2017 REPORT TO THE COMMUNITY

Mission Statement Core Values The Missouri Historical Society Foster community engagement. serves as the confluence of Lead education and exploration. historical perspectives and Strive for excellence and expertise. contemporary issues to inspire Commit to stewardship and sustainability. and engage our audiences. Honor inclusivity and collaboration.

VISITOR QUOTE

“I live in St. Louis. I grew up in St. Louis. My parents grew up in St. Louis. My grandparents grew up in St. Louis. My great-grandparents emigrated to St. Louis. I grew up hearing so many things St. Louis. St. Louis is indeed part of me. The Missouri Historical Society is my multi-generational memory album.” FINANCIALS

2016 2017 Sources of Public Support and Revenue ZMD $10,480,662 $10,447,162 Contributions, Bequests, and Memberships $4,272,361 $5,614,081 Soldiers Memorial Processing, Planning, and Operations $1,019,424 $817,113 Soldiers Memorial Revitalization $7,462,602 $18,461,738 Investment Income $1,702,961 $1,874,788 Gains (Losses) from Securities, Net $1,375,680 $4,860,786 Grants, Earned Revenue, and Other $742,950 $590,055

TOTAL $27,056,640 $42,665,723

Program Expenses Community Education and Events $2,137,605 $2,315,681 Library and Collections $4,656,189 $4,871,143 Publications $382,542 $372,960 Exhibitions and Research $4,177,380 $3,794,324 Communications $1,073,289 $1,215,897 Soldiers Memorial Processing, Planning, and Operations $717,279 $514,036 Soldiers Memorial Revitalization $4,883,880 $16,970,317

TOTAL $18,028,164 $30,054,358

Total Expenses Programs $18,028,164 $30,054,358 Administration $2,116,134 $1,981,301 Fundraising and Membership $1,069,623 $1,196,502

TOTAL $21,213,921 $33,232,161

REVENUE WITH SUPPORT* EXPENSES*

Earned Revenue, Net Human Resources $315,812 Grants/Contracts $155,299 Management and General Information Technology $121,411 Other $1,680,094 $156,787 $424,262 Education and Visitor Experience Membership $2,315,681 Investment $364,094 Income $6,735,574 Development $832,408

Thomas Jefferson Society Communications Support $1,215,897 $479,382

Memberships Exhibitions Library and $375,395 and Research Collections Contract with the $3,794,324 $4,871,143 Contributions Missouri History Museum Publications and Bequests Subdistrict $372,960 $4,637,893 $10,447,162

*Excludes Soldiers Memorial Military Museum

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AWARDS AND HONORS Environmental Stability Led by Green Committee staff, MHS seeks to The Missouri Historical Society received the minimize consumption of energy and materials, American Alliance of Museums’ first everAward treat waste responsibly, and integrate sustainable for Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Inclusion. practices in all operations. It was presented to MHS during AAM’s annual conference in St. Louis in May 2017. The Field Siemens conducted an energy audit, and Museum was also honored for their suite of MHS’s Operations Division implemented programs “Field for All.” 5 major energy efficiency measures in 2017.

MHS began a collaborative effort with the Dr. Frances Levine (left), president of the Missouri Historical Society, and Sarah Sims, manager of K–12 education programs, accepted the award Energy Star Score Project to help the EPA at the AAM’s conference on May 8, 2017. create a system for museums to earn their own Energy Star Score and assist in their Recent Honors energy conservation efforts. MHS’s facilities and sustainability coordinator • MHS received the Champion Level Award of Merit from the St. Louis is an LEED Green Associate who has contributed Green Business Challenge. more than 100 hours of community service to encourage sustainability practices throughout • MHS’s debut feature-length documentary, Show Me 66: Main Street the region. Through Missouri, took home the 2017 Midwest Regional Emmy for Best Historical Documentary.

• Route 66: Main Street Through St. Louis was the readers’ pick for best museum exhibit by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and GO! Magazine.

• Teens Make History, our work-based learning program, was given the Award of Merit from the American Association for State and Local History Leadership in History Awards.

