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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.
- Lauren Macchia, Administrative Technician, Boston African American
National Historic Site, National Park Service
- Ronald MacGregor, FCOptom., Dip.Orth., author, editor, OAICC newsletter
- Karen MacInnis, Curator of Collections, Marblehead
Historical Society, Marblehead, MA
- Karen Mafera, Circulation Supervisor, Sharon Public Library
- Katie Maggs, Assistant Curator of Medicine, Science Museum, South
Kensington, London
- Carla Majahad, Director, North Andover Historical Society,
North Andover, MA
- Andrew Male, Policy and Projects Manager, Property Investment
Department, Church Commissioners, London, UK
- Lisa Maley, Laser Vision Coordinator, Cornea Associates of Texas
- Richard C. Malley, Assistant Director of Museum Collections
and Curator of Technology, Connecticut Historical Society Museum, Hartford, CT
- Robert Jay Malone, Executive Director, History of Science
Society, Gainesville, FL
- Cath Maloney, Photography Library, Museum of London, London, UK
- George Manos, architect, Township Commissioner of Lower Merion,
Pennsylvania
- Fabien Marchand, Belgium
- Meredith Marcinkewicz, curator, Shirley Historical Society, Shirley,
MA
- dott.ssa Susy Marcon, Conservatore, Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana,
Ufficio manoscritti, Venezia
- Wilma Margaria, Tourist office, City of Saluzzo, Italy
- Dave Margulius, Editor, The Collectors Weekly
- Gilbert Marly, optician
- Pierre Marly, author, collector, creator of innovative fashion
designs, “Optician to the Stars”
- Norman Marquis, Optician, Past President Opticians
Association of Mass.
- Carolyn Marr, Librarian, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle, WA
- Terry Marshall, M.D., ophthalmologist, writer
- Michael Martins, Curator, The Fall River Historical Society, Fall
River, MA
- Bridget Marx, Collections Manager/Curator of Exhibitions, Meadows
Museum, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX
- Professor Dr. Harald Marx, Director, Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister,
Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Germany
- Mrs. Petra Marx, Curator of Middle Ages, Westfälisches Landesmuseum
für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, Münster, Germany
- Alexandria Mason, curator, The House of the Seven Gables,
Salem, MA
- Laura Mason, Executive Director, Ontario Opticians Association,
Toronto, Canada
- Mary Mason, daughter of Dr. Edward C. Bull
- Prof. Matejka, Metropolitan Chapter of Saint Vitus
- Donnajean Matthews, Director of Library Services, Southern
California College of Optometry, Fullerton, CA
- Alan Mathewson, retiree
- John Mathewson, Collections Manager, Henry Sheldon Museum
of Vermont History, Middlebury, VT
- Mark Mattison-Shupnick, optician, independent consultant, Opticianry Hall of Fame, lecturer
- JoLouise McCue, Executive Director, Berkshire County Historical
Society, Pittsfield, MAhn Mayer, Curator, Maine Historical Society, Portland, ME
- Walter Mayer, Director of Museum Collections, Buffalo and Erie
County
Historical Society, Buffalo, New York
- Judith McAlister, Museum Curator, Falmouth Historical Society,
Falmouth, MA
- Ruth S. McAndrews, O.D., President, VOSH-International
- Alan McBrayer, researcher, author
- Michael McBride, Curator, Henry Whitfield State Museum,
Guilford, CT
- Beth McCarthy, Curator, Nashua Historical Society, Nashua,
NH
- Denise McCarty, Senior Editor, Linn's Stamp News, Sidney, OH
- Elizabeth McClung, Director, Belle Grove Plantation, Middletown,
Virginia
- Melinda McCurdy, Research Associate, The Huntington Library, Art
Collections, and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, California
- Chris McDonagh, Associate Editor, Eye Net Magazine,
American Academy of Ophthalmology
- L.J.McElroy, Executive Director, South County Museum,
Narragansett, RI
- E. Richard McKinstry, Curator, Winterthur, Winterthur, DE
- Cathy McNassor, Museum archivist, Natural History Museum of
Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, CA.
