university of alaska museum of the north f y 05 annual report 7.2004–6.2005 Museum Staff as of September 1, 2005

Aldona Jonaitis, Communications Roger Topp, Fine Arts Ichthyology Brina Kessel, Museum Director Kerynn Fisher, Science and Technology Barry McWayne, Gordon Haas, Curator* Curator Emeritus Coordinator Project Developer Coordinator Christy Pruett, Administration Nora Foster, Aquatics Research Research Associate Barbara Ellanna, Development & Ethnology and History Genetic Resources Associate Fiscal Technician Membership Molly Lee, Curator * Gordon Jarrell, Special Projects Colleen Jones, Emily Drygas, Director Angela Linn, Collection Information Mammalogy Gary Selinger, Manager Assistant to the Director Barbara Travis, Collection Manager Systems Director & Link Olson, Curator* Kevin May, Technician Dona Rule Membership Frozen Tissue Collection Sylvia Brunner, Exhibition & Design Visitor Services Fiscal Technician Coordinator Manager Research Associate Wanda Chin, Dusty McDonald, Amy Reed Geiger, Alaska Center for Education Design Director Brandy Jacobsen, Manager Programmer Collection Manager Documentary Film Terry Dickey, Coordinator Steve Bouta, Sophie Tan-Osborn, Leonard Kamerling, Jennifer Arseneau, Chief Preparator Herbarium Ornithology Assistant Manager Curator* School Tour Leader Andy Metcalf, Preparator Alan Batten, Kevin Winker, Curator* Janet Thompson, Acting Curator Archaeology Robin Davis, Kirsten Pickard, Daniel Gibson, Tour Coordinator David Murray, Daniel Odess, Curator* Teacher Liaison Multimedia Specialist Collection Manager Peggy Hetman, Shanan Sailsbury, Curator Emeritus * UAF faculty holding joint James Whitney, Carolyn Parker, appointment Collection Manager Administrative Assistant Production Assistant Jonah Wright, Preparator Research Associate

Museum Affiliates andV olunteers

Museum Advisory Timothy P. Doran Rose A. Z. Meier Ornithology Committee Douglas Schamel Heinrich Springer Terra Abbott Mike Cook, Chair (Deceased, April 2005) Tom Braile Jane Behlke, Vice Chair Entomology Students Erin Carr Linda Anderson Michael Lelevier David Guinn Alaska Center for Michael Burns James Kruse Documentary Film James Maley Mary Jane Fate Kenelm W. Philip Steven Carter Matt Miller Nadine Hargesheimer David Shaw Ethnology & History Kirk Lanterman Archaeology Ann Fienup-Riordan Visitor Services Longtime museum supporter Jane Behlke helps with the Jim Lund Will Brown Jill Holmgren Rebecca Bryan “Design Your Museum” activity at the 2005 TOTE Family Fun Bob Magee Christina Holzhauser Michael Krauss Melissa Dasher Fest. kerynn fisher Grace Berg Schaible Chris Houlette Steven Jacobson Jedediah Ellis William G. Stroecker Hana Hurley Lawrence Kaplan Jamie Hazlett Diane Hutchison Dorothy Stella (3) Joseph E. Usibelli Nick Jew Roosevelt Paneak Nanae Ito Mok Kumagai Les Warnke Richard Wien Anya Kircher, B.S.+ (Deceased, March 2005) Joyce McGrady Becky Lindsey Bob Wilkinson Karen Cedzo, Advisor Ryan Ladegard Patricia Partnow Juana Nunez Ortiz Laura Milner Senator Ted Stevens, Rob Nethkin Ethnology & History Glen Simpson Karanna Sebastian Suellen Nelles Honorary Member Igor Pasternak Therese D’Amato Candy Waugaman Morgan Simpson Vicki Parrish Senator Lisa Murkowski, Andy Tremayne (Deceased, May 2005) Ron Peck Honorary Member Fine Arts Education Janet Smith (20) Volunteers Marilyn Romano Governor Frank Mary Goodwin Kirstin Fischer Exhibition & Design Murkowski, Melody Schneider Charles W. Mason Renee Linton Archaeology Malia Johnson Honorary Member Elizabeth Schok Kesler Woodward Mette Moeller Khristin Landry Steve Lanford (8) Nancy Scholl Fine Arts Herbarium Ethnology & History Research Adele Mery (2) Cathy Schultz Opal Baldwin (5) W. Scott Armbruster Jennifer Crane, B.A.+ Associates and Tim Williams (3) Lilly Shelden Marge Eagan (13) Affiliates Sarah Fowell Amy Gill-Horton Cherie Solie Oonagh Springer (6) Gary Laursen Pascale Jackson Communications Alaska Center for Erika Swanson Herbarium Robert Lipkin Alysa Klistoff Ann Dowdy Documentary Film Teresa Thompson Kim Fackler Cynthia R. Meyers Katrin Simon Patricia Fisher John Luther Adams Suzi Waugaman Lysandra Hutton (2) Barbara Murray Candice Smith, B.A.+ Colin Lawrence Archaeology Carl Roland Karen Lundquist Education Mammals Exhibition & Design Claire Alix Leslie A. Viereck Joy Morrison Ed Callaghan (5) Barbara Anon Jessica Wilcox, B.A.+ Julie Esdale Donald A. Walker Tohru Saito Alexandra Dunlap (2) Tom Belik Jonah Wright Erica Hill Mike Shultz Jamie Fine Kari Maakestad Mammalogy Mindy Gallagher Earth Sciences Herbarium Tori Tragis Maia Peirce John J. Burns Barbara Gorman (8) Amanda Brennan Amy Carroll Mark Read Joseph A. Cook Development & Jack Grandfield (5) William A. Clemens Kim Fackler Membership Nikolai Dokuchaev Marcella Hill (6) Ornithology Joseph Paine Dudley Dr. Syun Akasofu Vadim Fedorov Mammals Linda Kang Johannes Erritzoe Anthony R. Fiorillo Jane Behlke Heikki Henttonen Anna Ferry Nancy Klammer (4) Steve Heinl R. Dale Guthrie Leonie DeRamus Eric P. Hoberg Jonathan Fiely Albert Knapp (9) Rich MacIntosh Paul J. McCarthy Matt Divens Stephen O. MacDonald Charlene Fortner Ruth Levey David Sonneborn Dave Norton Denise Ferree Amy Runck Aren Gunderson Suzanne McWhorter Thomas Hewitt Rich Shelley Fritts Gay Sheffield Kyndall Hildebrandt Jan Muir-Cope John E. Storer Mary Gower + 2005 degree recipients Sam R. Telford Hayley Lanier Shirley Newberg Nicole Phillips Bob Harmon (#) For volunteers with Education Ornithology Mary Ann Nickles (3) Kathy Hedges more than one year of Michelle Bartlett Johannes Erritzoe Joyce Potter (5) volunteer service to the Deb Hickock Neal Brown Kevin McCracken Chrya Sanderson museum, the number Lloyd Huskey Herminia Wei-hsin Din in parentheses indicates From the Director The University of Alaska Museum of the North, located at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, What a difference a year makes. As I wrote this column last year, our per- is a major resource center for the public and for scholars. The manent exhibit gallery was closed for renovations and our new wing was Museum’s mission is to acquire, conserve, investigate, and inter- very much a work in progress. Today, we’ve celebrated the opening of the pret specimens and collections relating to the natu- new wing in grand form, our research staff are settling into their new labs, ral, artistic, and cultural heritage of Alaska and the Circumpolar North. Through education, research, and we have new exhibit galleries to showcase and our outreach programs are public exhibits, the Museum serves the state, national and international science programs. The Museum de- running strong. velops and uses botanical, geological, zoological, and cultural collections; these collections form the basis for Reading this annual report of our FY05 activities, you’ll see that we have much more to understanding past and present issues unique to the celebrate. The fiscal year marked both the 75th anniversary of the museum’s first exhibit, a North and meeting the challenges of the future. The University of Alaska Museum of the North is accred- display of archaeological and paleontological materials in then-University of Alaska President ited by the American Association of Museums. Charles Bunnell’s office in 1929, and the 25th anniversary of our award-winning Gallery of Alaska, which opened in 1980 and continues to get rave reviews today. Working with our faculty curators, university students – both undergraduates and graduate students – participated in research expeditions across the state, from Glacier Bay to the Kenai Peninsula to the Brooks Range. These expeditions gave the students valuable field research experience while helping build our collections at the same time. We continued to expand our education initiatives, partnering with schools both here in The University of Alaska Museum of the North’s FY05 annual report is published with support from: Fairbanks and in rural Alaska to make our resources available to teachers and students. Like the university students’ field research, these initiatives help ensure that the museum’s lifelong learning efforts extend far beyond our walls. Of course, we couldn’t have done any of this without a highly talented staff, many of whom celebrated museum anniversaries over the course of the year; the help of dedicated volunteers who donate hundreds of hours to our research collections, public programs and special events and the financial support of our members, corporate partners and other donors. I hope you’ll read further and join me in celebrating our accomplishments during the FY05 fiscal year – and the many people who helped us achieve them.

