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The Danish, Swedish,Norwegian, French, German,

Welsh, and Spanish editions of thefamiliar Uncle Tom’s Cabin carry thetitles above. AAS member JamesO’Gorman has recently donated tothe American Antiquarian Society hiscollection of fifty-six editions ofHarriet Beecher Stowe’s classic noveland seven related items. In additionto the languages listed above, thecollection includes English editionsfrom Britain and America as well asDutch and Italian editions. Theyrange chronologically from an early1852 British edition to the ClassicsIllustrated comic book editions of1944 and 1970 and a Reader’sDigest edition in 1991. Some of theseeditions are collectable for their illus-trations or bindings, others for bibli-ographical or biographical materials.One notable item is WinstonChurchill’s “A great novel rewrittenas a short story: Uncle Tom’s cabin,”from the Sunday dispatch (London),March 9, 1941.

Uncle Tom’s Cabin was publishedas a serial in the National Erabetween June 1851 and April 1852.John P. Jewett & Co. of Boston pub-lished the first edition in book formon March 20, 1852. By the end ofApril, two printings totaling ten thou-sand copies had sold out, and byOctober Jewett announced that anunprecedented one hundred twentythousand copies had been sold. Oneof the editions in the O’Gorman col-lection is an 1852 Jewett imprintmarked “25th thousand.” In his 1999James Russell Wiggins Lecture atAAS, “The Greatest Book of Its Kind:A Publishing History of Uncle Tom’sCabin,” University of Texas ProfessorMichael Winship traced the fascinat-

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ing story of the novel’s print historyfrom the time of the author’s concep-tion of the story through the finalroyalty payments at the time ofStowe’s death in 1896 and to theresurgence of the work’s reputation inrecent decades. He notes that Jewett& Co. printed a German edition inFebruary 1853 for the domestic mar-ket. Stowe’s work has been the sub-ject of other scholarly workresearched here at AAS. For example,

Mason Lowance, as a Peterson Fellowin 1989-90, looked at its literary debtto the sermon tradition in NewEngland. Ben Gurion University’sBarbara Hochman, as an AAS-Northeast Modern LanguagesAssociation Fellow in 2001-02, stud-ied the role it played in a revolutionin reading practices. More recently in2005, Jo-Anne Morgan of WesternIllinois University did research for her2007 book, “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” asVisual Culture, which was awardedthe 2008 Peter Seaborg Award forCivil War nonfiction. Since then

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AAS Publications

AAS is dedicated to preserving words and images printed on paper, and it isblazing new trails in a world that is becoming more and more electronic.

We publish Common-place.org, a quarterly electronic journal of American history and culture, and many of the library’s most important collections arebeing digitized. Digital Evans (American imprints, 1640-1800), for example, isavailable through subscribing libraries in forty-eight states and six foreigncountries. We have a facebook page with over three hundred fans, and eachyear mount at least three new exhibitions on the AAS website. In partnershipwith Tufts University and the National Endowment for the Humanities, we aremaking available on the worldwide web, Philip Lampi’s remarkable accumulationof early American election returns at the “A New Nation Votes” website. Atthe same time that we are raising our electronic profile, we remain committedto print. In a changing world, we are searching to find the right balance betweenelectronic and print publication. In our efforts to reach our constituencies mosteffectively, a publication task force was created by the AAS Council andcharged with examining current publications and making recommendations. Inthe coming year, you will notice some changes.

The semiannual Proceedings ofthe American Antiquarian Society willbe replaced with an annual print pub-lication issued in the fall to report onnews and activities of the Society aswell as to print obituaries, financialreports, and acknowledgement ofdonors. Volume 118, Part 2, whichreports on the fiscal year that endedon August 31, 2008, and the annualmeeting in October, will mark the endof Proceedings in its familiar format.Bibliographic materials and otherimportant scholarly articles, long astaple of Proceedings, will be pub-lished electronically and made avail-able free of charge through the AASwebsite. The new annual report willalso take the place of the special win-ter edition of ALMANAC, which wasdevoted to reporting on gifts. Theinsert page of this issue gives specialthanks to donors for the period,September 1, 2008, through March15, 2009. Future editions ofALMANAC, published twice annual-ly in spring and early fall, will beexpanded to incorporate news andinformation that formerly appeared inTHE BOOK and will also include asection devoted to the Society’s Centerfor Historic American Visual Culture.

We continue to publish books aswell. In partnership with theUniversity of North Carolina Press,we have now published three vol-umes of A History of the Book inAmerica with the remaining two vol-umes scheduled to be published bythe end of 2010. Other special publi-cations are projected in conjunctionwith the Society’s bicentennial. PhilipGura is writing an institutional histo-ry, Jack Larkin is preparing a newedition of Christopher ColumbusBaldwin’s diaries, and Kate Keller isediting a facsimile edition of earlynineteenth-century broadsides fromIsaiah Thomas’s collection.

AAS remains a vital institutionbecause of its ability to evolve tomeet changing times and circum-stances while remaining faithful toits core mission. We will continue to occupy an important place inscholarly discourse and will promoteresearch associated with our collec-tions both in print and electronic format. All members and friends areinvited to check the website periodi-cally for new postings; and if you arenot receiving e-mail notices fromAAS, send your current e-mailaddress to jkeenum@mwa.org.

