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2007

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OUr mission from the director The Connecticut State Museum of Natural History and Dear Friends, The creation of a Natural History Museum at Connecticut Archaeology Center serve the of UConn dates back to the 1880s, when then- member and future president Benjaman Koons es- Connecticut and the public by promoting an understanding tablished and maintained collections in the Old Main and appreciation of our natural and cultural world, Building. One hundred years later, Carl Rettenmeyer founded the State Museum of Natural History at UConn, especially as related to . which was officially established by state legislation in 1985. The Museum occupied several temporary loca- tions on campus until 2000 when we settled in our Within the mission, the Museum’s fundamental goals are first permanent home on Hillside Road, the historic Apple Sales Building. Having our own space allowed to acquire and preserve collections and to use collections, for the creation of administrative offices and a small new exhibit area in the building’s first floor. exhibits, and programs: The creation of the Connecticut Archaeology •To cultivate an interest about natural history among the Center in 2004 expanded the Museum’s role on cam- Board of Directors pus and in the commu- citizens of Connecticut. nity, and in the summer William Morlock, Chairman of 2006, the renovation Melanie Attwater-Young, CT Department of Agriculture •To communicate the significance and vulnerability of of our building’s second David Bingham, M.D. floor began. A success- Liz Buttner, CT Department of Education archaeological and natural resources. ful partnership between Carmen Cid, Biology, ECSU •To enhance University learning, teaching, and research. private donors and public Jean Crespi, Geosciences and Biology, UConn funding through the UConn Steve Fish, CT Department of Environmental Protection •To enrich elementary and secondary education. 21st Century program, this Carl Lindquist, M.D. expansion created perma- Natalie Munro, Anthropology, UConn •To acquire and present knowledge about the natural and nent public programming Dennison Nash, Anthropology, UConn, Emeritus cultural and New England. and exhibit space for the Morty Ortega, Natural Resources, UConn first time in the Museum’s Karin Peterson, CT Comm. on Culture & Tourism •To showcase the academic resources of the University history. Additional private David Wagner, Biology, UConn donations and grants made Walter Woodward, State Historian, UConn of Connecticut and provide a public connection to them. the Museum’s wonderful new permanent exhibits possible—and we reopened in Museum Director Leanne Harty Staff with State Archaeologist April of 2007 with a new slate of programs and gratify- Nick Bellantoni, State Archaeologist Nick Bellantoni. ing public support. Susan Broneill, Museum Receptionist 2007 will be remembered as a hallmark year for Cheri Collins, Program Coordinator & the Museum and Archaeology Center, made possible Collection Manager by our wonderful members, donors and friends. Your David Colberg, Public Information & generosity and ongoing commitment has made all Marketing Coordinator the difference. With Bill Morlock, our tireless Board Collin Harty, Exhibit and Communication Design Chairman, and steady support from the UConn Col- Leanne Kennedy Harty, Director lege of Liberal Arts and Sciences, we have together Emily-Rose Lanz, Membership Coordinator turned challenges into opportunities and looked ahead Robert Thorson, Stone Wall Initiative to envision future goals. Work Study/Student Staff Thank you! Jaimie Grant Katharine Hawkins Shana Morales Amanda Sullivan Leanne Harty Michael Teed Director

A MUSEUM TIMELINE 1880 1881 Charles & Augustus Storrs offer Benjamin Koons, faculty More Than 125 Years in the Making the State of Connecticut 170 member and future president acres of farmland to establish an of the school, establishes the agricultural school for boys. natural history collection. 2 3

