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2018 Board of Trustees, Community Committees Events/Exhibits News BOARD OF John Bell, buildings Easter Egg Roll...... 3 New acquisitions...... 5 and grounds Retro Roundtable...... 5 New education coordinator.....8 TRUSTEES superintendent Frohman Summer Series...... 5 Visitors from Paraguay...... 14 Kathy Boukissen, Kids Days @ Hayes...... 8 Breakfast room update...... 14 OFFICERS director of development President: Upcoming exhibits...... 11 Marketing awards...... 15 Jennifer Barrett DEVELOPMENT Chairman: John Havens Vice President: Richard Binau James F. Daubel Michelle Bishop John Cahill Secretary: Larry Cook Thomas M. Hoffert Rich Geyman Treasurer: Karen L. Gillmor, Ph.D. Richard T. Prasse James W. Hayes Thomas L. Kern Hayes Presidential Cate Knipp Library & Museums Joe Podach Staff: George Schrader Christie Weininger, Richard Smith A look back at 2018 Staff/board columns executive director Russ Zimmerman New programs...... 2 Executive director...... 1 TRUSTEES Hayes Presidential Film and literary festival...... 11 Board of trustees president.....3 Sean M. Decatur, Ph.D. Library & Museums James B. Fails Staff: By the numbers...... 12 Curator of manuscripts...... 4 Burke F. Hayes Jr. Christie Weininger, Financial report...... 13 Curator...... 10 James W. Hayes executive director Director of development...... 16 Stephen A. Hayes Kathy Boukissen, Thomas L. Kern director of Mark D. Wagoner development Dr. Kevin Webb Meghan Wonderly- Trustee Emeritus: Kolbe, annual giving Scott B. Hayes and membership Ex-officio Trustee: coordinator Karen L. Gillmor, Ph.D. INVESTMENT BOARD COMMITTEE Chairman: Richard T. COMMITTEES Prasse BUILDINGS AND Jennifer Barrett GROUNDS Burke Hayes, Jr. Recognition Features Chairman: James Fails Thomas Hoffert Mark Wagoner August - December donors...6-7 Testimonials...... 8 and 12 Ralph Billow Steve Billow Hayes Presidential Volunteers...... 9 Bugler visit...... 18 Joe Fick Title sponsors...... 15 Library & Museums Rich Geyman Staff: 2018 leading donors...... 17 George Moore Christie Weininger, Robert Moyer executive director Sara Sherick Kathy Boukissen, Hayes Presidential director of Library & Museums development Staff: Pam Babione, business Christie Weininger, manager We’re social! Connect with us. executive director

For hours, special events and exhibits, videos of our special events and more, visit rbhayes.org. Traditions and innovations: Building on success with exciting opportunities The theme for our 2018 Annual Report, Traditions and We also had a blast presenting tales of 19th century Innovations, is an exciting one. As a result of hard work and spiritualism and local folklore at our first ever Spirit Stories great ideas, our staff was pleased to offer our outstanding at Spiegel Grove event. Just before Christmas, we opened up traditional programs along with brand-spanking new, the Hayes Home for an untraditional evening event, Hayes innovative programs that allowed visitors to experience Home Holidays. I mean, where else can you parade around a Spiegel Grove in new, fun and meaningful ways. president’s dining room table while shaking jingle bells and other noisemakers? Only at Spiegel Grove! It is important to us to provide long-standing traditions that foster community pride and relationships with our neighbors. We received such positive feedback; it’s clear that people At events like our exhibit openings, GroveFest and the Toledo want us to add more evening programs in the home and on the Symphony concert on July 4, it feels a lot like old home week. grounds. We can’t wait to deliver. See what we have in store for 2019 on our website, rbhayes.org, and our social media pages. We love seeing familiar (and new!) faces and enjoy watching our guests connect and reconnect with each other, One of our most ambitious undertakings of 2018 was to as well. I recently met a man who has been attending our partner with other community organizations to launch the Independence Day Concert since the very first one was held! American Presidents Film & Literary Festival. This event is It is truly an honor for us to be part of these kinds of traditions. so unique. There is nothing else like it in the United States. And, it’s great to experiment and test out new programs. This year’s film and literary festival, planned again for the The Manuscripts Department experimented, quite literally, first weekend in October, will feature a food theme. Ever with a brand new STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering wonder what it’s like to eat like a president? We just might and Math) program series that connected past to present in be able to give you a “taste” of that! More details will soon totally creative ways. be available at americanpresidentsfilmfestival.org and on Facebook at @ampresfilmlit.

Christie Weininger Executive Director 2018 Annual Report 1 HPLM enhances visitor experience with new events, interactive opportunities In 2018, the Hayes Presidential Library & Museums New programs spanned a Christmas event that included a unveiled a distinctive array of new and innovative night tour of the Hayes Home to the Manuscripts Department’s programming that covered everything from Christmas Frohman Summer Series: Hands on History that used historical traditions to guided tours of the Spiegel Grove grounds. photos and documents and hands-on projects to teach kids about STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math.) In June, HPLM changed its admission structure and began offering a site pass that gives access to tour the Hayes Home New programs and events included: and museum and is good for up to two consecutive days. • Special exhibit of First Lady Lucy Hayes’ dresses during her birthday celebration Aug. 25-28. It also added a schedule of activities for guests to enjoy on Saturdays from June through November and on Wednesdays • Fall Family Fun Fest. This event, on Nov. 2, offered a free when Verandah Concerts take place. Most activities were family fun festival where visitors could decorate pumpkins, included with admission, but some special tours were given make s’mores at the campfire, play games and take horse- for an additional fee. drawn trolley rides. “Visitors love the way this tour brings these people vividly to • Spirit Stories at Spiegel Grove. life. I’m really proud of the intense research on this subject that Local historian Mike Gilbert took was done by several of our staff members in order make more participants on a lantern tour of complete the tale we tell, which is not only a Spiegel Grove Spiegel Grove and shared local and regional ghost stories with them. story, but an American one as well.” They also made s’mores at the camp -Executive Director Christie Weininger fire and learned about 19th century spiritualism through a tent display and talk. This event also was Nov. 2. The schedule included hands-on artifact activities, gallery • Hayes Home Holidays. This event took place Dec. 20 - 23 talks and themed tours of the Hayes Home. One of the themed and included a holiday-themed, interactive tour of the first tours is the Backstairs Tour that focuses on the experiences of floor of the Hayes Home, which was lightly decorated in the the Hayes Home servants, some of whom were former slaves, way the Hayeses kept the home at the holidays. Participants and gives access to areas that are not on the regular tour. received refreshments and listened to live caroling. In “We were missing a huge chunk of the Spiegel Grove story the museum, they played games and saw the “Hayes Train by not talking more about the dozens of people, immigrants, Special” model train display. former slaves and locals employed by the Hayes family “We are working hard to offer fun and meaningful things over the years,” Executive Director Christie Weininger said. for people to do at Spiegel Grove,” Weininger said. “Someone “Visitors love the way this tour brings these people vividly to came up to me after one of our new events and said, ‘Yes, more life. I’m really proud of the intense research on this subject of this please!’ That’s one of the best kinds of compliments we that was done by several of our staff members in order make can receive. It lets us know we’re on the right track.” more complete the tale we tell, which is not only a Spiegel Grove story, but an American one as well.” More new events have been added for 2019. A Civil War themed escape room experience will be offered Friday, March The scheduled activities will be offered again in June. 22; Saturday, March 23; Friday, March 29; and Saturday, March 30. For information, visit rbhayes.org. 2 Leveraging tradition, innovation to increase tourism in local region We launched a new strategic plan County, visitors have plenty of reasons to stay after their visit in 2017 and have accomplished and enjoy some of the many things this region has to offer. great things in the past two years! We hope our visitors continue to discover the exciting In 2018, we added more exciting revitalization that has been happening in downtown Fremont innovations, and they don’t just during recent years, enjoy local establishments and visit benefit the Hayes Presidential other attractions. It’s exhilarating to be part of this larger Jennifer Barrett Library & Museums. partnership in tourism. Board of Trustees President They are part of a larger plan and Additionally, these innovations have energized our staff. I’m partnership to help bring people amazed at the creative and unique programs and events they to Fremont and the surrounding region and keep them here have put together. They truly relish getting their creativity on! overnight. It is also gratifying for our staff, board and volunteers to Offering a wonderful mix of traditional and new programs see people leaving Spiegel Grove having been enriched by helps us attract as large an audience as we can. To capitalize the experience. Join us this year for more new and exciting on that audience, we changed our admission structure last events and programs. summer and created a site pass that is good for up to two consecutive days. Since then, some guests have told our staff they specifically planned a two-day trip so they could take advantage of the site pass and participate in the traditional and themed Hayes Home tours and then enjoy our free Verandah Concerts in the evening. Others said they changed plans and decided to spend the night so they could take more time enjoying the exhibits in the museum and take advantage of the schedule of activities offered on Saturdays from June through November and on Verandah Concert Wednesdays. It’s exciting for us to see this admission structure and programming help to put “heads in beds” and keep people spending their tourism dollars in the area. During their time here, these visitors stay in local hotels, eat at local restaurants and shop at local businesses. From the diverse restaurants in Fremont to other local attractions, such as Sandusky County’s Historic Jail and Dungeon and Cedar Point Amusement Park in nearby Erie

