Preserving History • Engaging Minds • Connecting Maine MAINE HISTORICAL SOCIETY WINTER 2014/20 15 THANK YOU TO OUR DONORS THE MHS LABORATORY Maine Historical Society I hope that many of you were able to stop in to visit our recent exhibition, Lincoln: The Constitu- tion and the Civil War. The traveling exhibition came courtesy of the American Library Associa- MAINE HISTORICAL SOCIETY Annual Report of Donors 2013-2014 tion and was installed in the lovely 2nd floor reading room of the Brown Library. It had scale, INCORPORATED 1822 was colorful, and took on important, timely themes that help put our Maine experience (and the We are pleased to have this opportunity each year to acknowledge you, our contributors, for your generous support of our work and our contemporary political climate) in perspective. mission. Together we raised $279,663 from 456 donors for the 2013-2014 Annual Fund. Your investment in Maine Historical Society assures the continued excellence of our educational programs for schools, exhibitions, lectures, publications, research services, and internet This represents a very big moment for MHS. Here’s why: resources—all the things that make MHS a unique and valuable institution. Thank you. Together we do great things. It is both a culmination of work done by many, many people over the past decade or so, and a The following gifts represent cumulative unrestricted gifts received for the Annual Fund from 10/1/2013 through 9/30/2014. OFFICERS glimpse of where MHS is headed. First, as you all know, the $9.5 million renovation of the Brown Research Library restored the library to its historical grandeur. But a persistent problem remained: Lendall L. Smith, Chair 1822 FOUNDERS COUNCIL Sam and Nancy Ladd Fran Pollitt and Frank Briber Preston R. Miller, 1st Vice President storage. Since the renovation, the 2nd floor reading room has been completely out of public circula- The 1822 Founders Council recognizes donors who Jeff and Penny Leman Victoria S. Poole provide leadership support at the level of $1,000 and The Libra Foundation Jim Sargent Joseph E. Gray, 2nd Vice President tion—filled with metal shelves, archival boxes, and stored collections. up. These generous friends understand the profound Peter and Eve McPheeters Scott Simons Architects Jean Gulliver, Secretary effect their gifts have on our museum and library Peter and Leslie Merrill Meredith S. S. Smith Carl L. Chatto, Treasurer Thanks to the purchase and development of our new Collections Management Center with Port- collections and the educational programming those Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln J. Merrill Jr. Seth and Laura Fecych Sprague MAINE HISTORICAL SOCIETY collections inspire. We deeply appreciate all that these Zareen Taj Mirza, in honor of Pam Deering Strayer TRUSTEES land Public Library, we have been able to clear that space, and can now begin to see, imagine, and donors do on our behalf. her parents Josephine Detmer and Humayun Mirza The A.R. and Marylouise Tandy Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. S. Monks Jr. Foundation Eleanor G. Ames Peter Merrill test our ability to use that and other parts of our campus for expanded public engagement. In the Marta Morse Cora J. Tarbox year ahead, you’ll have the chance to visit the 2nd floor reading room for public programs, events, LEADERSHIP CIRCLE Richard E. Barnes Thomas P. Noyes Kenneth M. and Mary Pennell Nelson Henry and Ingrid Thomas Eric Baxter Theodore L. Oldham (Gifts of $10,000 or more) and other exhibitions. P.D. Merrill Charitable Trust Ann and Ted Noyes Bonnie Vance and Dana Belisle Meredith Strang Burgess Betsy Pelikan The Elmina B. Sewall Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Thomas P. Noyes Alice and Bradford Wellman Thomas Cattell Eileen Skinner Johanna Hart & Murrough O’Brien Paul, Thomas, and John Wescott and John Doughty Kathryn Schneider Smith This points to the next phase in the development of MHS’s campus. We are now turning our at- Robert J. Gallant Scholarship Fund Ruth Wescott Montero, in memory of Paul Wescott LONGFELLOW BENEFACTORS Mr. and Mrs. Theodore L. Oldham Bob Greene Charles V. Stanhope tention to what comes next for our museum building—489 Congress Street—and how our campus (Gifts of $5,000 or more) Horace W. Horton Alan B. Stearns Oldham Family Fund INVESTOR can most effectively serve as a center and jumping off point for the exploration of Maine, its rich Anonymous Dr. Candace Orcutt Patrick T. Jackson Jotham A. Trafton (Gifts of $250 or more) history, and special sense of place. Mr. and Mrs. Charlton Ames Proprietors of Union Wharf Jon Jennings Andy Verzosa Diana B. Bean Anonymous Neil Rolde Sarah Adams, in memory of Clayton Adams Tyler Judkins Lee D. Webb Linda Bean Evelyn S. Sawyer Dr. Burt Adelman In preparation, we will be turning our campus and statewide programs into a laboratory in which Diversified Communications David Lakari Charles D. Whittier II Imelda A. Schaefer Paul and Mimi Aldrich Fisher Charitable Foundation