Highlights Education s part of the of Liberal Arts and Sciences at UConn, the Connecticut State Museum of hrough campus programs, community involve- 69 total event staff/volunteers, three guest lectur- Natural History shares an important academic tradition. This tradition is founded not only on ment, and outreach activities, the Museum served ers, and 15 student volunteers. Activities throughout passing knowledge to future generations, but also on applying this knowledge to solve problems Tmore than 80,000 people this year. Program Archaeology Month are scheduled and coordinated A highlights and an accounting of participation follows. jointly by the State Historic Preservation Office and and improve the quality of people’s lives. The University of Connecticut is on the forefront of teaching the Museum of Natural History. This collaborative ef- and research in the sciences and humanities, and having direct access to University resources is one Campus Public Programs & Events This year the Mu- fort has expanded as we develop new and engaging of the Museum’s greatest assets. Museum programs and exhibits explore the dynamic relationships seum presented over 80 advertised public programs. public activities as a part of the statewide Archaeology between nature and culture through time, sharing University research and scholarship with visitors of Three seasonal program brochures promoted these Month of October. all ages and backgrounds. The Museum fosters the University’s commitment to lifelong learning by opportunities which included family activities and The Museum and Archaeology Center expanded creating opportunities for diverse audiences to acquire new knowledge, develop critical thinking skills, field workshops, day trips, summer camps, lectures the successful archaeology summer day camps this and special events. year at the site of an authentic archaeological excava- and gain broader perspectives on issues that effect their communities, their world, and their lives. Lectures, workshops and classes have long been tion on the UConn campus. The site, selected in co- This year saw the opening of permanent exhibit space vationists, the medical and business communities, the foundation of the Museum’s public programming, operation with the College of Agriculture and Natural and dedicated classrooms for the first time in the Mu- and representatives of Connecticut’s Native American and new topics and activities have been met with en- Resources and the State Historic Preservation Office in seum’s 25-year history. This effort was the culmina- tribes. This multidisciplinary approach more accu- thusiastic participation by long-time Museum patrons 2004, has been an ongoing archaeological investiga- tion of over three years of rately expresses how the and new friends. From tion under the supervision planning and fundraising sciences are practiced the Ancient Technologies of UConn archaeologists. to renovate the Museum’s today. The educational hands-on family work- This year an advanced second floor, and over two objective of this approach shops to lectures on di- session of camp was add- years of planning and pro- is to create a context for verse topics for adults and ed for those who had par- duction to create the new understanding natural UConn students, a grow- ticipated in previous ses- permanent exhibits. history and archaeology ing variety of programs sions. The advanced camp The Museum worked that authentically con- continues to be offered. featured special topic pre- with architects, UConn Ar- nects to people’s lives. In addition to presenters senters from UConn and chitecture and Engineer- It also helps the Museum from the Museum and from other organizations. ing, UConn Facilities, and reach out to new audienc- Center’s “home” depart- A selection of the artifacts contractors to ensure the es, develop new avenues ments of Anthropology recovered by the children renovations met institu- for fundraising, and better and Ecology and Evolu- has been exhibited in the tional needs, were com- support the diverse work tionary Biology, lecture Museum of Natural His- pleted on budget and on of the College of Liberal and workshop presenters tory and at the Archaeol- schedule to provide class- Arts and Sciences and included individuals from ogy Expo, and subsequent rooms for programming in February and to have the the broader University community. several other UConn Departments and the following: excavations will update that portable exhibit. exhibit in place for the Museum’s April reopening. As the Museum celebrated the second floor National Undersea Research Center, The Mashan- The Museum’s small first floor gathering area Over 200 members and friends attended a public opening, a significant financial gift this year also al- tucket Pequot Museum & Research Center, Public was necessarily closed to visitors for much of the year open house to celebrate the completion of second floor lowed us to begin the next chapter in the institution’s Archaeology Survey Team, Inc., Connecticut Valley due to building renovations. Special school group renovations and the exhibit opening of Human’s Nature: future. The Connecticut State Museum of Natural His- Mycological Society, The Mohegan Tribe Historic programs were relocated elsewhere during that period Looking Closer at the Relationships between People and tory and Connecticut Archaeology Center will benefit Preservation Department, National Parks Service, as Museum staff utilized the Student Union and other the Environment. The Museum’s new permanent exhibit greatly from a transformational $1-million private gift University, Watkinson School, Mansfield Historical campus locations for Museum programs. The largest tells a story that integrates Connecticut’s natural history made by Mrs. Julia B. Budney. The current and de- Society, Institute for American Indian Studies, and the of these programs was a group of 52 students from the with its cultural history. Through the exhibit and related ferred gift support will be used to promote educational Public Archaeology Lab. Pomfret Schools who attended Museum presentations programming, the Museum and Archaeology Center programs as well as the design and construction of UConn undergraduate student attendance at in a meeting room at the new Student Union. help visitors explore how the natural history of southern the next phase of the Museum’s renovations. It also public programs continued to grow this year, as the After completion of the Museum’s renovation New England has shaped, and continues to shape, the includes support for the Henry S. Budney Natural His- Museum worked to expand promotion and involve- and opening of the new permanent exhibit, Human’s lives of the people who live here—and how people, in tory Collection, comprising more than 100 vertebrate ment of that population. University student participa- Nature, on April 29th, school group visits began. On turn, reshape the environment. specimens and assorted ethnographic items collected tion highlighted the 3rd Annual Connecticut Archaeol- May 4th a group of forty eighth grade students from the The Museum continues to work with many of by Mrs. Budney’s late husband, and contributed by his ogy Expo, where undergraduate and graduate students Great Explorations junior high school enrichment pro- its traditional partners—geologists, climatologists, estate. Mrs. Budney’s gift will also help the Museum were active as volunteers, exhibitors and visitors. Over gram at the UConn Health Center was the Museum’s conservation biologists, archaeologists—while bring- move forward more quickly on the next phase of facil- 300 people attended the fall event held in the Rome first school group to visit the new exhibit. The Mu- ing new voices into the fold, including sociologists, ity expansion, construction of permanent collections, Ballroom. Children and adults enjoyed activities and seum’s expanded group visit options include guided agricultural and industrial historians, historic preser- laboratory and library space. exhibits from 24 institutions and organizations with tours of the exhibit, showing Museum-related videos,

1913 1916 1923 1939 1939 1940 The most complete mastodon found The “Museum Room” is open The “Apple Sales Building,” What was once the Connecticut The College of Arts and Sciences is The Wilber Cross in New England is uncovered in to the public in the Old Main future home of the Connecticut Agricultural College becomes the established as one of seven divisions of Building opens as the Farmington, CT. In 1988 it came to Building at the heart of campus. State Museum of Natural University of Connecticut. the newly named University. University’s library. the Museum of Natural History. History, is built. 4 5

