The American Library in Paris ANNUAL REPORT 2010

The American Library in Paris

ANNUAL REPORT 2010

From the Chairman and the Director

The Library’s 90th year of service was a time to celebrate our heritage and look forward to our cen- tennial — most ambitiously by launching a major gifts campaign, the Second Century Fund, to secure the Library’s financial future. By year-end the campaign, in its quiet phase, had secured 40 percent of its target. Meanwhile, the Library grew again in 2010 by every measure of vitality and viability— in members, in transactions, in visits, in programs, in attendance, in partnerships, in donations, in member revenues, and in visibility. Distinguished speakers enlightened evening audiences. Book groups proliferated, drawing more people to experience the joy of reading. Children’s and teen programs surpassed 200 during the year. Database resources expanded to meet growing demand. Schools and universities sought out the Library for institutional memberships. Christopher Buckley delighted gala-goers at the US Ambassador’s residence. A Paris-wide spelling bee brought new read- ers and families to the Library. The electronic newsletter, e-Libris, helped to draw record numbers through the Library’s doors. The Library is ninety years old — and very much alive.

William D. Torchiana, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Charles Trueheart, Director

USA Foundation 2010-2011 Board of Trustees Board of Directors 2010

William D. Torchiana, Chairman Marshall Wais, President David Chaffetz, Vice Chairman J. Paul Horne, Secretary Etienne Gorse, Treasurer Karen Morris, Treasurer Mary Lee Turner, Assistant Treasurer Dewey K. Shay Luis Roth, Secretary Etienne Gorse Irina Boulin-Ghica William D. Torchiana Peter Fellowes Charles Fleming Administration and Staff 2010 Patrick Hubert Nicolas ver Hulst Charles Trueheart, Director Lynn R. Kelley Simon Gallo, Collections Manager René de Monseignat Eudaldo Aguila, Circulation Manager Jean-Louis de Montesquiou Kim Lê Minh, Reference Manager Shelley de Rouvray Helen Géhin, Celeste Rhoads, Nadine Voisin Children’s Librarians Gregory Weingarten Samantha Gardner, Development Manager Honorary Lifetime Trustees Naida Kendrick Culshaw, Olivia de Havilland, Elizabeth Rohatyn External Relations Manager Hélène Wiesenfeld, Administrative Assistant Honorary Trustee Ann Mah, Janet Skeslien Charles, The Honorable Charles H. Rivkin Programs Managers Matthew Bennett, Pierre Berthou, Aileen Dhaou U.S. Embassy Liaison Elizabeth Detmeister (on leave), Sarah Hosking, Bradley Smith, Holly Tisseyre, Circulation Assistants American Library Association Andrea Delumeau, Remote Research Representative Dr. Winston Tabb

American Library in Paris

FINANCIAL

Statement of income and expenses 2010 Revenues The American Library in Paris, Inc.

Revenues in $ 2010 2009 Membership fees Membership fees 297 965 273 653 8% Operating Operating income 79 761 72 570 24% income Rent (AUP) 355 392 372 145 17% Rent (AUP) Gift ALP Foundation 210 513 279 433 6% Gift ALP Donations 208 649 629 173 (1) 17% Other income 98 003 37 103 Foundation 28% Donations Total revenues 1 250 283 1 664 077 Other income

Expenditures in $ 2010 2009

Payroll 719 250 736 920 2010 Expenditures Building, Tax 202 166 213 289 Depreciation 73 519 106 932 Professional fees (2) 84 777 112 112 7% Payroll Books and periodicals 90 455 90 307 5% Marketing (3) 71 029 77 539 7% Building, Tax Other (4) 97 915 67 442 6% Depreciation

Total expenditures 1 339 101 1 404 541 Professional fees 6% 54% (1) Includes single bequest of $315,116 in 2009 15% Books and periodicals (2) Banking, legal, and insurance fees. (3) Advertising, programs, fundraising. (4) Shipping, postage, telephone, equipment rental and maintenance. Marketing

Other

Investment assets: The American Library in Paris (USA) Foundation

$2 801 829 $2 951 989 $2 726 238 $2 707 894 $2 700 985 $2 524 671 $2 115 190 $1 913 329

