Fall 2019 • Vol. 2, Issue 18 Traveling exhibit features Sioux City-born artist ore than 30 works proof and a Bon-a-tier proof. After graduating from Sioux by a Sioux City-born Other mediums featured are City East High School in 1955, Martist are showcased oil painting, acrylic painting, Howell served in the U.S. in the Sioux City Public monotype, serigraph, Conté Marine Corps. In 1965, his first Museum’s exhibit, The Art of crayon, pencil, ink and art gallery in Breckenridge, Frank Howell: The Early Years. bronze sculpture. Exhibit CO, became a quick Borrowed from a private highlights include Bouquet success due to the popularity collection, the traveling (1979), Wounded Knee of his Western landscape exhibit spans the years of Woman (1985) and Blue paintings. During the early- 1966 to 1994, focusing on Raven (1994). 1970s while living in Taos, NM, his career-defining art of he developed the Native the 1970s and 1980s. Howell Born in 1937, Francis L. J. American-inspired portraiture is considered to be one of Howell was the only son of for which he is best known. the cornerstone artists of the Marion and Betty Howell Howell passed away in 1997. Contemporary Southwest Art of Sioux City. His paternal New exhibit movement in the Santa Fe grandmother, Mary Mike, Remnants of the West: Taos area. who was one-half Lakota, Photography by Edward S. had a profound influence on Curtis and Mark James Since Howell was one of Howell. She taught him about the few artists of his era Native American culture and recognized as both an nurtured his artistic talent, important painter and a which manifested itself at master lithographer, more an early age. Lakota culture than half the works are taught the young Howell to lithographs. Among these observe the natural world are rare examples like artist’s closely and to consider proofs, a state proof, a trial mankind’s place in it.

Edward S. Curtis, At the Water’s Edge - Piegan, plate 195, copyright 1910, Dubuque Museum of Art, Gift of the On display through February 2, 2020, Dubuque Cultural Preservation Committee, The Art of Frank Howell: The Early Years 2009.195. See inside back cover for details. features a variety of works from the Sioux City-born artist. Inside: FY19 Annual Report

The Sioux City Public Museum collects, preserves, and interprets cultural and social history with an emphasis on Sioux City and the region.

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WHO: Sioux City Public Museum WHAT: Grand Opening Ceremony & Ribbon Cutting WHEN: Saturday, April 23, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. WHERE: 607 4th Street Director’s Report by Steve Hansen hank you for taking Attendance, outreach made for another year of the time to read this programs, exhibits, education positively impacting the Tedition of the “Timeline” programs, and special events community. newsletter. As you can are all areas that we can see, we had another great measure and we report on What I enjoy most about year at all of our Museum annually. Additionally, the the annual issue is that it locations. The annual report number of school groups, gives me another chance contained in this issue to thank everyone that has showcases many of the ...another year of contributed to the Museum’s areas that we consider to positively impacting success through the past be key parts of our Museum the community year. We benefit from an mission. Often someone will excellent volunteer group ask, “How do you measure artifact donations and and outstanding staff and the Museum’s success?” volunteer hours invested in supporters who believe in My response is that we use bettering the Museum are our mission. We thank you for numerous metrics, but the also key measures. When your incredible support and most important one is that you look through this report, I wish you the very best as we we make a difference in the believe you will agree these head for the holidays. community. measures combined have Volunteer Spotlight Marta Nelson nce a teacher, never seen or heard of this always a teacher,” monument!” says Marta. “I Osays Marta Nelson, love a good mystery, so I a retired educator who has started researching what it volunteered at the Research was, where it was and what Center for eight years. Her had happened to it.” interest in history, proficiency in data entry and library Again, husband Don assisted science knowledge, led her Marta by combing through to give more than 260 hours the Museum and Sioux City of service in FY19. Public Library collections. East High Veterans Memorial A Sioux City Journal article Two of her other post- Wall was dedicated across asking for the community’s retirement projects have from the gym. help led to an answer in less focused on preserving local than 24 hours. Tom Munson, history as well. Marta and As a member of the Archives Manager, validated Don, her husband of 45 Daughters of the American that it was “The Rock.” As a years, researched the names Revolution (DAR), Marta result, the missing plaque was on a WWII plaque that had led efforts to rededicate reproduced, a monument been displaced during East a monument to the Old base was erected and the High’s move. Together, they Trail located in boulder was reset. Marta used Museum records, old War Eagle Park in summer designed an informational school records, and online 2019. Three years ago, Marta sign to explain the trail and its military and burial records to found a DAR program from importance, and the City of provide thumbnail bios, burial the original dedication of Sioux City created a walking locations and photos for 70 a brass plaque fixed to a trail to the monument. of the 72 names. In 2017, the large boulder in 1929. “I’d Sioux City Museum & Historical Association ANNUAL REPORT Fiscal Year 2018 – 2019 • July 1, 2018 – June 30, 2019 Sioux City Public Museum Elaborate altar displays and groups’ age, curriculum and a celebration centered interests. School tours were around the Mexican obser- designed to enhance chil- vance of Día de los Muertos dren’s inherent curiosity and (Day of the Dead). An exhibit excitement in the Museum, featuring the origins of Sioux by giving them opportunities City’s 100-year-old Munici- for self-guided investigation. pal Band. Walking tours of One goal of each tour was neighborhoods, downtown, to create a future Museum- a cemetery and even the goer, by inviting students to skywalk. These are just a few “be the guide” for their of the activities the Sioux City family on a future visit.