The familiar publications

will be getting a new look

New Members The following new members of the Society were elected at the April Meeting:

Matthew P. BrownIowa City, Iowa

Associate professor of English at theUniversity of Iowa, where he is alsodirector of the Center for the Book. Hisbook, The Pilgrim and the Bee:Reading Rituals and Book Culture in

Early New England, appeared in 2007.As an NEH fellow this year, he isexploring how the constraints of theprint shop affected the literary cultureand reading habits of colonial and earlynational America.

Vincent BrownCambridge, Massachusetts

Dunwalke Associate Professor ofHistory at Harvard University. Heteaches early American history, Africandiaspora studies, and the history ofslavery in the departments of historyand African American studies. His2008 book, The Reaper’s Garden:Death and Power in the World of

Atlantic Slavery, examines Jamaicanslave society.

Paul FinkelmanAlbany, New York

The President William McKinleyDistinguished Professor of Law andPublic Policy, Albany Law School.Among his many editorial projects areArticles on American Slavery (1989, 18vols.); His Soul Goes Marching On:

Responses to John Brown and the

Harpers Ferry Raid (1995); Encyclo-pedia of African-American History,

1619–1895 (2006, 3 vols.); andDocuments of American Constitutionaland Legal History (2008).

Paul GiljeNorman, Oklahoma

George Lynn Cross Research Professorof History at the University ofOklahoma and the current president ofthe Society for Historians of the EarlyAmerican Republic. His many publica-tions include Liberty on the Waterfront:

American Maritime Society and Culture

in the Age of Revolution, 1750-1850

(2004) and his forthcoming book “ToSwear Like a Sailor”: Language,

Meaning, and Culture in the American

Maritime World.

serves as chairman of the Fellowship ofAmerican Bibliophilic Associations andis an active trustee of the WesternReserve Historical Society.

Katherine MartinezCambridge, Massachusetts

Herman and Joan Suit Librarian of theFine Arts Library at HarvardUniversity. Throughout her long careeras an art library administrator,Martinez has maintained an activeresearch interest in nineteenth-centuryAmerican visual culture, authoringmany articles and editing two volumes:Philadelphia’s Cultural Landscape: The

Sartain Family Legacy (2000) and TheMaterial Culture of Gender/The

Gender of Material Culture (1997).

Jon MeachamNew York, New York

Editor ofNewsweek andcommentator onpolitics, history,and religion inAmerica. Hisbestsellingworks includeFranklin and

Winston: An Intimate Portrait of an

Epic Friendship and American Gospel:God, the Founding Fathers, and the

Making of a Nation. His newest biog-raphy is American Lion: AndrewJackson in the White House (2008).

Philip R. MorganWorcester, Massachusetts

President andCEO of theMorganConstruction Co.The company,begun in 1888, isa fifth-generationfamily-run busi-ness and now the

global leader in the building of rollingmills to convert raw steel into rods andwire. In the tradition of AAS member-ship legacies, he follows in the steps ofhis mother Anne Murray Morgan, hisgreat-grandfather Paul B. Morgan, andhis cousin Barrett Morgan.

Carla J. MulfordUniversity Park, Pennsylvania

Associate professor of English, ThePennsylvania State University. She is thefounding president of the Society ofEarly Americanists and has publishedwidely on the history of the book. Sheedited the Penguin Classics editions ofWilliam Hill Brown’s The Power ofSympathy and Hannah Webster Foster’sThe Coquette, as well as TheCambridge Companion to Benjamin

Franklin (2008).

Jim MussellsOakland, California

Known in book collecting circles as themost active and diligent collector ofHawaiiana today, Mussells keeps him-self busy between auctions and bookfairs by running a tree-cutting businessin the San Francisco Bay Area.

Barbara PaulsonWashington, District of Columbia

Retired program officer, NationalEndowment for the Humanities. Foralmost twenty years – in two tours ofduty – she served as senior programofficer in the Division of Preservationand Access at NEH, where she helped

the AAS staff through more than adozen applications, each resulting inmulti-year grants for our collectioncataloging and preservation efforts. In retirement, she remains an active leader in special collectionslibrarianship.

Shirley SamuelsIthaca, New York

Professor of English and chair of theDepartment of Art History at CornellUniversity. Her publications includeRomances of the Republic: Women,

the Family and Violence in the

Literature of the Early American

Nation (1996) and Facing America:Iconography and the Civil War

(2004). She was an AAS-NEMLA fel-low in 1988.

Kate Davis SteinwayWest Hartford, Connecticut

Director of the Connecticut HistoricalSociety Museum. Following morethan twenty years of service at theCHS Museum as curator, departmenthead, and exhibit designer, she wasnamed in 2006 to her present posi-tion. Among the challenges she hassuccessfully confronted is the preser-vation of the eighteenth-century OldState House, which CHS has nowturned back over to the ConnecticutGeneral Assembly.

Steven StollNew York, New York

Associate professor of history,Fordham University. He is an environ-mental historian whose books includeThe Fruits of Natural Advantage:

Making the Industrial Countryside in

California (1998); Larding the LeanEarth: Soil and Society in Nineteenth-

Century America (2002); and The

Great Delusion: A Mad Inventor,

Death in the Tropics, and the Utopian

Origins of Economic Growth (2008).He was a 1998 Peterson Fellow at theAmerican Antiquarian Society.

