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The One Hundred and Ninety Fourth
Annual Meeting
Of
The Rhode Island Historical Society
Tuesday, November 10, 2015
5:30 P.M.
Aldrich House 110 Benevolent Street Providence, RI 02906
2015 Annual Meeting
Of
The Rhode Island Historical Society
Agenda
Call to Order and Welcome James P. Loring, CPA, CFA Chair Treasurer’s Report Gayle A. Corrigan Treasurer Nominating Committee Report & Sylvia E. Brown Election of Officers and Trustees, Secretary 2015-2016 Nominating Committee Chair New Business James P. Loring, CPA, CFA Chair Closing Remarks James P. Loring, CPA, CFA Chair 2014-2015: The Year in Review C. Morgan Grefe, Ph.D. Executive Director
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Nominations of the 2015-2016 Board Term
Officers Nominated for Term of One Year
For Chair:
James P. Loring, CPA, CFA Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer Senior Vice President Amica Vice Chair:
Luther W. Spoehr, Ph.D. Senior Lecturer Departments of Education and History Brown University
For Treasurer:
Gayle A. Corrigan President Management Resource Partners, Inc.
For Secretary: Alexandra Pezzello, Esq. Attorney at Law Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP
Trustees Nominated for Initial Term of Three Years
Timothy N. Burditt Andrew M. Erickson, CPCU Retired Director and Senior Executive Vice President Amica Mutual Insurance Company Tomas Ramirez, Ph.D. Principal Lead Consultant on Education Leadership Assessments
Education Leadership Associates, Ltd. Mary C. Speare
Trustees Nominated for 2nd Term of Three Years
Anthony Calandrelli President American Ring Company, Inc.
Trustees Nominated for a Return Term of Three Years
George M. Goodwin, Ph.D. Independent Historian
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Board of Trustees, Officers, Members and Chairs 2014-2015
Officers and Executive Committee
James P. Loring, CPA, CFA Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer Senior Vice President, Amica Insurance Chair
Nancy K. Cassidy, Esq. Executive Counsel, Textron, Inc. 1st Vice Chair
Barry G. Hittner, Esq. Counselor at Law 2nd Vice Chair
Gayle A. Corrigan President Management Resource Partners, Inc. Treasurer Sylvia E. Brown Philanthropy & Donor Advisor Brown & Fischer Secretary
Trustees at Large
Winifred E. Brownell, Ph.D. Dean of Arts and Sciences University of Rhode Island
Mr. Anthony Calandrelli President American Ring Company, Inc. Ms. Barbara K. Hart Vice President and Team Leader Risk Management The Washington Trust Company
Mr. Christopher Hurd Owner Hurd Chevrolet-Buick-GMC Truck
Edward A. Iannuccilli, MD Clinical Professor of Medicine Emeritus The Warren Alpert School of Medicine Brown University
Peter Karczmar, MD * Physician Coastal Medical Alexandra Pezzello, Esq. Attorney at Law Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP
Mr. Mike Ritz Executive Director Leadership Rhode Island
Ms. Brenda H. Senak * Senior Vice President, Risk Management Washington Trust Company
William S. Simmons, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Anthropology Brown University Mr. Theodore W. Smalletz Chief Financial Officer Gloria Duchin, Inc.
