The One Hundred and Ninety Second Annual Meeting

Of

The Rhode Island Historical Society

Wednesday, November 13, 2013

5:30 P.M.

Aldrich House 110 Benevolent Street Providence, RI 02906

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2013 Annual Meeting

Of

The Rhode Island Historical Society

Agenda Call to Order and Welcome Barry G. Hittner, Esq. Chair Treasurer’s Report James P. Loring, CPA, CFA Treasurer Nominating Committee Report & Barry G. Hittner, Esq. Election of Officers and Trustees, Nominating Committee Chair 2013-2014 2012-2013: The Year in Review C. Morgan Grefe, Ph.D. Executive Director New Business Barry G. Hittner, Esq. Chair Presentation Finding a Homeplace: Black Women Clergy Planting Roots in the Church Reverend Kirstin Boswell-Ford Associate University Chaplain for the Protestant Community at Brown University Closing Remarks Barry G. Hittner, Esq. Chair

Please join us for a reception following the close of business.

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SPEAKING PROGRAM

Finding a Homeplace: Black Women Clergy Planting Roots in the Church

Guest Speaker: Reverend Kirstin Boswell-Ford, Associate Chaplain for the Protestant Community at Brown University

Reverend Kirstin Boswell-Ford is an American Baptist clergy-woman and holds a Master of Divinity from the University of Chicago Divinity School. She is currently completing a doctoral dissertation in the Department of Anthropology and Sociology of Religion at the University of Chicago Divinity School. Her writing focuses on analyzing the call narratives of African American clergywomen, and examining how they successfully or unsuccessfully navigate the societal and denominational barriers that impact their ability to feel as if they have been faithful to their vocational yearnings. Before coming to Brown she was Protestant Chaplain at Bentley University and the Director of Operations for the International Association of Black Religions and Spiritualities, an international non-profit organization based at the University of Chicago Divinity School. Reverend Boswell-Ford has also served in congregational ministry for the last 10 years, and is currently on the pastoral staff of Union Baptist Church in Cambridge, MA.

Reverend Boswell-Ford is married to Reverend Paul Robeson Ford, Senior Pastor of Union Baptist Church in Cambridge, MA, and together they are raising their three children.

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Nominations of the 2013-2014 Board Term Officers Nominated for Term of One Year

For Chair: Barry G. Hittner, Esq. Counselor at Law For Vice Chair: James P. Loring, CPA, CFA Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer Senior Vice President Amica For Treasurer: Nancy K. Cassidy Executive Counsel Textron, Inc.

For Secretary: Sylvia E. Brown Philanthropy & Donor Advisor Brown & Fischer

Trustee Nominated for Second Three Year Term Barbara K. Hart Vice President Special Assets Washington Trust Company

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Trustees Nominated for Initial Term of Three Years Jillian Folger-Hartwell Attorney at Law Littler Mendelsen PC Christopher Hurd Owner Hurd AutoMall Edward Iannuccilli, M.D. Physician and Writer Alexandra Pezzello Attorney at Law Partridge Snow & Hahn Brenda H. Senak Senior Vice President, Risk Management Washington Trust Company The Honorable William E. Smith District Court Judge District of Rhode Island Polly Talbott Independent consultant and community volunteer

Trustee Nominated for Term of Two Years Mike Ritz Executive Director Leadership Rhode Island

Trustees Nominated for a Return Term of Three Years Winifred E. Brownell, Ph.D. Dean of Arts and Sciences University of Rhode Island Theodore W. Smalletz Chief Financial Officer Gloria Duchin, Inc.

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Board of Trustees, Officers, Members and Chairs 2012-2013

Officers and Executive Committee Barry G. Hittner, Esq. Counselor at Law Chair William S. Simmons, Ph.D. Professor of Anthropology, Brown University First Vice Chair Luther W. Spoehr, Ph.D. Senior Lecturer, Department of Education and History, Brown University Second Vice Chair James P. Loring, CPA, CFA Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer Senior Vice President Amica Insurance Treasurer Sylvia E. Brown Philanthropy & Donor Advisor, Brown & Fischer Secretary Trustees at Large The Hon. Roger N. Begin Sales Director BNY Mellon Wealth Management Mr. Anthony Calandrelli President American Ring Company, Inc.