such as National Geographic’s “BioBlitz!”, and the op- ment of Environmental Protection, and a new survey at other museums, and . This Exhibits & Publications As much of the concep- tion of a classroom-based activity in addition to tour- component made possible by the CLAS Center for year special topic presentations were made at the Yale tual planning for the new permanent exhibit was ing the exhibit. In June, all fourth grade classes from Applied Genetics and Research. Associate Professor Peabody Museum, in New Lon- accomplished in the previous year, 2006 was the Chaplin Schools visited the Museum’s new ex- Kenneth Noll and his team for the first time identified don, and Havre de Grace Maritime Museum in Havre dedicated to exhibit production. In order to keep hibit and participated in an accompanying workshop, bacteria from the area’s water and soil—adding over de Grace, Maryland as well as UConn-based presen- costs down, the Museum produced almost the en- “Shoebox Archaeology”, which took place in the Mu- 40,000 different (unique ribosomal 16S) “species” tations made at the Bishop Center, School of Nursing, tire exhibit in-house. This involved storyboarding seum’s new adjoining classroom space. to the tally. Plans for future BioBlitz events include and the Chemistry Department. narratives, scouting locations and setting up video Since the Museum’s reopening in April, nearly similar school partnerships, teacher components and shots, working with UConn faculty to research, 700 individuals have visited the Museum, and the re- bacteria analysis. Partnership Efforts The Museum collaborated with write, and edit the exhibit text, designing panel sponse to Human’s Nature has been overwhelmingly The Museum and Archaeology Center provide a the Babbidge Library and the Dodd Research Center layouts, printing and laminating graphics, fabri- positive. Preliminary evaluation indicates that visitors wide variety of outreach programs designed to meet on an exhibit of Native American Art, which was in cating exhibit walls and furniture, conserving and find the information new, interesting, thought provok- the needs of schools and organizations throughout place from June through August of 2006. The Mu- mounting artifacts, and installing all exhibit com- ing and useful. the State of Connecticut. These programs are often seum loaned artifacts from the anthropology collec- ponents, including multi-media equipment. The not publicized, but are special outreach activities that tions for inclusion in the exhibit, and acted as advi- two primary benefits of this approach were that the Outreach Once again, the Museum and Archaeology range from small group presentations in local schools sors and curators on the project. In December, the Museum maintained control over all content and Center co-sponsored the to larger organized Museum again collabo- storyline, and produced annual meeting of the events. New programs rated with the Babbidge a highly professional Friends of the Office of are continually being Library on an exhibit of exhibit for hundreds of State Archaeology featur- developed that align with butterflies and moths, thousands of dollars ing a special lecture by the needs of schools and featuring specimens from less than would nor- Dr. Douglas Scott of the communities. the Carpenter Collection. mally be possible. National Parks Service. There were many Numerous butterfly and Human’s Nature: A near-capacity crowd of requests for Museum moth specimens were Looking Closer at the three hundred individuals programs on Connecticut included in the exhibit, Relationships between attended this lecture on bats this year. Museum which opened in January People and the Environ- the archaeology of Little staff presentations ranged and was in place through ment tells a story that Bighorn held at Glaston- from a family hands-on March 2007. integrates Connecti- bury Middle School on program for 30 individu- In response to a re- cut’s natural history January 27th. als at the Tolland Public quest for input from the with its cultural history. This year the Mu- Library in February and Mohegan Tribe’s Muse- In the exhibit, visitors seum of Natural History to a large school assem- um Department, Museum explore how the natural collaborated with the Department of Ecology and Evo- bly program for 330 students at the Frank T. Wheeler staff worked with the Mohegan’s new collections history of southern New England has shaped, and lutionary Biology to produce the 7th Connecticut State Elementary School in Plainville in June. and museum staff to help train and prepare them for continues to shape, the lives of the people who BioBlitz in Middletown, June 8th and 9th. Professor The Archaeology Center and Office of State Archae- management and conservation of their collections live here—and how people, in turn, reshape the David Wagner, Co-Director of the Center for Conser- ology presented programs to groups all across the region in the Tantaquidgeon Museum in Uncasville. After environment. vation and Biodiversity and Museum Board Member, this year. Middle School presentations are especially touring CSMNH’s collections facilities and learning The Museum’s broader approach to understand- again took the lead in coordinating the event with the popular, due to curriculum frameworks, and assembly- about options for collections care and management, ing natural history was also seen in many of its print Museum. Working with Wilbert Snow School, the style programs on “The Science of Archaeology” were Museum staff traveled to the Tantaquidgeon Museum pieces this year. Topics for this year’s newsletters Middletown Public Schools and , presented in numerous schools across the state includ- to help assess the condition of their specimens, dis- included the article Uncovering a Life, which docu- the event had participation from over 200 scientists, ing Ridgefield Middle School, Highland Middle School cuss pest infestation control measures and provide mented the efforts of African American historians, surveyors and volunteers. Forty middleschool stu- in Cheshire, Woodstock Middle School, Johnson Middle further recommendations for conservation of their archaeologists and geneticists working together to dents from across the state participated as Junior Sur- School in Colchester, Branford Middle School, and Mc- materials. The Museum was also able to provide rec- better understand the life of Venture Smith, and A veyors and had unique 24-hour mentor experiences Kee Middle School in Berlin. Many presentations on state ommendations of more formal classes in archiving Subtle Reflection of Place, which explores how Con- with selected participating scientists. There was wide and local archaeology were made to local historical soci- and conservation to the Mohegan staff. necticut’s geology shapes our cultural history. This promotion in the schools and strong local media eties and various special interest groups. These included The Museum began working with the Anti- year also saw the reintroduction of the Connecticut coverage, including radio appearances by Professor the Trumbull Historical Society, First Descendants Society quarian and Landmarks Society this year to devel- Archaeology Awareness Month poster, which was dis- Wagner, which supported the public attendance of in Middletown, Greenwich Women’s Club, the Y Men’s op plans for a continuing series of co-sponsored tributed to thousands of people statewide. The poster over 600 at the event. Notable new components this Club of Westport, the Indian and Colonial Research Center programs at their historic home facilities. The first and accompanying material examined sport artifacts year were a teachers forum with a keynote address by in Old Mystic, and the Fairfield Historical Society. of these was held in the summer of 2007, at the from the past to the present, and how material culture Gina McCarthy, Commissioner of Connecticut Depart- The State Archaeologist is often asked to speak Homestead. reflects changing cultural themes over time.

1940s 1963 1982 1982 1983 1983 Plans for a new Alumni-Student Union The Norris Bull collection of over Professor Dr. Carl Rettenmeyer Dr. Rettenmeyer becomes the first The Museum establishes a A 15-foot great white shark, are developed, including a wing for a 10,000 Connecticut Native approaches the University’s Director of the Connecticut State General Endowment. captured off the end of Long Natural History Museum. The project American artifacts is donated to the Board of Trustees to establish a Museum of Natural History. Island, is donated to the never comes to full fruition. University of Connecticut. museum of natural history. Museum. 6 7

