Annual Report 2021 Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology
Fiscal Year 2021 July 1, 2020 - June 30, 2021
THE PEABODY VISION I
n 1901, Robert S. Peabody (Class of 1857) established the institution that now bears his name with three goals in mind: to provide space for Phillips Academy student groups, to promote the study of archaeology and anthropology at Phillips Academy, and to foster archaeological research. Our twenty-first century vision for the Institute has remained true to Robert Peabody’s original idea: a teaching museum dedicated to the faculty and students of the Academy.
Contents: Inside the Peabody THE PEABODY AND COVID-19 4 PEABODY HIGHLIGHTS 5 COLLABORATIVE LEARNING 8 COLLECTIONS STEWARDSHIP 12 INVENTORY COMPLETE 14 OUTREACH AND PARTNERSHIPS 16 DIGGIN’ IN SERIES 18 GLORY, TROUBLE, AND 19 RENAISSANCE AT THE PEABODY THE KNOWLEDGE & GOODNESS 20 CAMPAIGN SUMMARY OF GIVING FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020-21
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SUPPORTING THE MISSION 22 PEABODY DIGITAL RESOURCES 24
PEABODY PERSONNEL AND 25 COMMITTEE MEMBERS
THE PEABODY AND COVID-19 The Peabody Institute responded to the challenges of COVID-19 in creative ways during 2020-2021. The Diggin’ In series–in partnership with the Massachusetts Archaeological Society–continued to connect the public with archaeologists and their research. While classes remained online, some instructors used the virtual lessons developed by the Peabody, and collections staff returned to the building to continue our collections cataloging project and respond to research requests. NAGPRA consultation continued online, and we even completed a repatriation of ancestors from Florida. COVID-19 has challenged us to find new and creative ways to share archaeology on campus and beyond, and while we look forward to a return to normal in the near future, we can see the benefits of virtual tools that expand our reach.
Peabody Highlights
Society for American Archaeology Teaching Award In August 2020, the Society for American Archaeology (SAA) announced its newest education award, the Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology Award for Archaeology and Education. The Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology Award for Archaeology and Education recognizes the excellence of individuals or institutions in using archaeological methods, theory, and/or data to enliven, enrich, and enhance other disciplines, and to foster the community of archaeology education practitioners. The Peabody Award will spotlight these contributions and promote teaching ideas, exercises, activities, and methods across the educational spectrum, from K-12 through higher education and public education. Diving with a Purpose received the inaugural award at the April annual meeting of the society.
Virtual Practicum In spring 2021 Ryan Wheeler mentored Oberlin College student Annabel Dobbyn in a virtual practicum. Annabel used online auction data to track the buying and selling of shell gorgets, a distinctive artifact from the southeastern United States. Together, they developed a database with hundreds of shell gorgets sold online, identifying the primary auction houses involved in these sales, a fair number of fakes, and price trends. We were surprised to learn that most gorgets sold online were unknown in the archaeological literature. Regional trends were interesting as well, including a large number of gorgets from West Virginia, where few had been reported. One of the most interesting observations was that some gorgets were offered for sale over and over by different auction houses, often with very different descriptions and provenance data.
Peabody Highlights Continued New England Museums Association Repatriation Workshop At the November 2020 annual meeting of the New England Museums Association, the Peabody Institute and the Tomaquag Museum co-sponsored the workshop NAGPRA at 30: Reflecting on the Past, Looking to the Future. Session participants were able to discuss all aspects of NAGPRA with tribal, museum, and National Park Service facilitators in small, informal groups, from basic questions to work on institutional repatriation goals. Facilitators included Ryan Wheeler, director, Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology, MA; Nekole Alligood, Delaware Nation, Independent Consultant, OK; Jaime Arsenault, Tribal Historic Preservation Officer, White Earth Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe; David Goldstein, National Park Service, Region-1 Tribal and Cultural Affairs Liaison; Rae Gould, Nipmuc Nation and Associate Director of Native American and Indigenous Studies at Brown University; Katie Kirakosian, Archaeologist, Educator, and Board Member, Tomaquag Museum; Krystiana L. Krupa, Program Officer, NAGPRA Office, University of Illinois; Melanie O’Brien, Manager, National NAGPRA Program, National Park Service, DC; Lorén M. Spears, Narragansett, Executive Director of Tomaquag Museum, RI (NEMA Board); Marla Taylor, Curator of Collections, Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology, CT; Jayne-Leigh Thomas, Director of the Office of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, Indiana University; Jackie Veninger-Robert, NAGPRA Coordinator, University of Connecticut.
