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AMERICAN FRIENDS OF ATTINGHAM OF FRIENDS AMERICAN {No. 72 / Summer 2020} Summer / 72 {No. {Summer 2020} Alumni News (Continued from pg. 1) restoration of the 1921 Frank Lloyd Wright icon, which was inscribed on UNESCOs World Heritage List in 2019. Beginning in 2007 he concurrently assumed conservation responsibilities for Simon Rodia’s Tow- ers in Watts. He previously served as Director of the Banning Residence Museum in Wilmington, Califor- nia. Between 2006 and 2014 Herr served on the AFA Board of Directors, coordinating Summer School recruitment. Those were great years for the AFA and included co-organizing a Los Angeles Study Tour in 2009 with Thomas Michie ’81. Herr currently sits on the Board of Directors of the Frank Lloyd Wright Build- ing Conservancy.

Chung Yonan

Estella Chung ‘15, director of collections, curator of material culture, historian, and head of oral history Michael Yonan SP ‘16, beginning this fall, will be the at Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens, has been inaugural Alan Templeton Endowed Chair in European appointed chief curator at the Wisconsin Historical Art, 1600-1830 at the University of California, Davis. He Society. On the Hillwood staff for 12 years, she began was previously Professor of Art History at the Univer- her new position in March. Chung has also served as sity of Missouri. curator at the Autry National Center, and the Chinese American Museum, both in Los Angeles. At the Wis- consin Historical Society, Chung will lead the Artifact Herr Curatorial Section within the Library, Archives and Museum Collection Division and work with the Wis- consin Historical Society’s museums and historic sites EXHIBITIONS AND PUBLICATIONS across Wisconsin. Estella Chung ‘15, Chief Curator at the Wisconsin Historical Society has published the biography Mar- jorie Merriweather Post: The Life Behind the Luxu- ry (D Giles Limited, 2019). Post led an extraordinary three-estate lifestyle detailed in Chung’s previous book Living Artfully: At Home with Marjorie Merri- weather Post. Now, in The Life Behind the Luxury, Chung adds an array of delightful details, including the “Travel Luxe” chapter of journeys by private rail- car, personal yachts, and customized aircraft. Post’s

Futter

In January, Catherine Futter '88, RCS '06 was named Senior Curator of Decorative Arts at the Brooklyn Museum. Futter was previously with the Nelson-At- kins Museum of Art where she had been a member of the curatorial staff since 2002, and was most recently the Louis L. and Adelaide C. Ward Senior Curator of European Arts and the Director of Cura- torial Affairs. At the Nelson-Atkins, Futter completed several reinstallation projects, a major international loan traveling exhibition and numerous contempo- Lahikainen rary art and design exhibitions.

Amanda Lahikainen ‘05, has been appointed as the new Executive Director of the Ogunquit Museum of American RETIREMENTS Art in Ogunquit, Maine. Dr. Lahikainen was previously the Chair of the Art Department and a tenured Associate Jeffrey Herr ’98 has retired as curator of Frank Lloyd Professor of Art History at Aquinas College in Grand Rap- Wright’s Hollyhock House in Los Angeles, where he ids, Michigan, where she oversaw the art gallery. served for fifteen years. His tenure included a major