Luther W. Spoehr, Ph.D. Senior Lecturer Departments of Education and History Brown University
Ms. Polly Talbott Planned Giving Associate Brown University
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 *resigned
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Rhode Island Historical Society COMMITTEES 2014-2015
Staff Liaison: C. Morgan Grefe, Executive Director and James P. Loring, Board Chair serve as ex officio on all committees. Other staff contacts are listed by name. STANDING COMMITTEES
Audit Committee
Edward Iannuccilli (Chair) Anthony Calandrelli Alexandra Pezzello Theodore W. Smalletz Lawrence Davidson* Kathryn B. Mandel* Brenda Senak** Staff Contact: Charmyne Goodfellow
Executive Committee James. P. Loring (Chair) Sylvia E. Brown Gayle A. Corrigan Nancy K. Cassidy Barry G. Hittner
Finance Committee Gayle A. Corrigan (Chair) Barbara K. Hart Timothy Burditt* Lyle Fain* Kathryn Spoehr* Dennis E. Stark* Staff Contact: Charmyne Goodfellow Subcommittee of Finance Committee
Investment Committee James Wing* (Chair)
Anthony Calandrelli Gayle A. Corrigan James P. Loring
Lydia Schroter* Dennis E. Stark* James M. Nagle*
Nominating & Governance Committee
Sylvia E. Brown (Chair) Winifred E. Brownell Barry G. Hittner Chris Hurd James P. Loring
AD HOC COMMITTEES
Annual Fund & Membership Committee
Chris Hurd (Co-Chair) Polly Talbott (Co-Chair) Anne Conway Andrew Erickson* Kathryn B. Mandel* Mary Speare* Staff Contact: Corinne Barber, Mary Lou Upham Collections Committee Edward Iannuccilli (Chair) Thomas R. Evans Alexandra Pezzello William S. Simmons Robert D. Galli* George M. Goodwin* David W. Gregg* Tracey Keough* Gregory Theberge* Stanley Weiss* Staff Contact: Kirsten Hammerstrom Comprehensive Campaign Committee Roger N. Begin (Co-Chair)* Nancy K. Cassidy (Co-Chair) Nicholas Brown (Honorary Co-Chair)* Thomas P.I. Goddard (Honorary Co-Chair)* Arthur Robbins (Honorary Co-Chair)* Karen DelPonte* Andrew M. Erickson* Angela Fischer* Robert G. Flanders* Samuel H. Hallowell* Barry G. Hittner Michael W. Joukowsky* Albert T. Klyberg** James P. Loring Mary C. Speare* Luther Spoehr Staff Contact: C. Morgan Grefe
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AD HOC COMMITTEES cont.
Education/Programs Committee Anthony Calandrelli Theodore W. Smalletz Luther W. Spoehr George M. Goodwin* Brenda Senak** Staff Contact: Elyssa Tardif
Facilities Committee
Mike Ritz** (Chair) Barbara Thornton John Boehnert, Esq.* Lyle Fain* Seth Izzi* Peter Karczmar** Nelson Taylor* Michael Sigourney* Staff Contact: Henry Sanchez Publication Committee Theodore W. Smalletz (Chair) Luther W. Spoehr Robert Allen Greene* Reverend Robert Hayman* Jane Lancaster* J. Stanley Lemons* Craig Marin* Seth Rockman* Marie Schwartz* William McKenzie Woodward* Staff Contact: Elyssa Tardif, Elizabeth Stevens Strategic Planning Committee
Sylvia E. Brown (Co-Chair) James P. Loring (Co-Chair) Gayle A. Corrigan Barry G. Hittner Edward Iannuccilli Luther Spoehr Staff Contacts: C. Morgan Grefe *Indicates non-trustee committee member **Indicates individual no longer on committee
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The Rhode Island Historical Society
Statement of Financial Position June 30th, 2015
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The Rhode Island Historical Society Statement of Activities June 30th, 2015
