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- , * ~ The Trustees of Reservations Annual Report 1972 ' t£ • .... The Trustees of Reservations 224 Adams Street Milton Massachusetts 02186 Telephone 617-698-2066 The Trustees of Reservations is a privately-administered, charitable corporation, founded for conserva- tion purposes in 1891 to preserve for the public, places of natural beauty and historic interest within the Commonwealth of Massachu- setts. Contributions are deductible under Federal income tax law. COVER PHOTO Canoeists paddle upstream past hemlock-shaded banks at Rocky Narrows Reserva- tion in Sherborn. The area, known as the "Gateway to the Charles," was acquired by The Trustees of Reservations in 1897. Some 81 acres of adjoining land were recently protected by conservation restrictions. 1 1 5 «s of %3 %m (a EIGHTY-SECOND ANNUAL REPORT CONTENTS Officers and Committees, page 3 Trustees, page 4 Special Committees, page 7 Administration and Staff, page 1 Conservation Award, page 14 Eighty-second Annual Meeting, page 1 Report of Activities, 1972, page 21 Reservations, page 44 Properties 1897-1973, page 58 Conservation Restrictions, page 60 History and Organization, page 61 Membership and Gifts, page 63 Founders, page 64 Bequests, page 70 Life Associates, page 72 Sustaining Members, page 77 Contributing Members, page 79 Members, page 84 Financial Report, page 91 Charter, page 95 By-Laws, page 96 Officers 1891-1973, page 100 2 Officers and Committees 1973 Charles E. Mason, Jr., President John M. Woolsey, Jr., Vice President Henry R. Guild, Jr., Secretary Richard L. Frothingham, Treasurer STANDING COMMITTEE Augustus P. Loring, Beverly, Chairman Paul Brooks, Lincoln Theodore Chase, Dover Richard L. Frothingham, Dedham Henry R. Guild, Jr., Dover Peter L. Hornbeck, North Andover John W. Kimball, Andover John W. Kunhardt, Dedham Robert Livermore, Jr., Beverly Charles P. Lyman, Canton Charles E. Mason, Jr., Newton Thomas L. P. O'Donnell, Hingham Mrs. William C. Wigglesworth, Ipswich Thomas B. Williams, Dover ADVISORY COUNCIL Daniel J. Coolidge, Boston George G. Loring, Manchester David C. Crockett, Ipswich Henry Lyman, Cambridge Charles W. Eliot, II, Cambridge Lawrence K. Miller, Pittsfield Robert P. Fitzgerald, Milton Miss Amelia Peabody, Dover Roland B. Greeley, Lexington Arthur H. Phillips, Ipswich Henry R. Guild, Needham Sidney N. Shurcliff, Boston John T. Hemenway, Milton Charles R. Strickland, Plymouth Arthur M. Jones, Newbury Trustees 1973 Robert C. Alsop Francis P. Coolidge Stockbridge Harvard Oliver F. Ames Hamilton Coolidge Boston Brookline Francis R. Appleton, Jr. Mrs. William C. Cox Ipswich Cohasset Charles B. Barnes Mrs. Cornelius Crane Westwood Ipswich Randolph Barton Mrs. Winthrop M. Crane, III Dalton Beverly Farms David C. Crockett Harold R. Beacham Ipswich Dover Winthrop S. Dakin Richard E. Bennink Northampton Winchester David T. Dana, Jr. Mrs. William A. Berridge Lenox South Egremont Mrs. Richard E. Danielson *Charles S. Bird Groton East Walpole Philip A. Dater Philip W. Bourne Ashfield Beverly Stuart DeBard Henry K. Bramhall Hingham Dedham Nathaniel T. Dexter George Brett Boston Waban Hon. Donald R. Dwight land J. 0. Brew Way Cambridge William H. Eddy, Jr. Harvard