Annual Report 1988 and 1989 Editors Joan Bacall Susan Erb Christine Franke Photo Credits Kevin Burke Louis H. Frohman Gainsboro Studios (Carl Sweetzer) Thompson S. Lingel David Ryder Mark Sexton Design Design and mechanical by Fish Sc Maria Design Associates Illustration Essex Institute Museum Neighborhood Illustration by Ronnie Gould ©Essex Institute, Salem, Massachusetts Chairman’s Report 1839 depiction of the Salem Court House on Washington Street from Annals of Salem Vol. I by Joseph B. Felt. Published in Salem by W. & S. B. Ives, 1845. From the Library collections. Dear Members and Friends of the Essex Institute: During a two-day retreat, the first ever for this institution, held in January 1988, the trustees and staff identified and discussed the issues and oppor¬ tunities that face the Essex Institute as we move for¬ ward into the 1990s. It was a productive, stimulating, and rewarding exercise. The several objectives which emerged have driven our activities during the last year and a half, and I would like to review three of the most important areas with you. We have made tremendous progress on the two- million dollar capital campaign for the Essex Institute Museum Neighborhood since it was initiated in 1986 with a $400,000 Challenge Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. We expect to have completed our goal by December of 1989. Trustees, members, and friends of the Essex Institute have been exceedingly generous, and to all of you who have given, I express my great appreciation. In June, the Friends Committee of the Essex Institute will hold a Garden Gala benefit and raffle which will contribute to the campaign and celebrate the long awaited reopening of the Gardner-Pingree House. As we have raised the funds, they have been spent on the projects identified by the campaign. These include the restoration of the Gardner-Pingree House and the Derby-Beebe Summerhouse and gar¬ den; the new Frederic A. and Jean S. Sharf Gallery; the installation of climate control in the library fire¬ proof storage area; and the additions to endowment for exhibitions, for the education program, and for the Gardner-Pingree House. These important initia¬ tives will enhance the Essex Institute’s already strong leadership in the historical museum field. One of the principal areas for discussion at the trustee-staff retreat was marketing. A market research report prepared by a consulting firm was analysed: we recognized the need for the Essex Institute to re¬ spond to its constituencies and the fact that by doing so we could greatly strengthen our mission. A market¬ ing committee has been established and in its first year has identified Essex Institute audiences and writ¬ ten a plan. The Salem Armory continues to be a project of interest to both the Essex Institute and the Peabody Museum of Salem, and to that end we have been working together with consultants. After a first unsuc¬ cessful response to the state request for proposals, we have achieved preliminary designation as develop¬ ers of the front portion of the Armory on Essex Street. We will continue to pursue the project, but the challenges are large and the outcome uncertain at this point. In closing, I wish to thank trustees and staff who have worked hard to achieve a successful year, and to express my appreciation to our members and friends in the community for their support of the Essex Institute. Chairman President’s Report Dear Members and Friends of the Essex Institute: The Essex Institute Museum Neighborhood as we know it today is the result of more than a century of research and creative thinking on the part of our trustees, staff, and supporters. In this city block in the heart of downtown Salem, important historical themes which have shaped America’s destiny are studied and enjoyed by a wide variety of people, ranging from the sophisticated scholar to the school child on a class tour, from the long-time Essex County resident to the first-time visitor to Salem. The excitement and sense of discovery engendered on a daily basis among all users of the Essex Institute collections gives life to our mission to collect, preserve, study, and interpret the history and culture of the people of Essex County from the seventeenth century to the present day. It has often been said that the past is a foreign land. Our purpose is to explore that domain and to use it to give our own lives meaning. In 1982, the Essex Institute’s main “campus” on Essex Street — what we now call the “Museum Neighborhood” — was recognized and prioritized as our main center of business activity by a group of trustees and staff. This was not to overlook the importance of properties that we owned else¬ where in Salem. However, we needed to better concentrate our efforts in one area in order to achieve increased recognition as a historical museum and library. Each year much is accom¬ plished toward the central goal of interpreting the history of Essex County to the public. In the past two years we have accelerated our progress toward this goal through the activities generated by the capital campaign. The Institute has developed new programs, attracted larger audiences and achieved greater national recognition. The projects of the capital campaign were carefully chosen to address needs in all areas of The Crowninshield-Bentley House is significant to the Essex Institute Museum Neighborhood as a fine example of 18th-century architecture. It also has literary and sociological importance, as William Bentley, D.D. (1759-1819), one of the area's most prom¬ inent ministers and diarists, was a boarder in the house for nearly thirty years. 2 Alison Cornish, facilities manager, and the L. V. Mawn Corporation crew inspect the Andrew-Safford House roof re¬ novation. This project was funded in part by a Massachusetts Historical the Institute’s mission and operation. The biggest and most visible project is the restoration of the Gardner-Pingree House and the creation of a federal-period garden surrounding the house and the Derby-Beebe Summerhouse, also under restoration. Such a project is very complex, requiring ongoing research into both the historical materials and the new technology required to create the look of John Gardner’s mansion as he knew it shortly after it was built in 1804. The project also requires a team effo on the part of many skilled people — curators, artisans, craftspeople, and other workers - to achieve it on schedule. Its grand opening inju will be of great excitement to everyone. During the past year, many Essex Institute programs have focused on the federal period to place the Gardner-Pingree House and gardens in context. But the collections and programs