Annual Meeting
Transcript: Who We Are Join Now Link Portsmouth's cultural future with its past. Become a member today! Exhibits 2012 Publications Under the Isles of Shoals: Archaeology & Discovery on Smuttynose Island by J. Dennis Robinson Atlantic Heights: A World War I Shipbuilder's Community by Richard M. Candee Portsmouth Historical Society Annual Report 25 April 2013 Number of visitors in 2012: 22,211 (double attendance since 2010) Number of countries representing our visitors: 32 Gross gallery sales totals: $9,722 Museum Shop Sales: $47,997 2 Black history conferences with national experts 89 Event Rentals: $8,825 Visitor donations: $8,872 $41m=Impact of the collective arts culture on the local economy Number of students reached through the John Paul Jones House: 500 Over $20,000 paid to local artists and craftsmen 24% increase in attendance at the John Paul Jones House Museum 2012 Discover Thursdays Live Performance Series: 9 concerts Board & Staff Members Richard Candee, President Martha Fuller Clark, Vice President Karen Carpenter, Secretary Fred Engelbach, Treasurer Trustees James Brewer Jonathan Brown Valerie Cunningham Jeff Demers Joel Harris Angelynne Hinson Corinne Norris Reagan Ruedig Jeff Sabin Jonathan Sandberg Stephanie Seacord David Splaine Cord Whitaker Staff Maryellen Burke, Executive Director Laura Calhoun, Program Director Candi Enman, Business Developmet Mary Ellen Maier, Interpreter Libby Page, Visitor Services Manager Anne Rehner, Interpreter Sandra Rux, Curator & House Manager Karin Scott, Visitor Services Manager Brenda Stratemeyer, Interpreter Capital Improvements Phase 1-New Green Energy $1.3 million DONE! Phase 2- New Bathrooms Coming to you 2014 Tax Credit Purchasers Volunteers Portsmouth is booming! Join us now to preserve what we hold dear and build a healthy future for us all. John Paul Jones House Museum Curator's Report 33 Volunteers & Board Members 1,869 Volunteer Hours A $40,000 dollar value! The Portsmouth Historical Society,and especially Discover Portsmouth could not function without volunteers. Our trained volunteers staff the visitor center and greet thousands of people from around the world. We need more volunteers and will be expanding out training. We couldn't have done it without you! We completed Phase 1 [$1.3 million capital campaign] of our campaign in December of 2012. The following companies supported Discover Portsmouth through the Community Development Finance Authority tax credit program. Instead of sending tax dollars to Concord, they determined to invest in their local communities. They receive most of this money back in credit on their state taxes; and deduct 100% as a charitable contribution. Appledore Marine Engineering, Inc., Robert Snover Bigelow & Company, CPAs, Tim Driscoll Dos Amigos Burritos, Joel Harris and Jay McSharry Favorite Foods, Chris Barstow Griffin Family Corporation, Mary Griffin J.Clifton Avery Insurance, Todd O'Dowd Kennebunk Savings Bank, Heather Harris Martini Northern Construction Managers, Peter Middleton Northland Forest Products, Jameson French Nurse Audit, Sharon Weston Piscataqua Savings Bank, Rick Wallis Seatrade International Company Inc., Steven Barndollar Secure Planning Inc., Ed Mallon Portsmouth Brewing Company/ Smuttynose Brewing Company, Peter Egelston Oak Point Associates, Architects, Rob Tillotson Palmer and Sicard, Shawn Earabino TMS Architects, John Merkle and Nicole Martineau Ricci Lumber, Ed Hayes Black History Conferences with National Experts 8th Annual Spring Symposium: The Slave Trade in New Hampshire with Guest Speaker James DeWolf-Perry 2012 Black New England Conference: Breaking Old Grounds: The Challenge of Interpreting Black History Portsmouth Marine Society Press Portsmouth Advocates Welcome! Membership Portsmouth Historical Society Index Discover Portsmouth Under the Isles of Shoals curated by J. Dennis Robinson and Nathan Hamilton Master Maritime painter John Stobart The Pastel Society of NH Fourth Annual National Juried Exhibition, "It's Pastel" Kim Bernard IN MOTION John Paul Jones House Museum The War of 1812: What it Meant to Portsmouth curated by Sandra Rux Portsmouth Silhouettes curated by Sandra Rux An Uncommon Commitment to Peace "We Tell Portsmouth Stories" Admission up 24% Exhibits The War of 1812: What it Meant to Portsmouth An Uncommon Commitment to Peace: Portsmouth Peace Treaty 2012 Acquisitions Cannonball, 1808-1860 Coat of Arms, 1791 Cordage Award Medal, 1841 Hat with plume and Hatbox, 1820-1825 Silver Spoon, 1790-1810 Work Journals and Photographs, 1928 Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail