1. The Mark Twain House & Museum
351 FarmingtonAvenue, Hartford, CT 06105!
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Annual Report FYE 2015 - February 1, 2014 through January 31, 2015!
2. Report from Joel Freedman,
President of the Board of Trustees
To: Members, Friends, and Supporters of The Mark Twain House & Museum!
January 31 marked the end of our fiscal year, as well as my first year as President of the Board of Trustees. It was a pivotal year with significant developments. !
We again raised over $2.5 million from our many individual, corporate, foundation, and government supporters. Due to our aggressive programming, which continues to expand our
brand, we spent a bit more than raised, leaving us with a small deficit for the fiscal year. Our programming ranged from free community events, such as our annual Ice Cream Social,
Tom Sawyer Day, and our popular “Trouble Begins” lectures, to celebrities such as Garrison Keillor and Ralph Nader. We also hosted Noam Chomsky and Ann Rice in larger area venues
when demand outstripped our auditorium capacity. Lastly, we continued our marquee events at The Bushnell with best-selling author Dan Brown and our 4th annual “Mark My Words”
event with Wicked author Gregory Maguire and Steven Schwartz, who created the Broadway musical.
We increased revenue from admissions by 15% and are on track to meet our goal of 50% in three years. Our talented staff also added a popular Servants Tour to the other theme tours
enabling guests to turn every visit into a new experience.
The year also included many financial milestones. We made progress with our excellent corporate partner, Webster Bank, in renegotiating our debt from the construction of the Museum
Center many years ago. We actually celebrated the closing in May 2015 by naming the building the Webster Bank Museum Center. We also secured $2.2 million from the Connecticut
Bond Commission for vital infrastructure repairs to all our buildings. Cindy Lovell and our Building & Grounds Committee, chaired by John De Laney, chose a contractor who initiated
planning and began to secure the necessary permits. We hope to be able to begin work this summer and complete it by Spring 2016. Also, we sold the property at 66 Forest Street, which
was acquired many years ago and has been on the market for several years. Although we had rented a portion of the building, its annual costs were a drain on our operating budget.
Lastly, our Board of Trustees has expanded to 45 members, and we continue to diversify experientially and geographically. Over 1/3 of the trustees now come from beyond the Greater
Hartford area, expanding the museum’s outreach to New Haven, Fairfield County, New York, Chicago, Washington D.C., Massachusetts, and California.
My continued thanks to our trustees, as well as to Cindy and her energetic and dedicated staff, for a successful 2014 and for the same during our current year.
Joel Freedman
3. Report from Cindy Lovell,!
Executive Director
Dear Friends and Supporters of The Mark Twain House & Museum,!
I am happy to share with you this Annual Report for the Fiscal Year ended January 31, 2015, which was another very busy and successful year for the organization.!
I am also pleased to update you on some exciting projects currently underway. With support from a $2.2 million grant from the Connecticut Bond Commission, we are in the
process of planning and designing several important capital projects. Among these is the completion of the restoration of the Mahogany Suite in The Mark Twain House,
which has been closed to the public for about ten years. Opening additional areas of the House to the public is critical to achieving our goal of increasing tourism, and is
imperative to fulfilling our mission.!
Our literary endeavors are also expanding in exciting new ways. In May, we announced the creation of the Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award. Trustee and
best-selling author David Baldacci is funding the $25,000 prize, which will be awarded in 2016 to an author whose book embodies an “American voice,” as did Twain’s work.
Trustee Roger Michel hosted the announcement event at The Grolier Club in New York City, where we also introduced Noah Altshuler, our first Playwright-in-Residence.
Noah is working on a play about Tom Sawyer, and we are facilitating his research, which will take him to all the major Mark Twain-related sites across the country.!
Our writing classes and workshops, Annual Writers’ Weekend, and national Royal Nonesuch Humor Writing Contest continue to serve and nurture writers from both near
and far. In addition, the author appearances we present continue to attract a wide variety of writers, including the #1 best-selling author James Patterson.!
Other highlights of recent months have included TIME dubbing The Mark Twain House “Downton Abbey’s American cousin;” and new staff appointments. We have
welcomed Tracy Brindle as Beatrice Fox Auerbach Chief Curator and Dr. James Golden as Director of Education. Both have hit the ground running with exhibitions, research
and outreach to various constituencies.!
Our staff and Trustees continue to work diligently to ensure another stellar year and a bright future for the museum. Thank you for your continued support of our efforts,
and please visit soon.!
With gratitude,!
Cindy Lovell !
4. Board of Trustees
David Baldacci!
Timothy F. Bannon!
Bethany Berger!
John Bermel!
Douglas Boains !
Annette Bolt!
Stephen Carter!
Lesa Cavallero-Laraia!
Ranjana Chawla!
Garry Michael Cooper!
John E. Curran!
John De Laney!
Anne Elvgren!
Joel Freedman!
(President)!
John N. Giamalis!
Ann Glover!
Michael Grunberg!
J. David Haddox,
D.D.S., M.D.!
Hugh Howard
David Jimenez!
Dan Kain!
Alan J. Kreczko!
Maribel La Luz!
Andrew Lattimer!
Frank Lord!
Matthew D. Maclean!
James Mallozzi!
Duby McDowell!
R. Paul Mehlman!
John Moran!
Mark Nielsen!
Jeffrey M. Oller!
Mark Ostrowski!
Debra Palermino
Allan Polak!
George Scurlock!
Pedro Segarra!
Gregory Servodidio!
(Vice President &
Treasurer)
Jeanmarie Shea!
(Secretary)!
Kathryn Sherer!
Jennifer Tombaugh!
Edward Whittemore!
Brett Williams!
Trustees as of Jan. 31, 2015
5. Volunteers & Interns
VOLUNTEERS:
Jennifer Alger
Nancy Antle
Lois Anderson
Pat Barnes
Joyce Barnes
Kristan Bertschmann
Roy Blount, Jr.
