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The One Hundred and Ninety Sixth Annual Meeting
Of
The Rhode Island Historical Society
Wednesday, November 8, 2017
5:30 P.M.
Museum of Work & Culture
42 South Main Street
Woonsocket, RI 02895
2017 Annual Meeting
Of
The Rhode Island Historical Society
Agenda
Call to Order and Board Chair’s Report James P. Loring, CPA, CFA
Chair
Treasurer’s Report Michael L. Baker, Jr., CPA
Treasurer
Nominating Committee Report & Winifred E. Brownell, Ph.D.
Election of Officers and Trustees, Nominating Committee Chair
2017-2018
New Business Luther W. Spoehr, Ph.D.
Chair
2017: Culminations and New Beginnings C. Morgan Grefe, Ph.D.
Executive Director
Mills Along the Blackstone: Locally Anne Conway, Director MoWC &
Made, Internationally Known Sarah Carr, Assistant Director, MoWC
Closing Remarks Luther W. Spoehr, Ph.D.
Chair
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NOMINATIONS FOR THE 2017-2018 BOARD TERM
Officers Nominated for Term of One Year
For Chair:
Luther W. Spoehr, Ph.D.
Senior Lecturer
Departments of Education and History
Brown University
For Vice Chair:
Winifred E. Brownell, Ph.D.
Retired Dean of Arts and Sciences
University of Rhode Island
For Treasurer:
Michael L. Baker, Jr., CPA
Assistant Vice President, Accounting
Amica Insurance
For Secretary:
Robert H. Sloan, Jr., CLU, ChFC
Principal
Sloan Associates
Trustees Nominated for Initial Term of Three Years
William R. Logan
Senior Vice President
Citizens Financial Group, Inc.
David R. Marquis
President
ChemArt Company
Lisa E. Melton
Vice President of Insurance Marketing
AAA Northeast
Trustees Nominated for a 2nd Term of Three Years
William S. Simmons, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Anthropology
Brown University
Barbara J. Thornton, AIA
Partner
Brewster Thornton Group Architects, LLP
BOARD OF TRUSTEES, OFFICERS, MEMBERS AND CHAIRS 2016-2017
Officers and Executive Committee
James P. Loring, CPA, CFA
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
Senior Vice President, Amica Insurance
Chair
Luther W. Spoehr, Ph.D.
Senior Lecturer
Departments of Education and History
Brown University
Vice Chair
Michael L. Baker, Jr., CPA
Assistant Vice President, Accounting
Amica Insurance
Treasurer
Alexandra Pezzello, Esq.
Attorney at Law
Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP
Secretary
Trustees at Large
Winifred E. Brownell, Ph.D.
Dean of Arts and Sciences
University of Rhode Island
Timothy N. Burditt
Anthony Calandrelli
President
American Ring Company, Inc.
Gayle A. Corrigan
President
Management Resource Partners, Inc.
Michael T. Eadie
VP Wealth Management Sales and Marketing
Washington Trust Wealth Management
Andrew M. Erickson, CPCU
Retired Director and Senior Executive Vice
President
Amica Insurance
George M. Goodwin, Ph.D.
Independent Historian
Barry G. Hittner, Esq.
Counselor at Law
Edward A. Iannuccilli, MD
Clinical Professor of Medicine Emeritus
The Warren Alpert School of Medicine
Brown University
Benjamin D. Lux
Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder
NuLabel Technologies
Tomas E. Ramirez, Ph.D.
Principal Lead Consultant on Education
Leadership Assessments
Education Leadership Assessments, Ltd.
William S. Simmons, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Anthropology
Brown University
Robert H. Sloan, Jr., CLU, ChFC
Sloan Associates
Theodore W. Smalletz
Chief Financial Officer
Gloria Duchin, Inc.
Mary C. Speare
Barbara J. Thornton, AIA
Partner
Brewster Thornton Group Architects, LLP
Trustee Ex-Officio
Lane Talbot Sparkman
Education & Public Programs Coordinator
RI Department of State
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COMMITTEES 2016-2017
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
James P. Loring (temp Chair)
Anthony Calandrelli
Alexandra Pezzello
Theodore W. Smalletz
Kathryn B. Mandel*
Staff Contact: Charmyne Goodfellow
Executive Committee James. P. Loring (Chair)
Michael L. Baker, Jr.
Alexandra Pezzello
Luther W. Spoehr
Finance Committee Michael L. Baker, Jr.(Chair)
Timothy N. Burditt
Anthony Calandrelli
Alek A. Dykeman*
Lyle Fain*
Barbara K. Hart*
Kathryn Spoehr*
Staff Contact: Charmyne Goodfellow
Subcommittee of Finance Committee
Investment Committee Anthony Calandrelli (Chair)
Michael L. Baker, Jr.
James P. Loring
Robert H. Sloan, Jr.
William Logan*
James Wing*
Nominating & Governance Committee
Winifred E. Brownell (Chair)
Andrew M. Erickson
Barry G. Hittner
James P. Loring
Luther W. Spoehr
AD HOC COMMITTEES
Annual Fund & Membership Committee
Michael T. Eadie (Chair)
Andrew M. Erickson
Mary C. Speare
Michelle Chiles**
Anne Conway**
Kathryn B. Mandel*
Polly Talbott*
Jennifer Wilson**
Staff Contact: Corinne Barber, Mary Lou
Upham
Collections Committee Edward A. Iannuccilli (Chair)
George M. Goodwin
Alexandra Pezzello
William S. Simmons
Robert H. Sloan, Jr.