2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

Sources: Deloitte & Associés and Expertise, Conseil et Etudes . Copies of audited annual financial statements of the American Library in Paris, Inc. and the American Library in Paris-USA Foundation are available upon request and on the Library website: www.americanlibraryinparis.org 2

LIBRARY DATA The collection Programs

Total collection 120 245 2010 2009 2008

Number of Adult holdings 100 468 evening programs 72 67 48 Youth holdings 13 711 Audiovisual materials 4,401 Total attendance 4 016 3 344 2 555

Titles in periodical databases 3,700 Children’s Titles in periodical archive 580 programs 220 193 192 Periodical subscriptions 130

Membership origin Library operations As of 31 December 2010

Library visits in 2010 83 118 United States 938 37% Average daily visits 290 France 583 23% Library transactions in 2010 225 691 United Kingdom 177 7% ‘Binational’ 101 4% Average daily transactions 786 Canada 70 Australia 55 Korea 41 India 34 Membership Ireland 30 Italy 19 2010 2009 2008 New Zealand 19 Total Members 2 534 2 238 2 169 Germany 17 Individual China 12 One-year 34% 32% 37% Belgium 10 6 or 4 month 8% 8% 8% Poland 10 Holland 9 Family Norway 9 One-year 20% 20% 21% Japan 8 6 or 4 month 1% 2% 2% Russia 7

Student …. and 183 others from an additional 41 One-year 14% 13% 13% countries. Institutional 13% 17% 13%

Youth 5% 6% 6% Did not specify country 202 8%

Membership revenues 2005-2010

$275 521 $273 653 $296 207

$241 296 $220 206 $221 140 € 223 249 € 196 486 € 187 429 € 176 603 € 174 313 € 177 618

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Membership revenues are calculated on an accrual basis as of 2008. 3

EVENINGS AT THE LIBRARY

Thanks largely to the continuing support of the Annenberg Foundation, Library members and the general public were fortunate to welcome the following speakers in 2010.

Leslie Caron discusses her memoir, ‘Thank Heaven’ … Suzy Gershman confides her ‘Secrets of a Shopping Goddess’ … Chip Martin on expatriate writing … Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky on the art of translation … Kadir Nelson presents ‘We are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball’ … Monique Wells on African-American history in Paris ... Michael Schurmann remembers Paris as a movie location through the years … Tama Carroll explores ‘Brokeback Mountain’ and ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s’ ... Mamuka Kudava, Natalia Narotchnitskaïa, Noëlle Lenoir, and Florence Mardirossian debate ‘Georgia Between Russia and the West’ ... Jane Weissmann unveils public murals in New York … Tioka Tokedira gives advice on publishing children’s books … Ann Mah presents her first novel, ‘Kitchen Chinese’ … Sheila Kohler on ‘Becoming Jane Eyre’… Jamileh Talebizadeh on painting and literature … Paula Butturini presents her memoir, “Keeping the Feast” … Kristin Duncombe on child bullying ... Veronica Buckley on the secret wife of Louis XIV … Christian Lemaire on the chemistry of the economic crunch … Stephen Clarke delights in ‘1,000 Years of Annoying the French’ ... Michael Palin reflects on the Monty Python years … Word for Word performs Tennessee Williams … Lisa See on ‘Shanghai Girls’ … Stephen Smith introduces the Shoah Foundation … Douglas Hawes reports on the worst single massacre of World War II … John Edgar Wideman on micro-stories … Constance Borde and Sheila Malovany-Chevallier translate Simone de Beauvoir’s ‘The Second Sex’ … Laura Furman, Diane Johnson, and Daniyal Mueenuddin assess the American short story … Christopher Buckley presents his memoir, ‘Remembering Mum and Pup’ … Jennifer K. Dick, Heather Hartley, and Laurel Zuckerman explore vehicles to get your work seen … Robert O. Paxton’s lifelong search for Vichy France’ … Keri Walsh dissects the letters of Sylvia Beach … Diane Lake on screenwrit- ing … Allan Massie on Vichy France … Sheila Kohler, Kevin Jackson, Paula Butturini and Clydette de Groot on writing from life experiences … Ted Stanger on French vacations … Douglas Kennedy on ‘Leaving the World’ … Susan Loomis on cookbook writing and the sociology of food. … Michael House on Eugène Atget and Berenice Abbott … Richard Russo presents ‘That Old Cape Magic’ … Serge Michailof and Philippe Selz on the future of Africa … Judith Merians deconstructs ‘Schindler’s List,’ ‘Jaws,’ ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,’ ‘City of God,’ and ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ … Valentine de Ganay explores the gardens of Courances … Jonathan Fenby on Charles de Gaulle … Alexis Niki on the making of a web series … Melinda Blau explains ‘Consequential Strangers’ … Thomas E Kennedy presents ‘In the Company of Angels’ … Chris Boïcos on Mary Cassatt … Alan Riding on French artists during the Occupation … Peter Gumbel on the catastrophe of French education … Charles Quest-Ritson tours the gardens of Ninfa … Ted Mooney reads from ‘The Same River Twice’ ... Natarajan Ishwaran on climate change … Hughes Armand-Delille remembers Bernie Madoff … Bernadette Martin on the art of storytelling … Peter Gibian on the expatriate artistry of John Singer Sargent … Steven Erlanger, James G. Lowenstein and Edward Widmer unpack the Wikileaks phenomenon.

