B O S T O N A T H E N Æ U M R e BOSTON ATHENÆUM p o r t s f Reports for o r 12,705 books 3,259 2,158 loaned reference inquiries 814 items books digitized 957 32 video event recordings acquired 177 items annual fund donors conserved 30 audio event 4,584 recordings 1 exhibition 100 events 12 research fellowships awarded items cataloged 2,208 rare materials 69 $1,171,469 consulted volunteers in unrestricted revenue 46 Trustees 22 discussion groups and Emeriti 2019 by the 20 interns numbers 546 new 3,594 active memberships memberships Boston Athenæum Reports for President JOHN S. REED Vice-Presidents SUSAN B. WEATHERBIE BOSTON ATHENÆUM CREELEA H. PANGARO Treasurer J. MARK ENRIQUEZ Assistant Treasurer GILBERT M. RODDY, JR. Reports for Secretary ARTHUR B. PAGE Trustees EARL M. COLLIER, JR. TERRANCE P. M CGUIRE TIMOTHY W. DIGGINS CAROLYN M. OSTEEN ROGER HAYNES JOHN G. PALFREY JR. CLARISSA C. HUNNEWELL CATHERINE POWELL DAVID P. INGRAM AUSTIN V. SHAPARD DARLENE C. JARRELL JAMES TRACY Trustees Emeriti MITCHELL ADAMS HUGH D. S. GREENWAY ALEXANDER ALTSCHULLER J. BRYAN HEHIR EDWARD B. BALDINI BAYARD HENRY JOAN T. BOK MAISIE HOUGHTON DEBORAH HILL BORNHEIMER JAMES F. HUNNEWELL, JR. JOHN G. L. CABOT ELIZABETH B. JOHNSON CHARLES A. COOLIDGE III JERROLD I. W. MITCHELL J. LINZEE COOLIDGE G. MARSHALL MORIARTY LAWRENCE COOLIDGE ELIZABETH H. OWENS DANIEL R. COQUILLETTE SUSAN W. PAINE ALICE M. D ELANA LAWRENCE PERERA B, M JOHN WIGGLESWORTH EVERETS JAMES V. RIGHTER January KATHERINE HANEY DUFFY LIONEL B. SPIRO THOMAS D. GILL, JR. WILLIAM S. STRONG Contents Reports for is a publication of the Boston Athenæum, ½ Beacon Street, DIRECTOR ’S PREFACE Boston, Massachusetts - . It was designed by Scott Vile and printed by the Ascensius Press, Bar Mills, Maine. A digital edition of this publication reflects TRUSTEE ACTIVITIES the activities of the Boston Athenæum between October , , and September SPE CIAL COLLECTIONS , . Staff and Trustee lists are current as of September , . READER SERVICES Copyright © by the Proprietors of the Boston Athenæum, Inc. All rights reserved. TECHNICAL SERVICES DEVELOPMENT PATRON SERVICES INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SECURITY FACILITIES PERSONNEL AND VOLUNTEERS GIFTS FINANCE SENIOR ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF AMY E. R YAN , Stanford Calderwood Director, Interim CHRISTOPHER BOUDROT , Director of Business Operations & Augusta Thomas Director of Finance Boston, December , ADMINISTRATION James P. Feeney, Jr., Howard Lang and Emily Cure, Chief of Staff Barbara Lang Hacker Head of Circulation DIRECTOR’S PREFACE Emmy Ly , Accounting Assistant Carolle R. Morini, Caroline D. Bain Archivist, Hannah Ovaska, Human Resources Manager Reference Librarian Elizabeth O’Meara, Reference Librarian CONSERVATION AND DIGITAL PROGRAMS Arnold Serapilio, Reader Services Assistant became the interim Stanford Calderwood Director in Septem - Patricia Boulos, Digital Programs Librarian Mary Warnement, William D. Hacker ber, just a couple of weeks before the close of the year detailed Tatiana Cole, Paper Conservator Head of Reader Services Graham Patten, Book Conservator Iin this report. For years my engagement with the Athenæum Dawn Walus, Chief Conservator SECURITY was as a member, and then as a Proprietor. Even in my first few Bruno Faria, Security Officer DEVELOPMENT Sostheng Kituyi, Security Officer weeks I truly learned about the heartbeat of the Athenæum. The Dawna Burrus, Director of Annual Giving Tyrone Smith, Director of Safety and Security Boston Athenæum is greater than the sum of its parts. It is a com - Michael Jugenheimer, Major Gifts Officer Prince Smith, Security Supervisor Bridget J. Keane, Chief Development Officer Durrell Thomas, Security Officer munity of learners, teachers, readers, scholars, and curious Madison Mott, Development Coordinator thinkers planning for the future, with values deeply rooted in the Rachel Wentworth, Grants and SPECIAL COLLECTIONS Annual Fund Associate John Buchtel, Curator of Rare Books and past. Francis Wyman, Advancement Systems Manager Head of Special Collections Our Board of Trustees, composed of members from different Melissa Krok-Horton, Collections walks of life and professional experiences, has contributed to the FACILITIES and Exhibition Technician Adriana Agudelo, Building Custodian Lily Pelekoudas, Special Collections Registrar Athenæum’s ongoing success. Our Proprietors are also committed Gloria Brea, Building Custodian Theo Tyson, Polly Thayer Starr Fellow in members whose esteem of their historic shares demonstrates their Jose Brizuela, Building Caretaker American Art and Culture Tatiana Keane Forero, Building Custodian appreciation for the Athenæum’s important role in Boston’s cul - Ismar Hochen, Building Caretaker TECHNICAL SERVICES tural and intellectual