Tools & Technology AmericAn Precision museum • summer 2012

Vol. 30, No. 1

The American Precision Museum is open daily Full Duty: The Civil War Collection 10 am - 5 pm, Memorial Day weekend of Howard Coffin through October. In the foreword to Howard Coffin’s book, Full Duty, Ed- win Cole Bearss said that because of Cof- Studios First Light by Photo fin’s heritage, back- Table of Contents ground, and interest, Full Duty 1 he was predestined Top Ten List 1 to write a history Calendar of Events 2 of Vermont in the Civil War. Perhaps Shaping America 6 it naturally followed Tropical Storm Irene 7 that Coffin became a Board of Trustees 7 collector of Vermont Volunteering at 8 and the Civil War. the Museum Howard Coffin is a Acquisitions 9 seventh generation 2011 Annual Report 10-15 Vermonter with six Ora Paul, Woodstock Vermont On December 28th 1862, Paul was in command of two companies of the 12th Vermont Financials 11 ancestors who fought assigned to watch for raiders. When he heard the approach of the Confederate cavalry, he ordered two volleys fired into the Board of Advisors 11 in Vermont regiments darkness, and the Confederates turned and retreated. Capt. Paul’s copy book lists the supplies requested from the quartermaster. Report on Giving 12 during the Civil War. Charitable Bequests 15 He was introduced to the Civil War by his moth- er’s stories about grandfather Elba Jillson, a private The Museum’s Top Ten List: Become a Member 16 in the Ninth Vermont Infantry. The Robbins & Lawrence On his first, accidental, visit to a Civil War battlefield, Virginia’s Salem in 1966, Coffin was Armory During The Civil War by Carrie Brown hooked for life on Civil War history. Since then he has explored the war’s eastern theater, paying When we talk about important Civil War sites, particular attention to sites where Vermonters we tend to think of rolling battlefields, makeshift marched, camped, fought, suffered, and died. He hospitals, and horrific prisons. But as I conducted has devoted much of the last quarter century to the research for the museum’s new exhibition Arm- researching Vermont’s role in the Civil War, and ing the Union, the deeper I dug, the more I realized to preserving the battlefields where Vermonters that the Robbins & Lawrence Armory played an fought. enormous role during the war. All the while, Coffin has collected Vermont 1. In 1861, the building was owned by Lamson, Civil War-related memorabilia. Now for the first 196 Main Street Goodnow & Yale, makers of tools and sewing time some of this remarkable collection is dis- P.O. Box 679 machines. Ebenezer Lamson had strong ties to the Windsor, VT 05089 played, at the American Precision Museum, in an anti-slavery community. Before he moved to Ver- exhibit that bears the name of Coffin’s first Civil 802.674.5781 tel mont, his home in Massachusetts had been a stop 802.674.2524 fax War book. on the Underground Railroad. www.americanprecision.org The Vermont story is significant because out [email protected] Full Duty continued on page 4 Top Ten List continued on page 5 Calendar of Events 2012

Exhibit Machines on display include the Bridge- Full Duty: The Civil War Collection port Milling Machine, Serial #1, made by of Howard Coffin the Bridgeport (CT) Pattern and Model presents the first-ever exhibition from Works. After its introduction in 1938, the private collection of Vermont’s this became the most popular milling foremost Civil War historian. machine of the 20th century.

Featured firearms from the museum’s col- lections include the work of early Windsor gunmakers like Nicanor Kendall, whose 1840 rifle, serial number 915, is considered to be a ‘deluxe’ model. This rifle is unusu- al because the serial number, in addition to being on the gunstock, also appears on the hammer, sight, and ramrod. This was a recent gift from Terry Tyler, Dorset VT.

Friday, June 1 Howard Coffin with Grand Army of the Republic hat 5:30 - 7:30 pm Saturday, June 23 Photos by First Light Studios Studios First Light by Photos Opening Reception with Howard Coffin Noon - 2:00 pm Antique Car Rally This drum was used for training sharpshooters in Randolph Sundays at 3:00 pm VT. The violin was carried to Gettysburg and played on the with the Vermont Automobile Enthusi- battlefield the day after the battle by William McIntyre who June 10, July 22, August 19, asts who will be stopping at the museum fought with the 13th Vermont. September 16, October 7 as part of their 2012 Vermont ‘run’. Behind The Scenes Tours Visitors will be able to see a fabulous col- Exhibit Would you like to learn more about all the lection of vintage automobiles with their Arming the Union: Gunmakers in museum’s artifacts that are not on exhibit owners. VAE, founded in 1953, is one Windsor, Vermont and see the collections storage area? Then of the oldest car clubs in the Northeast, uncovers the surprising influence of a Behind the Scenes Tours are for you! sponsoring the Stowe Car Show every little-known Vermont factory. Operat- Space is limited to 12 so please call ahead August. ing out of the old Robbins & Lawrence or reserve online. Armory in Windsor, the machine tool firm Lamson, Goodnow & Yale played a critical role in outfitting the Union Army. Photo courtesy of VAE

Exhibit Highlights from the Collection provides a special opportunity to display a selection of interesting artifacts. While there is not a thematic presentation, ob- jects have been selected for their interest and significance. Some, but not all, relate to the Civil War.

