Annual Report f o r t h e y e a r 2 0 0 7 A N A T I O N M U S T B E L I E V E in three things: It must believe in the past. It must believe in the future. It must, above all, believe in the capacity of its own people so to learn from the past that they can gain in judgment in creating their own future. President Franklin D. Roosevelt MISSION AND VISION It is the mission of the Foundation to create public awareness of the importance of the National Archives as a cultural resource in the American democracy – a place where historians, seekers of justice, and private citizens can find evidence on which truth is based. The Foundation was created to support the Archivist of the United States in developing programs, technology, projects and materials that will introduce and interpret the Archives collection to the American people and to people around the world. The purpose of the Foundation is to educate, enrich, and inspire a deeper appreciation STAFF 0F 2007 of our country’s heritage through the collected evidence of its history. Within the Archives building in Washington, DC, as THORA COLOT Executive Director well as its many branches and Presidential libraries, and in outreach to the American public through traveling FRANCK CORdes exhibitions and national media, the Foundation’s goal is Director of Administration & Marketing to assist in presenting the historical records that: StefaNIE MatHEW 1. Reveal the ideals and values of the nation’s founders, Director of Development 2. Point to the meaning of the records and TIBBett SPeeR Director of Retail Operations accomplishments of previous generations, and BRUCE BANKS 3. Establish the significance of these records as proof Accounting Manager that individual citizenship not only matters, but is DANNY BUCHER vital to our lives. Inventory Manager It is the vision of the Foundation for the National ReaGAN BUsseLLS Archives that this creative effort, enhanced with 21st Merchandise Coordinator Until September 2007 century methods, will produce a greater understanding of the American journey – where our nation has been CHRIstINA GeHRING and how it can be best guided in the future. In this Publications & Research Manager public/private partnership, the role of the Foundation ANDI KLING is to generate financial and creative support from Administrative Assistant individuals and corporations to provide this extensive CANEIL McdONALD outreach, which has not been mandated by Congress. Manager of Special Events & Sponsor Relations The Foundation for the National Archives, a 501(c)(3) organization, is directed by men and women from the SHAWN MERRItt Operations Manager private sector who are dedicated to the institution that holds and preserves the records of the United States MAUReeN RYAN of America. The National Archives is guardian of the Manager of Individual Giving nation’s most important and treasured documents. At DAN VANHOOZER the heart of its holdings are the Charters of Freedom: the Grants & Research Manager Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the SARAH VENABLes Bill of Rights. These documents exist as the cornerstone Development Associate of our society. & Database Administrator COveRS: THESE PHOTOS WERE FEATURED IN THE “SCHOOL HOUSE TO WHITE HOUSE” TRAVELING EXHIBIT. FRONT: FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, BACK ROW, THIRD FROM RIGHT, WITH HIS GROTON SCHOOL BASEBALL TEAM, 1899. COURTESY OF ROOSEVELT LIBRARY. BacK: DWIGHT EISENHOWER, FRONT ROW, SECOND FROM LEFT, IN HIS 5TH GRADE CLASS AT LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 1900. COURTESY OF DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM. TaBLE OF CONTENTS 3 LOOKING AHEAD 4 NATIONAL ARCHIVES EXPERIENCE CaMPAIGN DONORS 6 FINANCIaLS 8 FOUNDATION FOR THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES 2007 ANNUAL FUND DONORS 16 FOUNDATION SUCCESSES 2007 17 FOUNDATION FOR THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES BOARD OF DIRECTORS John Hancock Senior Vice President Jim Gallagher views the Declaration of Independence with essay contest winner Selvin Chambers at the National Archives’ July 4th celebration. REGG G A ZR E BOVE: PHOTO BY A 1 2 LOOKING AHEAD President Franklin Roosevelt The nation’s record keeper, observed, “A nation must the National Archives and believe in three things: It Records Administration, must believe in the past. It has a vital partner in the must believe in the future. It Foundation for the National must, above all, believe in the Archives to provide the capacity of its own people so public with a greater to learn from the past that knowledge of the billions they can gain in judgment in creating their own future.” of records of the federal government. Since 2003, the National Archives Experience has “opened the stacks” Without the anchor of civic literacy our future is adrift. of the Archives through innovative exhibitions, Helping to expand the awareness of how we got here dynamic public programs, and world-renowned and what it suggests about who we become is the role of educational