AnnualReport - New York State Historical Association

2006
AnnualReport
N EW YORK
S TATE H ISTORICAL
A SSOCIATION
v
T HE FARMERS’
M USEUM
TRUSTEES OF THE
NEW YORK STATE HISTORICAL
ASSOCIATION
F ELICIA H. B LUM
S TUART B LUMIN
K ATHARINE B OOTH
D OUGLAS E VELYN
LUCY B. H AMILTON
G ATES H ELMS H AWN
J ONATHAN H OLSTEIN
G EORGE L. H OWELL
ROBERT J. A. I RWIN
K ENNETH T. J ACKSON
M ARILYNN G. K ARP
PAUL K ELLOGG
K EVIN S. M OORE
T HOMAS M ORGAN
A NNE G. O LDER
T HOMAS O. P UTNAM
J OHN B. S TETSON
E RIC L. S TRAUS
N ICHOLAS T HAW
C LIFTON R. W HARTON , J R
DIRECTORS OF
THE FARMERS’ MUSEUM
D AVID T. B LISS
J ANE F ORBES C LARK
F REDERICK S. D OOLITTLE
G ATES H ELMS H AWN
P ETER H UNTINGTON
J. M ICHAEL M OFFAT
K EVIN S. M OORE
E DWARD W. S TACK
E RIC L. S TRAUS
H ENRY F. C. W EIL , M.D.
OFFICERS
OFFICERS
A NNE G. O LDER
J ANE F ORBES C LARK
C LIFTON R. W HARTON , J R .
J. M ICHAEL M OFFAT
E RIC L. S TRAUS
G LENN A. P ERRONE
K EVIN S. M OORE
R ICHARD C. VANISON
Chairman
Vice Chairman
Secretary
Treasurer
Chairman
Vice Chairman
Secretary
Treasurer
G LENN A. P ERRONE
Assistant Secretary
R ICHARD C. VANISON
Assistant Treasurer
SENIOR STAFF
SENIOR STAFF
D. S TEPHEN E LLIOTT
President and CEO
PAUL D’A MBROSIO
VP and Chief Curator
D. S TEPHEN E LLIOTT
G ARET L IVERMORE
PAUL D’A MBROSIO
WAYNE M ELLOR
G ARET L IVERMORE
J OHN W. C ARNAHAN
WAYNE M ELLOR
B ARBARA F ISCHER
J OHN W. C ARNAHAN
J OSEPH S IRACUSA
President and CEO
VP and Chief Curator
VP of Education
VP of Marketing and Finance
VP for Development
B ARBARA F ISCHER
Senior Director of Human Resources
J OSEPH S IRACUSA
Senior Director of Operations
G RETCHEN S ORIN
Director, Cooperstown Graduate Program
VP of Education
VP of Marketing and Finance
VP for Development
Senior Director of Human Resources
Senior Director of Operations
I
am pleased to report that 2006 was an excellent year for both
the New York State Historical Association and The Farmers’
Museum. Programs and exhibits, attendance and outreach,
membership and fundraising, visitor and member feedback, and
financial performance met or exceeded expectations. The activities and initiatives described in the following report served to
strengthen our mission-delivery and our institutional reputations, and several were widely recognized in national media.
The Empire State Carousel helped to reintroduce The
Farmers’ Museum to new destination, regional, and family
audiences, and Buttercup with our other animals and very
capable staff engaged and delighted visitors of all ages. With
the help and support of friends, we made excellent progress on
some of our unfinished historic village projects, republished
Louis C. Jones’s classic Cooperstown in a new large color format,
and started work on expanding and upgrading The Farmers’
Museum Store and relocating food service.
The Fenimore Art Museum earned accolades for its menu of exhibits here and exhibits that traveled
to other venues. New York History Day and our teacher workshops grew, and the Research Library received
a facelift inside and some wonderful new collections. We were thrilled at year’s end to add Thomas Hicks’s
1862 view of Otsego Lake to our collection.
It also was a year of assessment, positioning, and planning. How do we build on the institutions’ past
achievements and considerable strengths to extend the reach and deepen the impact of our educational
and cultural resources? We asked members and visitors how we’re doing, and we queried more than a thousand others for their thoughts on these gems in the heart of New York State.
We articulated core values, identified strategic advantages and directions, and set forth twenty goals
for the years ahead, with action steps year-by-year for 2007, 2008, and 2009. Already the planning’s
analysis and blueprint have provided guidance and focus as we set priorities and make choices.
We are working to raise the bar in key program areas, including: the excellence and consistency of the
visitor experience and public programming at the Fenimore Art Museum and The Farmers’ Museum;
our services to teachers and students; our outreach to audiences well beyond Cooperstown through
traveling exhibits, programs, and publishing; and the continued development of the Library as a regional
history center.
We also have pressing needs, directly related to our capability to fulfill our mission, that must be met
in the years immediately ahead: a forty-year old Library that has run out of space; a collections facility
retrofitted twenty-five years ago for collections that have grown as standards in the field for their stewardship have been raised; two buildings on the National Register of Historic Places, our Main Barn and
Creamery, that can better serve our visitors with renovations, improved accessibility, and new exhibits;
two well-interpreted Native American sites, now found by too few of our visitors, that deserve stronger
positioning; and outstanding and highly respected collections of American folk art, fine art, and Native
American art masterworks that should be enriched by the periodic addition of significant works, by gift
and by purchase from a strengthened acquisitions fund.
We shall be analyzing the options and actions for tackling these challenges in the months ahead. We
welcome ideas and suggestions, feedback and constructive criticisms, as we work through these steps and
offer solutions. And we enlist your support, as visitors, members, donors, and friends, in ensuring the
continued vitality and excellence of The Farmers’ Museum, the Fenimore Art Museum, and the New
York State Historical Association. Help us serve more young people, teachers, scholars, and visitors, and
our children and grandchildren, in a world where, despite the attraction of “virtuality,” there is no substitute for the authentic, and where, despite the advance of technology and the press of time, there are
lessons to be learned and inspiration to be drawn from the rudiments of rural life, the study of history,
and the beauty of nature and art.
D. Stephen Elliott
President and CEO
The mission
of the New York State Historical Association is
Preserving • Engaging • Educating.
Welcoming and connecting people to our
cultural heritage through
exhibitions and programs that provoke,
delight, and inspire.
Approved by the Board of Trustees, 2006
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he Fenimore Art Museum opened its very successful 2006 exhibition season with Grandma
Moses: Grandmother to the Nation, an innovative retrospective on the life and work of the popular American
folk artist Anna Mary Robertson (1860–1961). The
exhibit featured paintings, personal items, and quotes
from Grandma herself to illuminate the context and
legacy of her work. The exhibit was funded in part
by The Institute of Museum and Library Services, an
independent federal grant-making agency; New York
Council for the Humanities, a state affiliate of the National Endowment for the
Humanities; and the National Endowment for the Arts. This exhibition was organized
by the Fenimore Art Museum and is traveling to three additional venues.
Reveal/Conceal: The Transforming Power of Masks presented a visually stunning display
of ceremonial and theatrical masks, a broad assembly of artifacts gathered from diverse
cultures both ancient and modern. The exhibition comprised 50 masks from the Eugene
and Clare Thaw Collection; the Longyear Museum of Anthropology, Colgate University;
the Asia Barong Gallery, Great Barrington, MA; and private collectors. The exhibition
was made possible with funding from the International Music and Art Foundation.
With Heartbeat and Harmony, the Thaw Gallery took on a new look showcasing
the extraordinary works of American Indian women, including fine pottery, weaving,
beadwork, quillwork, and embroidery from the museum’s permanent collection.
Glories of the Landscape: The Hudson River School featured beautiful landscape paintings,
drawn from the permanent collection of the Fenimore Art Museum, by artists who formed
the country’s first art “school.” Between 1825 and 1875, a distinctive style of landscape
painting, known as the Hudson River School, emerged that all but replaced portraiture as the premier focus of painting in the United States. Early painters, including
Thomas Cole, Thomas Doughty, and Asher B. Durand, created stunning scenes of
New England and upstate New York that celebrated America’s natural grandeur.
Cooperstown Through the Eyes of an Artist: Photographs by Richard S. Duncan explored
Cooperstown, the quintessential American village, through the lens of local resident and
photographer Richard Duncan. Duncan’s photography offered a fresh perspective on
the village and its surrounding environs
for Cooperstown residents and non-residents alike.
The Flower of Youth: 19th-Century Folk
Portraits of Children was a visual manifestation of the profound societal changes
that took place in 19th-century America as
reflected in folk art portraits of children.
These paintings, taken from the permanent
collection of the Fenimore Art Museum,
provided a glimpse of the fabric of early
American life and a deeper appreciation
for how history influences the present.
At Home and on the Road, a retrospective
exhibition of the photography of Milo
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Stewart, Sr., provided a wonderful overview of
Stewart’s work over the course of 40 years, including photography of Cooperstown and historical
landmarks and main streets throughout New
York State.
