Annual Report 2016
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ANNUAL REPORT 2016 A private, nonprofit, educational organization established in 1825, the Connecticut Historical Society is the state’s official historical society and one of the oldest in the nation. The Connecticut Historical Society’s museum, library and Edgar F. Waterman Research Center house a collection that includes more than 4 million manuscripts, graphics, books, artifacts, and other historical materials. The Connecticut Historical Society is governed by a volunteer Board of Trustees with the consent of our Members, and is managed and operated by a team of staff and volunteers. The following is the 2016 Annual Report. Your support makes it possible for us to make CHS Board of Trustees Connecticut’s history available to all. ENDOWED FUNDS J. Coolidge Hills Wilbur B. Beckwith Life Membership Fund The Connecticut Historical Charles J. Hoadley Edwin Bingham Boardman Lockwood Society gratefully George E. Hoadley Birdsey Fund of Meriden Charles Morris Mills acknowledges our benefactors Newman Hungerford Charles S. Bissell Edith C. Pelton and those they have William W. Knight Grace Bliss Harry H. Pinney honored through gifts to the Library/Museum Fund Cedric Boardman Helen Elizabeth Royce endowment, which supports, Horace E. Mather Elsie Burks Brainard Ada Louise Taylor strengthens and advances this Francis T. Maxwell Newton C. Brainard Louise Tomlinson institution. Henry L. Miller Houghton Bulkeley Mabel C. Tuller Jonathan Flynt Morris Florence S. Crofut Alain C. White 1825–1900 Edward P. Peck Edith B. Davis 2001–Present Lucy A. Brainard William H. Putnam John M. K. Davis James B. Hosmer Gurdon W. Russell Paul J. Dorweiller Gennaro Capobianco Publication Fund George D. Seymour Sarah C. Dunleavy Dangremond Fund Thomas Robbins James Shepard Alice and Ostrom Enders Education Fund General Fund Edwin Simons Charlotte Ford for the Future Grace J. F. Smith Ruth Galpin Ellsworth S. Grant 1901–1950 Jane T. Smith Florence T. Gay Shepherd M. Holcombe, Sr. Fred H. Atchison Ellen Battell Stoeckel George Gilman Marylouise D. Meder Lucius B. Barbour Mary K. Talcott James L. Goodwin Mary Munger Albert Carlos Bates Jane Tut t le Edith S. Hale Elisabeth Ohde Frederick Bliss Ruel Crompton Tuttle Thompson R. Harlow Old State House Fund William F. J. Boardman Edgar F. Waterman Arthur and Ethel Heublein Grace Kibbe Gowdy Smith, Silas Chapman, Jr. Edwin Stanley Welles Louisa Hitchcock Brooks Felton Smith and Sophia F. Hall Coe Albion B. Wilson Harold G. Holcombe, Sr. Sally Kibbe CT Society of Colonial Wars Charles G. Woodward Barbara Hubbard Smith Brown Memorial Fund Ward and Edith Jacobs Helen Granberry F. Wilbur L. Cross 1951–2000 George H. Fitts Melancthon W. Jacobus III Waterman James J. Goodwin George Buel Alvord Marie A. Johnston E. Stevens Henry Frederick K. Barbour Martha Ruhamah Lambert 14 | SUMMER 2017 | MAKING HISTORY ANNUAL REPORT 2016 JOHN TRUMBULL SOCIETY Maggie and Awilda and Windham Free Library Christopher P. Bickford Kenneth D. Johnson Henry M. Zachs The John Trumbull Society Jody Blankenship Mary Jeanne A. Jones honors and recognizes those Norman Canfield Janice and David M. Klein ELLEN LARNED loyal