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The Rhode Island Historical Society Statement of Cash Flows June 30th, 2015
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Staff Listing
Administration
C. Morgan Grefe, Ph.D., Executive Director
Silvia Rees, Executive Assistant
Development & Membership
Corinne Barber, Development Officer
Mary Lou Upham, Membership Officer
Education
Elyssa Tardif, Ph.D., Director, Newell D. Goff
Center for Education and Public Programs
Shawn Badgley, Communications and Digital
Outreach Coordinator
Barbara Barnes, Tourism Services Manager
Rachel Brask Hutchinson, Program Outreach
Managerr Marie Parys, TAH/NEH Grant Coordinator
Jennifer Wilson, Visitor Experience & Logistics
Manager
Michelle Brunelle, Gift Shop Clerk
Patty Reynolds, Gift Shop Clerk
RHODI Project
Elyssa Tardif, Ph.D., Director, Newell D. Goff
Center for Education and Public Programs
Finance
Charmyne Goodfellow, Director of Finance
Ann Dionne, Assistant to the Director of
Finance
Renata Luongo, Assistant in Finance Office
Research Center and Museum Collections
Kirsten Hammerstrom, Director of Collections
Phoebe Bean, Librarian
Michelle Chiles, Research Center Coordinator
Jennifer Galpern, Receptionist/Administrative
Assistant
J.D. Kay, Digital Imaging Specialist & Rights
and Reproductions Manager
Liam Kopolow, Research Center Assistant
Dana Signe K. Munroe, Registrar
Rene Neely, Research & Public Engagement
Coordinator
Operations
Henry Sanchez, Director of Operations &
Human Resources
Ed Desjarlais, Buildings and Grounds
Renata Luongo, Rental Program Manager
Curtis Proffit, Buildings and Grounds
Kevin Sheppard, Housekeeping
Publications
Elizabeth Stevens, Ph.D., Editor, Rhode Island
History
Museum of Work & Culture
Anne Conway, Director, Museum of Work &
Culture
Darline Amaral, Reservation Coordinator, Gift
Shop Manager
Irene Blais, Receptionist/Clerk
Gary Boucher, Custodian
Sarah Carr, Education & Program Coordinator
Alyce Shulla Sannella, Receptionist/Clerk
Susan Shea, Receptionist/Clerk
Sara Smyth, Receptionist/Clerk
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Lifetime Members of the RIHS 2014-2015
Mr. Charles & Mrs. Eiko Adams
Mr. William T. Babcock
Arthur A. Bert, M.D. & 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
Robert & Susan Dick
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
Mr. Eugene A. Peloquin
Mr. Henry D. Sharpe, Jr. & Mrs. Peggy Boyd Sharpe
The Honorable Fernand J. St. Germain
Mr. James F. Twaddell
Mr. George H. Waterman, III
Mr. Charles E. Williams
Harrison M. Wright, Ph.D. & Mrs. Josephine Wright
Mr. Louis Yip
*Deceased
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RIHS DONORS
Individual Supporters FY 2015
$10,000
Mr. Barry G. Hittner and Dr. Kathleen C. Hittner The Sharpe Family Fund $5,000-$9,999
Mrs. Sylvia Brown and The Hope Foundation Ms. Nancy K. Cassidy and Mr. Jeffrey Schreck*** Mr. Andrew M. and Mrs. Mary E. Erickson*** Dr. George M. and Mrs. Betsey S. Goodwin Mr. James P. Loring CPA, CFA*** Ms. Mary C. Speare Dr. Luther W. and Dr. Kathryn T. Spoehr $1,000-$4,999
