Martha’s Vineyard MuseumAnnual Report 2011

2011 Year in ReviewIn 2011 the Martha’s Vineyard Museum made great progress toward reaching its goal of becoming the Island destination for seasonal and year-round residents, visitors and scholars intrigued by the history and culture of this special place. We continued expanding our schedule of exhibitions, associated programming, and lighthouse hours. Our board and our volunteers were integral to our many successes. Of course, there were challenges as well. The Annual Fund growth in 2010 did not continue in 2011, and while the number of our donors remained stable, we experienced a reduction of income. Even so, it has been an extraordinary year for the Museum, and we would like to share a sample of our accomplishments with you, our members and friends.

With funding from a three-year grant from the Beagary Trust, we continued our expansion with the Island’s schools that we began in 2010. Working with current and former educators to augment the curriculum in ways that would enrich the learning experience for students and teachers alike, our goals were to add new curricula to connect with topics and themes being taught by teachers and to bring new teachers and their classes to the campus. The program encourages multiple visits in order to engage students with primary source material and give them a richer experience. In 2011 our team focused on curriculum development that included topics of colonial life, the American Revolution, lighthouses, and whaling, making direct connections to the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks. We worked with seven Island schools, and spanned grades K-10.

The Gay Head Lighthouse expanded from weekend sunset tours to a 5-day, 7-hour schedule in summer 2011 and went from a couple hundred to more than 10,000 visitors, proving that “if you’re open, they will come.” Last summer the Museum inaugurated a Vineyard Haven house tour of historic homes in the William Street area. The tour proved so popular that we are holding another in 2012. Generous homeowners, volunteers and members combined to make this possible.

The Museum’s stewardship of three Island lighthouses over the years would not be possible without generous Community Preservation Act funding. The Museum treasures its good relationship with all of the island towns. Indeed, our partnership with Edgartown helped us restore five portraits of notable 18th and 19th Century citizens of the town. Community Preservation funds from last year and this are enabling us to begin preserving and making accessible documents and objects in our collections that would otherwise remain in a fragile state, hidden away from the community.

Spotlight Exhibitions are another new program we began in 2011; they will feature rarely exhibited items from the Museum’s collections on a rotating basis. Other highlights of the 2011 exhibition season included “Eisenstaedt and Us,” featuring rarely seen photographs by Chilmark’s dean of photography; a show commemorating the Vineyard’s participation in the Civil War; and the opening of the continuing exhibition on Martha’s Vineyard shipwrecks.

Recognition of our activities traveled across the Island: we were awarded a “Martha” for being voted by Chamber of Commerce members as the Island institution that makes the Vineyard a better place. Awards came from off-island in 2011 as well: our National Endowment for the Humanities-funded website “Laura Jernegan: Girl on a Whaleship,” received national awards from the American

Gay Head Lighthouse in Aquinnah, which opened five days a week in the summer of 2011 for the first time.

For the immediate future, however, the Museum must continue to maintain its membership roster of loyal friends even as it brings new members into the fold. As members of the Museum, you are our best ambassadors—please help us spread the word. The Museum must also continue to nurture its other supporters—individual donors, foundations, and other granting agencies—so that it can grow income from a variety of sources. Establishing a financially strong Museum for the present is what we must do in order to realize the future of our Museum.

Our thanks for helping make 2011 a year on which the Museum looks back with pride and gratitude.

Sincerely,

Sheldon Hackney David NathansChair, Board of Directors Executive Director

Association for State and Local History, and was recognized as a model for museums developing exhibition-based websites at conferences of the New England Association of Museums and the Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities.

Although we value our affiliations with professional organizations and consortia, most of all we value our members and the community to which they belong. We instituted weekly “Free Saturdays” for island residents in the off-season as a small way of saying “thank you.” In the coming year we will be including more “members-only” programming in our calendar for all of our members, regardless of their address.

As you know, in the fall the Museum purchased the former Marine Hospital/St. Pierre School property in Tisbury as the future main campus of the Martha’s Vineyard Museum. Although we know it may take several years before we make the move, we are already warmed by the willingness of both Tisbury civic leaders and our future neighbors to engage with us as we make plans for this location. In December we hosted an Open House, and over 300 Islanders joined with us to tour the building and grounds. Also last December, the Board and staff initiated a strategic planning process that imagines what the Martha’s Vineyard Museum will be five years down the road.

Eisenstaedt Panel held in July 2011 as part of the exhibition “Eisenstaedt and Us.”

New Museum Property in Vineyard Haven on the day of the first Community Open House in December 2011.

2011 Financial Report

2011 was an exciting and challenging year. We took a major step toward a fascinating future with the purchase of the former Marine Hospital/St. Pierre Camp property on Lagoon Pond Road in Vineyard Haven. The promise and appeal of that new future is implied in the fact that we raised $3.5 million in just three months for the purchase and initial maintenance of our future home.

This dramatic reorientation of our plans also allowed us to sell our property in West Tisbury to its neighbors, the Polly Hill Arboretum and the Agricultural Society. We used the proceeds of that sale to eliminate all of our bank debt, while maintaining a modest liquidity in the capital budget.

The opening of the Gay Head Lighthouse more than doubled our lighthouse admissions. Our other earned income remained steady. We received new contribu-tions of $221,534 in 2011 in addition to $234,969 from previously pledged contributions paid during the year. We completed work on two grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, presented year-round programming, and ended the year free of debt and looking optimistically toward our future.