David TebaldiWorthington, Massachusetts

Executive Director of theMassachusetts Foundation for theHumanities since 1985. Trained inphilosophy, Tebaldi is a nationalleader in the public humanities andeditor of an anthology, Reflecting onValues: The Unity and Diversity of

the Humanities. He has championedprograms that embrace innovativeways to use literature, history, andphilosophy to enhance and improvecivic life throughout theCommonwealth.

Walter WoodwardStorrs, Connecticut

Assistant professorof history,University ofConnecticut, andConnecticut StateHistorian. Beforeembarking on anacademic career

and the study of the transfer of earlymodern scientific culture from Europeto America (for which he had an AASPeterson fellowship in 1997), heworked as a songwriter and musicproducer; did movie and televisionproduction; worked as chief of stafffor a member of Congress; and ran asizeable advertising agency.

18th-century pamphlets given by Council Chairman Sid Lapidus.

Alta-Mae “Tammy” ButlerBoylston, Massachusetts

Civic leader. A supporter of culturalorganizations (including AAS), shehas long served as a docent for theWorcester Art Museum andPreservation Worcester and worked topreserve Hillside, home of the famedtemperance speaker John B. Gough.She travels extensively with her husband George, now retired from afamily business that has suppliedpaper to Worcester institutions(including AAS) for more than 125 years.

David M. DoretPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania

Attorney and collector of historicalprints and ephemera. He is a support-er of institutions from the Yale Centerfor British Art and the LibraryCompany of Philadelphia to theRosenbach Museum and Library,where he serves as a trustee. At arecent auction, he noted our interestin certain Philadelphia prints and generously gave us others from hisown collection.

Lori GinzbergUniversity Park, Pennsylvania

Professor of history and women’s studies at The Pennsylvania StateUniversity. Her published worksinclude Women and the Work of

Benevolence: Morality, Politics, and

Class in the Nineteenth-Century

United States (1990) and UntidyOrigins: A Story of Woman’s Rights

in Antebellum New York (2005). HerElizabeth Cady Stanton: An American

Life is forthcoming in 2010.

Robert H. JacksonCleveland, Ohio

Senior partnerat KohrmanJackson &Krantz, PLL. Abook collectorof wide-ranginginterests,Jackson hasspoken and

written extensively on libraries andcollectors; he co-edited Book Talk:Essays on Books and Collecting,

Booksellers, and Special Collections

(2006). He is a founder and now

Dear AAS members and friends,

Many nonprofit organizationsare experiencing difficulties as

a result of the economic downturn,and the American AntiquarianSociety is not exempt from thosefinancial pressures. Traditionally,about half of our annual revenuescome from endowment income; andwhen the value of the endowmentgoes down as it has in recentmonths, we feel the effects. At theApril Council meeting, AASTreasurer George Tetler reportedthat the endowment was downtwenty-five percent from its value

twelve months earlier. That means that the institution will have towatch its budget very closely.

At the beginning of the calendar year, we were forced to lay offtwo full-time and two part-time staff members in order to keep thisfiscal year’s budget (September – August) in balance and to preparefor what is likely to be another difficult year in 2009-10. These deci-sions and other savings within the budget were made very carefullyto preserve the institution’s capacity to continue to carry out its coremission. We are confident that the fellows and readers feel that theservice, advice, and encouragement that they get for their researchremains at the high level of excellence that is the AAS hallmark. We are trying to do more with less, and are blessed with creativeand energetic staff who are taking on additional duties with a cooperative spirit.

You will notice some changes in the near future, such as changesin publications and a new look at the traditional traveling springmeeting. We stayed near to home this year, scheduling the meetingto coincide with the New York Book Fair, and cut back consider-ably on the ancillary activities. On the other hand, with extraordi-narily generous support from Jay and Deborah Last, we haveincreased the number of fellowships that we offer annually; and thesuccessful Andrew W. Mellon Challenge permanently endowed twolong-term fellowships that have been offered with expendable grantfunds for the past decade. We have secured underwriting for theCenter for Historical American Visual Culture’s conferences through2011. The acquisitions budget, which is largely supported byendowment funds, was supplemented by the very successful Adopt-a-Book event. This spring we received notification that the NationalEndowment for the Humanities has renewed both our Fellowshipgrant and support of our cataloging of American imprints for theperiod 1801-1820 as well as awarding a new grant for catalogingprints and engravings. Finally, at this point in the fiscal year, ourAnnual Fund is running slightly ahead of where it stood last year.

So, while we are feeling the pain of the financial situation, weare not by any means crippled by it. We are committed to spendingevery dollar efficiently and effectively. We do need you to supportthe library now more than ever before. If you let 2008 pass withoutmaking a contribution, please go to the AAS website and make agift now or respond when you receive an appeal through the mail.The strength of the Society has been built with the generous gifts ofdonors over the decades, and we count on today’s members andfriends to carry AAS into its third century as a more vital and usefulinstitution than ever.

Sincerely,

President

Thanks to our donors

Around this time of year, we have traditionally sent a development report forthe previous calendar year. The recently published issue of the AAS

Proceedings (Number 118, part 2) acknowledges our generous donors throughthe end of the fiscal year on August 31, 2008. This publication recognizes thecontributions of friends, who have made gifts between September 1, 2008 andMarch 15, 2009. In the coming years, gifts will be acknowledged in an annualreport issued in November, following the end of the fiscal year.