Mr. William T. Babcock Mr. Michael Conway and Mr. Steven Baird Dr. Winifred Brownell Mr. Anthony Calandrelli Mrs. Gayle A. Corrigan Ms. Karen DelPonte Mr. Davide P. Dukcevich Mr. Thomas R. Evans Hon. and Mrs. Robert G. Flanders, Jr. Mr. Arnold M. Friedman Dr. C. Morgan Grefe Mr. Samuel H. and Mrs. Elizabeth M. Hallowell, Jr. Mr. Albert T. and Mrs. Beverly Klyberg Mr. Frank I. and Mrs. Elisabeth Mauran IV Prof. James and Mrs. Cynthia Patterson Mr. Frederick and Mrs. Alice Reinhardt Mr. Theodore W. and Mrs. Robyn Smalletz Mr. Peter J. and Mrs. Barbara J. Thornton, A.I.A. Mr. James Wing** Mr. Peter Wunsch $500-$999
Mr. Roger N. and Mrs. Diane F. Begin Mr. Paul and Mrs. Denise Bourget Mrs. Lucy Aldrich Burr Mr. Edmund and Mrs. Elizabeth Capozzi Mr. Richard and Mrs. Germaine Cayer Mr. David and Mrs. Ellen Galkin Ms. Marion O. Harris Ms. Barbara K. Hart Mr. Gordon Hoover Mr. Chris and Mrs. Nancy Hurd Dr. Ed and Mrs. Diane Iannuccilli Ms. Sharon Ireland Lewis Mr. Peter and Mrs. Kathryn B. Mandel Mr. Robert J. Manning Ms. Mildred T. Nichols Mr. Joe H. and Mrs. Marie L. Parys Mr. Russell and Mrs. Carla Ricci Ms. Brenda Senak Mr. Irving C. and Mrs. Katherine Sheldon, Jr. Mr. Tom and Mrs. Barbara Slaight Ms. Pauline Talbott Mr. Andrew and Mrs. Meredith Weitz $250-$499
Mr. Alexander Aldrich Atty. Andrew Orlando and Mrs. Linda Andreoni Mrs. Gertrude W. Baxt Mr. Maurice and Mrs. Barbara Bell
Dr. Edwin and Mrs. Margaret Boger Mr. Nicholas Bowen Dr. James and Mrs. Katherine Brennan Captain Nicholas Brown Ms. Kathryn J. Cavanaugh Mr. Richard S. and Mrs. Inge Chafee Ms. Pauline Clancy Mr. David and Mrs. Virginia Clarendon Mr. Peter and Mrs. Anne Conway Mr. Murray S. and Mrs. Judith Danforth, III Mr. Cornelis J. and Ms. Kathryn de Boer Mr. Fred and Mrs. Virginia Glines DeGregory Ms. Grace M. Donnelly, Ph.D. Mrs. Doris Donovan Dr. Nathan B. Epstein Mr. Karl F. and Mrs. Jacqueline Ericson Mr. Don and Mrs. Maia Farish Mr. Edwin and Mrs. Angela Fischer Mr. Thomas and Mrs. Leslie Gardner Mr. Robert and Mrs. Lorraine Godin Mr. Donald and Mrs. Rachel Hoard Mr. Andrew and Mrs. Bonnie Hunter Mr. Robert W. Kenyon Mr. Russ and Mrs. Isabel Kushner Dr. Jane Lancaster Mr. and Mrs. Edward Lanni Mr. J. Stephen Lawton Prof. Francis J. Leazes, Jr. Mrs. Mary Paul Loomis Mr. David Marcoux Mr. Frank Mauran III Mrs. Jane and Mr. James R. McGuirk Mr. Terrence and Mrs. Suzanne Murray Mr. and Mrs. James M. Nagle Mr. Kenneth Orenstein and Ms. Barbara Feibelman Mr. Wesley Parker Mr. Paul and Mrs. Eleanor Pierannunzi Mr. Tom and Mrs. Sondra Pitts Ms. Marisa Quinn Hon. Vincent A. and Mrs. Carmela Ragosta Mr. Michael Ritz Ms. Thelma Rocha Mr. Andrew JC Roos Mr. Philip V. Sarcione Mr. Robert and Mrs. Joanne Schacht Mr. Jonathan and Mrs. Cyndie Seely Hon. and Mrs. Bruce M. Selya Ms. Gretchen Dow Simpson Mr. David and Mrs. Charlene Soucy Mr. Norman MacLeod and Ms. Elizabeth C. Stevens, Ph.D. Mr. Stefan Kaszycki and Mrs. Elyssa Tardif, Ph.D. Mr. Wayne Whalen $100-$249
Ms. Diane Adams Mr. John and Mrs. Kyle Adamonis Mrs. Virginia R. Adams Mr. Richard and Mrs. Rebecca Alberg Mr. John and Mrs. Mary Ann Allen Ms. Sue Andrews Ms. Lucie Arsenault Dr. and Mrs. Julien Ayotte Mr. Robert and Mrs. Judith Ann Ayotte Ms. Julie Baldwin Mrs. Cherry Bamberg
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RIHS DONORS
