The One Hundred and Ninety Eighth Annual Meeting

Of

The Rhode Island Historical Society

Wednesday, November 13, 2019

5:30 P.M.

Aldrich House 110 Benevolent Street Providence, RI 02906

2019 Annual Meeting For the Fiscal Year 2018-2019

of

The Rhode Island Historical Society

Agenda

Call to Order and Board Chair’s Welcome Luther W. Spoehr, Ph.D. Chair

Approval of Annual Meeting Minutes – Luther W. Spoehr, Ph.D. November 14, 2018 Chair

Treasurer’s Report Michael L. Baker Jr., CPA Treasurer

Nominating Committee Report & Winifred E. Brownell, Ph.D. Election of Officers and Trustees, Nominating Committee Chair 2019-2020

New Business Luther W. Spoehr, Ph.D. Chair

2018-2019: The Year in Review C. Morgan Grefe, Ph.D. Executive Director

“Spinning the Watchman’s Web: Connecting C. Morgan Grefe, Ph.D., Executive Director & Collections Through One 19th Century Diary” Richard Ring, Deputy Executive Director for Collections and Interpretation

Closing Remarks and Adjournment Luther W. Spoehr, Ph.D. Chair

Please join us for drinks and light refreshments following the meeting

1 NOMINATIONS FOR THE 2019-2020 BOARD TERM

Officers Nominated for Term of One Year

For Chair: For First Vice-Chair: Luther W. Spoehr, Ph.D. Winifred E. Brownell, Ph.D. Senior Lecturer Emeritus Dean Emerita of Arts and Sciences Departments of Education and History University of Rhode Island Brown University

For Second Vice-Chair: For Treasurer: Anthony Calandrelli Alek A. Dykeman President Tax Supervisor American Ring Company Kahn, Litwin, Renza, & Co.

For Secretary: Robert H. Sloan Jr., CLU, ChFC Principal Sloan Associates

Trustees Nominated for Initial Term of Three Years

Michael L. Baker Jr., CPA Senior Assistant Vice President, Accounting Amica Mutual Insurance Company

Roberta Gosselin Vice President, Treasury and Risk Management Amica Mutual Insurance Company

Peter J. Miniati, JD, CFP Managing Director, Wealth Planning Napatree Capital LLC

James Wing Senior Vice President RBC Wealth Management

Trustees Nominated for a 2nd Term of Three Years

Michael T. Eadie VP Wealth Management Sales and Marketing Washington Trust Wealth Management

2 BOARD OF TRUSTEES 2018-2019

Officers and Executive Committee

Luther W. Spoehr, Ph.D. Edward A. Iannuccilli, MD Senior Lecturer Emeritus Clinical Professor of Medicine Emeritus Departments of Education and History The Warren Alpert School of Medicine Brown University Brown University Chair James P. Loring, CPA, CFA Winifred E. Brownell, Ph.D. Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, Dean Emerita of Arts and Sciences Senior Vice President University of Rhode Island Amica Mutual Insurance Company Vice Chair Benjamin D. Lux Michael L. Baker Jr., CPA Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder Senior Assistant Vice President, Accounting NuLabel Technologies Amica Mutual Insurance Company Treasurer Scott MacKay Political Analyst Robert H. Sloan Jr., CLU, ChFC Rhode Island NPR Principal Sloan Associates Lisa E. Melton, CPCU Secretary Senior Vice President, Marketing AAA Northeast Trustees at Large Maureen Moakley, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus of Political Science Timothy N. Burditt University of Rhode Island

Paul A. Croce, Sc.D. Marcus P. Nevius, Ph.D. Vice President & Manager of Research, Retired Assistant Professor, Department of History FM Global University of Rhode Island

Michael T. Eadie Theodore W. Smalletz VP Wealth Management Sales and Marketing Chief Financial Officer Washington Trust Wealth Management Gloria Duchin, Inc.

Andrew M. Erickson, CPCU Mary C. Speare Director and Senior Executive Vice President,

Retired Barbara J. Thornton, AIA Amica Mutual Insurance Company Partner

Brewster Thornton Group Architects, LLP Heather H. Evans

Chief Marketing Officer RI Commerce Corporation Trustee Ex-Officio

George M. Goodwin, Ph.D. Lane Talbot Sparkman Independent Historian Associate Director of Education & Public Programs Barry G. Hittner, Esq. RI Department of State Counselor at Law

3 COMMITTEES 2018-2019

Staff Liaison: C. Morgan Grefe, Executive Director and Luther W. Spoehr, Board Chair serve as ex officio on all committees. Other staff contacts are listed by name.

STANDING COMMITTEES AD HOC COMMITTEES

Audit Committee Advancement Committee James P. Loring (Chair) Michael T. Eadie (Chair) Paul A. Croce Andrew M. Erickson Theodore W. Smalletz Heather H. Evans Anthony Calandrelli* Lisa E. Melton Alexandra Pezzello* Maureen Moakley Kathryn B. Mandel* Mary C. Speare Staff Contact: Charmyne Goodfellow Anne Conway** Kathryn B. Mandel* Executive Committee Rick Ring** Luther W. Spoehr (Chair) Staff Contact: Elizabeth Wood Michael L. Baker Jr. Winifred E. Brownell Collections Committee Robert H. Sloan Jr. Edward A. Iannuccilli (Chair) George M. Goodwin Finance Committee Scott MacKay Michael L. Baker Jr. (Chair) Robert H. Sloan Jr. Timothy N. Burditt Robert D. Galli* Anthony Calandrelli* David W. Gregg* Alek A. Dykeman* Stanley Weiss* Lyle Fain* Staff Contact: Rick Ring Kathryn Spoehr* Staff Contact: Charmyne Goodfellow Facilities Committee Barbara J. Thornton (Chair) Subcommittee of Finance Committee Timothy N. Burditt Investment Committee Paul A. Croce Anthony Calandrelli (Chair) John Boehnert* Michael L, Baker, Jr. Lyle Fain* James P. Loring Lichen Grewer* Robert H. Sloan Jr. Seth Izzi* James Wing* Michael Sigourney* Staff Contact: Charmyne Goodfellow Nominating & Governance Committee Winifred E. Brownell (Chair) Andrew M. Erickson Barry G. Hittner James P. Loring Luther W. Spoehr

4 COMMITTEES 2018-2019

AD HOC COMMITTEES cont.

