Annual Report FY2014

182nd Annual1, 2013 ~ March 31, 2014 Report April Over the past year, Mount Auburn has embarked on many ambitious and important projects to conserve historic and artistic treasures on our grounds and to preserve the historic records found in our archives. Many of these projects have been made possible with individual gifts and grants made to the Friends of Mount Auburn. The fiscal year highlights include: • the conservation of five Civil War-era monuments and new landscape enhancements surrounding a sixth monument, in conjunction with the Sesquicentennial of the Civil War; • the completion of preservation work on one monument by James Wilson Alexander MacDonald and another monument for Isaac Fay; • a Cemetery-hosted and staff-led symposium on the uses of lead in the preservation of fences, monuments and mausolea, held for professional colleagues in August of 2013; • the digitization of all Cemetery records related to Mount Auburn’s 30 most significant monuments, as part of a two-year Institute of Museum and Library Services project to research, catalog, document and asses the conditions of these monuments. M ou n t Au b u r n C e m e t e ry A National Historic Landmark 1