Individual Contributors, A to E

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Individual Contributors, A to E

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.

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
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
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
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
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 Peggy Baker, Director, Pilgrim Hall Museum, Plymouth, MASteve
- Babcock, Reporter, Patriot Ledger newspaper
- Jon Baddeley, Scientific Instruments, Bonhams, London, United Kingdom
- 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
- Gail Bardhan, Reference Librarian, The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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.
- 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
- Deborah Brandt, Director of Membership and Communications, American Academy of Optometry, Rockville, MD
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Jackie Burns, Rights and Reproductions, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA
- Wendy Butler Burns, nationally published and recognized award-winning quilt artist, teacher, author, and lecturer
- Mrs. Clare Burr
C

Andrea Cakers, Collections Manager, Bennington Museum, Bennington, VT
Andrea Cakers, Collections Manager, Chester County Historical Society, West Chester, PA
Jacqueline Calder, Curator, Vermont Historical Society, Barre, VT
William Camp, collector, retired optician
Christine Campbell, British Library, Permissions Dept, London, United Kingdom
Robin Campbell, Associate Curator, Bureau of Historic Sites, NY State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation, Pebbles Island, Waterford, NY
Bertrand Campeis, secretary to the Conservator, Musee de l’Armee, Paris, France
Leslie V. Canavan, Wedgwood specialist, St. Louis, MO
Jonathan P. Canning, Martin D'Arcy Curator of Art, Loyola University Museum of Art (LUMA), Chicago, Illinois
Fernanda Capobianco, Photo Department, Polo Museale Napoletano, Naples, Italy
Fabrizio Caporale, Chief of the Press Office, townhall of L’Aquila, Abruzzo, Italy
G. Brian Cardell , Assistant Curator, Rare Books and Special Collections, Mullen Library, The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C.
Elijah Carder, Office of Marketing and Brand Development, Airstream Life Magazine
Chris Cardon, Curatorial Department, Mystic Seaport, Mystic, CT
Paul Carnahan, The Librarian, Vermont Historical Society, Barre, VT
Danielle Carrabino, Theodore Rousseau Curatorial Assistant, Dept. of Paintings, Sculpture, and Decorative Arts, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, MA
Karen Cartier, office manager, American Topical Association, Arlington, TX
Kate Case, optometrist
David Cawsey, MA (Cantab), MIEE, retired computer scientist
Natale Cerbara, secretary to the Director, Museo di San Marco, Florence, Italy
Judy Cerone, Executive Assistant, New England Ophthalmological Society, Boston, MA
Father Edoardo Cerrato, C.O., Procura Generale, Rome
Katherine Chabla, Museum Assistant, American Decorative Arts, Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
Nancy Jo Chabot, Collections Manager, Museum of New Hampshire History, Concord, New Hampshire
Nicole Chalfant, Assistant Curator, Prudence Crandall Museum, Canterbury, CT
Hollis Chatelain, Internationally recognized and award winning freelance textile artist, exhibitor, teacher and lecturer
Judy M. Chelnick, Division of Science, Medicine & Society, Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, Behring Center, Washington, DC
Dr. Giuseppe Chili, Segretario Generale, Fondazione del Monte di Bologna e Ravenna, Italy
Andy Chopping, Head of photography, Museum of London Archaeology Service, London, UK
Dott. Massimo Cialente, Mayor of L'Aquila, Abruzzo, Italy
Dr. Carlotta Cianferoni, Soprintendenza Archeologia della Toscana, Florence, Italy
Marzia Ciato, Ufficio Informazioni, Basilica of St. Anthony, Padua, Italy
John Clark, curator, Museum of London, United Kingdom
Michael Clarke, Director of the Mound, National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, UK
Melissa Clemmer, Assistant Curator, Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary, Philadelphia, PA
Nathan R. E. Clark, Library Director, Emmetsburg Public Library, Emmetsburg, IA
Dr Peter de Clercq, independent writer/researcher, and Honorary Meetings Secretary of the Scientific Instrument Society, London
Kelly Clifford, Assistant Executive Director & Event Manager, Opticians Association of Ohio, Zanesville
James Clifton, Director, Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston, Texas
Melanie Clifton-Harvey, curator, Harvard Historical Society, Harvard, MA
Kelly Cobble, Museum Curator, Adams National Historical Park, Quincy, MA
Julie Cochrane, Picture Library Researcher, Museum of London, London, U.K.
William E. Cochran, O.D., President, Southern College of Optometry, Memphis, TN also educator and leader
Tiemen Cocquyt, Collection of Physics, Utrecht University Museum, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Gilbert B. Cohen, optometrist
Ellen Cohn, Editor-in-Chief, The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, Yale University Library, New Haven, CT
Professor Stefania Colafranceschi, expert in Iconography, art historian
Philip R. Collins, Director, Barometer World Ltd, Merton, Devon, United Kingdom
Angelica Condrau, Leiterin Bildarchiv, Swiss National Museum, Zurich, Switzerland
Robert Congdon, Professor of Italian studies, Wheaton College, Norton, MA
Chris Connelly, General Manager, Ripley’s Believe It or Not, Atlantic City Museum, New Jersey
Jacob Conrad, Curator of Collections, Genesee Country Village and Museum, Mumford, NY
Dorothy Conroy, Co-curator, North Attleboro Historical Society, N. Attleboro, MA
Henry Cooke, Town Historian, Randolph, MA
Bryony Coombs, Photographic Librarian, Historic Scotland, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Shona Corner, Photography & Licensing Manager, National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh, UK
Father Giuseppe M. Corradi, Shrine of Monte Berico, Vicenza, Italy
Peter Cottino, Director, Villa San Michele, Ana Capri, Italy
Bob Cottrell, Director, Remick Country Doctor Museum and Farm, Tamworth, NH
Chris Craig, Assistant Curator, National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh
James Craig, Associate Curator for Collections, Cape Ann Historical Museum, Gloucester, MA
Louise Crane, Picture Researcher, Wellcome Trust Medical Photographic Library, London, UK
Frederique Crestin-Billet, author, collector
Erin Crissman, Curator, Historic Cherry Hill, Albany, NY
Kim Crowley, BFA and MFA Sculpture, renowned sculptor, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Mark Cushway, Managing Editor, mivision, Australasia's leading ophthalmic monthly
Chuck Cuthbertson
Donna Curtin, Ph.D., Executive Director, Plymouth Antiquarian Society, Plymouth, MA
Father Damir Cvitić, Franciscan Monastery of the Assumption of Saint Mary, Split Croatia