South County Properties Committee Roger N. Begin (Chair) Michael T. Eadie Andrew M. Erickson Robert H. Sloan Jr. Luther W. Spoehr Barbara J. Thornton William R. Logan* Staff Contact: Morgan Grefe

Publication Committee Theodore W. Smalletz (Chair) Lisa E. Melton Marcus P. Nevius Luther W. Spoehr Charlotte Carrington Farmer* Robert Allen Greene* Reverend Robert Hayman* Jane Lancaster* J. Stanley Lemons* Craig Marin* Seth Rockman* Marie Schwartz* Evelyn Stern* William McKenzie Woodward* Staff Contact: Rick Ring

* Indicates non-trustee committee member ** Indicates RIHS staff on committee  Deceased

5 RIHS - STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION FYE0619

ASSETS: Cash and cash Equivalents: Operating 511,520 Grant restricted Investments 746,728 Accounts Receivable, net 12,337 Grants Receivable, net 39,562 Promises to give, net 28,646 Inventory 16,364 Prepaid expenses and other assets 17,584 Property and equipment, net 2,938,862 Endowment: Promises to give, net 15,000 Cash Restricted to endowment Investments 21,109,755 TOTAL ASSETS 25,436,358

LIABILITIES: Accounts payable 68,764 Accrued liabilities Payroll and payroll taxes 108,547 Other 17,148 Deferred revenue 8,677 Total Liabilities 203,136

NET ASSETS: Without donor restrictions: Undesignated 1,775,431 Board designated 7,708,790 Total without donor restrictions 9,484,221

With donor restictions Purpose Resticted 320,521 Restricted to temporary endowment 380,641 Restricted to permanent endowment 15,047,839 Total with donor restrictions 15,749,001

Total net assets 25,233,222

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS 25,436,358

6 RIHS - STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES FYE0619

Without Donor Restrictions With Dontor Restrictions

Board Purpose Temporary Permanent Undesignated Designated Restricted Endowment Endowment PUBLIC SUPPORT AND REVENUE: Contributions 114,817 - 14,070 - Grants 511,685 - 35,374 - Bequest income 45,020 - - 7,017 Total Public Suppport 671,522 - 49,444 7,017

Revenue: Program revenues 26,066 - 1,133 - Membership dues 74,621 - - - In-kind contributions 6,005 - - - Admissions income 72,952 - - - Publications and book sales 2,830 - - - Administrative fees 8,615 - - - Investment income/(loss), net 31,702 227,937 - 614,215 - Rental functions income 35,393 - - - Miscellaneous income 11,599 - 201 - Special event net 108,612 - - - Net assets released from restrictions persuant to endowment spending rate 1,164,051 (315,063) - (848,988) - Appropriations of underwater endowment (18,833) - - 18,833 - FundNet assets Transfers released from restrictions (53,116) 53,444 (328) persuant to endowment spending rate 202,874 (147,391) (55,483) - Total Revenue 1,673,371 (181,073) (54,149) (215,940) (328)

Total public support and revenue 2,344,893 (181,073) (4,705) (215,940) 6,689

Expenses: Program Services: Library services 649,470 - - - Museum program 384,860 - - - Woonsocket museum 326,509 - - - Education program 373,426 - - - Total program services 1,734,265 - - - -

Supporting services: Development 213,881 - - - Management and general 599,067 - - - Total supporting services 812,948 - - -

Total Expenses 2,547,213 - - - -

CHANGE IN NET ASSETS (202,320) (181,073) (4,705) (215,940) 6,689 NET ASSETS, beginning 1,977,750 7,889,863 325,226 596,581 15,041,150 NET ASSETS, ending 1,775,430 7,708,790 320,521 380,641 15,047,839

The Audit Committee has reviewed the audited financial statements and has voted to accept them as presented. Signed: Jim Loring, Chair, Audit Committee 7

CURRENT STAFF LIST

Administration Research Center and Museum Collections

C. Morgan Grefe, Ph.D., Executive Director Phoebe Bean, Librarian Charmyne Goodfellow, Deputy Executive Becca Bender, Film Archivist and Curator of Director for Finance and Administration Recorded Media Richard Ring, Deputy Executive Director for Michelle Chiles, Research Center Manager Collections and Interpretation; Editor, Rhode Jennifer Galpern, Research Associate Island History Owen Gibbs, Cataloger/Curatorial Assistant Silvia Rees, Executive Assistant J.D. Kay, Digital Imaging Specialist & Rights and Reproductions Manager Dana Signe K. Munroe, Registrar Advancement Rebecca Valentine, Public Services and Collections Assistant Elizabeth Wood, Director of Advancement

Ben Smith, Communications and Digital Outreach Manager Museum of Work & Culture Sarah Travers, Advancement Coordinator Anne Conway, Director, Museum of Work & Culture Education Irene Blais, Receptionist/Clerk Gary Boucher, Building Superintendent Geralyn Ducady, Director, Newell D. Goff Center Sarah Carr, Assistant Director, Museum of Work for Education and Public Programs & Culture Ellary Gamache, Visitor Experience & Logistics Jordan Jones, Education & Program Assistant Coordinator, JBHM Maureen Sansonese, Administrative Assistant Kelvis Hernandez, Visitor Services Specialist Susan Shea, Receptionist/Clerk Samantha Hunter, Education Outreach Manager;