In spite of the very difficult financial situation, gifts to the Annual Fund are|running even with and even slightly ahead of the totals received at this time in2008. We are deeply grateful to those who have supported the library and hopethat those of you who have not yet made a gift will do so soon.

Esther Forbes Society

The American Antiquarian Society depends upon its endowment forabout half of its annual income, and the greatest portion of thatendowment has come through bequests from members and friends.

During the past year, we are grateful to have received bequests from the following:

Estate of Philip Beals Estate of Kenneth G. LeachRussell W. Knight Trust William J. McKee Trust

The following individuals and couples have indicated to us that they have includedAAS in their estate plans. We recognize them as members of the Esther ForbesSociety. Esther Forbes won a Pulitzer Prize for Paul Revere and the World He Lived

In and Newbery Medal for Johnny Tremain. She conducted much of her historicalresearch at AAS, and left the royalties from her literary estate to the Society. It isparticularly appropriate to associate the name of an eminent scholar, popular historical novelist, and creative donor to the library’s legacy program. Bequests andplanned gifts are placed in the endowment unless otherwise directed by the donor,and those funds become a permanent resource for supporting the library and itsactivities. If you have included AAS in your estate plans, please let us know. If youwould like information on making a bequest or other planned gift, please contactJohn Keenum, vice president for development at (508)471-2172 orjkeenum@mwa.org.

Anonymous (5)Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. BaronLynne Zacek BassettKarl Lombard BrielMary CableJill K. ConwayHenry B. & Jane K. DeweyJames & Carol DonnellyMrs. Bradford F. DunbarKatherine L. EndicottJoseph J. Felcone IICatherine M. FennellyCheryl HurleyFran & Howard JacobsonMarianne & John Jeppson 2ndMr. & Mrs. John M. KeenumLinda F. & Julian L. Lapides

Sidney LapidusDeborah & Jay T. LastPatricia & David LedlieGerda LernerMason I. Lowance, Jr.Marcus A. McCorisonC. Jean & Myles McDonoughRichard P. MorganJane P. NealeRobert J. PetrillaWilliam S. ReeseJustin G. SchillerJohn D. SeelyeAlden & Virginia VaughanPeter C. WaltherProfessor Michael West

Donors of restricted gifts September 2008 - March 15, 2009$100,000 or moreSidney & Ruth LapidusEstate of Kenneth G. Leach$10,000 or moreAnonymous (2)Mr. & Mrs. Jay T. Last$1,000 or moreCharles B. BarlowMr. & Mrs. Robert C. BaronSheila BoteinKarl L. BrielNancy & Randall K. BurkettMr. & Mrs. James C. Donnelly, Jr.Robert A. GrossRichard A. Heald FundMr. & Mrs. James N. Heald 2ndWilliam H. HelfandEstate of Russell W. KnightC. Jean & Myles McDonoughJoseph Persky FoundationMarlene & David PerskyPrinceton UniversityWilliam Reese CompanyCharles J. Tanenbaum$200 or moreBank of AmericaSteve BolickWilliam M. & Prudence S. CrozierMr. & Mrs. Gordon I. EriksonMr. & Mrs. Louis A. GoodmanJohn Herron Jr. & Julia MooreCheryl HurleyGeorge W. JohnstonMr. & Mrs. John M. KeenumWilson H. KimnachThe Samuel H. Kress FoundationMarcus A. McCorison

Mr. & Mrs. Harold T. MillerMeredith M. NeumanDonald M. ScottMr. & Mrs. John M. Woolsey, 3rd$100 or moreFrank P. AmariRichard D. & Irene Q. BrownChristopher Dumaine, Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Richard van H. FrostLinda K. KerberBarbara H. MeldrumJane R. PomeroyMr. & Mrs. Steven RotmanMary C. SchlosserDr. & Mrs. Daniel G. TearMr. & Mrs. George W. Tetler IIIJ. Thomas TouchtonMr. & Mrs. Richard P. TrainaMr. & Mrs. Joseph S. Wesby IIIMr. & Mrs. Bertram Wyatt-Brown$10 - $75Charles & Sandra ArningRodney ArmstrongLawrence F. BucklandAugust A. ImholtzMarilyn E. RichardsonRobert H. Smith, Jr.Laura E. WasowiczMr. & Mrs. Robert M KellerBarbara E. LaceyFrederic D. BrookingAndrew CarigliaMr. & Mrs. Rudy J. FavrettiHolly V. IzardMr. & Mrs. Crawford LincolnJune Namias“The Cotton Plant” by Massachusetts-born artist Thomas B.

Thorpe (1815-78), published by G. & W. Endicott, New York.

The Honorable David H.Souter

Peter B. StallybrassNancy StreeterG. Thomas TanselleDavid F. Tatham & Cleota

ReedDr. & Mrs. Robert E.

TranquadaJohn W. TylerAlden & Virginia VaughanMr. & Mrs. Joseph S. Wesby

III$50 and aboveWilliam W. Abbot IIIMr. & Mrs. Thomas H.

AdamsCatherine L. AlbaneseSue AllenSamuel G. AllisMr. & Mrs. John B. AndersonSusan M. & Jesse M.

