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The Athenæum of Philadelphia THE ATHENÆUM OF PHILADELPHIA 201ST AND 202ND ANNUAL REPORTS 2015/2016 2016/2017 THE ATHENÆUM OF PHILADELPHIA 201ST AND 202ND ANNUAL REPORTS FISCAL YEARS 2015/2016 AND 2016/2017 © 2018 The Athenæum of Philadelphia 219 S. Sixth St. Philadelphia, PA 19106-3794 P: 215-925-2688 F: 215-925-3755 www.PhilaAthenæum.org www.facebook.com/PhilaAthenæum Cover: Anne Hawks Vaux (1913-1978), by Marie Danforth Page, 1929. Gift of Trina Vaux McCauley and Molly Vaux. BOARD OF DIRECTORS STAFF Robert E. Linck, President Peter Conn, Ph.D., Executive Director Frank G. Cooper, Vice-President Eileen M. Magee, Assistant Director + Edward E. Scharff, Vice-President +++ William M. Davison, 4th, Treasurer + Jim Carroll, Imaging Specialist, Regional Digital Imaging Center Donald H. Roberts, Jr., Treasurer Denise R. Fox, Collections Care Manager Hyman Myers, FAIA, Secretary + Tess Galen, Administrative and Events Assistant Maria M. Thompson, Secretary ++ Dolores Garadetsky, Administrative Assistant Bruce Laverty, Gladys Brooks Curator of Architecture Richard W. Bartholomew, FAIA, AICP Jill LeMin Lee, Librarian David B. Brownlee, Ph.D. +++ Clorinda Moore, Membership Coordinator Joanne R. Denworth, Esq. + Lois Reibach, Bibliographer Margaret P. Duckett +++ Michael J. Seneca, Director, Regional Digital Imaging Center Gay P. Gervin Louis Vassallo, Building Supervisor Francis R. Grebe, Esq. Penelope McCaskill Hunt Steven B. King, Esq. + STAFF EMERITUS Satoko I. Parker, Ph.D. Charles C. Savage Roger W. Moss, Ph.D., Executive Director Emeritus Lea Carson Sherk Marjorie P. Snelling John C. Tuten, Esq. + through 2016 ++ from 2016 +++ from 2017 + retired April 2017 1 PRESIDENT’S REPORT Robert E. Linck On behalf of the Board, I am pleased to report that as of January 1, 2016, Peter Conn, Ph.D., became the Athenæum’s 17th Executive Director, and has successfully completed the planned transition in every respect. His distinguished academic career includes teaching positions and administration at the University of Pennsylvania, among them: Professor of English, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, and Deputy Provost. Dr. Conn, author, editor, lecturer, and speaker, has received numerous honors and awards, including the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship (1984- 1985) and Athenæum Award (in 1997). He earned his A.B. at Providence College and his Ph.D. at Yale. Robert E. Linck. Photo by Bachrach. The Board welcomed David B. Brownlee, Ph.D., whose equally distinguished academic career includes history, and museums includes the Society for the appointments and teaching positions at Harvard and at Preservation of Landmarks, Philadelphia Museum of the University of Pennsylvania as Professor, History of Art, National Constitution Center, the National Council Art, in studies involving such subjects as architecture, on the Humanities, and the Museum of the American historic preservation, city and regional planning, and Revolution. She attended Smith College, the University urban research. He was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and of Texas (B.A. cum laude), and Tufts University (M.A.). earned his A.B. summa cum laude, Harvard College and his A.M. and Ph.D. at Harvard University. The Board welcomed Edward E. Scharff, whose professional career involves executive communication The Board welcomed the Hon. Margaret for senior executives in both for profit and non-profit (Peggy) Pace Duckett, whose career in education, organizations, and whose volunteer activities include 2 conducting college readiness workshops, mentoring and tutoring, and editing services for marketing publications at the Free Library of Philadelphia. He chairs the Athenæum’s Literary Award Committee, Membership Committee, and Master Planning Committee. He earned his B.A. in English Literature at Princeton University. The Board recognized the retirement of Eileen Magee, Assistant Executive Director, following an exemplary period of unstinting service; the resignation of William Davison as Treasurer, (but continues as a member of the Board), the election of Donald H. Roberts, Jr., as Treasurer, and the election of Edward E. Scharff as Vice-President. The Athenæum of Philadelphia continues to enhance the awareness of its considerable, historically unique presence in the cultural world by presenting programs which attract an ever-widening audience. The Athenæum’s library, architectural archives, research collections, and digital imaging resources protected within its magnificent, historically authentic spaces are readily available to shareholders, members, scholars, and the public. With deepest respect, I express my gratitude and thanks to all who have and continue to support and serve this remarkable institution. David B. Brownlee, Ph.D. Hon. Margaret P. Duckett Edward E. Scharff 3 