lombard Mrs. Earle R. MacAusiand lvlr. 1 orman E. Mack II Mr. &Mrs. Edwin W. Meader lvlr. &Mrs. Richard L. Menschel Mr. &Mrs. Donald C. Opatmy Mr. Bmce H. Poor & Ms. Gloria J. Grimshaw Mr. George G. Raymond, Jr. lvlr. &Mrs. Francis C. Rooney, Jr. Rev. Georgia Ann Snell Mr. Hank Vanee Mr. &Mrs. Joseph F. Welch Mrs. Arnold A. Willcox lvlr. &Mrs. Bracebridge H. Young, Jr.

Annual Appeal ($500 - $999) Mr. Alan F. Atwood Mr. &Mrs. J. Christopher Barron

Mr. &Mrs. Gilles A. Bridier Mr. &Mrs. Lowell Bryan Mr. &Mrs. Joseph P. Donelan U

Mr. Kenneth W. Douglas, Jr. Ms. Serena Barnum Easdand Dr. Alice F. Emerson Mr. &Mrs. Charles M. Geschke Mr.& Mrs. Hichard T. Grote Mr. Victor f. Guaglianone Dr. GeorgeS. Heyer, Jr. Ms. Sandra Ray Holland Mr. &Mrs. H. Wayne Huizenga Mrs. Anhur Jacobsen Mr. &Mrs. HarYeyC.Jones,Jr. Mrs. john C. Lathrop Mr. &Mrs. Piers M. MacDonald Mr. &Mrs. Peter McCausland Mr. &Mrs. William C. Miller IV Mr. Alfred F. Sanford Ill Mr. &Mrs. Hard111ck Simmons Ms. Mary Susan Smith Mr. &Mrs. Paul Soros Mr. &Mrs. James M. Stewan 1\lrs. Roger A. Young

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Mr. George T. Albrecht Mrs. Fay H. Anathan Mr. &Mrs. Christopher W. Armstrong Mr. &Mrs. Frank]. Avellino Mr. &Mrs. Ben Barnes Mr. Bmce B. Bates Mr. &Mrs. William G. Beattie Mr. &Mrs. H. Gerard Bissinger II Mr. &Mrs. Da11d D. Bixler, Jr. Mr. &Mrs. James M. Blackwell IV Mr. &Mrs. Charles L. Bolling Mr. &Mrs. Roben H. Bolling, Jr. Mr. Stefan R Bothe Mrs. Da1~d G. Bradley lvlr. Gordon G. Braine Mr. &Mrs. William S. Brenizer Mr. &Mrs. Colin H. Brown Mrs. Karen T. Buder Mr. &Mrs. Richard A. Callahan Mr. &Mrs. Raymond B. Carey, Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Thomas A. Carr Mr. Cal1~ R. Can•er,Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Roben L. Champion Mrs. Margaret Burden Childs Mr.James I. Coddington, Jr. Mr. Kenneth P. Coffin Mrs. Ma~orie G. Coffin Mr. &Mrs. Richard F. Coffin Mr. &Mrs. Richard R Congdon Mrs. SamuelP. Connor, Jr. Mr. Willian1 V. Cuddy Mr. &Mrs. John N.Curleu,Jr. Mr. Daniel C. de Menocal Ms. Tmdy Dujardin Mr. &Mrs. Wayne H. Dupont Mr. &Mrs. Donald R Dupre Mr. &Mrs. Richard W. Durkes lvlr. &Mrs. Gardiner S. Dutton Mr. &Mrs. Roben S. Erskine, Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Richard). Eskind Mrs. Barbara]. Fife Mrs. Thomas FISher, Jr. Ms. Ellen Aamm Mr. &Mrs. Alan M. Forster Mrs. Gene G. Foster Mr. &Mrs. George Allen Fowlkes Dr. Gordon V. Gallagher Mrs. Donald R Gordon Mr. &Mrs. Burges M. Green Mrs. Toby Ann Greenberg Mr. &Mrs. John C. Gro1•er Mr. PeterJ. Gma Mr. Victor F. Guaglianone Mr. &Mrs. John A. Gunn Mr. &Mrs. Henry B. Gutman Mr. &Mrs. Richard Hanson Mr. &Mrs. Hem1an A. Haus Mrs. Diana R. Hayden Mr. &Mrs. Walter L. A. Hayes Messrs. Jack &James Hendrix Mr. &Mrs. Steven K. Herlitz Dr. &Mrs. Richard E. Hillger Mr. &Mrs. William B. Holding Mrs. Christopher S. Holl:md Mr. &Mrs. William B. Hopkins Mrs. Curtis L. Ivey,Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Fred H. jaeger Mr. Michael Jehle 'TUC KET

Mr. &Mrs. Julius jensen lli Mr. &Mrs. Benn W. Jesser Mr. Edward H.Jube Mr. Thomas B. Kellogg

Mr. &Mrs. Roben J. Kenney Mr. &Mrs. Thomas Cleve King Mr. &Mrs. Stephen B. Land

Dr. &Mrs. Jack M. Layton Mr. &Mrs. rranklin B. Leonard Mr. &Mrs. W. Curtis Livingston Ms. Linda Loring Mr. &Mrs. Peter D. Louderback Mr. &Mrs. Clarence S. Lovelace Ms. DeeMacv Mr. &Mrs. J~mes L. Malone Ill Mr. &Mrs. Julian M. Man;hall Mr. &Mrs. William B. Matteson Mr. &Mrs. Timothy B. Matz Miss Grace S.lvlcCrem Mr. &Mrs. Donald r. ~lcCullough Mr. Bmce D. Miller Ms. Polly Thayer Miller Mr. Hugh Mitchell Mr. &Mrs. John W. Mullen Mr. R:1ymond F. Murphy, Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Roben [.Newhouse. Jr. Mrs. Jane D. Nicke~n . Mr. &Mrs. Johnston r. 'onhrop Mr. & Mrs. V. Hen!)•O'Neill Mr. &Mrs. Ed11~ W. Obrecht,Jr. Mr. & Mrs. W. Malcolm Pari) Mr. &Mrs. James S. Pasman,Jr. Mr. Gene M. Pranzo Mr. & Mrs. Gordon W. Pratt Mr. &Mrs. Roben L. Prattcr Mr. &Mrs. H. Aint R:mney Mr. & Mrs. Anhur I. Re-Jdc,Jr. Mr. &Mrs. H. Ward Reighley Mr. &Mrs. Myles Reis Mr. &Mrs. Hal C. Richardson Mr. &Mrs. amuel Roben Mr. &Mrs. J. Pefl)' Ruddick Dr. & Mrs. Roben S. Salisbun· Mr. &Mrs. rr.mcis J. Santos . Mr. &Mrs. Richarj G. Scheide Mr. Karl H. Schulz Mr. Thomas Schweizer, Ir. Mr. & Mrs. Joseph R. sciger Mr. Alben Laurence Silva Mr. & Mrs. George H. SimonJ.s Mrs. Anne L. Simonson Dr. Richard Slusarczyk Mrs. Arnold R Small ~lr. &Mrs. Gordon Smith Mrs. henrood \YJ. Smith Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Soros Mrs. Barbam Beinecke pider Mr. & lvlrs. r red Starbuck Mr. &Mrs. Radford Stone Mr. Landey Strongin Mr. Charles Swain Mr. &Mrs. Da1id Swain Mr. Jonathan F. Swain Mr. Roben D. Swain Mr. & Mrs. R. Chapman Taylor Ill Ms. llenrietta S. Thomas Mr. W.J. Torpey,.Jr. Ms. Ed)the M. Tmvelstead Mr. & Mrs. Eric M. Urbahn Mr. & Mrs. Richard G. Vcmey Mr. &Mrs. TomS. Ward, Jr.

