Portsmouth Athenaeum Annual Report 2017

Portsmouth Athenaeum Annual Report 2017

Table of contents: Page

Necrology 2017 3

Report of the President— Karen Bouffard 4

Minutes of the 2016 Annual Meeting 5

2017 Preliminary Financial Summary: Report of the Treasurer— William C. Purinton 7

Report from the Investment Committee*—William C. Purinton 8

Report of the Keeper—Thomas M. Hardiman, Jr. 12

Program Activity 2017 13

Gift Acknowledgements 2017 16

Report of the Nominating Committee – Thomas Watson 24

Reports on the Year:

Report of the Admissions Committee*—Gary Ghigliotti 25

Report of the Art & Artifacts Committee—Elizabeth Rhoades Aykroyd 28

Report of the ArtsAthenaeum Committee: Exhibits—Sandra Rux 29

Report of the Library Committee*—Margaret Hodges 30

Report of the Personnel Committee – Peter Bergh 31

Report of the Special Collections Committee—Richard M. Candee 32

Report of the Social Committee — Cynthia Knapp 34

Report of the Technology Committee—Gail Drobnyk 36

Report of the ArtsAthenaeum Committee: Performance—William F. Wieting 37

*Denotes a standing committee of the Athenaeum.

In Memoriam 2017

Katherine Farwell Clark share 214

Armistead Dennett share 168

Simeon Peter “Sam” Jarvis share 360

Jeffrey H. Marple share 55

Beverly Powell Woodward share 108

Anne Learnard Reynolds share 239

Neil Rolde share 231

Helen Tremaine Rollins share 56

James A. Shanley share 116

Laura Donohoe spouse share 50

Robert Lord spouse share 271

Edward John Hanrahan formerly share 25

Margaret Morrissey formerly share 143

John M. Pope formerly share 216

Vivian Baker Treat formerly share 302

A Memorial Concert honoring Proprietors who have passed in 2017 took place on Thursday,

January 18, 2018, at 4 p.m. in the Reading Room.

THE PORTSMOUTH ATHENAEUM Minutes of the Annual Meeting

Saturday, January 28, 2017 4:00 P.M. in The Research Library

1. Call to Order

President Karen Bouffard called the 198th meeting of the Proprietors of the Portsmouth Athenaeum to order at 4:01 pm. Steve Roberts notified the attendees that the meeting was being recorded. The minutes of the 197th meeting were presented. On the motion of Bill Wieting, seconded by Richard Candee, the minutes of the 2016 Annual Meeting were unanimously approved.

2. Necrology Karen Bouffard read the list of Proprietors, former Proprietors, and spouses who died in 2016: Proprietors Eleanor Johnston Ford, Share 357; Lane Woodworth Goss, Share 299: Margaret P. Hartford, Share 31; James Labrie, Share 163; Joyce G. Volk, Share 267; Former Proprietors Eileen Foley, Share 230; John Ryer Schermerhorn, Jr., Share 247; and Spouses Peter Beck, Share 294; and Jeffrey Kelly, Share 291. Karen Bouffard then asked for a moment of silence. 2. Finances

a. Report of the Treasurer: Treasurer Bill Purinton presented the financial summary for 2016. He noted that our performance last year has given us a good head of steam to go into our bicentennial. We had an operating income of $289,000 which included an Annual Appeal of $45,000 and rental income of $86,000. Expenses totaled $351,000 against a budget of $349,000. He attributed the great performance to the financial management of the Keeper and the Office Manager. He reported that the budget for 2017 is substantially the same as last year’s with the exception of income and expenses related to the bicentennial celebration. A Program Manager has also been added to the budget at mid-year. He projected a loss of $30,000 but expected that it would be less. Our cash flow should sustain us through the year. The completed Reading Room renovations cost about $36,000. Through 2016 the 1817 Campaign has raised $486,000. He urged those who have not yet contributed to do so at any level. Finally, he noted that we hope to pay off the remaining $75,000 on the loan taken to purchase the Foster property by our 200th birthday on June 21st, 2017.

b. Report of the Finance/ Investment Committee: Bill Purinton delivered the Investments Report of the Finance Committee. At the start of 2016 our investment portfolio had a market value of about $1,506,000. The loan taken to purchase the Foster property stood about $225,000 out of the original sum of $671,000. In August we took funds from our equity portfolio to pay off $100,000 of our debt. We wanted to “harvest” some of the gains we had realized. We were able to pay off an additional $50,000 by year’s end using funds raised by the 1817 Campaign. The overall portfolio rose $80,000 (net of fees), an increase of 11.15 %. The year 2017 may hold some special challenges for us given a new Administration. We have worked with Morgan Stanley for nearly a decade now, and they have worked well for us. He noted that the Investment Committee consisted of the following Proprietors: Gail Drobnyk, Lorn Buxton, Patrick Mulhern, Mike Murray, and himself. c. Approval of the 2017 Assessment: Richard Candee made a motion to approve the 2017 Assessment of $250. Steve Roberts seconded the motion which passed unanimously. d. 1817 Campaign Update: David Borden noted the Foster property was purchased so that we could increase our rental revenue and even more so that we could control who occupied the

property. He pointed out that we still have a lot of money to raise and urged those who have not yet done so to contribute to the campaign. 3. Report of the Keeper: Keeper Tom Hardiman delivered his 16th report as Keeper. Tom began by thanking members, the active Board, the wonderful staff, and all of our volunteers. He noted that 2016 was a year of great successes and accomplishments. Institutions like ours normally move on a geological scale, but so much has been happening recently such as the purchase of the remainder of this building, conducting the 1817 Campaign, and the renovation of the Reading Room. Our past has had some dim moments such as the disbanding of the museum, selling parts of the collection to keep the lights on, the collapse of this building, an ice dam that caused great damage in the document vault. In each case, the Proprietors moved forward. As we celebrate our bicentennial it is appropriate that we look back at our beginnings and recognize the challenges we have overcome. Even in the past 50 years we have made a huge improvements because Proprietors have had a vision of how we can do better. He closed by saying, “In just 50 years from now we will be celebrating our quarter millennia, and we can do better. I am ready to get busy, and I hope you will join me.” 4. Report of the President: President Karen Bouffard delivered the Report of the President. She noted the great progress we have made on the 1817 Campaign. This was only the third capital campaign we have ever done. At the same time we met our goal of $45,000 for Annual Appeal. We have continued to expand our presence in the seacoast area with our lecture series, musical performances, and exhibits. Our goal of presenting a fresh face to the community and attracting new members was advanced by the restoration of the Reading Room. We still have work to do on the facade and the entry hall by the Irish Shop. Finally she thanked the departing Directors Peggy Hodges, Richard Candee, and Mark Connolly for their years of service on the Board. 5. Volunteer Recognition: Douglas Aykroyd presented certificates of appreciation recognizing Clint Springer, Stephen Roberts, Karen Bouffard, Wendy Lull, and Frank Breslin for 5 years as Wine Stewards. Elizabeth Aykroyd recognized the nearly 20 years of service given by Joyce Volk prior to passing last year. She then recognized members of the Art and Artifacts Committee for their years of service: Hilda Versluys, 10 years; Pat Breslin, 7 years; Emma Rive Nelson, 5 years; and Louise Dennett, many years. She also recognized Deborah Child and Barbara Hill, two Proprietors who left the committee in 2016. Karen Bouffard then presented certificates of appreciation to Cindy Knapp and Ann Beattie for their years of service as chairs of the Social and Program committees respectively. 6. Election of Officers and Directors: Ronan Donahoe presented the following slate of officers and directors:

Treasurer (for one year) William Purinton Secretary ( for one year) Douglas Aykroyd Directors (to 2020) Ed Caylor

Janet Dinan Sally Gayer

Bill Wieting made a motion to accept the nominations of the committee. Richard Candee seconded the motion which passed unanimously. 7. Changes to the Athenaeum Bylaws: Douglas reported that a committee was formed in 2016 to update the bylaws, especially in the finance area because of the evolving role of the Treasurer since 1979. Each article was given a title, and Articles 1 and 3, Articles 4 and 5, and Articles 6 and 7 were joined in the new Articles 1, 3, and 4. The new Article 5 updates the responsibilities of the Treasurer. The Executive Committee of the Board is now defined in Article 6. Article 9 defines the

role of the Investment Committee. Finally, Article 12 was changed to permit Subscribers to remain in that level of membership. Bill Wieting made a motion to approve the proposed changes to the bylaws. Ted Gray seconded the motion which passed unanimously. 8. Other Business: a. Bill Wieting thanked Kate Murray for her outstanding work while serving with distinction on the Performance Committee. b. Bill Wieting reported that he has been working on behalf of the Board with the Portsmouth High School to establish the Portsmouth Athenaeum Prize in the Humanities. It will be awarded annually. He noted that he was looking for others who might be interested. His goal is to present the first prize at our November concert. c. Peggy Hodges announced that this year’s Adopt a Book campaign would be limited to a single book which is great need of conservation. Our Portsmouth Bills of Mortality is the only known surviving copy. Two Proprietors have stepped up with $2,500 to match contributions to this effort. Tom thanked Buzzy Dodge for having rescued the book from a garage. 9. Adjournment: There being no further business, Steve Roberts made a motion to adjourn. Lorn Buxton seconded the motion which passed unanimously. The meeting was adjourned at 4:46 pm, and Karen advised the attendees to “let our 200th year celebration begin.”