are as varied as our constituencies’ interests. As a result we have been able to offer many other exciting programs and exhibitions. • “An Essex County Collection: The Watercolors of Gertrude Beals Bourne ( 1867-1962 )” featured the work of a local artist. “All Aboard! The Railroad in New England,” held during the summer of 1988, commemorated the 150th anniversary of train service to Essex County. : * s “New England Seasons: Scenes of Winter” delighted audiences with just a small part of the wonderful Currier and Ives collection bequeathed to the Institute by the late Charles E. Cotting. Public programs celebrated February as black history month, and March as women’s history month, and in April a three-part library colloquium series was held which featured scholars who have used our library for their research. Two large scale programs have become annual events. The Harvest Festival, held in September, has become our premier family and visitor attraction and uses all parts of our Museum Neighborhood to communicate artistic and historic tradition. Eerie Events is the Institute’s program designed for the city-wide celebration, Haunted Happenings. Ghostly tales from Essex County, recounted in our period 3 President’s Report Continued houses, cast their spell over all who hear them. Both of these programs were well attended — with visitors in the thousands! Conservation of the collections and buildings, a crucial aspect of the Institute’s mission, was, as always, an important priority last year. In addition to the capital campaign- sponsored work on the Gardner-Pingree House and the collections that will go on view in it, a grant from the Institute for Museum Services enabled the Institute to conduct a building and artifact conservation survey of the Peirce-Nichols House, the first step in achieving a plan for its future restoration and interpretation. The Massachusetts Historical Commission also awarded the Institute a $40,000 grant toward the roofing project of the Andrew-Safford House, which included installing a slate roof, all new copper flashings, gutters and downspouts, as well as rebuilding the chimneys and balustrades. The Essex Institute buildings and collections attract about 65,000 visitors each year, about 3,000 of whom use the collections in the museum and library for academic research. This year topics researched included the eighteenth-century fisheries in Essex County, seventeenth-century child abuse court cases, the Dutch-North American trade, 1795-1810, and trade with India during the same time period. Each year scholars come to us from around the world and, during the summer of 1988, two prominent Hawthorne scholars from Japan stayed on to gather additional material following their participation in a two- day Hawthorne conference. Co-sponsored by the Essex Institute, Harvard University, the House of the Seven Gables, and the Hawthorne Society, the conference generated papers which were published in a special edition of the Essex Institute Historical Collections. Included among the newest Museum acquisitions are some pieces of pediatrician Dr. Joseph G. Cutler’s (1908-1988) medical equipment. Gift of Bess Cutler and Constance Goodman. I ' s E m m 4 A detail of the newly accessioned star quilt from Salem, circa 1850, a recent gift from the estate of Elizabeth Peirce Kincade. In summary, it has been a busy and fruitful time at the Essex Institute, and the many people who have made it successful are to be commended for their enthusiasm and hard work — it is people who make the difference in everything the Institute does. As members and supporters you have been very generous this year with your donations through membership, the Annual Giving program, and gifts of objects, documents, or books to the collections. The trustees have guided and overseen the work of the Institute and given of their time in so many ways. And the staff has excelled in their work as never before, meeting the stiff challenges set by the work of the capital campaign which has tremendously raised the level of our programs and other in-house activities. To everyone who supports the Essex Institute, thank you. We all look forward to seeing you frequently in the future. T' Anne Farnam President More than 2500 readers use the resources of the James Duncan Phillips Library each year. The reading room, pictured here, provides working space for scholars and researchers from around the world. 5 Essex Institute Board of Trustees 1989-90 OFFICERS Trustees Honorary Trustees Chairman Randolph P. Barton Manchester Vice Chairmen Mrs. George G. Loring Manchester H. Gilman Nichols Essex Secretary Peter B. Seamans Marblehead Treasurer Stanley J. Lukowski Topsfield President Anne Farnam Salem Mrs. James K. Bonney, Wenham C. Richard Carlson, Rockport Richard M. Candee, York, Maine Harold W. Cogger, Hamilton C. Henry Glovsky, Beverly Malcolm W. Greenough, Prides Crossing Carter H. Harrison, Topsfield Sumner W. Jones, Salem Mrs. Peter R. Merry, Salem Mr. Richard Minturn, Manchester Mrs. George Putnam, Manchester J. E. Robinson, Cambridge Douglas C. Ryder, Marblehead Robert N. Shapiro, Cambridge Mrs. Frederick G. P. Thorne, Manchester Mrs. Elaine Wilde, Belmont C. Conway Felton, Prides Crossing Albert Goodhue, Marblehead Kevin B. Harrington, Salem Edward H. Osgood, Hamilton Stuart W. Pratt, Essex William L. Saltonstall, Manchester Frederic A. Sharf, Chestnut Hill Richard S. West, Wenham 17th-century period room, located in the Main Gallery. This exhibit, one of the three period rooms assembled by George Francis Dow (Secretary of the Essex Institute, 1898-1918) was among the first in American museum history. Thanks to Dow’s vision, a wholely new con¬ cept of displaying and interpreting museum objects In 1833, this medal was given to rail¬ road employee, Issacher Williams. The Massachusetts Humane Society made this award for heroic actions in preventing a railroad accident at the Beverly Depot. Part of the 1988 exhib¬ ition: “All Aboard! The Railroad In New England.” Gift of Joseph H. Williams. 