Mr. &lvlrs. Bmce L. \X'amick Mr. &Mrs. Da>id P. \'(!heeler Mr. Lawrence \X'helan Dr. Whiting Russell \XIillauer Mr. & Mrs. Roben \X'ilson Mr. &Mrs. Stephen A. \X'ise Mr. &Mrs. Da;id S. \X'olff Mrs ..J. Eliot Woodbridge Mr. Alexander M. \XIonh,.Jr. Mrs. Bmcebridge II. Young Mr. &Mrs. Roben A. Young Mr. & Mrs. Jack A. Zicbanh

Annual Appeal (Up to$100) Mr. &lvlrs. Victor C. Adams Mr. &,\Irs. Cugc'llc r. Allen Mr. & ,\Irs. Louis B. AmL~ RC\·. Edward B. Anderson .\lr. &i\lrs.J. Roben .~nldone ,\Irs. Loui R. A1otte ,\Irs. ,\!an· G. B~chman ,\lr. & ,\Irs. I Iamson B.uns ,\1r. & \Irs. \X'illiam ,\1 Barstow ,\lr. & ,\Irs. :'\orman F. Be-ach ,\lr. & ,\Irs \X'illian1 G. Beattie 1.-lr. &,\Irs. 1\mneth L. &:augmnd ,\lr. & \Irs. Richard \LK) Biggs Ms. Gale R. Bl~-.cr ,\1!;. Edith S. Bouriez 1-lr. remon L. B. BrOI\11 Dr. & ,\Irs. James l~ Bullcxk ,\lr. & \Irs .. !lam G. C1rpcnter Mr. John C. Chadlxlllmc ,\lr..lloward B. Chadwick. Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Ro1 D. Chapin: .Jr. Mr. & ,\Irs. Richard A. ( :harpic .\Irs. rrc'<.l L. Cha.-.c Mr. & Mrs. Owen C. Climon Mr. & ,\Irs. Louis F. Coffin.Jr lvlr. &.\Irs. Roben Parker (~>!lin ,\!r. & ,\Irs. LA.~lie Cookcnhoo \lr. & \Irs. \X'illiam B. Ccx>lidge 1\ls. Cuherine A. Coop<:r .\lr. & \Irs . .-\ Cdwartls Danionh 1\lrs. X.m P. Darlw .\lr. Ra1111ond I. Dawson, Ir. ,\lr. & ,\Irs. \X'illiam \X' Dmk Jr. Drs. ,\hchad & Paub Duff1 . \Irs. M1chad f'. Cagan · Mr & ,\Irs. John P. Elder ,\lr. &,\Irs. \\"illi,lm R. 11mcr \lr. & \Irs. Rotx:n !X.m I'ekh 1\lr. & ,\Irs. [ric 1\.lcrguson Mr. & Mrs. John N. risher.lr lvlr. & lvlrs. ·Ford ,\I. Fraker. ,\lr. & ,\Irs. CL'Orgc \X'. Fraker Mr. Granger II. Frost Dr. & Mrs. Roben L. Funsch Dr. & \Irs. John \X Gerster Mr. & i\lrs .. loshua R. Gillen><m Mrs. Edwar~l K. Glc.Lson Ms. Adelaide R. Gr.mt lvlr. &Mrs. Ban A. Cremer Dr. & ,\Irs. B. llcrold Griffith Dr. Emil F. Guba lvlr. & Mrs. llugh !Iabeli Ill Mr. & Mrs. George T. llathaw'l) Mr. &Mrs. Samuel S.llaviland Mr. &Mrs. James \X'. I Llll't'> Dr. D,111d s·. !Ia)~

Mr. Jack E. Helms Mr. &Mrs. Mason C. Heydt ,\Is. Ellen Dorrit Hoffleit Mrs. Christopher S.l-lolland Mr. &Mrs. \'('illiam B. llopkins Dr. & .\Irs. Bmce D. Hopper ,\lr. Jerome C. Hunsaker, Jr. ,\Irs. Da1id llunungton Mrs. Park \X'. lluntington .\lr.John G. \X'.IIU!itc'<.l,.Jr. ,\lr. & ,\Irs..JarnL'S ,\I. Hutton Ill Mrs. Julia \1. Z. Keith ,\1r. Sanford Kendall Mr Edward Kcm ,\Is. Carolm.\liller Knutson .\lr. & ,\1~ Chark-, E. Kulmann \lr.John E. L1couture ,\Irs: Jane T.l..amh .\Is. l<tJnnc T Lawrence .\lr ;lhomas \'.l.dme .\lr & ,\Irs. Franklin B. Leonard .\lr & ,\lr; Richard lvlacl\ay ,\Irs. John ,\bwc .\lr &,\I<" ,\bnm E. McGowan .\lrs ..kannc .\1. .\ld !ugh \lr & \Irs J•unL-, R. Mcintosh .\lrs.Jo~n ll . .\kKc'lwr .\Is..\tarv ,\Ienon .\lr & \Irs. ,\lirhad D. Milone .\lr l~rlll. \lix.Jr .\lr. & \Irs. Tml<;tlw I Moore .\lr;. Alfred [ ,\lum~r \Irs. jane D. \ickerson .\lr. 'lh>mas I. :\igro \lr. & .\Irs. Anhur O'Connell .\lr. Clillord B. O'll.!m .\lr. Alin:J \. Orpin .\lr. &,\Irs. Rirh,!rd J. Pardi ,\ lr. & ,\lr.. I knn C. Petzel \lr. &,\Irs. \,uhanid Philbrick .\lr. & ,\Irs. f;lmc-, \\' Pierson ,\lr & ,\Irs I lomrr r. R:w Ill ,\lr. & ,\Irs. Philip \X'hitn~·y RL~!d ,\lr. John A Reindel .\lr. & ,\Irs. Kermit RooS(.wh ..Jr. \Is. Lowse \1. Rucker \lr & .\lr... Don RtLs.sdl Dr Sdl'l'ster I R1·,m .\lr & \Irs. John L. Rvon, lr. ,\lr.. Katherine R. S,11ie . .\lr. & .\Irs. Philippc.Schreiber \Is. 1\an:n ( Schwenk .\lr & \Irs. C. Park Shapcr .\Is. 1\.uhn·n K ShL-ehan .\lr & .\I~.IIL'Iln B. Sht'l'ts,.Jr. \Irs. Rtts-.cll \. Siblev \lr II. Brooks Smith \Is. \mdm F Smith ,\Is. Sheri l Sm1d1 .\lr & \Irs. Franci.; T Spriggs ,\lr... John Stahlrr \lr &.\Irs. \\'illiam B. Stitt,.Jr. \Irs. Anne P. Str.un \lr... \b~aret II. Tmpnell \Irs. Ben S. Turner ~lr. & Mr... John P. Turrt'lltine ~Irs. Virginia L. Valll<mdt Mr. & Mr... Rolx:n S. \X!alin Mr. & Mr;. uxmJ. \X'arms ,\lr. ,\l.ll'lin \X'c,ll·er Mr. John P. \\'ickser SPRI

1999

DONORS

Mr. &Mrs. William Lee Wiley Ms. Muriel Williams Mr. &Mrs. Gordon W. Wolfe Mrs. Virginia B. Wood Capt. &Mrs. Nelson C. Woodward Mr. &Mrs. Eugene F. Yeates Mr. &Mrs. Millard S. Younts

Unrestricted Contributions ($1,000- 9,999) The Gallery at Four India United Stares Senate Delegation

Unrestricted Contributions ($500-999)

Restricted Contributions ($1,000- 9,999) Mrs. Gale H. Arnold Ms. Elizabeth Jeffery Hubbell Nantucket Bank Nantucket Lodging Association

Restricted Contributions ($100-499) Mr. Ralph Diamond

Mr.John M. Heggem Ms. Mary Menon Mrs. Jane Meader ye antucket Garden Club Mr. Alexander M. Wonh Jr.

Mr. Ryan M. Cooper Mr. &Mrs. Roben M. Hah Mr. &Mrs. Edmund A. Hajirn Nantucket Rotary Club

Restricted Contributions (up to $100)

Unrestricted Contributions ($100-499)

Mr. Roben Scon Bro"'n,Jr. Mrs. Doris Fellell1lan Ms. Eleanor Hall Gilben Mr. Scott Johnson Mr. &Mrs. Thomas J. Steinbaugh

Mr. &Mrs. Oakes Ames Mr. &Mrs. Charles G. Carl,Jr. Dr. &Mrs. John W. Espy Mr. &i\.1rs. Charles C. Gifford, Jr.

Mr. &Mrs. Gordon Gund The Haulover Ms. Leeanne M. King Ms. Helen L. Manvel Mr. &Mrs. MacDonald Mathev Mr. &Mrs. Willard Overlock . Ms. Sallie Ellen Smith Mr. &Mrs. Charles G. Cari,Jr Nantucket Electric Company Nantucket TeaTraders Mr. &i\.1rs. Paul W. Van Orden

Unrestricted Contributions (up to $100) Mrs. Helena F. Caldwell Mr. &Mrs. Daniel Catlin,Jr. Mr. John Creighton Mr. Gerald H. Crown Mr. Raymond I. Dawson, Jr. Ms. Antoinene Denisof Mr. &Mrs. Chris Emery Mr. &Mrs. Richards Folger Mr. &Mrs. E. Ronald Gushue Mr. &Mrs. Michael Harde Mr. &Mrs. Dual A. Macintyre Mrs. Virginia E. Manin Mr. &Mrs. Benjamin M. McGrath Mr. William L. Reed Mr. &Mrs. Fran cis]. Santos Ms. Madelyn Francis Scannell Mr. &Mrs. William G. Shaw ill Ms. Kathryn K. heehan ~1rs. George Sunon Mr. &Mrs. Dale E. Wans

Restricted Contributions ($10,000 and over) The Charles Engelhard Foundation Teresa &H. John Heinz ill Charitable Fund

HISTORIC

Mr. &Mrs. Roben Scott Brown

In Honor of Dr. & Mrs. Ke1th M. Lindgren Mr. &Mrs. Fred North In Honor of Mr. & Mrs. Earle M. Craig. Jr. Ken Ward Travel, Inc. In Honor of Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Bailey Mr. &Mrs. R G. Dillard,Jr. Mr. &i\.1rs. Henri Gadbois Mr. &Mrs. Claude Mullendore Mr. &Mrs. Lieven J. Van Riet

