Bucks County Historical Society 2014 ANNUAL REPORT

Donors Experiences Past Exhibitions Exploration Audiences Legacy Discovery Excitement Education Preservation Perspectives Community Engagement Creativity Future History Innovative Stories Castles Generations Adventure Intriguing Connections Volunteers

Collections Excellence Stewardship Inspiring Meanings CastlesTotaro Museum & LibraryMercer Photo: J. Fonthill Castle Photo: Nic Barlow Fonthill A MESSAGE FROM OUR CHAIRMAN & DIRECTOR

Many words can aptly express the value and significance the Mercer Museum and Fonthill Castle represent for our communities. These remarkable castles, operated by the Bucks County Historical Society, offer extraordinary opportunities for visitors of all ages to experience history and engage with the past. In the following pages, you will note that many of the words featured on the cover are represented in the images and highlights included in this report.

Words like exploration, adventure and engagement embody the countless services and programs we provided in 2014. We continued our commitment to quality education services for more than 8,000 schoolchildren who visited the castles. Our National History Day program drew a record number of participants, with nearly 700 students taking part in this highly competitive process. Fonthill welcomed more than 2,000 schoolchildren who enjoyed discovering the treasures that Henry Mercer left for us to explore. Last year, the castles attracted a combined 100,000+ visitors who explored these National Historic Landmarks, and our online analytics tracked more than 155,000 unique visitors to our website.

Complementing our education programs and visitor services, we presented a total of six exhibitions as diverse as the circus, tiles and the seasons, Route 66 and Civil Rights. These exhibitions inspired our visitors and ignited a newfound curiosity and passion for history.

Our dedication to preservation and stewardship is the foundation of our work. Last year, we partnered with conservation professionals to begin the restoration of select artifacts for our major 2015 volunteer firefighting exhibition. We also worked with community groups to prepare for the restoration of Henry Mercer’s concrete gates at Fonthill. We accessioned and cataloged approximately 250 new acquisitions into the museum and library collections, and our library staff provided research services and assistance to more than 1,200 users. 1 Perhaps the most significant word on the cover of this report is community. Our community of dedicated members, volunteers, donors, interns and supporters help us accomplish all that we do annually. We simply would not be able to achieve so much without the unwavering commitment of these extraordinary partners. We are truly grateful for all they do.

It is for you – our member, our visitor, our supporter – that we remain committed to preserving and interpreting our cultural heritage in fun and unexpected ways. So please join us at our next exhibition, our next program, or our next special event, and let’s celebrate Henry Mercer’s unique legacy together.

Willliam D. Maeglin Douglas C. Dolan Board Chairman Executive Director Excitement Intriguing Adventure MERCER MUSEUM AND LIBRARY PROGRAMS AND EXHIBITIONS EngagementThe Mercer Museum generates a wide variety of programs for school, camp, adult and general audiences. Providing both on- and off-site learning experiences for children in the Delaware Valley Region, our programs for schools and other youth audiences include our popular LEGO™ Robotics and “Wild World of Wizarding” camps, the long-running Dolls’ Day Out, and the Bucks-Mont Regional National History Day competition. The museum sponsors special programs for a variety of audiences during African- American History Month, Presidents’ Day, the Halloween season, and the December holidays, plus annual walking tours, genealogy workshops, craft activities, and storytelling programs. In 2014, we also produced and scheduled an array of programs related to our special exhibits, with various speakers, artists, performers and others enhancing shows related to the circus, games, history of Route 66, and Civil Rights Movement.

We continued our program of special exhibitions in the Martin & Warwick Foundation Galleries with four traveling shows, each augmented with materials from the museum’s own holdings or loans from area private collections. Exhibits included Step Right Up! Behind the Scenes of the Circus Big Top, 1890-1965; Playing Together: Games; America’s Road: The Journey of Route 66; and For All the World to See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights. In addition, we presented our annual seasonal display, Under the Tree: A Century of Holiday Toys. Some of the shows also featured special “in-gallery” National History Day programs. Circus aerialists performed feats of acrobatics in Step Right Up!, while our contest participants Expedition Cart – staffed by volunteers – provided family activities related to the circus, games, and holiday exhibits. The museum’s exhibit program extends also into the original Mercer “castle,” where we developed new “Expedition Backpacks,” with activities to enrich children’s interaction with the collections. Of course, the permanent Mercer galleries, with their eccentric and dense 2 displays of tools and other artifacts, remain a major draw for museum audiences.

2014 Highlights: • More than 6,700 school children, ranging from pre-school to high school, experienced Mercer Museum programs such as “Log House Life,” “Simple Machines,” “Frontier Trading,” and “Henry’s Harvest of Art.” • With funding from the 2013 Cocktails at the Castle Mission Appeal, and other donors, new computers, learning kits, software and other materials were acquired to enhance and expand the Mercer’s long- running LEGO™ Robotics Summer Camps. • A record number of students – nearly 700 – participated in the Mercer Museum-sponsored regional History Day competition at Ursinus College. • Completed planning, object selection and design work for our major 2015 exhibit, To Save Our Fellow Citizens: Volunteer Firefighting, 1800-1875. • Collaborated with the Philadelphia School of Circus Arts, the African-American Museum of Bucks County, and the Friendly Quilters to Above: Second Baptist present programming and Church of Doylestown choir additional displays related to Left: Philadelphia School of the Step Right Up! and For Circus Arts aerialist All the World to See exhibits. MERCER MUSEUM AND LIBRARY COLLECTIONS Engagement Appropriate to our mission, the collections of the Mercer Museum and Library reflect and illustrate three broad aspects of our past: (1) Bucks County history and culture up to the present day, (2) the history of everyday life and work in pre industrial America, to circa 1850, and (3) the contributions and achievements of Henry Chapman Mercer, archaeologist, collector, architect, tile maker and museum founder.