Robert D. Galli*
David W. Gregg*
Tracey Keough*
Stanley Weiss*
Staff Contact: Kirsten Hammerstrom
Education/Programs Committee
Anthony Calandrelli
George M. Goodwin
Theodore W. Smalletz
Luther W. Spoehr
Staff Contact: Geralyn Ducady
Facilities Committee
Barbara J. Thornton (Chair)
Timothy N. Burditt
John Boehnert*
Lyle Fain*
Seth Izzi*
Nelson Taylor*
Michael Sigourney*
Staff Contact: Henry Sanchez
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COMMITTEES 2016-2017
AD HOC COMMITTEES cont.
Human Resources Committee
James P. Loring (Chair)
Tomas E. Ramirez
Jillian Folger-Hartwell*
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*
Evelyn Stern*
William McKenzie Woodward*
Staff Contacts: Geralyn Ducady, Elizabeth Stevens
* Indicates non-trustee committee member
** Indicates RIHS staff on committee
Indicates also on Investment Committee
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RIHS - STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION
June 30, 2017
ASSETS: 2017 2016
Cash and cash Equivalents:
Operating 568,089 529,881
Grant restricted 69,256 28,755
Investments 739,587 698,886
Accounts Receivable, net 13,121 19,348
Grants Receivable, net 28,800 -
Promises to give, net 26,187 70,722
Inventory 16,998 17,407
Prepaid expenses and other assets 25,446 17,511
Property and equipment, net 3,105,859 3,180,234
Endowment:
Promises to give, net 56,982 81,983
Investments 20,850,970 15,089,213
TOTAL ASSETS 25,501,295 19,733,940
LIABILITIES:
Accounts payable 38,095 30,326
Accrued liabilities
Payroll and payroll taxes 115,191 114,797
Other 18,500 19,500
Deferred revenue 19,749 19,142
Total Liabilities 191,535 183,765
NET ASSETS:
Unrestricted:
Undesignated 1,829,642 1,176,452
Board designated 7,780,006 3,029,159
Total 9,609,648 4,205,611
Temporarily Restricted 668,979 390,172
Permanently Restricted 15,031,133 14,954,392
Total net assets 25,309,760 19,550,175
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS 25,501,295 19,733,940
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RIHS - STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES
June 30, 2017
Unrestricted -
Undesignated
Unrestricted -
Board
Designated
Temporarily
Restricted
Permanently
Restricted
2017
Total
2016
Total
PUBLIC SUPPORT AND REVENUE:
Contributions 132,254 - 55,892 5,000 193,146 165,391
Grants 451,932 - 151,822 - 603,754 756,783
Bequest income 1,879 4,761,642 3,214 71,741 4,838,476 100
Total Public Suppport 586,065 4,761,642 210,928 76,741 5,635,376 922,274
Revenue:
Program revenues 30,927 - - - 30,927 43,104
Membership dues 78,385 - - - 78,385 72,453
In-kind contributions 15,231 - - - 15,231 6,293
Admissions income 67,345 - - - 67,345 74,318
Publications and book sales 3,303 - - - 3,303 6,816
Administrative fees 9,227 - - - 9,227 8,939
Investment income/(loss), net 88,385 99,526 1,768,140 - 1,956,051 (333,982)
Rental functions income 42,318 - - - 42,318 42,632
Miscellaneous income 2,387 - - - 2,387 3,910
Special event net 70,198 - 14,254 - 84,452 81,299
Loss on disposal of property and equipment - - - - - (1,222)
1,015,383 (54,109) (961,274) - - -
551,830 - (551,830) - - -
257,623 (56,212) (201,411) - - -
Total Revenue 2,232,542 (10,795) 67,879 - 2,289,626 4,560
Total public support and revenue 2,818,607 4,750,847 278,807 76,741 7,925,002 926,834
Expenses:
Program Services:
Library services 436,847 - - - 436,847 437,521
Museum program 287,753 - - - 287,753 296,739
Woonsocket museum 236,426 - - - 236,426 242,361
Education program 352,843 - - - 352,843 554,345
Total program services 1,313,869 - - - 1,313,869 1,530,966
Supporting services:
Development 170,695 - - - 170,695 124,592
Management and general 680,853 - - - 680,853 633,990
Total supporting services 851,548 - - - 851,548 758,582
Total Expenses 2,165,417 - - - 2,165,417 2,289,548
CHANGE IN NET ASSETS 653,190 4,750,847 278,807 76,741 5,759,585 (1,362,714)
NET ASSETS, beginning 1,176,452 3,029,159 390,172 14,954,392 19,550,175 20,912,889
NET ASSETS, ending 1,829,642 7,780,006 668,979 15,031,133 25,309,760 19,550,175
Net assets released from restrictions
persuant to endowment spending rate
Appropriations of underwater endowment
Net assets released from restrictions
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June 30, 2017
RIHS - STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
2017 2016
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Change in net assets 5,759,585 (1,362,714)
Adjustments to reconcile change in net assets to net
cash and cash equivalents from operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization 209,656 213,606
Permanently restricted contributions (76,741) (39,459)
Net realized and unrealized (gains)/losses on investments (1,687,984) 858,113
Loss on disposal of property and equipment - 1,222
Purchases of collection items 15,964 11,980
Changes in assets and liabilities:
Receivables, net 6,227 4,519
Grants Receivable, net (28,800)
Promises to give, net 69,536 25,451
Inventory 412 (198)
Prepaid expenses (7,935) (3,652)
Accounts payable 7,769 (33,562)
Accrued liabilities:
Payroll and payroll taxes 394 32,000
Other (1,000) 500
Deferred revenue 607 (5,455)
Total adjustments (1,491,895) 1,065,065
NET CASH FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES 4,267,690 (297,649)
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Proceeds from sales of investments 3,546,555 6,264,919
Purchases of investments (7,661,031) (5,933,132)
Purchases of property and equipment (135,282) (56,393)
Purchases of collection items (15,964) (11,980)
NET CASH FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES (4,265,722) 263,414
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Permanently restricted contributions 76,741 39,459
NET CASH FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES 76,741 39,459
NET CHANGE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS 78,709 5,224
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, beginning 558,636 553,412
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, ending 637,345 558,636
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CURRENT STAFF LISTING
Administration
C. Morgan Grefe, Ph.D., Executive Director
Charmyne Goodfellow, Deputy Executive
Director for Finance and Administration
Silvia Rees, Executive Assistant
Advancement
Shawn Badgley, Communications and Digital
Outreach Manager
Corinne Barber, Development Officer
Sarah Travers, Temp. Membership Officer
Education
Geralyn Ducady, Director, Newell D. Goff Center
for Education and Public Programs
Rachel Brask Hutchinson, Education Outreach
Manager & Print Designer; RHODI Project
Gabriella George, Visitor Experience & Logistics
Coordinator, JBHM
Jennifer Wilson, Assistant Director, Newell D.