Hayes Egg Roll replicates White House event President Hayes started From old-fashioned egg games to face- Prizes are awarded painting, kids can celebrate Easter with vintage in six age categories, and modern activities during the annual Hayes and each kid receives Easter Egg Roll on Saturday, April 20. a balloon and treats. This event replicates the famous White The egg roll remains House Easter Egg Roll that Rutherford B. a White House Hayes started when he was president. Kids tradition today, and ages 3-10 can play traditional egg games, play the Hayes Presidential cornhole, bring a decorated egg to enter an Library & Museums egg-decorating contest, make crafts and more. has been offering its version of the event The egg roll is from 2 to 3:30 p.m. since 1986. Admission is free. Kids are asked to bring The egg roll is sponsored by Root’s three hard-boiled, colored eggs to use in the egg games. Poultry and Welly’s Horseradish.

2018 Annual Report 3 Manuscripts Department unveils new programs By Nan Card Participants enjoyed sharing Curator of Manuscripts their treasured artifacts and the stories that make them so The Manuscripts Department tapped the institution’s unique meaningful at our first ever manuscript collections to create innovative and interactive Retro Roundtable, sponsored programming for our diverse audiences. by Becky White. Because of its The first Frohman Summer Series: “Hands on History,” success, we plan to expand the sponsored by Sierra Lobo, featured STEM projects for kids program in 2019. ages 6-11. Using photographs and documents from the Frohman Collection, students connected history to science, The special exhibit “In Search of Healing: Medical technology, engineering and math. They were excited to Practices in the 19th Century” make their own airplanes, Cedar Point roller coasters and provided insights into the lives Lake Erie water filters and terrariums. of some of the region’s pioneer Through a partnership with Professors Lee Fearnside and doctors. Assisting Mayle Joe Van Kerkhove of Tiffin University, Associate Curator was Lexi Davis, who helped of Manuscripts Julie Mayle shared veterans’ interviews for prepare the exhibit as part of a special exhibit of original artwork inspired by and based her summer internship. upon local veterans’ experiences. “Experiencing Veterans Above: Julie Mayle, associate Assisted by Head of curator of manuscripts, and and Artists Collaboration,” sponsored by Beck Suppliers/ Photographic Resources Gil Dick Willer, World War II Friendship Food Stores, opened in the museum rotunda in Gonzalez, Mayle designed a veteran, view artwork created honor of Veterans Day. Some of the pieces will travel to based on Willer’s experiences display outside the research for the EVAC exhibit. locations throughout the country. library, showcasing holdings from the Manuscripts Top of page: Nan Card, curator Nearly 500 attendees once again enjoyed learning from of manuscripts, helps one of master storyteller Mike Gilbert at History Roundtable. Using Department. Other documents, the participants in the Frohman research from our manuscript holdings, sessions focused on photographs and letters were Summer Series filter water Civil War medicine, Black Swamp taverns, Fort Stephenson utilized in a special exhibit during the Lake Erie session. and the ever-popular ghost stories. We thank Dr. Mary titled “A Family of Service: Wonderly for sponsoring this popular program. The Hayeses in World War I.” HPLM partnered with the Ohio History Connection to Gilbert also told stories about prominent pioneers buried at document and scan many of the WWI collections. Letters, Fremont’s Oakwood Cemetery during the trolley tours sponsored images and documents of the Hayes family can now be viewed by attorney George Schrader. online at Ohio Memory. 4 Manuscripts acquires important artifacts, photo Thanks to donors to the Hayes acquired a stereo view photograph that Manuscripts Fund, the Manuscripts shows Rutherford and Lucy Hayes and Department has acquired an their presidential entourage during fall important artifact related to President 1878 in the Dakota Territory. Rutherford and First Lady Lucy The image (pictured above) by F. Jay Hayes and a rare photo. Haynes is well known to the staff, and it is In 2018, the division purchased an pleased to add this original photo to the Hayes elaborately decorated sterling silver This engraved silver spoon was a gift for First Presidential Library & Museums’ collections. Lady Lucy Hayes from White House steward spoon that was given to First Lady William T. Crump, a veteran of the 23rd OVI. Another significant addition to the Lucy Hayes. collections was the journal of Belinda William T. Crump, who served as President Hayes’ aide in Elliot McLellan, first cousin of President Hayes. This journal the Civil War and valet and then steward at the White House, was donated by John Fitch of Cambridge, Massachusetts. had the spoon inscribed for Lucy. Struggling with caring for young children and a husband The inscription reads “Mother of our Regiment, from one suffering from depression, McLellan came to Ohio at the of her Boys, Co. I, 23rd Regt. OV.” She spent nearly 200 insistence of her much-loved half-brother, John Pease. They days in the 23rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry’s camps, tending to lived in his home for nearly a year. the sick and wounded, during the Civil War. Deeply religious, she prayed that her daughters might The 23rd was President Hayes’ regiment, and the men had become faithful Christians. They did not disappoint. many reunions, some at Spiegel Grove, after the war. They married the sons of Ferris Fitch of Ballville Township. When Rutherford and Lucy celebrated their 25th wedding Eventually, daughter Mary and husband George served as anniversary in the White House, the 23rd OVI gave Lucy a Presbyterian missionaries in China, thus beginning a family similarly inscribed plaque that today hangs in the Hayes Home. legacy devoted to missionary work. President Hayes also In addition to the spoon, the Manuscripts Department wrote about the Fitches in his diary.