Archaeology Centers Coalition This year the Peabody Institute joined the Archaeology Centers Coalition. In response to urgent calls to address systemic racism in all spheres of institutional life, a group of archaeology centers based in the United States have come together to identify avenues for concrete change. Since July, center directors and representatives have been meeting via Zoom to consider ways to move archaeology forward towards greater diversity, equity, and inclusion. The initiative emerged out of conversations that began in the wake of the murder of George Floyd between the Society of Black Archaeologists (SBA), the Indigenous Archaeology Collective (IAC), the Wenner-Gren Foundation, SAPIENS, and the Cornell Institute of Archaeology and Material Studies (CIAMS). In our search for effective strategies, it quickly became clear that archaeology centers have a fundamental role to play as key institutional loci of undergraduate recruitment, graduate student training, and faculty development. The Archaeology Centers Coalition includes representatives from CIAMS, the Archaeological Research Facility at UC Berkeley, the Archaeological Research Center at UC Santa Cruz, the Andrew Fiske Memorial Center for Archaeological Research at UMass, Boston, the Columbia Center for Archaeology, the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA, the George Washington University Capitol Archaeological Institute, the Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology at Brown University, the Peabody Institute of Archaeology at Phillips Academy Andover, the Stanford University Archaeology Center, the Scripps Center for Marine Archaeology at UC San Diego, the University of South Alabama Center for Archaeological Studies, and the Museum of Anthropological Archaeology at the University of Michigan.
Ramson Lomatewama Stained Glass Commission Sarah Driscoll, instructor in english, introduced us to talented poet, glass artist, and educator Ramson Lomatewama of Hopi’s Third Mesa. Ramson is the first and only fulltime Hopi glassblower, as well as a traditional katsina doll carver, jeweler, published poet, and consultant. He is also an educator on several levels. Early in his career, he was a middle school and high school teacher, and for many years, served as adjunct faculty at North Central College in Naperville, Illinois. His work is featured in the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture’s exhibition Clearly Indigenous: Native Visions Reimagined in Glass. Ramson made several online presentation’s to Sarah’s students that also were open to the public–see the Peabody YouTube page for recordings. In the spring the Peabody Institute commissioned Ramson to create a stained glass panel for our building’s entry transom window. We anticipate installation next year.
Collaborative Learning: New Lessons Lindsay Randall worked with Dr. Miriam Villanueva, history faculty, to create three brand new lessons for her elective, North American Borders. The lessons are: I ndigenous North Shore – The objective of this lesson is to have students understand and grapple with the complexities of making definitive determinations as to which native groups lived on the North Shore, and thus the complexities of understanding borders. This will be done through the crafting of a land acknowledgment, as a central part of such a statement is naming the tribes of located on the North Shore. It will also highlight for students that the issues and ambiguity of borders is not a problem of “others” but one found in their own local community. olitics of Grass – Using a child’s doll as P the beginning of their exploration, students will learn about how the Comanche cooperated within their own communities, while also creating strife among other tribes and expanding European/Western imperialist nations. MYTH Conceptions – Explores how museums, such as the Peabody Institute, are extensions of the concept of Manifest Destiny. Students learn about the historical theft of artifacts through the Peabody’s work to repatriate community artifacts and human remains to White Earth Nation, the community to which they belong.
Lindsay Randall worked with Dr. Miriam Villanueva, history faculty, to create a new lesson on the archaeology of the Great Depression called The Twines that Bind Us. Students examine a single object – a ball of string – to understand the lasting effect of vulnerability that the Great Depression left on those who lived through the turmoil and uncertainty, regardless of race, class, etc.
Lindsay Randall worked with Dr. Miriam Villanueva, history faculty, to create a new lesson on the material culture of Native protests called Missing the Meaning. Students will understand how at the heart of Native protests are issues about tribal sovereignty, treaty rights, and meaningful intergovernmental consultation as well as how the erasure and ignorance of Native American-US relationships within the broader public perpetuates misconceptions about the true nature of these protests by examining two protest signs to better understand their context.
Collaborative Learning Continued The Peabody Institute supported coursework across disciplines during fiscal year 2020-21 in a variety of ways, but the challenges of COVID-19 severely impacted our ability to connect with faculty and students. Peabody educators taught 28 lessons, serving 13 faculty members and approximately 500 students (in FY 2019-20 we hosted approximately 1,500 students).
