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'i’Vili^'''.tf , . ^ ' »• "f^ ■' '•1*_ 4 t ^1 ^1 ■■ r I » Ay;^v:^^^if.^£vA AVtw'jv.*- * « ■ *^ — » ^ *4 ■ii '’■■ 'i JvjV ■ . , rj^i: ' '• i‘- ■ k- ■ ■ ■>. f :. * ' ‘if?-'* - ■’•'■•■ •‘■*#7'’fl '. ,* ‘ 'vA'i " "iiiii *4 ♦ V/ -•‘.I • ■1 > \ k . « iii4 tf li f . t I I 4 ft ^ Contents Council List . 8 Essex Institute Committees . * . 9 Essex Institute Staff . 10 President’s Report . 13 Director’s Report . 16 Treasurer’s Report . 19 Auditor’s Report . 20 Special Gifts Statement . 32 Library . 33 Museum . 37 Publications . 41 Maintenance, Security, and Physical Plant Improvements . 43 Community Relations . 45 Membership and Development . 48 Education . 51 Calendar of Events . 52 Staff Publications . 56 Donors to the Essex Institute Fund . 57 Donors to James Duncan Phillips Library . 61 Donors to the Museum & Historic Houses . 63 Donors to Special Projects . 64 Rooster Club Members . 66 Holyoke Club Members . 67 Antiquarian Book & Print Fair . 68 Friends of Salem Witchcraft . 69 Corporate/Institutional Members . 70 Library Museum-Pass Memberships . 71 Necrology . 72 (Top:) This etching, Redheads Coming, by Frank W. Benson, 1930, was donated to the museum, Mark Sexton photo. (Bottom Left:) Donated to the museum in 1982, these century-old badges repre¬ sent Salem’s Societe St. Jean Baptiste. Mark Sexton photo. (Bottom Right:) Another museum gift, embroidered and cutwork doily, made by Laura Silcock Murfitt c. 1885-1900. Mark Sexton photo. (Top:) Local firefighters and families visited the Institute’s exhibition, “Fire! Fire! Fire!’’, an exhibition of Salem fire¬ fighting history. Gainsboro Studio photo. (Bottom Left:) A recent museum pur¬ chase is this work table of birch and maple, painted by Mary Ann Poor of Danvers, at Newburyport, 1820-21. Photo courtesy of Greenleaf Antiques, Darien, Connecticut. (Bottom Right:) Elliot L. Richardson, former lieutenant governor and attorney general of Massachusetts, delivered the Margaret Nowell Graham lecture on May 12, 1982. Gainsboro Studio photo. (Top:) The North Shore Four, a well- known barber shop quartet, entertained at the fire-fighting exhibition which opened in November 1982. Gainsboro Studio photo. (Middle:) Captain David Goggin and Fire Chief James Brennan of the Salem Fire Department talked with Institute Director Bryant Tolies at the special reception for Salem firefighters. Gainsboro Studio photo. (Bottom:) Edward H. Osgood, president of the Institute, addressed the Annual Meeting. William Loring photo. (Top:) Author John Updike, recipient of a special E.I. award, posed with “Nathaniel Hawthorne” (actor James Butterfield) beneath the Charles Osgood portrait of Hawthorne at the Institute’s Antiquarian Book and Print Fair, held in October, 1982. Photo by John E. Fogle, Fogle Photography (Middle:) Director Bryant Tolies, Parker Lecturer Jessica Savitch of NBC, and President Edward Osgood, prior to the December 4 Parker Lecture. Gainsboro Studio photo. (Bottom:) A Massachusetts Historical Commission grant funded major repairs to the facade of the Institute Library (Daland House). Photo by Bryant F. Tolies, Jr. Executive Committee + (As of June 1, 1983) Edward H. Osgood, President E. 1969- W. Gardner Barker, Vice-President C. 1980-82, E. 1982- Albert Goodhue,* Vice-President C. 1954-78, E. 1962- H. Gilman Nichols, Vice-President C. 1977-78, E. 1978- Stuart W. Pratt, Vice-President C. 1977-79, E. 1980- William L. Saltonstall, Vice-President C. 1979-80, E. 1980- Frederic A. Sharf, Vice-President C. 1981-82, E. 1982- Charles S. Tapley, Vice-President C. 1950-53, 1956-77, E. 1951-73, 1979- Richard S. West,* Vice-President C. 1967-77, E. 1974- Peter B. Seamans, Secretary C. 1972-78, E. 1973- Edwin W. Dennis, Treasurer E. 1983- Council (As of April 26, 1983) Term expires in 1984 Frank McQ. Gring C. 1976- Kevin B. Harrington C. 1980- Mrs. Emerson T. Oliver C. 1980- Term expires in 1986 W. Gardner Barker C. 1980- Mrs. George G. Loring C. 1983- William C. Wheaton C. 1983- Nicholas Xanthaky C. 1980- Term expires in 1985 Thomas A. Askew, Jr. C. 1980- Cornelius C. Felton C., Jr. 1976- Frederic A. Sharf C. 1981- Term expires in 1987 Frederic S. Allis, Jr. C. 1979- John J. Fox C. 1979- Mrs. Wilbur T. Moulton C. 1983- Francis P. Story C. 1979- -I- ‘"C” indicates Council; “E” indicates Executive Committee. Members of the Executive Committee are not required to be members of the Council * Former presidents of the Essex Institute Honorary Curators (As of April 26, 1983) Honorary Curator of Silver Honorary Curator of Costumes Honorary Curator of Furniture & Pewter Honorary Curator of Military Collections Honorary Curator of Paintings Martha Gandy Fales John R. Burbidge Dean A. Fales, Jr. Malcolm Johnson Nina Fletcher Little 8 Committees 1982-1983 The president is a member of all committees and the director is an ex-officio member EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, SPECIAL E. H. Osgood, Chairman W. Gardner Barker H. Gilman Nichols Albert Goodhue Stuart W. Pratt William L. Saltonstall Frederic A. Sharf Peter B. Seamans Charles S. Tapley Richard S. West Bryant F. Tolies, Jr. FINANCE COMMITTEE, STANDING H. Gilman Nichols, Chairman Edward H. Osgood Richard S. West LIBRARY COMMITTEE, STANDING John J. Fox, Chairman Thomas A. Askew, Jr. C. Conway Felton, Jr. Joseph T. Flibbert Robert W. Lovett Caroline Shillaber Marshall W. S. Swan Charles S. Tapley Richard B. Trask Robinson Murray, III PUBLICATIONS COMMITTEE, STANDING Frederick S. Allis, Jr., Chairman Thomas A. Askew, Jr. W. Hammond Bowden Robert E. Monroe J. P. Spang, III Katherine W. Richardson NOMINATING COMMITTEE, SPECIAL Peter B. Seamans, Chairman Mrs. Emerson Oliver H. Gilman Nichols Stuart W. Pratt SHIP ROCK COMMITTEE, SPECIAL Stuart W. Pratt, Chairman Albert Goodhue Mrs. Sarah Robbins SPECIAL AD HOC PLANNING COMMITTEE (summer 1982) Thomas A. Askew, Jr. H. Gilman Nichols Mrs. Emerson Oliver Stuart W. Pratt William L. Saltonstall Francis P. Story Richard S. West LADIES COMMITTEE (through Dec. 31, 1982) Mrs. Patrick Conley, Chairman MUSEUM COMMITTEE, STANDING Frederic A. Sharf, Chairman W. Gardner Barker Mrs. W. Benjamin Bacon Wendy A. Cooper Albert Goodhue Mrs. Paul T. Haskell Bartlett Hayes, Jr. William C. Coring Mrs. James Marsh Mrs. Edward L. Peirson Stuart W. Pratt Richard S. West Anne Farnam MUSEUM ROYALTIES COMMITTEE, SPECIAL Mrs. Edward L. Peirson, Chairman Mrs. Albert Goodhue Mrs. Wilbur T. Moulton Mrs. Dwain B. Smith Anne Farnam MAINTENANCE COMMITTEE, STANDING Stuart W. Pratt, Chairman Robert D. Farley Frank M. Gring Roger H. Hallowell Mrs. Emerson T. Oliver Earl P. Phinney Stanley M. Smith Paul F. Ducey George H. Gossom, Jr. Dean T. Lahikainen Michael E. Williams DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, SPECIAL Richard S. West, Chairman W. Gardner Barker Roger H. Hallowell Stuart W. Pratt William L. Saltonstall Peter B. Seamans EDUCATION COMMITTEE, SPECIAL William L. Saltonstall, Chairman Thomas A. Askew, Jr. John J. Fox Kevin B. Harrington Mrs. Stephen W. Phillips Nicholas Xanthaky K. David Goss staff April 1, 1982 - March 31, 1983 Bryant F. Tolies, Jr., Executive Director LIBRARY Librarian Bryant F. Tolies, Jr. Associate Librarian Robinson Murray III Assistant Librarian Mary M. Ritchie Reference Librarian Mrs. Arthur R. Norton Manuscript Librarian Caroline Preston Administrative Assistant Marylou Birchmore Manuscript Conservator Nancy C. Barthelemy 1 Manuscript Processors Prudence K. Backman Sylvia Kennick 2 Library Volunteers Charlotte Burr Walter Drogue Donald Gleason Lydia Finlay Thelma Jenney Joyce King Inez McCarthy John Morse Natalie Murphy Steven Neth Jane Porcello Barbara Sanders Oliver Sargent Marshall Swan Library Interns Thomas Curran William Marion Librarian Emeritus Dorothy M. Potter 3 MAINTENANCE Superintendent Michael E. Williams Assistant Superintendent Alan P. Green 4 Maintenance Assistants *+ Mark Koen 5 Thomas Talbot 6 Stephen Bartlett 7 Special Projects Assistant Jack Cuthbertson 8 Consultant * Ray K. Moore, Supt. Emeritus Housekeepers Mrs. Edward F. Marquis Ms. Penny Courage 9 SECURITY Chief of Security George H. Gossom, Jr. Constables Harold J. Shallow 10 * John Bellows * Arthur Cyr 1 1 * Walter Kulas, Sr. 12 * James Marshall * Francis E. Callan 13 * Joseph F. Saltzman 14 MUSEUM Curator Anne Farnam Associate Curator Dean T. Lahikainen Assistant Curator for the Museum John H. Wright Registrar Bettina A. Norton 15 1. to 9/2/82 2. 5/11/82 3. died 3/17/83 4. to 5/14/82 5. 4/20/82 - 8/30/82 6. 2/14/83 7. 6/1/82 - 1/26/83 8. 3/21/83 9. to 2/24/83 10. to 11/15/82 11. 8/31/82 12. to 11/6/82 13. 1/20/83 14. 11/20/82 15. to 1/1/83 * Part time + Temporary 10 MUSEUM (cont.) COORDINATOR OF COMMUNITY Museum Assistants RELATIONS Hoi>e Smith 16 Mrs. Alvin Shutzer Janine Skerry 17 Community Relations Volunteers Administrative Assistant Hazel Carlin Elaine D. Bonney Isabella Rhodes Museum Guides Patricia Moore * + Mrs. John Ballou Rosella Coughlin * + Mrs. Pevear Barton * + Mrs. Wesley E. Bevins, Jr. * + Mrs. Oliver K. Black * + Mrs. Philip M. Buchek * + Mrs. Meade Camenga Deborah Whitehorn ♦ + Mrs. William R. Creamer COORDINATOR OF EDUCATION * + Mrs. W.R.A. Dickinson K. David Goss 19 ♦ + Mrs. Stuart N. Gardner Assistant Coordinator ♦ + Mrs. George Gearhart Suzanne R. Merritt 20 * + Leslie Genser Education Volunteers * + Mrs. Catherine Gill Jean Arlander * + Mrs. Calista Greenough Doris Clarke ♦ + Mrs. C. K. Jones Barbara Whitmore ♦ + Mrs. Robert E. Lyon ♦ + Mrs. Stanley R. Mackay ♦ + Mrs. Vincent McGrath ♦ + Mrs. Wilfred Marchand ♦ -1- Mrs. Henry L. Mason Virginia McKean ♦ Mrs. Montgomery Merrill ADMINISTRATION * + Mrs. Robert Minturn Business Officer * Mrs. Ray K. Moore Charles A. Steward * + Mrs. James A. Morrison Assistant Treasurer ♦ + Mrs. Arthur Noble Peter R. Doran ♦ + Mrs. Robert W. Osgood, III * Edward W. Dennis 21 ♦ + Miss Molly Pitcher Assistant to the Director ♦ + Miss Ruth Ropes Katherine W, Richardson * + Mrs. Porter Rothwell Publications & Office Assistant ♦ + Mrs. Winthrop Sears Mrs. Irving J. Duffy * + Mrs. Benjamin Shreve Development Assistant * + Lt. Col. Eleanor Spiller USA (Ret.) Mrs. James A. Ostheimer 22 * + Donna Woods Mrs. Bryant F. Tolies, Jr. 23 * + Mrs. Paul Zaido Administrative Receptionist Museum Department Volunteer Mrs. Richard E. Farley Nancy Meere Supervisor on Weekends Museum Shop Manager George H. Gossom, Jr. Sandra Morse 18 Assistant Receptionists House Custodians * Christine Burns 24 K. David Goss ♦ -1- Susan Tierney 25 Robinson and Susan Murray * Jennifer Williams 26 George H. Gossom, Jr. • Janice Matula 16. to 7/24/82 19. to 5/31/82 23. 9/13/82 17. 6/1/82 20. to 9/1/82 24. 9/11/82 18. 1/3/83 21. to 4/26/83 25. 