6 Essex Institute Volunteers Jean Arlander Meredith Atwood Virginia Atwood Kay Bacon Holly Barrett Ann Breaseale Bonita Black Dee Blakemore Daphne Bradford Hazel Breed t Bill Bresnahan Miriam Bresnahan Nancy Britton Laura Bryant Florence Burkinshaw Frank Burkinshaw Patricia Camenga Donald Carlin Nancy Collins Karen Healy Colp Shelly Cudha Bea DerBedrosian Dorothy Dickinson Frances Donovan Virginia Doocy Patricia Durkee Catherine Ebling Leah Ferris Lydia Finlay Margaret Fitzgerald Debra French Lynn Frothingham Sue Fuller Caroline Gardner Donald Gleason Natalie Glovsky Christopher Greene Deirdre Guenther Lillian Hebert Lois Hopkins Lucy Ingalls Thelma Jenney Deborah Kahn Natalie Karl Joyce King Larry Killian Carole Kupsoff 1988 and 1989 (ten hours or more of service) John Sullivan Marshall Swan Brenda Tredwell Greg Vandygris Diana Walsh Geoffrey Ward Rick Welles Frances Williamson Sally Wilson Liz Wood Ida Yee Edna Lail Sally Loring Ruth Lunder Eta Lustig Dan McGrath Rita Meyer Betsy Merry John Morse Eva Murphy Dotty Neal Ellen Nichols KK Nielson Edith Nierman Irene Norton Joan Oelschlarger Hazel Oliver Julie Parramore Louise Pelletier Deborah Pennington Ann Pevear Phoenix Enrichment Center Faculty and Students Beth Pratt Barbara Putnam Anita Read Doris Renshaw Nancy Rexford Barbara Roper Richard Ryan Marjorie Satinsky Beverly Scheft Minerva Shreve Ruth Silverman Jan Smith Tory Stevens Charles Steward Detail of frontispiece from Every man his own Gardener, 9th edition, published 1782. This manual by John Abercrombie of London is a new acquisition purchased for the Library collection. t Deceased 7 Essex Institute Programs April 1, 1937 - March si, 1939 The collections, the library, the galleries and the historic houses which form the Essex Institute Museum Neighborhood are reflected in the images on the preceding pages. Our varied and exciting programs both grow out of and breathe life into the Museum Neighborhood. The people who participate in these programs - lecturers and artists, members and staff, school children and thousands of other visitors - are shown in the photographs which follow. 1987 Wed., April 1, 15, 29 Library Colloquium Series. “The Founding and First Decade of Salem Normal School, 1854-1865” by Joan Maloney. “The Great Awakening in Ipswich, 1730-1775” by Anne S. Brown. “The History of the Parker Brothers Company” by John J. Fox. Tues., April 21 Four Museums Volunteer Day. Dramatic readings of Hawthorne’s “The Scarlet Letter” by the Princemere Players of Gordon College. Tues., April 28 Annual Meeting. Exhibition Opening. “Instructive and Amusing: Toys, Dolls, and Games in Essex County.” Sat., May 16 Family Day. Kite making, puppet workshops and kite flying on Salem Common. Sun., June 21 Peirce-Nichols House Association Reunion. Peirce-Nichols House Garden Concert with the Copley Brass Quintet. Sat., July 4 Military Encampment Reenactment of an 18th-century British troop camp. Thurs., Sept. 17, Oct. 1 Lyceum Lectures: Biographies of the Constitution. “Elbridge Gerry: Antifederalist Hero” by George Athan Billias. “Supreme Court Justice Joseph Story of Salem: Con¬ stitutional Statesman of the Old Republic” by R. Kent Newmyer. Fri., Sept. 25 - Sat., Sept. 26 Harvest Festival Eve Preview Party/ Harvest Festival. Folk art exhibition and sale, crafts demonstrations, and traditional entertainment. Wed. Oct. 7 Day Trip To Keene, New Hampshire to view private toy collection and Barrett House. Sat., Oct. 24 - Sun., Nov. 1 Haunted Happenings. “Eerie Events”: strange tales told by lantern light in Essex Institute historic houses. Magic Show with Dario and Co. Fri., Nov. 27 J. Allyn Bradford Presentation. “Of Plymouth Plantation.” Holiday Organ Concert. Harold Knight and Century Singers. Wed., Dec. 2 - Sun., Jan. 17 Exhibition. “A Victorian Christmas with Les Petites Dames de Mode.” Sat., Dec. 5 Holiday Ballet Concert. Salem Ballet Company. Wed., Dec. 9 Children’s Christmas Party. Wed., Dec. 30 Holiday Puppet Theatre with Ninots. 1988 Sat., Jan. 16, 23, 30 Sun., Jan. 17, 24, 31 Shirley Temple Film Festival. Wed., Jan. 20 Essex Institute Corporate Members Party. Mon., Feb. 8 Volunteer Recognition Coffee. Thurs., Feb. 11 - Sun., Feb. 23 Oriental Rug Bazaar. Benefit co-sponsored with Landry & Arcari. Wed., March 2, 9, 16 Ropes Memorial Botanical Lectures. “Gardening in Federal New England” and “Federal Period Plant Mat¬ erial” by Lucinda Brockway. “Bringing the Garden Indoors” by Ann Masury. Sun., March 6 - Sun., May 1 Exhibition. “An Essex County Collec¬ tion: the Watercolors of Gertrude Beals Bourne.” Opening Lecture and Reception. “Women Painters of Boston and Their North Shore Connections” by Margaret Hanni. Wed., April 21, 28, May 6 Library Colloquium Series. “Essex County Trade Cards: Advertising as Ideology” by Michael I. Prochilo. “Essex County and The Federal Consdtution” by Ronald Tagney. “Farmers and Fisherman: Work and Life in Essex County, 1630-1830” by Daniel Vickers. Thurs. April 21 - Sun., April 24 Spring Field Trip. Treasures of the Brandywine Valley. Tues., April 26 Annual Meeting. Sun. April 30 Bates Elementary School Dramatic Trilogy. “Salem and the Sea.” Tues., May 10 Historic Preservation Week Workshop. The restoration of the Derby-Beebe Summerhouse. Wed., May 18 International Museums Day. Gallery talk on “Image of the Colonial Past: George Francis Dow and the Essex Institute” by Martha McNamara, Boston University scholar. Fri., June 3 - Sun., Nov. 6 Exhibition. “All Aboard! The Railroad in New England.” Members opening reception. Fri., June 17 - Sun. Sept. 18 Exhibition. “The Magnetized Ob¬ server: Hawthorne’s Romantic Vision.” Hawthorne Society Annual Conference. Co-sponsored with Harvard University and The House of the Seven Gables. Sat., July 9, August 6 Walk Along Abandoned Railroad Tracks. Marblehead and Peabody sites explored. Sat. Aug. 13 Celebration of the 150th Anniversary of the First Train to Salem. In conjunction with Salem Heritage Days. Fri., Sept. 23 - Sat., Sept. 24 Harvest Festival Eve Preview Party/ Harvest Festival. Folk art exhibidon and sale, crafts demonstrations, and traditional entertainment. 8 Thurs., Oct. 13 Margaret Nowell Graham Lecture. “Progress or Desecration?: The Railroad in American Art” by Leo Marx. Fri., Oct. 21 - Sun., Oct. 23 International Flower Show sponsored by International Design Symposium. Thurs., Oct.27 - Mon., Oct. 31 Haunted Happenings. “Eerie Events”: strange tales told by lantern light in Essex Institute historic houses. Magic Show with Dario and Co. Thurs., Nov. 3 Parker Memorial Lecture. “Reflections on Current Contentions” by William F. Buckley, Jr. Tues., Nov. 29 - Mon. Feb. 6 Exhibition. “New England Seasons: Scenes of Winter” Currier and Ives’ prints from the Charles E. Cotting collection. Wed., Dec. 7 Children’s Christmas Party Thurs., Dec. 8 Four Museums Holiday Shopping Evening. Wed., Dec. 28 Holiday Puppet Theatre with Ninots. 