Colt Model 1860 Army Revolver Handguns were carried by officers and cavalrymen, and the most popular handgun was the Colt revolver. The U.S. government purchased more than 120,000 from the Colt factory in Hartford CT. 2 Tools & Technology • Summer 2012 Sunday, July 8 Saturday, October 13 3:00 pm 9:00 am - 5:00 pm Lincoln, Gettysburg, and Vermont 13th annual Model Engineering Show Vermont historian Howard Coffin will be Visit with New England’s finest model discussing Vermonter’s attitudes towards engineers. Special workshops and pre- Lincoln, their support for him, the key sentations will feature a 1922 unrestored role Vermont played at Gettysburg, and Harley Davidson from G&G Restorations, the Gettysburg address. Proctorsville VT. Learn about restoration of an 1870 Lamson, Goodnow & Yale Profile Milling Machine, designed in 1848 by Frederick Howe and built in the Robbins & Lawrence Armory. Medora HebertMedora

Lt. Col William Munson was a graduate of Norwich University. His writing desk with a sketch of the camp of the 13th Vermont Regiment near Fairfax Courthouse VA shows the location of the officer’s and soldier’s tents, the hospital, post office, mess tents, and commissary.

Sunday, September 23 3:00 pm Vermont and Human Freedom Historian Howard Coffin will trace Vermont’s human rights record from the Wednesday, August 8 Constitution, through the anti-slavery 3:00 pm movement, up to the Civil War, and into An Afternoon for Educators the war itself. Join colleagues for a reception and special tour. Visit our exhibits and learn about Start your afternoon in Windsor at the using our traveling education kit, The Old Constitution House, then a short Industrial Revolution in Northern New walk down Windsor’s historic Main England, in your classroom (grades 7-12), Street to the museum. The American Precision Museum is and our offerings for your students. Con- honored to participate in the Blue Star tact the museum to reserve. Saturday, September 29 Museums program, a collaboration with 10:00 am - 5:00 pm the National Endowment for the Arts, Special museum tour at 2:00 pm Blue Star Families, the Department of It’s Smithsonian Day at museums around Defense, and more than 1,500 museums the country! Download the Museum Day across America. From May 28 – Sept. 3 Admission Card from the Smithson- we will offer free admission to all active ian’s web site and visit us, as well as other duty military personnel and up to five museums in our area – all offering free family members. Museum Admission admission. Adults: $7.50 Students: $4.00 Family (2 adults, 2 children under 18): $19.50 Special Group Rates: Call the museum for details

American Precision Museum 3 Full Duty continued from page 1 of the hills came some of the finest units to serve in the war, as more than 34,000 men joined up. Quickly realizing their value, commanders placed them time and again in crucial positions. At home, non- combatants supported the war effort with steadfast determination. In the end, the state made an outsized contribution to the hard-won victory that preserved the Union and destroyed slavery, making Confederate Money good Abraham Lincoln’s resolution, stated John Quinlan of North Shrewsbury brought home at Gettysburg, that the nation should have this letter wallet filled with “a new birth of freedom.” Confederate bills. Full Duty tells the Vermont story using personal objects. Through diaries, journals, and letters, the visitor meets the men who served and learns of their agonies and triumphs. Artifacts are many, including the most important pistol in Howard Coffin’s extraordi- Vermont Civil War history and the blood- I would anchor it on the Vermont Brigade. nary collection of artifacts, stained diary of a Vermonter killed at Although there may be units better known, Gettysburg. And the visitor understands few have such an unblemished record as documents, photographs, the challenges faced by those back home the Vermont Brigade. Vermont breeds good and images tells the story of and their grief when news of a loved one’s men who made and make good soldiers.” Vermont in the Civil War death or wounding would arrive from The story of Vermont in the Civil far away. War is unique, and powerful. Through- with a vivid clarity. Vermont Texan Frank Vandiver, Civil War out this exhibit the Vermonters whose soldiers at the front and historian, in a letter to Howard Coffin, lives were touched by war tell a story their families working in said of the Vermont troops, “If I were difficult to forget. a northern leader planning a defense, factories and farms back home offered their courage and skills to the Union war effort in a measure well beyond the state’s percentage of the Northern population. In conjunction with the exhibition of machine tools made in this factory for the production of arms, Full Duty demonstrates Ver- mont’s vital role in the war. – James M. McPherson, George Henry Davis 1886 Professor of American History Emeritus, Princeton Univer- sity and Pulitzer Prize, 1989, Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era

Photos by First Light Studios Studios First Light by Photos Personal trunk of Sergeant Julius Lewis of Poultney VT. He was the son of Vermont farmers and enlisted at the age of 24.

