News from LONGYEAR MUSEUM A REPORT TO MEMBERS AND FRIENDS Challenge grant goal met A note of gratitude Our thanks to everyone whose contri - the Museum’s general butions helped retire the remaining operating expenses. In the balance owed on Longyear’s new coming weeks you will exhibits about Mary Baker Eddy. Our be hearing more about challenge was to raise $240,000 by how important your con - June 30. With your generous response, tinued support is to us. we raised $314,000. And your support Meanwhile, we know you came just as we learned of some will want to share our joy unforeseen exhibit completion costs. and gratitude as all of us Your generosity met all these needs. in the Longyear family mark this milestone in the The achievement of the goal of fully Museum’s progress. funding the exhibits has enabled us to focus on the next major need — Entrance to Mary Baker Eddy: ongoing and consistent support of A Spiritual Journey. Longyear goes camping Traveling program goes to five states Reaching out to young people and Much of the research that went into create a lively hour with plenty of sharing insights into Longyear’s the program, designed for seven- to singing and discussion for everyone. unique and historically important col - 17-year-olds, was drawn from Long- Elise Wagner, one of the Museum’s lection is one of the Museum’s top pri - year’s archives and collections. Cody summer interns, accompanied Cody orities. And an obvious place to find worked with Longyear staffers Susan on the piano. young Christian Scientists every sum - E. Schopp and Rob Getzschman to “Mrs. Eddy was a poet mer is at the Christian Science camps herself and saw how scattered across the United States. powerful poetry could be Cody Cosmic, a graduate of Principia in helping people grow College, who was recently awarded a in their understanding Masters degree in theater from of spiritual ideas,” says Northwestern University, visited five Cody. “Our aim was to Christian Science camps in July. She share the interesting sto - presented a Longyear-sponsored pro - ries behind some of our gram about the Christian Science more familiar hymns Hymnal to about 1,000 campers and and to add another layer counselors at Adventure Unlimited of appreciation for Mrs. (Colorado), Newfound/Owatonna Eddy and the Hymnal .” (Maine), Leelanau/Kohahna (Michi- Elise Wagner (left) and gan), Crystal Lake (Pennsylvania) Cody Cosmic at Camp and Cedars (Missouri). Leelanau. L ONGYEAR M USEUM FALL 2002 1 LONGYEAR MUSEUM ESTABLISHED 1923 Trustee news 1125 Boylston Street Changes in the Board Chestnut Hill, MA 02467 Outside MA 800-277-8943 Remembering Graves D. Hewitt Within MA 617-278-9000 Longyear has been blessed beyond measure by Graves Hewitt's love and nurture of the Museum, which was unceasing during his 15 years as a member of the Longyear MISSION Board of Trustees and his 11 years as Chairman. In May, Graves passed on. Those Longyear Museum collects, preserves and who worked closely with him felt his generous spirit and earnest affections. He was shares historical records of the life of Mary Baker Eddy and early workers. a man who saw good everywhere — in the efforts of the staff, in the untstinting dedication of his fellow trustees and in the concrete support of our members and BOARD OF TRUSTEES friends. Truth, expressed by principled integrity, characterized the man and made V. Ellen Williams, President him the effective mentor he was. The good Graves embodied and cherished is his Mark C. Turrentine, Chairman Melissa Abbott lasting legacy. — John Baehrend, Executive Director June A. Austin Marian H. Holbrook Mark C. Turrentine, who has served on University and Arizona State University. Robert B. Larsen Anne H. McCauley the Board as Vice Chairman since 1999, Reid has served on the boards of directors H. Reid Wagstaff has been elected Chairman and has of the American Frozen Food Institute, announced the addition of two new Yosemite National Institutes, California EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR John Baehrend Board members: Strawberry Commission, Second Harvest and the Monterey County Business DIRECTOR • CURATOR Melissa Abbott is the business man - Council. He is the former Chairman of Stephen R. Howard ager of the Curtis K. Abbott Co. Inc., a the Environmental Committee of the general contracting firm in Charlton, DIRECTOR OF MUSEUM ACTIVITIES Grocery Manufacturers of America. Reid Sandra J. Houston Massachusetts. She and her husband, and his wife, Susi Smucker Wagstaff, Curtis, live in Charlton, where they DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT have four children and five grandchildren own and operate a Christmas tree farm. Scott N. MacDonald and live in Carmel, California. She is the managing trustee and invest - Editor: Jean W. Angier ment manager of a family charitable Design: Karen Shea Design foundation and a past board member of Photos: Cody Cosmic, Wendell A. Davis, Jr., the National Association of Women in Carla Kaizen, John