Individual Contributors, A to B

Our advisory staff is made up of dedicated people who have offered ideas, and contributed images and information to make this website as complete and accurate as possible. They have provided guidance, support, suggestions, and encouragement. I wish to personally thank each one for his/her cooperation and constructive advice. Working together, I believe this site will be a comprehensive compendium of text and imagery which can become a primary source for people all over the world.

Here are the people I want to particularly recognize because they are the team who have built this website. This list keeps growing with time.

Dr. David Fleishman

Click on any of the folders below to view the alphabetical lists of Contributing Individuals to the Antique Spectacles website.

• A
• Carla Aangenendt, optician, refractionist
• Paul Aangenendt, optician, refractionist, writer
• Mirna Abaffy, Art Historian, Senior Curator of The Valvasor Collection, Metropolitan Library, kept in the Croatian State Archives, Zagreb
• Victor Abalakin, Corresponding Member of the RAS, Dr. Sci, ex-Director Pulkovo Observatory, Saint Petersburg, Russia
• Professor Laura Ronchi Abbozzo, President of the Giorgio Ronchi Foundation, Florence, Italy
• Teresa Abreu, Education,Museu Nacional do Azulejo (National Tile Museum), Lisbon, Portugal
• Dott. ssa Cristina Acidini, Il Soprintendente, Polo Museale Fiorentino, also a qualified art historian
• Paul Ackermann, Museum Specialist, West Point Museum, West Point, N.Y.
• Dirk Aerts, Building Manager, Museum Brouwershuis, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Dr. Giuseppe Aguzzi
• Professor Dr. Hermann Aichmair, retired ophthalmologist.
• Daniel Albert, MD, MS, Chair Emeritus, F. A. Davis Professor and Lorenz E. Zimmerman Professor
• Karla Albertson, writer of a weekly Antiques Column, Philadelphia Inquirer
• Patricia Albright, Archives Librarian, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA
• John Alderson, Senior Photographer, Chicago Historical Society, Chicago, IL
• Mrs. H E Alexander, Director/Curator, The Fan Museum, Greenwich, London, UK
• Kevin L. Alexander, O.D., Ph.D., Dean, Michigan College of Optometry, Ferris State University, Big Rapids, Michigan also President-Elect, American Optometric Association
• Sara Alfaro-Franco, Appleton Park Productions, Arlington, MA
• Chris Allen, Executive Director, Optician’s Association of America
• Eugenia Alonso, Rights and Reproductions Department, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, Spain
• Padre Alfonso Amarante, C.Ss.R, Librarian of the Redentoristi Fathers, Pagani (Salerno), Italy
• Jane Anderson, Archivist, Blair Castle, Blair Atholl, Pitlochry, UK
• Rose Aquila, webmaster, Our Lady of Consolation Church, Phila., PA
• Dr. Claude Ardouin, Head of Africa Section, Department of Africa, Oceania and the Americas, Sainsbury Gallery, The British Museum, London, UK
• Arol Augsburger, O.D., President, Illinois College of Optometry, Chicago, IL
• Dr. Goost Vander Auwera, curator, Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Brussels, Belgium
• Prince Giovanni Alliata di Montereale, Giorgio Cini Foundation, Island of San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice, Italy
• Peter Alter, Curator, Chicago Historical Society, Chicago, IL
• Ricardo Pérez Alvarez, Director of Collection, Franz Mayer Museum, Mexico City, Mexico
• John Alviti, Senior Curator, Franklin Institute Science Museum, Philadelphia, PA
• Irene Amsden, Curator, Rutland Historical Society, Rutland, MA
• Cory Amsler, Vice President for Collections & Interpretations, Bucks County Historical Society, Mercer Museum, Doylestown, PA
• Dr. Y. P. Anand, Director, National Gandhi Museum, New Delhi, India
• Magister Bernhard Andergassen, Reproduction Department, Picture Archive, Oesterreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna, Austria
• Jim Anderson, Curator, Noden-Reed Farm, Windsor Locks, CT
• Terri Anderson, John and Neville Bryan Director of Museum Collections, National Trust for Historic Preservation, Washington, DC
• Fredrik Andersson, Curator, photo archive, Livrustkammaren (Royal Armoury in the Royal Palace, Stockholm, Sweden
• Jeanmarie Andrews, Editor, Early American Life Magazine
• Craig Anthony, Registrar, Pettaquamscutt Historical Society, Kingston, RI
• Toby Appel, PhD, MLS, Historical Librarian, Cushing /Whitney Medical Library, Yale University, New Haven, CT
• Peg Armitage, Museum Committee, Pittsford Historical Society, Inc., Pittsford, VT
• Ejnar Stig Askgaard, Curator, Odense City Museums/ Hans Christian Andersen Museum, Odense, Denmark