Several exhibits created at the Fenimore Art
Museum traveled across the country during 2006,
with Masterpieces from the Eugene and Clare Thaw
Collection of American Indian Art at the Fenimore
Art Museum, Cooperstown, New York appearing at
the Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, Florida, November 17, 2006 – February 4,
2007; A Deaf Artist in Early America: The Worlds of John Brewster, Jr. drawing national
attention at the American Folk Art Museum, New York, New York, October 4, 2006 –
January 7, 2007; and Little Women, Little Men: Folk Art Portraits of Children from the
Fenimore Art Museum on exhibit at the Frye Art Museum, Seattle, Washington from
September 15, 2006 – January 7, 2007.
The New York State Historical Association’s education department hosted its 48th
annual October Conference for Teachers on Thursday, October 12, and Friday, October
13, 2006. The conference focused on current issues, topics, and practices in social studies
education. One hundred and sixty-four K–12 educators attended presentations by 46
teachers, museum professionals, and historians on topics ranging from teaching with
historic places and using reenactments, to teaching about the Revolutionary War, and
using NYSHA and The Farmers’ Museum programs such as Harvest of History and
Video Conferencing.
The education department hosted the 26th annual New York State History Day
program, which culminated in the state competition in Cooperstown on May 5, 2006.
Eighty-four schools, 185 teachers, and over 5,000 students participated in New York
State History Day statewide, and 333 students traveled to the state competition to share
their scholarly research. Of the students competing at the state level, 53 won the opportunity to share their projects at the National History Day competition in College
Park, MD in June.
The Third Annual NYSHA Benefit Gala was held on the grounds of The Farmers’
Museum on the evening of July 21st to the delight of over 200 attendees. “It’s Not
Your Grandma’s Gala” focused on the country lifestyle of Grandma Moses, the artist
whose work was featured at the Fenimore Art Museum. The
summer event of the season did not disappoint.
Research Library staff conducted three workshops and presented three offsite programs during the year, including a talk
on census records at a meeting of the Central New York Genealogical society in DeWitt, N.Y. on Saturday, Sept. 9th.
Major improvements were made to the first floor of the
library in 2006. Book stacks were removed in the main lobby
area so that the walls could be painted and new carpeting
installed. After the stacks were returned, new tables and chairs
added, and a new front desk/reception area created, the main
reading area had a new, updated look. A bank of public access
computers was added to replace the old card catalog, and the
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new computerized catalog Pathfinder as the sole catalog was inaugurated. Pathfinder is
also on the Association’s website so that users can consult it before visiting the library.
829 books and 25 manuscript collections were added to the collection in 2006 by
gift and by purchase, including Eddy/Holdridge family letters, 230 letters detailing
life in Garrattsville, N.Y. 1870–early 1900s, and a collection of 30 agricultural trade
catalogs. The Otsego County treasurer donated 20 shelves of Otsego County records
dating from ca. 1800 to 1905 – tax records, court of common pleas records, assessment
records, and other county documents.
The Library also acquired the Floyd Armstrong Collection, a family collection from
Plainfield/West Winfield, N.Y., of photographs, albums, and manuscripts documenting
a central New York farm held by the same family since
the early 1800s. A joint effort by private citizens, local
historians, and local historical societies raised the funds
to purchase the collection at auction.
With a grant by the New York State Council on the
Arts, the library brought Simon Bronner, distinguished
professor of American Studies and Folklife at Pennsylvania State University at Harrisburg, to Cooperstown. Bronner surveyed the collection of Louis C. Jones,
former NYSHA director and noted author and folklorist. He identified the major segments in the Jones
collection – personal files, folklore, writings, and correspondence – and helped a cataloguer begin processing
and organizing the collection.
A grant from the New York State Council on the
Arts, with matching funds from the Gladys Krieble
Delmas Foundation, allowed the library to hire a planner to survey and assess in the library’s space needs.
The NYSHA Editorial Board and the Kerr Article
Prize Committee recommended that the 2005 Kerr
Article Prize be awarded to Howard Stanger for Welfare
Capitalism in the Larkin Company, 1900–1925, which
appeared in the Spring 2005 issue of New York History.
Stanger teaches in the Department of Management and Marketing at Canisius College
in Buffalo.
The Dixon Ryan Fox Manuscript prize was awarded to Amy Hay, Visiting Professor
at Texas Christian University for Recipe for Disaster: Chemical Wastes, Community Activists,
and Public Health at Love Canal, 1945–2000.
In early December, the Fenimore Art Museum, with the assistance of Jane Forbes
Clark, acquired a very important landscape painting by well-known 19th-century
American painter Thomas Hicks, entitled Otsego Lake, N.Y., which further enhances
its comprehensive American art collection.
The 1862 oil on canvas was bought at auction at Hesse Galleries in Otego and by
mid-December was on view in the fine art gallery located on the first floor of the
museum. Otsego Lake, which is signed and dated by the artist, is a significant landscape painting that offers a unique historical perspective of James Fenimore Cooper’s
Glimmerglass, Otsego Lake.
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COLLECTIONS ACQUISITIONS 2006
GIFTS
Painting: White Rose
in a Blue Vase
1971, by Stokley Webster
(1912–2001), oil on canvas.
Gift of Audrey Webster.
Sculpture: St. George
By Vincent Ancona (1915–2000),
salvage telephone wire and other
materials. Gift of Vincenza Ancona
Two gas lamp fixtures
Late 19th century. One from the
First Presbyterian Church,
Cooperstown, New York, the other
from a private residence, after 1905.
Gift of C. R. Jones, Middlefield,
New York
Sampler
Maker unidentified.
Marked in brown cross-stitch
“Ezekiel/Mallwood/who died/
The 3. of March/1842 Aged 21”.
Gift of Alana P. Williams
Fifteen photographic prints
of New York City, the
Adirondacks, and Long Island
2004–2005, black and white,
by Raymond Germann.
Gift of Raymond Germann,
Huntington Station, New York
Red Barn #2
2003–2004, by Mary-Buckley
Parriott, oil on linen.
Gift of Mary Buckley-Parriot,
Cooperstown, New York
Fireman’s dress trousers
and fireman’s dress belt
Marked “Cooperstown” across
front, formerly owned by
Ross Young of Cooperstown,
1900–1940. Gift of C. R. Jones,
Middlefield, New York
Analytical Balance
and boxed weights
Marked “Eimer & Amend/New
York”, circa.20th century,
wood, metal, glass. Gift of C. R.
Jones, Middlefield, New York
Fire Extinguisher bottle
Probably 1870–1910, Harvey S.
Nutting Fire Grenade Company,
Minneapolis, Minnesota, yellow
glass. Gift of C. R. Jones, Middlefield,
New York
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Bitten Birch
bark transparency
By Mrs. Merasity (Cree),
Saskatchewan, Canada.
Gift of Jonathan Holstein,
Cazenovia, New York
Bed Sheet
By Utica and Mohawk Cotton
Mills, Utica, New York, 20th
century. Gift of Chris Rice
Outboard Engine
“Neptune Twin” model, by
Muncie Gear Co., Muncie,
Indiana, circa 1935.
Gift of Eugene Tuite
Trunk
Maker unidentified, 1903.
Leather, metal, impressed star
design. Gift of Eugene Tuite
Trunk with domed lid
Dated 1782. Vellum exterior,
interior lined with Albany, New
York newspaper. Gift of Phyllis Y.
Van Alstine.
Ten photographic negatives
and seven photographic
prints of the Cardiff Giant
installation at The Farmers’
Museum and of Arthur Telfer,
1948–1949.
By Joseph Sapienza.
Gift of Joseph Sapienza
Painting: Blonde
on Bar Stool, 1968
By Ralph Fasanella (1914–1997),
oil on canvas. Gift of Jane Ferrara
in Memory of Ron Ferrara
Photographic print
of Hops Pickers
By J.H. Meinerth, Cobleskill, New
York (1875–1900). Gift of the
Family of Alice and Milo Mickel, Jr.
Quilt, Crazy Pattern, 1885
Made by Adeline Perry Murdock,
Hartwick, New York. Gift of the
Henry Murdock Family.
Collection of Eleven
Lace Objects
Circa 1880, made by Mary Ten
Broeck Chapin Carpenter Moses,
Edmeston, New York.
Gift of Susan V. Swinney
Painting:
Newburyport Harbor
(1840–1900), oil and paper on
canvas. Gift of Noreen C. Pramberg
in Memory of John H. Pramberg, Jr.
N E W YO R K S TAT E H I S TO R I C A L A S S O C I AT I O N
Hupa Dance Skirt
Made circa 1850, collected by A.
W. Erickson, Photographer, Arcata,
California, 1900. Native brain
tanned deer hide, glass trade beads,
abalone shells, black maidenhair
fern, bear grass, cloth ties. Gift of
the Eugene Victor Thaw Art
Foundation of Santa Fe, New Mexico
Necklace
1830–1860, Plains. Beaver teeth,
tanned buffalo hide, glass beads,
abalone, weasel fur, ochre. Gift of
the Eugene V. Thaw Art Foundation,
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Basket
1100–1300. Anasazi Pueblo III.
