The Mark Twain House & Museum 351 Farmington Avenue, Hartford, CT 06105 ! Annual Report FYE 2015 - February 1, 2014 through January 31, 2015 Report from Joel Freedman, President of the Board of Trustees

To: Members, Friends, and Supporters of The Mark Twain House & Museum

January 31 marked the end of our fiscal year, as well as my first year as President of the Board of Trustees. It was a pivotal year with significant developments.

We again raised over $2.5 million from our many individual, corporate, foundation, and government supporters. Due to our aggressive programming, which continues to expand our brand, we spent a bit more than raised, leaving us with a small deficit for the fiscal year. Our programming ranged from free community events, such as our annual Ice Cream Social, Tom Sawyer Day, and our popular “Trouble Begins” lectures, to celebrities such as Garrison Keillor and Ralph Nader. We also hosted Noam Chomsky and Ann Rice in larger area venues when demand outstripped our auditorium capacity. Lastly, we continued our marquee events at The Bushnell with best-selling author Dan Brown and our 4th annual “Mark My Words” event with Wicked author Gregory Maguire and Steven Schwartz, who created the Broadway musical.

We increased revenue from admissions by 15% and are on track to meet our goal of 50% in three years. Our talented staff also added a popular Servants Tour to the other theme tours enabling guests to turn every visit into a new experience.

The year also included many financial milestones. We made progress with our excellent corporate partner, Webster Bank, in renegotiating our debt from the construction of the Museum Center many years ago. We actually celebrated the closing in May 2015 by naming the building the Webster Bank Museum Center. We also secured $2.2 million from the Connecticut Bond Commission for vital infrastructure repairs to all our buildings. Cindy Lovell and our Building & Grounds Committee, chaired by John De Laney, chose a contractor who initiated planning and began to secure the necessary permits. We hope to be able to begin work this summer and complete it by Spring 2016. Also, we sold the property at 66 Forest Street, which was acquired many years ago and has been on the market for several years. Although we had rented a portion of the building, its annual costs were a drain on our operating budget.

Lastly, our Board of Trustees has expanded to 45 members, and we continue to diversify experientially and geographically. Over 1/3 of the trustees now come from beyond the Greater Hartford area, expanding the museum’s outreach to New Haven, Fairfield County, New York, Chicago, Washington D.C., Massachusetts, and California.

My continued thanks to our trustees, as well as to Cindy and her energetic and dedicated staff, for a successful 2014 and for the same during our current year.

Joel Freedman Report from Cindy Lovell, Executive Director

Dear Friends and Supporters of The Mark Twain House & Museum,

I am happy to share with you this Annual Report for the Fiscal Year ended January 31, 2015, which was another very busy and successful year for the organization.

I am also pleased to update you on some exciting projects currently underway. With support from a $2.2 million grant from the Connecticut Bond Commission, we are in the process of planning and designing several important capital projects. Among these is the completion of the restoration of the Mahogany Suite in The Mark Twain House, which has been closed to the public for about ten years. Opening additional areas of the House to the public is critical to achieving our goal of increasing tourism, and is imperative to fulfilling our mission.

Our literary endeavors are also expanding in exciting new ways. In May, we announced the creation of the Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award. Trustee and best-selling author David Baldacci is funding the $25,000 prize, which will be awarded in 2016 to an author whose book embodies an “American voice,” as did Twain’s work. Trustee Roger Michel hosted the announcement event at The Grolier Club in New York City, where we also introduced Noah Altshuler, our first Playwright-in-Residence. Noah is working on a play about Tom Sawyer, and we are facilitating his research, which will take him to all the major Mark Twain-related sites across the country.

Our writing classes and workshops, Annual Writers’ Weekend, and national Royal Nonesuch Humor Writing Contest continue to serve and nurture writers from both near and far. In addition, the author appearances we present continue to attract a wide variety of writers, including the #1 best-selling author James Patterson.

Other highlights of recent months have included TIME dubbing The Mark Twain House “Downton Abbey’s American cousin;” and new staff appointments. We have welcomed Tracy Brindle as Beatrice Fox Auerbach Chief Curator and Dr. James Golden as Director of Education. Both have hit the ground running with exhibitions, research and outreach to various constituencies.

Our staff and Trustees continue to work diligently to ensure another stellar year and a bright future for the museum. Thank you for your continued support of our efforts, and please visit soon.

With gratitude,

Cindy Lovell Board of Trustees

David Baldacci Ann Glover Mark Nielsen Timothy F. Bannon Michael Grunberg Jeffrey M. Oller Bethany Berger J. David Haddox, Mark Ostrowski John Bermel D.D.S., M.D. Debra Palermino Douglas Boains Hugh Howard Allan Polak Annette Bolt David Jimenez George Scurlock Stephen Carter Dan Kain Pedro Segarra Lesa Cavallero-Laraia Alan J. Kreczko Gregory Servodidio Ranjana Chawla Maribel La Luz (Vice President & Garry Michael Cooper Andrew Lattimer Treasurer) John E. Curran Frank Lord Jeanmarie Shea John De Laney Matthew D. Maclean (Secretary)! Anne Elvgren James Mallozzi Kathryn Sherer Joel Freedman Duby McDowell Jennifer Tombaugh (President) R. Paul Mehlman Edward Whittemore John N. Giamalis John Moran Brett Williams

