The Trustees of Reservations Annual Report 1969 The Trustees of Reservations 224 Adams Street Milton Massachusetts 02186 Telephone 617-698-2066 The Trustees of Reservations is a privately-administered, charitable corporation, founded for conserva- tion purposes in 1891 to preserve for the public, places of natural beauty and historic interest within the Commonwealth of Massachu- setts. Contributions are deductible under Federal income tax law. COVER PHOTO Hurlburt Hill-Bartholomew's Cobble 1 1 % SEVENTY-NINTH ANNUAL REPORT CONTENTS Officers and Committees, page 3 Trustees, page 4 Special Committees, page 7 Administration and Staff, page 9 Conservation Award, page 1 Seventy-ninth Annual Meeting, page 12 Reservations, page 32 Properties 1897-1969, page 44 Reservation Reports, page 46 History & Organization, page 52 Founders, page 55 Life Associates, page 61 Sustaining Members, page 65 Contributing Members, page 66 Members, page 71 Financial Report, page 79 Act of Establishment, page 83 Officers 1891-1970, page 88 2 Officers & Committees 1970 Charles R. Strickland, President Charles E. Mason, Jr., Vice President Henry R. Guild, Jr., Secretary Richard L. Frothingham, Treasurer STANDING COMMITTEE Augustus P. Loring, Chairman Theodore Chase, Dover Donald R. Dwight, South Hadley Richard L. Frothingham, Dedham Henry R. Guild, Jr., Dover Francis W. Hatch, Jr., Beverly John T. Hemenway, Milton Arthur M. Jones, Newbury John W. Kunhardt, Dedham Thomas L. P. O'Donnell, Hingham Arthur H. Phillips, Ipswich Sidney N. Shurcliff, Boston Charles R. Strickland, Plymouth Thomas B. Williams, Dover ADVISORY COUNCIL Richard Borden, Concord Henry R. Guild, Needham Laurence M. Channing, Brookline George G. Loring, Manchester Daniel J. Coolidge, Boston Lawrence K. Miller, Pittsfield David C. Crockett, Ipswich Miss Amelia Peabody, Dover Charles W. EHot II, Cambridge Hon. Elliot L. Richardson, McLean, Va. Robert P. Fitzgerald, Milton Hon. Francis W. Sargent, Dover Charles H. W. Foster, Needham Fletcher Steele, Pittsford, N. Y. Roland B. Greeley, Lexington John M. Woolsey, Jr., Cambridge Council Member, The National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland Charles R. Strickland 3 Trustees 1970 Robert C. Alsop Hamilton Coolidge Stockbridge Brookline Oliver F. Ames Mrs. William C. Cox Boston Cohasset Col. Francis R. Appleton, Jr. Mrs. Cornelius Crane Ipswich Ipswich Charles B. Barnes Mrs. Winthrop M. Crane III Westwood Dalton Randolph Barton Mrs. Frank W. Crocker Beverly Farms Westwood Richard E. Bennink David C. Crockett Boston Ipswich Mrs. William A. Berridge Winthrop S. Dakin South Egremont Northampton *Charles S. Bird David T. Dana, Jr. East Walpole Lenox Richard Borden Mrs. Richard E. Danielson Concord Groton Philip W. Bourne Stuart DeBard Beverly Hingham George Brett Nathaniel T. Dexter Waban Boston J. 0. Brew Donald R. Dwight Cambridge Way land Miss Dorothy A. Brown *Charles W. Eliot Gloucester Cambridge Morgan G. Bulkeley John Eliot Pittsfield Cambridge Mrs. George A. Bushee Lawrence G. Eliot Newbury Cambridge Thomas D. Cabot David Emerson Weston Concord Laurence M. Channing James M. Faulkner Brookline Boston Conrad Chapman Oliver D. Filley, Jr. Boston Far