Verslag 2022

The following activities of the Policy Document 2019 were undertaken in 2022

  1. Harlem Renaissance Correspondence Project. The research will focus on correspondence concerning the leading intellectuals of the Harlem Renaissance such as Marcus Garvey,  W.E.B Du Bois, and Alain Locke. Relevant archives are located at the British Library in London, the Beinecke Library at Yale University, the University of Florida at Gainesville, the British Library, London and the University of Nairobi.
  2. Library. Some 50 volumes were acquired on 20th and 21st century American and English literature, contemporary literary criticism and reference books.
  3. Courses. The lectures for the 2022 season were resumed after the Covid-19 pandemic. Thirty-two lectures were given by Dr Van Notten on works by Amor Towles, Anthony Trollope, Jonathan Coe, Ian McEwan, Anthony Powell, David Guterson, Grace Paley and Carol  Shields. Ten lectures were given by Dr Tigges on works by George & Weedon Grossmith, Samuel Butler, Vladimir Nabokov, Muriel Spark, Ha Jin, Julian Barnes, Graham Greene, Molly Keane, Graeme Simsion, and Alan Bennett. The total number of students was 63.me 50 volumes were acquired on 20th and 21st century American and English literature, contemporary literary criticism and reference books.
  4. Summerschool. In view of the platinum jubilee of Queen Elisabeth II a lecture was given by Dr Tigges on The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett. 18 Persons attending.

The twenty-sixth annual meeting of the Board of the Eleonora Stichting was held 13 August by video link.

Financial report. The policy is to support the activities of the Foundation as long as funds are available.

Statement of Financial Position on 31 December 2022

 

Assets

 €

 

Liabilities

 €

Inventory

         419

 

Endowment Funds

    -128.181

Receivables

              –

 

Short-term debt

     136.178

Working Capital

      7.578

     

Capital assets

      7.997

   

         7.997

Statement of Operations on 31 December 2022
Debit
ExpensesRevenues
Programme      3.923Program Revenues         6.775
Administration    12.432Donations         1.800
Financial      2.334Negative balance       10.114
  18.689       18.689

The Board wishes to recognise the commitment to the Stichting by Mr and Dr van Notten for their contribution of € 4,000.

The Dutch IRS (Belastingdienst) acknowledged the mission of the Eleonora Stichting and gave it the designation of a charitable foundation (Algemeen Nut Beoogende Instelling) as of January 1st 2008 for an indefinite period. The Stichting was designated a Cultural Charitable Foundation on 6 November 2020, the implication being that donations to the Stichting can be made free from taxation.

Members of the Board are: Dr Th.L. Heacox (chairman) (College of William and Mary), W.F.J. van Notten (secretary & treasurer), Dr P.E. Russell (Vassar College), and Dr C. Cogswell (Northwestern University).