A Report to the Community 2008 and 2009

School Thomas Jefferson Programs Statue Katherine Dunham: Beyond the Dance Exhibition

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A Report to the Community 2008 and 2009 Storytelling Workshops he Missouri History Museum The Missouri fondlyT and gratefully remembers these History Museum dear friends who recently died. Their seeks to deepen immense contributions and their Community Cinema the understanding support in many different ways have Series a permanent place in our community of past choices, story. Discovery Tours present

Dr. Dorothy Feir circumstances Margaret Blanke “Peg” Grigg and future I.E. Millstone James Neal Primm, Ph.D possibilities; strengthen Kay Marshall Metropolitan Zoo Museum District the bonds of Commissioner Michael Ross community; History Museum Subdistrict and facilitate Commissioner solutions to Teens Make History common problems. Theatre Performances

Swap-O-Rama-Rama Recycling Event

 A school group practices a “Movement with Meaning” dance program after viewing the Katherine Dunham exhibition. A Report to the Community 2008 and 2009 / Missouri History Museum A Report to the Community 2008 and 2009 / Missouri History Museum From the Chairman of the Board From the President

From the Chairman of the Board From the President V. Raymond Stranghoener Robert R. Archibald

 Union flag used by Company F of the 48th Missouri Infantry Volunteers. Missouri History Museum.

Poet Robert Penn Warren wrote that by people who lived here before our time. economies felt the daunting blow of recession, the numerous volunteers who are critical to The enchantment of history is that its threatened the entire fabric of our country.  First National Confederate 15-star flag presented “history…can give us a fuller understanding MHM was able to continue all of its work the work that we do every day: those who stories, no matter how old, are always new. As our curators and conservators work to Capt. Emmett MacDonald by Mrs. Arie Weatherford of ourselves, and of our common humanity, Compelling exhibitions have given Museum through good stewardship and prudent serve as docents, those who greet and assist Each generation tells the story of the past their own kind of enchantment, this artifact of Springfield. Missouri History Museum. so that we can better face the future.” As I visitors an opportunity to understand how budgeting. I am very grateful to my visitors, those who prepare mailings, and in its own way. Each of us finds a new way emerges from its moribund condition to begin my tenure as chairman of the Board of events and experiences of the past inform colleagues on the Board for giving their time, those who give their time and talent in so of interpreting what has gone before, and remind us that the past is not dead and to Trustees for the Missouri History Museum, today’s circumstances. Community cultural their expertise, and their financial support many other ways on the Museum’s behalf. our children develop a different vision of assure us that we can mend wrongs and rips I think about the many ways the Museum events have brought people from all over the to ensure that MHM achieves its goal of that same past, adding what their own and decays and secure a better future. problems that have persisted. It is our Our accomplishments and our plans come has given the citizens of St. Louis a better metropolitan area to share some of the finest seeking a better future for our community We are very appreciative of the corporations experience has brought into the mix. Yet commitment to serve our community in from the generous support of so many understanding of themselves so that they performances in this region. Educational through sharing our past. The board also and charitable foundations whose financial our grandparents — and ancestors even A venerable institution dating from 1866, the ways best suited to the population and people: the commissioners of the History can work together for a brighter future. programs have enhanced the studies of more extends its congratulations to our chief investments in our work are an endorsement further removed — would be able to the Missouri History Museum is in some to assure accessibility to the past by the Museum Subdistrict and the Metropolitan than ten thousand students of all ages and financial officer, Harry Rich, for his selection of our vision of a better St. Louis. Finally, recognize the narrative because they, and very important sense a keeper of the past. most advanced methods achievable. Zoological Park and Museum District; the Under the forward-thinking leadership have received commendation from teachers, by St. Louis Business Journal as small we thank the commissioners of the Missouri we, and all of us, are the story. As we have always done, we collect, taxpayers of St. Louis City and County; the of our president, Robert Archibald, the parents, and the students themselves. We nonprofit CFO of the Year. History Museum Subdistrict and the residents preserve, and make available the objects In 2008 and 2009 our resources have trustees of the Missouri History Museum; Missouri History Museum has developed have ventured boldly into cyberspace, of St. Louis City and County for the support How do we reach into the past, to make it left behind by those who have gone before expanded further than what most of us our talented and hard-working staff; our exhibitions, programs, and other resources continuing our relevance to St. Louisans The Missouri History Museum’s continued that comes to us through the Metropolitan part of ourselves? The evidence of the past us in this place. But we have long ago could have imagined even a decade ago, dedicated volunteers; our loyal membership; that help our patrons understand that history and making our resources available to a success is made possible by all those who Zoological Park and Museum District. is only in what has been left behind, hauled relinquished sole authority about the and our constituency has grown to and the individuals, foundations, agencies, is not simply names, dates, and dusty old larger public. give so much of themselves to this vital into the present by accident or design. past. Now it is our pledge to offer the past encompass a community that is literally and corporations whose funding and artifacts. Our recently conserved Union Army community resource. No words of thanks The past is a perspective for visualizing a Look at the flag of the Confederacy, — right up to the present — as a matter worldwide. The following pages show just support are making our mission to the flag poignantly reminds us of a time that has My fellow members of the Board of Trustees can express fully my gratitude to our many better future for St. Louis. Thank you for personal property of a Missouri soldier for discussion and for community-wide some of what we have accomplished in community and to the future feasible had enormous influence to this very day. A and I are proud of the Missouri History loyal members and donors: Your attendance supporting it. who fought with the South and died in interpretation, as a tool for learning about service to the public, and a mere fraction and fruitful. recovered diary opens a door to a previously Museum’s achievements these past two at exhibitions and other events, as well as battle near Springfield. It came to us faded ourselves and understanding our neighbors, of what we envision for the future of the unknown life. We connect with the past and years, especially in maintaining our fiscal your financial support in these uncertain and frayed, an endangered relic from a and as a guide for working out a common Greater St. Louis area and for people with each other through the stories shared responsibility. Even as national and local financial times, is invaluable. We also thank period that fractured our community and agenda and for formulating solutions to beyond this time and place.

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Museum Leadership

Missouri History Museum Officers of the Missouri History Museum Friends Board of the Subdistrict Commissioners Board of Trustees Board of Trustees Missouri History Museum

Commissioners, City of St. Louis Chairman of the Board Thomas Jefferson Society Mrs. Stephen F. Brauer Chairman Virginia S. Panton Gilberto Pinela Joan T. Briccetti* V. Raymond Stranghoener Representative Mel F. Brown Catherine Berges Kathy Pope Milly Cohn Laura Shaughnessy Rachel Keller Brown Laura Rogers Bonnie O’Keefe President Darnetta Clinkscale Chair-elect Darryl A. Ross, Ph.D. Odester Saunders Robert R. Archibald, Ph.D. Daniel F. Cole Leo H. Ming, Jr. Friends Board Representative Elizabeth M. Russell Romondous A. Stover Bert Condie III Catherine Berges Tatjana Schwendinger Vice Chairs Arnold W. Donald Vicki Altvater William Shearburn Advisory Commissioners Gerald Early, Ph. D. Frederick H. Atwood III Marilyn R. Fox Past Chairmen of the Joan Sheppard The Honorable Thomas Grady The Honorable Steve Ehlmann Gene Dobbs Bradford Cheri Fromm Board of Trustees Steven Fitzpatrick Smith Martin Galt III Karen Castellano Richard A. Navarre Taylor S. Desloge Celeste Sprung Commissioners, County of St. Louis Mrs. Myron Glassberg Andrea Craig Noémi Neidorff Earl K. Dille Anne Stupp The Honorable Wayne Goode Mary Beth Daniels Jerry G. Brown Donald M. Suggs James H. Howe III Ericca Willis Mary Lee Hermann Patti Disbrow Richard C. Jensen Frank Jacobs Patti Withers James H. Howe III Dede Fratt Austin P. Tao* Secretary Richard A. Liddy Lynn Yaeger Frank Jacobs Robert W. Fulstone Wallace W. Ward, Jr. L.B. Eckelkamp, Jr. Gary L. Rainwater Kenneth Kranzberg Susan E. Gelman Howard J. Wilkinson, Jr.* Harold M. Stuhl Past Chairmen of the Friends Board Ann Liberman Sue George Treasurer The Honorable George H. Walker III Chuck Maggiorotto Gregory J. Hutchings Carolyn E. Arneson Advisory Commissioners John R. Roberts Donna Wilkinson Robert F. McCoole Lisa Imbs Margaret Blanke Grigg^ Mark Kuhlmann W. Wayne Withers Paul McKee, Jr. Ann Liberman Chairman of the Board Emeritus Linda Karakas Sandra M. Moore Barbara Landesman Pris McDonnell Officers 2010–2011 Donna Wilkinson Life Trustees Cheryl D. Polk Patti Lewis Cheryl D. Polk Richard C. Jensen, Chairman Rev. John N. Doggett, Jr., Ph.D. Mabel L. Purkerson, M.D. Ruth Lewis Joan Westin Wendt Romondous A. Stover, Vice Chairman Margaret Blanke Grigg^ Elizabeth T. Robb Ron Norwood Austin P. Tao, Secretary Des Lee^ James E. Schiele Barbara O’Flynn Ex-officio Joan T. Briccetti, Treasurer James S. McDonnell III Joseph Shaughnessy Gwendolyn Packnett Laura Shaughnessy Pris McDonnell Rex Sinquefield I.E. Millstone^ Frank L. Steeves W.R. Orthwein James Tricarico Reeve Lindbergh Tripp** Anabeth C. Weil Yvette S. Whitehead  Preschool-age children and their family members participated in Parent and Me Programs, allowing them to move throughout galleries and *Past Chairman classrooms at their own pace while completing activities incorporating ^Deceased movement, smell, sound, art, and more. **Honorary

