Organizations Filed Purposes:
THE MISSION OF THE OLD YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY IS TO PRESERVE AND PROMOTE THE YORK MAINE REGION FOR THE EDUCATION AND ENJOYMENT OF THE PUBLIC.
HISTORIC BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS - THE HISTORIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTIES AND LANDSCAPES THAT OYHS OWNS OR MAINTAINS, TOGETHER ARE ITS SINGLE GREATEST PROGRAM ELEMENT THAT SERVES THE PUBLIC. FROM THE STEEDMAN WOODS NATURE RESERVE TO THE NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK OLD GAOL, WITHOUT OYHS THE PROPERTIES WOULD HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED OR DEMOLISHED LONG AGO. IN CALENDAR YEAR 2018, OYHS SOLD OUR FORMER ADMINISTRATION BUILDING ON YORK STREET AND INVESTED THE PROCEEDS INTO RENOVATING THE PERKINS HOUSE MUSEUM, AS WELL AS THE COLLECTIONS CENTER IN KITTERY. WORK BEGAN ON THE PROJECTS IN OCTOBER.
EDUCATION AND PROGRAMS - YORK LIVING HISTORY, THE OYHS HISTORICAL EMERSION EXPERIENCE FOR ALL FIFTH GRADERS IN THE YORK PUBLIC SCHOOLS, IN ITS 42ND YEAR, INTRDUCED NEW INTERPRETATION FOR THE OLD GAOL AND YORK HOUSE OF CORRECTION, BASED ON THE MOST RESEARCH INTO THE BUILDINGS. OPEN DOORS OF YORK, THE OYHS HOUSE TOUR, WAS HELD IN YORK HARBOR, ONE OF YORK'S OLDEST NEIGHBORHOODS, AND INCLUDED THE SAYWARD-WHEELER HOUSE MUSEUM, A PROPERTY OF HISTORIC NEW ENGLAND. A FULL SCHEDULE OF ONGOING TAVERN DINNERS, TASTINGS, AND LECTURES SUCH AS THE SOUP SERIES AND DESSERT SERIES ROUNDED OUT THE YEAR.
EXHIBITIONS - A SUMMER EXHIBIT OF OLD YORK'S COLLECTION CALLED NEW ENGLANDERS ABROAD: SOUVENIRS FROM THE GRAND TOUR, 1830-1880 WAS SHOWN IN THE EMERSON-WILCOX HOUSE MUSEUM AND FEATURED SCRAPBOOKS, PHOTOGRAPHS, JOURNALS AND OBJECTS COLLECTED IN EUROPE BY SEVERAL NEW ENGLANDERS. RESEARCH ON THE STRUCTURE OF THE OLD GAOL AND A REVIEW OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL COLLECTIONS WERE COMPLETED IN PREPARATION FOR THE TERCENTENNIAL OF THE OLD GAOL'S STONE CELL IN 2020. THE MARSHALL STORE GALLERY HAD A FULL CALENDAR OF EXHIBITS OF CONTEMPORARY ART IN 2017, THE GALLERY'S 24TH YEAR.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Joel Lefever | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | 40 | $71,000 |
| Deborah Robb | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Ellen Baldwin | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Gabrielle Cote | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Basil Bennett | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Cheryl Farley | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Erica Mirick | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Susan Meffert | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Mary Kathryn Brennan | TRUSTEE | 4 | $0 |
| Kevin Freeman | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Louise Baker | SECRETARY | 4 | $0 |
| Arthur Brennan | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Suzanne Little | VICE PRESIDENT | 1 | $0 |
| Anthony Moore | PRESIDENT | 1 | $0 |
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