Annual Report 2016

540 WATER STREET PORT TOWNSEND, WA 98368 WWW.JCHSMUSEUM.ORG

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Board and Staff 2016

Trustees

Chris Prescott, President

Dorothy Cotton Banks,

Vice President

Kathy Hill, Secretary

Aldryth O’Hara, Treasurer

JoAnn Bussa

Brian Hancock

Laura Reutter

Gary Kennedy

Margaret Mazurkiewicz

Ken McBride

Nancy McDaniel

Ann Welch

Jenny Westdal

Richard Wojt

Staff

William Tennent: Executive Director

Brooke Weber: Admin. Assistant

Marsha Moratti: Archivist

Becky Schurmann: Collections Mgr. & Exhibit Designer

Jodi Del Grosso: Collections Asst.

William Roney: OPG Visitor Center Manager

Norm Stevens: Reception/Cashier

Angela Bartlett: Reception/Cashier

Pat Durbin: Bookkeeper

Jefferson County Historical Society

Sites Jefferson Museum of Art & History

Historic City Hall

540 Water Street

Port Townsend, WA

Research Center

13692 Airport Cutoff Road

Port Townsend, WA

Rothschild House Museum

Franklin & Taylor Streets

Port Townsend, WA

Commanding Officer’s Quarters

Officers’ Row, Fort Worden

Port Townsend, WA

Olympic Peninsula Gateway Visitor Center

Junction of Highway 104 & Highway 19

Port Ludlow, WA

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The Best Bargain Around

For 2016, we are happy to report a 15% increase in new members and a 21% increase in

membership renewals over 2015. Why become a member of JCHS? Of course, you are

supporting the ongoing collection, preservation, and interpretation of Jefferson County

history. But, you are also getting one of the best bargains around. Think about it. Not all

non-profits operate a facility, historical or otherwise. If they do, most operate just one.

JCHS operates five! Members and their families (including grandma and grandpa, mom

and pop, and kids) receive unlimited free admission to all of them. Walking tours?

Members receive free Downtown and Uptown walking tours. Shopping? Museum Shop

books, historical toys, and unique art pieces make perfect gifts or personal acquisitions.

Members receive a discount on all purchases. Socializing? Members receive invitations

to openings and receptions. Business and individual members at upper levels receive even

more—free photos, publications, admission passes for clients and friends, and even an

occasional lunch with the director!

Membership dues also help underwrite our goal of serving all the public, being inclusive,

making our museums and programs available to everyone in Jefferson County. They allow

us to have “Free Day at the Museums,” free admission during Art Walk, free traveling exhibits

for teachers, free admission to all our facilities for school classes, and pay-what-you-will and

donation only events such as First Friday Lectures and the First Night New Year’s Eve

Celebration.

We thank all our members, volunteers, donors, and grantors including the Port Townsend Arts

Commission, the Jefferson County Lodging Tax Advisory Committee, and Board of County

Commissioners. Together, we make the Jefferson County Historical Society the best bargain

around.

William Tennent, Executive Director

JCHS Mission: To actively discover, collect, preserve, and promote the heritage of Jefferson County

in the State of Washington.

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Yea r in R ev iew

January The Board of Trustees’ held their Annual Retreat. Chris Prescott was re-elected presi-

dent with Dorothy Cotton Banks as vice president. First Saturday Art Walks and first Sat-

urday Free Day at the Museum began and continued throughout the year. Nomina-

tions were sought for the annual Historic Preservation Awards.

February At the First Friday Lecture Tom Jay explained the lost wax bronze casting process, illus-

trated with Mary Randlett’s photographs of the creation and casting of Jay’s sculpture

“Salmon Woman and Raven.”

March A major new exhibit opened at the Jefferson Museum: Persistent Vision: Northwest Na-

tive Art. The exhibit celebrated the strength and continuing expression of Native art.

Works by contemporary artists were featured with rare historical artifacts from the JCHS

collection. The First Friday Lecture featured Joshua L. Reid, author of The Sea Is My

Country: The Maritime World of the Makahs, a history of the Makahs from the time of

first contact with Europeans in the 18th century to the present day.

April The First Friday Lecture featured Josh Chenoweth talking about the Elwha Revegeta-

tion project. JCHS staff held a Volunteer Fair. Shore excursions for American Cruise

Lines began and continued throughout the spring. To celebrate Founder’ Day staff

and volunteers gave free behind-the-scenes tours of the “Treasure Chest” at the Re-

search Center.

May The Rothschild House and the Commanding Officer’s Quarters opened for the season.