Gift of the Eugene Victor Thaw Art
Foundation of Santa Fe, New Mexico
Coyote Effigy
800–1100 AD, Southwest, ceramic.
Gift of the Eugene Victor Thaw Art
Foundation of Santa Fe, New Mexico
Totem Pole
Nootka, Northwest Coast, wood,
pigments. Gift of the Eugene Victor
Thaw Art Foundation, Santa Fe,
New Mexico
PURCHASES
Painting: Otsego Lake
By Thomas Hicks, oil on canvas.
Purchased from Hesse Galleries,
Otego, New York
Sculpture:
The Journey Home
2005, by Diane Schenandoah,
buffalo leg bone, caribou antler.
Purchased from Diane Schenandoah
Untitled ceramic
2005, by Peter B. Jones.
Purchased from Peter B. Jones
PROMISED GIFTS
Firebag with Powder Horn
1865–1870, Subarctic, possibly
Upper Yukon River, maker
unidentified. Promised gift of
Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw.
Man’s bandolier-style pouch
Late 19th century, Pueblo, buffalo
hide, deer hide, porcupine quill,
horse hair, linen thread. Gift of the
Eugene Victor Thaw Art Foundation,
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Pipe Tomahawk
Circa 1830, maker unidentified,
wood, metal. Gift of Eugene V. and
Clare E. Thaw, Santa Fe, New Mexico
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DONORS 2006
FENIMORE SOCIETY
as of February 1, 2006
$10,000 and above
Jane Forbes Clark
Robert and Nellie Gipson
Mr. and Mrs. Gates Helms Hawn
Mrs. Marjorie Kenney
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas O. Putnam
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene V. Thaw
Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Thaw
$5,000 – 9,999
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew M. Blum
Dr. and Mrs. Robert Booth
Ms. Dolores DiSpirito and
Ms. Terry DiSpirito
Mr. Drummond Hadley and
Ms. Rebecca West
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Busch Hager, Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. Lewis L. Hamilton
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Holbrook
Mr. and Mrs. Robert J.A. Irwin
Mr. Tom Morgan and
Ms. Erna McReynolds
Mr. and Mrs. Edmund S.
Twining, III
$2,500 – 4,999
Steven and Christine Glazer
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Goodman
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Katcher
Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Malesardi
Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Older
Mr. and Mrs. Edward W. Stack
Lady Juliet and
Dr. Christopher Tadgell
$1,000 – 2,499
Dr. and Mrs. Allan Ahearne
Mr. and Mrs. David Beightol
Dr. Timothy Campbell and
Dr. Sally Graumlich
Mrs. William L. Cary
Mr. Henry S. F. Cooper, Jr.
Mrs. Richard W. Couper
Arnold Drogen
Fred and Carla Eckler
Lyn Edinger and
Corinne Plummer
Diane and Stephen Elliott
Jim and Karen Elting
Dr. and Mrs. Gerald Evans
Dr. and Mrs. Douglas E. Evelyn
Frank Farmer and Frank Kolbert
Christopher and Catherine Franck
Miss Tier French
Mercedes and Stephen Gotwald
Thomas and Shelley Graham
Erika P. Hall
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Hall
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hanna
Mrs. Elizabeth H. Hawn
Mr. and Mrs. Bruno Hofmann
Mr. and Mrs. James A. Howarth
Mr. George L. Howell
Susan J. Huxtable and
Jeffrey M. Reynolds
Kenneth and Barbara Jackson
Mr. Michael Jerome and
Ms. Marianne Bez
Mr. and Mrs. Dudley D. Johnson
Dr. Ivan Karp and
Dr. Marilynn Karp
Hon. and Mrs. M. Langhorne Keith
Paul Kellogg and Raymond Han
Mr. and Mrs. Steven Kellogg
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kingsley
Patrick and Bertine McKenna
Mr. and Mrs. Kevin S. Moore
Johannes and Ljiljana Neckermann
Ms. Esther Nelson and
Mr. Bernd Ulken
Mr. and Mrs. Brent R. Nicklas
Dr. and Mrs. Donald Pollock
Mr. and Mrs. J. Mason Reynolds
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Rich
John and Ellen Sanford
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Schlather
Mr. and Mrs. H. William Smith, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. T. Gunter Smith
Mr. and Mrs. George Snell
Ken and Carol Steigelman
Michael Stein and Doris Motta
Mr. and Mrs. John B. Stetson
Mr. and Mrs. Eric L. Straus
Dr. and Mrs. William F. Streck
Dr. and Mrs. David Svahn
Mr. and Mrs. Bryon Thomas, Jr.
Mr. Frank Tosto and
Mr. R. David Sudarsky
A. Robert Towbin and Lisa Gunrow
Lucy M. Townsend
Dr. Ralph J. Veenema
Dr. and Mrs. Clifton R. Wharton, Jr.
Dr. George L. Williams
CORPORATE, FOUNDATION
AND GOVERNMENT GIFTS
Alice Busch Gronewaldt Foundation
Capital Region BOCES
Community Foundation
of Herkimer and Oneida
Counties, Inc.
Cooperstown Antiquarian Book Fair
Corning Incorporated Foundation
Council of Community Services
of NYS, Inc.
Institute of Museum and
Library Services
John Ben Snow Memorial Trust
Malesardi Family Foundation
National Endowment for the Arts
New York Community Trust
New York State Council on the Arts
New York State Office
of Parks, Recreation and
Historic Preservation
Otsego County Arts Alliance
Otsego County Treasurer
South Central Regional
Library Council
The Clark Foundation
The Community Foundation
of the Capital Region
The Gladys Krieble Delmas
Foundation
The Scriven Foundation
Tianaderrah Foundation
United Jewish Foundation
University of Pittsburgh
NYSHA ANNUAL FUND
Annual Fund $500 – $999
Ms. Kathy Allen and
Ms. Barby Allen
Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Bassett
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick M. Danziger
Mr. Timothy J. Gilfoyle and
Ms. Mary R. Alexander
Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Grossi
Mr. and Mrs. James R. Houghton
Mr. George L. Howell
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DONORS 2006
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hughson
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Mack
Mr. and Mrs. Gus Mininberg
Ms. Lucy Townsend
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Weiss
Annual Fund $100 – $499
Ms. Susan R. Burdsall
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Cooper
Mr. and Mrs. William Davis
Ms. Margaret J. Datz
Tony and Lu Esposito
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Fava
Ms. Eleanor Filburn
Dr. James A. Frost
Dr. Michael Haines
Mr. and Mrs. John D. Irvin,
In memory of Katherine R. Irvin
and Mr. and Mrs. Doral E. Irvin
Mr. and Mrs. Andre T. Jagendorf
Ms. Gail R. Marentette, In honor
of Dr. and Mrs. Lewis Hamilton
Mr. and Mrs. John McGlynn
Dr. H. Reed Metzger and
Dr. Linda Thompson
Mr. and Mrs. Leo Rabkin
Mrs. Patricia R. Selch
Mr. and Mrs. Milo Stewart
Annual Fund Under $100
Reverend Samuel B. and
Edith Abbott
Honorable Dean Alfange
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Allbee,
In memory of Marion
McCarl Grosvenor
Honorable and Mrs. Warren
M. Anderson
Mr. and Mrs. Donald C. Anthony
Dr. David Anthony and
Ms. Dorcas Brown
Dr. J. Howland Auchincloss
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Barbero
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Barone
Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Bence
Mr. Christopher Bianchi and
Mr. John Kriskiewicz
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Birch
Ms. Caroll Boltin
Mr. Warner Bouck
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Mrs. Catherine Brudzienski,
In memory of Walter C.
Brudzienski
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Brunner
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Buckingham,
In memory of Owen C. Becker
Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Bullock
Mr. and Mrs. J. Peter Chaplin
Mr. H. Barton Clapsaddle
Mr. William R. Clark
Mr. Jon F. Cockett and
Ms. Judy B. Logan
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Csaposs
Dr. Carolyn D’Ambrosio
Mrs. Frances D’Ambrosio,
In memory of Mr. Nicholas J.
D’Ambrosio, Sr
Ms. Mary D’Ambrosio Zielinski,
In memory of Nicholas J.
D’Ambrosio, Sr.