Respectfully Submitted,

Douglas Aykroyd Secretary

Portsmouth Athenaeum 2017 Preliminary Financial Summary

REVENUE:

Proprietor Assessments $ 100,645

Annual Appeal 40,119

Miscellaneous Contributions 18,714

Investment Income 38,120

Other Operating Income 147,216

Gain (Loss) on Sale of Investments 187,277

Receipts for Special Purposes 88,463

1817 Initiative Income 60,837 1817 Initiative Pledge Income ---

(including gifts and grants) $ 681,391

EXPENDITURES:

Staff & Related Costs $ 182,574

Collections 31,041

Utilities 14,705

Building, Maintenance & Renovations 41,224

Insurance, Office, Printing 89,311

Depreciation 51,671

Special Purpose Expenditures 87,594 $ 498,120

ENDOWMENTS & RESERVE ADDITIONS: Reserve Additions $ 14,751

Balance Sheet

ASSETS:

Cash, including Savings Reserves $ 160,581

Invested Funds 1,682,730

Accounts Receivable 14,417

Prepaid Expenses 11,632

Fixed Assets 1,224,832

$ 3,094,192

LIABILITIES:

Prepaid Proprietor Assessments $ 70,021

Deferred Income 1,162

Accounts Payable 7,465

Accrued Expenses 11,902

Long Term Liability: Morgan Stanley Loan ---

$ 90,550

FUND BALANCES:

Net Surplus 198,022

Fund Balances 2,805,620

$ 3,003,642

Treasurer’s Report for 2017 Annual Proprietors’ Meeting

Financial Results- Our Bi-Centennial year was a financial success. The 1817

Campaign raised a total of $548,000. We made the final payment on the $672,000

loan for the Irish Shop property purchase in 2013.

We recorded an operating surplus of $198,000 for the fiscal year ending

December 31, 2017 even after booking $88,000 of non-recurring expenses related

to the anniversary celebration. These results are a credit to all of the volunteers

who worked tirelessly to achieve them. Notable is the contribution of the

Directors, our Keeper, and both John Shaw and Karen Bouffard whose leadership

was instrumental in the accomplishments noted above. As we move into 2018 our

cash resources appear adequate to cover about $50,000 of expenditures to meet fire

code requirements and urgent building repairs. You have before you condensed

financial statements prepared by Patty Kosowicz, our accomplished Office

Manager.

I believe they speak for themselves. Have you any questions at this point?

Investment Committee- repayment of the loan noted above came from two

sources over four years: $400,000 from the endowment and $272,000 from the

Athenaeum’s operational cash flow. The Investment Committee with the consent

of the Board made these withdrawals mainly from portfolio gains over the period.

At year-end 2017 the endowment stood at $1,683,000- 67% invested in common

stocks with the remainder in cash and fixed income securities. The time-weighted

annual return on the equity portfolio was 17.4%, short of the 21.8% recorded by

the S&P 500 stock index. By design our portfolio does not include volatile

holdings such as Facebook, Google, Amazon. etc. which helped fuel the S&P’s

performance margin. The 2018 Investment Committee includes the following

proprietors: Gail Drobnyk, Lorn Buxton, Eric Gregg, Mike Murray, and Jeffrey

Keefe the incoming Chair. In a meeting earlier this month we agreed to consider

other managers that might succeed Morgan Stanley, our investment advisor since

2006.

William Purinton, Treasurer

THE PORTSMOUTH ATHENAEUM ANNUAL REPORT OF THE INVESTMENT COMMITTEE

2017 proved to be another active year for the Athenaeum’s endowment. At the beginning of the year the portfolio had a market value of $1,542,000 and the loan taken against it in 2013 to purchase the first floor unit leased to the Irish Shop stood at $75,000, down from the original advance of $671,988.

In April, 2017 the Investment Committee, with the approval of the

Board, elected to take $75,000 from the equity portfolio and apply it to the final repayment of the loan in advance of our 200th anniversary celebration. This allowed us to husband a goodly share of the 1817 campaign proceeds for on-going improvements to the Athenaeum’s physical plant.

During 2017 the value of the overall portfolio, managed at the

Portsmouth office of Morgan Stanley, rose by $140,500 - net of fees. The gain is net of the loan repayment discussed above. The time-weighted annual return on the managed equity account was 17.38%, short of the 21.83% recorded by the S&P 500 Stock Index. By design, our portfolio does not include volatile holdings such as Face Book, Google, Amazon, etc. which fueled the S&P’s performance margin.

Our objective continues to be maintaining asset diversification in order to achieve long-term growth of the endowment invested in accordance with the prudent risk parameters specified in the Athenaeum’s investment policy. The portfolio’s asset allocation at year-end 2017 was 33.3% in cash and fixed income securities with the remaining 66.7% in common equities. As of December 31, 2017 the portfolio, was comprised as follows: 2016 by comparison $K % Cash 54 3.2 23 1.5 Corporate Bonds 188 11.1 115 7.5 US Treasuries 155 9.2 154 6.8 Preferred Stock 165 9.8 160 7.3 Common Stock 1,121 66.7 1,090 70.6 Totals 1,683 100.0 1,542 100.0

Asset allocation within the common stock portfolio was as follows: growth companies 48%, value companies 36% and internationally-domiciled companies 16%. Within these asset classes our common stock investments tend to be in larger companies, listed on the NYSE. Each asset class is managed by a separate advisor under the oversight of Morgan Stanley. The fixed income portion of the portfolio has been structured to generate current income. It consists primarily of corporate bonds, preferred stocks and $155,000 of inflation-protected U$.S. Treasuries. The fixed portfolio currently yields 3.5%, about $17,900 annually. Dividends from the equity portfolio contributed an additional $ 18,400 for a total income return of $ 36,300. . As we move into 2018, the economy continues to show considerable momentum. With most equity indices at all-time highs there is considerable downside risk in the equity markets. An expected increase in interest rates will likely intensify stock market volatility. Working with our Investment Advisor we will attempt to maintain a prudent exposure to market risk.

Your investment committee includes the following proprietors: Gail Drobnyk, Lorn Buxton, Eric Gregg, Jeffrey Keefe, Mike Murray and me. We monitor the performance of the portfolio through the detailed quarterly reports provided by our investment advisor. Our program of balanced asset diversification will continue in 2018, and our objective of maintaining inflation-adjusted portfolio growth and current income over the long term remains in place. Respectfully submitted, Bill Purinton, Chair

Keeper’s Report 2018 I would like to express my sincere gratitude to all of our members for helping to make 2017 a historically successful year for our Athenaeum. With strong leadership from our board of directors and tireless support from our dedicated staff, we have much to be proud of and celebrate. We had the gala bicentennial dinner in April at which our president announced that the 1817 Campaign for the Third Century had successfully reached our goal. In June we toasted the 200th anniversary of our incorporation and released a beautiful commemorative book. We hosted a national conference of our fellow membership libraries and demonstrated that although our budget is a fraction of those of many of our sister libraries, if we measure success in accomplishment and impact rather than dollars, we are top-tier. That impact was seen clearly in November with the inaugural award of the Athenaeum Prize in the Humanities to two outstanding students at Portsmouth High School. We celebrated our history with a record number of exhibits and a program series dedicated to our past. One of the most surprising achievements was that use of our online catalog doubled from 2016 to 2017, with over 75,000 unique visitors. There were certainly some set-backs and challenges, but nothing we could not handle. The hardest blow was the passing 9 Proprietors, many of whom were former board members and vital volunteers. We have some big shoes to fill. Over all, 2017 was a banner year and I know that 2018 will be better. 200 years is a landmark that few institutions can claim, but it is just that: a marker, a point of arrival. 201 is a starting point, a launch pad! It is where we look at where we want to be at 225, 250, and 300 and get to work. We have an amazing history, but I hope you will join me in looking forward to looking forward.

Athenaeum Program Activity 2017 2017 was a banner year for the Athenaeum, which celebrated its 200th anniversary of incorporation. The very busy program year started off on January 28 with the Athenaeum Annual Meeting, which coincided with the opening of the first of six exhibitions highlighting the Athenaeum’s rich history. The premier exhibit, “The Portsmouth Athenaeum 1817-1839, Laying the Foundation of a Large and Permanent Establishment,” ran through April 8 and included multiple gallery talks with Sandra Rux and Elizabeth Aykroyd. Also coinciding with the first exhibit was the start of the 2017 lecture series: “Secrets and Treasures: 200 Years at the Portsmouth Athenaeum.” On March 22, Keeper Tom Hardiman, opened the series with “America’s Membership Library Movement 1731-2016,” investigating the history of membership libraries from the establishment of the Library Company of Philadelphia by Benjamin Franklin in 1731 to the founding of Folio, the Seattle Athenaeum in 2016. He discussed each of the rare 16 membership libraries remaining in America and how they differ from one another. The series continued on April 19 with Athenaeum’s past president, Dick Adams, who gave an in-depth version of his “Athenaeum Arcana” series, exploring the peaks and valleys in the Athenaeum's fortunes over the last 200 years, and showing how Proprietors and others have played both positive and negative roles in effecting change. On May 17, Ed Caylor presented “The Rescue of Alpha Foxtrot 586” a true story which occurred during the Carter-Brezhnev era. A US Navy reconnaissance aircraft developed engine trouble within sight of Soviet Kamchatka and was forced to ditch their aircraft in an Arctic gale-force storm. After twelve hours in the cold waters and high seas of the North Pacific, they were rescued by Soviet Fishermen, aided by the Navy, Coast Guard, Air Force, and Army. Ed Caylor, Portsmouth Athenaeum Proprietor, was the senior survivor. Ed graduated from the Naval Academy in 1974 and was a Naval Aviator for the next six years, leaving the Navy in 1980 to pursue a career as an airline pilot. An Athenaeum Proprietor, Ed retired from flying in 2010 and has resided in the NH seacoast area for the last 36 years Our next title in the lecture series was Pontine Theatre, “Pretty Halcyon Days: On the Beach with Ogden Nash” on October 18. Ogden Nash, Portsmouth Athenaeum Proprietor, spent his summers on Little Boar’s Head in North Hampton NH. Pontine Theatre’s Co-Artistic Directors, Marguerite Mathews and Greg Gathers, explored the ways in which Nash’s life on the New Hampshire seashore influenced his poems, giving insight into the man, his character and his ideas about family, society and nature. Proprietor and Keeper, Tom Hardiman, discussed “Crowdsourced Treasures: Selections from the Athenaeum’s Collections” on November 15. The Athenaeum’s collections are largely the creation of its Proprietors and other civic-minded locals, who for 200 years have donated books, papers, art and artifacts they deemed of cultural, scientific and historical importance. Through stories of the history, ownership and gifting of selected