Save the date: Retro Roundtable and Frohman Summer Series Popular programs Retro Roundtable and Frohman photographs collections. Attendees are invited to bring Summer Series: Hands-on History return this year. their own photographs and share the unique stories Retro Roundtable will be expanded to two programs, behind them. Each participant will have 10 minutes to one focusing on artifacts and the other on photos. discuss their photos. Observers who do not bring photos Sessions are 9:30 to 11 a.m. Admission is free. If are welcome to attend. presenting at either session, preregistration is required. The Frohman Summer Series: Hands-on History will To register, contact Associate Curator of Manuscripts Julie help kids examine Cedar Point roller coasters, ships and Mayle at 419-332-2081, ext. 239, or [email protected]. boats of the Great Lakes and ever-changing Lake Erie. This Saturday, April 6: Bring an artifact, program is free. such as a family heirloom or letter, and Rebecca Sessions are offered from 10 a.m. to noon and 2 to 4 share its story with the group. Each White p.m. on the following dates: participant will have 10 minutes to Thursday, June 20 - Cedar Point Roller Coasters discuss their item. Observers who do not bring items are welcome to attend. Thursday, July 18 - Ships and Boats of the Great Lakes Sponsored by Rebecca White. Thursday, Aug. 15 - Ever-changing Lake Erie Saturday, April 13: This session will focus on photos. Registration is limited to 10 kids in each session. Kids can Head of Photographic Resources Gilbert Gonzalez will register for one or all three sessions. To register, contact Julie discuss five significant images from HPLM’s prints and Mayle at 419-332-2081, ext. 239, or [email protected].

2018 Annual Report 5 Recognizing Donors and Members Aug. 24 - Dec. 31, 2018 • Cash & Pledges = $128,796

Children’s Programs Rob & Kathy Boukissen Ron & Nancy Root Kids Days @ Hayes Jim & Linda Balsizer Ashley Reasner Lee & Sharon Bowden Carol Ann Roper - In honor of Rick & Kathy Barbour Rick & Vicki Bowlus Donald M. Roper March Sponsor: Victorian Tea Sharon Barnett Barbara Brauer Nancy Sattler Pamela & Joy at Billy’s Christmas Dinners Restaurant Beverly Barr Mrs. Niki Buhser Patricia M. Breno Gary & Pat Schaaf Paul & Rebecca Barton Daryl & Cate Knipp Lee Anne Briese H. Dennis Sears Legacy Leaders Ned E. Bauer Donna & Larry Clausing Jon & Kathy Brough David & Janice Serwin Dorothy Baumann Kathryn Burkett Leanna Shaberly Valerie L. Mathes Mrs. Barbara Czerwony Paul T. Goodman & Karyl L. Nira N. Beaschler Dr. Carlos De Carvalho & Ken & Polly Burns Richard A. Sherman Marlene Beggs M/M Bruce Card Kristina Smith Carmignani Mrs. Carol Greenberg Myron Bender Wayne & Madeline Doble Robert R. Collier Mark & Christine Smith Margaret Riggle Collins Vince & Charlene Snyder Library Barbara Bendure Sandy French James & Molly Cress Douglas A. Benson Robert Fry John & Cindy Connell Steven Stacey Rob & Cindy Constien M/M Stephen M. Tart John Speicher M/M John Berger Joachim Gfoeller In memory of Suzanne Darr Ken & Sandy Berlekamp Skip & Ellen Honsperger Larry Cook Dorothy E. Wagner Dorothy D. Cox Mark & Merideth Wagoner Therese Sides Kathie A. Bickers Dr. Robert Huntington & Mark Spangler Dr. Susan McCafferty M/M Kenneth C. Cudnik Thomas & Judy Waldsmith Linda Rose Binkley Don & Marcia Jess Nathan & Elizabeth Davenport M/M Lonnie A. Watson M/M Ted Bintz Drs. Sean Decatur & Renee Christie Weininger Library In-Kind Gifts Rene Bishop Andrew & Sandra Lingler Lucy Hough Ackerman Dr. Michael Miller & Dr. Romano Ruth Anne Weisenauer Wolfe Dorothy Borden Dennis & Ruth Despones Russ & Paula Welty Deb Arnold Karen Botzko Melissa Weaver Sharon Barnett James & Kathy Pfefferle Faye Dittemore Becky Whitcomb Rob & Kathy Boukissen Patricia Erickson Marilyn Willer Merv Hall Rick & Vicki Bowlus M/M Thomas Potts Henry R. Timman Jack Smith Bill & Pat Farr Jim & Nancy Willis Parmelia P. Boyer Joe & Jill Fick David & Janet Wobser Judy C. Ware Ms. Karen Swedersky Anna Burroughs Zeis Barbara J. Brauer M/M William Taylor Connie & Tom Fishbaugh Ronald & Irene Wobser Patricia M. Breno Tim & Christine Thomas Michael P. Fisher Scott & Carol Wymer Mrs. Niki Buhser Dr. David & Mrs. Lynda Frances Fleet Manuscript & Photograph Jane L. Fox, Ph.D. Matt & Beth Ann Burkett Weininger Genealogy Collection Endowment Martha Camden & Dave Gable TJ & Anita Wurzel Fremont Elite Runners Club Title Sponsor Karen Gillmor, Ph.D. Jingle Bell Run 2018 Judith A. Camper Mike & Kay Yeagle RootsMagic, Inc. Nan Card Andrew & Sarah Zatik James Funk Manuscript / Archives D & M Genzman Family Maury & Verna Carlo Russ & Ruth Zimmerman GroveFest Cosmopolitan Club Miss Martha J. Carver Foundation Faye Dittemore Karen Gillmor, Ph.D. Activity Sponsor Richard R. Celek Curriculum Connections Unique Fabrications, Inc. James H. & Janice I. Dunmyer Gilbert Gonzalez & Vicki Young Jane L. Fox M/M Edward Chimahusky School Program Stephen & Elayne Gunder Margo A. Clagg Supporter Joe Grounds Sponsor Clyde / Green Springs Schools Joyce Havens Maritime Museum of Sandusky Susan E. Clark KF Construction & James S. Hayes Wright Leather Works, LLC Larry & Suzi Michaels Ronald Claypool Excavating, LLC Wid Hesselbart & Judie Frank Daniel H. Reigle Margaret Riggle Collins Rebecca Hill Hayes Easter Egg Roll Dr. Ronald L. Stuckey Rob & Cindy Constien Sponsor Ottawa County Schools Ginger Holland Title Sponsor Zoe L. Titchener Becky Cook Materion Ann Holt Root’s Poultry & Welly’s Larry Cook Skip & Ellen Honsperger Horseradish Manuscript / Archives Marsha Cook Sponsor Fremont City Schools Bernard (Ben) Horn - In honor Dave O. Cox Unique Fabrications, Inc. of Ellen Horn’s Birthday In-Kind Gifts Hayes Home Canopy over Lift Carol Argus M/M Thomas D. Craig Chuck, Katy, & Roxie Hull Funded by the Sandusky Donation Box in Hayes Home Thor & Darlene Jondahl Richard Bowersox Dean & Marilyn Crandall County Communities Patricia A. Dwyer M/M David Crawford Anonymous Andrew H. & Cynthia Kalnow Foundation Bette & Gary Kaltenbach Loretta Lace Evans James & Molly Cress Donation Box in Museum Ann Kassing Hayes Presidential Joachim Gfoeller Douglas A. Crigger Anonymous Thomas L. & Dorothy L. Kern Maude S. Guerin, MD Tom & Mary Anne Culbertson Marian Kindred Endowment Lake Erie Shores & Islands Marylee Dalton & Lynn Donation Boxes on Grounds Knowledgeworks Foundation Karen Gillmor, Ph.D. Kurt Landig Drickamer Anonymous Matching Gift - In honor of Mark & Merideth Wagoner Dorene Paul Paul & Dorothy Damore M/M Robert H. Moyer Carol Schade Brenda Daniel Alexander Darr Firewood Lee Koenig History Roundtable Jeffry D. Wert Anonymous Brant & Meghan Kolbe Oakwood Cemetery Tour James F. Daubel Richard M. Daugherty Joel Roberts Judy Krasnoff George J. Schrader, Attorney Membership Tom & Mary Ellen Leite Deborah Davis at Law John & Lucy Ackerman Joe DeMare & Carolyn Kawecka Gateway to the Future Jeannette A. Love Mary Jo Ackerman Joe & Mary Luc Honorariums Dennis Dendinger Annual Appeal Kent R. Matthews M/M Tom Alexander Fred & Mary Densic John & Lucy Ackerman Bernard (Ben) Horn - In honor Phyllis M. Allebach Mrs. Helen W. Dermer Dustin McLochlin of Melissa Dwight’s birthday Kari Asmus M/M Matthew J. McQuade Jerry & Marcia Alt Dennis & Ruth Despones M/M Jack Balsizer Bernard (Ben) Horn - In Jerry & Lori Ameling Diane Dickinson Al Mehlow honor of Robert O. Wolfe’s Rick & Kathy Barbour Military Order of the Loyal Dr./Mrs. Roger C. Anderson David L. & Mary R. Donnelly Sharon A. Barnett birthday and your service Jeremy & Margaret Angstadt Paul & Jeanette Dornbusch Legion of the United States Maynard & Betty Bauer to our country Christine Antel James & Sophia Draeger M/M Carl K. Miller Robert Sanborn - In honor of Dorothy M. Baumann Eric Apple Dr. & Mrs. David M. Dreffer Cassandra Molyet Douglas & Sue Gildenmeister Ruth Berger Charles & Jane Moyer Mike & Brandy Armstrong Kevin & Mary Ann M/M Jack Bergers Sam Otermat July 4th Concert M/M William J. Armstrong Druckenmiller Jean Blechschmidt Mary M. Ottney Kim & Angela Auxter LTC David M. Dryer Paul & Elinor Boes George J. Schrader, Attorney Ken & Georgena Edmonds Eilene Perry at Law Michael Baharov Marsha S. Bordner & Harold John & Brenda Ransom Wes Baker & Candy Carr Theresa Eishen Kristina Smith JoAnne Elder H. Brown Nancy C. Roddy Martha Ballenger John & Holly Elder