(Continued on pg. 3) {2} {Summer 2020} Alumni News (Continued from pg. 2) life was indeed one of luxury. Chung goes further, AWARDS however, in revealing Post to be not only an elegant For the past seven years, Marsha Fader ‘76, a licensed public figure, but also an astute business executive architect specializing in historic restoration and preser- and a deeply caring humanitarian and philanthropist. vation, has been restoring the Seneca Boston-Florence Higginbotham House (c. 1774), which is the Nantuck- Amy H. Henderson ’17, Independent Scholar, has pub- et site of the Museum of African American History— lished “French & Fashionable: The Search for George Boston and Nantucket. This national treasure has re- and Martha Washingtons’ Presidential Furniture,” mained in African American ownership for 200 years. American Furniture 2019, a publication of the Chip- The project recently won the 2020 Architectural Pres- stone Foundation (https://chipstone.org/issue.php/46/ ervation Award from the Nantucket Preservation Trust. American-Furniture-2019). Since the time George For more information on the project, please visit: www. Washington stepped down from the presidency, doz- nantucketpreservation.org/announcing-the-2020- ens of chairs have been associated with his tenure in preservation-award-winners-7858. the first presidential mansion. Souvenir hunters have especially been fixated on the suite of French draw- ing room furniture the Washingtons purchased from the French ambassador in 1790. For the first time, this work brings together all the contenders—side and arm chairs, stools and a sofa—to suggest which sur- viving pieces actually belonged to the Washingtons. John David Myles ’19 recently published Walter Amy hopes to bring greater clarity to this question of H. Kiser’s Neighborhood Sketches (Crescent Hill authenticity, as well as to expand our understanding Books, 2019), which catalogues the largely forgot- of French furniture in the early American republic. ten artist’s sketches of historic buildings across Adam T. Erby ‘16, LHC ‘19, and Philip D. Zimmerman Kentucky and southern Indiana. This past spring, ’77 also contributed chapters to this issue. the book won the 2019 Book Award from the Louis- ville Historical League.

The Boston-Higginbotham House, courtesy Museum of African American History

The Council on Botanical and Horticultural Librar- ies, Inc. (CBHL) presented its 2019 Annual Literature Award to Seeking Eden: A Collection of Georgia’s Historic Gardens by Staci L. Catron ’19 and Mary Ann Eaddy with photography by James Lockhart (Univer- sity of Georgia Press, 2018). The award honors works that make significant contributions to the literature of botany or horticulture. CBHL called Seeking Eden “an Maureen Cassidy-Geiger ‘85, RCS ‘10, SP ‘15, ‘17, important work documenting the significant gardens LHC ‘19, is pleased to announce the forthcoming of Georgia.” publication Living With Architecture as Art: The Pe- ter May Collection of Architectural Drawings, Mod- els and Artefacts (Paul Holberton Publishing, 2020). One of the largest private collections of architectural Several Attingham alums have contributed articles to drawings in the world has been assembled over 30 the latest issue of White House History Quarterly. years by investor and philanthropist Peter May with guidance from the late Steve Andrews. Comprising Melissa Naulin ’03, Assistant White House Curator, more than 700 sheets that have all been carefully presents the newly restored Bellangé suite, ordered preserved and handsomely framed, the drawings and for the “Oval Room” by President James Monroe in related models and artefacts date from 1691 to the 1818 and now re-gilded and reupholstered to its origi- mid-20th century. This handsome two-volume publi- nal splendor. The Bellangé firescreen, re-acquired for cation will introduce amateurs and specialists alike to the White House collection in 2012, is seen fully re- the largely unknown collection. The book includes a stored for the first time in this issue. The White House catalogue and innovative texts by leading authorities Historical Association funded the recent restoration. that present the raison-d’être for the production and Robert Kelly ’93, traces the journey and history of the preservation of these sometimes neglected by-prod- elegant antique French scenic wallpapers hung in the ucts of architectural training and practice that have Diplomatic Reception Room and Private Dining Room been collected off-and-on through history by individ- during the Kennedy administration. uals and institutions. A selection of French drawings from the collection, entitled Architectural Drawings Former White House Curator Betty Monkman ’95 from the Peter May Collection: Training and Practice shares the stories of those who have held the title of at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, will be exhibited at New White House Curator, a small group of only eight peo- York Historical Society in early 2021. ple over the course of nearly 60 years. (Continued on pg. 4) {3} {Summer 2020} Alumni News (Continued from pg. 3) Cecilia Gunzburger ’18, Adjunct Lecturer, Smithso- las Bradburn notes, “Our resources for understand- In the context of national conversations around monu- nian Institution & George Washington University, and ing George Washington and slavery and the reality ments, Stenton Museum in Philadelphia is completing PhD Candidate at the University of Virginia has been of the individual lives of the enslaved is a strength “Inequality in Bronze: Shared Authority and Collaborative awarded a 2020 grant as part of the Decorative Arts that can and should be shared by those eager to Commemoration at Stenton, the Dinah Memorial Proj- Trust (DAT) Summer Research Grant program. Each understand better the history of race, slavery, and ect,” funded by the Pew Center for Arts and Heritage. In year the DAT awards research grants to graduate the founding of the United States. This is a history 1912, the NSCDA (Colonial Dames) in Pennsylvania, who students working on a Master’s thesis or PhD disser- of promise as well as tragic inhumanity, and it is our administer Stenton, and a local Historical Society me- tation in a field related to the decorative arts and en- history… I believe the road to justice is guided by the morialized Dinah, a once-enslaved woman who saved courages projects that advance diversity in the study light of education, and Mount Vernon’s role in this Stenton from burning by British soldiers in 1777, on a of American decorative arts. Gunzburger will continue crisis of the moment is to educate those willing to plaque that described her as Stenton’s “Faithful Colored her study of the traditions and ornamental function of learn about our past and to help support productive Caretaker.” The multi-faceted project has many compo- 16th-century European lace and related textiles at the and informed conversations…” nents including fruitful historical research that has deep- Cleveland Museum of Art. ened understanding of Dinah’s life and appreciation of her humanity, new and closer working relationships with immediate neighbors in Stenton’s largely African Amer- THE MOVEMENT FOR RACIAL JUSTICE ican neighborhood, examination of Mamie stereotypes in American culture, a Mid-Atlantic Plantations Confer- Many thanks to those who submitted information on ence, and a new memorial to Dinah, conceived by com- plans and projects at their places of work addressing munity-chosen artist, Karyn Olivier, who has designed a the movement for racial justice. Please continue to questioning and reflective landscape space. We hope to keep us updated on future projects. unveil the new Memorial in spring, 2021. For more infor-