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Education 2 Exhibition & Design 2 Research & Collections 4 Donors 8 Gifts to the Collections 11 Visitor Services 11 The University of Alaska Fairbanks The Year in Numbers 11 is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Northwest Association Museum Expansion 12 of Schools and Colleges. UAF is an affirmative action/ equal opportunity employer. Financial Summary 13 PO Box 756960 Fairbanks, Alaska 99775 Grants 13 Tel 907.474.7505 Fax 907.474.5469 www.uaf.edu/museum [email protected] Museum Director: Aldona Jonaitis Editor: Kerynn Fisher Designer: Dixon Jones Printed at UAF Printing Services (3,400 copies) Copyright © 2006

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1 Archaeology collections manager Jim Whitney dem- onstrates artifact storage to Inupiat Heritage Center staff Beverly Hugo, Tupak Crist and Martha Neakok. Terry Dickey

2 Two Minto students help teacher liaison Robin Davis, far right, identify two women in a 1910 photo from Alaska’s Digital Archives. Angela Larson

3 The prototype for the new handheld guide to the gal- leries featured video clips, photographs, maps and other multimedia resources to complement the exhibits on dis- 3 4 play. Roger Topp

4 Cup’ik artist Earl Atchak works on a whalebone sculp- ture during his artist residency. Roger Topp

5 Two images from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, ac- companied by materials from the museum’s collection, commemorated the 15th anniversary of Hubble’s deploy- ment. Kerynn Fisher

6 Juneau firm Banghart and Associates’ Bob Banghart and museum exhibit design director Wanda Chin enjoy the completed The People of Whaling exhibition at the Inupiat Heritage Center in Barrow. Terry Dickey

7 Exhibit design director Wanda Chin, chief preparator Steve Bouta and ethnology collections manager Angela Linn use the model for the future art gallery to plan the exhibit installation. Barry McWayne