Nancy K. Cassidy, Esq. Executive Counsel Textron, Inc. The Hon. Robert G. Flanders, Jr., Esq. Partner, Hinckley, Allen & Snyder LLP George M. Goodwin, Ph.D. Independent Historian Ms. Barbara K. Hart Vice President Special Assets Washington Trust Company Peter Karczmar, MD Physician Coastal Medical Mr. Keith Kelly Senior Vice President RBS Citizens, Corporate Banking Group Kathryn B. Mandel, CPA Partner Mandel & Tracy, LLC Mr. Robert J. Manning President, Grays Point Investments LLC Carolyn P. Medina, Esq. Project Manager Women's Development Corporation

Mr. Robert G. Padula, CPCU, ARM Chief Executive Officer Gencorp Insurance Group Ms. Marisa Quinn Vice President of Public Affairs & University Relations Brown University Mr. Mike Ritz Executive Director Leadership Rhode Island Ms. Barbara J. Thornton, AIA Partner, Brewster Thornton Group Architects LLP Trustee Ex-Officio Mr. Thomas R. Evans State Librarian, State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantation

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Rhode Island Historical Society COMMITTEES

2012-2013 Staff Liaison: Morgan Grefe, Executive Director and Barry Hittner, Board Chair serve ex officio on all committees. Other staff contacts are listed by name. STANDING COMMITTEES Audit Committee Kathryn B. Mandel (Chair) Anthony Calandrelli Lawrence Davidson* Theodore W. Smalletz* Staff Contact: Charmyne Goodfellow Executive Committee Barry G. Hittner (Chair) James P. Loring William S. Simmons Luther W. Spoehr Sylvia E. Brown Chair’s appt. William M. Fowler, Jr. Finance Committee James P. Loring (Chair) Barbara K. Hart Keith Kelly Robert G. Padula Dennis E. Stark* Lyle Fain* James M. Nagle* Kathryn Spoehr* Staff Contact: Charmyne Goodfellow Subcommittee of Finance Committee Investment Committee James Wing* (Chair) James P. Loring (Ex-officio) Lydia Schroter* (Investment only) Dennis E. Stark* James M. Nagle* Nominating & Governance Committee Barry G. Hittner (Chair) Roger N. Begin Sylvia E. Brown Robert G. Flanders, Jr. Marisa Quinn William S. Simmons Staff Contact: Kathy Clarendon

AD HOC COMMITTEES Annual Fund & Membership Committee George Goodwin (Chair) Kathryn B. Mandel Luther Spoehr Ted Smalletz* Barbara Thornton Staff Contact: Kathy Clarendon Collections Committee William S. Simmons (Chair) Thomas R. Evans William M. Fowler, Jr. George M. Goodwin Robert D. Galli* David W. Gregg* Tracey Keough* Dale Thompson* Stanley Weiss* Staff Contact: Kirsten Hammerstrom Comprehensive Campaign Committee Roger N. Begin (Co-Chair) Nancy K. Cassidy (Co-Chair) Staff Contact: Kathy Clarendon Education/Programs Committee Luther W. Spoehr (Chair) Anthony Calandrelli William M. Fowler, Jr. George M. Goodwin Theodore W. Smalletz* Staff Contact: Elyssa Tardif Facilities Committee Barbara J. Thornton (Chair) Peter Karczmar Robert J. Manning Robert G. Padula Lyle Fain* Staff Contact: Kirsten Hammerstrom

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AD HOC COMMITTEES CONT. Publications Committee Luther W. Spoehr (Chair) Theodore W. Smalletz* James Findlay* Robert Allen Greene* Reverend Robert Hayman* Jane Lancaster* J. Stanley Lemons* William McKenzie Woodward* Staff Contact: Elyssa Tardif *Indicates non-trustee committee member

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Rhode Island Historical Society

Statement of Financial Position

June 30th

, 2013

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Statement of Activities June 30th, 2013