The continued stewardship of the collections is a major responsibility of the Museum and Historical Society, and an important task for both curatorial and library staff. Stewardship involves both the care and preservation of collections, as well as improving documentation and providing access to collections information for researchers and other users – both on- and off-site. In 2014, more than 700 researchers visited the Mercer Library, while more than 500 received answers to queries by mail, telephone and e-mail.

Ongoing stewardship activities include maintenance of our historic and other structures, processing and cataloging collections, photographic documentation, housekeeping, inventory maintenance, tracking object movement, and monitoring environmental conditions. Many new acquisitions to the collections are received annually, and must be accessioned and entered into the institution’s database. Researchers may gain access to information about a portion of the museum and library collections through our website, via the “RolloPAC” on-line catalog portal. More than 2700 new records and images were added to RolloPAC in 2014. Several special collections projects were also initiated in 2014, including an interior tile condition study and a preservation needs assessment at Fonthill Castle, and a collections move and disaster planning/ risk assessment study at the Mercer Museum. We also began projects to upgrade technology and increase shelf capacity for archival storage in the Mercer library. 3 2014 Highlights: • Accessioned and cataloged approximately 250 new acquisitions into the museum and library collections. • Received a grant of $74,236 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, a federal agency, to relocate and re-house three important museum collections: medical instruments, African artifacts, and paintings. With the acquisition of new storage furniture, these collections will be moved to our off-site storage facility. • Received a grant of $5,100 from the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Fund, National Trust for Historic Preservation, to develop methodologies to secure and re-install Moravian Tiles that have loosened or become detached from their original installations at Fonthill Castle. • Received $45,000 from two foundations and individual donors to support the aforementioned Mercer library technology enhancements. • Secured funding and initiated treatments to clean and conserve 25 firefighting artifacts in preparation for our 2015 exhibit, To Save Our Fellow Citizens. • Loaned artifacts from the collections to exhibits at the National Constitution Center, and Rutgers University. Continued loan to the National Museum of American Jewish History.

Top: Museum staff record locations of artifacts moved to off-site storage facility as part of major federal grant project. Middle: Conservator cleans and prepares an object for the 2015 firefighting exhibit, “To Save Our Fellow Citizens” Right: Friendship Quilt (detail), Bucks County, c. 1850. Gift of Roy and Nancy Kolb, 2014 FONTHILL CASTLE PROGRAMS In 2014, Fonthill Castle continued its long tradition of sharing the story of Henry Mercer and his intellectual and artist achievements through a wide variety of tours, programs and exhibits with our many guests. In addition to the regular and school tours lead through the castle, we offered Tower Tours for Families, Behind the Scenes Tours, Candlelight Tours and Mercer’s Night Tales. Fonthill staff and volunteers presented a wide range of interactive youth programs including Animals in the Castle, Paint a Knightly Shield, Write like a Babylonian, Aztec Headdress, Towers and Trebuchets, Medieval Camp, Archaeology Camp, a fourth grade writing workshop and a tile mosaic class.

Fonthill also presented a varied selection of non-tour programs for our general and adult guests. These programs and events included the Spring and Holiday Meanders, The Holiday Family Open House in conjunction with the Moravian Pottery and Tile works, Stories by the Castle with Darcy Fair, photography workshops, a tile exhibit, a Celtic concert, and the Beer Fest.

Top: Storytelling by Darcy Fair Above: Animals in the Castle Program In partnership with Memorable Affairs, our exclusive caterer, Fonthill served as the location for over 20 rentals, many of which were weddings. In an effort to showcase the site to a wider audience, the castle was the setting for three commercial fashion photo shoots for such diverse companies as Bergdorf-Goodman, Tom James Suits and Real Simple Magazine. We were also the site for two videos by musical groups Triptyq and Vesper Heights.

Beyond our programs and events, several preservation and restoration projects were launched and/or 4 completed throughout 2014. With the valued participation of an intern and volunteer, the books that had been originally kept in the Wind Room were inventoried and re-housed. Questers from around the state raised valuable funds for the restoration of the concrete gate post on North Street, and through the generosity of local Quester groups, production began of the reproduction curtains that will hang in the Terrace Room. In addition to helping create a more accurate look to the room, theses curtains will also help us control the light levels.

2014 Highlights: • Over 28,000 guests participated in tours, programs and events at Fonthill Castle • The presentation of the tile exhibit, “For Every Season, Tile, Tile, Tile: Tiles Inspired by Henry Mercer Experiencesand the Seasons” in partnership with four local tile makers. Tiles and other ceramic pieces were displayed along the main tour route of the castle in an effort to further explore one of Henry Mercer’s favorite themes; the seasons. • Fonthill partnered with Glencairn Museum and the Doylestown Bookshop to expand programming opportunities and audiences. • Collaboration with advanced photography students from Central Bucks High School West to use Fonthill as a learning laboratory. The students’ final works were displayed at Fonthill for all of our guests to experience. • Due to rain, Fonthill had to scale back its Old- Fashioned July Fourth Celebration for the first time in over twenty years. But we still had over 400 people visit the museum!