Miss Julia Damkoehler,
In honor of Anne Older
Dr. and Mrs. John S. Davis
Ms. Vittoria Demarest
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald J. Desko
Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Dobbs
Mr. William Downing
Mr. Noel Dries
Mrs. Phyllis B. Dunning
Ms. Catherine L. Ellsworth
Mr. Phillip Faulkner
Mr. and Mrs. Brian V. Fawcett
Ms. Margaret Ferranti and
Ms. Violet Ferranti
Mr. Thomas M. Fontana
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Forman
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Freudenheim
Dr. and Mrs. Robert Friedlander
Ms. Suzan Friedlander
Ms. Dorothy Friedmann
Mr. and Mrs. James Gates
Mr. Raymond Germann
Mr. and Mrs. William
Goertemoeller, In honor
of Ms. Angeline M. Neilson
and Eunice Cooper
Mrs. Joan Goodrich
Mr. and Mrs. John Gralinski
Ms. Marilyn Cole Greene
Mrs. Dolores Grieve
Ms. Sara S. Gronim
Mrs. Katharine Hanor
Ms. Kitty C. Hart
Mr. Howard Hartnett
Mrs. Margaret J. Haskell and
Mrs. Margaret Klein, In memory
of Fred Haskell, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Steven Heneghan
Ms. Bernice Hogan
Mr. and Mrs. William Holland
Dr. Helen L. Horowitz
Mr. John Howell and
Mrs. Margaret Boger
Ms. Stacey Huber
Mrs. Joan M. Hurley
Mrs. Wilma N. Hurst
Mr. Gunleif Jacobsen and
Mr. Thomas Simpson
Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Jones
Mrs. Joyce S. Jones
Ms. Mary Elizabeth Jones
Dr. and Mrs. Howard Joseph
Mrs. William F. Karl
Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Kassoy
Mr. David Kenyon
Ms. Sally Kinsey
Mr. Kelly Kinzle
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Klein
Bob Kot
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Kuhn
Ms. Ellen La Salle
Dr. and Mrs. Michael Lachance
Mr. William Lamb and
Ms. Laura Bliss Lamb
Mrs. Muriel H. Landry
Dr. F. Daniel Larkin
Miss Rosemary Larsson
Dr. and Mrs. Herbert Leary
Mrs. Elizabeth V. Ledda
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Lettis
Mr. and Mrs. Frank A. Lipari
Ms. Eileen R. Littell
Mrs. Ruth Livermore, In honor
of my three Sons, Jim Livermore,
Dr. George Livermore and
Garet Livermore
Dr. Katharine W. Lloyd and
Mr. Evan Lloyd Guiney,
In memory of Ann Rath,
Bill Guiney
Ms. Gwen Lubey
Ms. Nuala Mac Cabe
N E W YO R K S TAT E H I S TO R I C A L A S S O C I AT I O N
INDIVIDUAL GIFTS
Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Maguire,
In honor of Jan Parsons
Mr. and Mrs. George P. Mahoney Jr.
Mr. Homer Martin, In memory
of Leila Martin
Mr. and Mrs. Sasha Matson
Mr. Francis May, Jr.
Mrs. Rena Messer
Mrs. Ruth Metzler, In memory
of May Elizabeth Baker
Mr. George Meyer
Dr. and Mrs. E. D. Meyer
Dr. Jeanne C. Miller
Mr. David Minor
Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Morris
Mr. Richard Morris
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Muirhead,
In memory of Mr. Robert Bruce
Muirhead IV
Mr. John M. Murrin
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Navratil
Dr. and Mrs. Dan Nielsen
Mr. Thomas Norris
Ms. Mary Ann Oliver
Mr. and Mrs. Lester T. Olmsted,
In memory of Lanny Wright
Dr. Josephine Paterek
Mr. and Mrs. Dale Petroskey
Dr. Preston Pierce
Ms. Jean Travell and
Mr. Frank Preston
Mr. and Mrs. John Prucha
Mr. Leon W. Rathbun
Dr. and Mrs. L. Andrew Rauscher
Mrs. Lynn E. Ritchkoff
Mr. Frank Rollins
Mr. John Ruland
Miss Beatrix T. Rumford, In memory
of Ms. Elizabeth Treide Harvey
and Martha Gandy Fales
Dr. Elizabeth M. Salerno
Ms. Joan Sanders
Ms. Margaret Schroeder
Ms. Betty Schumacher
Mr. Carl Schwarzer
Mrs. Mary Seamon
Veronica G. Seaver, In memory
of Robert Badger Seaver
Mr. Peter Severud, In memory
of Dan Goodwin
Mr. and Mrs. John Sheaff
Mrs. Jane M. Skiffington, In memory
of Laura Jane Skiffington
Ms. Lily Smith
Mr. and Mrs. Phil M. Sondergaard
Mrs. Mary Soule and
Ms. Patricia Abbenda
Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Sternberg
Mr. and Mrs. J. McKim
Symington, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Bruno Talevi
Mrs. Carol Taylor
Ms. Shirley Thomes
Mrs. Jean K. Thurner
Mrs. Margaret Tilford,
In memory of Ernest H. Tilford
Mr. Douglas Todd
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Treffeisen
Mr. John Treusdell
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Tryon,
In memory of Clifford and
Grace Tryon
Mr. and Mrs. Brady Turnage,
In honor of Mike and
Linda Kehoe
Capt. James Turner and
Ms. Evelyn M. Seward
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Van Alstine
Dr. Ralph Veenema
Mr. and Mrs. Willard Vetter
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Vrablik
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Walker
Mrs. Lois Warrell
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Weiss
Ms. Louise Weisser
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Wesson
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd West
Dr. Jeanne Westcott
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Whitaker, Jr.
Mrs. Denise Wicks
Mr. and Mrs. Warren Williams, Sr.
Ms. Mary R. Wright
Mr. and Mrs. George Zimmerman
Leatherstocking Region Federal
Credit Union
Smith Cooperstown, Inc.
The Gilder Lehrman Institute
of American History
Anonymous
Dr. J. Howland Auchincloss
Mr. and Mrs. John Bertuccio
Miss Margaret Billmyer
Dr. and Mrs. Stuart M. Blumin
Mr. Everett Brand
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Breiten
Mr. and Mrs. Donald K. Bruce,
In memory of Louis and
Anna Bruce
Mr. Bruce Campbell and
Mr. Peter G. Lorenzo
Ms. Coralie Campbell
Mrs. Ruth Case
Miss Jane Forbes Clark, In memory
of Daniel R. Porter III
Ms. Frances G. Coon
Mrs. Jean Dern
Ms. Dolores DiSpirito and
Ms. Terry DiSpirito
Mr. Frederick S. Doolittle
Mrs. Frances B. Drake
Dr. and Mrs. Walter Franck
Mrs. Agnes C. Gerard,
In memory of Jim Lettis
Ms. Deborah Grey and
Mr. David Schipul
Dr. and Mrs. Robert J. Haggerty
Ada Y. Harris
Mrs. A. McGehee Harvey
Mr. Eric P. Hill
Mr. Field Horne
Ms. Julia Innella
Mr. Kimon Karath
Mrs. Marjorie Kenney
Ms. Henrietta Latimer
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Lynch
Mr. and Mrs. William McMillan
Darian Milera-Rivera, In memory
of John M. Bocchino, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Dominick Montesano
Mr. Tom Morgan and
Ms. Erna McReynolds
Mr. and Mrs. Johannes Neckermann
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Niebanck
Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Older
Mrs. Katharine Perkins
Mr. and Mrs. David Plank
Mrs. Beulah Houghtaling Powerly
Mrs. Doreen Prince
Mr. Stanley Proud
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DONORS 2006
Mrs. Fran Raeder
Mrs. Doris H. Reeves
Mr. John Roche
Mr. William Rudge III,
In memory of Henry DiSpirito
Mr. and Mrs. David Russell
Dr. and Mrs. Dennis Savoie
Mr. and Mrs. Murry Schlesinger
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Schultz
Dr. and Mrs. Robert Skinner
Ms. Priscilla Smith
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Sullivan
Mr. and Mrs. Paul A. Terry
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene V. Thaw
Ms. Catherine Tuttle
Mr. and Mrs. John T. Wadsworth
Mrs. Julia C. Wertenbaker
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Wright
Mr. John P. Young and
Ms. Constance Young
Mr. Richard Young
THE LIBRARY ANNUAL APPEAL
Library $10,000 and above
Mr. and Mrs. Gates Helms Hawn
Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. A. Irwin
Library $1,000 – $5,000
Mrs. Richard W. Couper
Dr. and Mrs. Lewis L. Hamilton
Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth Jackson
Dr. and Mrs. Donald Pollock
Mr. and Mrs. Edward W. Stack
Library $500 – $999
Dr. and Mrs. Stuart M. Blumin
Mrs. Elizabeth H. Hawn,
In memory of Dr. Clinton
Van Zandt Hawn
Mr. and Mrs. John B. Stetson
Library $100 – $499
Helen and Derek Allan
Ms. Kathy Allen and
Ms. Barby Allen
Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Bassett
Ms. Sharon Donahe
Professor and Mrs.
Frank C. Eckmair
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Fava
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Mr. and Mrs. Donald Lettis
Mr. and Mrs. John McGlynn
Mr. Norman S. Rice and
Mr. James Gwynn
Mr. Peter Severud, In memory
of Lanny Wright
Mrs. Marjorie Smith
Dr. and Mrs. David Svahn,
In memory of Mr. Louis Jones
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Wilcox
Library under $100
Dr. and Mrs. W. H. Bergstrom
Mr. Warner Bouck, In memory
of Mrs. Warner Bouck
Ms. Anne Brewer
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Carson
Julia and Carleton Clay
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Csaposs
Ms. Mary Curtis
Dr. Jim Dalton and
Ms. Deb Dalton
Mr. Gary Darling
Mr. and Mrs. Gary S. Dunbar,
In honor of Dr. Wendell Tripp
Dr. Cynthia G. Falk and
Mr. Glenn D. Falk
Ms. Frances Gailey and
Ms. Nancy Snyder
Ms. Barbara Gibbs
Dr. Michael Haines
Mrs. Jane Howe and
Ms. Paula Howe
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Joyce,
In honor of Mrs. Adele Johnson
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh C.