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 on the museum’s popular audio guide, the signers and engineers on the construction Education handheld incorporates video clips, audio, of the Rose Berry Alaska Art Gallery, the de- historic photographs, maps and other ma- partment continued to coordinate with the terial from the digital archives on a Pocket museum’s archaeology, ethnology and fine he museum continued digitizing its PC platform. arts departments on the selection, presen- collections for Alaska’s Digital Archives T Several school groups visited the Gallery tation and interpretation of objects in the (http://vilda.alaska.edu), a collaboration of of Alaska on teacher-led tours, though the gallery. To facilitate these discussions, staff libraries and historical societies, and be- museum suspended docent-led school tours built a scale model of the gallery, complete came one of the first museums in the na- for the 2004-05 school year for scheduled with curved, sloping walls and miniature ex- tion to integrate its resources with library renovations. During this period, education hibit cases. resources in one database. More than 530 staff established two advisory committees The Gallery of Alaska was closed for ten museum objects were included in the ar- – an Educators Advisory Team to provide in- weeks for renovations, and its reopening in chives during FY05. The museum also col- sight and suggestions on how to build on May coincided with the gallery’s 25th anniver- laborated with Alaska’s rural Delta-Greely the museum’s School Tour Programs, gallery sary. New installations in the gallery gave visi- and Yukon-Koyukuk school districts to devel- activities and Internet learning tools and a tors a sense of Alaska’s regional art, including op LearnAlaska, a tool to help teachers inte- Docent Advisory Team to ensure that do- 15 Inupiaq, Cup’ik and Yup’ik masks and a va- grate the archives’ resources into digital slide cent-led tours continue to be responsive to riety objects decorated with beads and quills. shows for use in classroom lessons. Funding the needs of teachers, students and volun- Abstraction in Art illustrated various forms of from the US Department of Commerce teer docents. painting, inkjet print, porcelain enamel on Technology Opportunities Program, the The museum welcomed Flint Hills steel and mixed media by artists including Institute of Museum and Library Services Resources Alaska as the lead corporate spon- Keith Appel, Beverly Cover, Shala Dobson, and State Farm Insurance Companies sup- sor for the School Tours Program through the Anne Duffy, Sandy Gillespie, Tina Shih and ported this work. 2008-2009 academic year. Dennis Witmer. In addition, a hands-on sta- The museum began two new education ini- Education coordinator Terry Dickey cele- tion was added so that visitors can feel the tiatives. The Alaska History Materials Project, brated his 30th year at the museum. materials used in objects that are protected a collaboration with Fairbanks’ Noel Wien in exhibit cases. Library and the Fairbanks School District, The museum was also selected as one of focused on helping teachers and librarians 100 museums and science centers around use the digital archives and LearnAlaska in Exhibition the nation to display two large-scale images teaching Alaska history. With the ornithol- from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope to cel- ogy department, the education staff began & Design ebrate the 15th anniversary of the telescope’s developing two specimen-based teaching deployment. Presented with the Hubble im- kits for high school biology courses, using taff from the museum’s exhibits and ages, meteorites from the museum’s earth bird study skins, wings, feet and beak parts education departments celebrated the science collection showed different mineral to demonstrate concepts of genetics, adap- S opening of The People of Whaling exhibit at and elemental contents of space rocks. tation, and speciation – one kit for Fairbanks’ the Inupiat Heritage Center (IHC) in Barrow. Multimedia designer Kirsten Pickard was West Valley High School and a traveling kit The exhibit was the result of a multi-year one of 50 participants selected from a na- for rural high schools. partnership between the museum and IHC tional pool to attend the Web Designs for The museum and UAF Native Art Center and tells the story of the Iñupiaq people and Interactive Learning workshop, sponsored collaborated on several artists’ residencies, their seasonal subsistence year. Museum and by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and the funded by the National Endowment for the IHC staff worked with an Elders Advisory San Francisco Exploratorium Museum and Arts. Participating master artists included Earl Committee, community groups and whal- funded by the National Science Foundation. Atchak, Sylvester Ayek, Mark Daughhettee, ing captains to plan and develop the exhibit, One of the workshop goals was to identify Sonya Kelliher-Combs and Ron and Turid with Juneau firm Banghart and Associates and publicize “best practices” for online edu- Senungetuk. Each artist spent one week contracted to produce and install the exhibit. cational resources. mentoring art students, presented a public Throughout the project, museum staff pro- Exhibition and design coordinator Wanda lecture about their art, conducted a video- th vided the IHC community with training and Chin celebrated her 25 year at the muse- taped interview and assisted museum staff development in museum professional stan- um and exhibit chief preparator Steve Bouta in identifying and interpreting objects in the dards and best practices. served as a member of UAF’s Compensation museum’s collections. Planning for the museum’s new wing was Task Force. Andy Metcalf and Shanan The museum tested a prototype for a new a major undertaking for the exhibition and Sailsbury joined the staff to help produce handheld guide to the galleries. Building design staff. In addition to working with de- exhibits for the new wing.

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1 Staff at Fairbanks Memorial Hospital conduct a CT 5 Pascale Jackson and Candice Smith, student as- scan of the museum’s Okvik Madonna to help with ef- sistants in Ethnology, work together to clean a sealskin forts to stabilize the artifact for display. Dan Odess float.A ngela Linn

2 Archaeology student Andrew Tremayne records 6 The museum recently acquired Anna Ramsburghs’ data about a tent ring in the Brooks Range. dan odess Polka Dot Ewer (UA2005-029-001). Barry McWayne

3 Conservator Monica Shah repairs a tear in a seal 7 Film curator Leonard Kamerling prepares the mu- skin parka from the museum’s ethnology collection. seum’s film collection for transport to Fairbanks from a Patrick Endres/AlaskaPhotoGraphics.com New York facility. Courtesy Leonard Kamerling

4 Rosalie Paniyak makes dolls in her living room 8 The Barrow Dancers rehearse at the National in Chevak, while her great-granddaugher Jaderean Theater in Tokyo, Japan, in preparation for a perfor- Paniyak, Cup’ik artist Earl Atchak and Angela Linn look mance at the International Festival of Folk Dance in on. James Barker February 2005, an appearance facilitated by film cura- tor Leonard Kamerling. Leonard Kamerling 3

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Alaska Center for District. To date, staff have completed 392 ac- of artifacts from these two collections have Documentary Film cessions, consisting of 36,343 artifacts and been selected for the future gallery. With appropriate facilities now available on 36 boxes of associated documentation, and Like the archaeology collection, the eth- the UAF campus, Curator Leonard Kamerling photographed 807 artifacts to include in the nology collection was impacted by construc- prepared the department’s film materials for collections database. tion-related flooding during renovations to transport from the New York facility where With US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) the museum’s original building. While some they had been archived. Kamerling also con- funding, the department rehoused, invento- of the objects could be restored, others were tinued work on the audio collection data- ried and digitized 76 collections, comprising a ruined, including a beautiful pair of Point base, preparing hundreds of hours of Alaska total of 1,393 specimens and associated doc- Hope beaded mukluks, which had been se- Native audio materials for eventual publica- umentation, from surveys of the Porcupine lected for display in the art gallery. tion on the internet. River in 1978, 1979 and 1980. Curator Molly Lee spent much of the year On behalf of the Japan Folk Agency, The department also continued work on working on her book on Yup’ik basketry. Kamerling facilitated the performance of its casting program, a project funded by the Eskimo Architecture, her collaboration with the Barrow Dancers at the International National Park Service (NPS). Stone artifacts Gregory Reinhard, was published in paper- Folk Dance festival. He accompanied the from the collections are being cast for use in back. Along with photographer James Barker, group and gave an onstage introduction, in research, exhibition and education. collections manager Angela Linn document- Japanese, focusing on Inupiaq culture and The department negotiated a Memoran- ed Rosalie Paniyak’s doll making process for life in arctic Alaska. dum of Understanding with the US Forest the second edition of Not Just a Pretty Face: In collaboration with UAF Ph.D. student Service to curate archaeological collections Dolls and Human Figurines in Alaska Native Steven Carter, Kamerling began production from Forest Service lands in Alaska. Under Cultures. Linn also continued to serve as an on They Came to Teach – A History of Bush the agreement, collections from some of officer of UAF’s Staff Council. Teachers in Alaska. The production follows the most significant archaeological sites in Finally, the department was saddened by two teaching couples through their first Southeast Alaska will be coming to the mu- the loss of two of its members. Research as- year as new teachers in rural Alaska villages seum in the next few years. sociate Roosevelt Ayaqiurag Paneak, who di- and will present historical material from the Curator Daniel Odess and NPS archaeolo- rected the kayak recovering project, died in early days of missionary teachers as well as gist Jeff Rasic worked on the analysis of a col- March. Longtime volunteer Janet Smith, who recent footage. lection of tools from Nogahabara 1, currently recently celebrated her 20th year as a mu- Finally, Kamerling continued research and thought to be one of the oldest archaeolog- seum volunteer, retired to Arizona with her laying the political groundwork for a long- ical sites in the state. In August 2004, they husband. They will both be greatly missed. form ethnographic documentary on con- spent several days excavating additional temporary Ainu culture, issues of cultural parts of the site, recovering artifacts and ma- Fine Arts identity and the struggle for Ainu self-de- terial for radiocarbon dating. The project, a The department continued working on an termination in Japan. collaboration between the museum, NPS and intensive venture to digitally photograph all USFWS, has generated considerable interest collection artworks and continued major art Archaeology in the archaeological community. conservation efforts, with a focus on new ac- Conservator Monica Shah continued her In early June, contractors working on ren- quisitions and works selected for the Alaska work to conserve and stabilize artifacts ovations to the museum’s original building Classics gallery and future Rose Berry Alaska from both the archaeology and ethnology broke a water main above the archaeology Art Gallery. collections, a project funded by a National collection, causing hundreds of gallons of Artwork loans were provided to the Endowment for the Humanities Preservation water to pour onto the collections and as- Museum of Art & Design, New York City and Access grant. Her work on the Okvik sociated documentation. An immediate re- (Changing Hands: Art Without Reservation); Madonna was greatly aided by a CT scan sponse by staff from nearly all departments Rasmuson Foundation (artworks from the of the ivory carving, conducted by staff at in the museum limited damage to the collec- foundation’s Art Acquisition Initiative) and the Fairbanks Memorial Hospital at no charge. tion. Efforts to mitigate the damage and as- Anchorage Museum of History and Art (Denise The collection benefited from partner- sess it for insurance purposes are ongoing. & Samuel Wallace Jewelry Exhibition). ships with several federal agencies. With Fine Arts Coordinator Barry McWayne was Bureau of Land Management (BLM) funding, Ethnology & History a presenter and panelist for the Rasmuson the department continued to rehouse, inven- Along with the archaeology department, the Foundation-sponsored Symposium on tory, photograph and database collections ethnology department continued collabo- Collecting Contemporary Alaskan Art from BLM lands. Students worked on collec- rations with the museum’s exhibition and and presented lectures on the museum’s tions from the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Survey design department on the planning of the fu- art collection for guests at the Kantishna and from the Tangle Lakes Archaeological ture Rose Berry Alaska Art Gallery. Hundreds Roadhouse in Denali Park.