Athenaeum treasures Tom Hardiman showed how this unique collection reflects the shifting intellectual interests of Portsmouth residents over two centuries. The Bicentennial exhibits continued on April 22 which opened the exhibit Treasures of the Athenaeum part II “The Portsmouth Athenaeum 1840-1899, High Hopes and Ambitious Plans.” During this exhibit at the Athenaeum another was opened on May 5 in the in the Special Events room at Discover Portsmouth. Its title was “200 Years of the Portsmouth Athenaeum: Collect, Preserve, & Share”. The next exhibit Treasures of the Athenaeum part III 1900- 1980, “The Somnolent Years,” opened on July 7 and closed on September 2. September 15 began the next exhibit Treasures of the Athenaeum part IV “1980 – the Present: Renewal, Growth, and a Public Research Library” which ran through November 11. Our last exhibit during this year opened on December 2 and was titled “Show of Shows”. It celebrated 22 years of exhibitions in the Randall Gallery. In addition to the normal viewing hours, the gallery was open on the first Friday of ever month for Art ‘Round Town. Other bicentennial events included a Gala Athenaeum Bicentennial Dinner at the Wentworth by the Sea on April 2 and a toast to celebrate the Bicentennial of the Portsmouth Athenaeum on June 21. At the conclusion of this toast Proprietors could pick up their gift of the Bicentennial book Portsmouth Athenaeum: The Story of a Collection Through the Eyes of Its Proprietors, 1817-2017. On September 16 members of the Athenaeum enjoyed an afternoon cruise on the Gundalow. In addition to the bicentennial celebrations the Portsmouth Athenaeum jointed the Portsmouth Symphony Orchestra to present an anniversary concert on November 5. After the concert the Athenaeum presented its first Athenaeum Prize in the Humanities to selected juniors at Portsmouth High School.

Our Annual Athenaeum picnic at the Seacoast Science Center was on August 8. For the first time the Annual Holiday Gala was not held at the Athenaeum, but at the Atlantic Grill on December 3. The Athenaeum provided several opportunities for both new and any members to attend several Athenaeum Open Houses and Teas on February 16, May 25, and September 12.

The Historic Portsmouth Chamber Music Series began on June 11 at the New Castle Congregation Church and featured The Neave Piano Trio (piano, violin and cello). This was followed by the Central4 Piano Quartet (piano, violin, viola and cello) on July 9 at St. John’s Episcopal Church. On September 17 Jose Lescano with String Ensemble (guitar, two violins, viola, and cello) was in concert at the South Church. The last concert featured The Omer String Quartet (two violins, viola and cello) on October 15 at the North Church. Other musical performances included the Memorial Concert by Mike Blair (vocal) and Jim Prendergast (guitar) honoring Proprietors who have passed in 2016 on March 24. On May 15 the Athenaeum held a concert in the Reading room with a string ensemble of students called Traveling Sounds of Noree. A series of multi-media performances were given by “Pink Decisions: The Experimental Series”, Parts 1,2 and 3 on July 27, August

17 and September 21. This series featured poet Matthew Army, artist Nathaniel Purdy and acid jazz with the Wooly Mammoths. TuneTrek brought Mikel Paris on August 3 to film an episode on the Athenaeum’s historic landmark through pictures, videos and an original Mikel Paris song. The Great Bay Sailor performed on December 11 for the annual Holiday concert. Author readings included a presentation by Proprietors Ann Beattie and Wendy Lull on the history of Star Island in conjunction with the Star Island Corporation on February 24. On June 14, Proprietor Jonathan Hodgdon gave an overview on his work, “A Visual Journey through 30 Years of Global Disaster Response". Author Anne Perry signed copies on her new book about Sarah Farmer’s role in the Russo-Japanese Peace Conference of 1905 on September 2. On the following Friday, September 8, author John Lillard presented a talk about his new book Playing War: Wargaming and U.S. Navy Preparations for World War II. The book explored wargaming at the Naval War College, during the 20s and 30s, and how it helped the Navy prepare for the war against Japan. On October 19, Proprietor Mike Dater gave an author’s talk and book signing for his new book Mr. Obama Goes to Washington; And Then What Happened, Mommy? Other presentations encompassed various topics beginning on November 9 with Director Tom Clark of TCPictures who debuted Picture Portsmouth, a documentary of Portsmouth’s history, featuring a “then & now” photo comparison and a computer model video exploring the evolution of Market Square from its earliest days. Most images are from the Athenaeum’s photographic collection. On November 30 John M. Lewis, a former Associate Justice of the NH Supreme Court, spoke about NH public school funding in the context of considering the Claremont litigation and like cases around the country. This talk will deal with New Hampshire's struggle to provide sufficient funding to its public schools. It will focus on the Claremont litigation which recognized the State's obligation under its own State Constitution to both provide and fund an adequate education. It will also consider how other States have dealt with the funding challenge and the role the State Courts have played in assuring a positive constitutional right to an adequate education. Professor Thomas Carnicelli gave a talk on December 7 with more history of the English tongue. He spoke on “Old English, the Language of Beowulf.” Tours for special groups included UNH History Department Graduate Students, Friends of the South End, Dondero School 3rd Graders, NH Archives Group, Riverwoods residents, Southern New Hampshire University English class, Rye Public Library, PHS AP History class, and Heinaman Publishing.

Portsmouth Athenaeum Annual Report of Giving

January through December 2017

Fund Donor Fund Donor

1817 Campaign Alex, Ted 1817 Campaign Hicks, Gary

1817 Campaign Allen, Robert III 1817 Campaign Hoefle, Daniel

1817 Campaign Aykroyd, Douglas 1817 Campaign Hopper, Jeffrey

1817 Campaign Aykroyd, Elizabeth 1817 Campaign Horton, Cleaveland

1817 Campaign Bagley, Andrew J. 1817 Campaign Howells, William Dean

1817 Campaign Baker Hill, Ronda 1817 Campaign Hughes, Paul

1817 Campaign Barth, Robert 1817 Campaign Jarvis, Simeon

1817 Campaign Benedict, Larry 1817 Campaign Jebb, Marcia

1817 Campaign Bennett, Alan 1817 Campaign Kaufmann, Susan

1817 Campaign Bergh, Peter 1817 Campaign Keefe, Jeffrey

1817 Campaign Bolster, Molly 1817 Campaign Kelly, Carolyn

1817 Campaign Breslin, Patricia 1817 Campaign Kendrick, Philip

1817 Campaign Bush, Irene 1817 Campaign Kingsbury, Herbert

1817 Campaign Buxton, Lorn 1817 Campaign Lamson, John

1817 Campaign Cardone, Juliana 1817 Campaign Lassen, Charles

1817 Campaign Carter, Mary 1817 Campaign Lewis, Frederick

1817 Campaign Caylor, Edward 1817 Campaign Littlefield, William

1817 Campaign Chamberlin, Patience 1817 Campaign Lown, Bradley

1817 Campaign Clark, Martha Fuller 1817 Campaign Mallon, Edward

1817 Campaign Clement, Elaine 1817 Campaign Margeson, Donald

1817 Campaign Crocker, Lynne 1817 Campaign Marx, Janet

1817 Campaign Davis, Stanley 1817 Campaign McCurdy, Garvin

1817 Campaign Davis, William Kelly 1817 Campaign McGee, John

1817 Campaign Demarais, Stephen 1817 Campaign McGovern, Martha

1817 Campaign Elwell, John 1817 Campaign Mennel, Robert

1817 Campaign Ewing, David 1817 Campaign Mitchell, Rebecca M.

1817 Campaign Fender, James 1817 Campaign Montgomery, D. Bruce

1817 Campaign Field, Elizabeth 1817 Campaign Morrill, Robert

1817 Campaign Fineberg, Ellen 1817 Campaign Murray, Kathleen

1817 Campaign French, Jameson 1817 Campaign Murray, Michael

1817 Campaign Friese, Christine C. 1817 Campaign Muzzey, Elizabeth

1817 Campaign Gardner, C. Wesley 1817 Campaign Nerbonne, G. Patrick

1817 Campaign Ghigliotti, Gary 1817 Campaign Newick, Sarah

1817 Campaign Gobbi, David 1817 Campaign Nylander, Jane

1817 Campaign Graham, Cleone T. 1817 Campaign Paisley, Peter

1817 Campaign Graves, Neil 1817 Campaign Parker Feld, Steven

1817 Campaign Hall, Robert 1817 Campaign Payzant, John

1817 Campaign Hamilton, Susan 1817 Campaign Petlick, Charles

1817 Campaign Hammond, Joan 1817 Campaign Philbrook, Patricia

1817 Campaign Herring, Neil 1817 Campaign Pierce, Karen

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Portsmouth Athenaeum Annual Report of Giving