Louise R. Hussey Mrs. Anne Coffin Gardner Mr. &Mrs. Shell1lan H. Rounsville Eliwbeth Pollock Jones Mr. &Mrs. Marvin Parker Edward \\7. Lombard Mrs. Edward W. Lombard Virg1i1ia Newhouse Mr. &i\.1rs. Oarence S. Lovelace uJcille Sanglllilelli Mr. &Mrs. Peter B. Holmes

Foundation Grants

Anita So/omen Ms. Nancy Feingold-Palmer

American Express Axe-Houghwn foundation The Ayco Charitable Foundation BankBoswn The Bovd Endowment Cox F~undation Ernst &Elfriede Frank Foundation Gre"Jter Bridgepon Area Foundation Jockey Hollow Foundation The Snell Foundation

Corporate Matching Gifts The A.ES Corporation AT&T Foundation Matching Gift Program Bankllosron Bankers Trust Foundation Champion lnternatiomd Corporation Chubb Corpomtion Ciricorp Foundation Corning Incorporated Foundation Hoechst Corporation ]. P. Morgan Charitable Trust New York Times Company l'oundation,lnc. PepsiCo Foundation, Inc. Pfizer Matching Gift Center Rockefeller Financial Services SmirhKiine Beecham Foundation

Donations in Honor of Living Persons In Honoro/Mrs Arthur Jarobsen Mr. &Mrs. Raymond B. Carey, Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Ra)1nond L. Jones Mr. &Mrs. Richard L. Matthews Mr. &Mrs. Gerhard Rand Mr. &Mrs. Hercules Segalas Mr. &Mrs. Scott M. Steams, Jr. Mr. &Mrs. WilliamS. Wheeler

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Estate of Content Peckham Cowan Estate of Beulah Marcia Havens Estate of Ma~orie Schultz Estate of Maybelle Vasbinder

Library Donors Mr. &Mrs. John \YJ. Belash Dr. Richard Slusarczyk

Friends of the Nantucket Historical Association Mr. &Mrs. Max . Berry

Memorial Gifts

Monaghan Trust

Restricted Grants

Bequests

Virginia \\7ood Mr. &i\.1rs. Karl Orrison Robert A. Young Mrs. Carla de Creny Freed Mr. &Mrs. Hamilton Heard,Jr.

Memorial Funds Jane Egan Art on Nantucket Memorial Fund Mr. Albert F. Egan, Jr. Mrs. Albert F. Egan, Jr.

Mr. &Mrs. William R Camp, Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Robert L. Champion Mr. &Mrs. Earle M. Craig, Jr. Mr. &Mrs. William M. Crozier, Jr. Mr. &Mrs. John H. Davis Mr. &Mrs. Nelson Doubleday Mr. &Mrs. Charles M. Geschke Mr. &Mrs. Thomas H. Gosnell Mr. &Mrs. Roben C. Griffin Mr. &Mrs. Edmund A. Hajirn Dr. GeorgeS. Heyer,Jr. Mr. &i\.1rs. Anhur Kobacker Mr. &Mrs. Francisco A. Lorenw Mr. &Mrs. Ian R MacKenzie Mr. &Mrs. William B. Macomber Mr. &Mrs. Seymour G. Mandell Mr. &Mrs. Richard L. Menschel Mr. &Mrs. Scott C. Newquist Dr. &Mrs. Frederic \XI. Pullen I1 Mr. &Mrs. H. Aint Ranney Mr. &Mrs. Thomas L. Rhodes Mr. &Mrs. Kenneth Roman Mr. &Mrs. Roben M. Rosenthal Mr. &Mrs. David Ross III Mr. &Mrs. Harvey Saligman Mr. &Mrs. Gordon Smith Mr. &Mrs. Eliot I. Snider Mr. &Mrs. Richard F. Tucker Mrs. John K. \XIhimey Mr. &Mrs. Bracebridge H. Young, Jr.

"I was a history major at Dartmouth College and wrote my thesis on Nantucket whaling. I appreciate the importance of history to this island. I think the NHA is a valuable organization and deserves all of the support .tt can get. " FLINT RANNEY has been involved

with the assodation since 1983as NHA president, and trustee and treasurer of the Friends of the NHA. SPRING

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AUGUST ANTIQUES SHOW

Cochairs ofthe 1998 August Antiques Show, Pollv Espv and ~·ar,tb ll.th·r (l<'tl/<',1 ), arc jfJIII<'d hr f'/11/ cbatrs (from left) Caro(vn MacKenzie, Laurtl' Cbampwn, Domtbl' \'/m•cr, and ll.trh.mt I /,tpm

Chairs Mrs. George F. Baker Mrs. John \YJ. Espy

Antiques Show Committee Mrs. Thomas J. Anathan Mrs. John A. Baldwin Mrs. Roben F. R Ballard Mrs. V. Lee Barnes Mrs. Peter M. Semon Mrs. Larry P. Breakiron Ms.joy H. Briggs t.lrs.\YJilliam F. Buder, Jr. Ms. Gail M. Carpenter Mrs. Laurence E. Carpenter Mrs. Roben L. Champion Mrs. Howard L. Clark, Jr. Mrs. james E. Cooper, Jr. Mrs. William M. Crozier, Jr. Mrs. john . Curlett, Jr. Mrs.john T. Curran Mrs. James L. Dunlap Mrs. Nonnan E. Dupuis ill Mrs. Richard W. Durkes Mrs. John V. Erickson Mrs. Roben Fmn Mrs. Alan M. Forster Mrs. Peter Y. Gevalt Mrs. Thomas H. Gosnell Ms. Susan Zises Green Mrs. Roben C. Griffin Mrs. Edmund A. Hajim Dr. George S. Heyer Mrs. John P. Horgan Ms. Pamela Howar

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Mrs. Curtis L.lvey,Jr Mrs. MichaelS. Jemison Mrs.Jane King Karlson Ms. Marybeth Keene Mrs. Edward V. Lahey, Jr. Mrs. Roben R Lar.;er; . Mrs. Peter). Linden Mrs. Fr.mcisco A. Lorenzo Mrs. Ian R MacKenzie Ms. Megan Keene Maltby Mrs. Peter McCausland Mrs. Frederick Perry McClure Mrs. Charles IL McGill UI Mrs. Manin McKerrow Mrs. Oeveland G. t>lercdith Mrs. John Murkland Ms. Elizabeth Murkland Mrs. Peter \YJ. ash Mrs. Scott C. ewquist Mrs. Edwin \YJ. Obrecht, Jr. Ml1i. Michael Peacock · Mrs. Kenneth Roman Mrs. Lynn A. Rotando Mrs. IImvey Saligman Mrs. Joseph L. Serafini Mrs. Alan I LShiff Ms. Peggy Silverstein Mrs. Dorothy Slover Mrs. Philips G. Smith Mrs. Eliot I. Snider Mrs. Paul Soros Mrs. John C. Sower Mrs.J. Oayron tephenson Mrs. john Sussek Ms. Edythe M. Travelstead ANTUCKET

Mr. Viaor \X'einblatt Mrs. Joseph F. \X'dch

Benefactor Party Hosts ,\\r & \Irs. llat\'L'I aligm.m

Patron Party Hosts Mr. & l>l11>. Scott C. 1\ewqurst

Anti<J.ues Show Benefactors ($1,000)

~lr & ~Irs. John r Akers M11>. Thom~J. Anath;m Mr. & Mrs. Eugene D. Atkinson Mr. & Mrs. GL'Orge r. Baker Mr. & M11>. Peter M. Bemon Mr. & ~h 1--htx '. Bem· Mr. & ~111>. Ltoc Black . tr. Ronald P. Boutgc'3ult Joy II. Briggs Mr. & M11>. Ctrter Cafritz Mr. & /.Irs. W'illiam R Camp, Jr. Mr. & M11>. Roben L. Ch,unpion Mr. & M11>. Richard L. Chilton. Jr. Mr. & Mrs.lloward L. Clark.); Mr. & M11>. Ro1 S. Clatts.' Arnold Clicht~in 1-lr. & Mrs ..Jmnl'S E. Cooper,.Jr Mr. & Mrs. Earle M. Cmig,.Jr. Mr. & Mrs. William M. Crozier, Jr Mr. & Mrs. John H. Dam . M11>. Charlt; ~I. Dc>ckcr Mr. & ,\Irs. joseph S. Di,\lanmo Mr. & Mrs. Joseph P. Donelan II Mr. & Mrs. Nelson Doubleday

