 Upon discovering that Ann Novotny was preparing a book to be entitled "Alice's World", Henry contacted her and joined The Friends of Alice Austen.The group undertook to place a marker in a ceremony at Alice Austen's gravesite and, after Ann Novotny's demise, to have a Staten Island ferry named in her honor.Henry's documentation of the condition of the house and the progress of the restoration were included in the Historic Structures Report that preceded and accompanied the saving of the house.