ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PROVIDENCE ATHENAEUM · FROM THE BOARD PRESIDENT This past year was one of...
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FROM THE BOARD PRESIDENT
This past year was one of transition and investment for the Athenaeum as we sought to revitalize this great institution and secure its future.
In December 2014 we bid farewell to Executive Di-rector Alison Maxell who led the organization through a truly challenging decade. She left a lasting mark at the Athenaeum, and we are so grateful for her years of service. Alison was instrumental in the development and fulfillment of Vision 2015, the organization’s strategic
plan that led us through the last five years. Since 2010, when that plan was inaugu-rated, the Athenaeum has opened its extensive public programming to the public, partnered with dozens of cultural organizations, and served lovers of literature, history, and culture throughout New England.
In the fall of 2014, the board and staff began to develop a new strategic plan for the Athenaeum. We thank the many members, partners, donors, and stakeholders for their valuable input into Vision 2020. We are especially appreciative for the efforts of Stephen Coon, who led the steering committee. Board members R. Tripp Evans and Cathy Lund led a national search for a new Executive Director. Together with the board, staff, and key stakeholders, the search committee vetted dozens of qualified applicants from around the country. The level of competition for the position speaks highly of the Athenaeum’s unique place in the country’s cultural landscape, and we are thrilled that in July of 2015, Matt Burriesci agreed to become the 17th Executive Director of the Providence Athenaeum.
Like any nonprofit institution with a public mission, the Athenaeum faces chal-lenges. This year the staff rose to the occasion, operating at the high level we’ve come to expect from them. Thanks to the generous support of the Champlin Foundations and others, the Athenaeum completed Phase I of an ambitious upgrade of the physical space, and many improvements were made to enhance visitor experience, increase the effectiveness of the staff, and expand access to our historic and beautiful collections.
We also have to thank you, our members and donors, for the tremendous support you have shown to the Athenaeum. Together with you, we look forward to this exciting new phase in this institution’s storied history.
Candy AdrianceBoard President
This report highlights the operational and financial activities of the Providence Athenaeum and reflects gifts made to the Athenaeum over the 12-month period
July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTORAlison Maxell*Michael C. Gerhardt, interimAlayne Barnicoat, interim
BOARD OF DIRECTORSCandy Adriance, PresidentRichard Congdon, Vice PresidentRegina White, SecretaryGrace Farmer, TreasurerKristi AgnielJulie AndrewsJonathan F. BellKqantu Pareja BentKipp BradfordStephen CoonKas R. DeCarvalho, Esq.R. Tripp EvansHolly GaboriaultMark GimEthan H. Kisch, MDAllen KurzweilCathy Lund, DVMTimothy PhilbrickDeming Sherman, ex officio
PERSONNEL LISTFull-time Staff
Christina Bevilacqua, Director of Programs & Public Engagement
Mary Brower, Circulation SupervisorKen Garrepy, Business ManagerMary Anne Golda*, Head of Technical
ServicesDanielle Kemsley, Director of
Membership & DevelopmentLeslie Myers, Facilities CoordinatorLindsay Shaw, Children’s LibrarianRobin Wetherill, Communications
ManagerKate Wodehouse, Collections Librarian
Part-time Staff
Allen Bestwick, Technical Services Assistant
Kathleen Bower, Circulation AssistantKirsty Dain, Assistant Circulation
Supervisor/Membership & Development Associate
Tina Egnoski*, Weekend Circulation Supervisor/Publications Coordinator
Holly Gaboriault, Membership & Development Associate
Christopher Garrepy, Temporary Bookkeeper
Stephen Garrepy, CustodianCrystal Johnson, Circulation AssistantStephanie Knott, Assistant Circulation
SupervisorAmanda Knox, Circulation AssistantAmy Eller Lewis, Circulation AssistantSandy Markley, Membership &
Development AssistantKelsey Nagel*, Membership &
Development OfficerMorgan Ross, Circulation AssistantCarol Tatian, Reference LibrarianRalph Turnbull, CustodianNancy Whitcomb, Children’s Librarian
Assistant
CONTRACTED SERVICESEmily Atkinson, Grantwriter Design Agency, Graphic Design/
Website DevelopmentHolly Gaboriault, Graphic DesignDavid Karoff, Internal Assessment
ConsultantEllen Lynch Kinane, Internal Assessment
ConsultantNicky Nichtern, Graphic DesignPam Steager, Grantwriter
*Resigned in 2014-2015
STAFF, BOARD, & CONTRACTED SERVICES
BUILDING AND GROUNDSRichard Congdon, chairKristi AgnielJonathan BellR. Tripp EvansWendy IngramRoger SeitzLeslie Myers, staff
EXECUTIVE SEARCHR. Tripp Evans, chairCathy Lund, chairRichard CongdonMark GimChristina Bevilacqua, staffKen Garrepy, staffKate Wodehouse, staff
FINANCEGrace Farmer, chairCandy AdrianceStephen CoonMark GimDeming ShermanRegina WhiteKen Garrepy, staff
INVESTMENT OVERSIGHTJerry Dorfman, chairJames Scanlan, chairCandy AdrianceStephen CoonGrace FarmerMark GimLyn JohnsonMary Lou KennedyDeming ShermanPaul SilverKen Garrepy, staff
PROGRAM SUPPORTGrace Farmer, chairDavid BermanAdele BourneDolores ConnellyBarbara DunneyPeggy EdwardsMelissa EliotCarl FarmerElizabeth FarjanrdoFaith FogleEllen GoodlinDon HarperLucia HuntleyEmily KuglerJane LancasterLucy Ann LepreauElsie MorseJack NolanRay OlsonLisa PopitzLynn SanchezRoger SeitzCynthia Shattuck
STRATEGIC PLAN STEERINGStephen Coon, chairCandy AdrianceKqantu BentRichard CongdonGrace FarmerChristina Bevilacqua, staffDanielle Kemsley, staffKate Wodehouse, staff
LIBRARY COMMITTEES
Note: The Athenaeum Salon was on hiatus Fall 2014.
