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A PUBLICATION OF THE PRESERVATION SOCIETY OF NEWPORT COUNTY

SUMMER 2011 • NO. 169

Restoring The Elms Lacquer Panels

Summer 2011 • No. 169

2 The Cutting Edge

4 Restoring The Elms Lacquer Panels

6 Highlights of the Collection

7 Rosecliff costume exhibition

8 News Briefs

10 Forging a New Alliance

11 Coxe, Burress Win Awards

12 Employee News

13 Calendar of Events

15 Member Thank You

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A Publication of The Preservation Society of Newport County

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The Preservation Society is grateful to Carol and Les Ballard for their support in underwriting this issue of the Newport Gazette.

Front cover: Chief Conservator Jeff Moore injects adhesive under the damaged lacquer on a wall panel from the Breakfast Room of The Elms. (See story page 4) Photo by Andrea Carneiro

Last summer, I shared with you our exciting plans to create a special advisory panel of nationally and internationally recognized leaders in the fields of the arts, culture and historic preservation. A year later, I’m very pleased to report back to you that 35 of the most distinguished experts in those fields have agreed to serve on our International Council, and the group will have its second meeting here in Newport in September.

The International Council’s role is to provide the Preservation Society with insight and guidance on global issues that affect cultural heritage institutions, and to help us to identify the best practices in preservation, conservation, education, development and museum management. Just as important, its members are our ambassadors around the world, helping to engage others in our mission and vision.

The willingness of this special group of bright and passionate people to serve in this capacity speaks volumes about the reputa-tion of the Preservation Society and the

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By Trudy Coxe CEO and Executive Director

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esteem in which it is viewed globally. Let me introduce them to you.

Armin B. Allen, a collector and former Chair of our Board of Trustees, and Earl A. “Rusty” Powell III, Director of the National Gallery in Washington DC, serve as Co-Chairs of the International Council. Maureen K. Chilton is the Chairman of the Board of the New York Botanical Garden and a member of the Director’s Roundtable at the Pierpont Morgan Library. Bonnie Burnham is President of the World Monuments Fund, and a member of the U.S. Commission for UNESCO.

Richard Moe is President Emeritus of The National Trust for Historic Preservation, and Dame Fiona Reynolds DBE is Director General of the National Trust in Great Britain. Richard Guy Wilson holds the Commonwealth Professor’s Chair in Architectural History at the University of Virginia, and Pauline C. Metcalf is an architectural historian, author and interior designer. Diane B. Wilsey serves as President of the de Young Museum in San Francisco, and Vladimir I. Tolstoy, great grand-son of Leo Tolstoy, is the Director of Yasnaya Polyana, the Tolstoy museum estate in Tula, Russia. Alec Cobbe is a collector of paintings and keyboard instruments and the owner of 1750s Hatchlands Park in Surrey, England, and Sir Hugh Roberts GCVO is the former Director of the Royal Collection and Surveyor of the Queen’s Works of Art.

Charles M. Royce, a financier and preservationist, and his wife Deborah G. Royce, a preservationist with prior experience in the television and film industry, are the co-founders and restorers of the Avon Theatre Film Center in Stamford, Connecticut, and have done extensive preservation work in Watch Hill, RI.

Theresa Elmore Behrendt, a senior international strategist and advi-sor, is the Director of the U.S. State Department D.R.R. Endowment Board, and Henrietta H. Fore, former Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development, former Director of the U.S. Mint, and a former Under Secretary of State, is Chairman and CEO of Holsman International, an investment and management company.

Morrison H. Heckscher is the Lawrence A. Fleishman Chairman of the American Wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and Dr. Johan Cederlund is the Museum Director of the Zorn Collections in Mora, Sweden. Robin Herbert C.B.E., whose grandmother was American and lived in Newport, had a career in banking and is the former President of the Royal Horticulture Society. Claudio Del Vecchio is Chief Executive Officer of Brooks Brothers and his wife Debra Del Vecchio is a gardening aficionado and businesswoman with a background in interior design.

Count Denis de Kergorlay is Executive President of Europa Nostra, and President of the French Heritage Society. Nancy Dubuc is the President & General Manager of History and Lifetime Networks, and Peter Eltz, great grandson of Cornelius Vanderbilt II, is a private art dealer and advisor in international classical modern paintings, watercolors and drawings. Anne L. Poulet is the retiring Director of the Frick Museum in New York City, and James D. Berwind, a descendant of Edward Berwind who commissioned The Elms, serves as a director and trustee of the Berwind Group, a fifth gen-eration, privately owned investment management company.

The Cutting EdgeJohn Winthrop Aldrich is a mem-

ber of the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor Commission, and former New York State Deputy Commissioner for Historic Preservation, and his wife Tracie Rozhon is a former reporter and col-umnist for The New York Times, and President of the Board of Trustees for The Friends of Clermont, a nonprofit group dedicated to the preservation of the Clermont State Historic Site in Clermont, NY. Peter Pennoyer of Peter Pennoyer Architects in Manhattan has a strong interest in preservation, and Louis G. Piancone is Chairman Emeritus of ROMA Foods and Chairman of the Coaching Club of America. Robert B. MacKay is Director of the Society for the Preservation of Long Island Antiquities, and Mary S. Phipps is a philanthropist with a passion for the preservation of gardens, open spaces and historic structures.

El Marqués de Santa Cruz is the former Chairman of Patrimonio Nacional, the organization responsible for the Royal Palaces and Crown Art Collections in Spain, and a member of the Museo del Prado, the Conseil d’Administration of Versailles and the World Monuments Fund. Lady Henrietta Spencer-Churchill, BIID, FIDA, daughter of the 11th Duke of Marlborough, is an author, interior decorator, and founder of Woodstock Designs, and Brooks Lobkowicz is President of American Friends for the Preservation of Czech Culture.

We are grateful to all of these distin-guished individuals for sharing their time with us, and look forward to a long and fruitful collaboration.

Lacquer Panels

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By Charles J. Moore, Chief Conservator

The restoration of the unique Chinoiserie lacquer panels of The Elms Breakfast Room is well underway in a specially-prepared conservation lab in the basement of the house, where visitors on the Behind-the-Scenes Tour can watch the conser-vation work in progress.

In 1901, Jules Allard furnished the walls of the French Regency-style Breakfast Room at The Elms with Chinese export lacquer panels circa 1750, probably made in Canton and sent to France, where they may have enjoyed a long life in some historic townhouse. They were ultimately salvaged and acquired by Allard, who also provided one reproduction panel to complete the set in the room.