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A direct descendant of William Clark — explorer, Indian agent, and Missouri’s territorial governor — gave this handsome desk of elegant proportions to the Missouri History Museum. ith each step we take into this new world, we are able to make our oldW world a more congenial and sustainable place to build community. In 1809, Clark’s first son was named Meriwether Lewis Clark in honor of his father’s friend and co-captain on the history-making journey to the Pacific Ocean of a few years before. In the very year of his namesake’s birth, Captain Lewis died on the Natchez Trace. The desk Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, YouTube — just upon as an example for physical museums • a Facebook page about objects in our collections, additions that had belonged to Lewis was given to Clark’s son. For two hundred a few years ago these terms would have all over the world. Our IT program — its • a photostream of historic images on to the MHM Genealogy and Local History Index, interesting finds in the Library and years it was passed down through the family; in 2009 Meriwether puzzled most people in our community. formal title the Information Technology Flickr Now they are common usage and are Initiative — has placed us at the forefront • a channel on YouTube Archives, and more. The number of Lewis Clark Tyler wanted this family item to be at the History Museum. changing the way we share our stories, of museum innovations in technology. • lots of “tweets” on Twitter followers on these sites grows daily. “It belongs here,” Clark Tyler told us. strengthen our friendships, enlarge Staff members in virtually every division • a partnership with ImageSpan, whose our social world, and restructure our of the History Museum have made a LicenseStream offers commercial In 2009 the Missouri History Museum’s We have no proof that Meriwether Lewis, when he was governor of the community. The Missouri History Museum contribution to the IT effort, and the licensing for images from our home website had 302,113 visits from Louisiana Territory in St. Louis, conducted official business at this desk. is constantly reinventing itself in order to invaluable assistance of an IT team collections 162 countries and territories, exploring an But we imagine him sitting here, with a quill pen and inkpot, signing participate more completely in the present provided by Wayne Withers through • a partnership with Pictopia, where average of 5.64 pages per visit to our site documents that are now historic, tucking a private letter into one of the and future life of the people who make Emerson has made an incalculable patrons can easily and quickly order and spending nearly three minutes at our pigeonholes, mulling over his accounts, and quite probably longing for the up our community. At the same time we difference in our success. and receive prints, framed, matted, or site. Three minutes, we happily note, is a freedom and the exhilaration of the journey he had made into the West. are as committed as ever to serving our even imprinted on mugs, T-shirts, relatively long time in cyberspace. public with convenient accessibility to all In addition to our primary website, and other items Governor Lewis’s magnificent desk would be out of place in a of our resources. Hence we eagerly enter mohistory.org, the History Museum has: Our advances are allowing people twenty-first-century office. Desks function differently these days. cyberspace. • e-newsletters that focus on specialty Eventually, even by the end of this year, throughout the globe to become part every image on our website will be of our community, participating in Communication and media have changed beyond the expectations of not interests, resources, and programs The Missouri History Museum’s presence • an ever-increasing number of links to available for professional licensing or assembling their own virtual museums only nineteenth-century people but even of the generation just before us. on the internet has expanded to such an other appropriate sites personal use through the LicenseStream and integrating their own stories with extent that we are becoming a model in • an online magazine with interactive and Pictopia partnerships. Currently we our resources. that realm just as we have been looked capabilities use social networking sites to post news

 Desk used by Meriwether Lewis Clark, a legacy of his namesake Meriwether Lewis. Gift of Clark Tyler. Missouri History Museum.

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Somewhere in Italy, possibly in Florence, in the mid-fifteenth century, someone, probably a monk, bent over a piece of parchment and cannot live without books.” — Thomas Jefferson painstakingly copied passages from the Gospel of Saint Mark. “I Some 450 or 460 years later a St. Louis businessman admired the beauty and workmanship of this document and purchased it for a favorite museum. Although the Missouri History Museum does not seek out medieval manuscripts, this document, donated to us by William K. Bixby, In December 2009, Digital Media and Two MHM books, Good Order and Safety To his friend John Adams, Thomas is a treasured piece in our collections. Publications (the new designation for our and Movers and Shakers, Scalawags and Jefferson wrote: “I cannot live without Publications division) launched History Suffragettes, were nominated for the books.” We, and our patrons, heartily agree. From a monastery in northern Italy to our midwestern river city, what Happens Here, MHM’s online magazine. Missouri Conference on History Book Visits to the Missouri History Museum adventures did these elegant pages see? We can only imagine. Replacing Voices, whose archives are still Award, given by the State Historical Society Library have risen steadily, yet our library available online, HHH provides a of Missouri. Good Order and Safety was and archive services have expanded far

Like Meriwether Lewis’s handsome desk, these pages from a fifteenth-century dynamic venue for observational stories also nominated for the Academy of beyond the number of people who actually that are constantly updated and expanded. Criminal Justice Science’s Outstanding Book walk through the historic doors of the liturgical manuscript would be out of place in the regular functions of Here we post video and audio clips as Award. In addition, Movers and Shakers Library and Research Center. By letter, by twenty-first-century life. Their functions — the desk’s and the manuscript’s well as artifact descriptions, book reviews, received a gold medal Independent email, and by phone, our staff serves an — are now to call to mind other times and other stories to incorporate into stories from our photographs and prints Publisher Book Award for the best regional ever-expanding community. our own, different perspectives and concepts from our ancestors, opinions collection, newsworthy items about our nonfiction book in the Midwest.At the and decisions that we examine and evaluate. city and neighborhoods, and fun historical Elbows of My Elders received the gold Almost one thousand items from the MHM notes. medal in the autobiography/memoir Civil War collections and three partner So all our triumphs and efforts, our plans and our accomplishments look category of the Benjamin Franklin Awards institutions have been digitized as part of for one great convergence: the past, the present, and the future But we have not neglected the (given by Independent Book Publishers the St. Louis Area Civil War Digitization to build and strengthen and sustain our community. old-fashioned and beloved form of Association); it was also nominated for Project, funded by a grant from the reading material. In 2008 and 2009 the Foreword Magazine’s Book of the Year Missouri State Library. In 2010 all of the History Museum published five books Award in the memoir category and was material will be available to the public and the annual issue of Gateway. a finalist in the memoir category of the through a website. This library project is National Indie Excellence Awards. but one example of our outreach to the community, a community that begins to  Medieval illuminated manuscript. reach around the world. Northern Italy, c. 1450–70. Missouri History Museum.

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Just as books are likely to remain part of our culture, exhibitions continue as an integral feature of a museum. Objects, made or modified by humans, indicate that people were here before us, people who speak ast and present thus come together in our galleries, to us across time and space through the physical bits and pieces they left P behind. where history can implement the future.

Exhibitions take us beyond this place, expand our awareness of each other and ourselves, and offer us experiences we would never have on our St. Louis stories have always been popular taking a make-believe ride in a hot air own. The Missouri History Museum can boast of appealing exhibitions for and instructive. Our attendance figures balloon basket, while adults became part our community, presentations telling stories that are knowledgeable and indicate that this is still the case, and we of the exhibit by recording their memories essential to the all-encompassing story all of us can claim. continue to bring local history to our of our city’s history in the air. Museum visitors. The Museum’s   Visitors of all ages permanent galleries present a St. Louis Across the MacDermott Grand Hall, an enjoyed a multitude of activities in narrative in Currents and Reflections, the intimate and exhilarating view of one of the Flight City: St. Louis Takes to two sections of our major second-floor our own celebrity artists and activists the Air exhibition. installation, Seeking St. Louis. Smaller but would take shape as we prepared Katherine equally absorbing exhibit spaces feature Dunham: Beyond the Dance. This exhibition Taking a “ride”in a an incisive look at the 1904 World’s Fair and a host of programs that we developed hot air balloon basket and an overview of the triumphs and within its themes graced our institution tragedies of the fascinating and from November of 2008 until March 7, controversial Charles Lindbergh. 2010. Another version of the story, Katherine Dunham’s Living Legacy, can In our main floor galleries we constructed be found as an online exhibit within a comprehensive discussion of Missouri the Museum’s website, www.mohistory.org. aviation in Flight City: St. Louis Takes to Thus we unite traditional museum the Air (June 2007–September 2008). attractions with technological accessibility Young patrons had a wonderful time from a distance.

 Katherine Dunham: Beyond the Dance Posing for a photo in an F-4 Phantom

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Our curators organize temporary exhibits and an African American visual culture that around a special event or a narrow topic of speaks across geography and race. Special widespread interest in our smaller galleries. guests at the opening in April 2009 and Here from March 2007 to January 2009 again at the closing in September of the we displayed a century of St. Louis beer same year were the quilters of Gee’s Bend making in From Kettle to Keg: Brewing in who toured their own exhibit and St. Louis, 1809–1909. Then we shared a demonstrated for our patrons the inspired celebration with our sister institution by singing that often accompanies their presenting The Missouri Botanical Garden: quiltmaking. Green for 150 Years, which remains open until May 2010. Exhibitions borrowed from other institutions included: Jamestown, Québec, In Changing for the Seasons: From Swimsuits • Jamestown, Québec, Santa Fe: Santa Fe exhibition to Skates, our visitors gazed at swimsuits Three North American Beginnings from the 1950s, tennis dresses from 1900, Organized by the Virginia Historical snowsuits our great-grandparents would Society and the National Museum of have recognized, and other pieces that we American History rotated as the seasons changed. We replaced October 2007–March 2008 these vintage clothes with From a Common • Lee and Grant Cloth, an installation of quilts from our own Organized by the Virginia Historical collection to complement an extraordinary Society and the New-York Historical exhibition that we brought in from a tiny Society place in Alabama called Gee’s Bend. May–September 2008 • George Washington Carver Mary Lee Bendolph, Gee’s Bend Quilts, and Organized by The Field Museum Beyond is a showcase of the unusual and November 2008–March 2009 brilliantly colored quilts created by • Treasure! Mrs. Bendolph and her circle. Even more, Organized by NRG! Exhibits the exhibition is a display of ancestry, October 2009–January 2010 family, marriage, friendships, shared values, Panning for gold in Treasure!

