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Place
Matters
2020 ANNUAL REPORT
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Historic Structures and
Archival Library
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EXCEPTIONAL MISSION
HISTORIC & RURAL
PRESERVATION AND EDUCATION
Annual Volunteer
Hours Donated
8,000
Programs, Events and
Rentals Each Year
50+
Annual Visitation
Acres of Land in
Preservation
150
35,000
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Dear Friends,
Our mission and passion at the Duxbury Rural & Historical Society
is to preserve, steward and educate about Duxbury, where history
and rural landscape have shaped this special place — past, present
and future. We care deeply about inspiring our growing communi-
ty and hope that you are filled with a similar passion for this place,
with its singular lore and beauty.
DRHS has been a part of the fabric of this community for 137 years,
but in 2020, our work has never felt more important. With the walls
of our world closing in and an uncertain future, it was essential to
stay connected to one another and to this very special place.
So this year, the DRHS explored and delivered new ways to come
to you, wherever you were. We forged a new path for historic
and rural preservation, education, and, most important of all,
conversation and connection: we held virtual Neighborhood
Walking Tours; we partnered with the Duxbury Free Library for
the Historic Duxbury Lego Contest; we oered self-guided tours
of Duxbury’s history and of local cemeteries; and, we encouraged
children anxious about returning to school in September to learn
about Duxbury’s School Houses throughout the years.
e theme for this year’s report is “Place Matters,” something
we’ve talked about throughout the past year. Duxbury’s abundant
rural beauty and history are filled with stories that infuse the sea,
soil, and homes here. Place Matters — not just because of Duxbury’s
shoreline beauty, nor just because of the extraordinary history that
happened here — but because those things collaborated to forge a
community that anchors us and gives us a way of making sense of
the world, even as it changes with every passing day.
Like you, we spent most of 2020 with our physical doors closed.
But thanks to you and your support, we flung our virtual doors
wide open. Our intrepid sta tucked our old plans away in a
drawer and went to work exploring new, online program ideas,
including our first online exhibition, Creating a Legacy: 400 Years
of Duxbury & the Pilgrims.
We developed innovative approaches for amplifying our mission,
created opportunities to interpret and share history in new ways,
and worked to engage new audiences, with new website oerings
for all ages, including our new Online Learning Page where you
can explore Duxbury’s history, lands, and people at any time and
om anywhere. Our updates on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook
are packed daily with pictures, historic stories, and informational
tidbits. Our Dateboard House page on our website features the
house histories of dozens of Dateboarded homes in Duxbury.
HISTORIC GARDENS
COMMITTEE
DRHS Gardens were ‘open
and available’ throughout
the seasons and even
with restrictions, DRHS
properties became a
haven and an opportunity
for members and friends
to be outside, walk, tend
and visit at a distance. We
are grateful to a number
of longstanding volunteer
partnerships, especially
with the Community
Garden Club of Duxbury
and the Duxbury Garden
Club for helping to
maintain DRHS properties.”
–Jayne Talmage O’Farrell
and Mary Ott, Co-Chairs
Annual Volunteer
Hours Donated
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And through it all, the work continues. Our collections were
catalogued, new acquisitions made, research completed, and
inquiries answered. Our focus may have shied with the
pandemic, but our mission did not. Restoration work at the
King Caesar House was completed with more than $100,000
generously funded by the Community Preservation Act of
Duxbury and the Massachusetts Cultural Council.
Our Lands Committee continued to embrace its expanded mission
to create professional guidelines and stewardship expectations
for the parcels in the DRHS Lands Portfolio. e DRHS laid the
groundwork for a Stewardship partnership with the Wildlands
Trust to provide support for maintaining DRHS lands, and
important Conservation Restrictions were placed on key parcels
of lands, legally protecting them for future generations.
We also completed important capital maintenance planning
to provide long range forecasts for our historic structures. A
professional buildings assessment was completed, laying the
groundwork for a multi-year plan for increased funding for
updating, maintaining and preserving our historic structures
jointly proposed by the Properties and Investment Committees
and approved by the Board of Trustees.
DRHS is more than just a historical society—we are a community,
a place of purpose and refuge, a place for serious, research,
learning, celebrations, solace, and healing. Our in-person events
and programs were curtailed, but our many volunteers continued
their hard work. It was especially heartwarming to see the
response to programs like Christmas at King Caesar, with the
wonderful hand-made ornaments that adorned our Community
Tree and reminded us of the community all around.
A special thank you to the volunteers in fundraising, and finance
who helped us to “steady the ship” and recalibrate our year. To all
of our volunteers, a heartfelt message: we miss you, and we cannot
wait to be together again.
We begin this new year with gratitude for the support of so many
in a dicult year and with a renewed focus on making the next
year a fulfilling one, whatever it brings. Perhaps, when we cannot
see ahead, we can let history guide us.
Your generous iendship and support make it all possible. We
could not do this work without you.
ank you,
Erin McGough Sally Redmond
Executive Director Chair, Board of Trustees
LEADERSHIP
OUR STAFF
Executive Director
Erin McGough
Oce Administrator/
Function & Rentals
Cheryl LaLonde
Outreach Manager
Sabrina Kaplan
Archivist & Historian
Carolyn Ravenscro
Museum Collections
Manager/Museum Visitor
Services
Melanie Correia
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Sally Redmond, President
Peter Rapelye, Vice-President
David Uitti, Treasurer
Pat Loring, Clerk
Joy Bannon
Scott Casagrande
Barbara Hayes
Woody Lawson
Jayne Talmage O’Farrell
Drew Strawbridge
Paul Wales
Donna Wood
Erin McGough
Sally Redmond
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Works of Art
Photographs
EXTRAORDINARY COLLECTION
WITH 35,000 UNIQUE ITEMS
REFLECTING DUXBURY’S HISTORY
Period Furnishings
Historic Clothing
and Textiles
Documents
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Online Programs including
walking tours and author talks.
CREATIVE+ INFORMATIONAL
PROGRAMMING
Activities for Family Fun
and Education, including
contests, informational
packets and driving tours.
Online Participation:
57,000 7,178 20,000
annual web page views social media followers annual website visitors
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FROM OUR OUTREACH MANAGER
A year ago, I never could have predicted how many unexpected
surprises 2020 held in store for us. While there can be a tendency
to focus on all that was lost to the pandemic, in Duxbury, and at
the Duxbury Rural & Historical Society, there were numerous
“silver linings.”
Circumstances beyond our control compelled us to change our habits
and rethink virtually all our programming. In lieu of our traditional
gatherings, we held online events and worked to provide our commu-
nity with opportunities to explore Duxbury, and discover its history,
in safe, socially-distant ways. For example, we developed a driving
tour and two cemetery tours with family activity guides that could be
accessed om our website. ese allowed members and the public to
venture on their own to visit and learn about many town landmarks.
In addition, we oered numerous lectures “live” over Zoom,
including three neighborhood tours by Tony Kelso, an author talk
on “Barons of the Sea” by Steven Ujifusa, and an opening for our
online exhibit “Creating a Legacy.” While we certainly missed seeing
our valued members in person, some benefits of the virtual setting
included that we were able to oer neighborhood tours in less
walkable parts of town, more people than ever before were able to
join us for neighborhood and cemetery tours, and members could
gather om far and wide for these events. Indeed, many of our
online events this year had a national registration!
With the DRHS mission at the heart of each project, there were also
multiple opportunities for our community members to reflect and
create. When the pandemic began, we encouraged schoolchildren
to submit essays on life during quarantine to become part of our
permanent collection at the Drew Archives. During the summer of
2020, we held a Historic Duxbury Lego Contest in collaboration
with the Duxbury Free Library, and, over the holidays, instead of
our usual party and decorated house tours, we welcomed members
to create ornaments for a Community Tree, to commemorate the
49
th
annual Christmas at King Caesar Event. Submissions for each of
these projects were beautiful and thoughtful reflections on Duxbury
and the times we are living in.
I must also add that I found my work for the DRHS to be especially
fulfilling during this time of great change and uncertainty. It was an
immeasurable comfort to learn and work together with members
and colleagues for the benefit of our community. I look forward
to the year ahead, when we can come together for more learning,
discovery, and fun!
Respectfully Submitted,
Sabrina A. Kaplan
TEXTILES & HISTORIC
CLOTHING COMMITTEE
Chinese robes from the
DRHS collections were
placed on display at the
Duxbury Free Library
and a free Gallery Talk
offered to the public; in
related programming,
the Committee offered a
special presentation on
the robes to Mandarin
students from Duxbury
High School, who were
able to view the robes up
close and hear research
information on the pieces.
We also published an
article in Life on the Bay
about Judith Winsor Smith,
a local Suffragist, whose
clothing we have in the
DRHS collection.”
–Kris Gaskins, Chair
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PUBLICATIONS
COMMITTEE
In collaboration with the
Duxbury 2020 Committee,
the DRHS assisted in
the publication and
distribution of Duxbury:
Or Pilgrim Story, which
was available in July
2020. The forward was
written by DRHS Executive
Director, Erin McGough,
and a chapter on the Myles
Standish Monument was
written by DRHS Archivist
& Historian, Carolyn
Ravenscroft. Former DRHS
Director, Patrick Browne,
also contributed a chapter
on the Standish Burying
Ground on Chestnut St.”