- Sean Michael McWilliams, B.S., archivist/dealer in optical
curiosities
- Dr. Frank Mecklenburg, Director of Research, Chief
Archivist, Leo Baeck Institute, New York, NY
- Sarah Medlam, Senior Curator, Furniture, Textiles and Fashion
Department, Victoria and Albert Museum, South Kensington, London
- Norman Medow, M.D, Chair of the Museum Committee of the
American Academy of Ophthalmology
- Bill Meikle, Emmy-winning actor who performs as Ben Franklin
- Valerie Mellor, B.A., Membership Secretary of the OAICC
- Sheena Meneghetti, Assistant to the Director, National Gallery of
Scotland, The Mound, Edinburgh, UK
- Edith Menna, Curator and Director, Pioneer Memorial Museum, Salt Lake City, UT
- Lorraine Mepham, Senior Project Manager, Wessex Technology,
Salisbury, Wilts, UK
- Julia Merkel, Preservation Specialist, James Madison University,
Harrisonburg, VA.
- Dr. Sabine Mertens, Department of Painting and Sculptures,
Landesmuseum Mainz, Mainz, Germany
- Suzanne Meso, Office Manager, Aerotech, Inc. Pittsburgh, PA
- Maurice R. Meslans, BA., antique silver dealer, French
marks expert
- Christine Messing, Assistant Curator, George Washington's Mount
Vernon Estate & Gardens, Mount Vernon, Virginia
- Major General Charles Metcalf (Ret.), Director, National Museum of
the US Air Force, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH
- Christa Metter
- Dr. Eckhard Michael, Director, Museum for the principality of
Lueneburg, Lueneburg, Germany
- Father Michel-Marie, Prior of the Brothers of Saint John, Abbey
Church of La Chaise Dieu, France
- Glenn Miley, optician, York, PA
- Pamela Miller, History of Medicine Librarian, Osler Library
of the History of Medicine, Montreal, Quebec
- Heather W. Milne, Curator of Photographic Collections, The Museum of
the Confederacy, Richmond, VA
- Dr. George Minkenberg, Director/Archeologist, Cathedral of Aachen,
Aachen/Aix-la-Chapelle, Germany
- Martin Mintz, Picture Researcher, British Library, London, UK
- Saiichi Mishima, M.D., D.Msc., Professor Emeritus of Tokyo
University and Tokyo-Kosei Nenkin Hospital, author
- Brian Mitchell, FBDO, Dispensing optician
- Gertraut Sofia Mockel, Assistant responsible for the Treasury Vault,
Cathedral of Aachen, Aachen/Aix-la-Chapelle, Germany
- Francesco Modolo, Assistant, Museo del Precinema, Padova, Italy
- Luca Moioli, chemist, antiques dealer
- Michael Molnar, Acting Director, Freud Museum, London
- John Monfasani, Executive Director, Renaissance Society of America, The Graduate School and University Center, The City University of New York
- Betty Moore, Curator, Hampton Historical Society – Tuck
Museum, Hampton, NH
- Andrew Morris, Head of Photographic Service, The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK
- Elizabeth Morris, Assistant Editor, the Papers of Benjamin Franklin,
Yale University Library
- Margaret Morrissey, Adult Services Librarian, Jacob Edwards
Library, Southbridge, MA
- Elizabeth Morrison, Curator of Manuscripts, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA
- Hugh Morrison, Collections Registrar, Historic Scotland, Edinburgh,
United Kingdom
- Dr. Alison D. Morrison-Low, Principal Curator, History of Science
and Photography, National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh
- Regina Moscardini, Curator, Bartlett Museum, Amesbury, MA
- Mike Mott, editor, EyeNet magazine of the American Academy of
Ophthalmology
- Philip Mould, Director, Philip Mould Ltd, London, UK
- Ann Moyer, Chair, Electronic Media, Renaissance Society of America, The Graduate School and University Center, The City University of New York
- Angela Murphy, Head of Picture Library, Science Museum,