Collections & Loans

World Wide Web There has been a steady increase in t has been an exciting year for the Collections The Museum receives many questions from the use of Museum websites since 2004, when the Department. On August 22nd, the Museum and Ar- the public about natural history, artifacts, or speci- new Connecticut Archaeology Center website went Ichaeology Center received a unique collection of mens they have found, or about potential archaeol- live. The Archaeology Center site interconnects with Central and South American masks and other ethno- ogy sites. The Museum staff, if unable to answer the Museum of Natural History website, and both have graphic materials, donated by Eva Vavrousek Jakuba of the query directly, uses the excellent academic re- grown considerably since their initial design. The sites West Hartford that is valued at $20,520. These unique sources of the University in order to give the public together create a professional and engaging face for specimens were donated by Mrs. Jakuba for educa- accurate information. the Museum—and more importantly, serve as use- tional use. Because these materials can be considered Through formal loans, artifacts and biological ful tools for many different populations. With little site an art collection as well as an ethnographic one, the collection materials are frequently utilized by other in- promotion, use has grown to an average of over 2,400 Museum anticipates collaborating with several differ- stitutions, creating a Museum presence in numerous visitors per month. Aside from the home pages, the ent departments within the University for the use and locations across the state. Seventy objects from the most popular destinations are the Museum’s current display of these objects. Anthropological Collections at UConn are on perma- calendar page, current exhibits page and the anthro- On November 6th, the Museum received a nent loan to the Mashantucket Pequot Museum and pological collections pages. substantial collection of taxidermy mounts and Research Center, and are featured in exhibits through- The Museum designed and maintains two ad- other natural history specimens from the collec- out the facility with appropriate acknowledgements. ditional sites—BioBlitz, which was recently rede- tion of Henry S. Budney The artifacts were select- signed, and Underwater Archaeology. The Underwater of Newington, donated ed for exhibit prior to the Archaeology site is primarily an educational tool for by the Budney fam- opening of the Museum recreational divers. Considering the narrow audience, ily, which is valued at and Research Center in it is notable that the site gets an average of 200 visi- $274,590. These extraor- 1998, and many thou- tors per month. The Stone Wall Initiative website can dinary specimens were sands of visitors have had also be found on the larger Museum site. Originally donated by the Budney their learning experience designed by students in family for educational enhanced as a result of the Teachers for a New use. The Museum cur- this loan. Era program, this site re- Public Programming rently has an adult black Museum of Natural ceives frequent updates bear permanently on dis- History collection ma- from Robert Thorson, Workshops, Camps & Trips .....470 play in the lobby and will terials are exhibited by Professor of Geology, Lectures...... 688 be collaborating with numerous organizations and receives hundreds departments within the across the state. For of visits each month Meetings & Events...... 750 University and expand- example, the Museum from individuals across Total...... 1,908 ing use of these mounts provided photographs the country seeking in- as classroom materials, and in future exhibits. and information on the Ash House excavation by the formation on stone walls Small donations to Museum collections oc- Office of State Archaeology to the Mansfield Histori- and their preservation. Outreach Activities cur quite frequently: On November 21st, for ex- cal Society for their exhibit on that historic house this ample, the Museum received the donation of an year. Trowbridge Nature Center rents mounted bird Small Group...... 955 antique Spencer medical microscope. This item and mammal specimens for their changing seasonal Community Events...... 42,700 2007 attendance was donated by Lottie Haller of Mansfield. Mrs. exhibits three times each year. In addition, the Kellogg Haller’s husband, Kurt Haller, was a renowned Nature Center exhibits specimens and photographs, Total...... 43,655 Professor Emeritus of Physics at UConn. which are on loan from the Museum.

E x h i b i t s Exhibits...... 1,484 Collections on Public View.....41,400 Total...... 42,884

Total Attendance...... 88,447

1985 1985 1985 1987 1988 1992 The Connecticut State Museum of The Museum opens its doors to the The A.J. Carpenter The Office of State Archaeology (OSA) The Museum accepts the Rex The Barnum/Secor Natural History is officially established public in the Wilbur Cross Building. Collection of butterflies is is established by the Connecticut State Brasher collection of bird paintings. anthropology collection of by the Connecticut State Legislature. accepted by the Museum. Legislature, as a part of the Museum over 18,000 artifacts is of Natural History. transferred to the Museum. 8 9