January through December 2017

Fund Donor Fund Donor

1817 Campaign Polasky, Janet Adopt-a-Book Baker Hill, Ronda

1817 Campaign Pridham, Sherman Adopt-a-Book Candee, Richard

1817 Campaign Purinton, William Adopt-a-Book Dinan, Janet

1817 Campaign Randall, Peter Adopt-a-Book Fineberg, Ellen

1817 Campaign Reynolds, Susan Adopt-a-Book Ford, Sarah

1817 Campaign Rice, John W. Adopt-a-Book Hall, Robert

1817 Campaign Rice, Peter Adopt-a-Book Hardiman, Thomas

1817 Campaign Ritzo, Jessica Adopt-a-Book Hodges, Margaret

1817 Campaign Roberts, Stephen Adopt-a-Book Knapp, Cynthia

1817 Campaign Rowland, Rodney Adopt-a-Book Margeson, Donald

1817 Campaign Russ, James Adopt-a-Book Morrill, Robert

1817 Campaign Rux, Sandra Adopt-a-Book Porter, Jane

1817 Campaign Salisbury, Jeffrey Adopt-a-Book Roberts, Lee

1817 Campaign Sanborn, Joan W. Adopt-a-Book Roberts, Stephen

1817 Campaign Sanders, Shirley Adopt-a-Book Rux, Sandra

1817 Campaign Sanderson, David Adopt-a-Book Sanderson, David

1817 Campaign Sanderson, Eleonore Adopt-a-Book Silva, Robin

1817 Campaign Schwartz, Ira Annual Appeal Adams, Richard

1817 Campaign Shaw, John Roger Annual Appeal Aguilar, Gillian M.

1817 Campaign Springer, Clinton Annual Appeal Alexander, Kimberly

1817 Campaign Starks-Cheney, Nancy Annual Appeal Allison, Timothy

1817 Campaign Steidle, Craig Annual Appeal Allister, Robert

1817 Campaign Sulloway, Sarah Annual Appeal Austell, Rhett

1817 Campaign Tamposi, Betty Annual Appeal Aykroyd, Douglas

1817 Campaign Tarbell, Elizabeth Souther Annual Appeal Baenen, Michael

1817 Campaign Taylor, David Annual Appeal Bank, Susan

1817 Campaign Taylor, Joan P Annual Appeal Bardenwerper, Walter

1817 Campaign Tefft, Carvel Annual Appeal Benedict, Larry

1817 Campaign Thomsen, Heather Annual Appeal Bickford, Charles

1817 Campaign Thomson, Jeffrey Annual Appeal Borden, David

1817 Campaign Thoresen, A. Robert Annual Appeal Bouffard, Karen

1817 Campaign Toohey, Debbi Annual Appeal Bowman, Peter

1817 Campaign Toomey, Richard Annual Appeal Brode, Joanna

1817 Campaign Waldron, Joan Annual Appeal Bush, Irene

1817 Campaign Warrick, Alexander Annual Appeal Bussey, Laurence

1817 Campaign Watson, Thomas Annual Appeal Buxton, Lorn

1817 Campaign Wieting, William Annual Appeal Carter, Mary

1817 Campaign Wyckoff, Jonathan Annual Appeal Caylor, Edward

1817 Campaign Zuckert, Susan Annual Appeal Chaikin, Dr. Robert Mark

Adopt-a-Book Aykroyd, Elizabeth Annual Appeal Chamberlin, Patience

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Portsmouth Athenaeum Annual Report of Giving

January through December 2017

Fund Donor Fund Donor

Annual Appeal Chase, Robert Annual Appeal Hill, Barbara

Annual Appeal Christy, Joan Annual Appeal Hodges, Margaret

Annual Appeal Churchill, Sharon Annual Appeal Hopkins, John G.

Annual Appeal Cilluffo, Irja Annual Appeal Hopper, Jeffrey

Annual Appeal Clement, Elaine Annual Appeal Hughes, Daniel

Annual Appeal Cogswell, CJ Annual Appeal Jarvis, Jill B.

Annual Appeal Colbath, Wm Annual Appeal Jebb, Marcia

Annual Appeal Connolly, Mark Annual Appeal Jencks, Hugh

Annual Appeal Cote, Wendy Annual Appeal Kenslea, Michael

Annual Appeal Craig, Merry & Donald Annual Appeal Kingsbury, Herbert

Annual Appeal Dater, Michael Annual Appeal Knapp, Cynthia

Annual Appeal Davis, Stanley Annual Appeal Krasker, Elaine

Annual Appeal Davis, William Kelly Annual Appeal Labrie, Michael

Annual Appeal Day, Judith Annual Appeal Lamson, Elinor Elizabeth

Annual Appeal Decatur, Stephen Annual Appeal Lamson, John

Annual Appeal Delano, Sara Annual Appeal Larsen, Elizabeth

Annual Appeal Dinan, Janet Annual Appeal Lewis, Frederick

Annual Appeal Doleac, Charles B. Annual Appeal Littlefield, William

Annual Appeal Drobnyk, Gail Annual Appeal Lull, Wendy W.

Annual Appeal Dunn, Townsend Annual Appeal MacIntyre, Bruce

Annual Appeal Dutton, Cynthia Annual Appeal Mallon, Fran

Annual Appeal Eidelberg-Spratt, Sharen Annual Appeal Marx, Janet

Annual Appeal Ellis, David Annual Appeal Mayer, John W.

Annual Appeal Engelbach, Barbara Annual Appeal McCracken, Janet

Annual Appeal Evans, John Annual Appeal McCurdy, Garvin

Annual Appeal Ewing, David Annual Appeal McGee, Allen

Annual Appeal Friese, Christine C. Annual Appeal Mennel, Robert

Annual Appeal Gayer, Sarah Annual Appeal Meyers, Patricia

Annual Appeal Gimpel, William Annual Appeal Miller, Faith

Annual Appeal Gobbi, David Annual Appeal Montgomery, D. Bruce

Annual Appeal Graf, Frank Annual Appeal Moore, Andrew

Annual Appeal Gray, James Annual Appeal Morgan, Thomas

Annual Appeal Gregg, Eric Annual Appeal Morris, Jennifer

Annual Appeal Guy, Margaret Annual Appeal Murray, Kathleen

Annual Appeal Hamill. Sarah Annual Appeal Nelson, John

Annual Appeal Hammond, Joan Annual Appeal Newick, Sarah

Annual Appeal Hammond, Nancy R. Annual Appeal Nylander, Jane

Annual Appeal Hardiman, Thomas Annual Appeal Paisley, Peter

Annual Appeal Hazen, William Annual Appeal Payzant, John

Annual Appeal Herring, Neil Annual Appeal Petlick, Charles

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Portsmouth Athenaeum Annual Report of Giving

January through December 2017

Fund Donor Fund Donor

Annual Appeal Pierce, Karen Annual Appeal Winebaum, Sumner

Annual Appeal Porter, Jane Annual Appeal Wood, Roger

Annual Appeal Porter, Joe Annual Appeal Yerdon, Lawrence J.

Annual Appeal Pridham, Sherman Annual Appeal - Margeson Book Fund Aykroyd, Douglas

Annual Appeal Purinton, William Annual Appeal - Special Collections Candee, Richard

Annual Appeal Reid, Samuel Annual Appeal - Special Collections Gregg, Kinley

Annual Appeal Reynolds, Susan Annual Appeal - Warren Portrait Restore Aykroyd, Elizabeth

Annual Appeal Rice, John W. Bicentennial Sponsor Ankarberg, Mark

Annual Appeal Roberts, Lee Bicentennial Sponsor Aykroyd, Douglas

Annual Appeal Roberts, Stephen Bicentennial Sponsor Baker Hill, Ronda

Annual Appeal Ruedig, Reagan Bicentennial Sponsor Borden, David

Annual Appeal Rux, Sandra Bicentennial Sponsor Bouffard, Karen

Annual Appeal Sanders, Shirley Bicentennial Sponsor Capobianco, Joseph

Annual Appeal Sanderson, David Bicentennial Sponsor Caylor, Edward

Annual Appeal Sanderson, Eleonore Bicentennial Sponsor Gobbi, David

Annual Appeal Schwartz, Ira Bicentennial Sponsor Kennebunk Savings Bank

Annual Appeal Seaward, William Bicentennial Sponsor Knapp, Cynthia

Annual Appeal Shanley, James G. Bicentennial Sponsor Piscataqua Savings Bank

Annual Appeal Smith, Ralph & Jan Bicentennial Sponsor Provident Bank

Annual Appeal Smith, Thomas Bicentennial Sponsor Roberts, Lee

Annual Appeal Smyser, Sally Horner Bicentennial Sponsor Roberts, Stephen

Annual Appeal Spaney, Lucinda Book Fund Alie, Stephen

Annual Appeal Springer, Clinton Book Fund Bennett, Alan

Annual Appeal Springer, Curtis Book Fund Lewis, John M.

Annual Appeal Starks-Cheney, Nancy Book Fund Munton, Stephen

Annual Appeal Steidle, Craig Book Fund Nerbonne, G. Patrick

Annual Appeal Stephen, Sharon Book Fund Schubert, Frederic

Annual Appeal Strazdins, Sally Book Fund Smith, Marjorie

Annual Appeal Sweet, Barbara Book Fund Wood, Roger

Annual Appeal Tarbell, Edmund Book Fund - Anne Howell Cheatham, Linda

Annual Appeal Tarlton, Peter Book Fund - Anne Howell Frisbee, Keith

Annual Appeal Taylor, David Book Fund - Donald Hickmott Garvin, James

Annual Appeal Thomsen, Heather Book Fund - Donald Hickmott Hardiman, Thomas

Annual Appeal Thoresen, A. Robert Book Fund - Donald Hickmott Openo, Woodard

Annual Appeal Torrey, W Peter Book Fund - Geo. Pierce Fund Pierce, Karen

Annual Appeal Warner, Jeff Book Fund - Jane Porter Fund Child, Deborah

Annual Appeal Watson, Thomas Book Fund - Jane Porter Fund Engelbach, Barbara

Annual Appeal Watters, David H. Book Fund - Jane Porter Fund Fowle, Steven

Annual Appeal Weeks, Marcy Lyn Book Fund - Margeson Bicentennial Book Margeson, Donald

Annual Appeal Wieting, William Book Fund - Possner Fund Child, Deborah

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Portsmouth Athenaeum Annual Report of Giving

January through December 2017

Fund Donor Fund Donor

Book Fund - Possner Fund Possner Wiggins Family Fund Friend Aykroyd, Elizabeth

Book Fund - Possner Fund Zuckert, Susan Friend Beale, Galen

Book Fund - Judith Greenough Udaloy Fund Udaloy, John Friend Benn, Barbara

Building Fund Stickney, Edward C. Trust Friend Binnie, Elizabeth

Endowment Coleman, Thomas Friend Boucher, Normand

Endowment Hazen, William Friend Brackett, Gregory

Endowment Hughes, Daniel Friend Butler, Weld

Endowment Kenslea, Michael Friend Butzel, Steven K.

Endowment Krasker, Elaine Friend Carnicelli, Thomas

Endowment Lewis, Frederick Friend Carsen, Jennifer A.