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Herbarium dred years ago. Though they did not collect Undergraduate curatorial assistants Herbarium staff conducted floristic invento- any, they obtained hundreds of specimens Jonathan Fiely and Kyndall Hildebrandt ries and rare plant surveys across the state, in- of other species. received undergraduate research grants cluding the Aniakchak National Monument, The department conducted mammal in- from UAF’s Office of Sponsored Programs. the Bering Glacier area, Kenai Fjords National ventories on Bureau of Land Management Collections manager Brandy Jacobsen, who Park, Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge and the lands in the Nulato Hills, which resulted in began volunteering at the museum as a high Toolik Lake area along the Dalton Highway. the first series of voucher specimens from school student, celebrated her 10th year at As a result of this field work, the Herbarium that area. the museum. grew by 6,300 specimens, with the majority As part of a project funded by the Alaska also added to our electronic database. Department of Fish and Game, the depart- Ornithology Research associate Carolyn Parker col- ment also continued its inventory of alpine Ornithology staff, students and volunteers lected flowering and fruiting material from mammals across the state, specifically mar- conducted 11 field expeditions. Eight of an unusual population of the genus Parrya mots and pikas, whose habitat is expected these trips were made to sample Alaska growing on the Sinuk Uplands of the Seward to shrink and, in some places, disappear as localities ranging from the Near Islands in Peninsula. The department is collaborating a result of global warming. The department the Aleutians to Cold Bay and Goodnews with the Missouri Botanical Garden and the also conducted ADF&G inventories on the Bay. Other expeditions were made to Belize University of Neuchatel (Switzerland) to as- Kenai Peninsula. and Peru to sample resident and migratory sess the systematic position of these plants. With funding from the National Marine birds. In addition, the department continued to Fisheries Service, research associate Sylvia Work continued with the U.S. Department provide identification services and specimen Brunner led an expedition to Bristol Bay to of Agriculture to screen birds for avian influ- curation for several agencies, including the salvage beach-cast marine mammals. The enza and to determine pathways of migra- Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, museum acquired its second specimen of a tory transport of this emerging disease. The Fish and Wildlife Service and National Park northern elephant seal, a species not com- department’s collecting, salvaging, and prep- Service. monly found this far north. aration efforts resulted in the cataloguing of The department completed its final stage 1,500 new specimens into the collection. Mammalogy of the National Park Service’s inventory pro- Curator Kevin Winker began his term as A team of staff and students went to Glacier gram in Alaska. As part of this work, staff and Associate Editor for The Auk. The depart- Bay National Park with hopes of collect- students corrected, updated and certified ment, with a particularly strong showing ing specimens of the enigmatic Glacier information in NPSpecies, the Park Service’s by students, made six presentations at the Bay water shrew, which has not been seen soon-to-be online database of species diver- Evolution 2005 meeting, which was held here since it was first discovered over one hun- sity in national parks. in Fairbanks.

1 Ornithology graduate student Tom Braile in the new 4 Museum staff and volunteers enjoy a view of Grant 7 Mammals student Jonathan Fiely prepares a marmot shared molecular lab in UAF’s West Ridge Research Building. Lagoon during plant inventories on Kodiak Island. Stacy for the collection during a field expedition on the Kenai Kevin Winker Studebaker Peninsula. Hayley Lanier

2 Ornithology students James Maley and Chris Barger 5 Museum botanist Carolyn Parker sets plant presses out 8 Museum students set traps during a field expedition with recently-prepared bird specimens. Kevin Winker to dry at Grant Lagoon on Kodiak Island. Stacy Studebaker in Glacier Bay. Link Olson

3 Museum botanist Carolyn Parker checks drying plant 6 Mammals curator Link Olson searches for the elusive 9 Mammals curator Link Olson salvages a beach-cast seal specimens while working in the Kodiak National Wildlife Glacier Bay water shrew during a field expedition. Kyndall in Unalakleet. Hayley Lanier Refuge. Stacy Studebaker Hidebrandt