State Coordinator, NHD Rhode Island Jennifer Wilson, Assistant Director, Newell D. Goff Center for Education and Public Programs

Facilities

Edouard Desjarlais, Facilities Manager Curtis Proffit, Buildings and Grounds Assistant David Whiteside, Facilities Assistant

Finance

Renata Luongo, Assistant in Finance Office; Rental Manager Cynthia Donadio, Assistant to Deputy Executive Director for Finance and Administration

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RIHS ANNUAL FUND DONORS

$5,000+ Mr. and Mrs. Peter and Teresa Hacunda Profs. Luther W. and Kathryn T. Spoehr IBM Matching Gift Program Prof. Francis Leazes Jr. and Ms. Audrey Laforge $1,000-$4,999 Mr. and Mrs. Warren and Mary McGoldrick Mr. Lorne Adrain Mr. Kenneth Orenstein and Ms. Barbara Feibelman Amica Companies Foundation Ms. Susan Sipprelle Mr. William Babcock Dr. Elizabeth Stevens and Mr. Norman MacLeod Mr. and Mrs. Michael L. and Jennifer Baker Jr. Ms. Julie Wilson Barry and Kathleen Hittner Fund at the Rhode Island Foundation Dr. Richard Wong and Dr. Barbara Schepps Victor & Gussie Baxt Fund at the Rhode Island Foundation Captain Nicholas Brown $100-$249 Mrs. Nancy Cassidy and Mr. Jeffrey Schreck Mrs. Virginia Adams Mr. and Mrs. Richard S. and Inge Chafee Ms. Lucille Atkinson Mr. Warren Curtis Ms. Julie Baldwin Mr. and Mrs. Andrew M. and Mary E. Erickson Mrs. Cherry Bamberg Mr. Arnold Friedman Ms. Mary-Elizabeth Barton Dr. and Mrs. George M. and Betsey Goodwin Ms. Pamela Bockoven Mr. and Dr. Barry G. and Kathleen C. Hittner Mr. Thomas Bryson Hope Foundation Mr. Merrill Budlong Mr. James Loring CPA, CFA Mrs. Lucy Burr Mr. Scott MacKay Drs. Ralf and Nancy Carriuolo Mr. Frederick Mattis Mr. and Mrs. Stephen and Kim Clark Prof. and Mrs. James T. and Cynthia Patterson Mr. James Clarke Jr. Peggy and Henry Sharpe Fund at the Rhode Island Foundation Ms. Carolyn Cole Mr. Robert Sloan Jr., CLU, CHFC Mr. and Mrs. Peter and Anne Conway Mr. and Mrs. Theodore W. and Robyn Smalletz Mr. & Mrs. Andrew and Linda Costa Ms. Mary Speare Mr. and Mrs. Murray and Judith Danforth III Mr. and Mrs. Peter and Barbara Thornton Mr. and Mrs. Cornelis and Kathryn De Boer Mr. and Mrs. Stanley and Beth Weiss Ms. Pauline Denning Mr. Jinxuan Zhu Mr. Paul Desjardins DODEKA $500-$999 Ms. Geralyn Ducady Mr. and Mrs. Roger and Diane Begin Mrs. Alexandra Earle Mr. and Mrs. Paul Bourget Dr. Nathan Epstein Dr. Nicholas Bowen Ms. Geraldine Faries Ms. Sylvia Brown Mr. and Mrs. John W. and Joan Flynn Dr. Winifred Brownell Ms. Faith Fogle Mr. Timothy Burditt Mr. and Mrs. Anthony F. and Barbara T. Fontaine Mr. Anthony Calandrelli Mr. James Frutchey Mr. and Mrs. Peter and Lucia Case Mr. Robert Galkin Ms. Heather Evans Ms. Donna-Belle Garvin Dr. C. Morgan Grefe and Mr. Gage Prentiss Mr. Michael Gerhardt and Ms. Doree Goodman Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Hallowell Jr. Mr. David Green and Mrs. Myrth York Ms. Marion Harris Mrs. Virginia Greenwood Mr. Leslie Kenney Mr. and Mrs. Paul Grimes Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Robert and Lynn Manning Mrs. Virginia D. Hales Mr. and Mrs. Frank and Elizabeth R. Mauran IV Ms. Nancy Harris Ms. Lisa Melton Mrs. Pamelia Henriksen Mr. Charles Page Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan and Anne Hird Mr. and Mrs. Barry and Rebecca Preston Dr. and Mrs. Ed and Diane Iannuccilli Mr. and Mrs. Russ and Carla Ricci Mr. and Mrs. Mike and Lauren Jordan Ms. Thelma Rocha Ms. Claire Jubb The San Francisco Foundation Kane-Barrengos Foundation The Severus Foundation Corp Mr. Richard Keene Ms. Maureen Taylor and Mr. Dexter Strong Mrs. Beverly Klyberg Mr. and Mrs. Bradford B. and Jean R. Kopp $250-$499 Mr. and Mrs. Russ and Isabel Kushner Mr. and Mrs. William and Desiree Armitage Mr. and Mrs. Michael and Jeanne Laferriere Ms. Pamela Behring Mr. J. Stephen Lawton Dr. Paul Croce Dr. Judy Litoff Ms. Althea Crowley Mr. Nicholas Longo Mr. and Mrs. Dennis J. and Kathleen Duffy Mr. Benjamin Lux Mr. Michael Eadie and Ms. Maria DaPonte Ms. Suzanne Magaziner Mr. and Mrs. Bill and Judy Famiglietti Mr. and Mrs. Peter and Kathryn Mandel CPA Mrs. Maia Farish Mr. Joseph Mathewson 9