Rooms with Chinese and Japanese lacquer and other oriental designs (Chinoiserie) were extremely popular in Europe in the 18th century. This room is an example created in the 20th century to compare with those great ones of the 18th, which today can still be found in Austria, Germany, Russia, Sweden, and Italy.

In-house study (supported by The Berwind Fund and John Brooks) was followed by a Getty Foundation grant in 2008 to create a treatment proposal. A recent grant by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (together with support from The Berwind Fund, Felicia Fund, and The E. Rhodes & Leona B. Carpenter Foundation) has allowed us to begin the important conservation work necessary to preserve and lengthen the lives of these internationally important panels. The grant funding to date will pay for approximately half the project, which includes 4 large panels and 3 smaller overdoors.

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Using a heating tool for lacquer restoration.

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The black colored lacquer on these panels is decorated with designs using gold powder. Historic repairs and some of the decorative surface on the overdoor panels is “japan-ning,” which is the European technique of imitating Asian lacquer with paints and varnishes. Though durable, lacquer is sensitive to light and climate changes, with subsequent degradation of the surface. Japanning suffers severely from moisture and wood movement. The panels have had a long, hard life.

To begin the work, a treatment space was created in the basement Drying Room, to avoid the risk of adverse reac-tions to a change in environmental conditions, since the panels have been installed at The Elms for over a century. The room required lighting, electrical outlets, humidifica-tion and dehumidification (with heating, too dry in the winter and naturally too humid in the summer). Special work tables were designed and built, specialty clamps fabricated, and mobile work stations outfitted.

A full time one-year conservator position was advertised internationally, and we are pleased that Maria João Petisca from Lisbon, Portugal, has joined us. Initially a conserva-tor of furniture, Ms. Petisca has been specializing in Asian lacquer for seven years. Melissa Carr, a conservator with experience in lacquer and with whom the initial proposal was created, joins us from Boston on a regular basis.

Being quite stiff and brittle, the lacquer must be humidified and gently heated to make it flexible before attempting to reattach it. The peeling lacquer is then set down using protein-based adhe-sives, which were selected from an array of glues used for the conservation of this difficult mate-rial. After the lacquer is secured, varnishes will be removed, and poor repairs will be deconstructed, followed by proper filling and in-finishing.

Detail of panel decoration

Tools of the conservation trade

Maria João Petisca, above and opposite page, working on one of the panels.

Paul van Somer (1576-1621) was a Flemish artist who arrived in England from Antwerp during the reign of King James of England (r. 1603 – 1625) and became one of the leading portraitists of the Royal Court. He can be seen as a forerunner of other famous Dutch artists such as Anthony van Dyck (1599 – 1641), who succeeded van Somer at Court.

As a fashionable artist, van Somer received additional commissions from non-royal sources. His portrait of Elizabeth Drury (1596 – 1610), is a true curios-ity. She was the fifteen-year-old daughter of Sir Robert and Lady Anne Drury, and was made famous by John Donne’s memorial poems upon her death. John Donne com-posed these works while serving as chaplain at Drury House in Drury Lane, London and delivered Lady Elizabeth’s funeral oration in St. Paul’s Cathedral. Van Somer may have painted the portrait several years after Elizabeth’s death, or possibly during her visit to the Continent with her parents shortly before she died. After its creation, the portrait was hung at Hawstead, the ancestral home of the Drurys in Suffolk where Lady Elizabeth Drury is buried.

In 1656 Hawstead was sold to Thomas Cullum. The painting was probably included in the sale as the next time it appears is in Sir Edmund Gosse’s two-volume edition of The Life and Letters of Donne (1899). It was then in the possession of Mr. G. Milner-Gibson-Cullum. Somehow after Gosse found it, the Drury family again secured the portrait, for R.C. Bald claimed (in his 1959 book) that

the portrait was in the possession of Vyvyan Drury. This is substantiated by two fascinating letters written in 1989 by Romayne Drury Giorgini— the daughter of Vyvyan Drury and a descendent of Lady Elizabeth Drury—to the Preservation Society.

Mrs. Giorgini first remembers the painting hanging in her grandfather’s house in Hampshire. Her grandfather

was Francis Saxham Elwes Drury who, as a widower, married Mable Gerry of Newport, Rhode Island in 1925. Mrs. Giorgini believes the portrait hung in their Newport summer cottage, Drury Lodge on Bellevue Avenue, or at their New York residence. When Mr. Drury died in 1942, his son, Vyvyan Drue Drury, moved the painting to his house in Nassau. Around 1951, the portrait moved again, this time to Ireland. Mrs. Giorgini last saw it in her father’s house in Dublin in 1967. Shortly thereafter, the family paintings were sold through Sotheby’s, London.

The portrait was purchased by a London dealer, who in turn sold it to Mr. & Mrs. Claus von Bülow of Clarendon Court, Newport, RI. Mr. & Mrs. von Bülow gave the painting to the Preservation Society in 1974 for display in The Elms.

In 1989 Mrs. Giorgini visited The Elms and saw her father’s

painting hanging in the Library, which prompted her letters to the Preservation Society. She said the painting looked quite different when it was in her father’s collection, and enclosed a black and white photo-graph of the portrait taken before 1967. It appears the painting was damaged en route from Ireland to Sotheby’s in 1967, when a dockworker

poked his head through the can-vas, and subse-quently restored. The restorer was not familiar with the origi-nal portrait and created a new face, neckline and headdress, changing Lady Elizabeth Drury from a brunette to a redhead in the style of Elizabeth I’s iconic imagery. He also replaced the right hand cuff. These four

elements of the portrait do not bear any relationship to the original. The dress, daybed, pillow and the interior in the background are all original. Of the two inscriptions on the paint-ing in gold paint, both were probably added at a later date during the 17th or 18th century and appear to be by different hands.

This chance encounter of Mrs. Giorgini with her ancestor at The Elms is an example of our ever-evolving knowledge of the Preservation Society’s collections, and reflects the painstaking, if sometimes fortuitous, detective work that goes into our research.

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The Saga of a Portrait:

Lady Elizabeth DruryBy Charles J. Burns, Associate Curator for Research

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By Charles J. Burns, Associate Curator for Research

This year’s costume exhibition, featured in the Lesley Bogert Crawford costume vitrines at Rosecliff, is entitled And the Bride Wore... . The exhibit includes twelve white wedding dresses spanning the years 1895 – 1966. Family themes resonate throughout the exhibit, which features three generations of the Winslow/Noël/Havemeyer family; sisters Alletta and Elizabeth Morris; and the mother and daughter ensemble of the Hon. Noreen Stonor Drexel and Pamela Drexel Walker.