Left: Inspired by Henry Mercer’s interest in Medieval art and history, Medieval camp’s young squires and ladies explored, crafted, quested and achieved the rank of knight. FINANCIAL REPORT STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION Statements of Activities: Years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013 2014 2013 Support and Revenue: Contributions $370,928 $1,236,191 Grants 228,692 103,149 Memberships 90,926 94,634 Special events Society Activities (Net of Direct Costs of 2014 $72,350; 2013 79,535 90,190 $78,152) Museum operations: Admissions 247,680 250,470 Programs 71,059 72,289 Museum shop, net of expenses 32,789 15,533 Publications 124 3,784 Facilities rental 32,800 19,535 Miscellaneous income 6,144 22,691 Investment income: Trust fund income 14,539 16,656 Investment income 761,628 1,718,560 1,936,844 3,643,682 Expenses: Program Services: Library 249,445 215,590 Curatorial 728,515 769.869 Educational 390,310 332,111 5 Support Services: Management and general 375,119 586,979 Development and fundraising 598,762 518,960 2,342,151 2,423,509

Adjustment of Acturial Liability for Annuities Payable 8,611 9,356 Change in net assets (396,696) 1,229,529 Net assets, beginning of year 24,745,113 23,515,584 Net assets, end of year $24,348,417 $24,745,113

2014 Revenue 2014 Expenses

Contributions 20% Program Support Expenses Other 40% 37% Program Grants 12% Expenses 60%

Memberships 5% Programs 4% Facility Rentals Special Events 2% Shop Admissions 5% 2% 13% GIVING Thank you to the many individuals, businesses, foundations, public and private agencies and community organizations that so generously supported our valuable work in 2014. We simply would not have accomplished all that was achieved without these remarkable donors.