Public Museum brought to Volunteers assist Museum staff with school the community in FY19. The fun continued when group tours throughout the year. school was out for the and Girls Inc. These programs Museum staff and volunteers summer, with special pro- incorporate hands-on gave more than 100 tours grams and curriculum for activities, crafts and last year, tailored to each preschools, Beyond the Bell focused exhibit tours. Sgt. Floyd River Museum & Welcome Center The River encouraged and extended The riverfront location was Museum & Welcome Center the stay of travelers by 24% the focus of two spring provided 361 days of service for a half day, 31% for 1 day activities: the family-friendly in FY19. Tours featuring the and 15% for 2 days. Overall, Kite Flying/Scavenger Hunt Lewis & Clark Expedition and domestic travelers spent a was added as an annual river history were given to 16 total of $8.50 billion in , event; and Welcome Center bus and 54 school groups. an increase of 3.3% from the staff assisted with riverfront Just over 20,000 visitors were previous year. clean-up efforts in the Litter welcomed from every state Dash, earning the Team Spirit as well as Australia, Canada, Summer annual events were Award. Japan, China, and several well attended with 90 cars European countries. at the Bill Diamond Classic The Sergeant Floyd River & Antique Car Show in July. Museum & Welcome Center The Iowa Tourism Office The following month, the celebrated 30 years of compiled data from surveys Sergeant Floyd Memorial serving the public on May each welcome center takes Encampment again featured 15th with an open house. A annually. The findings show children’s activities, scaven- photographic presentation that Certified Iowa Travel ger hunts, and re-enactors highlighting the boat’s history Counselors across the state educating attendees. was also given. The Sioux City Public Museum collects, preserves, and interprets cultural and social history with an emphasis on Sioux City and the region. Volunteers During the past fiscal year, Hannah Brennan, Kristen Brown, *Connie Macfarlane, Doug *Harold Canny, *John Carter, Macfarlane, Mary Macomber, 112 volunteers contributed Denise Castillo, Carmen Cobb, Elaine Carmen Major, Sandy Mansfield, 9,124 hours of service for the Cogdill, **Katie Colling, Ron Colling, Brendan McKenna, Phyllis McMillan, Museum, , Jill I. Collins, Emily Copple, Paul Caitlin Miller, Aaron Montanez, and Welcome Center. Of Crandall, Mark Custer, Noel Dcruz, *Marc Mozak, *David Nelson, Don **Amy DeGroot-Hammer, Jessica Nelson, Kim Nelson, Marta Nelson, these, there were 8 student Dekker, Mary Dermit, *Don Duzik, *Terry **Ben Nesselhuf, Augie Nicolai, Jeff volunteers and 7 student Duzik, Terri Ferrell, Janet Flanagan, Olson, Jake Peterson, Barb Philips, interns. Total volunteer hours Kathy Fliginger, **Priscilla Forsyth, Tom Plaza, Bonnie Quade, Ty Ginger France, Jim France, **Gregory Quade, Salma Rios, Rita Rose, equaled the work of more Giles, Arabe Gishe, Jerald Goehring, Randy Rumelhart, Carolyn Schmith, than 4 full-time employees. James L. Goff, *Russ Gondek, *Terry *Joan Schurtz, Anne Shaner, Nancy Other community volunteers Gottburg, *Jody Graham, Mary Helen Shulenberger, Carol Sitzman, David Graves, Jack Gray, Chris Gude, *Greg Sitzmann, **Dave Somsky, Lexie served on boards. Guelcher, Joan Hanson, Mary Heck, Sprague, Marge Swanson, Karen *Association Board, **Board of Trustees Bev Hinds, Jordan Houchins, Jim Jung, Tagatz, Tinh Tran, Katie Verbrugh, Volunteers: John Aguirre, Helen Donald M. Kingery, Ruth Kingery, Lyndi Kate Vlaanderen, Natalie Vondrak, Anderson, Jim Anderson, Wyman Kiple, Ric Krommenhoek, Rosie Kuehne, Nathan Votek, Sue Waples, Jackie (Andy) Anderson, Nayely Aragon- Taylor Lawrence, **Bruce Lear, Hob Warnstadt, Shirley Watson, Tristan Agraz, Jeanine Ashmore, Keith Lessman, Grace Linden, Wayne A. Welie, Allan Wells, Carmen White, Ashmore, Glenn Barnett, Mike Berger, Lindgren, Camille Lydon, Anna Maas, Danny Whitlock, and Jan Youngberg Artifact Donations FY19 Research Center Statistics Books/Booklets Centennial 1882-1982; Omaha Times Donations: 260 Donors: 215 • “A Survey of Dramatic Productions Remembered Volumes 1-3, 2000-02; on Legitimate Stage in Sioux City, St. Paul Evangelical Church Centen- Artifacts: 9,910 estimated Iowa, 1870-1919” dissertation by nial 1883-1983; The Legend of IBP by Artwork/Music Loretta Lyle Willson, 1936 Jeffery Rodengen; The Service Peo- •“April Showers Bring May Flowers” • Bible printed in German, 1798 ple by Bill Beck, 1991; The Teachings phonograph recording by the • Booklets: “A Graduation Memento” of the Holy Catholic Church by S. B. Central High Varsity Band, 1968 by Jessie Harper Heizer; “A Summer Smith et. al., 1886; Woodbury County • Artwork by Davis Grey depicting the to Be Remembered: The Floods of History by the Iowa Writers Program, stockyards, War Eagle Monument, 1993”; Auditorium dedication book- 1942 and Grandview Park Bandshell let, 1950; “Documents of the Free- • Books with Sioux City Public Muse- • Christmas cards and “The Hunters” dom Train” by the Sioux City Cham- um images/research: Irish Iowa by prints by Chuck Raymond ber of Commerce; “Iowa Celebrates Timothy Walch, 2019; Morningside • Clip artwork used in newspapers 150 Years”; “Livestock National College at 125: 1894-2019 by Tim • Euphonium/baritone horn made by Bank 50th Anniversary,” 1945; “Out- Orwig; The Omaha Road in Nebraska J. W. York & Sons brand, 1907-1908 door Adventure” by Iowa’s County by Michael W. Bartels, 2019; and The • Painting by Alice Lawler, 1915 Conservation System, 2018; “Pasture Yards: A Way of Life, Part II by Marcia • Picture of Sioux City ice cream man Trails: A Story of Dairying in the United Poole Jerry “Jingles” Weiner printed on States,” 1951; “Save Our Orpheum”; • “Centurama” booklet and script from stainless steel “Sioux City Historical Journal”; “Sioux the Centennial of Sioux City, 1954 • Sioux City Police Department posters City, Iowa – An Architectural View,” • Cotton Tales book partially written by Rex Mueller, 1997 and 2002 1983; “Sioux City: A True Story of How by the 4th-grade class of Worchester • Songbooks/Sheet Music: “Iowa It Grew” by Rose O’Connor; “Skuo- (Hobson) Elementary School, 1918 Gold” by Jane Roman Pitt; “Sing das & Mineikis: Our Family” by Leon • Guidebooks on object identification, Session” songbook from Charles and Vic Skuodas, “Sod House Pio- antiques, how-to, etc. Newton, Sioux City contractor; “Sioux neers”; “The Corn Palace City,” 1889; • John F. Kennedy Inaugural Address City Sue” by Ray Freedman and “The Making of a Newspaper” by January 20, 1961 Dick Thomas; “Son-O’-Mine” by J. Perkins Bros., c1937; “The New Sears” • Milwaukee Railroad Historic District S. Zamecnik, based on a poem by at 3rd & Pierce, 1950; “The Palmer walking tour guide and pamphlet John Peirce’s daughter, Emily; “Tribe Method of Business Writing,” 1915; • Union Reader schoolbooks 1871-72 of the Sioux” published by TOTS Music “The Year of Fine Arts” for opening • Sioux City Chapter of the National Co.; sheet music and band books for of Eppley Auditorium, 2006 Secretaries Assoc. cookbook, 1957 baritone and 1st trombone, 1916-47 • Books: American Wildlife Art by • “The Wetmore Declamation Bureau: • USS Sioux City LCS11 color print by David J. Wagner; Biography of a The Samuel French of Sioux City” Peter Hsu, 2018 Steamboat Captain by Nancy Van manuscript by Richard Poole, • Watercolor painting of the Turner Dyke-Dickison, 2011; For God and including research documents Octagon House at 108 Kansas St. Country, American Legion Monah- • “Your Neighbor Lady” 9th anniversa- by Gerold Mathewson, 2005 an Post no. 64, 1923; Holstein Iowa ry cookbook by WNAX, 1950 ANNUAL REPORT • 2 Peirce Mansion Peirce Mansion volunteers and lower cabinets were in- logged a record 2,161 hours stalled in the kitchen allowing in FY19, which is equivalent to for more counter space and 270 eight-hour days. storage.