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RIHS Staff November-2013 Administration C. Morgan Grefe, Ph.D., Executive Director Silvia Rees, Executive Assistant Building, Grounds & Housekeeping Ed Desjarlais, Buildings & Grounds Kevin Sheppard, Housekeeper Collections Kirsten Hammerstrom, Director of Collections Development, Public Relations & Membership Kathy Clarendon, Director of Development Mary Lou Upham, Development Associate Education Elyssa Tardif, Director, Newell D. Goff Center for Education & Public Programs Barbara Barnes, Tour Services Manager Dalila Alves, Education & Visitors

Services Manager Marie Parys, Education Specialist Justin Squizzero, Programs Coordinator Patty Reynolds, Gift Shop Clerk Finance Charmyne Goodfellow, Director of Finance Ann Dionne, Assistant to Director of Finance Renata Luongo, Assistant in Finance Office

Library Phoebe Bean, Printed Collections Librarian Jim DaMico, Librarian Jennifer Galpern, Library Receptionist

/Administrative Assistant Peter Griswold, Assistant Technical

Services Librarian J.D. Kay, Digital Imaging Specialist & Rights and Reproduction Manager Liam Kopolow, Library Assistant Dana Signe Kindstedt Munroe, Registrar Museum of Work & Culture Ray Bacon, Co-Site Director Anne Conway, Co-Site Director Darline Amaral, Gift Shop Manager Irene Blais, Clerical Gary Boucher, Custodian Liz Maynard, Education Coordinator Alyce Shulla Sannella, Receptionist/Clerk Susan Shea, Receptionist/Clerk Publications Elizabeth Stevens, Ph.D., Editor,

RI History Magazine Rentals Renata Luongo, Rental Program Manager RHODI Project Timothy Wade, Jr., RHODI Project Coordinator Chelsea Gunn, RHODI Project Field Surveyor Lindsay Selin, RHODI Project Field Surveyor Gian Spicuzza, RHODI Project IT Coordinator

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Lifetime Members of the RIHS 2012-2013

Mr. Charles & Mrs. Eiko Adams

Mr. William T. Babcock

Arthur A. Bert, M.D. & Ms. Catherine Little Bert

Mrs. Maurice A. Bissonnette

Captain Nicholas Brown

Mrs. Lucy Aldrich Burr

Nancy R. Carriuolo, Ph.D. and Ralf Carriuolo, Ph.D.

Mr. & Mrs. George H. Cicma

Dr. Patrick T. Conley

Ms. Althea Baker Crowley

Mrs. Virginia & Mr. Fred DeGregory

Mrs. Philip Drinker

Mr. Donald Farrar

Mr. Chester A. Files, Jr.

Dr. Edwin & Mrs. Angela Fischer

Dr. George M. Goodwin & Mrs. Betsey S. Goodwin

Mr. Paul & Mrs. Donna Cameron Gricus

Mr. Henry & Ms. Sandra Harris

Ms. Marion O. Harris

Daniel Harrop, III, M.D.

Mrs. Norman F. Herreshoff

Mr. Peter Lisle

Dr. Eugene Majerowicz

Mr. E. Nicholl Marshall

Mr. Louis H. Maynard

Mrs. A.M. Murray

Mr. Eugene A. Peloquin

Mr. Henry D. Sharpe, Jr. & Mrs. Peggy Boyd Sharpe

Mrs. William Sherman

The Honorable Fernand J. St. Germain

Mr. James F. Twaddell

Ms. Alice Viola

Mr. George H. Waterman, III

Mr. Charles E. Williams

Harrison M. Wright, Ph.D. & Mrs. Josphine Wright

Mr. Eric M. Wunsch

Mr. Louis Yip

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n July an important friend of the RIHS passed.Her name was Mary Elizabeth Goff Robinson, orMeg, as she was widely known. She was one ofthe most important philanthropic partners of the

RIHS in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, but fewof you probably knew her name. In her life, she wished toremain anonymous, quietly supporting the organizations shetreasured. Now, I am very glad to be able to share with youeven a small part of her story and gifts.