–Bill McArdle, Chair
JANUARY
23
1807 Dateboard
Society event at Devnew home
27
–
30
Duxbury High School
interns to Drew Archival Library
FEBRUARY
1
Private tour at King Caesar with
tour guide, Toni Orosz
3
–
28
Duxbury High School
interns to Drew Archival Library
4
DRHS Annual
Meeting at The Village of
Duxbury
14
Duxbury High School AP History
Class Visit to Drew Archival
Library
MARCH
2
–
12
Duxbury High School
interns to Drew Archival Library
APRIL
9
Our Times, Youth Archives
project published online
MAY
6
Carolyn Ravenscroft talk at The
Village of Duxbury, Women at
Sea
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Carolyn Ravenscroft talk at The
Village of Duxbury, Charlotte
Bradford
27
Carolyn Ravenscroft Virtual Tour
of Myles Standish Burial Ground
for The Village of Duxbury
JUNE
1
Self-guided Family Driving Tour
of Duxbury published online
3
“Creating a Legacy: 400 Years
of Duxbury and the Pilgrims,”
members online opening
4
Creating
a Legacy:
400 Years of
Duxbury and the
Pilgrims,
public
opening, online
exhibition
25
Duxbury Connections to Little
Women, Carolyn Ravenscroft
presents to Booked for Lunch
for the Duxbury Free Library
and Senior Center
30
Questions, Quandaries and
Queries, online history night
with Tony Kelso and Carolyn
Ravenscroft
JULY
6
Historic Duxbury Lego Contest
posted online
AUGUST
18
Bumpus Park wedding
rental
20
Author Talk with Steven
Ujifusa, Barons of the Sea
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Lego contest winners
announced
2020 Outreach
7
SEPTEMBER
1
Village
Schoolhouses
of Duxbury
video
published
online
6
Carolyn Ravenscroft to Duxbury
2020 book signing event
10
Carolyn Ravenscroft history
discussion with Prejudice Free
Duxbury
15
South Shore
Ballet lming The
Nutcracker at King
Caesar House
19
Duxbury
Historic District
Commission, meeting at Nathaniel
Winsor, Jr. House
27
Powder Point Bridge,
Neighborhood walk, virtual
presentation with Carolyn
Ravenscroft and Tony Kelso
29
Zoom presentation for The Village
at Duxbury: Powder Point Bridge,
Neighborhood walk, by Carolyn
Ravenscroft and Tony Kelso
OCTOBER
1
Self-guided Tour and Family
Activity Sheet for Mayower
Cemetery, published online
2
Bumpus Park wedding rental
18
Carolyn Ravenscroft virtual tour
of Mayower Cemetery for
Newcomers Group
25
Tinkertown Neighborhood Tour,
online presentation by Tony Kelso
29
Zoom presentation for The
Village at Duxbury: Tinkertown
Neighborhood Tour, by Tony Kelso
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Trick-or-treat at
Nathaniel Winsor,
Jr. House
NOVEMBER
6
King Caesar House open for
tours
12
HGTV
lming at
King Caesar
House
13
King Caesar
House
open for
tours
14
Soule
Kindred Reunion presentation,
by Carolyn Ravenscroft and Erin
McGough
15
Self-guided Tour & Family
Activity Sheet for Standish
Burying Ground, published
online
26
Thanksgiving gathering for the
Interfaith Council at Bumpus
Park
30
Members’ ornament pick-up at
Nathaniel Winsor, Jr. House
DECEMBER
3
Along the Boston Road:
The Tree of Knowledge,
Chandlerville, Tarkiln and
Fordville, Virtual Neighborhood
Walk by Tony Kelso
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–
13
King Caesar House Holiday
Commemoration
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Carolyn Ravenscroft,
Newcomers Christmas talk
MEMBERSHIP
COMMITTEE
The large growth of DRHS
Membership reects broad
based community support
of this organization.
The Membership
Committee is appreciative
of the community’s
acknowledgment of the
DRHS’ role in the town
and we welcome our
new members!”
–Drew Strawbridge, Chair
LANDS COMMITTEE
DRHS drafted and led
Conservation Restrictions
protecting the properties
at Round Pond and
Brewster Lilacs. These
Conservation Restrictions
preserve in perpetuity the
wildlife and scenic values
while maintaining public
access and other benets
that the public enjoys.
Thank you to Pat Loring
for her expertise and
leadership in this project.
We continue progress to
improve stewardship and
to develop the nancial
resources that will allow
the DRHS to effectively
manage its properties in a
manner consistent with the
DRHS’s mission for many
years to come.”
–Sam Butcher, Chair
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DONORS OVER
$5,000
Denise De More &
Peter Keohan
Mrs. Jane T.N. Fogg
Mr. and Mrs. Richard
A. Heath, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard
H. Morse
Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Palmisano
Gary Powell
Mr. and Mrs. John Reed
Nancy B. Riegel and
William Wheeler
DONORS OVER $500
Andy and Kelli Bentinck-
Smith
Stephen and Alicia Bolze
Charlie and Martha
Clapp
Mr. and Mrs. Frederic M.
