- Our thanks to Mrs.
- Elizabeth H. Nutter
- for her gift of the bronze
- Robert Frost Medal.
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- Report from Dr.
Lea Newman
- "Program
Plans for 2003"
- (Click)
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- "Poetry
as Revelation"
- by Dr. Peter
J. Stanlis
- (Click)
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- first snowfall
- (photo by S.
Crittenden)
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Robert
Frost Stone House Museum
- South
Shaftsbury, Vermont
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- 2002
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- A limited edition fine arts print
on off white 60# vellum. Issued to
celebrate the new museum. Measures 14" x 18". Features
a Lankes woodcut of the Stone House in 1923 and VT 7A as a dirt
road. Price $20 (plus postage $1.50)
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- Order
here via e-mail
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 Letter from the President December 1, 2002
- Hello Frost Friends,
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- Now that our dream has been realized
to acquire the Stone House and open it as a Frost museum, we
must focus on the future of the organization and how this marvelous, historic property may
be enjoyed by visitors as well as used as an educational resource
for the literary arts.
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- After the museum closes for the
season at the end of December, we will be busy planning for 2003.
We have high hopes but many budgetary limitations. We dreamed
the impossible and it came true, but now there remain "miles
to go" before we can rest assured of a secure future. As
always, we depend on our Friends for help.
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- In order to secure the property
last May, we took on $200,000 of debt in the form of a mortgage.
We used our cash for construction of the necessary things to
make the property into a museum. This enabled us to open to the
public in time for foliage season and earn money to support the
mortgage. The income from the first six weeks of doing business
brought in over $10,000 - a remarkable start! But we are far
from being able to rest on these good accomplishments.
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- Your support has enabled us to
secure this historic house, but our long-term security depends
on your continued interest. I encourage each and every one of
our good friends to renew their membership in FoRF. Donations
are still very welcome to the Robert Frost Stone House Fund,
which will now go to support the mortgage.
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- First, we must get through this
winter and I'm happy to report that the treasury is sufficient
to cover our immediate needs. But next year's operation will
falter badly without funds to cover more than just the bare necessities.
We have a plan to pay off and replace the mortgage with more
affordable financing in 2003. It will take years of dedication
and hard work before we are financially safe and sound. We believed
the Stone House into existence, as Frost said we must. Now we
must believe it into the future.
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- I am intensely proud of the Frost
museum and this wonderful beginning. Now our real work begins.
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- Yours in Frost,
Carole Thompson
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- Holiday Open
House!
- Sunday afternoon, December
22
- 2 to 4 p.m.
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- If you're in the neighborhood,
join us
- at the Stone House for
a gathering of
- Friends to celebrate the
season. It's the
- first day of winter - "the
darkest evening
- of the year." By the
looks of the weather,
- we should have a snowy
evening too!
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- Refreshments and good cheer
for all.
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