A highlight of the exhibit is a fanciful, medieval-inspired gown worn by Margaret Fahnestock, who appeared on numerous best-dressed lists, upon her marriage to Mr. Sylvanus Stokes on April 3, 1918. The gown was designed by the renowned Lady Duff Gordon of Lucille Ltd. of New York, who was a survivor of the sinking of the RMS Titanic in 1912.

The selected wedding dresses display the evolution of 20th century wedding attire away from constricting Victorian forms to the looser silhouettes of the modern age, while still romantically adhering to traditional 19th century accessories.

Wedding celebrations date back to ancient times, and varied greatly among geographic regions with a vast range of religious, folkloric and social customs affecting the ways in which a wedding was celebrated. Weddings in America during the early part of the 19th century were rather simple

events, usually held in the afternoon. The bride would wear her best afternoon dress, regardless of its color or styl-ing, and the day would end with a modest reception dur-ing which cake and refreshments would be served.

One of the most celebrated marriages of the first half of the 19th century occurred on February 10, 1840. The young Queen of England, Victoria, married the dashing Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. The specifics of the occasion were widely reported in the press, and Queen Victoria’s choice of a wedding dress had a lasting impact on the history of wedding attire. Victoria wrote in her journal, “I wore a white satin dress, with a deep flounce of Honiton lace, an imitation of an old design. My jewels were my Turkish diamond necklace & earrings & dear Albert’s beautiful sapphire brooch.”

As the Industrial Revolution in America gave rise to growing numbers of wealthy and prosperous families, weddings became more elaborate affairs. Wealthy young women followed Victoria’s lead and opted for white or ivory satin dresses; hence the modern tradition of the white wedding gown was launched.

This exhibit, underwritten by Mrs. Peter Van Cortlandt Morris, was curated by Charles Burns and Paul Miller with assistance from Rebecca Kelly, and dressed by Jessica Urick. It will be on display at Rosecliff through November 18.

And the Bride Wore...Mr. and Mrs. Auguste L. Noël and Party, 1931

Mrs. Noël’s dress on display at Rosecliff. Photo by Andrea Carneiro

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Conservation assistant John Bartosh re-attaches pieces of the painted plaster to the ceiling.

Inset: Historic plaster specialist Andrew Ladygo examines the ceiling structure from the floor above the damaged area. Photos by Andrea Carneiro

Conservation assistant John Bartosh re-attaches pieces of the painted plaster to the ceiling.

Raising the Ceiling at Chateau-sur-MerBy Andrea Carneiro Communications Manager

Three years after it came crashing down, a section of the painted ceiling over the third floor staircase at Chateau-sur-Mer was finally reinstalled this past winter. Hundreds of fragments of plaster, hand-painted with lattice work, trees and birds, were meticulously reassembled like a giant jigsaw puzzle. Starting with small shards and fragments of painted plaster, conservation assistant John Bartosh gradually matched the pieces into larger segments, then the segments into increasingly larger sections. Those sections were further patched and in-painted where losses existed.

The larger pieces were re-installed in the missing 5x7 foot section of the ceiling by John and historic plaster specialist Andrew Ladygo. Additional patching and in-painting remains to be done before the restoration project is completed.

The ceiling collapse was caused by a confluence of several events: leaking water over the decades, which damaged the plaster; significant structural cracking due to historic settle-ment of the building; and especially the fact that the original plasterers didn’t apply the plaster to the ceiling properly, failing to create enough “keys” to attach it to the support beams above and reducing its holding power. That problem has also been corrected as part of the project.

Victorian Society Honors Chateau-sur-Mer Restoration

The Victorian Society in America has honored the Preservation Society with a preservation award for its exterior restoration of Chateau-sur-Mer (1852). The six-year project, completed last year, restored the house’s facades and roof. It included masonry, slate-mansard and flat-seam copper roofing, skylights, metal cornice and decorated pressed metal ornamentation and window and veranda woodwork. The Victorian Society cites the project as “an example of the highest standards of historic preservation.”

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Mrs. Claiborne Pell and her son Toby helped to plant a new beech tree behind the Preservation Society’s office. Photo by Andrea Carneiro

Geothermal Technology Studied at The BreakersBy Andrea Carneiro, Communications Manager

The results of a feasibility study on the potential for using underground water to dehumidify the indoor air at The Breakers was being awaited as this issue of the Newport Gazette went to press. Last fall and winter, two test wells were drilled on the property to determine whether there is a sufficient reser-voir of water in the ground to make the use of geothermal technology feasible. This renewable energy source could have the potential to save the Preservation Society money in electricity costs.

The technology takes advantage of the fact that the temperature of the earth just a few feet below the surface tends to remain at a constant 50 degrees Fahrenheit. A heat exchanger would use the cold water to make dehumidi-fied air, which would be delivered to chosen locations in the house. The water would then be returned to the ground for re-circulation. Reducing the moisture in the air will protect the interior of the building and its furnishings from moisture damage.

The results of the test drilling will determine whether there is enough water with the appropriate characteristics to support the project. The study is partially funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

New Tree Planted in Honor of Pell Family

On Arbor Day, April 29, Preservation Society staff and friends gathered on the lawn adjacent to the Society’s offices on Bellevue Avenue to plant a new copper beech tree to replace the aging and dis-eased tree which had to be taken down last fall. The new tree was dedicated to the Pell family, in honor of their many contributions to Newport and the Preservation Society.

On hand to participate in the plant-ing were Nuala Pell, widow of former U.S. Senator Claiborne Pell, and her son Toby, former executive director of the Preservation Society.

The Preservation Society’s headquar-ters building was the childhood home of Senator Pell.

Drilling a test well at The Breakers. Photo by Andrea Carneiro

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By John Rodman, Director of Museum Experience

The Preservation Society of Newport County has formed a new alliance with the National Trust for Historic Preservation, extending the reach and scope of the National Trust’s historic property insurance program, National Trust Insurance Services (NTIS). By participating in the NTIS program, the Preservation Society retains its relationship with Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company as our primary underwriter, but gains a range of services provided by NTIS. The agreement includes a multi-year rate agreement for the Preservation Society.

The NTIS program offers participants access to multiple insurance programs custom written for the special needs of historic homes and properties, as well as architectural consultation, historic collections evaluation, grounds and tree risk assessment and other specialized services. The National Historic Home program has seen a large number

of its members take advantage of the NTIS offerings, as have many members of the National Trust.

“NTIS’s commitment to support the Preservation Society is corporate citizenship of the best kind,” said Preservation Society CEO & Executive Director Trudy Coxe. “And the insurance program offers us the opportunity to tailor our coverage to more effectively fit our long term needs.”