Trustees as of Jan. 31, 2015 Volunteers & Interns

VOLUNTEERS: Neil Coogan Hank Herman Libby Merrow Caitlin Thayer Jennifer Alger Steve Courtney Tom Hines Sarah Moon Peter Tingus Nancy Antle Lorraine Canty John Holder Rick Moreland Marilee Turner Lois Anderson Gloria De Pamela Howard Mike Morin Caroline Vallieres Pat Barnes Alison Devers June Hyjek Laura Osborn Safari Wallace Joyce Barnes Matthew Dicks Gloria Intravia Dan O'Shea Carol Wolcott Kristan Bertschmann Kelly Donovan Leslie Johnson Timothy Parish Josh Young Roy Blount, Jr. Scott Dorris Katherine Johnston Chuck Paydos Mark Zampano Erin Bolduc Debi Ellsworth Brian Jud Dee Peters Barbara Zyla Annette Bolt Wayne English Karen Kelleher Caroline Picerne ! Deb Bradshay Yanvi Faing Susan Kennedy Terri Pollack ! Meredith Briggs Melanie Faranello Candice Kramer Dan Pope INTERNS:! Pierre Calmels Tim Federle Debbie Lahelipe Ashley Ravesloot Madeline Cicitto Susan Campbell Lucy Ferriss Kelley Landry Bessy Reyna Christine Clement Bob Carbone Vanessa Flenke Jessica Lappen Hugh Ryan Chelsey DiNoia Mary Cardin John Freeman Kelly Lappen Susan Schoenberger Cyrus Duff Sally Carrier Fannie Gabriel Jessica Lawson Mary Sharnick Tavvia Jefferson John Casey Amity Gage Karen Licht Pegi Deitz Shea Connor Sheriden Patricia Chaffie Sandy Gineo Margah Lips David Sherman Jen Shook Amy Coates Amy Girard Dayna Lorents Vivian Shipley Erin Sniffen Jackie Colon Jane Glasgow Lynne Lumsden Gladstone Signs Devon Sponheimer Dottie Conklin Sue Gleason Rachel Marks Mary-Ann Tirone Smith Bailey Zimmitti Leslie Connor Carole Goldberg Donna Martin Nancy Stair Diane Coogan Emily Gutermann George Merrow John Stanizzi Volunteers and Interns as of Jan. 31, 2015 With sincere gratitude we thank our volunteers and interns who donate thousands of hours to The Mark Twain House & Museum. Friends of the Mark Twain House

Ms. Jessie Adams Mr. and Mrs. Aaron L. Mr. and Mrs. George W. Ms. Carolyn D. Vallieres Lois Anderson Gersten Merrow Meara Weaver The Friends of The Mark Twain House & Janet Arnheiter Mary Ann Gilbert Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mrs. Carol W. Wolcott Museum is an organization that was launched on Ms. Louise M. Bailey Mr. Edward D. Gladstone Metcalf Mrs. Joan Wood September 25, 1967. Founder Fran Gordon sent a Beverly B. Baker Mrs. Susan Gleason Rebecca Mikus Josh & Stacy Young Mr. and Mrs. Craig Bolt Mrs. Regina C. Graham Mr. and Mrs. Clifford G. Ms. Barbara J. Zyla & letter to several women friends inviting them to Ms. Ernestine Bouchard Mrs. Anne M. Healey Moon, Jr. Michael Dednarz join her in activities to preserve the museum’s Harriet Boyko Diana Heymann Karen Ollestad Ms. Julie Zyla collections and house. Thirty-two dedicated Dr. Sybille Brewer Mr. and Mrs. Edward Ms. Jill M. Packard women comprised the first year’s membership, Jean Bronson Higgison Ms. and Mrs. William Paley and they soon added fundraising activities to their Jay Brown Mrs. Pam Howard Mr. and Mrs. Charles Executive! Committee: Mrs. Cynthia Brown Mrs. Joan Hurwit Paydos efforts. To date, more than $1,000,000 has been President Ms. Lorraine Canty Ann Hutton Jean Pearson raised for The Mark Twain House & Museum Mr. and Mrs. Edward Ms. Gloria Intravia Ms. Elizabeth A. Perrin Annette Bolt thanks to the generosity of time and hard work by Carrier Mrs. Dianne J. Jones Ms. Dolores Peters Vice President Dr. and Mrs. Raymond J. Mrs. Mildred C. Kay Mrs. Lorraine Petricone the Friends. We owe them a tremendous debt of Karen Licht Brenda Pfeiffer gratitude for their vision and their commitment to Chagnon Ms. Karen A. Kelleher Mrs. Dorothy M. Conklin Ms. Barbara Kiefer Ms. Terri Pollack Corresponding Secretary preserving Mark Twain’s legacy. Kristen Cool Claire & Francis King Virginia and John Regan Barbara Zyla Donna Couzens Laurel Kirschen Ann Reilly Mrs. Ann T. Darling Jo Dee Krejmas Mr. and Mrs. James Treasurer “When we think of friends, and call their faces out of Robert DeMello Mrs. Betty-Joan LaChapelle Rodriguez Carolyn D. Vallieres Ms. Pamela Dowling and Joan Larkins Helen Roth the shadows, and their voices out of the echoes that Mr. James Healey Ms. Karen Licht Patricia Sack Immediate Past President faint along the corridors of memory, and do it without Elizabeth S. Ewing Mr. Henry J. Link Dr. Marilyn Schaffer Lois Anderson knowing why save that we love to do it, we content Martha D. Flanders Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Lips Dr. and Mrs. J. David Program Chair Marion Fontanella Sally Lord Schnatz ourselves that that friendship is a Reality, and not a Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Ms. Lynne A. Lumsden and Pedro Segarra Lynne Lumsden Fancy--that it is builded upon a rock, and not upon the

Fritzer Mr. Jon B. Harden Mrs. Faye W. Smith Membership Co-Chairpersons sands that dissolve away with the ebbing tides and Mrs. Fannie Gabriel Governor & Mrs. Dannel Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Dee Peters and Chuck Paydos carry their monuments with them.” - Mark Twain Ms. Ida Gall Malloy Sullivan Chris McGrath Jean Taylor The Friends of The Mark Twain House & Museum continue to play a vital role in the organization’s success. Donors Mark My Words Sponsors

Limited Edition Sponsor! The Hartford ! First Edition Sponsor! Wish You Well Foundation ! Final Draft Sponsor! Progress: A Digital Agency ! First Draft Sponsor! Hoffman Auto Group ! Mark My Words Contributors! Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection & Insurance Company Reid and Riege, P.C. Pullman & Comley, LLC ! Additional Support Provided By! Bauman Rare Books Candlewick Press Nelson DeMille Gala Sponsors

Tom Sawyer Sponsor! !

The Hartford Steamboat Sponsors!

! Bank of America

Gilded Age Sponsors! BlumShapiro

Landmark Partners Dornenburg / Kallenbach Advertising

MassMutual Financial Group Link Mechanical Services, Inc.

Voya Financial™, inspired by ING Pullman & Comley, LLC

! TD Bank Connecticut Yankee Sponsors! !

Aetna Underwriter Sponsors!