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AxtellGeorge & Marsha BallantyneBank of AmericaMary K. BealesThomas BenderMolly BergerIra BerlinWinfred E. BernhardMr. & Mrs. Carl E. BesseAndrew R. BlackPatricia U. BonomiDavid BossePaul D. BourkeJames R. BoylanGordon C. & Lou Anne

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CoquilletteCarol G CormierPeter & Donna CrawleyRebecca CrockerAbbott L. CummingsPatrick J. DaleyJames B. DavisNancy R. DavisonAndrew & Dawn DelbancoRussell J. DesimoneScott DeWolfeLinda J. DochertyMr. & Mrs. David H. DonaldKenneth C. Ebbitt, Jr.Hendrik Edelman &

Antoinette KaniaRuth EvansHenning FernstromMr. & Mrs. Norman S.

FieringSteven B. FinerRobert D. FleckPatricia L. Fleming & John

FlemingAllen W. FletcherLee W. FormwaltJames A. FreemanMr. & Mrs. Mark W. FullerWilliam O. GardinerRichard P. GildrieTimothy J. GilfoyleWilliam J. GlickAaron & Beverly GoodaleMary W. GoodleyEdward Gray & Stacey

RutledgeJohn J. GreenEzra & Rivka GreenspanMr. & Mrs. Vartan GregorianMr. & Mrs. Gerald Nat GrobNigel T. GullyPeter R. HaackMr. & Mrs. Joseph H. HaganJoy F. HakimBarbara S. HannoEdward J. & Joyce Y.

HanrahanDr. & Mrs. James B. HanshawMarion O. HarrisThomas S. HarveyMr. & Mrs. Morrison H.

HeckscherJames A. HenrettaJoy P. Heyrman

Jonathan E. HillRonald HoffmanMr. & Mrs. Robert J. HoganMelissa HomesteadDaniel W. HoweCarol Sue HumphreyNason Arthur Hurowitz &

Martha P. GraceDarrell HyderJulie JeffreyMr. & Mrs. Daniel P. Jordan,

Jr.Carl F. KaestleMr. & Mrs. Michael G.

KammenJoseph L. Keith, 3rdMr. & Mrs. Robert M KellerMary KelleyMr. & Mrs. Ralph L. KetchamMr. & Mrs. Richard M.

KetchumLiza KetchumMr. & Mrs. Richard S.

KirkendallMr. & Mrs. Albert T. KlybergRoger P. KohinSally KohlstedtRichard H. KohnDiana KorzenikKarl D. KroegerBarbara E. LaceyMarie E. LamoureuxRoger W. Lamson, Jr. & Kate

LamsonHenry LeeMr. & Mrs. J. A. Leo LemayElise V. LemireWardwell C. Leonard, Jr.Joseph Lian, Jr.Henry Sears LodgePeter B. LoganJohn M. LovejoyMargaretta M. LovellDr. Margery M. LowensLarry LowenthalKevin H. LynchThomas N. MakiBarbara MandellSara A. MargolisPeter L. Masi BooksPhilip A. MasqueletteElizabeth B. MatthewsMarina R. MatuzekBarbara B. McCorkleMartha J. McNamaraMr. & Mrs. John Probasco

McWilliams, Jr.James MerrellJoel D. MeyersonStephen Mihm & Akela

ReasonMr. & Mrs. Bert B. MitchellJames David MoranDavid MorganMr. & Mrs. Edmund S.

MorganArthur W. NicholsDavid A. NicholsonRobert NunnemacherBarbara B. Oberg & J. Perry

Leavell, Jr.Paul R. O’Connell, Jr. & Lee

Ann LathamDoris N. O’KeefeMr. & Mrs. Robert M. PeckMr. & Mrs. Anthony D. M. S.

PellNicholas G. Penniman IVPfizer Foundation Matching

Gifts ProgramJane R. PomeroyRobert L. PotvinSally M. PromeyMartin H. QuittJoan N. RadnerAnn-Cathrine & J. Douglas

RappAlexander L. ReidElizabeth S. ReisS. Paul RevilleDaniel Richter & Sharon Ruff

RichterSeth E. RockmanLoretta RombauerJoshua RosenbloomRobert H. RubinRichard RussackMr. & Mrs. Benigno Sanchez-

EpplerMartha A. SandweissMary R. SearleHarlow W. SheidleyCarol Sheriff & Philip

Daileader

Barbara SichermanMr. & Mrs. George D. SixThomas P. & Denise SlaughterMerritt R. SmithLaura A. SmithDavid & Deirdre StamJacklin B. StoppMr. and Mrs. Donald K.

StraderRichard E. SullivanJames R. TanisJames R. TedfordDonald L. ThatcherRaymond A. TidrowMr. and Mrs. Ronnie C. TylerKathleen A. Van DemarkJohn C. Van HorneCharles V. VilandreMr. & Mrs. Maris A.

VinovskisWyatt R. WadeJohn H. WaiteFrederick W. WalkerWilliam D. WallaceDavid J. WeberGail G. WeesnerMr. & Mrs. Robert M. WeirMr. & Mrs. Roger U.

Wellington, Jr.James M. WellsRichard H. WendorfRichard S. West & Monica

GreenMichael D. WestDavid R. WhitesellMr. & Mrs. Edward L.

WidmerRichard A. WilsonMr. Richard G. WilsonPatricia WoellmerGordon S. WoodSusan B. & David K.

WoodburyPaul & Judith WrightRobert L. WrightMary E. YoungRafia M. Zafar & William J.