Erin Bolduc
Annette Bolt
Deb Bradshay
Meredith Briggs
Pierre Calmels
Susan Campbell
Bob Carbone
Mary Cardin
Sally Carrier
John Casey
Patricia Chaffie
Amy Coates
Jackie Colon
Dottie Conklin
Leslie Connor
Diane Coogan
Neil Coogan
Steve Courtney
Lorraine Canty
Gloria De
Alison Devers
Matthew Dicks
Kelly Donovan
Scott Dorris
Debi Ellsworth
Wayne English
Yanvi Faing
Melanie Faranello
Tim Federle
Lucy Ferriss
Vanessa Flenke
John Freeman
Fannie Gabriel
Amity Gage
Sandy Gineo
Amy Girard
Jane Glasgow
Sue Gleason
Carole Goldberg
Emily Gutermann
Hank Herman
Tom Hines
John Holder
Pamela Howard
June Hyjek
Gloria Intravia
Leslie Johnson
Katherine Johnston
Brian Jud
Karen Kelleher
Susan Kennedy
Candice Kramer
Debbie Lahelipe
Kelley Landry
Jessica Lappen
Kelly Lappen
Jessica Lawson
Karen Licht
Margah Lips
Dayna Lorents
Lynne Lumsden
Rachel Marks
Donna Martin
George Merrow
Libby Merrow
Sarah Moon
Rick Moreland
Mike Morin
Laura Osborn
Dan O'Shea
Timothy Parish
Chuck Paydos
Dee Peters
Caroline Picerne
Terri Pollack
Dan Pope
Ashley Ravesloot
Bessy Reyna
Hugh Ryan
Susan Schoenberger
Mary Sharnick
Pegi Deitz Shea
David Sherman
Vivian Shipley
Gladstone Signs
Mary-Ann Tirone Smith
Nancy Stair
John Stanizzi
Caitlin Thayer
Peter Tingus
Marilee Turner
Caroline Vallieres
Safari Wallace !
Carol Wolcott
Josh Young
Mark Zampano
Barbara Zyla!
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INTERNS:!
Madeline Cicitto
Christine Clement
Chelsey DiNoia
Cyrus Duff
Tavvia Jefferson
Connor Sheriden
Jen Shook
Erin Sniffen
Devon Sponheimer
Bailey Zimmitti
With sincere gratitude we thank our volunteers and interns who donate thousands of hours to The Mark Twain House & Museum.
Volunteers and Interns as of Jan. 31, 2015
6. Ms. Jessie Adams
Lois Anderson
Janet Arnheiter
Ms. Louise M. Bailey
Beverly B. Baker
Mr. and Mrs. Craig Bolt
Ms. Ernestine Bouchard
Harriet Boyko
Dr. Sybille Brewer
Jean Bronson
Jay Brown
Mrs. Cynthia Brown
Ms. Lorraine Canty
Mr. and Mrs. Edward
Carrier
Dr. and Mrs. Raymond J.
Chagnon
Mrs. Dorothy M. Conklin
Kristen Cool
Donna Couzens
Mrs. Ann T. Darling
Robert DeMello
Ms. Pamela Dowling and
Mr. James Healey
Elizabeth S. Ewing
Martha D. Flanders
Marion Fontanella
Mr. and Mrs. Richard M.
Fritzer
Mrs. Fannie Gabriel
Ms. Ida Gall
Mr. and Mrs. Aaron L.
Gersten
Mary Ann Gilbert
Mr. Edward D. Gladstone
Mrs. Susan Gleason
Mrs. Regina C. Graham
Mrs. Anne M. Healey
Diana Heymann
Mr. and Mrs. Edward
Higgison
Mrs. Pam Howard
Mrs. Joan Hurwit
Ann Hutton
Ms. Gloria Intravia
Mrs. Dianne J. Jones
Mrs. Mildred C. Kay
Ms. Karen A. Kelleher
Ms. Barbara Kiefer
Claire & Francis King
Laurel Kirschen
Jo Dee Krejmas
Mrs. Betty-Joan LaChapelle
Joan Larkins
Ms. Karen Licht
Mr. Henry J. Link
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Lips
Sally Lord
Ms. Lynne A. Lumsden and
Mr. Jon B. Harden
Governor & Mrs. Dannel
Malloy
Chris McGrath
Mr. and Mrs. George W.
Merrow
Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Metcalf
Rebecca Mikus
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford G.
Moon, Jr.
Karen Ollestad
Ms. Jill M. Packard
Ms. and Mrs. William Paley
Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Paydos
Jean Pearson
Ms. Elizabeth A. Perrin
Ms. Dolores Peters
Mrs. Lorraine Petricone
Brenda Pfeiffer
Ms. Terri Pollack
Virginia and John Regan
Ann Reilly
Mr. and Mrs. James
Rodriguez
Helen Roth
Patricia Sack
Dr. Marilyn Schaffer
Dr. and Mrs. J. David
Schnatz
Pedro Segarra
Mrs. Faye W. Smith
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy
Sullivan
Jean Taylor
Ms. Carolyn D. Vallieres
Meara Weaver
Mrs. Carol W. Wolcott
Mrs. Joan Wood
Josh & Stacy Young
Ms. Barbara J. Zyla &
Michael Dednarz
Ms. Julie Zyla!
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The Friends of The Mark Twain House & Museum continue to play a vital role in the organization’s success.
Friends of the Mark Twain House
Executive Committee:
President
Annette Bolt
Vice President
Karen Licht
Corresponding Secretary
Barbara Zyla
Treasurer
Carolyn D. Vallieres
Immediate Past President
Lois Anderson
Program Chair
Lynne Lumsden
Membership Co-Chairpersons
Dee Peters and Chuck Paydos
The Friends of The Mark Twain House &
Museum is an organization that was launched on
September 25, 1967. Founder Fran Gordon sent a
letter to several women friends inviting them to
join her in activities to preserve the museum’s
collections and house. Thirty-two dedicated
women comprised the first year’s membership,
and they soon added fundraising activities to their
efforts. To date, more than $1,000,000 has been
raised for The Mark Twain House & Museum
thanks to the generosity of time and hard work by
the Friends. We owe them a tremendous debt of
gratitude for their vision and their commitment to
preserving Mark Twain’s legacy.!
“When we think of friends, and call their faces out of
the shadows, and their voices out of the echoes that
faint along the corridors of memory, and do it without
knowing why save that we love to do it, we content
ourselves that that friendship is a Reality, and not a
Fancy--that it is builded upon a rock, and not upon the
sands that dissolve away with the ebbing tides and
carry their monuments with them.” - Mark Twain
8. Mark My Words Sponsors
Limited Edition Sponsor!
The Hartford!
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First Edition Sponsor!
Wish You Well Foundation!
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Final Draft Sponsor!
Progress: A Digital Agency!
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First Draft Sponsor!
Hoffman Auto Group!
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Mark My Words Contributors!
Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection & Insurance Company!
Reid and Riege, P.C.!
Pullman & Comley, LLC!
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Additional Support Provided By!
Bauman Rare Books!
Candlewick Press!
Nelson DeMille!
9. Gala Sponsors
Tom Sawyer Sponsor!
The Hartford!
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Gilded Age Sponsors!
Landmark Partners!
MassMutual Financial Group!
Voya Financial™, inspired by ING!
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Connecticut Yankee Sponsors!
Aetna!
Burns & McDonnell!
Deloitte!
Ernst & Young LLP!
Fairview Capital Partners, Inc.!
Grunberg Management!
Purdue Pharma L.P.!
Robinson & Cole LLP!
Stanley Black & Decker!
The Travelers Companies, Inc.!
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Steamboat Sponsors!
Bank of America!
BlumShapiro!
Dornenburg / Kallenbach Advertising!
Link Mechanical Services, Inc.!
