NSLM Newsletter - Fall 2009

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The National Sporting Library
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Library Breaks Ground for
National Sporting Art Museum
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the groundbreaking of the National
Sporting Art Museum (NSAM).
“It’s a very important milestone
in the history and evolution of the
National Sporting Library,”
remarked Manuel H. Johnson,
Chairman of the Board. When the
renovated museum holds the grand
opening of its inaugural exhibit in
2011, eleven galleries will feature
exhibitions of NSAM’s permanent
collection of American and
European sporting art as well as
temporary exhibits. NSAM and the
National Sporting Library will
serve as a unified campus under the
umbrella of the National Center for
Sporting Art and Literature.
Almost 100 people attended the
afternoon reception and festivities.
The architect’s rendering of the National Sporting Art Museum.
Led by Johnson, seven members of
the NSL’s Board of Directors, many Federal revival addition will be in Ron Steele, NSAM’s project man-
with shovel in hand, stood on the keeping with the historic Vine Hill ager and liason with the general con-
front lawn of the Vine Hill mansion mansion built in 1804. tractor, Grunley Construction, spoke
and broke ground for the new Extending from the west side of about the building phases. Prior to
museum. Vine Hill, the addition will feature a the groundbreaking, George Bridge
During the presentation in the raised, enclosed portico on its south Boxwoods, Inc., relocated the trees
Founders’ Room, Architect Hardee side that complements the existing and boxwoods from the Library’s
Johnston of Scottsville, Va., present- one, and a copper-clad and glass sec- formal garden, and they will be
ed the architectural renderings and tion between will serve as a visual replanted on the museum’s west side
floor plans of the 13,000 square ft. break between the old and new once all construction is complete.
museum. “From the start it has structures. The entrance to the new Steele explained that contractors
been a fitting marriage of a unique building will open onto a large would strip the interior walls of the
program with a much-loved archi- gallery with another spacious gallery Vine Hill mansion down to the brick
tectural treasure of this community, on the second floor. The increased in order to install a vapor barrier and
the Vine Hill mansion,” said gallery space will allow NSAM to state-of-the-art HVAC system need-
Johnston. “Our response to the pro- hold as many as four exhibitions at ed to maintain optimum conditions
gram has been sensitive not only to one time, said Johnston. The base- within the gallery for the artwork.
this early 19th-century building but ment level will house the working All architectural trim and finishes
also to the setting which is fittingly spaces of the museum, including art from Vine Hill will be salvaged and
at the edge of the countryside storage, a receiving area and loading later reinstalled in the galleries. The
where it meets the town.” Johnston dock, the mechanical room, and staff mansion’s third section – a non-his-
explained that the new brick offices.
continued on page 2
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toric wing added during the 20th Dee
century – will be removed in order
to connect the mansion with the new
building.
Steele explained the underpin-
ning process that will be the next
phase in the construction. Workers
will dig 20 feet below the building’s
existing foundations to create a
deeper space to accommodate the
museum’s basement level and will
pour the concrete foundation for the
new building by late winter. The
floors of Vine Hill will be reinforced
in order to bear the increased load of
exhibit cases.
Once the foundations are com-
plete, the contractor will begin to
raise the walls and roof of the new
building in the late winter and early
spring of 2010.