Meg Robinson grew up on the banks of Narragansett Bay inEast Providence. The daughter of Newell Darius Goff andEva Agnes (Crane) Goff, Meg attended the Barnard Schoolin Providence, the Graham-Eckes School in Daytona Beach,FL, and House in the Pines School in Norton, MA. Shethen attended Wheaton College, where she received a B.A.in English History in 1947. To round out her skills, sheattended the Catherine Gibbs Secretarial School in Bostonand eventually became a medical secretary to a surgeon inProvidence. She married Charles Albert Robinson in 1954and three years later, they had a son, Thomas Goff Robinson.She had been a member of the Junior League of Providenceand when the Hope Club opened its door to women asmembers, she was one of the first to join, even though bythat point she had long been a resident of SoutheasternPennsylvania. Not far from much of my family, in fact.

Who was Meg? She was a brilliant and opinionated,thoughtful, and shrewd woman with a rich, resonant laugh.She was a gifted painter, historical researcher and writer.She authored two books for the Chester County HistoricalSociety before she began writing a book of even more specialmeaning to her, “Newell D. Goff—The Life of a YoungEntrepreneur at the Turn of the Twentieth Century,” whichwe published. Not yet done, she and her husband wrote “TheIngalls and the Hoyts—19th Century Windsor Chairmakersof Danville, Vermont.” All of these show the fascinationMeg had not just with history, but with the intersection ofcreativity and business, a trait she prized and supported.

Meg also gave her time to the organizations she loved: theRISD Museum, Chester County Historical Society, theChester County Art Association, the Chadds Ford HistoricalSociety, and most special to us, she served as a trustee to theRIHS for six years.

Meg supported the RIHS as a member and trustee, buteventually focused her giving on the creation of the AnnualGoff Lecture. In 1994, she founded the Goff Institutefor Ingenuity and Enterprise, which ten years later turnedinto the Newell D. Goff Center for Education and PublicPrograms, which continues today.

It was my great privilege to get to know Meg over my nineyears at the Society. As the Director of the Goff Center, Ivisited Meg and her husband Charles on many occasions. Wetalked for hours about history and Rhode Island. She sharedarticles and books, her thoughts and her time. They openedtheir home to me and my father, even taking us (with Charlesas our intrepid guide) to see one of their other special places:the Hagley Museum, in Delaware.

Meg was an indefatigable supporter of me as a professional, asthe first voice of the Goff Center and then as the first womanexecutive director of the RIHS. Her support was felt keenlyand greatly appreciated.

As a historian I often find myself thinking about the legacyI will leave: haveI made the world,in any aspect,better than whenI got here? I can’timagine that Megever had to wonderabout that. Thegifts she gave to theRIHS alone touchmore than 75,000students a year. Her generosity wasleveraged to helpbring millions ofdollars from theFederal governmentinto RhodeIsland to provideprofessional development to our state’s history teachers.

Meg’s gifts will be with the Society forever. Her supportlives on in our endowment where every year, a piece is usedto reach tens of thousands of learners of all ages. It is the giftof inspiration and empathy for generations to come. This iswhat she sought through her wide-ranging philanthropy – tosustain the works that she believed in with all of her heart.

Meg’s gifts will also live with me forever. She was a smileand a card, a good book she thought I’d enjoy, a discussion ofgreat museums and approaches to teaching. She was graceand poise and intelligence--a life to live up to.

I am proud and honored to have called Meg a friend. And wewill work every day to deserve the faith she had in us all.

Farewell, Meg, a true friend to me, to us, to Rhode Island. �

A Life Well Lived… Farewell to Meg Robinsonby C. Morgan Grefe, Ph.D., Executive Director

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� Hear Ye, Hear ye

Individual Supporters Fiscal2013

$20,000+Ms. Mary C. Speare

$10,000 – 19,999Mr.Vincent BuonannoMs. Nancy K. Cassidy &

Mr. Jeffrey Schreck***Mr. Barry Hittner &

Dr. Kathleen Hittner***

$5,000 - 9999Ms. Sylvia E. Brown***Mr. James P. Loring CPA, CFA***

$2,000 - 4999Captain Nicholas Brown***Mr.Anthony CalandrelliMrs.Angela Fischer***Dr. George M. Goodwin &

Mrs. Betsey S. GoodwinMrs. Gustavus R. Ide, Jr.Mr. & Mrs.AlbertT. KlybergMs. Kathryn & Mr. Peter MandelMr. Robert J. ManningMr. Henry D. Sharpe, Jr. &