Ms. Jilda Barker Ms. Barbara L. Barnes Mr. Richard and Mrs. Diana Beauchemin Mr. Roger Boudreau Mrs. Nancy A. Bradley Mr. Albert and Mrs. Carol Anne Brunelle Mr. Thomas Bryson Mr. Ronald and Mrs. Carol Charest Mr. Paul and Mrs. Mary Cherkas Senator Frank Ciccone Mr. James F. Clarke Jr. Ms. Carolyn S. Cole Mr. Ronald and Mrs. Janice Contillo Ms. Julia Conway and Ms. Karen Turner Ms. Bonny R. Cook Mr. Frank and Mrs. Roberta Cook Mr. Peter and Mrs. Carol Courtemanche Ms. Hope Daly Ms. Polly Daly Mr. Cedric DeLeon and Ms. Emily Heaphy Mr. Russell and Mrs. Mary Dexter Mr. Dennis and Mrs. Kathleen Duffy Ms. Barbara Dunayeski Ms. Norine Duncan Mr. Erik and Mrs. Michelle Eckilson Ms. Judy Famiglietti Mr. John and Mrs. Elizabeth Faricy Mr. Anthony and Mrs. Barbara Fontaine Mrs. Maybury V. Fraser Mrs. Ruth and Mr. John Freymann Mr. Jim Frutchey Ms. Barbara Gaudette Bishop Louis E. Gelineau Mr. Daniel and Mrs. Ann Marie Gendron Ms. Shirley Girard Mr. Thomas Casey Greene, Jr. Mr. Paul and Mrs. Donna Cameron Gricus Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Grimes, Jr. Mrs. Virginia D. Hales Mr. Milton P. Hannah Mrs. Pamelia A. Henriksen Mr. Robert and Mrs. Marcia Hicks Mr. Douglas E. Hinman Mr. John and Mrs. Judit Hoyceanyls Mr. Frank Iacabbo, Jr. Mr. Wally L. Jabs Dr. Eric Jarvis Mr. Michael W. and Mrs. Jane Joukowsky Ms. Claire Jubb Mr. Albert Kandarian, Jr. Ms. Margaret King Ms. Sally Kingsbury Mrs. Jean R. and Mr. Bradford B. Kopp Ms. Mary Kosowski Dr. John Lathrop Mrs. Billiegene and Mr. Roland Lavallee Ms. Katherine Le Prof. Mark A. Lehrer Mr. J. Stanley Lemons, Ph.D. and Ms. Linda Bausserman, Ph.D. Mr. Brad Leonard Mr. Wardwell C. Leonard, Jr. Reverend Eugene Lessard Mr. Bruce Levy Dr. Peter Libbey
Mr. Richard A. Lobban, Jr., Ph.D. and Mrs. Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban, Ph.D. Mr. Paul MacDonald Mrs. Suzanne M. Magaziner Mr. Bryce G. Marshall Mr. Wayne and Mrs. Diane Martin Mr. Roger Mathieu Mr. Christian M. McBurney Mr. Edmund McWilliams Mr. Alexander Meadow Mr. Arthur and Mrs. Martha Milot Mr. Peter J. Miniati CFP Dr. Scott Molloy Mr. Timothy Monroe Dr. John H. Moran Dr. E. Pierre and Mrs. Sarah Morenon Mr. Frank W. Musche Mrs. Margaret Nastro Ms. Irene Neibiker Ms. Jane S. Nelson Mrs. Lorraine Palmer Mr. Andre Paradis Mr. Daniel and Mrs. Lois Peloquin Mr. Eugene Peloquin Mr. Ronald and Mrs. Lorraine Pennington Mrs. Alexandra Pezzello Mr. Kevin and Mrs. Marianne Phelan Ms. Nancy A. Potter Mrs. Rebecca and Mr. Barry Preston Mr. Frank Richard Mr. Craig Richardson and Ms. Sarah Beinecke Mr. Kenneth and Mrs. Irene Roberts Mr. Donald Salmanson Mr. Robert G. Salmonsen Mr. Peter Scheidler Mr. Clark Schoettle Prof. and Mrs. George M. Seidel Mr. and Mrs. William E. Sheridan Mr. Daniel G. Siegel Prof. William and Mrs. Cheryl Simmons Dr. and Mrs. Arun K. Singh Mr. John and Mrs. Margaret Skenyon Mr. Michael M. and Mrs. Joanne Woody Mr. Richard D. Stattler Mr. William Sutherland Ms. Ruth S. Taylor Christine Townsend Mr. Kenneth and Mrs. Mary Lou Upham Mr. Richard Vangermeersch, Ph.D. Ms. Wendy G. Walter Ms. Nancy Wegimont Mr. Willis H. White Mr. Rick Whitesell Ms. Judith B. Wilson Dr. Richard Wong and Dr. Barbara Shepps Prof. Gordon S. and Mrs. Louise G. Wood Mr. Jeffrey and Mrs. Theresa Woodmansee Mr. Terry Tullis and Ms. Connie Worthington
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RIHS DONORS
Corporate, Foundation, Organizations & Government
Support
$100,000+
Anonymous Institute of Museum and Library Services National Endowment for Humanities The State of Rhode Island $20,000-$99,999