The Peirce Mansion’s floor The 100 events held at the refinishing project involved Mansion included graduation volunteers on their hands and birthday parties, group and knees stripping, scrap- meetings, showers, weddings ing and sanding the original and receptions. In addition, wood floor. The south parlors, three open houses attracted dining room and foyer on the 1,475 visitors. Events included first floor received two coats the annual Holiday Open of new finish. Kitchen repair House and a Jackson Street and trim painting were also walking tour. The largest Peirce Mansion volunteers had a party to done. Thanks to a generous event was the Halloween celebrate and showcase their 450 hours of donor, coordinating upper Trick-or-Treating night. service refinishing the original wood floors. Artifact Donations Business Artifacts Morey’s and Raymond’s, Morning- • Auto Kary All Manufacturing Co. • Advertising: 24/7 Locksmith Service, side Bank & Trust, Mr. Tax of America, stock certificate, 1929 4th Street Brewing Co., A-Z Special- Mullin Awning & Siding, Municipal • Bottles from Jackson Street Brewing, ties, Airways Service, Inc., Akron Credit Union, August Olson Groceries Syko Club, Iowa Tonic Co. Lumber Co., American Collision Re- and Meats, Palmer Candy, Phillips • Catalogs and scripts sold by the pair, Andes Candies, Anthony Trunk Marketing Association, Pilley’s Dairy, Wetmore Declamation Bureau Factory, Arcadia Restaurant, Argosy Pinnacle Bank, Pizza Hut, Plum’s • Control panel used by KMNS and Casino, Avenue Bookkeeping & Tax Cooking Co., Prince Hydraulics, KSEZ radio stations Service, Baxter Co., Beef Products, Producers Commission Association, • Curtis Co. ammunition box (partial) Inc., Walter E. Beggs Photo Studio, Roberts Dairy, Rocky Litho Plate Co., • First Federal Savings Bank reports Boulevard Deli/Café, Boulevard Food Ruralite Wind-Electric Engineering • Gateway 2000/Gateway advertising, Store, Bower’s Clothing for Men, Corp., Sadoff’s Men’s Clothing, documents, and reports, 1993-2006 Frank Buckwalter Real Estate, Calvert Security National Bank, Shade Grown • Hats, samples, and advertising from Seed Co., Comnet Cellular, Comput- Peace Coffee, Sioux City Commission the T. S. Martin Department Store er Depot, Daily Grind, Davidson Bros., Co., Sioux City Crockery Co., Sioux • Hinky Dinky Super Market shirt DeZeuw’s, the Hub Clothiers, Dottie & City Journal, Sioux City Music Sup- • Ho-Chunk Centre mirror Clet’s Home Made Pies, Dreamworks ply, Sioux City Sue riverboat casino, • J. C. Penney catalog, 2008 Collision Center, Eastman Kodak, Sioux City Surgical Co., Sioux City • Kind & Knox and Gelita North Elko Photo Finishing, Farmer’s Home Transit System, Sioux Guitars, Sioux America Quarter Century Dinners Administration, Fethke’s Furniture Harbor Enterprises, Sioux Transporta- programs, 1994-2006 Cleaning, First Federal Bank, First Fed- tion, Sioux Valley Community Credit • Large table used by Kari-Keen Manu- eral Savings Bank, First National Bank, Union, Siouxland Women’s Health facturing and Larsen Printing Co. Firstar Bank, Fishgall’s, Fraser-Smith, Care, Soo Tractor Sweeprake Co., • Little Chicago Deli menu Bob Gessell Realty, Grayson’s Men’s State Farm, Sterling Spring Co., Sue • Livestock National Bank plaque Store, Hagan Plumbing, Heating & Bee Honey, Susan’s Coffee Spot, T. • Mayfair Hotel dishware Cooling, J. Hall Monument Co., Haz- G. & Y., The Permit Center, Theo’s • Metz Baking change sorter, measur- ard Control, Hillyard Service System, Steakhouse, Tint Masters, Toller’s, Toy ing probe, and phonograph records Hilton, Hinkley’s Water Conditioning, National Bank, Trillby Soap, Tubular • Mugs: “Joy of SUX,” Siouxland District Iowa Prairie Bank (Merrill, IA), Iowa Steel, Inc., VanSchreeven & Co., Health Department, and Southern Public Service, J & L Enterprises, Walensky Lumber, Walsh Commission Hills Mall/Lewis & Clark murals K-Mart, KD Station, Kind & Knox, Co., Weatherwax, Weller, Wigman • My Tee Glo emergency heater KKMA FM99, KLEM 1410 AM, Lars- Co., Wilson Trailer, Winnebago Indus- candle made by Herreid Industries, en Printing, Lechner Lumber, John tries, Wishbone, Youngberg Photo Inc. of Herreid, SD, c1965 Manderscheid Wholesale Liquor, Studio, and Younkers • Orpheum Hat Shop hat box Marian Health Center, Marina Inn, • Albertson & Co. (Sioux Tools) table • Otte Manufacturing Co. (Sioux City) Mid-American Energy, Mid-West Live saw, platform, and discs, c1960 lawn mower, c1954 Stock Commission Co., Missouri Val- • Apron used by Shenkberg, Moore, • Robert’s Dairy milk crate and bottles ley Steel Co., Monroe International, and Cohen wholesale grocers (continued on next page) 3 • ANNUAL REPORT Artifact Donations (continued from previous page) • Sioux City Cosmopolitan Club pen • Sioux City high schools pamphlets • Sears-brand portable television and Christmas ornaments featuring • Photographs: Briar Cliff College • Sioux City Brick & Tile Co. paper- Sioux City landmarks, 1987-2001 students; Cathedral High School class weight from 1996 opening • Sioux City Greek Fest cozy photos 1938 and 1940; and Trinity • Sioux City Eagle type-set case • Sioux City Municipal Band programs High School football team, 1919 • Sioux File Box made by Perkins Bros. • Sioux City Public Museum key fob, pin • Records from Woodbury Township • St. Luke’s Hospital paper clip • Sioux City Retired Teachers Assoc. School #3, country school • Steel casket/bier from Berkemeier directories, 1960-2019 • Reunion booklets: Central High-Class Funeral Home • Siouxland Historical Railroad Assoc. of 1948; Heelan High-Class of 1968 • Steel rod from Andersen Farms grain tag for Engine 1335 Restoration Proj- • Riverside Jr. High jacket and Riverside elevator explosion on May 29, 2018 ect and train photos at museum High athletic warm-up jackets • Stretcher in box from Iowa Beef Prod- • Siouxland Samplers Quilt Guild • Sioux City CSD Employee Directory ucts yards office, 1966 miniature quilt 2010-11 and pencil • Terra Chemicals International docu- • Siouxland Y