ANNUAL FUND DONORS Dr. & Mrs. John J. Gribb Susan E. Fisher Mr. & Mrs. William F. Hecht Mrs. Janet Fleck, In Memory of Henry Chapman Mercer John Paton, Inc. Edwin L. Fleck Society Roy & Nancy Kolb David Franke & Susan Dardes Ken & Peg Swanstrom William Maeglin & Christina Kane Dr. & Mrs. Richard T. Goldhahn, Jr. Tom Thomas Mr. & Mrs. Paul Maroney Harvey & Mary Goldstein Mr. Richard B. Millham, Sr. Mr. Karl Graf ELIZABETH CHAPMAN Stephen & Patrice Raab Andy & Ellen Happ LAWRENCE Rental World Ms. Helen Harris Henry & Charlotte Rosenberger Ms. Barbara F. Harrison, In Memory of Benefactors Amy Schmidt David P. Harrison Elizabeth H. Gemmill Robert G. & Elizabeth Sigety Joseph & Linda Hart John & Carol McCaughan Sara Webster & Henry Webster-Mellon Mr. Thomas Hebel Brian & Louise McLeod Ronald W. Hogeland & Nancy Archer LAURA & FRANK SWAIN I WEAR Optical Boutique, Inc. WILLIAM WATTS HART (Ms. Lisa Stiefel, Mr. Steven Rapcki, GUARDIANS Ms. Emily Hendrix, Rebecca Vaughn, DAVIS PATRONS Anonymous (4) Willie Helpingstine, Jordan Divito, Geraldine H. Happ Donna Andrews Rhonda Fiehler, Anonymous, Cassandra Jim & Kathy Morrison Mrs. Clara Arrabal Gunkel, Kathleen Campbell, Linda Judy & Bud Newman David & Brenda Beavers, In Honor of Franklin) Fred & Taffy Schea Bill Schutt’s 70th Birthday Ken & Sue Ellen Keenan William & Patricia Marshall Dr. Sydney Ann Beckett Alan & Gail Keim, In Honor of Tom Orland & Nancy Bergère Thomas ORACE ICHENER Dr. & Mrs. Richard J. Bertz, In Honor of Mr. & Mrs. David H. Keller 6 H M Mrs. Ann B. Kleinsasser MANN CIRCLE Mr. Donald Orcutt Mr. & Mrs. William E. Bierlin Jr. Mr. Howard Knorr Anonymous (1) Laura & Michael Biersmith Krempa Associates, Inc. Debra C. Andrews Liz & Pete Biester Dr. Michaeleen Lee Ms. Marlene J. Burns Mr. & Mrs. Dominic L. Boffa, In Honor Bob & Jayne Lester Heather Cevasco & John Platek of Frances M. Boffa Molly Lowell Curtis & Carolyn Cowgill Melissa V. Bond Judge Edmund V. Ludwig Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Dunleavy, Jr. Ms. Audrey Bostwick Ms. Cynthia Maeglin John & Susan Eichert Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Boyle Ms. Joann K. Malta Mr. & Mrs. Grover J. Friend Anthony & Elizabeth Brennan Carol L. Manicone Mr. J. Lawrence Grim, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Bretz Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence K. Mann Ms. Linda B. Hodgdon Mr. & Mrs. Kenyon Brown Mrs. Catherine Marek Susan E. Kane Bruce & Elzbieta Brundage Dr. & Mrs. Joseph McGarvey, Sr. John & Phyllis Mauro Lynn T. Bush Mellon Webster & Shelly – Library Fund Joan B. & Donald E. Parlee Mr. & Mrs. David M. Carey Mr. & Mrs. Michael L. Meyer II Mr. Richard D. Paynton, Jr. Maureen & Mark Carlton Mr. George E. Michael Michelle A. Pedersen Mrs. Carolann Catalogne Mr. & Mrs. George Miller The Pfundt Foundation Ms. Patricia L. Chapman Mr. Mark J. Milnazik Mr. & Mrs. Michael Raphael Ms. Georgiana Coles Dave Minnick Jonathan & Melissa Reiss The Cook Family Mr. & Mrs. Gary K. Munkelt Volpe and Koenig, P.C. Karen & John Cook Peter & Lauretta Notwick Anthony & Suzanne Volpe Bill & Jan Cope Ooka Restaurant George A. Yarnall, In Memory of Cowgirl Chile Co. Jewelry Mr. Stephen Osborne Richard A. Yarnall, Architect Mrs. Mary Ann P. Darlington, In Mr. & Mrs. William C. Patterson Memory of Hillborn Darlington, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Gustavo Perea WARREN S. ELY PARTNERS Stuart & Susan Dearden Heather & Joe Phillips, Phillips & Mr. & Mrs. John Augenblick Joseph & Carolyn Della-Rodolfa Donovan Mr. & Mrs. Jay Belding Merrill & Suzanne Detweiler Architects, LLC Mr. & Mrs. Christopher B. Chandor Doug & Joy Dolan Mr. & Mrs. David W. Price Bud & Dotty* Davis Mr. & Mrs. Ken Doukas Mr. Earl J. Pursell Carol & Louis Della Penna Ms. Patti Dunham Anna D. Reller Mr. & Mrs. Edward Fernberger, Jr. Betsy & Joe Falconi Steven & Kay Rock Joseph & Suzy Feilmeier Ms. Loretta Rogers Mr. & Mrs. Blair T. Rush Mr. & Mrs. Edwin James Sara Webster, In Memory of Jean W. Rutherford Mr. & Mrs. Walter H. Jamison Thomas E. Mellon, Jr. Kathleen H. Sands* – Library Fund Ms. Patricia Kohlhepp Mr. Richard P. Schaumburg Mrs. Phyllis Krause MERCER RAINMAKERS William & Laurie Schutt Mr. & Mrs. John L. Kreischer BUSINESS MEMBERS Mr. & Mrs. Fred Shapiro, In Honor of Ms. Joan Lake – Library Fund Eileen Shapiro & Cory Amsler Dr. Helen Lehotzky Master Craftsmen Dave & Kristin Shields Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Livrone Drexel Metals, Inc. Silverman Family Partnerships Richard & Maryann Lush Memorable Affairs Caterers Jack Skudris Mr. James J. Mangan Penn Color, Inc. Karen Slattery / Paganini Ms. Ruth S. Maxson The Thompson Organization Peter & Barbara Sperry Mr. Anthony J. Mazullo, Jr. Volpe and Koenig, P.C. Intellectual Mrs. Patricia Steele Mr. & Mrs. Donald R. McClintock Property Law Sally B. Steinbach Mrs. Lynn McGrory Wells Fargo Advisors Mr. & Mrs. Richard D. Stephenson Mr. & Mrs. Bruce McMahon Mr. Chris Stratton Mrs. Helen S. Montgomery Craftsmen Dr. & Mrs. David Svahn Ms. Kimberlee S. Moyer A to Z Party Rental/Rental World Loraine & Jack Thompson Theodora A. Moyer Fred Beans Family of Dealerships Dr. & Mrs. John W. Tomlinson Miriam Muller Fulton Bank Mr. Victor Tortorelli Ms. E. Lois Myers Glenmede Dr. & Mrs. Brian Trachtenberg Mr. K. Timothy Nolt Hatboro Federal Savings John & Kate Trainer Mr. & Mrs. Maurice Oaks MATCOR, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Paul A. Try Mr. & Mrs. Wayne Phillips ParleeStumpf Mr. & Mrs. Robert E Vernon Mr. Edward Powers The Hon. Clyde W. Waite & Ms. Verna Ms. Katharine E. Reilly Guildsmen Hutchinson Mary Ida Reitz Advent Security Corporation Mrs. Nancy Wells William Ridge Barrie Audio Video Inc. Jean & David Weston Herb & Jennifer Rose Bazella Group Lou & Libby White Dr. & Mrs. Ellis Rubin The Cameron Companies, LLC James Wilson & Lynne Poirier-Wilson Mr. & Mrs. Joseph A. Salvadore Curtin & Heefner, LLP Donald & Patricia Winey Mr. & Mrs. Stephen L. Schreiner Eastburn & Gray, P.C. Mr. & Mrs. Eric Woolf Mrs. Phyllis Sexton First Savings Mr. & Mrs. William S. Woodward Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Shultes KBZ Communications, Inc. 7 Paula & Jack Young Mrs. Katharine S. Sigety Monument Bank Mr. & Mrs. R. Michael Smith National Penn Bank ROLLO & LUCY FRIENDS Ms. Sherry V. Smith Origlio Beverage Anonymous (2) Jennie Sperling PECO, An Exelon Company Mr. & Mrs. Albert Antrobus Mr. & Mrs. Richard T. St John Stockertown Beverage Company Mr. Peter Hoyle Armstrong, In Memory Ronald Strouse & Frederick Cresson Thompson Networks of J. David