MacDougall
Dr. H. Reed Metzger and
Dr. Linda Thompson
Mrs. Ruth Metzler, In memory
of Mr. John Morris Horton
Mr. David Minor
Mr. Paul Noyes and Mrs. Judith
Gibson Noyes, In memory of
Mr. Louis James, Ms. Ruth
James and Ms. Helen Gibson
Ms. Mary Ann Oliver
Mr. Theodore Overbagh
Thomas Pierce
David J. Pitkin
Mr. Valentin Rabe
Mr. James H. Robbins
Ms. Marjorie Scott and
Ms. Patricia F. Scott
Mrs. Nancy Spaulding,
In memory of LeRoy Spaulding
Mr. Martin Tillapaugh and
Ms. Meg Tillapaugh
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Van Alstine,
In memory of Sarah
Diefendorf Clearwater
Mr. Derick Van Schoonhoven
and Ms. Anne Brewer
Leatherstocking Region
Federal Credit Union
THE THIRD ANNUAL
BENEFIT GALA –
NOT YOUR GRANDMA’S GALA
Corporate Donors
Apple Converting, Inc.
Fenimore Asset Management, Inc.
Morgan McReynolds Group
at Smith Barney
Nadeau Design Associates
Underwriters
Laird Elting and Jean Robert
Dr. and Mrs. James Elting
Lou and Susanna Hager
Dr. and Mrs. Lewis L. Hamilton
Christopher and Alice Holbrook
Byron and Sissy Thomas
L. M. Townsend Catering
Individual Sponsors
Dr. and Mrs. Allan J. Ahearne
Mr. and Mrs. David Beightol
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew M. Blum
Dr. and Mrs. Robert Booth
Dr. Timothy Campbell and
Dr. Sally Graumlich
Mrs. William L. Cary
Jane Forbes Clark
Mr. Arnold Drogen
Dr. and Mrs. James J. Elting
Dr. and Mrs. Gerald Evans
Dr. and Mrs. Douglas E. Evelyn
Christopher and Catherine Franck
Mr. and Mrs. Steven D. Glazer
N E W YO R K S TAT E H I S TO R I C A L A S S O C I AT I O N
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen M. Gotwald
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Graham
Mrs. Erika Hall
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Hall
Mr. and Mrs. Gates Helms Hawn
Christopher and Alice Holbrook
Mr. and Mrs. James Howarth
Mr. George L. Howell
Mr. Jeffrey M. Reynolds and
Mrs. Susan Huxtable
Mr. and Mrs. Dudley D. Johnson
Honorable and
Mrs. M. Langhorne Keith
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kingsley
Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Older
Mr. John Sanford and
Mrs. Ellen H. Sanford
Mr. and Mrs. H. William Smith, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. George Snell
Mr. and Mrs. Edward W. Stack
Mr. and Mrs. Ken Steigelman
Mr. Michael Stein and
Ms. Doris Motta
Mr. and Mrs. John B. Stetson
Mr. and Mrs. Eric L. Straus
Dr. and Mrs. William Streck
Lady Juliet Tadgell and
Dr. Christopher Tadgell
Dr. and Mrs. Clifton R.
Wharton, Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. George Williams
Silent Auction Donors
Melissa and Thomas Barry
Katharine Booth
Marc and Elaine Bresee
Jim and Karen Elting
Fenimore Art Museum Shop
Christopher and Cay Franck
Steve and Mercedes Gotwald
Tom and Shelley Graham
Lewis and Lucy Hamilton
Steve and M. J. Harris
Chris and Alice Holbrook
Sunny Leinhart
Cory and Michael Moffat
Jeffrey M. Reynolds and
Susan J. Huxtable
Roland and Mary Sanchez
Robert Schneider
Geoff and Linda Smith
Smithy-Pioneer Gallery
The Farmers’ Museum Shop
Lucy Townsend
Bill and Jeanette Weldon
INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS
Benefactors
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Boehning
Mr. and Mrs. Sumner Lee Bossler, Jr.
Mr. John Conklin
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick M. Danziger
Mrs. Jean Dern
Tony and Lu Esposito
Mr. Frank Farmer and
Mr. Frank Kolbert
Ms. Birgitte Flanders
Mr. and Mrs. Allen R. Freedman
Mr. and Mrs. Phil Holz
Dr. and Mrs. Roger MacMillan
Mr. and Mrs. Matt Salino
Mr. Scott Turner and
Ms. Mary Worboys-Turner
Contributing
Dr. and Mrs. Allan J. Ahearne
Ms. Kathy Allen and
Ms. Barby Allen
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Aviles
Mr. and Mrs. John B. Ayres
Mr. and Mrs. Jay Barchat
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Bennett
Mr. Everett Brand
Dr. and Mrs. Douglas Cannon
Mr. and Mrs. Allan Clinton
Mr. Steven Conyers
Ms. Nancy I. DeFabritis and
Ms. Kitty Hajczewski
Ms. Mary Dobinsky and
Ms. Anne Dobinsky
Ms. Sharon Donahe
Mr. and Ms. Dennis Farbent
Mr. and Mrs. Allan Green
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Hamilton
Dr. Allison Hill-Edgar and
Mr. W. Keyes Hill-Edgar
Mr. Edward Hoffman
Mr. and Mrs. James R. Houghton
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hughson
Mr. Gunleif Jacobsen and
Mr. Thomas Simpson
Mr. and Mrs. Dudley D. Johnson
Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Kearby
Ms. K. A. Kearns and
Ms. Ann Walsh
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Kehoe
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lewis
Mr. and Mrs. William Lewis
Mr. Patrick G. Loughney
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ludlam
Dr. Michael E. Lynch and
Ms. Patricia E. Moore
Dr. Bruce R. MacDonald and
Dr. Estelle MacDonald
Mr. and Mrs. George Madison
Mr. Michael L. Marmet, Esq.
Dr. Karen McShane
Mr. and Mrs. Gus Mininberg
Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Morris
Mr. Richard J. Moylan and
Mr. Nicholas S. Pisano
Mr. and Mrs. Johannes Neckermann
Mr. Glen Noto and Ms. Mary Velez
Mr. and Mrs. David Partridge
Mr. and Mrs. John Pittman
Mr. and Mrs. James
Plowden-Wardlaw
Dr. and Mrs. Donald Pollock
Mr. and Mrs. James Renckens
Mr. and Mrs. Fritz Rohrlich
Mrs. Miriam Rothenberg
Ms. Kelley Rourke
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Russo
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Ryland
Dr. and Mrs. John R. Scott
Mrs. Patricia R. Selch
Mr. Andrew P. Buday and
Ms. Karen Shafer
Mr. and Mrs. John Sheridan
Mr. Bob Skellan
Mr. and Mrs. Geoffrey Smith
Dr. and Mrs. George Staehle
Mr. and Mrs. M. Stavola
Mr. James Storrow
Dr. and Mrs. David Svahn
Mr. and Mrs. Paul A. Terry
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Tinger
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Vrablik
Mrs. Susan F. Weil and
Ms. Susan D. Weil
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Weiss
Ms. Rita Wellman
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DONORS 2006
GIFT IN KIND
Ms. Diane Winiecki-Ferris
Mr. and Mrs. Dean Yager
BARK HOUSE RESTORATION
Mr. Drummond Hadley
Mrs. Willis D. Hadley
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Busch Hager, Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. Lewis L. Hamilton
BREWSTER CATALOG DONORS
American Folk Art Society
Dr. and Mrs. Robert Booth
Ms. Joan R. Brownstein
Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Goodman
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Katcher
Mr. and Mrs. Steven Kellogg
Mr. and Mrs. David Krashes
Mrs. Marguerite Riordan
Mr. and Mrs. Randy Root
Mr. William Rudge III
G.W. Samaha Antiques
Mr. David Schorsh and
Mrs. Eileen Smiles
Mr. and Mrs. James Smiles
Peter Tillou Fine Arts
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Warwick
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Mr. Vincenzo Ancona
Fred and Carla Eckler
Mr. Raymond Germann
Mr. Jonathan Holstein and
Mr. Jared Holstein
Mr. and Mrs. C.R. Jones
Melanny A. Mickel
Mrs. Joseph Parriott
Mr. Charles Rice
Mr. Joseph Sapienza
Ms. Susan V. Swinney
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene V. Thaw
Mr. Eugene W. Tuite and
Ms. Katherine Tuite
Ms. Audrey Webster
Mrs. Alana Williams
Mr. and Mrs. Jon Zoler
Eugene and Clare Thaw
Charitable Trust
MATCHING GIFTS
Benjamin Moore & Company
Ford Motor Company Fund
General Electric
Henry Luce Foundation
IBM Corporation
Key Foundation
Reuters America, Inc.