6 Edward Ellenberger Matti Kalliokoski Kirk Nickerson Mary A. Steinhauser Gary & Joan Godfred Kathleen L. Emery Gary & Bette Kaltenbach Don & Paula Niederhauser M/M Philip G. Steinle, Sr. Kathleen Haubert James L. Emrich Bruce & Kathy Kaminski Gloria Nitschke M/M Robert C. Steinmiller Joe & Brenda Hiestand M/M L. William Erb Dave & Sherry Kapes Debbie Nofzinger Janet Stephenson Donald & Debora Kayle Patricia Erickson Gregory Karasik Al & Karen O’Neal Don & Lynda Stewart Angela Klisz Stephen Etzel Dorothy Kaulbe & Larry Murphy Ronald Oswald Howard & Kay Stierwalt Evelyn Krupp Paul & Cheryl Everett Georgia & James Kaufman Mary M. Ottney Michael Stiger Phyllis Long Sandra Eyring Karl & Carol Kessler Donna Overholt Dennis & Sue Stotz Ronald E. Mallia John P. Felt M/M Thomas King Helen Overmyer Terry Mosser Rev./Mrs. Jerald Fenske Nancy Guion Ray Striggow Joseph Ferguson William Q. Kirkwood Tracy Overmyer & Michael Mark Stumme Mark Novitski Frances Fleet Tom & Phyllis Kiser Meggitt Bill & Juanita Taylor Richard & Deanna Phillips M/M Robert A. Florian Keith D. Kleckner Manuel Palacios & Ashley Garcia M/M Birchard M. Taylor ProMedica Memorial Hospital Fred & Karrie Flower Shirley Klopp John & Janet Paul Patricia Thome Jim & Amy Ronski Charles & Brenda Foos June Knepper Max & LeeAnn Pavlock Chad & Tara Thompson Robert & Shirley Schmidt Wilferd Foss Sharon Knieriem Josh & Alison Perkins Crd./Mrs. David Thompson, Steve Sloma James & Susan Fox Marjorie E. Knight Paul & Rebecca Perkins UNS, Retired Philip & Joan Steinle M/M Kenneth Frost Marilyn Knopp-Siler Camilla I. Perrill M/M Henry R. Timman Jim & Connie Warner M/M Michael Gabel Linda M. Knudsen Ralph & Lori Peters Burk & Kay Tischler Dick & Connie Wasserman Lynn E. Garn Brant & Meghan Kolbe M/M Jim Pfefferle Kaleb & Donald Tober Joan Wensinger Juan Garza Ray & Bev Krofft Ron & Judy Phillips James & Trudi Tooman Sue Wetzel & Pam Pelphrey M/M Richard A. Geyman Dr. Thomas P. Kunkle John & Patricia Phipps M/M Ronald Tripp Tom & Nancicarol Woleslagel Joachim Gfoeller & Margaret Marsha Lang & Elaine Mercer Elizabeth Pietrykowski Tom & Barbara Trout Tom & Marlene Wolf Gfoeller Marylyn I. Leach Guy & Denise Pitzen Michele Upton Mrs. Rachael Gibbs In memory of Janice Ruth Dix Nancy Hayes Leavitt Louise Poier Jeanine Van Der Laar Donna L. Kirsch Dr. Karen L. Gillmor James T. Lee Jane Pollak M/M Larry VanDyne Jeanette Gleba David & Pamela Lehmann Lawrance Popp In memory of Scott B. Hayes Kathleen Gochenour Denny & Kathy VanWey Tom & Ellen Leite Mrs. Liz Porter M/M John Vardyan Thomas Culbertson Gary & Joan Godfred Mrs. John Donnell Larry Goetz Terry & Sue Lemley Virginia Prusik Jan Wadsworth William & Noelle Leutenegger Duane & Maureen Pump Jane E. Wagner Mrs. June F. Hayes Paul & Sande Gottron J. Tucker Marston Roger & Sharon Grant M/M Robert Libben Ronald & Joyce Purk Michael & Marilu Waleryszak Mrs. Robert Lindemann Douglas & Kristina Rasik Anne Warner Karen McDevitt Debra Myers Griffiths Robert McInnes Joseph Grounds Kaye Lipstraw Donald & Barbara Rathbun James G. Weaver Stephen & Elayne Gunder Dean & Jane Lucal Fred & Elaine Recktenwald Dr. Melissa Weaver Andrew K. Rayburn Larry D. Hack Mary Sue Luecht David & Judith Reed Judy L. Weickert Heather Rayburn Charles Hall Jeanne Luther Mary Reetz David & Lynda Weininger Al Taddeo, CPA David Hancock Darlene & Connie Lynch Daniel H. Reigle Beverly B. White, Esq. Diana D. Treco Nancy Harris Paul Marchant Mary Lou Rendon Rebecca White James Treco Jeannine A. Harrold David & Lisa Marchman Douglas P. & Mary R. Ricci James G. Widmer In memory of Dennis Root Jim & Betty Hasselbach Jeffrey Marshall M/M Thomas W. Rich Dr. Melissa Weaver Bill & Pat Farr Loren & Trudy Hasselbach Cecilia Maskell Mike & Kathy Richmond Marilyn Willer In memory of Eugene Roth John & Brenda Havens Ronald & Judith Maxwell Willard & Connie Rife Jim & Nancy Willis Skip & Ellen Honsperger, Dr. Philip & Peggy Havens Sue Mayle M/M Ron Rimelspach George & Susan Winters Unique Fabrications, Inc. Crown Battery / Hal & Diane Arlene McCloskey Ned & Juanita Robinett Dwight Wise Hawk Bill & Nancy McGrew Nancy C. Roddy Sheila M. Wolf Retro Roundtable - Stories M/M John M. Hayes Ronald E. McKinnon M/M Ron Root Robert & Ann Woolf through Artifacts Stephen & Theo Hayes Natalie McNamara Roger Rounds Herbert & Nancy Wright Tim & Karin Hayes David McNeal John & Diane Roush Gary & Jacqueline Yambert Title Sponsor Rebecca White Charles & Rebecca Heimlich Rebekah Medina Valerie Roynon Luanne & Bill Yeager Barbara Held Mrs. James (Susan) Melter Larry Rusinsky Mike & Kay Yeagle Spiegel Grove Squires Marie C. Held Maris Y. Metzger Steve & Becky Ruth Bob & Lil Zilles Andrew Helms & Vanessa Allen Tim & Karrie Meyer Melinda Sanborn M/M Gary Zimmerman Baseball John F. Heminger Greg & Beth Meyers Mark & Jenna Sandvick Russ & Ruth Zimmerman Title Sponsor M/M Arthur F. Henkel Carolyn Michael Matt & Erin Sandvick Thomas & Mary Zimmerman Wright Leather Works, LLC David & Margaret Herring Christine Michael Marilyn Sandwisch Jean Zvanovec Wid Hesselbart & Judie Frank Krista Michaels Gary & Pat Schaaf UnCaged Marsha J. Perin Hessler Timothy Mielke Darl & Debbie Schiets Provided Gift Membership February Artifact - Assorted Steven Hester Barbara A. Miller Becky Schmidlin Sandra Best Presidential Items Michael & Viki Hill Carl & Joanne Miller Mary Ann Schmitt Ken & Georgena Edmonds Unique Fabrications Rebecca Hill Harry L. & Gloria K. Miller John E. Schumm Theresa Eishen Thomas A. Hill Robert & Randi Miller Priscilla & Fred Schwier Kelly Hancock June Artifact - President McKinley Items Frances G. Hipp Frances Millhouser Jim & Cindy Scranton Heather Hetrick Unique Fabrications Denny & Cindy Hiser Theresa Mills Doris Seaman Nancy Klopp Jim Hiser Beverly Miner H. Dennis Sears Traci McMurray Unrestricted Nancy L. Hittepole Chuck & Laura Miska Karen L. Semer Vince & Karla Militello Alph Zeta Chapter of the Beta Tom & Tina Hoelzle Richard A. Moe & Barbara Lee & Betty Shaffer Thomas & Deb Sandvick Sigma Phi John & Michelle Hoffert A. Paff Pam Shammo Kristina Smith Anonymous Lt. Col. Thomas Hoffert Mark & Sheryl Moll Jeanne Shank Kevin & Amy Winters Bank of America Charitable Norma Hoffman Chris & Nora Mollis Hon. Michael E. & Marilyn Shay Foundation - Matching Gift Barbara Horn Rick & Tracey Montgomery Gayla Sholey Memorials Ken & Judy Cudnik Michael & Martha Horn George & Connie Moore Doris A. Shurmer In memory of Suzanne F. Darr Paul & Dorothy Damore Linda Houyouse Kenneth L. & Linda L. Moore Jason & Carrie Sidell Jerry & Lori Ameling Ludmila Darr Roger & Rebecca Howard Sandra Moore Al & Faith Smith Brian & Denise Burns John F. Heminger Kay Hudson Vitor & Brittany Morita John (Jack) V. Smith Dick & Cathey Celek Gary & Bette Kaltenbach Barbara Ireland Mary Ann Mosser Mark & Christine Smith James & Teresa Celek Marylin Kinn M/M Carl M. Irick Chuck & Jane Moyer Scott & Pam Smith Ed & Debbie Chimahusky Marilyn Leach Jim & Cindy Jackson Jim & Kim Moyer Stephen & Margaret Snavely Abby Chudzinski Network for Good - Facebook Mitch & Penny Jacobs Ann Marie Muehlhauser Jim & Kathy Snyder Mike & Sharon Chudzinski Fundraiser Kenneth & Joan Jahns Brenda Murphy Karen Snyder Jo Ann Cook Judge Alan and Carol Norris Theresa Jakober Dr. Bernard Musselman Michael Snyder Thomas Culbertson Dixie Sayre Miller Fund of Valerie Jambeau Marie Myers David & Nancy Souder Bruce & Martha Darr The Columbus Foundation M/M Don Jess Ray & Rita Myers Randall Speer Robert & Dorothy Darr Al & Faith Smith Aaron & Crystal Johnson M/M Eugene Naujock Marsha Spicer Faye Dittemore Rebecca White Mary Johnson Dennis & Sue Newman Tom & Janet Stayancho Sandy Frailey 2018 Annual Report 7 Amber Gabel was one of several interns at the Hayes Presidential Library & Museums in 2018. Gabel, of Fostoria, graduated in December from Kent State University with a master’s degree in library and information science with an emphasis on museum studies. She and other college students who interned at HPLM helped research and set up exhibits, cataloged collections, worked on educational programs and more. HPLM traditionally offers internships for college credit in its curatorial, education and manuscripts divisions. Interns gain meaningful, hands-on experience while helping the museum, home and library “I feel like I’m at home here. The team projects are fun. accomplish its goals to relate the I love the people. It’s been a great experience.” life, legacy and era of President Rutherford and First Lady Lucy Hayes -Amber Gabel, intern and Hayes Home guide and Spiegel Grove to the public.