calendar, 1996 and 1998 • Sioux City High School mug c. 1905 ments, plaques, and souvenirs • Siouxland Youth Chorus programs, • Sioux City PTA button • Weatherwax plaque, 1975 2009-2011; 2015 handbook/program • West High School letter jacket, 1979 • Wincharger instruction booklets/flyers • Swedish Midsummer Festival button, • West Junior letter patches printed by Larsen Printing Co. 1914 • Western Iowa Tech pencil, pin, and • Ticket to “Sha-Na-Na” at the “Passport to Adventure” programs Cultural/Organizations/Religious Municipal Auditorium, 1978 • Wooden top made by the Heelan • 900 Club presentation programs • T-shirts: Awesome Biker /Harley High Industrial Arts department • Abu-Bekr Shrine attire and White Nights, Lewis & Clark Expedition, • Yearbooks: Heelan High’s The Shield, Horse Mounted Patrol photos Krewe de Charlie Sioux/Big Parade, 1962; East High’s Arrow, 1965-67; • Bag with Floyd Monument image M.V. Sgt. Floyd 25th Anniversary, Morningside College’s Bumble Bee, • Boy/Cub Scouts t-shirts, badge sash RAGBRAI, and Saturday in the Park 1903 and Sioux, 1906, 1916, 1973; and • CDs: Rockestra and S.C. Commu- • The Velaires band posters Sioux City Central High’s Maroon and nity Theatre’s Cats (2006), I Do, I Do • Triangle Lodge #643 plaques pre- White 1908-12, 1948-51, and 1958-60 (2007), and Oklahoma! (2008) shows sented to Lester Burdich, 1987-89 • Chicago World’s Fair souvenir spoons • Trinity Lutheran Church pen, magnet, Government/Political • Crittenton Center Corn Stock button and Christmas ornament • Campaign Materials: Terry Branstad, • Dakota Dunes Co. Club matchbook • Women Aware’s Women of Excel- Ron Colling, Dave Drew, Fred Gran- • Disabled American Veterans key fob lence programs/placemats, 2005-19 dy, George Lindblade, Wiley Mayne, • First Unitarian Church calendar, 2000 • Woodbury Co. Fair t-shirts/programs, Barack Obama, Jeremy Saint, and • Fraternal Order of Eagles ribbons 2015-18 Jeremy Taylor • Grace United Methodist memorabilia • Bumper sticker, poster, mug, and The including the “Yearbook Women’s Education Messenger magazine article about Society of Christian Service and • AEA slides/tapes of local history completion of four-lane Highway 20 Western Service Guild,” 1959-60 • Briar Cliff pencil, mug, and cap • City of Sioux City and C. F. Lytle Co. • Headbands and sashes with Native • Brick from the demolition of East High sewer construction contract, 1913 American beadwork • Cartoon for North High School drawn • City of Sioux City documents/promo- • Just Another Club scrapbook, Martin by Leann Anderson tional souvenirs, including a dish with Hotel, 1945-54 • East High Show Choir CDs/binder a Grandview Park Bandshell image • Kiwanis Club (South Sioux City, NE) • Central High School “Little Maroons” • Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) letter opener megaphone, pennants, programs, uniform and documents • Ku Klux Klan glass paperweight from ribbons, and homecoming pin • Corn Palace souvenir dish, 1888 Creighton, NE • Clipping of the Sioux City High School • Pens: Sioux City Planning Division and • Mugs: Faith Lutheran Church and class of 1882 Siouxland Regional Transit System Nature Calls/Dorothy Pecaut Nature • East Junior programs, letter patches • Perry Creek Flood Control Project Center, 2007 • East Middle School folder groundbreaking shovel, 1995 • North American Fishing Club clip • National Business Training School • Plaques for Don Meisner from region- • Orpheum Theatre programs: “The flyer, c1945 al/international groups for his service Corn is Green,” 1943 and Something • Handheld school bell • Plymouth County Conservation Rotten, 2019 • Hawthorne School Centennial Board magnet and pen • Pens: Morningside Assembly of God, button, 1891-1991 • Presidential Inauguration of Dwight S.C. Kiwanis Club, S.C. Rotary Club, • Junior Achievement of Siouxland’s Eisenhower scrapbook and S.C. Tourism Bureau 1980 program of area high school • Scrapbook about the Democratic • Pins: Am. Red Cross and United Way students’ JASSCO company Party 1932-40 and “Vote Straight • River-Cade advertising, souvenirs, • Morningside College letterhead Democratic Ticket” poster photos and Coronation Ball program • North Junior legal pad cover • Sioux City Centennial tokens, sou- • Sergeant Floyd Welcome Center • Pens: East High Show Choir, Nodland venir dish, scrapbook, and costume cup, pens, t-shirts Elementary, and Tri-State Graduate clothing worn by the Brown family • Sioux City Art Center pin, cards, and Center • Sioux City Street Guide 1944 photo of announcement of the new • Pamphlet for the 100th Anniversary of • Sioux Gateway Airport luggage tag/ Gilchrist Learning Center Longfellow Elementary School, 1993 pin from 1940 dedication ceremony ANNUAL REPORT • 4 Artifact Donations • Siouxland Interstate Metropolitan • Singer electric sewing machine/case Military Planning Council (SIMPCO) medal- • Snow shovel used on local streets • Biographical documents-Rollin Bat- lion, key fob, anniversary pens during the Great Depression ten, former commander of the 174th • Souvenirs from local towns including • Sony Sports Walkman CD player Fighter Squadron at Sioux City, 1952 Ponca, NE; Allen, NE, Decatur, NE; • Speedometer/odometer manufac- • Military insignia, badges, medals, Onawa, IA; North Sioux City, SD tured by Carl A. Anderson, Sioux City plaque, and souvenirs belonging to • State of Iowa souvenirs and 150th • String marionette puppets Earl and Maurice Redshaw anniversary t-shirt/hat • Tablecloth of the John Peirce family • Navy uniform-Earl L. Schmidt, c1950 • Teletype message to the Sioux City • Telecaption close caption device • Sioux City Army Air Base pillow cover Journal about the resignation of • Various 1950s radio parts/equipment • Sioux City Air Defense Sector President Nixon • Wire-rim eyeglasses and case patches, 1959-66 • Uniforms, equipment, and shadow- • Woodworking equipment • WWI/WWII military uniforms-Arlo Will box from Sioux City Police Captain • WWI: Papers, letters, and photos-Ora Phillip Heimbecker