Human Origins Led by Peabody director Ryan Wheeler, this course highlights the important and complex events that make up the last seven million years of human evolution. An important goal is for students to develop a critical understanding of key concepts in human evolution, including the theory of biological evolution, the differences and similarities between various hominin species, the “creative explosion” of human cognition, the concept of race and its place in scientific research and discourse, and the role of archaeology and paleoanthropology in construction of our knowledge of the past. In fall 2020, Human Origins moved online, like all Phillips Academy classes. Dr. Wheeler spent much of the summer creating and revising assignments to fit the online format. Each week, sixteen students completed assignments and then discussed their work during our evening Zoom calls. We divided the course into three modules: science vs pseudoscience, human evolution, and race and scientific racism. To keep things interesting, students collaborated to make videos, and even continued our tradition of stone tool making using kits shared for remote work.
Faculty Participation The following faculty members utilized the Institute during year 2020-21:
History and Social Science
English Sarah Driscoll
Biology Andrea Bailey Jerry Hagler
Natalya Baldyga Clair Dahm Marcelle Doheny Midori Ishizuka Caitlin Monroe Marisela Ramos Juan Gabriel Sanchez Miriam Villanueva
Spanish
Art
Mark Cutler
Thayer Zaeder
Digital Lessons
Existing lessons were turned into a digital format to support remote learning. Maya Codex Talking Trash Between the Lines In Our Image Human Cranial Evolution Pueblo Revolt
Collections Stewardship Recognizing that the Peabody Institute’s collaborative learning offerings at Andover and beyond are anchored in our significant collections in the midst of an ambitious project to improve both physical and intellectual control over our holdings. This includes cataloging of the collections, online access, opportunities for scholars and researchers, and a focus on the Institute’s work duty program.
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[4] [2] Peabody Collections by the Numbers 600,000+ Archaeology Collections 2,200+ Ehtnographic Collections 46,000+ Images 570+ linear feet in Archives 9,000+ books in Library 5,092 Sites and locations in 38 countries, with principal collections from the United States and Canada
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[1] Reasearch, Scholar Visits, and Loans
In fiscal year 2020-21, the Peabody hosted 3 research visits and responded to 29 inquiries regarding our collections. The Peabody archives were the focus of nearly half of the inquiries. Researchers were utilizing the archives to better understand past Peabody sponsored expeditions and contextualize their own work. Other inquires included: background to develop interpretive signage to document the Native history on the campus of UMass Lowell, conservation on ceramics from Pecos Pueblo, NM, and efforts to understand split and shared collections subject to NAGPRA.
[2] Adopt A Drawer Program
In 2013, the Peabody Institute launched a fundraising promotion called Adopt A Drawer that invites donors to support the cataloging of more than 2,100 artifact storage drawers at the Peabody. Work duty students and interns are heavily involved in the cataloging work. Donors receive updates on the cataloging, including before and after photos, as well as acknowledgement in our online catalog. As of June 30, 2021, generous donors have adopted 108 item storage drawers – 11 during this fiscal year. These drawers hold material ranging from PaleoIndian sites in New England to the Pecos Valley in New Mexico; from Florida to the homestead of a freed Black woman in Andover. As these drawers are inventoried, they will appear in the Peabody’s online catalog.
[3] Volunteers 2020-2021
Volunteers help collections staff with a variety of collections project from inventorying the collection to pest management to preparing artifacts for classes. After a year without them, it was a pleasure to welcome volunteers, both returning and new, to the Peabody again. Projects include completing pest management evaluation of textiles, assisting with the full inventory of the collection, and processing archives. Volunteer activity is crucial to our success!
[4] NAGPRA
The Peabody has been in the forefront of Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) compliance since the inception of the act in the 1990s. Peabody collections have included ancestral human remains and funerary objects from over 120 sites in 29 states. Collections have been affiliated with 60 tribes, though the Peabody houses ancestral remains from approximately 40 sites considered to be culturally unidentified under the NAGPRA act and rule. We published one corrected Notice of Inventory Completion in the Federal Register for ancestors and belongings from Florida this year. Consultations with tribes have included the Osage Nation, Wabanaki Confederacy, Choctaw Nation, and the Muscogee (Creek) Nation. Requests for repatriation and consultation with tribes continue today.
[5] Linda S. Cordell Memorial Research Award
The award recipients in 2019-20 (rescheduled to 2020-21 due to COVID-19) were Dr. Gabriel Hrynick and Dr. Arthur Anderson. Drs. Hrynick and Anderson are faculty at the University of New Brunswick and University of New England, respectively. Much of their fieldwork and research are focused in far Down East, Maine on Cobscook Bay, Washington County and they are particularly interested in the collections from the Northeastern Archaeological Survey (NAS) from the late 1940s to the middle 1950s. In addition to better understanding the NAS collection, Drs. Hrynick and Anderson are looking to identify artifacts from the very earliest period of European Interaction with Maine and the Maritime Provinces. Their current project is funded by the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada. For more on the Linda S. Cordell Memorial Research Award see our blog.