Amica Companies Foundation Blackstone Heritage Corridor Inc. City of Woonsocket The June Rockwell Levy Foundation National Park Service Peggy and Henry Sharpe Fund at The Rhode Island Foundation $10,000-$19,999
Microsoft Donation Program* The Roger E. Potter Fund at The Rhode Island Foundation Rhode Island Foundation $5,000-$9,999
The Lodestar Foundation Newport Leadership Rhode Island Council for the Humanities The Washington Trust Company $1,000-$4,999
AAA Southern New England Brown University Department of Community & Government Relations Conway Tours/Gray Line of RI** Jeremiah Dexter Familiy Fund Greenwood Credit Union iHeart Media Providence Janney Montgomery Scott LLC Mandel & Tracy, LLC McAdams Charitable Foundation The Moore Fund at The Rhode Island Foundation Museum of Work & Culture Preservation Foundation Ocean State Rental* Off The Vine Catering* Paolino Properties Partridge, Snow & Hahn LLP The Nicholas E. and Ann O. Picchione Fund at The Rhode Island Foundation Pranzi Fine Catering* Québec Délégation in Boston RBC Wealth Management Rhode Island Public Radio* Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations Teaching American History WNRI Radio* $500-$999
Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park BNY Mellon Wealth Management Brewster Thornton Group Architects The Brickle Group Cozy Caterers* E.W. Burman, Inc. Emery's Catering Service*
Esten and Richard Agency Inc. Fournier & Fournier Funeral Home Gencorp Insurance Group Lepine Financial Advisors, Inc The Terrance Murray Foundation Narragansett Brewing Co.* Parkside Rotisserie & Bar Phalanx Engineering, Inc. Public Archaeology Laboratory Inc. Restivo Monacelli LLP RI Labor History Society RI Society Sons of the Revolution San Francisco Foundation Soucy Insurance Agency Wrights Dairy Farm & Bakery* $250-$499
AAA Northeast Citizens Charitable Foundation Consulate General of Canada Granny Squibb's Iced Teas* Haynes de Boer Associates The Northern RI Chamber of Commerce Oakland Grove Health Care Center Woonsocket Rotary Club $100-$249
B.U.W. Council Local 310 The Beef Barn* Blackstone Valley Tourism Council Bottles Fine Wine* Central Falls Teachers' Union Construction & General Laborers' Local Union 271 Cranston Firefighters Local 1363 Flatbread Providence, Inc. IBEW Local 2323 AFL-CIO Kane-Barrengos Foundation Li'l General Marcum LLP McLaughlin & Moran, Inc. MIBA Design Narragansett Creamery* North Smithfield Fire and Rescue Providence Preservation Society Rhode Island Carpenters, Local 94 Rhode Island Telephone, Inc. RI Laborers' District Council Rotary Club of Woonsocket Sin Desserts* The Stadium Theatre* Trinity Repertory Company* West Warwick Firefighters Assn Local 1104 Woonsocket Fire Fighters Local 732 Ye Olde English Fish & Chips
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RIHS DONORS
Donors to the Collections