Endowment McNabb, Mark Friend Chawziuk, Joan

Endowment Newick, Sarah Friend Churchill, Sharon

Endowment Sawtelle, Gayle Friend Clement, Elaine

Endowment Schwartz, Ira Friend Cohen, Alan

Endowment Sherman, Thomas MD Friend Colbath, Wm

Endowment Sweet, Barbara Friend Comendul, Andrew & Jocelyn

Endowment Tarbell, Elizabeth Souther Friend Craig, Merry & Donald

Endowment Zuckert, Susan Friend Crane, Samatha

Exhibit Sponsorship Cilluffo, Irja Friend DeNicola, Karyn

Exhibit Sponsorship Coleman, Thomas Friend Eastman, Carolyn E.

Exhibit Sponsorship Davis, William Kelly Friend Eidelberg-Spratt, Sharen

Exhibit Sponsorship Evans, John Friend Evans, Craig

Exhibit Sponsorship Graf, Frank Friend Gallant, Lauren & Dean

Exhibit Sponsorship Hamilton, Susan Friend Garneau, Jamie & Gary

Exhibit Sponsorship Hopkins, John G. Friend Gauthier, Anita

Exhibit Sponsorship Kennebunk Savings Bank Friend Gillespie, Helen

Exhibit Sponsorship Knapp, Cynthia Friend Gobbi, David

Exhibit Sponsorship Labrie, Michael Friend Goodnow, Tracy

Exhibit Sponsorship MacIntyre, Bruce Friend Graham, Robert

Exhibit Sponsorship Mallon, Fran Friend Gray, Vernon

Exhibit Sponsorship Munton, Stephen Friend Griffin, Sharon

Exhibit Sponsorship Piscataqua Savings Bank Friend Grossman, Richard

Exhibit Sponsorship Provident Bank Friend Haesche, Alan

Exhibit Sponsorship Randall, Peter Friend Hammond, Joan

Exhibit Sponsorship Witzling, Mara Friend Harden, Todd S.

Exhibit Sponsorship Zuckert, Susan Friend Hayes, David

Friend Aguilar, Gillian M. Friend Hazen, Nathan

Friend Allen, David Friend Herlihy, Alex

Friend Allison, Timothy Friend Hett, Ann

Friend Araujo Realty LLC Friend Hoerman, Walter & Mary Ellen

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Portsmouth Athenaeum Annual Report of Giving

January through December 2017

Fund Donor Fund Donor

Friend Hughes, Paul Friend Sulloway, Sarah

Friend Hull, John Friend Swisher, James & Michele

Friend Hunt, Cheryl Friend Tenthoff, Edward & Katherine

Friend Job, Lawrence Friend Tyrrell, Charles

Friend Jones, Joan Friend Valentino, Carmen

Friend Kahl, Mary Ann & Stuart Friend Warner, Jeff

Friend Kendrick, Philip Friend Werner, John & Jane

Friend Ladd, James Friend White, Andy & Carol

Friend Lassen, Alexander Friend Willcox, David

Friend Leveille, Denise Friend Williams, Lois

Friend Littlefield, William Friend Wishart, Peggy

Friend MacDougall, Susan Friend Woods, Diane

Friend Mackie, Sallie Friend Worboys, Mary Lee

Friend Mackles, Glenn Friend Young - Gomes, Cynthia

Friend Mahoney, Mary Friend Zamarchi, Peter

Friend Mallon, Edward Friend - Memorial Young - Gomes, Cynthia

Friend Maloney, David Performance Cilluffo, Irja

Friend Maxted, Cindy Performance Coleman, Thomas

Friend McGovern, Martha Performance Davis, William Kelly

Friend McManus, Anthony Performance Evans, John

Friend Monane, Joseph Performance Graf, Frank

Friend Montano, Michaela Performance Graf, Frank

Friend Neville, Nancy Performance Hopkins, John G.

Friend Newall, Barbara Performance Knapp, Cynthia

Friend O'Neil, James Performance Labrie, Michael

Friend Parker, Janis Performance MacIntyre, Bruce

Friend Parker, Terrence Performance MacIntyre, Bruce

Friend Peirce, Grace Performance Mallon, Fran

Friend Pirsig, Wendy Performance Munton, Stephen

Friend Porter, Joe Performance Randall, Peter

Friend Pulitzer, Adele & Fred Performance Witzling, Mara

Friend Rehner, Anne F. Performance Zuckert, Susan

Friend Rogers, Allan Performance - HPCM Sponsorship Adams, Richard

Friend Sawyer, Carol Performance - HPCM Sponsorship Bennett, Alan

Friend Schulz, Linn Performance - HPCM Sponsorship Bergh, Peter

Friend Searles, Keith Performance - HPCM Sponsorship Catalano, Thomas

Friend Searles, Keith Performance - HPCM Sponsorship Caylor, Edward

Friend Sloper, Donald Performance - HPCM Sponsorship Chubrich, Michael

Friend Stairs, Dana Performance - HPCM Sponsorship Churchill, Sharon

Friend Stott, Richard S. Performance - HPCM Sponsorship Dinan, Janet

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Portsmouth Athenaeum Annual Report of Giving

January through December 2017

Fund Donor Fund Donor

Performance - HPCM Sponsorship Dwyer, Christine Performance - PSO Collaboration Sponsorship Chubrich, Michael

Performance - HPCM Sponsorship Gayer, Sarah Performance - PSO Collaboration Sponsorship Clark, Martha Fuller

Performance - HPCM Sponsorship Goodwillie, Kristin W. Performance - PSO Collaboration Sponsorship Dinan, Janet

Performance - HPCM Sponsorship Griffin, Sharon & Dubois, Paul Performance - PSO Collaboration Sponsorship Gayer, Sarah

Performance - HPCM Sponsorship Herring, Neil Performance - PSO Collaboration Sponsorship Gayer, Sarah

Performance - HPCM Sponsorship Hinson, Angelynne Performance - PSO Collaboration Sponsorship Graf, Frank

Performance - HPCM Sponsorship Hopkins, John G. Performance - PSO Collaboration Sponsorship Hamilton, Susan

Performance - HPCM Sponsorship Kenslea, Michael Performance - PSO Collaboration Sponsorship Lamson, John

Performance - HPCM Sponsorship Kingsbury, Herbert Performance - PSO Collaboration Sponsorship MacIntyre, Bruce

Performance - HPCM Sponsorship Kremples, David & Mary Performance - PSO Collaboration Sponsorship Moore, Andrew

Performance - HPCM Sponsorship Lassen, Charles Performance - PSO Collaboration Sponsorship Murray, Kathleen

Performance - HPCM Sponsorship MacIntyre, Bruce Performance - PSO Collaboration Sponsorship Phineas Printing

Performance - HPCM Sponsorship Marx, Janet Performance - PSO Collaboration Sponsorship Rockwood, Kathleen Dickinson

Performance - HPCM Sponsorship Mayo, Dana Performance - PSO Collaboration Sponsorship Sanderson, Eleonore

Performance - HPCM Sponsorship Moore, Andrew Performance - PSO Collaboration Sponsorship Tamposi, Betty

Performance - HPCM Sponsorship Murray, Kathleen Performance - PSO Collaboration Sponsorship Thoresen, A. Robert

Performance - HPCM Sponsorship Porter, Jane Performance - PSO Collaboration Sponsorship Wieting, William

Performance - HPCM Sponsorship Potters, Susan Performance - Tune Trek Sponsorship Gayer, Sarah

Performance - HPCM Sponsorship Rice, John W. Performance - Tune Trek Sponsorship Griffin, Sharon & Dubois, Paul

Performance - HPCM Sponsorship Richards, Kathy Performance - Tune Trek Sponsorship Murray, Kathleen

Performance - HPCM Sponsorship Sanderson, Eleonore Performance - Tune Trek Sponsorship Nelson, John

Performance - HPCM Sponsorship Smith, Marjorie Performance - Tune Trek Sponsorship Roberts, Lee

Performance - HPCM Sponsorship Springer, Clinton Performance - Tune Trek Sponsorship Rockwood, Kathleen Dickinson

Performance - HPCM Sponsorship Strehl, VJ Performance - Tune Trek Sponsorship Sanderson, Eleonore*

Performance - HPCM Sponsorship Sweet, Barbara Performance - Tune Trek Sponsorship Watson, Thomas

Performance - HPCM Sponsorship Taylor, David Special Collections Candee, Richard

Performance - HPCM Sponsorship Thomsen, Heather Special Collections Cardone, Juliana

Performance - HPCM Sponsorship Wheeler, Douglas Lanphier Special Collections Coleman, Thomas

Performance - HPCM Sponsorship Wieting, William Special Collections Decatur, Stephen

Performance - HPCM Sponsorship Witzling, Mara Special Collections Gregg, Kinley

Performance - HPCM Sponsorship Zuckert, Susan Special Collections Isles of Shoals Assn.

Performance - Prize in Humanities Sponsorship Adams, Richard Special Collections Mechanic Fire Society

Performance - Prize in Humanities Sponsorship Penates Foundation Special Collections Robinson, J. Dennis - Proprietor

Performance - Prize in Humanities Sponsorship Strehl, VJ Special Collections Smyser, Sally Horner

Performance - PSO Collaboration Sponsorship Adams, Richard Special Collections Watters, David H.

Performance - PSO Collaboration Sponsorship Aeschliman, Nicholas Special Collections Weeks, Marcy Lyn

Performance - PSO Collaboration Sponsorship Bergh, Peter Special Collections Witzling, Mara

Performance - PSO Collaboration Sponsorship Borden, David Special Collections - Ingmire Fund Frisbee, Keith

Performance - PSO Collaboration Sponsorship Bouffard, Karen Special Collections - Robert Karnan Cogswell, CJ

Performance - PSO Collaboration Sponsorship Caylor, Edward Special Collections - Warren Portrait Restore Aykroyd, Douglas

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Portsmouth Athenaeum Annual Report of Giving

January through December 2017

Fund Donor Fund Donor

Unrestricted Donation Adams, Richard Unrestricted Donation Mitchell, Rebecca M.