Pullman & Comley, LLC!
TD Bank!
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Underwriter Sponsors!
Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection & Insurance
Company!
Mahoney Sabol & Company, LLP!
Saint Francis Hospital & Medical Center!
Shipman & Goodwin LLP!
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Entertainment Sponsor!
dfx Entertainment, llc!
10. Fund the Legacy
We are grateful to those who made a special gift to Fund the Legacy during our 2014 Gala. These gifts are integral to fulfilling our mission.
Iver & Eileen Foley Allgrove!
Lois & Bruce Anderson!
Elizabeth Bannon!
Timothy F. Bannon & Lorraine
M. Aronson!
John & Jean Beaupre!
John & Lisa Bermel!
Douglas & Theresa Boains!
David & Anne Boers!
Gregory & Harriet Boyko!
Brian & Karen Buckley!
Ted & Sally Carrier!
Surendra & Ranjana Chawla!
Howard Chilcoat & Ginny
Thompson!
Ernest & Pam Conrad!
Frank F. Coulom!
Tom & Cindy Cowhey!
Marco De Filippo & Kelly
Zerfass!
John B. De Laney!
Allen & Eleni DeGraw!
Daniel Dilzer!
Jeff Dornenburg!
Michael & Corrina Elloian!
Jerry & Kim Fan!
Crystal Floyd!
Joel & Susan Freedman!
Henry A. & Helen K. Frye!
Michael & Karen Gingold!
Ann & Philip Glover!
Richard & Andrea Goldstein!
J. David Haddox & Marsha
McAllister!
Wan Kyun Ham & Kyoungjoo
Min!
Alisyn Hendel!
Gerald & Barbara Hess!
Timothy & Beverly Holt!
Dennis House & Kara Sundlun!
Herb Hutchison!
David R. & Beth Jimenez!
Andrew & Genevieve Lattimer!
Christopher & Joanna Link!
Frank Lord & Suzanne Hopgood!
Jim & Maureen Mallozzi!
Richard & Christine Marcks!
Shirley S. Martin & G. William
Allen!
Mark McCoy & Alison
Rogers-McCoy!
McDowell Jewett
Communications!
Greg & Ann McGowan!
R. Paul & Cecily Mehlman!
Julie & Kevin Mullen!
Alan & Jo Anne Nadritch!
John Nealon & Pam Lucas!
Dana Neves!
Kurt & Anne Nyman!
Dan & Lori O'Connell!
Jeffrey & Donna Oller!
Steven & Timi Paccioretti!
Russ & Molly Paine!
Debra A. Palermino!
Keith Peck!
David & Jane Robinson!
Vito Rubino!
Peter Ruchwa!
Jeanmarie B. Shea!
Kathryn Sherer!
Richard Silbert!
Robert H. & Sharon W. Smith!
Dave & Lisa Stevenson!
Jennifer & Philip Tombaugh!
Adam & Becky Tonkinson!
Tom & Rebecca Trutter!
Lankford & Jamie Wade!
Jay & Colleen Wamester!
Brooke & Ted Whittemore!
Michael & Ann Zucker!
11. Artists, Authors, & Entertainers
Tom Acitelli!
Maria Acosta Cruz!
Fred Addis!
L. Marie Adeline!
Sarah Addison Allen!
Tessa Afshar!
Qais Akbar Omar!
Vladimir Alexandrov!
Amistad Center for Art &
Culture!
John Manuel Andriotti!
Darlene Arden!
Alison Arngrim!
Reza Aslan!
Jo Baker!
Brunonia Barry!
Carol Barnier!
Alex Beam!
Artie Bennett!
Donald Bliss!
Roy Blount, Jr.!
DJ Whitney Bobby!
Dan Brown!
Lisa Brown!
Laurence Buell!
Susan Campbell!
Paul Caranci!
Vince Cardinal!
W. Bernard Carlson!
Andrew Carroll!
Christopher Castellani!
Capital Classics!
Cashetta!
Natalie Charles!
Xiangming Chen!
Noam Chomsky!
Jeff Chu!
Amy Chua!
Ben Clark
Trevor Cole
Suzan Colon
Susan Conley
Jerome Corsi
Kambri Crews
Bill Curry
John Dankosky
Cathy Day
Jacopo della Quercia
Leonard DeGraaf
DFX Entertainment
Karen Dietrich
Joey L. DiFrancesco
Robert M. Dowling
Dr. Robert Doyle
Susan Eaton
Carlos Eire
Bob Englehart
Anne Farrow
Marc Favreau
Tim Federle
Peter Filichia
J.E. Fishman
Patrice Fitzgerald
Steven Raider-Ginsburg
Amy Goodman
Goodspeed Musicals
Deven Green
Jane Green
Daniel GreenWolf
Dr. Benjamin Griffin
Wick Griswold
Ellen Gruber Garvey
Nick Hahn
Josh Hanagarne
Pete Hamill
David Handler
Rosemary Harris
Dr. Susan K. Harris
Hartford Stage
Artis Henderson
Herstory Theatre
Kristan Higgins
Katherine Howe
Diana Hunter
Eloisa James
Marlon James
Peter Janney
Mellini Kantayya
Laura Kaye
Garrison Keillor
Joe Kertes
Dean King
Elaine Kuzmeskus
Nicholas Lampert
Christine Lavin
Jessica Lawson
Justin Lee
Tom Lee
Eric Lehman
Stephanie Lehmann
Garrison Leykam
Literary Death Match
Norman Lock
Kevin Mac Donnell
Lucinda Secrest MacDowell
Debbie Macomber
Charles MacPherson
Myra MacPherson
Gregory Maguire
William Mann
Laura Maxwell
Faith McCann
Chris McDaniel
Marta McDowell
Colin McEnroe
Jennifer McMahon
Giulia Melucci
Joseph Monninger
Sarah Moon
David E. Morine
John Mueller
Joe Muto
PZ Myers
Ralph Nader
Martin Napersteck
Dan Needles
Ingrid Newkirk
Tara Nina
Allia Zobel Nolan
Patrick Nolan
Pete & Chris Amusements
Elisabeth Petry
Stewart O’Nan
P.J. O’Rourke
Suzanne Palmieri
Nan Parson Rossiter
Kitty Pilgrim
Katha Pollitt
Peter S. Prichard
Jennifer Pustz
Morwenna Rae
Dr. R. Kent Rasmussen
Jason “Jay” Redman
Marybeth Reilly McGreen
Real Art Ways
Anne Rice
Christopher Rice
Riverwood Poetry Series
Frank Rizzo
Matthew Rodriguez
Charlotte Rogan
Kristine Rolofson
Jed Rubenfeld
Donna Russo Morin
Mark Russell
Hank Phillippi Ryan
Susan Schoenberger
Susan Schulman
Jacqueline Schwab
Stephen Schwartz
Adam Reid Sexton
Vivien Shotwell
Dr. Joseph Shrand
Sea Tea Improv
Clea Simon
Singing Men of Ohio
Mike Skidgell
David E.E. Sloane
Julia Spencer Fleming
Diane Smith
Maggie Smith Dalton
Bonneyclaire Smith-Stewart
Nina Sovich
Shannon Stacey
Chris Stedman
Margaret Steele
Daniel Sterner
Karen Stivali
Dr. Sylvester “Skip”
Sviokla, III
Kyle Swann
Rachel Swarn
Kara Sundlun!