 Mary Lee Bendolph, Gee’s Bend Quilts, and Beyond

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Even the most interactive of exhibitions and the most spacious of galleries do not always satisfy the public appetite for information and conversation. A long and revered custom at the History Museum is the rograms of an impressive variety supplement and complement presentation of historical topics for discussion by professionals with Pwhat our visitors see and explore at the Museum and the Library. expertise in their fields. We not only continue that practice, but also expand our topics beyond what used to be expected. We develop programs for nontraditional audiences, and we redefine “professional” and “expertise” to include knowledge and experience beyond venerable Thus we offer: Our student programming offers much Our youngest visitors enjoy Storytelling in in the fall of 2009, starting off the semester academic circles. • lessons in house history from an more than the widely acclaimed docent-led the Museum, and Storytelling Workshops with Sticks and Stones, a play written from archivist gallery tours. Closely aligned with cater to adults. Seasonal Make-and-Take the teens’ own experiences with prejudice • workshops with members of the Missouri State Standards and tailored Workshops appeal to any age. Girl Scouts in their daily lives. The teens had previously St. Louis African American to student age and interests, our and Boy Scouts may find programs performed vignettes on the trolley that Genealogical Society interdisciplinary school programs especially for them at the History Museum. resides on the Museum’s north lawn, short • programs on archaeology from our include Gallery + Classroom and There is a diversity of youth and family themed pieces in the galleries that they region and from afar Gallery + Theatre events, structured programs. wrote and researched under staff direction, • perspectives on science and history research visits, thematic tours, archive and longer plays on the main stage of the with the Academy of Science exploration, and more. It was no surprise Theatre and museums are a natural Lee Auditorium. • dance workshops and Irish step dancers that in the 2008–2009 school year the partnership. First-person portrayals from in performance Museum had a 300 percent increase in Veuve Chouteau and a Revolutionary War Twilight Tuesdays in the spring and the • book signings, documentaries, and student attendance! soldier to Rosie the Riveter and a Civil War fall are a popular family treat, growing in films spy moved to the MacDermott Grand Hall audience participation every season and • celebrations for Earth Day, Martin when the popularity of these performances spreading community contact and Luther King Jr. Day, and other outgrew the galleries where they originated. camaraderie generously. Thousands of commemorations throughout the year In 2008 we inaugurated the Performing Arts people mingle on the Museum’s north Series, featuring local professional theatre terrace and around the Stupp fountain to companies who bring a part of their regular absorb the music and routines of the finest season to the Museum. Teens Make History, acts in the area, performances that are free a program for local high school students and open to the public.  Author Benjamin Skinner offered a presentation on selected by audition, began its third year his book A Crime So Monstrous: Face to Face with Modern-Day Slavery as part of our Urban Stories: Reflections of History series.

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Selected by members of the Thomas The Report to the Community includes Our success in recession management has Mr. Rich, who has an MBA from Harvard Three years later Robert R. Archibald, Jefferson Committee and Robert R. the state of the Missouri History Museum’s had multiple parts, but a major factor in Business School, served as CFO for Brown president of the Missouri History Museum, Archibald, president of the Missouri finances. The economic circumstances our staying relatively calm and steady is our Shoe for seventeen years and then executive approached him to take the same position History Museum, the Thomas Jefferson during these past two years have affected Chief Financial Officer, Harry Rich. He did vice president at Crown Capital Investment with the History Museum, and he agreed Award recipient is an individual or a family everyone’s budget and every institution’s such a fine job of looking after our finances Advisors. He retired from retirement in to serve the community in this capacity. He who has made outstanding contributions plans. We had no magic to weave into our that the St. Louis Business Journal has named 2003 when he took on the CFO position has no plans, we are happy to hear, to retire to our regional community, exhibited a revenues, no enchantment to wave upon him CFO of the Year in the small nonprofits for the St. Louis Public School District. again any time soon. continuing commitment to the future of our expenses. But we do have a leadership category. our city and our region, and developed a team determined to take whatever measures significant understanding of the value of necessary and within our capacity to keep our heritage and the importance of the History Museum the vital community sustaining the values we as a community organization it has been and is pledged to have created. Our honorees are people of be. the Greater St. Louis area who have met and usually exceeded these standards.  Left to right: Laura Shaughnessy, chairman of the Thomas Jefferson Society, In honoring such a person or group, the Donna Wilkinson, past chairman of the Missouri History Museum’s Board of Trustees, 2009 Thomas Jefferson Award recipient Marilyn Fox, and Robert R. Missouri History Museum recognizes that Archibald, president of the Missouri History Museum. Photo by Joel Marion. history is not a museum, nor is it about the past. History is an active community process engaged in by living people to  2008 Thomas Jefferson Award recipient improve the present and ensure a future Cynthia Brinkley. Photo by Joel Marion. for generations yet to be born.

The Thomas Jefferson Society dinner is Ms. Brinkley, formerly of AT&T Missouri Mrs. Fox grew up in University City. who join them in supporting numerous traditionally an annual event, so this and now a senior vice president at AT&T’s She has held leadership roles in many organizations through their family Report to the Community is an headquarters in San Antonio, was born in organizations including the Jewish foundation. opportunity to remark on two award Missouri and has consistently supported Community Center, where she chaired recipients, Cindy Brinkley in 2008 and the cultural and social service efforts of the a successful campaign for the center’s Marilyn Fox in 2009. region. Ms. Brinkley was always ready to Chesterfield facility. Together with her listen and encourage all kinds of projects husband, Sam, she has passed on the that benefit her community. philanthropic spirit to their five children,

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Cumulative Giving 2008–09

We are grateful to these donors for their Guarantor Benefactor Laclede Gas Company Patron Mr. and Mrs. Taylor S. Desloge Mr. and Mrs. Melvyn L. Lefkowitz Mr. and Mrs. Craig D. Schnuck generous, cumulative support of the ($1,000,000 or More) ($100,000 to $499,999) Mr. and Mrs. David B. Lichtenstein ($20,000 to $99,999) Mr. and Mrs. Earl K. Dille Mr. and Mrs. Lee M. Liberman Mrs. Donald O. Schnuck Missouri History Museum’s work Mrs. Stanley L. Lopata Rev. Dr. and Mrs. John N. Doggett, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Liddy Mr. Dwight T. Seward^ through 2008 and 2009: Institute of Museum and Library Services Anonymous (1) Mr. and Mrs. Sanford N. McDonnell AmerenUE Mr. and Mrs. L.B. Eckelkamp, Jr. Reverend Joseph C. Lindell, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Shaughnessy Monsanto Fund Bank of America Mr. David W. Mesker Arch Coal Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Dorsey D. Ellis, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. L. Max Lippman, Jr. Mr. G. Robert Sido National Endowment for the Humanities The Honorable and Mrs. Stephen F. Brauer Mr. I.E. Millstone^ AT&T Foundation Matching Gift Program Energizer Stanley L. and Lucy Lopata Charitable Mr. and Mrs. Rex Sinquefield Mr. and Mrs. William R. Orthwein, Jr. Brown Shoe Company, Inc. Charitable Trust Missouri Foundation for Health Edward L. Bakewell, Jr. Charitable Lead Trust Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Fulstone Foundation Mrs. Robert Brookings Smith Taxpayers of the City of St. Louis and Mr. and Mrs. Laurance L. Browning, Jr. Peabody Energy Dr. and Mrs. Walter F. Ballinger II Mr. and Mrs. Martin E. Galt III Ms. Angela Malles State of Missouri St. Louis County Mr. and Mrs. Herbert D. Condie III Ms. Katherine A. Pieber^, Pieber Family Donor Mr. Andrew N. Baur Mr. and Mrs. Joseph F. Gleason Mr. and Mrs. Jefferson L. Miller Stifel Nicolaus & Co., Inc. Mrs. Donald Danforth, Jr. Advised Fund of the Greater Saint Louis Mr. and Mrs. James G. Berges Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence K. Goering Mrs. Barbara Morriss Mrs. Mary Strauss Caleb C. and Julia W. Dula Educational and Community Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Frank C. Bick Golden Eagle River Museum Mrs. Jane M. Musick Mrs. Maurita Stueck Charitable Foundation Mabel Dorn Reeder Foundation William K. Bixby Charitable Trust Mr. and Mrs. Earle H. Harbison, Jr. Mrs. Gladys H. Myles Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Stupp Mrs. Ernest A. Eddy, Jr. Mrs. Daniel L. Schlafly The Boeing Company Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Hermann, Sr. Noémi and Michael F. Neidorff Mr. and Mrs. Andrew C. Taylor Major Benefactor Employees Community Fund of Boeing Mrs. Edward J. Schnuck Arthur M. Branch, Jr. Memorial Fund Miss Marian L. Herr Mr. and Mrs. Richard Nieman Veiled Prophet Foundation ($500,000 to $999,999) St. Louis Celia Vandermark Scudder Trust Mr. and Mrs. Melvin F. Brown Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Jaudes Mrs. William J. Oetting The Honorable and Mrs. George H. Walker III Dr. Dorothy Feir^ Shaughnessy Family Foundation BSI Constructors, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Henry O. Johnston Eileen A. Pfeifer Trust Mrs. Joan Westin Wendt Danforth Foundation Fox Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Alvin J. Siteman Susan Buder and H.L. Buder Trust^ Mrs. Edward D. Jones, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. William R. Piper Mrs. Morton T. Werner Mr.^ and Mrs. E. Desmond Lee Mrs. Myron Glassberg Southwest Bank Mr. and Mrs. Paul R. Cahn Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Kent Mrs. Jane Hardesty Poole Mr. Howard J. Wilkinson, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. James S. McDonnell III E. Reuben and Gladys Flora Grant Charitable Mrs. Audrey J. Steinfeld Professor Eugene A. Carroll and the Mr.^ and Mrs. S. Lee Kling Mrs. Joseph Pulitzer, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. W. Wayne Withers Mr. Jack C. Taylor Trust Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Tschudy Mrs. Elsie Aufmuth Carroll Endowment Fund Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Knight Mr. and Mrs. Gary L. Rainwater Herbert A. and Adrian Woods Foundation Margaret Blanke Grigg Foundation William L. Tybura Living Trust Centene Charitable Foundation Dr. and Mrs. Wilfred R. Konneker Elizabeth T. and Richard G. Robb Mr.^ and Mrs. Paul H. Young, Jr. and Family Mr. and Mrs. James H. Howe III U.S. Bancorp Foundation Commerce Bancshares Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Kranzberg Mr. and Mrs. Einar S. Ross Franklin Jacobs and Marylen Mann Jacobs Mr. and Mrs. Eugene F. Williams, Jr. Dr. William H. Danforth Mr. and Mrs. Jarvis W. Lambert Tom and Ulrike Schlafly Jordan Charitable Foundation Edward H. and Rosemary Young Fund of the William T. Kemper Foundation Greater Saint Louis Community Foundation   Spectacular quilts from the Missouri History Museum’s ^Deceased collections filled the gallery From a Common Cloth.