Burns & McDonnell Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection & Insurance Deloitte Company

Ernst & Young LLP Mahoney Sabol & Company, LLP

Fairview Capital Partners, Inc. Saint Francis Hospital & Medical Center

Grunberg Management Shipman & Goodwin LLP

Purdue Pharma L.P. !

Robinson & Cole LLP Entertainment Sponsor!

Stanley Black & Decker dfx Entertainment, llc

The Travelers Companies, Inc. Fund the Legacy

Iver & Eileen Foley Allgrove Allen & Eleni DeGraw David R. & Beth Jimenez Steven & Timi Paccioretti

Lois & Bruce Anderson Daniel Dilzer Andrew & Genevieve Lattimer Russ & Molly Paine

Elizabeth Bannon Jeff Dornenburg Christopher & Joanna Link Debra A. Palermino

Timothy F. Bannon & Lorraine Michael & Corrina Elloian Frank Lord & Suzanne Hopgood Keith Peck M. Aronson Jerry & Kim Fan Jim & Maureen Mallozzi David & Jane Robinson John & Jean Beaupre Crystal Floyd Richard & Christine Marcks Vito Rubino John & Lisa Bermel Joel & Susan Freedman Shirley S. Martin & G. William Peter Ruchwa Douglas & Theresa Boains Allen Henry A. & Helen K. Frye Jeanmarie B. Shea David & Anne Boers Mark McCoy & Alison Michael & Karen Gingold Kathryn Sherer Rogers-McCoy Gregory & Harriet Boyko Ann & Philip Glover Richard Silbert McDowell Jewett Brian & Karen Buckley Richard & Andrea Goldstein Communications Robert H. & Sharon W. Smith Ted & Sally Carrier J. David Haddox & Marsha Greg & Ann McGowan Dave & Lisa Stevenson Surendra & Ranjana Chawla McAllister R. Paul & Cecily Mehlman Jennifer & Philip Tombaugh Howard Chilcoat & Ginny Wan Kyun Ham & Kyoungjoo Julie & Kevin Mullen Adam & Becky Tonkinson Thompson Min Alan & Jo Anne Nadritch Tom & Rebecca Trutter Ernest & Pam Conrad Alisyn Hendel John Nealon & Pam Lucas Lankford & Jamie Wade Frank F. Coulom Gerald & Barbara Hess Dana Neves Jay & Colleen Wamester Tom & Cindy Cowhey Timothy & Beverly Holt Kurt & Anne Nyman Brooke & Ted Whittemore Marco De Filippo & Kelly Dennis House & Kara Sundlun Zerfass Dan & Lori O'Connell Michael & Ann Zucker Herb Hutchison John B. De Laney Jeffrey & Donna Oller

We are grateful to those who made a special gift to Fund the Legacy during our 2014 Gala. These gifts are integral to fulfilling our mission. Artists, Authors, & Entertainers

Tom Acitelli Ben Clark Rosemary Harris Colin McEnroe Jed Rubenfeld Jonathan Tolin Maria Acosta Cruz Trevor Cole Dr. Susan K. Harris Jennifer McMahon Donna Russo Morin Calvin Von Crush Fred Addis Suzan Colon Hartford Stage Giulia Melucci Mark Russell Norb Vonnegut L. Marie Adeline Susan Conley Artis Henderson Joseph Monninger Hank Phillippi Ryan Heather Webb Sarah Addison Allen Jerome Corsi Herstory Theatre Sarah Moon Susan Schoenberger Karen Weingarten Tessa Afshar Kambri Crews Kristan Higgins David E. Morine Susan Schulman Dr. Ruth Westheimer Qais Akbar Omar Bill Curry Katherine Howe John Mueller Jacqueline Schwab Shannon Wheeler Vladimir Alexandrov John Dankosky Diana Hunter Joe Muto Stephen Schwartz Karen White Amistad Center for Art & Cathy Day Eloisa James PZ Myers Adam Reid Sexton Virginia Wolf Culture Jacopo della Quercia Marlon James Ralph Nader Vivien Shotwell Meg Wolitzer John Manuel Andriotti Leonard DeGraaf Peter Janney Martin Napersteck Dr. Joseph Shrand Chion Wolf Darlene Arden DFX Entertainment Mellini Kantayya Dan Needles Sea Tea Improv Lauren Yarger Alison Arngrim Karen Dietrich Laura Kaye Ingrid Newkirk Clea Simon Jean Zimmerman Reza Aslan Joey L. DiFrancesco Garrison Keillor Tara Nina Singing Men of Ohio Jeff Zinn Jo Baker Robert M. Dowling Joe Kertes Allia Zobel Nolan Mike Skidgell Brunonia Barry Dr. Robert Doyle Dean King Patrick Nolan David E.E. Sloane Carol Barnier Susan Eaton Elaine Kuzmeskus Pete & Chris Amusements Julia Spencer Fleming Alex Beam Carlos Eire Nicholas Lampert Elisabeth Petry Diane Smith Artie Bennett Bob Englehart Christine Lavin Stewart O’Nan Maggie Smith Dalton Donald Bliss Anne Farrow Jessica Lawson P.J. O’Rourke Bonneyclaire Smith-Stewart Roy Blount, Jr. Marc Favreau Justin Lee Suzanne Palmieri Nina Sovich DJ Whitney Bobby Tim Federle Tom Lee Nan Parson Rossiter Shannon Stacey Dan Brown Peter Filichia Eric Lehman Kitty Pilgrim Chris Stedman Lisa Brown J.E. Fishman Stephanie Lehmann Katha Pollitt Margaret Steele Laurence Buell Patrice Fitzgerald Garrison Leykam Peter S. Prichard Daniel Sterner Susan Campbell Steven Raider-Ginsburg Literary Death Match Jennifer Pustz Karen Stivali Above: Debbie Macomber & Dr. Ruth Paul Caranci Amy Goodman Norman Lock Morwenna Rae Dr. Sylvester “Skip” chatting at the Big Book Getaway. Vince Cardinal Goodspeed Musicals Kevin Mac Donnell Dr. R. Kent Rasmussen Sviokla, III W. Bernard Carlson Deven Green Lucinda Secrest MacDowell Jason “Jay” Redman Kyle Swann Right: Amy Goodman & Ralph Nader Andrew Carroll Jane Green Debbie Macomber Marybeth Reilly McGreen Rachel Swarn both delivered author talks. Christopher Castellani Daniel GreenWolf Charles MacPherson Real Art Ways Kara Sundlun Capital Classics Dr. Benjamin Griffin Myra MacPherson Anne Rice Ben Tarnoff Cashetta Wick Griswold Gregory Maguire Christopher Rice Ashley Tepper Natalie Charles Ellen Gruber Garvey William Mann Riverwood Poetry Series Caitlin Thayer Xiangming Chen Nick Hahn Laura Maxwell Frank Rizzo Ted Thompson Noam Chomsky Josh Hanagarne Faith McCann Matthew Rodriguez Mary-Ann Tirone Smith Jeff Chu Pete Hamill Chris McDaniel Charlotte Rogan Scott Teems Amy Chua David Handler Marta McDowell Kristine Rolofson Colm Toibin