Mrs. William C. Brewer *Charles W. Eliot Manchester Cambridge Paul Brooks John Eliot Lincoln Cambridge Miss Dorothy A. Brown Lawrence G. Eliot Gloucester Cambridge Morgan G. Bulkeley David Emerson Pittsfield Concord Mrs. George A. Bushee Richard S. Emmet, Jr. Newbury Westford Thomas D. Cabot James M. Faulkner Weston Boston Laurence M. Channing Oliver D. Filley, Jr. Boston Far Hills, N. J. John P. Chase James D. Fitzgerald Dover Milton Theodore Chase Robert P. Fitzgerald Dover Milton Thomas Flint Charles E. Cheever Concord Medfield F. Murray Forbes, Jr. Loring Conant Boston Dedham H. A. Crosby Forbes Daniel J. Coolidge Cambridge Boston 4 Charles H. W. Foster George Lewis Needham Sherborn Richard L. Frothingham Robert Livermore, Jr. Dedham Beverly John L. Gardner Edward B. Long Hamilton Cohasset Herbert P. Gleason Augustus P. Loring Boston Beverly Hollis T. Gleason Mrs. Caleb Loring, Jr. Cohasset Prides Crossing John J. Glessner George G. Loring Ipswich Manchester Roland B. Greeley George M. Lovejoy, Jr. Lexington Weston Henry R. Guild Benjamin L. Mason Needham Brookline Henry R. Guild, Jr. Charles E. Mason, Jr. Dover Newton Thomas Hale Rustin Mcintosh Vineyard Haven Tyringham William C. Hammond, Jr. Vincent Merrill Manchester Lincoln Hon. Francis W. Hatch, Jr. Lawrence K. Miller Beverly Pittsfield John Hay Mrs. Henry Davis Minot Brewster Greenwich, Conn. Roger B. Heard James J. Minot South Hadley Beverly John T. Hemenway Otis N. Minot Milton Lexington Waldo H. Holcombe Allen H. Morgan Milton Wayland Peter L. Hornbeck D. Percy Morgan North Andover Stockbridge Walter D. Howard Mrs. Joseph Morrill Tyringham Great Barrington Henry S. Howe Stephen V. C. Morris Canton Washington, D. C. George Howland Hon. James B. Moseley Needham Hamilton Llewellyn Howland, Jr. George S. Mumford, Jr. South Dartmouth Dover Christopher Hussey John B. Nash Brookline Duxbury Dana B. Jefferson, Jr. Samuel P. Newbury Medfield Hingham Arthur M. Jones H. Gilman Nichols Newbury Essex George Keyes Thomas L. P. O'Donnell Pepperell Hingham John W. Kimball Stephen D. Paine Andover Duxbury John W. Kunhardt Augustin H. Parker, Jr. Dedham Sherborn Mrs. George Lewis, Sr. James P. Parker Sherborn Brookline Miss Amelia Peabody Albert C. Sherman, Jr. Dover Newton John W. Peirce Sidney N. Shurcliff Topsfield Boston James H. Perkins Marshall Simonds Westwood Carlisle Arthur H. Phillips Russell B. Stearns Ipswich Dedham David Pickman Horace N. Stevens, Jr. Bedford North Andover Roger Pierce, Jr. Mrs. Robert W. Stoddard Westwood Worcester William H. Pierson, Jr. David B. Stone Williamstown Dedham David E. Place Theodore L. Storer Cohasset Cambridge Calvin Plimpton Charles R. Strickland Amherst Plymouth Mrs. Robert G. Potter, Jr. Mrs. John B. Swann Edgartown Stockbridge Frederick T. Pratt William H. Vanderbilt Chestnut Hill Williamstown William Lowell Putnam Mrs. Diana B. Vauclain Springfield Edgartown Artemas P. Richardson Samuel Wake man Brookline Hingham Hon. Elliot L. Richardson Mrs. Seth Wake man McLean, Va. Edgartown Joshua B. Richmond Philip S. Weld Dover Gloucester Samuel S. Rogers Robert K. Wheeler Andover Great Barrington Robert H. Russell Mrs. William C. Wigglesworth South Hadley Ipswich Richard Saltonstall Thomas