supporters who have George M. Chester, Jr. Ursula G. Korzenik CIRCLE included the Connecticut Martha Collins and Janet and Norman F. Hausmann Historical Society in their Theodore M. Space Christopher Larsen Mary Means Huber estate plans. Connecticut’s Old Leslie and James Lyman State House James B. Lyon THOMAS DAY CIRCLE Susan B. Aller Mary Jane Converse Nancy and Sheri and Thomas Beach Barbara Donahue Portia and Hugh C. Macgill Sylvia Dahl Sue E. Fuller M. Timothy Corbett Kathleen Coville Marr Reg and Linda DeConti Mary Jeanne A. Jones P.L. Crafts, Jr. Manfred Martin Helen MacDonald Degener Alice Kugelman Mary Crary David J. McQuade Darlene and Janet and Helen Granberry M. Carle and Lawrence V. Robert Hermann Christopher Larsen Crowley Mowell, Jr. Nancy A. Hronek and Gladys and Augustus W.E. Linda L. and Theodore J. Tucci Scott B. Macdonough Dangremond Bichop J. Nawrot Carol E. and Lee F. West Brenda Mitchell-Powell David W. Dangremond Matthew Nemerson Marion and Samuel P. C. Dangremond Gerald R. Nesteruk HENRY BARNARD Edward Richardson Mary Jane Dapkus Gail L. and CIRCLE Linda and E.F. Davis David B. Porteus J. Ronald Spencer Barbara L. de Mare Alexandra L. Preston Thomas H. Alton Judith S. Wawro Barbara Donahue Sali and John H. Riege Gordon Anderson Debrah Welling and Allis Ferguson Edelman Marguerite Riordan Adele M. Angle and Jack Intrator Christine Ermenc Lisa M. and David Riss Douglas A. Bevins Carol R. Whitmer Gerson Escobar-Arroyo and Elizabeth Russell Duffield Ashmead, IV Linda and James Williams Raymond Bertuzzi John G. T. Slater, Jr. and Eric Ort Henry M. Zachs Elizabeth Ewing Roberta K. Smith John Bainbridge Lynn H. Ferrari and Timothy H. Smith Margaret and MEMBERS Virginia Seeley Kate Steinway and David Booth Beers, II Members of the Connecticut Robert M. Finch Paul B. Zolan Joan C. and James T. Betts Historical Society are the Vaughan Finn and Leontine M. Thomson Eleanor W. Blake lifeblood of the organization. Stephen L. Nightingale Richard G. Tomlinson Jean F. and Their membership dues and Timothy S. Fisher Merle Joan and William R. Bronson their volunteerism have Robert P. Forbes David S. Trager Ellen Brown and Jim Bean kept the organization and Ilene J. Frank Gilbert A. Tyler Carlene Bush its collections and programs Rebecca M. Fuller Dawn P. and Marla J. and John F. Byrnes strong and relevant for nearly Samuel S. Fuller Mark von Mayrhauser Eleanor N. Caplan two centuries. Sue E. Fuller Helen Granberry Susan R. and Wendy Corcoran Waterman Bruce Chudwick LIFE Welling Gerjets Judith S. Wawro Alison and Kathryn Colli Elizabeth Abbe and Eunice S. Groark Warren Brinson Weeks, Jr. Evelyn Colon-LaFontaine Terr y Harlow Sue B. Hart Lois Ann and and Hernan LaFontaine Quincy S. Abbot Cynthia L. Heering- William Weissenburger Joan L. and Clifford T. Alderman Tuchman and Debrah Welling and David W. Cooney Susan B. Aller Richard J. Tuchman Jack Intrator Barbara Cronin Eloisa and Angeline M. Hein Carol R. Whitmer and Robert A. Curtis Charles Beach Barlow Priscilla R. Hexter Thomas Colvin Martha and Arthur R. Bauman Ann S. and Wenda C. Wilcox Anthony F. Dewey Kevin J. Hughes R. L. Wilson 15 | SUMMER 2017 | MAKING HISTORY ANNUAL REPORT 2016 Clare N. and Patricia A. and