DeAnn Dankowski, Permissions Coordinator, The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota
John C. Dann, Ph.D., Director, William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Jens Dannehl, Reproduction Department, Universitätsbibliothek, Heidelberg, Germany
Julie Dapper, actress, playwright
Brigitte Daprà, Exhibition office, Museum of Capodimonte, Naples, Italy
Louisa Dare, Photo lab assistant, Courtauld Institute of Art Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Megan David, Head Docent and Museum Educator, New London County Historical Society, New London, CT
Jim Davidson, Honorary Curator, Rutland Historical Society, Rutland, VT
Joanne W. Davis, Curator, Wayland Historical Society
John Davis, Curator, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Williamsburg, Virginia
Lois H. Davis, Archivist, Wayland Historical Society
Ruthanna Davis, Historical Researcher, Blanding Public Library, Rehoboth, MA
Univ. Prof. Dr. Franz Daxecker, Medical University of Innsbruck, Department of Ophthalmology and Optometry, Innsbruck, Austria
Dr Reina de Raat, curator medical collections, University Museum, Utrecht, the Netherlands
Yolande Deckers, Head of Department, Rights and Reproductions and Collections, Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp, Belgium
Dr. Marcus Dekiert, Referent fur Hollandische and Deutsche Barockmalerei, Alte Pinakothek, München, Germany
Dr Nico W.H.M. Dekkers, Chairman Prof. Weve Foundation, The Netherlands
Marianne Delafond, curator, Musee Marmottan Monet, Paris, France
Father Franjo Deli, Monastery of St. Francis in Split (Poljud), Croatia
Raymond Dennis, M.A., Program Director, Professor, Design & Dispensing Program, Middlesex Community College, Middletown, CT
Ruth DeAmicis, Curator, Winchendon Historical Society, Winchendon, MA
Leonard DeGraaf, Archivist, Edison National Historic Site, National Park Service, West Orange, NJ
Marina López de Haro, Departamento de Actividades Culturales Museo de la Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, Madrid, Spain
Frans de Jong, Department of Visual Resources, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Rachel Deschepper, Associate Editor, Country Home magazine
Frank J. Devlyn, Chairman, The Rotary Foundation 2005-06, Past Rotary International President 2000-01
Patrick Devlyn, Director of the Devlyn Foundation
Jean-Marie Devriendt
David Dick, FBDO, Dispensing Optician
Wendy Dick, representative for Vision Aid Overseas
Sig. Andrea Di Meo, Polo Museale Fiorentino
Quirine Dijkman, Teamleader in the Nuirsing Department, European Association of Eye Hospitals (EAEH)
Dom DiMaggio, retired All Star Major League baseball player
Simona Di Marco, Segreteria editorial, Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy
Lizabeth Dion, Picture Library, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Professor Spencer DiScala, Director, Graduate History Program, University of Mass., author
Melanie Dodenhoff, Curator, Freetown Historical Society
Sirkku Dölle, Chief Curator, Archives for print and photographs, The National Board of Antiquities, Helsinki, Finland
Fernando Benito Doménech, Director, Museo de Bellas Artes de Valencia, Spain
Pam Donnaruma, editor, Boston Post Gazette
Deborah G. Douglas, Ph.D., Curator of Science and Technology, MIT Museum, Cambridge, MA
Richard P. Douglas, Veterans’ Affairs, Museum of World War II, Natick, MA
Professor Dr. sc. Vjekoslav Dorn, Vice President of the Croatian Ophthalmological Society
David Downs, retired teacher, experienced entertainer as an 18th century surgeon, reinactor, known as “H. Glump Physician; a member of the Rehoboth Minutemen”
Linda J. Draper, Librarian & Museum Curator, International Library, Archives, & Museum of Optometry (ILAMO), St. Louis, MO
Prof. Dr. Michel Draguet, General Director, Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Brussels, Belgium
Patricia Dubus, curator, John Greenleaf Whittier Home Museum, Amesbury, MA
Trish Duffel, RPh, MA Managing Editor, Iowa Eye News, Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, Iowa City, IA
Richard Duffy, curator, Arlington Historical Society, Arlington, MA
Gerald Dujsik, Director, Learning Resources, Illinois College of Optometry, Chicago, IL
Tony Dumitru, Collections Manager, Nantucket Historical Association, Nantucket, MA
Peter Dunscombe, investment advisor
Melissa Dunlap, Executive Director, Niagara County Historical Society, Inc., Lockport, NY
Dr. Sven Dupré, Centre for History of Science, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

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