4 Tools & Technology • Summer 2012 Top Ten List continued from page 1 2. Lamson, Goodnow & Yale made 50,000 rifles for the Union Army. Rather than the standard Springfield Rifle, Lam- Photos by First Light Studios Studios First Light by Photos son arranged to make the Special Model 1861, which had much more in common with the Enfield rifles that Robbins & Law- rence had made for the British government in the 1850s. 3. In the summer and fall of 1861, the workforce at LG&Y went from a few dozen to about 300. Machinists and gunmakers were recruited from all over New England. 4. Gas lighting was introduced in Wind- sor in the summer of 1861 and was put into the armory in early October. After that, the armory ran night and day. Special Model 1861 rifle, made by Lamson, Goodnow & Yale, Windsor VT, circa 1863 This was the most common firearm 5. The men worked twelve-hour shifts. for Union soldiers with an effective range well over 200 yards, allowing it to be fired several times a minute. The Amoskeag Machine One machinist reported that his supervisor Company in Nashua, New Hampshire, was outfitted with Lamson machinery and also produced this model. made them “work every minute of the time.” 6. Before starting on the 50,000 guns, 8. Lamson, Goodnow LG&Y spent many months building ma- & Yale completely outfit- chinery — for their own use, and for other ted a gunmaking depart- government contractors. ment at the Amoskeag 7. Many young men who worked at the Machine Company—a armory also served at the front. Two broth- textile mill in Manches- ers — John and Will Humphreys—en- ter, New Hampshire, listed together and were both wounded on that would eventually the same day at the Battle of Antietam. produce 27,000 rifles for the Union Army. 9. LG&Y milling machines, drill presses, rifling machines, and turret lathes were sold to the Springfield Armory, Colt, Starr Iron Planer, E. G. Lamson, Windsor, Vermont, circa 1864 During the war, Lamson Arms, Sharps, Reming- sold planers to other gunmakers throughout the Union, including the Springfield Armory, ton, the Providence Tool the American Fire Arms Company, Stevens Brothers, and the Connecticut Arms Company. Company, and many other gun factories. Carrie Brown is a writer, historian, 10. All told, the majority of the rifles and museum curator whose work focuses used by Union troops were made in on finding the human story behind his- factories that had machine tools made in toric events and on exploring the interplay the old Robbins & Lawrence Armory in between technology and culture. She has Windsor, Vermont. served as consulting curator for eight exhibitions at the American Precision The Robbins & Lawrence Armory is, Museum. She holds a Ph.D. from the of course, still standing—now home to University of Virginia and lives in Etna NH. the museum—and it is indeed a signifi- cant Civil War site. Inside this historic space, the Civil War-era machinery, the Rifling Machine Robbins & Lawrence, Windsor, Vermont, circa 1853 In the 1850s, machine designers, guns, and the stories of the men who including those in Windsor, developed rifling machines for worked there are brought together in the cutting the parallel spiral grooves inside the gun barrel so a exhibition Arming the Union. bullet could be made to spin as it flies.

American Precision Museum 5 Shaping America: Machines and Machinists at Work In 2011 the National Endowment for and volunteers, to provide a rich inter- the Humanities awarded the museum a pretation of the collection and the site. It major grant of $340,000 for a new perma- will bring the machines and the human nent exhibit to be created over three years. story together in ways that can engage a The goal of the project is to provide a rich wide audience. Shaping America explores and deep interpretation of the Robbins & three themes: the nature of innovation, Lawrence Armory as an important site in the role of craftsmanship and skill, and the emergence of precision manufacturing the story of how precision manufactur- in this country. ing formed the backbone of American In the mid-19th century the 1846 industrial power. This new exhibit will Robbins & Lawrence Armory, now home make a distinctive contribution to public to the American Precision Museum, was understanding of the past and the role of a place of innovation and a center for technology and innovation in the present excellence. When Robbins, Kendall, and and future. Lawrence took their rifles with inter- Arming the Union: Gunmakers in changeable parts to the Crystal Palace Windsor, Vermont, opens in 2012, com- Exhibition in London in 1851, the reaction memorating the 150th anniversary of was one of astonishment that the Ameri- the Civil War. Occupying only a portion cans had succeeded in creating a product of the exhibit space, it is a prototype for with truly interchangeable parts. Military the full Shaping America exhibit coming leaders and industrialists soon traveled next. Arming the Union (see related story to Windsor to learn more about the new on page 1, ‘Top Ten List’) allows us to test American System of manufacturing, and exhibit techniques such as video, audio, workers from Windsor were recruited computer animations, and interactive by other emerging manufacturing firms activities. It presents new research and throughout New England. depicts the roles of individuals who made Since its founding in 1966 until and used the tools. Most importantly, recently, the museum’s exhibit philosophy it allows us to observe and record the was one of minimal interpretation. The reactions of our visitors. Thus, our main exhibit floor was lined with row- plans for the other sections of Shaping upon-row of machine tools bearing small America to come will be soundly paper labels. Additional large objects, based on reflection and visitor Windsor-made firearms in display cases, feedback. and a few historic sewing machines and Shaping America will tell typewriters merely suggested the profound the story about a network implications of the rise of the “American of machinist/innovators that System.” gradually developed new tools and Shaping America is guided by a new created the machine tool industry, interpretive plan, developed over several which helped establish a modern, years by experts in the field, museum staff technological society.

This rendering by Mary Azarian, Caldecott Medalist from Plainfield VT, features George Coates. At age 14 he became an apprentice machinist at Lamson, Goodnow & Yale in 1863, at the height of the Civil War. He went on to hold 40 patents and owned his own machine tool company.