mation, please visit www.stenton.org/dinah. At the 1820 Davenport House Museum in Savannah, – Laura Keim ‘07, AFA Board Member, Stenton Georgia, there are plans to expand the museum’s fa- Curator, and Lecturer, Graduate Program in Historic cility by moving the shop and offices out of the house’s Preservation, University of Pennsylvania above ground basement and across the lane to an- other building, allowing for the interpretation of the OTHER NEWS entire four-story structure from attic to basement. Us- ing architectural forensics and other documentation, The Gamble House, the 1908 National Historic Land- the above ground basement will be restored, and an mark of the Arts and Crafts movement in Pasadena, immersive exhibit on the lives of the thirteen enslaved Calif., has successfully completed the transition of workers in the Davenport household of the 1820s in- Jug made of Creamware, c. 1820-1840 (England). its stewardship from the University of Southern Cal- stalled. The basis for the experience is research un- Reeves Museum of Ceramics Collection. ifornia to the Gamble House Conservancy, a newly covered by scholar Kelly Westfield on the enslaved formed nonprofit, under the leadership of Edward R. workers owned by the master builder Isaiah Daven- Bosley ’17. Mr. Bosley is now Executive Director and port. In 2017 her work began with an 1828 sheriff’s sale Ron Fuchs ’05, Senior Curator at the Reeves Muse- CEO of the Conservancy, and Jennifer Trotoux ’16 ad for a portion of Davenport’s estate, including nine um of Ceramics, has curated “Breaking the Chains: serves as Director of Collections and Interpretation. people. Using reverse deed analysis, wills, and news- Ceramics and the Abolition Movement,” which looks paper documentation, she traced the lives of the nine at how activists used ceramics decorated with an- During this time when travel has been drastically cur- individuals, and four others, back through their chain ti-slavery images to raise awareness of the plight of tailed Elaine Hirschl Ellis LHC ’10, President of Arts of sale. In doing this she was able to craft narratives the enslaved, to give supporters a tangible way to & Crafts Tours, is looking for scholarly article submis- about their lives. Using their stories, the museum de- show their commitment to the cause, and to raise sions to publish on their website www.artsandcrafts- sign firm DMDG2 is creating an exhibit that gives life money for other anti-slavery activities. The exhibit tours.com. Arts & Crafts Tours designs small bespoke and humanity to the stories of Nancy, Bella, Isaac, Ja- was displayed at the Reeves Museum of Ceramics at tours to study the Arts and Crafts Movement where cob, Jack, Polly, Ned, Davy, Mary, Ann, Deeping, and Washington and Lee University and is slated to travel it began in Britain. Over the past 25 years the tours Tom, as well as providing context for understanding to other museums at academic institutions once they have also taken people to Romania, France, Spain, the realities of slavery in the urban port city. reopen; it also available online at https://exhibits-mu- and Scandinavia. The subject areas for which she While waiting for the expansion to begin, the seums.omeka.wlu.edu/exhibits/show/breaking-the- is seeking articles this year relate to the 2021 tours: Museum already uses the stories of the enslaved chains. In addition, Ron will be co-teaching a Politics Utopian Planned Communities, William Morris and His in interpreting the house on docent-led tours. How- class at Washington and Lee this fall titled “The Ma- Influence, Women of the Arts and Crafts Movement, terial Culture of Protest,” which looks broadly at how ever, the building project will be the opportunity to (Continued on pg. 5) promote the narrative and deepen the experience. people use objects to advance their cause. According to museum director Jamie Credle ‘16, “Our job is to expound on the Davenport household The Gamble House ©Alexander Vertikoff in the 1820s. You cannot do that without presenting the stories of everyone who lived on the site and how their circumstances differed from one anoth- er depending on race and gender. Understanding the institution of slavery in the American south and antebellum culture provides context for the brutish nature and violence of current events.” The building expansion should be completed by 2022.