“NTIS is committed to working with historic and preservation minded organizations across the country. We are proud to be a partner in preservation with the Preservation Society. They are a recognized leader in their field, and one of the best examples nationally of what hard work, determination and vision can do in the preserva-tion community,” said Lee DiPietro, Chairman of NTIS.

Preservation Society Forges New Alliance with the National Trust

At the Newport Symposium: Don Keahon, Aspen Insurance; Preservation Society Corporate Sales Manager Ivan Colon; Ann Gonya, National Trust Insurance Services (NTIS); Steve Gonya; and Brian Phoebus, NTIS.

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CEO Trudy Coxe Honored for Career Achievement

Preservation Society CEO and Executive Director Trudy Coxe was recently honored by the Providence Business News with its 2011 Business Women Award for Overall Career Achievement.

As Executive Director of Save the Bay for 11 years, Trudy won a reputation as a tireless advocate for Rhode Island’s most precious natural resource, Narragansett Bay. Appointed Director of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management by the first President Bush, she provided national leadership on the nation’s coastal, estuarine and ocean manage-ment. From 1993 to 1998, she was Secretary of Environmental Affairs for Massachusetts, where she was directly responsible for improving air quality; protecting open space; modernizing drinking water protec-tion; completing the Boston Harbor cleanup; protecting old-growth forests and endangered species; and modernizing state parks.

For the past 12 years, Trudy has led the Preservation Society. Under her leadership the organization has achieved significant national and international recognition for its professional accomplish-ments in the areas of preservation, education and interpretation.

PBN Editor Mark Murphy commented: “Trudy Coxe has been safeguarding Rhode Island’s manmade and natural heritage for three decades…Driven by youthful experience abroad, she has wanted to make sure that our corner of the world doesn’t lose its manmade and natural landscapes to poor planning or neglect. It is a difficult job but one that we can appreciate every day.”

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Jim Burress Wins CFO of the Year Award

Jim Burress, who has provided financial leadership for the Preservation Society for the past 16 years, was named non-profit CFO of the Year by the Providence Business News. In addition to his responsibilities for budgeting, accounting, financial reporting, tax compli-ance, insurance, and the endowment, Jim also oversees human resources and information technology for the Preservation Society.

In nominating him for the award, CEO Trudy Coxe stated “Jim Burress’s financial leader-ship has made The Preservation Society of Newport County the well-managed, financially-sounded organization that it is today….No major decisions affecting the strategic direc-tion of the Preservation Society are made without Jim’s active participation. His ability to analyze complex problems, determine the core issues involved, and formulate coher-ent responses providing the best

possible outcome for the organization has proven invalu-able, and has earned him the respect and admiration of the staff and the Board of Trustees.”

Left to right: Preservation Society Vice-chair Angela Brown Fischer, Elaine and Jim Burress, Trudy Coxe, and Trustee Peter Damon. Photo by Andrea Carneiro

Trudy Coxe celebrates with her niece, Caroline Lippincott, at the awards luncheon.

Photo courtesy of the Providence Business News

Veteran Fundraiser Heads Comprehensive CampaignAn accomplished fundraiser with 20 years experience in

non-profits, Mimi Falsey has been hired as the Preservation Society’s first Comprehensive Campaign Director. She has led major fundraising efforts at Yale University and Choate Rosemary Hall. Mimi earned her BA from Yale and a law degree from Western New England College School of Law. She has also earned two Masters of Laws degrees, from New York University and Western New England College.

Collections Manager Added to Museum Affairs StaffMiranda Peters has been hired as Collections Manager in

the Museum Affairs Department. She is responsible for overseeing the curatorial inventories, database, archives, and object moves; assisting the conservators with conservation treatments and housekeeping plans; and digital photography of the collections. With experience in several art galleries, auction houses and graduate work at the Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts in New York, Miranda brings sound and diverse collections experience to her new position, including collections handling, gallery installations, digital photography, and working on projects that make collections accessible for scholarly research and public education.

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EMPLOYEE NEWS

Caitlin Emery & Maria Jõao Petisca

Miranda Peters

Mimi Falsey

Assistant Conservator at Work at The ElmsAn Institute of Museum and Library Services grant has

provided funding for a specialist conservator position for one year to work on the conservation of the lacquer panels at The Elms. Maria Jõao Petisca from Lisbon, Portugal began work in February. She has an MSc in Conservation and Restoration from the Superior School of Technology of the Polytechnic Institute (Tomar) and an MA in Decorative Arts from the Universidade Católica Portuguesa (Lisbon). She was most recently working in the furniture section of the Conservation Department of the Institute of Museums and Conservation in Lisbon.

Museum Programs Coordinator NamedCaitlin Emery has joined the Preservation Society

full-time as Museum Programs Coordinator, after a year as an Education Fellow in the Museum Affairs Department. She is responsible for developing educational programs, creating educational materials for the web, coordinating all research activities, and creating and edit-ing tour materials. She also works closely with the curators in the development of documentation and furniture plans for the houses. Cait received her MA from the Winterthur Program in American Material Culture at the University of Delaware. Her thesis was on the dining room of Kingscote.

2011 Calendar of Events

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Advance reservations required for most events unless otherwise noted. Visit www.NewportMansions.org for more information, ticket prices and reservations, or call (401) 847-1000. Schedule is subject to change.

THURSDAY, JULY 7Lecture at Rosecliff: “Syrie Maugham” by Pauline Metcalf

WEDNESDAY, JULY 14Children’s Party at Green Animals Topiary Garden

THURSDAY, JULY 28Lecture at Rosecliff: “Highlights of the Collection” by Charles J. Burns

TUESDAY, AUGUST 2Winslow Lecture: “An Evening with Noel Coward” by historian David Garrard Lowe with singer/pianist Bobby Nesbitt

SATURDAY, AUGUST 6A Midsummer Night’s Dream Dinner Dance at The Elms Carriage House & Sunken Garden

THURSDAY, AUGUST 11Visit with the Conservators at The Elms

THURSDAY, AUGUST 18Lecture at Rosecliff: “The Vanderbilts at Blenheim” by Paul F. Miller

FRIDAY, AUGUST 19- SATURDAY, AUGUST 20Newport Mansions Stores Warehouse Sale

MONDAY, AUGUST 22Annual Golf Outing at Newport National Golf Club

FRIDAY, AUGUST 26- SUNDAY, AUGUST 28Newport Mansions Stores Summer Members’ Sale

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5Last day of lunch at The Elms Carriage House Café Last day of season for ChepstowHunter House & Isaac Bell House go to weekend & holidays only opening

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8Visit with the Conservators at The Elms

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23— SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 25Newport Mansions Wine & Food Festival at Rosecliff and Marble House

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28Study Day: “Masterpieces and Master Craftsmen of 18th Century Newport” at St. John the Evangelist Guild Hall, Newport