Unrestricted Donation Allister, Robert Unrestricted Donation Munton, James

Unrestricted Donation Austell, Rhett Unrestricted Donation Murray, Kathleen

Unrestricted Donation Baenen, Michael Unrestricted Donation Murray, Michael

Unrestricted Donation Baker Hill, Ronda Unrestricted Donation Philbrook, Patricia

Unrestricted Donation Barth, Robert Unrestricted Donation Pierce, Karen

Unrestricted Donation Blair, Michael Unrestricted Donation Pringle, Warren M.

Unrestricted Donation Brawn, Evangeline Unrestricted Donation Purinton, William

Unrestricted Donation Brewster, John Unrestricted Donation Random, David

Unrestricted Donation Buxton, Lorn Unrestricted Donation Ritzo, James

Unrestricted Donation Coleman, Thomas Unrestricted Donation Rowland, Rodney

Unrestricted Donation Dater, Michael Unrestricted Donation Russ, James

Unrestricted Donation Davis, Stanley Unrestricted Donation Salome, Louis

Unrestricted Donation Dennett, Robert Unrestricted Donation Sarni, Anthony

Unrestricted Donation Dinan, Janet Unrestricted Donation Satterthwaite, Sheafe

Unrestricted Donation Doleac, Charles B. Unrestricted Donation Schubert, Frederic

Unrestricted Donation Dunn, Townsend Unrestricted Donation Shanley, James G.

Unrestricted Donation Eppard, Rose Unrestricted Donation Silverman, Rene

Unrestricted Donation Ewing, David Unrestricted Donation Smith, Sandra

Unrestricted Donation Fineberg, Ellen Unrestricted Donation Strazdins, Sally

Unrestricted Donation Frisbee, Keith Unrestricted Donation Von Hemert, Philippe W.

Unrestricted Donation Graf, Frank Unrestricted Donation Watterson, Rodney

Unrestricted Donation Gregg, Eric Unrestricted Donation Wright, Ursula

Unrestricted Donation Hamilton, Susan

Unrestricted Donation Harvell, Michael

Unrestricted Donation Hett, Ann

Unrestricted Donation InFaith Community Fdn

Unrestricted Donation Lamb, Peter

Unrestricted Donation Lamprey, E.

Unrestricted Donation Lamson, John

Unrestricted Donation Larsen, Elizabeth

Unrestricted Donation Lesser, Marvin E.

Unrestricted Donation Lown, Bradley

Unrestricted Donation Maher, John

Unrestricted Donation Mansfield, Douglas

Unrestricted Donation Mayer, John W.

Unrestricted Donation McCurdy, Garvin

Unrestricted Donation Mennel, Robert

Unrestricted Donation Meyer, Kimberly Ann

Unrestricted Donation Miller, Faith

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THE PORTSMOUTH ATHENAEUM

Report of the Nominating Committee

The Nominating Committee of The Portsmouth Athenaeum submits the following nominations for officers and directors for terms commencing in 2018 for consideration by the Proprietors at the 199th Annual Meeting scheduled for January 28, 2018. President (to 2020) 2 year term Stephen H. Roberts Vice-President (to 2020) 2 year term John W. Rice Secretary (to 2019) 1 year term Douglass S. Aykroyd Treasurer (to 2019) 1 year term Jeffrey W. Keefe For Director (to 2021) 3 year term David A. Borden For Director (to 2021) 3 year term Peter P. Rice For Director (to 2021) 3 year term Peter W. Tarlton

Respectfully Submitted,

Thomas R. Watson Ronan P. Donohoe Nominating Committee

Annual Report of the Athenaeum Admissions Committee

The admissions committee met on March 13th, May 18th, August 1st, and November 15th. We processed and unanimously recommended the following twenty one applications for Subscribers and four requests for transfers of shares.

New Subscribers Patricia Phillips Bagley is a retired librarian now living in Portsmouth with her husband Richard. She is endorsed by Janet McCracken, Karen Bouffard, and Andrew Bagley. Dr. Gilman Clough Bardollar lives in Portsmouth and is a writer and former Marine Officer who writes and lectures on military history. He is recommended by Dick Adams, Jameson French, and John Rice. Dr. Alan Hugh Bennett is a retired urological surgeon with a passion for maritime history and making model ships. He lives in Durham with his wife, Susan, and is recommended by Frank Graf, Sally Ford, and Eleonore Sanderson. Michael Blair is a pilot with Delta Airlines and a tenor singer who has performed in the Reading Room many times. He lives in Barrington with his wife Cheri. He is recommended by Bruce MacIntyre, Sally Gayer, and Deb Richards. Daniel Joseph Brown, M.D. is a retired pediatric physician who lives in Portsmouth’s South End and is very involved with FOSE. He is endorsed by Michael Dater, John Rice, and Jon Wycoff. Cindy Billings Bufithis is a retired school library media specialist and long-time Athenaeum volunteer. She lives in York with her husband, Philip, and is endorsed by Peter Randall, Joan Christy, and Tom Hardiman. Anthony Richard Conti is a banker in Portsmouth and is interested in history, architecture, antiques, and reading. He lives in Newmarket and is recommended by Jeff Wood, Karen Bouffard, and Allen McGee. John A. Dika is a retired Technical Sales Manager for Chr. Hansen Inc. and is involved with many of Portsmouth’s historic organization. He lives in the South End with his wife, Sandy. John is recommended by Larry Benedict, Charles Eldredge, and Patrick Nerbonne. Timothy Bunker Ellis is the owner of Ellis Insurance Agency and is involved in numerous local museums and organizations. He lives in Cape Neddick and is endorsed by Mike Kenslea, Susan Hamilton, and Sarah Newick. Dr, John Paul Gens, Jr. is a retired surgeon with interests in maritime history and making model ships. He lives in Portsmouth with his wife, Mary, and is recommended by Dr. William Wieting, Dr. Ira Schwartz, and Cindy Knapp.

Judith C. Groppa is retired after 10 years as the Executive Director/Curator of the Darien Historical Society and has been volunteering for the Warner House. Judy lives in New Castle and is endorsed by Jeff Hopper, Sandra Rux, and Kate Murray. Dr. Andrew Jaffe, M.D. is a retired physician who lives at Tidewatch with his wife, Nancy, and has a growing interest in local history. He is endorsed by John Rice, James Munton, Jonathan Hodgdon, David Random, and Fred Schubert. Dr. Ann Marie Kammerer is a Seismic Engineer in Portsmouth who has contributed to over 50 publications and has won numerous engineering awards. She is endorsed by John Rice, Jameson French, and John Lamson. Marvin Lesser is Managing Partner with Sigma Partners investment firm. He lives in Portsmouth with his wife Norma and is recommended by Stephen Demarais, James Fogarty, and David Splaine. John M. Lewis is an attorney, teacher, and writer and retired Associate Justice of the NH Superior Court. He lives in Durham with his wife, Cindy, and is recommended by Stephen Roberts, Thomas Watson, and John McGee. Jeanine McCoy is a Portsmouth resident and is the Executive Director of the NH Bar Association and has an interest in the history and architecture of Portsmouth. She is endorsed by Tom Watson, Jay Gingrich, and Peter Loughlin. John F. Nelson, Jr. is a retired sales V.P. who is interested in tracing the growth of the city of Portsmouth and using history to help guide its future. He lives in Portsmouth with his wife, Midge, and is endorsed by Wendy Lull, Jim Munton, and Peter Tarlton. Robin Hadlock Seeley is a Biologist at Cornell University and lives in Pembroke, ME with her husband, Thomas. Robin is recommended by Wendy Lull, Ann Beattie, and Dennis Robinson. Phillippe “Phil” Walton Von Hemert is retired from Environmental Equipment of New England and lives in Portsmouth with his wife Susan. He is endorsed by Jim Munton, Brad Lown, and Kathy Kane. Anne M. Whitney is an established architect in Portsmouth who has volunteered her talents on several Athenaeum projects, including the recent Reading Room renovation. She lives in Kittery Point with her spouse, Susan, and is recommended by Karen Bouffard, Eleonore Sanderson, and John Rice. Lawrence James Yerdon is President & CEO of Strawbery Banke Museum and lives on the museum grounds. He is associated with many national historical and preservation organizations and is recommended by Wendy Lull, Tom Hardiman, and Karen Bouffard.

Transfer of Shares

James G. Shanley received share 116 transferred from his dad, James Shanley. James is a chef living in Newburyport. He is endorsed by Richard Jones, Peter Bergh, and Dan Hoefle.

Jill Jarvis received share 360 transferred from her dad, Sam Jarvis. Jill is an investment property manager living in New Castle. She is endorsed by Ken Murphy, Karen Bouffard, David Mulhern and Anthony Conti. Matthew Gerrish Craig received share 35 from his uncle, Morris Foye III. Matthew is the Habitat Program Manager for the Casco Bay Estuary Partnership and lives in Cape Elizabeth. He is recommended by Morris Foye, Eleonore Sanderson and Stefan Claesson. Elizabeth Howard received share 62 from her aunt, Mrs. Barbara Millar. Elizabeth lives in New York City and is a writer, journalist, communications consultant, trustee of the Century Association, and recent MacDowell fellow. She is recommended by her aunt, Mrs. Millar and Warren Wechsler, President of the Century Association Archives Foundation, along with five other trustees of the Century Association.

The Athenaeum Admissions committee members

Gary Ghigliotti, Chair Karen Bouffard Ronan Donohoe Tom Hardiman (ex-officio) John Shaw

Art and Artifacts Collection Committee

Annual Report – 2017

The Art and Artifacts Collection Committee is charged with the care and exhibition of the art and objects, as

opposed to books, manuscripts, and photographs, in the Athenaeum’s possession. The Committee is

responsible for their arrangement in all parts of the Athenaeum building, except for the Randall Gallery, which

is managed by the Exhibits Committee.

This year a new member joined the committee – we are pleased to welcome Rebecca Mitchell to our meetings.