Mrs. Peggy Boyd SharpeLuther W. Spoehr, Ph.D. &

KathrynT. Spoehr, Ph.D.Barbara J.Thornton,A.I.A. &

Peter J.Thornton

$1,000 - 1999Mr. Carl J. Abelson, III*Ms. Desiree Caldwell Armitage &

Mr.William Armitage***Mr.WilliamT. BabcockMr. Steven Baird & Mr. Michael ConwayMr. Paul & Mrs. Denise BourgetMr.William EmmersonThe Honorable &

Mrs. Robert G. Flanders, Jr.Mr.Arnold M. FriedmanPeter Karczmar, MD &

Catherine Lund, DVMMr. Robert G. Padula, CPCU,ARMMr. & Mrs. Charles H. Page***Mr.Theodore W. Smalletz &

Mrs. Robyn Smalletz

$500 - 999The Honorable Roger N. BeginMrs. Lucy BurrMr. Richard & Mrs. Germaine CayerMr. & Mrs. Richard S. ChafeeMs. Pauline ClancyMr. Erik & Mrs. Michelle EckilsonMr. & Mrs. Karl F. EricsonMr. Robert Falk***C. Morgan Grefe, Ph. D.Ms. Elizabeth C. Kingsley

Mr. & Mrs. Paul C. Nicholson, Jr.The late Mr. John W.Wall***Mrs. Beth & Mr. Stanley WeissMr. James Wing

$250 - 499Mr.HenryA.L.& Mrs.Ann Eckert Brown**Mr. Calvert C Groton &

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Barbara Shepps Wong

$100 - 249Mr. John & Mrs. Kyle AdamonisMr. Richard & Mrs. Rebecca AlbergMr.Alexander AldrichAtty.Andy & Mrs. Linda AndreoniMs. Sue AndrewsMs. Lucille E.AtkinsonMr. Dan BarryMiss Mary-Elizabeth BartonMr. Richard & Mrs. Diana BeaucheminMr. Maurice & Mrs. Barbara BellMr. James & Mrs. Margaret BierdenDr.Winifred BrownellMr. Philip L. BudlongMrs. Colleen & Mr. David CallaghanMs. Pauline CampbellDr.Art CanestrariMs. Susan & Mr. Gary CarlsonMr. Ron & Mrs. Carol CharestSenator Frank CicconeMr. & Mrs. David P. ClarendonMr. Donald & Mrs. Rachel ClarkMrs. Diana Kane CohenMr. Ronald Contillo & Mrs. Janice ContilloMs. Julia Conway & Ms. KarenTurnerMr. Peter & Mrs.Anne ConwayMs. Bonny R. CookMrs. Gerrie CrowleyMs.Althea Baker CrowleyMs. Luanne Kelly CullenMs. Hope DalyMs. Renee Darling & Mr. Ronald MillerMs. Elizabeth A. Debs &

Mr. Stephen C.TurnerMrs.Virginia Glines DeGregory &

Mr. Fred DeGregoryMr. Russell & Mrs. Mary DexterMr.Vincent N. DiStefanoMs. RosemaryV. DonahueMs. Grace M. DonnellyMs. Louise DufresneMr.Thomas R. EvansMr. David Fontaine

Mr.Anthony & Mrs. Barbara FontaineMrs. H. Gordon FraserMr. Jim FrutcheyMr. Lee & Mrs. Dina GaudetteMrs. Jane D. GearyMost Reverend Bishop Louis GelineauMr. Daniel & Mrs.Ann Marie GendronMr. Philip & Mrs. Kimberly GodfrinMr. Robert & Mrs. Lori GodinDr. Richard & Mrs.Virginia GreenwoodMrs. Sally Gruber**Mrs. Shirley GulvinMr. Peter & Mrs.Teresa HacundaMrs.Virginia D. HalesMr. Milton P. HannahMr. & Mrs. Benjamin P. Harris, IIIMs. Marion O. HarrisDaniel Harrop, III, M.D.Mrs. Pamelia A. HenriksenMrs. Marcia & Mr. Robert HicksMr. Gordon HooverMr.Wally L. JabsMs. Norma N. JenckesMr. Joel JillsonMr.Albert Kandarian, Jr.Mr. Robert W. KenyonMr. & Mrs. Bradford B. KoppMs. Mary KosowskiMr. Russ & Mrs. Isabel KushnerMrs.Trudi Lamoureux &