SEPTEMBER 2014Other Programs & Events
9/20, Major Donors Luncheon
OCTOBER 2014Other Programs & Events
10/16, Contemporaries: Kick-Off Soirée at the Dean Hotel10/22, Library Orientation, Tour, and Reception
NOVEMBER 2014Other Programs & Events
11/18, Library Orientation, Tour, and Reception 11/20, Contemporaries: Ath-After-Dark scavenger hunt and Paper Dolls Proj-
ect exhibit and conversation
DECEMBER 2014Other Programs & Events
12/18, Contemporaries: Behind-the-Nazo tour of the Big Nazo Lab
JANUARY 2015Other Programs & Events
1/22, Contemporaries: Jackets Required: 40 Years of Album Cover Design at RISD’s Fleet Library with curator Robert Garzillo
ADULT PROGRAMS
GENERALHours open (weekly): 60Acquisitions: 2,391Collection Size: 183,904Total members (as of 6/30/15): 994Items borrowed by members: 32,477Reference questions: 134Research appointments: 94Children’s events: 122Children’s event attendees: 1,267Adult programs: 35*Adult program attendees: 2,628Patrons and visitors served by the library: 39,501 *Note: The Athenaeum Salon was on hiatus Fall 2014.
BOOK LOANSExhibit Loans, Loaned
Chapter & Verse. Books by and about Rhode Island African Americans. Rhode Island Black Heritage Society (10/17-1/31)
The Unicorn Found: Science, Literature and the Arts. John Hay Library, Brown University (3/11-7/31)
Women Artists: An Untold Story, 1890-1940. UMass Dartmouth (4/15-5/2)
Exhibit Loans, Borrowed
Private collector, John ChiafaloPrivate collector, Russell A. Potter
READING GROUPSGroups: 6
Athenaeum Book Discussion Group (Susan Cohen, leader); Balzac & Baude-laire (Stephen Coon, leader); Contemporaries (Holly Gaboriault, leader); The Examined Life (Robert Allio, leader); Tolstoy, Etc. (Rhoda Flaxman, leader); Proust (Christina Bevilacqua, leader)
Meetings: 60Total participants: 210
STATISTICS
FEBRUARY 2015Salon
2/6, Director of Programs & Public Engagement Christina Bevilacqua and research assistant Jane’a Johnson on “The Athenaeum Salon: Past, Present, and Future,” part 6 of “The Cosmology of Conversation”
2/13, co-presented with FirstWorks: Community MusicWorks violinist Chase Spruill on the FirstWorks upcoming presentation of “Philip Glass: An Evening of Chamber Music, Featuring Composer and Pianist Philip Glass and Violinist Tim Fain”
2/20, Bard Graduate Center Assistant Professor of European and American Textiles Michele Majer on “La Mode à la girafe: Fashion, Culture, and Pol-itics in Bourbon Restoration France,” part 3 of ‘What use is the giraffe?’ (Note: this Salon was rescheduled from April 2014.)
2/27, Brown University Taubman Center for Public Policy and American Institutions research fellow Marc J. Dunkelman on The Vanishing Neighbor: The Transformation of American Community, part 7 of “The Cosmology of Conversation”
Other Programs & Events2/5, Book Launch: Allen Kurzweil on Whipping Boy: the Forty-Year Search for
My Twelve-Year-Old Bully2/24, Library Orientation, Tour, and Reception
MARCH 2015Salon
3/6, Cultivating Collaboration: Live from the Archive, part 1 – Cable Car Cinema owners Emily Steffian and Daniel Kamil on how racial bias in America is reflected in the media
3/13, Cultivating Collaboration: Live from the Archive, part 2 – AS220 Program Director/artist Shey Rivera and artists Jason Curzake and Erick Armbrust on the evolution of Narragansett Bay resulting from human use of its shore and waters for industry, tourism, and entertainment
3/20, Cultivating Collaboration: Live from the Archive, part 3 – AS220 Gallery Assistant and Artist In Residence Coordinator Carolyn Gennari and Artistic Director Bert Crenca on the history of defining and creating “alternative spaces” in Providence
3/27, Cultivating Collaboration: Live from the Archive, part 4 – Community MusicWorks musicians Laura Cetilia, Jesse Holstein, Sebastian Ruth, and Clara Yang, and Tuvan throat singer/composer Ken Ueno on their re-search-in-progress into contemplation and its relationship to music
Other Programs & Events3/10, co-presented with RI Public Radio: Policy & Pinot, RIPR Political
Roundtable members political reporter Ian Donnis, political analyst Scott MacKay, and URI Professor of Political Science Maureen Moakley on “Revenue and Renewal: Raimondo’s first two months in office and the challenge of balancing the state budget”
3/18, Annual Meeting3/19, Contemporaries: Tour of Providence Public Library’s Inhabited Alphabet
exhibition with Special Collections Librarian Jordan Goffin3/28, Aficionado Event
APRIL 2015Salon
4/3, Adam Begley on his heralded 2014 biography Updike4/10, Cultivating Collaboration: Live from the Archive, part 5 – Gamm
Theatre Artistic Director Tony Estrella on his research-in-progress into radical 18th century secular humanism, Enlightenment era salons, atheism, agnosticism, and the revolutionary publication of Diderot’s Encyclopedie
4/17, Cultivating Collaboration: Live from the Archive, part 6 – RI Council for the Humanities Executive Director Elizabeth Francis on “The Cultural Cold War: The Athenaeum at Mid-20th Century and the Origins of the National Endowment for the Humanities”
Other Programs & Events4/7, co-presented with Not About The Buildings: Micro-Memoir! 4/24, An Evening of Poetry at the Athenaeum with poets Mary-Kim Arnold,
Tina Cane, Colin Channer, Michael Crowley, Kate Schapira, and Sarah Tourjee
4/29, Library Orientation, Tour, and Reception