Ben Tarnoff!
Ashley Tepper!
Caitlin Thayer!
Ted Thompson!
Mary-Ann Tirone Smith!
Scott Teems!
Colm Toibin!
Jonathan Tolin!
Calvin Von Crush!
Norb Vonnegut!
Heather Webb!
Karen Weingarten!
Dr. Ruth Westheimer!
Shannon Wheeler!
Karen White!
Virginia Wolf!
Meg Wolitzer!
Chion Wolf!
Lauren Yarger!
Jean Zimmerman!
Jeff Zinn!
Above: Debbie Macomber & Dr. Ruth
chatting at the Big Book Getaway.
Right: Amy Goodman & Ralph Nader
both delivered author talks.
Most of our presenters appear at no charge or at deeply discounted rates to support The Mark Twain House & Museum.
12. Holiday House Tour Sponsors
The Prince & The Pauper Sponsor!
Viking Fuel Oil Company
Connecticut Yankee Sponsor!
Hooker & Holcombe, Inc.
Tom Sawyer Sponsor!
Aaron & Sandra Gersten
Huckleberry Finn Sponsors!
In Memory of Fran Gordon,
First President of The Friends!
Pamela Dowling & James Healey, Jr.!
In Memory of Brent Wells!
With thanks to the Friends of The Mark Twain House & Museum for their continued efforts to plan and execute the Holiday House Tour.
Thanks to these owners and hosts
who welcomed us into their homes!!
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The Church Home !
734 Prospect Avenue, Hartford!
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The Drusedum/Knorr Home !
1144 Prospect Avenue, Hartford!
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The Ware Home !
30 Sycamore Road, West Hartford!
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The Bronin Home!
93 Elm Street, Hartford!
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The Hartford Club!
46 Prospect Street, Hartford
13. To Honor & Remember
In Honor of Doug Boains!
Elizabeth Cope!
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In Honor of Susan Freedman!
Ramani & Louise Ayer!
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In Memory of Fran Gordon!
Roberta J. Berner!
Ted & Sally Carrier!
Dianne J. Jones!
Dr. Cindy Lovell!
Katie & Bob Metcalf!
Ronald H. & Carla J. Pariser!
Barbara J. Zyla!
For more information on tribute gifts, please contact the Development Office at 860-280-3112.
14. Halley’s Comet Society
If you have included The Mark Twain House & Museum in your future plans but have not yet notified us, or for
more information on legacy giving, please contact the Development Office at 860-280-3113.
Legacy Giving
Jack Barnette!
Estate of Olivet Beckwith*!
Estate of Robert Boenig*!
Estate of Ellen R. Bowman*!
Gregory & Harriet Boyko!
David Cash!
Estate of Catherine Davidson*!
Estate of Beverly Beach Eaton &
Edward C. Eaton, III*!
Estate of Mary W. Edwards*!
Joel and Susan Freedman!
Estate of Concordia A. Gregorieff*!
Steven J. Hoffman!
Estate of Shepherd M. Holcombe*!
Estate of Elizabeth W. Huntting*!
Dr. Cindy Lovell!
Estate of Henry McLane*!
Estate of Frances H. O’Dell*!
Estate of Walter K. Schwinn*!
Estate of Mary D. Shipman*!
Barbara J. Zyla!
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*Deceased!
15. Aetna!
American International Group, Inc.!
Ameriprise Financial, Inc.!
Bank of America!
CIGNA Foundation!
Coach, Inc.!
IBM Corporation!
Illinois Tool Works Foundation!
MassMutual Financial Group!
Prudential Foundation!
United Technologies Corporation!
Voya Financial™, inspired by ING!
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These companies have matched gifts made by their employees to The Mark Twain House & Museum. To increase the impact of your
donation, ask your Human Resources Department if your company will match your gift.
Corporate Matching
16. Goods & Services Contributors
Our thanks to the many businesses and individuals who provide goods and services for our programs throughout the year.
These donations reduce our operating costs and help to ensure the high quality of our programs.
Vladimir Alexandrov!
Apricots!
Back East Brewing Co.!
Christopher Bain!
David Baldacci!
Barcelona!
Bear's Smokehouse!
Bin 228!
Black Bear Saloon!
Black Hog Brewing Co.!
Boston Beer Co.!
Boston Red Sox!
Gregory & Harriet Boyko!
Broad Brook Brewing!
Lawrence Buell!
Ken Burns!
The Bushnell Center for the
Performing Arts!
The Capital Grille!
Captain Lawrence Brewing Company!
Carbone's Ristorante!
Jason Castonguay!
Cedar Hill Cemetery Foundation!
Charter Oak Brewing Company!
Sujit Chawla!
City Steam Brewery!
Clear Channel Broadcasting, Inc.!
Connecticut Science Center!
Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo!
Steve Courtney!
CT1 Media!
Anne Cubberly!
CWPM, LLC!
Chris Dadlez!
Emily's Catering!
Tracy Wu Fastenberg!
FRHI Hotels & Resorts!
The Friends of The Mark Twain House
& Museum!
The Goodspeed Opera House!
David & Cynthia Gordon!
J. David Haddox & Marsha McAllister!
Half Full Brewery!
Irma Ruby Handel!
Harpoon Brewery!
The Hartford Better Beer Co.!
The Hartford Club!
Hartford Distributors!
Hartford Downtown Marriott!
The Hartford!
Hartford Stage!
Hotel Schweizerhof Luzern!
Independent Outdoor!
Kevin Edward Jewelers!
The Kitchen at Billings Forge!
KPM Arts & Antiques!
Karl J. Krapek!
Jacques Lamarre & Arthur Galinat!
The Langham London!
Late Show with David Letterman!
Thomas D. & Margah Lips!
Long Trail Brewing Company!
Metro Bis Restaurant!
Mill Restaurant Group!
Mohegan Sun!
Mozzicato DePasquale Bakery &
Pastry Shop!
MSNBC, Morning Joe!
The Museum of Modern Art!
Narragansett Brewing Company!
New Britain Rock Cats Baseball Club!
Mark & Jane Nielsen!
Nixs Hartford!
NORA Cupcake Company!
Olde Burnside Brewing Company!
Otter Creek Brewing!
Brad Paisley!
Park Weggis!
Personal Euphoria Pilates!
Patti Philippon!
Esther Pollack!
Pond House Cafe!
ROGO Distributors!