LIBRARY SUPPORTERS 2010 The Annenberg Foundation Wendy Simpson Anonymous Karen Morris and Roland Morris, Jr. The Dillon Fund John and Joan Fleming Librairie Galignani Nicolas and Diane ver Hulst William Jay Smith and Sonja Smith The Scaler Foundation Fabrice Gaussen and The Search Foundation Angélique Armand-Delille Gaussen Marshall and Deborah Wais Charles and Alice Ritcheson Caroline and Etienne Becker The French American Charitable Trust Charmaine Donnelly and Gerard Pfauwadel Shelley and Alain de Rouvray Pamela and Aubert de Villaine Thomas Benét Ilona and David Maintigneux Ishtar and Jean-François Méjanès Regan Pritzker Felix and Elizabeth Rohatyn John R. MacArthur Sullivan & Cromwell Ilse and John Willems Frances and Jeb Seder Connie Coburn and James Houghton Mary Fleming and David Morrison David Chaffetz and Marguerite Yates Oliver and Maggie Villa Arthur Loeb Nancy Willard and Georges Magaud Ambassador and Mrs. Craig R. Stapleton Mark Heim The Woodward Charitable Trust John Watson and Betsy Blackwell Robert Deutsch Julian Dowski Paul and Mimi Horne Irina Boulin-Ghica and Antoine Boulin Jean and Virginia Perrette René de Monseignat Sarah and Edouard-François Diane Johnson and John Murray de Lencquesaing Robert and Susan McCabe Charles and Clydette de Groot James Cimino Pierre-Louis Roederer Olcott Lucy Smith Foundation Luis Roth and Jennifer Dalrymple Joseph and Sigun Coyle Mary Lee and Edward Turner Ambassador James G. Lowenstein Kathryn Berenson TSC Foundation Inc Bonnie and George Pinkham Judith Pillsbury and William Waterfield David McGovern Peter and Jeanne Fellowes Pamela and Roger Hull Nancy and Neil Janin Marcelle Maclouf American School of Paris Jacques and Françoise Maisonrouge John Mark Rudkin Charitable Foundation Jonathan and Annie Schur Roger and Catherine Coste Christopher Klein and Ann Mah Winston and Marilyn Tabb Charles and Anne Marie Dilley Charles and Marie-Laure Fleming Grace Teshima S. Prentiss Bailey Fund Hughes, Hubbard and Reed Nadine and Jean-Patrick Voisin Kenneth Coleman Charles Trueheart and Anne Swardson Daniel and Mary-Ange Hurstel Joan Johnson Robin and Vigdis Tait Jim and Lynne Pasquarette Philippe and Zahia Jabre Russell and Lynn Kelley Pamela Combastet Douglas and Marie-Claude Hawes John Dimitry and Yvonne Panitza Philippine de Rothschild James Emanuel Bernard and Sarah François-Poncet Jacques and Erika Richardson Christopher Henze Herbert and Sybil Kretzmer Linda and Edouard Emmet Mary Brodbeck Celestine Bohlen and Vladimir Lebedev Leslie Lemons and Thierry Garby Francis Wolfe 5