MAY 2015Salon
5/1, co-presented with Southside Community Land Trust: David Buchanan, author of Taste, Memory: Forgotten Foods, Lost Flavors, and Why They Matter with SCLT Executive Director Margaret DeVos
Other Programs & Events5/3, co-sponsored with Providence Public Library: The HiFi (Historical Fic-
tion) Collaborative presents panelists Taylor Polites (moderator), Historical Fiction Author; Carrie Taylor, Director, Governor Henry Lippitt House Museum; Kate Irvin, Curator Costume and Textiles, RISD Museum; Kate
Wells, Rhode Island Collection librarian, Providence Public Library; Pieter Roos, Executive Director, Newport Restoration Foundation, on “Material Witnesses: Objects and their Spaces in Historical Storytelling”
5/5, co-presented with the Brown University Department of Portuguese and Brazilian Studies: Novelist João de Melo with Brown Professor of Portu-guese and Brazilian Studies Onésimo Almeida on the new translation of de Melo’s novel Happy People in Tears
5/7, Historian Ted Widmer on Brown, the History of an Idea5/14, Reading Group Celebration5/28, Contemporaries: Behind-the-Scenes Access to the Lippitt House Mu-
seum with Director Carrie Taylor and Garden Reception
JUNE 2015Other Programs & Events
6/12, co-presented with FirstWorks and the City of Providence’s Providence International Arts Festival: Art/Culture/Community: A Salon Conversation moderated by Christina Bevilacqua and Valerie Tutson, featuring perform-er/humanitarian activist Angélique Kidjo along with local leaders in the arts, education, and community health
6/18, Contemporaries: Passages & Plots, Beer & Books: A Summer Evening Under the Elms walking tour and beer garden, with RI Historical Society, the John Brown House, and Narragansett Beer
EXHIBITIONS
EXHIBITS IN THE PHILBRICK RARE BOOK ROOMJune – October 2014: A Peep at the Arctic: Visions of Polar Exploration, 1818-1909,
a special collaboration with the Wonder Show Presents the Arctic Theatre Royale, hosted by AS220 (performance 9/10 and final celebration 9/11)
October 2014 – June 2015: “MINE!: Rhode Island Collectors at the ATH,” co-sponsored with the Rhode Island Center for the Book and the John Rus-sell Bartlett Society (lecture, John Carter Brown Library, 11/13)
April – July 2015: Highlights from Cultural Collaborations “Live from the Archives” Research Projects (salons 3/6, 3/13, 3/20)
EXHIBITS IN THE MAIN LIBRARY September–October 2014: Arctic Spectacles (performance 9/10 and final celebration
9/11)December 2014 –February 2015: William S. Burroughs at 100, curated and loaned
by John ChiafoloMarch–July, 2015: Unicorn Found! (exhibit at John Hay Library, Brown Universi-
ty, 3/11-7/31)
TEMPORARY EXHIBITS FOR PROGRAMS & SALONS11/20, Paper Dolls Project, Contemporaries Ath-After-Dark Program2/20, Spectacle of the Giraffe, SalonSalon series, Cultivating Collaboration: Live from the Archives:
3/6, Race in Children’s Literature3/13, Narragansett Bay: Industry, Tourism, and Entertainment3/20, “Alternative Spaces” in Providence
3/27, Contemplation in Music and Nature4/10, Diderot’s Encyclopedie & Radical 18th Century French Salons4/17, 1965: Origins of the NEH and Collecting at the Athenaeum
OFFSITE EXHIBITS10/17, Old Juveniles Collection, Rhode Island Festival of Children’s Books and
Authors, Lincoln School
TEMPORARY EXHIBITS FOR TOURS AND CLASSES 10/22, 11/18, 2/24, 4/29, Collection Highlights, Library Orientation
Receptions9/2, Collection Highlights, John Nicholas Brown Center for Public Human-
ities and Cultural Heritage, Brown University9/30, History of the Book, RWU, Graphic Design class9/23, Providence Maps, RISD, freshman tour10/21, “Russell Warren Architectural Drawings,” RWU, Historic Preservation
class1/6, “Our Mythological Past, Present and Future,” RISD, Digital + Media class1/9, 2/12, Cultural Collaborators tour, a selection of research topics2/26, “History of Collecting in Providence,” RISD, Historical Fiction class3/3, “Revolutionary Classics,” Brown, Classics class (tour/no exhibit)3/31, Collection Highlights, Redwood Library and Athenaeum3/31, Collection Highlights, Private tour4/10, 5/22, “Letter Studies,” RISD, Typography class (no exhibit) 5/2, Collection Highlights, Print Council of America & RISD Museum
(6 groups)
COLLABORATING PARTNERS - COLLECTIONSAS220; Roger Williams University; Providence Parks Department; John Hay Library, Brown University; Providence Public Library; Rhode Island Black Heritage Society; Rhode Island Center for the Book; Rhode Island School of Design; John Russell Bartlett Society; The Wonder Show; UMass Dartmouth; Lincoln School
CHILDREN’S PROGRAMS
WEEKLY STORY HOURS Infant and toddler Sing-Along Story Hours, Tuesday and Thursday mornings year round; Ms. Z’s Story and Craft Hour for children ages 3+, every Wednes-day from January to April 2015
JULY 2014 7/3-8/21, Thursday morning Sing-Along Story Hour, Gladys Potter Park
AUGUST 2014 8/25, Family Recorder Concert with Irene Lukas
SEPTEMBER 2014 9/26, Family Movie Night
OCTOBER 2014 10/19, Providence Children’s Film Festival Film Club; 10/24, Family Movie Night; 10/30, Little Pumpkin’s Party
NOVEMBER 2014: 11/22, Sea Shanty Program with Sharks Come Cruisin; 11/23, Providence Children’s Film Festival Film Club; 11/28, After Thanksgiving Afternoon Film