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S REPORT Peter Conn, Ph.D. The Board and Staff of The Athenæum of Philadelphia welcome the opportunity to report to our Shareholders on some of the activities and accomplishments that have distinguished the 2015- 2017 fiscal years. In the pages that follow, you will read about the important additions we have made to our research collections and to our art objects, as well as the remarkable exhibits that we have mounted in the Dorothy W. and F. Otto Haas Gallery. You will learn about the growth of our circulating library, and you will find a report on the exceptional work performed by the Regional Digital Imaging Center (RDIC). In this section of the Annual Report, I want to review some of the programs we have organized over the past two fiscal years. In October 2015, painting conservator Steven B. Erisoty explained what is involved in “Preserving Philadelphia’s Artistic Heritage.” Mr. Erisoty’s examples included two from the Athenæum’s collections, portraits of Benjamin Carr and Edwin Forrest Durang. Benjamin Carr (1768-1831), after conservation by Steven Erisoty. 4 Professor and journalist Ben Yagoda joined us in March 2016 to talk about his pathbreaking book, The B-Side: The Death of Tin Pan Alley and the Rebirth of the Great American Song. Professor Yagoda speculated on the enormous transitions that marked popular music in the years following World War II. At the 201st Annual Meeting, in April 2016, writer and Penn professor Paul Hendricks offered a progress report on his current book project, a biography of Frank Lloyd Wright. Professor Hendricks read a gripping tale of the murders and arson that overtook Wright’s home and studio, Taliesin, in 1914. In October 2016, Jeffrey Rosen, president of the National Constitution Center, discussed his new biography, Louis D. Brandeis: American Prophet, in a talk called “What Would Justice Brandeis Say?” He included comments on some recent Supreme Court decisions in the light of Brandeis’s opinions and values. 5 Professor Richard Leventhal presented a richly illustrated lecture, “Preserving Heritage in Syria and Iraq in the Middle of a Civil War and ISIS,” in October 2016. Professor Leventhal described the tragic and deliberate destruction of cultural heritage that has become an integral part of the conflicts in Syria and Iraq. He also reported on the rescue and preservation efforts that the Penn Cultural Heritage Center has undertaken, in coordination with the Smithsonian and other organizations. Interior of the Ma’arra Mosaic Museum, located in Northwest Syria, showing In November 2016, Dr. Patrick Harker, President of the results of a barrel-bomb of June of 2015. the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, gave a talk The site was barrel-bombed by the regime forces of Bashar al Assad. The on “Philadelphia’s Economy.” He reviewed the history, sandbags successfully protected most of the mosaics in the museum and mission, and work of the Federal Reserve System, were installed as part of the Penn Cultural Heritage Center and Smithsonian and surveyed the Philadelphia region’s economic SHOSI Project (Saving the Heritage of Syria and Iraq Project). performance and prospects. Four actors from the Philadelphia Artists Collective joined us in December 2016, for an evening called “Acting Shakespeare.” These talented men and women presented scenes and monologues from Shakespearean tragedy and comedy, in each case inviting our Athenæum audience to comment on their performances. Professor Michael J. Lewis discussed his new book, City of Refuge: Separatists and Utopian Town Planning, in January 2017. He argued that religious separatists, convinced that perfection could only be achieved by fleeing the world, created sanctuary towns in the wilderness – several of them in Pennsylvania. In turn, these settlements influenced the utopian socialism of Dr. Patrick Harker speaking to a full house in the Members’ Reading Room. modern Europe. 6 In February 2017, Timothy Rub, the George D. Widener Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, shared his thoughts on “What a Director Sees.” He proposed that the director of an art museum must combine an appreciation of the aesthetic values of the objects in his care, but also the historical, technical, and iconographic characteristics of individual works of art. Sean Kelley, Senior Vice President and Director of Interpretation at Eastern State Penitentiary, joined us in February 2017, to share his views on “Architecture and Justice.” Along with the history and design of this immensely influential structure, Mr. Kelley reported on Eastern State’s leading role in the campaign against mass incarceration. Eastern State Penitentiary. At the 202nd Annual Meeting, in April 2017, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and critic Inga
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