the late Dr. Gerald LamoureuxJane Lancaster, Ph.D.Mr. Richard LappinJohn Lathrop M.D.Mr. J. Stephen LawtonProf. Francis J. Leazes, Jr.Mr.Wardwell C. Leonard, Jr.Mrs.Adrienne L’EsperanceMr. & Mrs. Leonard I. LevinMrs. Sharon LuxMr. Bryce G. MarshallMr. & Mrs. John L. MarshallMr. Christian M. McBurneyMs. Carolyn P. MedinaMr. George & Mrs. Simone MelansonMr.Arthur & Mrs. Martha MilotDr. Scott MolloyMs.Theresa MolloyMondoux-Hafer FamilyMr. Gerald & Mrs. Eleanor MorisseauMr. Jerome & Mrs. Lorraine MoynihanMr. & Mrs. James M. NagleMs. MildredT. NicholsMrs. Lorraine PalmerMr.Andy & Mrs. Patricia ParadisMr. Charles C. PeckMr. Don & Mrs. Lauren PeloquinMr. Eugene PeloquinMr. Ron & Mrs. Lorraine PenningtonMs. Judith QueenMs. Marisa QuinnThe Honorable &

Mrs.Vincent A. RagostaMr. Frederick & Mrs.Alice ReinhardtMr. Frank RichardMr. Craig & Mrs. Sarah RichardsonMrs. Elsie R. RidgeMr. Michael Ritz

Mr. Kenneth E. RobertsMr. Donald SalmansonMr. Robert G. SalmonsenMr. PhilipV. SarcioneDr. Russell F. ShawMrs. Katherine & Mr. Irving SheldonMr. & Mrs.William E. SheridanMr. Robert ShermanMr. Daniel G. SiegelProf.William & Mrs. Cheryl SimmonsMrs. Margaret & Mr. John SkenyonMr. David & Mrs. Charlene SoucyMr. Carroll & Mrs. Margaret SpeckmanMrs.Andree StaelenMr. Marc StaelenMr. Dennis E. Stark &

Mr. Robert AmarantesDr. Karl & Mrs. Doris StephensMs. Elizabeth C. Stevens, Ph.D.Mr.Wallace & Mrs.Aurelia TherienMrs. Phyllis ThomasMs. C. JuneTowMr. Robert & Mrs. RobinTrudeauMs.Wendy G.WalterMs. Nancy WegimontMrs. Joseph R.WeisbergerMr. Rick WhitesellMs. Judith B.WilsonMrs. Evelyn Zifcak

Bequests$60,000 +Mr. Frederick R. Griffiths

Corporate, Foundation,Organizations and GovernmentSupport

$100,000 +AlfredTauber Philanthropic FundAnonymousState of Rhode Island & Providence

Plantations

$15,000 – 39,999City of Woonsocket**June Rockwell Levy FoundationNational Endowment for the HumanitiesNational Park ServiceRhode Island Council for the Humanities

$10,000 - $14,999Amica Companies FoundationAmica Mutual Insurance Company**John H. Chafee Blackstone RiverValley

National Heritage Corridor CommissionThe Rhode Island Foundation

- Fund for Rhode IslandThe Rhode Island Foundation

- Roger E. Potter Fund

$5,000 – 9,999Community Development Block

Grant, City of WoonsocketMary Dexter Chafee FundMOWC Preservation FoundationTextron Matching Gifts ProgramThe Rhode Island Foundation

RIHSDonors

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Board of TrusteesCHAIRBarry G. Hittner, Esq.

Roger N. BeginSylvia E. BrownAnthony A. CalandrelliNancy K. Cassidy, Esq.Jillian Folger-HartwellRobert G. Flanders, Jr., Esq.George M. Goodwin, Ph.D.Barbara K. HartPeter Karczmar, M.D.Keith D. KellyJames P. Loring, CPA, CFAKathryn B. Mandel, CPARobert J. ManningCarolyn P. Medina, Esq.Robert G. Padula, CPCU, ARMMarisa QuinnMike RitzBrenda H. SenakWilliam S. Simmons, Ph.D.Luther W. Spoehr, Ph.D.Polly TalbottBarbara J. Thornton, AIA

EX OFFICIOThomas R. Evans

EXECUTIVE DIRECTORC. Morgan Grefe, Ph.D.