Miller Therese Szczurowski Univest Mrs. Elaine J. Bardsley Karen & Jack Taylor Worth & Company, Inc. Ms. Caroline Biersmith John Toner & Rebecca Bushnell Ms. Barbara J. Brown Mr. & Mrs. Dennis R. Walsh ARTISANS Mrs. Maxine K. Ward Mrs. Heather Cousins & Family, 3rd Fed Bank In Honor of Brian McLeod for Ms. Franca C. Warden Allure West Father’s Day Janeen White The Barn Studio Gallery Mrs. Norma K. Cummings Mr. Thomas M. Whitehead Dontech Incorporated Mrs. Sarajane S. Dallas Dr. & Mrs. Robert Willard Doylestown Commerce Center Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Dungan Michael & Christine Wolstenholme Eiseman Construction Company Ms. Margaret M. Fairbanks Laura Womack The First National Bank & Trust Frank & Jeanette Gallagher Mr. & Mrs. Eric Woolf Company of Newtown Mrs. Kathleen B. Getman – Library Mr. Chester Wurtz Firstrust Bank Fund Mrs. Margaret Yu Graphic Imaging Ms. Paula M. Godown David & Kaethe Zemach Bersin John Paton, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. James K. Goodwin Multi-Flow Industries Marlene Haresign Memorial Donors Newtown Office Supply Kelly L. Harris Ms. Priscilla A. Carrington, In Memory Paganini / Pag’s Pub Mr. & Mrs. Robert Hastings of Marian Rockafellow Pine Run Retirement Community Ms. Barbara L. Housley Henry & Nancy Del Bianco, In Memory RMG Insurance Mr. & Mrs. David Hudnut of Marian Rockafellow Rutherford’s Camera Shop Elizabeth Hughes Patricia Johnston Hayward, In Memory Silverman Family Partnerships, Inc. Ms. Nancy J. Hunter of Marian Rockafellow Tilley Fire Equipment Co. Ellen Idelson Ms. Sandra J.Karlberg, In Memory of Wright Choice Photography Ms. Karon Jahn – Library Fund Marian Rockafellow Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Jajko Ms. Edie Spruance, In Memory of Marian Rockafellow Tradesmen Reed & Steinbach Funeral Home Lin Hodgdon & Tom Modzelewski Adams-Bickel Associates, LLC Robyn Graham Photography Keenan Motor Group, Keenan Motors & AB-8 Waste Solutions, LLC Rockwood Wealth Management Keenan Honda Ann’s Cake Pan Sand Castle Winery Kreischer Miller Antheil, Maslow & MacMinn, LLP Santander Bank Lunch Productions Artistically Baked S&B Event Concepts and Catering Marshall Financial Group Barb Lin Inc. Superior Woodcraft, Inc. State Senator Charles McIlhinney Bi County Fuels, Inc. Sweet Sisters Cupcake Boutique Pennoni Associates, Inc. Bobby Simone’s TD Bank RMG Insurance Bowman’s Tavern Tinsman Bros., Inc. Rockwood Wealth Management Bradley Bunch Bakery Tullyvision Inc. TD Bank Bucks Country Gardens, Ltd. The Waterwheel Restaurant Bucks County Women’s Journal Wegmans Food Markets MISSION A PPEAL Caleb’s American Kitchen William Mount Associates DONORS – FIREFIGHTING Capital Insurance & Investment Planning The Zen Den EXHIBITION Carr and Duff, Inc. Laura & Michael Biersmith Carter van Dyke Associates Apprentice Heather Cousins, In Honor of Chaddsford Winery Benefit Ideas Group Brian McLeod Chambers 19 Bistro & Bar Bountiful Acres Judy Hayman Chive Café e. scott photography Susan E. Kane Christine Taylor Collection Hargrave House Bed & Breakfast Melani Kodikian and Kyle Burrows Cowgirl Chile Co. Jewelry Hortulus Farm Garden & Nursery Molly Lowell & Richard Duvall Cross Culture – Fine Indian Cuisine Jeff Reeder Photography Brian & Louise McLeod Doylestown Animal Medical Clinic Kate Leigh Photographer Lori & Rick Millham Doylestown Business & Community Kim Billingsley Photography, LLC Lisa Pretecrum Alliance L.A.D. & Co. Hairdressing of William & Laurie Schutt Doylestown Dental Group Distinction Eileen Shapiro & Cory Amsler Doylestown Floribunda Mom’s Flower Shoppe Tom Thomas Earl’s Bucks County Piper Classics Rochelle & John Thompson Economy Roofing & Siding Co., Inc. ServiceMaster of Bux-Mont Janis & George Wozar Empanada Mama Spring Valley Nurseries ESPI Wealth Development Group, LLC 8 First Platinum Abstract, LLC MERCER LEGACY Goodnoe Farm Dairy Bar COCKTAILS AT THE CASTLE SWEEPSTAKES SPONSORS Happ Contractors, Inc. SPONSORS Monument Bank Harper Business Law, P.C. ParleeStumpf The Hattery Stove & Still Pinnacle Sponsor Thompson BMW Hugh A. Marshall Landscape Contractor Wells Fargo Advisors Jarrett Vaughan Builders, Inc. Drexel Metals Inc. MERCER LEGACY Joseph Ambler Inn SWEEPSTAKES’ A MIGOS Knight Engineering, Inc. Tower Sponsor Kreischer Miller A to Z Party Rental Americor Press Law Offices of William L. Goldman, Bucks Mont Party Rental P.C. EisnerAmper, LLP Spire Sponsor Memorable Affairs Lunch Productions, Inc. Americor Press Mom’s Flower Shoppe The Marshall Financial Group Comcast Port a Bowl of Pipersville McCoole’s at the Historic Red Lion Inn Curtin & Heefner, LLP Millham Companies, Inc. Eastburn & Gray, P.C. Moore Cleaning, LLC Fulton Bank FONTHILL’S OLD Moyer Indoor/Outdoor Susan E. Kane FASHIONED FOURTH OF Natech Solutions KBZ Communications JULY SPONSORS Nina’s Waffles National Penn Patriot Nomoo Cookie Company Thompson BMW MATCOR, Inc. OwowCow Creamery Inc. Worth & Company, Inc. Park Avenue Pastries PECO, An Exelon Company Univest Peddler’s Village Finial Sponsor Penn Taproom/PA Soup & Seafood Ameriprise Financial Pigs and Gigs Fellow Laura & Michael Biersmith The Plumsteadville Inn State Representative Marguerite Quinn Doris Hart Carr, in memory of Potter Contracting George M. Carr III Pratt, Brett & Luce, P.C E. C. Bentz Electrical Contractor, Inc. Friends of the Fourth Proline Screen Printing & Products, Inc. Eiseman Construction Friends of the Bucks County Historical Puck First Savings Banking-Insurance- Society QNB Investments Quinoa ONTHILL ASTLE Neshamini Creekers Molly Lowell F C Oak Lore The Lower Merion Historical Society BEER FEST Penn Legacy Leslie May Origlio Beverage Pennsylvania State Dona M. McDermott Gretz Beer Company Pennypack Nancy Nulisch Stockertown Beverage Potpourris Paxton Fulfillment Senator Chuck McIlhinney Roscommon Harry E. Pontius, III Bucks Mont Party Rental Spring House Karen L. Pidcock Price Valley Green Heirs Barbara Ricci HISTORY DAY SPONSORS Whitefield Daniel B. Rockafellow Anonymous Wyola Schoolhouse Jennie Sperling Fred Beans Family of Dealerships Ye Olde Almshouse Susan Wetherill Fulton Bank James A. Wiley* Rosalind & Alfred Berger Foundation, Community Donors Charles Yeske In Honor of Ruth Maxson Lisa S. Crawford Snap Cab-Elevator Interior Systems Phyllis Durr DONORS TO A CQUISITION/ Tullyvision Studios, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Craig Glueck CONSERVATION EFFORTS Volpe and Koenig, P.C. Intellectual Barbara F. Harrison American Folk Art Society Property Law Laurie A. Chauvin LIBRARY TECHNOLOGY Mary Jane