Second Saturdays becomes Kids Days @ Hayes, new education coordinator hired to join Hayes team The interactive kids program Second Saturdays R 4 Kids The Hayes Presidential Library & will become Kids Days @ Hayes in March. Museums has hired a historian and Instead of taking place every second Saturday, Kids Days museum professional with experience @ Hayes will take place on various Saturdays throughout in programming, community outreach the year. Like Second Saturdays, it will offer interactive and and more as its education coordinator. hands-on activities for kids through age 12. Joan Eardly began her new position in December and is working The schedule is: to develop innovative learning • Saturday, March 16 – 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. programs and experience for people Victorian tea party in the Hayes Museum of all ages. auditorium. Cost is $3 for kids. There is no “I love U.S. presidential history, charge for adults who bring kids to this program. and I’m passionate about history Joan Eardly Kids and grandkids of Hayes Presidential Library education,” Eardly said. “So far, & Museums members at the family level and I’ve enjoyed learning more about higher are admitted for free. Event sponsors President Hayes and his personal life. He’s not well known, are Pamela & Joy at Billy’s Restaurant. but I think he should be. I hope I can be a part of that as • Saturday, May 11 – Boot Camp: Inspired by education coordinator.” the Hayes Presidential Library & Museums’ World War 1 She will lead the interactive series Kids Days @ Hayes; exhibit, kids can participate in an obstacle course and relay. coordinate Region II Ohio History Day, where students create • Saturday, July 13 – Farm Day: Kids can participate historical projects that are entered into competition; work in farm-inspired activities and learn about the plants and with educators to bring school groups to HPLM and tailor animals that called Spiegel Grove home. their visit to their curricula; and more. • Saturday, Sept. 14 – Leaves of Spiegel Grove: Kids can “In the short time Joan has been at the Hayes, she has shown participate in a leaf scavenger hunt and leaf-inspired craft. an ability to understand our strategic plan for reaching school- aged children with educational and fun events and meeting • Saturday, Dec. 14 – Victorian Christmas: Kids can create the curriculum needs of area schools,” HPLM Curator Dustin a Christmas craft and learn about Victorian Christmas McLochlin said. “We are excited to see how she expands our traditions, including how the Hayes family would have reach and continues to offer quality educational programs.” celebrated the season. Before coming to HPLM, Eardly was the education Unless otherwise noted, time and cost for each event are to manager and curatorial assistant for the Auburn Cord be announced. For updates, visit rbhayes.org. Duesenberg Automobile Museum in Auburn, Indiana. 8 Thank you, volunteers! We love our volunteers! They help with everything from programs and special events to research and cataloging. In 2018, Hayes Presidential Library & Museums volunteers logged 5,347 hours. Michael & Debra Arnold Dan Hammond Thomas Reineck Earl & Pamela Bargerstock Kathleen Haubert Ray & Mary Lou Rendon Alice L. Beier John M. Hayes Willliam & Irene Rimelspach Ellen Beier John Heminger Debra Sandvick Sandra Best Wid Hesselbart & Judie Frank Dr. Nancy J. Sattler Todd & Rachelle Bickley Becky Hill Joshua Schmidt Ralph & Juanita Billow Ruth Hill Robert & Shirley Schmidt Richard Bollinger Thomas M. Hoffert Cindy Scranton Leslie Brewer John & Susan Hoffman Geraldine Shimer Adam Brickner Barbara Horn Danica Shuck Jon & Kathy Brough Kevin & Wendy Horn Grace Sidell Martha Camden Jim Jackson Jon & Nancy Smith John & Amy Carpenter Dale & Janice Johnston Joanne Smith Katrina Carpenter Janice Jordan Kristina Smith Ronald Claypool Gary & Bette Kaltenbach Pamela Smith Larry Cook Sara Kaltenbach Ryan Smith Peggy Courtney Jim & Mickie King Scott Smith Thomas J. Culbertson Chad Kinsey Camden Sondergeld Barbara Czerwony Gaylen Kline Jeff & Cheryl Sondergeld Nathan & Elizabeth Davenport Cate Knipp Larry & Barbara Stout Donna Dorsch David & Vickie Lamb Ron & Kathy Stout Wanda Eberly Tom Leite Rose Swaisgood James B. Fails Sharon Mader James Tabbert Joe & Jill Fick Ray Markwith David & Brook Thompson Frances Fleet Ruth Ann May Dr. Regina Vincent-Williams Laurie Foos Kyle Mayle Dorothy E. Wagner Nancy Francis Kent McClary Marilu Waleryszak Jonathan Franks Patti Metcalf Justin Ward John Frey Drs. Larry & Suzi Michaels Randy Ward Kyzer Frey Harry & Gloria Miller Jerry Wasserman Margaret Gearheart Jim & Kay Miranda Lynda Weininger Linda Gegorski Jadlynne Moyer D. Lynn Wright Richard Geyman David Overmyer LuAnne Yeager Dan Gonzalez Joy Payne Dick & Sharon Zilles Sue Halen John & Brenda Ransom