London, U.K
- Marsha A. Mullin, Chief Curator/Director of Museum
Services, The Hermitage, Hermitage,TN
- Jim Mundy, Archivist, Union League of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
- Dana Signe K. Munroe, Registrar, Rhode Island Historical Society,
Providence, RI
- Mursad Murguz, Croatian and Bosnian translator
- Eric Muth, B.S., Ph.D., International researcher and
historian emeritus, author, advisor, trailblazer, writer, “Vision Aids in History”
- Chris Mycock, Museum Assistant, Moyse’s Hall Museum, Cornhill, Bury
St Edmunds, Suffolk, United Kingdom
- Jean Nall, President, Wrentham Historical Society, Wrentham, MA
- Josh Nall, Historian, Whipple Museum of the History of Science, Cambridge, UK
- Marilla Napoleone, jewelry designer, artist and illustrator, received
her diploma in historical arts and painting
- Dr. Stephen Nash, Head of Collections, Department of Anthropology, The
Field Museum, Chicago, IL
- Donald L. Nathanson, M.D., Executive Director, The Silvan
S. Tomkins Institute, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Jefferson Medical
College, Philadelphia, PA
- Herb Natkin, President, New Era Optical Company, Chicago,
IL
- Amanda Nelson, Former Curator, Ipswich Historical Society,
Ipswich, MA
- Sylvia Nelson, Hanover Historical Society, Hanover, NH
- Val Nelson, Registrar, Jersey Heritage Trust, Jersey,
Channel Islands
- Mrs. Magda Nemcova, Registrar, National Gallery in Prague, Czech Republic
- Herr Hans Peter Neumann, high priest, St. Nikolai Church, Stralsund,
Germany
- Joann Nichols, volunteer, Brattleboro Historical Society
- Jane Niebling, Ephemera Dealer
- Chris Nims, Director, Libraries of the Mass Eye & Ear Infirmary, Abraham
Pollen Archives, Boston, MA
- Inge Noerballe, Director, Bakkehusmuseet, Frederiksberg, Dennmark
- Jonathan Nolting, Photographic Services Assistant, Cincinnati Art
Museum, Cincinnati, OH
- Jeremy Norman, Jeremy Norman & Co., Inc., Novato, CA
- Francis Norton, Director, S J Phillips, Ltd., London, United Kingdom
- Susan Nurse, Visual Resources Coordinator, Memorial Art
Gallery of the University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
- Monica Ochnio, Curator of Polish paintings, National Museum, Warsaw,
Poland
- Sheila O'Connell, Curator, Department of Prints and Drawings, The
British Museum, UK
- Aleksandra Oleksiak, Assistant, Photographic & Reproduction Rights
Department, National Museum in Warsaw, Poland
- Paul R. Oliver, O.D., retired optometrist
- Joanne Olson, Assistant Director of Communications, Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO), Rockville, MD
- Lizzy Ondaatje, Public Relations, Amsterdam Historical Museum,
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Wilma Marrero Ortiz, Director of the Library, Inter - American
University of Puerto Rico School of Optometry
- Michelle Ortwein, Curator, Edison National Historic Site, National
Park Service, West Orange, NJ
- Helen Osmani, Image Licensing and Product Development Manager,
National Museums Scotland Enterprises Ltd.
- Lili Ott, Groton Historical Society, Groton, MA
- Jamie Owen, Picture Library Manager Royal Geographical Society with IBG, London, UK
- Richard Pailthorpe, Estate Manager, Syon Park, Brentford, West London,
United Kingdom
- Elaine Pajka, Volunteer in Collections, Worcester Historical Museum,
Worcester, MA
- Major General Maurizio Pallone of Italian Army Technical
Corp.
- Dorothy-Anne Pangburn, Curator, Ridgewood Historical Society,
Ridgewood, N.J.
- Mildred Pape, Business Manager, Museum of the Mountain Man, Sublette County Historical Society Inc., Pinedale, WY