• Isabel Assaly, Photographic Librarian, Department of Prehistory and Europe, British Museum, Great Russell Street, London
• Professor Mick Aston, Site Director for Wicken Church archeological work, member of the Time Team, London
• Sharon Matt Atkins, Assistant Curator, Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, NH
• Dott Adriana Augusti, Director of the Galleria G.Franchetti alla Ca'd'Oro, Venezia
• Carla Aymes, Investigación y Curaduría, Franz Mayer Museum, Mexico City, Mexico
• B
  • R. B.,  Pennsylvania collector
  • Dr. László Baán, Director, Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary
  • Alan Baker, personnel manager, Compass Community Services, San Francisco
  • Peggy Baker, Director, Pilgrim Hall Museum, Plymouth, MA
  • Steve Babcock, Reporter, Patriot Ledger newspaper
  • Jon Baddeley, Director Collectors' Sales, Bonhams, London, UK
  • Susan Baker, President, Westborough Historical Society, Westborough, MA 
  • Ann Ball, author, writer, speaker, former schoolteacher
  • Wesley G. Balla, Director of Collections and Exhibitions, New Hampshire Historical Society, Concord, NH
  • Willem Banninga, writer
  • Janet Barakian, President, Rutland Historical Society, Rutland, MA
  • Fausto Barbagli, Chief Curator, Zoology Department "La Specola", Museum of Natural History of Florence, Italy
  • Graca Santa Barbara, Communication and Disclosure, Museu Nacional do Azulejo (National Tile Museum), Lisbon, Portugal
  • Marjolojn Barbier, Rights and Reproductions, Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp, Belgium
  • Gail Bardhan, Reference Librarian, The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY
  • Dominique Bardin, Researcher, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon, Dijon, France
  • Jeannie Barkovics, administrator, Townsend Historical Society, Townsend, MA
  • Frank Barraclough, FCOptom., Dip. Orth., Chairman of the OAICC, advisor, writer
  • Jerice Barrios, Rights & Reproductions Coordinator, The Field Museum, Library, Photo Archives, Chicago, IL
  • Elizabeth A. Bartlett, whose great-great grandfather knew and fought in the troops under the control of Andrew Jackson.
  • Victoria Barwell, Curator, Number One Royal Crest Museum, Bath, United Kingdom
  • Monsenior Dr. Juraj Batelja, Rektor, Treasurer, Zagreb Cathedral, Zagreb (responsible for Diocesan Museum)
  • Kim Bauer, Curator, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, Springfield, IL
  • Claudia Becker, Public Relations, Halberstadt Cathedral, Halberstadt, Germany
  • Mark Beecher, Lab Manager, The Camera Company, Norwood, MA
  • Christine Beekman, Chief of Interpretation, Pecos National Historical Park, Pecos, NM
  • Drs. Helga Beez, Fach Hoch Schule, University of Applied Sciences, past curator of the Optical Museum of the Ernst Abbe Foundation, Jena, Germany
  • Mike Bell, Curator of Furniture and Popular Culture, Tennessee State Museum, Nashville, Tenn.
  • Harald Belyus, Optometrist, Editor-In-Chief, Optiker Online, hearing aid audiologist, Vienna
  • Jenny Benjamin, Museum Director, Foundation of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, San Francisco, CA
  • Ursula Benkö, Head of Photo and Rights Department, Städt. Museen Konstanz, Germany
  • Anne Bentley, Curator of Art/Acting Registrar, Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston, MA
  • Hannah Whitmill Bentley, Assistant Curator, Army Medical Services Museum, Aldershot, Hampshire, United Kingdom
  • Laurent Bergeot, Agence photographique de la RMN, Paris, France
  • Lee Berkowitz, Busy Bee Associates, computer whiz, advisor and webmaster
  • Nancy M. Berman, President and CEO, Philip and Muriel Berman Foundation, Allentown, PA
  • Barbara Bernard, Visual Services, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
  • Konrad Bernheimer, 4th generation of a European art dealer dynasty, expert of international repute
  • Pamela Besse, Curator, Dorothy Whitfield Historical Society, Guilford, CT
  • Guus Besuijen, Philippus Lansbergen Public Observatory, Middelburg, The Netherlands
  • Deepa Bhandari, Paul Hamlyn Library, Reading Room Assistant, British Museum, London
  • Franco Bianchi, collector of Majolica, painter, Italy
  • Pieter Biesboer, curator, Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem, the Netherlands
  • Dr. Philip Bigler, Director, James Madison Center, Harrisonburg, VA
  • Dennis Binette, Assistant Curator, The Fall River Historical Society, Fall River, MA
  • Ariadna Blanc, secretary, Rights and Reproductions, Museu Nacional d'art de Catalunya (MNAC), Barcelona, Spain
  • Julia Blanks, Registrar of Collections,, Courtauld Institute of Art Gallery, London, United Kingdom