Show Me 66 directors Andrew Wanko (left) and Eric Wilkinson (right) give their acceptance speech at the 2017 Mid-America Emmy Awards Gala at the Chase Park Plaza Hotel.

PUBLICATIONS • Captured and Exposed: The First Police Rogues’ Gallery in America by Shayne Davidson, the first enhanced eBook from the Missouri Historical Society Press

• Standing Up for Civil Rights in St. Louis by Amanda E. Doyle and Melanie A. Adams, a book for upper-elementary readers, won an Independent Publisher Book Award and has been named a finalist in the 2017 Foreward Indies Awards

• Gateway, our biannual magazine for members

• History Happens Here, MHS’s blog, where we feature fascinating pieces of local history, behind-the-scenes peeks, and more

PAGE 3 | 2017 REPORT TO THE COMMUNITY EXHIBITIONS

Total Attendance Figures for Run of Exhibitions 104,873 October 29, 2016– January 22, 2017 Organized by the #1 in Civil Rights: The African American Freedom Struggle in St. Louis The exhibition #1 in Civil Rights: The African American Freedom Struggle Our third most-attended in St. Louis examined the local civil rights movement and the city’s ROUTE temporary 376,495 exhibition! leading role in advancing the cause of racial justice. From ground-level 66 activism to groundbreaking court rulings, St. Louis has long been front June 25, 2016– and center in contesting racial inequities. #1 in Civil Rights uncovered July 16, 2017 Main Street Through St. Louis a history that’s compelling and complex, but that all too often has been Organized by the Missouri History Museum overlooked in the telling and retelling of the larger national narrative. That narrative includes four precedent-setting US Supreme Court civil rights cases that originated in St. Louis—possibly the most to ever reach the High Court from one source. The first Emancipation 279,677 Proclamation was not issued by President Lincoln in 1862, but a year March 11, 2017– April 15, 2018 earlier by a Union general down on the St. Louis levee. Cardinal

Organized by the Missouri History Museum Joseph Ritter integrated all St. Louis parish schools—seven years before Brown v. Board of Education—by threatening excommunication for those who resisted. From marches to civil disobedience to violent outbursts, Mound City has been the bellwether of racial equality (and 187,430 inequality) in America. projected attendance by closing date

September 2, 2017– Organized by the Missouri History Museum December 2, 2018 The ACTivists Project #1 in Civil Rights introduced a new feature to exhibits at the Missouri History Museum: live performances by actor-interpreters, or as we like to call them, our intrepid ACTivists. The ACTivists portray a selection ATRIUM INSTALLATIONS of real-life historical figures who tell the story of the African American Capturing the City freedom struggle in St. Louis. This project—funded in part by the WWI: Missouri and the Great War Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and generous donors like the Herbert A. & Adrian W. Woods Foundation—added a personal, human dimension to the civil rights exhibit. An estimated 60% of all VISITOR QUOTE visitors to #1 in Civil Rights saw an ACTivist performance. Perhaps more important, ACTivists reached 19,441 students in grades K–12 through “My family and I would like to extend Museum field trips and outreach visits to schools. For schools lacking our deepest gratitude and appreciation funds for transportation to the Museum, such outreach visits were the only way that students could experience #1 in Civil Rights educational for the phenomenal effort that your programming. These school visits were so popular and successful that team has made to create an extremely IMLS awarded the Missouri Historical Society a no-cost extension to impressive, educational, and memorable continue them throughout the 2018–2019 school year. experience for your visitors.” We asked students how they felt after interactive performances: “Less alone.” “Braver.” We couldn’t have said it better ourselves.

