£ gi SS M B( l rn- iWtf. The Essex Institute Annual Report April 1, 1977 - March 31, 1978 * The Essex Institute Annual Report April 1, 1977 - March 31, 1978 ESSEX INSTITUTE ANNUAL REPORT April 1, 1977-March 31, 1978 OFFICERS (As of June 1, 1978) Richard S. West (1967), President Peter B. Seamans (1972), Senior Vice-President H. Gilman Nichols (1977), Second Vice-President Andrew Oliver (1971), Third Vice-President Albert Goodhue (1954), Secretary Edward H. Osgood (1969), Treasurer COUNCIL (As of April 25, 1978) Term expires 1979 Albert Goodhue (1954) Edward C. Johnson, 3rd (1967) Richard S. West (1967) David P. Wheatland (1955) Term expires 1981 Randolph P. Barton (1977) Cornelius C. Felton (1976) H. Gilman Nichols (1977) William L. Saltonstall (1977) Term Expires 1980 Mrs. W. Benjamin Bacon (1972) W. Hammond Bowden (1955) Frank McQ . Gring (1976) Robert W. Lovett (1970) Term expires 1982 Ernest S. Dodge (1951) Mrs. Paul T. Haskell (1976) Mrs. Edward L. Peirson (1978) Stuart W. Pratt (1977) Ex Officio Mrs. Henry L. Mason, Chairman, Ladies Committee (October 1977) (Dates after names indicate original election to Council) Annual Report 2 Committees 1977 - 1978 The president is a member of all committees and the director is an ex-officio member EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, SPECIAL Richard S. West, Chairman Albert Goodhue Edward C. Johnson, 3rd Andrew Oliver Edward H. Osgood Peter B. Seamans Bryant F. Tolies, Jr., ex-officio FINANCE COMMITTEE, STANDING Edward H. Osgood, Chairman Edward C. Johnson, 3rd H. Gilman Nichols Richard S. West LIBRARY COMMITTEE, STANDING Robert W. Lovett, Chairman Thomas A. Askew, Jr. Nathaniel Coolidge Robert Pirie Caroline Shillaber Charles S. Tapley PUBLICATIONS COMMITTEE, STANDING W. Hammond Bowden, Chairman Frederick S. Allis, Jr. Ernest S. Dodge Mrs. Bertram K. Little Andrew Oliver Rollo G. Silver J. P. Spang III LEGAL COMMITTEE, SPECIAL Peter B. Seamans, Chairman Richard S. West LADIBS COMMITTEE Mrs. Henry L. .Mason, Chairman MUSEUM COMMITTEE, STANDING Edward C. Johnson, 3rd, Chairman Mrs. W. Benjamin Bacon Sargeht Bradlee Albert Goodhue Mrs. Paul T. Haskell Bartlett Hayes, Jr. Stuart W. Pratt The Hon. William L. Saltonstall David P. Wheatland MAINTENANCE COMMITTEE, SPECIAL Albert Goodhue, Chairmanl Stanley M. Smith, Chairman2 James H. Ballou Randolph P. Barton Mrs. Emerson T. Oliver Earl P. Phinney Charles A. Steward DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, SPECIAL Mrs. W. Benjamin Bacon, Chairman Cornelius C. Felton, Jr. Byron M. Getchell Frank M. Gring Mrs. Henry L. Mason H. Gilman Nichols Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Zelinski EDUCATION COMMITTEE, SPECIAL Albert Goodhue, Chairman Richard S. West NOMINATING COMMITTEE Peter B. Seamans, Chairman Mrs. Paul T. Haskell Mrs. W. Benjamin Bacon The Hon. William L. Saltonstall HONORARY CURATORS (As of April 19, 1977) Honorary Curator of Silver Honorary Curator of Costumes Honorary Curator of Dolls Honorary Curator of Furniture and Pewter Honorary Curator of Military Collections 1 2 Resigned 11/77 Became chairman 12/77 Martha Gandy Fales John R. Burbidge Madeline 0. Merril] Dean A. Fales, Jr. Malcolm Johnson Annual Report 3 STAFF April 1, 1977 - March 31, 1978 Bryant F. Tolies, Jr., Director IBRARY Librarian Bryant F. Tolies, Jr. Associate Librarian Robinson Murray III Assistant Librarian Miss Mary M. Ritchie Reference Librarian Mrs. Arthur R. Norton Manuscript Librarian Barbara Adams Blundell1 Ellen D. Mark2 3 Administrative Assistant Marylou Birchmore Library Interns +Blaine Edele (Gordon College)"5 6 Steven Schier (Salem State College ) Library Volunteers Miss Eleanor Broadhead Walter Drogue Blaine Edele Cornelius Felton Mrs. Thelma Jenney Mrs . Katherine MacGregor Mrs. Barbara Sanders Miss Caroline Shillaber David Spencer Mrs. Beatrice Stasinopulos 1. 5/1/77 2. 9/6/77 3. Summer 1977 4. Resigned 3/31/77 5. Died 12/18/77 6. 1/16/78 MAINTENANCE Superintendent Albert R. Fromberger4 Assistant Superintendent Louis F. Tellier^ Maintenance Assistants Paul F. DuceyO *+Glen Munroe Eric Muise7 Consultant Ray K. Moore Housekeepers Mrs. Edward F. Marquis Mrs. James McIntosh y Mrs. Lorraine C. Barker^ Constables * George Crowdis Joseph Demeule10 * Reginald M. Mclntire Harold J. Shallow Maintenance Volunteers William M. Houghton MUSEUM Curator Anne Farnam Research Associate Mrs. Gilbert R. Payson Assistant Curator John Hardy Wright Registrar ^ Margaret A. Hols ten Bettina A. Norton12 Print Cataloguer Bettina A. Norton11 Museum Assistant * Miss Mary Silver Smith * Elaine D. Bonney14 Administrative Assistants Cynthia Cetlin , Jane D. Crawford1-0 7. 6/15/77-8/77 8. 6/15/77-8/77 9. 6/22/77 10. Resigned 6/30/77 11. Resigned 6/30/77 12. 1/3/78 13. 1/2/76-12/31/77 14. 1/3/78 15. Resigned 6/1/77 *Part time +Temporary 4 MUSEUM (cont.) Boston University American Studies Scholars .16 Ms. Susan Geibl^ Robert C. Stewart- __ Mary Ellen Martin^-7 University of Vermont Intern Jill Williams1^ House Guides *+James Blandini *+Martha Coombs *+Catherine Emmons *+Elizabeth Hoffman * Ms . Honor Hull *+Paul Machado * Mrs. Montgomery Merrill * Mrs. Ray K. Moore *+ Joyce Morin *+Sana Moseley *+Stephen Schier *+Kenneth Torino House Custodians David Goss Mr. and Mrs. K, Mr. and Mrs. Robinson Murray III Mr. Albert R. Fromberger Museum Volunteers Steven J. Adolphson Mrs. Paul T. Haskell Stephen Schier COORDINATOR OF COMMUNITY RELATIONS * Mrs . Alvin Shutzer COORDINATOR OF EDUCATION * K. David Goss Education Volunteers E. Donald Carlin Mrs. Roger Greenslet James Mu lho 11 and Kate Sawyer Claudia Thornhill 20 ADMINISTRATION Business Officer Charles A. Steward Assistant Treasurers * Peter R. Doran * Edwin W. Denni? Assistant ta the Director Mrs. Lincoln D. Richardsor Office Manager Mrs. Irving J. Duffy Administrative Assistant Mrs. Hugh Nelson Administrative Receptionist Mrs. Peter B. Ward Supervisor on Weekends William Allen Tellers +Anne Johnson *+Susan McLean +Katie West Office Volunteers * Ms. Janice Matula 21 Mrs . Dorothy Weisman 22 * Ms. Katherine Ballou^ * Mrs. Marguerite Theriault E. Donald Carlin 15. to 7/1/77 19. Intern, North Shore Community 16. to 7/1/77 20. Intern, Salem State College 17. starting 9/1/77 21. until 8/77 18. starting 1.17/78 22. 1/25/78 23. until 4/78 *Part time 24. until 12/78 +Temporary I K ^ Annual Report 5 ESSEX INSTITUTE - LADIES COMMITTEE 1977 - 1978 Mrs. W. Benjamin Bacon Mrs. A. Pevear Barton Mrs. George E. Benson Mrs. Oliver K. Black Mrs. James W. Bowers Mrs. Richard Bowman Mrs. Richard Breed Mrs. Richard P. Breed, Jr. Mrs. William J. Breed Mrs. Gordon L. Brown Mrs. H. Glover Butler nMrs. Allan M. Chagan Mrs. Patrick Conley Mrs. Earl F. Cook Mrs. William R. Creamer Mrs. Lee A. Dimond Mrs. Alfred M. Donovan Mrs. Allyn Fields Mrs. Catherine Gill Mrs . Albert Goodhue Mrs. Frank McQ. Gring 4rs. Paul T. Haskell 4rs. Henry H. Hazen, Jr. 4rs. Owen E. Hearty ^irs. Sherman Holcomb tMrs. Robert Howie Irs. E. Randall Jackson Irs. Claude K. Jones Mrs. Leonard B. Kilgore Irs. Richard A. LeBel Irs. Richard D. Lemmerman Irs. Vincent Lyness Irs. Harvey L. Macaulay Irs. Wilfred Marchand Irs. James A. Marsh Irs. Henry L. Mason Irs. Robert R. Minturn Irs. Leon Monnier, Jr. Mrs. James A. Morrison Mrs. Wilbur T. Moulton Mrs. Bradley P. Noyes Mrs. Emerson T. Oliver Mrs. Robert L. Osgood Mrs. Robert W. Osgood, III Mrs. Edward L. Peirson Mrs. Gary N. Peterson Mrs. Drayton Phillips Miss Molly Pitcher Mrs. Louis Pocharski Mrs. James Reiley Mrs. Joseph C. Roper, Jr. Mrs. David C. Ross Mrs. Richard Russell Mrs. James F. St. Clair Mrs. Francis P. Scully, Jr. Mrs. Robert R. Shapiro Mrs. Benjamin Shreve Mrs. William A. Slade, Jr. Mrs. Dwain B. Smith Mrs. Joseph W. Stanton Mrs. Bryant F. Tolies, Jr. Annual Report 6 ESSEX INSTITUTE - LADIES COMMITTEE 1977 - 1978 ASSOCIATES Mrs. Douglas F. Allen Mrs. James Ballou Mrs. Henry P. Binney Mrs. Philip W. Bourne Mrs. Francis