Salute Restaurant!
Heather Schlott!
Shebeen Brewing Co.!
Spiritus Wines!
Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.!
Stony Creek Brewing!
Strongworks!
TheaterWorks!
Thomas Hooker Brewing Co.!
Tiny Confessions / Christopher Rozzi!
Tracy & Company Salon!
UCONN Dining Services!
Wadsworth Atheneum!
Waterford Hotel Group!
WFSB TV-3!
Whole Foods Market - Glastonbury!
The Willard Intercontinental!
Willimantic Brewing Company!
Wood-N-Tap!
Lauren Yarger & The Write Pros!
Zok's Homebrewing & Winemaking
Supplies!
17. Annual Fund
Individual donors who contribute $1,000 or more annually are members of the Samuel Clemens Society.
$25,000+!
Department of Economic
and Community
Development!
Greater Hartford Arts
Council!
The Hartford!
The Mark Twain
Foundation!
Travelers !
United Technologies
Corporation!
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$10,000 - $24,999!
The Brown Rudnick
Charitable Foundation!
The Ensworth Charitable
Foundation, Bank of
America, N.A., Trustee!
J. Walton Bissell
Foundation, Inc.!
The Katharine K. McLane
and Henry R. McLane
Charitable Trust!
Lincoln Financial
Foundation!
The Saunders Foundation!
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$5,000 - $9,999!
Timothy F. Bannon &
Lorraine M. Aronson!
Craig & Annette Bolt!
Ted & Sally Carrier!
Joel & Susan Freedman!
Harry M. Day Charitable
Foundation!
Alan & Becky Kreczko!
Jim & Maureen Mallozzi!
Shaun P. & Kathleen
Mathews!
Mark & Jane Nielsen!
Nora Roberts Foundation!
The Owenoke Foundation!
Kathryn Sherer!
Mark Steyn!
!
!
!
$2,500 - $4,999!
Bethany Berger!
Douglas & Theresa Boains!
G. Michael Cooper &
Michele Bush!
The Ellen Jeanne Goldfarb
Memorial Charitable
Trust!
Anne L. Elvgren!
George A. & Grace L. Long
Foundation, Bank of
America, N.A. and Alan
S. Parker, Trustees!
J. David Haddox &
Marsha McAllister!
The Hartford Steam Boiler
Inspection and
Insurance Company!
David R. & Beth Jimenez!
Andrew & Genevieve
Lattimer!
Link Mechanical
Services, Inc.!
Frank Lord & Suzanne
Hopgood!
Dr. Cindy Lovell!
The Malkin Fund, Inc.!
R. Paul & Cecily Mehlman!
John & Ellen Moran!
Jeffrey & Donna Oller!
Debra A. Palermino!
Gregory & Camille
Servodidio!
Jeanmarie B. Shea!
Sorenson-Pearson Family
Foundation!
Jennifer & Philip
Tombaugh!
Tsunami Tsolutions!
Connecticut Natural Gas, a
subsidiary company of
UIL Holdings
Corporation!
Gifts to the Annual Fund help
support daily operating expenses
and are critical to our mission.
18. Annual Fund
$1,000 - $2,499!
Ahearn Family
Foundation!
Richard F. Ahles!
Ramani & Louise Ayer!
Thomas Barnes!
Berkshire Bank!
John & Lisa Bermel!
Dr. Sybille Brewer!
Howard & Sue Carver!
Coleman H. &
Jo Champlin Casey!
The Cheryl Chase and
Stuart Bear Family
Foundation, Inc.!
Surendra & Ranjana
Chawla!
David W. Clark!
Michael D. Coe!
The Colonial Lords of
Manors in America!
Dorothy M. Conklin!
Connecticut Humanities!
Mary Jane Converse!
John & Barbara Curran!
John B. De Laney!
The Duclos Family!
Dr. Robert L. & Mrs. Susan
Fisher!
Ted & Mary Gawlicki!
John & Kelly Giamalis!
Ann & Philip Glover!
Bob & Frankie Goldfarb!
Peter C. Grzybala & Diane
W. Korntheuer!
Dr. Robert P. Hockmuth!
Steven J. Hoffman!
Robert Ignagni & Jen
Dolan!
The Imagineers
Foundation Inc.!
Karen A. Kelleher!
Pat & Ann Kenny!
Christopher & Janet
Larsen!
Frederick & Janet
Leonberger!
Coleman & Judie Levy!
Thomas D. & Margah Lips!
Roger & Jane Loeb!
Duby McDowell!
H. Richard McLane!
Mark & Jane Ostrowski!
Jill M. Packard!
Paul F. & Linda Pendergast!
Allan Polak & Deborah
Zipkin!
Claire M. Pryor!
Renee B. Fisher
Foundation, Silicon
Valley Community
Foundation!
River Oaks Foundation,
Inc.!
Elizabeth S. Russell!
Frederick & Philomena
Sawyer!
David Sherman & Diana
Creamer!
Ted & Marge Storrs!
Timothy & Geraldine
Sullivan!
Watkinson School!
Jacqueline R. Werner!
Brooke & Ted Whittemore!
Brett & Brenda Williams!
F. Scott & Holly Wilson!
The Zachs Family
Foundation, Inc.!
Individual donors who contribute $1,000 or more annually are members of the Samuel Clemens Society.
19. Annual Fund
$500 - $999!
Leonard & Victoria Albert!
Jay S. & Eugenia P. Benet!
Eunice J. Burnett!
Carol L. Canino!
Lesa & Robert Laraia!
Brad Cerenzia!
Mrs. J. Noyes Crary!
Lynn H. Ferrari!
*Fran Gordon!
Griebel Family Fund!
Welles & Lillian Guilmartin!
Margo Lynn Hablutzel!
Robert & Darlene Hermann!
Peter & June Hyjek!
Dan & Lila Kain!
Lee G. Kuckro!
Wally & Christine Lamb!
Mr. & Mrs. William H. Loos!
Matthew & Ingrid Maclean!
Dr. Leta W. Marks!
Kathleen Coville Marr!
Richard E. Musgrave!
Robert & Margaret Patricelli!
Brewster & Judith Perkins!
River North / Moody Publishers!
Loren M. Rogers!
Ruth and Jack Glantz Family
Foundation!
Andrew M. & Karen Sullivan!
Carolyn D. Vallieres!
Robert J. & Elizabeth A. von Dohlen!
Willis North America, Inc.!
Josh & Stacey Young!
!
$250 - $499!
Aaron Hollander Fund!
Judith E. Askey!
Karen Bartholomew!
Dr. Marshall E. & Mrs. Dawn Bein!
Nancy R. Bestor!
Gregory & Nancy Butler!
Blair Childs!
Adam & Cindy Cohen!
William J. & Susan K. Harris!
Anne M. Healey!
The Knox Foundation!
Robert C. & Carol L. Lindberg!