PaulHiller B. ZobelThe New York Times

Company Foundation$20 and aboveJonathan R. AcoxLoretta AdamsMarilyn ArsemSuellen BeemanRebecca A. BlakeFrank R. CallahanArlyne S. CharlipMichael R. ClapperBruce S. CohenElizabeth A. CongdonJames L. ConradCarole S. CunniffRoger DerosiersDennis C. Dickerson, Sr.Janice P. DorchesterMary K. FriedrichLoren & Nancy GhiglioneMarjorie F. GibsonRussell T. GreveTimothy J. HughesDavid M. HummonJohn T. KellyDr. & Mrs. Edmond M.

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Donors to the Annual Fund,September 2008 - March 15, 2009

$25,000 and aboveMr. & Mrs. William R. BerkleySidney & Ruth Lapidus$10,000 and aboveGreater Worcester Community

FoundationMr. & Mrs. John Jeppson 2ndDavid M. RumseyShoniya Charitable Fund$5,000 and aboveDavid ParsonsRockwell FoundationDr. & Mrs. Daniel G. Tear$2,500 and aboveRuth H. & Warren A.

Ellsworth FoundationWarner & Mary FletcherMr. & Mrs. Stephen B. LoringLutco, Inc.Mr. & Mrs. Thomas P.

McDermottMr. & Mrs. Harold T. MillerMr. & Mrs. David P. NordElizabeth C. ReillyMr. & Mrs. John C. StowMr. & Mrs. Peter H. Williams$1,000 and aboveJohn W. AdamsAntiquarian Booksellers Assn.

of America-NE ChapterBlanca ArndtTerry BelangerBailey BishopGeorge F. Booth IIMr. & Mrs. Gordon L. BrekusMr. & Mrs. G. Edward

Brooking, Jr.Mr. Richard H. BrownLawrence F. BucklandMr. & Mrs. Harlan R. CrowWilliam M. & Prudence S.

CrozierMr. & Mrs. David F. DaltonMr. & Mrs. Richard W.

DearbornMr. & Mrs. Henry B. DeweyMr. & Mrs. James C.

Donnelly, Jr.Peter T. DumaineEllen S. Dunlap & Frank

ArmstrongAnn V. Fabian & Christopher

SmeallRobert A. GrossPamela K. HarerFrancis & Jacquelyn

Harrington FoundationLeland M. Hawes, Jr.Mr. & Mrs. James N.

Heald 2ndRichard A. Heald FundJohn & Lea HenchMr. & Mrs. John M. KeenumSaundra B. LaneKent P. LjungquistJohn M. McClelland

FoundationMildred H. McEvoy

FoundationMr. & Mrs. Barrett MorganDr. & Mrs. Joseph C. OakleyMartha & Arthur M. Pappas,

M.D.Mr. & Mrs. Stephen PitcherMr. & Mrs. Kenneth W.

RendellCharles E. SigetyMr. & Mrs. William F. SullivanMr. & Mrs. George W.

Tetler IIIMark R. WetzelMargaret & William

Wheeler IIIMrs. Ledlie WoolseyMr. & Mrs. John M. ZakMichael Zinman$750 and aboveThe Arts FederationCharles & Sandra ArningMr. & Mrs. James H. BarnhillWilson H. Kimnach$500 and aboveThe Boston FoundationMr. & Mrs. Edward G.

BrandenbergerRichard D. & Irene Q. BrownMr. & Mrs. William R.

BurleighPatricia Cline CohenRobert A. FergusonGerald F. Fitzgerald

Mr. & Mrs. William W.Freehling

James F. Hunnewell, Jr.Jane KamenskyJay I. KislakMr. & Mrs. David M. LesserBruce H. MannMatthew J. NeedlePaula E. PetrikMr. & Mrs. Harold K.

Skramstad, Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Mark D.

TomaskoMr. & Mrs. Thurston Twigg-

SmithMr. & Mrs. William B.

WarrenMr. Clarence Wolf$200 and aboveQuincy S. & Zelia AbbotAnonymous (2)Rodney ArmstrongJohn E. BassettDr. & Mrs. Richard L. BishopMr. & Mrs. Cushing C.

BozenhardRobert C. & Sandra C.

BradburyRichard Van Wyck BuelNancy Burkett & Randall K.

BurkettKenneth BurnsRalph E. Carpenter, Jr.Henry J. CiborowskiNancy Cook & Thomas

BerninghausenStanton R. CookJohn R. Curtis, Jr.Ronald S. DavisMr. & Mrs. Phillips S. DavisElizabeth DeanPhilip J. DeloriaGlenn C. DeMallieJane M. DeweyMr. & Mrs. William F.

DuncanRichard & Mary DunnMr. & Mrs. Robert F. ErburuMatthew F. & Carolyn W.