Brown, Jr. Mrs. Lewis C. Copeland Mrs. Frederick J. Davis Mrs. Ralph H. Doering, Jr. Mrs. William D. English Mrs. Sidney Felton Mrs. C. A. B. Halvorson Mrs. L. A. B. Halvorson Mrs. John Hand Mrs. Carter Harrison Mrs. John Hassell Mrs. John Haug Mrs. Richard D. Hill Mrs. William M. Houghton Mrs. Harry Houlberg Mrs. F. Corning Kenly, Jr. Mrs. Philip H. Lord Mrs. Eric Menkin Mrs. Edward P. Parker Mrs. William H. Robinson, Jr. Mrs. Richard Thorndike Mrs. Richard West Mrs. David P. Wheatland Annual Report 7 REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT In the following pages you will find various customary reports which detail the activity of the Institute for the past year. In this brief report I would like to add my own personal observations. First, I would like to make particular note of the passing of Willoughby I. Stuart who died last winter. He had been a long and en¬ thusiastic friend of the Institute. He and his family set up the Wil¬ loughby H. Stuart, Jr. Memorial Fund, which is our major source of funds for acquisition of museum objects. We have expanded the name of the fund to include Pete's name as a way of recognizing his contri¬ bution to the Institute. The Institute will miss him. Mrs. Bertram K. Little, a member of the Council since 1956, and Mr. Charles S. Tapley, a member of the Council since 1949, rotate off the Council this year. Their devoted service and wise counsel has been important to the Institute, and we offer our sincere thanks. We hope they will continue to help through their committee assignments. May I also say thanks to the Ladies Committee, volunteers, and staff for their devoted service; and to those who have shown their support through bequests and annual giving; we can only say that with¬ out this help, the Institute could not continue. • When you read the annual report, I believe you will be impressed with the increased use the Institute's assets are receiving. The pub¬ lic response, through greater attendance, is one positive indication that this activity is worthwhile. The utilization of restricted funds for the purposes stated in the deeds of gifts is being faithfully carried out. This shows in the quality of our lectures, publications, museum acquisitions, and our education department. In my opinion, the Institute is being uti¬ lized for the good of the community in a most acceptable manner at a reasonable cost. There is one cloud on the horizon that the membership and commu¬ nity must face up to if the Institute is to survive and to continue offering its present services. That is the effect of inflation at its current rate of seven percent, which seems to be something we will have to live with for many years to come. Its true effect shows up particularly in the ever-increasing size of our deficits. The insidious problem is that such deficits in an insitituion like ours deplete the unrestricted capital base. This, if not checked, will be catastrophic in years to come. Your officers are very con¬ cerned, because without adding to the present services offered, from Annual Report 8 the effects of inflation alone, the present deficit-of $35,000 could easily be $100,000 in a few years. It is difficult to cut back, as we believe that we are already running a lean operation, considering the services offered. If the membership and the community agree that we should not cut services, then we must expand the capital base. This can be done by endeavoring to : 1. Expand the membership 2 . Attract increased government aid 3 . Attract capital giving to increase our endowment 4. Attract new donors and persuade our present loyal annual givers to increase their giving. If you agree, I do hope you all will help! Respectfully submitted, RICHARD S. WEST President Annual Report 9 REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR I am most pleased to present to our membership and friends my fourth annual report as director of the Essex Institute. Since 1974 a great deal of impressive work has been accomplished at the Insti¬ tute due to the efforts of many individuals. I want to extend my enthusiastic thanks to all those who contributed so much to our organization in 1977-78 — the staff, the Council, the Ladies Committee and other volunteers, and our members and friends who have supported us financially and by their generous gifts to our library and museum. Along with our enhanced visibility as an educational institution has come an increased work load, requiring the support and cooperation of increasing numbers of people. It has been gratifying to observe the program results. The post-bicentennial year proved to be as active at the Insti¬ tute as 1976, when our nation's 200th anniversary was commemorated. The spirit of intense activity associated with the bicentennial — which technically does not end until 1983! — seems to continue in the historical society and museum world. Institute events in 1977-78 included Professor John K. Fairbank of Harvard as the Margaret Nowell Graham lecturer. Antiques editor Wendell D. Garrett as the Ladies Committee spring lecturer, the "Dr. Bentley's Salem..." exhibition opening, the Ladies Committee fall historic costume exhibit and tea, the Ladies Committee Christmas party with poet David McCord, the Phillips Academy choral and instrumental group concert, the winter film series on "Women in the Arts," the Lyceum Lecture with energy expert Robert Seamans, and staff lectures by Robinson Murray, Bet- tina Norton, and Mary Ellen Martin. I am pleased to report some positive financial statistics cover¬ ing the past four years. Since 1974, as we have expanded our opera¬ tions and increased staff salaries, our unrestricted endowment income has increased by about fifteen per cent, and our restricted endowment income has also shown an upward trend. Over the same period our an¬ nual nonendowment income (i.e., that generated from membership dues, admissions, publication sales, and other sources) has risen by over thirty-five per cent. From grants solicited since 1974 we have raised over $75,000 for special projects, and we currently have pro¬ posals pending with government agencies and private foundations for grants totalling over $150,000 in support of additional essential programs. Unrestricted annual giving, a vitally important category, has gone up by fifty per cent since 1974, and we hope to increase this further. Our present operating deficits, to be sure, are not pleasant to contemplate, but with your help we are striving to re¬ duce these, while simultaneously we maintain our positive growth trend. We are encouraged by the positive income figures, but at the same time we are very much sobered by the hard financial realitie posed by inflation and other economic factors. We must and will meet these challenges. Annual Report 10 Staff During 1977-78 several new employees joined us at the Institute, adding new strength and vitality to an already very productive staff. In September Ellen Mark arrived from the American Antiquarian Soci¬ ety in Worcester, succeeding Barbara Blundell as manuscript libra¬ rian. With the departure of Peggy Holsten to Long Island, New York, Bettina Norton, who served so capably as National Endowment for the Arts print cataloguer for two years, assumed the post of registrar of the museum in January. Elaine Bonney came during the same month as museum assistant and house guide. Upon the retirement of Fred Tellier last fall, Paul Ducey was hired as maintenance department assistant, and following the resignation of Albert Fromberger, Paul is now con¬ tributing his many talents to the Institute as acting superintendent of maintenance. Lorraine Barker joined this department as a house¬ keeper in June. Student interns from Boston University, the Univer¬ sity of Vermont, Gordon College, and Salem State College supplemented our regular staff in the library, museum, and education