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 Alaska House Gallery, Inc. Donors of Record July 1, 2004 • June 30, 2005 Kenneth Alt and Dannetta Wakefield Victor and Joyce Andersen The University of Alaska Museum Gifts of $100,000 and above Anthony and Lynette Nakazawa M. Barbara Annan Anonymous (3) of the North’s success is a re- Flint Hills Resources Alaska* Mary Ann Nickles Usibelli Family Denis and Andree Porchet Philip Antle and Loyola McManus flection of the private support Juan and Beatriz Roederer Axel Bachmann and it receives from the communi- Gifts of $50,000 to $99,999 John Ryer and Julie Scott Mary Clare Andrews Fairbanks Daily News-Miner* Robert and Dorene Schiro Julie C. Baecker ty. Donations during FY05 to- Barry and Dorli McWayne Janet R. Baird taled more than $970,000 and Vanguard Charitable Endowment Totem Ocean Trailer Express* Program Mary Ellen B. Baker provided support for the mu- Joseph E. Usibelli and Richard and Genevieve Barrett seum’s exhibits, research and Peggy Shumaker Gifts of $250 to $999 Fred and Kathleen Bast Usibelli Coal Mine, Inc. Alaska Communications Systems Alan R. Batten education programs through di- F. Lawrence and Margaret Bennett Robert and Marjean Beck rect support as well as through Gifts of $10,000 to $49,999 John B. Cabanis Joseph and Barbara Beedle Jane H. Behlke endowments. Douglas and Marcel Colp Earl H. Beistline P.E. Robert Connor Carl and Ruth Benson In its second year, the muse- Michael and Sharon Cook Crowley Foundation Terry and Ann Dowdy Robert S. Berman um’s membership program gar- Friends of the UA Museum* Doyon, Limited Nancy H. Bigelow nered more than $34,000 from Bruce J. Hayward Fairbanks Gold Mining, Inc. James and Gayle Binkley Holland America Line* 443 members, surpassing its Fairbanks Urgent Care Center Richard and Mary Bishop Ichikawa Executive Committee Hugh and Mary Jane Fate John R. Bockstoce $30,000 goal. KTVF/Channel-11* Barbara Fay Judith A. Boelts The corporate partner pro- KUAC/Alaska One* First National Bank of Alaska Albert and Nancy Boggess H. Willard Nagley II gram raised more than $210,000, – Johansen Branch Dennis Bogren and NANA Management Services* Elizabeth Turner-Bogren with many of the museum’s cor- John and Jacqueline Goering David and Alexandra Sonneborn John R. Hulbert Charles H. Bonneau porate partners increasing their The Usibelli Foundation* Linda Hulbert Mary Ann Borchert donations to help promote the Wells Fargo* Aldona C. Jonaitis Steven and Katherine Bouta Dale and M. Jeanne Yoder opening of the new wing, a year- Steve and Judy Jones Douglas and Joan Braddock Jane Brand Gifts of $5,000 to $9,999 A. Kirk and Janet Lanterman long celebration that began with Geoffrey and Maura Brennan Crowley Foundation Charles Lemke and the 2005 Chocolate Bash. Jean K. Burand Joseph A. Dandona Sr. Phyllis Pendergrast Roger C. Burggraf The seventh annual TOTE Family Robert and Elizabeth Elsner James and Margaret Lund Oliver and Sally Burris Fun Fest drew hundreds of chil- Rasmuson Foundation Sam and Jane McConkey William and Eileen Montano Arthur S. Buswell dren and families and raised more Gifts of $1,000 to $4,999 Albert and Vicki Parrish Raymond and Jill Cameron than $32,000, primarily through Alyeska Pipeline Service Company Catherine S. Reed Paul and Maurine Canarsky corporate sponsorships. Helen L. Atkinson Grace Schaible John and Mary Carlson Michael and Rebecca Burns Span-Alaska Consolidators, Inc. Kurt Carlson * Corporate sponsor J. Michael Carroll, MD, PC and University Women’s Association Philip and Kathryn Carrico Todd Z. Wentz DDS MS Maria M. Case Gift levels reflect the net-tax deductible amount Ginger Carroll of contributions after subtracting the fair mar- Everts Air Alaska Kevin S. Winker George and Gail Cavyell ket value of any benefits received in exchange. Mark and Patricia Hamilton Karen L. Cedzo Every effort has been made to ensure the accu- Robert P. and Marie E. Magee Gifts under $250 Janice P. Chen racy of this report. Please advise the museum’s Rohn and Christine Abbott Development and Membership department of James E. Moody Wanda Chin and Terry Dickey any corrections by contacting Emily Drygas at Moving Images Cynthea L. Ainsworth Edward and Alene Christiansen 907.474.6443 or [email protected]. Syun-Ichi and Emiko Akasofu

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 Phyllis Church Fred Meyer East Edward Clark and Judith Dearborn William and Nancy Fuller 3 Stephen and Karen Clautice Ray Gary and Regina Soltis Walter Clymer Jozsef and Johanna Geml Bernard Coakley and Alfred and Betty Ruth George Dorothea Seidel Thomas and Shari George Jean L. Coe Gary GeRue Kenneth and Lynn Coe Ellen N. Gianni Coffman Engineers Mary C. Goodwin Charles and Geraldine Collins Shirley L. Gordon Eric J. Cousino Jim and Mary Gower Harold and Mary Coutts Kathleen Graham Andrew and Jacqueline Cox Don and Carolyn Gray Joe Crusey Gray Trust Sylvia R. Curran Willis and Patricia Greimann Jeanne Creamer-Dalton Arnold A. Griese Edward and Hazel Daro Diane Griffin Matthew and Stacy Davis Glenn and Esther Hackney Richard and Cathy Davis Edith L. Hall T. Neil and Rosemarie Davis Hall Trust Frederick and Sue Dean Norris G. Hall Charles and Tone Deehr Stanley and Janet Halvarson Steven and Anna Jacobson Janice S. Jones Laurel Devaney and Priscilla H. Hamilton John and Karyn Janssen Janet B. Jones Kenneth Russell Keith and Carolyn Hanneman Arthur Jess and Leanne Converse Jeremy and Ruth Jones James and Nancy DeWitt Elizabeth F. Hardesty Harold F. John Warren R. Jones M.D. James Dixon and Barbara Day Richard F. Harnois Fred and Bonnie Johnson Lawrence Kaplan and Janice Dawe Ann Dolney W. M. Harrell Glenn and Nancy Johnson Patty Kastelic and Sam Stoker Linda Douglass Richard and Gail Hattan Margie B. Johnson Michael and Cherie Kelly James and Marilyn Drew Steve Heinl Patricia S. Johnson Emily J. Kemak Alfred and Ann Driscoll Merritt Helfferich and April Crosby Erik and Emily Drygas Marilyn H. Herreid Margaret Drygas David and Margaret Hetman 1 Representatives from Flint Hills Resources Alaska present a $150,0000 donation for spon- Paul Dumont Carol L. Hilgemann sorship of the museum’s school tour programs though the 2008-09 school year and for the Margaret B. Eagan Bowman and Kay Hinckley Earth Sciences research lab in the museum’s new wing. Front row, left to right: UAF Chancellor Keith Echelmeyer and Max Hoberg and Molly Manaugh Steve Jones, museum director Aldona Jonaitis, Flint Hills Resources Alaska president Allen Susan Campbell Kenneth H. Hobson Lasater and Flint Hills Resources external affairs director Jeff Cook. Back row: museum de- Hajo Eicken and Mark Hodge and Anne DeMuth velopment director Emily Drygas, education technology projects Developer Roger Topp, museum advisory council chair Mike Cook, retired earth sciences curator Roland Gangloff, Angela Dirks-Eicken Wolf and Christa Hollerbach UAF vice chancellor for advancement and community engagement Jake Poole, museum Frances S. Erickson William Holman and community programs leader Jennifer Arseneau and education coordinator Terry Dickey. Ted and Mary Ann Fathauer Michelle Bartlett Kerynn Fisher Charles and Charlotte Faulkner Jonathan Holstein John and Sheila Fellerath George and Joann Horner 2 Usibelli Foundation executive director Bill Brophy, center, presents a $10,000 check to museum director Aldona Jonaitis and development director Emily Drygas. Barry McWayne Cynthia and Daniel Fisher George Horner-Trust Account Larry Fogleson and William and Kathy Howitt 3 Members of the Usibelli Coal Mine board of directors take a hard hat tour of the Rose Teresa Glendinning Murray and C. Kristy Howk Berry Alaska Art Gallery in May 2005. Emily Drygas Thomas and Victoria Foote Donn and Constance Huber 4 Five-year-old Jakey Kelly holds a newly-built bug barn at the 2005 TOTE Family Fun Fest. The Four Corporation Peggy F. Huber Kerynn Fisher Conrad Frank Trudi Huebert Randall and Georgianne Frank Ronald K. Inouye 5 A young participant works on dissecting his owl pellet at the 2005 Family Fun Fest. Karl E. Franke Thomas and Diane Irwin Kerynn Fisher