\lr & ,\Irs D.nwl \\ Drake \lr & \Irs. Ridurd \. Dmck,·r Tmd1 Duwdm \lr. & \Irs .J.nnc I Dunl.tp 'tl11 1 R.munn I 1. tland \Irs ..John\' l.mbon Dr. & \Irs .l<>hn \\' l.sp1 ,\lr & .\Irs ,\l.mm ]) !tit• .\lr. & \Irs. ;\l.m.\1. l'orster ,\lr. & \Irs. l.m,-.t II. Ir.mk ,\Irs ( .trl.t dd tl111 l'tld ,\lr & \It\ \tu.tn \\ I R·iltch \lr & \Irs. lhm1.1s II ( ;psndl Sus.m Zi"'. ( .r,~·n \I r & ,\1 rs IPhn ( ,R~·neh.nnn .\lr. & .\Irs ..Ridurd T Cn>tt' .\lr & ,\Irs (;Prdon (.und .\lr. & .\Irs. Cr.th.un Gund \lr & ,\Irs John II. (;utln:unJ .\lr & .\Irs. Rt•lx·n \1 I!.tit \lr & ~Irs. J.nnc J.ll.t~.ltl \lr. & .\Irs .., :dmu;1d A. ll.tjlm ,\lr. & .\Irs. R,,]x·n I:.l ldlm.m \lr. & .\Irs. Philip J. I kmplcm.m Dr. Gc~>rgc ·.l lqcr,.Jr ,\l,ttli.t \\"ilsnn llnhhs 1\lr. & \Irs. ;\nl<>s B. I hlStetter, Ir. ~lrs.J ,\lllu~ins

\Irs. Cunts Lim. Jr. ,\lr. & ,\Irs. St,mb .R. .Jallc .\lr. & \Irs. han Jmes Ten F..Joni.'s · l>lr. & ,\Irs .\lich.td h;trlsnn Mr & I> Irs. Anhur 1.. Kdl1 Mr. & Mrs .. lame. 1..1\ctd><.'tl

\lr ,\Irs ;\nhur 1\ob;tckcr Mr & \1 rs ;\ne L Kopelman l Dcnms 1\,vlowskl ~lr · \Irs. R<>hcn Roy Ltrsen Dr .\Irs. Peter J. Lindc11 Mr ,\Irs II. E;1~cne Lockhan \1 r , .\Irs. I r.mcisco A. Lorenzo \lr ·.\Irs ],,n R ,\\acl\enzie \lr · \Irs. B.trn .\l.tcTaggan \Iegan 1\c"<:ne ,\lahb1 \lr · \Irs. ~mnur G. ,\landcll I..:arcn l.w \1,11 o \lr & \Irs. Peter :O..IcC .ausbnd \lr. & \Irs. ( harb II. McGill Il l .\lr & ,\Irs Donald 1\. MiUer ,\lr. & ,\Irs John :\. ,\Iiller ,\lr ,·\Irs ·,\!arlin i\lilb,Jr. \lr. & \Irs. Peter \X' '•tsh \lr · \Irs. 'X11tt ( ~l·wqui>t .\lr. & \b. \ 1ctor Onstano ,\Irs Rich;trd t\. Pmtd ,\lr ,·. \Irs. \\'a111c t:. Pmtt .\Jr., .\Irs. \'1rgil ,\I. Price II .\lr & \Irs. Stewn M. Hales .\lr & \Irs. l\c1111eth Roman \lr · .\lrs.lr.mcrs C. Rooney, Jr. .\lr & \Irs. D.11id Ross Ill .\lr & \Irs. L11111 A. Rotando \\r. & .\Irs. J~fiR~ S. Rubin ,\lr. & Mrs ..PetcrS,tcerdote .\lr. & :O..Irs llmcy S.~igman ,\Jr. (. ,\Irs ~!Jrk .J. s.mdler ,\lr. & ,\Irs Richard M Scaife ,\lr. & ,\Irs. Joseph L. Serafini Mr. & Mrs. 't !Rnnis Shapiro S P R I

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fl.lr. &Mrs. Brian P. Simmons Mr. &Mrs. Fredric C. Slater Mrs. Dorothy Slover Mr. &Mrs. Eliot I. Snider Mr. &Mrs. Guy B. Snowden Mr. &Mrs. John K. Spring Mr. &Mrs. Robert E. Torray Mr. &Mrs. Richard F. Tucker Mrs. Jean Marie Van Waveren Mr. &Mrs. Kenneth L. Wallach Berge Wathne Soffia Wathne Thorunn Wathne Mr. &Mrs. Randolph M. Watkins Mr. Victor Weinblatt Mr. &Mrs. Joseph F. Welch Mr. &Mrs. Robert C. Wright Mr. &Mrs. Bracebridge H. Young, Jr.

Antiques Show Patrons ($500) Mr. &Mrs. Frank). Avellino

Mr. &Mrs. Robert W. Bailey Mrs. Robert F. R Ballard Mr. &Mrs. Charles L. Bardelis Mr. &Mrs. H. Gerard Bissinger II Mrs. Theodore P. Botts Mr. &Mrs. William C. Buck Mr. &Mrs. Coleman P. Burke Mr. &Mrs. Poul Erik Christensen Mr. &Mrs. Alexius C. Conroy Mr. &Mrs. Granville E. Conway Kimberly C. Corkran Mr. &Mrs. John B. Cowperthwait Mr. &Mrs. William C. Cox, Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Paul J. Crowley Mr. &Mrs. John N. Curlett, Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Robert E. Diamond,.) r. John L. Dowling Mrs. Joseph N. DuBarry IV Mrs. Richard W. Durkes Mr. &Mrs. R Whittier Foote Mr. &Mrs. Christopher P. Forester Mr. &Mrs. Charles F. Fortgang Mrs. George Allen Fowlkes Mr. &Mrs. Robert A. Fox Mrs. Robert Garrett Mr. &Mrs. Richard H. Gibbs Mr. &Mrs. Robert C. Griffin Dr. &Mrs. Laurance]. Guido Mr. &Mrs. Donald R. Harleman Mr. &Mrs. Hamilton Heard.] r. Sandra Ray Holland Mr. &Mrs. S. Roger Horchow Mr. &Mrs. John P. Horgan Ellen E. Howe Dr. &Mrs. Jeffrey R..Jay Mrs. Frederic]. Laffont Mr. &Mrs. Edward V. Lahey.Jr. Mrs. J. Hicks Lanier Mr. &Mrs. Frederick N. Levinger A. Barton Lewis Mr. &Mrs. David M. Lilly Dr. &Mrs. Keith M. Lindgren HISTORIC

SPECIAL

Mr. &Mrs. James B. Lockhart III

Mrs. Thomas B. Loring Mr. &Mrs. Donald F. McCullough Mr. &Mrs. Martin McKerrow Mrs. Cleveland G. Meredith Mrs. W. Christopher Mortenson, Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Carl M. Mueller Mr. &Mrs. Edwin W. Obrecht,J r. Mr. &Mrs. Michael F. Orr Mr. &Mrs. Rafael Osona Mr. &Mrs. John F. Otto, Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Jeffrey Paley Mr. &Mrs. James R Poole Dr. &Mrs. Frederic W. Pullen II Mrs. Sonia M. Puopolo Mr. &Mrs. Stanley Rand In Mr. &Mrs. Mark E. Rubenstein Mr. &Mrs. Alan H. Shiff Margaret Silverstein Mr. &Mrs. Hard\\1ck Sinunons Mrs. Robert B. Slater Mr. &Mrs. Gordon Smith Mr. Edward W. Snowdon Mr. &Mrs. Paul Soros Mr. &Mrs. Scott M. Steams, Jr. Mr. & Mrs.]. Clayton Stephenson Mr. &Mrs. David L. Tashjian Mr. &Mrs. Hans E. Tausig Mr. &Mrs. David Tausig-Edwards Edythe M. Travelstead Mr. &Mrs. Wat H. Tyler Mr. &Mrs. Richard G. Verney Mrs. Alexander Carl von Sununer Mr. &Mrs. Stephen D. Weinroth Mr. &Mrs. George C. Whiteley ill Mr. &Mrs. DavidS. Wolff Mr. &Mrs. Jack A. Ziebarth

Antiques Show Sponsors ($250) Fay II. Anathan Dr. &Mrs. Mortimer H. Appley Linda Bartlett Bahrenburt Mrs. Neil W. Benedict ill Mrs. John D. Bennett Dr. &Mrs. George Berkheimer Lee Bierly

NANTUCKET

Mr. &Mrs. Daniel]. Bills Mr. &Mrs. Huntington T. Block

Mr. &Mrs. Robett H. Bolling,Jr. Mrs. James C. H. Bonbright Mr. &Mrs. John Bruce Bredin Dr. &Mrs. R Huntington Breed II Mrs. Thomas H. Broadus,J r. Helen Winslow Chase Stephen DeCesare Mr. &Mrs. Richard E. Deutsch Christopher Drake Mr. &Mrs. Norman E. Dupuis III Dr. &Mrs. David]. Duquette Mr. &Mrs. Gardiner S. Dutton Mr. &Mrs. Albert F. Egan.Jr. Dr. &Mrs. Josef E. Fischer Mr. &Mrs. Michael Foster Christine C. Franklin Mr. &Mrs. Alfred Gillis Mr. &Mrs.Janles Edward Gillum, Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Manuel Golov Mr. &Mrs. William Guardenier William H. Gurney Mr. &Mrs. E. Ronald Gushue Mrs. Thomas A. Holmes Mr. &Mrs. Benn \'(/.Jesser Mr. &Mrs. Eli Winkler Kaufman Carolyn Miller Knutson Mr. &Mrs. Robert L. Krakoff Mrs. John S. Lampe Mr. &Mrs. William E. Learnard Dr. &Mrs. Keith M. Lindgren Mrs. Byron S. Lingeman Mr. &Mrs. Clarence S. Lovelace Letitia Lundeen Norman E. Mack 0 Mr. &Mrs. William B. Macomber Mr. &Mrs. Robert J. Monahan,J r. Mr. &Mrs. Morgan J. Murray Mr. &Mrs. 1eal W. O'Connor Ted Pappas Mr. &Mrs. James S. Pasman,Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Michael Peacock Glenaan Elliott Robbins William B. Rose Mr. &Mrs. John D. Sayer Mr. &Mrs. William Seidman