Inventory by the Numbers • 2,108 drawers rehoused • Nearly 3,000 custom archival boxes holding the collection • 55,000 polyethylene bags • 7 rolls of foam – 750ft² each • 21 Sharpies • Uncountable podcast hours • 16 notebooks • 506,924 individual items inventoried and rehoused •
300 coffee thermoses (at least!)
• 4 office chairs
• 215 items in the average drawer • Over 13,000 items in the densest drawer • Dozens of work duty students • 5 volunteers
Peabody Inventory Complete!
We did it! The Peabody recently reached a major milestone in the quest for full physical and intellectual control over the collection by completing the Box Us In initiative. This labor of love was the primary focus for the Collections department between 2017-2021. Over the course of the project, we more than doubled the catalog records in the Peabody’s internal database, counted just over 500,000 individual items, and rehoused items from over 2,000 wooden drawers into archival boxes. The work is thorough, detailed, and invaluable to establishing intellectual control over the collection. A massive thank you must go out to everyone who was a part of this incredible project. This includes all Peabody Institute staff – including those who have had to move on over the years – our volunteers, and dozens of work duty students. Our deepest appreciation also goes to our financial supporters – the Oak River Foundation, the Abbot Academy Fund, and Les ’68 and Barbara Callahan for their generosity and support over the years.
Outreach and Partnerships The Peabody embraces the PA motto of Non sibi and recognizes that our role in the community goes beyond the classroom and campus. Participation in variety of educational events and partnerships throughout the year helps us bring archaeology and anthropology to the broader community.
Archaeological Society Meetings
The Peabody Institute virtually hosted the monthly meetings of the Massachusetts Archaeological Society’s Eugene C. Winter Chapter, which includes lectures on all topics of archaeology and history. Meetings are held September through May. The lectures are open to all, including faculty, staff, students, and members of the public. September: David Leslie - Paleoindian Occupations along the Farmington River: Southern New England’s Oldest Archaeological Site October: Dr. William Short - Firing Up Lost Secrets: How Iron Was Made In Viking-age Iceland November: Dr. Robert Goodby - The First to See Monadnock Paleoindian Life at the Tenant Swamp Site December: Dr. Jordon Loucks - Archaeology of Ethnicity, Race, and Consumption in New York January: Dr. Calvin Mires - Resurgam! The Archaeology, Heritage, and Living Memory of the 1898 Shipwreck, Portland February: Julie Dana - The Veterans Curation Program: Heroes Preserving History March: Victoria Cacchione - The Rebellious Legacy of Nantucket’s African-American Community: The Ceramics at the Boston-Higginbotham House on Nantucket April: Dr. Stephen Loring - A Voyage to the Caribou House: A consideration of the spiritual dimension embodied in stone tools as perceived in the archaeology of the Far Northeast. May: Alicia Paresi - “A Horrible Quantity of Stuff ”: Archaeological Collections Management and Why it Matters
[1] Classes
Dr. Bethany Jay, professor of history at Salem State University once again collaborated with Lindsay Randall to run a graduate class Preserving the Past: Using Archaeology to Teach History. The class focused on the late 19th century and the African American experience. Throughout the five day class, Lindsay modeled material culture based lessons that highlight the histories present during that period and engaged historical literacy skills. The class was held remotely. Lindsay Randall brought the History 300 lesson Trail of Tears to Dr. Bethany Jay’s undergraduate
[2]seminar class in American History at Salem State University. During the activity, students explored the
complex history of Cherokee Removal. On another visit, Dr. Jay’s students worked with Lindsay to understand the complex native history of Essex County. These classes were held remotely. Lisa Herzl, Department head of History and Social Studies, at Triton Regional High school utilized the online lesson Trade Connections.
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Journal of Archaeology & Education
The Journal of Archaeology and Education is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal dedicated to dissemi-
nating research and sharing practices in archaeological education at all levels. In 2017 archaeologists Meg Conkey, Dan Sandweiss ’75, Ryan Wheeler, and Nancy Gonlin founded JAE. The journal is hosted at the University of Maine’s Digital Commons website and is edited by Jeanne Moe and Ryan Wheeler. Despite COVID-19, this year saw the publication of numerous articles, including two special issues: Perspectives on Teaching, Learning, and Doing Archaeology and Anthropology Online and The ‘Other Grand Challenge:’ Learning and Sharing in Archaeological Education and Pedagogy. To read the current issue or [5]submit an article, visit the JAE homepage.