LIBRARY SUPPORTERS 2010 (continued from page 5) Edward and Patricia Cumming Donald and Ann Morrison Sheila Trifari Sally Warren Thomas and Mary Sisson Cassie and Jean Toulouse Sara Paretsky Ruth Quenardel John Hale Stutesman Josephine Pierce Jean-Claude Astruc and Edith Brown Astruc Werner Sollors Lilian Nassif James Emanuel Marcia Lord Jacques and Erika Richardson Michel Haguenau Herbert and Sybil Kretzmer Leila Baudry Mary Brodbeck Bessandra Elder Leslie Lemons and Thierry Garby James Tranlong Paul Healey Marie El Chafei Juan de Beistegui Catherine Vrana Olivia de Havilland Hubertus and Evelyne Sulkowski Benedictus Ceusters Béatrix Antoinette Thomas and Carol Rose Boris and Marianne Vesterman Don and Mary Adair Johnson Jean-Claude Raynaud Carolyn White-Lesieur Polly Lyman Eva Maze John Tagliabue and Paula Butturini Tom and Lisa Redburn Danielle and Douglas Lippoldt Jere Skipper Hélène Andreeva Patricia Leroy Sharon Cape Jean-Pierre Sereni Elizabeth and David Tucker Ronald Katz Sheri Grorud Helene Kegreisz Jean and Marie-Christine Boutin Carol and Arthur Brozyna Phyllis Michaux Jacqueline Kay Doris Popa-Béjan Olayiwola Oshisamya Laura Furman Dorothy Erlandson William and Monica Barry Susan Loder-Vehon Maureen Page Laurent and Mariko Develle Robert and Kathleen Sunderbruch Marie Pinet F. Sheppard Shanley Lydia Ruprecht Annette Leckart Odile Lambert Jerome Cohen Jon Kite Louise A. Weintraub David Jolly and Nicola Clark Gabriela Chavez-Lopez Carolyn Bazzini Michaël Taugis Alain Decaux and Micheline Pelletier-Decaux Michel and Eleanor Levieux Samuel Abt Thomas Reaume Peter and Catherine Raggett Geneviève Manderstam Kathryn Angelis James and Ivonne Miller John K. Thompson Marion Bierwirth Hans and Catherine Anderegg James W. Eighmie Robert and Joyce Glaser John Davis Linda Healey and Oscar Alvarado Section Internationale de Sèvres Thérèse Pillet-Will Elodie Cherittwizer Jill and Eric Bourdais de Charbonnière Susan Cantrick and Richard Davis Nancy Green Lucréce Ileleji Jeffrey Grava Anne Conover Carson 6

INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERS

American Church in Paris New York University American School of Paris Parsons Paris School of Art + Design American University in Washington Schiller University Ecole Active Bilingue Jeannine Manuel Skidmore College in Paris Ecole Polytechnique Stanford University Ermitage International School of France The Bilingual Montessori School of Paris Fides Trinity College, Hartford Franklin & Marshall College Université Paris-Est Créteil International School of Paris University of Kent, England ISIT - Institut de management et de University of London Institute in Paris communication interculturels University of Southern California ISM - International School of Management

IN-KIND DONATIONS

Agence Lenclud Ronald Jones Mr. and Mrs. William Ramsay Choy Arnaldo Ronald Kenyon Anne Raynaud Andrew Aronoff Brandt Kingsley Jacques and Erika Richardson Darlene Arriola Mary Kling Daniel Roberts Carlo Barlone Mrs. Namrata Kumar Edgar Rubin John Baxter La Taille d'Aulme Albert Russo Dianne Beal Fanny Lalande Isnard Frances P.Ryan Eliane Benisti Michelle Lapautre Diana Sandalian John Watson and Betsy Caroline Lareuse Mary Sandifer Blackwell Anne Le Chartier Mary Schaeffer Conroy Marie-Noëlle Brisson Robert Leland Johnson Joan Schlottenmeier Rebecca Brite Penelope Lemasson Douglas Schwalbe Susan Byrd Gerard Lenclud Edward Scott Barbara Byrne Constance Lewis Sharon Slaton Howell Centro Culturale Italiano Douglas Lippoldt Korinn Sloan Kevin Cerango Marcia Lord Sharon Stevens David Chaffetz Byron A. Lorrier Anne Swardson Jennifer Chalançon Juliette Manceau and Charles Trueheart Agnes Collet Arthur Marchet Mrs. Taylor Sarah Colton Bernadette Martin Brigitte Thabourin-Treidel Anne Confuron Eva Maze Carolle Thibaut Pomerantz Lionel Dahan Mark McGarry Penny Tomlinson Christopher Dickey Nina McPherson Albert Tyne Eric du Plessis Greg Miller Jennifer Valle Carmel Dylan Lou Mione Tino Villanueva Editions Albin Michel Stephanie Moreno Gregory and Regina Weingarten Mitra Elahipanah Paul Myers Debra Widener Jeanne Ellis Ivan Nabukoff Susan Wise Rose Finkenstadt Nancy Ohlenbusch Kobina Wright The Florence Gould Marietta Olivares Marvin Wurzer Foundation Marilyn Palik Marilyn Yakowitz Lora Fountain Eleni Pallas Andrew and Meg Young Natasha Fraser-Cavassoni Georges Peyronnet Richard French Linda Phillips Waring Hopkins Mary Picone Mary Delfs and Charles Hunter Barbara Porter International Herald Tribune Shelley Power Eric Jesus Tracy Price