2018 Annual Report 9 Patriotism & Protest program provokes differing viewpoints in meaningful way Ron Kovic, author of “Born was; it never became heated and was overshadowed by the on the Fourth of July,” seemed camaraderie of their shared veteran experience. a perfect individual to highlight As America continues to witness division and rancor in our first discussion in our its politics, it is refreshing to see two sides disagree but Patriotism & Protest program. leave feeling united behind a common cause nonetheless. Growing up in the 1950s Participants will have one more opportunity to join and 1960s, like most Vietnam the discussion on the question of patriotism and protest soldiers, he internalized with a panel at 1 p.m. Saturday, March 9, at the Hayes the stories of World War II Presidential Library & Museums. The panel will veterans, became enamored feature a number of military scholars, one of whom is a with the bravery depicted by retired Army officer. John Wayne and hoped to put his own name in the storied The Hayes gives a special thank-you to veteran Joe Eberly for recruiting other veterans to the book Dustin McLochlin history of the United States. Curator discussions and coordinating our events with VFW Post When the Vietnam War broke 2947. And, thank you to Kevin Lause and the Birchard out, he quickly enlisted. But Public Library for working with us to screen the films while on duty, he was injured and came home paralyzed. and facilitate discussion. After poor experiences in VA hospitals and coming Our next initiative will be a focus on celebrating to grips with politicians who he felt were not correctly the centennial celebration of the passage in Congress assessing the situation in Vietnam, he slowly became an of what would become the 19th Amendment, which active protester and worked with a group to invade the provided women the right of suffrage. 1972 Republican National Convention. To commemorate this, we will be creating two exhibits. This mixture of a traditionally patriotic action First, we are constructing a temperance exhibit to followed by overt protestation seemed foreordained for highlight attempts, led often by women, to reduce the the topic at hand. impact of alcohol on American families. And just as our nation fights over the question of In July, we will unveil an exhibit on the women of what it means to be patriotic and how protest fits into Spiegel Grove. From Hayes family members to the servants patriotism, we have learned that veterans are just as who lived in the home, we are excited to show how the varied in their opinions as the general public. women who were connected to this place made a mark on One Vietnam veteran emphatically declared that society whether through national or local influence. Kovic was his hero. Another veteran chimed in that Additionally, we will offer a variety of fun and Kovic didn’t care about America’s aims; he only cared fascinating programs related to these topics. For upcoming about glorifying himself. programs, watch our website and social media pages. While we expected there to be disagreement, what we Pictured above: A Vietnam veteran shows other participants in one were happy to discover was how congenial the disagreement of the Patriotism & Protest programs pictures from his service.

10 Special exhibits on Building on inaugural film, temperance, women’s literary festival for 2019 Presidents history to open in 2019 in pop culture, the friendship Two special exhibits opening this year in the Hayes Museum of Presidents will examine the temperance movement during President John Adams Rutherford and First Lady Lucy Hayes’ era and the influence of the women of Spiegel Grove. and Thomas Jefferson and “Demon Rum & Cold Water: The Two Sides of Temperance” more were topics will open to the public on Friday, March 1. A members-only featured during exhibit opening reception will take place Thursday, Feb. 28. Members will receive an invitation via email or U.S. mail. the inaugural American Before Prohibition, there was temperance. In reaction to Presidents Film increasing consumption of alcohol in the 1800s, many people & Literary began to express concerns about the social effects of drinking. Festival in The temperance movement gained popularity in the 1850s October. and became a significant moral and political force by 1900. This exhibit will present the causes for temperance, the role of The festival, Children’s author Connie Trounstine its proponents in American society, and how the Hayeses were the only film talks with student writing contest shaped by and helped shape the movement. and literary award winner Lyla Miller of Fremont. Access to the exhibit is included with regular admission. Members are festival to focus admitted for free. This exhibit is open through Sunday, Oct. 6, 2019. on the American presidency, “Women of Spiegel Grove” will open to the public on Friday, July 12. A members-only exhibit opening reception will take place included original on Thursday, July 11. Members will receive an invitation via films, talks email or U.S. mail. by authors and experts, a In spring 1919, Congress passed lantern tour with the language of the reenactors through the Hayes Presidential Library 19th Amendment & Museums’ grounds and a keynote by Kirk Ellis, extending the right to screenwriter for the HBO miniseries “John Adams.” vote to women. The These offerings gave the festival a unique and rich states would ratify the array of programs at locations around Fremont. amendment as part of the U.S. Constitution “This is the only festival that is devoted to the over the coming year. issues of social and political importance about where In honor of the we came from as a country, where we are going centennial of women’s and the people who brought us here through the suffrage, this exhibit American Presidency,” Ellis said. will showcase the lives He spoke about “Who Will Write Our History – of the many women The Importance and Dangers of Memory, Legacy who played important and Posterity in John Adams’ World – and Ours” roles at Spiegel Grove and tell the national to a packed room during the Hayes Presidential story of women in Library & Museums’ Lecture on the Presidency America, from the at The Strand Concert Theater. The lecture has suffrage movement become part of the film festival. to the pursuit for Planning is under way for the second annual social and workplace festival. It will take place Oct. 4 – 6 at various equality to the #MeToo locations in Fremont and is again being planned by movement. the Hayes Presidential Library & Museums, Birchard Access to the exhibit Public Library, Liberty & Learning Foundation, is included with regular Fremont City Schools and Downtown Fremont. admission. HPLM For information, visit members are admitted The Women’ Christian Temperance Union for free. This exhibit is paid for this White House portrait of First Lady americanpresidentsfilmfestival.org and like the open through Sunday, Lucy Hayes, a champion of the temperance festival on Facebook at @ampresfilmlit. March 29, 2020. movement. Lucy’s involvement in temperance will be featured in the exhibit. 2018 Annual Report 11 Chris and Sandra Weininger are natives of Germany who live in Hawaii. They are traveling the United States to see presidential sites and stopped at the Hayes Presidential Library & Museums last summer. They spent two days at Spiegel Grove and enjoyed a Verandah Concert, took traditional and themed tours of the Hayes Home and more. HPLM is a destination for visitors from across the country and the globe. In 2018, international visitors came from as far as Thailand, Taiwan, Saudi Arabia, Australia and many other countries. “The house is super impressive. We were very impressed with U.S. visitors came from how much there is to see and do here. The park being preserved California, North Dakota, Alabama, around it makes it special.” Louisiana, Maine, Idaho and many other states. -Chris and Sandra Weininger, German natives who live in Hawaii