The contractor, Grunley
Members of NSLBoard of Directors (left to right): F. Turner Reuter, Jr., Jacqueline Ohrstrom, Clarke
Construction of Rockville, Md., has
Ohrstrom, Manuel H. Johnson, Charles T. Akre, Jr., Jacqueline B. Mars, and Dr. Betsee Parker
an extensive portfolio of work on
building and renovating museums 1985.” “It will be a landmark exhibi- rial staff will display art from
and historic sites in the greater tion designed to educate the general NSAM’s permanent collection in
Washington area, including the public about animal and sporting art this exhibition and borrow works
Hillwood Museum and Gardens, the and to raise the awareness of the from museums and private collec-
Riversdale House Museum, the importance of these works as a tions. “Afield in America” will not
Eisenhower Old Executive Office reflection of American history and only showcase such masters of
Building, the Smithsonian, and the cultural life,” said Reuter. “Over 100 American art as Winslow Homer,
Library of Congress. outstanding examples of every cate- Thomas Eakins, and Alfred
Board member F. Turner Reuter, gory of the genre will be selected to Bierstadt and established sporting
Jr., the Chair of the Exhibit and show how American animal and artists such as Edward Troye and
Collections Committee, concluded sporting artists have developed a Frederic Remington; but will also
the remarks by outlining the exhibi- unique national style, reflective of highlight lesser-known artists in the
tion that will open at NSAM in the the diversity of our people, the rich genre such as William Dunton,
spring or summer of 2011, “Afield in variety of our wildlife, and the Anna Hyatt Huntington, and
America: Four Hundred Years of breadth of the natural landscape.” Gustave Muss-Arnolt. Curatorial
Animal and Sporting Art, 1585- Reuter and the museum’s curato- staff, art historians, and other schol-
ars will contribute essays to a color
catalogue that will accompany the
exhibition.
The $4.4-million construction
project would not have been possible
without the generosity of many
donors as well as the participation
and hard work by members of the
Vine Hill Committee, Library staff,
Grunley, and consulting institutions
such as the Virginia Museum of Fine
Arts who advised the Library during
the design process. Through the ded-
ication and financial commitments of
many, what is now just a watercolor
rendering will soon become a brick-
and-mortar reality that thousands
will enjoy for years to come.
Plans of the museum may be viewed
onlineat www.nsl.org/vinehill.html.
F. Turner Reuter, Jr., Joseph Keusch; NSLVice Chairman Jacqueline B. Mars; Hector Alcalde
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writings as a handwritten copy of
Summer John H. Daniels Fellows
Florentine riding master Lorenzino
Palmieri’s Perfette Regole et Modi di
Cavalcare (Perfect Rules and
Methods of Riding). The NSLowns a
This summer and fall, the Library Fortune of an Early 17th c. 1625 printed edition of Palmieri’s
hosted four John H. Daniels Fellows – Handwritten Horsemanship treatise in the Hünersdorf
Dorothy Ours, Elisabetta Deriu, Treatise: Valerio Piccardini’s Scritti di Collection.
Charles Calhoun, and Pia Cuneo. Ours, Cavaleria.” "The NSL is unique in that it
Deriu, and Calhoun participated in a Deriu was born and raised in offers the researcher the opportunity
Roundtable discussion on August 22. Cagliari, Italy, on the island of to examine and compare multiple
Author and journalist Dorothy Sardinia. A lifelong rider herself, items at once,” said Deriu. remarking
Oursspent late May through August Deriu wrote her dissertation at the that many research libraries in
exploring “Battleship and the Grand University of Paris on “The Horse Europe restrict the number of books
National Quest.” Ours, who worked and the Court: Horsemanship in requested at one time.
at the National Museum of Racing Italian and French Princely Courts, The NSL’s manuscript is one of
and Hall of Fame in Saratoga Springs, 1450-1620.” Valerio Piccardini, the three known copies of Piccardini’s
N.Y., is the author of Man o’ War: A author of the NSL’s manuscript, treatise in the world. The British
Legend Like Lightning for St. Martin’s “Scritti di Cavaleria,” (Writings on Library owns one, and a third copy
Press. She is preparing a was acquired at auction by
book on Man o’ War’s son, a collector in Belgium.
Battleship, who won Deriu is examining all
England’s Grand National three for watermarks,
steeplechase in 1938 at age which can help determine
11 for his owner, Marion when and where the man-
duPont Scott. Nicknamed uscript was produced.