DECEMBER 2014 12/5, Family Movie Night; 12/7, Mychal Gendron Youth Guitar Recital and special performance of a story book set to an original composition by Gen-dron;12/14, Providence Children’s Film Festival Film Club
JANUARY 2015 1/9, Family Movie Night; 1/10, Roger Williams Park Zoo, Beach Day with Chris Hitchener of RWP Zoo’s Our Big Backyard; 1/11, Providence Children’s Film Festival Film Club
FEBRUARY 2015 2/5, Shakespeare Classes Macbeth begin- every Thursday from February to June; 2/6, Family Movie Night; 2/7, Roger Williams Park Zoo Visit: Animal Tracks and Bird Feeders with Chris Hitchener of RWP Zoo’s Our Big Backyard
MARCH 2015 ongoing, Thursday Shakespeare Classes; 3/5, Music with Your Baby with Diana Dansereau of the RI Philharmonic Music School; 3/6, Family Movie Night; 3/21, Roger Williams Park Zoo Fairy Houses with Chris Hitchener of RWP Zoo’s Our Big Backyard; 3/25, A Visit from Sparky’s Puppets
APRIL 2015
ongoing, Thursday Shakespeare Classes; 4/4, Silly Songs and Foolish Stories with Celtic folk musician Mary King; 4/10, Family Movie Night
MAY 2015 ongoing, Thursday Shakespeare Classes; 5/6, Mother’s Day Craft; 5/8, Family Movie Night; 5/16, Brown Opera: The Three Billy Goats Gruff
JUNE 2015 ongoing, Thursday Shakespeare Classes; 6/3, Unicorn Activity in participation with the Partnership for Providence Parks; 6/5, Shakespeare final presentation: Macbeth; 6/17, Father’s Day Craft
The fiscal year ending June 30, 2015 was a period of exceptional activity, sig-nificant change, and stiff challenges. While the Athenaeum had for many years enjoyed remarkable staffing consistency, 2014-15 saw a number of staff transitions, temporarily straining resources and constricting short-term growth. Yet with patient deliberation informed by a thoughtful strategic planning process, the Ath-enaeum remained focused on future goals and the reinvestment in infrastructure necessary to realize them.
Partly owing to depleted staffing throughout much of the year, revenue targets proved difficult to achieve. Membership revenue fell by $7,000 while annual fund contributions, having set a new record high the year before, ended down $9,000, or 3.7% off the prior year. On a positive note, however, donor participation was up slightly with 512 persons giving in 2014-15, yielding an annual fund total just under $220,000- still an impressive sum and far stronger than results just a few years back. Moreover, grant writing pursuits were largely successful and facility rental helped offset setbacks elsewhere. Operating revenue, therefore, showed only a small decline of less than 2%. Among restricted revenues not shown in the following financial statements are two substantial grants worth mentioning: The Champlin Foundations in the amount of $161,305 to fund lower level renova-tions and the Mary Dexter Chafee Fund in the amount of $10,800 for conserva-tion work on the Description de l’Égypte.
On the expense side, costs increased by more than 7% as the organization engaged in a process of reevaluation and investment in the future. While staffing for build-ing maintenance and public communications were expanded to full time posi-tions, vacancies elsewhere partially offset the increase, resulting in just a 2% payroll cost increment from the prior year. The principal driver of increased expense is found within professional fees, as consultants were retained for interim Execu-tive Director services, strategic planning consultation, and website development. Building maintenance costs were also increased by necessary repairs to plumbing and heating systems, while most other expense categories remained in check.
After factoring in the endowment allocation at 5% of a rolling three year aver-age, expenses exceeded revenue by $27,647, of which $16,786 went toward debt servicing to fully retire a credit line tapped in 2011-12 to fund that year’s strategic deficit. Looking ahead, expenditures will continue to rise next year as strategic planning wraps up and infrastructure reinvestment progresses. Likewise, there will be increased pressure to raise revenue, which will be sought principally through grant opportunities, membership initiatives, and the annual giving campaign.
The generous support of so many engaged patrons continues to propel the Athenaeum forward as a prominent cultural leader. As always, thanks to all who contributed in any way throughout the past year.
FROM THE TREASURER
Grace FarmerBoard Treasurer
REVENUE 2014-15 2013-14
Membership $143,400 $150,115
Fundraising $292,392 $302,075
Facility Rental $15,815 $1,585
Trust Funds $36,031 $34,190
Miscellaneous $11,794 $20,687
Total Revenue $499,432 $508,652
EXPENSES 2014-15 2013-14
Personnel $663,088 $650,648
Professional Fees $88,173 $37,424
Programs $13,240 $28,377
Postage & Printing $25,426 $23,536
Insurance $38,760 $39,274
Utilities $28,312 $30,008
Books $40,992 $39,501
Computers & Equipment $5,744 $3,890
Maintenance & Supplies $31,899 $23,895
Cataloging & Offsite Storage $21,256 $17,470
Loan Repayment $16,786 $16,726
Miscellaneous $23,143 $18,412
Total Expenses $996,819 $929,161
CHANGE IN NET ASSETS 2014-15 2013-14
Net Before Endowment Allocation -$497,387 -$420,508
Endowment Allocation* $469,740 $442,516
Net Income -$27,647 $22,008
*According to the established spending policy, annual drawing from the endowment is 5% of the rolling three-year average.