6/1/82 - 8/30/82 ♦Part Time + Temporary 22. to 6/30/82 26. * to 5/31/82 11 ADMINISTRATION (cont.) Business Office Volunteer Mrs. Mark A. King Membership and Development Office Volunteers Mrs. James Burns Mr. Donald Carlin Mrs. Frederick M. Kimball Miss Alyce Kuszmar Miss Barbara Staples Miss Rilda Stuart Office Volunteers Mrs. W. Benjamin Bacon Mrs. C. Meade Camenga Mrs. B. R. Decareau Mrs. Virginia MacKeen Mrs. Alan D. Miller Mrs. Robert W. Osgood Mrs. Gary Peterson Mrs. Richard S. West PUBLICATIONS Editor, Historical Collections Bryant F. Tolies, Jr. Managing Editor, Historical Collections Katherine W. Richardson Publications Volunteers Miss Eleanor Broadhead Miss Margaret Fitzgerald 12 Report of the President At last year’s Annual Meeting, I reported that the Council sought help from a consultant who, as an outsider, could take a hard and unbiased look at us. We were pleased with his report, and to implement it, several subcommittees were formed with a member of the Council as chairman and with membership made up of all the talent we counld find from members and friends. Those subcommittees worked during the summer, and a plan was produced and submitted to the Council. At a very important Council meeting in September, it was unanimous¬ ly agreed the Institute should continue its basic mission, that is to say, the interpretation of Essex County history through our library, publications, museum, and houses. One alternative, and a much less costly one, would have been to shrink our operations by disposing of properties outside of the compound area. We rejected it because we believe those properties are very important to us and are an integral part of carrying out our mis¬ sion, and we have no plans to dispose of any of the historic houses. We recognized that acceptance meant a substantial financial commit¬ ment and we agreed to face it. The report of the treasurer is included in this Annual Report. We shall probably have a larger deficit in the current year, but our plans look forward to a more balanced operation in the future. I will touch, in a moment, on some of the things we are doing, but first I want to say a word about the Ladies Committee. The committee decid¬ ed to turn over operation of the gift shop to the Institute, and in January we received its inventory (value at cost $24,165) plus $25,692.23 in cash, which is being used for shop purposes, as we agreed. All of us are tremendously grateful to the ladies of the committee for their support, as evidenced not only by the money contributed — some $34,588 since 1969 - but also by the many, many hours of work they have given guiding in the houses, providing hospitality at Institute events, and organizing many activities for the Institute’s benefit - most recently publishing the cookbook and running the gift shop. We hope to continue to have the 13 help of many of the Ladies Committee members in volunteer activities. On my own behalf, as well as that of the Council and staff, we would like to express our thanks for the many services given by the Ladies Commit¬ tee. Our current schedule of activities is a busy one. Most visibly, we decid¬ ed to enlarge the museum shop, and one could see the result at the An¬ nual Meeting - at least in terms of space. The shop is being managed by Sandra Morse, who is gathering inventory, and it opened for business early in June, with a grand opening event before the end of that month. As a result of this construction, we had to relocate almost everyone on the staff. They are now much more together by department than they have ever been. It has been a happy adjustment. One of the concerns addressed last summer was that of our image. While we enjoy an excellent reputation in the museum world, we believ¬ ed we should do more to attract the attention of the visiting public, as well as our neighbors. We are trying to make our promotional material more attractive and significant. An example — we have a new logo. It will be used in a consistent manner on our publications, as well as on signs and stationery. Once visitors are inside, we have plans to make their stay more enjoyable by graphically telling who and what we are and making it easier for them to find their areas of particular interest. We heard com¬ ments, more than once, which went something like this, “Look, you have a wonderful place, but it is forbidding and doesn’t have much sex appeal.” Well, we are trying to put more sizzle into our act. We sponsored a book and print fair which netted about $2,000. This year it will be enlarged. We ran a fashion show, which was a smashing success as an event and earned about $2,600. We sold raffle tickets. For heaven’s sake, when did our stuffy, staid old place ever do such a thing! During the year, we received substantial private funding for the Assembly House. This enabled us to completely restore the outside as well as to update the heating, plumbing, wiring, and the security system, so that now the house is in tiptop condition. We also received additional funding which will allow us to renovate a part of the first floor. The result will be that we will have a place for meetings or small dinners, complete with kitchen facilities, and this work should be completed by Labor Day. We believe this will be an asset for us. Now I come to perhaps the most important topic of all — money. We have made progress, and we have a long way to go. This year the Annual Appeal raised in unrestricted gifts, and with the help of a phonathon, $48,000. A few years ago this figure was about $24,000. Progress. The number of donors increased from 217 to 466. Progress. In addition, we received gifts restricted to various purposes of $142,400. That figure was 14 $52,000. Progress. A portion of the museum’s general operating funds for this fiscal year was provided by a General Operating Support grant from the Institute of Museum Services, a federal agency that administers to the nation’s museums. In all, we attracted grants from government agencies of $124,700, and that figure a few years ago was $52,000. Again progress. We began, as you know, the “Rooster Club” for those members who give $500 or more. They ~ all 40 of them plus their spouses ~ were entertained at dinner on May 19th. We began the Holyoke Club for those contributing $150 but less than $500, and they will be invited to a special cocktail party. The point of all of this is to indicate that we have neither stood still nor are we content with what we have done so far. We need more money on an annual basis and one way to do this is to attract new members. This, too, is in our plans. We have a loyal base of about 1300 upon which to build. I ask our membership to think what the Essex Institute is, this organization which we all too often take for granted. Where else in the country are there, in one place -- and open to the public -- six period houses, four on their original foundations, all filled with magnificent furniture and decorative art, together with a museum, a library without peer in its field, and the ability to publish scholarly books. Think about it! Think of the unparalleled opportunity we have to present and inter¬ pret the life and customs of Salem throughout its history. It’s worth preserving. Gardie Barker tells a story about the Long Island RR and how the commuters on one of its lines became convinced, incorrectly, that service was to be terminated. They sought other ways to get to town and fewer and fewer riders used the train - until the railroad painted the station. The reaction was predictable: “If they painted the station, they will keep the line running.” The commuters came back. My purpose in offering these remarks is to report that we have not on¬ ly painted our station, we are on the way to doing much, much more for the Essex Institute. Edward H. Osgood President 15 Report of the Director It has been a great personal satisfaction for me to see so many of our members at the Institute during the past year taking advantage of our marvelous resources and programs. We approach the immediate future with cautious optimism, but with the expectation of much forward mo¬ tion in the 1980s! Already there is much evidence of that at the Institute as the Report of the President and the sections following this report detail. In my brief comments, however, I would like to give you some in¬ sights into important planning for the eighties which took place here in 1981 and 1982 and is presently in the process of implementation. In the summer of 1981 the Council contracted with Organization Resources, Inc., a Boston-based management consulting firm, to per¬ form what in the trade is called an “institutional audit” -- that is to say, a review of our current operations. The subsequent spring and summer, as a follow-up to the formal consulting report, the Council launched into an institutional self-study period, and utilizing a series of special topical committees (consisting of trustees as well as nontrustees) for study of the museum, library, development, organizational image, etc., produced a collection of individual reports with recommendations. I was then asked by the Council to pull all our thinking together in the form of a new two- to-six year plan to succeed one which we had successfully implemented between 1974 and 1980. The complete master planning documents were finalized in August, and were officially sanctioned by the Council in late September. We have been off and winging for the nine months since! If I may, let me summarize for you the major goals of the plan: 1. To continue the Institute’s historic function as the regional historical society for Essex County, effectively communicating this to the membership and general public, while improving and broadening the organization’s public image and base of support. 2. To substantially increase nonendowment income (from member- 16 ship, museum shop, admissions, gifts, publications, and special events) and endowment income, pursuing the objective of a balanced-budget financial operation. 3. To lay strategic planning for and to run a successful endowment drive, keying on improvement to the houses and staff salaries. 4. To further reorganize the staff (through new and redefined posi¬ tions) in order to promote greater operational efficiency, communica¬ tions, and job productivity. 5. To establish a development and marketing program to coor¬ dinate and intensify efforts in promotion and advertising, community relations, membership and gifts, capital fund-raising, admissions, volunteers, and special fund-raising events. 6. To increase community (Salem and environs) involvement in the Institute through the membership, giving, and volunteer programs. 7. To develop the main “compound” (the main complex and adja¬ cent houses) as a single-unit marketable package and to complete a pro¬ gram currently in progress for reinterpretation of the museum and the houses. 8. To develop more popularly oriented museum exhibits (with periodic major shows), publications, and educational “in-house” and “outreach” programs. 9. To attract new active younger people to join the Institute, to serve as volunteers, and to join the Council and committees. 10. To expand Institute cooperation and working relationships with other local and regional nonprofit organizations (such as the Peabody Museum, the Essex County Historical Association, Historic Salem, Inc., etc.), and to continue the recent focus on the local and regional business community for membership, sponsorship, and special projects funding. 11. To maintain the scholarly status and the high quality services and collections of the library, promoting its strengths to a broader audience. 12. To continue the recent special projects momentum in the physical plant area, laying strategic plans, raising money, and ensuring proper staffing for the completion of major projects for the museum and houses 17 in order to maintain all buildings in excellent aesthetic and operable con¬ dition. To achieve these goals over the next few years, will of course, require tremendous effort and energy on the part of everyone associated with the Institute - the staff, the Council, volunteers, and the entire membership. To my colleagues -- the staff ~ with whom I work every day, I want to give particular credit and thanks for their dedication to their work, and for their patience during the very busy and occasionally trying period of master planning and the first months of implementation. I also want to observe the recent death of Dorothy Potter, the former Institute librarian and a staff member for over thirty years, who in her work expressed the kind of devotion to duty that is called for in today’s rapidly changing historical museum field. We are blessed in having a staff that has outstanding professional qualifications, collections that are unsurpassed in their breadth and quality, and historic architecture that in due course will tell, even better than it is able to do today, the story of three cen¬ turies of Salem life. I invite all of our members to participate with us in developing new directions for the Institute as we meet the challenges and opportunities of the eighties. Bryant F. Tolies, Jr. Executive Director and Librarian / 18 Report of the Treasurer The audited statements of account prepared by Albert W. Dodge, Jr., for the fiscal year March 31, 1983, 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 of March 31, 1983, was $3,744,499. as compared with $3,399,555. a year ago. Respectfully submitted, H. GILMAN NICHOLS Treasurer % 19 ESSEX INSTITUTE FINANCIAL STA TEMENTS March 31, 1983 and 1982 ALBERT W. DODGE, JR. Certified Public Accountant 38 Porter Street Wenham, Massachusetts 01984 20 21 ESSEX INSTITUTE STATEMENT OF GENERAL FUND REVENUES, EXPENDITURES, AND OTHER CHANGES FOR THE YEARS ENDED MARCH 31, 1983 AND 1982 1983 1982 REVENUES Admissions $ 43,905 $ 41,744 Unrestricted gifts used to meet expenses 47,258 38,094 Membership dues 34,532 32,952 Publications 26,235 29,147 Other income 10,502 8,500 Total revenues 162,432 150,437 OPERATING EXPENSES Direct Expenses: Museum 120,284 82,290 Houses 42,386 51,141 Publications 65,677 63,699 Library 107,748 82,230 Education 20,215 25,166 Library grant 29,099 28,812 Costs attributable to all Institute activities: Administration and general 221,291 181,298 Operation and maintenance 139,415 122,913 Total expenses 746,115 637,549 Excess of operating expenses over revenues (583,683) (487,112) FUNDS USED FOR OPERATIONS Restricted gifts, investment income, and other receipts for designated purposes availed of 356,477 238,194 Endowment fund unrestricted income 112,579 140,697 James D. Phillips Trust income 36,250 32,298 505,306 411,189 Excess of operating expenses over revenues and funds used (78,377) (75,923) OTHER CHANGES AND TRANSFERS Funds used for plant additions (75,098) (39,958) Transfers: Transfers from endowment funds (net) 164,634 216,041 Total other changes and transfers 89,536 176,083 Net increase in general fund balance 11,159 100,160 The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. 