Cliord
Mr. and Mrs. Stewart
B. Cliord
David P. Corey and
Xandra Breakefield
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas
Dapprich
James and Becky Garrett
Steven and Kris Gaskins
Agnes Hanna
Barbara Hayes
Nancy R. Herndon
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth
A. Johnston
Gary and Susan Kearney
Dorothy H. Kelso
James and Tina Kerkam
Samuel and Woody
Lawson
Dick and Pat Loring
Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm
W. MacNaught
Dean and Keri
Manheimer
Morgan and Ashley
Mohrman
Anne M. Morgan
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy
J. O’Farrell
Mr. and Mrs. omas
M. O’Neill
Mr. and Mrs. Robert
M. Pineau
Peter Quigley and
Meghan Heernan
Peter and Janet Rapelye
e Rice Family
Charitable Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher
P. Sherman, Sr.
Mr. and Mrs. John R.
Walkey
Tom and Donna Wood
CORPORATE &
ORGANIZATIONAL
DONATIONS
Community Preservation
Act, Duxbury
e Duxbury Garden
Club
Eastern Bank Charitable
Foundation
e Felicia Fund, Inc.
Mass Humanities CARES
Grant
John and Rita Arapo
Bill and Victoria Babcock
Michael Bacharz
Michael and Stephanie
Bailey-Gates
Robert Bale
Brian and Heather Barry
Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas
L. Bates
Donna Beals
Frances Beane
Mr. and Mrs. John Bear
Maria Benson
Diane Bertram
Michael Bezdek and
Jane Bradley
John Bird
Jonathan and Lisa Bitting
Judy Booth
Charles and Rosemarie
Boucher
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick
Bowes III
Mary Bradshaw
Mr. and Mrs. Richard
W. Brown
Cyrus Buum
Nancy Bursaw
Jean Frances Callahan
Jean Carroll
Ann Marie Chandler
John and Josie Chapman
Susan Clapp Lewis
Sandra Colucci
Katharine Cook
Kathleen Cotter
Kristine Coughlin
Tim and Jane Davidson
Mary Jo Davis
Nina de Cecco
Mr. and Mrs. omas
F. Delano
Ray Delano
Rene Delano
Suzanne Deveney
Brian and Kathryn Dinneen
Claudia Doerre
Digger Donahue
Mr. and Mrs. Bradley P. Doyle
Hope Duarte
Ann R. Dunleavy
Laura Emerson Dunn
Mr. and Mrs. John Enniss
Clarissa Erving
Mr. and Mrs. Paul S. Evans
Nancy Farina
John Findley
Mr. F.W. Finger III
Robert Flavell and
Ronald Baker
Paula Flynn
eodore and Donna Flynn
Elizabeth Fortunato
Cecelia and Peter Frame
Dr. and Mrs. Patrick Gagnon
Sarah Todd Gallagher
Steve and Susan Gandt
J. Ritchie and Carla J. Garrison
Susan Geiger
Richard Giragosian
Mr. and Mrs. Paul F. Gleason
Barry and Nancy Gonder
Jennifer Graeve
Neal Graves
Mrs. Suzanne Gray
Karen Grin
Elaine Guilfoyle
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel M. Hall
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Hall
James and Amy Hamilton
Melissa Hammel
Mr. and Mrs. George Hansen, Jr.
Mr. Robert F. Hayes
Lamont and Grace Healy
Mr. and Mrs. William J. Hearn, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred L. Henning
Mr. and Mrs. D. Michael Herlihy
Marguerite Hernandez
Ben and Beth Hesse
Brian and Judith Hickey
Helen M. Hill
Elizabeth C. Hills
Mr. and Mrs. Clark J. Hinkley
omas and Lisa Hollyer
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Mr. and Mrs. F. Sherman
Hoyt
Darren and Caitlin
Humphreys
Katherine Hunt
Diane Hunter
Mr. and Mrs. Delmont S.
Irving
Mark and Margaret
Jacobson
Mrs. Shirley Jenkins
Mr. and Mrs. Soren Jensen
Susan K. Johnson
Jaime Joyce
Sabrina and Steve Kaplan
omas and Denise Keating
Wendy Keleher
Doris A. Kellar
Mark Kelley
Kelly Family Foundation
Tony and Jane Kelso
omas and Linda Kinsella
Mr. and Mrs. John Kolstad
Megan and Ronnie Koss
Susan Kotula
William Krein
Karl and Joann Kunz
Heidi Pape Laird
Mr. Morgan Lamarche
Faith Laskaris
Joan Lavin
Mr. John P. Lee
Mr. and Mrs. Charles R.
Leonard
Jennifer Lightfoot
Matthew Lindholm
William Locke
Carol Loring
Audrey A. Macdonald
Jon Macquarrie
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Maguire
Katherine Malcuit
Brian and Rebecca Malone
Mr. Frank Mangione
Peter F. Maxson and John
C.R. Taylor III
Mrs. Marylou McCrillis
Robert and Jackie
McGoodwin
Mary McLean
Mr. Richard J. Meurer, Jr.
Luke Miller
Mr. and Mrs. James Morris
Christine Morris
Joanna Murphy
Beth Robinson and
Richard Nestle
Joseph Nigro
Mr. and Mrs. James Nuland
Mitchell and Kathleen
Oliver
Merle and Mary Ott
Joan Paquette
Virginia Parker
Loretta Patterson
Russell Pelham
Marilyn A. Phillips
Catherine Pierce
Matthew Pierce
Richard and Edith Jolin
Pieters
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald V.