In response to the movement towards racial jus- tice, Mount Vernon has created a specially curated webpage of resources to help anyone interested in learning more about this subject at the museum. The result is www.mountvernon.org/dialogue. In a statement from Mount Vernon’s president, Dr. Doug-

{4} {Summer 2020} Alumni News Upcoming AFA Programs and Events (Continued from pg. 4) Art and Soul – Church Architects and Designers, and the Watts Gallery and Artists Village. Please contact her directly at: [email protected].

Alexandra Kirtley ‘99, the Montgomery-Garvan Cu- rator of American Decorative Arts at the Philadel- phia Museum of Art (PMA), has recently launched www.philafurniture.com. Inspired by research for the first-ever printed catalogue of the highlights of the PMA’s collection of early American furniture to be published this fall, the website is designed to be a resource for the “design inspirations of Phila- delphia furniture, construction techniques, and the artisans who made, carved, upholstered, and orna- mented the furniture.” For more information, visit www.philafurniture.com/about.

Cheers! Alumni on the Pennsylvania and Delaware Regional Zoom

COCKTAILS & CAMARADERIE During the COVID-19 pandemic, the AFA’s Alum- The second gathering, in late July, brought to- ni Engagement Committee created a new virtual gether alums from Pennsylvania, Delaware and series to keep alumni connected throughout Southern New Jersey and was hosted by Phil- their regions. The result is Cocktails & Cama- adelphians Laura Keim ‘07, AFA Board Mem- raderie, which are regional Zoom gatherings ber, Curator at Stenton and Lecturer in Penn’s meant to facilitate introductions and conversa- Graduate Program in Historic Preservation, and tions in the hopes of broadening and strength- George McNeely ‘16, AFA Board Member and ening the network of our fabulous alumni. The independent architectural historian. Coming up gatherings are hosted by alumni located across in September is an event for alumni in Texas, the country. The inaugural Mid-Atlantic gath- New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisi- Photo by Gavin Ashworth ering (Virginia, DC, Maryland) was graciously ana. If you would like to co-host a Cocktails & hosted this past June by Anne Kenny-Urban Camaraderie Zoom in your region please reach ‘16, AFA Board Member and Executive Director out to [email protected], of Agecroft Hall and Gardens in Richmond, and and be on the lookout for an e-mail announcing SAVE THE DATE Keith MacKay ‘06, RCS ‘17, Executive Director a virtual gathering in your region. We hope you More information will be announced in due course. of Wilton House Museum, also in Richmond. will join us!

