ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PROVIDENCE ATHENAEUM

July 2014-June 2015

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

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