Pisani
Silvio Porciatti
Mr. and Mrs. Francois L.
Poulet
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Powell
Mrs. Georgia Pye
Jeanne Quinlan
Meg Randa
John Rappe
Carolyn Ravenscro
Megan Razzolini
Je and Sally Redmond
Mr. and Mrs. Roger W. Ritch
June Robbins-Lippard
Clayton and Barbara Roberts
Robert and Carol Robison
Michelle Roche
Diane Rubin
Jane R. Ryer
Bertha Santelli
Donald and Cathleen Savery
Sarah D. Sawyer
PROPERTIES COMMITTEE
The pandemic complicated
implementation of some
repairs, maintenance, and
contractor supervision.
Nevertheless, a wide range
of projects were completed
in 2020, including (but
not limited to) restoration
work at the King Caesar
House, gardening work at
all major properties, façade
restoration at Nathaniel
Winsor Jr. House, and
storm damage clean up
and power line installation
at Allen.”
–Paul Wales, Chair
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Glenn and Liana Schaner
eodore and Leah
Schiavoni
Alexander See
Mr. and Mrs. David Segar
Lily Settel
Kathy and Steve Shay
Jay and Katherine Shelton
Dwight and Lucy Shepard
Carol Shores
Cynthia Simmons
omas A. Sinnott
David Smith
Society of St. Margaret
Sara Soule-Chapman
John F. Spence, Jr.
Aly Stadelmann
Mr. F.A. and Rev. E.B. Stevens
Michael Sullivan
Paula Surette
Virginia Sykes
Sean and Phoebe Teare
Mrs. Lederle Tenney
D. Higgins ompson
Rebecca Tosca
David and Susan Uitti
Mr. and Mrs. Page C.
Valentine
Mrs. Alice Vautrain
Joanne Vercollone
Danielle Viafore
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Von
Iderstein
Nancy and Charles von
Stackelberg
Walter and Heidi von Stein
Mr. and Mrs. George D.
Wadsworth
Mr. and Mrs. Richard E.
Wadsworth
Paul and Jane Wales
Norman Kendall and Evelyn
Walker
George and Anne Ward
Patricia Weatherlow
Fred Walsh and Pam
Webster-Walsh
Lucy Weilbrenner
Helene Wells
Charles A. Weyerhaeuser
Veronica Whelan
Kevin and Eileen White
Bradford P. White
Jill Widdop
Andy and Kim Wiemeyer
Claudia Wilcox
Marcia Wilhelm
Amy Willett
Sherry Williamson
Honorable Sara E. Wilson
Cindy Wilson
Kimberly Wright
Rose Yourell
2020 CORPORATE
& INSTITUTIONAL
SPONSORSHIP
PROGRAM PARTNERS
Wm. F. Borhek General
Insurance Agency Inc.
Duxbury Animal Hospital
Howland Capital
Island Creek Oysters
95.9 WATD FM
Samuel Adams
Barossa Valley Estate
Oyster Bay New Zealand
Boerger Law
eodore & Company
Lineal Inc.
Bay Farm Montessori
Academy
LuAnn Luke Designs/e
Duxbury Shade Company
e Foodsmith
e Village at Duxbury
WH Cornerstone
Investments
O’Connor Landscape
Cellar d’Or
Duxbury Bay Maritime
School
Brothers Marketplace
Troop 62 Boy Scouts,
Duxbury
Phillips Tree &
Construction
e Clean Team
Berrybrook School
CORPORATE MATCHING
GIFTS & DONOR
ADVISED FUNDS
Bank of America Charitable
Foundation
e Boston Foundation
Fidelity Charitable
Schwab Charitable
State Street Bank
Foundation
UBS
United Way of Greater
Portland
IN KIND DONORS
e Community Garden
Club of Duxbury
Duxbury Garden Club
Dan and Cheri Haas
Kathy Muncey, Delaney &
Muncey, P.C.
Skip Taylor
Michael Spooner
PARTNERSHIPS
e Community Garden
Club of Duxbury
Duxbury Garden Club
First Parish Church,
Duxbury
Duxbury Free Public Library
Town of Duxbury,
Conservation, Cemetery &
DPW Departments
Duxbury 2020, Inc.
Tony Kelso, Town Historian,
Duxbury
IN MEMORIAM 2020
It is with sadness we look back upon this
past year and realize that a number of
our Members have passed away. We are
grateful for their contributions and they
will be remembered.