EVENTS

Mr. &Mrs. William A. Sevrens Mr. &Mrs.Junie L. Sinson

Mrs. Robert B. Smith Mr. &Mrs. William M. Sullivan Mr. &Mrs. John Sussek Mr. &Mrs. Neal Vitale

Mr. &Mrs. RobertS. Walin Mrs. Richard]. Walsh Mr. &Mrs. Bruce L. Warwick Christopher M. Weld Mrs. Bracebridge H. Young Mr. &Mrs. Ronald Zibelli

Underwriters Outse Manhattan Private Bank Aema Foundation J &H Marsh &McLennan, Inc. Mr. &Mrs. Robert V. Matthews Westchester Air

Donors ($1,000 and over) Mr. &Mrs. Robert M. Haft Mr. &Mrs. Gifford L. Michel Mr. &Mrs. Thomas L. Rhodes Mr. &Mrs. Thomas M. Ta0or

Donors ($5()()..$999)

Rev. Georgia Ann Snell Mr. &Mrs. W. Laird Stabler, Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Gerald Stiller Mr. &Mrs. E. Geoffrey Verney Mr. &Mrs. Edward I. Wight Ms. Jean M. Weber

Donors (up to $100) Mr. &Mrs. William G. Beattie Mr. &Mrs. Arthur E. Buder Mr. Raymond I. Dawson, Jr. Dr. &Mrs. Keith Gottesdiener Mr. &Mrs. John L. Michelsen Mr. Alfred N. Orpin Dr. Sylvester .J. Ryan

Raffle Contributions Janis Aldridge, Inc. Joy H. Briggs Laurie S. Champion Acklen Dunning The Golden Basket Seaman Schepps William Sevrens Christopher Walling, Inc. WathneLtd. Wayne Pratt &Co.

Mr. &Mrs. Ben Barnes

Mr. &Mrs. Hugh M. Dickinson Mrs. Charles W. Engelhard Mr. &Mrs. Thomas Hilliger Mr. &Mrs. Thomas A. Holmes Mr. &Mrs. Richard L. Menschel Mr. &Mrs. RogerS. Penske

Donors ( $100-$499) Mr. &Mrs. Arthur G. Broil Mr. &Mrs. John B. Cowperthwait Mr. &Mrs. Benjamin H. Griswold IV Mr. &Mrs. Raymond L. Jones Mr. &Mrs. Dennis Keller Mr. &Mrs. Charles Mayhew Mr. &Mrs. George B. Moore Mr. &Mrs. C. Hardy Oliver.Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Daniel M. Reid Dr. &Mrs. Pierre A. Rinfret Mr. &Mrs. Stephen Rushmore

In-Kind Contributions The Bachman Company Batrtlett's Ocean View Farm Tina Fournier The Magazine Antiques Nanrucket Rent-All Ouclaw Seafood Sin1ply with Style Sweet Inspirations Tim Thompson Margaret Wiley

At/ar le/t: Antiques show preview party committee members: Leslie Baldwin, Barbara Gnffin, Patnl:ia McGill and Lois Horgan. Near le/t: Raffle contributor Btl! Sevrens and Linda Saligman, bene/actor party host. SPR I NG

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FESTIVAL OF TREES Chairs

Wreath Designers

Jeannette T. Game-Ju Edythe M. Travelstead

Bartlett's Ocean View Fann Belle Maison Sheila Daume Ensembles Forager House Collection Tandy Hawkins Interior Design Island Herbs Kimerick Herb Fann Tina Law Decorative An and Design Marine Home Center Garden Shop Patricia C. Myers t\lichelle's Romantic Clothing ModemAns MSPCA Stephanie's of Nantucket Dal)l Westbrook

Committee Kimberly C. Corkran Caroline N. Ellis Dorrit Gunerson Judi Hill ·Ann Hinton Richard Kemble George Kom Diane LaFranee Holly McGowan Bruce H. Poor Kathleen Walsh

Tree Designers Bramhall &Dunn Brant Point Marine Cape Air/Nantucket Airlines Jeannette & Jerry Carl Children's Shop Oaire Murray Coastal Design Compass Rose Re-.tl Estate Complete Kitchen Devonshire Down to Earth Trudy Dujardin Interiors Erica Wilson Needleworks Eye of the Needle Forager House Collection Pierre Garneau Building Contractor Kim Guamaccia Geronimo's Golden Basket Nina llellman Hill's of Nan rucker Lilly Pulitzer Lion's Paw M. Hedgpeth t\lichelle's Romantic Clothing ModemAns Nantucket Garden Oub Nantucket Glass Works Nantucket Ice Nantucket Island Chan1ber of Commerce Nantucket Rose Garden Nantucket Se..1ing &Design anrucker Toy Basket RmtJimmce Magazine John Rugge ·Sailor's Valentine 'Sconser Gardener Tov Boar Va~t'SSa Noel ShOt'S \'is-A-Vis \X1eeds ,\Jarcia &Joe \X'elch

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t\lrs.John N. Curlerr,Jr. Michael de LL'O Mr. &Mrs. Richard E. Deutsch John C. Doody & Carol A. \X'irr Mr. &Mrs. Nelson Doubleday haron Benson Doucette t\lrs. jo>eph N. DuBafl) IV ~Is. Tnody Dujardin Mr. &Mrs. Chris Emery Dr. &Mrs. John \X'. Espy Mr. &Mrs. Alan t\1. Forster Mrs. Gene G. Foster Mr. & t\lrs. Pierre Game-Ju Mr. & Mrs. rnmk Gifford

,\lr. & ~Irs. l.lich;ld f\,trlson .\lr. &"Irs. Eli \~Inkier f\aufm.m Richard Kemble & Gtwge f\om PariL'IlCr E. Killen Kathh.'ll Knight •\ne L f\opdman Bn.'llt Thoma.> f\noq:rr 'itL'<lll Lister Locke .\lr. & /.II". Franci"'O 1\. Lon.'llw Mr. & ,\1!'>. RtJ>\CII R ,\lacDonndl ,\lr. & ,\II". Jan R .\tacf\cnzie .\lr. & \Irs. \X'illiam B. ,\lawmh.:r ,\tr. & \Irs. St,mourG ..\tanJdl John I .\k:\tt'\'. Ir .Bruc~ D..\hiler llugh ,\litcheU .\lr. &.\ if' \\1• ( :hri,tophcr Moncnson.Jr

Sponsors Nantucket Bank American Express Nantucket Nectars Pacific National, ADi1ision of BankBosron

Contributors

Clocku•rlc/romtop: Cochairs t.l.lvtht• Trat'dl!t'tJd and jenny Gamcau; past chain 1\mt Corkran and Laurie Champwn; and Ricbard Kemble mpe1visti1f!. dccorat 1011.1

Benefactors Mrs. Joel Anapol Fay H. Anathan Mrs. William H. Andrews ill Dr. & Mrs. Da1id H. Barlow Mr. & Mrs. C. Marshall Be-.tle Mr. & Mrs. William G. Beattie Mr. &Mrs. Kenneth L. Beaugmnd Mr. & Mrs. Peter M. Bemon Mr. &Mrs. Daniel J Bills Roben U. Brown Mr. &Mrs. Douglas K. Burch Mr. &Mrs. \XIillian1 R Camp, Jr. Mr. &Mrs. Roben L. Champion ancy A. Chase Anthony Colella & Maureen Dumphy Kimberly C. Corknm Mr. &Mrs. William M. Crozier, Jr.