1989 Sat., Jan. 28 Old Timer’s Day Reminiscences from long-time Salem residents. Thurs., Feb. 9 Lecture. “The Television Documentary Process: Bringing Black History Alive” by Beth Deere in celebration of Black History Month. Tues., Feb. 14 Volunteer Recognition Coffee. Wed., March 8, 15, 22 Ropes Memorial Botanical Lectures. “Portrait of a Gardener: Gertrude Jekyll” by Judith B. Tankard. “Landscape Architect Marion Cruger Coffin: Money, Manure and Maintenance” by Nancy Fleming. “Beatrix Farrand: Fifty Years of Landscape Gardening in America” by Diane Kostial McGuire. Sat., March 18 - Sun., Nov.5 Exhibition. “Cabinet Work of All Kinds: Federal Furniture from the Essex Institute Collection.” Sat., March 18 Collectors’ Workshop. “Federal Furniture: Construction Techniques and Decorative Embellishments” by Alan Breed. Thurs., March 23, 30 Library Colloquium Series. “Goodies from Godey’s: The World of American Fashion” by Nancy Rexford. “The Religious Preferences of Women in Early New England” by Carla Pestano. The rigors of 17th-century food preparation demonstrated in front of the John Ward House (1684). This and many other domestic tasks enacted by members of the Society of the 17th Century brought the period to life at the annual Essex County Harvest Festival. 9 Treasurer’s Report Essex Institute is a nonprofit organization established to collect, preserve and interpret Essex County history. The organization is exempt from federal income taxes under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. During the fiscal year 1988 and 1989 the Institute received a $400,000 Challenge Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). This award is based upon the Institute’s ability to raise three dollars for every one dollar offered by the Challenge Grant. The Institute has established a total campaign goal of $2,000,000. These funds are classified as temporary endowment funds until reallocated or restricted pursuant to the purposes of the Challenge Grant. The accounts of the Essex Institute are maintained in accordance with the principles of fund accounting. The audited statements of account prepared by Albert W. Dodge, Jr. are available by writing to: Business Office, Essex Institute, 132 Essex Street, Salem, MA 01970. The books are also available for inspection in the Business Office. Treasurer Revenue Sources _ 1988 1989 ■ Endowment Sc Trust 43.0% 44.6% g Earned Income 20.1 % 20.2% Annual Giving 11.4% 10.4% Memberships 5.5% 6.3% Grants & Special Restricted Gifts 20.0% 18.5% Operating Expenses ■ Collections 1988 34.2% 1989 21.3% Interpretation 8c Publications 10.7% 23.2% Membership Activities 2.8% 3.8% Development 12.8% 8.3% □ Administration 22.3% 22.5% Buildings Sc Grounds 17.2% 20.9% 10 Financial Statements Essex Institute Balance Sheet — Year Ended March 31 , 1989 (With Comparative Totals for March 31, 1988) March 31, March 31, Current Plant Endowment 1989 1988 ASSETS Fund Fund Fund Total Total Current Assets Cash and Temporary Cash Investments $177,596 $- $- $ 177,596 $ 183,225 Accounts Receivable 3,532 — — 3,532 3,649 i Grants, Pledges and Bequests Receivable 72,587 — 279,408 351,995 660,102 Interest Receivable 54,743 — — 54,743 56,493 Museum Shop Inventory 67,559 — — 67,559 50,902 Prepaid Expenses 75,326 — — 75,326 61,238 Total Current Assets 451,343 — 279,408 730,751 1,015,609 Fixed Assets, Net of Depreciation — 2,966,030 — 2,966,030 2,587,626 Cash Held for Investment — — 1,500 1,500 , SMI Investments — — 5,725,573 5,725,573 4,759,755 Total $451,343 $2,966,030 $6,006,481 $9,423,854 $8,430,597 LIABILITIES AND FUND BALANCES Current Liabilities Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses $75,497 1— $75,497 $82,405 Membership Dues Received in Advance — — — — 8,835 Total Current Liabilities 75,497 — — 75,497 91,240 Deferred Revenue and Restricted Gifts and Grants 380,558 — — 380,558 266,527 Total Liabilities 456,055 — — 456,055 357,767 Fund Balances Current (4,712) — — (4,712) o 55$$ Plant — 2,966,030 — 2,966,030 2,587,626 Endowments — — 6,006,481 6,006,481 5,449,224 Total Fund Balances (4,712) 2,966,030 6,006,481 8,967,799 8,072,830 # . Essex Institute Statement of Activity - Year Ended March 31, 1989 (With Comparative Totals for March 31, 1988) , March 31, Current Plant Endowment 1989 Fund Fund Fund Total $93,108 $— $— $93,108 Support and Revenue Admissions March 31, 1988 Total $90,579 54,525 m Publications 13,294 — — 13,294 11,566 170,297 Museum Shop 216,016 — — 216,016 Guts and Donations Availed ol 311,486 — — 311,486 310,744 Endowment Income Availed ol 466,153 — — 466,153 411,303 Other Income 83,619 — — 83,619 92,484 Total $1,251,773 — — 1,251,773 1,141,498 Expenses Program Collections 228,937 8,624 — 237,561 353,780 Interpretation and Publications Membership Activities 249,101 7,124 — 256,225 110,026 41,289 1,182 — 42,471 29,276 Supporting Services Development 88,851 2,542 — 91,393 131,765 Administration 242,613 6,940 — 249,553 229,166 Buildings and Grounds 225,130 24,502 — 249,632 192,592 Museum Shop 172,825 3,834 — 176,659 155,591 Total 1,248,746 54,748 — 1,303,494 1,202,196 Excess (Deficiency) of Support and Revenue over Expenses Before Capital Additions 3,027 (54,748) — (51,721) (60,698) Capital Additions Gifts and Grants Received — — 994,217 994,217 667,382 Net Realized Investment Gains — — 18,217 18,217 142,187 Total Capital Additions — — 1,012,434 1,012,434 809,569 Excess (Deficiency) of Support and Revenue Over Expenses After Capital Additions Fund Balances, Beginning of Period 3,027 35,980 (54,748) 2,587,626 1,012,434 5,449,224 960,713 8,072,830 748,871 7,352,967 Add (Deduct): Transfers Between Fund Balances Add (Deduct): Transfers Between Fund Balances and (25,870) 47,940 (22,070) — — Deferred Revenue and Restricted Gifts and Grants (17,849) 385,212 (433,107) (65,744) (29,008) Fund Balances, End of Period $(4,712) $2,966,030 $6,006,481 $8,967,799 $8,072,830 11 Donors to the Essex Institute President’s Club ($1,000 or more) Anonymous Dr. and Mrs. W. Benjamin Bacon Mr. and Mrs. Randolph R Barton Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. M. Barton Miss Dorothy A. Brown Mr. Richard M. Candee Mr. and Mrs. Eustace W. Buchanan Clara B. Winthrop Charitable Fund Mrs. William Chisholm f Mr. and Mrs. Harold W. Cogger Mr. and Mrs. Lewis C. Copeland Mr. Theodore R. Crom Elizabeth DeBlois, M.D. t Mr. and Mrs. George B. Farnam Miss Ruth R. Farnham f Mr. and Mrs. C. Conway Felton, Jr. Fiduciary Trust Company Mr. and Mrs. Albert Goodhue Holyoke Mutual Insurance Co. The Kidder Peabody Foundation Mr. and Mrs. George Gardner Loring Dr. Josephine L. Murray Neal Rantoul Foundation t Deceased Mr. and Mrs. H. Gilman Nichols Mrs. Andrew Oliver Mrs. Emerson T. Oliver Mr. and Mrs. Edward H. Osgood Mrs. Edward L. Peirson The Harold Whitworth Pierce Charitable Trust Mr. and Mrs. Stuart W. Pratt Mr. and Mrs. George Putnam Mr. Bennett Rich Mrs. Chandler Robbins II Mr. and Mrs. William L. Saltonstall Mr. and Mrs. Peter B. Seamans Mr. and Mrs. Frederic A. Sharf Mr. William H. Shreve Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Steward Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert L. Steward Mrs. Abbott Payson Usher t Mrs. Alice Wellman Dr. and Mrs. Frederick H. West Mr. and Mrs. Richard S. West Mrs. Elaine Wilde Rooster Club ($500 - $999) Anonymous Mrs. John B. Ballou Mr. and Mrs. W. Gardner Barker BayBank Middlesex Mr. and Mrs. C. Richard Carlson The Cricket Press Mrs. U. Haskell Crocker Ms. Anne Farnam Mr. C. Henry Glovsky Mrs. Lot M. Hamlin, Jr. Mr. Kevin B. Harrington Heritage Co-operative Bank Mr. Sumner W. Jones Cdr. Francis H. Markey Mr. and Mrs. Peter R. Merry Mrs. Kirke A. Neal Old Colony Charitable Foundation Parker Brothers Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Pellegrino Salem News Publishing Company Mr. and Mrs. Donald C. Seamans Dr. and Mrs. Robert C. Seamans, Jr. Mr. Robert N. Shapiro Shawmut Bank, N.A. Shetland Properties Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert L. Steward, Jr. Mrs. Alice N. Wellman 12 April 1 1987 - March 31, 1989 Over 2500 people of all ages gather for our major fall event, the Essex County Harvest Festival. Here in the Essex Institute Museum Neighbor¬ hood, the area’s rich cultural heritage comes to life through music, dance, craft demonstrations, and art work. Five of every ten visitors come from Essex County, three others from the New England region, and the final two are representatives from across the country (and around the world)! Holyoke Club ($150 - $499) Anonymous A. J. Callahan & Son, Inc. Dr. and Mrs. Henry Freeman Allen Mrs. Moses Alpers Ankeles, Harmon and Bonfand Mr. and Mrs. Channing Bacall, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. James H. Ballou Mr. William Bentinck-Smith Beverly Savings Bank Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel R. Bowditch Mr. Gregory R. Brackett Mrs. Edwin T. Breed Miss Eleanor Broadhead Dr. and Mrs. David C. Brown Mr. William J. Bursaw,Jr. Bursaw Oil Corporation Mr. and Mrs. John H. Burton II Mr. and Mrs. W. Keith Butler Miss Narcisse Chamberlain Mrs. Arthur L. Collier Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Conley Mr. and Mrs. Walter H. Cook Country Curtains, Inc. Danvers Savings Bank Delulis Brothers Construction Co. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph H. Doering, Jr. E G & G Electron Devices Group Ms. Susan Erb and Mr. John Pittenger Mr. and Mrs. James N. Esdaile, Jr. Mr. Robert D. Farley Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Fitzgibbon Flynn Foundation Mr. and Mrs. John Fox, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Frothingham III Mr. and Mrs. Anthony N.B. Garvan Mr. and Mrs. Steven M. Glovsky Gourdeau Construction Company Dr. and Mrs. Roger F. Greenslet Mr. and Mrs. Carter H. Harrison Mrs. Paul T. Haskell Mr. and Mrs. Francis W. Hatch, Jr. Hawthorne Hotel Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Hill Mr. and Mrs. Herbert G. Howard Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Kauders King’s Grant Inn Mrs. Wheaton Kittredge, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. George G. Lail Mrs. John A. Lord Mr. and Mrs. Philip H. Lord Mr. and Mrs. Stanley J. Lukowski Mrs. Henry L. Mason Mr. Keith Melder Mr. and Mrs. Richard S. Minturn New England Telephone Mr. and Mrs. Richard P. Northey Mrs. Robert L. Osgood Mr. and Mrs. William Bradford Osgood Mr. and Mrs. Gary A. Peterson Mr. and Mrs. Richard B. Philbrick Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Phippen Mr. Chester M. Sawtelle Serafmi, Serafini & Darling Mrs. Nancy A. Smith Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert L. Steward, Jr. Mr. Marshall W. S. Swan Mr. and Mrs. Ronald N. Tagney Mr. and Mrs. Frederick G. P. Thorne Mr. and Mrs. Gerard B. Townsend Mr. and Mrs. Edward R. Tufts Mr. and Mrs. Francis C. Welch Mr. John Wilmerding Mr. and Mrs. Percival W. Wilson Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Xanthaky Mr. and Mrs. David K. Young Mrs. William S. Youngman Dr. Adele L. Younis 13 Donors ($1 -$149) A. Berube and Son, Inc. AAUW Massachusetts Division Miss Lilly S. Abbott Adams, Harkness, & Hill, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Abisalih Mr. and Mrs. Richard Adelman Mr. and Mrs. John L. Allen Mr. and Mrs. Blake E. Anderson Mr. Courtney A. Anderson Miss Dorothy M. Anderson Mr. and Mrs. O. Kelley Anderson Mrs. Richard L. Andrews Mrs. Ray E. Anglin Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Askew, Jr. Atwood & Morrill Co., Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Axelrod Mrs. Charles Bagley Bank of Boston Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Barger Dr. and Mrs. John G. Barrett Mr. and Mrs. Donald Barron, Jr. Captain and Mrs. Raymond H. Bates Mr. and Mrs. Marcus G. Beebe Mrs. George E. Benson Mrs. Debra Benvie Miss Barbara B. Betts Mr. and Mrs. Wesley E. Bevins, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Beyea Mr. Edgar M. Bingham Mr. and Mrs. Oliver K. Black Mr. William F. Blackwood Ms. Dorothea Blakemore Mr. Christopher Boshears Mr. C. Lawrence Bond Mr. and Mrs. James K. Bonney The Boston Globe Ms. Barbara P. Boucot Mr. and Mrs. M.W. Bouwensch Mr. and Mrs. William H. Bowden Mr. Thomas L. Bragg Mrs. Richard Breed t Mr. and Mrs. David T. Brewster Miss Eleanor Broadhead Mr. and Mrs. Francis Brown, Jr. Mrs. John W. Bryant Mr. and Mrs. C. Warren Bubier Mrs. Muriel M. Buckridge Mrs. Frederick McG. Bundy Miss Jane E. Bunting Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Burns Miss Frances L. Burnett Mrs. Francis H. Burr Mrs. Robert B. Busteed Miss Ruth G. Butler Miss Mary L. Byrne Mrs. Ropes Cabot Mrs. Nichols Caldwell Mr. and Mrs. C. Meade Camenga Cappuccio Liquors Ms. Josephine N. Carothers Mrs. William T. Carpenter, Jr. Mrs. Helen V. Carr Mr. Robert J. Cascio Dr. Victoria M. Cass Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin R. Chadwick Dr. and Mrs. Harrie R. Chamberlin Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Cheney, Jr. Mrs. Ellen H. Clarke Ms. Barbara A. Cleary and Mr. David M. Hart Mr. and Mrs. I. W. Colburn Mrs. Arthur L. Collier Connolly Brothers, Inc. Mrs. Earl F. Cook Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel S. Coolidge Mrs. G. Frank Cram Mr. and Mrs. Albert M. Creighton, Jr. Mr. Carl L. Crossman Mrs. Raymond L. Cummings Mr. William J. Curley Mr. and Mrs. Francis E. Currier Mr. and Mrs. Tarrant Cutler Danvers Motor Company Mrs. Lawrence W. Darling Mr. David Dearborn Dr. E. Demetriou and Ms. Patricia M. Demers Miss M. Rose Demeule and Miss Ann Victoria Demeule Mr. William A. Dennis Miss Dorothy M. Dente Mr. and Mrs. Chester Derino Dr. Ralph W. Dexter Mrs. Howard C. Dickinson Mrs. William R. A. Dickinson Miss Lucy H. Doane Mr. and Mrs. Albert W. Dodge, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Herold F. Doherty