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Viewing Items Which Were Requested for Display Winter 1991 Annual Report 31 1991 Annual Report of The Cincinnati Historical Society President's Report This past year has certainly been one of challenge and simultaneously of great exhilaration. It was our first full year of residence and operation of the Museum Center at Cincinnati Union Terminal and the warm reception we received, not only from people of Greater Cincinnati, but of our entire three state region, has provided the reassurance that we have done the right things, for both the Historical Society and for our new public. The opening of the first phase of the permanent exhibits program has brought the Society to major museum status overnight. Both the carefully developed museum plan and the quality of execution in constructing Phase I have been universally acknowledged as state of the art in the museum industry. It is a wonderful museum which is being critically acclaimed throughout the country and I hope you feel the pride which the Board and staff feel in accomplishing it. our very sincere appreciation to you. Our membership has Our talented staff also spent very considerable been extremely supportive of our activities this past year as time during 1991 evolving quality public programming to take well as during all of the activity related to the Museum Center advantage of our new facility, including the museum and the over the past six or seven years. You have not only written marvelous new library facilities. As our membership continues checks but you have actively participated in our many and to grow, we will be able to provide diverse programming varied activities. During this time we have initiated the highly which will be of interest to our members. I am sure you will successful Broadcasting Hall of Fame annual dinner and be as excited as I am about the numerous and varied offerings awards, we have expanded our major fall fundraising effort, as announcements are made in the coming months. I hope traditionally known as our Auction, and we have significantly you take advantage of these opportunities and, if you feel so expanded our active volunteer base which is so fundamental inclined, become active in assisting in developing new to our success. You have supported all these activities. Thank programs. you very sincerely for your support of the Cincinnati Financially 1991 was difficult as was expected. Historical Society and we encourage all of our membership Our operating expenditures grew very substantially while the to participate actively in our activities. museum itself and, therefore, the related ticket revenues, did not open until November. Every member of the staff has John Weld Peck sacrificed in a significant way both in terms of the individual President salaries which have been frozen but also relative to the number of hours spent working on our behalf. They are all to be commended for a marvelous year and thanked for those sacrifices. The staff is the heart and soul of this organization and we are all incredibly indebted to this very talented group for bringing us to this point. Finally, our Board of Trustees wants to express On April 30, 1991, Vice President Dan Quayle visited the Museum Center and the Society's World War II exhibit. Queen City Heritage Director's Report The constant growth of the Society's collection has forced it to move often. In the late nineteenth century the Cincinnati Historical Society was located in downtown Gale E. Peterson Cincinnati. In 1901 it moved to the Clifton campus of the University of Cincinnati where it remained for over sixty years. By the 1960's the Society once again needed additional space, With the opening of museum exhibits over the and in 1964 we relocated to a new wing of the Cincinnati Art past year, The Cincinnati Historical Society has entered a new. Museum in Eden Park. era. During 1991 membership doubled to nearly 8,000 families Although some people considered the Cincin- and almost 300,000 people visited our exhibits. With 35,000 nati Historical Society one of Cincinnati's "best kept secrets," square feet of museum exhibit space devoted to the the collections' and library's growth continued so that by the exploration of Cincinnati's history, we know of no other early 1980's it once again became necessary to look for urban historical society that can equal this statistic. additional space so that we could continue our efforts to It is as though CHS is being re-born. If the collect and make available to the citizens of our community essence of an institution is its membership, then only a small the manuscripts and archival materials that document the minority of the members of this 160-year-old organization history of the city and region. have been a part of it for as long as five