.\lr. & .\Irs. ~rwrt SchtNrr Dr & .\lt'i. Robert · ·mfdd ,\lr. &,\lrs.Jo.'n LSh;t\I,Jr. .\k ,\latW11'1.1 '-•h-cNrin .\I~. Ilt rmhy Slover &"· ( •C:OI}113 Ann 'indl .\lr. & .\h John St.mton Rtr'>ara D. Steven :\igd 'limms Anni,• TOIS\Llc rdrtiK' .\I. J'ravcl\tC.td .\lr. &·.\Irs. Rit ~ard I' Tucker l.u 'C!'te H. VoorhCl . ,\IT- I.Ju'3rd!L \\'.~rd,lr k.m .\I. \\"cber ·.\lr., ·,\Irs. Joseph I·. \\"dch .\II'>. R.mcrt S. \\"t.,tbn.,k Paul L \\'iller .\l..q:L me< \X' ilL .\lr ·,\It . l't1erl \\"!l,on .\II". ( .uul <.n \\'ndtke fn.m \\'. \\'ot.:ord .Br,·o Young & K.othh-n \\'abh

Mr. & Mrs. James Edward Gillum ..I r. usan Zises Green Toby Ann Grccnberg Peter J. Greenhalgh Mr. & Mrs. James R Grieves Mrs. Roben C. Griffin A. Peter Guarino Mrs. llerben L. Gutterson Mr. & Mrs. Edmund A. Hajim Prof. William A. Hance ). Cmig Hawkins &Stan E. llaf\•cy Ill Mr. & Mrs. Hanillton Heard,Jr. Teresa Heinz Messrs. Jack &]an1es Hendrix Mr. &Mrs. Steven K. Herlitz Mr. &Mrs. G.S. Hill Ann Hinton Sandrn Ray Holland Mr. & Mrs.JuliusJensen ill

EraMClSS 1 antucket Electrir (A>mp.my anrurket Golf Cluh. lnr. t\lr. & t>lrs. Peter\~ 1\;~.sh Mr. & Mrs. Robcn t\ :\usshaum Da1id 1.1. Ogdc11 Mr. & Mrs. Da1id E. Olsen Rafael Osona Mr. & Mrs. Wayne[. Pratt Dr. & Mrs. r~cric \X'. Pullen II Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Rand Ill Mr. &t>lrs. ILlli~t Rannt'l' Mr. &Mrs. Philip \X'hirnl; Rl"ad Mrs. John B. Rhodes, lr. Glen:1an Oliorr Robb;ns Mrs. Kenneth Rom:m Mrs. L111n A. Rotando Mr. Alfred r. Sanford Ill Mr. &Mrs. Philippe Schreiber

\lr ~.\Irs. \\1 ~('\lllour Archib.ud,Jr. \lr. c.: .\Irs. ( l\1 lev llwwn II \lr \Irs. Rohc~ 1.. Champoon lldm \\'inslow ( :h,I>e .\lr · \Irs. \\"uli.un II. Corkran. Jr. \lr · .\lrs.l:.trk· ,\I Craig. Jr. l),~ogn ( ;Ltld.lnr. .\lr & .\Irs. John L Dowling Incn,L of ·, anruckL1 Puhlic Schools ,\lr. & \Irs. \\"ayne .\l.llunt ,\lr. & ,\Irs. 1\~l;IId !'. .\kCuUou~h ,\ lr & ,\Irs.< 1rl \I. .\ludb ,\ lr., · ,\If' .\lor~;m.f. ~lurmy .\lr. & \If'. Sn~t ( . :\L~I'4U!St \lr & .\trs.Johr.J O'Connor ·\lln:d :'\, <lrpm .\lr & ·" "· Stc\'en \1. Rab .\lr & .\II" ( •LW~c \I. Rich ..Jr. ,\lr & .\lrs.l'r!L'r \1n:rdotc ,\lr. & .\II". ThL,Jtinre \1. Tirk.Jr. ,\lr & ,\ 1" Ridtird (; \'emL1 ,\lr. & ,\1" lav II. \\'ross .\lr. & \1" ·R<;Ix·n \ Young

In-Kind Services Billte Bamm·s c:hristi.m's Bill Fermll ll.uch's lshmdSp1rits TI1e lsbndrr Richard 1\emhlc George f\om rs!antuckct C'.offt"C Ro;Isters 1\,mrurkcr \X'inc & Sponts Rvder Elt'Clnc Swt'\:tlnspomtims

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Library& Curatorial Volunteers Over 100 Hours Roben E. Hellman Alfred H. No;issimo Betsy Pardi Jack Stratton Barbara Coleman White

Up to 100 Hours Elizabeth B. Anathan Mildred Arrington Beverly A. Barlow Billie Barro11~ Susan R Boardman

Jean Boutyette Nonna S. Bunon Monica Campanella Nancy A. Chase Joan Clarke Jane Connell Donna K. Cooper Kimberly C. Corkran Ganh Grimmer Susan Hochwald Amy Jenness Bemand F. Johnston Catherine Jane Jones Mal)' Lethbridge Dual A. Macintyre A. Pendleton Macintyre

V 0 L U N T E E R S

Joan H. Manley Angda Marciano Nantucket New School Mal)' P. ovissimo Jacqudine F. Peterwn Frank Powers David Prugh LisaRoberu Audrey B. Sachs Mary Jane Stroup StacyStuan Hildegard Van Lieu Gail B. Ward F. Jay Ward Carolyn A. Watt Paula K. Williams

Kathleen A. Walsh JoZschau

In-Kind Contributions Mr. &Mrs. John Bdash Mr. &Mrs. Dwight E. Beman Mrs. Alma Coffin Ms. Kimberly C. Corkran Mr. Thomas Edward Carroll Mr. Henry Fee Ms. Tina Fournier Mr. Edward Hawes Mr. Danid F. Kelliher Ms. Kathleen Knight Ms. Virginia Landis Mr. James Lyndon

McAuley Electric Microsoft Mr. Alfred H. Novissimo On-Cape Lithographers, Inc. Mrs. Susan Chase Ottison Ms. Melissa Philbrick Mr. &Mrs. H. Flint Ranney Mr. Eric Schultz Mr. Richard Slusarczyk Ms. Rhoda Weinman Mr. &Mrs. F. Jay Ward Mr. &Mrs. William Young

A WHALE OF AN EFFORT Whale In-Kind Donors: Toscana Corporation antucket Moorings Mike Lamb, Inc. Kenneth C. Coffin Excavating, Inc. Holdgate &Colletti Construction, Inc. Island Marine ]ared Coffin House Stop&Shop

NHA Volunteers Up to 100 Hours: Bruce Beebe Bob Butler David Coffin Kristen Corbin Bob DeCosta Josh Eldridge Josiah Fader-Brock Melissa Fraser Liz Glass

Val Hall Katie Hill John Howard Tim Howard Peter Kaizer Ted Lambrecht John Merrow Tim Moran Betsy Pardi Owen Perkins Tom Scannell Drew Schirnmenti David Lyon Smith Colin Sykes David Taylor Tim Thompson Fred Tonkin Mal)' Woodruff

Local, State, Federal & Academic Support Thomas W. French, Ph.D., Mass. Division of Fish & Wildlife, Natural Heritage &Endangered Species Program

Dana Hartley, National Marine Fisheries Connie Marigo, ew England Aquarium Judy Chupasko, Harvard University Dr. Darlene Kenen, Hatvard University Tracy Sundell, Nantucket Marine Dept. Da1~d Fronzuto, Nantucket Marine Dept. Sgt. Donald Lahaye, Mass. Environmental Police Chief Bruce Watts, Nantucket Fire Dept. Channing Egenberg, antucket Fire Dept.

Officer Richard Bretschneider, Nantucket Police Depaitment Dr. Sheri)' Holt, MSPCA Richard Ray, Health Inspector

Marine Mammal Stranding Team, Inc. Special thanks to thirty-six members of the MMST who sprang into acrion upon the first sighting of the spenn whale struggling off Low Beachon December 30, 1997. Over the course of four days, volunteers set up twentyÂˇ four -hour watches, interaded 1vith the public, and provided suppon to the necropsy and skdeton salvage team, totalling nearly 400 much-appreciated man hours.

"I saw tt. as a chance to relive island history. I may be one of the last native N antucketers to harvest a sperm whale .this century. " m JOSH ELDRIDGE has participated in every aspect of the NHA's involvement with the whale skeleton right /rom the beginning. In /act, he was one of the very first people on the beach. SPRING

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Eastman Johnson's Summers on Nantucket by I Adapted /rom a talk delivered at the Annual Meeting of Patricia Hills

the Nantucket Historical Association, July 10, 1998 ASTMAN J0 1INSO ( 1824-1905), IllS Will: 01' a year, Elizabeth Buckley, and their infant daughter, Ethel, visited antucket in the summer of 1870, and they fell in love with the place. The island had been recommended to Johnson by a friend, as he explained to one of his biographers, because he had wished for "a quiet and incurious locality." The family returned in 1871 , bought a cottage on Cliff Road , and furnished a studio where Johnson could work. They subsequently returned to Nantucket every summer until about 1890, often staying as late as mid-December before packing up and returning to the hustle and bustle of ew York. Within ten years after his first visit Johnson became very much identified with Nantucket by tl1e New York art world. One art writer, S. G. W. Benjamin, described ilie attractions of the island to Johnson in The Modem School ofArt, 1883:

For many years one of the three great whaling ports of the United States, Nantucket was rich in wealth and in traditions of the sea. The traditions remain, the wealth, however, has gone with those that accumulated it, and the once thriving port is now a waste of decaying wharves and crumbling mansions. But Nantucket is gradually becoming a sanitary resort on accOLmt of the mildness of the climate, while its scenery, its traditi ns, and the quaint seafaring character of its people, offer unusual attractions to the artist. Mr. Johnson was one of the first to discover these advantages. He purcha ed a cottage near the town, in which to pa s the summer and autumn months. The ocean is only a little way from his house, and his studio, once an old barn, is close at hand.