2018 by the numbers: Visitors, school tours, facility rentals Total visitation: 34,119 Visitors came from 46 states and Washington, D.C., as well as 24 countries to the Hayes Presidential Library & Museums. School groups: 66 schools, 3,448 students and teachers School tours given through Curriculum Connections program: 31 schools, 1,951 students and teachers Curriculum Connections sponsors: Croghan Colonial Bank; Fremont Exchange Club; Fremont Federal Credit Union; Sidney Frohman Foundation; Gale S. Hurd; Key Bank; Key Bank – Nellie F. Bash for Charities; KF Construction, Inc.; Materion; Mike and Laurie Sistrunk; Soroptimist International of Fremont; Unique Fabrications; White Family Charitable Fund of the Tiffin Charitable Foundation Group tours: 64 Facility rentals: 25

12 2018 Financial Report Income

Investment Income Development (Trust Fund) $367,895 $441,870 Capital (Centennial) Campaign: $5,000

Earned Income: $170,516

Museum Store: $46,766 State of Ohio Funds Library and Research Income: $37,750 $460,750 Memberships: $83,146

Manuscript Income: $11,462

Total income: $1,625,155 Expenses

Development: $12,525 Line of Credit Payment: $75,000 Marketing & Communications: $52,266 Library Materials & Equipment: $7,662 Membership: $166 Manuscript Acquisitions & Supplies: $4,489 Buildings & Grounds: $57,008 Museum Store: $28,139 Capital Projects: $37,935

Events, Programs & Exhibits: $70,525 Wages and Benefits: $1,208,484

Operations: $153,910

Utilities: $134,531

Total expenses: $1,842,640 *Difference between income and expenses is due to funds that were received in a previous fiscal year and spent in fiscal year 2018.

2018 Annual Report 13 Sister cities: Fremont and Villa Hayes, Paraguay

Fremont, Ohio, and Villa Hayes, Paraguay, became sister cities on Monday, Nov. 11, during a ceremony at the Hayes Presidential Library & Museums. Villa Hayes Mayor Esteban Rios Ayala and other dignitaries from the Paraguayan city came to sign the agreement and tour the Fremont area. Villa Hayes is named in honor of President Rutherford B. Hayes, who is a national hero there after he arbitrated a land dispute in Paraguay’s favor. Pictured at left: City of Fremont, Villa Hayes and HPLM officials stand outside the Hotel Lakeside in Lakeside Chautauqua on Lake Erie. This is the same spot where President Hayes and his Civil War regiment, the 23rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry, had a reunion, which is pictured right. Hayes is seated in the front row.

Canopy added over lift, interior breakfast room renovation next When visitors using wheelchairs come into the Hayes Home, they are shielded from the weather by a new canopy over the lift. The canopy was installed last fall as part of the exterior renovation of the Hayes Home breakfast room. Next, the interior of the breakfast room, which has peeling paint, crumbling plaster and wallpaper damage from a moisture problem, will be repaired and renovated. This room is not part of the regular Hayes Home tour, but it is the first room visitors who use the lift see when they come into the home. Additionally, those who cannot go up to the second floor watch a video of what the second floor looks like in the breakfast room. Some special tours, such as the Backstairs Tour, also include the breakfast room. A $4,292 grant from the Sandusky County Communities Foundation funded the canopy over the lift. The Reed Fund of the Toledo Community Foundation has awarded $25,367 for the exterior and interior portions of the breakfast room renovation project, and the Hayes Presidential Library & Museums continues to raise money for the work through its Gateway to the Future campaign. John Bell, Hayes Presidential Library & Museums buildings The completed project will enhance the welcome visitors who use and grounds superintendent, does some preliminary work the lift receive when they come into the Hayes Home and create an on the gutters of the home in preparation for the canopy improved space for programs. to be installed over the handicapped-accessible lift. 14 2018 title Thank you, sponsors!