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Sponsor CK Power Mr. and Mrs. James C. Gould Mrs. Eleanor Moore Mrs. C.C. Johnson Spink ($5,000 to $19,999) Ms. Maxine Clark and Mr. Robert Fox Greater Saint Louis Community Foundation Mrs. H. Leighton Morrill Mr. Michael Staenberg Mr.^ and Mrs. Joel F. Cooley Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Guller Dr. Julia K. Muller and Mr. Earl K. Shreckengast Miss Betty-Mae R. Stienhans Anonymous (1) Mr. and Mrs. William E. Cornelius Mr. Frank J. Guyol III Catherine and Birch Mullins Mr. and Mrs. V. Raymond Stranghoener Mr. and Mrs. J. Joe Adorjan Mr. and Mrs. Alexander M. Cornwell, Jr. Mrs. Daniel Heagney Mrs. Armarie B. Murphy Mr. and Mrs. Donald H. Streett Mr. and Mrs. Douglas A. Albrecht Mr. and Mrs. Andrew B. Craig III Mr. and Mrs. Harvard K. Hecker Mr. and Mrs. Patrick K. Murphy Mr. and Mrs. Harold M. Stuhl Dr. and Mrs. Jorge M. Alegre Estelle and David Dale Mrs. Harry J. Hippenmeyer The NRA Foundation, Inc. Ms. Julia J. Stupp Mr. and Mrs. Roger A. Altvater The Honorable and Mrs. John C. Danforth Mr. Julius K. Hunter Mrs. Mariko A. Nutt Mr. and Mrs. R. Philip Stupp, Jr. AMS Automotive Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Daniels Mr. and Mrs. Edward Imo Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Oertli Stupp Bros. Bridge & Iron Co. Foundation Mr. and Mrs. G. Thomas Andes T. Danis Charitable Trust Joanne and Joel Iskiwitch Mrs. Jules B. Orabka Dr. Donald M. Suggs Mr. and Mrs. Arthur E. Ansehl Mr. and Mrs. George B. Desloge Mrs. M. Matthews Jenks Mr. and Mrs. Robert Orchard John S. Swift Company, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. N.A. Arneson Mr. and Mrs. Carl Deutsch Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Jensen William R. Orthwein, Jr. and Tabor Plastics Mr. and Mrs. John W. Bachmann Ms. Audrey G. DeVoto Mrs. James Lee Johnson, Jr. Laura Rand Orthwein Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Timothy J. Tegeler Mr. and Mrs. Melvin C. Bahle Mrs. Eleanor W. Dewald Schnucks Cooks Mrs. Landon Y. Jones Mr. and Mrs. Jules L. Pass J.W. Terrill Mr. and Mrs. Adrian N. Baker II Kay and Leo Drey Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Jones Ms. Patricia E. Payton Mr. and Mrs. Whitelaw T. Terry, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Newell A. Baker Mr. and Mrs. J. Michael Dudley Cooking Demonstrations W. Boardman Jones^ Dr. and Mrs. William A. Peck Mr. and Mrs. Jack E. Thomas, Jr. Mrs. William E. Ball Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Duesenberg Melanie and Marvin Kaiser Mr. and Mrs. Raymond W. Peters II Miss Phyllis R. Tirmenstein Mr. and Mrs. Robert Barley Dr. and Mrs. Gerald Early Susan and Stuart Keck Reverend Roy Pfautch Mr. James P. Tobin and Ms. Virginia E. Heagney Mrs. William Barnes Mr. and Mrs. James R. Elsesser, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Warren G. Keinath, Jr. Mrs. Cheryl D. Polk Mr. and Mrs. James A. Tricarico, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Ted W. Beaty Mr. and Mrs. Irl F. Engelhardt Dr. and Mrs. James R. Kimmey Evelyn B. and Peter A. Puleo, Sr. Mr. Robert J.^ and Ms. Sarah Trulaske Belden Technologies, Inc. Essman Family Charitable Foundation Mr.^ and Mrs. Donald Klingler Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Quenon Dr. and Mrs. Henry A. Uhlemeyer Mr. and Mrs. James K. Berthold Mr. and Mrs. David C. Farrell Mrs. William S. Knowles Mr. and Mrs. Rudyard K. Rapp Mr. and Mrs. John D. Weil Mr. and Mrs. F. Gilbert Bickel III Mr. and Mrs. Steven Finerty Mr. and Mrs. Keith T. Kowalczyk Mr. and Mrs. B. Franklin Rassieur, Jr. Mr. Tom Weil William K. Bixby Book Fund of the Greater Ms. Sue Fischlowitz and Mr. David Roberts Mr. and Mrs. Ben Landesman Mr. and Mrs. Harry E. Rich Mr. and Mrs. Paul W. Wentzien Saint Louis Community Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Fister Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence E. Langsam Mr. and Mrs. David J. Richardson Dr. and Mrs. Daniel W. Whitehead, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Van-Lear Black III Mrs. Dorothy M. Fleck Mr. and Mrs. Steven F. Leer Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Riggs, Jr. Donna Wilkinson Mr. Robert L. Blanke, Jr. Mr. John H. Ford Patti and Thom Lewis Mr. and Mrs. John R. Roberts Phebe Ann and Keith Williams Mr. and Mrs. Donald A. Branson, Sr. Ms. Gretta R. Forrester Ms. Christy Love The G. Harig Ruenzi Family Mr. and Mrs. William E. Winter Ms. Marsha S. Bray and Mr. and Mrs. Lucien R. Fouke, Jr. Mrs. Paul A. Lux Mr. and Mrs. Zsolt Rumy Mr. and Mrs. Frank P. Wolff, Jr. Mr. Richard M. McKeever Mr.^ and Mrs. William J. Freschi Mr. and Mrs. Sawyer Marglous Mr. and Mrs. William C. Rusnack Mr. and Mrs. Richard R. Woods Mr. and Mrs. B.A. Bridgewater, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Fromm Mrs. Dorothy J. Martin Mr. Robert F. Sager Ms. Chloe C. Woods-Ward Mr. and Mrs. Jerry G. Brown Mr. and Mrs. Burton S. Gale Mrs. James S. McDonnell^ St. Louis Screw & Bolt Sylvia and John Wright Mrs. Jutta Z. Buder Dr. and Mrs. Ira Gall Mrs. Patricia W. McMillan Saint Louis University Dr. and Mrs. Mark S. Wrighton Bunge North America, Inc. Jeanette K. Gamble Charitable Trust Connie and John McPheeters Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Sauget Youthbridge Community Foundation Miss Katherine Ward Burg Mr. Eugene^ and Mrs. Jean P. Gase Membership Consultants Mr. and Mrs. James E. Schiele Mr. and Mrs. Mark H. Zorensky CBIZ, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Warren J. Gelman George Washington  Students piece together a puzzle quilt in the Jerome M. Mileur, Ph.D. Mr. and Mrs. Gideon H. Schiller Centric Group Alvin Goldfarb Foundation Carver Exhibition Mary Lee Bendolph, Gee’s Bend Quilts, and Missouri Arts Council Mrs. Ben Schneiderman Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Chod The Honorable and Mrs. P. Wayne Goode Beyond exhibition. Mr. and Mrs. Alwal B. Moore Mr. and Mrs. Scott C. Schnuck

^Deceased

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Community Support 2009

Upper Level Members

We are grateful to the following members Thomas Jefferson Society Thomas Jefferson Society Thomas Jefferson Society Thomas Jefferson Society Thomas Jefferson Society Elizabeth and Richard Robb Thomas Jefferson Society for their leadership support in 2008 and 2009: President’s Circle Diamond Platinum Gold Silver Mr. and Mrs. John R. Roberts Patron Mr. and Mrs. Zsolt Rumy Individual Individual Individual Individual Individual Mr. and Mrs. William C. Rusnack Individual Mrs. Margaret Blanke Grigg^ Mr. and Mrs. Stephen F. Brauer Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Kent Mr. and Mrs. Douglas A. Albrecht Mr. and Mrs. Gene Adam Mrs. Donald O. Schnuck Mr. and Mrs. J. Joe Adorjan Mr.^ and Mrs. E. Desmond Lee Mr. and Mrs. James S. McDonnell III Mr. and Mrs. Sanford N. McDonnell Mr. and Mrs. Herbert D. Condie III Dr. and Mrs. Robert R. Archibald Mr. Dwight T. Seward^ Mr. and Mrs. Roger A. Altvater Rex and Jeanne Sinquefield Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Tschudy Noémi and Michael F. Neidorff Dr. William H. Danforth Mr. and Mrs. James G. Berges Mr. and Mrs. Joseph F. Shaughnessy Mr. Scott J. Anderson and Mr. and Mrs. Andrew C. Taylor Mr. and Mrs. L.B. Eckelkamp, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Melvin F. Brown Mr. and Mrs. V. Raymond Stranghoener Ms. Robin A. Weinberg Mr. Jack C. Taylor Mrs. Myron Glassberg Mr. and Mrs. Laurance L. Browning, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. G. Thomas Andes Corporate Mrs. Mary Strauss Miss Marian L. Herr Mrs. Barbara Bryant Mr. and Mrs. James A. Tricarico, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur E. Ansehl Peabody Energy Pat Jones Ms. Maxine Clark and Mr. Robert Fox Honorable and Mrs. George H. Walker III Mr. and Mrs. N.A. Arneson Mr. and Mrs. Stephen K. Lambright Honorable and Mrs. John C. Danforth Mr. and Mrs. John D. Weil Jo Ann and Fred Arnold T. Danis Charitable Trust Mr. Frederick H. Atwood III  Women’s pink and gold evening shoes, ca. 1927. Missouri History Museum. Mr. and Mrs. Melvyn L. Lefkowitz Mrs. Joan Westin Wendt Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Liddy Mrs. Marjorie C. Eddy Mr. and Mrs. John W. Bachmann Mrs. Stanley Lopata Mr. and Mrs. Steven Finerty Mr. and Mrs. Melvin C. Bahle Mr. and Mrs. William R. Orthwein, Jr. Ambassador Sam and Mrs. Marilyn Fox Corporate Toni and George Bailey Tom and Ulrike Schlafly Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Fromm Briner Electric Company Dr. and Mrs. Walter F. Ballinger II Mrs. Edward J. Schnuck Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence K. Goering Bunge North America, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Ted W. Beaty Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Shaughnessy Mr. and Mrs. Earle H. Harbison, Jr. CBIZ, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Frank C. Bick Mr. and Mrs. W. Wayne Withers Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Hermann, Sr. Centric Group Mr. and Mrs. F. Gilbert Bickel III Ms. Chloe C. Woods-Ward Mr. and Mrs. James H. Howe III CK Power Mr. and Mrs. Van-Lear Black III Mr. and Mrs. Henry O. Johnston Commerce Bancshares Inc. Mrs. Donald N. Brandin Mr. and Mrs. Warren G. Keinath, Jr. Laclede Gas Company Mr. and Mrs. Donald A. Branson, Sr. Corporate Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Knight National City Ms. Cynthia J. Brinkley AmerenUE Ken and Nancy Kranzberg Pulaski Bank Mr. and Mrs. Jerry G. Brown Bryan Cave LLP Kuhn Foundation St. Louis Screw & Bolt Mrs. Gaylord C. Burke Hager Companies Mr. and Mrs. Steven F. Leer Stifel Nicolaus & Co., Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Daniel A. Burkhardt Don C. Musick Construction Co. Mr. and Mrs. Lee M. Liberman J.W. Terrill Mr. and Mrs. Paul R. Cahn Jerome M. Mileur, Ph.D. Hellen and Will D. Carpenter Mr. I.E. Millstone^ Karen and Jim Castellano Mrs. Armarie B. Murphy Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Chod Mrs. Jane M. Musick Mr. and Mrs. Parker B. Condie, Sr. Reverend Roy Pfautch Mr.^ and Mrs. Joel F. Cooley Mr. and Mrs. William R. Piper Mr. and Mrs. Alexander M. Cornwell, Jr. Mrs. Joseph Pulitzer, Jr. Mrs. Donald Danforth Jr. ^Deceased Rebecca and Gary Rainwater Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Daniels