Most of our presenters appear at no charge or at deeply discounted rates to support The Mark Twain House & Museum. Holiday House Tour Sponsors

The Prince & The Pauper Sponsor! Thanks to these owners and hosts Viking Fuel Oil Company who welcomed us into their homes!! ! Connecticut Yankee Sponsor! The Church Home 734 Prospect Avenue, Hartford Hooker & Holcombe, Inc. ! The Drusedum/Knorr Home Tom Sawyer Sponsor! 1144 Prospect Avenue, Hartford ! Aaron & Sandra Gersten The Ware Home 30 Sycamore Road, West Hartford Huckleberry Finn Sponsors! ! The Bronin Home In Memory of Fran Gordon, 93 Elm Street, Hartford First President of The Friends ! Pamela Dowling & James Healey, Jr. The Hartford Club 46 Prospect Street, Hartford In Memory of Brent Wells

With thanks to the Friends of The Mark Twain House & Museum for their continued efforts to plan and execute the Holiday House Tour. To Honor & Remember

In Honor of Doug Boains! In Memory of Fran Gordon! Elizabeth Cope Roberta J. Berner

! Ted & Sally Carrier

! Dianne J. Jones In Honor of Susan Freedman! Dr. Cindy Lovell Ramani & Louise Ayer Katie & Bob Metcalf

! Ronald H. & Carla J. Pariser

! Barbara J. Zyla

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For more information on tribute gifts, please contact the Development Office at 860-280-3112. Legacy Giving

Jack Barnette Estate of Mary W. Edwards* Estate of Walter K. Schwinn* Estate of Olivet Beckwith* Joel and Susan Freedman Estate of Mary D. Shipman* Estate of Robert Boenig* Estate of Concordia A. Gregorieff* Barbara J. Zyla Estate of Ellen R. Bowman* Steven J. Hoffman ! Gregory & Harriet Boyko Estate of Shepherd M. Holcombe* ! David Cash Estate of Elizabeth W. Huntting* *Deceased! Estate of Catherine Davidson* Dr. Cindy Lovell Estate of Beverly Beach Eaton & Estate of Henry McLane* Edward C. Eaton, III* Estate of Frances H. O’Dell* Halley’s Comet Society If you have included The Mark Twain House & Museum in your future plans but have not yet notified us, or for more information on legacy giving, please contact the Development Office at 860-280-3113. Corporate Matching Aetna American International Group, Inc. Ameriprise Financial, Inc. Bank of America CIGNA Foundation Coach, Inc. IBM Corporation Illinois Tool Works Foundation MassMutual Financial Group Prudential Foundation United Technologies Corporation Voya Financial™, inspired by ING !

These companies have matched gifts made by their employees to The Mark Twain House & Museum. To increase the impact of your donation, ask your Human Resources Department if your company will match your gift. Goods & Services Contributors

Vladimir Alexandrov Jason Castonguay Half Full Brewery Mill Restaurant Group Heather Schlott

Apricots Cedar Hill Cemetery Foundation Irma Ruby Handel Mohegan Sun Shebeen Brewing Co.

Back East Brewing Co. Charter Oak Brewing Company Harpoon Brewery Mozzicato DePasquale Bakery & Spiritus Wines Pastry Shop Christopher Bain Sujit Chawla The Hartford Better Beer Co. Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. MSNBC, Morning Joe David Baldacci City Steam Brewery The Hartford Club Stony Creek Brewing The Museum of Modern Art Barcelona Clear Channel Broadcasting, Inc. Hartford Distributors Strongworks Narragansett Brewing Company Bear's Smokehouse Connecticut Science Center Hartford Downtown Marriott TheaterWorks New Britain Rock Cats Baseball Club Bin 228 Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo The Hartford Thomas Hooker Brewing Co. Mark & Jane Nielsen Black Bear Saloon Steve Courtney Hartford Stage Tiny Confessions / Christopher Rozzi Nixs Hartford Black Hog Brewing Co. CT1 Media Hotel Schweizerhof Luzern Tracy & Company Salon NORA Cupcake Company Boston Beer Co. Anne Cubberly Independent Outdoor UCONN Dining Services Olde Burnside Brewing Company Boston Red Sox CWPM, LLC Kevin Edward Jewelers Wadsworth Atheneum Otter Creek Brewing Gregory & Harriet Boyko Chris Dadlez The Kitchen at Billings Forge Waterford Hotel Group Brad Paisley Broad Brook Brewing Emily's Catering KPM Arts & Antiques WFSB TV-3 Park Weggis Lawrence Buell Tracy Wu Fastenberg Karl J. Krapek Whole Foods Market - Glastonbury Personal Euphoria Pilates Ken Burns FRHI Hotels & Resorts Jacques Lamarre & Arthur Galinat The Willard Intercontinental Patti Philippon The Bushnell Center for the The Friends of The Mark Twain House The Langham London Willimantic Brewing Company Performing Arts & Museum Esther Pollack Late Show with David Letterman Wood-N-Tap The Capital Grille The Goodspeed Opera House Pond House Cafe Thomas D. & Margah Lips Lauren Yarger & The Write Pros Captain Lawrence Brewing Company David & Cynthia Gordon ROGO Distributors Long Trail Brewing Company Zok's Homebrewing & Winemaking Carbone's Ristorante J. David Haddox & Marsha McAllister Salute Restaurant Supplies Metro Bis Restaurant