Goff Center for Education and Public Programs;
RHODI Project
Michele Brunelle, Gift Shop Clerk
Patty Reynolds, Gift Shop Clerk
Facilities
Ed Desjarlais, Buildings and Grounds Supervisor
Curtis Proffit, Buildings and Grounds Assistant
Finance
Charmyne Goodfellow, Deputy Executive
Director for Finance and Administration
Ann Dionne, Assistant to Deputy Executive
Director for Finance and Administration
Renata Luongo, Assistant in Finance Office,
Rental Manager
Research Center and Museum Collections
Phoebe Bean, Librarian
Michelle Chiles, Research Center Manager
Jennifer Galpern, Research Associate
Ellary Gamache, Administrative Assistant
Owen Gibbs, Cataloger/Curatorial Assistant
J.D. Kay, Digital Imaging Specialist & Rights
and Reproductions Manager
Dana Signe K. Munroe, Registrar
Publications
Elyssa Tardif, Ph.D., Editor, Rhode Island
History
Museum of Work & Culture
Anne Conway, Director, Museum of Work &
Culture
Irene Blais, Receptionist/Clerk
Gary Boucher, Building Superintendent
Sarah Carr, Assistant Director, Museum of Work
& Culture
Maureen Sansonese, Administrative Assistant
Susan Shea, Receptionist/Clerk
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LIFETIME MEMBERS 2016-2017
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
Mr. Robert & Mrs. Susan Dick
Mr. Donald Farrar
Dr. Edwin & Mrs. Angela Fischer
Dr. George M. Goodwin &
Mrs. Betsey S. Goodwin
Mr. Paul & Mrs. Donna Cameron Gricus
Mr. Henry & Mrs. Sandra Harris
Ms. Marion O. Harris
Dr. Daniel Harrop, III
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
Harrison M. Wright, Ph.D. &
Mrs. Josephine Wright
Mr. Louis Yip
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RIHS DONORS
Individual Supporters FY 2017
$10,000 +
Anonymous ‡
Mr. and Dr. Barry G. and Kathleen C. Hittner***
Mr. Albert T. Klyberg ‡
Mr. James P. Loring CPA, CFA***
Dr. John Moran
$5,000-$9,999
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew M. and Mary E. Erickson***
Mr. Frederick R. Mattis
Ms. Mary C. Speare
Profs. Luther W. and Kathryn T. Spoehr
$1,000-$4,999
Mr. William T. Babcock
Mr. Michael L. Baker Jr. and Ms. Jennifer Tauser***
Dr. Winifred Brownell
Mr. Anthony Calandrelli
Mrs. Nancy K. Cassidy and Mr. Jeffrey Schreck
Mr. and Mrs. Richard S. and Inge T. Chafee
Mr. and Mrs. Peter and Anne Conway
Mr. Michael T. Eadie and Mrs. Maria Bridge
Dr. and Mrs. Edwin G. and Angela Fischer
Mr. Arnold M. Friedman
Mr. and Mrs. Robert and Lori Godin
Dr. and Mrs. George and Betsey M. Goodwin
Dr. C. Morgan Grefe and Mr. Gage Prentiss
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel H. Hallowell Jr.
Ms. Marion O. Harris
Dr. and Mrs. Edward and Diane Iannuccilli
Mr. Benjamin Lux
Mr. and Mrs. Frank and Elizabeth R. Mauran IV
Mr. Robert H. Sloan Jr., CLU, CHFC
Mr. and Mrs. Theodore W. and Robyn G. Smalletz
Mr. and Mrs. Peter and Barbara Thornton
Mrs. Sylvia Brown-West and Mr. Andrew West
$500-$999
Mr. Paul A. Bourget
Mrs. Denise Bourget
Dr. Nicholas Sewall Bowen
Captain Nicholas Brown
Mr. Timothy N. Burditt
Mrs. Lucy Aldrich Burr
Mr.and Mrs. Richard and Germaine Cayer
Ms. Pauline Clancy
Mr. Warren C. Curtis
Ms. Renee Darling and Mr. Ronald Miller
Mr. and Mrs. Karl F. and Jacqueline Ericson
Mr. and Mrs. Donald and Rachel Hoard
Dr. Jane Lancaster
Mr. Robert J. Manning
Mr. Frank Mauran III
The Murray Family Charitable Foundation
Mr. Paul C. Nicholson Jr.