Anne Piersol Murray
Morgan
omas Burke Leahey
William Davis Sweetser
Robert K. Lamere
omas Stuart Chapman
Audrey Austin Macdonald
Mary Lewis Emerson
Mason Burrell Cooke
Henry N. Marshall II
George Boerger
Charles Richard Gregg
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STANDING
COMMITTEES
Executive
Sally Redmond
(Chair & President)
Peter Rapelye
(Vice President)
David Uitti (Treasurer)
Finance & Compensation
David Uitti
(Chair & Treasurer)
Peter Rapelye
(Vice President)
Scott Casagrande (Trustee)
Donna Wood (Trustee)
Erin McGough (Sta)
Nominating
Donna Wood (Chair)
Joy Bannon (Trustee)
Woody Lawson (Trustee)
Barbara Hayes (Trustee)
Ashley Mohrman
Philanthropy
Barbara Hayes
(Chair & Trustee)
Sally Redmond (Trustee)
Erin McGough (Sta)
Ashley Mohrman
OPERATING
COMMITTEES
(Require 1 Trustee)
Collections
Carolyn Ravenscro
(Co-Chair)
Melanie Correia
(Co-Chair)
Sally Redmond (Trustee)
Amy Annis
Kris Gaskins
Madelon Ali
Toni Orosz
Tony Kelso
(Town Historian)
Katey Cullen
Erin McGough
Properties
Paul Wales (Chair & Trustee)
David Corey
Jon Daley
Jayne Talmage O’Farrell
Paul Wales
Mary Ott
Chris Sherman, Sr.
Erin McGough
Lands
Sam Butcher (Chair)
Chris Sherman, Sr.
Jim Hartford
Sam Davenport
David Corey
Joe Messina
Pat Loring (Trustee)
Erin McGough
Investment
Chris Sherman, Sr. (Chair)
David Uitti (Trustee)
Ken Johnston
Robert Loring
David ompson
Dick Morse
Publications
Bill McArdle (Chair)
Sally Redmond (Trustee)
Norman Forgit
Carolyn Ravenscro
Erin McGough
Membership
Drew Strawbridge
(Chair, Trustee)
Peter Rapelye
Whitney Fulmer
Deb Casagrande
Drew awley
Erin McGough
SUBCOMMITTEES
Allen (Lands)
Reb Bottenus (Tenant)
Chris Sherman, Sr.
Bill McArdle
Paul Wales
Jim Hartford
Pat Loring
Erin McGough
Clark’s Island (Lands)
Ninky Savage (Tenant)
Peter Savage (Tenant)
Jon Daley (Tenant)
Sam Davenport
Joe Messina
Drew Strawbridge
Stewart Smith
Chris Sherman, Sr.
Erin McGough
Textiles/Clothing
(Collections)
Kris Gaskins (Chair)
Madelon Ali
Toni Orosz
Amy Annis
Janet Ritch
Katey Cullen
Beverly Savage
Denise De More
Susan Warren
Diane Hoyt
Marcia Wilhelm
Doris Kellar
Anne Williams
Paula Murphy
Kate Golden-Chen
Historic Gardens
(Properties)
Jayne Talmage O’Farrell
(Co-Chair)
Mary Ott (Co-Chair)
Woody Lawson
Anne Borhek
Lorrie Hall
Margie Harvey
Anne Henning
Marta Johnston
Carol Langford
Leslie Lawrence
Ashley Mohrman
Gail Murphy
Barbara Paley
Nancy Riegel
Jane Sisto
Jane Wales
Pam Webster-Walsh
Emily Dewire
Richard Fagnant
Julie Fagnant
Owen Farrell
Scott Farrell
Madeline DiPalma
Maya Stahl
Gardens are maintained
in partnership with:
Duxbury Garden Club
e Community Garden Club
of Duxbury
Local Historic District
Committee Representative
Bill McArdle
Volunteer Chair
Deb Casagrande
Lands Observer
Paul Wales
Committee Volunteers
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Financials
ASSETS FY2020 FY2019
Cash 172190 59749
Investments 6416508 6379332
Prepaid Expenses 23948 11001
Property & Equipment 1030727 1020967
Historical Properties
& Collections 1138752 1138752
8782125 8609801
INCOME FY2020 FY2019
Grants & Contributions 173323 159839
Membership 38378 39097
Activities & Programs 20217 39241
Endowment Income
for Operations 273792 261336
Rental Income 45000 47200
Other 2751 3674
553461 550387
EXPENSES FY2020 FY2019
Salaries & Payroll 239247 236298
Activities 9658 16753
Advertising 3280 7203
Depreciation 66608 63762
Insurance 24253 19939
Curatorial 6082 15277
Postage/Printing 10026 12858
Professional Services 32143 24512
Repairs/Maintenance 80928 79286
Utilities 33601 41825
Other 39231 53344
545057 571057
FY2020 FY2019
Income 553461 550387
Expenses 545057 571057
Net Income 8404 -20670
Grants &
Contributions
Membership
Activities &
Programs
Endowment
Income for
Operations
Rental
Income
Other
ASSETS FY2020 FY2019
Cash 172190 59749
Investments 6416508 6379332
Prepaid Expenses 23948 11001
Property & Equipment 1030727 1020967
Historical Properties
& Collections 1138752 1138752
8782125 8609801
INCOME FY2020 FY2019
Grants & Contributions 173323 159839
Membership 38378 39097
Activities & Programs 20217 39241
Endowment Income
for Operations 273792 261336
Rental Income 45000 47200
Other 2751 3674
553461 550387
EXPENSES FY2020 FY2019
Salaries & Payroll 239247 236298
Activities 9658 16753
Advertising 3280 7203
Depreciation 66608 63762
Insurance 24253 19939
Curatorial 6082 15277
Postage/Printing 10026 12858
Professional Services 32143 24512
Repairs/Maintenance 80928 79286
Utilities 33601 41825
Other 39231 53344
545057 571057
FY2020 FY2019
Income 553461 550387
Expenses 545057 571057
Net Income 8404 -20670
Cash
Investments
Prepaid
Expenses
Property &
Equipment
Historical
Properties &
Collections
Salaries &
Payroll
Activities &
Curatorial
Advertising &
Postage/Printing
Depreciation
Insurance
Professional
Services
Repairs/
Maintenance
Utilities
Other
INVESTMENT
COMMITTEE
We are fortunate that
due to the depth
of knowledge and
experience of our
Committee members and
the disciplined efforts
of our managers, our
portfolios endured the
volatility and achieved
a positive return over
the past scal year.