Our thanks to the many businesses and individuals who provide goods and services for our programs throughout the year. These donations reduce our operating costs and help to ensure the high quality of our programs. Annual Fund

$25,000+! $10,000 - $24,999! $5,000 - $9,999! $2,500 - $4,999! Link Mechanical Department of Economic The Brown Rudnick Timothy F. Bannon & Bethany Berger Services, Inc.

and Community Charitable Foundation Lorraine M. Aronson Douglas & Theresa Boains Frank Lord & Suzanne Development Hopgood The Ensworth Charitable Craig & Annette Bolt G. Michael Cooper &

Greater Hartford Arts Foundation, Bank of Ted & Sally Carrier Michele Bush Dr. Cindy Lovell Council America, N.A., Trustee Joel & Susan Freedman The Ellen Jeanne Goldfarb The Malkin Fund, Inc. The Hartford J. Walton Bissell Harry M. Day Charitable Memorial Charitable R. Paul & Cecily Mehlman Foundation, Inc. The Mark Twain Foundation Trust John & Ellen Moran

Foundation The Katharine K. McLane Anne L. Elvgren and Henry R. McLane Alan & Becky Kreczko Jeffrey & Donna Oller Travelers Charitable Trust Jim & Maureen Mallozzi George A. & Grace L. Long Debra A. Palermino United Technologies Foundation, Bank of

Corporation Lincoln Financial Shaun P. & Kathleen America, N.A. and Alan Gregory & Camille Foundation Mathews Servodidio ! S. Parker, Trustees The Saunders Foundation Mark & Jane Nielsen Jeanmarie B. Shea ! J. David Haddox & ! Nora Roberts Foundation Marsha McAllister Sorenson-Pearson Family ! ! The Owenoke Foundation The Hartford Steam Boiler Foundation ! Inspection and ! Kathryn Sherer Jennifer & Philip !Gifts to the Annual Fund help Insurance Company Tombaugh ! Mark Steyn !support daily operating expenses David R. & Beth Jimenez Tsunami Tsolutions ! ! ! Andrew & Genevieve Connecticut Natural Gas, a and are critical to our mission.! ! ! Lattimer subsidiary company of ! ! UIL Holdings ! Corporation Individual donors who contribute $1,000 or more annually are members of the Samuel Clemens Society. Annual Fund

$1,000 - $2,499! The Colonial Lords of Robert Ignagni & Jen Allan Polak & Deborah Brooke & Ted Whittemore

Ahearn Family Manors in America Dolan Zipkin Brett & Brenda Williams

Foundation Dorothy M. Conklin The Imagineers Claire M. Pryor F. Scott & Holly Wilson Foundation Inc. Richard F. Ahles Connecticut Humanities Renee B. Fisher The Zachs Family

Ramani & Louise Ayer Mary Jane Converse Karen A. Kelleher Foundation, Silicon Foundation, Inc. Valley Community Thomas Barnes John & Barbara Curran Pat & Ann Kenny Foundation

Berkshire Bank John B. De Laney Christopher & Janet

Larsen River Oaks Foundation, John & Lisa Bermel The Duclos Family Inc. Frederick & Janet Dr. Sybille Brewer Dr. Robert L. & Mrs. Susan Leonberger Elizabeth S. Russell Fisher Howard & Sue Carver Coleman & Judie Levy Frederick & Philomena Coleman H. & Ted & Mary Gawlicki Sawyer Thomas D. & Margah Lips Jo Champlin Casey John & Kelly Giamalis David Sherman & Diana Roger & Jane Loeb The Cheryl Chase and Ann & Philip Glover Creamer Duby McDowell Stuart Bear Family Bob & Frankie Goldfarb Ted & Marge Storrs Foundation, Inc. H. Richard McLane Peter C. Grzybala & Diane Timothy & Geraldine

Surendra & Ranjana W. Korntheuer Mark & Jane Ostrowski Sullivan Chawla Dr. Robert P. Hockmuth Jill M. Packard Watkinson School David W. Clark Steven J. Hoffman Paul F. & Linda Pendergast Jacqueline R. Werner Michael D. Coe Individual donors who contribute $1,000 or more annually are members of the Samuel Clemens Society. Annual Fund

$500 - $999! Wally & Christine Lamb $250 - $499! Simon Hollander Fund

Leonard & Victoria Albert Mr. & Mrs. William H. Loos Aaron Hollander Fund Henry Steiner

Jay S. & Eugenia P. Benet Matthew & Ingrid Maclean Judith E. Askey Jane C. Waters

Eunice J. Burnett Dr. Leta W. Marks Karen Bartholomew

Carol L. Canino Kathleen Coville Marr Dr. Marshall E. & Mrs. Dawn Bein

Lesa & Robert Laraia Richard E. Musgrave Nancy R. Bestor

Brad Cerenzia Robert & Margaret Patricelli Gregory & Nancy Butler

Mrs. J. Noyes Crary Brewster & Judith Perkins Blair Childs

Lynn H. Ferrari River North / Moody Publishers Adam & Cindy Cohen

*Fran Gordon Loren M. Rogers William J. & Susan K. Harris

Griebel Family Fund Ruth and Jack Glantz Family Anne M. Healey

Welles & Lillian Guilmartin Foundation The Knox Foundation

Margo Lynn Hablutzel Andrew M. & Karen Sullivan Robert C. & Carol L. Lindberg

Robert & Darlene Hermann Carolyn D. Vallieres Steve Nightingale & Vaughan Finn

Peter & June Hyjek Robert J. & Elizabeth A. von Dohlen Dr. K. Patrick & Mrs. Cathy I. Ober

Dan & Lila Kain Willis North America, Inc. George T. Richards

Lee G. Kuckro Josh & Stacey Young John H. & Sali G. Riege *Deceased ! Annual Fund

$100 - $249! Stephan & Francine Alfred & Kathleen Alice K. Kugelman Frederick J. & Eleanor May

John S. & Kim L. Abbs Christiansen Garofolo Jacques Lamarre & Arthur Mullen

Stephen Altschuler Brian W. & Ellen Nelson Edward D. Gladstone Galinat Scott & Karen Myrick Clarke Bill & Barb Arnold Kevin Gough & Paula Prof. Emerita Sarah B. Bichop & Linda Nawrot Mark Cocalis & Lisa Ann Jones Landau Elizabeth M. Barnes Sally E. Newell Erburu Helen B. Gray Jane Marie Loomis Linda Biancalani Sara C. Norris Audrey Conrad Kenneth & Gail Hamblett Adam & Jessica Lovell Dr. John C. Bird & Seung Arthur A. Palmunen Kathleen S. Conran Lee John & Marcia Hincks Richard A. Lowenstein Vivian M. Partridge Alison Coolbrith Phillip & Ellen Blumberg Historical Haunts Dr. Robert W. Lyons Chuck & Carol Paydos Sam H. Creswell Louis Blumenfeld & Christopher & Nancy Alfred Maher David A. Peck & Susan E. Jacqueline Isaacson Walter B. Denny Houlihan Louise E. Mann Leslie

David R. Bradley James & Isabelle English Mr. & Mrs. Russell Hunter Bernice Manning Robert Perki

Inga Buhrmann Howard Fielding Mat & Val Jasinski Alfred Masciocchi & Dr. Arthur O. Phinney, Jr.

Bruce & Sue Burchsted Carl Floyd James H. & Nancy S. Catherine Gobes Bill Pimentel Johnson Thomas Burkholder Meghan Freed & Kristen Dr. Bruce F. & Theresa H. R.F. & Diane McMahon Marcroft John W. Kennedy, Jr. Michelson James P. & Anne D. Carroll Pratt Michael Friedman Kathy Kerkes Michael K. Miller Frank S. & Mary Anne Carter A. Prescott

Chew Richard M. & Donna Z. Katie Kervick Richard E. & Joan P. Dr. Wayne S. Rawlins & Fritzer Judith Lee Kline Mount Ms. Janet E. Flagg Annual Fund

$100 - $249 (cont.)! Theodore M. Space Michael E.W. Bohan Linda R. Cromwell Mark & Carol Gantner

Michael J. Riley Joanne Starace Philip E. Brencher, Jr. Martha Czaczkes Seymour & Annette

Catherine Riordan & Kurt Judith A. W. Wawro Patti & Richard Broad Richard C. & Martha G. Gavens

Raschi Janice Wood Williams Ronald & Mary Ellen Dale Douglas & Christina Gerbino Mary T. Sargent Raymond J. & Sarah W. Brown Francis J. DeRosa Glenn & Audrey Scanlan Winter Margaret F. Buck Kay Lynne Dimmick Millicent Gill

G. William & Anne Susan L. Winter John & Arlene Buckey Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Dix, Jr. Jennifer Glick

Seawright Ann Vibert Wuelfin Steven M. & Rebekah S. Thomas Donahue Nathan Goldberg

Jonathan & Beverly ! Cafrelli Richard & Susan Drayton Dianne Goodrich Seymour Up to $99! Joan D. Cahill John Dube Patricia S. Green James C. Shadford Jessie Adams Marion Carling Emily Embler Walter & Roberta The Shulansky Greenberg Stacey Argent David Cash Melissa English Foundation, Inc. Lynn Gregor Merribel S. Ayres Mary Cashman Louis Esler Carol Sicbaldi Dr. Alan D. Gribben Nancy Banulski Dr. William H. Cohn Steven V. & Tracy Wu Barbara Sicherman Donna L. Healy Barbara Barrett Raymond & Kimberly Fastenberg Leslie Smith & Philip Conforti Paul & Gayle Fiser Cami Hepler Wellman Robert D. & Donna S.

Batch Thomas B. & Diane Patrice Fitzgerald Gavin Hilgemeier Tyler Smith & Lyn Walker Copeland Clara Baur Arthur W. Frank, Jr. Barbara Hitchcock Duncan S. Somerville, Jr. Steve Courtney Grace Belanger Ida Gall (cont.)! Annual Fund

Up to $99 (cont.)! Ana M. Lachelier Robert M. & Andrea Milstein Jeanne Rovaldi-Manning Amanda Tully

Donald & Jeanne Hochstetler Carolyn Lally Barbara A. Moore Scott Schooley & Giuliana Musilli Dr. Sandra Uetz

Terry & Margaret Hoover Norman & Cindy Landry Michael Morgan Samuel L. Schrager & Hope W. Vath & George Kirkutis Terry Gellin Carole V. Hope Mayor Louis R. Cheney Kay Bell Mudd Philip S. Walker Joan W. Schroder Derek Houliston Judith Yaross Lee Ebony Murphy-Root Jean & Stanley Wedding Constanza Segovia Hugh G. Howard Billie M. Levy Cheryl Murray Michael G. & Miriam Seltzer Margaret C. Wheeler An-Ping & Sarah Hsieh Edwin O. Lomerson, Jr. Mark Neikrie & Nancy Thomas Frank Sentner & Diane White Jay F. & Diana Huntington Michael Lussier & Janice L. Niehaus Annette Blackwood Linda McDowell Mary Ellen White Alice Jena Andrew Obelnicki & Gretchen S. Skelley Bruce & Susan Machol Kathleen Kelliher Guy W. Wolf, III & Peter Johansson Frank & Linda Sousa Pamela Morrison-Wolf Jane Macy-Painter Carol Olsen Kenneth D. Johnson Deborah D. Sprague Virginia Wolf Brian & Betsy Maguire Lewis P. & Judith C. Parker Anthony Katin Sandra T. Stein Dale P. Woodiel Kathleen Maher Phyllis G. Pasternak John G. & Violetta P. Kava Marjorie Moretz Stinespring Rose Worobel James Masso David & Laura Pels Karen E. Kearns John & Dorothea Talcott Mark Zampano John McDevitt Dee Peters Robert J. & Elizabeth D. Kiely Deborah & Jennifer Tarlow ! Michael B. McDonough Christopher & Lorraine Petricone Roger & Laurel Kirschen Charleen Taylor Donald McGilvray Brian & Dina Phelps David & Janice Klein Raquel Thomison Katie & Bob Metcalf Gabriel & Shannon Philippon Herbert Klepper Sherill Ann Tippins Rev. William R. Metzler James L. Pomeranz John J. & Sara D. Koziol Justin Tito Miriam Miller Marcus J. Radley Joyce D. Kunkle Virginia A. Trenholm James S. Milloy Helen Roth Jodi Kurtz Impact Schools Served

A.I. Prince Technical Chester Elementary Gainfield Elementary Litchfield High School Poly Prep Country St. Michael School High School School School MacDuffie School Day School St. Rose of Lima School American Boy Choir Choate-Rosemary Hall GAMS Tech Elementary Manchester Community Pomfret Community St. Thomas School Anna Reynolds School School College School Stafford Elementary Elementary School Classical Magnet School Gildersleeve Elementary Manchester High School Renbrook School School Avon Old Farms School Columbus Magnet School Mansfield Middle School Rensselaer County STEM Magnet School at Batchelder Elementary School Glastonbury High Martha's Vineyard Historical Society Annie Fisher School Community Child School Public Charter School RHAM High School Tantasqua Regional Big Apple Academy Guidance Clinic Grace Christian Mary T. Murphy School Ridgefield Academy High School Bolton High School COMPASS Youth Academy Meeting House Hill RMT Johnson School The ARC, New London Boston Latin School Collaborative Greenwich High School School Rockville High School County Boston Trinity Academy Connecticut Junior Hall Memorial School Metacomet School Rotella Magnet School The Burlington School Bristol Central High Republic Hamden High School Michael's Place Royle Elementary School The Loomis Chaffee School Connecticut River Hartford Magnet Trinity Middlebridge School Russell Sage College School Bucks Hill School Academy College Academy Monument Valley Russian Mission School The Masters School Bulkeley High School Covenant Preparatory Hartford Public High Regional Middle SS. Cyril and Methodius Three Rivers Bullard-Havens School School School School Community College Technical High School International Magnet Hebron Avenue School Museum Academy Salisbury Central School Tolland High School Burns Latino Studies School for Hopewell School New Canaan Country Science And Technology Trinity College Academy Global Citizenship Horace W. Porter School School Magnet High School Two Rivers Magnet High Capital Community Crosby High School J.F. Kennedy High New Haven Adult Sedgwick Middle School School College Culinary Arts Academy School Education Shelter Rock Elementary University High School Capital Preparatory at Weaver High Kaynor Technical High North End Elementary School of Science & Magnet School School School School South Windsor High Engineering Captain Nathan Hale Cutler Middle School Kelley School North Mianus School School Vance Village School Middle School Discovery Center/ Kelly Middle School Northwest Village Southington High School Village for Children and Cary Academy Diversity Academy Kennelly School School Sprague Elementary Families Catholic Central High Enfield Montessori Killingly Central School Our Lady Of Fatima School Walpole Middle School School School King School School Springfield Central High Westbrook Middle Center for International Environmental Sciences Kingswood Oxford Ox Ridge School School School Training Magnet School at School Oxford Academy St. Bridget School, Windham High School Central School Mary Hooker Kuss Middle School Oxford High School Cheshire Women's League Child Chase Collegiate School EO Smith High School LaSalle Academy Pathways St. Bridget School, Development Center Cheshire Academy Faith Living Home Laurel Summer Program Pine Tree Academy Manchester Educators Lisbon Central School Pioneer Academy St. John School Thank you to all who supported our Education Programs. We welcomed 7,457 students this year. Collections & Archives

Curatorial staff responded to wide-ranging research requests: on critiques of “Was It Heaven? Or Hell?” and “The £1 Million Bank-Note”; on the American Publishing Company; on the provenance of wine glasses in the dining room; on student assignments for National History Day; on references for works on Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and childhood; on Twain and Nicola Tesla; on Clemens connections to Bayonne, New Jersey, Santa Barbara, California, and Wallingford, Connecticut; on items donated by a forebear of the caller relating to Henry Lawrence, who recommended Tiffany for the 1881 redecoration of the house; on the paintings pictured in interior photographs of the Langdon home in Elmira; and about 75 others. Staff also responded to numerous questions about genealogy, the value of books, Mark Twain’s purported signature in books, and homework assignments. ! Curatorial staff provided images for institutions that included TIME, for its major magazine-format book on Mark Twain, with a full chapter on the house; the Mark Twain Papers & Project in Berkeley, for Mark Twain’s Autobiography, Volume 3; and numerous photos for the Twain-related stories in the Hartford Courant’s 250th Anniversary coverage. There were also about 30 other requests from authors, publishers, producers and others that included a book on animals in New Zealand literature; a book about missionaries and Mark Twain; a biographical essay in a German art journal; the Buffalo Bill Center of the West (a Jumping Frog image); the Mark Twain Journal, for an article on George Griffin; the History Channel’s Ten Things You Don’t Know About; a book on Evanston, Illinois (with a Paige typesetter connection); and even an artist who needed a photograph of Mark Twain for a guide in painting a portrait. ! Subjects of scholarly research in the Curatorial Library or aided by Curatorial staff included Bram Stoker and Mark Twain, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Twain, George Griffin, Joseph Hawley, the Grant busts designed by Karl Gerhardt, the “Tramp Abroad” journey of Twain and Joseph Twichell, the fountain in the conservatory, Nina Gabrilowitsch, drainage issues as a cause for the remodeling of the house in 1881, and many others. ! The Curatorial Department, on the recommendation of the Collections Committee and approval of the Board of Trustees, acquired numerous items by donation, including an original letter from Mark Twain. The books acquired included an important new work on the Paige typesetter and an 1880s songbook illustrated by Walter Crane that includes “The Frog He Would a-Wooing Go,” the folksong Crane used as the theme for the nursery wallpaper design. Others included Mark Twain and LBJ by the indefatigable Cyril Clemens and a copy of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer in Mongolian. Also donated were 19th century household items such as a pie rack and pie plate; a mourning bonnet and veil of the period; and Twain popular culture items such as posters from film versions of Twain works and even Cabbage Patch dolls representing Twain characters. ! The department also carried out significant restorations, including the long-awaited completion of work on the Clemens-owned Persian lamp for the front hall, focus of an energetic fund-raising effort spearheaded by Trustee Marty Flanders. ! Special exhibitions included “At Your Service” and “Spiritualism, Seances, and Sam.” Special Events & Programs

A stunning 11,677 people participated in our unique offering of 135 programs and events, including:

Graveyard Shift Ghost Tours Clue Tours Beck & Call Tours Big Book Getaway Ice Cream Social Tom Sawyer Day Exhibitions & Openings The Trouble Begins at 5:30 Book / Mark Tapping Into Twain 4th Annual Writers’ Weekend Tom Sawyer’s Tricks & Treats Mark Twain Presents Author Series

Outreach

Museum staff members are invited to speak about Mark Twain at various institutions and events. Last year these lectures were attended by 1,634 participants and took place in 23 locations, including the University of New Haven, Niantic Lions Club, Cheney Hall in Manchester, the Colebrook Historical Society, and Seabury Retirement Community. Additionally, Curatorial, Education, and Public Relations staff fielded hundreds of inquiries from press, researchers, and the public.