Diggin’ In Series: Season 2
Diggin’ In Series: Season 2 Part of the missions of both Peabody Institute and the Massachusetts Archaeological Society is to engage and connect with all who are interested in archaeology. Since COVID-19 has made this difficult to do in person, we continue to present our joint digital speaker series: Diggin’ In. This series showcases live presentations with archaeologists from across the United States who will take questions directly from you! Different topics are covered during each 30 min episode, live at 1:30 pm (EST) every other Wednesday and then posted to YouTube. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Joe Bagley- Privy To The Past: The History Of (And In) Outhouses Dr. Whitney Battle-Baptiste – Toward An Anti-Racist Archaeology Dr. Ryan Wheeler - Start The Presses! Getting Started In Archaeological Publishing Dr. Lindsay Montgomery - Comanche Imperialism And The Mythology Of Western Conquest Dan Zoto - Small Stemmed Tradition Points And The Woodland Period In Southern New England Elizabeth Tarulis - Trade And Smuggling In Plymouth Colony Ellen Berkland: Nehemiah On The Wall In Troublous Times": Archaeological Burial Recovery And Site Stabilization Of The Gallops Island Quarantine Cemetery, Boston Harbor. Dr. Kyera Singlton - How Can We Tell A Complex Story Of Slavery In The North? Dr. Kelly Britt - Archaeology, Advocacy, And Social Justice: Preserving The Past For The Future Kimberly Smith - The Cultural Materials Of Victorian Picnicking
Glory, Trouble, and Renaissance at the Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology Glory, Trouble, and Renaissance at the Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology chronicles the seminal contributions, tumultuous history, and recent renaissance of Phillips Academy’s archaeology program. The only archaeology museum that is part of an American high school, it also did cutting-edge research from the 1930s through the 1970s, ultimately returning to its core mission of teaching and learning in the twenty-first century. Essays explore the early history and notable contributions of the museum’s directors and curators, including a tour de force chapter by James Richardson and J. M. Adovasio that interweaves the history of research at the museum with the intriguing story of the peopling of the Americas. Other chapters tackle the challenges of the 1990s, including shrinking financial resources, the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act and relationships with American Indian tribes, and the need to revisit the original mission of the museum, namely, to educate high school students. Like many cultural institutions, the RSPM has faced a host of challenges throughout its history. The contributors to this book describe the creative responses to those challenges and the reinvention of a museum with an unusual past, present, and future. A limited number of copies are still available on Amazon.com and directly from the publisher.
The Peabody and The Knowledge and Goodness Campaign The Knowledge & Goodness campaign, launched in fall 2017, is a $400 million dollar fundraising effort and the largest in the history of Phillips Academy. The Peabody Institute has a goal of $2.5 million dollars as part of the campaign, largely focused on improved collections care and storage. The Peabody Institute houses 500,000+ objects, ranging from significant archaeological collections acquired during expeditions to sites from the Northeastern United States and Canada to Mexico and Peru, as well as important ethnographic collections including baskets, pottery, textiles, and more from cultures in North and Central America. The Peabody’s current collections storage—in terms of physical space and climate control—is inadequate to maintain these collections. Objects are housed in deteriorating wooden cabinets and most collections are subject to extreme fluctuations in temperature and relative humidity that accelerate decay. The Collections Storage Revitalization Program focuses on creating a modern, climate controlled storage facility in the Peabody Institute. Major project components include installation of climate control systems and high density metal shelving to provide for the storage of valuable object, archive, and photographic collections. This is a significant stewardship opportunity for donors looking to strengthen the Peabody’s mission, protect its collections, and support sustainability and longevity. The project is directly aligned with the Peabody’s strategic plan, including “activities and practices that improve physical and intellectual control over collections are paramount,” noting that the “Peabody’s archives, photographs, and object collections are the cornerstone of our engagement with the curriculum at the Academy and our connection to the broader community of archaeologists, anthropologists, and Native Americans.” There are significant opportunities to support the Peabody. If interested, please contact Beth Parsons at bparsons@andover.edu
Summary of Giving, FY 19-21
The Peabody Institute is a world-class teaching museum and unparalleled educational resource for Phillips Academy and the community. All gifts to the Peabody support our core programs and benefit Andover students in immediate and tangible ways. We are deeply grateful for the sustained generosity of many alumni, parents, and friends in the Andover community who contribute annually to advance our work. Last year, a record 200 individuals supported the Peabody, including gifts to fund temporary staff positions, adopt drawers of artifacts, and so much more. The chart above shows how the Peabody’s fundraising has increased over the past several years, broken down by gift band. Thank you to each of those who made a contribution in support of our mission last year. Please know that your gift is included as part of the Academy’s Knowledge & Goodness campaign, and that current use gifts to the Peabody also count toward Andover/Parent Fund totals.