“the American pony” by Charles Calhouninves-
the British press, Battleship tigated the history of
stood only 15.2 hands yet American foxhunting for
resembled his great sire in his project, “Going British:
appearance and heart. His The Anglicizing of
17-year-old jockey, Bruce American Hunting with
Hobbs, was unusually tall Hounds, 1865-1930.” Cal-
at 6’ 1.” Hobbs’ father, houn is approaching his
Reginald, trained Battleship subject from the perspec-
in England for the great race. tive of a social and cultural
Ours is also researching historian. The early history
Battleship’s human con- of the sport in North
nections, including gentle- America is not very well-
men rider/trainers Noel Laing and Elisabetta Deriu, Charles Calhoun, and Dorothy Ours documented, says Calhoun. In the
Carroll K. Bassett. Owner Marion 18th century, George Washington
duPont Scott, of the historic Horsemanship), taught at a riding kept careful records of his hounds
Montpelier estate near Orange, Va., academy in Padua (near Venice) and but the hunting itself was quite
was an accomplished horsewoman also worked in Florence, where his informal. All this changed after the
herself, winning blue ribbons at father, Rustico, and brother, Civil War, when foxhunting in
Madison SquareGarden and serving Ottaviano, served the Medici grand- America became increasingly for-
as MFH for the Montpelier Hunt. ucal court. malized and Anglicized. Wealthy
Ours would love to talk with anyone In the Renaissance, classical or industrialists and businessmen from
who remembers Battleship and his manege riding belonged to the New York and Boston flocked to the
connections, and may be contacted sphere of the ruling classes, and Virginia countryside to foxhunt and
by email at [email protected]. young European aristocrats flocked buy land. American hunts increas-
A Virginia native, Ours grew up to Italy to learn from riding masters ingly hired professional hunt staff
in the Old Dominion and in West such as Piccardini, whose treatise is from England. Between 1865 and
Virginia. She graduated from West dedicated “à Sig. suoi Scolari”(“to his 1930, approximately 100 new hunts
Virginia University with a B.F.A. in students”). The name of a German were established. Calhoun sees the
Theatre. A lifelong racing fan, Ours prince, Fabian, the Burgrave of development of American foxhunt-
has written for Thoroughbred Times, D’hona (a town near Dresden), ing as part of a broader societal fas-
Equus, and Newsday. She currently appears on the manuscript’s title cination with all things British –
lives in Stockton, N.J. page, and Deriu believes that this from the proliferation of English-
Historian Elisabetta Deriu, prince may have acquired the trea- style boarding schools to the rise of
Ph.D., traveled to the United States tise as a souvenir of his study in Italy the Episcopal church.
from Paris to spend the month of at Piccardini’s academy. Calhoun values the exchange of
August at the Library working on Deriu identified the second trea- ideas that the fellowship program
her project, “The International tise bound together with Piccardini’s
continued on page 7
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NSL Staff & Volunteers –
Comings and Goings
Rick Stoutamyer was appointed Director of
Directors of The National
Administration in mid-August. He is overseeing the
Sporting Library daily functioning of the Library and the building’s
physical plant as well as coordinating volunteers,
102 The Plains Road
interns, and docents. Rick is also working closely with
Post Office Box 1335
Middleburg, Virginia 20118-1335 Project Manager Ron Steele on shepherding the
National Sporting Art Museum through the construc-
OFFICERS tion process and securing the necessary building per-
Manuel H. Johnson mits from town and county agencies. Rick is no
Chairman stranger to the Library, and has volunteered since the
mid-1990’s when the Library was housed in the base-
Jacqueline B. Mars
Vice Chairman ment of the Vine Hill mansion. Rick helped move Rick Stoutamyer
books to the new building in 1999, and in 2007,
Charles T. Akre, Jr.
appraised the Library’s entire book collection. In 2007, Rick presented a
Treasurer
Treasures of the Rare Book Room lecture on collecting rare books.
Born and raised in West Virginia, Rick attended West Virginia University in
DIRECTORS Morgantown and the National Institute of Technology in Cross Lanes. From
Mimi Abel Smith 1989 to 2003, he worked for Raytheon in Springfield, Va., managing contracts
with the federal government. In 1997, he established Stoutamyer Fine Books,
Charles T. Akre, Jr.
specializing in rare and out-of-print sporting books. Rick and his wife, Kim,
Thomas H. Anderson, Jr.
live in Marshall, Va., and their daughter, Kelsie, is a freshman at George
Arthur W.Arundel
Mason University.