RIHS ANNUAL FUND DONORS

Mr. Christian McBurney Ms. Jane Desforges and Mr. Michael J. White Mr. and Mrs. Norman E. McCulloch, Jr., Trustees, McAdams Mr. and Mrs. Robert and Susan Dick Charitable Foundation Mrs. and Mr. Ann and Arthur Dionne Mrs. Jane McGuirk Ms. Norine Duncan Mr. John Miller Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Wayne K. and Bernice C. Durfee Ms. Kimberly Milligan Mr. Paul Evans and Ms. Daisy Schnepel Ms. Maureen Moakley Mr. Fred Felder Ms. Theresa Molloy Mr. and Mrs. Michael L. and Susan Gannon Dr. John Moran Mr. and Mrs. Luke and Roberta Gosselin Dr. and Mrs. E. Pierre and Sarah Morenon Ms. Nancy Grinnell Mr. Frank Musche Dr. Daniel Harrop III Mr. and Mrs. James M. and Susan Nagle Mr. Jay Hurd Ms. Jane S. Nelson Mr. Frank Iacabbo Jr. Dr. Marcus Nevius Ms. Petra Jenkins Ms. Mildred Nichols Mrs. Mary Jean Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. and Judith K. O'Donnell Ms. Sally Kingsbury Mr. and Mrs. Robert and Kathleen Peck Dr. Jane Lancaster Dr. Tullio Pitassi Mr. and Mrs. Walter and Anne Lanni The Honorable and Mrs. Joseph and Claire-Lise Presel Ms. Susan LaPidus Ress Family Foundation Mr. Richard Lappin Mr. and Mrs. James and Cathe Rezendes Ms. Marjorie Lederer Mr. and Mrs. Patrick and Victoria Rogers Mr. and Mrs. Leonard I. and Linda Levin Dr. and Mrs. Fred A. and Sally Rotenberg Dr. Gabriel Loiacono Dr. Neil Safier and Dr. Iris Montero Mr. Brian Magee Mrs. Karen Schneider Mrs. Mary Ann Makepeace Dr. and Mrs. George M. and Theresa Seidel Ms. Jane Brayton Marshall Mr. and Mrs. William and Mary Sheridan Mrs. Ann Brooke Mason Mr. and Mrs. John and Margaret Skenyon Ms. Irene McGuire Mrs. Joanne Speroni-Woody and Mr. Michael Woody Mr. and Mrs. Dave and Elizabeth McNab Ms. Joanne Tomao Mr. Michael Middeleer and Ms. Ellen Welty Ms. Mary Wall Ms. Claire Miller Mr. Francis Ward Ms. Margaret Noel Ms. Nancy Wegimont Ms. Elaine Osborne Dr. David Woolman Mr. Robert Read Jr. Mrs. Connie Worthington and Mr. Terry Tullis Dr. Jennifer Rycenga Dr. Catherine Zipf and Mr. Mark Courtney Mr. Jerrold Salmanson Mr. and Mrs. Jim and Jean Santaniello Under $100 Mr. Ryan Saunders Mrs. Rebecca Alberg Dr. William Saxbe Jr. Ms. Anne Alexander Mr. and Mrs. Robert and Joanne Schacht Dr. Peter Allen Ms. Susan Shea Ms. Shelby Balik Mrs. Cheryl Simmons Ms. Barbara Bamford Mrs. Gretchen Dow Simpson and Mr. James Baird Ms. Corinne Barber Ms. Marcy Snapp Mr. and Mrs. G. Rollin and Sandra Bartlett Ms. Mary Snow Dr. Peter Belinsky Mr. Edward Tang Mr. Andrew Berg Ms. C. June Tow Mr. Steve Bergquist Ms. Leslie Tryon Mr. Arthur Bielfelt Ms. Martha Tuttle Mr. and Mrs. Harrison and Arria Bilodeau Mrs. Alice Van Tuyl Mr. Matt Bly Mr. Keelan Velander Mr. James Brown III Ms. Elizabeth Ward Ms. Joan Beth Brown Mr. Willis White Mr. Wendell Brown Mr. and Mrs. John and Ann Woolsey Mrs. Greta Brown Mr. Conrad Wright Mr. Henry Brown Ms. Torie Zannini Mr. and Mrs. Robert and Paula Clark Dr. Sheldon Cohen Mr. Bruce Cohen  Deceased Mr. and Mrs. Colin and Mary Elizabeth Coleman Mr. Anthony Connors Dr. Edward Cook Jr. Ms. Bonny Cook Mr. and Mrs. Norman and Louise Dakake Mr. John D'Alessio 10