The First Friday Lecture featured History in Your Backyard, the tragic and triumphant

story of a pioneering Coast Salish woman told by Humanities Washington speaker Llyn

De Danaan. Laura Reutter, museum conservator, offered two document and art

Preservation Classes. JCHS participated in the Rhody Festival Parade.

June The First Friday Lecture featured teacher, mariner, artist, and explorer Branan Ward of

Marrowstone Island presenting “My Thirty Years in the Arctic.” Historic Walking Tours of

Uptown and Downtown Port Townsend began for the summer season.

July The historical society republished Jerry Gorsline’s book, Shadows of Our Ancestors:

Readings in the History of Klallam-White Relations. The book, originally published in

1992 by Empty Bowl, is a unique and valuable resource for Northwest history that had

long been out of print.

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August The First Friday Lecture featured Jo Blair and Kate Storey, co-leaders of the Quimper

Unitarian Universalist Fellowship’s Native Peoples Connections Action Group. They be-

gan an ongoing discussion “Learning and Sharing the Cultural History of Port Town-

send.” The JCHS Education Committee offered Night at the Museum, a series of even-

ing programs in and around the museum. The historical society presented a book

launch, talk, and slide show by Kaci Cronkhite to launch her book, Finding Pax: The Un-

expected Journey of a Little Wooden Boat. Fall cruise ship shore excursions began and

continued through October.

September The First Friday Lecture featured Kevin Bai-

ley discussing his book The Western Flyer: Steinbeck’s Boat, the Sea of Cortez and

the Saga of Pacific Fisheries. The Epicure-

an Event featured a catered history cruise

between Port Townsend, Irondale, Port

Ludlow, and Kala Point. Passengers feast-

ed on fine local foods, wine, beers, and

cider on a picture-perfect evening. A

new exhibit "Quilting Memories," opened

at the Jefferson Museum featuring 26

stunning quilts dating as far back as the

Civil War.

October

The First Friday Lecture, “Memories of Mud and Publishing,” featured Poet Michael Da-

ley sharing tales and insights about his literary adventures as a young poet/publisher in

Port Townsend in the 1970s and 80s as a new exhibit opened in a new gallery: The

Printed Word in Port Townsend: Literary Presses of the 1970s and 80s.

November

The First Friday Lecture featured Rod Freeman’s “Press Adventures” about some little-

known, colorful Port Townsend history during the early days of the town’s small literary

presses. For the annual West End Weekend, historical society members and friends met

up on the wild west side of Jefferson County to enjoy a weekend of exploration at,

and around, the Kalaloch Lodge.

December

The year ended with the 10th annual First Night, a New Year’s Eve celebration of herit-

age and art featuring dance, music, storytelling, theater, hands-on history and art pro-

jects, and children’s games in and around historic City Hall culminating with fireworks

and the tradition of “raising the anchor.”

Yea r in R ev iew

Mary Coney and Kitty Knapp enjoying a perfect evening for an Epicurean Cruise.

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Collections & Exhibits

Collections:

• Accessioned, photographed, catalogued in Past Perfect, and located in perma-

nent storage 386 objects. Assisted by Jodi DelGrosso, Collections Assistant, and Vir-

ginia Jennings, Volunteer Registrar. This includes a gift of 137 objects and furniture

from the Dorette Rothschild Lemon estate located in Eastern Oregon, which was

packed and moved by Laura Reutter and Brooke Weber.

• Met eight times with Ken McBride and various engineers, technical advisors, and a

lawyer in an attempt to identify HVAC issues at the Collection Building and develop

a plan to correct those issues.

• Continue to document object damage and building failures.

• Met with Kathy McGreggor, a Kallam basket maker, and recorded a three-hour as-

sessment of our Native objects, in preparation for the exhibit, Persistent Vision.

Exhibits:

Researched, purchased, loaded image files, and installed motion sensitive digital

frames to replace all six in the Theater Gallery.

Installed six exhibits this year:

• A collaborative show with Northwind Gallery, which opened in February.

• De-installed the Tom Jay exhibit and organized the return of all loans.

• De-installed Persistent Vision and returned or organized the return of all loans.

Persistent Vision featured Native American artifacts from the JCHS collection as well

as the work of contemporary native artists (nine artists and seventy-two loaned

pieces of art). It opened March 3rd.

• Installed two exhibits drawn from one gift. At the Commanding Officers Quarters:

Commander Keeting’s Navy uniforms and a brief history of his career in the Navy.

At the Rothschild House: Commander Keeting’s uniform tuxedo along with cocktail

dresses that belonged to his wife, Virginia. Both historic house textile exhibits

opened May 1st.