VOLUNTEERS AND INTERNS VOLUNTEERS Simone Adhemar Niall Hagan Lindsay Poulin Nassim Alisobhani Kian Hagan Charlotte Poulter Emine Pelin Ariner Mary Heinert Kate Price Ines Beatrix Sarah Hosking Isabelle Rater Kate Berenson Marie-France Hours Anne Raynaud Anna Bogutskaya Dan and Laura Huehn Lisa Redburn Betsey Boutelle Anne Hunt Celeste Rhoads Martin Branch Kendra Johnston Caroline Robbins Lise Buntschuh Ghazala Jowahir Lorena Sanchez Areeb Butt Chatchalapa Joyon Neejoo Shrestha William and Terry Cagle Daniel Kahn Jane Shuput Amelia Carlin Medora Kaltenbach Valerie Smith Alexandre Cayzeele Amelie Kase Stephanie Smolenski Nelly Nicolas Chavez Ronald Katz Cecily Spiers Lixin Chen Melissa Kenzig Valerie Stephenson Lucy Clarke Kati Kertesy Liam Storer Amanda Coletsis Kristen Ketron Harriet Tancerman Veronica Colson Rebecca King Jamileh Talebizadeh Chase Davis Ellen Lebelle Sandrine Tesner Philip Davis Kati Lewis Morgan Thomas Leslie de Galbert Marta Lomza Pauline Thomson Clydette de Groot Arthur Marchet Maria Arjona Toledo Caroline de Lacvivier Laura McCain-Foreman Laura Toops Caroline de Navcelle Geneva Malagutti Pamela Usel Cody Delistraty Danielle Megyeri Valentine Valdovinos Saw Choo Dickson Kate Meltzer Maggie Villa Sarah Dodgson Julie Mercer Chevallier Louise Weintraub Marianne Faure Jerome Moreau Martine Wendrickx Peter Fellowes Cisse Moutou Laura Woodman Christine Fleurbaey Daniel Murray Celine Wu Becca Frank Jacqueline Nafziger Eleanor Zdziebczok Toni Fyvie Ulrike Niemann Marian Ganter Maureen Paget Alice Gay Maria Cruz Pereira Felicia Gay-de-Montella Ethan Perkins Alexander Giannakouras Estelle Phinoson Suzanne Gurney Marie-France Plassard

CHILDREN’S DEPARTMENT VOLUNTEERS UNIVERSITY INTERNS

Carole Black Marcia Lebre Katarzyna Zabinska Susan Gilman Brandi Crosby Tri Lestari Anna Mackowiak Tendai Mariga Sophie Diamond Chen Lixin Julia Vilain Sophie Letorey Jennifer Dobson Colleen Olson Erin Shea David Thompson Hélène Fleurbaey Melanie O'Neil Robert Fransen Caroline Rees Caitlin Gallagher Will Rempel HIGH SCHOOL INTERNS Christine Griffith Mary Schmemann Angela Hin Katherine Thompson Raphel Jomaah Lea Cavat Sophie Huet Philippe Vendryes Anne Sophie Jessica Collinson Hua Jing-Legrand Sharon Yoon Thomas Samuel Hatem Jebabli Charlotte Kagan Alice Kayitalire

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