Note: The above financial information includes only unrestricted operating revenue and expenses before fixed asset capitalization or depreciation. Further details are published in the audited financial statements that are made available through the accounting department.
INCOME STATEMENT BALANCE SHEET
ASSETS 2014-15 2013-14
Cash $212,436 $93,506
Endowment $10,283,213 $10,842,604
Receivables $24,718 $18,563
Prepaid Expenses $21,321 $13,550
Fixed Assets* $1,374,202 1,405,026
Total Assets $11,915,890 $12,373,249
LIABILITIES 2014-15 2013-14
Accounts Payable $20,701 $10,170
Accrued Expenses $27,507 $29,183
Line of Credit $0 $16,630
Total Liabilities $48,208 $55,983
EQUITY 2014-15 2013-14
Unrestricted $9,363,482 $9,947,417
Temporarily Restricted $1,017,940 $885,177
Permanently Restricted $1,486,260 $1,484,671
Total Equity $11,867,682 $12,317,265
Total Liabilities and Equity $11,915,890 $12,373,248
*Fixed assets are listed here net of accumulated depreciation.
DONATIONS
FRANCIS WAYLAND CIRCLE ($25,000+)The Champlin FoundationsJames C. Raleigh Memorial Fund,
The Rhode Island Foundation
STEPHEN HOPKINS CIRCLE ($10,000-$24,999)AnonymousCandy AdrianceMr. and Mrs. John S. Carter, Carter Fund,
The Rhode Island FoundationMelanie and Stephen Coon, matching
gift Textron, Inc. † ‡June Rockwell Levy FoundationMary Dexter Chafee FundRhode Island Council for the
HumanitiesThe Rhode Island Foundation
MOSES BROWN CIRCLE ($5,000-$9,999)AnonymousDavid AndersonVincent J. BuonannoSheila and Dick CongdonPatricia A. FullerLeon and Barbara Goldstein Fund,
The Rhode Island FoundationIda Ballou Littlefield Memorial TrustAnn Mason
Susan Jaffe Tane Foundation, in honor of Christina Bevilacqua and Kate Wodehouse
Mabel T. Woolley Trust
GRACE LEONARD CIRCLE($2,500-$4,999)Anonymous (3)Kristi and Lucien AgnielKas DeCarvalhoThe Felicia FundJonathan and Rita GewirzRhode Island State Council on the ArtsDeming and Jane Sherman
ZACHARIAH ALLEN CIRCLE($1,000-$2,499)Kqantu and Andrew BentJulie and Alan Boegehold, in honor of
Alison MaxellDr. and Mrs. William BradenRoy and Laura BradyThomas and Antonia BrysonCampus Fine WinesSidney Clifford, Jr., in memory of Irene
CliffordPamela and Albert DahlbergCharles and Marilyn Doebler Fund,
The Rhode Island FoundationDavide Dukcevich and Alice Buresheim-
Dukcevich
We extend our sincerest thanks to the individual and institutional donors who so generously supported the Athenaeum this past year. The following pages are a tribute to these people, businesses, and foundations who gave cash and in-kind contributions to the library between July 1, 2014 and June 30, 2015. The Athenaeum is deeply grateful for your support.
† indicates a gift given wholly or in part in honor of Marcel Proust and the Athenae-um Proust Reading Group‡ indicates a gift given wholly or in part in honor of one of the other Athenaeum reading groups
Eastside MarketplaceTripp Evans and Ed Cabral, in honor of
Christina Bevilacqua, with profound gratitude for the leadership of the Proust reading group †
Grace and Carl FarmerMr. Nicholas G. FazzanoMark and Catherine GimSally GodfreyAlmon and Suzanne HallDon HarperDiana and Duncan JohnsonLyn JohnsonJames and Eileen KeckDrs. Ethan Hillary Kisch and Helene
Kisch-PniewskiLeonard and Linda LevinCathy Lund, DVM and Peter Karczmar,
MDJohn Moran, MDMr. and Mrs. Raymond F. Murphy, Jr.,
The Murphy Family Fund, The Rhode Island Foundation
Charles Otto and Carol GrantMr. Charles H. PageTim and Claudia PhilbrickPeter and Kay ScheidlerJenny and Stephen SchweichSharpe Family Foundation/Henry and
Peggy SharpeBarbara and Tom SlaightMary C. SpeareSylvia Street Fund, in memory of Ruth
Ely, The Rhode Island FoundationTaco/The White Family FoundationMartin and Zelia TruebWilliam and Gretchen ViallDr. Beverly Walters and Dr. George
BuczkoRegina White and Ronald BartoliniJohn Woolsey and Ann Slimmon WoolseyYankee Travel, Inc.
WILLIAM STRICKLAND CIRCLE($500-$999)AnonymousPeter and Susan AllenJames Barnett and Carolyn HaynesJonathan Bell and Sarah ZurierDavid BermanPhoebe Blake and Peter McClureDepartment of Portuguese and Brazilian
Studies, Brown UniversityLisa and Michael CaseyRichard and Inge ChafeeArmistead Covington, in honor of CocoPolly and Bob Daly, in memory of Irene
CliffordLewis and Betty DanaJill H. DavisLisa and Geoff DavisKristin A. DeKuiperMary-Beth Fafard, PhDRhoda and Allen FlaxmanHeather and Ronald Florence,
The Heather and Ronald Florence Fund, The Rhode Island Foundation
Ellen and David Galkin, Ira S. and Anna Galkin Charitable Trust
Richard and Cate Gilbane, in memory of Betsy Carpenter
Elizabeth HallowellLyn and Brian HaydenSheila HughesEvan and Catherine JonesDiane and Matthew JosefowiczMary Louise KennedyHoward and Kate KilgussRobert and Mara KoppelAllen Kurzweil and Francoise DussartJane LangmuirPeter and Deborah LipmanArnold and Helen LudwigAnn Brooke MasonSam and Anne Miller
Mullen Scorpio & CerilliNicky NichternDavid and Margot NishimuraRichard A. Olsen, in memory of Betsy
CarpenterPeter O’Neill and Lindsay FrenchAnne OttRobert Preucel and Leslie AtikFrank and Monica SchabergStarkweather & Shepley InsuranceScott and Sally Stevenson, matching gift
Bank of AmericaJim Sunshine, in memory of Anne
SunshineAnn Willaman, matching gift Textron,
Inc.