  • Mary Jean Blasdale, Collections Manager, New Bedford Whaling Museum, New Bedford, MA
  • Liz Sloan Blauer, Great Space Group, Sauk Rapids, MN
  • Lucy Blaxland, Collections Manager, Museum of the History of Science, Oxford, UK
  • Anita Blythe, Curator, Worcestershire County Museum, Hartlebury Castle, Worcestershire, UK
  • Dawn Hutchins Bobryk, Executive Director, Phelps Tavern Museum, Home of the Simsbury Historical Society, Simsbury, CT
  • Peter Böttcher, Photographer, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften Institut für Realienkunde, Krems, Austria
  • Prof. Fabrizio Bònoli, Curator in chief, Department of Astronomy (Museo della Specola), University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
  • Dr. Lothar A. Boehler, Director, Stiftungsverwaltung Freiburg, Freiberg, Germany
  • Rachel Bohlmann, Director, Public Programs Department, Newberry Library, Chicago, IL
  • Marv Bolt, Director and Curator, Webster Institute for the History of Astronomy, Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum, Chicago, Il
  • Gail Bondi, Reprint and Permission Services, Dow Jones & Company, Inc.
  • Don Mario Borga, greater parish priest, in charge of the Church of the Holy Trinity (La Mattarella), Cappella Maggiore, Treviso, Italy
  • Dr. Fred Bortz, author of science and technology books for young readers and Special Contributor, Dallas Morning News Book Review Pages
  • Prof. Dr. med. Urs Boschung, Medical History Institute, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
  • Tim Bowden, contact lens optician, writer
  • Glenice Boyd, Curator, Peabody Historical Society and Museum, Peabody, MA
  • Lize Braat, Assistante de Communication, Musées de Strasbourg
  • Dr. Alto M. Brachner Museum Director, Deutsches Museum, Munich, Germany
  • Jennifer E. Brand, Collections Project Assistant, Webster Institute for the History of Astronomy, The Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum
  • Deborah Brandt, Director of Membership and Communications, American Academy of Optometry, Rockville, MD
  • Ms. Laura Brandt
  • Yvonne Brandt, Photo/Reproduction, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Germany
  • Don Francesco Braschi, General Director, Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, Milan, Italy
  • Dr. Michael Braunsteiner, Curator of the Museum in the Benedictine Abbey of Admont Admont, Austria
  • Geoffrey Breeze, Geoffrey Breeze Antique Canes, Bath, United Kingdom
  • James Breig, longtime writer and editor for the Catholic press, recently retired editor (after 37 years) of The Evangelist, Albany, New York
  • Kenneth R. Brein, M.D.
  • Dr. Bodo Brinkmann, Curator, Städelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
  • Dr. Dieter Brocksch, Director, Carl Zeiss Optisches Museum, Oberkochen Germany
  • Wolfgang Brandis, Monastery Archivist, c/o Kloster Wienhausen, Wienhausen, Germany
  • Paolo Brenni, Researcher, Fondazione Scienza e Tecnica, Florence, Italy
  • Rachel Brishoual, In charge of the Photothèque, Musées des Arts décoratifs Paris, France
  • Hollis E. Brodrick
  • Eric Brooks, Curator, Ashland, the Henry Clay Estate, Lexington, KY
  • Tamra L. Brosseau, Historic Preservation and Conservation Administrator, Susan B. Anthony House, Rochester, NY
  • Mr. Paul Brougham, Sterling Militaria, UK
  • Barbara Brown, Collections Manager, Andover Historical Society, Andover, MA
  • Barbara Brown, Manager, Radio Licensing CBC Radio-Canada, Toronto
  • Darren J. Brown, Collections Manager, Beverly Historical Society & Museum, Beverly, MA
  • Liza Brown, Museum of World War II, Natick, MA
  • Michael Brown, Curator, Bayou Bend Collections and Gardens, MFAH, Houston, Texas
  • Norman Brown
  • Patrick Browne, Director, Duxbury Rural and Historical Society, Inc., Duxbury, MA
  • Jutta Brudern, Braunschweig, photographer
  • Kerry Buckley, Ph.D., Executive Director, Historic Northampton Museum & Education Center, Northampton, MA
  • George H. Bull, grandson of Dr. Edward C. Bull
  • Brad Burmeister, Museum Exhibits Associate, Senator John Heinz Pittsburgh History Center, Pittsburgh, PA
  • Jackie Burns, Rights and Reproductions, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA
  • Tim Burns, Assistant Curator, Dept of American Art, Detroit Institute of the Art, Detroit, Michigan
  • Wendy Butler Burns, nationally published and recognized award-winning quilt artist, teacher, author, and lecturer
  • Mrs. Clare Burr
  • Sandra Butler, Licensing Coordinator, King Center for Non-Violent Social Change, Atlanta, GA

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