PAGE 4 | 2017 REPORT TO THE COMMUNITY SOLDIERS MEMORIAL Staff S. Patrick Allie Military and Arms Curator for the Missouri Historical Society Allie earned a bachelor’s degree in history from the University of Kansas and a master’s degree in museum studies from the University of Oklahoma. He specializes in 20th-century US military material culture and is the content lead for exhibitions at the Soldiers Memorial Military Museum. He previously worked at the National Archives and the National Airline History Museum in Kansas City, Missouri. Shay Henrion Soldiers Memorial Collections Manager Henrion is overseeing the collections portion of the Soldiers Memorial project. Before joining MHS she worked at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History and ARTEX Fine Arts Services. A native of Massachusetts, Henrion holds The $30 million renovation of the Soldiers Memorial Military Museum a bachelor of arts in archaeology from University is scheduled to open in November 2018, just in time for Veterans Day. and a master’s degree in museum studies from Soldiers Memorial will function as a state-of-the-art museum facility George Washington University. that honors military service, veterans, and their families. Unlike the Marvin-Alonzo Greer original 1938 structure, the revitalized Soldiers Memorial will meet the Soldiers Memorial Educator and rigorous standards for both LEED certification and the Americans with Visitor Experience Lead Disabilities Act. A native of Pasadena, California, Greer Our team of registrars, conservators, and researchers is working to grew up in Atlanta, Georgia, where he gain intellectual control of the Soldiers Memorial collections. We have graduated from Morehouse College with processed more than 18,000 records for artifacts, people, places, and a bachelor’s degree in history and a events. So far, we have completed processing for uniforms, weapons, minor in African American studies. He has held insignia, trophies, medals, and paper money collections. leadership and managerial roles at historical institutions including the Atlanta History Center and We’ve also been busy collecting stories of local servicemen and Colonial Williamsburg. He cofounded two living history -women through oral history interviews. These interviews are recorded organizations that are dedicated to interpreting the in HD digital video and will be viewable in the new Soldiers Memorial lives of African Americans in the Civil War. galleries, as well as in our Online Collections Search. We are seeking out stories from a diverse group of veterans (and some civilians) to expand the narrative of what it means to serve the United States. Additional Staff Julia Lacher Soldiers Memorial Oral Historian Alice Boccia Paterakis Soldiers Memorial Project Conservator VISITOR QUOTE Erika Rogers Exhibits Registrar Molly Rose Soldiers Memorial Research Assistant “[Soldiers Memorial] will be a Katelyn Scott Soldiers Memorial Collections Assistant treasure for years to come.” Katrina Pfeiffer Administrative Assistant

City Liaison Dr. Lynnea Magnuson

PAGE 5 | 2017 REPORT TO THE COMMUNITY DATA FROM COMMUNITY PROGRAMS We gathered survey responses from thousands of visitors to get a broad overview of their experience. We asked, “What did you get out of this program?” The top three takeaways were:

KNOWLEDGE They learned something new.

CONNECTIONS They built connections to others, the content, and their community.

POSITIVE They enjoyed a new and authentic experience. EXPERIENCE

The Missouri History Museum and the Library & Research Center welcomed $0 a combined total of 48,445 How much it costs 416,809 visitors— K–12 students to visit the Missouri History our fourth consecutive year connected to history Museum, the Library & with attendance exceeding through guided tours, Research Center, and (soon!) 400,000 people. classroom activities, the Soldiers Memorial and school outreach. Military Museum.

MHS published 134 evening/weekend 106 programs were offered. blog posts at HistoryHappensHere.org.

MHS netted #1 in Civil Rights 1 million programming ranked monthly impressions the highest in relevance through Facebook, and enjoyment. Twitter, Pinterest, and Instagram.

4% of all program attendees Members are three were from areas outside times more likely of the St. Louis than non-members to metropolitan area. attend more than five programs a year. St. Louis County Almost HALF accounted for 55% of of all visitors program attendees, and felt programs 87% St. Louis City accounted exceeded their of attendees for 28% of program expectations. ranked programs attendees. as “excellent” or “superior.”

PAGE 6 | 2017 REPORT TO THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS MAKE ALL CONTRIBUTIONS, BEQUESTS, THE DIFFERENCE AND MEMBERSHIPS Members like you support the important work of the African American Endowment Missouri Historical Society. We work together to inspire $715,000 hundreds of thousands of visitors to make a personal Memberships* Education Programs $854,777 connection to our shared past. We asked our members $213,357 why they support the Missouri Historical Society. Collections Here are their answers: $100,114 Other Exhibits $154,939

It’s important Civil Rights to provide free $459,341 admission to all.

Support for Bequests MHS’s Mission $2,492,852 $623,701

*Memberships support world-class exhibits, outstanding programs, and access to important research.

