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Administrator's Annual Report My quarterly reports in Historic Nantucket have covered most activities of the association and chairman reports will again mention these in greater detail so I will be brief. I urge interested members to ask for more information whenever desired. Two generous gifts, one from the McFeely-Rogers Founda tion, and the other from Dr. Selina Johnson, and the cooperation of Mr. Arthur Dean and the Conservation Foundation, have made it possible to launch our archaeology program. Mr. Daniel G. Crozier will explain more about this at the annual meeting. We also are greatly indebted to Mr. Beinecke for space to set up the lab which will be a necessary part of the operation. Our financial situation has remained good thanks to many contributions, a large membership, income from the recently established Capital Fund, and admissions to our museums. Be cause of this we have been able to make major repairs on several buildings. Only those of you who own old houses can imagine how great the cost is for what often seems a simple repair job, and what seems simple at the start becomes major before completion. Some things like the work at the mill, shingling at the 1800 House, painting at the Christian House, etc., can be seen and the cost appraised but putty and paint on the several hundred win dows we have, or the upkeep of an acre, more or less, of floors can go unnoticed by the average person. We also have expensed out the estimated cost of three major jobs, painting the east side of the Hadwen House, restoring a sizable number of our portraits, and a new roof at Fair Street. For the first time, all of our buildings will be open seven days a week. Revenue does not justify this but we know many visitors have been disappointed at not being able to get into some of the buildings on Sundays. We have had a number of changes in our personnel, already reported, so I will only comment by saying that although we are extremely pleased with the work of the replacements we miss and feel the loss of the several devoted people who, over the years, have given so much of their time and talent. The number of volunteers now working for us has increased and is greatly appreciated. We have a job for anyone willing to help. Whatever your interest or ability, we need you; addressing envelopes, counting booklets, doing a painstaking repair job, either carpentering or painting, relieving hostesses at noon, lettering display signs, and many others. Mr. Stackpole, our historian, presented four well-patron ized programs for members during the winter and has lectured to a large number of adult and school groups at the Peter Foulger Museum. He is constantly called upon for help by the ever-increas ing number of people doing research, or writing in from all