2011 Treasurer’s Report

2011 Total Operating Expenses(Before Depreciation)

2011 Total Operating Income

That future, while bright, is also full of challenges. We ran an operating deficit of $112,136 in 2011, not including depreciation. Our challenge is to grow our donor base. That process has started with a number of new multi-year pledges that will help our cash flow as well as our budgeting. While we continue to convert the Marine Hospital into our future, we must not neglect our need to retain a strong and exciting presence in Edgartown until we raise sufficient funds to move to Tisbury.

2011 was a challenging year, but we managed it, and we continue to look forward with great energy. If we work together, we can realize our dream of a new home at the Marine Hospital. Without the dedicated hard work of our staff, and the generous contributions of our members and patrons, this bright future can not become a reality. We are fortunate to have both.

Thank you, thank you.

Paul J. Watts, Treasurer

2011 ContributorsIn an effort to acknowledge the many ways in which our contributors support the Museum each year, donors are listed according to their total giving in 2011. Gifts included in the total are membership dues, Annual Fund contributions, Capital Campaign contributions, grants, employer matching gifts, endowment gifts, donations to fundraising events, and other charitable gifts from January 1 - December 31, 2011. The Museum is grateful for every gift. We have respected the wishes of those donors who have expressed a desire to be anonymous. All photos are from the MVM Collections.

$100,000 & upGeoffrey & Sarah GundCalvin & Patricia LinnemannDirk & Natasha Ziff

$50,000 to $99,999David & Elizabeth BeimBeagary Charitable Trust-- Patricia A. Morgan, TrusteeBrian L. & Aileen Roberts

$20,000 to $49,999Joan & Edward DohertyThe Leavens Foundation

$10,000 to $19,999Jonathan & Jennifer BlumMary Sharp CronsonJohn & Linda EttingerMark C. & Helene LapmanMVRHS / MA Cultural CouncilChris & Sheila MorseMr. & Mrs. W. Boatner Reily, III

$5,000 to $9,999Anonymous (2)Patrick & Marsha AhearnSteve Bernier & Constance MessmerCini-Miller Law OfficesJames Curtis & Caroline SharpThe Donald & Emily Mulford Fund of the Community Foundation of New JerseySarah Botts Griffin & Gerard Francis GriffinSheldon & Lucy HackneyJohn R. & Dorothy D. Caples FundKenneth Malcolm Jones

Mr. & Mrs. Hugh KnipmeyerPeter Railton & Rebecca ScottMark & Gwenn Snider FundRalph PackerTown of EdgartownDavis & Elizabeth Hawes Weinstock

$2,500 to $4,999Barry & Barbara CarrollThe Dickinson Family FoundationSamuel M. FeldmanMr. & Mrs. James C. GibsonAndy & Amy HeywardWarren & Marilyn HollinsheadKaren & Frick JonesAmanda Moretti Lee & Greg LeeJack & Phoebe LewisAnn & John PerkinsPermanent Endowment Fund for Martha’s VineyardRichard & Diana ReischeWilliam T. StewartAnne L. StoneTown of West Tisbury

$1,000 to $2,499Anonymous (2)Aquinnah/GayHead Community Association, Inc.Joan C. BowmanTess & Kib BramhallKarin & David BrownThe Hon. Ann W. Brown & Donald A. BrownJohn M. CallagySis CarrollGeoghan CooganThomas J. DooleyThe Doran Family Charitable FoundationFarm Neck FoundationGail FarrishRon Gault & Charlayne Hunter-GaultNeil & Margot GoodwinThomas Hale & Margie Haven Hale

Charlotte I. HallMartin & Joanne HomlishThomas C. IsraelVernon & Ann JordanPeter Lawson-JohnstonDouglas Leavens & Judy David

Barbara Fish LeeBritta & Jeremy Lloyd Barbara & Robert LunbeckMartha’s Vineyard Savings BankPeter S. McGheeJeffrey & Jacqueline MorbyLouise H. NeuhoffLiz & Frank NewmanPeter Norris & Amy RugelOur Island ClubPaul & Jill RuddockRon & Jill SargentJudith Scheuer & Joseph MellickerJohn P. SchleyJoan Margot SmithGeorge & Joan ThomasDr. & Mrs. P. Roy VagelosAmy & John WeinbergDon & Pat Wilks

$500 to $999Anonymous (4)Nan BaconJules Bernstein & Linda LipsettDr. & Mrs. Robert S. BlacklowRonald & Elizabeth CampbellMalcolm O. & Jeanne V. CampbellRichard Canty & Hope WoodhouseKevin & Joan CareyMichael CarusoThe Catboat Association, Inc.Adrienne Childs

Mr. & Mrs. Leo ConveryCox Family Fund of the Community Foundation of New JerseyMatthew DeSalvoCraig & Betsy DrippsEdgartown National BankSkip & Karen FinleyWilliam A. & Prudence A. Finn Mauri & Bob FlanaganJoAnn & Jack FruchtmanRobyn & Dale GarthEric & Molly GlasgowMelvin Glimcher & Karin WetmoreMimi & Peter Haas FundEdwin & Ellen Harley Family FundTom & Meg HealeyGlenn & Linda HearnSteve HenshawLinda & Gerald JonesAmalie M. KassNancy M. KingsleyCharles & Heather KlinckDr. Deirdre A. Ling & Mr. Edward H. RussellAnne & Monique Apparel, LLCCaroline & Bob MaruskaGraham A. MarxDrs. William Meehan & Laura RoebuckNancy MorrisDavid NathansJohn & Prudence NoonProf. Mary Beth NortonPeter & Gwen NortonWilliam & Lia PoorvuThomas & Ann M. PrebilEarle & DiAnn RayDon Reese & Laurie WalkerMr. & Mrs. Grosvenor H. L. RichardsonJim & Judy RichardsonChristopher Righter & Judy ThomsonPatricia & John RodgersBrad & Gail RodneyMr. & Mrs. E. Burke Ross, JrThe Rotary of Martha’s Vineyard Charitable Foundation, Inc.Margot & Russ SalisburyPamela SavareseCharles & Martha SchmidtPeter & Lee ScottJane Seagrave & John KennedyTod & Kate SedgwickDick Sherman