MONDAY, OCTOBER 10Last day of lunch at the Chinese Tea House at Marble HouseLast day of season for Hunter House, Isaac Bell House, Green Animals and Kingscote

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13Visit with the Conservators at The Elms

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17- SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 20Newport Mansions Stores Fall Members’ Sale

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18Last day of season for Chateau-sur-Mer and Rosecliff

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19- SUNDAY, JANUARY 1, 2012Christmas at the Newport MansionsThe Breakers, The Elms and Marble House

SATURDAYS, NOVEMBER 26, DECEMBER 3 & DECEMBER 10Holiday Evenings at The Breakers

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17Dinner Dance at The BreakersHoliday Evening Duet at The Elms & Marble HouseSchedule is subject to change

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Enjoy the Benefits of a Charitable Gift AnnuityA charitable gift annuity agreement with The Preservation Society of Newport County provides a lifetime of secure and dependable payments – a fixed annuity – for one or two people. You’ll also assure that the houses, collections and landscapes are supported in your name or the name of a loved one. Other benefits of a gift annuity include:

For more information, please visit our web site www.PSNC.org and click on “Membership & Donations” then “Charitable Gift Annuities.” Or contact our Charitable Gift Planner, Jim Roehm, at (401) 847-1000 ext. 142 or via e-mail at JRoehm@NewportMansions.org.

• A generous charitable deduction with part of the annuity received tax-free for a period of years.

• Can be funded by appreciated securities with tax-favored treatment.

• Higher annuity rates if payments start “later on” in retirement.

• Conservators Circle donor recognition membership.

Please know that gift annuity agreements are subject to your state of residence. The Preservation Society stands behind the annuity payment obligation.

Sample rates for one life agreements:

Age Rate Rate after July 1, 2011

65 5.5% 5.3%

70 5.8% 5.8%

75 6.4% 6.5%

80 7.2% 7.5%

85 8.1% 8.4%

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15 plus years of ConseCutive MeMbership

Mrs. Russell B. AitkenCaptain and Mrs. John E. AllenMr. John A. AlmeidaMrs. Pamela K. AmmermanMr. and Mrs. Samuel D. AnthonyMr. Vincent J. ArnoldMr. and Mrs. Brian R. ArnoldMr. and Mrs. Harold D. BakerMrs. Sarah J. BakerMr. and Mrs. A. Leslie BallardMr. W. N. Banks, Jr.Ms. Brittain BardesMr. and Mrs. Chaplin Bradford BarnesMr. William A. BauerbandMr. Roy BauerbandMr. and Mrs. Robert A. BeaverMr. and Mrs. William F. BenischColonel Albion A. Bergstrom and Dr. Angela FeyerabendMrs. Betsy D. BessingerMr. and Mrs. Bruce E. BissettMr. and Mrs. William A. BizjakDr. John and Lady Romayne BockstoceMr. and Mrs. Richard N. BohanMrs. Christopher BolandMr. Benjamin C. BoluskyMr. William T. BowlerDr. and Mrs. Robert G. BraytonDr. and Mrs. Michael J. Brennan, Jr.Dr. and Mrs. David W. BrownCaptain and Mrs. Nicholas BrownDr. and Mrs. Howard S. BrowneMrs. Sally BrownellMr. and Mrs. Fred BucciMrs. Ruth Hale BuchananMrs. Mary C. BurrusMs. Norma E. Campbell and Mr. Charles E. Kesson

Mrs. Heather M. CampbellMr. and Mrs. Edmund F. Capozzi, Sr.Mr. and Mrs. Francis J. CardozaMr. and Mrs. David R. CarlinMrs. Ralph E. CarpenterLieutenant Colonel and Mrs. Michael B. CarruthMr. Robert F. CarusoMr. and Mrs. Richard G. CaseyMr. and Mrs. Gerald F. CerceMrs. Robert H. CharlesMr. Robert A. ChaseMrs. Alice CoffeyMr. and Mrs. Barry CohenMr. and Mrs. James J. Coleman, Jr.Mrs. Francis A. ComstockMr. and Mrs. John B. ConboyMrs. Elizabeth I. ConklinMr. and Mrs. Philip M. ConnellMrs. Alletta M. S. CooperMr. William J. CooperMr. and Mrs. Edward B. CorcoranMr. and Mrs. Robert E. CoreyMr. and Mrs. Michael CullenMr. and Mrs. Nicholas R. CurcioMr. and Mrs. R. Michael CurranMr. Frederick A. Cushing and Mrs. Caterine MilinaireMr. and Mrs. Charles A. DanaMr. and Mrs. Gary E. De SzendeffyMr. and Mrs. Eliot W. DenaultMr. and Mrs. Lucien J. Desrosiers, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. C. Mathews Dick, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Ronald F. DickMr. John F. DonlonDeacon and Mrs. William J. DonovanMrs. Evelyn M. Dorkin and Ms. Amy B. DorkinMrs. Noreen S. DrexelMr. Bartlett S. Dunbar and Ms. Lisa Lewis

Ms. Myra H. DuvallyMrs. M. Lucia EaganMr. John C. EdgrenDr. and Mrs. Peter T. EudenbachMr. William W. Everett, Jr.Ms. Courtenay EversoleMr. Bernard J. Fagan, Jr.Dr. and Mrs. M. Cody FaheyMr. Louis A. FazzanoDr. and Mrs. Edwin G. FischerMr. Ronald Lee FlemingMr. and Mrs. Robert J. FlorentinoMr. and Mrs. Henry N. FosterMrs. Louis A. FragolaMr. and Mrs. Eugene W. FriedrichMr. Francis J. FurtadoMrs. Helene FuscoDr. and Mrs. Richard C. GallagherDr. and Mrs. Thomas P. GalvinMrs. Stewart Anderson GardnerMr. and Mrs. Bernard S. GewirzMrs. Elesabeth I. GilletMrs. Ernest A. GirouxMr. and Mrs. Philip A. GlantzMrs. Robert H. I. GoddardMr. and Mrs. Robert G. GoeletMr. and Mrs. Thomas D. Goldrick, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Richard H. GordonMr. and Mrs. Robert M. GraceMr. and Mrs. Francis J. GradyMr. and Mrs. Paul J. Grimes, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Grosvenor, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. James B. GubelmannMr. and Mrs. Gary L. GumpMr. and Mrs. Frank S. Hale IIMrs. Rita J. HallMr. Jeremiah L. HarringtonMrs. William HarringtonMr. and Mrs. Steven C. HarveyMrs. Fredericka W. HazardMs. Harriet P. HigginsDr. and Mrs. Ronald C. HillegassMrs. Anne M. HoggMrs. Alice HomerMr. and Mrs. Robert D. HorganDr. and Mrs. Paul C. HoustonMrs. Maryann HughesMr. and Mrs. Richard J. HullMr. and Mrs. Harold H. HultgrenMr. David G. HunterMr. Thomas J. HyderMrs. Albert G. IandoloMr. and Mrs. Frank C. InfangerMr. John K. Irwin and Mrs. Karyne WilnerRabbi and Mrs. Marc S. JagolinzerMrs. Kathleen E. JenkinsMs. Joan B. JohnsonMr. John N. KahnMr. John G. KavanaghMr. Kevin Kelley and Ms. Deborah KelseyMr. William W. KenneyMrs. Belinda KiellandMrs. Claudia P. KinderMr. and Mrs. Roger H. King, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Jerome R. Kirby, Jr.Miss Catherine H. KoulouvardisMrs. M. S. Krakoff