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Mr. and Mrs. George B. Desloge Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Holton Mr. and Mrs. Chuck Maggiorotto Mr. and Mrs. James E. Schiele Corporate Sponsoring Members Mr. and Mrs. B. Franklin Rassieur, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Taylor S. Desloge Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Honigfort Sawyer and Jean Marglous Family Foundation Mrs. Daniel L. Schlafly Bank of America Ms. Nancy Reynolds and Mr. Dwyer Brown Mr. and Mrs. Ronald E. Ackerman Mr. and Mrs. Earl K. Dille Mr. and Mrs. Edward Imo Robert and Alison McCoole Mr. and Mrs. Joe Schlafly Belden Technologies, Inc. Ms. Ann Rondeau Dr. and Mrs. Jorge M. Alegre Mr. and Mrs. J. Michael Dudley Ms. Marjorie M. Ivey Mrs. James S. McDonnell^ Julie and Todd Schnuck Charles E. Jarrell Contracting Company Mr. and Mrs. Clarence E. Roth Mr. Ramon Bahl Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Duesenberg Franklin Jacobs and Marylen Mann Jacobs Mr. and Mrs. W. Randall McDonnell Mr. and Mrs. Scott C. Schnuck Stupp Bros. Bridge & Iron Co. Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Michael F. Shanahan, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Adrian N. Baker II Dr. and Mrs. Gerald Early Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Jaudes Mr. David W. Mesker Tracy and Craig Schnuck UMB Bank of St. Louis, N.A. Mrs. Robert Brookings Smith Mr. and Mrs. Robert Barley Mr.^ and Mrs. Benjamin F. Edwards III Mrs. M. Matthews Jenks Mr. and Mrs. Jefferson L. Miller Tatjana and Robert Schwendinger Veiled Prophet Foundation Miss Betty-Mae R. Stienhans Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin F. Edwards IV Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Jensen Mr. and Mrs. Jean-Paul Montupet Mr. Russell K. Scott Mr. Matt Bujewski Dave and Anne Stockman Mr. and Mrs. Dorsey D. Ellis, Jr. Mrs. James Lee Johnson, Jr. Mrs. Eleanor Moore Karen and Jim Shaughnessy Carole and Mark Burkemper Tabor Plastics Mr. and Mrs. James R. Elsesser, Jr. Mrs. Landon Y. Jones Sandra and Eric Moore Joan and Charles Sheppard Dr. and Mrs. Dennis F. Cloud Miss Phyllis R. Tirmenstein Mr. and Mrs. Irl F. Engelhardt Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Jones Mrs. H. Leighton Morrill Mr. G. Robert Sido Mr. Todd Deibel Mr. James P. Tobin and Ms. Virginia E. Heagney Marlyn and Alyn Essman Mrs. W. Boardman Jones, Jr.^ Mrs. Barbara Morriss Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Singer Kathi and Ken Ellis Michelle and Steven Trulaske Mr. and Mrs. Harry Fabick Mr. and Mrs. Don Kaffenberger Mr. and Mrs. Mike D. Mulligan Mr. and Mrs. Alvin J. Siteman Mrs. Jane B. Evans Mr. Apostle Paul Vance Mr. and Mrs. David C. Farrell Mr. and Mrs. Tony Karakas Mr. and Mrs. Patrick K. Murphy Mrs. C.C. Johnson Spink Sharon and Dale Fiehler Mrs. Dorothy D. Vanek Mrs. Dorothy M. Fleck Dr. and Mrs. James R. Kimmey Mrs. Gladys H. Myles Mrs. Roberta W. Sprich Ms. Sue Fischlowitz and Mr. David Roberts Mr. and Mrs. Harold E. Wiese Ms. Gretta R. Forrester Mr.^ and Mrs. S. Lee Kling Mr. and Mrs. James L. Nouss Mr. Michael Staenberg Mr. and Mrs. Burton S. Gale Mr. Timothy R. Wolf Mr. and Mrs. Lucien R. Fouke, Jr. Katie Klingler Mr. and Mrs.^ Gyo Obata Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Stolz Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. George Mr. and Mrs. Frank P. Wolff, Jr. Mrs. Irene Fox Dr. and Mrs. Paul F. Knubley Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Oertli Mr. and Mrs. Donald H. Streett Mrs. Daniel Heagney Mr.^ and Mrs. William J. Freschi Dr. and Mrs. Wilfred R. Konneker Mrs. William J. Oetting Ms. Julia J. Stupp Mrs. Harry J. Hippenmeyer Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Fulstone Dr. and Mrs. Nicholas T. Kouchoukos Dr. and Mrs. William A. Peck Mr. and Mrs. R. Philip Stupp, Jr. Miss Ann Hubel Dr. and Mrs. Ira Gall Mr. and Mrs. Keith T. Kowalczyk Mr. and Mrs. Raymond W. Peters II Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Stupp Mr. and Mrs. Clinton U. Imboden Mr. Frederick Scott Galt Mr. F. Holmes Lamoreux Cheryl D. and Charles E. Polk, Jr. Dr. Donald M. Suggs Mr. and Mrs. William W. James Mr. and Mrs. Martin E. Galt III Mr. and Mrs. Ben Landesman Jane Hardesty Poole Mr. and Mrs. Timothy J. Tegeler Mr. Douglas Kirberg Mrs. Jean P. Gase Mr.^ and Mrs. Clinton W. Lane Mr.^ and Mrs. T. Randolph Potter, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Jack E. Thomas, Jr. Christine and Donald Klinger Mr. and Mrs. Warren J. Gelman Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence E. Langsam Dr. James Neal Primm^ Jeanne and Tom Townsend Kathleen and Doug Koch Mrs. Bettie Gershman Sally and Ned Lemkemeier Claralyn and Jon Quarles Sandra and Virgil Van Trease Mr. and Mrs. Roger L. Koch Mr. and Mrs. Joseph F. Gleason Patti and Thom Lewis Freda and Harry Rich Mr. and Mrs. Paul W. Wentzien Mrs. Winston W. Kratz, Jr. Alvin Goldfarb Foundation David B. Lichtenstein Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Veryl L. Riddle Dr. and Mrs. Daniel W. Whitehead, Jr. Mrs. Beronica Mead Mr. and Mrs. Marvin B. Goldman Reverend Joseph C. Lindell, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Riggs, Jr. Donna Wilkinson Membership Consultants Honorable and Mrs. P. Wayne Goode Mr. and Mrs. L. Max Lippman, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Steven C. Roberts, Sr. Mr. Howard J. Wilkinson, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Nelson Dr. and Mrs. Michael J. Noetzel Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Guller Joseph and Carolyn Losos Ms. Laura L. Rogers and Mr. Tom Alexander Mr. and Mrs. Eugene F. Williams, Jr.  Grand Avenue. Photograph by Mr. Frank J. Guyol III Ms. Christy Love Dr. and Mrs. Darryl A. Ross Mr. and Mrs. Richard R. Woods Dr. Lillian Parks Mr. Harrison W. Parsh and Mrs. Vera R. Parsh Russell Froelich, 1944. Mr. and Mrs. Stephen C. Hassell Mrs. Paul A. Lux Mr. and Mrs. Einar S. Ross Mr. and Mrs. Alan T. Wright Missouri History Museum. Mr. and Mrs. Harvard K. Hecker Mr. James H. MacDonald The G. Harig Ruenzi Family Dr. and Mrs. Mark S. Wrighton Ms. Patricia E. Payton Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Hermann, Jr. Diana and Gary Macek Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Sauget Mrs. Paul H. Young, Jr. and Family ^Deceased Marleen and William Popovic