Misc. Archival Material W. Meyer; Handkerchiefs-Harold • U.S. Post Office paperweight • Architectural Drawings/Diagrams: Stephens; Patches and American “Chief Iron Horse” locomotive and Legion ribbons-Chester Mayden Household/Personal Artifacts/Tools residences at 1201 S. Maple, 2106 • WWII: Uniform, patches, and personal • Baby shawl from 1890 Nebraska St. (John H. Featherstone items-Wilmer A. Guernsey; Japanese • Battery-powered clock radio house), and 5311 Windsor Ave, 1962 military hat, novelty matchbook, and • Black, seal-fur coat made by August • Document about Floyd Monument/ ration booklets; Uniform jacket and Williges, Sioux City c1940 National Historic Landmark process documents-Harold L. Rundell • Bottles of various sizes and colors, • DVDs: “A Time and Place: A History of • Souvenirs collected from Nazi unlabeled Sioux City, Iowa,”1960s; interviews for Germany by U.S. soldiers during • Burke and James Solar photograph KMEG/KPTH news stories about Ted WWII, including figurines, banners, enlarger and related equipment Carlson/Sioux City’s first casino, 2013 armbands, and books • Cameras and equipment: 35mm • Flyers/recipes from KTIV’s “Man in the A WWII SIR Voigtlander, 949 Graflex Speed Kitchen” with Dick Jones 1959-60 uniform Graphic 4 x 5 press camera, Brownie • Indexes of obituaries collected by jacket motion picture camera, Nikkomat Emma Ballinger from southeastern worn by 35mm, Nikon and Vivitar handbooks/ South Dakota newspapers Harold catalogs, Penacon Praktika LTL-SLR • Oral history by Irving F. Jensen Jr. Rundell, 35, Polaroid land camera, and Sears • Maps: Finley map of Sioux City, 1977; who was cartridge motion picture camera Chart of world progress, 1953; Armour drafted in Hurley, • Cast iron sphere & Co. facility map; Chicago & North SD. He • Children’s clothing worn by Robert Western Railway trackage in Sioux moved to Lovig, c1938-1945 City, c1940-80; Lands occupied by Sioux City • Croquet set, ice skates with sharpen- the Sioux City Stock Yards Co.; Pock- after the er, pedometer, and roller skates box et Map of Sioux City, 1916; Revised war. • Dental equipment formerly used by Zoning District of Sioux City, 1947; Re- Emil Rizk production of 1856 Iowa map c1935; • Drafting sets used by James P. Olson and Sioux City map c1980 • Drafting table used by Blair Chicoine • Personal Papers/Document Collec- • Electric football game, 1949 tions: Gusta (Johnson) Anderson Newspapers/Periodicals • Erector set c. 1950 family; Theophile Bruguier/War Eagle • Research Journal article • External floppy disk drive/floppy disks descendants; Blair Paul Chicoine; about former Sioux City player/man- • Folk art lamp Wilmer Alton Guernsey family; Hard ager James “Ducky” Holmes, 2019 • Fox fur stole/muff & winter hats/coats Rock Hotel & Casino rulebooks and • Briar Cliff Review magazines • Guardian aluminum alloy cookware documents; Leo and Ruby Hintgen; • Business Illustrated, 1884 set, c1950. John Koskovich family; Don Meisner; • Daily Commercial Reporter, 1909 • Glass Avon perfume bottle St. Joseph School of Nursing; Darold • East Junior Booster school newspaper • Household tools Sea; Maud Simmons; Sioux City Con- • “Gridiron,” Sioux City Press Club • Large geode owned by Bill Diamond, cert Course; Sioux City Rotary Club; • Newsletters: “Leeds Reminder” with former SC Public Museum director and John “Duane” Thatcher scenes of the Floyd River flood, 1953; • Linotype equipment used by Ron • Programs: Distinguished Eagle “Prospectus,” IBP, 1991; “Sunrise Craft for printing newspapers Award, Paul Reistrup, 1977; Gen- Connections,” 2018; and “Wahkaw,” • Maroon and white knitted women’s eral Board of Education Methodist Woodbury Co. Genealogical Society bathing suit, c1930 Church, Membership program, Mrs. • Newspapers: Oto Leader, Rocky • “Morningside” railroad sign from the Frank Johnson, 1960; and Memorial Mountain News, Sioux City Journal, Milwaukee Railroad line service for Robert Eugene Johnson and Sioux City Tribune • Plumbing drain snake • Retirement announcement for Cindy • Sioux City Directory, 1983 • Quilt made for James Betz, descen- Hesse, Corbett Law Firm, 2010 • Sioux City Journal special editions: dant of local builder Colonel Betz • Valentine’s/Christmas cards 1906-85 Gateway to the Northwest, 1911 • Shoes and leg braces for polio • VHS recordings: “Flood of 93” and Do and Centennial Edition, 1964 patient John “Duane” Thatcher Yanney’s “Move Up with Manners” (continued on next page) 5 • ANNUAL REPORT Artifact Donations (continued from previous page) Judy Kimball; George Kingsnorth Veteran’s Memorial Bridge; and • Sioux City Telephone Directory family; Nebraska State Representa- December 1939, 1956 tives; Schaul family photo album; S.C. • Sioux City Service Co. streetcar, 1948 • The Annals of Iowa journal with History Club; S.C. Musketeer Dave • Street grading near Park Avenue articles about Sioux City, 1990 Davies, 1974; Henry Taylor family; and Apartments • Twist & Shout magazine (Ft. Dodge, a wedding at Latham Park • Switchyards, engine houses, and IA) article on the Velaires band • Postcard booklet of Sioux City, 1918 offices of the Sioux City Terminal • Viking newspaper, North Jr. High • Postcards: Children’s Park Spanish- Railroad • Woodrow Highlights newspaper, American War cannon, 1909; Leeds • Views: 6th & Pierce Street c1932 and Woodrow Wilson Jr. High School Centennial; and Milwaukee Railroad downtown Sioux City taken from the • Scenes from Siouxland area farms Woodbury Co. Courthouse Photographs/Postcards • Shrapnel recovery from United Flight • Wagon train along the Big Sioux River • Aerial views of Sioux City, South Sioux 232 crash • World War I funeral procession at 7th City, Dakota City, and Sergeant Bluff • Sioux City Airport Runway reconstruc- and Pierce Street • Bartlett Grain explosion wreckage, tion, c1997 1974 • Sioux City Landmarks and Buildings: Sports • Demolition of Livestock National Bank Argosy Casino Riverboat; Armour • Ball/strike counter, catcher’s mitt, • Ferries and steamer packets on the & Co.; ; Barish and umpire face mask Missouri and Big Sioux Rivers, 1850-90s Motor Co.; Battery Building; Bev’s on • Bobble-head, signed baseball of • Flood scenes from Floyd River: 1892, the River; Bishop Cafeteria; Central Paul Splittorff 1934, 1953 and Missouri River: 1952 Baptist Church; Construction of the • Briar Cliff jersey • Local events: Epworth League Picnic, Federal Building and Post Office, • Dakota Dunes Open volunteer 1932; Grand opening of the Tyson 1932; Corn Palace and parade, 1890; nametag Events Center; Sergeant Floyd Burial Council Oak tree; Demolition of City • Gateway 2000 “Soos” softball jersey Reenactment and S.C. Explorers Hall, 1995; Demolition of East Middle • Gateway 2000 Classic golf tourna- baseball game School, 2004; Discovery Dog sculp- ment plaques, 1993-1994 • Holocaust photo by Sioux Cityan ture at the Lewis & Clark Interpretive • Gateway golf bag Vernon Tott Center; Duplex at 1908 Nebraska St., • Golf glove signed by Davis Love III • Large photo collections (numbers 1943; Federal Building; First Nation- • Gus Macker Three-On-Three Basket- are approx.): 500 aerial photographs al Bank; Floyd Golf Course; Floyd ball volunteer t-shirt used by SIMPCO, c1940-80; 2,000 Monument; Graceland Cemetery; • Information on former umpire/Sioux photographs by Steve Paulson, City Ghosts player Floyd “Fuji” Fulton c1990-2018; 400 negatives/prints and the proposed Fuji Fulton Park taken by Thomas “Ted” Davis, Jr., • Iowa Cornets women’s basketball 1947-48; photo album/prints by local pennant photographers, 1880s-1920s; slide • Iowa State Basketball Tournament collection taken by school adminis- programs, 1999 trator C. Wayne Benton of Sioux City/ • Leather football helmet Woodbury Co. scenes, c1960-70s; • Lewis and Clark Marathon start and slide collection from Robert Kelly of finish line banners, 2009 Sioux City airport and monuments • Mug for Kirk Henrich benefit • Leeds area and Smith’s Band • NAIA t-shirts/NAIA Women’s Volley- • Missouri River scenes: Barge hotel A catcher’s mitt donated in FY19. ball Championship VIP passes, 2018 docked at Marina Inn, 2010; Missouri Grandview Park; Hilton Garden Inn; • National Semi-Pro Baseball official River/Cimmarina Harbor, c1985; houses on Douglas, Nebraska, 21st, rulebook, 1940 River-Cade festival, 1976 and S. Cecelia Streets; JC Penney • Penn Corps fast-pitch softball team • Out-of-town scenes: Chicago Union plaza; Leeds pedestrian/bicycle trophies, equipment, t-shirts, signed Stock Yards Clydesdale team; bridge (Floyd River Trail); Lewis and softballs, and programs Hanover, IL Village Band with Sioux Clark Stadium (Mercy Field); M. V. • Sacajawea National Invitational Cityan Joseph Wilson Campbell; Mt. Sgt. Floyd; Marina Inn; Memorial Park Basketball Tournament t-shirts, 2003 Rushmore; Native American scenes; Cemetery; Memorial Stadium; Mt. • baseball team and Sister City, Yamanashi City, Talbot, Stone Park; Peavey Grand cups, cap, programs, posters, 1993 Japan Opera House and Drug Co.; Peirce • souvenirs and • Panoramic photo-S.C. Police Station, Mansion/Sioux City Public Museum; historical scrapbooks, 1972-81 equipment, and personnel, c1925 Perry Creek Conduit, c2004; Queen • Sioux City Soos button and signed • People: Edward R. Blanden-Class of of Peace statue, Trinity Heights ,1993; baseball, 1948 the S.C. Scottish Rite Consistory, 1953; Sioux City Elevated Railroad; Sioux • Soap box derby car built/driven by James E. Booge family; Don & Mabel City Library building; Soderstrom Steve Lalley Brown dressed in Sioux City Centen- Dairy and delivery trucks; St. Jo- • West High Boys Basketball team art nial costumes; Davies/Spry family seph Hospital; St. Michael’s Church; print, 1997-98 albums; Wilmer A. Guernsey album/ Steele-Simon Livestock Commission • West High sports programs/plaques: photos; Captain Phillip Heimbecker, Co.; Stockyards and meatpacking tennis, 1986; basketball,1996-97; SCPD; Jim Henry “Canyon Kid”; Bud district after closure; Sunset Plaza soccer, 1998; cross country, 2005 Jones, champion speedboat racer; shops; Swift & Co.; Toller’s Drug store; • Wilson golf clubs-Judy Kimball edition ANNUAL REPORT • 6 Artifact Donors Tonia Abell Tina Hall Sherrie McDonald Justin Scott John & Haley Aguirre Patricia Hammerstrom Arlene McFarland Darold Sea Michael Aguirre Jeanne Hanna Phyllis McMillan Martha Schoberg Seehusen American Institute of Cal Hansen Mehess Family Sembach Family Architects - Iowa Chapter Steve Hansen Don & Kathy Meisner Wade Sembach Mike & Kenna Andersen Joan Hanson Al Metz George Semple Beverly Anfinson Hard Rock Hotel & Casino JoAnn Meyer Donna M. Shaver James & Amy Armstrong Susan Harrington John Meyers Stan Sherman Frank E. Baker Michele Haupt Ryan Meyers Sioux City Railroad Museum Connie C. Barrett Kenneth Hay Lynn Burke Bennett Monroy Siouxland Center for Active Dan Beaubien Sherry Heimbecker Morningside College Generations Gift Shop Betty Beeck Rob Heller Joseph & Pauline Moyar Leon Skuodas Deborah Jensen Bergin Larry Hentjes Kenneth Muller Wendy Speckman Janice Biederman Patricia Herbold Thomas R. Munson Evelyn St. Peter Delores Blades Fern Herbst c/o Phyllis Hebert Donald & Marta Nelson Charlotte Stephens Carol P. Blair Wilbur Hof Sharron Newman Jane Sterenberg Christina Boggs Jack J. Holmes Ron Nicolls Doug Strohbeen Lynne Erickson Boulden Jim Hopkins Mary Anne Nooney Darrell Strong Lee Brennan Steve Hotvedt Tobar Nuria Arthur “Tony” Swanson Sandra Briden Patricia L. Hubbard Judy Olson Marge Swanson Larry Brooks Marta Hughes James & Carol Pahl Suzanne Swanson Jeff Brown Iowa’s Co. Conservation System Earl Parkhill Charles Tarvin DeEtte Bryce Jeff Jacobsen Jeanna Paulson Denise Taylor Diana Buddi Irving F. Jensen III Wilson Persinger George Taylor William Burrows Irving F. Jensen Jr. Kathie Pfaffle Mary Beth Thayer Marti Calhoun Jeff Jerome Marlene Pietz Joan M. Thomas Jack L. Campbell Suzanne Paulson Johme Patricia Emily Sheafe Piggee Katherine Thome Harold Canny C. Bruce Johnson Plymouth Co. Historic Museum Dale Thompson Rosie Chicoine Jerry