Mr. Charles H. Page
Dr. and Mrs. James T. and Cynthia B. Patterson
Ms. Peggy Peckham
Mr. and Mrs. Kevin P. and Marianne Phelan***
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick W. and Alice Reinhardt
Mr. and Mrs. Russ and Carla Ricci
Ms. Thelma Rocha
Mr. and Mrs. David and Charlene Soucy
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas and Carol Ward
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley and Beth Weiss
Ms. Julie Ann Wilson
Mr. James Wing
$250-$499
Ms. Lucie Arsenault
Ms. Lucille E. Atkinson
Mayor Lisa Baldelli-Hunt and Mr. Edward Hunt
Ms. Corinne Barber
Mr. and Mrs. G. Rollin and Sandra F. Bartlett
Mrs. Victor J. Baxt
Mr. and Mrs. Roger and Diane Begin
Mr. and Mrs. Harrison and Arria Bilodeau
Dr. and Mrs. Edwin and Margaret Boger
Dr. and Mrs. James Brennan
Mr. Thomas Bryson
Mrs. Elizabeth Capozzi
Ms. Julia Conway
Ms. Renee Darling and Mr. Ronald Miller
Mr. and Mrs. Fred and Virginia DeGregory
Dr. Grace M. Donnelly
Mr. Patrick Donohue and Ms. Erin O'Brien
Mrs. Doris Stearn Donovan
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis J. and Kathleen Y. Duffy
Mr. John Lyman Dyer
Mr. and Mrs. Robin and Martha Fletcher
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony F. and Barbara T. Fontaine
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. and Leslie A. Gardner
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel and Ann Marie Gendron
Mr. and Mrs. Frank and Jean Giorgio
Mr. Richard M. Glenn
Mrs. Virginia K. Greenwood
Mr. and Mrs. Paul and Donna Gricus
Mr. and Mrs. Peter and Teresa Hacunda
Ms. Nancy S. Harris
Reverend Robert W. Hayman
Mrs. Sona Kalfaian-Ahlijian and Mrs. Sondra Pitts
Mr. and Mrs. Kieran Keating
Mr. and Mrs. Russ and Isabel Kushner
Mr. Richard Lappin
Mr. and Mrs. Roland and Billiegene Lavallee
Prof. Francis J. Leazes Jr. and Ms. Audrey Laforge
Mr. and Mrs. Peter and Kathryn Mandel CPA
Mr. Christian M. McBurney
Mrs. Jane Larson McGuirk
Ms. Theresa Molloy
Ms. Jane S. Nelson
Mr. Kenneth Orenstein and Ms. Barbara Feibelman
Mr. and Mrs. Joe and Marie Parys**
Mrs. Judith Potter**
Mr. and Mrs. Barry and Rebecca Preston
Mr. Andrew JC Roos and Ms. Cara JC Matthews
Dr. Nancy Dietz Safer
Prof. and Mrs. William and Cheryl Simmons
Mrs. Gretchen Dow Simpson and Mr. James Baird
Dr. and Mrs. Arun K. and Barbara H. Singh
Mr. and Mrs. David and Charlene Soucy
Dr. Elizabeth C. Stevens and Mr. Norman MacLeod
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew and Louise Swanson
Mr. Frank Terranova*
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RIHS DONORS
Mr. Scott M. Turner and Ms. Mary A. Warboys
Mr. Newell E. Warde
Prof. and Mrs. Gordon S. and Louise G. Wood
Mr. Jinxuan Zhu
Mr. and Mrs. Melvin L. and Janet Zurier
$100-$249
Mr. and Mrs. James and Lisa Aceto
Ms. Diane Adam
Mr. and Mrs. John and Kyle Adamonis
Mrs. Virginia M. Adams
Mr. and Mrs. Richard F. and Rebecca N. Alberg
Mr. and Mrs. Roger and Jeannine Allard
Mr. and Mrs. Susan J. and James P. Allen
Mr. Raymond C. Anderson Jr.
Attorney and Mrs. Orlando and Linda Andreoni
Ms. Sue Andrews
Ms. Lauren Armstrong
Mr. and Mrs. Charles and Sandra Arning
Captain Lee Ashcraft
Ms. Katrina H. Avery
Dr. and Mrs. Julien Ayotte
Mr. and Mrs. Robert and Judith Ann Ayotte
Ms. Alyssa Balasco
Mrs. Suzanne Baldaia, Ph.D. and Mr. Ernest Mayo, Esq.