Clemens EXHIBITIONS SPONSORS ENHANCEMENTS Joy & Doug Dolan Visit Bucks County John & Ann Lear Doug & Donna Fisher William Penn Foundation Jim & Kathy Morrison Erik Fleischer Bucks County Foundation Norman Raab Foundation Sharon M. Holloway Glenmede Richard C. Von Hess Foundation Jim & Bunny Krueger Judy & Bud Newman Catherine Marek Susan E. Kane ERCER OBOTICS John & Phyllis Mauro Tom Thomas M R Leslie & Michael May Law Offices of William L. Goldman, CAMP TECHNOLOGY Jim & Kathy Morrison P.C. ENHANCEMENTS Fred & Taffy Schea Brian & Louise McLeod Foundations Community Partnership Mr. & Mrs. Ronald E. Walter Honorable Clyde W. Waite & Verna Marvin & Dee Ann Woodall 9 Hutchinson OUNDATIONS RANTING The National Endowment for the F /G Humanities DONORS TO THE AGENCIES The Pennsylvania Abolition Society COLLECTIONS Bucks County Foundation Philadelphia School of Circus Arts Cory Amsler First Savings Foundation Eric Geoffrey Donald G. Armstrong Foundations Community Partnership David & Dorree Wickman Charles Baum Nobadeer Foundation Melissa V. Bond Richard Bowen Norman Raab Foundation Ceile E. Hedberg Phyllis Carroll Pew Charitable Trusts Norman & Inez Bing Jim Clarkson Richard C. Von Hess Foundation Joyce A. Hadley Collections Committee of the Rotary Club of Doylestown Yvette E. Taylor-Hachoose Bucks County Historical Society Ann Corkadel EDUCATIONAL FONTHILL GATES Betty Davis MPROVEMENT AX REDIT Jeanne Dobron I T C RESTORATION PROJECT Doylestown Historical Society (EITC) COMPANIES Quester Chapters Thomas P. Dungan Fred Beans Family of Dealerships Conestoga Richard Duvall Fulton Bank Doyle Estate of George M. Hart Snap Cab-Elevator Interior Systems Falling Spring Mr. Stanley Gorski Featherbed Hill Carol Ann Gray GOVERNMENT A GENCIES Fonthill J. Lawrence Grim, Jr. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania/ Iron Forge David W. Groff Pennsylvania Historical & Museum John Augustus Roebling David Guttman Commission King’s Path Mary Ann Hoffman County of Bucks, Office of Lancaster Red Rose Donna Humphrey Commissioners Lingohocken John Hundley Pennsylvania Council on the Arts/ Lodwarrick Eleanor Karpa Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance Marquis W. Roy & Nancy Kolb Pennsylvania Humanities Council Mercer Mile Lawrence B. Kramer Visit Bucks County Moland House John Lear Institute of Museum and Library Services Nellie Bly David B. Long (IMLS) ATCHING IFTS Black Bass Hotel Michael D. Moss M G Blue Mountain Ski Area Museum of Early Trades & Crafts COMPANIES Bobby Simone’s Restaurant & Bar Nantucket Historical Association Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation Guillermo Bosch Nejad Oriental Galleries Johnson & Johnson Family of Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC Newtown Office Supply, Inc. Companies Buckman’s Ski Shop Nina’s Waffles & Sweets Merck Partnership for Giving Bucks County Playhouse Nomoo Cookie Company Prudential Bucks County Women’s Journal Omni Hotel at Independence Park Verizon Foundation Buinewicz Plastic Surgery and Medspa Orion’s Light Byers’ Choice Ltd. Bill Patterson PLUS ULTRA SOCIETY Caleb’s American Kitchen PECO Demonstrating an extraordinary Maureen Carlton Penn Taproom and Pennsylvania Soup & expression of devotion and support, Steven M. Case Seafood House these individuals ensure the future of CBS3/The CW Philly Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts the Mercer Museum and Library & Chaddsford Winery - Peddler’s Village Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival Fonthill Castle by including BCHS in Chambers 19 Bistro & Bar Jesse Pham their estate plans. Chapman Gallery Philadelphia Museum of Art Chive Café The Philadelphia Zoo In appreciation to the following donors... Christkindlmarkt Bethlehem Pigs & Gigs/All About Catering John & Elizabeth Augenblick Georgiana S. Coles The Plumsteadville Inn Patricia Bitzer Comcast Proline Screen Printing & Products, Inc. David & Nancy Blois Cottage & Coop Puck Melissa V. Bond, Attorney County Theater Quinoa & El Tule Doris H. Carr Cowgirl Chile Co. Jewelry Running Press Book Publishers Bud & Dotty* Davis Creative Closets Rutherford’s Camera Shop Susan E. Fisher Cross Culture - Fine Indian Cuisine S&B Event Concepts and Catering Grover & Sally Friend Doylestown Fire Company Sand Castle Winery Roger Funk Doylestown Floribunda Frederick Schea J. Lawrence Grim, Jr. Doylestown Inn Seibert & Rice Linda Butzier Hodgdon Earl’s Bucks County Sellersville Theater & The Washington W. Roy & Nancy Kolb Empanada Mama House John W. Lear Essentials Salon & Day Spa Simon & Schuster 10 David B. Long Darcy Fair Dave Song Bill & Christie Maeglin Alan Fetterman Sweet Sisters Cupcake Boutique Richard B. Millham, Sr. Mike Fitzpatrick Sweet Water Golf Course Jack & Carol McCaughan Francis Furgiuele Tabora Farm & Orchard Jim & Kathy Morrison Maria Goldberg The 1719 William Trent House Museum Carl Paffendorf Graphic Imaging The Old Barracks Museum Doreen H. Paynton Grounds for Sculpture Dean Thomas June R. Rea The Hattery Stove & Still The Thompson Organization Kathleen A. Schea Linda B. Hodgdon Deborah Thorne William & Laurie Schutt Kelly Ann Jacobson Tuckerton Seaport Carolyn Kohl Shaddinger Joseph Ambler Inn Walnut Street Theatre Emily Burton Sippel Harry C. Kahn The Waterwheel Restaurant Tom Thomas Don F. Kaiser Wegmans Food Markets Michael & Suzanne Zoglio Rosemarie Kaupp Christopher Willett W. Roy Kolb William Penn Inn IN-KIND GIFTS Kramer Portraits The Zen Den A to Z Party Rental/Rental World Jayne Lester Act 1 DeSales University Performing Mary W. Lowell Arts Lunch Productions, Inc. Adams-Bickel Associates, LLC M Restaurant at the Morris Hotel In Memoriam Allure West McCoole’s at the Historic Red Lion Inn Remembering all of our dedicated Americor Press Charles T. McIlhinney volunteers and supporters who Cory Amsler Mealey’s Furniture passed away this last year. Their Andrés Wine & Cheese Shop Memorable Affairs commitment to our organization Ann’s Cake Pan Miacomet Golf Club made a tremendous difference. Artistic Pizzeria Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts Artistically Baked Betty Minnucci Balance Spa & Fitness at Omni Hotel at Monmouth Museum Independence Park Monument Bank *Deceased StewardshipBergdorff Goodman Morris Museum We apologize for any misspellings or omissions. VOLUNTEERS AND INTERNS Thank you to the individuals and organizations who provided their time, energy and talents to support our programs, exhibitions, special events and administrative needs. We are a stronger organization because of these special partners.