Hills, N. J. John P. Chase James D. Fitzgerald Boston Milton Philip P. Chase Robert P. Fitzgerald Milton Milton Theodore Chase Thomas Flint Dover Concord Charles E. Cheever F. Murray Forbes, Jr. Medfield Boston Loring Conant H. A. Crosby Forbes Dedham Cambridge Daniel J. Coolidge Charles H. W. Foster Boston Boston Francis P. Coolidge Richard L. Frothingham Harvard Dedham 4 John L. Gardner Mrs. Caleb Loring, Jr. Beverly Prides Crossing Herbert P. Gleason George G. Loring Boston Manchester Mollis T. Gleason George M. Lovejoy, Jr. Cohasset Weston John J. Glessner Charles E. Mason, Jr. Boston Newton Roland B. Greeley Rustin Mcintosh Lexington Tyringham Henry R. Guild Vincent Merrill Needham Boston Henry R. Guild, Jr. Henry H. Meyer Boston Belmont Thomas Hale Lawrence K. Miller Vineyard Haven Pittsfield William C. Hammond, Jr. Mrs. Henry Davis Minot Manchester Boston Francis W. Hatch, Jr. James J. Minot Beverly Beverly John Hay Otis N. Minot Brewster Lexington John T. Hemenway Allen H. Morgan Milton Wayland Mrs. John W. Higgins D. Percy Morgan Worcester Stockbridge Peter L. Hornbeck Mrs. Myles Morgan Cambridge Worcester Henry S. Howe Mrs. Joseph Morrill Canton Great Barrington George Howland James B. Moseley Needham Boston Llewellyn Howland, Jr. George S. Mumford, Jr. South Dartmouth Dover Dana B. Jefferson, Jr. Samuel P. Newbury Med field Hingham Arthur M. Jones Thomas L. P. O'Donnell Newbury Hingham George Keyes Stephen D. Paine Pcppcrell Duxbury John W. Kimball C. W. Eliot Paine Andover Chestnut Hill John W. Kunhardt Augustin H. Parker, Jr. Dedham Shcrborn Mrs. George Lewis, Sr. James P. Parker Shcrborn Brooklinc George Lewis Miss Amelia Peabody Shcrborn Dover Robert Livermore, Jr. John W. Peircc Boston Topsficld Edward B. Long James H. Perkins Cohasset Wcstwood Augustus P. Loring Arthur H. Phillips Beverly Ipswich David Pickman Russell B. Stearns Dedioru Ueanam Roger Pierce, Jr. Fletcher Steele Westwood rittsiord, JN. Y. uaviQ ll. riace Mrs. /\DDOi oievens Lonasset North Andover Calvin Plimpton Horace N. Stevens, Jr. Amherst North Andover Frederick T. Pratt Mrs. Kooert w. latoaaara Brookline Worcester Thomas Emerson Proctor uavia D. Mone Hamilton Dedham William Lowell Putnam Theodore L. Storer Springfield Cambridge Mrs. Livingston Rice Lnarles K. btricKlana Williamstown Plymouth Ariemas r . ivicnarason Mib. JOnii D. oWdnii Brookline btockbridge Hon. Elliot L. Richardson rmiip o. ineopoia McLean, Va. Boston Joshua B. Richmond wiiiiam o. vanaerDUi Dover L^nesmuir^Vioc+niit riuiHill Richard M. Russell Mrs. Diana B. Vauclain Essex Edgartown KODeri o. Kusseii Samuel Wakeman ooum riaaiey Hingham Kicnara oaiionsiaii Mia. ocLIl WdKcmdn Sherborn Edgartown rvODeri oaiionsiaii PliilinrlUlip o.Q WpIHWclQ North Andover vjlOUCcSlcI lion, rrancis w. oargeni ixODeri IV. wneeier Dover Great Barrington /xiniicw J. ij. kjCiiciicy lliUllldo D. VVlllldlllo Williamstown Dover rv. iVllIlLUni ocUgWlLJs. ricueric wuiiiiiop Ueanam Ipswich ocorgc y^. Olid L LUCK 1 nomda WOjLKOWSJvl Brookline rittsiieia iienry l. onaiiucK Cornelius A. Wood Boston Andover /viDcri oiicnnaii, Ji. nenry /\. woou, Ji. Newton Boston oianey jn. bnurcuii John M. Woolsey, Jr. Boston Cambridge Marshall Simonds