6 Tools & Technology • Summer 2012 Tropical Storm Irene wreaks havoc at Museum Board of Trustees Chair Gilbert Whittemore Tropical Storm Irene wreaked havoc in Ver- Perkinsville VT mont on August 28, 2011, and while Windsor was Vice chair Pat Harrington largely spared, the museum suffered significant Claremont NH losses. The Mill Brook damaged the retaining wall Secretary by the museum and washed away our beauti- Darlyne Franzen ful new interpretive area finished just two weeks Taftsville VT earlier. This was a gift from the Morris Group in treaSurer celebration of the company’s 70th anniversary Blaine Cliver in 2011 and in memory of Dorothy Morris who Brandon VT founded the company with her husband, Robert. Jeff Bond Although the basement was briefly flooded, Dunn Loring VA no artifacts were affected, and there was no per- Gene Cesari manent damage to the building. The same cannot South Ryegate VT be said for the retaining wall, which must be re- Robert Dufresne built before the landscaping can be redone. We are Windsor VT also exploring flood-proofing measures to help the Eric Gilbertson site and basement area survive future floods with Montpelier VT less damage. These mitigation strategies are likely Bill McCarthy to add significantly to the rebuilding costs. We are Riegelsville PA still working with FEMA. Edwin Tobias Preservation Trust of Vermont, Vermont Lebanon NH Community Foundation, and the National Hubbard Yonkers Contoocook NH Endowment for the Humanities through the Vermont Humanities Council, and former APM executiVe Director Ann Lawless Board Chair Margaret Rothchild and her hus- band Eric have provided post-Irene funding. The FounDing Director Before: the newly completed Dorothy Morris Memorial Interpretative Area Edwin Battison museum is very grateful for these gifts and also to (1915-2009) others who have stepped up to help. best approach to our complex situation. We are in Using some of the funds in hand, we are touch with state and local officials in the design under contract with a civil and structural engi- phase to ensure that the proposed plan will receive neering firm for design drawings for the new wall. the required permits. The next step is construc- Experts from two construction firms have also tion drawings necessary to establish realistic cost visited the site to contribute their ideas as to the estimates. At this point we can only guess at the re- building costs. We may still be facing a gap of $150,000, and we will not begin construction The American Precision until all the funds needed are Museum, founded in 1966, pledged or in hand. Please con- preserves the heritage of the tact the museum if you would mechanical arts, celebrates the like to learn more. ingenuity of our mechanical forebears, and explores the effects of their work on our everyday lives. The museum is housed in the original 1846 Robbins and Lawrence Armory in Windsor, Vermont. The Armory was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1972. The museum holds the largest collection of historically significant machine tools in After: the Interpretative Area and retaining wall suffered severe damage by the flooding Mill Brook the country.

American Precision Museum 7 Day In and Day Out: Volunteering at the Museum

Clay Washburn has been a crucial volunteer at the museum for more than a decade. Last season he acted as informal HebertMedora mentor and coach to our summer student interns in the working machine shop. Clay filled the gap after the interns left dur- ing our busy fall. He always ensures that no visitor leaves without having learned something unique about interchangeable parts, the Robbins & Lawrence Armory, and machine tools. Clay worked at Cone-Blanchard for 37½ years and was the very last person to leave when the plant closed. Clay shared his thoughts about the industry, the Robbins & Lawrence Armory, and the American Precision Museum in an oral history interview with the Vermont Folklife Center in 2009. “When I was first hired at Cone, they brought me out into the turret lathe department and said, ‘Neil Pinkham’s gonna babysit you and show you how to run a lathe.’ So I worked with him for about a week and then they put me across the aisle from him where he could keep his eye on Clay Washburn with 1870 Lamson, Goodnow & Yale Profile Milling Machine me. He gave me my own machine, and I took it from there. I wanted the job, and I learned the formulas to use the numbers Clay continues, “That’s the beauty of & Wesson, Robbins & Lawrence, but then I needed. He was a great machinist and a the interchangeability of parts that Rob- you had Jones & Lamson who came out of great guy, and he was very practical and bins & Lawrence understood in this build- this building too—all those manufactur- a pretty good trainer too. Over the years ing way back in 1846. They understood ers. And then all the ones that sprang off I ended up training a lot of people myself that if you make each part to a close toler- of them and all their employees. They had too.” ance, you don’t have to do a whole bunch an idea, and they invented this or that, of hand-fitting. And that’s why you can and maybe in their garage, but it was the go to any automotive store in the world ideas that were developed here.” and buy a set of sparkplugs that will fit “So, yeah, there’s a huge amount of your car, or anything history here and else, for that mat- The Vermont Folklife Center the innovation ter…. That’s the real in Middlebury VT conducted and that was spawned innovation that came archived twenty interviews as part of from here…. And I out of this building. the museum’s planning project to de- think—I think the You know, Robbins velop new exhibits that tell the stories integrity that came Clay Washburn with volunteers & Lawrence really set of machinists in Vermont’s machine from here spilled the industrial world tool industry. This interview with over into the other on fire. And they’re Clay is among the richest and most shops.” the ones that got all engaging and will feature prominent- that started right here ly in Shaping America: Machines and in Windsor. Smith Machinists at Work.

8 Tools & Technology • Summer 2012 2011 Acquisitions to the Collections

Davis Model #1 keyseating/broach- Gilman 4-in-1, circa 1940, was made Town of Windsor ledger recording ing machine for cutting keyways, by Gilman Engineering Works, Graf- loans and sales between individuals and patented March 20, 1883 by W.P. Davis, ton WI. Only a few hundred of these businesses from 1892-1903. The ledger Bloomfield, NY. Gift of Hansford Parts were made for the U.S. Navy for use on includes 40 pages describing the inven- and Products, Robert Detweiler President, destroyers during WWII. This machine tory of the Windsor Machine Co. Macedon VT. combines milling, boring, drilling, and Gift of Shirley Grainger, Alden Sherman, turning all in one machine. As far as Terry Tyler, Robert Vogel, Don Whitney, Deluxe percussion underhammer we know, this is the only 4-in-1 still in Hub Yonkers. rifle, serial number 915, circa 1840, made existence. Gift of Russell Gilman, Sturgeon by Nicanor Kendall of Windsor, VT, with Bay WI. ‘Description of Ural and Siberian German silver furniture including trigger Factories in 1735,’ Technical Editor, guard and engraved barrel. Gift of Terry Container made for a gear cutter by Edwin Battison; Tyler, Dorset VT. Fellows Gear Shaper, Springfield, Ver- ‘Description of Tula Weapon Factory,’ mont, circa 1940. Gift of Don Whitney, translation edited by Edwin Battison; Oak Gerstener tool chest, owned and Springfield VT. used by Glen Riddick during World War Slag, a by-product of iron production II, containing his machinist’s tools, Navy Gear shaving/finishing tool, circa from Windsor manufacturing opera- paycheck signature card, and journey- 1940, made by Gleason Cutting Tools, tions. Gift of Franklin Museum of Nature man booklet. Gift of David and Joan Rochester, NY. Gift of John Knox, and the Human Spirit, Jay Boeri, Director. Adamson, Melbourne FL. Gregory MI.