Ron & Carol ShilakesCarol H. SlocumSouth Mountain Company FoundationSwartz FoundationCatherine A. ThompsonSamme ThompsonCape & Island Tennis & Track David B. VietorAnne & Warren VoseSam & Linda WarrinerPaul & Diane WattsJim WilliamsPreston N. & Constance W. WilliamsEdwin & Jeanne Woods

$250 to $499Anonymous (2)John & Chris AbramsBonnie & Carl AkinsTerry Appenzellar & John CaldwellDorothea Arnold

Mr. & Mrs. James BeachEdward & Janice BelisleNat & Pam BenjaminClaire R. BennettNicholas BolognaDoris & Reginald BrownRichard Burt & Nancy CramerDavid & Virginia ButtersDudley Cannada & Russell BridgesGertrude CarterAnn CharnleyBob & Fran ClayBertram & Rosalie CohenPaula ConoverCrews EnterprisesSherrie Cutler & Robert DonahueRon & Judith DavenportDianne & Thomas A. DurawaJohn & Patricia DurfeeAlan & Suzanne DworskyStephanie & David EisenbergH. Thomas FisherMr. & Mrs. David H. Frantz, Jr.Martha Ann Gagnon

Anne GallagherChet & Betsy GibsonAlan GowellJoyce & Peter GravesGreg & Elise Green Thomas “Wilke” GreenTimothy & Ellen GuineySusan M. HalbyAlbert & April HamelJoan HanKatherine C. HastingsCharles Hodge, Jr.Kathy Coe & Tom HollingerDorothy M. HopkinsAnthony Horwitz & Geraldine BrooksJohn & Melissa T. HowlandSarah Jane Hughes & A. James BarnesMartha E. HumbertBruce & Genevieve JeffreysKaren Keane & Dan EliasCarol & Jerome P. KenneyMr. & Mrs. Edward T. KenyonMichael B. KraftFrank & Kathleen LauingerWilliam Leete & Gerry LongoJohn & Martha LeiteSidney & Pauline LevyTim & Joan LitleJoe & Deborah LoughreyWalter Lynch & Mary WallJames & Madeleine McKayDrs. Irwin & Ruth MerkatzRobert & Susan MorrisonTheresa MorrisonWarren & Judith MorseCarroll MoshierJudy NewboldMara Williams OakesLeslie A. O’Brien & Kenneth WilliamsJean F. O’ReillyF. Story Osborne & Pamela KuhnDan & Betsy PfauBud & Chari PolleyEllen M. Poss, M.D.Microsoft Matching Gift ProgramMary Jo & Richard RestonHenry ReuschLucile C. RichardsCurtis & Earline RichardsonBrooks RobardsDavid & Sharon Robinson

Juliana & Roger RogersJohn RosenmillerFelicia RoworthLouis M. RusitzkyLucky City Knits Sandpiper RealtySandra SayersJohn W. SchottElizabeth & Stephen ScottMr. & Mrs. James ShaneArthur & Sandra SpielvogelDan & Mary StantonEdward Sternick & Andrea QuigleyLawrence E. StewartCarolyn Blackwell StoeberMarcus & Geniel StrockWilliam StyronDr. & Mrs. Louis W. SullivanThe Hon. John & Mary SullivanPatricia SullivanEd & Claudia SwanAndrea TaylorFranklin A. Thomas & Kate R. WhitneyThree Island’s LLCBerta & Vernon WelchNancy WhippleAgnes N. WilliamsJohn Parker WillisDenys & Marilyn Wortman

$100 to $249Anonymous (9)Brian & Nancy-Alyce AbbottJonas Peter AkinsCynthia Alten-DeLottoLouise Todd AmblerMrs. Priscilla O. AmbroseMrs. David AmesBruce AndrewsHector AsselinGeorge & Debby AthearnJim & Debbie AthearnRalph & Natalie BartlettJennifer BatesTom D. BennettMarge Hiatt BernsteinGeoffrey & Barbara BerresfordRobert L. BerryLouise & Henry BessireRobert & Katharine BigelowThomas C. Block & Dorothy L. PooleWoody & Susie BowmanElizabeth Roberts & Alexander Boyle

Tom & Judith BrackenH. Harding BrownPolly BrownJudy & Bob Bruguiere Walter & Judith BungeJulia BurgessCharles ButlerDr. & Mrs. James D. ButterickC.B. Stark JewelersDan & Nancy CabotLisa CammaranoLawrence S. Carlton, M.D.Dorothy F. ChaffeeTom & Cathy ChaseChilmark Historical CommissionJim & Margaret ChirgwinBenjamin & Susanne ClarkMargaret P. CloseDale S. CollinsonKatharine & Frazier Colon