ANNUAL MEETING Tuesday, October 6, 2020 • 6:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) SELECTION COMMITTEE REPORT Join virtually by Zoom First the good news. The Selection Committee held among the applicant pool than we have had in (Zoom joining information will be shared closer to date.) its annual meeting at the AFA office on February 12, some years. Please join AFA for the Annual Meeting to hear updates 2020 and elected an outstanding Summer School The unfortunate news you probably know al- from the past year and to vote on the slate of nominees to class of 24 applicants with two alternates. The new ready. Summer School this year had to be can- the AFA Board of Directors. After the meeting, Anne Grady class forms the most diverse group in my six years celled for the first time since the program began ‘18 and Mecka Baumeister RCS ‘16, Objects Conservators as chair of the committee. In addition to curators in 1952. So far members of the 2020 class-elect at The Met, will highlight conservation projects they and museum educators, the class includes ar- have indicated that they will plan to attend the undertook for the Met’s new British Galleries. chitects, college professors, conservators, a rare program in 2021. books librarian, a cabinetmaker, and a landscape On a personal note, this was my final year historian, among other fields. as Chair of the Selection Committee. It has been a FALL BENEFIT LECTURE The good news continues with our alumni great honor and a great joy to serve in this role for We are planning to have our Fall Benefit Lecture in a who, once again, have done a truly outstanding the AFA. Please keep those talented, engaged ap- virtual format this October; please stay tuned for more job of spreading the word about the Attingham plicants coming and I know that the Attingham pro- details coming soon! Summer School and encouraging well-quali- grams will remain vibrant for many years to come. fied applicants to apply. Additionally, we are Thank you all for your participation. pleased to have a broader geographic spread — Libby De Rosa 05, RCS ’07, SP’12

{5} {Summer 2020} 2019 AFA Donor Honor Roll The AFA Board is deeply grateful for, and pleased to acknowledge the contributions of the donors listed below. Their contributions include all charitable gifts, compris- ing scholarships, Fall Lecture sponsorships, and contributions to the Annual Appeal made in 2019 (tuition and program fees are not included). Thanks to one and all for your generosity! Please note the symbols indicating gifts given in memoriam.