departments, and allowed us to develop worthwhile projects that we never could have undertaken otherwise. In return for the considerable contributions of these interns, we did our utmost to see that their respective ex¬ periences here were of educational substance. Maintenance and Physical Plant Improvements In implementing maintenance projects during 1977-78 we concen¬ trated on the exterior of the main administration-museum-library complex, repainting all doors, windows and wood trim, and installing additional storm windows and the inevitable pigeon guard strips. Re¬ maining funds from the Ladies Committee "Salem in September" gift, made in 1976, were used to complete the Crowninshield-Bentley House lighting, to replace outdated fixtures in the Print Room with track lighting, and to install additional floor plugs in the auditorium. With the help of summer C.E.T.A. personnel, the garden houses and trellises in the gardens adjacent to the main complex received a fresh coat of paint. Through the efforts of Al Fromberger, our former superintendent of maintenance, the staff room in Daland House was redecorated and is now receiving more extensive use than ever before. The roofs of the Gardner-Pingree House and the Andrew- Safford barn required repair in the spring as a consequence of win¬ ter storm damage. This year we will continue our long-term campaign to replace and/or repair all Institute roofs, focusing on the Peirce-Nichols and Crowninshield-Bentley Houses. We are seeking Massachusetts Historical I Commission (National Park Service) matching funds to assist us with this undertaking. We also plan to refurbish and rearrange the por¬ trait gallery in Plummer Hall, thanks to two very thoughtful gifts. Plans and specifications for this long-overdue project are currently being prepared and will soon accompany a grant application for Annual Report 11 supplementary matching funds to N.E.A. in Washington. As a follow¬ up to recent studies of the heating and security systems in the main complex, we have scheduled several improvements during 1978-79 that will result in greater economy of operations. Museum and Houses. The past twelve months in the museum department were highlighted by the staging of "Dr. Bentley's Salem: Diary of a Town," believed to be the most extensive exhibition with catalogue in the Institute's history. Hopefully all members of the Institute had an opportunity to see this marvelous show when it was installed last summer! Made possible by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, it was reviewed favorably in numerous newspapers, magazines, and journals, as well as on radio and television. A gala opening recep¬ tion was held on June 22. Plans are currently being developed for our next major show — on the shoe and leather industry in Essex County (focusing on the City of Lynn), to open in the fall of 1979. y i t Other special exhibitions during last year treated new acces¬ sions, Essex County commercial signs, the Ipswich artist John Wor¬ thington Mansfield (1849-1933), the Forge Village (Westford) weaver Olive Prescott, historic costumes, a Salem Urban Redevelopment Autho¬ rity exhibit, and "Salem on the Grand Tour." We are very much in¬ debted to Boston University intern Mary Ellen Martin for her superb work on this show, and for her excellent March 29 slide-illustrated lecture. We appreciate also the assistance of the Archives of Ameri¬ can Art (Smithsonian Institution, Washington), and Mr. Lewis G. Joslyn, the grandson of the painter, for helping to make the Mansfield exhibition possible. Loans of materials for the Salem urban renewal show were gratefully received from the S.R.A., and were displayed in the McCarthy Gallery around a large planning model donated by the S.R.A. to the Institute. Our acquisitions, the high points of which were described by Curator Anne Farnam at the annual meeting, were numerous during 1977-78. A total of 309 objects were received- — 295 by gift, and 14 by purchase. In addition, 135 uncatalogued objects, most of which were prints, were located in the collections and were accessioned. Unquestionably our most significant purchased acquisition (by use of the Willoughby H. Stuart, Jr. Fund) was a handsome oil portrait (1906) of the Salem artist Philip Little (1857-1942) by his friend and fellow- townsman Frank Benson (1862-1951). Other purchases of note were: four lithographed music sheet illustrations by Fitz Hugh Lane and one attributed to Lane 7 a Chinese silver cup (ca. 1858-59) made for Thomas F. Hunt of Salem; a lithograph of "Hiawatha's Wooing" (1857) published in Salem; and three etchings (1900-20) of Essex County scenes by George W. Harvey. Philip Little, former president of the Essex Institute, painted (1906) by Frank W. Benson. Purchased by use of the Willoughby H. Stuart, Jr., Fund. Judge Benjamin Lynde (1667-1745) of Salem. Early 18th- century work attributed to the unidentified Pollard limner. Gift of Rodman Rockefeller. Fitzhugh Golden Medallion Chinese export china. Gift of Mrs. John H. Fulton. Gray silk daytime dress, c. 1870-73. Part of a collection; gift of the legatees under the will of Harriot Appleton Curtis. Silver miniature toys, part of a collection given to the Institute by Dr. Frederic C. McDuffie. Chinese export sewing table, c. Mrs. Howard Dickinson. 1820 Gift of 0* s: 0) CL el¬ cl s' H- (D 3 iQ a 0) 3* P> 0 H (D ft m n 0 H 1 n *o U) 0 o h • pj rt H- HI 0 H 3 0 3 0 Hi PJ ffi n PJ 0 H m rt t— * Hi 0) 0 n H rt CL H- 0 3 O 0 0 3 Hi 3 (D m O 3J rt 0 H- fD O W C rt CL • 0 3 PJ rt (D CL Annual Report 12 Many outstanding gifts were received during the year, and I wish that space permitted me to list them all. Among the most notable were: an oil portrait (c. 1700-1730) of Judge Benjamin Lynde (1666-1745), attributed to the Pollard limner, from Rodman Rockefeller of New York City; a painting, "Essex Merrimack Chain Bridge, 1792" (late nineteenth century), from Mr. and Mrs. Morris M. Wexler of East Sullivan, Maine; a set of six glass sherbet dishes (c. 1874, "Job's tears" pattern) belonging in the Felt/White family of Peabody, from Hazel E. Stacy of Danvers; twelve pieces of the David Pingree Fitzhugh Golden Medallion china for the Gardner-Ping- ree House, from Mrs. John F. Fulton of Hamden, Connecticut; a col¬ lection of clothing and hats from the Appleton, Curtis, and Coffin families of Boston, Salem, and Manchester, from the estate of Harriot A. Curtis by the kindness of Mrs. Isabella Halsted of Manchester, Massachusetts; two Victorian sidechairs (c. 1859, one a child's) with original needlepoint seats done by a Salem woman, and a silk patchwork quilt, from Mrs. Willard B. Dik of Antrim, New Hampshire; a silver-plated coffee urn (c. 1820, probably English) supported by the figure of Atlas, from Norman H. Davidson of St. Petersburg, Flo¬ rida; a family patchwork quilt of silk squares with wool fringe (according to family tradition made by Sarah Leverett, the wife of Governor John Leverett between 1701 and 1720), from Senator Leverett Saltonstall, Dover, Massachusetts; a collection of silver miniatures that have been on loan to the Institute for many years, from Frede¬ ric C. McDuffie of Rochester, Minnesota; a collection of shoes from USM Corporation's International Collection of Historic Footwear, from the Emhart Corporation, Farmington, Connecticut; a Chinese ex¬ port sewing table (c. 1840) from Mrs. Howard Dickinson of Marblehead, Massachusetts; a slant-top desk (Essex County, c. 1735-60) and a card table (American, c. 1795-1805), from the estate of Sarah M. Beardsley of Providence, Rhode Island; four cups and saucers, said to have be¬ longed to William Balch of Beverly (c.1726) from Marguerite Balch Cole and Ruth Balch Kimball of Austin, Texas; three pen-and-ink drawings of Civil War scenes by John W. Mansfield (1849-1933) from Lewis G. Joslyn of Ipswich, Massachusetts; and gifts of clothing