Research, Preservation & Academics

he Office of State Archaeology The workload of of Venture and his family. This ongoing project was port major goals for the organization each year. FOSA for local officials. By providing these services at a the State Archaeologist continues to be stagger- the subject of a conference at UConn and numerous secured a grant through the Quinebaug-Shetucket Heri- central location, to groups of professionals in need Ting. State legislation has established numerous presentations and papers. Also notable this year was tage Corridor in 2006 to support the Museum’s new of similar training, we hope to maximize the State areas of responsibility for the Office of Archaeology a highly-publicized forensic investigation in Man- exhibit. 2007 goals focused on providing assistance to Archaeologist’s time and reduce statewide travel for (OSA), and as economic development projects in- , CT. As part of an unsolved murder investiga- the State Archaeologist with routine research and re- this purpose. crease in the state, the volume of work associated with tion, the Office of State Archaeology was called upon ports for development projects. A few FOSA members The State Archaeologist is an Associate Profes- each of the following duties has increased. Duties of to excavate a site located beneath a residential garage, have been specially trained in this area, and a protocol sor in the Anthropology Department at UConn, and the State Archaeologist include: where a body was allegedly buried. The OSA worked has been established. This spring the new assisted re- had three students in Investigation of Special Topics • Oversight of in situ preservation, archaeological with the State Medical Examiner’s Office and the Hen- view process is being tested, with very positive results. (ANTHRO 299) this year. Dr. Bellantoni had two pa- excavation, or reburial of Native American human re- ry Lee Institute of Forensic Science in September to By doing the up-front work of finding paper site files pers published on the life and work of Douglas Jordon: mains uncovered by any ground disturbance investigate and determine whether or not the body was and noting known sites, the FOSA volunteers will help the first inThe Bulletin of the Massachusetts Archaeo- • Curatorial oversight of over 600,000 artifacts reposit- buried in this location. save the State Archaeologist considerable time going logical Society (2006). Vol. 67(2), pp. 74-75, and the ed at the Connecticut State Museum of Natural History The State Archaeologist’s research into New Eng- though files and gathering relevant info, and allow him second in The Bulletin of the Archaeological Society of • Oversight of an inventory of Native American cem- land vampire folk belief continues to be a popular topic to focus more energy on the decision-making process Connecticut (2006), Vol. 65, pp. 4-5. eteries, and preservation of other human remains and for television. This was featured in one full episode of and process requests more quickly. cemeteries a new National Geographic The Office of State Stone Wall Initiative Dr. • Acting on recommen- Channel series Is it Real? Archaeology provides Robert Thorson was on dations made by the Na- National Geographic origi- a wide variety of pub- sabbatical this year, but tive American Heritage nally aired Vampires: Is it lic education services. the public education com- Advisory Council Real? in October of 2006 This year Dr. Bellantoni ponent of the Stone Wall • Providing recommenda- to coincide with Hallow- made over 40 public and Initiative (SWI) remained tions on proposed State Ar- een. The one-hour episode academic presentations, active. The SWI provides chaeological Preserves, and continues to be shown on reaching over 2,500 resources and guidance serving on the River Protec- the National Geographic people in municipalities to the general public and tion Advisory Committee Channel. This was the across the state. Re- interested professionals • Archaeological salvage second program produced quests to the OSA for regarding stone walls via of properties threatened for National Geographic on professional training in the web and in-person at with destruction this subject since 2004. forensics and other top- the Horsebarn Hill loca- • Public and private Charged with re- ics have increased, and tion. The SWI maintains research of “the highest viewing all proposals for the Museum has devel- growing site files for the possible standards in construction and modifi- oped a plan to offer more New England states, a ref- archaeological investigations” cation of land where archaeological sites may be locat- formal workshops to professionals in relevant topics erence collection of books and articles on stone walls, • Publication and dissemination of information about ed in Connecticut, the State Archaeologist conducted at the Connecticut Archaeology Center. Much of the a reference collection of stones to help visitors identify the ethnohistory of the region, and answering inquiries approximately 100 field reviews and site meetings in State Archaeologist’s travel is for the purpose of mu- stone composition, as well as geological maps (bed- about the state’s archaeological resources communities through April of this year. In addition, the nicipal visits to provide education and information rock and surficial) for all states. • Maintaining comprehensive site files and maps OSA evaluated over 200 project proposals for state mu- (more than 5,000 records) nicipalities during that period using site files and other • Membership on the Historic Preservation Council, reference materials. OSA logged over 20,000 miles in which advises the Connecticut Commission on Cul- travel this year. ture and Tourism The Friends of the Office of State Archaeology, In fulfilling these duties, State Archaeologist Inc. (FOSA) is the volunteer organization that assists the Nicholas Bellantoni managed nearly 20 field excava- State Archaeologist in field work and routine laboratory tions in the past year. Notable among these were the activities. The organization has over 100 dues-paying high-profile Venture Smith family burial excavation at members, and contributed over 4,000 hours of their the First Church of Christ Cemetery in East Haddam, time in support activities. Approximately 20% of these CT. The Office worked as part of an interdisciplin- individuals serve as the Office of State Archaeology ary team to find anthropological artifacts, examine crew for field excavation, and also provide staff support Venture’s own narrative and historical documents, in the Lab/Office on Horsebarn Hill. Leanne Harty works and discover genomic information to analyze DNA closely with FOSA President Roger Thompson to sup-

1996 1997 1998 1998 1999 1999 Dr. Carl Rettenmeyer retires as the Volunteers establish the Friends of the The Museum becomes Dr. Ellen Censky is hired as The Museum conducts Due to UConn 2000 Director of the Museum. Jan Taigen Office of State Archaeology (FOSA) a part of the College of Director of the Museum. Connecticut’s first state BioBlitz renovations, the Museum is appointed Interim Director. to support the Connecticut Office of Liberal Arts and Sciences. in Keney Park, Hartford. closes its public exhibit space State Archaeology. in the Wilbur Cross Building. 10 11 V o l u n t e e r s , M e m b e r s h i p , P u b l i c I nformation & M a r k e t i n g