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Lizzie W. Champney,'' riting "The Summer Haunts of American Artists," in the Sep tember issue of The Century MagaZI!Ie, described .Johnson's summer retreat as: anwcket, one of the rarl' spot· whtch preserve the flaand atmosphere olthe olden time. The i land with its ryp<..'S of old men and women that are fading out elsewhen:, e\ ~:n 111 oth~:r r~:mote nooks of Massachust:tts, its que~:r houses and windmills, its anrique furniture and costume has long been the artistic "property" of Mr. Lastman .Johnson. The man and the place have a tl<ltur.tl symp.nhy for each other. lie is a chronicler of a ph.tst: of our national life whi ch is f,tst passing a\1'<1\', and which cannot be made up with old fashion plates and tlK· lay figure of the studio. I [e li\'L'S in'' fascin,ning "hous~: of se\'Cn gables," filled with curiosities brought to 1 1antucket by seafaring men, - keepsake pitchers inscnbed with amatory poetry, and mad~: in rngLmd .I CC'IltlllY ago as gifts for sai.lors' S\\'t..'Cthearts, ami many anmher treasure in willowware or other china. lr. johnson's studio is stored with antique furniture. spinning wheels, and costumes. A row of battered hats sugg~:sl the antiquated squires, Quakers. and gentlem~:n of the olden time that have made their bow to us in his picturL'S. \'01'

.Johnson clearly found the island a baLn to the presure of ew York. llc w rotc to hi friend Jervis McEntee in November 17, 1879: Now J ·uppose you art: in ew \ ork. Probably wonder what keeps me here. [ am trying to get orne work done .. .. Pulling up is a great interruption and for a considerable time and I dread it. 'TI1e weather is lovely. We don't have fires all the time- a little wood fire in the evening. ll1e house is comfortable and there is less bother thm1 anywhere else and less occasion and need to spend money. But we must be moving now very soon .... I would ... like to try it here for a whole winter. ... 0 no, \VC must keep in the whirl or be left behind. SPR ING

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Four weeks later, he was still in Nantucket, where he wrote on December 13: I am staying here to get through with things begun, not much .. .. You are all in full season there [New York City]. It must seem strange to you that anybody can still remain in the country on a desert island .... There is something very peaceful and satisfactory in our life here, tho it might take a different color if we were never to go to New York again. But I find I am thinking a good deal about some such final retreat. Oh what a working world, no day and no time for ... quiet leisure, to do what you wish to do.

The earliest picture he did was The Old Stage Coach, 1871 (Milwaukee Art Center), a charming picture of little boys and girls scrambling over an old stagecoach from colonial times. In fact, written across the front of the coach is "Mayflower," a reference to the first ship that came to Massachusetts in 1620 from England. The picture is full of energy- very appealing to an audience eager to forget the recent battles of the Civil War. Other subjects followed, such as women in gardens picking HISTORIC

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hollyhocks, as in Hollyhocks, 1876 (New Britain Museum of American Art). The bright sunshine sparkles on the variously colored flowers, and the women become as decorative as the hollyhocks that bloomed so profusely on the island. In 1876 he showed two paintings at the National Academy of Design spring exhibition in New York: Cornhusking Bee, 1876 (Art Institute of Chicago) depicting the island activity of husking corn at harvest time. The other was The New Bonnet, 1876 (Metropolitan Museum of Art). The critic Clarence Cook of the New York Tribune praised both of the pictures in his April22, 1876, review, but spoke of the New Bonnet in terms that clearly revealed his sense that the picture was old fashioned. He even made up a little story, which borders on parody with its exaggerated Yankee speech, about the figure of "Eliza Jane" the bonnet owner, and "Sary Ann" who "stirs the toddy with a wandering mind and a dawdling spoon" for the delivery man. Then Cook turns to Johnson's other submission, Cornhusking Bee. Cook praises it: ---------

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[H]ere, the color is laid on in a way the vety opposite of the careful, neat Dusseldorfish manner in which the New Bonnet is painted. This Husking Bee seems done to please the artist and connoisseurs; the ew Bon11el to please the world as it goes, and the world in particular for whom Mr. Johnson has so long been working. Cook then goes off on a disquisition about "finish" and argues that Johnson's Cornhuski11g Bee is in fact exactly as it should be- "finished" because the artist thinks it is done. Cook urged Johnson to be more painterly in his works. And, indeed, Johnson used a loose and pontaneous brush in many of his sketches of cranberry pickers, which he began painting in the mid-1870 , such as In the Fields (Study for The Cranberry Ilarvest, Island of Nantucket), 1878-79 ( antucket Historical Association), a study of tl1e overall scene with a few figures dotting ilie landscape. The finished work, The Cranberry Harvest, 1880 (Timken Art Gallery, San Diego), received high praise when shown at ilie spring exhibition of the National Academy of Design in April1880. S. G. W. Benjamin, writing for ilie American Art Review, assessed its merit: There is no mystery and no pathos in the works of Mr. Eastman Johnson. But as a delineator of the cheerful or picturesque aspects of American genre, he not only

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stands ncar th<.: ht:ad of our an. hut continues to improve in his lat<.:r \\'orks hmh in g<.:nr<.: and portraiture. The Cnmbenl' 1/an •t•l/ 111 ',m/uc/..~el, repr<.>senting the lasses and Iadd it'S oft h,u >l'<Lt:mng Isle stealing a few delightful hours from marnime and domestic pursuits to cull the scarl~:t lx:rri<.:s from th<.: moist meadow-lands, is an ambitious composition of .1 \'LI'\ mt:ritorious characll:r. The grouping is ck\'nly .trmnged, interestingly suggestive, and harmommtsly introduced into the well painted landscap~:. What appealed to the publiL was Johnson's representation of rural work as coop<.:rativ<.: - engaging all th people of the communi tv. Of course, we know that rapid industrialization was making America sooty, crowded, and, in tht: tenements, breeding grounds for tubercula is. \XIhat Johnson portrayed in The Cranberry Harvest was a way t~f lift..: that sL·cmed to be rapidly passtng away. John on liked everything about tht: island, it seems. His oming and goings \\'t:r<.: duly reported in the Inquirer and Mirror. lie likt:d the old sea captains a~d did many pictures of them both us portrait studies and as characters playing their roles in his genre pictures. . _ , . . k lie seemed e ·pec1ally (ond of Captain Mync • whom he painted leanin g on his can (Nantucket Historical Association) and as a charac ter in The Reprimand, l8 0 (private collection) shown along wi~ The mnberrv llarue.11 at the 18 0 exhibition. This _1s one of my f,w~rite pictur not only for the quality o_f ItS painting technique but for the originality of it subJec_t. The appeal of thi picture for me lie in its metaphonc S P R l

content: the new generation rebelliously turning its back on the old - as the younger Paris- and Munichtrained artists of the late 1870s and early 1880s were turning from the old-guard academicians. A more feminine spirit defies the moral authority of the old patriarch -just as expressive, internationalist art-for-art's sake painting (filled with women as subjects) began to usurp the authority of the Hudson River School and the nativist genre painting. But his new generation did not reject Johnson; they accepted him as one of their own. Nevertheless, I believe Johnson knew that his genre painting was increasingly perceived as old fashioned. In Embers, c. 1880 (private collection), Captain Myrick now stares into the dying embers of a New England hearth, reflecting on days gone by. The old captain seems to be Johnson's surrogate for his own generation, left to his own memories after the young woman has flounced off into a new, more cosmopolitan world. Although Johnson actually exhibited with the younger men and women at the Society of American Artists in the late 1870s and early 1880s, he did not adopt their impressionist styles of high-keyed palettes and broken brushwork. In the end he turned to portraiture. But he was always identified with Nantucket and welcomed the younger artists when they came to Nantucket, such as Will Low, who described Johnson in his book, A Chronicle of Friendship: The bluff, hearty welcome accorded to the newcomer by the successful painter, whose pictures had long been accepted by our artists and our people, and whose portraits, if gathered together, would in themselves constitute a gallery of noted Americans, as characteristic of the man. Robust, kindly petulant in manner, florid of complexion, sturdy of figure, not so far removed in type, though he was thoroughly a man of the world, from some of the retired captains that he painted so well in his Nantucket School of Philosophy. Eastman Johnson mingled with his neighbors on terms that explain in his work the easy seizure of character, the complete fidelity of type, the essential quality of sympathetic representation rendered.

where friendship and community matter. Patricia Hills teaches American art at Boston University. She writes wzdely on both nineteenth- and twentieth-century genre and figure painting. Her essay "Eastman Johnson on Nantucket" will be published by the Nantucket Hz:Stoncal Association in the forthcoming Picturing Nantucket: An Art History of the Island with Paintings from the Collection of the Nantucket Historical Association.