22 ESSEX INSTITUTE BALANCE SHEET MARCH 31, 1983 AND 1982 ASSETS 1983 1982 Current fund assets: Cash (Note 5) $ 71,969 $ 59,363 Gift shop inventory 25,527 Dividends and interest receivable 44,696 48,080 Grants receivable (Note 7) 25,563 55,000 Prepaid expense (principally insurance) 17,373 10,950 185,128 173,393 Endowment fund assets (Note 4 and 5): Investments, at cost: Cash held for investment (overdraft) (90,324) (114,260) Fixed income 1,828,398 1,918,045 Equities 1,089,644 1,075,674 2,827,718 2,879,459 Plant fund assets (Note 1): Land 122,715 122,715 Institute buildings & improvements 1,117,108 974,972 Period houses 503,279 384,952 1,743,102 1,482,639 Total all funds $ 4,755,948 $ 4,535,491 23 BALANCE SHEET (continued) LIABILITIES AND FUND BALANCES Current fund balances & liabilities: 1983 1982 Accrued expenses $ 5,000 $ 61,862 Membership dues received in advance 3,114 11,953 General fund balance (deficit) Unexpended balance of gifts, (15,795) (26,954) investment income, and other receipts for designated purposes 192,809 126,532 185,128 173,393 Endowment fund balances: Restricted as to income 1,960,921 1,897,813 Unrestricted as to income 866,797 981,646 2,827,718 2,879,459 Plant fund balances: Expended for plant 1,743,102 1,482,639 1,743,102 1,482,639 Total all funds 4,755,948 4,535,491 The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. 24 ESSEX INSTITUTE SUMMARY OF CHANGES IN FUND BALANCES FOR THE YEAR ENDED MARCH 31, 1983 Balances Grants March 31, and Investment 1982 Gifts Income Endowment funds: Restricted as to income $ 1,897,813 $ 110,537 Unrestricted as to income 981,646 40,255 Total Invested Funds 2,879,459 150,792 James D. Phillips Trust Invest- ment Income (Note 3) 72,501 Plant funds: Expended 1,482,639 Current funds: General fund (deficit) Gifts, grants, and other in- (26,954) 47,258 112,579 come - unexpended for designated purposes 47,272 212,549 Gifts, investment and other income - unexpended of endowment funds 79,260 3,878 167,571 Total Current Funds 99,578 263,685 280,150 Total All Funds $4,461,676 $ 414,477 $ 352,651 Sale of duplicate library material and prints Net realized gain on sale of securities General fund admissions, membership sales, publications, and other income Fire insurance proceeds Proceeds from sale of museum objects Other restricted funds income 25 SUMMARY OF CHANGES IN FUND BALANCES 1983 (cont.) Other Receipts Transfers in (out) Used for Plant Additions Used for Current Operations & Capitalized Expenditures Balances March 31, 1983 $ 23,979 $ (55,081) $ (16,327) $ 1,960,921 16,183 (171,287) 866,797 40,162 (226,368) (16,327) 2,827,718 (36,251) (36,250) 260,463 1,743,102 115,174 164,634 (75,098) (353,388) (15,795) 114,764 (35,061) (63,120) (184,730) 91,674 1,621 133,046 (105,918) (178,323) 101,135 231,559 262,619 (244,136) (716,441) 177,014 $ 271,721 $- $- $ (752,691) $ 4,747,834 $ 27,282 36,170 110,278 23,011 54,482 20,498 $ 271,721 26 ESSEX INSTITUTE SUMMARY OF CHANGES IN FUND BALANCES FOR THE YEAR ENDED MARCH 31, 1982 Balances Grants March 31, and Investment 1981 Gifts Income Endowment funds: Restricted as to income $ 1,513,117 $ 145,336 Unrestricted as to income 1,252,209 1,930 Total Invested Funds 2,765,326 147,266 James D. Phillips Trust Invest- ment Income (Note 3) 64,595 Plant funds: Expended 1,307,267 Current funds: General fund (deficit) (127,114) 38,094 140,697 Gifts, grants, and other in- come - unexpended for designated purposes 19,163 128,125 Gifts, investment and other income - unexpended of endowment funds 60,730 2,821 151,323 Total Current Funds (47,221) 169,040 292,020 Total All Funds $ 4,025,372 $ 316,306 $ 356,615 Sale of duplicate library material and prints Net realized gain on sale of investments Tuitions and film receipts Other receipts Admissions Membership dues Publications Other income 27 SUMMARY OF CHANGES IN FUND BALANCES 1982 (cont.) Other Receipts Transfers in (out) Used for Plant Additions Used to Meet Expenses of Current Operations Balances March 31, 1982 $ 262,683 19,875 $ (23,323) (218,368) $ (74,000) $ 1^897,813 981,646 282,558 (241,691) (74,000) 2,879,459 (32,297) 175,372 $ (32,298) 1,482,639 112,343 216,041 (39,958) (367,057) (26,954) 4,089 (25,662) (78,443) 47,272 1,942 57,947 (35,752) (159,751) 79,260 118,374 273,988 (101,732) (605,251) 99,578 $ 400,932 $- $- $(637,549) $ 4,461,676 $ 239,871 42,687 3,794 2,237 41,744 32,952 29,147 8,500 $ 400,932 The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. 28 ESSEX INSTITUTE NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 1 . Summary of Significant Accounting Policies: The Institute maintains its accounts on the accrual basis. Land, In¬ stitute 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 on 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. 2. Retirement Plan: The Institute participates in contributory retirement plans ad¬ ministered by the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association (TIAA) and College Retirement Equities Funds (CREF) which cover all designated full-time employees. Plan assets are not included in the Institute’s financial statements. Pension expense charged to opera¬ tions was $8,929 and $8,191 in fiscal 1983 and 1982, respectively. The plan is a defined contribution type plan wherein benefits are based on accumulated contributions. 3. James D. Phillips Trust: The Institute is a beneficiary of the James D. Phillips Trust. The assets of the Trust are managed by independent Trustees and are not includ¬ ed in the assets of the Institute. One half of the income received by the Institute is restricted endowment income to be used for specific pur¬ poses. The remaining income is unrestricted and used for current operations. 29 ESSEX INSTITUTE NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Summary of Investments: Market 1983 Cost Value Income Equities $ 821,631 $ 1,773,486 $ 84,978 Money Market Funds 268,013 268,013 11,656 Fixed Income 1,828,398 1,703,000 183,579 Total $ 2,918,042 $ 3,744,499 $ 280,213 1982 Equities $ 759,679 $ 1,319,560 $ 93,578 Money Market Funds 315,995 315,995 28,738 Fixed Income 1,918,045 1,764,000 169,704 Total $ 2,993,719 $ 3,399,555 $ 292,020 Cash Balances: Cash balances consist of the following as of March 31, 1983 and 1982: 1983 1982 Naumkeag Operating Account $ 27,670 $ 23,355 Naumkeag Payroll Account 1,000 988 Fiduciary Trust Co. (Income) 43,099 34,820 Petty Cash 200 200 Total cash current funds (deficit) $ 71,969 $ 59,363 Fiduciary Trust Co. (principal cash) $ (90,324) $ (114,260) 30 ESSEX INSTITUTE NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 6. Fire Loss, Insurance Recovery: On February 22, 1982, the National Guard Armory adjacent to the main Institute building was destroyed by fire. Damage was limited to the building exterior and basement. Insurance proceeds of $23,011 were received in July, 1982. 7. Grant Receivable: In 1982 the Institute received approval for a matching grant from Massachusetts Historical Commission for the construction of equal access facilities and repairs to the brownstone and brick of the main building complex. Funds in the amount of $55,000 were received at the conclusion of the project. The total project cost was $118,930 of which the Institute contributed over one half of required funds. At March 31, 1983 accounts and grants receivable consist of the following: Institute of Musuem Services $ 15,000 Other restricted gifts 10,563 Total $ 25,563 8. Subsequent Events: A. Hawthorne Collection On May 20, 1983 the Institute entered into an agreement with C. E. Frazer Clark, Jr. of Bloomfield Hills, Michigan for purchase of the “Hawthorne Collection”. The purchase price is $325,000 with con¬ sideration in form of cash and installment notes of $275,000 payable over eight (8) years. Under a collateral agreement the House of Seven Gables will purchase a portion of the Collection from the Institute. B. Museum Shop As part of a reorganization of museum shop activity the Ladies Committee voted to transfer responsibility for operation of the museum shop to the Institute. Pursuant to this transition the Ladies Committee transferred $25,642 of cash and $24,165 of inventory to the Institute on January 2, 1983. The Institute has commenced construction of a new museum shop in the main building and will commence operation of expanded facilities in FY 84. 31 Special Gifts Statement Since its establishment in 1848, the Essex Institute has benefited greatly from the kind generosity of those who have made specific bequests to the Institute in their wills. For many individuals, those bequests made per¬ manent the support which they had offered the Institute during their lifetimes. Such bequests have become increasingly important in recent years as inflation and rising costs have placed greater strains on the en¬ dowment and the annual operating budget of the Institute. Bequests to the Institute may be made in any amount for a wide variety of purposes. Most are offered without restrictions, thereby enabling the director and trustees to designate them for general endowment or other areas considered appropriate. Occasionally, restricted bequests are made, satisfying the donor’s wish to support museum acquisitions, a specific historic house property, the education program, publications, the library, a lecture series, or other areas of personal interest. Although most bequests come as cash, stocks, or bonds, tangible assets such as real estate, rare books, or historical, fine, and decorative arts objects are also left to the Institute. By making a bequest to the Essex Institute, you can reduce the size of the taxable assets of your estate, thereby benefiting your heirs. Thus the Institute, as a beneficiary, receives the full amount of your bequest, and your heirs benefit from tax savings. As a legal provision made by will, a bequest may be structured in several different ways. The Institute may be named as beneficiary of a testamentary (life income) trust, or an outright, a residuary, or a contingent bequest. Before arranging for be¬ quests of any kind of property, however, donors are encouraged to con¬ sult with their financial and/or legal advisors, and with Institute of¬ ficials. Inquiries concerning bequests may be directed to: Bryant F. Tolies, Jr., Director and Librarian Essex Institute 132 Essex Street Salem, MA 01970 32 Library The James Duncan Phillips Library was as active as ever during 1982-83, with our regular professional staff and capable volunteers devoting the bulk of their