Boston *Life Member of the Corporation 6 Special Committees EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE BARTHOLOMEW S COBBLE - COLONEL COMMITTEE Augustus P. Loring, Chairman JOHN ASHLEY HOUSE Charles R. Strickland Massachusetts Richard L. Frothingham Morgan G. Bulkeley, Chairman John W. Kunhardt Lawrence K. Miller, Honorary Chairman Laurence M. Channing Mrs. William A. Berridge Gordon Abbott, Jr., Secretary Mrs. Lawrence H. Bloedel Robert R. R. Brooks INVESTMENT COMMITTEE Mrs. EUwood R. Burdsall Richard L. Frothingham, Chairman Curtis R. Buttenheim Augustus P. Loring Mrs. Erastus Corning II Charles E. Mason, Jr. Mrs. Winthrop M. Crane, 3rd John M. Woolsey, Jr. Churchward Davis Mrs. S. Lane Faison, Jr. FUTURE POLICY COMMITTEE John France se Willard C. French John M. Woolsey, Jr., Chairman Walter D. Howard Arthur M. Jones Mrs. Richard S. Jackson Charles W. Eliot II William D. Judson Richard E. Bennink Angus R. MacDonald Mrs. JuHa B. O'Brien John R. Manners Stephen Ells Mrs. Lawrence K. Miller Mrs. Thomas F. Plunkett, Jr. RESERVATIONS COMMITTEE Mrs. Milton C. Rose Alvah W. Sanborn John M. Woolsey, Jr., Chairman Mrs. Anson Phelps Stokes Henry R. Guild, Jr. Mrs. Wm. H. Vanderbilt Theodore Chase George VanSantvoord Robert K. Wheeler CRANE RESERVATION ENVIRON- Mrs. Henry J. Wheelwright MENTAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE Dr. Joseph A. Wilk Connecticut Dr. Robert L. Goodale, Chairman Mrs. David Cudhea Hal Borland, Co-Chairman Neil C. Raymond, Jr. Arnold Whitridge, Co-Chairman Mrs. Robert Weatherall Mrs. Richard \. Barstow Mrs. William \. Wigglesworth Mrs. Thomas W. Bryant Garret F. VanWart Rufus Burton G. Edward Byers Mrs. H. Lincoln Foster Robert Hawkins 7 Edward Kirby WASQUE - CAPE POGE MASTER Mrs. James A. Lyles PLAN STUDY COMMITTEE George P. Milmine Robert L. Woodruff Mrs. Mark Van Doren Mrs. D. G. Gaines Alfred Doyle ROCKY WOODS MASTER PLAN John Farrar STUDY COMMITTEE Edwin Tyra Thomas B. Williams, Chairman Richard Cotler Miss Amelia Peabody Ralph Grant Ellis N. Allen Richard Prada Joshua B. Richmond Capt. Anthony Bettencourt Augustus D. Ben David II Mrs. John Gillespie WORLD'S END MASTER PLAN STUDY COMMITTEE Frederick Glodis Mrs. Robert Goodale Samuel P. Newbury, Chairman Mrs. Thomas Hale Wilmon Brewer Miss Grace C. Meleney Willis M. Ertman Mrs. Robert Potter Edward M. Guild Mrs. Frank Prada Julian Loring Mrs. E. Manning Sears Mrs. Samuel P. Newbury Dr. E. Manning Sears Mrs. Paul C. Reardon Foster B. Silva Laurence B. Stein, Jr. Philip O. Swanson Samuel Wakeman Administration & Staff GENERAL HEADQUARTERS Oral Black Maintenance Gordon Abbott, Jr. Mrs. Madeline H. Woodbury Director Head Hostess Garret F. VanWart Deputy Director The Old Manse Nathan W. Bates Mrs. Barbara Benton Coordina tor of R eserva tions Head Hostess Miss Elsie M. Carlson Halibut Point Office Manager Mrs. Elizabeth F. Bruehl Mrs. Elinor A. Silva Coordinator of Membership Warden Mrs. Marion R. Lynch SOUTHEAST REGIONAL Head Hostess HEADQUARTERS Herbert B. Marsh Rocky Woods Reservation Maintenance Russell E. Marsh Mario Pederzini Maintenance Superintendent Robert Kreger NORTHEAST REGIONAL A. Equipment Supervisor HEADQUARTERS Cape Poge Wildlife Refuge - Crane