ErskineMr. & Mrs. Richard J. FatesPatricia FletcherStephen A. GoldmanHarvey GreenSara S. GronimJohn GrossmanMr. & Mrs. Warren J. HaasDr. & Mrs. Thomas F. HalpinJeffrey HatcherMr. & Mrs. John A. HerdegMichael H. HoeflichHelen Lefkowitz HorowitzMr. & Mrs. John R. Howe, Jr.Mr. & Mrs. John KanisMr. & Mrs. Stanley N. KatzMr. & Mrs. D. W. KrummelHeidi LenzAnn T. Lisi & Joel P. GreeneGloria L. MainDrew R. McCoy & Elizabeth

B. FriedbergDr. Ogretta V. McNeilMr. & Mrs. Henry T. MichieThomas S. MichieMr. & Mrs. John O. MirickDavid O. Moltke-HansenMr. & Ms. Charles MonaghanMr. & Mrs. Philip R. MorganDonald N. MottJohn M. MurrinMr. & Mrs. Kenneth

NebenzahlMr. & Mrs. Eric P. NewmanJames A. NewtonGregory H. Nobles & Anne L.

HarperMary Beth NortonDonald C. O’BrienPeter OnufMr. & Mrs. Thomas P.

Peardon, Jr.Ruth Ann PenkaNathaniel PhilbrickJonathan PrudeRobert C. RitchieMarvin S. SadikCaroline F. SchimmelDonald M. ScottJames SidburyAlbert H. SmallRobert H. Smith, Jr.

On March 31, AAS members and friends gathered inAntiquarian Hall to celebrate new acquisitions

made during the past year and contribute toward futurepurchases. Virtual “adoptions” of recently purchaseditems had been taking place for a couple of weeks priorto the event, and they will continue into the summer. It

is not too late to make a contribution tosecure your ownadoption. The fullcatalog and easyinstructions for adoption are available at the AAS website: www.americananti-quarian.org.

Even if you don’twant to make a contribution, reviewingthe catalog will giveyou a snapshot of the wide variety of materials that AAScollects, and it is always entertaining to see what peoplehave adopted. AAS President emeritus Marcus McCorisonfound a group of city directories from Wisconsin, includingdirectories from Horicon, the hometown of his late wifeJanet, and from Ripon, where both he and Janet went to

college and were married. Art historian David Tatham andhis wife Cleota Reed, who specializes in the arts and craftsmovement, did not have to look far into the catalog to findas the first two items listed an art catalog and a beautifullyprinted edition of “Aladdin’s Lamp.” Ellen Garvey, a

Peterson Fellow in residencefor the month of March toresearch the scrapbook inAmerican print culture, couldnot pass up a “ScrapbookManual.” In adopting a“Watchman’s Address” forhimself and his wife Lillian,Robert Fraker, a book dealer from Lanesborough,Massachusetts, wrote: “As you may know, I collect minor Americanverse, and I am a pushoverfor such items - with its

dramatic ornament and architectural border, this is a particularly large and lovely example of the sub-genre.” John Hench adopted an 1816-1817 Congressional Directoryin honor of Philip Lampi, whose monumental work in gath-ering electoral returns for the early republic from 1787-1825has given scholars information previously unavailable any-where in the country.

Morgan has returned to AAS as aDeborah and Jay Last Fellow forresearch on a broader study of AfricanAmerican women in nineteenth-centu-ry visual culture.

The O’Gorman gift is serendipi-tously timed. Meredith McGill andLisa Gitelman, who are co-leaders ofthis June’s AAS Summer Seminar, entitled “Book History and MediaHistory,” were preparing a session onUncle Tom’s Cabin but were a bit disappointed at AAS’s modest holdingsof foreign and illustrated editions.Now they will have an abundance ofmaterials to demonstrate the enduringinfluence Stowe’s work has had notjust in this country but around theworld.

Many who know that the libraryfocuses on materials printed in theU.S., Canada, and the British WestIndies through the year 1876 might besurprised at the joyous embrace oftwentieth-century and foreignimprints. As a nonprofit institution ofmoderate means, we must limit ourscope and expenditures; and suchfocus has paid handsome dividends interms of assembling a comprehensiveand deep collection within ourgeographical and chronological scope.But from the early days when IsaiahThomas purchased the Mather familylibrary with its many Europeanimprints, the library has recognizedthat American publishing is a part of aglobal network. More recently, wehave, for example, collected JamesFenimore Cooper’s works in depthwith many European editions, and aredelighted to add this Stowe collection,which curator of books DavidWhitesell notes would be very difficultto create from scratch today.

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Walter Anderson (elected 1989),Chairman andCEO of ParadePublications isretiring after thir-ty-one years withthe Sunday maga-zine. During histenure, Anderson

increased the magazine’s circulationfrom 21.6 million in 129 Sundaynewspapers to 33 million in 470newspapers.

Charles Blockson (1995), author,historian, collector, and distinguishedalumnus of The Pennsylvania StateUniversity has donated approximate-ly 10,000 items to the Penn Statelibraries. An exhibition this past win-ter called “Celebrating a Legacy: TheCharles L. Blockson Collection ofAfrican Americana and the AfricanDisapora” honored the gift. He hasalso donated a significant collectionto Temple University.

Annette Gordon-Reed (2000) wonthe Pulitzer Prizefor history and theNational BookAward for nonfic-tion for TheHemingses of

Monticello: An

American Family.

Her book chronicles three genera-tions of a slave family owned by

Thomas Jefferson, who was electedto membership in AAS in 1814.Professor Gordon-Reed and KarenHalttunen (1995) have been awardedGuggenheim Fellowships for 2009-10.

Neil Harris (1980) has publishedwith the University of Chicago PressThe Chicagoan: A Lost Magazine of

the Jazz Age. This carefullyresearched and beautifully designedbook revives interest in a lavishlyillustrated magazine that featured thework of hundreds of artists and writers during the years 1926through 1935.