Mrs. Cherry Fletcher Bamberg
Ms. Corinne Barber
Ms. Mary-Elizabeth Barton
Mr. Charles I. Bearse
Ms. Diana Beauchemin
Mr. and Mrs. Maurice and Barbara Bell
Mr. and Mrs. James and Margaret Bierden
Mr. and Mrs. Arria and Harrison Bilodeau
Mr. Marc Bissonnette
Mr. and Mrs. Melvyn and Patricia Blake
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Boday
Attorney Lenette Boisselle
Ms. Kathleen B. Bouthillier
Dr. and Mrs. Edward and Anne Bozzi
Mrs. Donald D. Breed
Mr. James P. Brown III
Mrs. Greta P. Brown
Mr. Michael H. Brown
Mr. Iain H. Bruce
Mr. and Mrs. Albert and Carol Anne O. Brunelle
Mr. Merrill Budlong
Mrs. Elsie D. Buffum
Mr. Jack R. Burden
Mr. Ali Cabral
Mr. Gregory Caffrey
Mr. Michael A. Carlin and Ms. Sarah Norwood
Mr. and Mrs. Ralf and Nancy Carriuolo
Mr. Arthur A. Carter Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Peter and Lucia Case
Ms. Kathryn J. Cavanaugh
Mr. and Mrs. Ron and Carol Charest
Mr. Michael Chesman
Mr. and Mrs. John B. Christy III
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur L. and Kate Chute
Mr. and Mrs. David P. and Virginia B. Clarendon
Ms. Barbara Keeney Clark
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen and Kim Clark
Mr. and Mrs. Robert and Paula Clark
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. and Geraldine Clarke
Mr. James F. Clarke Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin and Amy Cogan
Dr. and Mrs. Joel A. and Frances Cohen
Ms. Eileen Cole
Ms. Carolyn S. Cole
Dr. John E. Concannon D.O.
Ms. Emily Connolly
Mr. Ned H. Connors
Mr. Tony Connors
Ms. Bonny R. Cook
Mrs. Gayle A. Corrigan and Mr. Igor Vlasov
Mr. and Mrs. Pete and Carol Courtemanche
Ms. Delia M. Crocker
Ms. Robin Cronin
Ms. Althea Baker Crowley
Dr. Carol A. Crowley
Ms. Luanne Kelly Cullen
Ms. Polly Daly
Mr. and Mrs. Barry and Rosanne Dana
Mr. and Mrs. Judith and Murray Danforth III
Mr. Leon Danish
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph and Susan Davis
Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius and Kathryn de Boer
Ms. Elizabeth Debs
Mrs. Frances Delasanta
Mr. Cedric DeLeon
Ms. Jane Desforges and Mr. Michael J. White
Mr. and Mrs. Russ and Mary Dexter
Mr. and Mrs. Mel and Shirley DiMatteo
Mr. Vincent N. DiStefano
Mr. and Mrs. Robert and Carla Dowben
Dr. and Mrs. Joseph and Sarah Dowling Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. Matthew J. and Judith Dowling
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy and Deborah Draper
Mr. and Mrs. William and Catherine Duarte
Ms. Geralyn M. Ducady
Ms. Louise Dufresne
Mr. Stephen M. Duggan
Ms. Pamela Dumas
Ms. Norine Duncan
Mr. & Mrs. Erik and Michelle R. Eckilson
Mr. and Mrs. William and Alice Emerson
Mrs. Patricia J. Epple
Dr. Nathan B. Epstein
Mr. and Mrs. Bill and Judy Famiglietti
Mr. and Mrs. John and Elizabeth Faricy
Ms. Geraldine E. Faries
Mr. and Mrs. Carl and Grace Farmer
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth and Irene Finlay
Ms. Roberta A. FitzGerald
Mr. and Mrs. John W. and Joan M. Flynn
Mr. John Fobert
Mrs. Gail Higgins Fogarty
Ms. Kerrie Follett
Mr. and Mrs. David and Anne-Marie Fontaine
Mr. and Mrs. Steve and Emily B. Baldenow Fortna
Ms. Heather Hahn Fowler
Dr. William M. Fowler Jr.
Mr. Jim E. Frutchey
Mr. and Mrs. Christine and Benedict Fuller
Mr. and Mrs. Michael L. and Susan B. Gannon
Ms. Donna-Belle Garvin
Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Glover and Linda Grenz
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RIHS DONORS
Mr. Zachary Goldstein
Mr. Edward M. Gordon
Mr. and Mrs. Luke and Roberta Gosselin
Mr. David Green and Mrs. Myrth York
Ms. Blair P. Greene
Dr. Albert Godfrey Greene Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Burton and Carol Greifer
Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Grimes Jr.
Mrs. Helen F. Grossman
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen and Joan Hackett
Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel and Michelle Hafer
Ms. Carolyn Hansen
Mr. and Mrs. John and Virginia Harkey
Mr. James M. Harkin
Mr. and Mrs. Carroll and Molly Harrington
Mr. Grant Henne
Mrs. Pamelia A. Henriksen
Mr. Douglas E. Hinman
Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan and Anne Hird
Ms. Lise Holst
Mr. Gordon Hoover
Mr. and Mrs. John and Judy Hoyceanyls
Mr. and Mrs. Chris S. and Nancy Hurd
Ms. Catherine Beyer Hurst
Mr. Fred Jaggi
Dr. Eric Jarvis
Ms. Patricia M. Jarvis
Mrs. Mary Jean E. Johnson
Mr. Gary S. Johnson
Dr. Jihea Kang
Ms. Mary Karlsson
Mrs. Patricia Karmozyn
Ms. Ann G. Kelley
Mr. Boyd King
Ms. Mary Kosowski
Mr. and Mrs. Richard and Jane W. Koster
Ms. Kellen Mr. Kotler
Mr. Jeffrey D. Kovach
Mr. and Mrs. Michael and Jeanne Laferriere
Mrs Pauline Lamantia
Mrs. Trudy Lamoureux
Ms. Leslie H. Lapham
Ms. Sally E. Lapides
Ms. Susan R. LaPidus
Mr. and Mrs. Keith C. and Monique D. Lawton
Mr. J. Stephen Lawton
Ms. Penelope Lederer
Mr. Tim Lehnert
Prof. Mark A. Lehrer
Drs. J. Stanley Lemons and Linda Bausserman
Mr. Brad Leonard
Ms. Marlene K. LeRoy
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard I. and Linda L. Levin
Dr. Peter Libbey M.D.