Donald G. Calder Karen Halver, long-time employee of the NSL,
John Coles resigned at the end of August to return to California to
Timothy J. Greenan, M.D. be with her father.Her mother passed away earlier in
Helen K. Groves the summer.
Manuel H. Johnson Karen was hired in June 2001 as Assistant to the
Director under then Library Director Kenneth
Jacqueline B. Mars
Tomlinson and served in the same position under
Clarke Ohrstrom
Acting Director Rebecca Tomlinson. Since 2005, Karen
Jacqueline L. Ohrstrom
worked for Nancy H. Parsons, President & CEO, who
Dr.Betsee Parker departed the NSLin mid-August.
Lorian Peralta-Ramos Karen worked closely with NSLleaders to manage
Karen Halver
F. Turner Reuter, Jr. donor correspondence and to develop and maintain
the fund raising database. Karen also worked closely with the directors and
staff to plan and organize numerous fund raising events for the Library,
including special luncheons and dinners for the Chairman’s Council and Ivy
THE NATIONALSPORTING Circle, and the 2004 and 2007 NSL Coaching events. She also served as
LIBRARY NEWSLETTER Secretary of the Boardfrom 2007 until her departure. Karen will be missed by
(ISSN 1068-2007) all for her friendship and years of service to the
Library.
Number 93, Fall 2009
Tria Pell Dove,avolunteer at the Library since 1999,
Published by the has retired from her volunteer service and moved to be
National Sporting Library near family in upstate New York.
Tel. [phone] · www.nsl.org Tria was the NSL’s 2003 Volunteer of the Year and
worked tirelessly on many projects including primary
Elizabeth M. Tobey,Ph.D.
organization of the Harry Worcester Smith papers,
Editor,
Marshall Hawkins and Wally Nall photograph collec-
Director of Communications & Research
tions, and the Richard Stone Reeves archives.
Lisa Campbell Tria and former volunteer, George Hottel, collabo-
Librarian rated on shelf reading. Tria also managed the periodi-
Rick Stoutamyer cal collection, inventoried donated books, and assisted Tria Pell Dove
Director of Administration with events.
Before departing, Tria enlisted her friend, Margaret Littleton, of
Brenna Elliott
Middleburg, as a new volunteer. Margaret now manages the periodicals and
Curatorial Assistant
will assist with book donations. While we will miss Tria, we are so thrilled to
Judy Sheehan
have Margaret on board!
Event & Office Manager
—Lisa Campbell & Elizabeth Tobey
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Welcoming Old Friends:
Recent Art Donations
Henri Delattre (French/American, 1801-1876)
Carriage Horse with a Docked Tail,1854
oil on board
8x10 inches
Gift from the family of Mr. Henry “Duffy” Rathbun
Life,which closed this past February
at the Library.
Also donated in July was Carriage
Horse with a Docked Tail by Henri
Delattre, painted in 1854, by the fam-
ily of Mr. Henry “Duffy” Rathbun.
Mr. Rathbun, who passed away in
March of this year, was a great sup-
Peter Winants, Jr., and Peter Winants, III, of Bluemont, Va., son and grandson of Peter Winants, pose
porter of the Library, attending near-
with the Voss portrait of Alligator(oil on canvas, 28 x 36 inches).
ly every event since he joined the
In July the National Sporting 1953). It was a favorite painting of Chairman’s Council in 2000.
Library received two artworks as Peter’s and graced the cover of his Carriage Horse was one of Mr.
gifts the families of Mr. Peter 2005 book, The Sporting Art of Rathbun’s favorite paintings, depict-
Winants, and Mr. Henry Rathbun. Franklin B. Voss. This portrait of the ing a chestnut carriage horse stand-
Both works have previously been timber horse differs from Voss’s ing at attention in a pastoral land-
exhibited at the Library. usual composition of depicting the scape. The painting was briefly
Alligator, donated by the children horse with jockey up. Alligator was loaned to the NSLin 2007 (see Spring
of Peter Winants, was painted in part of the exhibition, The Voss 2007, p. 11, for story and photo).