SARAH HELEN WHITMAN CIRCLE($250-499)Anonymous (1)Anonymous, in memory of Betsy
Carpenter (2)Julie AndrewsKate Barber and Ed PitoniakAlayne Barnicoat and Dale LeshRalph and Judith BeckmanHarrison and Arria BilodeauSean and Lee Dimeo CoffeyEliza G. C. CollinsMary K. and Jack ConnorHerb and Muriel ConstantineDouglas Davis and Rachel LittmanNathan B. Epstein, MDHelena and Bill Foulkes, in memory of
Martha D. BuonannoRobert C. FrederiksenCarrollyn GraceDonna and Paul GricusDavid and Susan Haffenreffer,
The Haffenreffer Family Fund, The Rhode Island Foundation
Molly Harrington
Ted HolmbergAnn HolmesDanielle KemsleyJennifer KiddieFrancis J. Leazes, Jr.Brooke and Eugene LeeBarbara LevineJanice W. LibbyGovind Menon and Anjali SridharTrip MillikinDoug and Elsie MorseJack and Pat NolanRichard and Ann PaolilliPeggy PeckhamMr. and Mrs. Kevin Phelan, matching gift
Amica Companies FoundationAnnie and Ben Philbrick, in memory of
Debs and Charlie PhilbrickTaylor M. PolitesJay ReegBob and Sara Reichley, in memory of
our good friend and good friend of the Athenaeum, Betsy Carpenter
Rhode Island Historical SocietyRosanna, Inc.Dan and Susan SheddDaniel G. Siegel, M&S Rare Books, Inc.The Pearle W. & Martin M. Silverstein
FoundationJillian Siqueland, in memory of Betsy
CarpenterDr. Matthew SpecterAnn and Daryl StahlEmily Enders Steffian and Daniel Julius
KamilSally StrachanVariable Data Printing, Inc.Jill Wasserman and Patrick LuvaraJoy and Charles Wharton, in memory
of Betsy Carpenter, and in honor of Russell Langworthy
Connie Worthington and Terry Tullis, in
memory of Betsy Carpenter, and in honor of Alison Maxell
ELIZABETH B. PATTEN CIRCLE($100-$249)Anonymous (5)Levi and Jeanne Adams, in memory of
Dr. Herbert ConstantineMrs. Thomas R. AdamsMark AllioDavid Ames and Carol LandauSusanna AngelilloMary-Kim Arnold, matching gift
The Rhode Island FoundationGale Aronson, in memory of Stanley M.
AronsonEmily AtkinsonThomas and Kathleen BanchoffPhil and Debbie BarackmanBarbara Barnes and Beverly PettineRobert and Susan Baxter, in memory of
Irene CliffordDr. Mara Berkley, in memory of Justin
Michael Berkley StrausArthur and Cathy BertChristina BevilacquaJoe and Mary Ann BevilacquaJane and Daniel BlanchetteRoger Blumberg and Cristina MitchellMichael and Alice BonitatiJames and Kathleen BowerAnna and Andrew BrowderGreta Brown, in memory of Irene
CliffordMembers of the Chemistry Department,
Brown University, in memory of Gene and Betsy Carpenter
Elsie D. BuffumElaine CaliSuzanne and David Cane, in memory of
Betsy CarpenterDr. Paula Carmichael and Richelle
Russell
John and Joan Castle, in memory of Betsy and Gene Carpenter
Mr. Arnold B. Chace, Jr.Gary and Lynne Chaput, matching gift
National GridDebra ChaseVincent ChisholmAntony Chu and Kate LallyWilliam H. ClaflinCatherine Cleaves and Douglas
BrownlowMary Ann Coffey and Louis AndrewsRonald and Susan CohenWilliam ColaiaceJoseph CorreiaCarol CrowleyLaura Cutler, in memory of Irene
CliffordPhilip and Hadassah DavisCarol DeBoer-Langworthy and Russell
L. LangworthyRobert and Carla DowbenDennis and Kathleen DuffyNorine DuncanEast Greenwich Leisure LearningTony EstrellaPeter and Vesna Flanagan, in memory of
Betsy CarpenterBarrett and Jean FlandersFaith Fogle, in memory of Catherine
Cox FogleDavid and Suzanne Francis, Francis
Family Fund, Schwab Charitable FundMaybury V. FraserRichard and Daryl GalloRobert Garzillo and Kate Wodehouse, in
memory of Betsy CarpenterAlbert and Marjorie GatesArthur Geltzer and Younghee KimEllen B. GeltzerMike Gerhardt and Doree GoodmanLouis Giancola and Pamela High
Anne F. and George T. Giraud, in loving memory of Betsy Carpenter, and in memory of Irene Clifford
Sarah and Tom GleasonRobert and Raya GoffMary Anne Golda, in memory of Betsy
CarpenterCathy Goldsmith, in memory of Juergen
Schulz, Andrea V. Rosenthal Professor of History of Art and Architecture, Emeritus, Brown University
Franklin Goldsmith and Tania RalliJanet Gray, in memory of Betsy
CarpenterBetsy Grenier and Dr. Jane LindenElsa and Jerry GriederCalvert C. Groton and Louise Mauran, in
memory of Irene CliffordDr. Philip Gruppuso and Ms. Martha
Manno, Manno-Gruppuso Charitable Fund, Fidelity Charitable
Jeffrey GrybowskiTeresa and Peter HacundaAlexandra Hahn, matching gift Textron,