Executive Director Cindy Lovell spoke at the Kensal Rise Library in London - a library that Mark Twain helped establish in 1900. In March, the London Times published an article about her discovery of an unsigned Mark Twain manuscript (she recognized his handwriting) that she came across while lecturing in Bermuda. The piece had been published in 1929 in The Strand, but scholars did not know the whereabouts of the original manuscript. Lovell also spoke at a meeting of the Old Guard in West Hartford and presented strategies for teaching “For me, the thrill of my life was finding the Twain at Confratute, the Gifted Conference at UConn in Storrs. unsigned Etiquetical Requirements…”!

-Cindy Lovell, quoted in the London TIMES!

Please consider inviting our staff members to speak at your organization or function. Hosted Events

Facility Rentals brought many new visitors to our site. We hosted 94 events at The Mark Twain House & Museum, welcoming 6,509 guests, many who were visiting our beautiful facility for the first time.

Please consider hosting your next special event at The Mark Twain House & Museum by calling 860-280-3154. Financial Report ! 2015 FINANCIAL SUMMARY! ! ! ! FISCAL YEAR ENDING JANUARY 31, 2015! ! ! ! ASSETS: $14,486,485

Cash & Cash Equivalents $312,496 (2%) Receivables $652,431 (5%) Other $147,566 (1%) Investments $1,570,947 (11%) Property, Power Plant, & Equipment $11,803,045 (81%) LIABILITIES & NET ASSETS: $15,454,176 Current Liabilities $248,894 (2%) Mortgage $3,887,865 (27%) Permanently Restricted $1,332,269 (9%) Temporarily Restricted $327,177 (2%) Unrestricted, Fixed Assets $8,516,430 (59%) Unrestricted, Undesignated $173,850 (1%) OPERATING REVENUES: $2,505,055 Annual Support & Membership $734,646 (29%) Admissions $773,341 (31%) Store/Cafe $418,446 (17%) Special Events $188,601 (7%) Programs $186,865 (7%) Rental & Other $139,610 (6%) Contributed Goods/Services $63,546 (3%) OPERATING EXPENSES BY FUNCTION: $2,709,137 Education Programs $951,873 (35%) Museum Programs $1,128,585 (42%) Management/General $292,668 (11%) Fundraising $336,011 (12%) OPERATING EXPENSES BY TYPE: $2,709,137 Salaries & Payroll Taxes $1,311,466 (48%) Public Relations $262,350 (10%) Store & Cafe $234,271 (9%) Utilities $188,405 (7%) Emplyee Benefits $143,688 (5%) Professional Fees $112,076 (4%) Insurance $111,030 (4%) Development & Membership $107,011 (4%) Office Expenses $78,764 (3%) Supplies & Maintenance $75,408 (3%) Program Activities $63,061 (2%) Technology $21,617 (1%) Highlights The Mark Twain House & Museum was awarded $2.2 million in Connecticut Bond Commission funding to improve infrastructure. Here, Governor Malloy welcomes our Neighborhood Studios apprentices who attended the Bond Commission hearing where we received the good news. Neighborhood Studios is a six-week writing internship sponsored by the Greater Hartford Arts Council, directed by Julia Pistell, Director of Writing. Dozens of authors visited The Mark Twain House & Museum this year, from Anne Rice and her son, Christopher Rice, both of whom are best-selling authors (left, with Cindy Lovell and Julia Pistell), to Garrison Keillor, who enjoyed a quick read of The Loveliest Home That Ever Was (by Steve Courtney) before speaking to a sold-out “members only” event. Dr. Benjamin Griffin, editor of A Family Sketch and Other Private Writings, launched this new work at the museum. This is its first time in print and includes warm recollections of the family’s Hartford years. ! ! ! Director Scott Teems brought his feature-length documentary, Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey to Hartford for a special screening before its public release. Community Events Dan Brown, author of The Da Vinci Code, Inferno, and other best-sellers, was named the #1 New York Times best-selling author last year, yet he took time from his busy schedule for “An Evening with Dan Brown” where he was interviewed by WNPR’s John Dankosky at The Bushnell. When asked why he was willing to speak on behalf of The Mark Twain House & Museum, he professed his love of Mark Twain’s writing and legacy. GALA 2014 A WICKED Cool Evening!

Mark My Words 2014 Innovations Virtual Tours

Thanks to photographer Chris Bain’s generosity, the Mark Twain House is now “open for Virtual Tours!” Chris shot 18 rooms and settings within the house to encourage new visitors. The tours are available on the Museum’s website at: http://www.marktwainhouse.org/house/floor_plans.php. It’s working! Attendance increased to 62,810 annual house tours, and we continue to be ranked Hartford’s #1 tourist attraction on TripAdvisor.com! Beck and Call Tours introduced visitors to the Mark Twain House through the eyes of his household servants. Our talented guides and local actors prepared this new tour that showed off the house and gave guests a special behind-the-scenes look at life in the Clemens household. Based on the success of this effort, guides are busy developing new character tours to launch this year. The Year at a Glance (February 1, 2014 - January 31, 2015)

62, 810 House Tours 11,677 Attendees at 135 Programs & Events 1,634 Attendees at 23 Outreach Lectures *6,509 Attendees at 94 Facility Rentals (*4,163 of Facility Rental visitors also toured the House) !

! “A first visit!—ah, the romance of it! I wish I could feel it again.” Mark Twain in A Tramp Abroad 78,467 People Served! And that is our fiscal year in review!

! This report includes many lists of names – names of generous and thoughtful supporters who share our vision. Every single name listed here is critical to preserving Mark Twain’s legacy for future generations. If your name, your business, or your organization is listed here – thank you for believing in the future of The Mark Twain House & Museum! Please Contact Us

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