Acquisitions

A submarine launch model, the USS Stingray, was transferred from the Portsmouth Historical Society. Two

portraits of an unknown man and woman by J. G. Cole, 1829, were purchased at auction. They are thought to

be of Jacob Sheafe V, and his wife, Mary Haven Sheafe. We also received a 19th century wooden ballot box as a

gift from the Portsmouth Yacht Club.

Loans

As always, loans were made from our collection to other institutions. The Pepperrell table and one of the

Peace Treaty chairs were loaned to the Portsmouth Historical Society for the exhibition, “Four Hundred Years

of Furniture in Portsmouth”. All three of the Sumner Winebaum sculptures were loaned for the exhibit at

Discover Portsmouth, “Seacoast Sculpture, from Material to Masterwork”. We also lent to the Portsmouth

Historical Society a number of objects for a small exhibit, celebrating the Athenaeum’s bicentennial.

Conservation

John Mayer made proper mounts for all seven of the fire buckets, and they have been re-hung in the back

hallway. He has also constructed a display mount for the John Bellamy carved wood hawk on the spar which

will be displayed in the old library room. Rob Napier worked on the Clovis model, repairing rigging and some

broken pieces. Ken Lobdell repaired and completely re-glazed the case for it.

Bicentennial

Items from the art and artifacts collection of the Athenaeum were prominently featured in the ongoing series

of bicentennial exhibits in the Randall Gallery. The items were also subjects of many essays in the bicentennial

book written by proprietors, “Portsmouth Athenaeum: The Story of a Collection Through the Eyes of its

Proprietors, 1817-2017”. Portions of these essays were also featured in a series of articles in The Portsmouth

Herald.

New Hampshire History Network

The Board voted to participate in the NH History Network, an online resource hosted by the NH Historical

Society. Catalog records for 22 objects from the art and artifacts collection were submitted, as well as

selections from the rest of the collections in the Athenaeum.

Updating the electronic catalogue of the art and artifacts collection is an ongoing project. New information

and photographs are added as additional research on the art and objects is completed.

Members of the Art and Artifacts Committee in 2017 were Chair Elizabeth Aykroyd, Douglas Aykroyd, Pat

Breslin, Louise Dennett, Emma-Rive Nelson, Tara Raiselis, Sandra Rux, Elaine Tefft, Hilda Versluys, and Tom

Hardiman.

Annual Report for Athenaeum Exhibits Committee 2017

In 2017 we devoted the entire year to celebrating the 200th anniversary of the Athenaeum

with a series of five exhibits in the Randall Gallery and an exhibit at the Discover

Portsmouth Center with the overarching title of Treasures of the Athenaeum.

The titles of the exhibitions and their curators are given below:

The Portsmouth Athenaeum: 1817-1839

“Laying the foundation of a large and permanent establishment”

Curated by Linda Cheatham and Sandra Rux

The Portsmouth Athenaeum: 1840-1899

High Hopes and Ambitious Plans

Curated by Sandra Rux and Robin Silva

The Portsmouth Athenaeum: 1900-1979

The Somnolent Years

Curated by Ronan Donohoe

The Portsmouth Athenaeum Since 1980

Renewal, Growth & a Public Research Library

Curated by Richard Candee and Deborah Child

Show of Shows

Highlighting Exhibitions Since the Opening of the Randall Gallery in 1995

Curated by Barbara Adams and Joan Graf

Everyone on the committee helped to make the year successful. Prticular thanks to the

Athenaeum staff—Tom Hardiman, Robin Silva, James Smith and Carolyn Marvin for their

contributions in ideas and execution. Thanks also goes to David Ewing for scheduling

greeters and for the faithful service of all the gallery greeters who helped to explain the

Athenaeum and the exhibitions to visitors not familiar with this history.

We were all saddened by the loss of Kitty Clark, longtime member and former chairperson

of the committee.

Sandra Rux

Exhibits Committee Chairperson

2017 Library Committee Annual Report

The Library Committee works with Athenaeum staff and committees to acquire, curate and make

accessible the content of the Athenaeum Library in support of the Athenaeum’s mission. The

Committee also supports the day-to-day work of library staff by developing library policy, as well

as planning and budgetary initiatives; educating and advocating for the library; fostering

collaborations with other organizations; and fundraising for special projects.

In 2017 the Athenaeum’s circulating library—and by extension its patrons—benefited greatly from

the expanded shelf space created as part of the Reading Room renovation. Readership is up, while

cataloging is down substantially; this is a function of more books remaining available for longer

periods of time on the Reading Room shelves, as well as a more disciplined purchasing policy. As a

result, we have successfully relieved some pressure on the Athenaeum’s chronically over-capacity

book stacks while continuing to meet the needs and expectations of our readers. The addition of a

donated tablet device in the Reading Room to search the Athenaeum catalog has further enhanced

our reader services.

The committee also made changes to the popular Adopt-A-Book fundraiser to better address the

conservation needs of our library and archival collections. We rolled out the new program with an

appeal to the membership to fund a special conservation project—the dis-binding and bathing of the

very damaged, single surviving complete set of Portsmouth’s Bills of Mortality, printed as

broadsides between 1801 and 1835. Responding to a challenge match of $2,500 from members of the

Library and Special Collections Committees, the Athenaeum community stepped forward to meet

and even exceed that challenge. As a result, we were able to fund conservation of the Bills of

Mortality as well as our framed 1799 engraving of Joseph FW DesBarres’s Map of Southern Maine and

New Hampshire Coastline with Piscataqua River and Portsmouth Harbor. In 2018 we will again raise

funds for a high-profile conservation project, while addressing the conservation needs of other

materials through a board-approved library conservation budget line.

Finally, the Library Committee drafted, approved and presented to the board and membership for

approval updated committee Bylaws to better reflect our group’s purpose and function. We also

fine-tuned the Library Acquisition Policy, and drafted an internal document, the “Athenaeum

Library Scope of Activities,” to describe the full range of library-related activities cooperatively

managed by staff and the Library and Special Collections committees. This document provides

guidance to achieve a shared balance of staff and committee expertise, action, support and

leadership to best serve our collections and patrons.

Respectfully submitted,

Peggy Hodges

Chair, Library Committee

2017 Personnel Committee Report

January 11, 2018

Submitted by Peter Bergh

The Personnel Committee continued to benefit from the long-time experience of

committee members Rose Eppard, Wendy Lull, and Cindy Knapp. Many thanks

for their years of wisdom and effort. Also thanks to Tom and Patty for their

guidance and great support. In addition to the committee’s regular duty of

providing counsel to Tom and the board on staffing needs, budgets, and

performance matters, this year the committee also reviewed and provided input

to the new Personnel Manual, drafted at the direction of the board by board

member Ellen Fineberg.

Using a template available from the National Council of Nonprofit Associations,

the revised manual adds some much-needed new policies, notably a sexual

harassment policy and social media/computer policy. Ellen and Tom deserve

special credit for the work necessary to align our organization’s unique structure

with the Council’s template. Thank you to them, as well to the committee

members for their careful reading and helpful edits.

2017 Special Collections Committee Report

The goal of the Special Collections Committee is to keep manuscripts, imprints, ephemera,

serials and photographs from leaving this area and to purchase items that can’t be donated but

should come back to Portsmouth.

Many of the best pieces of the 500 lineal feet of manuscripts, 28,000 historic photographs, and

almost 400 local maps, charts, surveys or architectural drawings, and hundreds of printed ephemera

were shown in the fourth “Treasures” exhibit last fall. Such documents are unique local sources

that make us a real research library.

As usual, a large number of Proprietors and others donated everything from single items to

whole collections and increased these numbers. Moreover, J. Dennis Robinson regularly searches e-

bay and Tom Hardiman and I check bookseller’s catalogs and paper fairs for historic photos,

imprints, and manuscripts that Athenaeum doesn’t already have. Our annual purchases rarely

exceed out modest budget.

We began 2017 by paying off the huge Israel Kimball Jr. collection of manuscripts, photographs,

and ephemera acquired in 2016 with the Board assistance that I described last year. You may recall

Kimball’s career began when he ran the Eliot, Maine Academy from 1840-43. This year we were

also able to acquire the Records of the Eliot Academy 1839-1864.

We also bought an 1832 letter of Tobias Ham Miller and Charles W. Brewster inside a wallet

belonging to William H. Brewster and an 1814 letter regarding James Rundlett’s real estate interests.

Additionally, we purchased a local account book of Jonathan M.T. Vennard (1838-41) and an 1864

letter from Emma Greenleaf Vennard to her brother William.

Gifts of manuscripts in 2017 --from single items to whole collections —include: a 1707 William

Pepperrell letter from Daniel Hurley; four Provincial commissions 1702-1753 from Carol and Don

Welsh; legal documents 1774-1838 from David Sanderson; Beck family papers 1733-1774 and

genealogical notes from Ronald Beck; an 18th century Hall Jackson letter and a drawing of his house

from the J. Worth Estes estate; Seward & Brown papers from Chuck Petlick; minutes of the Howard

Benevolent Society 1829-1915 from Kevin LaFond; 1881-1888 letters to and from Mary Auburn

Harris from Barbara Ashe; a 1905 receipt from the Portsmouth Furniture Co. from Gerry Ward; and

from Margrit Newman a 1911-13 account book containing a letter about Harriet Kimball’s book of

poems.

Records and photos of the Portsmouth Yacht Club since 1898 were converted from a loan

collection to a gift. We received from American Antiquarian Society a digital scan of the

“Constitution of the Portsmouth [Henry] Clay Club”, and from Jake Elwell a scrapbook of his

participation in the Theatre by the Sea on Ceres Street. From the Dodge family we added ten framed

posters advertising both adult and children’s shows at Theatre by the Sea in the 1960s and 70s.

Printed ephemera acquired include an 1806 Mechanics Association meeting notice, a printed ad

for the Portsmouth Marble Works, a broadside for the Hutchinson Family Singers appearing in So.

Eliot, and the 1855 broadside of “The Native Americans” – not Indians but a printed letter to a local

chapter of this anti-Catholic organization.