Corporation and Foundation Sponsors Ameren Corporation Charitable Trust Maritz Inc. Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Maryville University Archdiocese of St. Louis McCormack Baron Salazar Armstrong Teasdale LLP Mr. and Mrs. Sanford N. McDonnell Foundation MHS has a AT&T Missouri Mercy Bank of America Midwest BankCentre positive impact Bellefontaine Cemetery & Arboretum Moneta Group Investment Advisors, LLC on the community. Bi-State Development Agency—Metro Monsanto Fund William K. Bixby Charitable Trust Nu Way BJC HealthCare William R. Orthwein, Jr. and Laura Rand Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater St. Louis Orthwein Foundation Arthur M. Branch, Jr. Memorial Fund Ed & H. Pillsbury Foundation Bryan Cave LLP PNC Financial Services Group BSI Constructors, Inc. RubinBrown, LLP Caleres Cares Charitable Trust Zsolt & Mary Rumy Charitable Foundation CEC/Seabee Historical Foundation The Saigh Foundation Centene Charitable Foundation Sandberg Phoenix & von Gontard Commerce Bank Schiller’s Drury Hotels Shaughnessy Family Foundation Edward Jones Spire Inc. Elco Chevrolet Cadillac The St. Louis American Emerson Charitable Trust St. Luke’s Hospital Employees Community Fund of Boeing Steward Family Foundation The exhibitions St. Louis Stifel The Steve and Linda Finerty Family Stuart Foundation are high quality. Foundation Thompson Coburn LLP Fleishman Hillard Inc. The Trio Foundation of St. Louis Fox Associates, LLC United Way of Greater St. Louis Friends of the Soldiers Memorial Military University of Missouri System Museum Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis Gallop Family Foundation Washington University in St. Louis Margaret Blanke Grigg Foundation Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC Husch Blackwell Women’s Democratic Forum of Greater I Have a Dream Foundation—St. Louis St. Louis Mary Ranken Jordan and Ettie A. Jordan Herbert A. and Adrian W. Woods Foundation Charitable Foundation World Wide Technology Lux Family Foundation