Raymond Bacon, Co-Director,Museum of Work & Culture

Kathy Klees Clarendon, Director ofDevelopment and Public Relations

Anne Conway, Co-Director,Museum of Work & Culture

Charmyne Goodfellow, Director of FinanceKirsten Hammerstrom, Director of CollectionsElyssa Tardif, Director, Newell D. Goff

Center for Education and Public Programs

ALDRICH HOUSE110 Benevolent StreetProvidence, Rhode Island 02906PH: 401.331.8575

JOHN BROWN HOUSE MUSEUM52 Power StreetProvidence, Rhode Island 02906PH: 401.273.7507

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Cover Photo

Catherine R. WilliamsOil on canvas attributed to Susannah Paine (1792–1862), ca. 1825.RIHS Museum Collection 1885.4.1

In a time when women were rarely published and couldnot vote, Catherine Read Williams was a self-supportingauthor and ardent supporter of the Suffrage movement.Born in 1787, she was the daughter of sea captainAlfred Arnold. As a young woman, Miss Arnold met aMr. Williams, a sixth-generation descendant of RogerWilliams, and they were married in New York beforemoving to the western part of the State. After only a fewyears, Mrs. Williams fled with their infant daughter forProvidence, where friends judged the marriage ‘a mostunfortunate one.’ Mrs. Williams petitioned for divorce,

with the support of her Providence friends, and though denied at first, persisted,until she won.

She supported herself by opening a school, and with her writing. She becamepart of Providence’s literary and intellectual circles, and developed an interest inpolitics. Catherine Williams was not the only woman who supported the suffragemovement and Thomas Wilson Dorr: the women were described in the anti-Suffrage press in Providence as “Dorrites in petticoats,” but at least one- half ofthe attendance at public suffrage meetings were women.

This divorced, political woman writer must have scandalized Providence society,even as she commanded its respect. She was on the leading edge of change, andthanks to her, we live in a very different world.

$2,000 - 4,999Bostonian SocietyBrown University Dept. of

Community & GovernmentRelations

CVS Caremark CorporationGreenwood Credit UnionHinckley,Allen & Snyder LLPHope FoundationInstitute of Museum of Library

ServicesSharpe Family FoundationThe Rhode Island Foundation

- Hittner FundThe Rhode Island Foundation

- Moore Fund

$1000 - $1,999AAA of Southern New EnglandBank of AmericaBNY Mellon Wealth ManagementFine Catering by Russell Morin*Gencorp Insurance GroupMandel &Tracy, LLCOcean State Rental*Partridge, Snow & Hahn LLPPeppers Fine Catering*Philip and Betsey C. Caldwell

FoundationPranzi Fine Catering*Simply Devine Catering*The Rhode Island Foundation

- Donald I. Perry FundThe Rhode Island Foundation

- Nicholas E. & Ann O. PicchioneFund

The San Francisco FoundationThe WashingtonTrust Company

$500 - $999Braver PCBrewsterThornton Group ArchitectsCarolyn’s SakonnetVineyards /

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(Pizzico Ristorante)*Esten & Richard Agency Inc.General Society Of Colonial WarsHippo Studios*Jewish Communal Fund-Robert &

Bobbie Falk Philanthropic FundMcLaughlin and Moran Inc.*NewportTent Company Inc.*Quebec Government Office, BostonRBC Royal Bank of CanadaRestivo Monacelli LLPRhode Island Film &Television OfficeRhode Island Labor History SocietyRhode Island Medical SocietyRhode Island School of DesignSociety of Colonial Wars in the

State of Rhode Island andProvidence Plantations

Soucy Insurance AgencyThe Cupcakerie*The Rhode Island Foundation

- John and Mary Wall Fund

Wright’s Dairy Farm*

$250 - 499 Consulate Gen-eral of Canada

in BostonCatholic Financial LifeGranny Squibb’s IcedTeas*Johnson & Wales University*The Murray Family Charitable