Steve Nightingale & Vaughan Finn!
Dr. K. Patrick & Mrs. Cathy I. Ober!
George T. Richards!
John H. & Sali G. Riege!
Simon Hollander Fund!
Henry Steiner!
Jane C. Waters!
*Deceased
20. Annual Fund
$100 - $249!
John S. & Kim L. Abbs!
Stephen Altschuler!
Bill & Barb Arnold!
Elizabeth M. Barnes!
Linda Biancalani!
Dr. John C. Bird & Seung
Lee!
Phillip & Ellen Blumberg!
Louis Blumenfeld &
Jacqueline Isaacson!
David R. Bradley!
Inga Buhrmann!
Bruce & Sue Burchsted!
Thomas Burkholder!
James P. & Anne D. Carroll!
Frank S. & Mary Anne
Chew!
Stephan & Francine
Christiansen!
Brian W. & Ellen Nelson
Clarke!
Mark Cocalis & Lisa Ann
Erburu!
Audrey Conrad!
Kathleen S. Conran!
Alison Coolbrith!
Sam H. Creswell!
Walter B. Denny!
James & Isabelle English!
Howard Fielding!
Carl Floyd!
Meghan Freed & Kristen
Marcroft!
Michael Friedman!
Richard M. & Donna Z.
Fritzer!
Alfred & Kathleen
Garofolo!
Edward D. Gladstone!
Kevin Gough & Paula
Jones!
Helen B. Gray!
Kenneth & Gail Hamblett!
John & Marcia Hincks!
Historical Haunts!
Christopher & Nancy
Houlihan!
Mr. & Mrs. Russell Hunter!
Mat & Val Jasinski!
James H. & Nancy S.
Johnson!
John W. Kennedy, Jr.!
Kathy Kerkes!
Katie Kervick!
Judith Lee Kline!
Alice K. Kugelman!
Jacques Lamarre & Arthur
Galinat!
Prof. Emerita Sarah B.
Landau!
Jane Marie Loomis!
Adam & Jessica Lovell!
Richard A. Lowenstein!
Dr. Robert W. Lyons!
Alfred Maher!
Louise E. Mann!
Bernice Manning!
Alfred Masciocchi &
Catherine Gobes!
Dr. Bruce F. & Theresa H.
Michelson!
Michael K. Miller!
Richard E. & Joan P.
Mount!
Frederick J. & Eleanor May
Mullen!
Scott & Karen Myrick!
Bichop & Linda Nawrot!
Sally E. Newell!
Sara C. Norris!
Arthur A. Palmunen!
Vivian M. Partridge!
Chuck & Carol Paydos!
David A. Peck & Susan E.
Leslie!
Robert Perki!
Dr. Arthur O. Phinney, Jr.!
Bill Pimentel!
R.F. & Diane McMahon
Pratt!
Carter A. Prescott!
Dr. Wayne S. Rawlins &
Ms. Janet E. Flagg!
21. Annual Fund
$100 - $249 (cont.)!
Michael J. Riley!
Catherine Riordan & Kurt
Raschi!
Mary T. Sargent!
Glenn & Audrey Scanlan!
G. William & Anne
Seawright!
Jonathan & Beverly
Seymour!
James C. Shadford!
The Shulansky
Foundation, Inc.!
Carol Sicbaldi!
Barbara Sicherman!
Leslie Smith & Philip
Wellman!
Tyler Smith & Lyn Walker!
Duncan S. Somerville, Jr.!
Theodore M. Space!
Joanne Starace!
Judith A. W. Wawro!
Janice Wood Williams!
Raymond J. & Sarah W.
Winter!
Susan L. Winter!
Ann Vibert Wuelfin!
!
Up to $99!
Jessie Adams!
Stacey Argent!
Merribel S. Ayres!
Nancy Banulski!
Barbara Barrett!
Robert D. & Donna S.
Batch!
Clara Baur!
Grace Belanger!
Michael E.W. Bohan!
Philip E. Brencher, Jr.!
Patti & Richard Broad!
Ronald & Mary Ellen
Brown!
Margaret F. Buck!
John & Arlene Buckey!
Steven M. & Rebekah S.
Cafrelli!
Joan D. Cahill!
Marion Carling!
David Cash!
Mary Cashman!
Dr. William H. Cohn!
Raymond & Kimberly
Conforti!
Thomas B. & Diane
Copeland!
Steve Courtney!
Linda R. Cromwell!
Martha Czaczkes!
Richard C. & Martha G.
Dale!
Francis J. DeRosa!
Kay Lynne Dimmick!
Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Dix, Jr.!
Thomas Donahue!
Richard & Susan Drayton!
John Dube!
Emily Embler!
Melissa English!
Louis Esler!
Steven V. & Tracy Wu
Fastenberg!
Paul & Gayle Fiser!
Patrice Fitzgerald!
Arthur W. Frank, Jr.!
Ida Gall!
Mark & Carol Gantner!
Seymour & Annette
Gavens!
Douglas & Christina
Gerbino!
Millicent Gill!
Jennifer Glick!
Nathan Goldberg!
Dianne Goodrich!
Patricia S. Green!
Walter & Roberta
Greenberg!
Lynn Gregor!
Dr. Alan D. Gribben!
Donna L. Healy!
Cami Hepler!
Gavin Hilgemeier!
Barbara Hitchcock!
(cont.)!
22. Annual Fund
Up to $99 (cont.)!
Donald & Jeanne Hochstetler!
Terry & Margaret Hoover!
Carole V. Hope!
Derek Houliston!
Hugh G. Howard!
An-Ping & Sarah Hsieh!
Jay F. & Diana Huntington!
Alice Jena!
Peter Johansson!
Kenneth D. Johnson!
Anthony Katin!
John G. & Violetta P. Kava!
Karen E. Kearns!
Robert J. & Elizabeth D. Kiely!
Roger & Laurel Kirschen!
David & Janice Klein!
Herbert Klepper!
John J. & Sara D. Koziol!
Joyce D. Kunkle!
Jodi Kurtz!
Ana M. Lachelier!
Carolyn Lally!
Norman & Cindy Landry!
Mayor Louis R. Cheney!
Judith Yaross Lee!
Billie M. Levy!
Edwin O. Lomerson, Jr.!
Michael Lussier &
Linda McDowell!
Bruce & Susan Machol!
Jane Macy-Painter!
Brian & Betsy Maguire!
Kathleen Maher!
James Masso!
John McDevitt!
Michael B. McDonough!
Donald McGilvray!
Katie & Bob Metcalf!
Rev. William R. Metzler!
Miriam Miller!
James S. Milloy!
Robert M. & Andrea Milstein!
Barbara A. Moore!
Michael Morgan!
Kay Bell Mudd!
Ebony Murphy-Root!
Cheryl Murray!
Mark Neikrie & Nancy Thomas!
Janice L. Niehaus!