AFA Fellow ($10,000+) Laura Keim & Stephen Hague Nancy J. Barnard Michael Kerrigan Erica L. Warren Sheila ffolliott Kent L. Killelea David Barquist Amy Kirschke Deborah Dependahl Waters New York Community Trust/ Wolfram Koeppe William H. Bates Kristin M. Kligerman Mark J. Wenger Edward Maverick Fund Jessa J. Krick Kathleen M. Bennett Janet Laurel Kreger Patricia Wesp Mr. and Mrs. W.G. Reese* Peter A. Lang + David K. Blackburn Cynthia Kryston Mary Ellen Whitford Royal Oak Foundation Dwight Lanmon Graham Boettcher Dean T. Lahikainen Donald C. Whitton Emilie Lapham Beverly K. Brandt × ++ Amanda Lange + John M. Woolsey President’s Circle ($5,000-$9,999) Ann Merritt Masson ≠ Catherine Brawer Colles Baxter Larkin π Michael Yonan Betsy Shack Barbanell Thomas Michie John Braymer Jane Lawson-Bell Lori Zabar Elizabeth De Rosa Christopher Noey Charissa Bremer-David ^^ David Lazaro Alice M. Zrebiec Decorative Arts Trust John Oddy Frances Bretter Jennifer M. Longworth Robert F. Domergue Paul B. Parvis Heriberto J. Brito Charles T. Lyle Remaining Gifts The Felicia Fund Stephen Saitas Elizabeth Bullock James Lyle Elizabeth Rhoades Aykroyd William Hobbs Katherine Seale Gretchen Bulova Laura Macaluso Suzanna Barucco The Ida and William Rosenthal Jeanne V. Sloane James C. Buttrick Keith Mackay P. Russell Bastedo Foundation Nahn Tseng Jonathan Canning Floyd W. Martin Lydia Brandt Gilbert P. Schafer III Anne Verplanck, PhD Jay Cantor Edward Allen Masek Jr. Patricia Kane & W. Scott Braznell The Estate of Molly Kennard Smith ° Susan Winther Margaret Carey Jennie McCahey Harold J. Bromm Niente Ingersoll Smith Maureen Cassidy-Geiger John McCann Margo Burnette Beth and Dustin Wees Contributing ($250-$499) Angelyn Chandler Alistair McCowan Frances Colburn David Wilton Melissa Seiler Charles P. 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Thomas Savage Eliza De Sola Mendes Christopher Monkhouse Jeralyn Hosmer Lewitz Janine Luke Sean Sawyer Robert Cameron Dean ℓ Wendy Moonan Keith and Janet Lindgren § Paula Madden Seth Thayer P. Justin Detwiler Cynthia Moyer Brittany Luberda David Maxfield William Bruning Ulysses Grant Dietz Shirley and Tom Mueller Alessandra Merrill George McNeely Donald A. Best Jeannine A. Disviscour David Nathans Sarah E. Mezzino Tom Appelquist & Charles Newman Mary Keenan Barbara Eberlein Carl R. Nold & Vicky C. Kruckeberg Robin Michel Charles Savage Annette Fairless Wood Anne Edgar Percy North Heather Gibson Moqtaderi S. J. Shrubsole Jane Nylander Jared and Clare Edwards Catherine Nuzum Eick Leslie Morris Steven W. Spandle Deborah Webster Emily Eerdmans Monica Obniski John David Myles Yale Center for British Art Joyce M. Bowden Thea Ellesin-Janus Benjamin Olson Melinda Talbot Nasardinov Andrea Chevalier Robert Emlen Christine O’Malley ∆ Christina Nelson Sustaining ($1,000-$2,499) Curt Gough DiCamillo Nancy Goyne Evans Vals Osborne Nancy Norwood Irene Roosevelt Aitken Cynthia Jenkins Madelyn B. Ewing Nicholas A. Pappas Kathleen O’Connor Kathleen Allaire Hoyte Johnson Anne Fairfax Pascale Patris Roderick O’Hanley Cynthia Bronson Altman Deborah Lee Trupin ∑ Jeannine Falino Marjorie Pearson Merribell Parsons Michele Beiny Jeffrey Herr & Christopher Molinar Juliana Falk Amelia Peck Laurel Peterson Carolyn Bush ∞ Tom Jayne & Richmond Ellis Susan R. Finkel Nicholas Pentecost Lisa B. Podos Jennifer Carlquist Jeffrey Munger Chuck Fischer Suzanne Perkins-Gordon Nancie Ravenel ∑ Margaret Civetta Patricia Hurley Jarden + Lucy Fitzgerald Karin Peterson Shoshana Resnikoff D. Hank Dunlop Sandra Markham ∆∆ Jerry Foust Morgan Pierce Shax Riegler Heather Ewing Sibyl McCormac Groff ∆ ‡ Ann Frisina Mona Pierpaoli Patricia P. Sands Barbara File George Dirk Hardison ^ Ron Fuchs Jeffry Pond Suzanne Schutz × Kathryn C. Galitz Carole Teller Ω The J. Paul Getty Trust Sarah Shinn Pratt Louise E. Shaw Margize Howell Sarah Bevan Meschutt Kathy Z. Gillis Leslie Rivera Judy Sheridan Elizabeth B. Johnson Raymond Armater Barbara Glauber Letitia Roberts Jane Webb Smith Catharine K. Keim Eliza Marshall Baird Ellen Goheen Onie Rollins Julie Solz Anne Kenny-Urban Ellen Brooks Eleanor Gould Tyler Rollins Jennifer Trotoux Lisa Cook Koch ° ∆∆ Jason Todd Busch Thomas Greenwood Martin Jay Rosenblum Charlotte Vestal Wainwright Shepard Krech Dan Deibler Danielle Grosheide Linda Roth Emily Williams Pauline Metcalf Paul Dobrowolski Elizabeth Gusler Polly Rubin Elizabeth Williams Mary M. Meyer Jeff Groff Martha Hackley Frances Gruber Safford Sylvia Yount + David Parsons Barbara J. Hall Lauren Hall Barbara Sallick Linda L. Pasley Michelle Hargrave Dennis Halloran Xavier Salomon Gifts Given in Memory Susan J. Rawles Nancy Hays Carolyn Halpin-Healy Frank Sanchis * David L. Reese Stewart G. Rosenblum Judith Hernstadt Deirdre Hardy Cynthia Sanford ** Barbara Wriston Elizabeth Scheuer Barbara D. Hyde Maren Hicks Suzanne Rauffenbart Santry ∞ Robert Morris Bush Joseph Peter Spang ° Jennifer Klos Joanna Hill Mark Schaffer ∆∆ J. Stewart Johnson E. Clothier Tepper Matthew McLendon Jane R. Hirschkowitz Cynthia Schaffner + Giles Waterfield Diana M. Toole Kathleen Morris Alison (Kim) Hoagland Richard Sharpe ≠ Frank W. Masson Roger Moss John Hogg Elle Shushan » Richard R. Royall V Supporting ($500-$999) James G. Mundy Jr. Shepherd M. Holcombe Philip A. Siebert # ∑ Ann Lee Bugbee ∆∆ Michael K. Brown Barbara Aronson Gary Thomas Scott Peter Holliday Kenneth Soehner ∆ Sybil Bruel Norman Askins Mary Riley Smith & Anthony Smith Hugh Howard Romaine Somerville ‡ Bill Dane Janet Blyberg & Joel Lefever Molly Stockley Katherine Howe Kathleen E. Springhorn ^ Mills B. Lane IV Tara H. Cederholm Anne F. Woodhouse Mimi Huang John W Spurdle Ω Phelps Warren Sarah D. Coffin Margaret Hughes Kevin Stayton × Geoffrey Beard George Eatman Donor ($100-$249) Wendy Ingram Jay Robert Stiefel ++ Helena Hayward Robert Frankel Carole Abercauph Juliette Irvine Lee Talbot ^^ Susan Miller Melissa T. Gagen Edward Aiken Richard Iversen Christine Thomson ℓ Richard A. Nelson J. Ritchie Garrison William G. Allman Kathleen Eagen Johnson Peter B. Trippi π John E. Larkin Alden Gordon & Jean Cadogan Louise Todd Ambler Margot Johnson Mack Truax ×× Jane Karotkin Suzy Wetzel Grote Susan Arensberg Phillip Johnston Max Van Balgooy # Helen Abel Jeannine Heath Robyn Asleson × Tracy L. Kamerer Charles L. Venable √ Tracey Albainy Linda Wesselman Jackson H. P. Bacot Lorraine Karafel Nicholas C. Vincent § Gloria Seaman Allen Gail Kahn Valerie A. Balint Joanna V. Karlgaard Candace M. Volz ×× Ann Keenan Amy Ballard John T. Keene Stefanie Walker ° Deceased {6} {Summer 2020} In Memoriam