A Special Thank You to Our Long-Time Members

Your annual membership in The Preservation Society of Newport County is an essential factor in keeping our magnificent properties, collections, and landscapes open to the public. Along with the benefits you receive – unlimited visits, lectures, event invitations, museum store discounts, and current updates, among others – you also help to do something more.

Since our founding in 1945, private financial support has implied a shared value for saving the best of the past, and demonstrates a commitment to preserve, restore and conserve this vital part of America’s – and Newport’s – cultural history. Those who have maintained membership, uninterrupted, year after year, also make a welcome contribution to our financial stability. With memberships in 48 out of 50 states and many foreign countries, there are thou-sands who can’t visit every year, but who know that the ravages of time do not wait for anyone. We deeply appreciate your constancy of support, and want to celebrate and recognize this distinctive faithfulness to the mission of The Preservation Society of Newport County. Each spring, we will honor those who have been continuous members for the past 5, 10 and 15 years. We hope your name will be there…if not this year, then sometime soon.

Many thanks from all of us for your unwavering membership.*

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Professor William Larson and Dr. Olga V. W. LarsonDr. and Mrs. Neil C. LeerssenMrs. Donna M. LeiteThe Honorable Barbara M. LeonardMr. William H. LeysMr. and Mrs. Derek L. LimbockerMr. and Mrs. David E. P. LindhMr. and Mrs. David J. LittleMr. Richard C. Loebs, Jr.Mrs. Annette R. LombardiMr. and Mrs. Colin A. MacGillivrayMr. Peter E. MaddenMrs. Joan MadeiraMr. and Mrs. Curtis W. MageeMr. James H. Maher and Ms. Madelyn T. MaherMrs. Jennifer L. MalmbergMrs. Hayward F. ManiceMrs. William J. ManiceMr. and Mrs. Frederick J. MaranoMr. and Mrs. Alfred J. MartinMrs. Chandler MashekMr. James M. MasonMr. and Mrs. Frank Mauran IIIMs. Edith S. McBeanMrs. Nancy McBeanMr. William T. McCue, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Anson B. MccurdyMr. and Mrs. T. Paul McEnroeMr. and Mrs. Earl McMillen IIMr. and Mrs. Robert P. MeikleMr. and Mrs. Frank P. MelloMr. and Mrs. Leland R. MerrillMr. Daniel F. MeucciMs. Lee P. MillerDr. and Mrs. Peter J. MogayzelMs. Lee MoloneyMr. and Mrs. Joseph P. MonroeMr. and Mrs. Gary L. MooreMr. and Mrs. Allen R. MooresMr. T. F. Moran IIIMr. and Mrs. Alfred T. Morris, Jr.Mrs. Peter V. C. MorrisMaster Joseph E. MoyeMr. and Mrs. Michael J. MoyeMr. and Mrs. Michael G. MuesselMr. Arthur W. MurphyReverend John R. NeilsonMr. and Mrs. Bernard NemtzowMr. and Mrs. Paul C. Nicholson, Jr.Mrs. Hilda S. O’ConnellMr. Roderick B. O’Hanley, Jr. and Mr. Richard C. CrissonMrs. Patrick O’Neil HayesMrs. Linda O’NeillMrs. Eileen P. O’ReillyMrs. Ruth OrthweinMrs. Audrey C. OswaldMr. and Mrs. David C. OxmanMr. and Mrs. William R. PalomboMrs. Bettie PardeeMr. and Mrs. William H. ParkerDr. and Mrs. Frederick A. Peirce, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Christopher T. H. PellMrs. Claiborne C. PellSenator and Mrs. Charles H. PercyMrs. Suzanne Perkins-GordonMr. Gennaro L. Perrotti

Mr. O. L. PittsProfessor Kathryn S. PodwallMr. and Mrs. Frederick H. Prince IVMr. and Mrs. Francis J. QuinnMrs. Bunnie E. QuinnMr. David Warren RayMr. and Mrs. Peter W. RectorMr. and Mrs. David L. ReedMr. and Mrs. H. Glenn ReedMr. Stanley F. Reed, Jr.Mrs. Margaret A. RhodesMrs. Betsy A. RiceMr. Donald C. RichardsMr. and Mrs. Eugene B. Roberts, Jr.Cdr. and Mrs. Wayne RobinsonMr. Richard RobinsonMrs. Betty H. RobinsonMr. and Mrs. David M. RogovitzMrs. Nancy RotheMr. and Mrs. Harold Winthrop SandsMr. and Mrs. Stanley DeForest ScottMrs. Avery SeamanMr. James J. Sepe, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Richard B. SheffieldMr. and Mrs. Albert K. Sherman, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Gerald A. SimoneMr. and Mrs. B. M. Simpson IIIMrs. Diane Z. SmithMr. Lee A. SmithDr. and Mrs. Howard SnyderCapt. and Mrs. Frank M. Snyder, USN (Ret.)Mrs. Cathleen S. SpeerMr. William H. SpencerMrs. Stephen W. SpencerMs. Mary K. SpenglerThe Honorable Fernand J. St. GermainMr. Dennis E. Stark and Mr. Robert F. AmarantesMr. and Mrs. David E. SteeleMr. and Mrs. Peter N. StevensMrs. Dorothy StevensonMr. and Mrs. Palmer B. StickneyMr. and Mrs. Stanley StoneMrs. E. MacGregor StraussGerald Stretton, Esq.Mr. Thomas C. SturtevantMr. Frederick A. SullivanMr. A. Michael Sullivan, Jr.RADM and Mrs. E.R. SwinburneMs. Diana M. SylvariaMrs. Nancy TarltonMr. and Mrs. Peter TarpgaardMs. Topsy TaylorMrs. Sheila R. ThayerCapt. and Mrs. Arthur R. Thomas, USN (Ret.)Mr. Jay C. ThompsonMs. Karen Toepper and Mr. Douglas HaasMr. and Mrs. Michael J. ToweyMr. and Mrs. William L. Van AlenMrs. Chalmers Van AnglenMr. and Mrs. Guy F. C. Van PeltMr. and Mrs. V. James Vanicek, Jr.John H. Victoria-Tibbetts, Esq.Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey S. WaddellMrs. Jane M. WalshMrs. Donald F. WalshMr. and Mrs. Fredrick D. WamplerDr. Roger Warburton and Dr. Eileen Warburton