1929 by Franklin Brooke Voss (1880- Family, Artists of American Sporting —Brenna Elliott
William Secord
NSL/Chronicle Cup
Booksigning
Lees
Douglas
William Secord and NSLChairman of the
Board, Manuel H. Johnson
On October 8, William Secord,
aworld-renowned expert on 19th-
century dog painting, lectured at
the Library and signed copies of
his new book, Dog Painting: A
History of the Dog in Art. Secord
owns the William Secord Gallery
in N.Y., N.Y., and is the former
Rick Stoutamyer, Manuel H. Johnson, and Mrs. George L. Ohrstrom, Jr., (first three on left)
director of the American Kennel present the NSL/Chronicle Cup to Magdalen O. Bryant’s Erin go Bragh (ridden by Paddy Young
Club’s Museum of the Dog. and trained by Doug Fout) on October 3, 2009 at the Virginia Fall Races, Middleburg.
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Recent Book Donations
Robin Bledsoe, Cambridge, Mass. – Nine AHSA rule
books and supplements and 16 equestrian books in
German from the collection of Dr. H.L.M. Schaik.
Jacqueline B. Mars, The Plains, Va. – The Art of Power:
Royal Armor and Portraits from Imperial Spain, by Álvaro Palette Press, Newark, Notts, U.K. – Lynwood Palmer:
Soler Del Campo (2009). Catalog of exhibition at the 1868-1941, Equestrian Artist, Whip & Horseman (2009) by
National Gallery of Art. Robert Fountain & Neil Kennedy.
Jacqueline L. Ohrstrom,The Plains, Va. – Betty Babcock’s Hal Chaffee, Chicago, Ill. - Saratoga Polo 2008 Summer
Hunting Diary: Meadow Brook Hounds, Season 1935-1936, Season Guide, Aiken Polo 2005, 2008, 2009.
by Betty Babcock. Signed by the author.
Jackie Burke, Orlean, Va. - American Horse Show Assoc.,
William H. Klimon,Herndon, Va. – The Ryan Family and Inc.: Official Horse Show Record, vols. 1-3, for 1934-1936,
the Scarteen Hounds (1989), by Michael MacEwan, The Kentucky Derby Churchill Downs 1984 program, one
Huntington Library Lists, No. 2 – Sporting Books (1937), issue of Equus,Nov. 1999.
compiled by Lyle H. Wright, and The Fox in the Cupboard:
Lee Day Rose, Orlean, Va. - Thoroughbred Bloodlines: An
AMemoir(2004) by Jane Shilling.
Elementary Study, Volume I, by John F. Wall, 1935, #71 of
Mary Winants, Rectortown, Va., - 1941-1943 Elkridge- 150 copies printed, and signed by the author;
Harford Hunt hunting diary kept by the late Peter Thoroughbred Bloodlines: An Elementary Study, Volume II,by
Winants. John F. Wall, 1939, signed by the author; and Thoroughbred
Pedigrees 1934: Tabulated Pedigrees of Prominent Race Horses
Gregory G. Bean,Director of Public Works, Department and a Bloodline Analysis of Important Stallions at Stud in the
of the Army, Ft. Bragg, N.C. - Overhills Oral History United Statesedited by J. A. Estes, 1935.
(2009) by Jeffrey D. Irwin and Kaitlin O’Shea, and a
DVD, Overhills North Carolina. Elizabeth Tobey, Middleburg, Va. – Tsars and the East,
exhibition catalogue from the Sackler Gallery,
Andrea Heid, Virginia Dept. of Agriculture & Washington, D.C.
Consumer Services, Richmond, Va. - 2006 Virginia
Equine Survey Report,as well as promotional pamphlets, Dr. Horace Laffaye, M.D.,Southport, Conn. – Acopy of
publications, and material. his new book, The Evolution of Polo(2009).