MUSEUM OF WORK AND CULTURE INDIVIDUAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL DONORS

$1,000+ Mr. and Mrs. David and Ann Bartley Mr. and Mrs. Daniel and Ann Marie Gendron Ms. Marcella Beaudette Mr. and Mrs. Robert and Lori Godin Mr. and Mrs. William and Elaine Beaudoin The Murray Family Charitable Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Ralph and Laura Belleville Mr. and Mrs. Ray and Nancy Benoit $500-$999 Mr. and Mrs. Normand and Dorothy Benoit Mr. and Mrs. David and Ann-Marie Fontaine Ms. Jeanne M. Benoit Hope Global Bent Pine Golf Club Lepine Financial Advisors Mr. Julien Bessette Stalwart Films, LLC Mr. and Mrs. Arthur and Gertrude Bilodeau Mr. and Mrs. Ronald and Regina Blais $250-$499 Mr. and Mrs. Lee and Irene Blais Dr. and Mrs. James and Katherine Brennan Ms. Jarelyn Bliss Mr. and Mrs. Richard and Germaine Cayer Mr. and Mrs. George and Karen Boisvert Ms. Pauline Clancy Mr. and Mrs. John and Jeannine Borozny Mr. and Mrs. Roland and Billiegene Lavallee Mr. and Mrs. Gary Boucher Mr. and Mrs. Paul and Eleanor Pierannunzi Mr. Roger Boudreau Ms. Justine Brewer $100-$249 Mr. and Mrs. Paul Brodeur Ms. Diane Adam Mr. and Mrs. Ronald and Jane Brousseau Mr. and Mrs. John and Kyle Adamonis Mr. Bobby Brunelle Amica Companies Foundation Mr. Donald Burke Attorney and Mrs. Orlando and Linda Andreoni Ms. Demetria Carr Mr. and Mrs. Charles and Sandra Arning Mr. and Mrs. Joseph and Sue Cerra Mr. and Mrs. Robert and Judith Ann Ayotte Mrs. Pat Chatty B.U.W. Council Local 310 Mr. and Mrs. Ronald and Pamela Chauvin Mr. and Mrs. Maurice and Barbara Bell Ms. Christina Chella Mr. and Mrs. James and Margaret Bierden Mr. and Mrs. Keith and Anne Choquette Mr. Robert Billington Senator Frank Ciccone Mr. and Mrs. Albert and Carol Anne Brunelle Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin and Amy Cogan Carpenters Union, Local 330 Ms. Elizabeth Cole Construction and General Laborers' Local Union 271 Ms. Joanne Compton Contech Medical Mr. and Mrs. Frank and Roberta Cook Ms. Julia Conway and Ms. Juliana Pabon Mr. Alan Cotnoir Mr. and Mrs. Peter and Anne Conway Mr. Michael Crepeau Mr. and Mrs. Pete and Carol Courtemanche Cumberland Glass Company Mr. Cedric DeLeon Ms. Georgette Curran Mr. and Mrs. Russ and Mary Dexter Mr. and Mrs. William and Joan Darcey Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth and Irene Finlay Mr. and Mrs. Michael and Diana Debroisse Mr. and Mrs. John and Judy Hoyceanyls Ms. Lucille Delannoy Mrs. Beverly Klyberg Mrs. Frances Delasanta Mr. and Mrs. Kirk and Susan Laughlin Mr. and Mrs. Rene and Jeanne Demers Mr. and Mrs. Arthur C. and Martha Milot Mr. and Mrs. Gary and Monette Denis Ms. Irene Nebiker Ms. LuAnne Depetrillo Mr. and Mrs. Ron and Lorraine Pennington Mrs. Madeleine DeRoche Dr. and Mrs. Joel Picard Mr. Philip Desautels Ms. Margaret Jean Pickett Ms. Jane Desforges and Mr. Michael J. White Mr. David Ransome Mrs. Carol Drainville Mr. David Soucy Mrs. Patricia Draper St. Joseph's Church Mrs. Rita Ducharme Trudeau's Auto Repair Inc. Mrs. Mary Jane Emidy Walco Electric Company Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Emidy Ms. Nancy Wegimont Mr. and Mrs. John and Elizabeth Faricy FM Global Foundation Under $100 Mr. Bernard Fontaine Ms. Sue Andrews Ms. Jessica Fontaine Ms. Lucie Arsenault Ms. Constance Forcier Mr. Albert Aubin Attorney Lenette Forry Mrs. Shirley Ayers 11