The returns provided a
combination of income
and growth that were
in-line with benchmarks
used to measure market
performance.”
–Christopher P. Sherman,
Sr., Chair
ASSETS FY2020 FY2019
Cash 172,190 59,749
Investments 6,416,508 6,379,332
Prepaid Expenses 23,948 11,001
Property & Equipment 1,030,727 1,020,967
Historical Properties & Collections 1,138,752 1,138,752
8,782,125 8,609,801
INCOME FY2020 FY2019
Grants & Contributions 173,323 159,839
Membership 38,378 39,097
Activities & Programs 20,217 39,241
Endowment Income for Operations 273,792 261,336
Rental Income 45,000 47,200
Other 2,751 3,674
553,461 550,387
EXPENSES FY2020 FY2019
Salaries & Payroll 239,247 236,298
Activities & Curatorial 15,740 32,030
Advertising & Postage/Printing 13,306 20,061
Depreciation 66,608 63,762
Insurance 24,253 19,939
Professional Services 32,143 24,512
Repairs/Maintenance 80,928 79,286
Utilities 33,601 41,825
Other 39,231 53,344
545,057 571,057
FY2020 FY2019
Income 553,461 550,387
Expenses 545,057 571,057
Net Income 8,404 -20,670
For the Fiscal Year 2020
(November 1, 2019 through October 31, 2020)
David Uitti, Treasurer
Complete Financial Statements are available through the DRHS oce.
ASSETS INCOME EXPENSES
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New Members (since Fall 2020 Newsletter)
CONTRIBUTING
Cynthia Condrich
James Manganello
FAMILY
Kelly Arana
John Auth
Nicole Bates
John and Sally Burke
Ann Marie Chandler
Connor Clark
Kara McCarthy Cleveland
Bonnie Cote
Carey Dietz
Kelly Frazier
James and Amy Hamilton
Chris Hone
David Knouf
Martha Loring
William & Meghan Lyons
Cristin Mitchell
State Senator Patrick and
Mrs. eresa O’Connor
Kathleen Ott
Clio Shields
Joshua Stewart
Amy Willett
Violandi Family
INDIVIDUAL
Emily Hagen
Judith Canty Graves
Lindsey Ludwig
Daniel Miele
Jennifer Mulstay
David Puopolo
SENIOR COUPLE
Patrick and Nell Jones
Kate Roper
Teresa and Bruce Rutter
Jane Tremblay
Aled Wright
SENIOR
Paul Miraglia
Joan O’Connor
Paul Wright
We welcome new Members, and those who have rejoined at a higher
contribution level:
NOMINATING
COMMITTEE
Joy Bannon is elected for
a term expiring in 2024.
Joy Bannon has two
decades of experience in
PR and event planning for
nonprot and corporate
clients and outside of
her professional work in
events Joy has signicant
volunteer experience.
Joy has been an active
member of the Duxbury
Rural and Historical Society
since 2012, serving as
a docent and Chairing
both King Caesar House
Christmas and the Summer
Tea Party.
Trustees Paul Wales,
Jayne Talmage O’Farrell
and Donna Wood are
re-elected to terms
expiring in 2024.”
–Amy Annis, Chair
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2019.116 Williams
military and family
materials, Susan M.