Recent Acquisitions
Upcoming Events
William Gibson, Surgeon, ANew Treatise on the Diseases of
Horses, Vol. I & II,London: Printed for A. Millar,1754.
Unless otherwise noted, all events areopen to the public.
Harry Heiover, A Treatise on the Proper Condition for All RSVP to Judy Sheehan at 540-687-6542 x 10 and leave a
Horses,London: T.C.Newby,1857. contact number. Many recent events have had wait-
lists. If you RSVP and then are unable to attend a
[Richard Brookes], The Art of Rock and Sea-Fishing with the scheduled event, please call so we can give your
Natural History of River, Pond, and Sea-Fish, London: place to someone else.
Printed by and for John Watts, 1740.
Exhibition: F. Ambrose Clark Rare Book Room:
W. Carroll, The Angler’s Vade Mecum, Containing a
Afternoon Delights. Forrest E. Mars, Sr. Exhibit Hall.
Descriptive Account of the Water Flies…, Edinburgh:
Through April 1, 2010.
Printed for Archibald Constable and Co., 1818.
John Beard, ADiary of Fifteen Years Hunting, from 1796 to Saturday, November 21, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Full-Day
1811,Bath: for the author by W. Meyler and Son, 1813. Public Symposium: A River Never Sleeps:
Conservation, History, and the Fly Fishing River. Pre-
Livre journal de Depenses des Equipages et des Ecuries
registration required, $75 (regular)/$50 (students).
(Equestrian accounting book), [Paris]: 1752-1766.
Contact Elizabeth Tobey at 540-687-6542 x 11 or
[email protected] to register.
“Stonehenge” [John Henry Walsh,1810-1888], Hints to
Sportsmen, on guns and shooting, and instructions relating to
dogs, ponies, ferrets, etc., London: George Rutledge and Saturday, December 12, 2 p.m., Saturday Public
Sons, Inc., n.d. Lecture Series: “Happy Reading and Riding,” chil-
dren’s program and booksigning by author JoAnn
Fairfax Harrison, Landmarks of Old Prince William: AStudy of Dawson (“Lucky Foot” series).
Origins in Northern Virginia in Two Volumes, Vol. 1 & 2,
Richmond: Privately Printed The Old Dominion Press, 1924.
Book reviews can now be read online at
Preston J. Jennings, ABook of Trout Flies, New York: The http://www.nsl.org/bookreviews.html
Derrydale Press, 1935.
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Fellows
Fellowship News
continued from page 3
The application deadline for
encourages. “Research is a solitary 2010-2011 fellowships is February 1,
business,” he commented. “To be 2010.For more information, contact
able to exchange ideas with col- Elizabeth Tobey at 540-687-6542 x
leagues here – whether fellow 11 or [email protected] or visit
researchers or NSL staff members – http://www.nsl.org/fellowship.html.
Dr. Horace Laffaye, M.D., (2009),
is an immeasurable benefit of the
gave the Library a copy of his book,
program.”
The Evolution of Polo, recently pub-
Born in Monroe, La., Calhoun lished by McFarland & Co. His book,
earned his B.A. at the University of The History of Polo in the United States,
Virginia and studied Jurisprudence will be released in Spring 2010.
Pia Cuneo
in England as a Rhodes Scholar at Dr. Michael Huggins (2008) pub-
Christ Church at Oxford University. Manege riding, known today as lished his research conducted at the
NSLas an article, “The proto-global-
He is a Scholar-in-Residence at the dressage, originated in Italy but also
isation of Horseracing 1730-1900:
Maine Humanities Council, and has spread to Germany and spawned the
Anglo American Interconnections,”
written several books, including a production of the printed horseman-
in Sport in History29:3.
biography of American poet, Henry ship manuals that Cuneo is analyz- Amy Freund (2008) will present a
Wadsworth Longfellow. Calhoun ing in her book. “The kind of horse lecture, “Pray, Sir, Whose Dog Are
has foxhunted in central Mass., with one rode and how one rode it served You? Nobility and Animality in
the Old North Bridge Hounds. He as eloquent testimony to one’s socio- Eighteenth-Century French Hunting
Pictures,” at the February 2010 meet-
and his partner, Michael Horvath, economic identity in early modern
ing of the College Art Association in
now live in New York City. Europe,” remarked Cuneo.