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The Chouteau Society The G. Harig Ruenzi Family Estate Distributions Estate of Dr. Dorothy Feir Donors of Lee and Grant Interco Charitable Trust Library, Archives, and Collections Mrs. Ben Schneiderman Jeanette K. Gamble Charitable Trust Mr. Andrew N. Baur Frank Jacobs and Marylen Mann Jacobs We are grateful for these distributions from Operating Support Edward L. Bakewell, Jr. Charitable Lead Trust We are grateful to those who have made a Mrs. Audrey J. Steinfeld Nancy M. Hamilton Charitable Trust Southwest Bank Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Jaudes estates and trusts in 2008 and 2009: William K. Bixby Book Fund of the Greater bequest or other planned gift to benefit the Dr. and Mrs. Henry A. Uhlemeyer Stanley L. Lopata Revocable Trust We are grateful to the following organizations Jewish Federation of St. Louis RACE: Are We So Different? St. Louis Community Foundation Missouri History Museum: Mr. Apostle Paul Vance Edward L. Bakewell, Jr. Charitable Lead Trust Eileen A. Pfeifer Trust and individuals for contributions and grants Mary Ranken Jordan and Ettie A. Jordan William K. Bixby Publication Fund of the Anonymous (1) Anonymous (2) Mr. Stephen R. Vaughan^ Bascom Charitable Trust Ms. Katherine A. Pieber, Pieber Family Donor providing significant support in 2008 and 2009 Charitable Foundation Greater St. Louis Community Foundation Mary Jean and Dominick Alessi Mr. Howard J. Wilkinson, Jr. William K. Bixby Book Fund of the Greater Advised Fund of the Greater Saint Louis for the operating programs of the Missouri Steaming into History Dr. Ronald D. and Toni E. Leidenfrost Giving Civil War Archives Digitization Mrs. William Maffett Bates, Jr. Saint Louis Community Foundation Community Foundation History Museum: Mr. E. Desmond Lee^ Account of the Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund State of Missouri–Missouri State Library Dolores and Charles Bieger William K. Bixby Charitable Trust Celia Vandermark Scudder Trust Ms. Angela Malles Treasure! Professor Eugene A. Carroll William K. Bixby Publication Fund of the William L. Tybura Trust Mr. and Mrs. Sanford N. McDonnell The Congressional Papers of U.S. Representative In-kind Contributions Mr.^ and Mrs. Joel F. Cooley Greater Saint Louis Community Foundation Edward H. and Rosemary Young Fund of the Exhibitions The Boeing Company Charitable Trust Mr. Steve Meoli Richard A. Gephardt Greater Saint Louis Community Foundation E. Reuben and Gladys Flora Grant Charitable John O. Middlebrook Charitable Trust Mr. Joseph E. Corrigan We are grateful to these donors of in-kind Arthur M. Branch, Jr. Memorial Fund Institute of Museum and Library Services — Susan Buder and H.L. Buder Trust The Americans with Disabilities Act: Trust Mr. and Mrs. Jefferson L. Miller Rev. Dr. and Mrs. John N. Doggett, Jr. goods and services in 2008 and 2009: Congressionally Directed Award 20 Years Later Mr. I.E. Millstone^ Mrs. Gwendoline M. Dressel Vatican Splendors: A Journey through Faith Centene Charitable Foundation Historical Firearms Storage Dr. Dorothy Feir^ Bryan Cave LLP and Art Birch and Catherine Mullins Charitable Fund CBIZ of the Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund The National Rifle Association Foundation, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Fulstone Baseball As America Mr. and Mrs. David C. Farrell Charter Cable Kathy and James O’Donnell Mr. and Mrs. Ted L. Goedecke Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Sauget Mr. and Mrs. William C. Rusnack Thomas Jefferson Retirement Papers Project Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Goerke Clear Channel Radio Energizer Mrs. William J. Oetting Corporate Matching Gifts The Civil War in Missouri Shaughnessy Family Foundation Thomas Jefferson Foundation Miss Barbara Grace^ Fox 2 ExxonMobil Foundation Mr. and Mrs. William R. Orthwein, Jr. William T. Kemper Foundation Mrs. Margaret Blanke Grigg^ The Healthy Planet We are grateful to the following organizations First Data Corporation William R. Orthwein, Jr. and Laura Rand Permanent Collection Acquisitions KEZK Orthwein Foundation Mr. Eugene E. Guttin for providing support in 2008 and 2009 through GlaxoSmithKline Foundation Flight City: St. Louis Takes to the Air General Operations Arthur M. Branch, Jr. Memorial Fund KLOU Dr. and Mrs. William A. Peck Mrs. Nancy M. Hamilton their employee matching gift programs: IBM Corporation Mr. and Mrs. James S. McDonnell III Mr. and Mrs. Frank C. Bick KMJM Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Quenon Katherine Pieber World’s Fair Collection Miss Marian L. Herr Macy’s Foundation Brown Shoe Company, Inc. Charitable Trust Radio Disney Take Flight! Kiosks Mabel Dorn Reeder Foundation Ms. Katherine A. Pieber, Pieber Family Donor Mrs. Albert Kirchhoefer AAA Auto Club Maritz Inc. Bunge North America, Inc. St. Louis American Institute of Museum and Library Services Schiller Trust of the Fidelity Charitable Gift Advised Fund of the Greater St. Louis Mr.^ and Mrs. E. Desmond Lee AIG, Inc. MasterCard International, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Paul R. Cahn St. Louis Convention & Visitors Commission Fund Community Foundation Ms. Sally G. Lefler Air Products Foundation The Merck Partnership for Giving George Washington Carver Citigroup Foundation St. Louis Magazine Schwab Charitable Fund Reverend Joseph C. Lindell, Jr. AT&T Foundation Matching Gift Program Merrill Lynch & Co. Foundation Inc. The Boeing Company Commerce Bancshares Foundation St. Louis Real Estate Research Resources St. Louis Post-Dispatch Dr. John Sopuch Zoe^ and Max Lippman AXA Foundation The Millipore Foundation Monsanto Fund Dr. William H. Danforth Edward L. Bakewell, Jr. Charitable Lead Trust Get Out Ms. Jennifer Steffen-Sippel Mrs. Stanley L. Lopata Bank of America Matching Gifts Monsanto Fund Caleb C. and Julia W. Dula Educational and Margaret and Herman Louer stltoday.com Boeing Gift Matching Program Norfolk Southern Foundation Jamestown, Québec, Santa Fe: Mrs. Audrey J. Steinfeld The Paul Kalter Weil Business and Trade Catalog Three North American Beginnings Charitable Foundation Mrs. Betsy J. Maier Thompson Coburn LLP BP Matching Fund Programs Northern Trust Charitable Trust Sycamore Tree Trust Collection Mr. Stanley J. Eidelman Ms. Angela Malles WIL Brown Shoe Company, Inc. Charitable Trust Pfizer Foundation The Boeing Company Ms. Patty Taylor Mr. Thomas Weil Brian and Christine Elsesser U.S. Bancorp Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Jefferson L. Miller Bunge North America, Inc. Safeco Insurance Foundation Katherine Dunham: Beyond the Dance Mr. and Mrs. David C. Farrell The U.S. Charitable Gift Trust Whipple Fire Insurance Maps Digitization Ms. Dorothy A. Moes Caterpillar Foundation Tenet Healthcare Foundation E. Reuben and Gladys Flora Grant Charitable Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Edward L. Bakewell, Jr. Charitable Lead Trust Mrs. Mariko A. Nutt Chicago Tribune Foundation U.S. Bancorp Foundation Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program Trust Fox Family Foundation Ms. Debra H. Victor Mrs. Jules B. Orabka Cooper Industries Foundation Verizon Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Ben Landesman Mr. and Mrs. Martin E. Galt III Mr. Larry A. Paule Covidien Wachovia Foundation Matching Gifts Program The Honorable and Mrs. George H. Walker III Stanley L. and Lucy Lopata Charitable Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence K. Goering Herbert A. and Adrian Woods Foundation Mrs. Jane Hardesty Poole ^Deceased Emerson WellPoint Foundation Foundation Greater Kansas City Community Foundation Mrs. Mary Strauss Margaret Blanke Grigg Foundation

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Programming Research Reading Bias/Writing Tolerance: Using History’s American Revolution in the West Powerful Stories (In Partnership with the National Endowment for the Humanities St. Louis Office of the Anti-Defamation League) The Fox Family Foundation Juanita and John Doggett Internship Rev. Dr. and Mrs. John N. Doggett, Jr. School Programs and Transportation Energizer German South St. Louis The Elsie Aufmuth Carroll and Eugene A. Second Sunday Celebrations Carroll Endowment Fund Employees Community Fund of Boeing St. Louis Golden Eagle Pilothouse Restoration Golden Eagle River Museum Theatre in the Museum: Teens Make History Mrs. Ernest A. Eddy, Jr. Missouri Foundation for Health Oral Histories Project Mrs. Mary Ann Lee

Mrs. Myron Glassberg and the Trustees of Missouri Foundation for Health of the Mysun Foundation New Venture Research Survey William R. Orthwein, Jr. and Laura Rand Youthbridge Community Foundation Orthwein Foundation Unicorn Stencil Pruitt Igoe Documentary Project Twilight Tuesdays Missouri Arts Council AmerenUE Peabody Energy Youth and Family Programming A special acknowledgment for the generous Arch Coal Foundation Peabody Energy support of the Citizens of St. Louis City and St. Louis County through the Metropolitan Zoological Park and Museum District

 Ceiling detail in the Missouri History Museum’s Whitaker Loggia (right) and in the Margaret B. Grigg Reading Room of the Library and Research Center (far right).

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Volunteers and Interns

During 2008 and 2009 we were fortunate to Volunteers Gene Carroll Robert Garfield Gloria Lubowitz Laura Stadelman Andrea Banks Ian Madgits receive many hours of assistance from Missouri Jacquelyn Abernathy Juanita Clayton Chris Goodman Emma Marschall Clark Stafford Paul Bogaty Michelle Manson History Museum volunteers and interns. Danny Adkins Jim Clement Ralleigh Grandberry III Mitchell McAdams Ray Steinnerd Jolie Braun Michael C. McBee We are grateful to the following individuals Erik Adkins George Clough Daniel Gravens Gary McKee Susan Steinnerd Robert Brock Marin McCarty for their support: David Aholt Tim Cocoran Flavia Gronski Orville Meyer Allen Stoll Ethan Bucholz Cassie McCloud Andre Andersen Aaron Collie Walt Gronski Rae Meyer Peggy Striler Stephanie Burke Carrie McNeal Pat Andersen Mike Conway Alden Hacker Dorothy Meyerson Calvin Stuart Cailin Carter Jeffrey D. Mitchell Michael Anthes Andrea Craig Danielle Hall Jacqueline Millstone Brian Stuckmeyer Brian Clay Kurseann Muhammad Thomas Archer Susan Curtis Deion Heard Lee Morrison Sa’Netta Taylor Emily Decensoe Carla Ottwell Bill Arnold Daniela Cusumano Martha Henderson Jacque Nodell Leo Thomasson Joanna Dee Jocelyn Peters Sarah Babington Linda Dahlgren Cora Henry Suzanne Novoselac Kay Thurman Irma Dizdar Emma Peterson Luther Banner Jacquelin Danis Marian Herr Barbara O’Flynn Manfred Thurman Brittany Douglas Angela L. Petres Suzanne Barry Josephine Delkeskamp Norman Hertel Maryanne O’Keefe Jeanne Townsend Amirah El-Hasan Lauren Pey Martha Barthel Morton Deutch Charles Hill Margaret Oppenheimer Barbara Turner Matthew Eshnaur Mariah Pittman Carol Beal Mary Devereux Amy Hoelting Maizie Orr David Turner Michelle Fullenkamp Joanna Kathleen Potenza Jane Beatty Mary Ellen Dick Emily Horsford Mark Osborn Richard Wall Katie Furhig Ernesto Riviera Barbara Beauzethier Jeff Dietz C.M. (Chazz) Humphrey Malachi Owens, Jr. David Warnock Jazmin Garrett Ashley Salter Ashley Belcher James Duncan Patricia Hutton James Payne Jean Wasko Romiyus Gause Danielle Schallom Sue Benkert Shirley Durfee Tim Hytrek Bob Pearson Margaret Wayne Darius Gilliam Valerie Silverwood Cathy Berges Mary Ebbesmeyer Patricia Jacobi-Lamb Joseph Pfeiffer, Jr. William Webster Julie Goldberg Lauren Sindelar Paul Berney Mark Eisenberg Archie Johnson Rich Pisoni Sanford Weissman Daniel Gonzales Brian Michael Stuckmeyer Pamela Bigelow Lee Erickson Raymond Johnson Bud Purcell Teresa Wetzel Diana Gravatt Anna Studstll Virgie Blue Lana Famino Geraldine Jones Gail Reissen Joan Wiesehan Bo Griggs Annie Suttles Suzzan Bossung Joan Filiatreau Judith Kaufman Contance Roeder Louis Williams Ashley Guinn Hannah Taylor Ken Branson Frank Floss Patrick Kemp David Royce Nancy Williams Sarah Haspiel Antwonette Thurman Rosalie Brasch Frank Foley Mary Joan Kenny Mickey Schreiner Ralph Wilkinson Jesse Hausler Katie Trout Jolie Braun Walt Fontane Jeri Kincade Rebecca Shane Harlie Wilson Michael Hayes Alyse Verderber Carl Briggs Carol Forsyth Jazmynn Kite Marvin Sher Joyce Wilson Caroline Hilton Cassandra Voelkel Fred Brot Edward Forsyth Beatrice Klingel Valerie Silverman Pat Wilson Emily Hoehn Valerie Wade Sujata Buck Yelena Francis Barbara Kodner Kathleen Simons Tom Wohlschlager Mary Huxhold Kristyn Wagner Duane Bude Abshner Frank Tyson Koenig Tierra Smith Andrea Johnson Megan Wang Sharon Burgeois Florence Frank Jeffrey Kopolow Shirley Snitzer Interns Nathan Jones Courtney Williams Jim Bryan Joan Friedla Warren Lammert Dick Sokol Ashley Adams Benabe Karina Simone Williams Theresa Cady Jessica Friedlander Ann Lenga Donald Spitzmiller Elliot Allen Heather Kramer Brinique Woodcock Tracey Cady Karen Frome Susan Lewis Judith Spitzmiller Erica Anderson Michelle Krewet Andrea Campetella Carlene Fullerton Tanisha Lewis Glenn Sprehe Joel C. Bahr Ashley Legg

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Donors to the Collections

Mr. and Mrs. Ray F. Albers Cignal Systems, Inc. Mr. Larry Giles Pat and Gil Kleinknecht Mr. and Mrs. James H. Myles Mabel L. Purkerson, M.D. School Sisters of Notre Dame Family of Eleanor Carr Phillips Tracy Mr. Leroy Alonso City of St. Louis Public Administrator’s Office Mr. and Mrs. Joseph F. Gleason Mr. Walter Knoll Barbara and Michael Newmark Ms. Melody Queen Joan and Charles Sheppard Ms. Katie Trout American Business Journals The Honorable William Lacy Clay Ms. Joan Goodberlet Ms. Margaret Koch Mr. Lee I. Niedringhaus Mr. and Mrs. B. Franklin Rassieur Jr. Mr. Marvin Sher Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Tschudy Ms. Barbara Anderson College of the Ozarks Lori Ann and Christopher Gordon Ms. Maria Koerner Mr. Dennis Northcott Mr. and Mrs. Charles P. Reay Mr. Alvin M. Sievers Kathleen M. Turner Mr. Robert L. Arudt Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R. Collins Jr. Mr. David Gottlieb Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Korn Mr. Steve Novak Ms. Judith Redlich The Simon Family Mr. Clark Tyler Rosemary and T. Paine Bakersmith Collinsville Historical Museum Ms. Edna Campos Gravenhorst Mr. and Mrs. Gene Kornblum Mr. Max Okenfuss Mr. Ed Ries Slyman Brothers United Hebrew Congregation Mr. Laurence Barker Ms. Mary Connelly Mr. Warren J. Groeteke Mr. Dan Krattli Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Oleshak Ms. Virginia Ringer Mrs. Edna Smith US Bank Ms. Janet Barnes Ms. Alice Correale Ms. Imelda Harper Ms. Erin Krentz Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Palmisano Mr. and Mrs. John R. Roberts Ms. Janet Smith Ms. Norma Vavra Mr. and Mrs. Carl H. Barthold Ms. Susan Corrington Mr. Eden O. Harris Mr. Arthur L. Kruse and Dr. Wanda Kruse Mr. David J. Park Mr. Richard Rodriguez Ms. Sharon Smith Veiled Prophet Foundation Mrs. Kate Kaffer Bauers Mr. Brian S. Craig Mr. James B. Harry Ladies’ Friday Musical Club Mr. Jean-Louis Pautrot Ms. Donna Rogers Ms. Sharon Smith B. Vester Mrs. Candidus Beaver Mrs. Mary B. Cunningham Mr. Norbert Hart Mr. Bryan Land Ms. Carla R. Pearson Rogers Historical Museum Mr. Steven Fitzpatrick Smith Mr. Ross A. Wagner Mr. Donald W. Behrmann Mrs. M. Genvieve Curtis Freida and Paul Hasek League of Women Voters Mr. Stephen Pepper Mr. John Rush Society of Colonial Wars Mr. and Mrs. Martin P. Walsh Mr. William A. Bell Mr. Russell A. Czaplewski The Heritage Society Mr.^ and Mrs. E. Desmond Lee Mrs. Carol Anne McElhiney Peters Saint Louis Brewery, Inc. Sons of the Revolution, St. Louis Chapter Ms. Carol Washburne Mr. Will Bellar Ms. Darlene Davies-Sugerman Estate of Mary Hilton Mr. Eugene W. Lehr Mrs. Mather Pfeiffenberger Jr. St. Louis City Parks Dept. Mr. Frank L. Steeves and Ms. Sheryl Andrews Ms. Rita Wasserman Ms. Sandra H. Bennett Robert DeBow Mrs. Mary Hogrebe Ms. Margaret Lewis Katrina and Joseph Pfeiffer St. Louis Genealogical Society Mr. Ray S. Steinnerd Tamara and Whitney Watson Estate of John Berra Department of Missouri, Sons of the Union Ms. Marilyn Hohner Mr. Richard E. Lewis Mr. Joseph Pierro St. Louis Soccer United Mr. Charles Stewart Ms. Karen M. Weber Ms. Marie Bonds Veterans of the Civil War Homer G. Phillips Nursing Alumni, Inc. Tedford Lewis Dr. and Mrs. Richard E. Pinckert Mr. Clifford Saxton Ms. Susan A. Stix Thomas White and Patti Peters Mr. Paris Bouchard Everett Dietle and Jon Cournoyer Mr. J. Kirby Hook David Lobbig and Jane Neihardt Jane and Bill Pohlman Mrs. Elizabeth Gentry Sayad Ms. Sybil M. Stone Ms. Eulalia Arnold Will Mr. Staunton E. Boudreau Ms. Lois Dinkins Mrs. Christine Hughes Ms. Mary G. Lopez Mrs. Jane Hardesty Poole Anne Schallert Mr. and Mrs. Max Storm Mrs. Cheryl Wiltsch Benita and Burton Boxerman Kitty and John Drescher Mr. Francis Iker Estate of Mildred A. Mack Ms. Judy Pratt Robert and Marleen Schantz Mr. and Mrs. Harold M. Stuhl Mr. Mark A. Woehrle Mr. Tony Braithwaite Dr. and Mrs. Robert C. Drews Mr. and Mrs. Ronnie James Macy’s Midwest Ms. Marie-Christine Dunham Pratt Ms. Dorothy Schendel Mr. Andy Stupperich Mr. Theodore J. Wofford Mr. James Brasher Ms. Joyce Eaton Mrs. Margaret Janku Marlene and Jerry Mangold Mr. S. Jerome Pratter Carolyn and Carl Scheske Mr. Jerry M. Sugerman Ms. Anne Woodhouse Doris Brauks Mr. Mitch Eden Mrs. Carol Jepsen Mrs. Norma Margulis Ms. Doris B. Pree Mr. and Mrs. James E. Schiele Betty Garesche Torno Ms. Patricia Woods-May Ms. Mary B. Bredenberg Ms. Marion Schmitt Ellis Vicki and Don Kaffenberger Ms. Hope Matthews Mr. F. Puig Ms. Adele Schneider Elizabeth G. and Laurent J. Torno Jr. Mr. Lance Wyman Ms. Linda Brooks Mr. David A. Emerson Ms. Toby Keane Mr. Patrick McAnany Rosalynn and Bernard Purcell Mr. Edward Schneider Mrs. Kelli Tovar Mr. Daniel C. Zvorak Mrs. James Burch Mr. Daniel H. Eudaily Mrs. Betty Keevak M. “Bud” McCain Mr. and Mrs. John T. Byrne Mrs. M. Catherine Underhill Fitzpatrick Mrs. Matilda S. Keil Mrs. Joan L. Miller California Billing Specialist Ms. Margaret C. Flood Ms. Audrey Kempf Mr. Walter Miller Mr. Robert C. Canepa Mr. Frank Foley Jr. Karen and Phil Kerker Carolyn Miner Cardinals Care Mrs. Yelena Francis Mr. Ray Killebrew Missouri Department of Conservation Mr. Clarkson Carpenter Mr. Russell Froelich Ms. Dorothy King Missouri History Museum Mr. Gene Carroll Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Fulstone Dr. Margaret Kinsella and Ms. Eileen Kinsella Mrs. Margaret A. Morrissey Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Carroll Mrs. Gertrude Furman Mr. and Mrs. Donald Kirby Mrs. Marjorie Mueller Suzanne M. and Eugene J. Carroll Ms. Mary Gauthier L. Klayman Mrs. Marie Munton Estate of Adelaide Cherbonnier Mr. Timothy K. George Wallace G. Klein and Norma Jean Vavra Klein Mrs. Ilene Murray