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 Donors of record (continued) Walter and Babette Sonneborn Kenneth and Patsy Weaver Frank Soos and Margo Klass Walter L. and MaryLou Weese Charles Kennel and Ellen Lehman Mark F. Munsell Robert and Susan Spahn Wells Fargo Foundation Quentin and Margaret Kessel Firmin and Gael Murakami Richard and Candee Speirs Educational Matching Gift Dale Kessler Robert and Jean Murray Rosemarie Speranza Program Don Kiely Iichi and Motoko Nakamura Jonathan R. Starr M.D. William D. Whaley Stephanie N. Kishaba Carrie and Lee Nash Barbara Stone Ellen L. Whitcher David Klein Linda Neilson William and Margaret Stott Daniel and Ann Marie White Albert and Toshiko Knapp Robert and Patricia Nelson Cynthia A. Stragier Ed Whitehouse and Deborah Arlayne D. Knox Eric Noble and Lois Rockcastle William G. Stroecker Hickok Gary Kofinas and Susan Herman NTL Alaska, Inc. Daniel and Ann Swift Stephen and Annegret Wilder Jerome and Natalie Komisar Russell and Lee O’Hare Gordon and Margaret Tans Frederick E. Winker Joan Koponen Daniel and Rita Osborne Robert and Ingrid Taylor David Yokel and Niilo E. Koponen Robert and Sarah Osborne Marlys Tedin and Marjorie Ward Kathleen Taylor Yokel Brendan and Annette Lois Pastro Mike and Patricia Thurman Howard and Judy Zach LaBelle-Hamer Pat Pearlman Donn Tice and Maurine Heard Barbara Zelinski James and Jann Laiti Patricia J. Petrivelli Timothy and Debbie Tilsworth Eduard and Anna Zilberkant Gretchen L. Lake Thomas and Karen Phillips Ronald and Vivian Tinsley Steven T. Zimmerman Clifton and Barbara Lando Steven Phipps Julia E. Todd Peter and Tracy Lawrason Robert and Marjorie Poggas Trail Breaker Kennel FY04 Annual Report Rosalie E. L’Ecuyer Michael and Margaret Pollen Eric Troyer and Corrine Leistikow Margaret C. Lee Harry and Sally Porter UA Local 375 Plumbers & Pipefitters Addendum Scott and Rebecca Lehmann Pat J. Pourchot Margret E. Van Flein Gifts of $5,000 to $9,999 Don C. Leistikow Carol and Michael Prentice Ronald Veliz and Yolande Fejes Friends of the University of Alaska Lois and Marshall Lind Roland and Kathy Quimby Rosemary S. Walling Museum Angela J. Linn Robert and Virginia Rausch John and Melissa Walters Shawn Linn Martha K. Raynolds Steven and Patricia Linn Paul and Terry Reichardt Local 375 Voluntary Charitable & Rexford Reid and Marie Ward Reid Chocolate Bash Contributors (In-Kind) Educational Fund Jack and Edith Reisland More than 350 guests turned out for the museum’s 2005 chocolate bash, Dirk Lummerzheim Thomas R. Richardson which was held in downtown Fairbanks at UAF’s Tanana Valley Campus J.D. MacLeith C.P.A. Robert N. Roadcap Center. The popular – and delicious – event raised more than $13,000 for Erika and Dennis Mailhot Larry and Cathy Roberts the museum endowment fund. John and Mary Maisch William and Betsy Robertson Eugene I. Majerowicz T. Michael Roche Door Prize Donor Odom Company Elizabeth Manning Dennis and Teresa Rofkar Alaska Airlines Ray’s Bakery James and Blair Marcotte Brian Rogers and Sherry Modrow Spring Alaska Bernard and Jamie Marschner John Rose and Carol Linkswiler Table Partners Sweet Dreams Alaska Coffee Roasting Company James and Barbara Matthews Dona J. Rule UAF Tanana Valley Campus Culinary Café Alex Wine Bar James W. and Barbara H. Mathews Alexis Runstadler Arts Program Chena Hot Springs Resort Kevin C. May David Sala and Janet Thompson Westmark Fairbanks Hotel Coca-Cola of Alaska Larry and Gail Mayo Jon and Mari Sallstrom Fairbanks Princess Riverside Lodge Paul and Lucy McCarthy David and Kristina Schmidt Floral Partners The Fudge Pot Cathy H. McCorquodale Brian and Melody Schneider Alaskan Floral & Wedding Iris Café Annette McDonald Susan L. Schneider Borealis Floral Lavelle’s Bistro Heather C. McIntyre John and Cindy Schumaker College Floral & Gift Shop Midnight Sun, LLC George and Laurel McLaughlin Scott Schuttner and Glynn Hoener Daisy-A-Day Floral/Flower Shop (formerly Biscotti) Nelder and Mariagnes Medrud Walter and Delores J. Sczudlo Downtown NANA Management Services Jack Miller and Allen Sears Fred Meyer West North Pole Coffee Roasting Barbara Horner-Miller Jeannine D. Senechal Santina’s House of Flowers & Gifts Company Joseph W. Miller Philip and Diane Shoemaker Vernon and Janet Miller Montie and Lynn Slusher Mary M. Mitchell Gregory and Rebecca Smith 1 Museum advisory council chair Mike Cook, far right, and his wife Sharon peruse the Stephen W. Mitchell Nancy K. Smith Fudge Pot’s offerings at the 2005 Chocolate Bash.P atrick Endres/AlaskaPhotoGraphics.com Don H. Morehart William R. Smith 2 Putting a savory twist on the event, Alex Mayberry of Café Alex serves pork tenderloin John and Nancy Morgan D. Rebecca Snow with chocolate mole sauce at the 2005 Chocolate Bash. Patrick Endres/AlaskaPhotoGraphics. James and Phyllis Movius Arnold and Patricia Snyder com