Inc.Mark HallidayJohn and Ginger HarkeyKevin HarringtonAnthony HaywardThe Howe and Behn Families, in
memory of Irene CliffordLorraine HowesDorothy Jacobs and Joseph FargnoliRichard and Karen JessupDavid KaroffDeborah M. KelleyJessie and Alan KerrSally KingsburyJim and Jessie KingstonRussell and Jean KnottDouglas Kolacki, in honor of RJ
Doughty and Robin Wetherill
Trisha and Rusty KometerElizabeth and Arthur KubickPamela KuehlThomas and Erika LambJane and Tony LancasterFraser Lang and Betty Rawls LangCornelia and Robert Lanou, in memory
of Betsy CarpenterCharles and Amey LarmoreJohn and Cathleen LaRose, in memory
of Caroline Birk, matching gift Delta Dental of Rhode Island
Linda Baxter LascoRobert Lev ‡Simone Lukas-JoglJoan LuskZeldy Lyman and Duncan WhiteJoanne and Barbara Machnik, in memory
of Irene CliffordJohn and Sandy Markley, in memory of
Betsy CarpenterNancy W. MattisJudith E. Maxham and Richard TierneyFrancoise McAree and Karl AbrahamsonDan McCarthy and Christine StinsonMr. and Mrs. Norman E. McCulloch, Jr./
The McAdams Charitable FoundationFrank and Arlene McGonagleMr. and Mrs. Donald McNaughtonTimothy and Rebecca MoreJames and Laura NelsonNorthampton Commandery #30 KT, in
memory of Irene CliffordSara Nugent and Greg HancoxCaroline Obrecht and Paul CantorJ. Philip and Patricia O’HaraRaymond OlsonAndrew Ott, in memory of Irene
Clifford Paxton Van Lines Incorporated, in
memory of Irene CliffordRichard C. Philbrick, in memory of
Clarence and Mary PhilbrickJill PearlmanPatricia C. PhillipsJoseph A. PreselJoan Ress ReevesDouglas and Nancy RhodesRick and Joan RichardsCraig and Sarah RichardsonKen and Kim RicklerStephen RodioKim and Kyle RohmKaren T. RomerPatricia Saint Aubin and Ralph GreggsKit SalisburyPaul and Sylvia SapirSuzanne ScanlanJeffrey Schreck and Nancy CassidyAnn and Jim ScottTheresa and George SeidelSharpe Family Foundation/Julie and
Henry Sharpe IIICynthia ShattuckIrving and Katharine SheldonMel Shelly and Shirley DiMatteoKatie and Mitchel Sklar, in honor of
David Wax and Elaine CaliHolly SnyderAndrew and Carla SpaconeEthan Stein and Shoshana LandowJill Steinbrink, in memory of Irene
CliffordCharles and Barbara SturtevantCarol and Hrant TatianMaureen Taylor and Dexter StrongCarol Terry and James JanecekCarolyn Testa † ‡Tracy O’Leary TevyawBob and Marquita Troiano, in memory of
Betsy CarpenterLeigh Waldron-Taylor, in memory of my
parentsJudith B. Wilson
Anne and Ryder WindhamDon and Kitty WinebergGordon and Louise WoodCecily ZieglerJanet and Mel Zurier
DANIEL CUSHING CIRCLE ($1-99)Anonymous (1)Edward AchornJohn and Margaret Adams, in memory of
Irene CliffordPeter AdrianceRichard AdrianceNaz AkyolJames and Susan AllenKathleen H. AndersonNorma Jane Anderson Family TrustMary Stair AndrewsDon Baier ‡Ellen Barnes, in memory of Irene
CliffordJames Barnes and Victoria Wilson-BarnesAllen BestwickJudy BlakeBrendon Boucher and Jennifer WilsonAdele BourneKipp BradfordBarbara BrittinghamMary Brower, in memory of Betsy
CarpenterDavid BrussatStuart Burrows and Michelle ClaytonMairead ByrneStephen CaruanaRobin CaswellCharles and Barbara CavicchioJohn CayleyPaula ChampaMr. John CherryJohn ChiafaloKen and Cathy ChinEdith G. Chisholm
Kate and Arthur ChuteGrace ClearyAvram and Maxine CohenRosemary ColtKerry CondonSean and Anne ConnorCarol Cook, in memory of Juliet
SaundersBaker CoonJessica CoonMichael CrowleySheila and Joe CurranDavid and Sharon CuttsThe Dain FamilyRobert and Elizabeth D’AvignonDiane D’Errico, in memory of Herb
Constantine, MDRonald and Jacqueline Desorcy, in
memory of Irene CliffordMaude DorrChristian Douvre and Sherrie
Shugarman DouvreVictoria Drew and Bill PaukertMark and Annette DunkelmanJean M. Edwards, in memory of Knight
EdwardsAbraham and Marilyn EhrenhausAdele Geffen EilLewis EvansHolly EwaldBetsy Faraci, in memory of Irene CliffordBarbara Fargo, in memory of Irene
CliffordAlice FarmerJohn D. Fassett and Miriam BolotinSusan C. FisherHelen FlynnElizabeth FrancisHolly GaboriaultJennifer GageEmerson and Mioko GardnerKen and Sarah Garrepy
Stephen and Suzan GervaisTouba Ghadessi and John RichardRisa Gilpin, in memory of beloved Betsy