Mrs. Alfred F. Donovan Dr. and Mrs. Alfred M. Donovan Miss Virginia A. Doocy Peter and Linda Doran Susan and Philip Dowds Mrs. Beth J. Downes Mr. Anthony L. Duskey Mr. Dean Edwards Mr. Hermann F. Eilts Emhart Corporation Dr. and Mrs. Arthur Errion Essex Camera Shop Mr. James W. Falck Mr. and Mrs. Dean A. Fales, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Fallon Mrs. Carolyn W. Farley Mrs. Allen E. Fellows, Jr. Mr. Joseph E. Fellows, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. George M. Fenollosa Miss Judith Foley Miss Katharine Foley Ms. Christine E. Franke and Mr. Robert J. Franke Frank Pilholski Advertising Mrs. Carl N. Fuller Mrs. Virginia C. Gamage Mrs. Stuart N. Gardner Dr. and Mrs. John L. . George Mrs. H. Derrick Giles The Gillette Company Mr. and Mrs. Dudley J. Godfrey, Jr. Mr. David H. Goodman and Ms. Marian L. Ahearn Mr. George T. Goodspeed Ms. Muriel Goodspeed Mr. and Mrs. Roger B. Gorham Mrs. Harry N. Gorin Mr. and Mrs. Vincent de P. Goubeau Dr. Geoffrey R. Gough Dr. and Mrs. James D.C. Gowans Mrs. Calista M. Greenough Mr. and Mrs. Thomas McLean Griffin Mr. and Mrs. William Guenther Mrs. S. Eliot Guild t Miss Eleanor Jewett Haley Mrs. Garrison K. Hall Mrs. Richard L. Hall Mrs. Samuel H. Hallowell Mr. and Mrs. Roland B. Hammond Mrs. John Hand Mrs. Mortimer Harman Mr. John W. Harrison Mrs. Joseph Harrington, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Neil J. Harrington Mrs. Richard Harte, Jr. Lloyd E. Hawes, M.D. t Dr. and Mrs. Frank H. Healey, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Roger W. Hedstrom Mr. and Mrs. R. Craig Henkels Mr. and Mrs. E. Miles Herter Mr. and Mrs. Leon B. Hester Mr. and Mrs. Norman J. Hever Ms. Ruth V. Higgins Dr. Christine Hobart Mr. George R. Hobbs Mrs. Ronald Hodgdon Mr. Philip G. Hodge, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur C. Hodges Ms. Barbara R. Holden Mr. and Mrs. Bradford Holt Mr. and Mrs. George C. Homans Mrs. Harvey P. Hood Ms. Elizabeth B. Hough Mr. and Mrs. William M. Houghton Houghton Mifflin Company Mr. and Mrs. John S. Howe Mrs. John C. Howland Mr. and Mrs. Norman N. Huff Miss Raymona Hull Ms. Shelby Hypes Mrs. Jerome M. Ingalls Mr. and Mrs. Robert U. Ingalls Mr. Yoshio Isaka Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Ives Ms. Ann Jackson Mrs. E. Randall Jackson Ms. Debra M. Jauquet J. B. Kidney Co., Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Thornton Jenkins t Deceased 14 “A Map of Essex County” circa 1830, compiled by James G. Carter of Boston. From the Library collections. The March 1988 opening of “An Essex County Collection: The Water- colors of Gertrude Beals Bourne (1867-1962).” Margaret Hanni, guest curator, and Philip W. Bourne, son of the artist enjoy a quiet moment in the Sharf Gallery. Mrs. Thelma H. Jenney Mr. Roger Jewett Mr. William E. Jones Mrs. John W. Jordan Mr. and Mrs. Peter Kempthorne Mr. and Mrs. Leonard B. Kilgore Ms. M. Elizabeth King Mr. Harold A. Knight Miss Mary E. Koen Mr. and Mrs. Stanley F. Koza Mr. and Mrs. James N. Krebs Mrs. David H. F. Kuell t Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin W. l.abaree Ms. Eleanor G. Lamson Mrs. Arnold Lawson, Jr. Dr. Richard LeBel and Dr. Janice LeBel Mr. and Mrs. James T. Lennox Mrs. Laurence B. Leonard Mrs. George Lewis, Sr. Liberty Tree Mall Charity Fund Ms. Andrea C. Liftman Dr. and Mrs. Stanley E. Listernick Mr. David B. Little Mr. Peter B. Little Miss Selina F. Little Ms. Jacalyn A. Locke Dr. Rita E. Loos Mrs. John A. Lord Mr. Caleb Loring, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. David Loring Mrs. Robert P. Loring Mr. and Mrs. William C. Loring Mrs. Francis B. Lothrop Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Lovett Mr. and Mrs. Carlton G. Lutts Lyceum Restaurant Mr. and Mrs. Peter S. Lynch Mrs. Vincent Lyness Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lyon Hon. and Mrs. John S. Macdougall, Jr. Mrs. LaughlinJ. MacKenzie Mr. and Mrs. Neil MacKenna Mr. Harold G. Macoinber t Ms. Elizabeth D. MacPherson Dr. Joan Maloney Mr. Louis Mangifesti Mrs. Genevieve M. Manninen Miss Joan D. Manning Mrs. Stanley G. Markin Mrs. Gardner W. Mattson Honorable Nicholas Mavroules Dr. and Mrs. Frederic B. Mayo Mr. and Mrs. Staley McDermet Mr. Daniel T. McGrath Mrs. Persis W. McMillen Mr. and Mrs. Augustus G. Means, Jr. Cmdr. and Mrs. J. Alexander Michaud Mrs. Dorothy Miles Mrs. Margaret B. Moore Mr. Ray K. Moore Attorney and Mrs. Thomas W. Moran Mr. and Mrs. F. Gordon Morrill Mrs. Charles W. Morris Mr. Edward A. Morris Mr. and Mrs. Edwin B. Morris III Mrs. James A. Morrison Mrs. Frank P. Morse, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Everett Morss, Jr. Miss Louise A. Moser Ms. Virginia Moustakis Mr. Harold C. Musgrave Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel C. Nash, Jr. Ms. Ann L. Nazaroff Mr. and Mrs. Daniel A. Nelson Mr. Francis E. Nelson, Sr. Mrs. Pauline Nickerson Mrs. John T. Nightingale Ms. Dorothea M. Nixon Mrs. Arthur Norton Mr. Maurice E. Norton Mr. Donald E. Nutting Mr. and Mrs. Louis J. O’Brien Mr. Vincent P. O’Brien Ogan Company Mrs. Lydia P. Ogilby Ms. Jean O’Hara Mr. and Mrs. Michael N. Oleksiw II Mrs. Patricia C. Olsen Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Osgood, 3rd Mr. Russell K. Osgood Mr. and Mrs. George A. Page, Jr. Mrs. Wilson Palmer Mrs. Edward P. Parker Miss Marguerite S. Parker Dr. and Mrs. Anthony Patton Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert E. Payson Mr. David Pelletier Miss Ida May Perkins Miss Sylvia Perkins Mrs. Irving Phelps Mrs. Helen L. Philbrick Mr. Asa E. Phillips, Jr. Mr. Jonathan R. Phillips Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Phipps Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Phippen Dr. Harold A. Pinkham, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Albert R. Pitcoff Dr. Dorothy Porter Mrs. Robert S. Porter Mr. David R. Proper Mr. and Mrs. George E. Putnam Mrs. Roy P. Putnam R. W. Carlson Associates, Inc. Mrs. Redford Rand Mr. and Mrs. Sumner L. Raymond Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan A. Reardon Miss E. Jane Reed Mrs. Erminie S. Reynolds Mr. and Mrs. Elwin R. Richter Mrs. Robert Rideout Miss Mary M. Ritchie Mr. and Mrs. Joseph C. Roper, Jr. t Deceased 15 Donors Continued The annual members children’s Christmas Party is one of the lively programs drawing members and their families to the Essex Institute throughout the year. The 1988 party featured Peter Sawin - Wayfarer, “One Man Band Plus”. Mr. Stephen J. Roper Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin A. Rowland, Jr. Mrs. Howard Ryan Sack Foundation Mayor and Mrs. Anthony Salvo Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Santin Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Sargent