Executive Director Christie Weininger, (left), and Marketing/Communications Manager Kristina Smith receive the RUBY awards for the Hayes Presidential and Library & Museums in September at Cedar Point. Hal & Diane Hawk HPLM wins 11 travel association marketing awards The Hayes Presidential Library & Museums was recognized for its TV commercials, advertising campaign, website and more with prestigious marketing awards given in September during the annual Ohio Conference on Travel at Cedar Point. and Friendship Food HPLM received 11 awards from the Ohio Travel Stores Association during the annual RUBY awards ceremony. The RUBY awards, sponsored by Ohio Magazine, are OTA’s way of honoring organizations that have found the most innovative ways to market their destination, experiences or services. HPLM received the RUBY award, which is similar to first place, in the following categories: • Direct Mailer • Print ad campaign Mary B. Wonderly, M.D. • Website • Radio ad Sidney • Promotional video Frohman • TV ad Foundation HPLM received the citation of excellence, White Family Charitable Fund, a part which is similar to second place, in the following categories: of the Tiffin Charitable Foundation • Annual report • Digital marketing campaign Rebecca • Newsletter (Statesman) White HPLM received the certificate of achievement, which is similar to third place, in the following categories: • Newsletter (Billet) William R. & • Radio ad Nancy G. Platt 2018 Annual Report 15 New grounds donation boxes offer gifting opportunities, fun facts with Sardis Squirrel Thanks to Skip Honsperger and Unique Fabrications, we now have donation signs on the grounds of Spiegel Grove. In addition, Sardis the Squirrel is pictured on the signs giving our visitors and walkers seasonal “Fun Facts.” Thousands of people enjoy walking the grounds of Spiegel Grove each year and appreciate its beauty and peaceful setting, along with feeding the squirrels. Kathy Boukissen Sardis and his buddies thought it Director of Development would be a good idea to let our walkers know what it takes to keep 25 acres of Spiegel Grove in great condition year round. So every season, Sardis will give information about what the grounds crew is working on. (There are four of them, each with a different message. See an example at right.) Sardis would also like to thank everyone for the peanut snacks and encourages everyone to make a donation in the new green boxes. A big thank-you to George Moore for bringing over his equipment and drilling the holes for the signs; what a great help it was for our grounds crew! And speaking of buildings and grounds crew, as you enjoy the grounds, remember to say hi to John, Randy, Steven and Ben! As always, feel free to contact me with any comments or questions you have. Meeting and talking with people is what I love best about my profession. You can reach me at 419-332-2081, ext. 226, or [email protected]. 16 2018 Leading Donors Mark & Merideth Wagoner Andrew H. & Cynthia Kalnow M/M Richard R. Faist PRESIDENT Walmart - Fremont KF Construction & Excavating, LLC Bill & Pat Farr $25,000+ Ruth Anne Weisenauer Wolfe Knight Baldwin Charitable Frances Fleet Mary B. Wonderly M.D. Foundation Fremont Airport & Fremont Sidney Frohman Foundation Wright Leather Works, LLC Lee Koenig Family Foundation Andrew & Sandra Lingler Flight Academy Jennifer McFarland Sandra French VICE PRESIDENT ADVISOR Krista Michaels Robert Fry $1,000 - $1,499.99 Don & Judy Miller Daryl W. Gerwin $10,000 - $24,999.99 Gerald Missey Century Die Co. Gary & Joan Godfred Jim and Amy (Miller) Chapman James H. & Janice I. Dunmyer MLAD Graphic Design Services Thomas J. & Daryl R. Gordon Croghan Colonial Bank Fraternal Order of Eagles, Jim & Kathy Pfefferle Great Lakes Community Action The Randolph J. & Estelle M. Fremont Ohio, Aerie 712 Alexander Platt Partnership Dorn Foundation City of Fremont M/M Thomas Potts Pamela Haas Thaddeus B. Hurd Charitable Trust Fremont Elite Runners Club Richard T. Prasse Richard S. Hamilton Key Bank N.A. Trustee for the Fremont Rotary Dr. Nancy Sattler Joyce Havens Walter E Terhune Memorial Joachim Gfoeller John & Sandy Schultz Tim & Karin Hayes Walter & Jean Hayes H. Dennis Sears Lt. Col. Thomas M. Hoffert Fund Dr. Rob Huntington & Dr. Susan M/M Robert H. Moyer McCafferty Richard A. Sherman Congressman Jim Jordan National Machinery Foundation Gary & Bette Kaltenbach Sierra Lobo, Inc. Janet Keller Ohio Humanities, a state affiliate Kiwanis Club of Fremont Mike & Laurie C. Sistrunk Keller-Koch-Chudzinski Funeral of the National Endowment Daryl & Cate Knipp Al & Faith Smith Home for the Humanities Lions Club of Fremont Dr. Ronald L. Stuckey John & Denise Kerlin Reed Fund of the Toledo Mead Foundation Karen Swedersky Mr. Charles Knight Community Foundation Judge Alan & Carol Norris M/M William Taylor M/M Chris Knight Unique Fabrications, Inc. Donna Overholt Clausing Tim & Christine Thomas Don & Jill Knuth Pomona Properties, LLC Zoe L. Titchener Mrs. Robert Lindemann Andrew K. Rayburn SENATOR Ron & Nancy Root Giving Tuesday Fund of the Barry & Jan Luse RootsMagic, Inc. Toledo Community Foundation The Timothy and Margaret $5,000 - $9,999.99 George J. Schrader, Attorney at Tom & Pegi Hoffman/Valley Hayes Machir Family Theodore Rawson Crane, Ph.D Law Electric Co. Carol & Stan Manbeck Mrs. John Donnell The Samuel Spottswood and M/M Dave Voelzke M/M Chuck McCaghy Karen L. Gillmor, Ph.D. Susan Hayes Taliaferro III Mike & Marilu Waleryszak Ross & Blanche McCormick Thomas L. & Dorothy L. Kern Family Christie Weininger Al Mehlow Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2947 David & Lynda Weininger Gordon and Marjorie Knight Family Welty Financial Services LLC Military Order of the Loyal Dorothy E. Wagner Legion of the United States Larry & Suzi Michaels Walmart - Port Clinton Rebecca White Dr. Melissa Weaver TJ & Anita Wurzel Blair & Anita Miller EXECUTIVE Kevin C. Webb Andrew & Sarah Zatik M/M Donald P. Miller Mike & Kay Yeagle Russ & Ruth Zimmerman Chuck & Jane Moyer $1,500 - $4,999.99 Dr. Clifford M. Nelson Albrechta & Coble Ltd., Attorneys REPRESENTATIVE John & Marie Paulson Dorothy Baumann CABINET Lou & Sharon Peña Beck Charitable Fund of the $500 - $999.99 $250 - $499.99 Joe Podach & Jan Diamond Ottawa County Community Anonymous M/M Jack Balsizer Steve & Peggy Pollick Foundation Kristen Quisno-Witt Richard Binau Insurance & John & Lucy Ackerman Bank of America Charitable Financial Services Bemis Company Foundation Foundation Jeanne Reed Larry Cook Birchard Historic Neighborhood Sharon A. Barnett M/M Ken Ruth Crown Battery / Hal & Diane Hawk Association June Baughman Thomas & Debra Sandvick Rob & Kathy Boukissen Dixie Sayre Miller Fund Tom & Mary Anne Culbertson M/M Roger D. Bridges Beck Suppliers, Inc. Jim Daubel M/M Jack Bergers David & Jan Serwin Decker Roofing & Gutter Solutions Lee Anne Briese Barbara Sharp Mrs. Niki Buhser Brian Berkey The Fremont Company M/M Ted Bintz James R. Smothers D & M Genzman Family Foundation Ann Cain Vince & Charlene Snyder Barbara Czerwony Karen J. Botzko Amy Fuchs Haitonic Suzanne Brickner David & Nancy Souder Stephen & Theo Hayes Janet Day Dr. & Mrs. Howard Stierwalt Skip & Ellen Honsperger Dr. Carlos DeCarvalho and Carol Harold Brown & Marsha S. Bordner Ken & Polly Burns Michelle Suhrbier Bernard (Ben) Horn Greenberg M/M Stephen M. Tart Impact Credit Union Drs. Sean Decatur & Renee Romano North Coast Showtime - Team Cahill James & Sherry Klopp John Caputo James Treco Christy Lease Faye Dittemore Neal & Cindy Ungar Wayne & Madeline Doble Joy & Peter Chudzinski Materion Jerry E. Clark Virginia (Penny) Walther Mosser Construction, Inc. Exchange Club of Fremont, Ohio Jim & Connie Warner Connie & Tom Fishbaugh M/M Robert R. Collier Root’s Poultry & Welly’s Margaret Riggle Collins Walter & Jill Whittle Horseradish Grund Drug Co. Roy & Marty Wilhelm Sandusky County Communities M/M John M. Hayes Penny Colon Marilyn Willer Foundation M/M Webb Cook Hayes IV Carl Cooley Sharon Wirkner Arnold Seeger John & Marie Hildebrandt Dorothy D. Cox Dwight Wise Jack Seem Foundation Nathan Danziger Ronald & Irene Wobser John (Jack) V. Smith Rebecca Hill Samuel Danziger Bob & Ann Woolf Richard and Kathryn Smith Helen W. Dermer Herbert & Nancy Wright US Bank Foundation Chuck, Katy, & Roxie Hull Don & Marcia Jess Patrick Doust Thomas & Mary Zimmerman

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Bugler plays ‘Taps’ at each president’s grave When Art Carlson was tomb, Art plays “Taps.” a high school freshman, he was just under 5 feet So far, the couple from tall and wanted to join his the Chicago suburb of school’s ROTC program. Des Plains, Illinois, have visited about 15 sites The drill sergeant where Art has played his decided Art, with his small bugle. stature, would start out as the bugler. In October, they visited the Hayes Presidential “He handed me the most Library & Museums. Art dented bugle I’ve ever played “Taps” next to seen,” Art said. President Hayes’ tomb. Art enjoyed playing “It’s just something the instrument so much personally that I really that he became very good enjoy doing,” Art said. and was invited to play at “When you play that VFW events. song, everyone stops.” After high school, he Art and Bernadette Carlson, of Des Plains, Illinois, visit the Hayes Presidential While here, the couple shelved the bugle for three Library & Museums in October. Art played “Taps” at President Hayes’ tomb. toured the Hayes Home decades until his father-in- and museum. The couple law, a U.S. Navy veteran, said they felt the site died. He played “Taps” at the funeral. offered many things to see and do.

Since then, he has played funerals for family members and at “It’s beautiful here,” Bernadette said. “Your grounds are other ceremonies. A few years ago, he and his wife, Bernadette, kept so nice.” 18decided it would be fun to visit presidential sites. At each