olunteers are a vital part of the Museum’s efforts to tinued entering many of the smaller archaeological promotion tools. Managed expertly by David Colberg The State Archaeologist’s work with the Venture engage the public—providing innovative program- collections into the Past Perfect database. The Mu- beginning this year, print, broadcast, and online outlets Smith Project received an incredible amount of public Vming and an enriching museum experience. seum uses this new database for collections work and featured Museum and Archaeology Center news and ac- and media attention. Coverage included media out- With the reopening of the Museum and its new as a mode for answering queries about specimens tivities. Highlights include the following: lets such as Archaeology News, the USDA’s Natural permanent exhibit, Human’s Nature, also came the entered into it. Jeffrey Egan, an undergraduate stu- Mainstream media coverage remained an essen- Resources Conservation Services Journal, The opportunity to provide a new and revamped Museum dent, began an inventory of the specimens in the Bull tial avenue for creating awareness of CSMNH and CAC Globe, Fox News, NPR, MSNBC, Newsweek, The Wash- volunteer program. Now, those accepted into the pro- Collection this year as a Fall Semester independent activities. Electronic press releases, supplemented with ington Post, Middletown Press, and The Hartford Cou- gram become volunteers of record with the University project. He located and recorded the presence of Bull traditional paper releases, allowed for a cost effective rant. Local broadcast media included NBC30 TV, WFSB of Connecticut. New and returning Museum volunteers specimens in the Dodd Research Center and other fa- way to reach Connecticut and national media outlets TV3, and WTNH TV8. Coverage by the go through a basic orientation program, covering such cilities, updating the Bull catalog database for the first with greater ease and frequency. and United Press International was picked up by a num- topics as museum and exhibit operating procedures, time since its accession. Opportunities for the public to discover mu- ber of media outlets including The Kansan, Columbia personal policies, exhibit and program interpretation seum programming increased through the use of over Tribune, St. Petersburg Times, Daily News, and presentation. As the program develops, volunteers Museum Membership The Membership Office experi- twenty cultural, tourism, media, and educational event Buffalo News, and St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The general can explore a number of exciting and challenging ar- enced a change in staff this year following the retirement calendar websites including .com, H-Net His- publics’ interest in the project was also evident from eas of responsibility. Whether guiding visitors though of Ann Merritt in September 2006. Emily Lanz became tory, Connecticut Academy for Education, University the amount of coverage in various personal blogs and exhibits, presenting an Membership Coordinator of Connecticut Events, online message boards. educational program, in December 2006, and Journal Inquirer, Connect- UConn’s College of Liberal or working behind the is working to streamline icut National Public Ra- Arts and Sciences created scenes, there are many membership operations dio, Willimantic Chronicle, The Story of Venture Smith support roles for people and expand the Museum’s NBC 30, WFSB TV3, Con- website featuring the with various training and membership base. necticut Cultural Gateway, work of many University interests. The Museum’s Museum mem- and Connecticut Heritage of Connecticut scholars volunteer staff consists of bership continues to be Gateway calendars. Addi- including Dr. Bellantoni. a diverse pool of talented strong, spurred on by the tional program inclusion In addition to its news individuals including area excitement surrounding in print event listings and reports, BBC coverage of professionals, UConn stu- the renovation and new ex- calendars included such the Venture Smith Project dents, homemakers, retir- hibit. This excitement was outlets as Connecticut included a documentary, A ees, teachers, community exemplified on April 29t h Parent Magazine, The Slave’s Story. leaders, and others whose when over 200 patrons , The Wil- On September 28th, abilities and enthusiasm attended the Museum’s limantic Chronicle, and the WNPR interviewed Cheri make all the difference. Open House to preview Parent Planner. Collins, Program Coordi- The Museum’s Teen Docent program is in its first the exhibit Human’s Nature and the new multi-function Utilizing University listserv systems, the Mu- nator and Collection Manager, about ancient technol- stages of development. The Teen Docent program is part classroom space, attend a lecture by Dr. Bellantoni, visit seum reached over 36,000 UConn students, employ- ogies and atlatl throwing during a morning broadcast. of the Connecticut State Museum of Natural History’s with Museum staff and exhibit collaborators, participate ees, and other list subscribers with each electronic This broadcast included recorded interviews of Gary Youth Development Program, allowing youth to develop in children’s activities, and enjoy UConn Dairy Bar ice announcement, building awareness of the Museum Nolf and Bob Inman, members of FOSA, which took life skills as well as enrich their cultural and environ- cream. To make the most of the interest and enthusiasm and its events and programming. Moviegoers at the place during the Museum’s Atlatl Day program on mental understandings. As trained museum volunteers, surrounding renovation and reopening, the Museum is Student Union Theater learned about Museum events September 16th. Teen Docents will work alongside museum profession- planning a membership drive. The Museum’s Member- through pre-movie slide shows. The State Archaeologist’s discoveries about New als, experiencing many facets of the Museum’s opera- ship Office has also begun reaching out to schools with An increased distribution of Museum program- England vampire folk belief was the subject of one epi- tion. On a typical day, Teen Docents may work in the complimentary 1-year Family Memberships for school ming information through third-party newsletters and sode of Vampires, from a new National Geographic Chan- exhibit area, coordinate an activity, conduct research, fundraising auctions. This has proved to be an effective electronic communications was made possible by nel series Is it Real? The program originally aired in Octo- and interact with museum guests and program partici- method to promote the membership program, increase directly sharing programming content with organiza- ber of 2006 to coincide with Halloween and continues to pants. Teen Docents also have access to the education- visibility, and support local schools and communities. tions likely to utilize museum offerings. These organi- be shown on the National Geographic Channel. al programs and youth development activities offered zations included The Connecticut 4-H Program, Con- The Edwin Way Teale Lecture Series on Nature by the University of Connecticut Cooperative Extension Public Information & Marketing The way people gather in- necticut Audubon Society, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, & the Environment brings leading scholars and scien- System’s 4-H Program - Connecticut’s premier youth formation and make decisions on how to spend their time home school groups, historical societies, libraries, tists to the University of Connecticut. The Connecticut development organization. and resources is constantly changing, and the Museum’s senior centers, youth services agencies, town recre- State Museum of Natural History’s public information Collections volunteers play a key role in main- public information and marketing office has sought to ation departments, appropriate statewide college and and marketing office serves as the marketing arm for taining and updating the Museum’s collections. This distribute information on the Museum’s programming, university departments, and the Connecticut K-12 the series, publicizing visits from Carl Jones, Inter- year Bruce Green, a Friends group member, has con- events, and resources using various communication and publication Connecticut Science Connection. national Research Fellow, Durrell Wildlife Conserva-

1999 2000 2000 2003 2004 2004 The Museum is approved to relocate The Museum offers the long-term Phase I building Dr. Ellen Censky steps down as Lou Lent celebrates her 20th year Interim Director Leanne to its new home in the old “Apple Sales loan of Native American artifacts renovations are completed, Director of the Museum. as a Museum volunteer. Harty is appointed Director Building” on Hillside Road. for use in the Pequot Museum’s new creating offices and a small of the Museum and new permanent exhibits. exhibit area on the 1st floor. Archaeology Center. 12 13