Purpura
2019.117 Warren
Goodspeed painted
portrait, Duxbury
High School
2019.118 Ford Store
nails, Louella Mann
2019.119 Silk
Chinese jacket, Jane
Fogg
2019.120 Pieces om
the Hathaway family
Estate, Dr. Priscilla
Ramsey
2020.018 Rev. John
Allyn painted portrait,
Faith Laskaris
2020.020 Charcoal
and pen sketch of the
Wright Estate by Gay
Youse, Peter Smith
2020.021 Watercolor
painting of White
Bros. Milk Company,
Robert Matthews
2020.022 Wedding
gown, Diane Hoyt
2020.023
Myles Standish
archaeological items,
Purchase
DAL.2019.050
Two volumes of e
Bartlett Chronicles,
Estate of Mary
Hemenway Schmid
DAL.2019.051
Four photos of
Standish gravesite and
Standish house (1917),
Cynthia Krusell
DAL.2019.052
Menu for Society of
Colonial Wars dinner
in Duxbury (1896),
Medford Historical
Society
DAL.2019.053
Photograph of dem-
olition of Old Sailors
Home (1975), Lilly
Cleveland
DAL.2019.054
Postcard of Duxbury
Town Square (1911),
Purchase
DAL.2019.056
Arrival 2020 by
Laura Emerson Dunn,
Laura Emerson Dunn
DAL.2019.057
Duxbury photographs,
postcards and ephem-
era, Duxbury Free
Library
DAL.2019.058
Broadside of concert
in Duxbury (1880),
St. John’s Church via
Peter Maxson
DAL.2019.059
American Home
magazine with
Duxbury article
(1937), Purchase
DAL.2019.062
Documents, journals
and books relating to
the Horace Soule fami-
ly, Christopher Soule
DAL.2020.001
Saturday Evening Post
with illustration of
Alden School class-
room (1960), Purchase
DAL.2020.002
Diary of Everett D.
Eldridge (1832), Ron
Stouse
DAL.2020.003
Tales of an Art Dealer
by Robert Vose, Jr.,
Robert Vose, III
DAL.2020.004
Deed for Universalist
Meeting House (1866),
Debbie Ryan
DAL.2020.009
Additional material re-
lating to Horace Soule,
Christopher Soule
DAL.2020.010
ree professional
publications belonging
to Harriet Ford
(1902-1905), Jim Ford
DAL.2020.011
Two items om the
Power Point School
for Boys (1910, 1912),
Purchase
DAL.2020.012
Photograph of Myles
Standish Monument
(c. 1910), Medford
Historical Society
DAL.2020.015
Mary Hackett restau-
rant matchbook cover
(c. 1950), Purchase
DAL.2020.025
Duxbury railroad
depot postcard (c.
1960 – copy of earlier
image), Purchase
DAL.2020.029
Photograph album
of Miramar retreat
(1951), Purchase
DAL.2019.061
Two Duxbury receipts
(1903, 1913), Purchase
Museums & Archives
Thursday, March 4,
12pm – Book and
Collections Club
Meeting: Benito Cereno
by Herman Melville.
Read the ctional
novella about a revolt on a Spanish
slave ship, and learn about the
story’s Duxbury connections.
Sunday, March 21, 5pm – Bradford
Symposium Guest Speaker: Kyera
Singleton, Director of the Royall
House and Slave
Quarters in Medford,
Massachusetts,
speaking on the
Royall House and
Slave Quarters historic
site, and the historic site’s efforts to
incorporate themes of social justice
as part of their museum’s mission.
This event is virtual by meeting link.
Thursday, April 8,
12pm – Book and
Collections Club
Meeting: Chiquinho
by Baltazar Lopes. A
semi-autobiographical
account of a young Cape Verdean
immigrant’s life, with insight into
the experiences of many Cape
Verdeans who moved to Duxbury
in the early 1900s.
April 15, 7pm – Virtual
Presentation: “13 Moons &
12,000 Years.” Wampanoag and
indigenous educators from Plimoth/
Patuxet discuss ways of life pre-
European contact, how life changed
after contact, and some aspects of
Wampanoag tribal life today.
Save the Dates! 2021 Calendar
We hope that we will be back together this summer for more in-person programs like historic house tours at
King Caesar House and Bradford House, the Members’ Sunset Picnic, and the Clark’s Island Picnic. Please check
our website regularly for updates on these events and more: www.duxburyhistory.org/events.
Ongoing – “You are Here” Special Exhibition. This is a multi-site and online
exhibition, bringing DRHS collections and Duxbury history out of the museums
and archives, and into the community. Find our pop-up panels around town at
select locations and learn more about Duxbury, where Place Matters.
Thursday, May 6,
2021 12pm – Book
and Collections Club
Meeting: Beheld by
TaraShea Nesbit. This
historical crime novel
provides insights into the lives
of women in colonial Plymouth;
from governor’s wife to a servant,
status inuences the characters’
perceptions of the same incident.
Fridays in May ( 7
th
, 14
th
, 21
st
,
28
th
) 9:30am – Barre on Bumpus.
Join local tness
instructor, Cheryl Kilduff,
for an opportunity to
stretch, feel good, and
appreciate the beauty
of our surroundings on Bumpus
Park, a lands property of the DRHS.
Maximum attendance = 10 people
to ensure safe social distancing.
MARCH APRIL MAY
Nonprot Organization
U.S. Postage
PAID
Permit #6
Abington, MA
P.O. Box 2865
Duxbury, Massachusetts 02331-2865