Carolyn & John ConnorsWilliam B. ConwayPatricia K. CorreiaMr. & Mrs. Timothy E. CoyMary CraryPete & Alice CruikshankRuss & Sally DagnallDavid Dandridge & Nancy WeaverMimi Davisson & Steve EnghRobert C. & Barbara DayArne & Helen de KeijzerJames DearingTimothy G. Delaney & Katherine PutnamDavid & Frederica DimmickMichael & Maria DinwoodieDavid A. DiriwachterCaroline G. DonnellyPeter & Adele DreyerCeleste M. DrouinAndrea & Michael DubroffSanford P. DumainNancy & Lee DunhamThomas DunlopMarcel & Charlotte DurotJohn & Nancy Etherington

Elaine EugsterKaren FactoryMorton & Bevely Fearey Richard & Marcia FennMorris & Pamela FlamHans FleischnerJohn FlenderChuck & Lisa GarabedianRobert & Bonnie GeorgeGertrude M. GoffJoel GoldsteinAnn GordonMr. & Mrs. Ralph GravesElizabeth & Lee GuittarJohn J. & Marsha L. GulloJohn & Margaret HagerCharles & Joyce HallMarcia Hammerslag & Anne BarnettKate & Fred HancockJohn & Ute HargreavesMr. & Mrs. George HartmanHelen & Sandy HavensDan & Dodie HeadingtonMildred HendersonRobert & Constance HickeyDonald & Mary Ellen HillSam & Jennifer HockingHomemakers Club of Oak BluffsMichael HorvitzJ. William H. HudginsJohn T. HughesPaul HughesFrancie Ennis IrvineBarbara IrwinAndrew & Ellen JacknainRobert & Annchen JacksonMargaret JacksonRex & Scarlet JarrellWalter Jewett, Jr.Dr. Everett JonesMargaret JordanMichael & Sandy JoyceSue Kantrowitz & Mark HalperinDaniel & Renee KaplanMichael & Ellen KaplanAnn KarnovskyDaniel KarnovskyBayard KellamStephanie & Robert KingRobert B. KleinPatricia M. KnappTom & Suellen KnightRalph M. Krause & Marianne Schuelein

Pamela L. KubbinsDeborah P. Langston, M. D.Joie Lemaitre Bruce & Jean LewellynPatricia G. LewisVCJ Property LLCRalph & Joan LowellMaggie & Paul MacCowatt

Duncan MacDonaldSusan M. MacKayJohn & Irene MacKentyDebbie L. MandelkerRamon ManglanoElizabeth A. MansureWalter E. Margie, Jr.Gregory R. MarselloMartha’s Vineyard Insurance AgencyFrank McCullochDonald McKillopCarolyn T. MedgyesyRoy MeekinsElaine MillerGeorge S.B. MorganVirginia L. MortaraAlexander & Joohee MuromcewGeorge MurrayDaniel NalvenMansfield & Cheryle NealHeather Neill & Pat LackeySusan S. NelsonAtheline Wilbur NixonS. Bailey NortonFrank & Marianna O’BrienGloria O’ConnellHeather C. O’HaraHerman PageSusan & Jeff ParkerBetty PearsonMary Jane Austin PeaseShawn A. PeaseAnn & Frank J. PellegrinoJane R. PetersLandon PetersMrs. Charles F. Phillips, Jr.James & Elizabeth PickmanDan PlaineEverett Poole

Richard & Ellen PriceNancy PurnellPeggy & Rick Quagliaroli Charity RandolphEdwin Reade, IIICreighton & Heather ReedAlan & Lynn RetickRalph P. RigbyMartin J. Sbriglio, RNJane & John A. Roberts, Jr. Eileen & Rupert RobinsonEdward & Sally RorerEmily & Ronnie RoseElizabeth K SalmondPatricia P. SandsRobert Sbriglio, MDLinda N. SchapiroLinda SchlageterPaul SchultzDouglas SewardGeorge & Isabel ShattuckMrs. Edward M. ShepardJohn S. SiffertJanet SiglerJulie SkinnerWoollcott & Leah SmithLeigh B. SmithFrank SnyderKathy & Joe Sollitto, Jr.Valerie Sonnenthal & Ed GrazdaDawn C. SpeerBonnie StacyKarin StanleyEdward StarrJohn S. Stephens & Penelope UhlendorfLin & Neal StrohmeyerPriscilla B. SummersSunderland PrintingSara R. ThibaultAnne ThompsonDavid B. TiltonAnna Lowell TomlinsonVictoria Towers-D’IstefanoChilmark Associates TrustJanice P. Van RiperMaurice & Netty VanderpolJoseph Sequeira VeraElizabeth St. John VillardThe Vineyard GazetteDonna Vose & Gregory PalermoBrad WallsAnnaBell WashburnWaynesburg University

Alex WeinerDonna & Neil WeismanJames H. Weiss Granville & Lynne Powell WhiteHarold WhiteErnest WhitmoreDavid & Betsy WiceAlan Willens & El EdwardsDoris I. WilliamsRez Williams Richard WilliamsChristine & Forrest WilliamsonNancy & Wink WinkelmanE. A. WinnetteSarah WinterbottomFrances WoerpelJacob & Nancy Wolf-RosengartenAnda Woodward & Richard LindahlJason WrightMead & Ann WymanDavid & Pamela Young

$1 to $99Anonymous (12)S. James & Mary T. AdelsteinDr. Gerald & Ms. Corinne AdlerJane Becker & James AdlerNancy AhnerAllen County Public Library

Arthur & Mary Stewart AllenBarbara A. AlmquistFrank & Pamela AmazeenAmerican Antiquarian SocietyJ. Robert AndrewsMary Anne AngeloneJane Harris AshJohn Nickerson AthearnJudy AthearnJesse AusubelSusan BabbBarbara A. BabcockGeorge BalcoRenee BalterDorothy K. BangsJanet F. BankJohn & Julia BanksClarence A. Barnes III