and shoes of various styles and periods from the Hon. Herbert P. Wilkins of Concord, Massachusetts, the Reverend Russell Dewart of Prides Crossing, Massachusetts, Mrs. Ralph Browne of Salem, Mrs. Henry L. Mason of Boston, Miss Harriet B. Garritt of Concord, Massachusetts, and other generous donors. Several other developments in the museum report are worthy of mention. In the face of a contrary trend at most other historical societies and museums in the New England area, the Institute's museum and house attendance rose again last year by twelve percent to over 50,000 people. We are greatly pleased by this increase, and by the media coverage of our collections and programs which have attracted new visitors here. The conservation of our paintings and furniture was continued this past year, thanks to the assistance of the National Endowment for the Arts, the Salem Marine Society, and Annual Report 13 a generous anonymous donor. Loans were made to the Museum of Our National Heritage in Lexington, and to the Commonwealth of Massa¬ chusetts for a special exhibition in the State House entitled "Light for Night: A Sampling of the Essex Institute's Collection of Lighting Devices." Two historic fabrics — a roller-plate chintz and a damask — wer commissioned for reproduction by Scalamandre, Inc., for use in the Mclntire period rooms at the Museum of Fine Arts. Mem¬ bers of the museum staff were active both as published writers and lecturers, thereby bringing the Institute's name before a broad audience . Library. The volume of readers consulting the rich resources of the James Duncan Phillips Library last year remained level at about 3,000, of whom 130 made use of the manuscript collections. The usual fascina¬ ting potpourri of topics were researched — nineteenth-century Russian- American relations, Salem architecture, the early Irish -American trade, the New England textile industry, early New England silver and silversmiths, Nathaniel Hawthorne and his family, Elizabeth Palmer Peabody, early Massachusetts temperance, the late eighteenth-century American-Moroccan trade, the growth of the legal profession in Massa¬ chusetts to 1830, Nathaniel Bowditch, Essex County maritime history, and the seventeenth-century Quakers in Massachusetts. Although we had fewer readers than during the bicentennial year, the library staff was no less busy attending to research demands. A large per¬ centage of our research queries were handled by telephone and mail, a fact which our public does not always recognize. We continue to be impressed each year by the incredible variety of research topics which come to our attention as a result of servicing readers' requests. From the staff point of view, the task of acquiring new research materials for the library is one of the most pleasant performed during each year. The year 1977-78 proved to be a particular delight in this regard. We accessioned a total of 835 printed items of which nearly one third were gifts. These have been happily added to the Institute's collections of general Americana, Essex County history and genealogy. New England state, county, and local history, American fine and decorative arts, American maritime history, American biog¬ raphy, general reference, and to the Frederick T. Ward China Library on the history of imperial China and Chinese -American relations. Over 1,000 periodical issues were acquired through subscription, donation, or exchange agreements. We recorded 51 separate manuscript acqui¬ sitions (complete collections as well as individual items) of which the following are particularly noteworthy: a large collection (@ 12 shelf feet) of Bowditch family papers, the gift of Mr. Nathaniel R. Bowditch; additions to the John Greenleaf Whittier papers, by purchase; additions to the Myopia Hunt Club records, donated by the club; records of the Pigeon Cove Village Improvement Society (Rockport, Annual Report 14 Massachusetts) contributed by the society; the Civil War corres¬ pondence of David Elwell Saunders, given by his descendants; genealo¬ gical notes pertaining to the Brown, Cox, Crowninshield, and Daland families, donated by Mrs. R. F. Bradford; additions to the records of the Baker's Island Association, the gift of the association; the records of the N. D. Dodge and Bliss Shoe Company (1862-1916), by purchase; additions to the Julian Hawthorne letters, by purchase; additions to the Manchester Yacht Club records, donated by the club; and genealogical notes pertaining to Jaques, Hichen, Reynolds, and other families, contributed by the Marblehead Historical Society. Contained in the Bowditch collection are letters of Nathaniel and Mary Ingersoll Bowditch, Bowditch family history and letters compiled by William I. Bowditch, the papers and journals of Erastus W. Bowditch, Plummer family correspondence, and a highly significant group of letters dealing with antislavery and women's rights. As has been customary in prior years, the library devoted con¬ siderable time to special projects during 1977-78. A new users' manual and related forms were prepared and introduced with success in the reading room. The library staff assisted with several museum exhibitions and set up separate displays of Hawthorne materials, children's books, Christmas cards, valentines, early Essex County imprints, and recent accessions. Work was continued on the develop¬ ment of a basic paper conservation laboratory in the basement of the bookstack ell, and it is anticipated that this important facility will be ready for use this coming fall. With the help of a grant from the Massachusetts Council on the Arts and Humanities, we were able to complete a multiyear project to restore our outstanding collection of over 500 pre-1800 American broadsides. A total of seventy volumes, most of which were periodicals, were either bound or rebound. The Pingree Papers cataloguing project was continued under the direction of Ronald Quilici, assisted by Marjorie Spencer. The survey of our manuscript holdings, commenced in 1976, was continued by manuscript librarian Ellen Mark, with aid from student interns and volunteers. Volunteer help enabled us to continue our seemingly ceaseless battle to reduce the backlog of uncatalogued printed materials. Next year we hope to develop a major cataloguing project for our fine collection of early American and English imprints — we await notification from a prospective funding agency about this. The Ward China Library was the focus of much interesting acti¬ vity during 1977-78. Last summer Professor K. C. Liu, an expert on the bibliography of China, spent a week here surveying the Ward collection and preparing a consulting report on it which will help us to set collecting and disposal guidelines and to launch a program for recataloguing, exhibition, and publication. Late in the fall we made arrangements to lend a substantial number of historic photographs depicting nineteenth-century Chinese scenery and life to the Phila¬ delphia Museum of Art for a large traveling exhibition which will be installed at several American and Canadian museums during the next Annual Report 15 two years. A selection of these photographs was published by the museum and Apertures (New York City) in the handsome exhibition catalogue. The Face of China as Seen by Photographers & Travelers, 1860-1912 . As visiting scholars express growing interest in the unusual contents of the Ward Library, we look forward to implementing the recommendations of the Liu report. Public ations. Beyond the customary effort devoted to the publication of the quarterly Historical Collections and the Newsletter, the Institute published three separate items last year. The first of these was the long-awaited fifth index volume for the Historical Collections covering the period 1950 through 1969. We are very much indebted to Virginia L. Close, our compiler and the reference librarian