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10 Gifts to the Collections July 1, 2004 • June 30, 2005

he museum’s collections Michiko Simmons Gifts to Mammalogy Marta McWhorter have grown through de- One shamisen and associated Alaska Department of Fish and Mammal specimens T tools and music books that Game National Marine Fisheries Service cades of fieldwork and research, belonged to the donor’s mother, Mammal specimens Mammal specimens careful cultivation and the gen- Kiku Tominaga. Alaska Native Harbor Seal Carol and Hans Nielsen erosity of people whose passion Glen Simpson Commission Aquarium for bugroom for science, culture and educa- Iron pigtail hook, used to Harbor seal specimens Kristin O’Brien unload cargo from the barges Alaska Sealife Center Aquarium for bugroom tion leads them to support our during the gold rush era. Marine mammal specimens Todd O’Hara mission. We are grateful to the Loretta Sluys Alaska Zoo Mammal specimens following donors for their con- Ground squirrel parka Mammal specimens Jethro Perdue-Bettisworth Becharof National Wildlife Refuge Mammal specimens tributions during FY05: Gifts to Fine Arts Mammal specimens Maia Pierce Janet Berlo Abel Bult-Ito Mammal specimens Gifts to Education Graphite on paper drawing by Mammal specimens Amanda Read Nancy Kammer Harold Qarliksaq Mike Bradley Mammal specimens Hands-on objects for Fairbanks Robert and Pat Evans Aquarium for bugroom LeRoy Rich History Docent program Eleven works by Dale John Burns Aquarium for bugroom DeArmond Mammal specimens Margaret Rogers Gifts to Ethnology Molly Lee Pat Cotter Aquarium for bugroom Molly Lee Color inkjet print by James H. Mammal specimens Gary Selinger One pair of St. Lawrence Island Barker Pat Dawe Mammal specimens hair beads Aldona Jonaitis Mammal specimens US Fish and Wildlife Service, Gertrude Trodahl Quilting on fabric by Karin Robert Doran Marine Mammals Management One pair of ribbon seal pup hide Franzen Mammal specimens Marine mammal specimens mittens Carla Jordan Robert Drozda US Geological Survey Ronald Inouye Oil pastel drawing by Josephine Aquarium for bugroom Mammal specimens Collection of airline memorabilia Crumrine Lori Fickus Sigrid Vogl and political advertisements Arnold Newman Aquarium for bugroom Mammal specimens Robert Lathrop Five photographs by the artist Melissa Fleming Carol Westerlund Various ethnographic objects Margaret Percival Mammal specimens Aquarium for bugroom from Northern Alaska Oil painting by Ted Lambert Raymond Fowler David Wolfe including clothes and hunting Trophy mounts Aquarium for bugroom implements Gifts to the Herbarium Jana and Robert Gordon Patricia and Thomas Downing Wilf Schofield Aquarium for bugroom Gifts to Ornithology A human figurine and woman’s Bryophyte specimens from the Nora Gruner Heinrich Springer knife collected by Frances Aleutian Islands and Alaska Mammal specimens Specimen donations Pagenkopf Peninsula Diane Guedea Johannes Erritzoe Aquarium for bugroom Specimen donations Kanuti National Wildlife Refuge Mammal specimens

Visitor Services The Year in Numbers isitation declined in FY05 because of the construction-related Vclosures and ended the year with just over 70,000 visitors. In Total attendance: 70,015 anticipation of renovations, private events at the museum were also Number of free events*: 18 down. The department took advantage of the hiatus to begin devel- Attendance at free events: 1,638 oping marketing materials for special events in the expanded mu- Volunteer hours: 5,044 seum, certain to be in high demand. Full-time staff equivalent: 2.4 The Museum Store had another strong year, ending the year with Acquisitions: 11,373

$573,000 in sales in spite of the ten-week closure. The store contin- Outgoing loans: 117 ued to focus on high quality Alaska Native art, and to showcase the *Note: Due to construction activities this year, the museum did not hold two of its most popular events – Halloween new building, the store continued to develop products featuring the trick-or-treating in the research center and the annual museum logo, including a polar fleece scarf and coffee mug. Open House events. The department continued its outreach to tour groups and visitor organizations to promote exhibits and programs in the expanded museum.

11 coat of paint in the gallery. During this time, both the museum’s ex- Museum Expansion hibition galleries and Museum Store were closed, resulting in a loss of approximately $77,000 of potential revenue. ore than any other year in the life of the museum’s expan- In May, in order to accommodate the contractor’s desire to begin Msion, the $42 million project had significant impacts on the renovations to the museum’s administrative suite, and because tem- museum’s operations during FY05. porary office space in the new wing was not yet available, the mu- Staff in the museum’s research collections spent considerable seum’s administrative, communications and education staff were time and effort preparing for the move into the new wing, packing relocated to UAF’s Chena Building in downtown Fairbanks. The equipment and reference materials in the laboratories and prepar- Museum Store moved to the newly-renovated lobby, an adequate ing the collections. Because of construction delays, several depart- but not ideal retail space. ments packed, unpacked and repacked their labs several times over On a positive note, the museum’s expansion generated major the course of the year for a move that ultimately came early in FY06. media coverage with an Associated Press story that ran in the Due to the anticipated move, several departments also curtailed their Chicago Tribune and LA Times, among other outlets; a feature in Alaska field research activities. Magazine and even a high-end lifestyle magazine published in Dubai, Both the School Tour Programs and Saturday Family Programs were United Arab Emirates. The museum’s marketing advisory committee suspended for the year in anticipation of renovations to the Gallery and subcommittees, consisting of dozens of community members of Alaska, originally expected to take place in fall 2004. Those renova- and visitor industry leaders, continued with its efforts to promote tions ultimately took place during a ten-week closure in spring 2005 the expanded museum. (March 1 through May 14) and included the installation of new car- peting, air handling system, lighting and sprinklers, as well as a fresh

