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Annual Report 2005°2006 "OOVBM3FQPSU ° #PBSEPG5SVTUFFT Roger Hertog, Chair 4FOJPS4UBGG Richard Gilder, Co-Chair, Louise Mirrer Laura Smith Executive Committee President and Chief Executive Officer Senior Vice President for Institutional Nancy Newcomb, Co-Chair, Stephanie Benjamin Advancement and Strategic Initiatives Executive Committee Executive Vice President and Janine Jaquet Chief Operating Officer Vice President for Development and Louise Mirrer, President and CEO Linda S. Ferber Executive Director of the Chairman’s Vice President and Council William Beekman Director of the Museum Andrew Buonpastore Judith Roth Berkowitz Jean W. Ashton Vice President for Operations David Blight Vice President and Director Richard Shein Ric Burns of the Library Chief Financial Officer James Chanos Laura Washington Roy Eddey Craig Cogut Vice President for Communications Director of Museum Administration Elizabeth B. Dater Barbara Knowles Debs 8MJJER]7XYHMSW8VYQTIX'VIITIVWLEHISRQSWEMG 'SZIV9RMHIRXMJMIHTLSXSKVETLIV'EIWEV%7PEZI Joseph A. DiMenna FEWIG+MJXSJ(V)KSR2IYWXEHX (EKYIVVISX]TI'SPPIGXMSRSJXLI2I[=SVO Charles E. Dorkey, III 2 ,MWXSVMGEP7SGMIX]0MFVEV] Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Richard Gelfond Kenneth T. Jackson Joan C. Jakobson David R. Jones Patricia Klingenstein Sidney Lapidus Lewis E. Lehrman Alan Levenstein Glen S. Lewy Tarky Lombardi, Jr. Sarah E. Nash Russell Pennoyer Charles M. Royce Thomas A. Saunders, III Pam B. Schafler Benno C. Schmidt, Jr. Bernard Schwartz Emanuel Stern Ernest Tollerson Sue Ann Weinberg Byron R. Wien Hope Brock Winthrop )POPSBSZ5SVTUFFT Patricia Altschul Leila Hadley Luce 'SPNUIF$P$IBJST Christine Quinn and Betsy Gotbaum, undisputed “first ladies” of New York City government, at our Strawberry Luncheon this year. Lynn Sherr, award-winning correspondent for ABC’s 20/20, spoke eloquently on the origins and significance of the song America the Beautiful and the backgrounds of its authors. Last spring we launched the Society’s Chairman’s Council, a new leadership group of committed individuals who share our vision. The Council sponsored an extraordinary weekend with stimulating presentations and discussion from eminent historians, including keynote speaker, Doris Kearns Goodwin. As the New-York Historical Society enters its 203rd year of collecting, preserving and interpreting the history of the nation, we have embarked on a new Strategic Plan. The plan translates our belief that history has the power to 2ERG]2I[GSQF'S'LEMV&SEVHSJ8VYWXIIW 6MGLEVH+MPHIV'S'LEMV&SEVHSJ8VYWXIIW change lives by outlining a series of goals 2I[=SVO,MWXSVMGEP7SGMIX] 2I[=SVO,MWXSVMGEP7SGMIX] that ensures that every individual touched We are proud and delighted with the continue this initiative with our first-ever by the Society’s programs and exhibitions, accomplishments of the New-York contemporary art exhibition, Legacies: both onsite and online, learns something Historical Society this year. Under Contemporary Artists Respond to Slavery. new, makes connections between the past the excellent leadership of Dr. Louise It was with great anticipation that the final and their present-day lives, expands their Mirrer, we have seen a dramatic rise installment of the project, New York thinking, and is inspired. The Strategic in attendance and uniformly positive Divided: Slavery and the Civil War, Plan, which includes improved access reviews for our exhibition program. opened in the fall of 2006. for our visitors, enhanced educational Our success in carrying out the In addition to mounting major history programs and new fellowships, and a long- Society’s mission of Making History exhibitions, we have also sought to term exhibition program of the highest Matter could not be more vivid. continue to promote and highlight the quality among its goals, will require the Last October, we embarked on a expansive permanent collections of ideas and support of all our generous two-year initiative examining the little- both our library and museum. Under members and donors. known subject of Slavery in New the leadership of Vice President and On behalf of the Board of Trustees, York. Nearly 175,000 people came to Director of the Library, Dr. Jean Ashton, we express deep appreciation for Central Park West to view this landmark and Vice President and Director of partnership in our mission. exhibition – a record for the Society. We the Museum, Dr. Linda S. Ferber, these are especially proud that our Education collections are getting the attention and Sincerely, Department hosted almost 50,000 K-12 praise they so richly deserve. Masterpiece students and 4000 college students. In paintings from our Hudson River School addition, almost 35,000 school children collection and exquisite Audubon and students came on their own, with watercolors are always on view