For Further Reading: Forthcoming: Teresa A. Carbone and Patricia Hills. Eastman Johnson: Painting America. New York: Brooklyn Museum of Art in association with Rizzoli International Publications, 1999. Baur,John I. H. An American Genre Painter: Eastman Johnson, 1824-1906. Brooklyn: Institute of Arts and Sciences, 1940. Crosby, Everett U. Eastman Johnson at Nantucket: His Paintings and Sketches a/Nantucket People and Scenes. Nantucket: Privately printed, 1944. Hills, Patricia. Eastman Johnson. New York: Clarkson N. Potter, 1972. Simpson, Marc; Sally Mills; and Patricia Hills. Eastman Johnson: The Cranberry Harvest, Island of Nantucket. San Diego: Timken Art Gallery, 1990.

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Then Low continues with a description of the very pleasant, long summer evenings he spent with Johnson. When Johnson died in 1906, no one had such an outpouring of tributes. They remembered him as a kindly man, encouraging to younger artists, and as an artist with great integrity. We remember him, especially in his pictures of Nantucket, as showing us a world HISTORIC

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Mtchael Jehle and author!lecturer Patricia Hills pose with the Eastman Johnson study at the 1998 annual meeting. SPRING

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maritime and whaling documents purcha ed by the Friends at part two of the auction of Barbara Johnson's well-known whaling collection. These items included a rare shippin g paper signed by Absalom Boston. Other items in the library bearing significant signatures are documents displaying the autographs of a number of United States presidents. Over the past century five sitting presidents have visited Nantucket: Ulysses S. Grant socialized with Frederick C. Sanford in 1874; in 1882 he ter Alan Arthur took a jaunt out to Surfside on the railroad ; Woodrow Wilson disembarked at the antucket Athletic Club (now the Nantucket Yacht lub) in 1917; Franklin D. Roosevelt stopped over while on hi 1933 cruise along the New England coast in the Amberjack II, which flew the Wharf Rat Club flag; and in the summer of 1963 John F. Kennedy, on board th e yacht Honey Fitz, anchored in Nantucket Harbor. Nantucket's ties to the country's presidents, however, extend beyond brief and casual visits as evidenced by a group of documents in the library bearing the ignatures of eighteen out of forty-rwo United tares pr idents. The signatures of George Washington , Thoma Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, John Tyler, James Polk, Franklin Pierce, James Buchanan , Abraham Lincoln , Andrew Johnson , Chester Alan Arthur, Grover Cleveland, Benjamin Harri on, William McKinl ey, As the year 2000 approaches, the NHA asks Theodore Rooseve lt , members and friends to consider donating artifacts Woodrow Wil on, and ephemera associated with twentieth-century Franklin D . Roosevelt, Nantucket places, residents, and events. Recent and Warren G. Harding gifts to the coUection have included theater procan be found in the grams from island perfonnances, Nantucket high library's manuscript school yearbooks, and photographs of the effects collection. of the 1996 hurricane Edouard. Events of today The signature of become history tomorrow. The NHA needs your these presidents appear help to continue presenting a comprehensive view most impressively on of island history weD into the new millennium. maritime documents. A Hyou have artifacts, photographs, or library mateMediterranean Pas port rial you would like to donate, please call the for the brig Charlotte, NHA's curator of collections Aimee Newell at with John Swain as her (508) 325-7885. master, was signed by James Madison on Betsy Lowenstein

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March 14, 1815. The M~.:Jiterranean Passport was created after the United tares concluded a treaty with Algiers in 1795 and was issued to vcs els that would be traveling pa t the Barbary Coa t. On September 5, 1 05, Thomas Jefferson signed a sea letter, in four language , for the ship Lo?,an, captained by Reuben Bunker. ea letters specified the nature of the cargo-in thi ca e ugar, coffee, pepper staves, Iogwood (a dyewood), and dragon's blood· and the de tination, Amsterdam. (A dictionary of commerce dating from 1843 define dragon's blood as <l resinous substance of a "Jeep dusky red colour." In the form of balls, rods, or cakes it was brought prim;trily from the East Indies and u ed for tinting spirit and turpentine varnishes, for preparing gold lacquer, and for tooth tinctures and powders.) ,overnmental appointments were also signed by pre idents. On March H I" 92, ,eorge Washington appointed Stephen I Ius~L'Y as Inspector of the Revenue for the ports of antuck~.:t <tnd herburne. Eben W. Allen was named Collector of Cu. toms for the District of antucket by James Buch.man on June 3, 1858. James B. offin was 111<tlk Consul of the United States at r. I !elena by Cron:r Ckvebnd on June 12, 1895. And in 1917 and 1920 \\'oodrow Wil on designated Anna E. C. Barrett as Postmistress of Sia conset. ther common documents signed by American presidents in the libran 's collectio n are military appointments. On May 14, 1861, Abraham Lincoln made ,corge I [ussey Tracy a fir t lieutenant in the Fifteenth Regiment of Infantry. William Mayhew Folger' appointment as rear admiral in the Navy was igned by Theodore Roosevelt on December 15, 1904. The library houses s~.:,·eral letters igned by president. n D·cember 7, 1939, Franklin D . Roosevelt wrote to Mrs. Georg~: Fawcett to thank her for the gift of a print of the .S.S. Cwntttuftoll. The manuscript collection also contain an earl ier signature of R sevelt 's. In 19 19, Roosevelt, then Acting Secretary of the avy, wrote to 1my J<me ha e informing her that the name Chase had bL"Cn a signed to torpedo boat d e troyer o. 323 in honor of her g randfather, Midshipman Reuben hasc of the Un ited tates Navy. These do uments, and others, bearing presidential signatures, may be viewed in the library.

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Wish List The library staff of the Edouard A. Stackpole Research Center compiled the following list of books. If you are interested in donating any of these books to the library, please call Betsy Lowenstein at 508-228-1894. All gifts will be commemorated by a special bookplate. Stevenson, Louise. The Victorian Home/ront: American Thought and Culture, 1860-1880. ($28.95) Druett,Joan. The Sailing Circle. ($11.95) Druett's book explores the New London whaling community. Dorman, Franklin A. Twenty Families of Color in Early Massachusetts, 1742-1998. ($35.00) The following two volumes will help the photo archivist in dating and cataloguing photographs and daguerreotypes in the photo archives: Polito, Ronald. A Directory a/Massachusetts Photographers. ($90.00)

Craig's Daguerreian Registry. Vols. 2 and 3 ($80.00) The following four books will help the curatorial department identify and date items in the NHA's textiles collections: Trestain, Eileen Jahnke. Dating Fabrics: A Color Guide 1800-1960. ($26.95) Meller, Susan, and Joost Elffers. Textile Designs. ($90.00) Schoeser, Mary, and Celia Rufey. English and American Textiles. ($65.00)

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base that can be searched by researchers. One third of the library's maps have been catalogued. The library hopes to have all of the maps catalogued by the spring of 2000. The maps in need of cataloguing date from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and include charts of distant ports and lands and plats of Nantucket land. For further information please call library director Betsy Lowenstein at 228-1894.

Spring and Summer Events The NHA, the Nantucket Conservation Foundation, and the Nantucket Cottage Hospital will host an "Asset Preservation Seminar" presented by Chase Manhattan P rivate Bank on Monday, June 28, at the 'Sconset Casino. For more information call Jean Grimmer at 228-1894. The NHA will present a new exhibition, Seafaring: The Maritime Arts of Nantucket, in the Peter Foulger Museum. Opening May 28, the exhibition will look at the variety of exotic souvenirs and household goods brought home by Nantucket whalers. The Living History for Children program resumes this summer. On Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays throughout July and August, there will be a variety of classes designed to offer hands-on learning based on island life during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Please call228-1894 for reservations. The 1999 calendar is currently available, offering a complete schedule of NHA events.

Orlofsky, Patsy, and Myron. Quilts in America. ($65.00) Also needed: Old sheets and blankets for packing materials.

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Calling All Volunteers! Volunteers work on a variety of projects in the library. Three are of particular importance as the library hopes to complete them within the next year. Please consider donating your time. Nearly 4,000 library books and pamphlets are not cat alogued . W ith out a ca talo gue record, which describes the book and provides it with an identifying number, the library does not know what books are on the shelves. Volunteers will create brief records of the books, which will then be sent off-island to be catalogued more formally. T h is summer th e lib rary plans to document Nan tucket's cemeteries, recording the information inscribed on the island's tombstones. A common query of researchers and genealogists is "Where is my ancestor buried?" Information will be entered into a dataHI s T 0 RI c

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HELEN SOVERINO, long-time docent Visitors to the Hadwen House this summer may encounter there a gentle spectre we knew as Helen Soverino. For more than twenty years Helen was the chatelaine at the Main Street mansion, graciously conducting the guided tours and regaling guests with anecdotes and historical notes that made the house come alive. Staff and trustees extend sincere condolences to her family. EMIL GUBA, at 101 years of age A distinguished professor of botany at the University of Massachusetts and longtime summer resident, Dr. Guba wrote several scientific monographs on Nantucket's vegetation; but he was also a history buff, contributing articles to Historic Nantucket and publishing his Nantucket Odyssey, an accessible historical compendium he wrote as a labor of love.

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