Andrew Obelnicki &
Kathleen Kelliher!
Carol Olsen!
Lewis P. & Judith C. Parker!
Phyllis G. Pasternak!
David & Laura Pels!
Dee Peters!
Christopher & Lorraine Petricone!
Brian & Dina Phelps!
Gabriel & Shannon Philippon!
James L. Pomeranz!
Marcus J. Radley!
Helen Roth!
Jeanne Rovaldi-Manning!
Scott Schooley & Giuliana Musilli!
Samuel L. Schrager &
Terry Gellin!
Joan W. Schroder!
Constanza Segovia!
Miriam Seltzer!
Frank Sentner &
Annette Blackwood!
Gretchen S. Skelley!
Frank & Linda Sousa!
Deborah D. Sprague!
Sandra T. Stein!
Marjorie Moretz Stinespring!
John & Dorothea Talcott!
Deborah & Jennifer Tarlow!
Charleen Taylor!
Raquel Thomison!
Sherill Ann Tippins!
Justin Tito!
Virginia A. Trenholm!
Amanda Tully!
Dr. Sandra Uetz!
Hope W. Vath & George Kirkutis!
Philip S. Walker!
Jean & Stanley Wedding!
Michael G. &
Margaret C. Wheeler!
Diane White!
Mary Ellen White!
Guy W. Wolf, III &
Pamela Morrison-Wolf!
Virginia Wolf!
Dale P. Woodiel!
Rose Worobel!
Mark Zampano!
!
24. Schools Served
Thank you to all who supported our Education Programs. We welcomed 7,457 students this year.
A.I. Prince Technical
High School!
American Boy Choir!
Anna Reynolds
Elementary School!
Avon Old Farms School!
Batchelder Elementary
School!
Big Apple Academy!
Bolton High School!
Boston Latin School!
Boston Trinity Academy!
Bristol Central High
School!
Bucks Hill School!
Bulkeley High School!
Bullard-Havens
Technical High School!
Burns Latino Studies
Academy!
Capital Community
College!
Capital Preparatory
Magnet School!
Captain Nathan Hale
Middle School!
Cary Academy!
Catholic Central High
School!
Center for International
Training!
Central School!
Chase Collegiate School!
Cheshire Academy!
Chester Elementary
School!
Choate-Rosemary Hall
School!
Classical Magnet School!
Columbus Magnet
School!
Community Child
Guidance Clinic!
COMPASS Youth
Collaborative!
Connecticut Junior
Republic!
Connecticut River
Academy!
Covenant Preparatory
School!
International Magnet
School for
Global Citizenship!
Crosby High School!
Culinary Arts Academy
at Weaver High
School!
Cutler Middle School!
Discovery Center/
Diversity Academy!
Enfield Montessori
School!
Environmental Sciences
Magnet School at
Mary Hooker!
EO Smith High School!
Faith Living Home
Educators!
Gainfield Elementary
School!
GAMS Tech Elementary
School!
Gildersleeve Elementary
School!
Glastonbury High
School!
Grace Christian
Academy!
Greenwich High School!
Hall Memorial School!
Hamden High School!
Hartford Magnet Trinity
College Academy!
Hartford Public High
School!
Hebron Avenue School!
Hopewell School!
Horace W. Porter School!
J.F. Kennedy High
School!
Kaynor Technical High
School!
Kelley School!
Kelly Middle School!
Kennelly School!
Killingly Central School!
King School!
Kingswood Oxford
School!
Kuss Middle School!
LaSalle Academy!
Laurel Summer Program!
Lisbon Central School!
Litchfield High School!
MacDuffie School!
Manchester Community
College!
Manchester High School!
Mansfield Middle School!
Martha's Vineyard
Public Charter School!
Mary T. Murphy School!
Meeting House Hill
School!
Metacomet School!
Michael's Place!
Middlebridge School!
Monument Valley
Regional Middle
School!
Museum Academy!
New Canaan Country
School!
New Haven Adult
Education!
North End Elementary
School!
North Mianus School!
Northwest Village
School!
Our Lady Of Fatima
School!
Ox Ridge School!
Oxford Academy!
Oxford High School!
Pathways!
Pine Tree Academy!
Pioneer Academy!
Poly Prep Country
Day School!
Pomfret Community
School!
Renbrook School!
Rensselaer County
Historical Society!
RHAM High School!
Ridgefield Academy!
RMT Johnson School!
Rockville High School!
Rotella Magnet School!
Royle Elementary School!
Russell Sage College!
Russian Mission School !
SS. Cyril and Methodius
School!
Salisbury Central School!
Science And Technology
Magnet High School!
Sedgwick Middle School!
Shelter Rock Elementary
School!
South Windsor High
School!
Southington High School!
Sprague Elementary
School!
Springfield Central High
School!
St. Bridget School,
Cheshire!
St. Bridget School,
Manchester!
St. John School!
St. Michael School!
St. Rose of Lima School!
St. Thomas School!
Stafford Elementary
School!
STEM Magnet School at
Annie Fisher!
Tantasqua Regional
High School!
The ARC, New London
County!
The Burlington School!
The Loomis Chaffee
School!
The Masters School!
Three Rivers
Community College!
Tolland High School!
Trinity College!
Two Rivers Magnet High
School!
University High School
of Science &
Engineering!
Vance Village School!
Village for Children and
Families!
Walpole Middle School!
Westbrook Middle
School!
Windham High School!
Women's League Child
Development Center!
25. Collections & Archives
Curatorial staff responded to wide-ranging research requests: on critiques of “Was It Heaven? Or Hell?” and “The £1 Million Bank-Note”; on the American Publishing Company; on
the provenance of wine glasses in the dining room; on student assignments for National History Day; on references for works on Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and childhood; on
Twain and Nicola Tesla; on Clemens connections to Bayonne, New Jersey, Santa Barbara, California, and Wallingford, Connecticut; on items donated by a forebear of the caller
relating to Henry Lawrence, who recommended Tiffany for the 1881 redecoration of the house; on the paintings pictured in interior photographs of the Langdon home in Elmira; and
about 75 others. Staff also responded to numerous questions about genealogy, the value of books, Mark Twain’s purported signature in books, and homework assignments.!
!
Curatorial staff provided images for institutions that included TIME, for its major magazine-format book on Mark Twain, with a full chapter on the house; the Mark Twain Papers &
Project in Berkeley, for Mark Twain’s Autobiography, Volume 3; and numerous photos for the Twain-related stories in the Hartford Courant’s 250th Anniversary coverage. There were
also about 30 other requests from authors, publishers, producers and others that included a book on animals in New Zealand literature; a book about missionaries and Mark Twain;
a biographical essay in a German art journal; the Buffalo Bill Center of the West (a Jumping Frog image); the Mark Twain Journal, for an article on George Griffin; the History
Channel’s Ten Things You Don’t Know About; a book on Evanston, Illinois (with a Paige typesetter connection); and even an artist who needed a photograph of Mark Twain for a
guide in painting a portrait.!