B. Williams Sherborn Dover Robert Saltonstall Frederic Winthrop North Andover Ipswich Hon. Francis W. Sargent Hon. Thomas C. Wojtkowski Dover Pittsfield Preston H. Saunders fCornelius A. Wood Westwood Andover Andrew J. W. Scheffey John M. Woolsey, Jr. Leverett Cambridge *Life Member of the Corporation fDeceased 6 Special Committees EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Mrs. Ellwood R. Burdsall Curtis R. Buttenheim Augustus P. Loring, Chairman William P. Clark Theodore Chase Mrs. Erastus Corning II Richard L. Frothingham Mrs. Winthrop M. Crane, 3rd Henry R. Guild, Jr. Churchward Davis Charles E. Mason, Jr. John R. Downie John M. Woolsey, Jr. Mrs. S. Lane Faison, Jr. John Francese Willard C. French INVESTMENT COMMITTEE Walter D. Howard Mrs. Richard S. Jackson Richard L. Frothingham, Chairman William D. Judson Augustus P. Loring Angus R. MacDonald Charles E. Mason, Jr. John R. Manners H. Gilman Nichols Mrs. Lawrence K. Miller John M. Woolsey, Jr. Mrs. Thomas F. Plunkett, Jr. Mrs. Milton C. Rose RESERVATIONS COMMITTEE Alvah W. Sanborn Mrs. Anson Phelps Stokes John M. Woolsey, Jr., Chairman Mrs. Wm. H. Vanderbilt Theodore Chase George VanSantvoord Charles W. Eliot II Robert K. Wheeler Henry R. Guild, Jr. Mrs. Henry J. Wheelwright Dr. Joseph A. Wilk FUTURE POLICY COMMITTEE Connecticut John M. Woolsey, Jr., Chairman Hal Borland, Co-Chairman Charles W. Eliot II Arnold Whitridge, Co-Chairman Roland B. Greeley Mrs. Richard I. Barstow Arthur M. Jones Mrs. Thomas W. Bryant Thomas L. P. O'Donnell Rufus Burton G. Edward Byers Mrs. H. Lincoln Foster BARTHOLOMEW'S COBBLE - COLONEL Robert Hawkins JOHN ASHLEY HOUSE COMMITTEE Edward Kirby Massachusetts Mrs. James A. Lyles George P. Milmine Morgan G. Bulkeley, Chairman Mrs. Mark Van Doren Lawrence K. Miller, Honorary Chairman Mrs. William A. Berridge Mrs. Lawrence H. Bloedel Robert R. R. Brooks CRANE RESERVATION ENVIRON- WORLD'S END MASTER PLAN MENTAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE STUDY COMMITTEE Dr. Robert L. Goodale, Chairman Samuel P. Newbury, Chairman Neil C. Raymond, Jr. Wilmon Brewer Mrs. Robert Weatherall Willis M. Ertman Mrs. William C. Wigglesworth Edward M. Guild Julian Loring Mrs. Samuel P. Newbury CASTLE HILL STUDY COMMITTEE Mrs. Paul C. Reardon George R. Mathey, Chairman Laurence B. Stein, Jr. John F. Conley Philip 0. Swanson H. Gilman Nichols Samuel Wakeman David W. Scudder WASQUE - CAPE POGE MASTER PLAN STUDY COMMITTEE STEVENS-COOLIDGE PLACE MASTER PLAN STUDY COMMITTEE Robert L. Woodruff, Chairman Richard L. Colter Peter L. Hornbeck, Chairman Augustus D. Ben David II Mrs. Eugene Averett Alfred Doyle Mrs. Douglas Chandler A. John N. Farrar Roland B. Hammond Mrs. D. G. Gaines Dr. William Weiss Mrs. John Gillespie Frederick K. Glodis ROCKY WOODS MASTER PLAN Mrs. Robert L. Goodale STUDY COMMITTEE Ralph E. Grant Mrs. Thomas Hale Thomas B. Williams, Chairman Miss Grace C. Meleney Ellis N. Allen Mrs. Robert G. Potter, Jr. Miss Amelia Peabody Mrs. Frank Prada Joshua B. Richmond Richard Prada Dr. E. Manning Sears Mrs. E. Manning Sears Foster B. Silva Edwin G. Tyra 150-foot marine scarp, a landmark ofMenemsha Hills Reservation in Chilmark, Martha's Vineyard, overlooks Vineyard Sound and the Elizabeth Islands