fice on a part-time basis as Program Coordinator for persuasion to direct the Flynts to focus their collect- Fund for the Met. ing and furnishing more closely on Deerfield. He was A devoted proponent of Attingham and a superb for more than ten years the only professional staff administrator, known for her common sense and member at Historic Deerfield and was involved with can-do approach to projects, Lisa was active on the everything—the library, educational programming, Board of the American Friends of Attingham, first as and lecturing near and far on the Deerfield project. Vice President of Development from 1989-95, and Peter retired early, in 1986, but continued to do re- then as President from 1995-98. She was a steadfast search for Historic Deerfield part-time and became supporter of the AFA’s Annual Fall lecture, sponsor- synonymous with Deerfield in the view of so many. He ing it regularly since the 2009 inaugural lecture by was widely known among curators and collectors in Tom Campbell on tapestry collecting in America. this country and abroad. Having traveled widely in her professional life, Lisa Peter’s knowledge and accomplishments at His- was an enthusiastic participant in study trips, often toric Deerfield were recognized by his election to the joined by friends she had made through Attingham. Club of Odd Volumes, the Walpole Society, the Somer- Outgoing, funny, smart, and great fun to be with, Lisa set Club, the Colonial Society of Massachusetts, the was also a loyal friend and a mentor to many col- Massachusetts Historical Society, and the American leagues. Her two great loves were the AFA and The Antiquarian Society. He served on the Visiting Com- Met, both of which were enriched by her presence. mittee at Old Sturbridge Village, the Council of the – Many thanks to Missy McHugh, James Moske, Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, as a Trustee and Morrison Heckscher for assistance with this of the Society for the Preservation of New England remembrance. Antiquities, Historic Deerfield, and the Massachusetts Historical Society, on the Standing Committee of the Trustees of Reservations, and the Lewis Walpole Li- brary Board of Managers at Yale University. Allen Collecting wasn’t just a professional responsibility for Peter, but also a personal pleasure. Especially of note Gloria Seaman Allen ‘83, SP ‘97, of Bonita Springs, FL, was a choice collection of architectural pattern books died last November in Naples, FL. She was 81. Allen that are now in the Joseph Peter Spang Rare Book Room was a historian who wrote and lectured extensively in the Henry N. Flynt Library at Historic Deerfield. on 18th and 19th century textiles and textile workers Peter was an enthusiastic sponsor of the Ameri- in the Chesapeake Bay region. She graduated from can Friends of Attingham’s Annual Fall Lecture and Smith College in Northampton, MA and received her a regular at the Mid-Winter Reunion, where he re- M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in American Studies from galed fellow Attingham alums with his many stories George Washington University. After working as an and life experiences. interior designer, she served as curator and then di- Peter was lovingly devoted to his brother, nieces, rector of the Daughters of the American Revolution and nephews and will be missed by his wide global Museum in Washington, D.C. Her meticulous research network of connoisseurs, curators, and enthusiasts on young women’s production of textiles in and around for early American decorative arts. –Thanks to Don- the Chesapeake Bay region during the 19th and 20th ald R. Friary, director emeritus of Historic Deerfield centuries was detailed in her four books: A Maryland and president, the Colonial Society of Massachu- Album: Quiltmaking Traditions, 1636-1934; A Maryland setts, for contributing this remembrance of Peter. Sampling: Girlhood Embroidery, 1738-1860; Columbia’s Daughters: Girlhood Embroidery from the District of Columbia; and Delaware Discoveries: Girlhood Em- broidery, 1639-1850, which was published last year. Koch courtesy Metropolitan Museum of Art