time to readers services, as is customarily the case. Total visits to the library numbered 2,469 (1,275 members), approximately the same figures as for the previous year. There were 1,117 total readers, of which 137 used manuscripts, most on long-term research projects. We answered 989 letters, which placed a considerable burden on our staff and volunteers, and increasingly we have had to resort to form responses for queries on standard subjects, i.e., Nathaniel Hawthorne, Salem witchcraft, etc. Of the total correspondence, 78 letters were sent out deal¬ ing with questions about photographs, and there were 158 purchases of photographic prints, which, with extension of permissions for use, give the Institute additional nonendowment income and valuable exposure. In order to demonstrate the richness of our printed and manuscript holdings and current research interests, each year we report to you on subjects which have been researched in the library collections. A representative list of topics for the past year is always interesting, and this year includes: biographical topics such as Elizabeth Peabody and the Kindergarten movement, Lucy Larcom, John Lewis Russell, Rev. John Green, the friendship between Nathaniel Hawthorne and Franklin Pierce, and the ironic dimension in Hawthorne’s writing; maritime topics such as infectious diseases aboard ship, American trade in the Baltic Sea, 1733-1860, the Dutch- Asiatic trade by Americans, piracy on the Brig “Mexican, “trade in the northwest Pacific; Essex County topics such as land law in Massachusetts, Quakers in Massachusetts Bay, the Ipswich Female Seminary, the shoemaking industry, George’s Bank fisheries, regional mathematicians, regional potters, the weather records of Dr. Edward A. Holyoke, the occupations and lifestyles of women in An¬ dover (1820-1840), the economic effects of the embargo in Salem, and farming in Essex County (1630-1775); and political, social, and cultural history topics such as preindustrial textile production, egalitarianism in 33 the revolutionary war era (1764-1794), 19th-century amateur female botanists, the Morgans - private industrial bankers, women in colonial United States seaports, 19th-century women teachers. War of 1812 ver¬ nacular, urban seaport taverns, blacks in 17th-century Massachusetts, and the history of 18th- and 19th-century dance and etiquette. In 1982-83 the library was most fortunate to add an impressive total of 1,326 printed items to the collections, 292 by purchase and 1,034 by gift from approximately 140 donors. We are most grateful for such marvelous donor support! Among the most unusual and valuable of our rare book acquisitions by purchase were: Journal of the Travels and Suf¬ ferings of Daniel Saunders, Jr., Mariner, on the Ship Commerce of Boston, Cast Away on the Coast of Arabia, July 10, 1792 (Leominster, 1797); A New Chart of the Coast of North America (Salem, 1818), by Samuel Lambert; Two Discourses Addressed to Young Persons; to which is added a Sermon occasioned by the earthquake, which was Oc¬ tober 29, 1727 (Boston, 1727); Persecution Contra La Religion Chris¬ tiana ... en la Provenca de Tokien En La China (Valencia, 1778) (Ward China Collection); A Treatise on the Preservation of the Teeth, for the Use of Families (Newburyport, 1838); Summary of the Principal Chinese Treatises upon the Culture of the Mulberry and the rearing of silk worms (Washington, D.C., 1838), translated from Chinese by A.S. Julien (Ward China Collection); Atlas of the City of Lawrence and the Towns of Methuen, Andover and North Andover (Lawrence, 1926); and. On the Trade to China, and the Indian Archipelago; with Observations on the Insecurity of the British Interests in that Quarter (London, 1819). Among our more notable gifts were: a collection of books on Oriental carpets, from Gilbert R. Payson of Salem; a collection of notes and photographs on firefighting in Essex County and additions to his collec¬ tion of notes on New England railroads, from Harold Walker of Marblehead; books of local history, historic preservation, and architec¬ ture and the decorative arts, from the estate of Mrs. Theodore Frothingham, the gift of Mrs. H. Glover Butler of Salem; a collection of maps of Essex County localities, from the estate of Richard Perley of Salem; and A Report of the Evidence and Points of Law arising in the Trial of John Francis Knapp, for the Murder of Joseph White, Esquire, (Salem, 1830), annotated with notes by J.S. De Wolf about his acquain¬ tance with George and Richard Crowninshield (suspects in the murder), from Rev. Halsey De Wolf Howe, Springfield, Vermont. Our manuscript acquisitions are always of greatest importance because they add resource material that is unique to the collections. There were 78 acquisitions, 52 purchases and 26 gifts. By gift this past year we received small collections of Newhall, Woodbury, and Emery family papers, and a Samuel Mclntire receipt for the Tabernacle Church. Six 34 original Hawthorne letters with fifteen related items and the First Newbury Church records (1661-1966) were placed on deposit in our ar¬ chives. Manuscript purchases during 1982-83 were unusually outstanding and included four John G. Whittier letters, three Lucy Larcom letters, the Civil War correspondence of John E. Goodhue, Bradbury and Todd family papers (Newburyport), seventeen account books of Dr. Edward B. Peirson, and the logbooks for the ship Argonaut, ship Tarter, and schooner Commerce. A major activity in the library for the past two years has been the N.E.H. -funded maritime manuscript cataloguing project. During the year, the N.E.H. awarded the Institute $4,396 to supplement the current endowment grant (the second of two to date) of $73,454 for continued processing. By virtue of this landmark project and the efforts of other staff and interns, 52 collections were processed in 1982-83, including the papers of Nathaniel Hawthorne, the Northey family, John G. Whittier, the Kimball family, the Very family, the Waters family, and the firms of Ropes-Emmerton, Waite and Peirce, and Stone, Silsbee, and Pickman. The N.E.H. project staff has continued the ongoing paper conservation work in the Institute’s laboratory, and a part-time conservator has made custom acid-free boxes for the logbook collection under a $2,000 grant from the Salem Marine Society. In addition, 66 printed and manuscript maps were restored by independent conservator Allan Thenan from matching funds supplied by the Massachusetts Council on the Arts and Humanities. The library staff was active professionally in a number of other ways in 1982-83, both within the Institute and away from it. Our annual cataloguing (556 books and articles) and binding (82 volumes) programs were pursued. Associate Librarian Robin Murray attended meetings of the Boston Archivists, the Essex County Cooperating Libraries, the Essex County Historical Association, the Society of American Archivists (Boston meeting), the New England Chapter of the American Printing History Association, the Committee for a New England Bibliography, the NELINET Rare Book Users Group, and the Athenaeum Group, and spoke before two of these groups. Caroline Preston, our manuscripts librarian, attended meetings of the Boston Archivists Group, the New England Archivists, and the Society of American Archivists, and presented a paper on the N.E.H. cataloguing project at the latter meeting in October. She was appointed to the N.E.A. Education Committee and as chairman of the Local Arrangements Committee for the May 1983 N.E.A. 10th anniversary meeting at the Institute in Salem. N.E.H. pro¬ ject manuscript processors Prudence Backman and Sylvia Kennick at¬ tended meetings of the Boston Archivists Group, the New England Ar¬ chivists, and the Society of American Archivisits, and worked with 35 Caroline Preston on local arrangements for the Salem N.E.A. meeting. Assistant Librarian Mary Ritchie was present at meetings of the Essex County Cooperating Libraries, and with Robin Murray attended an orientation program on on-line cataloguing at NELINET. Your librarian attended meetings of the Boston Archivists Group, thd New England Ar¬ chivists, and the Society of American Archivists, and, with the help of the library staff, mined the riches of the collections for his new book. Ar¬ chitecture in Salem . . . , published in June 1983. Bryant F. Tolies, Jr. Librarian 36 Museum Department During this year of planning and reassessment, the museum staff has been examining the way in which we carry out our three chief respon¬ sibilities: collecting, preserving and interpreting the historical artifacts and fine and decorative arts of Essex County. It has been a busy and pro¬ ductive year in all three areas. Collecting is the life blood of any institution such as ours and this year we accessioned 167 objects as gifts from 54 donors and made 18 pur¬ chases. The generosity of our many donors is always appreciated, not on¬ ly by us but by our thousands of visitors each year. Although space does not permit acknowledging here every gift, we have expressed our gratitude to everyone at the time of their donation. High points of the year include the following: A large collection of linens embroidered by Laura Silcock Murfitt bet¬ ween 1885 and 1920, including tablecloths, bureau scarves, doilies, and embroidery patterns, from Frederick Johnson of Andover; seven golfing trophies, 1900-1910, of F.W. Broadhead, from the Misses Eleanor and Elizabeth Broadhead, Salem; 18th-century chest-on-chest (1760-1780) from the estate of Elizabeth E. Hall of Wiscasset, Maine; a collection of copper and brassware made by Franklin Porter (1869-1935) of Danvers, from Mrs. John Philbrick, Duxbury; a collection of military uniform ac¬ cessories belonging to George Peabody, ca. 1840, from Mrs. G. Peabody Gardner, Boston; two etchings by Frank W. Benson, 1929 and 1930, from Marion Peirson, Bedford; an oil painting. Summer, Magnolia, Mass., by D. Jerome Elwell, 1890, from Ernest Agresti, Providence, R.I.; a banjo clock by Simon Willard & Son, ca. 1845, from the Roger Conant Cooperative Bank; a collection of badges, sashes, and banners of the Societe St. Jean Baptiste of Salem, comprised of gifts from Stephen Joseph Schier, Salem; Victor La Brecque, Salem; and museum pur¬ chases; a child’s crepe paper costume worn in the Salem Tercentenary parade in 1926, from Mrs. Priscilla Webber Hanawalt, West Linn, Oregon; a silver teaset made by David Mason Little, Salem, 1908, from 37 Eleanor deLaittre Lienau, Santa Barbara, Calif.; a one-hundred-piece table setting of Venetian glass with a cabinet made to house it, from the children of Mariette Goodrich Page, Haverhill; a collection of nearly 150 medical instruments, principally 19th century, used by three generations of Peirson family doctors, of Salem, purchased through the generosity of an anonymous donor; a pier mirror and desk and bookcase originally us¬ ed in the Peirce-Nichols house, both ca. 1840, from Dr. and Mrs. George Nichols, Jr., Manchester; and a pair of whale oil lamps, ca. 1825-1830, owned and marked by Nathaniel Hawthorne, museum purchase. In the process of our planning activities we have been assessing dif¬ ferent parts of our collections to determine their relevancy to Essex County history, their historical and aesthetic authenticity, and their state of preservation. It was determined by the curatorial staff, the Museum Committee, and the Council that our clock collection needed a great deal of refinement and that almost two thirds of the collection were either totally irrelevant to our institutional goals, in a poor state of conserva¬ tion, or not of museum quality. The proceeds gained from several sales at Skinner Auction house in Bolton, Massachusetts, has been added to an endowed purchase fund to allow us to make future acquisitions. Selected pieces of furniture, judged not of museum quality, were also sold at Skinner, and the proceeds were used to purchase an outstanding Newburyport lady’s work table, ca. 1820. Painted with scenes based on English print sources by Mary Ann Poole