Eileen F. Skinner we pilot and test the ideas, activities, and programs that will guide the development of the institu- Preston R. Miller Jr. and Carol Smith Miller Mrs. George H. Anderson STAFF Carolyn W. Slayman, in memory of Peter Walch John W. Bradford tion, our museum program, and facilities. At the same time, the MHS Board of Trustees and staff Cornelia Robinson Kathy and Sam Smith ADMINISTRATION John M. Robinson Fund of the Maine Community Joyce Butler will be doing extensive outreach, and exploring the most intriguing, successful, forward-looking Lendall L. Smith and Nancy Herter Jean M. B. Chapman Foundation Tim and Housie Stewart Stephen Bromage Executive Director models being developed and pursued at historical organizations and museums across the country. Charles V. Stanhope Mrs. Kathryn A. Clark Kathy Finnell Director of Finance Mr. and Mrs. Jotham A. Trafton Dr. and Mrs. Jerome A. Collins Holmes and Didi Stockly Dorothy and Fred Walker Cindy Murphy Business Manager Constance J. Cushman Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Whittier II Dorothy and Fred Walker Fund Nan Cumming Director of Institutional Advancement It’s a time when YOUR perspectives, participation, and support are more important than ever. Edward Dewey Dr. Carol Ward & Dr. Charles de Sieyes Mr. and Mrs. Frank G. Foley Laura Webb Advancement Coordinator Please stay in touch and check-in often! WADSWORTH PATRONS Lee Webb Carol Fritz Elizabeth Nash Donor Relations Manager (Gifts of $2,500 or more) Mr. and Mrs. William A. Wheeler III Stephen Bromage Mr. and Mrs. Richard T. Gilbane Malorie Pastor Communications Manager Cornelia Greaves Bates Mr. and Mrs. David Willcox Richard T. Gilbane Fund Dani Fazio Creative Manager Executive Director Edward S. and Cornelia Greaves Fund of the Maine Mr. and Mrs. Roger B. Gorham Community Foundation Steven Atripaldi Facilities Manager ADVISOR Gorham Savings Bank L.L. Bean (Gifts of $500 or more) Collier Hands EDUCATION Elizabeth Beveridge Elizabeth Astor Elizabeth Hoglund & Anthony Buxton Ann James Buxton Larissa Vigue Picard Director of Education ABOUT THE COVER: Eric S. Baxter & Lawrence N. Leeman D. Brock Hornby Robert and Elizabeth Carroll Roger Berle Helaine and Brock Hornby Fund Kathleen Neumann Manager of School and Interpretive Programs Mariner’s Compass, ca. 1850. This compass uses a symbol William Sloane Jelin Foundation Martin E. Bunker Anne S. Howells Charitable Trust John Babin Visitor Services Manager Harry W. Konkel Thomas M. Cattell Mr. Sumner G. Hunnewell representing the United States of America on the North indicator. Catherine M. Marden LIBRARY Cynthia D. Choate Network for Good Collections of Maine Historical Society Jane S. Moody Marie Harris Clarke Jon Jennings Jamie Rice Director of Library Services 211 Fund of the Maine Community Foundation Madeleine G. Corson Russell Grant Leach Nicholas Noyes Curator of Library Collections Dr. Katherine Pope and Christopher Harte Linda M. Cronkhite Sandra Blake Leonard Spicewood Fund of the Maine Community Foundation William D. Barry Reference Historian Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. H. Dodge Market Vendors LLC TABLE OF CONTENTS Deborah S. Reed Dale and Priscilla B. Doucette, in Marian L. McCue Nancy Noble Archivist & Cataloger Dr. Carla Rigby Tiffany Link Reference Librarian memory of Peter Walsh Mason and Margaret Morfit Frederic and Quinby Thompson Alan and Janet Douglass Trickledown Trust Patrick Ford Project Archivist 3-15 MHS THANKS OUR DONORS 10 CONTRIBUTING PARTNER Nicholas Witte Marie and Joseph E. Gray, Jr. Norman and Eleanor Nicholson Laurie McQuarrie Assistant Project Archivist Monson Historical Society William E. Hall Jr. Ann and John Parker 4 NEW ACCESSIONS BAXTER PARTNERS Merton G. Henry, in memory of Port Property Management MUSEUM 11 LIBRARY (Gifts of $1,000 or more) Peter Walsh Rosamond and Dennis Purcell John Mayer Curator of the Museum 5 EARLY MAINE COLLECTOR Sherwood E. Bain George and Cheryl Higgins Lucy Riley Sallick New MHS Publication Holly Hurd-Forsyth Registrar/Collections Manager Richard E. Barnes Alison Hildreth Meredith Strang Burgess Mr. and Mrs. Robert BaRoss Melissa Spoerl Museum Store Manager 6 AN EVENING IN THE 1920s 12 PROGRAMS Mr. and Mrs. Horace W. Horton Elizabeth Wadsworth Chapter, NSDAR Carl and Eleanor Chatto Robert Kemp Retail Associate Michelle and Michael Keegan Ann Staples Waldron 7 EDUCATION Highlights from Last Year’s Richard and Bonnie D’Abate David Lakari Peggy Wescott Programs John and Wendy Doughty Drs. Richard and Wendy Libby Mr. and Mrs. D. Bradford Wetherell Jr. MAINE MEMORY NETWORK Junior Docent Camp 13 EVENTS Jan Eakins and John Ferry Elizabeth A. McLellan Dr. Nancy G. Wilds Kathleen Amoroso Director of Digital Engagement 8-9 MAINE MEMORY NETWORK Mr. and Mrs. George J. Gillespie III Carolyn B. Murray Maine History Maker Jean and John Gulliver Candace Kanes Maine Memory Network Curator Capable and Progressive: Noyes, Hall and Allen Insurance SUPPORTER Mr. and Mrs. Patrick T. Jackson Dr.