Tim & Elaine Barnett Robert & Kathryn BarrettBruce BarrowJohn Barry, IIIAnn BassettPhoenix BeckerSuzan J. BellincampiBarbara BergstrandNancy BermudesJudith BettencourtDeborah BianchiKelsey & Sissy BiggersBrianna BinghamCharles & Nancy BlankRichard BlankenshipJulie Blaut & Ned DeweesHelen H. BowringJohn R. Breckenridge & Barbara A. BaskinAlan BrigishNada & Philip BrillanteBonnie BrooksJohn & Jytte BrooksRichard R. W. BrooksCarolyn R. BrownDavid & Deborah BrownDeborah A. BrownLauren Brown & John HerzanPatricia Brown, R.N.I. Thomas BuckleyLois & Peter BundyDr. & Mrs. Padraic BurnsOtis E. BurtRebecca BusselleClare W. CallardPaul & Ann CarbonneauJohn A. CareyGlenn & Mary Jane Carpenter

Arne CarrNancy CarrollEthel J. ChapmanJeff ChapmanPhilip H. ChapmanRalph Chiumenti & Audrey WeissbornCarol I. ChristensenShirley ChristophersDouglas & Nancy Clark

Thomas & Lynda CoffillTimothy B. CoganNancy Cole & Peter RodegastJames & Susan ColeSusan CollinsToby & Nancy CondliffeFred Condon & Carlene GattingMrs. Hobart A. H. CookWilliam & Kathleen CostanzaMarguerite CottleKimberly CottrillRoss & Katherine CowanShirley CraigNancy S. CramerAdelaide M. CromwellFlorence O. CrossMargaret Curtin & John BestJames CurtisMichael W. CutlerStacey & Bruce DanzigerCarolyn F. DawkinsCarol DeanowChris & Nelia DeckerRiley DeebleCarol Carr DellPeter DeVitoNancy A. DeWolfRhoda DiamondPhilip R. DietterichLynn DitchfieldRichard M. DivverMarie & Joe DoeblerSteven & Patricia DonovanWylie & Scott DoughtyMrs. Robert C. DowleyJamie DoyleDiane DrakeJudith Draper & Randall PerrineTom & Joyce DresserJohn & Dorothy DropickSandy & Charlotte EarleThe Rev. Norman C. EddyEdgartown Public LibraryRay & Teddie EllisJohn C. EmeryPollyann J. EminJennifer Estabrook & James McNeelyEd EvansWilliam R. EverdellWinnie EyrickJoanna M. FairchildRodney D. FarrowRobert & Martha FarwellCarooine & Reiner Fenske

Nancy Ferguson Doreen FiedlerOliver & Moira FilleyCharles FinnertyAnne FisherDaphne V. FisherFlanders Up-Island Real EstateGraeme & Judith FlandersPhilip D. FleischmanCarol & Richard Fligor

Ruth L. FlinnAnn FloydSean FlynnDonald H. Foley & FamilyVasska & Tarni FondrenDavid Russell FosterArthur & Michelle FoytDennis & Catherine FrancisGeoffrey R. FreemanElaine P. FrostKathryn E. FullerRobert F. Gagel & Margo CoxMr. & Mrs. Stewart D. GagerZelda F. GamsonRosemary & Robert GattiJane W. GenthJoe GervaisWilliam E. GilmourLouis Jos. GiordanoKaren M. GirouardRam & Mrudulla GnanadesikanMr. & Mrs. Clark M. GoffKen Goldberg & Caroline TaylorSusan Sachs GoldmanLes & Carol GoldsteinJeannette GonsalvesMeverell & Anne GoodEstherann Grace. M. D.Bonita Craft GrantMary Jane GrantJoyce & Rick GreenDaniel W. Greenbaum & Anne BarryRichmond L. GreeneEdwin H. GreenebaumChristina GreulichRichard & Carol Gross

Donald J. Guiney Benjamin L. Hall, Jr.Judith HalseyLibby HandrosGary HarcourtJamie HarrisPreston G. HarrisHarvard College LibraryMelissa Haskell Gerald & Terry HassJerry HawkeJane P. HawkesRoy HayesRichard J HazeltonJudith A. HemenwayMr. & Mrs. John A. HerdegLyn & Rick HerrickJulie M. HigdonChelsea FundRobert P. Hockmuth, MDAnn B. HollisterNorma N. Holmes & Walter Hunziker, Jr.Brenda HorriganLouise C. HortonAndrew P. HoulahanShirley HowellPaul HowesWeston Howland, IIIRobert H. HughesJulia HumphreysMary HunterRobert & Elizabeth HussRichard A. HutchinsonMr. & Mrs. R. A. IadiciccoVictoria JacksonElizabeth Patricia James PerryFrank JenningsBarbara JonesPeter & Carol JonesVirginia Crowell JonesSusan JoyceSallyann KakasPaul Karasik & Marsha WinsrygNancy Kass & Sean TunisGeorge & Christine KatilusBill & Karen KaufmannJohn Keene & Hillary Noyes-KeeneMargaret V. KelleyDeborah KellyClara B. KennedyAl & Mary KenworthyJohn & Eleanor KetchamEmma Kiley