Mr. and Mrs. Oliver M. Sargent Ms. Marjorie A. Satinsky Mrs. Winthrop E. Sears Miss Myrtle Severance Mrs. Edna N. Shapiro Mr. and Mrs. Hirsh Sharf Shetland Properties Mrs. Minerva C. Shreve Mrs. Christina P. Shultz Ms. Nina Simonds Mrs. Davis Simpson Mrs. Margaret P. Smith Mrs. Philip Horton Smith Mr. and Mrs. Stanley M. Smith Mrs. W. Gordon Smith Mr. and Mrs. Walter A. Smith, Jr. Don and Peggy Snow Mr. J. Peter Spang III Mrs. Helen B. Spaulding Ms. Barbara L. Spear Mr. and Mrs. David A. Splaine Mr. Donald M. Stacey and Ms. Mary H. Stacey Mr. James M. Stack Mr. and Mrs. Ellwood V. Stafford Stanley Elevator Company, Inc. Miss Barbara Staples Mr. Henry G. Stenberg, Jr. Ms. Suzanne E. Stephens Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Stevens Mr. and Mrs. Ezra F. Stevens Ms. Marjorie L. Stevens and Mrs. Grace R. Short Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Stevens Mr. and Mrs. Edward M. Stevenson Mr. and Mrs. William S. Stiles Mr. and Mrs. Peter L. Stone Mrs. Stanley Stone Mr. and Mrs. Arthur I. Strang Mrs. Margaret Wade Strath Mr. and Mrs. Carl V. Swanson Mr. William L. Sweezey Mrs. Elizabeth B. Szabronski Mr. and Mrs. Georges S. Thenault Dr. and Mrs. Richard H. Thompson Mr. and Mrs. Richard K. Thorndike Mrs. Ralph L. Thresher Dr. and Mrs. Paul Edward Tivnan Prof. Ichitaro Toma Ms. Sylvia Topp and Mr. Arthur Poirier Representative Peter G. Torkildsen Mr. and Mrs. Middleton Train Mrs. Herbert S. Tuckerman Dr. Patricia B. Tudbury Janet and Gordon Ulen Mr. Donald K. Usher, Sr. Mrs. Sara Victor Mrs. Howard H. Ward Mrs. Louise P. Waring Mrs. Lynne F. Warren Mr. Ralph H. Waters Mrs. F. Carrington Weems t Dr. and Mrs. Harry I. West, Jr. Ms. Marjorie C. Wetzel Mrs. Lyon Weyburn Mrs. Alexander Wheeler Mrs. James M. White, Jr. Mrs. George Whitney Ms. Lois G. Whitten Ms. Ruth Whittredge Mr. and Mrs. Andrew M. Williams Mrs. John J. Wilson Ms. Sally Wilson and Mr. John Kelsey Mr. and Mrs. Sears C. Winslow Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Wolkoff Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Woodman Mr. and Mrs. David K. Young Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Young Ms. Anna B. Zacchia Dr. Richard P. Zollo Mr. and Mrs. George M. Zolotas t Deceased 16 Special Gifts Anonymous Bank of New England Mr. and Mrs. Philip Bourne Mrs. Barbara Bradbury Development Group Inc. Mr. Joseph Dodge Eastern Bank Essex County Bar Association Essex Office Supply Mrs. Marie B. Faulkner Mr. Albert Goodhue Mrs. Charles D. Gowing Mrs. Paul T. Haskell Holyoke Mutual Insurance Company Hunneman Corporation Mr. George G. Loring Lyceum Restaurant Mr. A. Theodore Lyman, Jr. Ms. Katherine McDonald McDougall Associates North Shore Smith College Club Mrs. Anna W. Ordway Mrs. Stephen Phillips Proctor Foundation Ms. Mary E. Rogers The Salem Firehouse, Inc. Salem Five Cents Savings Bank Salem Marine Society Salem News Publishing Company Mrs. Ruth Scheer Mr. and Mrs. Frederic A. Sharf Shawmut Bank, N.A. Shetland Properties Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Steward Tri-City Sales Mrs. Nichols Wadsworth Mr. and Mrs. Nathan D. West Mrs. Alice N. Wellman Mary Silver Smith Memorial Fund Mrs. Robert B. Busteed Ms. Anne Farnam Mrs. Stuart N. Gardner Mr. and Mrs. Thomas McLean Griffin Mr. Rodman R. Henry Mrs. Vincent Lyness Mrs. Irene Norton Miss Marguerite S. Parker Mr. and Mrs. Peter B. Seamans Mr. and Mrs. Charles Steward Mr. Robert K. Weis Bequests to the Essex Institute Estate of Edgar M. Batchelder Sargent Bradlee Trust Sylvia S. Coolidge Trust Estate of John N. Estabrook Marjorie D. Goss Trust Estate of C. Beatrice Marchand Estate of Mary Silver Smith Estate of Charles S. Tapley Estate of Peter A. Tondreau Estate of Marthena Warner A recent acquisition from Salem is a mahogany side chair in the Gothic Revival style. Its needlepoint seat depicts a colorful flower arrange¬ ment. Purchased from the Estate of Dorothy Coker Nunn. 17 Donors to the Collections This handsome silver tankard was made by Jacob Hurd of Boston for the Rev. William and Rebecca Batch of Bradford in 1740. A recent gift to the Museum collection from Miss Eleanor Broadhead and the late Miss Elizabeth Broadhead. Museum Miss Carolyn A. Allen Mr. Charles Parker Bacall Mrs. Catherine Bowden Barnes Mr. Randolph P. Barton Mr. and Mrs. Philip Bourne Miss Eleanor Broadhead t Miss Elizabeth Broadhead Miss Narcisse Chamberlain Miss Stephanie Chamberlain Chestnut Street Associates Mrs. Nathaniel B. Clapp The Colonial Dames National Society of Massachusetts Mr. Preston A. Coiner The Connecticut Historical Society Ms. Alison Cornish Miss Bess Cutler Mr. Robert E. Eaton Ms. Anne Farnam Ms. Lynne Francis-Lunn Mrs. John F. Fulton Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gardner Mr. Albert Goodhue, Jr. Mrs. Constance Goodman Mr. David Hollowell Ms. Anne Scott Hosmer The Estate of Elizabeth Peirce Kincade Mr. John Kirk Mrs. Hollis Kuell Ms. Helen Kyrios Miss Amanda Lahikainen Ms. Elizabeth Lahikainen Mrs. George G. Lail Ms. Janice Levesque Ms. Ann L’heureux Ms. Esther Litchfield Ms. Lois Lord Mrs. George G. Loring Ms. Ruth Odell Low Mrs. Edward Marquis Mrs. F. Dike Mason The National Park Service, Salem Maritime National Historic Site Mr. Louis J. O’Brien Peabody Museum of Salem Mr. Charles H. Phipps Ms. Sarah W. Richards Mr. Elwin R. Richter Estate of Rebecca P. Ritchie Ms. Jocelyn Fuller Ronan Miss Ruth Ropes Mr. William L. Saltonstall Mr. David C. Schaejbe Mr. and Mrs. Peter B. Seamans Ms. Elisabeth Shepard Miss Mary Silver Smith t Mrs. C.A. Southwick, Jr. Mr. James Stevens Mr. Charles A. Steward Mr. David S. Strauss Mr. David Swenson Ms. Maude L. Thomas Thought and Work Club Mr. William J. Toomey Mrs. James Cook Trumbull United Shoe Machinery Company Miss Esther Usher Mr. William L. Warren Mr. David P. Wheatland The Estate of Stephen Wheatland The Heirs of Stephen Wheatland Mr. George N. White, Jr. Mrs. Elaine Wilde Ms. Anne D. Williams Mrs. Susan Wolkoff Woodman Associates Dr. Richard P. Zollo Library William F. Abbott Allentown Art Museum American Indian Archeological Institute Dorothy Anderson Fumio Ano Janet Appleton Association for Gravestone Studies Robert Atwood, Sr. H. Parrot Bacot Baltimore Museum of Art Randolph P. Barton Raymond Bates Helen Beaulieu Brian J. L. Berry Eleanor E. Blackwell Sargent Bradlee t Miss Eleanor Broadhead Brenda Bronson Eleanor Burbeck Harriet Ropes Cabot C. Richard Carlson Narcisse and Stephanie Chamberlain Beau Chapman Irving Chase Ruth A. Churchill Warren F. Clark Dorothy Cohen John Bradley Cooper Cooper-Hewitt Museum Alison Cornish Danvers Archival Center Danvers Historical Society William I. Davisson Helen R. Deese