This Bridgeport Milling Machine and the numerical digital read-out system was a major addition to our Work- ing Machine Shop last fall, thanks Photo by First Light Studios Studios First Light by Photo to Heidenhain. The company also sent one of their senior technicians, Danny Vitulo, to get the machine up and running and to train our staff and volunteers. The student interns quickly mastered the new machine, and visitors delighted in seeing another machine in action, especially the ‘old’ with the ‘new.’ Medora HebertMedora

Bridgeport Milling Machine with Heidenhain’s Acu-Rite numerical digital read-out system. Gift of Heidenhain Corporation, Rick Korte, President & Managing Director, Schaumburg IL.

Gilman 4-in-1, circa 1940

American Precision Museum 9 - - - Annual Report 2011 T 2011 Please this enjoy report the on past or ments. Thank being for you part our of success. jor undertakingjor us, for was it an event that has paid many dividends in return theto museum. This year to hope we introduce a new program corporate of sponsorship, which will provide a clear path industry for partners support to us. challengesyear’s and accomplishments, and let us hear from with you your com - - Al reP Ann Lawless Ann DirectorExecutive This letter gives the me opportunity personally to – Ann Lawless for the Board of Trustees. A Note of Thanks thank Gil Whittemore his for leadership and commit sincement joining the Board Trustees of in 2006. will He be stepping down as Trustee and Chairman our at annual meeting Elected in July. Chairman in 2008, with his expertise in museum law and the history technology, of he has been an invaluable resource leading us through some accomplishments.major in played role a major He shap new museum propertying Vermont’s law that led the to Foundmuseum’s in Collections project. Annu • In 2012 we will we In 2012 be restoring the The Association Manufactur for useum Gilbert Whittemore Chairman, Board of Trustees masonry the on front entrance the to museum. And as launch we our two Civil exhibits, War enjoyed have we partnering with Sesquicen Vermont’s - tennial Commission, which has created a strong collaborative marketing effort that will raise doubt profile. no our site’s launched our newWe website in March, complete with many photos, more on-line giving and membership, and museum shop sales. ing has Technology invited us exhibit to again the at International Machine Tool inShow We Chicago, September 10-15. andattended while in 2010, was it a ma - - - - - An m Precision

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us the opportunity reflect to ouron past accomplishments, and are we thrilled to report that generous individuals and corporate sponsors helped have us surpass our annual fund and member ship goals. with Even that success this are we year, still working close to the gap in our operating budget. In these economically fragile times, that becomes an ongoing challenge. with us. Storm Tropical Irene struck on August 28, damaging our retaining wall and the beautiful interpre new outdoor tive area, a gift from the Morris Group. Fortunately, our venerable building sur vived the two feet water of in the base relativelyment unscathed. are stillWe working with FEMA determine to our recovery plans and floodproofing op tions. remains It be to determined how might we help much receive improve to the site so could it better withstand future disasters. While are we grateful thefor support many of organizations and individuals who helped have us with needs,post-Irene still we face a daunting task ahead raise to all the funds needed. Stay tuned as develop specific we plans and goals. and the Executive Director Director Executive the and From the Chairman, Board of Trustees Chairman,the Trustees of Board From Americ

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TOTAL ASSETS TOTAL ASSETS AND NET LIABILITIES liabilities Current Unrestricted net assets Temporarily restricted net assets Permanently restricted net assets Net AssetsTotal LIABILITIES TOTAL AND NET ASSETS Condensed Statement Of Activities And Change In Net Assets* for the years ended and April April 30, 30, 2010 2011 Other income, net TOTAL REVENUE EXPENSES Salaries and benefits Depreciation TOTAL EXPENSES EXPENSES LESS REVENUES EQUALS CHANGE IN NET ASSETS $ *Complete financial reviewed and 2010 statements 2011 with accompanying notes and opinions available are at the museum office. Investments ASSETS Cash and equivalents Grant receivables Other current assets Property and equipment, REVENUE Donations, bequests, grants Admissions Memberships $ Unrealized gain (loss) investments on Annual Report 2011 Joseph Nemes Security Laboratories, Employee Match Program Bill Lewis David Lindquist Mark Long David C McClary Kenneth E. McVicar Greg Menke Clay Minatra Moore Wayne JeanneDr. Ellen Moore John Muendel David G. Murray Nemes Machine Company, Brett Nolte Kermit Pratt Eleanor H. Prevo William Rewinski John S. Roe David Russell John and Emily Sands SeidlerGene Robert A. Shade Anonymous Alden Sherman O. Gerhard and Sigrid Sihler Alex Slocum Ronald K. Smeltzer Ernest Smith W. Andrew Smith Sorensen Mark B. Martin Sornborger MichaelT. Speidel Teale Peter Anonymous Edwin S. Tobias David Hamilton Toland William Tschappat Edward and Barbara Walker Paul Wardwell T. Robert Webster Gilbert Whittemore E. Hubbard Yonkers friends $99) to (up Harriet S. Amidon Andrews Howard W. Dr. Paul Austin andMr. Mrs. H. Barth J. Gail Barton Denis A. Bassett Paul and Jesse Beber-Vanzo Charles Bellows Ray Stuart Bicknell Steele BlackallF. III William E. Blockley David Bono Ron Bouffard Ed and Micki Brett Peter and Susan Brink