Supporting the Mission We gratefully acknowledge the following donors who generously supported the Institute’s enterprise during FY2020-2021 through gifts to both operations and endowment. Organizations The Oak River Foundation
James H. Elder IV ’07 Jenny F. Elkus ’92 Individuals Lorna W. Elkus P’91, ’92 Donald B. & Elizabeth B. Abbott Ethan R. Ellsweig ’21 Faiyad O. Ahmad ’10 Eldrine F. Emerson GP’12 Alexis R. Alicea & Brenda S. Fuentes P’24 David H. Evans, Jr. ’61 & Marice Epps Evans Richard A. Ambrose ’92 David R. Farmer & Mary E. Schroeder P’18 Hadley H.S. Arnold ’82 & Peter J. Arnold P’19 Juliette N. Farmer ’18 Paula A. Atwood ’68 Isidro Ferrer ’98 & Annette Rodriguez Natasha A. Austin ’92 & Scott O'Donnell Emilia N. Figliomeni ’14 John Badman IV ’06 & Alexandra Burlingame Aaron J. Flanagan ’94 & Elizabeth Rankin Lindsay A. Baker ’05 Katherine M. Flynn ’15 Warren Baker ’66 & Deborah C. Baker P’05, ’08 Allyson K. Ford ’92 Jeffrey G. Bakkensen ’06 & Jen Bakkensen Lucy C. Frey ’13 Melissa H. Davis Balough ’92 Hilary Hayes Geyer ’63 Emily D. Batchelor ’19 Stacy L. & Mark J. Gillis P’15, ’17, ’19 Clyfe G. Beckwith, PhD. & Ruth Mary Beckwith P’15, ’17 Eleanor R. Gonzalez ’92 & Anthony Gonzalez Jakob W. Beckwith ’17 Eric R. Greenhut ’92 & Pamela Greenhut Sharon Beckwith GP’17, ’19, ’21 Gregory T. Grote P’02 Elizabeth Artz Beim ’58, P’88 Krishna K. Gupta ’05 Frederick W. Beinecke PA’62 & Candace K. Beinecke P’02 Jeremiah C. Hagler, PhD. & Lisa J. Glickstein P’16, ’16, ’16 Aliyah S. Belinkie PA’13 Christopher B. Hardy ’69 Harold R. Benson, Jr. ’48 & Maria Vincenza Quaegnali Benson Jane S. Harrell, M.D. ’92 & Michael P. Harrell Michelle Y. Billy ’92 Wesley E. Hartwell ’07 Charles D. Boddy, Jr. ’80 & Anne M. Donahue-Boddy Henry B. Hearle ’20 Tanya Renate Boland ’92 & Daniel Boland Michael J. Hearle ’89 & Mary Winn M. Hearle P’20, ’22 David L. Boyle P’07 Samuel S. Hearle ’22 Yain Y. & David Braslau William P. Heidrich ’72, P’03, ’11 Brianna M. Breen Galatius ’92 & Morten Galatius Peter E. Helgesen ’54 & Anne Marie Bartlow Helgesen P’81 Benjamin W. Burke ’11 Peter T. Hetzler ’72 & Christine Singer Hetzler P’10 Samuel C. Butler, Jr. ’72 & Susan Jett P’03, ’09 Carly House Leslie G. Callahan III ’68 & Barbara Keenan Callahan Kristin K.C. Howard ’92 Berit K. Campion ’92 & Dmytro Mamedov William L. Hudson ’70 Kevin M. & Elizabeth Carey P’11 William J. Hurlin ’76 Julian P-K. Chang ’78 Zoe J. Hutchins ’18 Aaron W. Chen ’05 J.C. Jefferds III ’61 Hong Chen & Haitao Jin P’24 Naomi Y. Jiang ’07 Nicole & John Cherubini Yifei Jin ’24 Jessica H. Choi ’08 Howard B. Johnson, Jr. ’17 Margaret W. Conkey Lisa M. Johnson ’85 & Rene A. Dufour Cassandra L. Coravos ’11 Kerry Joyce ’11 Mark A. & Melanie A. Cutler P’24 Jessica B. Kahan ’13 William R. Dekle ’85 & Yuko Yoshikawa Brittany N. Kaiser ’05 Evan F. DelGaudio ’08 Timothy M. Kaiser ’72 Marcelle A.C. Doheny & Michael Doheny P’18 David L. Kaliner Susan Urie Donahue ’73 & Paul E. Donahue P’05, ’08 Richard E. & Leah S. Kaplan P’00, ’15 Anna Schneider Durham ’78 & Michael D. Durham Tasfia Khan ’14 Patricia H. & George H. Edmonds P’79, ’82 Roger N. Kimball ’92