PAGE 7 | 2017 REPORT TO THE COMMUNITY Missouri Historical Society Leadership 2017 LEADERSHIP Dr. Frances Levine—President Karen M. Goering—Managing Director of Administration and Operations Missouri Historical Society Board of Trustees Yvette Hartsfield—Managing Director of Development Missouri Historical Society Officers Paul E. Martin Nicholas Hoffman—Managing Director of Education and Visitor Experience Lisa D. McLaughlin Chairman of the Board Katherine Van Allen—Managing Director of Museum Services Sandra M. Moore Daniel Cole Benjamin Washington—Chief Financial Officer Raymond W. Peters II Chairman Emeritus of the Board Cheryl D. Polk Harry Rich Mabel L. Purkerson, M.D. Friends of MHS Secretary Gary L. Rainwater Mr. Robert W. Fulstone, Chair Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence E. Langsam Marie Casey Harry Ratliff Mr. and Mrs. Roger A. Altvater Mr. and Mrs. Lewis A. Levey Greg R. Rhomberg Treasurer Mr. and Mrs. Marvin D. Anderson Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Lewis Elizabeth T. Robb William C. Rusnack Mr. and Mrs. N. A. Arneson Mrs. Ann Liberman John R. Roberts Mr. Robert J. Ashton and Ms. Pauline Ashton Reverend Joseph C. Lindell Jr. Ann Cady Scott Mr. Frederick H. Atwood III Ms. Christy Love Patrick Sly Mrs. Diane B. Barrett Mr. and Mrs. Richard Markow Missouri Historical Society Trustees Romondous Stover Mr. and Mrs. Carl H. Barthold Mr. Chris Miller Marvin Anderson V. Raymond Stranghoener Mrs. Catherine B. Berges Mr. and Mrs. Terrence J. O’Toole Holly Benson Frederick R. Strasheim Mr. and Mrs. Steve Blake Mrs. William J. Oetting Catherine Berges Honorable George H. Walker III Mr. and Mrs. Jerry G. Brown Dr. Gwendolyn Packnett William A. Coppel Phoebe Dent Weil Mr. Halpin T. Burke Mr. and Mrs. Bill Pohlman Robert M. Cox, Jr. Donna Wilkinson Mrs. Edna Campos-Gravenhorst Mrs. Cheryl D. Polk Jr. Kat Cunningham Honorable Michael A. Wolff Mr. and Mrs. James G. Castellano Mr. and Mrs. B. Franklin Rassieur Jr. Ljiljana Cvijanovic Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Daniels Dr. Darryl A. Ross Earl K. Dille* Honorary Trustee Mr. and Mrs. Dale B. Dendtler Barry and Rosalie Rudert Julie Desloge Dubray Reeve Lindbergh Tripp Mrs. Mary Rose Desloge Ms. Elizabeth M. Russell Kim Eberlein Mr. and Mrs. John E. Fischer Mrs. Mary Rumy Robert W. Fulstone Life Trustees Mrs. Dorothy M. Fleck Mr. and Mrs. Roy Saffold Judge Gary M. Gaertner, Jr. Mrs. Stephen F. Brauer Ms. Gretta R. Forrester Mr. and Mrs. Robert Schwendinger Scott Galt Mel F. Brown The Honorable and Mrs. Sam R. Fox Mrs. Laura J. Shaughnessy Mary Heger Bert Condie III Mr. Harris J. Frank Dr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Siler Mary Lee Hermann Marilyn Fox Mr. and Mrs. Roy E. Fullerton Ms. Judith Smart Debra Hollingsworth Honorable Wayne Goode Mrs. Joseph F. Gleason Ms. Michelle Smart MSW, LCSW Frank Jacobs Mary Lee Hermann Mr. Michael A. Grayson Mr. Steven F. Smith Mr. Christopher Haines Mr. and Mrs. Donald H. Streett Peter Kastor James S. McDonnell III Mr. Gary L. Hall Ms. Patricia Taillon-Miller Doug Koch Pris McDonnell* Richard A. Liddy Mr. and Mrs. Tim Hampton Mr. R. David Taylor Ms. Mary H. Hayward Mr. James Tyrrell Mrs. Carole Hohlman Mrs. Joan Westin Wendt Mr. Gregory J. Hutchings Mr. and Mrs. Keith A. Willis Missouri History Museum Subdistrict Commissioners Mrs. Landon Y. Jones Mrs. Patricia Withers Missouri History Museum Subdistrict Advisory Commissioners, City of St. Louis Mr. and Mrs. Stuart A. Keck Ms. Kathleen Wood and Mr. Paul D. Taylor Officers Cynthia Crim Mrs. Jeanne T. Keirle Ms. Rita M. Wylie Mr. and Mrs. Ward M. Klein Mrs. Lynn H. Yaeger Frank Hamsher, Chairman of the Subdistrict Judge Thomas Grady Ms. Joan Langenberg Mr. and Mrs. Darrell Yearwood Valerie Bell, Vice Chair Jeremy Colbert, Secretary Commissioners, County of St. Louis Judy Abrams, Treasurer Judy Abrams Valerie Bell Commissioners, City of St. Louis Jeremy Colbert Young Friends of MHM Steering Committee Joan Briccetti Constance Gully Mallori Allen, Chair Amanda Joest Bryan Welge Laura Cohen Austin P. Tao Jessica Bailey-Wheaton JP Johnson Claire Wolford Simone Cummings Joe Carlson Jacob Layne Frank Hamsher Advisory Commissioner, Joseph Goldkamp Susan Long County of St. Louis Joan Cronin

Soldiers Memorial Commission ZMD Board of Directors Jim Sondermann, Chair Maurice Falls Bruce Yampolsky Officers Board Member, City of St. Louis Col. Corrinne Bardgett Jim Garavaglia Steve Zeiger Thomas J. Campbell, Chair Thomas C. Mummert Earl Birkicht* Tom Gilmore Christine A. Chadwick, Vice Chair Freddie Dunlap Col. Judith Hanses Robert G. Lowery, Sr., Secretary Board Member, County of St. Louis Darnetta Clinkscale, Assistant Secretary Michelle Harris Robert E. Eggmann, Treasurer *Deceased

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