^Deceased

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Staff of the Missouri History Museum 2009

Office of the President Karolyne Cronin Exhibitions and Research Special Projects Earl Perkins Staff Years of Service 15 to 19 Years 5 to 9 Years Robert R. Archibald, Ph.D., President Marianne Klein Amy Berra Carolyn Gilman Ernest Pullium Justin Barnes Anne-Marie Armbruster Anne-Marie Armbruster, Assistant to the President Peggy Anne Moser Shannon Berry Mary Lou Roche 40 or More Years Lincoln Calvin Susan Bell Michelle Oglesby Jerry Russell Mary Birkenmeier Cary Horton Roosevelt Harvey Gabrielle Finklea Amy Berra Kathy Petersen Susan Ponciroli Margaret Koch Operations Doug Smith Carolyn Gilman Shannon Berry Sherrie Watson Aimee Quirin Linda Landry Karen M. Goering, Managing Director Charlie Stevenson 30 or More Years Robert Heard David Charles David Lobbig Katrina Pfeiffer Jason Titter Joe Young Sheryl Hunter Ivette Combs Louis Mainieri Jim Walters John Keitel Everett Dietle Community Education and Institutional Advancement Jeff Meyer General Services Nathan Warren 25 or More Years Peggy Anne Moser Angela K. Dietz, Ph.D. Events Vicki Kaffenberger,Managing Director Rick Meyers Tia Adkins Thomas White Karen M. Goering Mike Oglesby Rose Dixson Kathleen J. Lee Jeff Wilcox Melanie Adams, Managing Director Gwen Moore Reginald Arnold Stanley Marshall Debbie Schraut Stacye Doss Victor Wilson Barnes M. Bradshaw Diane Riley Nicky Ballard Carol S. Verble Doug Smith Klara Foeller Communications Ronald Woodcock Alexandra Detrick Thomas Sleet Justin Barnes Edna Banner Smith Tami Goldman Susan Bell Joe Young Maurice Falls Sharon Smith Jerry Baum 20 or More Years Ellen Thomasson Christopher Gordon Everett Dietle Lisa Gilbert Jody Sowell Kelli Black Robert R. Archibald, Ph.D. Jim Walters Karla Hahn Tami Goldman Information Technology Lindsay Newton Tiffany Truitt Tim Bruce Nicky Ballard Sherrie Watson Cary Horton Debra Kokorudz Ronnell Benett Elizabeth Pickard Whitney Watson Lincoln Calvin Steven Call Whitney Watson Marianne Klein Tami Lent Mike Donelson Emily Underwood Anne Woodhouse, Ph.D. Eldon Clopton Eldon Clopton Victor Wilson Molly Kodner David Henry Ivette Combs Emily Jaycox Anne Woodhouse, Ph.D. Linda Landry Development and Membership Dan Kelley Library and Collections Brittany Davis Robert Mullen Kathleen J. Lee Diane Anthes Ryan Lane Finance and Administration Randall Blomquist Rose Dixson Dennis Northcott 10 to 14 Years Louis Mainieri Jennifer Brake Robert Shepard Jaime Bourassa Nick Engle Kathy Petersen Reginald Arnold Virginia Marina Harry E. Rich, Interim Chief Financial Officer Joan Cheaney Eric Wilkinson Steven Call Anna Fragale Sharon Smith Randall Blomquist Genelle McDonald Stacye Doss Accounting Amanda Claunch Margie Gropp Barnes M. Bradshaw Jeff Meyer Stephanie Ferrell Heather Bullard Darlene Davies-Sugerman Roosevelt Harvey Melvin Carr Rick Meyers Tricia Hendricks Gabrielle Finklea Klara Foeller Robert Heard Amanda Claunch Lauren Mitchell Karla Hahn Christopher Gordon James Jacoby Darlene Davies-Sugerman Victoria W. Monks Sheryl Hunter Ferdinand Jones Peggy Hannick Museum Services Mike Donelson Katrina Pfeiffer Connie Stoffel Emily Jaycox John Keitel Ferdinand Jones Susan Ponciroli Katherine Van Allen, Managing Director Paul Wasielewski Molly Kodner Laura Kirk Vicki Kaffenberger Connie Stoffel Tamaki Anna Harvey Stratman Linda Young Amy Moorman Virginia Marina Margaret Koch Tiffany Truitt Robert Mullen Stanley Marshall Tami Lent Digital Assets Emily Underwood Human Resources Dennis Northcott Genelle McDonald David Lobbig Katherine Van Allen Angela K. Dietz, Ph.D. Melvin Carr Debbie Schraut Chris McGhee Thomas Sleet Paul Wasielewski Edna Banner Smith Devin McGill Natasha Johnson Digital Media and Publications Jason D. Stratman Jeff Wilcox Jason D. Stratman Mike Oglesby Tamaki Anna Harvey Stratman Lauren Mitchell Linda Young Museum Shop Ellen Thomasson John Paynes Jason Titter Victoria W. Monks Carol S. Verble Willie Peete David Charles Keri O’Brien

36 37 A Report to the Community 2008 and 2009 / Missouri History Museum A Report to the Community 2008 and 2009 / Missouri History Museum FINANCIAL SUMMARY FINANCIAL SUMMARY

Financial Summary 2008 Financial Summary 2009

For 2008, total public support and revenue amounted to $8,114,009. SOURCES OF PUBLIC SUPPORT AND REVENUE For 2009, total public support and revenue amounted to $17,999,902. SOURCES OF PUBLIC SUPPORT AND REVENUE The major portion of public support consisted of $9,824,756 from Services Provided for the Services Provided for the Missouri History Museum Subdistrict...... $9,824,756 The major portion of public support consisted of $9,807,838 from Missouri History Museum Subdistrict...... $9,807,838 the Missouri History Museum Subdistrict of the Metropolitan Contributions and Bequests...... 2,170,698 the Missouri History Museum Subdistrict of the Metropolitan Contributions and Bequests...... 2,367,407 Zoological Park and Museum District for history services Investment Income...... 762,589 Investment Income...... 383,370 Gains from Securities, Net...... (5,984,498) Zoological Park and Museum District for history services Gains from Securities, Net...... 4,032,193 and facilities provided under our contractual agreement. Grant Income...... 43,145 and facilities provided under our contractual agreement. Grant Income...... 40,724 Memberships...... 522,078 Memberships...... 478,516 Museum Shop...... 472,617 Museum Shop...... 407,523 Our 2008 operating expenses aggregated $13,058,424 of which Facility Rental/Restaurant Income...... 145,057 Our 2009 operating expenses aggregated $13,095,956 of which Facility Rental/Restaurant Income...... 141,779 $9,152,759 was for program services for the public and $3,784,115 Special Exhibition Ticket Revenue...... 157,567 Special Exhibition Ticket Revenue...... 73,609 $9,119,384 was for program services for the public and $3,909,714 Other Income...... 266,943 for supporting services. TOTAL...... $8,114,009 for supporting services. TOTAL...... $17,999,902 DISTRIBUTION OF OPERATING EXPENSES Program Services...... $9,152,759 DISTRIBUTION OF OPERATING EXPENSES Community Education and Events Programs...... 1,242,336 Program Services...... $9,119,384 Library and Collections...... 3,397,330 Community Education and Events Programs...... 1,164,632 Publications...... 303,719 Library and Collections...... 3,533,893 Exhibitions and Research...... 3,264,103 Publications...... 306,804 Communications...... 945,271 Exhibitions and Research...... 3,055,411 Supporting Services...... $3,784,115 Communications...... 1,058,644 Fund Raising...... 543,900 Supporting Services...... $3,909,714 Membership...... 335,663 Fund Raising...... 514,630 Management and General...... 1,874,421 Membership...... 392,758 Human Resources...... 265,215 Management and General...... 1,832,435 Information Technology...... 258,316 Human Resources...... 280,383 Museum Shop and Restaurant...... 506,600 Information Technology...... 428,316 Museum Shop and Restaurant...... 461,192 Change in Value of Split-interest Agreements...... $64,814 Other Expenses, Net...... $56,736 Change in Value of Split-interest Agreements...... $66,858

TOTAL...... $13,058,424 TOTAL...... $13,095,956

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Having Fun at a Twilight Tuesdays concert Celebrating National Ice Cream Day Tile Detail in the MacDermott Grand Hall

Steaming into History Train Display Behind the Scenes at the Library and Research Center

Girl Scout Day

 Flight City: St. Louis Takes to the Air

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Tour Groups

Library and Research Center