Johnson Richard & Marcia Poole Trinity Heights Ellen Andre Christofferson Raymond Johnston Bradley & Keeley Purscell Eric Turner Christy-Smith Funeral Homes Karen Juhl James & Barbara Redmond Terry Turner City of Sioux City - City Manager, Jim Jung Brian J. Redshaw Val Uken Convention Center, Engineering Bruce Kelly Jim Reisdorff Nancy Van Dyke-Dickison Dept., Police Dept. & Print Shop Roger Kelly ReUse Industries Nathan Votek Katie Colling Don & Ruth Kingery Nels Reynolds David J. Wagner Margery Meier Cooley Gloria Klein Thomas Ritchie Timothy Walch Carol Copple KMEG-TV Rotary Club of Sioux City Doug & Sue Waples Linda Craft Greg Kneifl Mary Jo Ruppert Jackie Warnstadt Paul & Paula Crandell Kathie Kobernus Pete Sandman Gerald Weiner James Crayne Don & Faye Koch Rosemary Schaffer Al Wells Sheryl Thatcher Cripps John Koskovich Linda Muff Schreiner James Wharton Joan M. Davenport Joe Krage Cindy Schrock David Will Tom Davis Richard Krommenhoek Don Schultz Virgil Wood Estate Ed Delk Rosemary B. Kuehne Bob Scott Woodbury Co. Genealogical Soc. Bill Diamond Family Gale (Mr.) Kurtz Jeff Donaldson Ruth Ann Lang Terry Duzik Erik Larsen Other FY19 Funders Merci Ann Earth Sue Larsen Grants Marie Farrell Robert & Margaret Larson Humanities Iowa Jana Foltz Sharon K. LaTourette Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs Carol Frerichs Gary Lechner - Cultural Leadership Partnership Diane Gardner Jim Levich M.A. Martin Everist Foundation Lee & Mary Gayer Dick Lindblom National Endowment for the Humanities A department Terry Glade Tom Lindblom of the City Gigi Goodson Grace E. Linden of Sioux City Terry Gottburg Gary Lipshutz Jean Graham Darlene Lovig Di Gray Camille Lydon Additional support from Mid-America Arts Alliance Mary Green-Warnstadt Ed Mahon Todd Greene Deanna Mayo James C. Guernsey Carol J. McBride Nancy J. Gutschow Mary C. McCarthy Endowment/Foundation Donors Attendance/Service Statistics Craig J. Clark The Kind World Foundation Sioux City Public Museum – 38,733 Glenda Den Herder on behalf of Mrs. Joan Waitt Number of educational programs – 217 Colin & Pokey Jensen Foundation Gerald & Kathleen Weiner Mahoney-Hill Charitable Fund Trust Bonnie K. Zetterman Sgt. Floyd River Museum & Welcome Center – 20,001 Mary McCarthy in memory of Emilie Grendler Peirce Mansion Donors Outreach, Research, and Peirce Mansion – 8,320 Paul McClellan Dr. Richard Hettinger Siouxland Community Foundation Palmer Candy Company TOTAL – 67,054 - Siouxland Big Give 7 • ANNUAL REPORT Museum & Historical Association Members Jack & Barbara Aalfs FEH Associates Inc. Jim Jung Connie Rosenberger Kenneth Ackerman Janet & Mike Flanagan Paul & Suzi Kaiman Brent Rosendahl American Pop Corn Company Kathy Fliginger Sandra L. Kangal Phyllis Rosendahl Craig & Nancy Anderson Jim & Ginger France Mina Karcher Ted & Jenny Susan Rudberg Todd & Stacie Anderson Mr. & Mrs. Jason Gann Alvin & Donna Kay Dr. Rex & Maria Rundquist Bryan & Wini Arneson Jeff & Shay Gebauer Edward & Anne Kellogg Karen Rupiper Arlene Baldes Mike & Katie Gecewich Ramona Kelly Mary Jo Ruppert Diane Barnett Dorothy Gedwillo Don & Ruth Kingery Raymond T. Rye II A. Frank & Sandra Baron Galen & Carlene Gehrts Hillard E. & Ann Knutson Bob & Sandy Sabel Matt Basye & James E. & Katheryn P. Giasafakis Kathie Kobernus Madhu Saibaba Theresa Weaver-Basye Greg & Rande Giles Charlotte Kock Sanford Museum Ken Beekley John & Karen Gleeson Sonya Kostan Dr. Patrick & Catherine Saulsbury Dwight Birkley Jerald & Donna (Link) Goehring Rosemary B. Kuehne Michelle Schmidt Liz Blachnik James L. Goff Col. James E. Lalley Ret. Margaret Scholten Dr. William & Dianne Blankenship Russ & Gretchen Gondek Richard M. Levich & Helen Schuck Patricia A. Bortscheller Jennifer Gonzalez Candace J. Chase Ronald Schuetz Tim Bottaro Carolyn Goodwin Camille Lydon Mayor Bob & Karen Scott Randy W. Bradley & Terry & Lisa Gottburg Beverly (Watson) Lyle Darold Sea La Vone M. Sopher Thomas & Jody Graham Connie & Doug Macfarlane Robert & Molly Seff Lee Brennan Gay Gray Leslie & Carmen Major Larry & Pauline Sensenig Elaine Brown Great West Casualty Company Shawn & Jenny Mansfield Elaine M. Seubert Myrna A. Burg Mary Green-Warnstadt Patricia Martin Lowell & Karen Shaw Bernardine Burke Catherine Grimsley Deanna Mayo William & Cora Howard Sibley Marie T. Byrne Greg & Yumiko Guelcher Paul McClellan Bill & Mary Sievers Marti Calhoun Rev. David Halaas Alan & Terri McGaffin David Sitzmann Harold Canny Marie Haley Amanda McGrain Linda Hazer Snyder John Carter Calvin Hansen Paul & Mary Ellen McGuirk Francis & Clarice Speck Rosie Chicoine Steve Hansen & Robert McIntosh Gert Stevens Delbert Christensen Glenda DenHerder Jane Bekins Meginnis Tom & Mary Stock Charles & Marcy Clark Daniel & Sally Hartley Dr. Donald & Nadine Meis Harold Stump Jon & Anne Cleghorn Ron & Rima Hartman Don & Kathy Meisner Ray & Marlene Sturdevant Bob Clem Dr. Susan Hatfield & Kevin & Carrie Molland Shelley A. Sweeney Robert & Kay Coacher Heidi Hatfield Kerry Moody Karen Tagatz Carmen Cobb Richard Hayes Russell Movall Gaylen & Cathy TenHulzen Ron & Katie Colling Sherry Heimbecker Corey Munson Craig & Amy Tooley Sally Conner Dr. Phil E. Held DDS Dorothy Myers Edward & Lucinda Tryon William D. & Susan E. Conner Marvis Hendrickson Dave & Julie Nelson Eric & Denise Turner K. Anne Cowley Larry & Christy Henjes Donald & Marta Nelson Larry Twait Sherry Craig Ann Hill Bethany Nielsen Greg & Jill Van Buskirk Steve & Bonnie Crary Virginia Lucille Hinders Larry H. & Gabrielle Nysveen Dr. Richard Wagner Rich & Sara Crawford Beverly J. Hinds Jim & Kathy O’Brien Joan Waitt Carolyn Daniels Pamla K. Hoadley Dr. Sharon Ocker Steven & Mary Waller Mickey Darrough Brad Holder LeRoy A. Olsen Jim & Lois Walsh Joan M. Davenport Jon E. Hutchins Thomas R. Patterson Mike & Mary Walsh Amy DeGroot-Hammer Terry & Helen Isaacks David & Joan Paulsrud Steve B. & Jackie Warnstadt Maryanne Deibert Ona Iverson Mrs. Roberta S. Pendleton Jeri Watkins Richard & Mary Delfs Betty W. Jahn Tim & Bobbi Pietz Rev. Harold E. Werley & Janice Deuhr Irving F. Jensen Jr. Erin Pinney Ruth M. French Homer DeWitt Mark & Kay Jensen Thomas & Glenda Plaza Mark Wetmore Virginia Duncan Gene & Leslie Johnson Jessica Pleuss Carmen White Warren Dunkle Harland & Jeannette Johnson Daniel Pottebaum David & Vicki Will Don & Terry Duzik Dr. Paul & Patrice Johnson Greg Pranke & Julie Miller-Pranke Barbara (Lipshutz) Wynn Martie Ebner Ronald Alfred Johnson Khalid & Terrie Rasheed Bonnie K. Zetterman Dr. Paul & Penny Fee Larry & Margee Joines Dr. John & Barbara Redwine Dr. & Mrs. William & Joee Ziebell All listings reflect new gifts received from July 1, 2018 - June 30, 2019. We apologize for any omissions or errors. FY19 Sioux City Public Museum Exhibits: The Chicago Origins of the Courthouse/Modernism’s Sioux City History Projects Messengers: The Art of Alfonso & Margaret Iannelli Celebrating 100 Years of Municipal Bands Traditional Arts of the Bedouin Bandits & Heroes, Poets & Saints: New to You: Recent Artifact Donations Popular Art of the Northeast of Brazil

The Power of Children: Making a Difference Short-term Exhibits: Día de los Muertos/Day of the Dead Altars Christmas Toys through the Decades Tolerance Week: Vernon Tott Collection ANNUAL REPORT • 8 Unique traveling exhibit of American West images new traveling exhibit, apart, a sense of two distinct Between 1895 and 1930, Remnants of the periods is not immediately Edward S. Curtis (America, AWest: Photography by evident. The people in 1868-1952) relentlessly Edward S. Curtis and Mark Curtis’ photos may be long pursued one of the most James, is on display through gone but the lands of the ambitious photography February 23, 2020 at the American West, as seen projects ever undertaken – Sioux City Public Museum. in James’ images, remain documenting traditional life Organized by the Dubuque preserved. of Native American tribes Museum of Art in association west of the Mississippi River. with the Studio of the Amer- Throughout the exhibition The result of this colossal ican West Photography, this the images of Curtis and project was a magnificent unique exhibition spans more James are presented in pairs, 20 volume collection of texts than a century, presenting connecting the past to the and photographs known as 40 original photogravure present and giving the public The North American Indian. prints by early 20th century the opportunity to directly photographer Edward compare and contrast these Mark James was born in San S. Curtis alongside black two visions of the American Diego, California in 1955, but and white landscapes by West. Their haunting spent his formative years as a contemporary photographer similarities also provide an child in a small Arizona town Mark James. opportunity to consider north of Phoenix. He now environmental concerns and lives in Colorado, where he Both artists found inspiration the evolution of American and wife Patricia founded in the American West. While Indian culture over the last Studio of American West Colorado photographer 100 years. Photography in 2010. Mark James focuses on pure landscape imagery, Holiday gift ideas Curtis documented Native New books featuring Sioux American tribes and in the City Public Museum images process captured stunning and research, Irish Iowa landscapes as backdrops by Timothy Walch and The to daily life. In this exhibition Omaha Road in Nebraska by that compares two bodies Michael W. Bartels, are now Each year, books are published featuring of work created 100 years for sale at the Museum Store. Museum images and research.

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Museum Staff Haley Aguirre, Archival Records Clerk Matt Anderson, Curator of History Meredith Benton, Welcome Center Facilities Attendant Christine Dekker, Sgt. Floyd River Museum Supervisor Mary Green-Warnstadt, Development Coordinator Steve Hansen, Museum Director Laurna Herren, Welcome Center Attendant Dottie Johnson, Front Desk/Museum Store Assistant Connie Macfarlane, Education Coordinator Sioux CityG PublicRAND O MuseumPENING Deanna Mayo, Administrative Assistant Holiday Hours/Event Calendar Tom Munson, Archives Manager Experience the history of Sioux City like never before! You are invited to Alec Sanchez, Custodian Thanksgivingcelebrate the grandHours opening of the new Sioux City Public Museum. Christine Tanner, Museum Attendant Explore state-of-the-art interactive displays, engaging permanent exhibits, Eric Turner, Custodian Thursday,rare Sioux November City artifacts and 28 so much– Sioux more. City Please joinPublic us on this Museum and Theresa Weaver-Basye, Curator of Education Sergeanthistory-making Floyd day River as we presentMuseum ÒOur New & MuseumÓWelcome to the community. Center closed David Will, Custodian Friday, November 29 – Sioux City Public Museum closed Museum & Historical Association Board Members Saturday, December 7 •WHO: Cost: $1 Sioux per City child Public Museum Terry Gottburg, President, Don Duzik, Vice-President, Joellen Graham, Secretary, Kid’s Holiday Make and WHAT:Take Program Grand Opening Ceremony & Ribbon Cutting Russ Gondek, Treasurer, Harold Canny, John Carter, 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. at the Sioux City Public Museum Terry Duzik, Kathy Fliginger, Greg Guelcher, WHEN: Saturday, April 23, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. Connie Macfarlane, Marc J. Mozak, WHERE: 607 4th Street David Nelson, and Joan Schurtz. Sunday, December 8 • Free Peirce Mansion Holiday Open House Museum Board of Trustees Katie Colling, Chair; Bruce Lear, Vice-Chair; 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. at the Peirce Mansion, 2901 Jackson St. Amy DeGroot-Hammer, Priscilla Forsyth, Greg Giles, Ben Nesselhuf, and Dave Somsky. Holiday Hours Board Meetings Wednesday, December 25 and Wednesday, January 1 The Association typically meet at 6:30 p.m. on the 2nd Tuesday of the month; the Trustees typically Sergeant Floyd River Museum & Welcome Center and meet at noon on the 2nd Friday of the month. Sioux City Public Museum closed