• Built four new mannequins, male, to display the Commander Keeting uniforms.

• Worked with Laura Reutter in June to finish the Woman’s Jail Gallery. We painted

the floor and installed baseboard and window trim in preparation for it’s opening in

the fall.

• The Quilting Memories exhibit was drawn from loans from Jefferson County families

and aimed to tell family stories and identify the women who made the quilts. Of

the twenty-seven quilts used in the exhibit, twenty-three were loans. It opened Sep-

tember 23rd. I built six quilt mounts for wall display and photographed all quilts for a

catalogue, which Marsha Moratti edited and designed.

• Worked with curator Jenny Westdal to design and install The Printed Word in Port

Townsend, Literary Presses of the 1970s and 1980s. Installation involved moving cas-

es into the newly created Women’s Jail Gallery, making plexiglas book mounts, and

scanning and framing all of Steve Johnson’s photographs.

Becky Schurmann

Collection Manager/Exhibit Designer

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(upper left) Becky Schurmann in the just-completed Persistent Vision exhibit of contemporary Native American art and historic artifacts.

(center) It takes at least six people to move a whale: (left to right) Jenny Westdal (in purple), Donnie Teesdale, Stephen Yates, Laura Reutter, Becky Schurmann (in stripes) and Paul Wrench.

Exhibit post card.

(lower right) Jenny Westdal with the opening banner for her exhibit on the early literary presses in Port Townsend.

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Research Center

There are currently 32 Research Center volunteers who, last year, worked

more than 4,000 hours to assist visitors and to add information to already

extensive data bases. The historical society currently provides online access

to more than 76, 000 records, including over 27,000 images. Our partnership

with the Jefferson County Genealogical Society continues to be beneficial to

both organizations, making it possible for the Research Center to remain open

to the public five days a week.

In addition to processing incoming accessions and recruiting and supervising

volunteers, this year I completed publication of Shadows of Our Ancestors:

Readings in the History of Klallam-White Relations, as well as the catalogs for

the exhibits Quilting Memories and The Printed Word in Port Townsend: Literary

Presses of the 1970s and 80s.

We’ve had a good couple of years of technical upgrades. In 2016 we

changed to a better email provider and upgraded five old computers in the

Research Center and the two downtown. A donated replacement Mac for

Becky’s graphics work was installed and two old workstations were moved to

the Collections Building to be used for inputting data into PastPerfect. The

server installed in 2015 was reconfigured and more memory added. Another

generous donor gave the Research Center a new color printer.

Major donations:

• The George Leinonen Photo Collection, consisting of thousands of

negatives, as well as prints and slides taken during the 1970s, 1980s,

1990s, up to 2001 for the Port Townsend Leader.

• Photograph album titled "TIMBER & LOGGING" from the early 20th century

that documents logging activity in Jefferson County. There are 43 sepia

colored photographs, approximately 8" x 10", showing stands of timber

and various aspects of the logging process on the Olympic Peninsula.

• Along with photographs and scrapbooks from the Eldridge, Bishop,

and Ziel families we found an album of negatives taken by Gertrude

Chillman. It includes over 140 images of early Port Townsend and what

appears to be Victoria, BC. Some research revealed that Gertrude

was a very interesting woman of her time, aside from marrying several

prominent citizens. • Newspapers printed by the Grizzly Bear Publishing Collective.

• Combined records from the Wild Olympic Salmon Coalition and North

Olympic Salmon Coalition: scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, thousands of

slides and photographs, newsletters, brochures, etc., and the Tracking the

Dragon scrapbook.

• Fine Art original print portfolios from the Port Townsend 1004 Gallery, years

1992, 1993, and 1994.

• Poetry books and broadsides produced by small Port Townsend presses.

• Letters, map, newspaper articles, and photographs of the building that is

now the Snug Harbor Cafe on Discovery Bay.

• Records of the many Jefferson County Homemakers Clubs, including the

secretary’s notebook from the Port Townsend chapter.

Marsha Moratti, Archivist

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Education Committee

Education Committee members assisted with suggestions for possible First Friday

Lecture speakers and served as greeters at each program.

The Victorian Fashion Show was presented at the Presbyterian Church to benefit the

JCHS Scholarship program. JoAnn Bussa coordinated, produced, and directed this

event, which has become a highlight of the Victorian Festival.