or ten years. If one By the early 1980's another Cincinnati institu- were to ask what our members know about the Historical tion, the Museum of Natural History also determined it too Society, many are doubtlessly more aware of our museum than had outgrown its facility. The needs of the two institutions of the library that has traditionally dominated our staffing and and the city's approaching bicentennial led to a proposal to budgeting requirements. make Union Terminal the new home of both. Selection of this While financial concerns for the immediate site afforded the Historical Society the opportunity to add future are very real, the long term opportunities for the artifacts to its collecting program and museum exhibits to its Cincinnati Historical Society have never been better. We have public programming. come a long way in a short number of years, and we are very Renovation of the terminal began after voters grateful both to our long time members who have, in many of Hamilton County passed a bond levy in May 1986. As the cases, given generously to bring us this far and to our new city celebrated its bicentennial, the Historical Society planned members whom we welcome and will seek to serve effectively its move to Union Terminal and the opening of its first ever for many years to come. museum. The Society's extensive library collection served as Although most of our new members probably the backbone for the research done by the staff in planning had little knowledge of The Cincinnati Historical Society and developing exhibits for the new museum. In September before our move to Union Terminal, we have been a part of 1990, the library moved and in November the Cincinnati this community for many years. Founded in 1831, The Historical Society held a grand opening in its new home. Cincinnati Historical Society is one of the oldest historical Many of you joined us in the spring of 1991 organizations west of the Alleghenies and was originally for the opening of our first major museum exhibit, Cincinnati named the Historical and Philosophical Society of Ohio. Early Goes to War: A Community Responds to World War II. Many, members were asked to bring "any fact relating to the civil many more of you joined in November at the official inaugural and natural history of the State and of the several counties of our museum when the first phase of the Cincinnati thereof, especially the earlier settlement, which they may deem Historical Society's permanent exhibit program, Cincinnati: worthy of preservation ..." Thus began our library collection Settlement to the 1860s, opened. which now contains 90,000 books and pamphlets, 310 local, It was indeed a milestone year for CHS. After regional, and national history periodicals, area newspapers years of planning and dreaming we welcomed visitors to our dating back to the early 1700's; 2,500 maps of Cincinnati and museum and library, and new friends joined with old as the Hamilton County; more than 500,000 photographs and Cincinnati Historical Society entered a new era of its long and negatives; over 40,000 architectural drawings illustrating distinguished history. Cincinnati's built environment, and soon to be available film and broadcast recordings of Cincinnati radio and television programs. Winter 1991 Annual Report 33 Report of the Treasurer For the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1991 John F. Crowley Treasurer Judith L. Madsen Dir. of Finance &Adm. General Fixed Asset Restricted Support & Revenue: Fund Fund Funds Total Investment Income $ 339,229 $ 339,229 Membership Dues-Individual 296,313 $ 445 296,758 Membership Dues-Corporate 83,935 83,935 Admissions 221,892 221,892 Gifts & Grants 192,867 $ 1,318,097 53,383 1,564,347 Fees & Services 74,656 74,656 Sales 123,860 75,738 199,598 Special Events 180,968 180,968 Other 7,959 7,959 Total Support & Revenue $ 1,521,679 $ 1,318,097 $ 129,566 $ 2,969,342 Expenses Administrative $ 572,803 $ 103,274 $ 0 $ 676,077 Development/Communications 362,172 0 0 362,172 Library/Col lections 421,966 0 0 421,966 Education 285,144 0 0 285,144 Museum 159,002 85,178 244,180 Total Expenses $ 1,801,087 $ 103,274 $ 85,178 $ 1,989,539 Excess (Deficiency) Support & Revenue Over Expenses $ (279,408) $ 1,214,823 $ 44,388 $ 979,803 Net Gain (Loss) Sale of Securities 1,292,678 1,292,678 Increase (Decrease) Fund Balances $ 1,013,270 $ 1,214,823 $ 44,388 $ 2,272,481 Fund Balances July 1, 1990* 5,270,366 0 439,756 5,710,122 Interfund Transfers (47,991) 244,958 (196,967) 0 Fund Balances June 30, 1991 * $ 6,235,645 $ 1,459,781 $287,177 $ 7,982,603 Notes on the Treasurer's Report 1. The Women's Association * Includes Endowment Fund reported income of $9126 and stated at book value, expenses of $7178 that are not included in the report above.
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