Carpenter, a spirit of the AthenaeumEllen GoodlinEllen GoodmanRobert GrantRebecca HancockBill HarleyBenjamin and Anne HarrisJanet HarrisDaniel Harrop and Jeffrey HarringtonDarrell and Janine Harvey, in memory of
Irene CliffordLynne HeinzmannSharon HendriksenMark W. HinkleyAnne Holland OrlovicJan Howard and Dennis TeepeLucia M. HuntleyWendy IngramCaroline Patterson InlowAnne Marie JuillardMarilyn D. KaganCoppelia KahnAlice KaltmanBeth and Ralph Kinder, in memory of
Betsy CarpenterColin and Dorothee KingClare Kirby and Jim MaxwellStephanie Knott and Daniel OvoianAmanda Knox, in memory of Betsy
CarpenterAngie Koziara and Tom WojickMonika KraemerSueEllen KrollJosephine Kulpa, in memory of my niece,
Irene Kulpa CliffordLadies of the Knights of MA and RI,
in memory of our dear friend, Irene Clifford
Elizabeth Landers
Jackie Lantry, Sophia Szydlowski, and Luke Szydlowski
Wendy and Lucy LawtonRebecca LebeauPhilip Leis and Lee KossinLucy Ann LepreauRachel Levin, in honor of my father,
Leonard I. Levin, on Father’s DayStephen and Sharon Linder, in memory
of Irene CliffordMr. and Mrs. Mark J. LomazzoAnthony J. Lombardi, Jr., MD, in memory
of Dr. Herbert ConstantineRobert and Ann Lovegreen, in memory
of Irene CliffordSteve LubarJacki LydenAlys MacLeod, in memory of Irene
CliffordHenry F. MajewskiWilliam Makepeace, in memory of Irene
CliffordPeter and Kathryn MandelPenelope ManzellaCaroline Martin, in memory of Irene
CliffordSharon McKainAndrea MernanLoren Metzger-MarcusAlice MilesDeborah MoxhamMartha and Susan Murphy and Mark
AnderwaldLeslie MyersEllie NachemanJane NelsonBill and Susan Newkirk, in memory of
Betsy Carpenter ‡Charles O’Boyle and Richard RambussWhitney PapeMary Lee PartingtonRachita, Michael, and Kasturi Pate, in
memory of Carolyn B. PateScott Paulin, in memory of Irene CliffordClay Pell and Michelle KwanPatricia PetroccioneHarry Philbrick and Carolyn ColeburnPhyllis D. PoorSusan PotterRobert and Joyce Poyton, in memory of
Irene CliffordBetsey QuigleyRamzi J. Loqa, P.E. Consulting EngineersMegan RanneyConnie and George RaymondAaron and Lisa ReadAlexandra ReynoldsMary Lou Riker, in memory of Irene
CliffordAnna and Andy RobinShelley RothBrent RunyonLynn Sanchez and D. E. ConnellyFrances SandersMark and Elaine SawtelleJosh Schechter and Katherine BerryMilind Shah and Patricia YbarraHelaine ShaharDavid Shapiro-ZyskLindsay ShawPriscilla Shube and Wayne RosenbergPaul Silver and Katherine Haspel, in
memory of Irene CliffordJoseleyne SladeMike and Connie SpeidelAmee, Bryan, and Beatrice SpondikeRudy and Marjory Spraycar, in memory
of Betsy CarpenterJulienne StenbergEd St. OngeAndrew and Louise SwansonJoshua and Rebecca TaubLewis and Hope Taylor, in memory of
Irene Clifford
Tom and Marion ThomasJ. Tolnick ChampaFrances and Peter TraftonSteve Vavrik and Ellen HayesVictoria VehMary VolatileCount Peanut von ZeppellinMike and Marcia Walsh, in honor of the
Levin FamilyRebecca WaughPhilip WeimerskirchBarbara Weindling and David CohenEdward and Karin WetherillRobin WetherillSarah WheatonNancy and Robert WhitcombMichael White and Jane DesforgesLee and Rob Whitman-RaymondEdward Widmer and Mary RhinelanderDee Dee WitmanMary WorrellSonja Yates, in memory of Irene CliffordRichard and Sarah ZacksRoger and Rosemary ZehntnerKaren ZinerJanet Zwolinski and Paul Firenze
BOOK CONSERVATIONMary Dexter Chafee Fund
PROGRAMMING PARTNERS, ADULT PROGRAMSAS220Big NazoBrown Club of Rhode IslandOffice of the Brown’s 250th AnniversaryBrown University Department of
Portuguese and Brazilian StudiesCable Car CinemaCommunity MusicWorksThe Dean HotelThe Gamm TheatreFirstWorks
Fleet Library, RISDFrequency WritersHiFi CollaborativeNot About the BuildingsPreserve Rhode IslandProvidence Public LibraryRhode Island Council for the
HumanitiesRhode Island Historical SocietyRhode Island Public RadioSouthside Community Land Trust
PROGRAMMING PARTNERS, CHILDREN’S LIBRARYBrown Opera Partnership for Providence Parks:
Gladys Potter Park, Brown Street ParkProvidence Children’s Film FestivalRI Philharmonic Orchestra & Music
SchoolRoger Williams Park ZooTrinity Repertory Company
VOLUNTEERSAnna BrowderElsie Buffum, emeritaSally GodfreyCarrollyn GraceMolly HarringtonWendy IngramDouglas KolackiWendy MacGawBill NewkirkAlex ReynoldsTerry SelleDavid Shapiro-ZyskJanet Zwolinski
WORKSTUDY STUDENTS, RISDCrystal JohnsonVictoria Stadlin