- Hye-Roung Park, Curator, Seoul National University Medical School
Museum Seoul, South Korea
- Sarah Parker, Director/Curator, The Edward Jenner Museum Berkeley,
Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
- Bénédicte Pasques, Documentalist, Musée Lorrain, Town Museum of Nancy,
France
- Matthew Paton, Press Office, Christie’s, London
- Vivian Patterson, Curator of Collections, Williams College Museum of
Art, Williamstown, MA
- Alex Peck, medical antiques
- Cynthia Peckham, Curator, The Sandy Bay Historical Society
& Museum
- Charlene Peacock, Print Department Assistant, The Library
Company of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
- Douglas Peniston O.D.Ph.D., President, Optometric
Historical Society, Oklahoma College of Optometry, Northeastern State
University, Tahlequah, Oklahoma
- Paz Olmos Peris, Director General of Patrimony Culture, Valencia,
Italy
- Linda Szekely Pero, Curator of Collections, Norman Rockwell Museum,
Stockbridge, MA
- Roxanne Peters, Picture Library, Victoria & Albert Museum,
S. Kensington, London, U.K.
- Heidi Petracek, Associate Producer, CBC Radio “Freestyle”, Vancouver,
British Columbia
- Patti Philippon, Collections Manager, The Mark Twain House
& Museum, Hartford, CT
- Cameron Phillips, Host, CBC Radio “Freestyle”, Vancouver, British
Columbia
- Photography and Rights Department, Pierpont Morgan Library, New York,
New York
- Dr. Marnix Pieters, Scientific Collaborator, Museum Walraversijde,
Province of West-Flanders, Belgium
- Mike Piorunski, Chief Librarian, Friedenwald-Romano Library, Wilmer Eye
Institute, Baltimore, MD
- Dr. Phillippa Plock, Department of History, University of Warwick, working as a Research Fellow at Waddesdon Manor, Waddesdon, Buckinghamshire, UK
- Sharon Pitt
- Dr. Michael Polasky, Assistant Professor, Assistant Dean,
Ohio State University School of Optometry, Columbus, OH
- Dr. Maarten Poldermans, Town archeologist, Haarlem, The Netherlands
- Richard Policastro, Curator, The National Italian American Sports
Hall of Fame, Chicago, IL
- Ruth Pollack, enthusiast
- Dr. Duane Polzein, optometrist, historian
- Aubrey Pomerance, Head of Archives, Jewish Museum, Berlin,
Germany
- Borivoj Popovcak, Director, Strossmayer’s Gallery of Ancient Masters,
Zagreb, Croatia
- Cindy Port, friend, advisor, creator, visionary and philosopher
- Jane Port, Curator of Collections, Pilgrim Hall Museum,
Plymouth, MA
- Simon K. Posch, Director, Haus Der Musik, Vienna, Austria
- Joanne Potter, Registrar, The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center,
Poughkeepsie, New York
- Jennifer Potts, curator, Braintree Historical Society,
Braintree, MA
- Carolyn T. Powers, Executive Director, Falmouth Historical Society,
Falmouth, MA
- Maria Powers, Assistant to the Executive Director, Louisa May Alcott's Orchard House, Concord, MA
- Deana Preston, Historic Site Assistant, Senate House State
Historic Site, Kingston, NY
- Evan Price, co-owner of Auberge Saint-Antoine,Québec, Canada
- Thomas Price, Curator of Collections, James K. Polk Home, Columbia, TN
- Linda Procter-Mackley, Collections Assistant, Brontë Parsonage Museum, Haworth, West Yorkshire, UK
- Anna Quadri, President and Director, Dante Alighieri Society,
Cambridge, MA
- Ellen Racine, curator, Northborough Historical Society,
Northborough, MA
- Jürgen Raible, Director, akg-images (formerly known as "Archiv für
Kunst und Geschichte"), Berlin Germany
- V.K. Raju, M.D., F.R.C.S., F.A.C.S., Ophthalmologist
- Till Ramstein, graphic designer, publisher
- George Randazzo, Founder & Chairman, The National Italian American
Sports Hall of Fame, Chicago, IL
- Jerome Rankine, Rights & Reprint Sales, Newsweek, New York,
NY
- Lucy Rastelli, Cultural Editor – Inside the Vatican magazine, writer
- Barbara Rathburn, Associate Registrar, Shelburne Museum,
Shelburne, VT
- Chris Rawlings, The British Library Researcher, London, United Kingdom
- Jeffrey Ray, Senior Curator, Atwater Kent Museum,
Philadelphia, PA
- Tori Reeve, Curator of Collections, Properties Presentation, English
Heritage, London, UK
- Dr Carole Reeves, Outreach Historian, The Wellcome Trust Centre for
the History of Medicine at UCL, London, UK
- Elisabet Regner, Senior Curator, Museum of National Antiquities, Stockholm, Sweden
- Evelyne Regolati, Assistant to the Director, Museum of the History
of Medicine, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Steffi Reh, Photographic Service, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden,
Gemaldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden, Germany
- Kenneth W. Rendell, Director, Museum of World War II, Natick, MA
- Christine Reynolds, Assistant Keeper of Muniments, The Library,
Westminster Abbey, London
- Dr. Michael Rhodes, Head of Museum Services, Torbay Council, United
Kingdom
- Daphne Riabokon, secretary, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Dr. Margret Ribbert, Curator, Historisches Museum, Basel,
Switzerland
- Dana Ricciardi, Curator, Framingham Historical Society and
Museum, Framingham, MA
- Sandra Richards, House Team Leader and Archivist, Warwick Castle,
Warwickshire, England
- Martha Richardson, Collection Manager, Collection of Historical
Scientific Instruments Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
- Mr. Michael Rief, Conservator, Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum, Aachen, Germany
- Ralph Riffenburgh, ophthalmologist
- Dott. Righini, Leader of the Ministry of the Interior, Rome, Italy
- Janneke Rijpkema, Account Manager, The Pepin Press, Amsterdam, the
Netherlands
- Jennifer Riley, Digital Image Resources, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Barbara M. Rimkunas, Curator, Exeter Historical Society,
Exeter, NH
- Dr. Edgar Ring, Stadtarchaologe, Stadt Lueneburg, Germany
- Paul Rittenhouse, descendant of David Rittenhouse , who likely made
eyeglasses for George Washington used at the Newburgh Conspiracy.