David S. Kirk ’61, P’98, ’04 Dongsoo D. Koh & Kaylie S. Kim P’17, ’21 Matthew & Kim B. Kozol P’18, ’18 Michaela A. Kozol ’18 Mei Ling May Lam & Raymond Woo P’24 Philippe K. Lampietti ’79 & Renee Lampietti P’17 Ernest H. Latham, Jr., Ph.D. ’56, P’98 & Ioana Latham Cornelia Weldon LeMaitre ’53, P’80, ’82, ’86, ’86, ’87, GP’13, ’16 Christian C. Lentz ’92 & Adriane Lentz-Smith, Ph.D. Nancy G. Leonhardt ’74 & Manfred Leonhardt Mela Lew ’79 & Harold H. Leach, Jr. P’19, ’21 Xing Li & Lin Yuan P’24 Alexander C. Lippard ’92 John D.C. Little ’45, P’74, ’82, GP’09 Thomas P. Lockerby & Kathleen J. McCrickerd Heather Dunbar Lucas ’88 & John C. Lucas, M.D. P’13 William B. Macomber II ’92 & Anne L. Weisman Sharon L. Magnuson P’87 Gail M. & James Mansfield Bruno D. Marino ’73 & Anne Henshaw P’18 Katherine J. & Alexander R. McCampbell P’22 Alex D. McCollom ’92 Clarisa S. Merkatz ’19 Bennett P. Michaels ’16 Sophia N. Miller ’18 Daniel Mollod & Kathryn Jones-Mollod P’22 Victor A. Morris, M.D. ’82 & Shannon Morris, M.D. Christen A. Morrow, M.D. ’92 James A. Neely Kevin P. Newhall ’13 Veronica I. Nutting ’16 William O. Nutting & Veronica Zoani Quinterno P’16, ’18, ’20 Fedor A. Oboukhov ’97 Kevin J. O’Brien ’92 Melanie H. Oliva ’14 Nicholas Olmo ’98 & Johanna Olmo Ryan S. O’Meara ’17 Sarp Orgul ’16 David A. Othmer ’59 & Maureen Barden Mary Stewart Owczarek ’69 Beth & Timothy Parsons David A. Perrault ’92 Richard S. Pieters, Jr. ’66 & Edith M. Jolin Andrew R. Pohly ’09 Laura Vinroot Poole ’90 & C. Perry Poole Hilary R. Potkewitz ’92 Elizabeth Parker Powell ’56 & David G. Powell P’84, ’90, GP’19 Malcolm K. Price & Catherine E. Kuehn Price P’13, ’15
Yin Qiao & Xiaoming Yu P’23 Nicole P. Quinlan ’92 Gail Ralston & Robert H. Decelle Michael G. Rand ’92 & Julie A. Rand Richard L. Reynolds, Ph.D. ’64 & Mary G. McQuiston William C. Rhangos, Jr. ’76 & Allison M. Rhangos James F. Ricker ’09
Brian J.H. Rivers ’76 & Joanne P. Rivers P’14 Sarah E.T. Robbins ’92 & Nathan Thompson Thomas L. Rodgers ’88 & Karen McPhail Rodgers ’90, P’23 Barry V. Rolett ’76 & Mayumi I. Rolett P’13 Jacob A. Romanow ’10 Quinn B. Rosefsky, M.D. ’59 & Susan Retchford Rosefsky Monisha A. Saldanha ’92 Karen L. Sallick ’83, P’14, ’17 John E. Sandor ’18 Julia Cloud Sandor & Douglas R. Sandor P’18 Daniel H. Sandweiss, Ph.D. ’75 & Maria del C. Sandweiss Janet & Paul Savell P’21 Alisa Savetamal, M.D. ’85 & Kevin S. Buehler P’19, ’21, ’24 Michael Schmertzler ’70 & Kuni S. Schmertzler P’05, ’07 Brian M. Schneider ’93 & Mary Stewart Malone Matthew I. Schubert ’07 Patrick C. Scott ’92 & Elizabeth Scott Simon H. Scott III & Blythe A. Scott P’16, ’20 Dylan P. Seff ’92 & Jordan Seff Martin V. Serna ’07 Nicolas V. Serna ’10 Donald E. Sharp ’48 Helen W. Simpson ’16 John L. Simpson & Rebecca S. Demsetz P’16, ’19 Donald A. & Elizabeth Slater Bennett B. Slibeck ’17 Amanda D. Smith ’92 Gregory