Chicago, Ill.
Pia Cuneo, Ph.D., spent the Cuneo grew up in the Midwest
Susan McHugh (2008) has
month of September looking at 16th- and attended Mount Holyoke secured a book contract from
and 17th-century horsemanship College in Mass., and earned her University of Minnesota Press for
manuals from Italy and Great doctorate from Northwestern Animal Narratives: Forms of Species
Britain. Cuneo is writing a book, University in Evanston, Ill. Since and Social Agency for publication in
Reading, Writing, Rendering, and 1990 she has taught Renaissance art 2010.
Noel Mullins (2008) has been
Riding: Early Modern German history at the University of Arizona
invited to lecture on his research on
Horsemanship Manuals and the in Tucson, and currently competes at
Edith Somerville and Martin Ross in
Exercise of Identity. The books in the dressage shows with her Belgian Dublin, Ireland, as part of the Royal
NSL’s collections served as an Draft/Paint cross, StellaStar. Dublin Society’s 2010 Speaker Series.
important comparison to similar Cuneo presented a Treasures of the Pia Cuneo, Elisabetta Deriu, and
books produced in Germany. “The Rare Book Room lecture on Sept. 24, Elizabeth Tobey presented lectures
NSL’s excellent and extensive hold- “Georgvon Löhneysen’s ‘On Bitting’ at an international conference honor-
ing historian, Peter Edwards, at
ings of Italian and British books (1588): Renaissance Horsemanship
Roehampton University in London,
greatly facilitated my research by Straight from the Horse’s Mouth.”
England, in June, called “The
allowing me to consult these numer- Her article on the Löhneysen treatise
Renaissance and Early Modern
ous and crucial sources all in one appeared on the cover of the Summer Horse.”
location,” said Cuneo. 2009 newsletter.
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The 2009 Ivy Circle and Chairman’s Council
The National Sporting Library wishes to recognize and thank the following Ivy Circle members whose donations to the
Library are $5,000 and above, and the Chairman’s Council members whose donations are $2,500 and above. These con-
tributions form the foundation of financial support for the Library’s operations. We are grateful for gifts at all levels, and
wethank our many donors and friends.
Chairman’s Council Ms. Mary C. Morgan and
Ivy Circle Mr. G. Michael Neish
Mr. and Mrs. John Andrews Ms. Catherine C. Murdock
Mr. and Mrs. William Abel Smith Mr. William M. Backer Col. (R) and Mrs. Robert W. Newton
Mr. and Mrs. Charles T. Akre, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Zohar Ben-Dov Mr. and Mrs. Ernest M. Oare
Mr. and Mrs. Hector Alcalde Mr. and Mrs. Donald Brennan Mrs. Roberta W. Odell
Amb. and Mrs. Thomas H. Anderson, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Josiah Bunting, III Mr. and Mrs. Christopher F. Ohrstrom
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur W. Arundel Mr. and Mrs. Rodion Cantacuzene Mr. and Mrs. Francis Q. O’Neill
Ms. Katrina Becker Thomas and Mary Catlett Ms. Nancy H. Parsons
Mrs. Magalen O. Bryant Mr. and Mrs. John Coles Ms. Nicole H. Perry and
Mr. and Mrs. John Kent Cooke Mr.Andrew T. C. Stifler
Mrs. Elizabeth Busch Burke
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Dr. and Mrs. Timothy J. Greenan
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Mrs. Helen K. Groves
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Mr.and Mrs. Manuel H. Johnson
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Glickman Mr.and Mrs. William E. Schuiling
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Mrs. Jacqueline Badger Mars
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Mr. George F. Ohrstrom
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