at the Dartmouth College Library, and to Reginald M. Colby of the Courier Printing Company (Littleton, New Hampshire) for their pains¬ taking work on this publication. Index volumes, although they are not glamorous publications, are vital for scholarly research, and we are delighted by the quality of our most recent effort. In conjunction with the exhibition, "Dr. Bentley's Salem...," Anne Farnam and her N.E.H. interns put together a superb illustrated collection of essays on subjects related to exhibition themes. This excellent catalogue, which first appeared as a special issue of the Historical Collections, also contains a lengthy checklist of all items displayed in the show. Another special issue of the Histori¬ cal Collections during the year featured the consular despatches of Nathaniel Hawthorne, an important contribution to Hawthorne scholarship The third of our 1977-78 publications was my illustrated pamphlet on the John Tucker Daland House, which accommodates the James Duncan Phillips Library and offices. The appearance of this publication, generously financed by the McCarthy Family Foundation Charity Fund, completed the Historic House Booklet Series, now available in an attractive boxed set. In the immediate future we will shift our attention back to our ongoing Museum Booklet Series, adding pamphlets on our prints and the general museum collections. These and future booklets will be supported by a revolving fund, set up to receive the proceeds from booklet sales, as well as by grants and donations. Plans for the Samuel Mclntire editorial project were developed during the past year. Additional photography of the Mclntire drawings was carried out by the Meriden Gravure Company in preparation for the formal beginning of the project this summer. We were extremely for¬ tunate to locate as chief editor Professor Paul F. Norton of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Professor Norton, a nation¬ ally recognized historian of American architecture, will bring to the project an extensive knowledge of the buildings and builders of the neoclassical period. With a completion target date of early 1982, Annual Report 16 the Mclntire project will result in a large folio volume reproducing all known Mclntire drawings, business papers and correspondence, a soft-cover pamphlet of the drawings for public distribution, and a related exhibition of papers and artifacts treating the architect's life and career. The successful realization of the Mclntire project will be a major milestone in the history of the Institute's publi¬ cations program. Education. The education department is gradually becoming more widely recognized throughout the Greater Boston area. In the past year the department represented the Institute at two important education work¬ shops — the first held in Boston at the Ninth Regional Conference on the Social Studies, and the second here in Salem at the Peabody Museum Teacher's Conference. The themes of these two workshops were, respectively: "Salem: 300 Years of American Life," and "Hawthorne: The Author and His Environment — Learning to Use Your Community's Resources." During the past twelve months, school group visitation substantially increased over 1976-77 — this is another positive indicator of the program's growing reputation. It is im¬ portant that we continue to promote the program as we attempt to raise funds to permanently meet its operating expenses . There have been numerous new program developments in the educa¬ tion area during 1977-78. Among the most significant of these were: the publication of a biannual newsletter; the commencement of an active "outreach" program with the Salem public schools; the initiation of an intern program with North Shore Community College and Salem State College; the publication of a self-guided museum tour booklet; the creation of four new community -oriented thematic teaching pro¬ grams; the preparation of special educational materials for use in con¬ junction with the exhibition, "Dr. Bentley's Salem..."; the super¬ vision of an adult education program on antiques-collecting with George- Michael; the originating of a loan-by-mail program for the circulation of filmstrips and cassette tapes to schools; the estab¬ lishment of the Salem Cultural Resources Center, a coalition of four museum education departments from the Institute, the Peabody Museum, the Salem Maritime National Historic Site, and the voyage of the India Star (Pickering Wharf); the presentation of two film festivals for elementary level students; and the development of three in-school teacher training workshops for Salem teachers. Since its reestablish¬ ment in 1976 with David Goss as the coordinator, the education program has become an indispensable part of the Institute's offerings, and has enabled us to reach segments of our local constituency which heretofore have not been aware of our resources. Community Relations. Last year was another extremely productive and interesting one in the community relations area, thanks to the efforts of our Annual Report 17 coordinator/ Phyllis Shutzer. Newspaper, magazine, radio, and tele¬ vision coverage of Institute events and activities was frequent and of high quality. Our guidebook listings were expanded. Special contacts were made with media people to arrange for exclusive stories on our exhibitions, lectures, film showings, staff work, and other programs. Mrs. Shutzer continued her weekly historical column in the Salem, Lawrence, and Newburyport newspapers. At the same time, she worked to promote tourism in Salem through her membership on the Essex County Tourist Council board of directors, and the Chamber of Commerce Board for Tourism in Salem. She also was very active in attending professional meetings, seminars, and workshops, thereby broadening her knowledge in the public relations field., and making valuable contacts for the Institute. Certain of our staff have launched careers as T.V. talk-show personalities, thanks to Mrs. Shutzer ' s effective work! * * * We remain dedicated, as we were last year, to our long-term institutional mission of "profile raising" and broadening the base of our community support and appeal. All of our programming reflects this increasingly. Inevitably, as time passes, we will continue to collect, preserve, and interpret the history of our region and nation to a larger and more diverse audience. Recent feedback from our membership and the public, as well as income and attendance statis¬ tics give us encouragement that we are pointed in the right direction! I would like to reiterate to our many members and friends the invita¬ tion that I extended to you in my 1976-77 Annual Report — please do join us in our efforts to bring the marvelous treasures and resources of the Essex Institute to the attention of ever -increasing numbers of people. The success of this mission will assure the survival of the Institute. Respectfully submitted, BRYANT F. TOLLES , JR. Director and Librarian Annual Report 18 REPORT OF THE TREASURER The audited statements of account prepared by Coopers and Lybrand for the -seal year March 31, 1978, accompany this report. The books of the Institute are available in the Treasurer's office for examination by any member who wishes to see them. The value of endowment funds on March 31, 1978, was $3,245,617. as compared with $3,323,969. a year ago. Respectfully submitted. EDWARD H. OSGOOD Treasurer Annual Report 19 COOPERS & LYBRAND CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS A MEMBER FIRM OF COOPERS 8* LYBRAND (INTERNATIONAL) To the Council of the Essex Institute: We have examined the balance sheets of the Essex Institute as of March 31, 1978 and 1977, and the related statements of general fund revenues, expenditures and other changes and the summary of changes in fund balances for the years then ended. Our examinations were made