Sandra Alford Melissa B. Eiseman Helena McKendrick Carolyn Kohl Shaddinger Frank Amsler Darcy Fair Brian R. McLeod Leah Simpson Jake Amsler Joseph R. Feilmeier Esther McOwen Emily Burton Sippel Nancy Andal Donna Fisher Tim McVan Jack Skudris Rick Anderson Susan E. Fisher Denise Meehl Betsy Smith Debbie Andrews Arianne Fitzgerald Rick Millham, Jr. Dee Ann Smith Kathy Appel Greg Fitzgerald Dan Miller Samantha Softly Lindsay Applebach Erik Fleisher Dave Minnick Lisa Kristin Soren Kathryn Auerbach David L. Franke Barbara Molesworth Kurt Spence John R. Augenblick Nancy Freudenthal Jane Moore Marcy Stanley Joe Balsama Grover J. Friend Alex Morrow John Stanojev Emily Baylen Mary Ann Fuller Jean Morris Jennifer Statler Dr. Sydney Ann Beckett Frank Furgiuele William Mount Terry Steinberg Marilyn Becker Anna Gamarnik Margaret Mumbauer Mark Stevens Nancy Bergere Elizabeth H. Gemmill David Mumbauer Thom Switzer Mary Biagioli Tim German Bud Newman Shannon Taylor Caroline Biersmith Sandra Gehring Matt Nicholas Tom Thomas Luke Biersmith Nyomi Gonzalez Frank Norris Rochelle Thompson Jack Biersmith Stan Gorski Lisa Payne-Chirico Laura Trachtenberg Melissa V. Bond Nikki Green Shelby Parker Debbie Thorne Jamie Bradley Madison Greer Ruhy Patel Mary Van Pelt Allegra Brown Alex Groce Jillian Payne-Johnson Anthony S. Volpe Marlene Burns Kaitlyn Gross Richard D. Paynton, Jr. Ronald Walter Melissa Butler Tiffany Hammond Michelle A. Pedersen Debbie Wagner Maureen B. Carlton Casey Haughin Patricia Pepe Caroline Wend 11 Mark Carlton Barbara F. Harrison Gustavo I. Perea Jackson Weimer Doris H. Carr Christine Harrison Lisa Pretecrum Carol West Madison Case Judy Hayman Stephen F. Raab Janeen White Barbara Cavanaugh Louise Heath Michael B. Raphael James Wiley* Heather A. Cevasco Linda B. Hodgdon Jonathan J. Reiss Marie Woodson Doris Charles Amanda Hoffman Jeff Roberts Larry Woodson Melissa Charry Donna Humphrey Robin Robinett Lauren Woolf Anna Chen Harry C. Kahn III Patrick Rogers George Wozar Abby Chirico Susan E. Kane Maxine Romano Dave Wurtz Leah Chirico Timothy D. Katsiff Kathleen Schea Jackson Young Zoe Chirico Lilly Kaufmann William R. Schutt Mary Jane Clemens Caroline Kirchener Haley Schwartz Jenna Colombo Arline Kirk Nancy Schwartz Andrew Colombo Erica Knorr Susan Sciacca Lisa Crawford Hal Kodikian Jesse Crooks Melani Kodikian Diane Cumminski Vance Koehler Elizabeth DaCrema Jim Krueger Betty Davis Ken Lang Jack Davis Eric Lepping Grace Deon Shelach Lynch Vincent Deon Andrew Lynch Marne Dietterich Andrew Lynn Joe DiLullo Thomas Maclin William DiStefano William D. Maeglin Ken Doukas Catherine Marek Lynne Anne Donchez John N. Mauro Carolina Downey Ruth Maxson Rich Duvall Leslie May Katie Eckelman Lois McClintock