and parents, or with church or community continue to attract visitors to the Society. Richard Gilder groups. We have been working, as well, Our major events of the past year have with public and private schools to included the annual History Makers Gala, incorporate the exhibition’s educational which honored Roland Betts and Tom material into the K-12 curriculum. Bernstein for the significant role they Slavery in New York was complemented played in revitalizing the Chelsea Piers. Nancy Newcomb by an ambitious series of related public First Lady Laura Bush presented their programs that included seminars, awards and recognized, in her remarks, Co-Chairs, 2006 distinguished speakers, musical concerts the national importance of the Society’s and family events. We were pleased to collections. We were also pleased to honor 1 "OOVBM3FQPSU° 0VS3FEFTJHOFE8FCTJUF +,E][EVHEJXIVYRMHIRXMJMIHEVXMWX2I[ %178)6(%1E7QEPP'MX]SR1ERLEXXER-WPERH 2I[,SPPERH2SVXL%QIVMGEEFSYX HIXEMP 0MXLSKVETLTYFPMWLIHJSV(8:EPIRXMRI«W1ERYEP 2I[=SVO 'SPPIGXMSRSJXLI2I[=SVO ,MWXSVMGEP7SGMIX]0MFVEV] 'SPNUIF1SFTJEFOU Dear Friends: The pages of this Annual Report give a sense of our deep conviction that telling the story of American history—in its broadest sense and through the prism of New York—is important. Thanks to your support, we have been able to begin translating this conviction into a new Strategic Plan, which will help us toward achieving our most ambitious goal: becoming the preeminent institution for serious study of, engagement in, and enjoyment of the history of this country, through works of art, objects, artifacts and documents. I am pleased to share with you the objectives that we have set for ourselves over the next several years: • The visitor experience, palpable at the moment of entry, will be radically different and maximize exposure to the breadth and meaning of the Society’s collections. • The Society will be recognized as a premier museum venue for compelling, engaging and authoritative exhibitions on American history. • The Society’s education programs, in partnership with schools, colleges, and universities will be recognized as essential to the teaching and learning of history in this country. • The creative use of digital technology will position the Society to be a highly accessible world-class resource for all. 0SYMWI1MVVIV4VIWMHIRXERH')3 • The Society will be a leading forum for discourse and debate. 2I[=SVO,MWXSVMGEP7SGMIX] • The Society’s museum collections will be woven into a grand narrative that demonstrates the relationship between works of art, culture, and the history of the nation to the broadest range of audiences. This will be a story that encourages those who visit once, to come again and again. • The Society’s library will be fully recognized as a leading center of research and UFMMJOHUIFTUPSZ scholarship for the study of American and regional history. PG"NFSJDBOIJTUPSZ± Your support is paramount to the Society’s mission to Make History Matter. I thank JOJUTCSPBEFTUTFOTF you for the help you have provided this splendid institution, and I look forward to BOEUISPVHIUIFQSJTN working with you in the year ahead. PG/FX:PSL Sincerely, UP.BLF)JTUPSZ.BUUFS Louise Mirrer President and CEO 3 "OOVBM3FQPSU° .VTFVN 4MBWFSZJO/FX:PSL XIPTFDSJUJDBMBDDMBJNXBT NBUDIFECZBSFDPSE WJTJUPSTQMVT VOJRVFWJTJUPSTUPPVS XFCTJUFFRVJWBMFOU 7PEZIV]MR2I[=SVOKEPPIV]JIEXYVMRKFMSKVETLMIWSJ%JVMGER%QIVMGERWJVSQXLIIEVP]XLGIRXYV] ."+03&9)*#*5*0/4 well as the archaeological investigations and on their own or with friends. Visitor that followed the re-discovery of the African response videos show that Slavery in SLAVERY IN NEW YORK Burial Ground in lower Manhattan, Slavery New York transformed New Yorkers’ On October 7, 2005, The New-York in New York provided new understandings understanding of this city, past and Historical Society launched a two-year to the broadest possible public. present. The second phase: New York initiative with the opening of the The exhibition used substantial Divided: Slavery and the Civil War landmark exhibition Slavery in New York. technical and artistic talent to tell a opened November 17, 2006. The story of New York’s rootedness compelling and dramatic story. School in the enslavement of Africans is groups were guided on pathways that largely unknown to the general public. connected directly to pre- and post-visit New Yorkers, though, traded in slaves, classroom lessons. Public programs carried distributed slaves, insured slave ships, the historical narrative forward into the and owned slaves. At the time of the lives of our city today. Free weekend Revolution there were more slaves concerts of gospel and spiritual music in New York than in any colonial city added another dimension, and weekday except Charleston, South Carolina. readings by actor Charles
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