FoundationNorthern Rhode Island Chamber

of Commerce

$100 - $249Allie’s Doughnuts Inc.*B&M Clambake/Catering Company*Covidien Employee Matching

Gift ProgramE.W. Burman, Inc.Haynes de Boer AssociatesKane-Barrengos FoundationLi’l General Stores*Providence Performing Arts Center*Sin Desserts*StadiumTheatre Performing Arts

Centre*The Rhode Island Foundation

- Bob & Wini Galkin FundThe Rosebud AgencyTrinity Repertory Company*Whole Foods Market

- University Heights*

Donors to the CollectionAmericanTextile History MuseumAnonymousMr.A. Ralph BarlowMs. Christa L. BaronMr. Karl K. BlixtMr. Nicholas BrownBoothbay Region Historical SocietyBurrillville Historical and

Preservation SocietyMr. Philip ChapmanMr. David W. ChaseMrs. Barbara ChaseCity of Providence ArchivesMs. Mary L. ClarkMs. Eleanor CollinsMr. PatrickT. ConleyConnecticut Historical SocietyConnecticut Society,

Sons of the RevolutionMr. Ned ConnorsCosmopolite PressDaughters of the American

RevolutionMrs. Rosetta DesrosiersMs. Helen DorrMr. DunneMrs.Alice EureyFirst Baptist Church (Pawtucket, R.I.)Ms. Lisa Lofland GouldMr. Michael GrandoGreenville Public LibraryMr. Peter GrossMr.Andy GurleyMs. Hannelore Herbig

Mr. John HarkeyHarlan Crow LibraryMr. Kenneth A. HollowayMs. Eleanor Jane HoveyMs. Bettyne HullMr.Tom KerriganMs. Jane LancasterMs. Lee Ann LathamMs. Molly LeeMr. J. Stanley LemonsLittle Compton Historical SocietyMr. Louis McGowanMr. Daniel J. Maroney IIIMr.AlfredT. MorrisNational Society Daughters of

Founders and Patriots of AmericaNorthfield Mount Hermon SchoolMr.Allen O. OlsenMr. Richard ParkerMs. Georgiana PerryMr.Terry Charles PeetMr. Hollis Walcott Powers Jr.Mr.T. Hunter PrestiProvidenceYouth Student

MovementMs. Debbie RainbowMs. Edith N. RathbunMs. Marie M. RaulfsMr. John ReynoldsRhode Island Department of

Conservation and RecreationRhode Island Department of

Transportation: EngineeringDivision

Rhode Island Marine ArchaeologyProject

Rhode Island Reds Heritage SocietyMr. David A. RourkeMrs. Jean SaganMs.Ann SalisburyMr. Donald SaloisMs. Diane SanbornMs. Martha G. SaundersMr. Harold Sanderson Jr.Shannock Baptist ChurchMs. Lois SchmelzerMs. Bonita ScottMr. George SelleckMr. Henry D. Sharpe Jr.Ms. Dell W. SmithLuther Spoehr, Ph.D.Ms. Phyllis Cooke StaffordMs. Elizabeth Stevens, Ph. D.Mrs.Virginia R. StuartMs. Carole E.TwomblyTyson’s Old and Rare BooksMs. Helen Schatvet UllmannUniversity of Rhode Island,

University Library.Mr. EverettVanderwendeMr. Guy WallisMr. Ralph E.WareingMr. Max Whiting

Names listed recognize donations made between July 1, 2012 and June 30, 2013. Every effort was made to accurately portray the giving levels of all supporters. If you find anerror or omission, we would be grateful for your bringing it to our attention by contacting Kathy Klees Clarendon at kclarendon@rihs.org or 401.331.8575, ext. 135.

* In-kind ** Includes In-kind *** Includes matching gifts and charitable foundation contributions.

“I CHOOSE TO SUPPORT THE SOCIETYwith a recurring donation – every month aportion of the total amount of my annualdonation is charged to my credit card. Ivalue the work of the Society and wantto be as supportive as possible in helpingit to achieve its mission, and with a childin college, paying over time is simply lessonerous. Having it charged to my credit cardis also much more convenient than monthlyreminders, and I can change my donation oreven cancel it at any time.”

Marisa Quinn, Trustee

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