William Kingsbury & Laura FreemanSandra KingstonDavid Kleeman & Palmer Marrin KleemanLewis & Lucie KleinhansJoseph R. KlettAdele Bogart Fitzpatrick Fund of the Greater Cincinnati FoundationMichael Kogen Mrs. K. William KolbePaul E. KonigHenry & Joan KriegsteinKulhanjian Strauch FamilySara KurthJ. Marcel LaFlamme & Carol A. SwiechGerald T. LaMarqueElise LeBovitAbigail LehnerF. Andrew & Constance Leslie

Dudley LevickDr. Robert & Barbara LevineMitchel & Gloria LevitasPaul & Linda LevyStuart LevyRuth D. LewinAlbert T. LewisKenneth G. LewisChilmark Public LibraryCornell University LibraryCarl Lidel, USN (Ret.)William Lidgerwood & Elizabeth EddySarah S. LindNorman & Kathy LobbGlen & Kathleen LovejoyMark Alan LovewellBetsy LoweMark F. LucierJudith N. LundAndrew A. LundgrenRobert & Ralinda LurieKathryn LynchMelanie LyttleM.V. Buyer Agents

Thomas H. & Anne L. MacCowattJune James MacDonaldJessie MageauGeorge & Priscilla MagnusonRuth MajorEdward J. Marcoux III & FamilyNada MartecchiniAnne Mayhew Betsey & Jack MayhewShirley MayhewJean McCarthy Peter McCormickChristine McCormickElizabeth H. McDonnellMary & Jay McElroyAnne R. McGannLinda McGuireStan & Marie MercerSharon MillerStephen & Christina MillerMichael & Cathy MinkiewiczMr. & Mrs. M. J. MintzEllinor R. MitchellMaria MoodyRonald MooreJohn & Caroline Y. MooreFred B. Morgan, Jr.John & Debbie MotleyWes & Sandy MottChris & Barbara MurphyGeorge MurphyVirginia M. MurrayKatherine C. NaylorJudith P. NeeldPeter NelsonDexter NerneyJoy H. NeubertNora & Tony NevinNew York Public LibrarySally Anne NicholasRobert & Diane NichollsNancy Huntington NitchieMary M. NorthropGinger Norton & Doug RuskinOak Duke Norton, Jr.Philip & Jane NortonOak Bluffs Public LibraryMr. & Mrs. Arthur ObermayerTrisha O’ConnellTony & Sue O’ConnorMichelle O’GradyDavid & Margaret OliveiraRichard OlsonStephen C. Olsson

Shumway FamilyRalph & June ShunkEdwin L. Sibert, Jr.Joseph SieberStan & Lois SingerSkinner Auctioneers & AppraisersRobert H. Smith, Jr.M. Trika Smith-Burke Gretchen SnyderMaxwell & Jo SoletSally & Hans SolmssenCarolyn & Arthur SpenglerRichard R. SpillmanJohn F. SpindlerLionel & Vivian SpiroRobert & Mary St. GermainMargaret SteeleMatthew J. & Beryl O. Stephens

Kathryn B. StewartHans & Alma StiboltRuth C. StillerAlison Kern, Leigh & John StitzerJack & Pamela StreetDana & Marin StreetJohn & Charlotte SuhlerBille Jean SullivanPaul & Sue SullivanRick SulloPriscilla L. SylviaYvonne SylviaJohn & Judith TankardAlice & Snowden TaylorDerrick B. TeelMarianne H. ThomasDonald & Marie ThompsonStephen & Francine Zorn TrachtenbergK.B. TravinksyNancy TrimperJill TylerPatricia A. TyraSusan D. UltanJanet & Ted UrbanPatricia R. VanderwarkerPatricia W. VannA. Bowdoin Van RiperVineyard Haven Public LibraryElizabeth Vorenberg

Dr. & Mrs. Michael WalkensteinMarjorie A. WallerBarbara WalshDuncan & Jocelyn WaltonMargaret WarnkeDonald WarrinGail & John WassonWilliam Waterway Carl WattEllen WeissBasil L. WelchWendy Weldon Rolfe & Sara WennerKristina WestArlen WestbrookMargot S. WestonHope A. WhippleEwart & Kathryn WhiteDon WidmayerJane WilbutHenry & Jane WileyRichard & Christine Williams Cari WilliamsonDavid & Susan WilsonWisconsin Historical SocietyCarl & Gabriella WoeseTrude WolfarthEck WolffJames & Janet WolffBeverly WrightW. Redwood WrightLawrence R. ZielinskiAmy ZimetJane W. ZimmermanKarl R. Zimmermann

Gifts Received in Memory ofElizabeth DickinsonFrank E. McKayDorothy Cottle PooleArthur R. RailtonHugh SchwarzGary M. WilliamsEstelle Zimet

Gifts Received in Honor ofElizabeth & David BeimNicholas & Piraye BeimMr. & Mrs. Hugh KnipmeyerChris & Sheila MorseJim & Sonya Norton

Sissy Pie OriginalsDuncan & Elizabeth OsborneJ. B. Riggs ParkerPeabody Essex MuseumEdward C. PeasePatricia PeaseGoldfarb PeriodicalsJoan Perrine Audrey PerryWendy & JD PerryDr. Pearlie PetersDick & “Sue” PewPhillips HardwareThomas PikeDavid Pincus, MDMajic & Beverly PotsaidHarriet PotterEdith W. PotterShirley K. PowersJonathan R. PreviantMarcella & Glenn ProvostCarol E. RamsayWilliam K. ReaganMalcolm W. Reed, Jr.Peter L. ReganLois RemmerMattye T. ReymontTimothy & Laurisa RichJames RivardBetty & John W. RobertsNorman F. RobinsonMarjorie M. RogersTweed RooseveltMrs. Julius Rosenwald IIWallace C. RossEugene RustStephen & Kathleen SalvoTom SannicandroJoseph Scanga & Barbara RabinowitzTony & Denise SchepiciRonnee & Heidi SchultzHugh W. SchwarzRob SearleMargaret SerpaDonald & Constance ShanorMark & Susan SheaHenry C. Shelley, Jr.Mike & Sarah ShepardJames Shepherd & Anne Besse-SheperdEthel Sherman & Mrs. James E. ShiveProf. Nancy ShoemakerVera Shorter