1 KTVF’s Mike Shultz and Teresa Garee film a construction update in March 2005. Fairbanks’ NBC affiliate served as one of the museum’s corporate partners and helped keep the com- munity updated on the construction progress and museum programs. Kerynn Fisher

2 Preparing for renovations to the Gallery of Alaska, contractors surround the exhibits with protective scaffolding and foam core panels.K erynn Fisher 1 3 Contractors make progress on the Rose Berry Alaska Art Gallery in the new wing, sched- uled to open on May 1, 2006. Kerynn Fisher

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2 Grants and Gifts for Program Support July 1, 2004 – June 30, 2005

Alaska Department of Fish and Game Southwest & Southeast networks of National Park system Species Database Verification Distribution and phylogeography of collared pika (Ochotona collaris) and Certification (Olson) $20,000 and Alaskan marmot (Marmota broweri) in Alaska (Olson) $42,842 US Fish & Wildlife Service Alaska Library Association, Interlibrary Cooperation Grant Bechoraf NWR small mammal curation (Olson) $1,332 Interlibrary cooperation grant: LearnAlaska history curriculum material (Davis)$47,300 Botanical inventory of the Kodiak Late Glacial Refugium, Kodiak NWR (Parker) $9,600 Cataloging, rehousing, inventory, and data entry of archaeological Alaska Native Harbor Seal Commission collections from Porcupine River survey (Odess) $8,000 Harbor seal biological samples from Alaska Native Harbor Seal Identification and/or verification of plant specimens collected on Commission hunters (Olson) $10,000 Yukon Flats NWR (Parker) $6,240 Kanuti NWR small mammal curation, Modification #1 (Olson) $4,774 City of Fairbanks Hotel-Motel Tax Fund, re-grant from the Fairbanks Arts Association Vouchering of small mammal specimens for Becharof NWR (Olson) $3,352 Special exhibits and Gatherings North (Chin) $7,424

Institute of Museum & Library Services Light Motifs: American Impressionist Paintings Exhibit from Metropolitan Museum of Art (Chin) $60,900 Financial Summary National Geographic Society Distribution, conservation status and molecular phylogeography of State/City Madagascar’s web-footed tenrec (Olson) $10,000 Grants & Other Admissions Contracts Revenue Private Gifts & Grants* Systematics, Biogeography and Conservation of SE Asia’s treeshrews 6% 3% 1% 30% (Olson, co-PI) $20,345 Museum Store 12% National Marine Fisheries Service Morbidity and mortality of marine mammals on the north coast of the Alaska Peninsula (Brunner) $99,908

National Science Foundation An ancient arctic dinosaur ecosystem from the late Cretaceous Federal Grants and Contracts State of Alaska Prince Creek Formation, North Slope, Alaska – a natural case study 23% 26% in a greenhouse climate mode (Gangloff) $28,239 Specimen Cases for UA Museum Bird Collection (Winker) $87,259 income FY05 North Slope Borough School District, Curriculum Division Private Gifts & Grants* $1,407,612 The Last Kayak: The Story of the Last Kayak on Earth (video production), translation support $2,500 State of Alaska $1,219,566 Natural Resources Conservation Service Federal Grants & Contracts $1,072,894 Alaska weed and plant distribution (Batten) $10,000 Museum Store $576,938 Rasmuson Foundation Admissions $280,671 Arts Acquisition Initative $57,950 Ethnology (Lee) State/City Grants & Contracts $148,288 Moosehide dress – Dixie Alexander and Rita Pitka; Moosehide dress accessories – Dixie Alexander and Rita Pitka; Qununi – Earl Atchak Other Revenue $59,717 Fine Arts (McWayne) Total $4,765,686 Birds, Berries, and Bears – Alvin Amason; Barri Gotic – Susan Bremner; Hosed – Mark Daughhetee; Migrant Model –Mark Daughhetee; Ice Portfolio – Hal Gage; King Billy – Stephen Gray; Billy’s First Haircut – Stephen Gray; Rabbitears – Stephen Gray; Delft – Margret Hugi-Lewis; Guarded Secrets – Sonya Kelliher-Combs; Things I Ate In Membership & Administration Development Alaska –Michael Nakoneczny; Weather or Not – Linda Payne; Saddlebag Glacier – David & Operations 3% Research Rosenthal; Danielle and Zouzou, Paris – Jane Terzis; Untitled #18 – Carol Wilbur; Self-portrait 12% 27% – Kes Woodward Museum Store 12% US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service, South Atlantic Area Determine baseline rates of avian pathogens in wild birds in Alaska and Pacific Rim countries for Homeland Security surveillance (Winker) $50,000 US Forest Service Exhibits & Public Programs Collections Identify/verify identification of pressed vascular plants for 22% 25% Petersburg Supervisor Office (Parker) $2,500 Identify/verify identification of pressed vascular plants for Sitka Ranger District (Parker) $2,500 EXPENSEs FY05 Identify/verify identification of pressed vascular plant specimens (Parker) $2,500 Research $1,325,952 US Department of Interior Collections $1,247,816 Bureau of Land Management Botanical inventory/curation of collections/reports of rare plants Exhibits & Public Programs $1,072,062 of the Sinuk Uplands northwest of Nome (Parker) $4,710 Museum Store $604,837 Curate botany specimens from BLM Lands, Mod3 (Parker) $1,966 Fieldwork for specimens from BLM Lands – Mammals and Birds Administration & Operations $570,471 (Olson & Winker) $22,700 Membership & Development $134,269 Toolik Lake rare plant inventory (Parker) $7,000 National Park Service Total $4,955,407

Archaeology and museum management mentoring (Odess) $17,500 * Note: Revenue from museum memberships, bequests and other private donations are held and Botanical manuscript for NPS parklands in NW Alaska (Parker) $10,000 managed by the University of Alaska Foundation and only appear in the museum’s financial summary Correction, verification & certification of National Park species database as those funds are transferred to the museum’s spending accounts. For a detailed listing of the museum’s for Arctic Network (Winker) $13,000 private support, please refer to the Donors of Record on page 9.

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Master Tlingit weaver Teri Rofkar demonstrates The museum purchased Cup’ik artist Earl Atchak’s Qununi The Celebrations installation in The People of Whaling exhibit at the traditional Raven’s Tail weaving at a museum (UA2004-023-0001) with funding from the Rasmuson Inupiat Heritage Center in Barrow highlights a stars-and-stripes lecture. Kerynn Fisher Foundation’s Art Acquisition Initiative. Angela Linn whaling flag (circa 1900).T erry Dickey