Photographs added in 2017 include 4 cabinet cards, 4 stereographs, 1 lantern slide, 6 modern

post cards, and 39 individual photographs, of which the most amazing is a handsome 1863 photo of

Joseph Haven Thacher sitting in his carriage in front of his apothecary at the corner of Pleasant and

State Streets (the former Marple real estate office). We also bought through e-bay small photos of

three 1941 Portsmouth movie houses noting age, condition, capacity and type of audience.

Larger collections of photographs came from the US DOT showing Route 1 by-pass; Strawbery

Banke Museum transferred photos of ship launching and a huge collection of pictures from the

Domenguez family; Valerie Cunningham gave 11 pictures of the Yuhas-Marconi family; and Joan

Charron pictures of Philbrick Pharmacy. Although not yet processed, Tori Glidden gave 12

carousels of color slides (800-1000 images) from Alvah Card taken in the 1950s -70s. These mid-20th

views of Portsmouth and its environs are a time period we are just starting to seriously collect.

Some individuals loan photographs to add to our collection as digital scans, preferring to keep

the original prints. This year we made 61 such copies, of which 41 were of a crowd of well-known

locals (including our current mayor) in 1976 on or jumping off the deck of the Ferry Landing as the

First Annual Dunking Society!

Of special note this year are the many family photographs from Pam Rice Thacher, plus other

Rice family documents, letters, and a 1935 diary documenting her family’s ownership of the Larkin-

Rice House on Middle Street. The Athenaeum appreciates these important documents of the Rice

occupation of that important historic mansion.

Finally, I must thank all the professional staff – Tom Hardiman, Robin Silva, Carolyn Marvin,

James Smith, Susan Kindstedt, and Roland Goodbody -- plus all the volunteer scanners -- for a very

productive year of collecting and processing that keeps our online presence and research library

accessible for all kinds of local history research.

This year I worked with the Library Committee looking at various challenges to integrating the

library and special collections for research in our digital future. One need identified was for funds to

do paper conservation. Both committees have requested additional funds each year for conservation

in all our collections.

On behalf of the Special Collections Committee, J. Dennis Robinson, Tom Hardiman, and myself,

Richard M. Candee

Chair, Special Collections

Annual Report January 2018

Athenaeum Social Committee

The Social Committee met 4 times, formally, this past year, and was responsible for organizing

the 2017 Annual Meeting, the Annual Picnic, and the Annual Holiday Party. Our Committee

assisted with the Bicentennial Champagne Toast, this year as well.

After realizing that the New Member Teas did not have the volunteer support it has had in the

past, the Social Committee decided to assist in planning and hosting two of the four Teas held

every year. Our decision was based on the need for a consistent set up and plan for introduction

of new members to existing members. While invitations to the tea are not sent out to the general

membership, we feel it is incumbent on us, as existing members, to welcome these new

members.

We would like to invite other Athenaeum Committees to consider committing to host one or

two of the New Member Teas. It's an important opportunity to introduce new members to the

organization, as well as to other members. I would like to recognize and thank Tom Hardiman

and Carolyn Marvin for offering and hosting all the Teas held since the resignation of Sarah

Hamill.

After the fire on State Street, most of you know that the Portsmouth Fire Department became

more concerned about safety in the other downtown public buildings. When they visited the

Portsmouth Athenaeum, they issued an extreme limitation in the number of persons allowed in

the building at any one time. That limitation severely impacted the Annual Holiday Party. While

we have been fortunate all these years, we appreciate the need for the limitations. The Social

Committee considered several options to hold the party at the Athenaeum, including having

shifts with limited numbers or holding open houses on different days. Since our usual

attendance exceeds 160 people, you might appreciate the logistics were formidable.

We decided that the best option to include the most people at reasonable cost and toil, was to go

off site. We investigated several venues, including facilities where a caterer would be needed, as

well as those that self-catered, and local restaurants. We chose the Atlantic Grill for several

reasons: they waved the room and bar fees if we held it on a Sunday night; parking is most

accessible; the food is good; the atmosphere is festive and inviting; and it is owned by an

Athenaeum proprietor. I am pleased to say that 160 people signed up for this event. The general

consensus is that the food was excellent, the room did not feel crowded, and the company was

convivial! We had many people who had never been before as well as some who had not

attended for several years.

Our Committee remains few in number but strong on commitment. I would like to thank the

following volunteer members for their assistance in making this past year memorable and

successful:

Mark Ankarberg, Douglass Aykroyd, Elizabeth Aykroyd, Jan Dinan, Tom Hardiman, Tammi

Truax, and Cindy Knapp.

Also, as an extension of this Committee, Douglas Aykroyd has assembled, again, a group of

Volunteer Wine Stewards, without whom, you would be under served. Included in that group

are the following Proprietors:

Clint Springer, Curt Springer, Ed Caylor, Allen Nelson, Bill Purinton, Don Margeson, Steve

Roberts, Wendy Lull, Karen Bouffard, Jill Bitomski, Jan Dinan, Pat and Frank Breslin, John

Lamson, Ronan Donohoe, Jeff Hopper, Mark Ankarberg and Douglas Aykroyd .

Bud and Lois DesRochers have helped for years, providing tables and chairs for the Annual

Picnic.

The Social Committee is happy to accept new members and is appreciative of anyone interested

in offering assistance at any event.

Respectfully submitted,

Cynthia Knapp,

Chairman

January 25, 2018

THE PORTSMOUTH ATHENAEUM

Report of the Technology Committee

January 2018

The Technology Committee met in 2017 to review technology issues facing the

Athenaeum. We continued the service contract that we initiated in 2006 with

Lenharth Systems, as they have provided excellent technical support.

During 2017 the committee met with Lenharth Systems to plan for the 2018

budget.

Past Perfect was extended until October. They agreed to provide the upcoming

upgrade at no cost and they also agreed to prepare a patch for the Athenaeum for

the library catalog. The new version will take an Excel import which will enable it

to support all of the data that is required, including books, objects, manuscripts

and photographs.

We decided that, since the router was seven years old, we should replace it for

about $500. Lenharth Systems thought we could get two new computers plus a

router for approximately $2,300 in 2017. One of the drives in the raid array failed

and was replaced by a 4 terra-byte Drobo disk.

We also decided that we needed a social media policy. Rose Eppard found a very

good social media policy that was subsequently incorporated into the personnel

handbook.

Tom reported that we need to replace the entire fire alarm system and that

Seacoast Security would do it for approximately $7,000.

The new web site went live the last week in June.

If you have any suggestions for technology initiatives in 2018 please pass them on

to me or any of the committee members.

The members are: Rose Eppard, Tom Hardiman, Robin Silva, and Gail Drobnyk.

Performance Committee of ArtsAthenæum – Report for 2017Annual Meeting, Portsmouth Athenæum – January 28, 2018

The Performance Committee is happy and proud to report that 2017 was another highly successful year.

The group planned and presented the following events on behalf of the Athenæum:

March 24 -- Memorial Concert, presenting Michael Blair, tenor, and Jim Prendergast, guitar,.in the reading roomMay 15 -- Noree Performing Arts (Julliard) viola quintet in the research libraryMay 28 -- Noree Performing Arts - cello recital for HPCM patrons at the Sandersons' home

June 11 -- HPCM: Naeve Trio in New Castle Congregational ChurchJuly 9 -- HPCM: Central4 at St. John's Church, PortsmouthSept. 17 -- HPCM: Jose Lezcano, guitar, with Portland Strings in South Church, PortsmouthOct. 15 -- HPCM: Omer String Quartet at North Church, Portsmouth

July 28 -- Tune Trek musical video tour of the Athenaeum by Mikel Paris, for later broadcast, and YouTube dissemination.

November 5 -- Gala concert with Portsmouth Symphony Orchestra at the Music Hall in celebration of the Bicentennial of the Athenaeum, and presenting the inaugural Portsmouth Athenaeum Prize in the Humanities. (Future PAPH awards will be the direct responsibility of the Athenaeum Board.)

Dec. 11 -- Christmas Concert in the Reading Room by Bruce MacIntyre and Great Bay Sailor

Except for those programs marked HPCM, the concerts listed above were presented by the Performance Committee with the encouragement and financial support of the Athenæum Board of Directors, for the enjoyment and edification of the members of the Athenæum, who were able to attend without charge. There were receptions and refreshments provided after most of these concerts, thanks to the efforts of the Performance Committee members.

Historic Portsmouth Chamber Music, a direct outgrowth of the talents and energies of the Athenæum's Performance Committee, enjoyed another solidly successful year in 2017, with generous support from numerouspatrons and subscribers, as well as the largest audiences yet seen, and once again ended the year without any significant deficit. Since HPCM began seven years ago, Portsmouth has become a real destination for both performers and audiences of classical chamber music, and several other summer concert series have appeared onthe local scene Happily, there is enough interest and talent to go around, and classical music in Portsmouth has never been more avidly received. Remember too, that CD's of most of our concerts are available to you as circulating items in the Athenæum collection

It is my honor to serve as the chairman/spokesman of the Performance Committee, but it must be emphasized that all the committee members deserve praise and thanks for their energies, talents, ideas, generosity and plain old-fashioned hard work. They include Sally Gayer, Kristin Goodwillie, Sharon Griffin, Bruce MacIntyre, Andrew Moore, Susan Potters, Ellie Sanderson, Heather Thomsen, and, ex officio, Tom Hardiman. Our appreciation of Tom Hardiman, of course, is almost beyond expression – his dignified patience, willing drudgery (chairs, tables, etc.), and endless knowledge make him a treasure beyond price.

The Memorial Concert commemorating those Proprietors who died during 2017 was held on Thursday, January 18, at 4 p.m. in the Sawtelle Reading Room. After the obituaries were read, singer Mike Blair again presented aprogram of appropriate traditional folk songs, accompanied by Jim Prendergast on guitar.

Respectfully submitted,

William F. Wieting, M.D., titular chairmanArtsAthenæum Performance Committee