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Charitable Foundation Thorrez Charitable Foundation Society Technology Rick Korte Mark and Michele Aldrich Bryant Chucking Grinder Steven C. Carter Richard and Barbara Couch Precision Valley Society Precision Valley - $999) ($500 Roald Cann (deceased) Cone Automatic Machine Co. New England Antique Arms Michael Newbold Jane Osgood Hilles and Ted PutnamThomas P. Royal Products, Allan Curran Merritt Roe Smith Mrs. Peter Williamson C. Thorrez Industries, Camiel Mill Brook Society - $2,499) ($1,000 Edwin A. Battison (deceased) James and N. Nancy Farley J. Heidenhain Corporation, Douglas M. Loudon Barry MacLean Eric and Margaret Rothchild Morris Lee Group, Morris Old Stones Foundation Roesch Rick Association Manufacturing for Robbins & Lawrence Society ($2,500 +) Chair, DevelopmentChair, Committee E. Hubbard Yonkers important, and this year these are listed in this report and described in detail. some Without them, our collection would be as not rich and as deep are as grateful is. it We all for your of support. Thank you. Support comes the to museum in many ways — membership, annual and special purpose gifts, grants the to museum specific for projects, gifts in kind and those or made memoryin honor in The one. a loved giftsof the to collection that come each year from interested are donors Each year are we pleased recognize to in our annual report all our and donors friends who support the museum. Each and every gift isimportant and helps us with special exhibits and programs, as well as preserving the Robbins 1846 & Lawrence Armory and our historically significant machine tool collection. 2011 Report on Giving on Report 2011