2011 Museum Volunteers

Over 120 volunteers dedicated their valuable time to assist with the library, visitor services, curatorial projects, education projects, oral history, special events, lighthouses and other areas of Museum activities. Our Museum, like so many others, depends on volunteers to fulfill our mission. They can be justly proud of what they accomplished in 2011. We thank them for all their hard work and dedication.

Marsha AhearnBarbara AlmquistInas Al-soqiDotti ArnoldJeremey BalanoJulie BankJessica BarkerJanice BelislePam BesseJohn BestVicki BolognaLynn BrunoSamuel BryantPam ButterickRosemary CaseyCarmine CeroneKathy CerulloMelissa ClayRuth CoganHelen ColvinPaula ConoverAlison ConveryBonnie ConwayBonite Craft GrantHenry CurtisMargaret CurtisSarah DarsignyCarol DellDiane DrakeDianne DurawaPatricia Durfee

Carolyn EddyBelinda EichlerWills EttingerGail FarrishPaige FitzgeraldJohn FullerMauren FullerSarah FullerJulian GarbersonSteve GarthRosemary GattiMary GentleAlice GoyertSharon GrahamMolly HoughtonOlsen HoughtonBarbara HowellThomas HuberSarah HutchesonDiana JacksonMidge JacobsKaren JaffeGenevieve JefferiesTyler JohnsonNorma JonesTara KeeganPeg KelleyShirley KennedyEllie KetchamJoan KochianKate Koreto

Jean LaPlanteKay LeairdJoie LeMaitreJane LionAnna LittlefieldCaroline MaruskaJack MayhewKay MayhewEllen McCluskeyCaroline McDowellDonald McGregorKaren McGregorDeborah MeddersJudith MillerShirlee MillerDottie MillsSarah MonastPat MontrawlBarbara MurphyChris MurphyEmmaline NathansCheryl NealNora NevinJane NortonTom PikeAlistair RizzaJack RizzaLeslie RizzaJuliana RogersRobert RogersBrendan Rome

Elise RyanMargot SalisburySandy SayersLee ScottPeter ScottJack ShannonKristin ShawAnne ShepardBarbara SilkSusan SilkMargaret SkinnerCaitlin SmithKathy SmithSundy SmithCarolyn SpenglerSandra SpielvogleCarolyn StoeberBess StoneOlga SymeonoglouKathy TateWinifred TateRise TierneyPat TyraScotty VailAnne VoseBarbara WalshMaddie WebsterMargot WestonCarol WhitmarshTrude WolfarthMinah Worley

2011 AccessionsArchival materials relating to Martha’s VineyardGift of Catherine and Donald Mayhew, Vineyard Haven

Seat from Union Chapel, Oak BluffsMuseum curators collected

Braided rug made by Mabel Johnson c. 1950. 34” diameterGift of Judith Cook, Sherborn, MA, in memory of Alice Forbes Howland

Painting, oil on canvas, Federated Church minister’s house, Edgartown Donald Carrick (1929 - 1989) c. 1980Gift of Carol Carrick, West Tisbury

Books, photograph albums, and postcards relating to the Charles Gilbert Hine family property on Cedar Neck, Vineyard Haven.Gift of Sally Sotirovich, Glen Head, NY

Kayak designed by Erford BurtGift of Graham Flanders, Chilmark

Letters relating to the Luce family. Some from Benjamin Luce, 20th Mass. Infantry Co. I, Civil War.Gift of Seth Goodhart, Lexington, VA

Scrimshaw tooth from the whale-ship Mary’s 1836 voyage.Gift of Sarah Ambrose, Maynard, MA, in memory of Nancy and Ed Ambrose

Glass milk bottle from the MV Co-op Dairy, Inc. Gift of Craig Bingman, Beaver Springs, PA

Suit belonging to Alfred Eisenstaedt; viseodisc of “Vineyard Voice” episodesGift of Willian Waterway Marks, Edgartown

Music for “The Martha’s Vineyard National Anthem”Gift of Barbara St. Pierre, Vineyard Haven

38 Photographs taken on Martha’s Vineyard by Henry Gund (1909 - 1974) around the 1940sGift of Gretchen Gund, San Rafael, CA

DVD of Ted Morgan speaking about his WWII experiences. Filmed by Debby Field 12/15/2010.Gift of Ted Morgan, Edgartown

Bible of Richard Holly FisherGift of the Freyer family, Keene, NH

Postcards of the Marine Hospital, Vineyard HavenGift of Alison and Leo Convery, Edgartown

Plan of Aldworth Heights, Vineyard Haven, MA. 1913Gift of Peter and Gwen Norton, New York, NY

Watercolor of Menemsha by Ruth Appeldoorn Mead (1894-1994)Gift of William Creighton Reed, Greenwich, CT

Miscellaneous records pertaining to the Martha’s Vineyard Agricul-tural Society. Most of the records are entry forms and related mate-rial for the Agricultural Fair, but there are some Society records and meeting minutes.Gift of the Martha’s Vineyard Agricultural Society, West Tisbury