BALANCE SHEET
N E W YO R K S TAT E H I S TO R I C A L A S S O C I AT I O N
December 31, 2006
(With comparative totals for 2005)
Assets
2006
2005
3,984,585
5,964,645
41,502,552
38,998,029
Accounts receivable, net
501,897
16,992
Contributions receivable
187,137
142,078
4,959
—
78,735
70,045
183,633
217,844
7,748,761
8,065,463
$
54,192,259
53,475,096
$
257,035
87,917
—
39,445
190,464
111,000
447,499
238,362
8,445,795
8,767,957
42,408,742
41,640,070
Temporarily restricted
184,627
123,111
Permanently restricted
2,705,596
2,705,596
53,744,760
53,236,734
54,192,259
53,475,096
Cash and cash equivalents
$
Investments
Receivable from The Farmers’ Museum, Inc.
Prepaid expenses
Inventories
Land, buildings, and equipment, net
Total assets
Liabilities and Net Assets
Liabilities
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
Payable to The Farmers’ Museum, Inc.
Deferred Revenue
Total liabilities
Net assets:
Unrestricted
Undesignated
Designated for investments
Total net assets
Total liabilities and net assets
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$
STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES
N E W YO R K S TAT E H I S TO R I C A L A S S O C I AT I O N
Year ended December 31, 2006
(With comparative totals for 2005)
2006
2005
240,175
204,384
Dues
214,477
203,596
Service fees
186,678
278,795
Gifts and grants
1,565,194
988,468
Interest and dividend income
1,338,403
802,937
468,577
329,090
1,512,631
703,146
Revenue from auxiliary activities
380,900
310,035
NYS contract – graduate program
164,680
157,793
36,484
21,779
6,108,199
4,000,023
643,313
494,330
Education
538,898
617,812
Library
149,157
126,894
93,237
122,413
Supporting services – management and general
3,593,556
3,063,659
Cost of sales and expenses of auxiliary activities
457,773
421,461
5,475,934
4,846,569
Collection items purchased
(124,239)
(20,022)
Increase (decrease) in net assets
508,026
(866,568)
Net assets at beginning of year
53,236,734
54,103,302
53,744,760
53,236,734
Revenues, gains, and other support:
Admissions
$
Net realized and unrealized gains on investments
Private equity investment income
Miscellaneous
Total revenues, gains, and other support
Expenses and losses:
Museum
Publications
Total expenses and losses
Change in net assets related to collection items not capitalized:
Net assets at end of year
$
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The Farmers’ Museum
is a private educational
institution, serving the public, that is
dedicated to representing American
rural life as typified in central New York
by preserving the past, recording
the present and educating for the future.
Approved by the Board of Directors, 1998
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THE FARMERS’ MUSEUM
2006
was an extraordinary year for The
Farmers’ Museum. On Saturday,
May 27 the museum held a dedication and ribboncutting for the newly installed Empire State Carousel,
a beautifully handcrafted, full-sized merry-goround, which was gifted to The Farmers’ Museum in
2005 by the Board of Directors of the Empire State
Carousel Museum.
Created by over 1,000 volunteer carvers, quilters,
painters, and woodworkers from across New York State, the Empire State Carousel
features a variety of original carvings, paintings and quilts, each of which has been
specially designed for the carousel. The carousel offers a comprehensive survey of
New York State’s cultural history and provides excellent examples of contemporary
folk art. The Empire State Carousel is composed of 25 hand-carved riding animals,
indigenous to New York State; 23 portrait panels of famous New Yorkers; folklore
panels, historical murals, quilted banners and cloth pennants from the state’s 62 counties;
and a custom-built military band organ. The Carousel is housed in a uniquely designed
twelve-sided pavilion true to the historic period of the museum. The structure will
also serve as the site of educational programming associated with the carousel. In
addition, the military band organ was built to travel and will increase our visibility
at state and regional events.
During July and August, The Farmers’ Museum offered a special Wednesday evening
program, “Country Fair & Carousel Night,” where visitors enjoyed the many interactive activities housed in the three tents on the creamery green as part of the Country
Fair and unlimited carousel rides.
Buttercup, a Milking Shorthorn generously loaned to us by Harold White of Marathon,
New York, was a resident at The Farmers’ Museum’s barnyard from early spring and
provided visitors of all ages with a fun, hands-on learning experience. “Since her arrival,
more than 1,000 visitors ranging in age from two to eighty who have little or no experience have tried their hand at milking Buttercup,” said Agricultural Interpreter Marieanne
Coursen. “Buttercup has been a wonderful addition to our barnyard and has really
enhanced the visitor experience.”
Perhaps the most historically important building on the grounds of The Farmers’
Museum is the small law office of Associate Justice Samuel Nelson of the United
States Supreme Court. It was in this office that Justice Nelson did his legal work
while in Cooperstown and where he thought about the great legal issues of the years
leading up to the Civil War. In his 27 years on the Supreme Court, Nelson heard the
most important legal cases of the era. Among these was the Dred Scott decision,
which affirmed the institution of slavery
and set the stage for the start of the War.
The law office had been scheduled for
restoration for ten years, but a fundraising
campaign began in earnest in 2006, with
the leadership of Cooperstown Attorney
Edward Gozigian. Thanks to gifts from
members of the bar and support from the
Tianaderrah Foundation, the law office
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ANNUAL REPORT 2006
restoration was underway by the end of 2006
and opened on July 4th, 2007, with a new
exhibit designed and installed by students of
the Cooperstown Graduate Program.
In November 2006, The Farmers’ Museum
announced the re-publication of Louis C. Jones’s
classic best seller, Cooperstown, a distinctive volume on the village’s rich and compelling history.
The official release of Cooperstown, funded by
Jane Forbes Clark and the Scriven Foundation,
took place on Saturday, November 25th, in the
Louis C. Jones Center at The Farmers’ Museum.
Members of the New York State Historical
Association and the general public were invited
to a very special book signing and reception featuring Board Chairman Jane Forbes
Clark and photographer Richard S. Duncan, on hand to sign both the Cooperstown
and Otsego Lake…Past and Present books.
During the late fall and early winter of 2006, the shop at The Farmers’ Museum
was redesigned to add 300 square feet in space, featuring new cabinetry and product
displays and to accommodate a wider selection of merchandise and offer an improved
shopping experience. The Farmers’ Museum retained Charles Sparks and Company
of Chicago, to design the new store. Sparks has significant experience in museum
store design and has a portfolio of projects, that includes the MOMA Design Store,
the Field Museum, and Colonial Williamsburg.
During the summer of 2006 the Jonas and Deborah More House at The Farmers’
Museum was turned into a research center for historic restoration, interpretation,
and planning for new exhibitions. The staff worked with graduate students, historical
researchers, architectural conservators, and noted museum experts on planning for the
future of the house. The project will restore the More House using the most accurate
means possible to educate museum visitors about rural life in Early America. Master
craftsmen are creating quality reproduction furnishings, folk art, and building hardware for the house and offer classes on restoration and
historic crafts to visitors. When finished in 2008, More
House visitors will explore the cycle of life on a mid19th-century farm. In addition, the entrance hall, front
parlor, and office and birthing room of the More House
were completed.
Restoration work included an analysis of the interior
paint finishes, painting of the entryway and parlor, and
preparation for final interior work in 2007 and 2008.
Wallpapers from the American Wallpaper Manufactory
at the museum were installed in both the entryway and
parlor on the first floor. The entryway features an Ashlar
Block patterned paper that was originally found in a
building on Main Street in Cooperstown that was undergoing renovation, and the parlor has a Wheat and
Crescent-style paper.
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THE FARMERS’ MUSEUM
Funded through the generous support of Robert and Nellie Gipson’s Tianaderrah
Foundation and the 1772 Foundation, this ambitious project is part of the museum’s
overall drive to make the past more compelling to visitors by creating interactive
opportunities throughout the village. This project is also being supported by the faculty
and students of the Cooperstown Graduate Program, which has integrated research projects into classes, internships, and student thesis projects. Students have researched and
studied Jonas More’s original probate inventory to develop a list of objects for the
home, studied furniture and textiles from other collections, and worked with museum
researchers to identify furniture for reproduction and placement in the house.
The Harvest of History website continued to delight and inform students and
teachers and received a national Award of Merit from the American Association for
State and Local History. Staff initiated new modules for the website to expand the
focus from historic agriculture to nutrition.
Staff and contractors also tended to the maintenance needs of our other historic
buildings including the roof and dormers of the Main Barn and, new roofs for the
Carriage House and the Schoolhouse. The Bailey House exterior was restored. Lightning
protection systems were installed in the Main Barn, Creamery, Herder’s Cottage, Todd’s
General Store, Bump Tavern, support buildings and River Road barns.
