Fall 2014 • Vol. 2, Issue 7

Exhibit chronicles Inside this issue: Sioux City Journal history FY14 Annual emorable front most influential newspapers page headlines, for most of its existence, its Report Mphotographs, and editor/publisher George an array of artifacts are D. Perkins was Iowa’s most featured in the temporary respected newspaperman exhibit, Sioux City Journal: during his time at the helm 150 Years in Siouxland 1864- from 1869 to 1914. 2014, now showing at the Sioux City Public Museum in “Perhaps most important honor of the newspaper’s for current and future 150th anniversary. On display students of local history, through January 4, 2015, the Journal has been the the exhibit traces the history primary compiler of our Rack cards funded by a grant from of the news organization region’s story for 150 years,” the Iowa Tourism Office. from its founding by young continues Anderson. “That Inside back cover - lawyer Samuel Tait Davis to its includes both the printed Challenge grant fuels current role today. word and photographic endowment campaign documentation. “It is almost impossible If its work had to over-emphasize the not been importance of the Sioux preserved, City Journal to Sioux City’s much of our history,” says Matt Anderson, knowledge of exhibits preparator. “Along Sioux City’s past with being one of Iowa’s would be lost.”

Above: Journal managing editor Bruce Miller (right) moderated a panel discussion with current and former Journal staff on August 24 during the exhibit’s opening weekend. Panelists sharing their memories were (from left to right) columnist/former City Hall reporter Lynn Zerschling, former managing editor Karen Luken, former editor Larry Myhre, sports editor Terry Hersom, former reporter Marcia Poole, and editor Chris Coates. Left: Nearly every Journal- related artifact in the Museum’s collection along with other pieces on loan from the Journal and local collectors are on display.

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

GRAND OPENING

Experience the history of Sioux City like never before! You are invited to celebrate the grand opening of the new Sioux City Public Museum. Explore state-of-the-art interactive displays, engaging permanent exhibits, rare Sioux City artifacts and so much more. Please join us on this history-making day as we present ÒOur New MuseumÓ to the community.

WHO: Sioux City Public Museum WHAT: Grand Opening Ceremony & Ribbon Cutting WHEN: Saturday, April 23, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. WHERE: 607 4th Street Director’s Report by Steve Hansen reetings and thank fulfill our mission, but exceeds hibits enabling the Museum you for taking the expectations when it comes to offer an even wider range Gtime to read our to offering a wide range of of activities for our guests. annual report. As we ap- programs, excellent exhibits Thank you to those of you proach the holiday season and assuring that we meet who have already respond- and review what we are accreditation standards in ed to this challenge and to thankful for, I find each and caring for our collections. those of you who continue to every page of this newsletter help us grow in other ways. a reminder of how fortunate We are only as strong as our I am to be the Director of the community support is and By any measure, it has been Sioux City Public Museum. I am very pleased to an- another history-making year nounce that we have an in- for the entire Museum sys- We continue to receive credible opportunity to grow tem. Moving forward I wish solid community support and our endowment. The Gilchrist you the best for the holiday our visitors continue to be Foundation has offered us a season and that you will visit amazed with our wonderful challenge grant and we only us soon. facilities. As you look through have weeks left to meet the this edition, I am confident goal. Our endowment pro- Thank you again for your that you will agree that the ceeds go directly to educa- continued support. Museum not only strives to tional programming and ex-

Association stores provide unique holiday gift ideas ooking for holiday gift ideas? Consider support- Ling the Sioux City Muse- um and Historical Association by shopping at the Museum Store and Galley Gift Shop.