initiatives helping to narrate the story of the Foundation for the National Archives. In partnership America to millions of visitors. with the National Archives and Records Administration, the National Archives Experience brings to life the The following pages of this 2007 Annual Report stories in our nation’s records. highlight the continued growth of the National Archives Experience and some of its accomplishments. In We are able to offer to over a million visitors each year particular, I am extremely proud of the opening of the a connection with the struggles and triumphs of our Boeing Learning Center. As the national headquarters country through the Charters of Freedom in the renovated for civic education initiatives at the Archives, the Boeing Rotunda, and through the countless examples of our Learning Center stands as a testament to the success of nation’s story shared in the Public Vaults, Lawrence F. the National Archives/Foundation partnership. O’Brien Gallery, William G. McGowan Theater, and the new Boeing Learning Center at the National Archives in As this cooperation flourishes in Washington, DC, I Washington. Going forward this experience will be shared remain enthusiastic about helping to lead the National with the rest of the country through traveling exhibits and Archives Experience into its next phase. There is an LD with the rest of the world on the Web. ever-increasing demand to share the wealth of treasures A ON D at the Archives, and with the expectation of limitless C M As you will see in these pages, the National Archives RL access in an age of information, the support of the Ea Experience creates the opportunity to explore not only N, A Foundation is crucial in confronting the challenges to what happened, but also the stories of who, how and HITM W educate the next generation of visitors. I am proud to why it happened. On behalf of the Foundation’s Board share in the achievements of this partnership, and I look of Directors, we thank all of you who have contributed forward to our continuing success. to this journey. BOVE, LEFT TO RIGHT: PHOTOS BY JOHN A Allen Weinstein Tom Wheeler REGG; Archivist of the United States G A President, Foundation for the National Archives ZR E LEFT: PHOTO BY 3 NATIONAL ARCHIVES EXPERIENCE CaMPAIGN DONORS The following supporters have The William Randolph Hearst William Cafritz ExxonMobil Foundation been influential in helping to Foundation Cellular Telecommunications Catherine Farmer launch the National Archives John S. and James L. Knight and Internet Association Rosemary Faulkner Experience including: the reno- Foundation Cora and John H. Davis Gerald F. Fitzgerald, Sr. vation of the Rotunda for the Ken and Pat Lore Foundation, Inc. Todd Foakes Charters of Freedom and the National Archives Trust Fund DHR Foundation Eugene Ford creation of the Public Vaults, National Park Service, Blair and Cheryl Effron Susan Friedgen William G. McGowan Theater, Save America’s Treasures Eugene Eidenberg John B. Fuqua Lawrence F. O’Brien Gallery, and PEPCO* Richard A. Eliasberg Leroy W. Gardner the Boeing Learning Center. The Pew Charitable Trusts Nancy Folger and Tom Generous Joel I. and Joan Picket Sidney Werkman Lee and Janet Geronime CHARTER LEVEL Steven and Tina Price GEICO Alice C. Grady ($1,000,000 +) The John and Lisa Pritzker Miles Gilburne and Nina Zolt Ms. Kerry L. Gray Family Foundation William and Mary Love Harman Patricia Hargrove AT&T Procter and Gamble John and Marilynn Hill Sharon Horkey The Boeing Company Patti and Ronald Rosenfeld The Hollinger Corporation* Dudley J. Hughes Diebold, Inc.* Jeanette Cantrell Rudy The History Channel Melinda Hungerman Willard Hackerman Deborah and Michael Salzberg Mary Lynn and Nicholas Kotz Mr. Ken Jastrow The William G. McGowan Madison “Al” and Lila Self Cappy McGarr Jeff Korman Charitable Fund, Inc. Albert and Shirley Small Mr. David W. Mesker Bee Korvin New York Life Foundation Solutia, Inc.* PepsiCo Lamar C. I. S. D. The Lawrence F. O’Brien Family Texas Instruments Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Revzin Donna Levy Alan M. Voorhees Marvin Weissberg and Spacesaver Storage Systems, Inc.* Doris A. Lewis Judith Morris Tawani Foundation John Otho Marsh EXECUTIVE LEVEL Tom and Carol Wheeler Riley K. Temple Stefanie R. Mathew ($100,000 – 999,999) Titanium Industries* Mr. and Mrs. Thomas P. Meehan The Allbritton Foundation DIRECTOR LEVEL Ellie Trowbridge Edward S. Miller Band, Incorporated* ($10,000 – 99,999) Diane Wolf Dr. and Mrs. Sanford A. Miller Chevy Chase Bank, FSB John and Diana Zentay National Society for the Children Allen & Company, Inc. Dell, Inc.* Harold and Nancy Zirkin of the American Revolution Appel Family Foundation Denglas Technologies, LLC* Nicholas Olson The Bay Foundation Discovery Communications, Inc.* FOUNDER LEVEL Col. Roy W. Owen, USAF (Ret) Ms. Esther Brownstein Jerry and Nanette Finger (Under $10,000) Diana Carlin Pierron Ken and Julie Burns ELFERT H Foundation Pilkington Libby-Owens-Ford A Patrick and Donna Butler Bess and Tyler Abell IS The Philip L.