Photograph album containing pho-tographs of relatives of the donor, including Charles Holley Vincent, Kathleen Matthews, Alice O’Brien Vincent, Mary Katherine Vincent, and Phillip Smith Vincent. Photo-graphs were taken around 1918.Gift of Peg Kelley, Edgartown

Fellows family (Edgartown) papers dating from the late 1700s through the 1850s.Gift of Mrs. B. Caulkins Clark, Grosse Pointe Farms, MI

Letter from Alfred Eisenstaedt to Henry Beetle Hough and Elizabeth Bowie Hough, 1955; photograph of Alfted Eisenstaedt taken by Alison Shaw, 1987.Gift of Alison Shaw, Oak Bluffs

A collection of records, newspaper clippings, bills, etc. pertaining to the former Lambert’s Cove Meth-odist Episcopal Church, which operated form 1946 through 2000. Papers date from 1965, with most from 1997 through 2001.Gift of Ed and Barbara Child, Vineyard Haven

Archival materials relating to the United Methodist Church of Martha’s VineyardGift of the United Methodist Church of Martha’s Vineyard

42 snapshots of Martha’s Vineyard in the 1930s and 1940s. Primarily Edgartown.Gift of Karen L. Nelson, Shrewsbury, MA

Archival materials and objects relating to the conservation of the Civil War Memorial in Oak BluffsGift of Suasn and David Wilson, Oak Bluffs

Martha’s Vineyard FlagGift of Barry Carroll, Lake Forest, IL

24 snapshots of Martha’s Vineyard c. 1950sGift of Thomas Thatcher, Vineyard Haven

Woman’s jacket of black figured silk, c. 1870 - 1880. Five stereo views of Martha’s Vineyard subjects.Gift of Nancy Cole, West Tisbury

Oral Histories

In addition to the objects, art, and archives given this year, the Museum’s Oral History Cura-tor Linsey Lee has collected oral histories from the following Vineyarders. We are grateful for their generosity in sharing their stories.

Ed AbbeClifton AthearnDorothy Bangs Rosalie BassettAlma Benson Dick BrownPhronsie Conlin Ruth Cronig Charles deChallusFrancis Fisher Al HurwitzTip KenyonTed MeineltNeila Monteira Elisha SmithRose TreatOlive Tomlinson Maria Villiamizar Leona White

Lithograph by Thomas Hart Ben-ton: “Island Hay,”signed by the artists. Published by Associated American Artists in 1945.Gift of Chrissy and Eric Miller,Baltimore, Maryland

Sketches of WWII combat and military scenes and military personnel done by Al Hurwitz, Marine Unit Artist, in the European theater.Gift of Al Hurwitz, Chilmark, in memory of Helen Trillus Hurwitz

Historical periodicals with Vineyard-related articlesGift of Skip Finley, Oak Bluffs

Plan of Aldworth Heights, Vineyard Haven, MA. 1913Gift of Peter and Gwen Norton, New York, NY

Historical materials from the West Tisbury GrangeGift of the West Tisbury Grange

Harpers Weekly 2/2/1884, includes City of Columbus wreck storyGift of Nis Kildegaard, Edgartown

Print of scanned 1940 photograph showing Benjamin Hoar in front of fishing shack at DikeGift of Ann Hoar Floyd, Chappaquiddick

Historical periodicals with Vineyard-related articlesGift of Skip Finley, Oak Bluffs

Portrait of Claire Duys painted in 1981 by Stanley Murphy. Oil on canvas.Gift of Beatrice Frantz, Vineyard Haven, MA

Board of Directors

Sheldon Hackney, Chairman James B. Richardson, III, Vice Chair Gail Farrish, Secretary Paul Watts, Treasurer Elizabeth Beim Nat Benjamin John Botts Marcia Mulford Cini James T. Curtis John R. Ettinger Lorna Giles Charlotte Hall Mark Charles Lapman Mark Snider Elizabeth Hawes Weinstock Berta Welch Denys Wortman Dirk Ziff

Honorary Directors

Thomas Hale John A. Howland

Non-Board Committee Volunteers

Richard Burt Barry Carroll Paula Conover Alison Convery Craig Dripps Douglas Leavens Chris Morse Chris Murphy Henry Stephenson James Tuck Davis Weinstock Preston Williams

MV Museum Board & Staff

Staff

David Nathans, Executive Director

Jessica Barker, Assistant Manager of Development and Membership Services Brianna Bingham, Administrative Coordinator Anna Carringer, Assistant Curator Nancy Cole, Education Director Noelle Colome, Interim Development Director Helen Doherty, Summer Events Coordinator Katy Fuller, Marketing, Membership and Events Manager Linsey Lee, Oral History Curator Betsey Mayhew, Finance Director Catherine Merwin Mayhew, Genealogist Chris Murphy, Vanity Skipper Dawna Phaneuf, Housekeeper Bonnie Stacy, Chief Curator Dana Costanza Street, Assistant Librarian Charles Tucy, Caretaker Susan Wilson, Editor of the Dukes County Intelligencer

Summer 2012 Interns

Erica Alkin, Education Lauren Carey, Curatorial Helen Doherty, Marketing and Special Events Allison Ford, Marketing and Special Events Rebecca Gilligan, Education Christine Hill, Curatorial Jesse Landy, Library/Archives Heather Lee, Development Jackson Murphy, Curatorial Joshua Pitt, Library/Archives Meg Showalt, Education Kara Stitcher, Library/Archives

* As of August 1, 2012.