BOSTON ATHENÆUM Reports for books 12,705 loaned 814 items digitized 957 177 items annual fund donors conserved 4,584 100 events items cataloged $1,171,469 in unrestricted revenue 2019 by the numbers 3,594 active memberships Boston Athenæum Reports for President JOHN S. REED Vice-Presidents SUSAN B. WEATHERBIE CREELEA H. PANGARO Treasurer J. MARK ENRIQUEZ Assistant Treasurer GILBERT M. RODDY, JR. Secretary ARTHUR B. PAGE Trustees EARL M. COLLIER, JR. TERRANCE P. M CGUIRE TIMOTHY W. DIGGINS CAROLYN M. OSTEEN ROGER HAYNES JOHN G. PALFREY JR. CLARISSA C. HUNNEWELL CATHERINE POWELL DAVID P. INGRAM AUSTIN V. SHAPARD DARLENE C. JARRELL JAMES TRACY Trustees Emeriti MITCHELL ADAMS HUGH D. S. GREENWAY ALEXANDER ALTSCHULLER J. BRYAN HEHIR EDWARD B. BALDINI BAYARD HENRY JOAN T. BOK MAISIE HOUGHTON DEBORAH HILL BORNHEIMER JAMES F. HUNNEWELL, JR. JOHN G. L. CABOT ELIZABETH B. JOHNSON CHARLES A. COOLIDGE III JERROLD I. W. MITCHELL J. LINZEE COOLIDGE G. MARSHALL MORIARTY LAWRENCE COOLIDGE ELIZABETH H. OWENS DANIEL R. COQUILLETTE SUSAN W. PAINE ALICE M. D ELANA LAWRENCE PERERA JOHN WIGGLESWORTH EVERETS JAMES V. RIGHTER KATHERINE HANEY DUFFY LIONEL B. SPIRO THOMAS D. GILL, JR. WILLIAM S. STRONG BOSTON ATHENÆUM Reports for B, M January Reports for is a publication of the Boston Athenæum, ½ Beacon Street, Boston, Massachusetts - . It was designed by Scott Vile and printed by the Ascensius Press, Bar Mills, Maine. A digital edition of this publication reflects the activities of the Boston Athenæum between October , , and September , . Staff and Trustee lists are current as of September , . Copyright © by the Proprietors of the Boston Athenæum, Inc. All rights reserved. Contents DIRECTOR ’S PREFACE TRUSTEE ACTIVITIES SPE CIAL COLLECTIONS READER SERVICES TECHNICAL SERVICES DEVELOPMENT PATRON SERVICES INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SECURITY FACILITIES PERSONNEL AND VOLUNTEERS GIFTS FINANCE SENIOR ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF AMY E. R YAN , Stanford Calderwood Director, Interim CHRISTOPHER BOUDROT , Director of Business Operations & Augusta Thomas Director of Finance ADMINISTRATION James P. Feeney, Jr., Howard Lang and Emily Cure, Chief of Staff Barbara Lang Hacker Head of Circulation Emmy Ly , Accounting Assistant Carolle R. Morini, Caroline D. Bain Archivist, Hannah Ovaska, Human Resources Manager Reference Librarian Elizabeth O’Meara, Reference Librarian CONSERVATION AND DIGITAL PROGRAMS Arnold Serapilio, Reader Services Assistant Patricia Boulos, Digital Programs Librarian Mary Warnement, William D. Hacker Tatiana Cole, Paper Conservator Head of Reader Services Graham Patten, Book Conservator Dawn Walus, Chief Conservator SECURITY Bruno Faria, Security Officer DEVELOPMENT Sostheng Kituyi, Security Officer Dawna Burrus, Director of Annual Giving Tyrone Smith, Director of Safety and Security Michael Jugenheimer, Major Gifts Officer Prince Smith, Security Supervisor Bridget J. Keane, Chief Development Officer Durrell Thomas, Security Officer Madison Mott, Development Coordinator Rachel Wentworth, Grants and SPECIAL COLLECTIONS Annual Fund Associate John Buchtel, Curator of Rare Books and Francis Wyman, Advancement Systems Manager Head of Special Collections Melissa Krok-Horton, Collections FACILITIES and Exhibition Technician Adriana Agudelo, Building Custodian Lily Pelekoudas, Special Collections Registrar Gloria Brea, Building Custodian Theo Tyson, Polly Thayer Starr Fellow in Jose Brizuela, Building Caretaker American Art and Culture Tatiana Keane Forero, Building Custodian Ismar Hochen, Building Caretaker TECHNICAL SERVICES Nazrul I. Quadery, Assistant Facility Manager Daniel Axmacher, Rare Materials Catalog Librarian Christopher Silva, Director of Facilities William K. Evans, National Endowment for the Humanities Chief Librarian in INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Charge of Technical Services Andrew Hahn, Director of Information Technology Adriene Galindo, Rare Visual Materials Brian James Wanders, Assistant Systems Catalog Librarian Administrator Thomas Gearty, Serials Librarian Kaelin Rasmussen, Rare Materials Catalog Librarian MEMBER AND VISITOR SERVICES Ryan Reed, Catalog Assistant Maria Daniels, Director of Communications Anthea Harrison Reilly, Acquisitions Librarian and Patron Services Virginia Rundell, Catalog Assistant Molly Jarvis, Member and Visitor Graham Skinner, Rare Materials Catalog Librarian Services Coordinator Arin Lustberg, Member and Visitor INTERNS Services Coordinator Jacqueline Bateman Libby Miserendino, Member and Bailey Brunick Visitor Services Coordinator Samantha Dodgen Victoria O’Malley, Director of Events Samantha Gill Emmalie Snyder, Events Assistant Kurt Grewal Elsa Vernon, Manager of Events Danny Norton Hannah Weisman, Director of Education KL Pereira Ashley