MUSEUM OF WORK AND CULTURE INDIVIDUAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL DONORS

Dr. Cynthia Fox Milford Federal Savings and Loan Mrs. Paulette Gamache Mr. Armand A. Morin Ms. Margaret Ganim Ms. Frances Muller Mr. and Mrs. Gary and Sandra Garcia Mr. Robert Muratori Mr. Melvyn Gendron National Assoc. of Letter Carriers Branch 15 Ms. Karen Genereux Dr. John Nazarian Mr. William Gervais Ms. Joyce Neves Mrs. Shirley Girard Mr. and Mrs. Daniel and Louise O'Brien Mr. and Mrs. David and Diane Girard Mrs. Doris O'Connell Mr. and Mrs. Alva and Marie Goodier Mr. and Mrs. John Orlando Mr. and Mrs. John and Barbara Gregory Mr. and Mrs. Frank and Rachel Pacheco Mr. Robert Guernon Mrs. Lorraine Palmer Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius and Yvette Hack Mr. and Mrs. Bill and Nina Parrett Hanuschak Insurance Agency Ms. Gabrielle Partridge Mr. Henry Hatcher Mr. Bertrand Paul Jr. Ms. Allison Higgins Mr. and Mrs. Richard and Paula Paul Ms. Jeanne Higgins Mr. and Mrs. Bob and Ruth Paul Mr. and Mrs. Donald and Rachel Hoard Mr. Gerald Paulhus Mr. Gordon Hoover II Mr. and Mrs. Robert and Kathleen Peck Mr. and Mrs. Leroy and Janine Hutto Mrs. Jackie Pelletier Mr. and Mrs. Allan and Denise Jacobson Mr. and Mrs. Daniel and Lois Peloquin Ms. Patricia Jarvis Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth Peloquin Mr. Jim Parisi Mr. Eugene Peloquin Mr. David Judd Ms. Patricia Penza Mr. Raymond Julien Mrs. Sylvia Perreault Mr. Albert Kandarian, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Roland and Rita Piette Ms. Pierrette Kelly Pillsbury House Mr. and Mrs. Robert and Lois Kemp Mr. John Pincince Ms. Mary Kosowski Mr. Noel Pincince Ms. Elizabeth Kula Mr. and Mrs. Craig and Joyce Polucha Mr. and Mrs. Arthur and Diane Labrecque Ms. Monique Poulain and Mr. Jorg Boehden Mrs. Emilia Lambert Mr. and Mrs. Edward and Claudia Pryor Jr. Ms. Mary Lamoureux Ms. Basilia Ramirez M.D. Ms. Nancy Landini Ms. Christina Ramos Mr. Gerard Lapierre Mr. and Mrs. Steve and Jeannine Rapko Ms. Aline Laramee Mr. and Mrs. Jerry and Carol Raposa Mrs. Yvette LeClerc Mr. and Mrs. Stephen and Jeanne Raymond Ms. Annette Ledoux Ms. Silvia Rees and Mr. Philippe Cordina Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence and Denise Leduc Mrs. Shirley Reichenberg Ms. Whitney Lemoi Mrs. Martha Roberts Mr. and Mrs. Charles and Iris Lesieur Ms. Jeanne Rondeau Mr. and Mrs. Gus and Muriel L'Etoile Ms. Irene Roy Mrs. Pauline Levesque Senator Dominick Ruggerio Ms. Estelle Linton Mr. and Mrs. Robert and Beverly Russell Mr. William Lowe Ms. Joanne Ryan Mr. and Mrs. William and Diane Lynch Mr. and Mrs. Louis and Patricia Salome Ms. Karen Maguire Ms. Maureen Sansonese Mr. and Mrs. Sarto and Ann Mandeville Jr. Mrs. Dorothy Scott Ms. Priscilla Marchand Dr. and Mrs. Robert Shalvoy Ms. Mary Ann Mayer Mr. and Mrs. Dan and Joan Shanahan McGill Hose & Coupling, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Paul and Elise Shatraw Ms. Eleanor McGinn Mrs. Sandra Shaw Ms. Patricia McHugh Ms. Susan Shea Mr. Edmund McWilliams Ms. Sue Sheppard Mrs. Patricia Mehrtens Mr. and Mrs. Peter and Mariette Siczewicz Mr. Robert Melucci Mrs. Muriel St. Martin Ms. Charlotte Methe St. Thomas More Church MIBA Design Mr. and Mrs. Richard and Elizabeth Staples Jr. 12

MUSEUM OF WORK AND CULTURE INDIVIDUAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL DONORS

Mr. and Mrs. William and Karen Sutherland Ms. Laura Sylvan Mr. and Mrs. Marcel and Donna Tardif Mr. and Mrs. Robert and Marcia Taylor Mr. and Mrs. Bernard and Gloria Tellier Mr. Jimmy Tellier Mr. Robert Tessier Mrs. Claudette Theodoroff Mr. and Mrs. Stephen G. and Louise Thornton Mr. and Mrs. Gary and Linda Thurber Ms. Kathryn Tillinghast Ms. Rema Tomka TPI Composites, Inc. Mrs. Estelle Turgeon USJB Council #12 Mr. and Mrs. Normand and Marguerite Vadenais Mr. and Mrs. Paul and Sheri Vadenais Ms. Darlene Vargulish Mr. and Mrs. Gerry and Sandra Ventre Ms. Carmela Virgilio Mr. and Mrs. Daniel and Wilma Walsh Mr. and Mrs. Thomas and Carol Ward Mr. and Mrs. William and Patricia Whalen Mr. and Mrs. Kingsley and Rose-Marie Whipple Dr. and Mrs. Edward and Maureen Yazbak Ms. Claudette Yokell

13 GRANTS AND DESIGNATED GIFTS

$10,000+ $500-$999 City of Woonsocket John and Mary Wall Fund at the Rhode Island Institute of Museum and Library Services Foundation National Park Service Rhode Island Social Studies Association The Newell D. Goff Fund at the Rhode Island Rhode Island Society of Colonial Wars Foundation Rhode Island Council for the Humanities $250-$499 The Roger E. Potter Fund and the Nicholas E. and General Society of Colonial Wars Ann O. Picchione Fund at the Rhode Island Foundation $100-$249 State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations Ms. Eleanor Angell‡ Mr. Edward C. Stickney‡ Ms. Sandra Bartlett Mrs. Beverly Klyberg $5,000-$9,999 CVS Health ‡ Planned gift Heritage Harbor Foundation Ms. Sylvia Brown Ms. Virginia Long Mr. and Mrs. Peter and Barbara Thornton Priscilla C. Ide Revocable Trust‡

$1,000-$4,999 The Jeremiah Dexter Family Fund at the Rhode Island Foundation Moore Fund at the Rhode Island Foundation Museum of Work & Culture Preservation Foundation Navigant Credit Union Mr. Kenneth Orenstein Rhode Island Society of the Sons of the Revolution

SPONSORSHIPS

$5,001+ $100-$500 Amica Companies Foundation Bourget & Bourget Assoc Amica Mutual Insurance Company Brewster Thornton Group Architects Dr. Winifred Brownell $1,001-$5,000 Mr. Timothy N. Burditt AAA Northeast Mr. Anthony Calandrelli Mr. and Mrs. Michael L. and Jennifer Baker Jr. Dp Architect Bank of America Mr. and Mrs. Andrew M. and Mary E. Erickson Ms. Sylvia Brown Fournier & Fournier Funeral Home Esten & Richard Insurance Friendly Home Mr. and Dr. Barry G. and Kathleen C. Hittner Mrs. Trudy Lamoureux Quebec Delegation in Boston Mr. and Mrs. Tom and Maureen Moakley Northern RI Chamber of Commerce $501-$1,000 Rhode Island Labor History Society BankNewport Rotary Club of Woonsocket Dr. and Mrs. George M. and Betsey Goodwin Soucy Insurance Agency Hyman Brickle & Son Profs. Luther W. and Kathryn T. Spoehr Lepine Financial Advisors The Valley Breeze Mandel & Tracy, LLC The Villa at Saint Antoine Partridge, Snow & Hahn LLP Walsh, Brule, & Nault, PC Mr. Robert H. Sloan Jr., CLU, CHFC