At the beginning of each school year, committee members promote the availability

of the five Traveling Museum Trunks by distributing flyers to each teacher in the

school district. The traveling museum trunks have had a wide variety of use this

year, including use at private schools such as the Swan School and the Jefferson

Community School. Committee Chair, Robin Ornelas, made a presentation of the

Chinese Trunk at Victoria House in January to approximately 30 residents.

New “Night at the Museum” events for children were held

during the summer. These fun evenings for children ages 5

to 11 included such activities as “Lizardopolis” with Lauren,

a History Hike Around the Block with Bill Tennent, a visit from

a historical character (Linda Spurgeon as Lucinda Has-

tings), a History Hunt around the Museum, and Building a

Comet and Bubble Magic with Lorna.

The committee created a quilt-themed craft project for children

for the First Night Celebration. This little lady poses in front of completed quilt squares at the Jefferson Community School.

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Commanding Officer’s Quarters Museum

The Commanding Officer's Quarters opened

early for the season on April 1 when a volunteer

docent became available to work.

This season’s textile exhibition included former

Indian Island Commander Ralph Keeting’s

Navy uniforms and a brief history of his career

in the Navy.

Rothschild House Museum

Dr. Bonnie Fritz opened both the Rothschild House and the

Commanding Officer's Quarters for the Victorian Festival. As

usual, the Rothschild House was open seven days a week from

May through September.

New volunteers were Marilyn Brayton, Judy Greenbaum, David

Jorgensen, Larry Stevens, Mary Tyburski, Debbie Vanderbilt, and

Devin Vogt. Returning volunteer docents were Craig Britton,

Suzanne Hempstead, Colleen McManus, Anne Meltcalfe, Nancy

Pempay, and Shelly Reiss. Jennifer Nordstrom worked as an

assistant to Bonnie and updated the history of the Rothschild

House to be used in training new volunteers.

The textile exhibit for the 2016 season at the Rothschild House included Commander Keeting’s uniform tuxedo along with cocktail dresses that

The house closed on September 6

in preparation for major restoration

work by Washington State Parks.

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Olympic Peninsula Gateway Visitor Center

The Olympic Peninsula Gateway Visitor Center staff and volunteers serve as ambassa-

dors promoting Jefferson County tourism and the Jefferson County Historical Society.

We showcase local businesses, provide up-to-date information to visitors, and present

our county’s artists and heritage with six different art exhibits and a display of historic

artifacts.

The Visitor Center provided current tourism information and Jefferson County history to

over 8,500 visitors in 2016, working 362 days. Volunteers worked more than 1,200 hours,

up 100 hours from last year.

We send out requested promotional materials and distribute Jefferson County infor-

mation on Washington State Ferries and to other visitor centers in the region. Through

these programs, we made contact with another 40,036 prospective visitors. The Visitor

Center provides ongoing website review and support for the Olympic Peninsula Tour-

ism websites and social media sites.

In 2016 the Gateway Visitor Center staff provided oversight and funding to support the

“Jefferson County Activity Map”. This brochure-style map is our Jefferson County pro-

motional mailing piece for the traveler. It includes lodging, restaurants, museums,

parks, campgrounds, farms, wineries, marinas, golf courses, and activities ranging from

fishing and hiking trails to bird watching.

Visitor Center staff served as lead to produce publications like the Olympic Peninsula

Travel Planner, and the Port Townsend and Jefferson County Getaway Guide. Staff

also provides oversight and development as chairperson for the Jefferson County

Tourism Coordinating Council and as a voting member for the Olympic Peninsula Tour-

ism Commission.

William Roney, Visitor Center Manager

Bill Roney poses next to a threshing machine once used in the Chimacum Valley.

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Museum Shop

The purpose of the Museum Shop is to provide an additional source of revenue for

the historical society and to offer visitors further ways to explore local history wherever

their travels might take them. In 2016 we focused our merchandise on the art and

heritage of Jefferson County, on our changing exhibits, and worked to bring past

purchased merchandise from storage and into the store.

Several people helped keep the Museum

Shop's merchandise and look current.

Marsha Moratti participated and advised

on purchasing. Jennifer Nordstrom, a volunteer

through the Kitsap Community Resources

Program, provided vision for the layout,

merchandise, and daily maintenance of the

Shop.

In 2016 we also began to update the

technology used for inventory and sales at

the Rothschild House, Commanding Officer's

Quarters, Research Center, and Jefferson

Museum of Art & History Museum Shop. Sales

will be conducted through the iPad-based

Square system starting in the spring of 2017.

Walking Tours

New merchandise in the Museum Shop to acknowledge the first

Port Townsend deer count.

From June through September, historically-costumed guides escort visitors on enter-

taining tours of Port Townsend's once-rowdy Downtown and ever-genteel Uptown.