Lyon, Stephen Construction and the Massachusetts Michener, Peter Vanderwarker Christmas Tree Association. Melissa Visit our web site: is a former tennis teacher and coach www.longyear.org of the men’s tennis team at Clark E-mail us: [email protected] University in Worcester, Massachusetts. She is a graduate of Principia College Longyear Museum owns and operates six with a B.A. in economics. The Abbotts Melissa Abbott historic houses in which Mary Baker Eddy have three children. lived: Amesbury, MA (277 Main Street) H. Reid Wagstaff , Vice President, Stoughton, MA (133 Central Street) Marketing for Coronado Capital Man- Swampscott, MA (23 Paradise Road) agement, Wooster, Ohio, is the retired Concord, NH (62 North State Street) Vice President, Government and Envi- North Groton, NH (Hall’s Brook Road) ronmental Affairs for the J. M. Smucker Rumney, NH (Stinson Lake Road) Company, Salinas, California. Reid holds a Ph.D. in economic geography from the Copyright © 2002 by Longyear Museum. All rights reserved. University of Michigan, and for 14 years taught geography at Eastern Michigan H. Reid Wagstaff 2 FALL 2002 L ONGYEAR M USEUM House-keeping for history Historic house projects underway The largest artifacts in Longyear’s collec - tions are six historic houses in which Mary Baker Eddy once lived. Their preser - vation is a responsibility — and privilege. These historically significant houses not only offer a look at 19th-century living, but also provide geographical contexts for important periods in Mrs. Eddy’s life. Thanks to donations from Longyear’s members and friends, including several gifts specifically earmarked to fund the historic house projects, vital work is mov - ing ahead and enabling the Museum to preserve these houses for generations of STOUGHTON visitors to come. Exterior repairs of the house and shoeshop were completed in 2000, including work on the roof, masonry, siding and trim, front The Museum’s houses in Stoughton, door replacement and a complete exterior repainting. This was Amesbury and North Groton have already the first major restoration work to be done on the structure since benefited from some essential repairs. the house came into the Museum’s collection and was first restored in the 1960s. Work on the Stoughton house’s exterior is completed and the Amesbury and North NORTH GROTON Groton projects are well underway. Restoration of the exterior was finished in summer 2002. Under the direction of Museum staff and special consultants, clap - Exterior restoration on the houses in boards and trim were replaced with historically accurate materi - Swampscott, Massachusetts; and Rumney al, masonry repaired, the roof replaced with new cedar shingles, and Concord, New Hampshire will begin and an opaque stain appropriate to the period applied to exteri - or surfaces. as funds are available. left: View of house from side and rear showing its position near Hall’s Brook. below: Front of house with clapboards removed, revealing the unusual vertical plank structure. 3 Mending Fences Rumney service project The Rumney house’s fence got some much-needed repairs in July, when the young members of DiscoveryBound New Hampshire donated a day of their services to work with Resident Over- seers Ellen and Paul Anderson. They described their project as “an effort to embrace the rich history of Mary Baker Eddy in New Hampshire and support the preservation of one of her homes.” top: Workers replacing sill on Amesbury house. above: Detail of sill needing replacement near front entry. AMESBURY Work began in 1999 and is ongoing. The restoration of the kitchen wall, roof and Mary Baker Eddy: foundation is finished. The first of the project’s two phases for this year was completed in August — excavation work A Spiritual Journey was done; rotted sills were replaced and a new entrance deck constructed. Phase two A video tour will include the replacement of some clap - boards, trim work and a complete painting This 20-minute video highlights the of the structure’s exterior. November 17, 2001 exhibit opening and includes a special introduction to the exhibit by Director/Curator Stephen R. Howard. Note: Life Members were sent a compli- mentary copy of this video last spring. Available in VHS or PAL formats $12.95; Members $11.50; plus shipping and handling. Please call 800-277-8943 ext. 100 L ONGYEAR M USEUM FALL 2002 4 Still seeking old volumes Request for pre-1911 printings Our recent request for copies of Science and third copies of many of the print - and Health with Key to the Scriptures ings. But there are still some printings published before 1911 has resulted in not yet represented in the collection. donations from all over the world. In If you have a copy or copies of any the exhibit Mary Baker Eddy: A printings published before 1911 and Spiritual Journey , four volumes have would consider donating your volumes been added to the display of several to Longyear, please call Cheryl hundred distinct printings published Moneyhun, 800-277-8943 ext.