14 IN-KIND DONORS

Adeline’s Speakeasy Kitchen Bar Narragansett Brewing Company Al’s Place Narragansett Creamery Amica Insurance Company Northwest Woolen Mills B & M Catering Olly’s Pizzeria The Beef Barn Pawtucket Red Sox Blackstone Valley Tourism Council Pine Swamp Place Broaster House Pranzi Fine Catering Brown University Department of Modern Culture Red Stripe and Media RI PBS By Water River Falls Capital Grille Seven Stars Bakery The Catering Gourmet Signature Printing Chan’s Sin Desserts Ciro’s Tavern Southwick Zoo Conway Tours Stadium Theatre Cozy Caterers Timeless Antiques Dan’s Place Toll Booth Gift Shop Del's Lemonade Tom's Market Catering Fire Works Catering Uncle Ronnie’s Red Tavern Friskie Fries The Village Haven Gasparro's Wines Vose True Value Hardware The Honey Shop Wayland Bakery Judith Potter Photography Wright’s Dairy Farm Kay’s Restaurant Ye Olde English Fish & Chips Li’l General Store

LIFETIME MEMBERS 2018-2019

Mrs. Eiko Adams Harrison M. Wright, Ph.D. & Mrs. Josephine Wright Mr. William T. Babcock Mr. Louis Yip Arthur A. Bert, M.D. & Catherine Little Bert Captain Nicholas Brown  Deceased Mrs. Lucy Aldrich Burr Nancy R. Carriuolo, Ph.D. & Ralf Carriuolo, Ph.D. Mr. & Mrs. George H. Cicma Dr. Patrick T. Conley Ms. Althea Baker Crowley Mrs. Virginia & Mr. Fred DeGregory Mr. Robert & Mrs. Susan Dick Dr. Edwin & Mrs. Angela Fischer Dr. George M. Goodwin & Mrs. Betsey S. Goodwin Mr. Paul & Mrs. Donna Cameron Gricus Mr. Henry & Mrs. Sandra Harris Ms. Marion O. Harris Dr. Daniel Harrop, III Mr. Peter Lisle Dr. Eugene Majerowicz Mr. E. Nicholl Marshall Mr. Louis H. Maynard Mr. Eugene A. Peloquin Mr. Henry D. Sharpe, Jr. & Mrs. Peggy Boyd Sharpe Mr. James F. Twaddell Mr. George H. Waterman, III

15 COLLABORATING PARTNERS

AATF-RI North Kingstown Free Library Alliance Franҫaise OF/BY/FOR ALL Alzheimer Association of RI Pawtucket Public Library American Historical Print Collectors Society Phillips Memorial Library, Providence College Autism Project Portsmouth Free Public Library Blackstone Heritage Corridor Pranzi Fine Catering Blackstone Valley Tourism Council Preservation Society of Pawtucket Brown/Fox Point Early Childhood Education Center Providence Athenaeum Brown University Providence Children’s Museum Brown University History Department Providence Department of Art, Culture + Tourism The Choices Program Providence Journal City of Biddeford Providence Preservation Society City of Woonsocket Providence Public Library Community College of Rhode Island The Public Archaeology Laboratory, Inc. Community Music Works Québec Delegation in Boston Consul General of Canada in Boston Québec City Consul General of France in Boston Ravenous Brewery Conway Tours Responsible Alcohol Service Create Power Yoga Rhode Island Black Heritage Society CVS Charities Classic Rhode Island College Dirt Palace at the Wedding Cake House Rhode Island Consortium for Autism Research & Downtown Woonsocket Collaborative Treatment DWRI Letterpress Rhode Island Council for the Humanities Flickers: The Rhode Island International Film Festival Rhode Island Department of Education Franco Center of Manchester Rhode Island Film Festival Gayle Gifford, Cause & Effect, Inc. Rhode Island Foundation Generation Citizen Rhode Island Genealogical Society Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History Rhode Island Historical Preservation and Heritage Governor's Advisory Council for the Blind Commission The Guild Rhode Island Jewish Historical Association Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology, Brown Rhode Island Labor History Society University Rhode Island Manufacturers Association Hands in Harmony Rhode Island PBS Harris Public Library Rhode Island Secretary of State’s Office History Space Rhode Island Services for the Blind & Visually International Coalition for Sites of Conscious Impaired John Nicholas Brown Center for Public Humanities and Rhode Island State Library Cultural Heritage, Brown University Rhode Island Wild Plant Society John Russell Bartlett Society RISD Museum of Art Johnson and Wales University River Falls Restaurant Johnston Historical Society Roger Williams National Memorial Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient Roger Williams University World, Brown University Rotary Club of Woonsocket JUMP Dance Company Sesame Street Workshop Le Centre de la Francophonie des Ameriques Smithsonian Institution Little Compton Historical Society Special Olympics of RI LOJIQ Tomaquag Indian Memorial Museum Memory & Aging Program at Butler Hospital Trivium Interactive Met School UMass Dartmouth Mohr Library Genealogy Group The Valley Breeze Museum of Work & Culture Preservation Foundation Wheeler School Museum-LA WNRI Narragansett Council, Scouts BSA WOON Narragansett Pier School The Woonsocket Call National Education Association RI Woonsocket Education Department National History Day Woonsocket Historical Society NeighborWorks Blackstone River Valley Wright's Dairy Farm & Bakery New England Archivists Newport Historical Society