Anonymous Dr. Charles J. Barnes Mrs. Louise Bello Estate of Helen Beverly Mr. Chip Bishop Ms. Joanne L. Black Mrs. Glenna Bruno Clark Historical Library, Central Michigan University Mr. Patrick T. Conley Ms. Bernadette M. Conte Mr. William C. Cornell Mr. Robert Cote Mr. G. Timothy Cranston Mr. Frederick Day Kyum Dean Mrs. Clarisse Dexter Mr. James Alan Egan Jamie Everhart Ms. Renee Fleuette Mr. Jeffrey Fontaine Mrs. Gertrude Franco Mr. Paul Friday Mr. Richard E. Gavitt George Wiley Center Mr. Charles Dana Gibson Mr. Roger V. Gladu Mr. James D. Grabow Sr. Ms. Patricia Harmon Mr. Donald E. Haslam Mrs. Freida P. Herreshoff Mr. George Herrick Ms. Karina Y. Khachaturian Dr. Merle Krueger Ms. Linda Kushner Ms. Christine Lamar Mrs. Yvette Leclerc Ms. Louise Case Lamphere Mr. Bruce C. MacGunnigle Ms. Gloria Merchant Ms. Denice Mitchell Ms. Katie Moynihan Mr. Jerry E. Mueller Narragansett Boat Club Naval History and Heritage Command, Publications Branch New England Historic Genealogical Society New York Botanical Garden Ms. Cynthia Norman Ms. Karen Auclair Oliveira Rhode Island Genealogical Society Rhode Island School of Design Library Rhode Island Society of the American Revolution Mr. Clifford L. Rice Mr. Donald Tunnicliff Rice Mr. Joseph R. Richer Mrs. Avery Seaman Signature Communications Dr. Luther Spoehr Ms. Virginia A. Stephen Ms. Elizabeth Stevens Mrs. Virginia R. Stuart Ms. Sabrina Ta’Ala Tockwotton on the Waterfront Mr. Russell L. Tupper
Mr. Timothy Ward Mr. David Ward Westerly Historical Society Mr. William Worthington Collaborative Partners
1696 Historical Commission Amica Insurance Asten Media Beacon Charter High School Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor Blackstone Valley Tourism Council Bristol Historical & Preservation Society Burrillville School Department Catalyzing Newport Center for the Study of Slavery & Justice at Brown University City of Woonsocket Design Agency The Engine Institute Experience RI Goodwill Industries of Rhode Island Historic New England iHeart Media International Association of Exhibitions & Events at Johnson ^ Wales University Jacqueline M. Walsh School for the Performing & Visual Arts John Carter Brown Library John Nicholas Brown Center for Public Humanities & Cultural Heritage John Hay Library, Brown University L’il General Stores Lincoln School Department Linden Place Lovecraft Arts & Sciences Council Mount St. Charles Academy Mount Vernon Museum of Work & Culture Preservation Foundation National Archives National Park Service National Society of Colonial Dames of America in Rhode Island Newport Antiques Show Newport Historical Society Office of the 250th Anniversary, Brown University Preserve Rhode Island Protecting the Past Providence Athenaeum Providence College Providence Lady Project Providence Public Library Providence Shelter for Colored Children Providence Warwick Convention and Visitors Bureau Rhode Island Black Heritage Society Rhode Island Center for the Book Rhode Island College Rhode Island Council for the Humanities Rhode Island Department of Education Rhode Island Foundation Rhode Island Historical Preservation Commission Rhode Island Labor History Society Rhode Island Society of the Sons of the American Revolution
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RIHS DONORS
RISD Museum Rhode Island State Council on the Arts RiverzEdge Arts Project Rotary Club of Woonsocket Smithsonian Institution The Valley Breeze WaterFire Providence WNRI Radio WOON Radio WWII Foundation The Woonsocket Call Woonsocket Historical Society Woonsocket Monuments Committee Wright’s Dairy VOX Voices of Christmas * In-kind
** Includes in-kind
*** Includes matching gifts and charitable
foundation contributions
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We are grateful for our docents, interns, & volunteers!