of Newburyport, the stylish birdseye maple table descended in the Benson family of Salem. Painted furniture was an important art form in the Federal period, and the In¬ stitute did not own such a table prior to this time. Thus the refinement of our collections through disposal has very positive aspects in building the collection, and every effort is made to respect the original intentions of donors. Preservation of the collections goes hand-in-hand with acquisition of new objects. This year the attic storage space has been completed over the Portrait Gallery in Plummer Hall, funded by a grant from the Na¬ tional Endowment for the Arts and private donors. It is very exciting to have a clean, well-lighted, efficiently organized space to work in and to safely store objects. A sink and counter work area were also installed in the new storage rooms, making it possible to care for the ceramics, glass,and other objects located there without going down five floors to the basement! In addition to the completion of this important project we are making plans to improve other critical areas in the Institute buildings and looking into the possibility of rental space outside the grounds. Under the capable supervision of Registrar Bettina Norton, a grant from the N.E.A. for conservation of seventeen portraits was carried out. Over the last seven years almost all of our most important portraits have been 38 conserved and the results can be admired in the Andrew Oliver Portrait Gallery, which has never looked brighter or more lively. The portrait of Sir William Pepperrell by John Smibert, which dominates the Portrait Gallery, was also conserved this year, thanks to the generosity of the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada. In return, the painting will be sent to their bicentennial exhibition in 1984. Such institutional cooperation expands and improves the uses of museum collections. While the activities of collecting and preservation go on behind the scenes, they are essential to our most important role: the presentation of the art and artifacts of Essex County through permanent and rotating ex¬ hibitions and publication for the general public. This year we have com¬ pleted one phase of the reinstallation of the lower level of the Main Gallery to interpret themes of Essex County history using artifacts. As we have worked on this project over the last year and a half we have made significant progress in organizing and reinterpreting our collections on view to the public, which will reinforce visitors’ understanding of our role as the historical museum of Essex County. Part of this program, funded by a grant from the N.E.H. was the making of a new visitor orientation program, “Reflections on the Past: Stories from the Essex Institute,” which was premiered at the Annual Meeting. Produced by Todd Gipstein in cooperation with the Education and Museum depart¬ ments at the Institute, it incorporates the museum and library collections and the historic houses in a dramatic historical presentation using the Reverend William Bentley as a central character. It will be shown hourly to visitors to the Institute. Our temporary exhibitions are always popular with visitors and are an important part of the program. Two exhibits merit special attention this year in addition to our annual summer witchcraft exhibition. “A Spor¬ ting Life: Summer Amusements in Victorian Essex County” was mounted in the Print Room during the summer and featured loans from a number of local historical society collections as well as the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N. Y. and the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, R.I. The exhibition and a sports day held during Heritage Week were much enjoyed by summer visitors. “Fire! Fire! Salem Firefighters to the Rescue” opened November 23 and represented a new approach to community outreach for the Institute. Generously funded by the Holyoke Mutual Insurance Company of Salem, the exhibi¬ tion recognized the fine work of the Salem Fire Department and others in saving the Essex Institute buildings and collections from fire on February 22, 1982. Loans of objects were secured from the Fire Department, Holyoke, and a private collector, supplementing the Institute’s collection of early firefighting gear, in order to give an exciting picture of the lives of the firefighters. A command post and a fireman’s dormitory room 39 were set up in the exhibit, and other equipment, blow-up photographs, broadsides, and memorabilia told the history of Salem firefighting. A short slide/tape program on the training of firemen, narrated by Chief James Brennan, augmented the exhibit. The staff feels that the exhibit and related events were a model of community cooperation which should be followed in the future. “Life and Times in Shoe City: The Shoeworkers of Lynn,” our major community history exhibition held in 1979-80, was recognized by the Na¬ tional Endowment for the Humanities as the most outstanding social history exhibition they have supported. Keith Melder, guest curator of the exhibit, and Anne Farnam, E.I. museum curator, were invited by N.E.H. program officers to give a presentation on the exhibition and associated programs at the national convention of the American Associa¬ tion of State and Local History in September 1982. The historic houses, among our most valued and underutilized assets, have received much attention this year, not only in the maintenance area but in future planning for museum programs. The concept of developing the main complex as a single interpretive historical experience for visitors was conceived by the special committee set up during the master planning process. Further developed by Associate Curator Dean Lahikainen into an application for a planning grant to the N.E.H. , this project is one of the most exciting and extensive undertaken by the Institute. It will seek to maximize the attraction of our houses which are located in an ideal loca¬ tion - an urban historic park in which visitors can experience 300 years of New England history. The work of the department could not be accomplished without the fine efforts of the staff: Associate Curator Dean Lahikainen, Assistant Curator John Wright, Administrative Assistant Elaine Bonney, and Registrar Bettina Norton. We were sorry to see Mrs. Norton leave the department January 1. Museum assistants Mary Silver Smith and Janine Skerry provided invaluable support for all of our many activities during the year. Our houses could not be maintained open to the public without the services of house guides - fourteen paid college students and volunteers skillfully provided tours of the houses to several thousand visitors. Everyone has contributed in a significant way. Anne Farnam Curator 40 Publications 1982-83 was a productive year for Institute publications. In August we celebrated the debut of Served in Salem, a cookbook written and produc¬ ed by the Essex Institute Ladies Committee. The book was an immediate success. Work has been proceeding on a number of other books and booklets, scheduled for publication in 1983-84. Principal among these is Architecture in Salem, by Bryant F. Tolies, Jr., with Carolyn K. Tolies. This volume (300 pages, illustrated) is a popular yet scholarly guide to surviving Salem architecture. The book is funded by the James Duncan Phillips Fund and a generous grant from the McCarthy Family Founda¬ tion Charity Fund. The project was carried out in collaboration with Historic Salem, Inc. Another work completed in late 1982 with a spr¬ ing/summer publication date is The Salem Witchcraft Trials by Katherine W. Richardson. The witchcraft booklet is a short illustrated history of the tragic events of 1692. Several books in the Museum Booklet Series have been in progress and are nearing completion. Silver at the Essex Institute, by Martha Gandy Fales, honorary curator of silver, will be off the press shortly. The silver booklet will be followed by Textiles and Embroidery at the Essex In¬ stitute, funded by the Stevens Foundation and a private donor and writ¬ ten by Anne Farnam, curator of the museum. Research is well under way for a booklet on the Institute’s collection of ceramics and glass. Authors of this publication are Tanya Barter, Susan Montgomery, Jean Mudge, and Jane Nylander. We are seeking funds to publish a booklet on the In¬ stitute’s military collections completed by Steven Adolphson, Malcolm Johnson, and Assistant Curator John Wright. When these booklets are in print, we will have nine titles in our Museum Booklet Series. Several others are planned in coming years. The papers of Salem’s master builder and carver, Samuel Mclntire, have been edited by Professor Paul F. Norton (Department of Art, University of Massachusetts). This project, started in 1978 and funded by the Phillips Fund, is nearing completion, and publication of the book 41 is expected in 1984. The quarterly Newsletter, started by Bryant Tolies in 1975, continues to inform our membership of current projects and membership events. The Newsletter is presently being redesigned in a new attractive format more consistent with the Institute’s recently adopted new logo and up¬ dated “image”. The Essex Institute Historical Collections, published quarterly since 1859, has presented a variety of articles in the past year. Among these were two pieces on Marblehead, Sophia Peabody Hawthorne’s Cuba journal, an article on Salem’s Winter Island, an architectural history of two Gloucester mansions, a genealogy of the Towne family of Andover, a “Rebus from Fanny”, and three book reviews. The January 1983 number focused on “Massachusetts and the Sea”, and included papers from the sixth Salem Conference, sponsored by Salem State College in cooperation with the Essex Institute and the Peabody Museum. This year’s annual Historical Collections prize was awarded to Edward G. Roddy, for his article entitled “Mills, Mansions, and Mergers: The Life of William M. Wood”, a study of Shawsheen Village in Andover published in the April 1982 Collections. Katherine W. Richardson Managing Editor, Essex Institute Historical Collection 42 Maintenance, Security, and Physical Plant Improvements The Maintenance and Security Department functioned efficiently during the year, maintaining and protecting the Institute’s facilities and collec¬ tions. Personnel turnover in both areas remained high, but by year’s end corrective steps were taken to reduce this problem. As a part of the im¬ plementation of the O.R.I. planning report, the two departments merg¬ ed, with Michael Williams as superintendent of maintenance and security ^ and George Gossom as chief of security. Extensive construction projects were undertaken during 1982-83. The maintenance department divided its available time between the supervi¬ sion of these projects and the completion of several “in-house” projects. Funded partially by a $55,000 grant from the Massachusetts Historical Commission, the Daland House project focused on the replacement of much of the front facade brownstone and the installation of a rear handicapped access lift. The replacement stone was obtained used and was hand-cut to exact specifications to match original decorative details. The Gardner-Pingree House has been restored to its original ap¬ pearance. Repairs have been made to the slate roof, brick chimneys, gut¬ ters and drainspouts, and wooden balustrade. All woodwork was re¬ painted with selections based on actual paint samples taken from the building. In addition, the shutters, a Victorian-era modification, were removed. For the past few years the rear roof plane of the Crowninshield- Bentley House has been in danger of collapsing under heavy snow loads due to a deteriorated timber support system. To meet this emergency, we took steps to install a new roof and truss system during the summer of 1982. Private donations enabled us to install a new smoke and heat detector fire-prevention system in the main complex, adjacent houses, and out¬ buildings. This early-warning fire alarm system is connected directly with the Salem Fire Department in order to ensure a quick response. The system is equipped with horn/light annunciators. 