Mr. George H. WarrenMrs. Lynne F. WarrenMr. and Mrs. Kenneth W. WashburnVADM and Mrs. Thomas R. Weschler, USN (Ret.)RADM and Mrs. Glenn WhislerMr. and Mrs. Myron WilnerMr. and Mrs. John H. WilsonMs. Joan B. WilsonMr. and Mrs. John G. WinslowDr. James L. YarnallMr. Paul ZutzBerwind Family OfficeHenry B. Plant Memorial FundKent-Lucas Foundation

10 years of ConseCutive MeMbership

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen L. AbbottMr. and Mrs. Craig R. AkinsMr. and Mrs. Joseph M. AnthonyMr. and Mrs. Robert ArmesMr. and Mrs. James A. BaarMr. Keith Bishop and Ms. Jessica BishopMr. and Mrs. H. Dickson S. BoenningMr. and Mrs. George BrightMr. and Mrs. Thomas R. BrightMiss Eileen BrownMr. and Mrs. David K. ChristiansonMr. and Mrs. William CieslaMs. Jade CihanowyzMr. and Mrs. Charles E. Costello, Jr.Ms. Margaret CoxMs. Marianne T. DalpeMr. and Mrs. William DoerrMrs. Dwight DoolanMrs. Joan EdenbachMr. and Mrs. Henry FittingMs. Virginia FoldanMr. and Mrs. John H. French IIMr. Walter J. FrizzellMr. and Mrs. Richard A. FurtadoMr. and Mrs. Richard FyansMr. and Mrs. George E. GretchMr. and Mrs. Daniel HarringtonMr. and Mrs. Michael J. HenlyshynMr. Howard B. Miska and Ms. Mary J. HovanecMs. Joya Granbery HoytMr. Justin Iannascolio and Ms. Lynn IannascolioMrs. Mary IannettaMr. and Mrs. Joseph JakabMr. and Mrs. Maurice JohnsonMr. and Mrs. Robert P. Jones IIIMrs. Greta M. KesslerMs. Lorinda KillionMr. Lee KriebelMr. and Mrs. Stephen KrupczakMrs. Marilyn LaroseDr. and Mrs. Henry ListenickMr. and Mrs. Frederick MacriDr. and Mrs. Frank A. MaggioMr. and Mrs. Robert A. MarraMr. and Mrs. Scott R. MarshallMs. Florence MicarelliMr. James M. P. Feuille and Ms. Nancy J. Murray

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Mr. and Mrs. Ronald MusiakMr. and Mrs. Michael NesbittMr. and Mrs. C. Walter Nichols IIMr. and Mrs. Michael G. NoonanMr. and Mrs. David OdlandMrs. Carol O’MalleyMr. and Mrs. F. Michael PalmerMr. Michael Pernice and Mr. Gerald PerniceMr. Edward W. Phifer IIIMr. and Mrs. John R. RamseyMr. and Mrs. Jay RiemerMr. and Mrs. Jim RobbinsMr. and Mrs. Brian J. RossmanMr. Stuart W. SandersonMr. Frank SarnoMr. and Mrs. Walter J. Sawyer, Jr.Ms. Mary ScheidMr. Gary M. Slemp and Ms. Sandra J. MeechMs. Betty Ann SmithDr. R. Scott Smith and Ms. Donna MarinoMr. and Mrs. Peter SnyderMr. and Mrs. Robert SolomitaMr. Irving Stackpole and Ms. Elizabeth ZiembaMr. and Mrs. Curtis StromMr. and Mrs. Patrick SullivanMr. and Mrs. Anthony TagliaferroMr. and Mrs. Raymond Tautic, Jr.Mr. Louis R. Toboz and Mr. Ronald WalkerMr. and Mrs. Arthur H. WalkerMs. Cynthia V. L. WardMr. and Mrs. William Weber, Jr.Ms. Grace WilbourMr. Eric WilliamsMrs. William F. WisemanLila Delman Real Estate

5 YEARS OF CONSECUTIVE MEMBERSHIP

Mrs. Charles AdamsMr. and Mrs. Ross Aiello, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. William AinsworthDr. David W. AndersonMs. Patricia AndersonMr. and Mrs. Michael T. AnthonyMr. and Mrs. Richard AntonelliDr. and Mrs. John ArnoldMr. and Mrs. Joseph BelloMr. and Mrs. G. Thomas BenedettiMrs. Pamela C. BradfordMs. Cynthia Bradley and Mr. Brian CurtisMr. and Mrs. Sidney S. BramanMr. and Mrs. David BriggsMs. Linda ButterworthDr. Susana CamposMr. Stephen Casey and Ms. Debra HuntMr. Louis CenatiempoMr. and Mrs. Philip CheverieMr. and Mrs. Harold J. ColbyMr. and Mrs. Michael CostaMs. Ann CrimminsMrs. Elizabeth F. CrinellaMr. and Mrs. Joseph CsikiMr. and Mrs. Roger L. Cunningham