Dr. Judy Barrett Litoff
Drs. Richard Lobban and Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban
Mr. Nicholas A. Longo
Mr. William D. Lowe
Mr. and Mrs. Harry and Renata Luongo
Mrs. Alys F. MacLeod
Ms. Suzanne M. Magaziner
Ms. Natalie S. Major
Mrs. Mary Ann Makepeace
Dr. Lucille Marchand
Mr. Craig Marin
Mr. and Mrs. Richard and Barbara Marquis
Mr. Gerard N. Martel
Mrs. Ann Brooke Mason
Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. and Theresa E. Mathiesen
Mr. Nikolas Matthes and Mr. Andy Tan
Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin W. and Jean McCleary
Mr. and Mrs. Donald and Mary McClure
Mr. and Mrs. Norman and Dorothy McCulloch Jr.
Mr. Mike McGovern
Mr. Ray J. McKenna Jr.
Mr. James McKivergan
Mrs. Virginia Ward McLoughlin
Dr. Joanne P. Melish
Mr. Larry D. Meneely
Ms. Karen A. Michalec
Ms. Barbara G. Miletta
Mr. John W. Miller Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur C. and Martha Milot
Mr. Peter J. Miniati CFP
Ms. Donna Mitchell
Dr. and Mrs. D. Scott Molloy Jr.
Dr. Thomas Morgan M.D.
Ms. Elisabeth Mueller
Mrs. Pamelee Murphy
Mr. Paul M. Murray
Mr. and Mrs. James M. and Susan M. Nagle
Mrs. Margaret P. Nastro
Ms. Irene G. Nebiker
Ms. Mildred T. Nichols
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Noel
Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. and Judith K. O'Donnell
Mr. William Hoyt Olinger
Ms. Monica Oliver
Mr. Joseph J. O'Neill Jr.
Ms. Elaine M. Osborne
Dr. Calvin E. Oyer M.D.
Mr. Robert G. Padula CPCU, ARM
Mrs. Lorraine Palmer
Dr. Liz Schneck Palter
Ms. Sarah Paquet and Mr. Samuel Hogg
Ms. Elena Pascarella
Mr. and Mrs. Mark and Jean Patiky
Mr. Kenneth Payne and Ms. Helen Drew
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel and Lois Peloquin
Mr. and Mrs. Ron and Lorraine Pennington
Ms. Deborah L. Perry
Ms. Alexandra Pezzello
Mrs. Christine Phillips
Mrs. Jacqueline Picard
Mr. David Piccerelli
Ms. Lillian Shuey Picchione
Ms. Margaret Jean Pickett
Mr. and Mrs. Paul and Eleanor Pierannunzi
Ms. Lisa Pontarelli
Mr. Alan Poon
Ms. Nancy A. Potter
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond J. and Mary Jo Pouliot
The Honorable and Mrs. Joseph and Claire-Lise Presel
Ms. Anna Prymak
Ms. Judith Queen
Ms. Janet Ragno
Ms. Jessica Ralston
Mr. David Ransome
Ms. Patricia Raub
Ms. Erin E. Redihan Ph.D.
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RIHS DONORS
Mr. Michael W. Reed
Ms. Silvia Rees and Mr. Philippe Cordina
Mrs. Shirley I. Reichenberg
Mrs. Helen Reid
Mr. and Mrs. James and Cathe Rezendes
Ms. Caroline Hunter Riedel
Mr. and Mrs. Doug and Mary Riggs
Mr. Mike Ritz
Mr. Richard Roberts
Ms. Nicole Romano*
Ms. Erica Salk and Mr. Paul Russell
Mr. Robert G. Salmonsen
Mr. and Mrs. Gregory and Diane Sanborn
Mr. Philip V. Sarcione
Mr. and Mrs. George and Patricia Sargent
Mr. and Mrs. Robert and Katharine Schelleng
Mr. and Mrs. Ezra and Karen Schneider
Mr. Clarkson Schoettle
Dr. Marie J. Schwartz
Ms. Karen Seabury
Dr. and Mrs. George M. and Theresa D. Seidel
The Honorable and Mrs. Bruce Marshall Selya
Mr. and Mrs. William and Mary Sheridan
Mr. Daniel G. Siegel
Mr. and Mrs. John and Margaret M. Skenyon
Ms. Ruth Slater
Ms. Rebecca H. Smith
Ms. Marcy Arnold Snapp
Ms. Lane Talbot Sparkman
Mr. Marc Staelen
Mr. and Mrs. Richard and Elizabeth Staples Jr.
Mr. Richard D. Stattler and Ms. Jennifer Anderson
Dr. and Mrs. Ronald M. and Christine Stewart
Mr. and Mrs. Keith and Theresa Stokes
Mr. Michael V. Stone
Mr. Bill Sutherland
Mr. Arthur L. Tackman III
Ms. Elizabeth D. Taft
Ms. Aubrie Talarico
Mr. and Mrs. Wallace and Aurelia Therien
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen G. and Louise M. Thornton
Ms. Joanne Tomao
Ms. C. June Tow
Ms. Christine A. Townsend
Ms. Jane A. Trehy
Mr. Lewis Treistman
Mr. and Mrs. Ken and Mary Lou Upham
Mrs. Alice Van Tuyl
Dr. Richard Vangermeersch
The Honorable and Mrs. Vito A. and Nancy L. Virzi
Mr. Dennis Wade and Mr. Charles Patenaude
Ms. Lisa Walsh
Ms. Wendy G. Walter
Ms. Elizabeth H. Ward
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth and Paula Washburn
Ms. Nancy A. Wegimont
Mrs. Peter J. Westervelt
Ms. Jessica Whitman-Raymond
Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan and Linda Wicker
Mr. and Mrs. John and Brenda Wilkinson
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis and Carol Wilson
Ms. Judith B. Wilson
Mr. Dave R. Winans
Drs. Edward and Rena R. Wing
Drs. Richard Wong and Barbara Shepps
Dr. David C. Woolman
Mr. and Mrs. John and Ann Woolsey
Mrs. Connie Worthington and Mr. Terry Tullis
Mr. and Mrs. Robert and Carol Zagrodny
Mr. Jinxuan Zhu
Ms. Catherine Zipf and Mr. Mark Courtney
Corporate, Foundation, Organizations & Government
$10,000+
Amica Companies Foundation
Amica Mutual Insurance Company**
The Champlin Foundations
City of Woonsocket
The Newell D. Goff Fund at the Rhode Island Foundation
Heritage Harbor Foundation
The June Rockwell Levy Foundation
The Roger E. Potter Fund and the Nicholas E. and Ann O.
Picchione Fund at the Rhode Island Foundation
The Peggy and Henry Sharpe Fund at the Rhode Island
Foundation
State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
$5,000-$9,999
CVS Health
The Rhode Island Foundation
$1,000-$4,999
AAA Northeast
Alliance Bernstein
Allied Printing*
Bank of America
Brewster Thornton Group Architects LLP
Brown University Department of Community &
Government Relations
Canon**
Conway Tours*
Dominion Foundation
E.W. Burman, Inc.
Edible Rhody*
Emery's*
Esten & Richard Insurance
Greenvale Vineyards*
Mandel & Tracy, LLC
Moore Fund at the Rhode Island Foundation
Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP
Pranzi Catering*
The Rhode Island Council for the Humanities
Sharpe Family Foundation
Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Rhode Island and
Providence Plantations
Studio Institute
Tauber Foundation
City of Providence
Washington Trust Company
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RIHS DONORS
$500-$999
B&M Clam Bake*
Bottles Fine Wines*
Cozy Caterers*
Gracie's*
Hilb Group New England
Nordstrom's Box*
Parkside Rotisserie & Bar
Phalanx Engineering, Inc.
Public Archaeology Laboratory Inc.
Restivo Monacelli LLP
Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Rhode Island and
Providence Plantations
Stock Providence**
John and Mary Wall Fund at the Rhode Island Foundation
Wright's Dairy Farm*
$250-$499
Brown University Deptartment of History
Granny Squibb's Iced Teas*
Hanuschak Insurance Agency
Narragansett Beer*
Robbins Properties, Inc.
Stadium Theater*
Sweenor's*
$100-$249
Alayne White Spa*
Amgen Foundation
Bent Pine Golf Club
Brownell Library
Capital Grille*
Casa Vallarta*
Catering Gourmet*
Construction and General Laborers' Local Union 271
Cote's Auto Body
Coventry Teachers' Alliance Local 1075
Cranston Firefighters Local 1363
Cumberland Hill Vision Care
Cumberland Public Library
Dave's Market
East Providence Public Library
Evolve Apothecary*
FM Global Foundation
Greenville Public Library
IBEW Union No. 99
Italian Workingmen's Club
John Nicholas Brown Center for Public Humanities &
Cultural Heritage
Kane-Barrengos Foundation
L'il General Stores
Lincoln Public Library
Linden Place
Marian J. Mohr Memorial Library
Milford Federal Savings and Loan
North Smithfield Public Library
Order of the First Families of RI
Portsmouth Free Public Library
Providence Public Library
Rhode Island Carpenters, Local 94
RI Laborers' District Council
Roger Williams National Memorial
Sin*
The Cigar Box*
The Dean Hotel*
Trinity Repertory Theater*
Trudeau's Auto Repair Inc.
West Warwick Public Library
Woonsocket Teachers' Guild
Donors to the Collections
Anonymous
Ms. Anne D. Archibald
Mr. Keith Arbour
Mr. Robert Barnes
Ms. Phoebe Simpson Bean
Ms. Nancy Boardman
Mrs. Joan Breen
Mr. George Brooks
Mr. Frederick N. Brown, III
Mr. Merrill Budlong
Buffalo History Museum
Dr. Joseph A. Chazan
Mr. Joseph Colello
Colonial Society of Massachuetts
Connecticut Historical Society
Mr. J. Thomas Cottrell, Jr.
Mr. Tim Cranston
Ms. Linda Decker
Mr. Russell J. DeSimone
Mr. David Doss
Environmental Council of Rhode Island
Ms. Michaela A. Fanning
Ms. Marjore Jenckes Fleischman
Four Corners Community Chapel
Ms. Christine Francis-Barta
Fund for Community Progress
Mr. Robert A. Geake
George Willey Center
Mr. Tim Graham
Mr. Michael Hackett
Mrs. Virginia D. Hales
Heritage Harbor Museum
Ms. Elizabeth Francis Brown Holton
Mr. Robert Huckins
Islesboro Historical Society
G. Kretwell
Lafayette Advent Christian Church
Little Compton Historical Society
Mrs. Elizabeth McCann
Ms. Nancy McCarthy
Ms. Carol McCarthy
Ms. Joyce N. Makin
Mattatuck Museum
Mr. Frederick Mattis
Mr. Paul C. Nicholson, Jr.