Thomas S. Michie(2004) has beennamed the RussellB. and AndréeBeauchampStearns SeniorCurator ofDecorative Artsand Sculpture inthe department of European art atBoston’s Museum of Fine Arts. Thenative of Worcester was previouslyCurator of Decorative Arts andDesign at the Los Angeles CountyMuseum of Art.

David Rumsey (1995), a member ofthe AAS Council, has donated hiscollection of 150,000 maps and thedigital images he has been making ofthe collection over the years to

Stanford University. Rumsey hasposted about 18,500 images on hiswebsite http://www.davidrunsey.com;and by giving the collection toStanford, he can ensure the preserva-tion of both the originals and thedigital library with the promise ofexpanding the digitizing work.

Fellow Councilmember LaurelThatcher Ulrich(1991), 300thAnniversaryUniversityProfessor inHarvard

University’s Department of History,has been elected president of theAmerican Historical Association.

Nicholas Westbrook (1994),Director Emeritus of FortTiconderoga was elected a Fellow ofthe New York Academy of History(only the thirty-fifth person toreceive the honor). He is also servingas the chair of the New York StateCommission on the 250th

Anniversary of the French andIndian War.

Philip Zea (2004), president ofHistoric Deerfield, has been selectedas recipient of the 2009 AntiqueDealers’ Association of AmericaAward of Merit. Wendell Garrett(1968) and Betty Ring (1982) arehonorary directors of the AntiqueDealers’ Association.

Semiannual Meeting at Grolier Club

AAS members and friends gathered at the Grolier Club on April 3 for the semiannual meeting, which was scheduled to coincide with the New York BookFair. Members who came from as far away as Atlanta, Charlottesville, and Concord, New Hampshire, joined members from along the east coast stretching

from Philadelphia to Boston. President Ellen Dunlap reported on some of the changes that we will be seeing in AAS publications. Treasurer George Tetler gave the bad news on investments with the silver lining that our portfolio managers are all doing slightly better than the benchmarks we measure them against.Membership Chairman Cheryl Hurley reported on the nomination of new members.

The program focused on AAS’s fellowship program and on the gift of pre-1801 (Evans) materials given to the library by AAS Chairman Sid Lapidus. Sid’s gift willbe featured in the Annual Report to be published later this year, but AAS curator of books David Whitesell positively beamed when he talked about the gift andpointed out that, given that AAS has the most comprehensive collection of Evans materials anywhere in the world, we usually add Evans items in single units, not bythe dozens! The concentration of the Lapidus collection on human rights and liberty makes this gift even more valuable as a research resource. Director of academicprograms Paul Erickson introduced veteran fellow and current member of the AAS Council Ann Fabian of Rutgers University and recent post-dissertation fellowCindy Lobel of Lehman College. Each spoke of the fellowship experience in Worcester and the continuing role played by AAS in their scholarly lives.

2009 Adopt-a-Book

72. PRO-LINCOLN TEXAS NEWSPAPER.

Adopted by Ellen S. Dunlap

The Loyal National Union Journal. Brownsville, TX. Mar. 5, 1864.

This is the first issue of a pro-Lincoln newspaper published in Union-occupied

Texas. The editor, G. G. Carmen, noted that “We shall publish such official news

and notices as will be permitted by the Major General Commanding.” He also

explains the obstacles he faced in putting out the first issue, noting that the type

came from an old Mexican office where it had lain unused for a considerable

time. Carmen claims this to be the first loyal newspaper published in Texas.

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AAS HERITAGE

❦ composer of “The Cheerful Parson” and other popular songs❦ first president of the New-York Historical Society❦ director of the National Museum of Costa Rica❦ postmaster of Burlington (Vt.) and recipient of the Congressional medal

of Honor in the Civil War❦ founder of Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities❦ commissioner of state reservation at Niagara Falls❦ prepared first edition of An American Biographical and Historical

Dictionary

❦ ordinance storekeeper at West Point❦ first secretary of the American Historical Association❦ principal of Phillips Exeter Academy❦ owner and editor of Pittsburgh Gazette❦ tutor to King Otto of Greece❦ Governor of Hong Kong❦ Director of the Jardin des Plantes

❦ unpaid recorder of decisions of the Supreme court❦ author of famous version of “Yankee Doodle”❦ aide-de-camp on staff of General George Washington❦ caused monument to be placed over unmarked grave of Edgar Allan Poe❦ superintendent of Worcester Lunatic Hospital❦ president of the Bank of the United States❦ Andrew Jackson’s Secretary of War❦ founder of Georgetown University❦ commissioner of insolvency ❦ Chargé d’Affairs to Brazil❦ author of Old Creole Days

❦ director of the U.S. Mint❦ president of the American Bible Society❦ historian of the U.S. Office of Scientific Research and Development Office❦ editor of the Gospel Advocate❦ light-house inspector for Boston

As we prepare for the Society’s bicentennial in 2012, we have been pulling together biographicalinformation on historical members. There is an impressive array of presidents, governors, sena-tors, college presidents, distinguished librarians, and eminent professors among the ranks of AAS

members. Below is a list of positions and achievements of AAS members, selected to give an idea of therange of people who have been associated with the Society.

Matthew P. Deady,

jurist and blacksmith

Martin B. Anderson,

editor, New York Recorder