* Financial summary for the year ending june 30, 2007 FY 2007 donations & membership tion Trust, Scientific Director Mauritian Wildlife, “The Dodo’s Legacy: Conservation on Mauritius.”; , of Economics, Yale Uni- Operating Endowment Donation All Funds versity, Member of the National Academy of Science, Revenue Funds Principle Funds FY 2007 Budney Fund (new) 66% “Carbon Taxes to Slow Global Warming.”; Mark Klett, Operating Donations...... $32,962...... $404,614...... $437,576 Regents Professor of Art, , Membership...... $17,802...... $17,802 Building Fund 22% “Ideas About Time: Recent Projects that Investigate the Relationship of Time, Space and Photography.”; Rich- Rental Income...... $2,340...... $2,340 Membership Fund 4% ard Somerville, Distinguished Professor, Scripps In- Endowment Return...... $50,469...... $124,619...... $175,088 stitution of Oceanography, “Climate, , Endowment State Match...... $2,599...... $2,599 Operating Fund 7% and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change”; David Allen Sibley, Author and Illustrator, The Sibley Programs, Fees, etc...... $15,612...... $15,612 Student Award Endowments 1% Guide to Birds, “Birds and Bird Guides.” OSA Support...... $15,000...... $15,000 The Museum’s expansion and reopening gen- Student Support...... $7,500 ...... $7,500 Other Endowments <1% erated coverage from The Hartford Courant, WTIC’s Morning Show with Diane Salary Allotment...... $374,362...... $374,362 Smith and Ray Dunaway, Total Income...... $516,047...... $127,218...... $404,614...... $1,047,879 The Willimantic Chronicle, Reminder Newspapers, the UConn Advance, UConn Foundation’s Momentum, and Daily Campus. ** The annual meeting Expenses of the Friends of the Of- Salaries and Benefits...... $456,330 fice of State Archaeology Program Support...... $6,929 FY 2007 Operating Expeneses featured the renowned fo- Office Supplies...... $1,359 rensic anthropologist Dr. Douglas Scott who spoke Office Equipment...... $2,380 on “New Archaeological Phone...... $4,188 Administration* 7% Perspectives on the Battle Postage...... $5,835 of Little Bighorn”. Publicity Exhibits/Collections* 11% appeared in outlets such as The Hartford Courant, WTIC 2007 BioBlitz at the Printing...... $10,131 radio, www.h-net.org, www.ctacad.org, www.wfsb.com, Wilbert Snow School, Middletown, CT. Graphic Communication...... $2,100 Miscellaneous 1% and www.wtic.com. Collections...... $1,242 The Connecticut State Museum of Natural His- Office Support 2% tory’s public information and marketing office served OSA Vehicle Expenses...... $8,195 as the Connecticut State BioBlitz information hub for Professional Development... $360 OSA* 26% public relations, providing up-to-date information to Student Awards...... $6,825 the media as well as BioBlitz partners. Media outlets Programs* 53% such as the Middletown Press, Hartford Courant, and Volunteer Expenses...... $1,820 *includes salaries The Middletown Chronicle consistently covered the Miscellaneous...... $1,535 2007 BioBlitz by announcing Middletown’s selec- Total Expenses...... $509,229 tions to host the event, sponsor involvement, school activities, and the event itself. Additional awareness *CSMNH’s finances are audited with the UConn Foundation and the was created by providing small BioBlitz posters to University of Connecticut. Middletown businesses and organizations, banners to **Does not include building renova- hang over Main Street and be displayed at the event, tions and special projects. and vast electronic communication between schools, government agencies, universities, and numerous en- vironmental organizations.

2004 2004 2006 2007 2007 2008 The Connecticut Archaeology Center is The Stone Wall Initiative becomes The Museum’s total The Henry S. Budney Vertebrate Phase II building renovations are Phase III expansion initiated, established as a part of the Connecticut part of the Connecticut State endowments surpass $1M. Collection is transferred to the completed. The Museum opens its new with plans for new collections State Museum of Natural History. Museum of Natural History. Museum.. The Julia B. Budney Fund permanent exhibit, “Human’s Nature,” facilities, archaeology lab and is established . and two dedicated classrooms. professional research library. 14 15