- Rene "Skip" Rivard, Executive Director, Connecticut Opticians Association,
Rocky Hill, CT
- Hector Rivero-Borrell, Director, Franz Mayer Museum, Mexico City,
Mexico
- Dr. Ralph Rober, Konstanz Museum, Konstanz, Germany
- Cheryle Robertson, Rights + Reproductions Department, Los Angeles
County Museum of Art, LACMA, Los Angeles, CA
- Reverend Keith Robinson, Rector, The Parish Church of Sarum St. Martin,
Salisbury, United Kingdom
- Ernesto Rodriguez III, Assistant to the Curator, The Alamo,
San Antonio, Texas
- Dr. M. Marion Roehmer, Curator, Ostfriesisches Teemuseum, Norden, Germany
- Diane Rofini, Librarian, Chester County Historical Society, West Chester,
PA
- Juan Luis Roldan, author of a non-commercial web page called “Ilusionario”,
about optical illusions and impossible figures.
- Michael Rolston, owner, descendant, Henderson Hall, Parkersburg, WV
- Salvatore Romano, Villa San Michele, Anacapri, Italy
- Estrella Rodriguez Roncero, Education Department, Museo de Bellas
Artes de Valencia, Spain
- Stephanie Rookis, Alabama Museum of the Health Sciences,
University of Alabama at Birmingham,Alabama
- Elissa Rosenthal, correspondent, the Sharon Advocate
- J. William Rosenthal, M.D., MSc, DSc, ophthalmologist,
author, philanthropist, Chief Curator of Spectacles at the American Academy of
Ophthalmology Foundation, Ophthalmic Consultant for the
Smithsonian Institution Diplomat of the American Board of Ophthalmology,
Fellow in the American College of Surgeons, the International College of
Surgeons, Royal Society of Medicine, and the French Ophthalmologic Society,
and Founder and Curator of the Jonas W. Rosenthal, MD Memorial Ophthalmology
Museum at Tulane University
- Dr. Med. Hans-Walter Roth, Director, Institut fur Wissenschaftliche
Kontaktoptik Ulm, Germany
- Peter Rothenberg, Curator, Museum of Early Trades and
Crafts, Madison, NJ
- Sara Roxburgh, Personal assistant/Administrator, Trevor Philip & Sons Ltd, London, UK
- Patti Ruggiero, long-time friend and supporter
- Marta Ruiz, Assistant Curator of Modern Art, Museo
Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, Spain
- Alan Rumrill, Director, Historical Society of Cheshire County, Keene, NH.
and Curator, Stoddard Historical Society, Stoddard, NH
- Dr. Mrs. Mylene Ruoss, Curator of Stained Glass, Swiss National Museum,
Zurich, Switzerland
- Ferdynand B. Ruszczyc, Director, National Museum, Warsaw, Poland
- Fiona Russell, Director, Amherst Historical Society &
Museum, Amherst, MA
- Sandra Rux, Manager, Portsmouth Historical Society, Warner House,
Wentworth-Gardner Association, Portsmouth, New Hampshire
- Kelley Ryan, Host, CBC Radio “Freestyle”, Vancouver, British Columbia
- Lauren Harry Ryan, Assistant Curator for exhibitions, North Carolina
Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC
- Olivia Ryan, Administrative Assistant, Center for History
and New Media, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
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