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RS e Hawkins Hopkins John Rohlfs Appleton Services Appleton MeMB James Cudlip Robert Dufresne Bruce and Darlyne Franzen George Barbara Shirley Grainger Karl Gurcke Gary Hagopian Robert Hall Clay and Christine The Helm Glenn Group, Associate ($100) Albert Albrecht John Bainbridge Anne Barquist Paul and Jesse Beber-Vanzo Frank and Betsy Bechdolt Edward and Judith Becker Borden Peter Bozik Joseph Daniel Brammell Peter and Susan Brink John Brown Shepard Butler James Cannon Gene Cesari Ben and Ellen Cheney Connecticut Plastics, Inc., James N. Farley John Grady Heidenhain Corporation Steward ($500) Steven Carter L. S. Starett, Co. Seymour Lehrer David Newsom Bruce Nicholas Richard E. C. White Patron ($250) BoeriJay Harrington Patrick Joseph Jablonowski, Kinefac Corporation Charles Leni Stewart McMillan BruceD. Montgomery Richard and Nancy Pitkin Ralph Shepard Kirk Stackhouse Stager Augustus Donald Whitney Benefactor ($1,000) Company Giovannetti Whitney Jim Sindelar Huffaker Lorraine Edward and Barbara Walker Sandra-Leigh Sprecker David H. Toland Gerard Seitz Hollis Line Machine Johnson James Lowrey Lou and Marilyn Rick Korte Alfred and Polly Frawley Ralph and Nancy Garrand Robert Gordon F. Sylvia S. Lydick Robert and Susan Perkins Eleanor H. Prevo Debra A. Runge Mary Beth Furr Mary G. Farel Ruth and Dave Hanson Margaret G. Hirsch Robert A. Shade Group Morris Old Stones Foundation Mike andRosemary Vaughn Peterson Vaughn Edwin Phelps SlaterSamuel H. Sprecker D. Dr. Charles M. Toland Gerard Seitz SiergiewiczJohn Jr. Kiosko Inc., Andrew Pennell Marita and Bruce SAPA-TV, Robert and Dorothy Morris Sr. Of:In Honor All Machnists Gifts In Kind Albert Albrecht Jr. Richard Colton Donald Hoke Heidenhain Corporation, Greg Guest Greg S. (Jack) John Hamel Morris M. Dorothy Anne Underwood Liora Alschuler Liora Mina Hsiang Dick and Barbara Blanchard Harland Whitcomb CarterRuth P. Steven C. Carter GardnerRobert W. Dennis Cross Andrew Smith Harriet S. Amidon Charles Bellows Ray Stuart Bicknell Francis Chaiken Peter C. Fessenden and Myers-Hayer Bob and Carolyn Cumings In Memory Of: Deb Austin Jordan Baruch Cann Roald Charles Carter F. Jr. Ralph Cross CharlesDr. Eisler Sr. Roy J. Garrand Bob McGinnis Melvin Ronald William A. Mitchell Mullen Frank Jeffrey and Patricia Barbara M. Naef HunterNeal, Jr. Anonymous New England Brass and Tool, ChestonJ. and Ann Newbold Hugues Noel John and Barbara Osborn Steve Ott Robert and Susan Perkins Willis L. Platt John Rochelle Karl Ruger Debra A. Runge Benjamin Schore Gerald Seitz Paul Shannon T. Sheary Patrick Jim Sindelar andMr. Mrs. Richard E. Smith David E. Smith Anonymous Sandra-Leigh Sprecker Stark Larry Anonymous StrykerJay Thomas K. Tate John Tatlock David L. Waddington Harland Whitcomb RobertMr. L. Winship John C. Wyman Roger Young Underwood American Precision Museum Precision American Robert Finucane David N. Frick Mary Beth Furr GardnerRobert W. Ralph and Nancy Garrand andMr. Mrs. James L. Garvin Robert Geddes Lou and Marilyn Giovannetti Ken Gleason Jr. James Haaf James Hamilton Thomas Hammond Michael Harnett Allen Hase James G. Hearne Jr. Ruth E. Hewett Leo Hickey RichardHoertel Mina Hsiang Huffaker Lorraine Wilhelm Huxhold Eric A. Jautz Edwin A. Jeffery Robert B. Kancir Thomas Keily James Koontz Kramer Dean Clifford and Irene LaCount LakeBob and Vera James H. H. Lampert James Lowrey Perley and Donna Lund LuthringerGeorge F. Sylvia S. Lydick MartinJoseph W. III Carol B. Martin Donald E. Maurer Miriam Brodsky N. Jean Brown Bryant Dan Alan Bugbee Thomas J. Carpenter Sarah Carter F. Frances Chaiken Thomas Cheney Blaine and Mary Cliver William Corley Richard L Corrigan Douglas M Dawson Arthur Dell Michael Derrico David Donath Duggan Jamie Gila Eban Henry Egli O. Walter Engel Bob England Christopher J. Evans Mary G. Farel FerryMason Peter C. Fessenden and Anne Annual Report 2011 Robert Finucane Wayne Fischer Peter Flesch Daniel Fox Friberg Todd Richard Friedman Robert Gardner Giurtino Kathaleen Althea Goundrey Ruth Ann Groh James Haaf Tom Hale Marie Hamel Thomas Hammond James Hearne Ruth Hewett Keith Hezmalhalch Robert Hocken HollyfieldJohn Homan Frank Hull Tom Carl Hurd Eric Jautz Marvin Johnson Albert Kandarian Jr. Benjamin Kaplan Dan Keebler Thomas Keily James Kerr Byron Knapp Robert Knox Emil Koller Kowalski Stanley Cliff LaBounty Ladd John Ray Larsen C. LaSonde J. Stephen Ledger Bill Lemieux Charles Levine Mark Long Carol Martin Louis Masi John McCabe David McClary Kenneth McVicar Menzenhauer Fred Richard S. Meyer MeyerRob Miller Michael Bruce Moseley John Muendel Naef Barbara Naperstek George E. Burr Nash Hunter Neal Thomas Neilsen Joseph Nemes Nicholas Niles Jr. Hugues Noel Ohio University Library John Ordyk Brett Nolte John andBarbara Osborn Julian and Frieda Reitman Donald and Aileen Ridley and LauraTrevor Robinson Mark Sandrof Martin and Susan Shimko Ronald Smeltzer Gerhard Spielmann Spoerl Joseph Sandra-Leigh Sprecker Stark Larry Steven and Arline Stocking Donna Sweaney John and Nida Tansey Vanasse Norman Robert and Helena Vogel Donald Wing Individuals ($35) Rod Adams Howard Andrews Dietrich Apel James Atkinson Bailey Library Howe Gail Barton Philip Bell Grant Benson Allan Bensten II Berezin Iris Beutler Arthur Donald Bierly Bills Allan Steele BlackallF. Ron Bouffard Bruce Brenner Christopher Brown Stephen Brown Alan Bugbee Bruce Campbell Thomas Carpenter Frank Champi Richard Chandler Thomas Cheney Richard Claytor John Coiner Carolyn Coker R. E. Coleberd James Corbitt Gary Course Lloyd Davis Douglas Dawson Wallace Day Howard De Rosa William Douglass Drillen Cyril Eugene Duffy Walter Engel Christopher Evans Silas Felton Edward Ferguson FerryMason Graham Roald Cann (deceased) Carey Frank Ronald Clark Steven and Deborah Clay Blaine and Mary Cliver Edmond Cooley Peter and Suzanne Dawson Leonard Day Diamant Rolf Duggan Jamie MarkElrod and Judith Foulke David and Jeanne Esterquest David Ford Harold Frost George Gardiner andMr. Mrs. James Garvin Gaudet Shelah and Ernest Gilbertson Eric Goldman Edward Thomas and Mary Anne Jonathan Hall R. Hall Avery Ray and Barbara Hamel James Hamilton Emmons Hathaway Charles and Kathryn Heide Leo HickeyF. Joseph Higgins Richard Hoertel Charles and Louise Horsken Huffman Alan Wilhelm Huxhold ThomasW. Johnson Robert Kancir John Kauer Paul Koehn Jim Koontz Kramer Dean Ronald and Anita Krauth Herman Kubowski Clifford and Irene LaCount Robert Lake and Vera Jeffrey Larrabee Don and Surry Latham Nelson Lock Robert Logan Thomas Lowry Perley and Donna Lund George Luthringer Bruce Magnell Kendall and Marcia Manner MartinJoseph Hoyt Masterton Jeff May Melvin Ronald Moore Wayne Joseph and Amy Morel Michael Morello Paul and Patricia Morton andMr. Mrs. Peter Nelson Eugene and Margaret Nickerson Geoffry Fried Levesque Hayer Richardson Ray Coombs amily We encourageWe you to bring any mistakes or omissions to our attention so that correct may we accordingly. records our Thank you! f ($55) David Adamson Jim and Brooke Adler Mark and Michele Aldrich AmesGwen and Peter Crowell Mimi Baird Denis Bassett Joanna Bodenweber and Edmund and Micki Brett Douglas Brown David Lindquist Richard C. Meyer William Mitchell Montagu Jean Alfred Motzer David Murray Jeffrey and Patricia Myers- Thomas O’ Leary David and Mary Otto David Peterson Thomas Putnam Mike Reopel William Rewinski Gordon and Patricia Clayton Robson Bernard Rosselli Timothy Schafer SeidlerGene Gerhard and Sigrid Sihler Richard and Martha Smith Martin Sornborger George Sprowl Sr. David and Mary Talbot James Thompson William Tschappat Paul Wardwell Brian Weller Westminster Inc., Tool, Allen Jr. Yale Daniel Hertz John Hicks Hughes Thomas Richard Johnston Sarwar Kashmeri Francis Kennedy Kloos Verna KranzuschKen Kuenstler Paul andMr. Mrs. Thomas G.