Lisa Cook Koch ’65, Past-President of the AFA Board Joseph Peter Spang lll ‘90, sixty-one year resident of (1995-98), passed away on March 22, 2020. A 1961 Deerfield, Massachusetts, died at his home in Bever- graduate of Wellesley College, she worked at the ly, Massachusetts on Thursday, May 7, 2020. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, before beginning her “Peter”, as he was known to all, was born in Chi- distinguished career at The Metropolitan Museum of cago on May 11, 1934. The family returned to Boston Art, where she was hired in 1975 as a Consultant to in 1938, when Spang’s father became President of the the Office of the Publisher, working for several years Gillette Company. Peter was educated at the Dexter on trade licensing agreements. In 1978 she became School, the Brooks School in North Andover, Massa- General Merchandise Manager, a position she held chusetts, and Harvard College, and pursued graduate until her retirement in 1999. Lisa’s exceptional taste study at the Courtauld Institute in London. and trained eye made her the ideal person to over- Soon after his return from London, Peter learned see product development and the selection of objects that Helen and Henry Flynt were seeking a fledgling sold in the Met’s shops around the world. After near- curator to assist them in managing their growing ly 30 years in Merchandise, she was asked by the collection at Deerfield. Peter learned the history of President of the Museum to join the Development de- Deerfield and became acquainted with the remark- partment, where she served for more than a decade able survival of books, manuscripts, and objects at looking after donors and cultivating new supporters. the Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association and in In 2000 she returned to the Museum Development of- Deerfield families. He worked with steady, but gentle, Spang, courtesy Historic Deerfield

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