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Subjects of scholarly research in the Curatorial Library or aided by Curatorial staff included Bram Stoker and Mark Twain, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Twain, George Griffin, Joseph
Hawley, the Grant busts designed by Karl Gerhardt, the “Tramp Abroad” journey of Twain and Joseph Twichell, the fountain in the conservatory, Nina Gabrilowitsch, drainage
issues as a cause for the remodeling of the house in 1881, and many others.!
!
The Curatorial Department, on the recommendation of the Collections Committee and approval of the Board of Trustees, acquired numerous items by donation, including an
original letter from Mark Twain. The books acquired included an important new work on the Paige typesetter and an 1880s songbook illustrated by Walter Crane that includes “The
Frog He Would a-Wooing Go,” the folksong Crane used as the theme for the nursery wallpaper design. Others included Mark Twain and LBJ by the indefatigable Cyril Clemens and a
copy of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer in Mongolian. Also donated were 19th century household items such as a pie rack and pie plate; a mourning bonnet and veil of the period; and
Twain popular culture items such as posters from film versions of Twain works and even Cabbage Patch dolls representing Twain characters.!
!
The department also carried out significant restorations, including the long-awaited completion of work on the Clemens-owned Persian lamp for the front hall, focus of an energetic
fund-raising effort spearheaded by Trustee Marty Flanders. !
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Special exhibitions included “At Your Service” and “Spiritualism, Seances, and Sam.”!
26. Special Events & Programs
A stunning 11,677 people participated in our unique
offering of 135 programs and events, including: !
Graveyard Shift Ghost Tours
Clue Tours
Beck & Call Tours
Big Book Getaway
Ice Cream Social
Tom Sawyer Day
Exhibitions & Openings
The Trouble Begins at 5:30
Book / Mark
Tapping Into Twain
4th Annual Writers’ Weekend
Tom Sawyer’s Tricks & Treats
Mark Twain Presents Author Series
27. Museum staff members are invited to speak about Mark Twain
at various institutions and events. Last year these lectures were
attended by 1,634 participants and took place in 23 locations,
including the University of New Haven, Niantic Lions Club,
Cheney Hall in Manchester, the Colebrook Historical Society,
and Seabury Retirement Community. Additionally, Curatorial,
Education, and Public Relations staff fielded hundreds of
inquiries from press, researchers, and the public.
Executive Director Cindy Lovell spoke at the Kensal Rise
Library in London - a library that Mark Twain helped establish
in 1900. In March, the London Times published an article about
her discovery of an unsigned Mark Twain manuscript (she
recognized his handwriting) that she came across while
lecturing in Bermuda. The piece had been published in 1929 in
The Strand, but scholars did not know the whereabouts of the
original manuscript. Lovell also spoke at a meeting of the Old
Guard in West Hartford and presented strategies for teaching
Twain at Confratute, the Gifted Conference at UConn in Storrs.
Outreach
Please consider inviting our staff members to speak at your organization or function.
“For me, the thrill of my life was finding the
unsigned Etiquetical Requirements…”!
-Cindy Lovell, quoted in the London TIMES!
28. Hosted Events
Facility Rentals brought many new visitors to our site.
We hosted 94 events at The Mark Twain House & Museum,
welcoming 6,509 guests, many who were visiting our
beautiful facility for the first time.
Please consider hosting your next special event at The Mark Twain House & Museum by calling 860-280-3154.
37. The Mark Twain House & Museum was awarded $2.2 million in Connecticut Bond
Commission funding to improve infrastructure. Here, Governor Malloy welcomes our
Neighborhood Studios apprentices who attended the Bond Commission hearing where we
received the good news. Neighborhood Studios is a six-week writing internship sponsored
by the Greater Hartford Arts Council, directed by Julia Pistell, Director of Writing.
38. Dozens of authors visited The Mark Twain House
& Museum this year, from Anne Rice and her son,
Christopher Rice, both of whom are best-selling
authors (left, with Cindy Lovell and Julia Pistell),
to Garrison Keillor, who enjoyed a quick read of
The Loveliest Home That Ever Was (by Steve
Courtney) before speaking to a sold-out “members
only” event.
39. Dr. Benjamin Griffin, editor
of A Family Sketch and Other
Private Writings, launched this
new work at the museum. This
is its first time in print and
includes warm recollections of
the family’s Hartford years.!
!
!
!
Director Scott Teems brought
his feature-length
documentary, Holbrook/Twain:
An American Odyssey to
Hartford for a special
screening before its public
release.
41. Dan Brown, author of The Da Vinci Code, Inferno, and other best-sellers, was named the #1 New York
Times best-selling author last year, yet he took time from his busy schedule for “An Evening with
Dan Brown” where he was interviewed by WNPR’s John Dankosky at The Bushnell. When asked
why he was willing to speak on behalf of The Mark Twain House & Museum, he professed his love
of Mark Twain’s writing and legacy.
45. Thanks to photographer Chris Bain’s generosity, the Mark Twain House is now
“open for Virtual Tours!” Chris shot 18 rooms and settings within the house to
encourage new visitors. The tours are available on the Museum’s website at:
http://www.marktwainhouse.org/house/floor_plans.php. It’s working!
Attendance increased to 62,810 annual house tours, and we continue to be ranked
Hartford’s #1 tourist attraction on TripAdvisor.com!
Virtual Tours
46. Beck and Call Tours introduced visitors to the Mark Twain
House through the eyes of his household servants. Our talented
guides and local actors prepared this new tour that showed off the
house and gave guests a special behind-the-scenes look at life in the
Clemens household. Based on the success of this effort, guides are
busy developing new character tours to launch this year.
47. The Year
at a Glance!
(February 1, 2014 - January 31, 2015)
62, 810 House Tours!
11,677Attendees at 135 Programs & Events!
1,634Attendees at 23 Outreach Lectures!
*6,509Attendees at 94 Facility Rentals
(*4,163 of Facility Rental visitors also toured the House)!
!
!
78,467 People Served!
“A first visit!—ah, the romance of it! I wish I could feel it again.”
Mark Twain in A Tramp Abroad
48. And that is our fiscal year in review! !
!
This report includes many lists of names –
names of generous and thoughtful
supporters who share our vision. Every
single name listed here is critical to
preserving Mark Twain’s legacy for future
generations. If your name, your business, or
your organization is listed here – thank you
for believing in the future of The Mark
Twain House & Museum!!
49. Please Contact Us
To support Operations!
To support the Endowment!
To support Capital Projects!
To support Collections & Archives!
Tracy Wu Fastenberg, Director of Development
P. 860.280.3113
tracy.fastenberg@marktwainhouse.org!
Sarah Hawkes, Development Associate
P. 860-280-3112
sarah.hawkes@marktwainhouse.org!
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