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COLLECTIONS ACQUISITIONS 2006
GIFTS
PURCHASES
Printing Tools
and Equipment
Platen Press, neoclassical cast iron,
Washington-type printing press,
Marked “R Hoe & Co./New
York/Manufacturers, 1835–1840
Red Coverlet
Reversible, marked “Armstrong
1851” in the weave. Originally
owned by Patience Clark
Armstrong, Plainfield, Otsego
County, New York. Purchased from
Jeffrey Reynolds of West Winfield,
New York
Oak editor’s Desk
Wood type case storage rack
Crib Quilt
Circa 1850, said to have been made
by Patience Clark Armstrong,
Plainfield, Otsego County, New
York. Purchased from Jill Maney.
Wood dump table, two shelves
Wood furniture rack
with fifty-six compartments
Cased Image Tintype of
Patience Clark Armstrong
3rd quarter of 19th century.
Purchased from Jill Maney.
Cast iron copy press
Thirty type cases
Eight wooden galleys
Shooting stick
Tool for driving wedges
Wood-type Tuscan antique open,
seventy-four pieces
Wood-type, thirteen words or
abbreviations
Four composing sticks
Printer’s rule
Printers-type cabinet
Gift of The Freeman’s Journal of
Cooperstown, New York
Child’s Wheelchair
Circa 1900, maker unidentifield.
Gift of Jonathan Holstein of
Cazenovia, New York
Two Great Wheels
Used in Cobleskill, New York Area
19th century. Gift of the Family of
Alice and Milo Mickel. Jr.
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Small Oval Bandbox
Missing lid, exterior prepared with
image of a steamboat flying a U.S.
flag from the stern; blue background,
steamboat in orange, interior papered
with old newspapers from 1854
dates, news articles from Keene/
Claremont, New Hampshire region.
Gift of Charles E. Burden, M.D.
Wagonette Break
1890–1910, by Francis Wagon
Works, Cooperstown, New York.
Wood, paint, metal and canvas.
Purchased from Kate Keeney
Peckham of Norwich, Connecticut.
DONORS 2006
PIONEER SOCIETY
as of February 28, 2007
$10,000 and above
Jane Forbes Clark
Robert and Nellie Gipson
Mr. and Mrs. Gates Helms Hawn
Carol and Jim Zizzi
$5,000 – 9,999
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Busch Hager, Jr.
$2,500 – 4,999
Steven and Christine Glazer
Mr. and Mrs. J. Michael Moffat
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis A. Tallman
$1,000 – 2,499
Kathryn and Allan Ahearne
Mark and Gloria Altherr
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew M. Blum
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen M.
Cadwalader
Dr. Timothy Campbell and
Dr. Sally Graumlich
Myles and Caroline Connell
Mr. Henry S. F. Cooper, Jr.
Mrs. Suzanne S. Dean
Frederick S. Doolittle
Fred and Carla Eckler
Diane and Stephen Elliott
Dr. and Mrs. James J. Elting
Mrs. Frances Faulkner
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen M. Gotwald
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Gozigian
Dr. and Mrs. Lewis L. Hamilton
Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Harlem
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Harris
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Holbrook
Dr. and Mrs. William R. Hopper
Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Kingsley
Thomas K. Lagan and
Ginna M. Roeding
Jason and Lisbeth McCoy
Mr. and Mrs. H. William Michaels
Mr. and Mrs. Kevin S. Moore
Mr. Jeffery More and
Ms. Helen Quick
Mr. and Mrs. James B. Orthwein
Fran and Paul Raeder
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Rich
Mrs. Dorothy Smith Rudkin
John and Ellen Sanford
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Schlather
Mr. and Mrs. Edward W. Stack
Mr. and Mrs. Eric L. Straus
Dr. and Mrs. William F. Streck
Mr. and Mrs. Byron Thomas, Jr.
Lyman and Amy Townsend
Bernd Ulken and Esther Nelson
Dr. Ralph J. Veenema
William and
Honorable Carol B. Waller
Dr. and Mrs. Henry F. C. Weil
Mr. Neil Weiller and
Mrs. Robert E. Weiller
Mr. and Mrs. William J. Weldon III
Richer Feeds
Smith Cooperstown, Inc.
Stamford Farmers’ Cooperative
Stewart’s Shops
SUNY Cobleskill
Tallman Enterprises
Thomas Wright Asset
Management, Inc.
Tin Bin Alley
Wal-Mart Logistics
Wal-Mart Supercenter
Wilber National Bank
CORPORATE GIFTS
Alice Busch Gronewaldt Foundation
Anonymous
Mr. and Mrs. Keith Smith
New York Community Trust
Patricia M. and
William Smith, Jr. Foundation
Riley and Lillian Warren and
Beatrice Blanding Foundation
The 1772 Foundation, Inc.
The Clark Foundation
The Dewar Foundation, Inc.
The Lagan Family Foundation
The Rogers Foundation
Tianaderrah Foundation
Arts and Business Council
of New York
Audi of Oneonta –
Volkswagen of Oneonta
Bassett Healthcare
Blue Seal Feeds
Brandows IBA, Inc.
Cooperstown Hot Dog
Corporation – DiMaggio’s
Cooperstown Rotary Club
Cornell Cooperative Extension
Danny’s Main Street Market
Don Olin Realty
F.W. Dennis Roofing L.L.C.
First Pioneer Farm Credit
Fly Creek Cider Mill and Orchard
Gozigian, Washburn & Clinton
Historical Society of Early
American Decoration, Inc.
HP Hood Corporation
Key Bank National Association
Leatherstocking Corporation
Lutz Feed Company
McCadam Cheese
Mohican Flowers
Morris Tent
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wyckoff
NBT Bank
New York Beef Producers
Association
Nutro Products
NYSEG
OHM Holstein Club, The
Otsego County Maple Producers
FOUNDATION GIFTS
GOVERNMENT GIFTS
National Endowment
for the Humanities
New York State Council on the Arts
New York State Department
of Agriculture and Markets
Otsego County Bed Tax Program
THE FARMERS’ MUSEUM
ANNUAL FUND
$250 – $999
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Buckingham,
In memory of Owen C. Becker
Tony and Lu Esposito
Ms. Elaine Grudzinski
Mrs. Patricia R. Selch
Mr. Andrew P. Buday and
Ms. Karen Shafer
Mr. and Mrs. Keith Smith
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DONORS 2006
Mr. and Mrs. J. McKim
Symington, Jr., In memory
of J.M. Symington
Benjamin Moore & Company
Patricia M. & William Smith, Jr.
Foundation
Under $250
Anonymous
Dr. and Mrs. W. H. Bergstrom
Miss Margaret Billmyer
Mr. and Mrs. David Bliss
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Bornick
Ms. Eleanor F. Bowman
Mr. and Mrs. Marc Bresee
Mrs. Catherine Brudzienski,
In memory of Walter Brudzienski
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Brunner
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Burgess
Dr. and Mrs. Douglas Cannon
Mr. and Mrs. J. Peter Chaplin
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas B. Clarke
Julia and Carleton Clay,
In honor of Chantal Clay
Dr. and Mrs. John Clow
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Csaposs
Dr. and Mrs. John S. Davis
Ms. Carol Davis
Ms. Dawne Dietz
Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Dobbs
Miss Martha J. Dodge
Ms. Sharon Donahe
Miss S. G. Duane
Ms. Jane G. Duel, In memory
of Daniel Goodwin
Mr. and Mrs. Edward W. Duffy
Mrs. Phyllis B. Dunning,
In memory of Henry Dunning
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Entwisle
Mr. Gerry Fedde
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Forman
Dr. and Mrs. Robert Friedlander
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald B. Goerler
Mr. and Mrs. William
Goertemoeller, In honor
of James Kelly
Ms. Janet Gorman
Ms. Deborah Grey and
Mr. David Schipul
Mr. Howard Hartnett
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Dr. Allison Hill-Edgar and
Mr. W. Keyes Hill-Edgar
Mrs. Tarbell C. Hoes
Mr. and Mrs. Andre T. Jagendorf
Ms. Leanna Jensen, In memory
of Esther Dornburgh
Mr. David Kenyon
Ms. Marion S. King
Mr. and Mrs. William Kremer
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Kuhn
Mr. William Lamb and
Ms. Laura Bliss Lamb
Mrs. Muriel H. Landry,
In memory of Minnie
Thayer Marketto
Dr. and Mrs. Herbert Leary
Cindy Leigh
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Deane Leonard
Mr. and Mrs. John LeRoux
Ms. Gwen Lubey
Mr. and Mrs. Jerome T. Maddock
Mr. and Mrs. Sasha Matson
Dr. and Mrs. John May
Mr. and Mrs. John McGlynn
Mrs. Carol E. Merritt
John A. More, In honor
of The More House
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Navratil
Ms. Mary Ann Oliver
Ms. Margaret Bouslough Parsons
Ms. Jean Travell and
Mr. Frank Preston
Mr. Leon W. Rathbun
Mr. John Robinson, Sr.