in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and, accordingly, included such tests of the accounting records and such other auditing procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances . In our opinion, the aforementioned financial statements present fairly the financial position of the Essex Institute at March 31, 1978 and 1977, and the results of its operations and the changes in its fund balances for the years then ended, in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis. C#trf&44. Boston , May 19, Massachusetts 1978 Annual Report 20 ESSEX INSTITUTE STATEMENT OF GENERAL FUND REVENUES, EXPENDITURES, AND OTHER CHANGES for the years ended March 31, 1978 and 1977 REVENUES 1978 1977 Admissions $ 27,618 $ 24,746 Unrestricted gifts used to meet expenses 28,988 25,739 Membership dues 21,420 19,796 Publications 22,030 23,597 Other income 3,682 502 Total revenues 103,738 94,380 OPERATING EXPENSES Direct expenses: Museum 88,451 92,379 Houses 29,485 31,042 Publications 45,223 52,516 Library Costs attributable to all Institute activities: 75,367 71,844 Administration and general 139,165 142,115 Operation and maintenance 91,547 87,499 Total expenses Excess of operating expenses over 469,238 477,395 revenues (365,500) (383,015) FUNDS USED FOR OPERATIONS Restricted gifts, investment income, and other receipts for designated purposes availed of 181,765 201,559 Endowment fund unrestricted income 114,279 114,182 James D. Phillips Trust income 19,319 22,500 315,363 338,241 Excess of operating expenses over revenues and funds used (50,137) (44,774) OTHER CHANGES AND TRANSFERS Unrestricted gift internally designated to function as endowment - 20,000 Funds used for plant additions (2,148) (28,953) (2,148) (8,953) Transfers: Transfer of unrestricted gift to endowment fund - (20,000) Transfers from endowment funds - 64,246 Transfer from (to) restricted current funds 14,600 269 14,600 44,515 12,452 35,562 Net decrease in general fund balance $(37,685) $ (9,212) The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. Annual Report ESSEX INSTITUTE BALANCE SHEET , March 31, 1978 and 1977 21 ASSETS 1978 1977 Current fund assets: Cash (overdraft) Dividends and interest receivable Prepaid expense (principally insurance) $ (1,939) 34,883 8,845 41,789 $ 62,239 36,938 7,729 106,906 Endowment fund assets (Notes A and D) : Investments, at cost: Cash held for investment Fixed income Equities 38,006 1,359,391 1,305,099 2,702,496 (16,298) 1,381,457' 1,232,902! 2,598,061 j Plant fund assets (Note A) : Land Institute buildings and improvements Period houses 101,288 823,074 225,369 1,149,731 101,288 820,926 225,369) 1,147,583! $3,894,016 $3,852,550 The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements. Annual Report 22 LIABILITIES AND FUND BALANCES !urrent fund balances and liabilities: Accrued expenses Membership dues received in advance General fund balance (deficit) Unexpended balance of gifts, investment income, and other receipts for designated purposes i! Endowment fund balances: Restricted as to income Unrestricted as to income 5 ’lant fund balances: 3 Expended for plant 3 0 1978 1977 $ 16,600 $ 13,374 8,805 7,015 (58,242) (20,557) 74,626 107,074 41,789 106,906 1,391,348 1,319,178 1,311,148 1,278,883 2,702,496 2,598,061 1,149,731 1,147,583 1,149,731 1,147,583 $3,894,016 $3,852,550 Annual Report 23 ESSEX INSTITUTE SUMMARY OF CHANGES IN FUND BALANCES for the year ended March 31, 1978 Endowment funds: Restricted as to income Unrestricted as to inccme Total invested funds James D. Phillips Trust investment income (Note C) Plant funds: Expended Current funds: General fund (deficit) Gifts, investment inccme, and other receipts for designated purposes Balances March 31, 1977 Gifts $1,319,178 $ 21,819 1,278,883 23,190 2,598,061 45,009 1,147,583 (20,557) 28,988 107,074 73,454 $3,832,161 $147,451 Life membership Sale of books and objects Net realized gain on sales of investments Other The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements Annual Report 24 Used to Meet Investment Income Other Receipts Transfers In (Out) Used for Plant Additions Expenses of Current Operations Balances March 31, 1978 $ 97,349 114,279 $ 6,222 9,055 $(53,220) 20 $(114,279) $1,391,348 1,311,148 211,628 15,277 (53,200) (114,279) 2,702,496 38,638 (19,319) (19,319) — $2,148 1,149,731 14,600 (2,148) (79,125) (58,242) 17,944 57,919 (181,765) 74,626 $250,266 $33,221 $(394,488) $3,868,611 1,750 10,728 13,527 7,216 $33,221 Annual Report ESSEX INSTITUTE SUMMARY OF CHANGES IN FUND BALANCES for the year ended March 31, 1977 25 Balances March 31, 1976 Gifts Endowment funds: Restricted as to income Unrestricted as to income $1,298,443 1,300,141 $ 1,022 2,920 Total invested funds 2,598,584 3,942 James D. Phillips Trust investment income (Note C) — Plant funds: Expended 1,116,630 Current funds: General fund (deficit) Gifts, investment income, and other receipts for designated purposes (11,345) 118,073 45,739 75,140 $3,821,942 $124,821 Life membership Sale of books and objects Net realized gain on sales of investments Other The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements Annual Report 26 Used to Meet Investment Income Other Receipts Transfers In (Out) Used for Plant Additions Expenses of Current Operations Balances March 31, 1977 $ 91,453 114,182 $14,974 20,307 $(86,714) (44,485) $(114,182) $1,319,178 1,278,883 205,635 35,281 (131,199) (114,182) 2,598,061 45,000 (22,500) (22,500) — $30,953 1,147,583 44,515 (28,953) (70,513) (20,557) 8,236 109,184 (2,000) (201,559) 107,074 $250,635 $43,517 $(408,754) $3,832,161 1,250 2,380 34,031 5,856 $43,517 Annual Report 27 ESSEX INSTITUTE NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS A. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies: The Institute maintains its accounts on the accrual basis. Land, Institute buildings, period houses and major improvements are reflected in the balance sheet at cost. No provision for depreciation has been charged to operations. Investments are carried at cost or, if donated, at market value at the date of donation. Gains and losses from sales are reflected in the period in which realized. Investment income is distributed on a unit basis reflecting the ratio thereto of the related funds invested in the pooled portfolio at market value. Certain publications sponsored by the Institute are charged against the James D. Phillips Trust. Proceeds from the sales of such publications are taken into operating income. The Institute is reviewing the source of designation of its funds in order to classify the funds between Council-designated (quasi-endowment) funds and donor-designated (true endowment) funds. The Institute has accounted for the funds and the income thereon in accordance with the restrictions designated by the donor or by the Council. B. Retirement Plan: The Institute participates in contributory retirement plans administered by the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association (TIAA) and College Retirement Equities Fund (CREF) which cover all designated full-time employees. Plan assets are not included in the Institute's financial statements. Pension expense charged to operations was $5,750 and $5,218 in fiscal 1978 and 1977, respectively. The plan is a defined contribution type plan wherein benefits are based on accumulated contributions. nual Report 28 ESSEX INSTITUTE NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, Continued . James D. Phillips Trust: The Institute is a beneficiary of the James D. Phillips Trust. The assets of the Trust are managed by its trustees and are not included in the assets of the Institute. Under the terms of the will, ten percent of the net income is annually added to principal. The will further provides as follows; "If and when the total fund shall be One Hundred Thousand (100,000) Dollars in excess of the original fund set up under the