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Contributing Science & Anthropology Experts Eric Pomo* Rita Rehm $300,000 and more Shirley F. Whitworth Arlene Thompson Daniel Adler* Mike Raber Carl Rettenmeyer* Julia B. Budney Raymond & Sarah Winter Kentwood & Marta Wells Peter Auster* Jack Rajotte Marian Rettenmeyer Edward Werner Cook William & Martha Wilson Arthur Basto Archaeological Society David Robinson* Brittany Richmond* $100,000 - $200,000 Mark & Cheryl Roy Archaeological & Historical Services, Inc. Marc Banks* Cara Roure* Cara Roure* William & Diane Morlock Judith Stein & Kenneth Dardick SBC Foundation Kimberly Barber* Mark Rudnicki* Rachel Roberts* David Markowitz United Technologies Corporation William Berentsen* Douglas Scott Betty Savage $20,000 - $50,000 Douglas & Nan Cooper Lyme Public Hall Association, Inc. Akeia Bernard* Laura Katz Smith* Paul Scannell John L. C. Lof Walter T. Keller Donald & Evelyn Ahlberg Jeff Bendremer Stonington Historical Society Walter Sekula Ronald & Lucy Meoni Anonymous Connie Borodenko Suzy Staubach* Virginia Stallman $2,001 -$3,000 Jack L. & Jean A. Scaduto Faith Damon Davison Ruth Shapleigh-Brown Melissa Tantaquidgeon-Zobel Roxanne Steinman Kent E. Holsinger Francis Rice & Margaret Trainor John C. Folsom Central Connecticut State University Robert Thorson* Terry Stoleson Michael F. Robinson Judson & Gloria Hunter Anthropology Department Vance Tiede Harley Stoleson $1,001 - $2,000 Alice B. Jansen Todd & Janice Sauer Bruce Clouette Harry van der Hulst* Anna Storrs Eaton Charitable Fund Richard R. & Jane Pacelli Michael & Joyce Taylor Raymond Coppinger David Wagner* Amanda Sullivan Harry & Doris Townshend Jack & Susan Vining Dan Cruson Walter Woodward* Peggy Taylor $501 - $1,000 Alphonse & Ruth A. Avitabile Lee F. West Doug Curry Western Connecticut State University Virginia Texidor* Pfizer, Inc. G. M. & Jane Howard Kathleen M. Riley Jim Dina Department of Social Sciences, Anthropology Kristine Thorson Robert J. Behnke Robert J. Martinchek & Family Mary Jane & Roger A. Kelsey, Jr. Rose Drew Dominique Vitelli* Dennison J. Nash Elmer & Dorothea Fischer Bob Dubos* Docents & Program Volunteers Betty Wardwell $51 to $100 Rudy & Gail Voit Stacy Dufresne Bonnie Beatrice $201-$500 Suzanne A. Staubach Gail Chernosky & Richard Hyde Donna Ellis* Ken Beatrice Office of State Archaeology Louise M. Lent Debra Ann & John Wheeler Betty A. Feingold Ken Feder Mary Brescia Bonnie Beatrice Scott K. & Rebecca T. Lehmann Janet Beatty Gary & Judith Gonyea Fairfield Historical Society Claudette Casile* Kenneth Beatrice Don & Marilyn De C. Richardson Paul & Lesley Betts Richard H. Goodwin Dan Forrest* Roberta Coughlin Ruth Brown David B. & Anne Bingham Harry H. & Honore Birkenruth Anne H. Isbister Richard French* Kelly Conway* David Cooke William & Jean Bronson Charles & Rita Borovicka David L. & Billie M. Kapp Friends of State Archaeology Nan Cooper* June Cooke Dan J. Ferraina Thomas & Margo Burns Kathleen M. Kelleher Ann Galonska* Nat Cooper Anne Chaquette Ann H. Hunyadi Michael J. & Patricia J. Cardin Lynette Bobb & Jay Koths Bob Gradie* Megan Cosway* Henri Coppes Carl & Julia Lindquist Fred A. Cazel, Jr. William & Jean Lonergan Bruce Greene Katharine Cristaudo* Mark Falade Natalie Munro Henri & Jacqueline Coppes Louis Mameli Alison Guinness Julia Dean* Mark Gobell James R. & Deborah S. Russel Denis & Linda Cunningham Jennifer Hockla & Donald J. Mysling Katharine Hawkins* Ashley Doria* Bruce Greene Marjorie Hayes & Keith Wilson Mary R. Deveau Alan & Sherry Perrie Institute for American Indian Studies Jeffrey Egan* Alison Guiness Richard & Nancy Booth Arthur & Christine Dimock Leonard A. Seeber Tim Ives* Dolle Fisher Dreda Hendsay Gerry & James Harvey Nancy J. Ferlow William & Joan Simpson Henry Whitfield State Museum/ Elmer Fisher Mae Johnson Norwalk Community College Steven & Linda Fish Bruce & Virginia Valentine Brian Jones* Pam Franko* Sven Johnson Philomena Hunyadi Charles & Barbara Goodwin Elizabeth Wardwell Harold Juli Sophia Gintoff* Kris Keegan Richard & Linda Bireley Roswell & Gretchen Hall Jay Kaplan June Guillow George Kinsella John J. & Elizabeth E. Spaulding Lawrence & Gayle Hightower Up to $50 Virge Kaske* Ken Guillow Barbara Kipfer Northeast Utilities Foundation, Inc. Frederic & Jean Hopkins The McGraw-Hill Companies E. Barrie Kavasch Nusie Halpine Deborah LaBrie Friends of the Office of State Archaeology Joyce B. Humphrey Rosemary Gutbrod Walt Landgraf Laura Hokanson* Richard LaRose Mary Rogers Beckert Julia & Christian Joseph & Katherine Holt Jason LaVigne Elijah Hopkins* Susan Ludlow Carmen R. Cid Bettejane Karnes Paul Jiantonio Lucianne Lavin Bettejane Karnes Robert Martincheck George A. Clark, Jr. Ruth Ladd Robert & Marion Johnson Ralph Lewis* John Karnes Len Messina Elizabeth Glazer John & Ava Little Allan Bean Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center John Kelly* Jackie Nadeau Thomas J. Harris Sandra Tosi & Richard Maidment Cheryl J. Bean Clinton Morse* Millie Kramer Gary Nolf John & Margaret McCarrick Frederick A. Beardsley Natalie Munro* Ashley Kocur* Frank Pearson $101 to $200 Vibha Jain & Gregory Miller Mary W. Beardsley Jennifer Nadeau* Ruth Ladd Jeff Pudlinski Lauri K. Freidenburg John & Nancy Pacyna Gerhard & Elizabeth Austin National Undersea Research Center Lou Lent* Mike Raber Archaeological Society Pauline Palmquist Eugene L. Berck New Milford Historical Society Brittany Magourik Jack Rajotte Karin Burns William & Candace Powers Melode Brasher Gary Nolf Lois Maloney Cynthia Redman Gary W. Bigelow Ronald Rivard Dorothy B. Church Norwalk Community College Anthropology Connie Marsh Paul Scannell Ellen J. Censky Chauncy & Nancy Rucker Carol Davidge & J. Garry Clifford Department Sarah Middleton* Bill Schultz Robert & Marilyn Curtis Helen Sanborn Margaret Constantino Jen O’Brien Gwyneth Morrison Anita Sherman Jeffrey Alan Granoff Victor & Kathryn Scottron Sally F. Cornish PAST Inc. Betty Miller John Spaulding Virginia & Heinz Herrmann Ann K. Sedgwick Louise C. Evans John Palowski Matt Opel* Alan Spier Antonio & Marjorie Romano Barry & Ceceil Setterstrom Bernard & Marilyn Gerling Warren Perry Mary Palmer Karl Stofko Carl W. Schafer John W. Shannahan Philip & Selma Grant Cynthia Peterson* Polly Palmquist Roger Thompson Winthrop & Anne Smith Roberta K. Smith Katharine Hawkins Karin Peterson James Paquin Jim Trocchi Meredith L. Vasta Sally T. Sumner Clare Denison & Joseph Heissan Renee Petruzelli* Frank Pearson Lee West David & Sylvia Wagner Patricia Peters & Andrew Szych Michael A. Horvath Dave Poirier Cynthia Redman Russell & Stephanie Wheeler John & Patricia Tanaka Marjorie L. Hoskin *UConn faculty, staff, students, or alumni

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