43 Thanks to gifts from two donors, the Assembly House exterior has been completely restored. The building has also been fitted with new plumbing, electrical, and heating systems. The adjacent barn and fences have been repaired and repainted, and the condition of the grounds im¬ proved. In this year of unprecedented renovation activity, we also had to take steps to repair damage to the west side of Plummer Hall caused by the disastrous Armory fire of 1982. Renovation work was completed in the attic of Plummer Hall to expand museum storage, with funds provided by the National Endowment for the Arts and a recent restricted bequest. Finally plans were developed and construction undertaken to renovate the front first floor offices in Plummer Hall and convert them into a new museum shop facility. A large one-thousand-square-foot retail space has been created, with the grand opening scheduled for June of 1983. The department’s “in-house” projects included the reconstruction of the rear fence at the Peirce-Nichols House, the completion of the painting of ^8 Federal Street, the painting of the Pingree barn and many other small tasks. Michael E. Williams, Superintendent of Maintenance 44 Community Relations 1982-83 has been a hectic year for the one paid staff member of the Com¬ munity Relations Department along with her invaluable volunteer corps. The year’s activities began in April with attendance at a workshop en¬ titled “You’re On” presented at the Institute by media specialist Richard Goldberg, who spent one full day offering his expertise on the topic of accessibility of nonprofit organizations to the electronic media. Also in April was “Awareness Day” at the Park Plaza Hotel in Boston. This was sponsored by the Massachusetts Department of Tourism and helped our department to become acquainted with other members of the profession “ always a vital way in which to continue to develop a network of com¬ munication. Another Boston workshop was entitled “Making TV Work for You.” This was held at the Boston University School of Communica¬ tions. In conjunction with an exhibit at the museum, the education and com¬ munity relations departments conducted a “Kite Flight” Day on the Salem Common, with prizes and local judges such as the Mayor, Jean Levesque, and David Hill of the Salem News. At the Salem Council on Aging, we presented a slide lecture talk about Salem in the old days. The department coordinator attended several Massachusetts Cultural Alliance meetings during the year at diverse locations such as the Museum of Fine Arts, the Aquarium, the U.S.S. Constitution Museum, and the John F. Kennedy Library. Salem State College filmed a production on Institute grounds, and several other film companies and television stations worked with us. A commercial for Friend’s Baked Beans in the Ward House netted us $1600 for one day’s shooting. Jordan Marsh shot publicity stills in the Gardner- Pingree House and later held a brunch at their Northshore branch to honor an exhibit of Currier and Ives prints. Both events netted us publicity plus fees. The Museums Collaborative, consisting of the House of Seven Gables, the Peabody, Salem National Maritime Site, Witch Museum, and the In- 45 stitute, continues to meet on a regular basis and offers a way in which we can afford paid advertising. We were seen in the Yankee Guide to New England, Boston Globe Summerguide, Le Soleil (Canada), Official Guide to Boston, New England Guide, Essex Adventure, and Essex Life. We were not able to obtain matching funds from the Tourist Council this year, but are working on that prospect for 1984. This would mean that $1000 advertisement would actually cost us $1(X), multiplied by five col¬ laborative members and doubled by the Tourist Council. We delivered a talk at the Concord/Lexington ijiuseums on the feasibility of beginning a Museums Collaborative there. In addition, we spoke to the Essex County Associated Boards of Trade on the subject of the Essex Institute. In June, along with Director Tolies and Curator Far- nam, we attended the University of Delaware Conference on Museum Marketing. Currently we are designing a new full-page advertisement for national magazine distribution. It becomes increasingly obvious that serving on the Executive Board of the Tourist Council and Chamber of Commerce is vital in order that we may be actively involved with tourism on a local level. The department is presently represented on the Salem Tourism Development Committee and the Committee to restore the City Council Chambers and Mayor’s Offices. Much time was spent promoting the Institute to bus tour com¬ panies on a broad scale. Fruits of these efforts should soon be patently obvious. We have added a number of new Corporate/ Institutional members this year. Our number of corporate members now stands at 107. Along with Carolyn Tolies, development assistant, we plan to bring the total to 120 and then to extend our goal. A new sign in the front lobby will display the names of Corporate/Institute members and will serve as an added incentive benefit to offer prospective new members. For participation in Salem’s “Haunted Happenings” Halloween weekend, we held a magic show for children which was sold out. This ef¬ fort netted a profit, and our Essex Institute truck with banners flying and magician in the flatbed took part in the children’s parade down Essex Street. At the present time, the department coordinator teaches a course in public relations and fund raising at Salem State College. This means that the Essex Institute’s name went into all the college’s promotional material for the spring semester. Also, the students are constantly expos¬ ed to Institute information. Essex County Chronicles continued to appear as a weekly column in the Salem Evening News and in Lawrence and Newburyport. News releases are sent out in an uninterrupted flow as are public service an¬ nouncements on radio and television. Notices of each Institute activity 46 are published in Boston and local newspapers. The diminution of funds for travel for the department necessitates more time on telephone calls in order to keep in touch with tourist organizations, bus tour wholesale brokers, potential Corporate/Institu- tional members, and general “networking” to promote our image. Of course, personal contact is most effective. As our budget increases, so will our ability to develop into a more viable department which makes its presence evident to as many segments of the population as possible. There is no end to the goals which must be set for this department. We see no reason not to increase our image and outreach in the future, as we continue to grow with the 1980s. Phyllis Shutzer Coordinator of Community Relations 47 Membership and Development Membership and Development has ventured forth in a number of new directions this year, raising over $48,000 in unrestricted funds. The An¬ nual Appeal broke all records in all areas. Not only did we increase the total amount of unrestricted giving by more than 26 ^o, but we also in¬ creased participation by 31%. Restricted giving was also substantially ahead of last year. We can attribute these successes in part to some major changes we in¬ troduced. First, we created two giving clubs: the Rooster Club for all $500-and-above donors; the Holyoke Club for all $150-$499 donors. Both clubs have impressive rosters of charter members. In recognition of their generosity, the Institute will entertain the Rooster Club members at dinner and the Holyoke Club members at a cocktail reception. Our second major change was the holding of a large phonathon in late February at the Fiduciary Trust Company, Boston. This was followed by a miniphonathon at the Institute in early March. A group of over twenty Councillors, staff, and members made nearly 600 calls, many of which resulted in contributions from members who had never before given to the Annual Appeal. As a result of the phonathons, we added $14,000 to unrestricted giving. We are most appreciative of all the financial and volunteer support that made these impressive records possible. In the fund-raising area, we introduced two new events. On Friday, October 1 and Saturday, October 2, dealers from all parts of the nor¬ theast converged on the Institute for the first Essex Institute sponsored North Shore Antiquarian Book and Print Fair. An elegant preview party for patrons and sponsors (at which John Up¬ dike, Essex County's most well-known living author, received a citation) kicked off the fair. Trading was brisk both days, not only from collec¬ tors, but also from dealers who bought from each other. When the figures were tallied up, the Institute had netted over $2,000. The second fund-raising event, “Family Fashions Past and Present", 48 was held on Wednesday evening, March 23. The main auditorium was again the setting for this gala fashion show. Area businesses generously contributed goods, services, and door prizes. Over thirty models, both amateur and professional, ranging in age from 3 to 63, provided a preview of spring fashions from the Pattee-Anne Shops of Salem and Canniffe’s for Men of Marblehead and Salem. These clothes contrasted with a glance back at the fashions of yesteryear from the collections of the Institute and the Chestnut Street Associates. Mailed with the invitations to this event were books of tickets for the first Essex Institute raffle; a drawing was held at the conclusion of the fashion show. Hundreds of members and friends purchased tickets, and the Institute president Edward Osgood, drew the winning tickets. Member Gretchen Simpson of Boxford won third prize -- a $50 gift cer¬ tificate from the Pattee-Anne Shop and a $50 gift certificate from Can- niffe’s; member M.W. Bouwensch of Concord won second prize — a $200 savings bond from the Salem Five Cents Savings Bank and a $100 savings bond from the Shawmut Merchants Bank; member Lydia Finlay of Peabody won the grand prize - $500. This second successful fund¬ raising event raised over $2600. These events are valuable in a number of ways. Not only do they raise welcome additional unrestricted income, but they also provide an oppor¬ tunity for members and the community at large to get involved with and support the Institute and its activities. The Institute membership continued to increase in all categories this year. Over 160 new memberships were processed, substantially more than in previous years. Though family, individual, and senior citizen re¬ main the most popular categories, we are pleased by the increasing number of sustaining and benefactor members. We have attracted over 106 corporate members from the North Shore and Boston areas, and more than 30 people joined the Friends of Salem Witchcraft group in this year alone, bringing the total to over 100 members. Our Museum-Pass Program for area libraries now includes 20 members, and as a result over 330 people have taken advantage of the program. It becomes increasingly apparent to us that the Essex Institute is many things to many people. With so much to offer, we will continue to ag¬ gressively attract new members both locally and around the country. At its annual meeting in October, the Essex Institute Ladies Commit¬ tee voted to dissolve as of January 1, 1983, and turn its assets over to the Institute for the benefit of the Museum Shop. Since September 1969, over 115 ladies have given more than 50,000 hours of time promoting the purposes of the Institute. Their most recent project was the highly suc¬ cessful cookbook Served in Salem. 