Mr. and Mrs. Lewis D. DanaMr. Keith A. DobbinsMs. Constance A. DonovanMs. Jane EdwardsMr. Howard Eisenberg and Ms. Doris ZografosMs. Janet EitvydasMr. and Mrs. Harry ElkinMr. and Mrs. David EmondMr. Stephen Federico and Ms. Christina HaveringtonMr. and Mrs. George David FendersonMrs. Cecelia FerroMs. Kathy FitzgeraldMr. and Mrs. John FlahertyMr. and Mrs. Peter FloodMr. David B. FordMr. and Mrs. James M. FullerMr. and Mrs. John GardellaMr. and Mrs. Tom GeismarDr. Sheila GeogheganDr. and Mrs. Wayne B. GlazierMr. and Mrs. Walter S. GommermannMr. Kevin B. HeldMrs. Jennifer HelmingMr. and Mrs. Gerald HessMs. Janet HinderliterMr. and Mrs. Scott HinzmanMr. Cressy HudsonMr. Michael W. Icenhour and Mr. Bob CartaMr. and Mrs. Paul JablanskyMrs. Mary JacobsonMr. and Mrs. Kenneth JarrettMr. and Mrs. Paul J. JuettnerMr. and Mrs. Richard KennyMs. Jane KildayDr. and Mrs. William KoberMr. and Mrs. Adam KonowMr. and Mrs. Ken KoschekMr. and Mrs. Neil F. KreinikMrs. Deborah LangrellMrs. Donna LeighDr. Lawrence Geuss and Ms. Pamela LenehanMs. Fredda A. LevittMr. and Mrs. Edward S. LewandoskiColonel Karen D. LloydMr. and Mrs. Eric MandrackieMr. and Mrs. Charles MarshallMr. and Mrs. Jared MartinMr. Jeffrey MasonerMs. Kathleen Mauer and Ms. Nann CookeMr. William McgowanMr. Mark McLewin and Ms. Patricia DavenportMr. Edward Montana, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Keith MorganMs. Joni MossMs. Jean E. MullerMr. and Mrs. William J. MuselerMr. and Mrs. Robert W. NagleMajor and Mrs. Joseph NedeauDr. Robert R. Newton and Dr. Karen V. K. NewtonMrs. Margie O’NeillMr. and Mrs. Daniel O`BrienDr. Sheryl Anne OllieMr. and Mrs. Randy Parlova

Ms. Laurie CurtinMr. James F. Plugh and Mr. Robin M. BackMr. James R. Powell and Ms. Lynnette FoucherMr. and Mrs. William J. ProvostMr. Robert L. Renck, Jr. and Carol KahnMr. and Mrs. Charles C. Richardson, Jr.Mr. Michael RinaldiMr. and Mrs. Barrett RipleyMr. and Mrs. Thomas RoskellyMr. Stephen W. RossMs. Margaret Samela and Ms. Lorraine SamelaMr. William SchaalMs. Susan B. Schenck and Mr. Steven GoodwinMr. and Mrs. John SchlesingerMr. and Mrs. Harold SchofieldMr. Robert SchraderMs. Marion SchuenemannMr. and Mrs. Richard A. SchulmanMr. and Mrs. Charles Scott IIIMr. William Shaw and Mr. Thomas BraceMs. Ann Marie SisakMrs. Rita D. SlomMs. Mary C. SmedileMr. and Mrs. A. Theodore Stautberg, Jr.Mr. David StevensMr. and Mrs. Christian StorchMr. and Mrs. Terrance L. StowersMs. Joanne SurgeonMr. and Mrs. Anthony TorranoMr. Roger Tremblay and Ms. Judith McConaghyMr. and Mrs. Andrew S. TsimortosMr. and Mrs. Christopher P. TurleyMs. Kelly Van Orden and Ms. Madison Van OrdenMr. and Mrs. William VernooyMr. and Mrs. Jeffrey VisserMr. and Mrs. Tom WalkerMr. and Mrs. Thomas WalshMr. and Mrs. Karl WeintzMs. Mary WestonMr. and Mrs. Rodney WinchesterMr. and Mrs. Bill Wyer

*Membership status as of March 31, at the close of each fiscal year. Please note, if a membership has been renewed in any year later than the one-year expiration date, it is still considered a continuous membership. If a membership has been dropped for a year, then it is not considered continuous.

Errors and omissions occasionally occur, despite our best efforts. Please do not hesitate to contact the Membership Office, at members@NewportMansions.org or (401) 847-1000, ext. 111 if you have a question.

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Our MissionGreat Houses connect people to a

nation’s heritage and open windows to another age. The Preservation Society of Newport County is a non-profit orga-nization whose mission is to protect, preserve, and present an exceptional collection of house museums and land-scapes in one of the most historically intact cities in America. We hold in pub-lic trust the Newport Mansions which are an integral part of the living fabric of Newport, Rhode Island. These sites exemplify three centuries of the finest achievements in American architecture, decorative arts, and landscape design spanning the Colonial era to the Gilded Age. Through our historic properties, educational programs, and related activi-ties we engage the public in the story of America’s vibrant cultural heritage. We seek to inspire and promote an appre-ciation of the value of preservation to enrich the lives of people everywhere.

INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL

Armin B. Allen, Co-ChairEarl A. Powell III, Co-ChairJohn Winthrop AldrichTheresa Elmore BehrendtJames D. BerwindBonnie BurnhamDr. Johan CederlundMaureen K. ChiltonAlec CobbeCount Denis de KergorlayClaudio Del VecchioDebra Del VecchioNancy DubucPeter EltzHenrietta H. ForeMorrison H. HeckscherRobin Herbert C.B.E.Brooks LobkowiczRobert B. MacKayPauline C. MetcalfRichard MoePeter PennoyerMary S. PhippsLouis G. PianconeAnne L. PouletDame Fiona Reynolds DBESir Hugh Roberts GCVOCharles M. RoyceDeborah G. RoyceTracie RozhonEl Marqués de Santa CruzHenrietta Spencer-Churchill, BIID, FIDAVladimir I. TolstoyDiane B. WilseyRichard Guy Wilson

OFFICERSChairman Emeritus John G. Winslow

ChairmanDonald O. Ross

Vice ChairAngela Brown Fischer

Vice PresidentsCarol C. BallardDavid P. LeysAngela L. Moore

TreasurerMonty Burnham

Assistant TreasurerPeter S. Damon

SecretaryArthur W. Murphy, Esq.

TRUSTEESDuncan A. ChapmanNancy W. CushingKim DardenDavid B. FordSarah M. GewirzAla IshamEaddo Hayes KiernanElizabeth W. LeathermanDavid E.P. LindhWilliam F. LuceyRonald K. MachtleyJohn D. MuggeridgeAndrew K. ReillyEugene B. Roberts, Jr.Alice D. Ross Mary Van PeltMark E. Watson IIIWilliam F. WilsonWilliam N. Wood Prince

OVERSEERSMarion O. CharlesHope Drury GoddardJerome R. KirbyRichard N. Sayer, Esq.John J. Slocum, Jr.George H. WarrenJohn G. Winslow

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Trudy Coxe

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PRESERVATION SOCIETY PROPERTIESArnold Burying Ground (1675)

Hunter House (circa 1748)

Kingscote (1839-1841)

Chateau-sur-Mer (1851-1852)

Green Animals Topiary Garden

(circa 1860)

Chepstow (1860-1861)

Isaac Bell House (1881-1883)

424 Bellevue Avenue (1887-1888)

Marble House (1888-1892)

The Breakers (1893-1895)

The Breakers Stable & Carriage House

(1895)

The Elms (1899-1901)

Rosecliff (1899-1902)

Rovensky Park (1959)

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