Runnals READER SERVICES Greta Llanes Serrano Dani Crickman, Children’s and Carly Stevens Young Adult Services Librarian Boston, December , DIRECTOR’S PREFACE the interim Stanford Calderwood Director in September, just a couple of weeks before the close of the year I detailed in this report. For years my engagement with the Athenæum was as a member, and then as a Proprietor. Even in my first few weeks I truly learned about the heartbeat of the Athe- næum. The Boston Athenæum is greater than the sum of its parts. It is a community of learners, teachers, readers, scholars, and curious thinkers planning for the future, with values deeply rooted in the past. Our Board of Trustees, composed of members from different walks of life and professional experiences, has contributed to the Athenæum’s ongoing success. Our Proprietors are also committed members whose esteem of their historic shares demonstrates their appreciation for the Athenæum’s important role in Boston’s cul - tural and intellectual life. And it is our members who breathe life into this building at ½, who come to the library for a myriad of reasons from writing a book to reading one, sharing ideas on top - ics ranging from poetry to mysteries, and always enjoying the sanctuary of the beautiful historic building with extraordinary special collections. This annual report details the progress made, challenges faced, and achievements reached in . A noteworthy milestone was the negotiation of the lease at Beacon Street, an agreement that will fulfill the increasing need for adjacent space. After years of re - search, planning, and deliberation, the Board of Trustees voted to officially expand into the building next door, where additional meeting areas and appropriate office and work space will be cre - ated. Our beautiful reading spaces in ½, currently occupied by staff offices, will be freed up for member use. In the Calderwood Gallery, we opened a major exhibition, Re - quired Reading: Reimagining a Colonial Library , which showcases Boston Athenæum and interprets the King’s Chapel Library Collection, one of the surviving treasures of seventeenth-century Boston. Required Read - ing tells the story of colonial Bostonians’ intellectual and spiritual quests, and invites visitors to reflect on their own reading. This exhibition both builds on our heritage and rich collections, and engages in community collaborations. The related discussions po - sitioned the Athenæum as a site of intellectual discourse. In addition to curating the aforementioned exhibition, Head of Special Collections and Curator of Rare Books John Buchtel actively acquired treasures, in particular works by Boston-based artists and of Boston-based subjects. Perhaps the most important acquisition of the year is that of the Harriet Hayden albums, a pair of photograph albums compiled in the s containing cartes de visite and tintypes, mostly portraits of African Americans living in Boston. The photographs, formerly owned by abolitionist Har - riet Hayden, convey a nationally significant story of Bostonians’ anti-slavery work right here on Beacon Hill. We look forward to exhibiting them in the future, and to further study and explo - ration of this theme. The Board of Trustees announced membership repricing which went into effect in July following discussions among Trus- tees, Proprietors, members, and staff. The membership team im - plemented a well-received installment billing option enabling members to pay the annual fee over months. Former Director Elizabeth Barker stepped down as the Stan - ford Calderwood Director in March. At a farewell party later that spring, the staff and the Athenæum community honored her ac - complishments throughout her four years as director. Following her departure, Trustee Earl “Duke” Collier was appointed the chair of a committee to identify the next director. He assembled an im - pressive team of Trustees, Proprietors, and community members, and the search is well underway. Thank you for supporting the Boston Athenæum and for your interest in joining together to reach new heights. Amy E. Ryan Stanford Calderwood Director, Interim Reports for TRUSTEE ACTIVITIES The Board welcomed one new member, James Tracy, at the An - nual Meeting in March. Two Trustees, John Wigglesworth Everets and Thomas D. Gill Jr., attained Emeriti status. JAMES TRACY James “Jim” Tracy is proud to be both a Life Member and a Proprietor of the Boston Athenæum. He received a Ph.D. in Amer - ican History from Stanford University as well as an M.B.A. (with a concentration in Nonprofit Management) and an Ed.M. (in Higher Education Administration) from Boston University. Mr. Tracy has been a Board Member of the Bostonian Society, a Visiting Fellow at Yale University, and a Board member of Boston University’s Pardee Center for the