North Scituate Public Library
Ms. Amanda Aldrich O'Bannon
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RIHS DONORS
Ms. Sandra Olson
Ms. Elizabeth Palter
Mr. Harvey Perry
Mr. Ronald Platt
Ms. Nancy Polleys
Providence Department of Planning and Urban Development
Providence Ministries
Providence Public Library
Mrs. Liberty Redmond
Rhode Island Hall of Fame
Rhode Island Publication Society
Rhode Island School of Design. Archives
Rhode Island Society of Colonial Wars
Rhode Island State Fire Marshalls Office
Mr. Stephen Rochford
Ms. Deborah Rochford
Ms. Carol Sanderson
Ms. Elaine Scandale
Mrs. Peggy Sharpe
Mr. M. David Sherrill
Mr. Richard V. Simpson
Mr. Ray Sousa
Ms. Elizabeth Stevens
Mrs. Virginia R. Stuart
Mr. Alfred Tauber
Mr. Dennis J. Taylor
United States Environmental Protection Agency
University of Massachusetts Press
Mr. Bill Viall
Mr. Thomas Peckham Wallace
Ms. Betty Walsh
Mr. Walter J. Welfare
Westminster Unitarian Church
Mr. Thomas P. Whitten
Mr. Fred Witherby
Terry Wolever
Yale University Art Gallery
* In-Kind
** Includes In-Kind
*** Includes matching and charitable foundation
contributions
‡ Planned gift
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COLLABORATING PARTNERS
Amica Insurance
Arcade Providence
Autism Project
Beacon Charter School
Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor
Blackstone Valley Tourism Council
Bottles Fine Wine
Boy Scouts of America
Bradley Hospital
Bristol/Warren School District
Brown University
Catalyzing Newport
Chan's
Ciro's Tavern
City of Central Falls
City of Providence Department of Art,
Culture & Tourism
City of Woonsocket
Coggeshall Farm
Community College of RI
Consul General of Canada in Boston
Cummunity Care Alliance
Discover Newport
Edible Rhody
EmcArts
Flickers: The Rhode Island International Film
Festival
Food Trucks In
Francophone and Francophile Cities Network
Gracie's
Historic New England
International Tennis Hall of Fame
John Carter Brown Library
John Nicholas Brown Center for Public Humanities
and Cultural Heritage
Johnston Historical Society
Linden Place
Lippitt House Museum
Lovecraft Arts & Sciences Council
Museum of Work & Culture Preservation Foundation
Narragansett Brewery
National History Day Rhode Island
National Museum of African American
History and Culture
National Museum of American History
National Park Service
Necronomicon
NeighborWorks Blackstone River Valley
New Bedford Whaling Museum
Newport Art Museum
Newport Historical Society
Peacock Communications
Pranzi Catering
Preservation Society of Newport County
Preserve RI
Providence Art Club
Providence Athenaeum
Providence Children's Museum
Providence College
Providence Inner City Arts
Providence Preservation Society
Providence Public Library
Providence Public School Department
Providence Warwick Convention and Visitors Bureau
Quebec Delegation in Boston
Ravenous Brewery
Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Rhode Island Black Heritage Society
Rhode Island Commerce Corporation
Rhode Island Consortium for Autism
Research and Treatment
Rhode Island Council for the Humanities
Rhode Island Department of Education
Rhode Island Film Festival
The Rhode Island Foundation
Rhode Island Historic Preservation and
Heritage Commission
Rhode Island Jewish Historical Association
Rhode Island Latino Arts
Rhode Island Monthly
Rhode Island PBS
Rhode Island Secretary of State's Office
Rhode Island Society of the Sons of the American
Revolution
Rhode Island State Archives
Rhode Island State Library
RI-CART
RISD Museum of Art
Riverzedge Arts
Rotary Club of Woonsocket
Salve Regina University
Smithsonian Institution
Tomaquag Museum
URI Feinstein Providence Campus Arts and
Culture Program
The Valley Breeze
Visions Consulting, LC3
The Woonsocket Call
Woonsocket Historical Society
Woonsocket Public Schools
Wright's Dairy Farm and Bakery
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Richard Peterson
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Anna Prymak
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Thomas Schultz
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Barbara Zdravesky
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Lyle Fain
Jillian Folger-Hartwell
Robert Galli
George Goodwin
Robert Allen Greene
David Gregg
Barbara Hart
Reverand Robert Hayman
Barry Hittner
Edward Iannuccilli
Seth Izzi
Tracey Keough
Jane Lancaster
J. Stanley Lemons
William Logan
James Loring
Benjamin Lux
Kathryn Mandel
Craig Marin
Alexandra Pezzello
Tomas Ramirez
Seth Rockman
Marie Schwartz
Michael Sigourney
William Simmons
Robert Sloan, Jr.
Theodore Smalletz
Lane Talbot Sparkman
Mary Speare
Luther Spoehr
Kathryn Spoehr
Evelyn Stern
Polly Talbott
Nelson Taylor
Barbara Thornton
Stanley Weiss
James Wing
William McKenzie Woodward
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