W. Soghikian, M.D. ’78 & Brenda Soghikian Allen C. Soong ’92 & Pamela Chow Cynthia I. Sorensen ’63 Mary Ann Milias St. Peter P’02 George W. Steers ’59 & Lucy B. Steers Margot D. Steiner ’17 William F. Stiles ’58 Brandon L. Stroman ’97 Ellen M. Sullivan Alec Sutherland ’56 & Mindy Ward Sutherland Jonathan T. Sze ’12 Oscar L. Tang ’56 & Dr. Hsin-Mei A. Hsu-Tang Marla L. Taylor Tricia A. Riley Terlep ’92 & Vince Terlep S. Graydon Tope ’14 Sandra A. Urie ’70 & Frank F. Herron ’70, P’00 William L. Vandeventer ’78 Katherine N. Vega ’14 Nicole M. Crocker Villarreal ’05 & Dustin Villarreal David Wang ’20 Yunfei Wang & Liping Song P’20 Hugh A. West ’64 & Rosalie Aldrich West Leland A. Westerfield ’86 & Adrienne B. Westerfield P’18, ’21
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Institute Staff, 2020-2021 Ryan J. Wheeler, PhD, Director Lindsay A Randall, Curator of Education Marla L. Taylor, Curator of Collections Emma K. Lavoie, Administrative Assistant John Bergman-McCool, Inventory Specialist Emily Hurley, Inventory Specialist
Meet the Peabody
Peabody Advisory Committee Jenny F. Elkus, ’92, Chair Heather Dunbar Lucas, ’88, P ’13, Vice-Chair Benjamin W. Burke, ’11, Secretary Jaime Arsenault-Cote Barbara K. Callahan Mark A. Cutler Marcelle A. Doheny, P ’18 Eric Greenhut, ’92 William P. Heidrich, ’72, P ’03, ’11 Karen L. Humphries Sallick, ’83, P ’14, ’17 Apsara Iyer ‘12 Daniel H. Sandweiss, PhD. ’75 Kuni S. Schmertzler, P ’05, ’07 Donald A. Slater, PhD. Brandon Stroman, ’97 Leland A. Westerfield, ’86, P ’18, ’21
Emeriti Members Elizabeth Artz Beim, ’58, P ’88 Marshall P. Cloyd, ’58, P ’88, ’95, ’03 Meg Conkey, PhD. James B. Richardson III, PhD. Rebecca M. Sykes, P ’92, ’97, ’01 David Hurst Thomas, PhD.
Ex Officio Members Thomas P. Lockerby, Secretary of the Academy Raj Mundra, Dean of Studies
Linda S. Cordell Memorial Research Award Committee Dan Sandweiss, PhD. ’75 Meg Conkey, PhD. Donny Slater, PhD.
Peabody Collections Oversight Committee Jaime Arsenault-Cote, White Earth Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe Emerson W. “Tad” Baker II, PhD. ’76 James B. Richardson III, PhD. Dan Sandweiss, PhD. ’75 Kuni S. Scmertzler, P ’05, ’07 Donald A. Slater, PhD. James M. Sousa, Addison Gallery of American Art Marla Taylor, Peabody Curator of Collections Chris Toya, Pueblo of Jemez
Peabody Development Committee Benjamin W. Burke, ’11 Jenny Elkus, ’92 Eric Greenhut, ’92 Beth Parsons, Director for Museums and Educational Outreach Leland A. Westerfield, ’86, P ’18, ’21
Peabody Education and Program Committee Eric Greenhut, ’92 Marcelle A. Doheny, P ’18 Shawna Egan, Oliver Wendell Holmes Library Jenny F. Elkus, ’92 Jaime K. Gibbons, Addison Galery of American Art Heather Dunbar Lucas, ’88, P ’13 Lindsay Randall, Peabody Curator of Education Daniel H. Sandweiss, PhD. ’75 Kuni S. Schmertzler, P ’05, ’07 Brandon Stroman, ’97 Marla Taylor, Peabody Curator of Collections Ryan Wheeler, PhD, Peabody Director Leland A. Westerfield, ’86, P ’18, ’21