16 DONORS TO THE COLLECTION

Mr. Ted Adams Tillinghast Society, Inc. American Association of University Women Mr. Stanley Weiss State of Rhode Island Ms. Constance Worthington Mrs. Cherry Fletcher Bamberg Mr. Ken Barry Ms. Phoebe Simpson Bean Ms. Karen Bergstrom Mr. Nick Bowen

Mr. J. Barry Burns Ms. Charlene Butler Peyton Carter Ms. Marabeth Cohen-Tyler Mr. Ned Connors Ms. Laurie Dickerson Mr. John Disano DODEKA Ms. Victoria Dzick Esten & Richard Agency Dr. George M. Goodwin Mr. James D. Grabow Sr. Capt. Fred M. Greguras Ms. Margaret Guardiani Pat Mathewson Horton Dr. Ed Iannuccilli Ms. Laura Kallock Mr. Edward Kane Ms. Delia Kovac Ms. Karen Lansing Mr. Todd Lawrence Dr. J. Stanley Lemons Mr. William Lepere Lulu Press Ms. Coleen MacLean Mr. Richard Major Nantucket Historical Association Naval War College Museum Oberlin College Library Mr. Ken Orenstein Mr. Stephen W. Palmer Ms. Elizabeth Pensavalle Providence Athenaeum Mr. Fred Reinhardt Rhode Island Department of Transportation Rhode Island Society Sons of the American Revolution Mr. Alvin Schaut Mr. Douglas Sharpe Prof. Luther Spoehr Dr. Clifford Stark Ms. Lorraine Sterling

17 WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR OUR GUIDES, INTERNS, & VOLUNTEERS!

Scott Alexander Adam Fischer Nikia Alves Denise Foggo Lauren Armstrong Joan Foley Richard Aubin David Fontaine Suzanne Barrette Mary Frappier Ken Barry Joan Gahan Ann Bellotti Jonathan Garant Addie Best Jeremy Garant Ellen Bigler Victoria Gendron Robert Billington Daniel Gendron Ron Blais Emma George Eric Blouin Nikolaus Gerhart John Boland Tyler Gibbs Roger Bouchard Maria Glanvill Brendon Boucher Jonni Goddard Denise Bourget George Goodwin Nicole Bourget Ariana Grande Paul Bourget J. Lyell Grewer Nick Bowen Rachael Guadagni Renee Boyce Jacqueline Guerra Lofgren Brien Brothman Autumn Guillotte Paul Brule Hilary Gunnels Al Brunelle Benjamin Haas Camille Bucci Deborah Haraldson Leah Burgin Charlene Harrington Elissa Burke Samantha Hedden Jessica Carlson Don Hoard Michael Carroll Jack Howley Jason Cerato Roberta Mudge Humble Bill Cheney Catherine Hurst Patricia Choiniere Patricia Jarvis Donna Cimini "Kim" Zhehao Jin John Concannon Pat Jordan Peter Conway Michael Junge Philippe Cordina Andrew Jussila Aaron Costa James Kabala Renee Darling Kieran Keating Deb Das Isabel Kushner Lucille Delannoy Trudy Lamoureux Norm Desmarais Jane Lancaster Casandra Doiron Jerry Lapierre Laura Doliber Mariani Lefas-Tetenes Morgan Donahue Matthew Leo Timothy Draper Richard Lepine Hannah Eastwood Mary Lessard Barbara Eddy Priscilla Marchand Melody Ennis Rebecca Marisseau Doreen Ezovski D'anna Marley Matt Ezovski Joan McElroy Judy Famiglietti John McNiff Sam Faso George Milkaitis Carolyn Faubert Scott Molloy Sharon Fennessey Owen Monroe Jeremy Ferris John Montalbano

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Diane Morel Paul Croce Sarah Morenon Alek Dykeman Ellie Nacheman Michael Eadie Marilyn Napier Andrew Erickson Irene Nebiker Heather Evans Dulce Nunez Lyle Fain Jean O'Donnell Charlotte Carrington Farmer Edward O'Donnell Robert Galli Maureen O'Gorman George Goodwin Marjory O'Toole Robert Allen Greene Lorraine Palmer David Gregg Joseph Parys Lichen Grewer Lynn Paul-Briggs Reverend Robert Hayman Lois Peloquin Barry Hittner Gene Peloquin Edward Iannuccilli Daniel Peloquin Seth Izzi Kevin Peloquin Jane Lancaster Frank Perrin J. Stanley Lemons Richard Peterson William Logan Judith Potter James Loring Anna Prymak Benjamin Lux Patty Reynolds Scott MacKay Amy Ricci Kathryn Mandel Jeanine Richards Craig Marin Rosemary Rocchio Lisa Melton Jon Rubin Maureen Moakley Linda Sawicki Marcus Nevius Doreen Schiff Alexandra Pezzello Joe Scott Seth Rockman Ashley Selima Marie Schwartz Susan Shea Michael Sigourney Mary Sheridan Robert Sloan Jr. John Simpson Theodore Smalletz Kevin Smith Lane Talbot Sparkman David Soucy Mary Speare Nini Stoddard Luther Spoehr Vera Tashima Kathryn Spoehr Bob Taylor Evelyn Stern Carrie Taylor Barbara Thornton Claire Uziel Stanley Weiss Rebecca Valentine James Wing Ruth Van Dine William McKenzie Woodward Nancy Wegimont Barbara Zdravesky Brian Zinszer  Deceased

Board & Committee Members Michael Baker Jr. Roger Begin John Boehnert Winifred Brownell Timothy Burditt Anthony Calandrelli

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