Ms. Trina Avery Mrs. Ann Bellotti Mrs. Irene Blais Mr. Brendon Boucher Mr. Paul Bourget Mr. Renee Boyce Mr. Albert Brunelle Ms. Michele Brunelle Ms. Camille Bucci Mr. Phil Campbell Mr. Gerald Carbone Mr. Michael Carroll Mr. Chris Clarendon Ms. Carolyn Cole Mr. Paul Daley Ms. Debbie Das Ms. Lucille Delannoy Ms. Madeleine DeRoche Mr. Justin Desjardins Ms. Judi Dill Ms. Mary Ann Dill Mr. Morgan Donahue Ms. Rosemary Donahue Mr. Erik Eckilson Ms. Barbara Eddy Ms. Emily Esten Ms. Judy Famiglietti Mrs. Carolyn Faubert Ms. Denise Foggo Ms. Mary Frappier Mr. Jim Frutchey Ms. Joan Gahan Mr. Daniel Gendron Ms. Victoria Gendron Ms. Maria Glanvill Ms. Betty Grayson Ms. Sally Gruber Ms. Betty Havrylik Mrs. Fern Hemond Mr. Donald Hoard Ms. Catherine Beyer Hurst Ms. Patricia Jarvis Ms. James Kabala Mr. JD Kay Mr. Tom Keras Mr. Albert Klyberg Mrs. Isabel Kushner Mr. Russ Kushner Ms. Katie Landry Mr. Fernand Laquerre Ms. Deb Libucha Ms. Jacqueline Lofgren Ms. Rachel LoMonaco Mr. Lee Mangione Ms. Priscilla Marchand
Ms. Mary Beth Maitoza Mr. Owen Monroe Ms. Elinor Nacheman Ms. Marilyn Napier Mrs. Irene Nebiker Ms. Ronnie Newman Mr. Charles Noel Mr. Ed O'Donnell Mrs. Jean O'Donnell Mrs. Lorraine Palmer Mr. Paul Papineau Ms. Lynn Paul-Briggs Mr. Daniel Peloquin Mr. Eugene Peloquin Mrs. Lois Peloquin Mr. Jared Perry Mr. Richard Peterson Ms. Beverly Pettine Mrs. Judith Potter Ms. Anna Prymak Ms. Silvia Rees Mrs. Alice Reinhardt Mr. Frederick Reinhardt Ms. Patty Reynolds Ms. Cathe Rezendes Ms. Karen Riendeau Ms. Rosemary Rocchio Ms. Susan Shea Ms. Mary Sheridan Mr. Matthew Shumate Mr. Al Soucey Mr. David Soucy Mr. Ian Steller Ms. Lindsey Stewart Mrs. Jacqueline Tardif Mr. Paul Tardif Mr. Robert Taylor Mrs. Claudette Theodoroff Ms. Carol Traynor Ms. Ruth Van Dine Ms. Nancy Wegimont Ms. Maureen Whittemore Ms. Barbara Zdravesky Board & Committee
Members
Roger N. Begin John Boehnert Nicholas Brown Sylvia E. Brown Winnie E. Brownell Timothy Burditt Anthony Calandrelli
Nancy K. Cassidy Gayle A. Corrigan Lawrence Davidson Karen DelPonte Andrew M. Erickson Thomas R. Evans Lyle Fain Angela Fischer Robert G. Flanders, Jr. Robert D. Galli Thomas P.I. Goddard George M. Goodwin Robert Allen Greene David W. Gregg Samuel H. Hallowell, Jr. Barbara Hart Robert Hayman Barry G. Hittner Chris Hurd Ed Iannuccilli Seth Izzi Michael W. Joukowsky Peter Karczmar Tracey Keough Albert T. Klyberg Jane Lancaster J. Stanley Lemons James P. Loring Kathryn B. Mandel Craig Marin James M. Nagle Alexandra Pezzello Mike Ritz Arthur Robbins Seth E. Rockman Lydia Schroter Marie Schwartz Brenda Senak Michael Sigourney William S. Simmons Theodore Smalletz Mary C. Speare Kathryn Spoehr Luther Spoehr Dennis Stark Polly Talbott Nelson Taylor Edward Theberge Barbara Thornton Stanley Weiss James Wing William McKenzie Woodward
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