Ralph W. Dexter Shari Dietz Thomas P. Doherty P. J. Doyle Mary Drucker Dusquesne University Dean Edwards Anne Farnam George M. Fenellosa Jane Fields Fraunces Tavern Museum Mrs. Ruth Coan Fulton Richard C. Fyffe Mr. and Mrs. Walter Gardner, Jr. Gussie Gaskell Audrey Gauss Ralph L. Giddings Ila M. Gillespie Malcolm W. Greenough Mrs. George B. Gunderson Jennifer Hahn Roland Hammond Chalmers Hardenbergh Julian Hatch Audrey Helzner Heritage Plantation Heritage Trails Press Wythe W. Holt, Jr. John B. Hooper Roger Jewett Philip Johnson Mrs. Louis Kampf Patricia Kelly Carrie Kimball Robert Whiting Knight Dean T. Lahikainen Tom Nicely, Leaves of Grass Bookstore Doris A. Linden Michael J. J. L’ltalien t Deceased 18 Selina Little Mrs. George G. Loring Robert W. Lovett Ruth Odell Low Dr. Ronald Lycette Lynn Historical Society Joanne C. Mackay Manchester Yacht Club Evelyn T. Willard, Marblehead Female Humane Society A. Waldo Martin Helen Marquis Massachusetts Historical Society Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Anne Mankin Masury Stephen Matchek Virginia McBrearty Merrill F. McLane Jonathan Fayette Meakins Paul and Lorraine Michaud Ray Moore Donald W. Moreland Williamston Memorial Library, Mount Holyoke College Robert Murphy Dr. Josephine L. Murray Edith Nadeau National Park Service National Portrait Gallery New England Historic Genealogical Society Edith E. Nichols Frontispiece and title page plate of The Cabinet-Maker’s Guide by G. A. Siddons, published in London by Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper in 1830. A recent Library purchase. Joseph L. O’Connor Hugh J. O’Donnell Barbara Owen Jim Painten Gerald James Parsons Paul Revere Memorial Association Mrs. Shirley Payne Gilbert Payson Peabody Museum of Salem Lorelda and Karl Pearson C. Deirdre Phelps Mrs. Stephen Phillips George E. Putnam Margaret Adelaide Putnam Quilt Digest Press Schlesinger Library, Radcliff College Andrew Rapoza Charles G. Rice Katherine Richardson Blume J. Rifkin Mary M. Ritchie Mrs. Nan Robinson Ropes Memorial Trust David J. Russo Mrs. Thomas Sanders Bruce McDonald, Salem Y.M.C.A. Joseph Sullivan, Salem Fire Department Dr. Lillian V. Salsman Wendell P. Sargent Stephen J. Schier James B. Schooley Norman D. Schulze Bernard Schuman Peter B. Seamans Charlotte E. Smith Mrs. Dorothy Sneed Spanierman Gallery L. Neal Spencer Eleanor V. Spiller Thomas St. John James Stevens, St. Pierre Shoes Mr. E. A. Stratton David S. Strauss Marshall Swan Christopher Thomas Rupert Farnham Thompson Gertrude Turner Mrs. Madeleine Turner Warburton K. Verplanck United Shoe Machinery Corp. Samuel O. Upton Esther Usher Carmen Valentino Constance Demetra Vallis Barbara M. Ward Mrs. A. H. Webber Robert K. Weis Arthur R. Norton, Wesley Methodist Church David P. Wheatland Estate of Stephen P. Wheatland Thomas Wheeler George N. White, Jr. Edward Wolkiewicz Betsey H. Woodman Robert B. Wright Dr. Richard P. Zollo THE CABINET-MAKER’S GUIDE; OR, RULES AND INSTRUCTIONS IN THE ART OF 1 VARNISI11NG, DYING. STAINING, JAPANNING, POLISHING LACKERING, AND BEAUTIFYING WOOD, IVORY, TORTOISESHELL, & METAL: WITH OBSERVATIONS 0!» TllBIR MANAGEMENT AND APPLICATION, fc INCLUDING an appendix, CONTAINING SEVERAL VALUABLE TABLES. fifth edition, Cootulcnbly Augraeoled by the »dditioo of *Terfcl New Article*, Receipts, Ac. By G. A. SIDDONS. ! PRINTED POR SHERWOOD. GILBERT, »xo PIPER. PATKRNOSTER-ROW. 1830. Ci jj i rrx t su. ■ 19 Peirce-Nichols House Association Donors Ms. Faith Barnes and Mr. Stephen Majercik Ms. Hope Barnes Ms. Mary Blake Barnes Ms. Phoebe Barnes Mr. and Mrs. Henry Nichols Cobb Mrs. Charles Dethier Madame Elizabeth Prince deRamel Miss Adele Q. Ervin Mrs. Martha R. Estabrook Mr.f and Mrs. Raymond Z. Fahs, Jr. Ms. Anne Farnam Mr. Chalmers Hardenbergh Harris Development Corp. Mr. and Mrs. George H. Hart, Jr. t Deceased Loring Development Corporation Mr. and Mrs. August R. Meyer Mrs. Elizabeth Nichols and Mr. Alan M. Chesney Mrs. George N. Nichols, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. George Q. Nichols Mr. and Mrs. H. Gilman Nichols Mr. John D. Nichols, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John Taylor Gilman Nichols Mrs. Lawrence Van B. Nichols Ms. Louise Nichols Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Nichols Mrs. Wadsworth Nichols Mr. William Floyd Nichols Mr. and Mrs. William Nichols, Jr. Mr. William I. Nichols Mr. 8c Mrs. Walter H. Page Mr. and Mrs. Frederick H. Prince IV Mrs. Peirce Prince Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Pulsifer Mr. David E. Routine Mr. and Mrs. John Romine, Jr. Serafmi, Serafini 8c Darling Mrs. A. Ledyard Smith Mr. Benjamin N. Taylor Mr. and Mrs. John W. Taylor Universal Steel 8c Trading Corp. F. W. Webb Company Dr. and Mrs. George N. White, Jr. The Peirce-Nichols House, a National Historic Landmark, was designed in 1792 by Samuel Mclntire. Combining late Georgian- and Federal-period architecture, the house is the setting for special tours and events throughout the year. 20 Essex Institute Staff as of March 31, 1989 Administration: Anne Farnam, President Ann Jackson, Administrative Assistant to the the President Peter R. Doran, Controller Wendy Monroe, Office Assistant Lynne Francis-Lunn, Museum Shop Manager Marjorie Jacobs, Shop Clerk Christine Musial, Shop Clerk Christina Shultz, Shop Clerk Collections, Museum Division: Dean T. Lahikainen, Chief Curator Robert K. Weis, Curator of Exhibitions Paula Richter, Registrar Joan Parks Whitlow, Curatorial Assistant Nicole Donlon, Curatorial Assistant Ellen Fineberg, Research Assistant Collections, Library Division: Richard C. Fyffe, Librarian and Curator of Books and Printed Materials William LaMoy, Assistant Librarian Prudence Backman, Curator of Manuscripts Nancy A. Heywood, Library Assistant Interpretation and Publications: Barbara McLean Ward, Director and Editor Louise Sullivan, Assistant to the Director Donald Daly, Coodinator of School and Family Programs Carolyn Farley, Admissions Recptionist Jan Matula, Admissions Receptionist Phyllis Ballou, Department Aide Sylvia Westcott, Department Aide Development: Susan Erb, Director Marian Hubler, Public Relations Officer Christine Franke, Assistant to the Director Joan Bacall, Coordinator of Membership and Special Events Whitney Lamy, Cotting-Smith Assembly House Functions Manager Facilities: Alison Cornish, Director Edward S. Meakin, Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds Louis O’Brien, Assistant Superintendent Helen Marquis, Housekeeper George Gossom, Security Supervisor Security Guards: John Bellows Francis Burkinshaw Edward Gwin Rheta Howland Albert LaChapelle John Volpe . . 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