2 011 A n n uAl RepoRt 14 2 011 A n n uAl RepoRt 15 - Charitable Bequests are gifts the to museum the at Sample language an for outright, unrestricted haritable Bequests C time death of under a will trust or agreement. They are fully deductible Federal for estate tax purposes. A bequest may be made in the form cash, of securities, real or estate. residuary bequest: give to the “I American Precision dollars ______Vermont Windsor, Museum, residuary my of (____%) percent _____ or ($______), estate, to be used for the benefit of theAmerican Precision Museum as the Trustees thereof may direct.” Foundation Humanities Library ServicesLibrary Foundation Humanities Division Public of Programs Preservation Assistance Community theof Vermont Foundation tion Preservation Mascoma Savings Bank National Endowment the for HumanitiesVermont Council Grants 2010 Institute Museum for and Whiting Library Wilder Public Library Windsor Public Library Memberships Volunteer Paul and Ruth Doiron Gresser Joseph Jerome Ted Carl Johnson Marita Johnson Pam Levesque Paul Magoon RiviezzoMike Clay Washburn Steven Wright Grants 2011 The Jack and Dorothy Byrne Mascoma Savings Bank National Endowment the for United BankPeople’s Preservation Trust Vermont of CerfWalter Community Fund CommunityVermont Founda DivisionVermont Historic for - Library Library Library Library amily Membership Pro gram for Public Libraries Public for gram f Baldwin Memorial Library Brandon Public Library Brown Public Library Chelsea Public Library Converse Free Library Deborah Rawson Memorial Fairlee Public Library Fiske Free Library Fletcher Memorial Library Goodrich Memorial Library Hancock Free Public Library Hartland Public Library Lempster Miner Memorial Lincoln Library Mark Skinner Library Morrill Memorial Library Norman Willliams Public Norwich Public Library Orford Free Library Orford Social Library LibraryPeacham Philip Read Memorial Library Proctor Library Quechee Public Library Reading Public Library Royalton Memorial Library SpringfieldTown Library Library Community Stamford Westford Public Library Westminster Public West Life Members Life Suzanne Richardson Daniels Laurence Fountain Graham Douglas Clark Griffiths James Heald II Charles Hutchins Richard Kuba Douglas Loudon Moore Wayne Michael Newbold Alfred Purcell Jr. Roesch Rick Margaret Rothchild Alden Sherman Sherman Jane Thorrez Camiel Jeoffrey Thorrez H. R. Thorrez John Timken Jr. E. Hubbard Yonkers John Wyman Herbert Yohe Roger Young Alan Young Libraries Library American Precision Museum Precision American John Snarski MichaelT. Speidel StrykerJay Earle Stubbs Henry Swierczynski Tansey William Thomas Tate Pete Thomas David Toland Robert Tregaskis Derek Trelstad Edmund Tremblay Harley Tripp Nathaniel Tyler University Delaware of Ronald Votta David Waddington John Wall Sherman Walton David Wantz Bob Warner Harland Whitcomb Kim White Robert White Bob Wilson Robert Winship Wisconsin Historical Society Adrian Wolverton A. David Wunsch David Osier Packard Stuart Rudy Parhaniemi Parks Martin James Pennino PerkinsFaelton Marjorie Pierce Willis Platt David Pommert RichardPowalka Kermit Pratt Eleanor Prevo Purdue University Library Rabitz Herschel John Richards John Roe George Rogers Lynn Ronalter Raymond Ross Scott Rossiter Karl Ruger Harvey Sachs SandefurMark Gerald Seitz Paul Shannon Francis Slyker Ernest Smith Edward Smith Allen Smith Merritt Roe Smith Smithsonian Institution Non Profit Org Thank You from US Postage PAID White River Jct., VT the Museum Permit No. 192

The museum would like to thank Howard Coffin for sharing some of his remarkable collection with us. Through 196 main street this exhibition, along with its compan- P. o. Box 679 Windsor, VT 05089 ion, Arming the Union, we are able to tell the story of Vermonters on the battlefield www.americanprecision.org and on the home front as it has never been told before. Photo by First Light Studios First Light by Photo

Captain Charles Abell, Orwell VT picked this magnolia leaf (held by Howard Coffin) on the grounds of George Washington’s Mount Vernon and sent it to Hattie Aiken, the sister of one of his comrades.

Author, historian, preservationist, and former journalist, Coffin has written three books on Vermont and the Civil Become a Member Today War, and Full Duty: Vermonters in the Civil War was the first history of Vermont and Support the Museum! in the Civil War published since 1886. • free admission to museum Individual $35 Coffin’s remarkable collection, carefully accumulated over 40 years, • 10% discount in Museum Shop Family $55 documents the magnitude of Vermont’s • Tools and Technology, annual Associate $100 contributions to the Civil War. The mu- subscription Patron $250 seum is grateful to both Howard and Sue Steward $500 Coffin for their support in making Full Benefactor $1000 Duty possible.

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