Left: (l to r): Volunteers George Wozar and Jim Krueger Right: (l to r): Interns Austin Berbaum, Katie Gross, Kaitlyn Spehar BOARD OF TRUSTEES Serving as ambassadors and community connectors, we are grateful to the leaders of our organization for their commitment of time, talents and treasure to support and advance our mission.

William D. Maeglin, Board Chair Michelle Pedersen, Treasurer John R. Augenblick, Vice-Chair Richard D. Paynton, Jr., Secretary Heather A. Cevasco, Vice-Chair Brian R. McLeod, Past Chair

Debbie Andrews Gustavo I. Perea Melissa V. Bond Kevin S. Putman, Jr. Maureen B. Carlton Stephen F. Raab Susan E. Fisher Michael B. Raphael David L. Franke Jonathan J. Reiss Grover J. Friend Kathleen Schea Elizabeth H. Gemmill William R. Schutt Linda B. Hodgdon Tom Thomas Susan E. Kane Rochelle Thompson John N. Mauro Anthony S. Volpe Bud Newman David Wickman Brian Partyka

Douglas C. Dolan 12 President & Executive Director

Visit our website www.mercermuseum.org for a list of dedicated staff.

Left to right: Day of Service provided by Keller Williams Real Estate employees; John Lear conducting genealogical research in the Mercer Library; Kirk Fredendall, Fredendall Building Company, completes repairs on Log Cabin. Project funded in part by the Rotary Club of Doylestown. Perspectives Connections DedicationMeanings It is the mission of the Bucks County Historical Society to educate and engage its many audiences in appreciating the past and to help people find Missionstories and meanings relevant to their lives – both today and in the future. 84 South Pine Street, Doylestown, PA 18901 www.mercermuseum.org • 215-345-0210