Guides point out the interesting architecture, unique history, and colorful characters

who built Port Townsend. Uptown tours feature the residential district, with its fine

homes and churches (and probable deer sightings). The Downtown tours feature fine

Victorian buildings and reveal the waterfront commercial district's disreputable past.

The pace allows time for talented guides to tell stories about the people who built Port

Townsend’s National Historic District. These little expeditions last about an hour and

provide a wealth of entertaining information to both visitors and long-time residents.

Walking tour guides also act as ambassadors for Port Townsend, providing onboard

greetings and walking tours for American Cruise Line passengers who come to town

on more than twenty ships in the spring and fall.

The Downtown tours begin at 2:00 p.m. on Saturdays at the Jefferson Museum of Art &

History (museum admission included). The Uptown tours start at 2:00 p.m. on Sundays

at the Rothschild House Museum (museum admission also included).

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Historic Preservation Awards

The Jefferson County Historical Society presented four historic preservation awards in 2016.

Awards may be for restoration of historic structures as well as programs and individuals who

help preserve the history of Jefferson County. Awards were presented to:

Todd and Kathleen Knoblock for restoration of the

1879 John E. Fuge House, 1609 Washington Street,

Port Townsend. The Fuge House had significant work

done to the foundation and on the interior. Plaster

was in disrepair, corbels and arches were missing and

original faux grained woodwork was damaged.

Recipes for making plaster with original ingredients,

including livestock hair, enabled restoration of walls

and ceilings. Corbels and arches were re-created

with molds made on site. Faux wood graining was

mastered by Todd and applied throughout.

Michael and Cora Loviz for restoration of the 1888 Star of the

Sea Rectory, 830 Franklin Street, Port Townsend. The house

was the rectory for St. Mary Star of the Sea Catholic Church

(1882-1928). The rectory has undergone substantial structural

improvements including a new concrete foundation, new

plumbing, and electrical and heating systems. Solar panels

have been added discretely. A replica of the old church in

the form of a chicken coop graces the side yard.

David and Elizabeth Holland for the restoration of the 1900 Dr. Jacob C.

House House, 336 Filmore Street, Port Townsend. The 4,500 square foot

Queen Anne Victorian has undergone significant renovation including

raising the basement and installing a new heating system. The home

possesses many attractive period features throughout including a num-

ber of stained glass windows that were once owned by actor Vincent

Price.

Finnriver Orchard for the restoration, rehabilitation and

adaptive use of the Bishop-Brown Farm, 124 Center Road,

Chimacum. The owners of Finnriver Orchard have

creatively renovated and repurposed the historic Bishop-

Brown farm for (in their words) “the love of land, the art of

farming, and the spirit of community,” maintaining the

structures and land as vital elements of Jefferson County’s

the rural agricultural community.

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Renewing Members

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Annual Fund Donors

Anonymous

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& Michael Felber

Mt. Zion - $250

Terence Fleischer & Sharon Yeh

Robert & Karen Wamstad

Mt. Walker - $100

Charle & Luans Borgeson

Allison Clough & Dan Weber

Mt. Elk Lick - $50

Sam Thompson

Kris Lawson

Patricia Floyd

Jennie & Dave Hulegaard

Gene Nelson

Celia Marquis

Cherri Mann

David & Laura Jorgensen

Midge Steuber & Bob Maginnis

Kate Dwyer

Loren Turner

Nicole Li

Tim Rensema

Virginia Ives

Kathy Webster

JoAnna Caro

Joseph & Jayne Marek

Lita Sheldon

Pam Stinson

Catharine MacMillan

Celine Santiago

Little Skidder Hill

Bev Shelton

Kathleen Waldron

Dave Thomas

Kathleen Sayan-Scott

John Longridge

Researcher Pass

Jason Bledsoe

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JCHS has operated a museum in the landmark Port Townsend City Hall building since 1951.

Permanent and temporary exhibits tell the story of Jefferson County from the earliest native

peoples to the present day. Historic and contemporary art are featured in changing exhibits.

The archives of JCHS are available to scholars, students, genealogists, local governments, the

media and others at the Research Center.

The Rothschild House State Park is managed and staffed by JCHS. The 1868 Rothschild House

provides a look at the life of the Rothschild family and the history of early Port Townsend

commerce.

JCHS manages the Commanding Officer's Quarters, Fort Worden's historic house museum at

the head of Officer's Row.

JCHS manages the Olympic Peninsula Gateway Visitor Center for Jefferson County and has

added museum exhibits indoors and outside.