49 Many Ladies Committee members, wishing to continue volunteering at the Institute, have joined the large group of departmental volunteers. Because we can offer such diverse volunteer opportunities, we are able to attract people of varying talents. Approximately 20 men and women work here on regular schedules, contributing more than 300 hours on a monthly basis. These figures swell between June and October when the houses are open. This year 32 guides gave 1,220 Vi hours, enabling us to serve the evergrowing number of historic house visitors. In addition to these regularly scheduled volunteers, we can call on innumerable others who willingly help on specific projects or events. The Institute is indeed grateful to these dedicated volunteers who as an integral part of the organization enable us all to accomplish the “above and beyond.” Carolyn K. Tolies Development Assistant 50 Education Department Following the loss of Assistant Coordinator Suzanne Merritt (because of a budget cutback) the department recruited and trained three volunteer teachers. Two of these individuals - Doris Clarke and Jean Arlander “have continued to support and assist the department on a daily basis. Without their contribution of time and effort the department would be unable to realize its objectives. The objectives of the education depart¬ ment for 1982/83 were two-fold: 1) to achieve an overall average of one school group per day; and 2) to establish a viable calendar of special events. These goals were both achieved. Toward the accomplishment of the first objective we undertook to write and develop a Cultural Resources Grant in conjunction with the education department of the Peabody Museum. This project was design¬ ed with the input of administrators from elementary and middle schools of Salem, Marblehead, and Swampscott. The resulting North Shore Maritime Heritage Project was funded by the Massachusetts Council on the Arts and Humanitites. It provided funds for in-museum visits to both the Peabody Museum and the Essex Institute. The program was a suc¬ cess, and stands a good chance of being refunded in 1983/84 at a 12-month level. Over 3,000 additional students have visited the Institute as a result. Toward the accomplishment of the second goal, the department has initiated a published calendar for the fall, winter and spring -- listing a wide variety of special events, lectures, workshops, museum demonstra¬ tions, courses and regional tours. These are made available to Institute members at a reduced rate, and generally have been well received and well attended (see Calendar of Events). Overall group attendance is substantially higher than last year, and may, if present visitation levels continue through May and June, exceed our all-time high of 12,000 achieved during the Lynn Shoe City Exhibit season of 1979/80. K. David Goss Coordinator of Education 51 Calendar of Events April 1 (Continuing). Exhibition, “Salem Parks: Open Space for History and Recreation’’ (to May 24). April 13, 14, 28, 29. Education department film festival, “American Folk Heroes.’’ April 24. Kite festival, held on Salem Common. April 27. Annual Meeting. Dedication of Andrew Oliver Portrait Gallery. May 4. Ladies Committee Spring Benefit and luncheon, with lecture on “Adventures in Collecting in New Hampshire and Georgia,’’ by William N. Banks, author and collector. May 10, 11. Walking tours of Salem conducted by Institute staff. May 11. Guides’ Course: tour of MFA exhibit “New England Begins: The Seventeenth Century.’’ May 12. Margaret Nowell Graham Memorial Lecture. Elliott Richardson, former Cabinet member and diplomat. May 6, 13. Miniature China Workshop taught by specialist Elizabeth Chambers. May 19. Lecture on the public parks movement by John F. Collins, Philadelphia landscape architect. June 1. Exhibition opening, “Salem Witches: Documents of an Early American Drama’’ (to January 3). June 9. Exhibition opening, “A Sporting Life: Summer Amusements in Victorian Essex County.’’ Lecture on “Antique Bicycles’’ by William Burroughs of Manchester. (Exhibition continuing to October 11). June 30. Lecture on “Dolls of the Essex Institute’’ by historian Gertrude Freedman. July 8, 15, 22, 29. Children’s workshops on “Fun and Games in Essex County.’’ July 15. Lecture on “Malevolence Incarnate: Witches at Cape Ann, 1962,’’ by Marshall Swan, Rockport historian. August 3-4, 10-11, 17-18, 24-25, 31-September 1. Summer animated film festival, “Classics of Historic Fiction.’’ August 26. Presentation party for Ladies Committee cookbook. Served in Salem. September 9. Dedication of the C.E.I. Greene Gallery. September 29, October 6, 13. Lectures on “Investing in Antiques’’ cosponsored by the Essex Institute education department and the North Shore Jewish Community Center. 52 October 1 and 2. North Shore Antiquarian Book and Print Fair, with opening ceremony honoring author John Updike. October 16. Education department Essex County Historic House Bus Tour to Gloucester. October 18, 25; November 1, 8, 15, 22, 29. Antiques expert George Michael’s fall course on “Encountering Antiques.’’ October 30. Halloween Magic Show. November 5. Peirce-Nichols House 2(X)th birthday reception (also honoring the 200th birthday of the Assembly House). November 12. Guides’ Treat: Visit to the Concord Antiquarian Society. November 16. Essex Institute library open house for local college history and English departments. November 17. Essex Institute library reception for Essex County cooperative libraries. November 23. Opening of exhibition, “Fire! Fire! Salem Firefighters to the Rescue!’’ cosponsored by the Institute, the Holyoke Insurance Company, and the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies of Indianapolis, Indiana. Lecture on the history of firefighting equipment by Edward R. Tufts of Marblehead. (Exhibition through February 28.) December 4. George S. Parker Memorial Lecture featuring Jessica Savitch, NBC Weekend Nightly News Anchor and Weekend Capsule Anchor. December 9. Institute Christmas party for members and children December 9. Council party at Assembly House for members of the Ladies Committee. December 16. Essex Institute staff Christmas party. December 18. Education department children’s Christmas workshop. January 3. Traveling exhibit, “On Common Ground,’’ loaned by the Townscape Institute, Inc., of Cambridge (through January). January 11, 25; February 8. Winter Film Festival, “History in Other Lands, Other Places.’’ January 28, 29. Crosswalk Theatre performances of “The Little Dragon.’’ February 12. Education department valentine workshop. February 12, 26, March 5. Education department workshops on research, collecting, and preservation. February 9. Special Fire Show reception for employees of Holyoke Mutual Insurance Company. February 14. Institute valentine party for volunteers. February 22. Reception for Essex County firefighters in commemoration of the Salem fire of February 22, 1982. February 25. Education department presentation of Crosswalk Theatre show on fire safety. March 2. Film presentation of the documentary motion picture. Legends of American Skiing. March 9, 16, 23, 30. Ropes Memorial Botanical Lecture Series. March 8. Special exhibition of furniture made by the North Bennet Street School of Boston (through May 30). 53 March 19. Object appraisal day conducted by Lewis Shepard and Kenneth Van Blarcom of The Appraiser’s Registry. March 23. Spring benefit fashion show, “Family Fashions Past and Present,** featuring clothing from the Pattee-Anne Shops and Canniffe’s Men’s Store and historic costumes from the collections of the Institute and the Chestnut Street Associates. March 26. Education department Easter craft workshop. March 26. Education department workshop on furniture making. Print Room Exhibitions “A Sporting Life: Summer Amusements in Victorian Essex County.** June 9-October 1 1 . “Fire! Fire! Salem Firefighters to the Rescue!** November 23-February 28. Furniture exhibition by members of the North Bennet Street School of Boston. March 8-May 30. McCarthy Gallery Exhibitions “Salem Parks: Open Space for History and Recreation.** Continuing to May 24, 1982. “Salem Witches: Documents of an Early American Drama.** Continuing to December 30, 1983. “On Common Ground,** (traveling exhibition). January 3-31. 54 Meetings and Visitations Sponsored by Outside Institutions April 5 Digital Co. April 8 M.I.T. Optical Engineers April 8 Strawbery Banke April 13 Wellesley College April 28 Brick Stone Museum Arpil 30 Women’s Board of Art Institute of Chicago May 10 Daughters of American Revolution May 14 Mechanic Hall May 14 Art Gallery of Southern Connecticut University May 15 Seminar on preservation tax incentives by William Tinti, sponsored by E.I., Historic Salem, Inc., and the Salem Historical Commission May 18 Connecticut Historical Society June 9 Harvard 2Qth year reunion July 14 Reception for District Attorney Kevin Burke July 17 Boston-By-Foot Aug. 9 M.I.T. Oct. 1 New Brunswick Museum Oct. 1 San Francisco Museum Tour Group Oct. 23 San Francisco Museum Tour Group Nov. 9 Holyoke Mutual Insurance logo party Nov. 10 Essex County Historical Association Nov. 13 Rushlight Club 50th Anniversary Meeting Dec. 2, 3, 4 Gardner Pingree House Tour for Visiting Nurses Jan. 11 Essex County Fire Wardens Assoc., Inc. Jan. 19 Chamber of Commerce breakfast at E.I. hosted by the Holyoke Mutual Ins. Co. March 1 North Shore Children’s Friend & Family Service An¬ nual Meeting 55 Staff Publications Katherine W. Richardson, coedited with Narcissa G. Chamberlain, “Growing Up in Marblehead’s Lee Mansion,’’ by Stephen D. D. Trefry, Essex Institute Historical Collections 118, No. 4 (October 1982): 264-80. Phyllis S. Shutzer “Essex County Chronicles,’’ column published weekly in the Lawrence Eagle Tribune, Newburyport Daily News, and the Salem Evening News. Bryant F. Tolies, Jr. “Report of the Director,’’ Essex Institute Annual Report, April 1, 1981-March 31, 1982 (Salem: Essex Institute, 1982), pp. 11-24. Review: The Architecture of the United States: An Illustrated Guide to Notable Buildings, Open to the Public, 3 vols., by G.E. Kidder-Smith with the Museum of Modern Art (New York) (Garden City, N.Y.: Anchor Books, 1981), The Magazine Antiques 122, No. 3 (September 1982): 466. 56 Donors to the Essex Institute Fund Mr. John R. Abbot Mrs. Gordon Abbott Miss Lilly Abbott Mr. Nelson W. Aldrich Mr. Frederick S. Allis, Jr. Dr. Doric Alviani Major General Joseph M. Ambrose, AUS (Ret) Mrs. David Ames Mr. Courtney Anderson Mr. and Mrs. O. Kelley Anderson Mrs. Richard L. Andrews Mrs. Ray E. Anglin Ms. Paula Appleby Arkwright-Boston Insurance Mrs. John Atkins Mrs. Ichabod F. Atwood Dr. and Mrs. W. Benjamin Bacon Mr. and Mrs. W. Gardner Barker Ms. Eleanor G. Barnett Ms. Ruth M. Barry Mr. and Mrs. Randolph P. Barton Mrs. Mary Bond Batchelder, Estate of Bay Bank and Trust Company Mr. and Mrs. Marcus G. Beebe Mr. W. Bentinck-Smith Dr. Leo L. Beranek Miss Barbara B. Betts Mr. Edgar M. Bingham, Jr. Mr. C. Houghton Birdsall, Jr. Mrs. Oliver K. Black Boston Company Mrs. Alice S. Bourgoin Mr. and Mrs. Philip W. Bourne Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Bouwensch Mr. and Mrs. W. Hammond Bowden Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel R. Bowditch Mrs. Frederick E. Bowers Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Boyden, Jr. Mr. Sargent Bradlee Ms. Hope Bradshaw Mrs. Edwin T. Breed Mrs. Richard P. Breed, Jr. Miss Eleanor Broadhead Miss Elizabeth Broadhead Mr. and Mrs. Frank L. Brooks Miss Dorothy A. Brown Mrs. Edward S. Brown Mrs. James H. Brown Mrs. Ralph C. Browne Miss Madeleine M. Bubier Mrs. Muriel M. Buckridge Mrs. Norris Bull Mrs. Frederick M. Bundy Miss Jane E. Bunting Miss Frances L. Burnett Mr. John Burnham (in memory of G.E. Putnam) Mrs. Francis H. Burr Mrs. Helen H. Butler Ms. Ruth G. Butler Mr. and Mrs. W. Keith Butler Mrs. Ropes Cabot Mrs. Nichols Caldwell Mrs. William T. Carpenter, Jr. Mrs. Helen V. Carr Mr. Robert J. Cascio Century North Shore Bank Mrs. Samuel Chamberlain Mr. Hazen P. Chase Mrs. William Chisholm Miss Elizabeth H. Christen Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel B. Clapp Mr. Daniel E. Clay Mr. and Mrs. John D. Clinkman Mrs. Addison W. Closson Mr. Lloyd H. Coffin Mr. and Mrs. 1. W. Colburn Mrs. Arthur L. Collier Mrs. Eleanor B. Conary Mrs. H. Calvin Cook Mr. and Mrs. Harold J. Coolidge Mr. J. Linzee Coolidge Mr. J. Randolph Coolidge 57 Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Coolidge Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel S. Coolidge Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Copeland Country Curtains, Inc. Mrs. G. Frank Cram Mr. Roger M. Crehore, Estate of Mr. and Mrs. Albert M. Creighton, Jr. Cricket Press, Inc. Mrs. U. Haskell Crocker Mr. and Mrs. Francis E. Currier Mr. Stanley Curtis General and Mrs. Arnold S. Dane Mr. and Mrs. Edward N. Dane Mr. and Mrs. Nelson J. Darling Mrs. Pearl H. Darling Dr. and Mrs. Charles B. Davidson E G & G Electron Devices Group Delande’s Supply Co., Inc. Mr. Edwin W. Dennis Mr. Chester Thomas Derino Mrs. Charles Dethier Dr. and Mrs. Ralph W. Dexter Mrs. William R. A. Dickinson Mr. and Mrs. Ralph H. Doering, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Herold F. Doherty Mrs. William H. K. Donaldson Mrs. Alfred F. Donovan Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Dow East India Mall, Inc. Eastman Gelatine Corporation Mrs. James Eden-Kilgour Mr. Hermann F. Eilts Mr. William B. Ellis Reverend Sewell Emerson Empire Clothing Co. Mrs. George Endicott Mrs. William D. English Dr. and Mrs. Arthur R. Errion Miss Adele Q. Ervin Mr. W. K. Everett Mr. and Mrs. Dean A. Fales, Jr. Mrs. Allen E. Fellows Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Fellows Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Felton, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. George M. Fenollosa Mr. Roger Adams Ferren Fiduciary Trust Company (match) Dr. and Mrs. John P. Fisher Mr. Thomas F. Fitzgibbon Miss Alice N. Flynn John Flynn & Sons, Inc. Daniel Low & Company Mrs. William Forbes Mr. and Mrs. John J. Fox, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. William W. K. Freeman Mrs. Walter A. Friend Mrs. Horace W. Frost Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Frothingham Mrs. Virginia Gamage Mrs. Stuart N. Gardner George Peabody Co-operative Bank Mr. Edward E. Gerrish Mr. and Mrs. Richard P. Gildrie Mrs. C. Henry Glovsky Mrs. Dudley J. Godfrey, Jr. Mrs. William M. Goldsmith Mr. Albert Goodhue Mr. Geoge Talbot Goodspeed Miss Ruth Goodwin Ms. Helen F. Gorman Dr. Geoffrey R. Gough Mrs. Clark Go wen Mrs. Nancy Graves Mrs. Laura Greenberg Dr. and Mrs. Roger F. Greenslet Mr. Brian M. Griffin Mr. and Mrs. Thomas McLean Griffin Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gring Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Gross Reuben A. & Lizzie Grossman Foundation Groveland Library, Friends of Mrs. James Go wens Mrs. S. Eliot Guild Mr. and Mrs. Craig S. Gustafson Ms. A. Carolla Haglund Mr. Robert C. Hagopian Mrs. Garrison K. Hall Mr. and Mrs. Roger H. Hallowell Mrs. Samuel H. Hallowell Mr. and Mrs. Roland B. Hammond Miss Catherine Hanlon Mrs. Joseph Harrington, Jr. Col. and Mrs. Edward M. Harris Mr. and Mrs. John W. Harrison Mrs. Richard Harte Mrs. Paul T. Haskell Mr. Francis W. Hatch, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Bartlett H. Hayes Mrs. Henry H. Hazen, Jr. Mr. C.A.S. Helseth Mrs. Robert C. Henderson Heritage Co-operative Bank Ms. Christine L. Hobart Ms. Barbara R. Holden Holyoke Mutual Insurance Company Mr. George C. Homans Miss Charlotte Hood Mr. Gilbert H. Hood, Jr. Mrs. Harvey P. Hood Mr. and Mrs. John B. Hooper Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Hourihan Mrs. Katherine G. Howard Mrs. John C. Howland Dr. William D. Hoyt, Jr. Miss Susan C. Hubbard 58 Mr. and Mrs. Norman N. Huff Miss Raymona Hull Mrs. E. Randall Jackson Mrs. Thelma H. Jenney Mr. Roger Jewett Mr. and Mrs. Sumner Jones Mr. and Mrs. William E. Jones Mrs. Israel Kaplan Mr. Frederick Kauders Mr. Frederick M. Kimball Mr. Russell W. Knight Miss Mary E. Koen Mr. and Mrs. George Lail Mr. Benjamin Larabee Mrs. Laurence B. Leonard Mrs. Archibald Lewis Mr. Philip H. Lewis Dr. and Mrs. Stanley E. Listernick Mr. and Mrs. Bertram K. Little Mr. David B. Little Mr. Peter Little Mr. James B. Long Mr. and Mrs. Thurston H. Long Mrs. Mary P. Loomis Mrs. John A. Lord Mr. and Mrs. Philip H. Lord Mr. Augustus P. Loring Mr. Caleb Loring, Jr. Mrs. George G. Loring Mrs. Robert P. Loring Mr. and Mrs. William C. Loring Mr. and Mrs. Caleb Loring III Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Lovett Mrs. Elston B. Low Mr. and Mrs. John R. Lowe Mr. Daniel Bremner Lunt The Lyceum Restaurant Mrs. Mary Louise Lyness Mr. and Mrs. Paul Lynch Mr. Alexander MacDonald Mrs. Frederick J. MacDonald Mr. and Mrs. John S. Macdougall, Jr. Ms. Katherine F. Mack Mr. Harold G. Macomber Mr. Roger Magoun Mr. William M. Mahoney Mrs. Arthur T. Malloy Mrs. James J. Maloney Dr. Joan Maloney Dr. George J. Marcopoulos Marine Arts Gallery Commander and Mrs. Francis H. Markey Mrs. Stanley G. Markin Mr. Paul D. Marsella Mr. Robert Marsilia Mrs. Bradford Marvin Mr. and Mrs. F. Dike Mason Mr. William L. McCann Vice Admiral and Mrs. John McCrea Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. McMahon Captain and Mrs. Fitzhugh McMaster Mrs. Norman G. Melander Meriden-Stinehour, Inc. Mrs. Montgomery Merrill Mr. and Mrs. Peter Merry Commander J. Alexander Michaud Mr. and Mrs. Ray K. Moore Mrs. Charles W. Morris Mrs. Frank P. Morse, Jr. Mrs. Everett Morss Mr. and Mrs. Henry A. Morss, Jr. Miss Louise A. Moser Mrs. Kathryn Moulison Mrs. Wilbur T. Moulton (in memory of Lurana Butler Crowley) Mrs. John Moustakis Dr. Josephine L. Murray Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel C. Nash, Jr. Mrs. Nathaniel C. Nash Naumkeag Trust Company Mrs. Kirke A. Neal Mr. John Neely and Ms. Christine Sullivan Mrs. James H. Newton Mr. H. Gilman Nichols, Jr. Mrs. Henry C. Nichols Mr. John D. Nichols, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Lowell S. Nicholson Mrs. Pauline Nickerson Miss Mary C. Noone Mr. and Mrs. Richard P. Northey Norton Company Reverend David W. Norton Mr. and Mrs. Maurice E. Norton Mr. Donald E. Nutting Mrs. George O’Brien Mr. and Mrs. Vincent P. O’Brien The Ogan Company, Inc. Old Colony Charitable Foundation Andrew Oliver Trust Mr. and Mrs. Emerson T. Oliver Mrs. Harry G. Olken Ms. Margaret L. Orbon Mr. Bowden G. Osborne Mr. and Mrs. Edward Holyoke Osgood Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Osgood Mr. and Mrs. William B. Osgood Mrs. Robert W. Osgood III Dr. and Mrs. Emil Paige Mrs. Wilson Palmer Dr. and Mrs. Edward C. Park Mr. Albert Cole Parker Mr. Allan D. Parker Parker Brothers 59 Mrs. Edward P. Parker Mrs. Francis T. Parker Mr. and Mrs. Stanley C. Paterson Dr. and Mrs. Anthony S. Patton Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Peabody Mr. William H. Pear II Mrs. Edward L. Peirson Ms. Sylvia Perkins Mrs. Lindsey W. Perry Mrs. Irving Phelps Mr. and Mrs. Richard B. Philbrick Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Phippen Mr. Charles H. Phipps Mr. Louis J. Piccarello Pickering Oil Heat, Inc. Mrs. Harold Pingree Mr. and Mrs. Albert R. Pitcoff Mr. Stuart W. Pratt Mrs. Charles D. Preston Mr. David R. Proper Mr. and Mrs. Frank Pulsifer Mr. and Mrs. Alfred P. Putnam Mr. George Endicott Putnam, Jr. (in memory of G.E. Putnam) Miss E. Jane Reed Mr. and Mrs. Robert V. Reid Mrs. Erminie S. Reynolds Mrs. Thomas T. Riquier Mrs. Chandler Robbins II Mrs. Lawrence G. Ropes Mrs. Ernestine J. Rose Mr. Jerrold Rosen Mrs. Howard Ryan Mr. and Mrs. Laurent Rybicki Salem Laundry Company, Inc. Mr. William L. Saltonstall Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Santin Mrs. Frank O. Sargent Mr. and Mrs. Chester M. Sawtelle Mr. and Mrs. Donald C. Seamans Mr. and Mrs. Peter B. Seamans Dr. and Mrs. Robert C. Seamans, Jr. Mr. Francis P. Sears, Jr. Mrs. Winthrop E. Sears Mrs. John A. Shane Mrs. Robert R. Shapiro Mr. and Mrs. Frederic A. Sharf Shawmut Bank of Boston Shawmut Merchants Bank Mrs. Frederick J. Shepard, Jr. Shetland Properties Mrs. Edward D. Sherman Mrs. Evan V. Shierling Miss Caroline Shillaber Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Shreve Mr. William H. Shreve Mr. and Mrs. Clifton A. 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White One anonymous donor 63 Donors to Special Projects Anonymous: Assembly House: Attic Storage Grant: Brownstone/Equal Access Project: Curator’s Discretionary Fund: Duplicate Book Fund: Educational Program: Fire and Alarm System: Firefighting Exhibit: Conservation of C.E.L. Green Paintings: Manuscript Cataloguing Grant: Microfilm Reader Fund: Museum Galleries Grant: Assembly House Council Fund Duplicate Book Fund Museum Objects Fund Pingree House Fund Salem Merchants Fund Textile Booklet Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Cotting Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Harris Miss Mary Silver Smith National Endowment for the Arts Massachusetts Historical Commission Frederic A. and Jean S. Sharf Richard S. West Mrs. William C. Coffill Mrs. Charles H. P. Copeland Mr. David A. MacDonald Mr. and Mrs. Clinton M. Miller Commonwealth of Massachusetts Council on Arts and Humanities Mrs. Stephen Phillips Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Steward Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert L. 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West Ms. Sarah Clay Winter Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Xanthaky 68 Friends of Salem Witchcraft 1982-83 Carolyn Stetson Ames Jeffrey J. Barker Joseph H. Barker Mary Ruth Beaman Gertrude N. Birchard Mrs. Daniel R. Brown John Bradley Cooper Karen Courtenay David K. Elwell Richard C. Ensign Dorothy Wunz Goetz Philip Howard Gray Ellen R. Glueck Frances Lane Harris Armorel Tuttle Woods Henry Harry Bartell Hersey Mary Elizabeth Dole Jackson Mary Eileen Moshel Richard M. Osgood Eunice B. Pikuzinski Mary E. Pitts Donald L. Polglase Nancy Porter Rothwell Helen J. Sanford Georgiana L. Shar Eleanor V. Spiller Harry A. Stowell Kenneth E. Thompson, Jr. Helen Ruth Vaughn Sara Peabody Wagner Connie Warwick Bette Wilson Robert J. Wilson 69 Corporate /Institutional Members 1982-83 $300 Members Eastern Savings Bank, Lynn Johnny Appleseed’s, Inc., Beverly Naumkeag Trust Company, Salem Parker Brothers, Beverly Salem Five Cents Savings Bank, Salem Wm. 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Tompkins Co., Salem Tri-City Sales, Inc., Lynn Vincent’s Potato Chip Co., Salem William Wallace & Company, Inc., Boston Warren Five Cents Savings Bank, Peabody Xtra Corporation, Boston Library Museum-Pass Memberships 1982-1983 Memorial Hall Library, Andover Beverly Public Library, Beverly Chelmsford Library, Chelmsford Georgetown Peabody Library, Georgetown Sawyer Free Library, Gloucester Langley-Adams Library, Groveland Hamilton Public Library, Hamilton Haverhill Public Library, Haverhill Malden Public Library, Malden Manchester Public Library, Manchester Abbot Public Library, Marblehead Melrose Public Library, Melrose Nahant Public Library, Nahant Reading Public Library, Reading Carnegie Library, Rockport Rye Public Library, Rye, N.H. Salem Public Library, Salem Saugus Public Library, Saugus Swampscott Public Library, Swampscott Woburn Public Library, Woburn 71 Necrology * NAME DATE ELECTED DATE DECEASED Mr. Thomas E. Babson Sept. 15, 1942 May 18, 1982 Ms. Mary Batchelder Jan. 10, 1967 May 9, 1982 Mrs. Leo Beranek Aug. 25, 1977 Nov. 5, 1982 Mrs. Charles Sumner Bird Dec. 13,* 1955 Feb. 26, 1983 Mrs. George K. Blair Apr. 10, 1945 Jan. 1983 Mrs. Karl deLaittre Nov. 5, 1963 Jan. 17, 1983 Mrs. Roger K. Eastman May 14, 1946 Mar. 29, 1983 Mrs. James P. Fenn July 5, 1977 Sept. 1982 Mrs. Reginald Foster Apr. 6, 1962 Jan. 24, 1983 Mrs. Laura Greenberg May 27, 1978 Mar. 22, 1983 Mrs. Margaret G.L. Haight Feb. 7, 1975 March 17, 1983 Miss Rebekah Hobbs May 4, 1978 Dec. 1982 Mr. William E. Northey Nov. 1, 1977 July 4, 1982 Mr. John Pickering, Jr. Sept. 10, 1957 July 1982 Mrs. Charles A. Potter Jan. 1976 Mar. 17, 1983 Mr. Richard Saltonstall Jan. 3, 1917 May 1982 Miss Miriam Shaw Sept. 8, 1936 Aug. 3, 1982 Mr. Peter Smith June 4, 1963 July 17, 1982 Mr. W. Gordon Smith Nov. 8, 1954 Mar. 2, 1983 Miss Beatrice Stasinopulos Sept. 19, 1967 July 28, 1982 Mr. Gardner Sutton Nov. 8, 1971 1982 Mrs. Cy Wentworth June 15, 1978 Nov. 1982 * The Necrology listing may be inaccurate, since our records are not always complete at the time the Annual Report is printed. 72 H