Mr. and Mrs. David Russell
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Ryland
Dr. and Mrs. Victor A. Sacchi
Ms. Joan Sanders
Ms. Betty Schumacher
Mr. and Mrs. Howard E. Seacord,
In honor of the John More
Association and The More House
Mr. Peter Severud, In memory
of Dan Goodwin
Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Sternberg
Mr. and Mrs. Bruno Talevi
Mr. Martin Tillapaugh and
Ms. Meg Tillapaugh
Mr. and Mrs. John T. Wadsworth
Mr. and Mrs. Richard G. Wagner
Ms. Helen Walker
Mrs. Lois Warrell
Mrs. Lynn Weddington Tucker and
Miss Nichola Tucker
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Weiss
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Wesson
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd West
Dr. Jeanne Westcott
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Whitaker, Jr.
Mrs. Denise Wicks
Mr. George Wyckoff and
Ms. Jane Richardson
Smith Cooperstown, Inc.
Cooperstown Rotary Club
Cooperstown Brewing Co.
Pfizer, Inc.
INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTIONS
Dr. and Mrs. Douglas Cannon
Miss Jane Forbes Clark, In honor
of Mr. and Mrs. Gates H. Hawn
Ms. Sally Eldred, Wallpaper
Research Fund, In honor
of Wendy Weeks
Ms. Elaine Grudzinski
Mr. Field Horne
Mrs. Charlotte Layton, In honor
of 150th Anniversary Brooks Barn
John F. Siman
NYSUT Retiree Council 12
THE 10TH ANNUAL
BENEFIT HORSE SHOW
Underwriters
Dr. and Mrs. Allan J. Ahearne
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew M. Blum
Dr. Timothy Campbell and
Dr. Sally Graumlich
Jane Forbes Clark
Mrs. Suzanne S. Dean
Mr. and Mrs. D. Stephen Elliott
Dr. and Mrs. James J. Elting
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Gotwald
Dr. and Mrs. Lewis L. Hamilton
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Harris
Dr. and Mrs. William Hopper
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kingsley
Mr. and Mrs. J. Michael Moffat
Mr. Jeff More and Ms. Helen Quick
Mrs. Dorothy Smith Rudkin
THE FARMERS’ MUSEUM
Mr. John Sanford and
Mrs. Ellen H. Sanford
Mr. and Mrs. Edward W. Stack
Mr. and Mrs. Byron Thomas
Dr. and Mrs. Henry F. Weil
Mr. Neil R. Weiller and
Mrs. Robert E. Weiller
Patrons
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel M. Armstrong
Mr. and Mrs. Marc Bresee
Dr. Timothy Campbell and
Dr. Sally Graumlich
Mr. and Mrs. Alex Charlton
Mr. Arthur Clarke
Mr. and Mrs. Steven D. Glazer
Mr. and Mrs. James Howarth
Mr. and Mrs. Richmond Hulse
Mrs. Jean Johnson
Ms. Marion S. King
Ms. Janet LeRoy
Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Mead
Ms. Elaine Moffat
Mr. and Mrs. Johannes Neckermann
Mr. and Mrs. Dale Petroskey
Dr. Joseph Schmer and
Dr. Veronica Schmer
Mr. and Mrs. Ken Steigelman
William and
Honorable Carol B. Waller
Mr. Neil R. Weiller and
Mrs. Robert E. Weiller
Ms. Joan W. White
Otsego Land Trust
Alex and Ika’s Restaurant
South Wind Stable
Stagecoach Coffee
Spurbeck’s Grocery
Village Cobbler Cooperstown
Contributors
Mr. Frederick S. Doolittle
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Graham
Dr. Allan G. Ramsay
Advertisers
Fred and Carla Eckler
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Kuhn
Connell, Dow & Deysenroth, Inc.
Exeter Veterinary Clinic
Gozigian, Washburn & Clinton
Hall of Fame/Turnpike Pennysaver
Hubbell’s Real Estate
John Mitchell Real Estate –
DBA Bussman Enterprises
Leatherstocking Region Federal
Credit Union
Little Brook Farms, Inc.
Otsego Land Trust
The Otesaga Hotel
Volkswagen of Oneonta
Wilber National Bank
JUNIOR LIVESTOCK SHOW
Sponsors
Rick & Rosemary Aborn
In memory of Howard Curry
Ainslie by Friends and Family
In memory of Clayton H. Bantham
by Annie and C. Harvey Bantham
and June and Paul Schrader
David Bliss
Blue Seal Feed Company
Katie Boardman
Brandow’s IBA, Inc.
Brandow’s Feed n’ Seed
Jane Forbes Clark
Jane Goodwin Duel
First Pioneer Farm Credit
The OHM Holstein Club
Drs. Lisa and Bill Johnson
The Lesniak Family (Stan and
Patty Lesniak)
Robert & Barbara Kersman
Kortright Creek Creamery
(Denise and Tom Warren)
Lutz Feed Company
McCadam Cheese
Mosiedale Farm, Michael and
Alice Mosher
New York State Beef
Producers’ Association
NYCAMH
James Rice
Richer Feeds
Arnold Schonberg
Sherman Hill Farmstead (Linda
Smith and Morgan George)
Stamford Farmers’ Cooperative
SUNY Cobleskill
Lester & JoAnne Tyler
THE MORE HOUSE
RESTORATION PROJECT
Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Bieller
Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Leigh
Ms. Dorothy S. Leigh
Dr. E. Anne Riley
Mr. and Mrs. Howard E. Seacord
Ms. Patty Yewcic
The 1772 Foundation, Inc.
Historical Society of Early
American Decoration, Inc.
THE SAMUEL NELSON
LAW OFFICE
RESTORATION PROJECT
Tianaderrah Foundation, Robert
and Nellie Gipson
James E. Konstanty
Mr. Marvin D. Parshall
Thomas A. Vitanza
Gozigian, Washburn & Clinton
Harlem & Harlem
Lambert and Trosset
Levene, Gouldin and Thompson
Nila B. Hulbert Foundation
Schlather & Birch –
Attorneys at Law
The Dewar Foundation, Inc.
Anonymous
GIFTS IN KIND
Cathedral Candle Company
Cooperstown Brewing Co.
Fly Creek Cider Mill and Orchard
Haggerty Ace Hardware
Paraco Gas Corp.
Schneider’s Bakery
The Empire State Carousel, Inc.
The Freeman’s Journal
Wal-Mart Distribution Center #6096
MATCHING GIFTS
Benjamin Moore & Company
Pfizer, Inc.
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BALANCE SHEET
THE FARMERS’ MUSEUM
December 31, 2006
(with comparative totals for 2005)
Assets
2006
2005
5,513,300
55,319,541
41,534
150,000
—
33,237
132,186
3,852,524
9,523,394
51,132,560
42,820
—
39,445
32,189
127,859
3,101,943
$
65,042,322
64,000,210
$
92,874
—
4,959
136,511
4,000
—
97,833
140,511
4,221,027
59,755,162
82,083
886,217
3,432,675
59,432,020
109,557
885,447
64,944,489
65,042,322
63,859,699
64,000,210
Cash and cash equivalents
$
Investments
Accounts receivable
Contributions receivable
Receivable from New York State Historical Association
Prepaid expenses
Inventories
Land, buildings, and equipment, net
Total assets
Liabilities and Net Assets
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
Deferred revenue
Payable to New York State Historical Association
Total liabilities
Net assets:
Unrestricted:
Undesignated
Designated for investment
Temporarily restricted
Permanently restricted
Total net assets
Total liabilities and net assets
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$
STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES
THE FARMERS’ MUSEUM
Year ended December 31, 2006
(with comparative totals for 2005)
Revenues, gains, and other support:
Admissions
$
Service fees
Gifts and grants
Interest and dividend income
Net realized and unrealized gains on investments
Private equity investment income
Revenue from auxiliary activities
Miscellaneous
Total revenues, gains, and other support
Expenses and losses:
Museum
Education
Library
Publications
Supporting services – management and general
Cost of sales and expenses of auxiliary activities
Junior show
Total expenses and losses
Change in net assets related to collection items not capitalized:
Collection items purchased
Increase in net assets
Net assets beginning of year
Net assets end of year
$
2006
2005
323,028
72,311
957,056
1,786,718
465,680
1,981,255
441,036
13,711
328,789
118,247
1,304,283
1,105,610
747,375
927,790
419,158
34,419
6,040,795
4,985,671
534,746
1,052,750
81,760
15,801
2,554,291
546,477
141,266
469,480
967,582
74,207
295
2,286,611
560,887
132,153
4,927,091
4,491,215
(28,914)
(10,802)
1,084,790
63,859,699
64,944,489
483,654
63,376,045
63,859,699
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ANNUAL REPORT 2006
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N EW Y ORK S TATE H ISTORICAL A SSOCIATION
Lake Road PO Box 800 Cooperstown, NY 13326
607.547.1400 www.nysha.org
T HE FARMERS ’ M USEUM
Lake Road PO Box 30 Cooperstown, NY 13326
607.547.1450 www.farmersmuseum.org