trust, and if the Trustees of Essex Institute so desire, that sum shall be turned over to the Trustees of Essex Institute for the erection of a building to be named after some member of my family, but no part of the fund shall ever be used to pay for a building already erected." The value of the original fund set up under the Trust was $484,521. As of March 31, 1978, the market value of the Trust, as reported by its trustees, was in excess of $1,071,000. . Investments : Total market value of investment securities was as follows at March 31; 1978 1977 Fixed income Equities $1,349,181 $1,412,106 1,797,630 1,878,272 $3,146,811 $3,290,378 Annual Report 2 CALENDAR OF EVENTS April 1, 1977 - March 31, 1978 April 1. (Continuing exhibit) "Trade Signs for Shops, Towns, and Wares" (to June 1). April 6, 20, May 4, 18, June 1. Ladies Committee miniature furni¬ ture course taught by Dolores Rawding. I April 11, 12, 13, 19, 20, 26, 27; June 1, 2, 3. Guides Lecture. April 12, 19, 26; May 3, 10, 17; June 1. Ladies Committee needle¬ work class. April 12. One-day exhibition and reception honoring Bettina A. Norton, Institute print cataloguer, upon the publication of her book, Edwin Whitefield; Nineteenth-Century North American Scenery April 18. Salem State College Art exhibit featuring Institute sites. April 19. Annual Meeting April 19. Exhibit of recent accessions of the museum and library (to May 22 ) . April 21. Salem Arts Festival. Concert of Early Music by Salem State College musicians. May 5 . Margaret Nowell Graham Memorial Lecture: "American Rela¬ tions with China, Past and Future," by Professor John K. Fair- bank, Council on East Asian Studies, Harvard University. May 10. Opening of Gardner-Pingree House free to Salem residents in acknowledgment of National Historic Preservation Week. May 26. Ladies Committee May Basket Lunch and Spring Lecture: "That Men May Live in a Constant Summer: American National Style, 1780-1820," by Wendell D. Garrett, editor. The Magazine Antiques . June 2. Ladies Committee bus trip to Sandwich. June 23. Massachusetts Horticultural Society tour of Institute's award-winning Crowninshield Garden. j June 23. Opening of special exhibition funded by National Endowment ' for the Humanities, "Dr. Bentley's Salem: Diary of a Town" (to October 30). Annual Report 30 July 1. Specially guided tours in conjunction with Bentley exhibition (to October 30). July 2 . British 10th Regiment Afoot: parade on Salem Common, jointly sponsored by the Institute, the Salem Chamber of Commerce, the Hawthorne Inn, and the Salem Witch Museum. July 6-August 25 (Wednesdays and Thursdays). Young People ' s Summer Film Festival. July 20. Historic Salem Walking Tour, followed by a reception at the Andrew-Saf ford House. September 14. Lecture on "Early History of Printing and Publishing in Essex County," by Robinson Murray III, associate librarian. September 29. Ladies Committee costume display and reception, "An Old-Fashioned Tea Party, " in Gardner-Pingree and Crowninshield- f Bentley Houses. ctober 4-November 22 (Tuesday evenings). Antiques lectures by George Michaels. October 11-January 8, 1978. "New England Appearances" costume exhibit. October 14-15. Salem State College conference on Nathaniel Hawthorne. October 19. 26: Novewker 9» 16, 3 0 ; December 14. Ladies Committee minia¬ ture furniture course taught by Dolores Rawding. October 25. Annual Meeting of the Ladies Committee. — November 3 . Reception for new members. November 13. Concert by the Cantata Choir, F.idelio Society, and Chamber Music Society of Phillips Academy, Andover. November 16 . "Young Collectors" discussion group on the architecture of the Crowninshield-Bentley House. November 22. Opening of exhibition, "John Mansfield (1849-1933), An American Artist Rediscovered," cosponsored with the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution (to January 8) . December 6. Staff and Council holiday party at Safford House, hosted by President and Mrs. Richard S. West and Director and Mrs. Bryant F. Tolies, Jr. December 9. Staff party for department volunteers. December 15. Annual Institute Christmas Party, with poetry reading by David McCord. Hosted by the Ladies Committee. Annual Report 31 Winter Film Festival — Biographies of Women in the Arts January 10, 11, 12. Antonia Brico. January 24, 25 , 26. Gertrude Stein. February 14, 15 , 16. Martha Graham and Louisa May Alcott. February 28 , March 1,2. Helen Hayes. January 16. Opening of exhibition, "Olive Adams Prescott, Weaver of Forge Village, " (to March 20) . Weaving demonstrations by Andree Dickinson, Salem Arts Colloquium. January 17. Lecture entitled "On and Off the Wall: Prints for Essex County Residents," by Bettina A. Norton, registrar (formerly National Endowment for the Arts print cataloguer). January 25-rMarch 22 (Wednesday afternoons). antiques lectures by George Michaels. January 31. Needlework lecture by Rene and Judy Gaillardetz. Sponsored by the Ladies Committee. February 3 . Weaving demonstration by John Smith, Boston Patriots ' kicking star. March 7 . Lyceum Lecture, "Energy: The Pain and the Promise," by Dr. Robert C. Seamans, Jr., Professor of Environment and Public Policy at M.I.T. March 29, April 12, 26; May 10, 24. Ladies Committee miniature furni¬ ture course taught by Dolores Rawding. March 29. Opening of exhibition, "Salem on the Grand Tour," with a lecture by Mary Ellen Martin, Boston University intern (to May 29). March 29. Salem Redevelopment Authority exhibit, "The Changing Pic¬ ture of Urban Renewal in an Historic City" (to June II). Meetings and Visitations Sponsored by Outside Institutions May 18. Rhode Island School of Design tour group. May 2 8 . Massachusetts Society of Genealogists. June 14. Harvard 25th reunion class. October 13. Costume Society of America. October 14-15. Salem State College conference on Nathaniel Hawthorne . October 22. Bay State Historical League. October 26. Antiques Magazine group tour . December 4. Danvers Historical Society Christmas party. January 20. Mayor 1 s Inaugural Reception. February 14. Annual Meeting of the North Shore Childrens Friend and Family Service Society. Annual Report 32 Auditorium Exhibitions Dr. Bentley's Salem: Diary of a Town (with the support of the National Endowment for the Humanities). June 23-October 30. Special Exhibit Edwin Whitefield; 1816-1892. April 12-13. Print Room Exhibitions New England Appearances. October 13-January 8. Salem on the Grand Tour. March 29-May 29. McCarthy Gallery Exhibitions Trade Signs for Shops and Wares. January 11- June 11. John Mansfield: Essex County Artist. November 2 2 -January 8. Olive Adams Prescott weaving exhibit. January 16 -March 16. Annual Report 3: STAFF PUBLICATIONS , 1977-78 Anne Farnam "Furniture at the Essex Institute, Salem, Massachusetts," The Magazine Antiques 111, No. 5 (May 1977): 958-73. Illustrated. "A Society of Societies: Associations and Volunteerism in Ear¬ ly Nineteenth-Century Salem, " Essex Institute Historical Collec¬ tions 113, No. 3 July 1977) : 181-90. Also appeared in exhibi¬ tion catalogue. Dr. Bentley's Salem: Diary of a Town (Salem: Essex Institute, 1977) . "Foreword," Bryant F. Tolies, Jr., The John Tucker Daland House (Salem: Essex Institute, 1978) . Essex Institute Historic House Booklet Series. Phyllis S. Shutzer "Essex County Chronicles," column published weekly in the Law- Eagle Tribune, Newburyport Daily Times, and Salem Evening News, and occasionally in the Gloucester Times. Bryant F. Tolies, Jr. "The Early Architecture of the New Hampton School," New Hampton School Bulletin No. 9 (1976-77): 2-7. Illustrated. "Foreword," Dr. Bentley's Salem: Diary of a Town (Salem: Essex Institute, 1977) . "The New Hampton Institute Building (1853) at Fairfax," Ve rmont History 54, No. 3 (Summer 1977): 169-72. Illustrated. "Foreword, " The Essex Institute Historical Collections: Name, Place and Subject Index of Volumes LXXXVI to CV, 1950-1969 (Salem: Essex Institute, 1977) . "A Capital Tour: Part I," New Hampshire Profiles 26, No. 9 (October 1977) : 16-21. Illustrated. Treats Concord, New Hamp¬ shire architecture. "A Capital Tour: Part II," New Hampshire Profiles 26, No. 10 (November 1977) : 24-29. Illustrated. "Report of the Director," Essex Institute Annual Report, April 1, 1976- March 31, 1977 (Salem: Essex Institute, 1977). Pp. 10-18. Annual Report 34 3ryant F. Tolies, Jr. (cont.) Review: A Brief History of Cornish, by Hugh Mason Wade (Han¬ over, N.H.: University Press of New England, 1976), and Rural Oasis: History of Windham. New Hampshire. 