life. And it is our members who breathe life Nazrul I. Quadery, Assistant Facility Manager Daniel Axmacher, Rare Materials Catalog Librarian Christopher Silva, Director of Facilities William K. Evans, National Endowment for the into this building at ½, who come to the library for a myriad of Humanities Chief Librarian in reasons from writing a book to reading one, sharing ideas on top - INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Charge of Technical Services Andrew Hahn, Director of Information Technology Adriene Galindo, Rare Visual Materials ics ranging from poetry to mysteries, and always enjoying the Brian James Wanders, Assistant Systems Catalog Librarian sanctuary of the beautiful historic building with extraordinary Administrator Thomas Gearty, Serials Librarian special collections. Kaelin Rasmussen, Rare Materials Catalog Librarian MEMBER AND VISITOR SERVICES Ryan Reed, Catalog Assistant This annual report details the progress made, challenges faced, Maria Daniels, Director of Communications Anthea Harrison Reilly, Acquisitions Librarian and achievements reached in . A noteworthy milestone was and Patron Services Virginia Rundell, Catalog Assistant Molly Jarvis, Member and Visitor Graham Skinner, Rare Materials Catalog Librarian the negotiation of the lease at Beacon Street, an agreement that Services Coordinator will fulfill the increasing need for adjacent space. After years of re - Arin Lustberg, Member and Visitor INTERNS Services Coordinator Jacqueline Bateman search, planning, and deliberation, the Board of Trustees voted to Libby Miserendino, Member and Bailey Brunick officially expand into the building next door, where additional Visitor Services Coordinator Samantha Dodgen Victoria O’Malley, Director of Events Samantha Gill meeting areas and appropriate office and work space will be cre - Emmalie Snyder, Events Assistant Kurt Grewal ated. Our beautiful reading spaces in ½, currently occupied by Elsa Vernon, Manager of Events Danny Norton staff offices, will be freed up for member use. Hannah Weisman, Director of Education KL Pereira Ashley Runnals In the Calderwood Gallery, we opened a major exhibition, Re - READER SERVICES Greta Llanes Serrano quired Reading: Reimagining a Colonial Library , which showcases Dani Crickman, Children’s and Carly Stevens Young Adult Services Librarian Boston Athenæum Reports for and interprets the King’s Chapel Library Collection, one of the surviving treasures of th century Boston. Required Reading tells TRUSTEE ACTIVITIES the story of colonial Bostonians’ intellectual and spiritual quests, The Board welcomed one new member, James Tracy, at the An - and invites visitors to reflect on their own reading. This exhibition nual Meeting in March. Two Trustees, John Wigglesworth Everets both builds on our heritage and rich collections, and engages in and Thomas D. Gill Jr., attained Emeriti status. community collaborations. The related discussions positioned the Athenæum as a site of intellectual discourse. JAMES TRACY In addition to curating the aforementioned exhibition, Head of Special Collections and Curator of Rare Books John Buchtel James “Jim” Tracy is proud to be both a Life Member and a actively acquired treasures, in particular works by Boston-based Proprietor of the Boston Athenæum. He received a Ph.D. in Amer - artists and of Boston-based subjects. Perhaps the most important ican History from Stanford University as well as an M.B.A. (with acquisition of the year is that of the Harriet Hayden albums, a pair a concentration in Nonprofit Management) and an Ed.M. (in of photograph albums compiled in the s containing cartes de Higher Education Administration) from Boston University. visite and tintypes, mostly portraits of African Americans living Mr. Tracy has been a Board Member of the Bostonian Society, in Boston. The photographs, formerly owned by abolitionist Har - a Visiting Fellow at Yale University, and a Board member of Boston riet Hayden, convey a nationally significant story of Bostonians’ University’s Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Fu - anti-slavery work right here on Beacon Hill. We look forward to ture. He is currently a Fellow of the Massachusetts Historical So - exhibiting them in the future, and to further study and explo - ciety and a Board member of the Massachusetts Association of ration of this theme. Nonprofit Schools and Colleges. Mr. Tracy is a frequent speaker The Board of Trustees announced membership repricing on the interplay among technology, education, and workforce de - which went into effect in July following discussions among Trus- velopment, most recently as a keynote speaker for Mass Technol - tees, Proprietors, members, and staff. The membership team im - ogy Leadership Council’s annual “Transform” conference. This in - plemented