Ann and Ralph D. Arcari Candice C. Brashears Jared I. Edwards John F. Papini Colin E. Armour, Sr. Sheryl and William R. Aisha Edwards Paula and Michael Ivan A. Backer Breetz, Jr. Jane Edwards and Passaretti Angela Badore Philip E. Brencher, Jr. Humphrey Tonkin Ellen A. Peters and Susan D. Baibak Joann T. and Isabelle S.C. and Phillip I. Blumberg Elizabeth Dee Bailey Harry C. Briggs James F. Englilsh, Jr. Claire M. Pryor Mary Beth E. Baker Mary M. Britcher Mary E. Erf Pamela and Nancy M. and Jane Broderick Louis Mary A. Falvey Richard R. Rapacz Robert J. Ball Cynthia L. and Lynne M. and Jennie May and Jeffrey C. Ballard Michael Brodeur Kevin G. Ferrigno Harry C. Rehnberg Nancy J. Bancroft Jennifer D. Brody Margaret J. Geiger John M. Reynolds Patricia Barletta and Linda K. and Barbara J. Hampton and Beth Rose and Edward Guay Stephen P. Broker Howard Fielding Jack Dougherty Susan C. Barlow Blair and Peter B. Brown Kathy and James Heffernan Bernard H. Rosen Susan R. Barney Lisa and Jeffrey Brown Joan M. Hill James Rosen Rita M. Barredo Irene Q. and Sheila Hogan Mimi Sanford E. Fenger Bartholomew Richard D. Brown Beth Horan and Richard H. Schimmelpfeng Paul Basch Nannie W. T. and Robert L. Gordon Kathy and Richard Scott Lynne Z. Bassett Daniel P. Brown Chloe L. and Beverly A. and Roy Donald Bassette, Jr. Joan H. and Wesley W. Horton Jonathan E. Seymour Pamela B and Horace H. Brown Candace L. Heublein and Ruth W. and Barry N. Sisk Chester Paul Beach, Jr. David Lile Brown John Stewart, III Linda S. and John E. Bean Mary F. Brown Nevitt Nugent Jenkins and J. Ronald Spencer Jay Beatman Carol and Art Bruce James P. Jenkins Martha J. and Barbara Q. and Lana M. and Llyn and Jeffrey H. Robert H. Stead Brian V. Beaudin Daivd M. Brunelle Kaimowitz Donna and Barbara J. Beeching Olga Vasil Brynga Vicki Kislan-Friese and Samuel D. Stout Robert Belletzkie Joyce C. and Bob Friese Kim and Jan and Harley Bennett Harold C. Buckingham, Jr. David W. Knapp William B. Thomson Carol I. Bennett Dorothy Lovett Buckley Paul A. Kramer Gail and Natalie Tine Melody L. and Norma Bucko Josephine V. and Margaret E. Tully Lee B. Bernhardt Joe Buda Frederick L. Langhoff West End Civic Association Elaine G. Bissonnette Carla A. and Eloise W. and Kathleen B. Wick Kathryn S. Black Richard L. Bue Marshall E. Linden Carolyn R. and Ronald Black Inga Buhrmann Jane and Roger Loeb David W. Willls Jean Blair Michael S. Burd Louise E. Loomis Ruth L. Woodford Sandra Blake Judith B. Burgess Mary S. Lycan Elizabeth Blakelock Robert Burns Regina and GENERAL Woody Bliss Ann M. Burton James L. Madigan MEMBERSHIP Elizabeth Bloomer Jen Busa LaVerne H. Mahoney Annette and Ralph Acanto Constance Borodenko Karen K. Byrne Anne S. and Marilyn Ackerman Elizabeth English Bortolon John Cahill Henry B. McNulty Susan Ackerman and and Sandro Bortolon Nisreen and Jay Cain Peter Murphy James W. Rook Jane P. Bouley Charlene Caldwell Margaret A. Newtown Joy Ann Adams Ann S. and Sarah M. and Elizabeth J. Normen and Jane K. and Sachi Allen Daniel A. Bradburd Dante V. Caliandri Paul H. Eddy Annie and Eric J. Amsden Barbara B. and Gail and Beverly B. and Kathleen G. and Donald F. Bradley, Jr. Anthony Camilleri C. Michael O’Halloran Sherwood L.