1883-1975 (Canaan, N.H. : Phoenix .Publishing Co., 1975), Historical New Hamp¬ shire 32. No. 3 (Fall 1977): 147-49. "The John Tucker Daland House," Essex Institute Historical Col¬ lections 114, No.l (January 1978): 1-23. Illustrated. Also published under the same title (see above) as Number 7 of the Institute's Historic House Booklet Series. rohn H. Wright With Frederic A. Sharf, John Worthington Mansfield (1849- 1933): An American Artist Rediscovered," Essex Institute Historical Collections 114, No. 1 (January 1978) : B2-45. Illustrated . With Frederic A. Sharf, Chronology and Partial Checklist of the Paintings and Drawings of John Worthington Mansfield, An American Artist Rediscovered (1849- 1933) (Salem: Essex Insti¬ tute, 1977) . Annual Report DONORS TO THE ESSEX INSTITUTE FUND April 1, 1977 - March 31, 1978 Abbott, Gordon, Jr. Allen, Ruth H. (u/w) Anonymous Bacon, Dr. & Mrs. William Benjamin Baker, Harold W. Barker, Mr. & Mrs. W. Gardner Barton, Randolph P. Batchelder, Mrs. Roland B. Bell, Mary E. Benson, Mrs. George E. Birdsall, C. Houghton, Jr. Blair, Mrs. George K. Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co. (Matching membership program) Bourgoin, Mrs. Alice S. Bowden, Mr. & Mrs. W. Hammond Boyden, Mr. & Mrs. W. L., Jr. Boynton, Mrs. Charles T. Bradlee, Sargent Brown, Chester A. Brown, Dorothy A. Bryant, John W. Bubier, Madeleine M. Bunting, Jane E. Byng, Mrs. Henry G. Cabot, Mrs. H. Ropes Caldwell, Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas Cambridge Rubber Foundation, Inc. Carpenter, William T. Chagan, Mrs. Allan M. Chamberlain, Mrs. Samuel Chapman, F. Burnham Chisholm, Mrs. William Christen, Elizabeth Helen Clark, James W. , Jr. Clark, Mr. & Mrs. William E. Colburn, Mr. & Mrs. I. W. Collier, Mrs. Arthur L. Collier, Arthur L. (u/w) Colloredo-Mansfeld, Mrs. Susanna Cook, Mr. & Mrs. Walter H. Coolidge, Dr. Catherine Coolidge, Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Cooper, Mrs. Henry E., Ill Copeland, Mr. & Mrs. L. C. Cormier, Mrs. Joan Creighton, Mr. & Mrs. Albert M. , * Crocker, Mrs. U. Haskell Crossan, H. James, Jr. Daniel Low & Co. Davenport, Mrs. Carleton DeBlois, Dr. Elizabeth Dexter, Ralph W. Dickinson, Mrs. Howard C. Doane, Mrs. Lewis Driver, Mrs. Robert M. Durnin, Richard G. Dyer, Mrs. John R. Eastman, Mrs. Roger K. Eilts, Hon. Hermann F. Ekman, Mrs. Gunnar A. Endicott, Mrs. George Endicott, William English, Mrs. William D. Errion, Dr. & Mrs. Arthur R. Fales, Mrs. Dean A., Sr. Farnham, Elizabeth R. Farnham, Ruth R. Fellows, Mr. & Mrs. Joseph E., Jr Felton, Mrs. Cornelius C. Felton, Mr. & Mrs. Cornelius C., Felton, Mr. & Mrs. W. Sidney Fenn, Mrs. James P. Fenollosa, Mr. & Mrs. George M. Fiduciary Trust Co. (Matching gifts program) Forbes, F. Murray, Jr. Frelinghuysen, Mrs. Frederick French, Mrs. Stanley G. Gamage, Mr. & Mrs. Peter Gardner, John L. General Mills Foundation (Matching gifts program) Gildrie, Mr. & Mrs. Richard P. inual Report 36 :>dard, Mrs. G. Dewey x>dhue, Albert Dugh, Dr. Geoffrey R. riff in, Mr. & Mrs. Thomas McLean acker, Mrs. William P. (in memory of William P. Hacker) allowell, Mrs. Samuel H. ammond, Mr. & Mrs. Roland B. and, Mr. & Mrs. John arris, Lawrence arrison, Mrs. Alfred C. arte, Mrs. Richard, Jr. atch, Mr. & Mrs. Francis W. , Jr. aath, Mrs. Shirley Brice anderson, Robert G. inds, Mrs. E. Sturgis >dgkinson, Harold D., Charity Foundation alcomb, Mr. & Mrs. H. Sherman )lt, Constance L. (u/w) )mans, George C. >od, Charlotte >od, Mr. & Mrs. Harvey P. aughton, Mr. & Mrs. William M. awson, Mrs. Hubert A. >yt. Dr. William D., Jr. ill, Raymona E. issey, Harold D. iwett Family of America, Inc. >seph, Mrs. Edna W. luders, Frederick mt, Mrs. Gertrude B. .ngsley, James Grafton light, Russell W. lights, Mr. & Mrs. David A. lonard, Mrs. Laurence B. iwis, George, Jr. ttle, Mrs. Bertram K. ttle, Mr. & Mrs. David B. (in memory of Mrs. Robert J. Beechey, Sr.) *dge, Hon. Henry Cabot »rd, Mr. & Mrs. Philip H. •renz, Paul F. •ring, Augustus P. •ring, Mr. & Mrs. Caleb, Jr. Loring, Mr. & Mrs. Caleb, III Loring, Mrs. Robert P. Loring, Susan G. Loring, Mr. & Mrs. William C. Lovett, Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Lyman, A. Theodore, Jr. MacDonald, Alexander Macomber, Harold G. Mahoney, William M. Marsh, Mr. & Mrs. James A. Mason, Mrs. Henry L. McCandless, John A. Merrill, Mrs. Montgomery Metropolitan Cultural Alliance, Inc. (Matching membership program) Murray, Dr. Josephine L. National Grand Bank of Marblehead Nichols, H. Gilman, Jr. Nichols, John D., Jr. Nichols, Marion W. Nightingale, Mrs. John T. Noone, Mary C. Nutting, Donald E. Oliver, Andrew Osgood, Edward Holyoke Osgood, Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Osgood, William B. Parker, Mrs. Edward P. Parker, Mrs. Francis T. Peabody, William W. Peirson, Mrs. Edward L. Proctor, Mrs. Dorothy M. Proctor, Joseph R. Proctor, Mrs. Thomas E. Reynolds, Mrs. Erminie S. Robb, J. Hampden Robinson, Mrs. William H., Jr. Rogers, Bertha F. Ropes, Mrs. Lawrence G. Rundlett, Mr. & Mrs. Harold G. Rush ford, Edward B. (u^) (in memory of Dr. Edward A. Rushford) Saltonstall, Sen. & Mrs. William L. Santin, Mr. & Mrs. Ernest Annual Report 3 Sargent Mrs .. Frank 0. Sawyer, John A. Seamans, Peter B. Seamans, Dr. Robert C. Sears, Francis P., Jr. Sedgwick, Mrs. Ellery Shapiro, Mrs. Robert R. Shawmut Bank of Boston (Matching membership program) Shepard, Mrs. Frederick J., Jr. (in memory of Mrs. Richard Seamans) Shreve, Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin Siegener, Sharon Slaughter, Dr. & Mrs. Frederick M. Smith, Clark R. Smith, Howard C. Smith, Mrs. Philip Horton Smith, S. 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Memorial Library, West Newbury Wilmington Memorial Library, Wilmington Woburn Public Library, Woburn s Annual Report NECROLOGY 46 NAME DATE ELECTED DATE DECEASED falter W. Amiable 1 September 11, 1945 May 26, 1977 r. Sanger Attwill May 10, 1949 May 23, 1977 dchard E. Blake October 9, 1956 May 31, 1977 Irs. John L. Car ten, Jr. December 9, 1947 October 26, 1977 fohn James Currier Coffin April 8, 1947 April 14, 1978 rthur L. Collier March 13, 1951 April 12, 1977 'ranklin Dexter April 7, 1930 July 15, 1977 [erbert G. Fales January 5, 1965 July 20, 1977 Irs. Bradford E. Gale February 20, 1974 June 30, 1977 Irs. Clarence Hardenbergh December 26, 1974 February 23, 1978 Irs. Carlyle H. Holt January 11, 1955 April 25, 1977 larvey P . Hood September 13, 1955 March 3, 1978 Iverett D. Jewett September 14, 1954 July 14, 1977 tichard B. Johnson September 14, 1965 June 19, 1977 Irs. Alfred Kidder, II September 10, 1950 January 1978 rancis J. Lynch January 7, 1960 March 18, 1977 rard Melville October 5, 1965 June 5, 1977 ■harles F. Montgomery September 10, 1957 February 21, 1978 Irs. Alfred S. Moses June 8, 1937 April 8, 1978 rohn Pickering February 5, 1935 April 7, 1978 Irs. Sumner Pingree June 6, 1967 April 6, 1978 illiam Sutton Potter January 13, 1970 December 8, 1976 Irs. Richard Dodge Seamans March 12, 1968 August 25, 1977 ames J. Storrow September 10, 1957 July 3, 1977 'illoughby I. Stuart December 3, 1959 November 14, 1977 'alter Muir Whitehill November 10, 1936 March 5, 1978 foaoM it: .it ,nijg|i«0 . J nrfot .e 3X«is .a 67* i . i •:»Is:) . "f *t wKl- rffc**** :V;aH oorwuID .s ■ l *