Among the best-selling gift ideas are the Association’s publications, Sioux City: A Pictorial History and Sioux City Left: The Sioux City Public Museum and Sergeant Floyd River Museum and Welcome Center History: 1980-2002. The Asso- offer a variety of Sioux City t-shirts. Right: The Museum Store expanded its selection of high- ciation-commissioned “Burial quality educational children’s toys with puzzles and games from Melissa & Doug. of Sergeant Floyd” painting Iowa, films featuring traveling the Galley Gift Shop has nu- is available as a print, coffee Iowans, as well as films that merous Sioux City and Lewis mug, and postcard. merely mention Iowa. and Clark souvenirs and ap- parel items. New merchandise includes a While the Galley Gift Shop book by local authors Marty and Museum Store stock The Museum Store features S. Knepper and John Shelton some of the same books of Iowa-made candles, small Lawrence, who have written local interest, each location pottery vases, George Lind- the first and only compre- offers slightly different gift blade’s books and films in- hensive story of Iowa films. ideas. Along with many tour- cluding “High Times on Lower The Book of Iowa Films covers ist related items from Iowa, 4th” and dinosaur toys and films made in Iowa, films set in Nebraska, and South Dakota, shirts. Sioux City Museum & Historical Association ANNUAL REPORT Fiscal Year 2013 – 2014 • July 1, 2013 – June 30, 2014 Sioux City Public Museum Sergeant Floyd River Mu- the Museum, the 48 public seum & Welcome Center. programs for youth groups in- A redesigned website was cluded everything from “Kid’s launched providing more Thursdays” to Boy Scout and up-to-date information about Girl Scout events. The 43 all three Museum sites. Along adult public programs on-site With the Sioux City Public with social media efforts, the included lectures, special Museum entering its fourth Museum’s photo kiosk ex- events and the “History at year downtown, the need to panded e-mail marketing to High Noon” series. Museum showcase the facility in new more than 2,500 subscribers. staff and volunteer Gallery ways prompted partnerships Guides led 83 school groups and new marketing efforts. In FY14, outreach increased and adult groups on tours. dramatically by reaching In October 2013, the Sioux high school students in large The Research Center served City Public Museum along numbers. In addition, 49 off- 931 researchers in FY14: 258 with the Sioux City Art Center site programs were given to in-house researchers; 661 via hosted the Iowa Museum As- adult and youth groups. At phone; and 12 via mail/e-mail. sociation Conference. Muse- um professionals from across Haddock memorial finds new home the state were impressed by With the construction of the downtown facility’s ex- the Hard Rock Casino in hibit design, use of technolo- downtown last year, the gy, and archival storage. The marker commemorating Museum also participated in the murder of Rev. George Fall Fest with other communi- Haddock had to be moved ty attractions for the first time from its location on Water and hosted more Historic Street. The memorial is now Preservation Week events. on display at the Museum near the “Ghost in the Mirror” The Museum & Historical As- interactive which features sociation received a grant a likeness of Haddock. The from the Iowa Tourism Office removal of the marker has to develop rack cards for spurred renewed interest in both the Museum and the the slain prohibitionist. Attendance/Service Statistics Sioux City Public Museum - 39,360 Sgt. Floyd River Museum & Welcome Center - 21,260

Outreach and Research - 9,054 The Sioux City Public Museum collects, preserves, and interprets cultural and social history with an emphasis on Sioux City and the region. Welcome Center The Sergeant Floyd River Mu- history camp in July seum & Welcome Center cel- 2013 was a 42 foot ebrated its 25th anniversary mackinaw-style boat in May 2014. After bringing built by Butch Bouvier the decommissioned vessel of Onawa, Iowa. The to Sioux City, the boat was boat is similar to the dry-docked and opened to pirogues of the Lewis the public on May 15, 1989. & Clark Expedition. Owned and operated by the City of Sioux City, and now a Throughout the years, part of the Sioux City Public the Floyd’s visitor Museum, the anniversary was counts have fluctu- celebrated with three days ated, but have re- of open house activities. Mike Koller (right), a member of the Floyd’s crew during bounded from the the Bicentennial Tour of 1975-76, joined Welcome Center Supervisor Kathy Meisner at the open house. A display of flood of 2011. Group The Floyd has served as an Koller’s donated personal collection of memorabilia was and school tours in Iowa Welcome Center since unveiled during the 25th anniversary celebration. FY14 were steady with its inception, providing maps Two annual events on the 53 groups averaging 47 visi- and travel information to Welcome Center’s grounds, tors per group, while overall thousands of visitors from the Sioux City Museum & His- attendance increased sig- around the globe. Most have torical Association’s Bill Dia- nificantly. TheSergeant Floyd never been to Sioux City mond Antique and Classic continues to receive rave before, giving the staff and Car Show and the Sergeant reviews; as visitors from Sioux volunteers the opportunity Floyd Memorial Encamp- Falls, SD noted, “Great Wel- to share the city’s rich history ment, remain popular with come Center! Knowledge- and show their tri-state hospi- local residents and tourists. able and very helpful staff. tality. A new feature at the living Museum is a must!” Peirce Mansion Since re-opening as a period and electri- home in May 2011, the Peirce cal systems. Mansion has hosted 364 The downstairs private functions with more ceilings were than 15,000 guests through patched and the end of FY14. More than painted and 600 tours have been given a second floor during the quarterly open restroom was house events showcasing remodeled. the Mansion’s restoration In addition to efforts to the public. In April, doing much of a Scrabble Tournament was the restoration held at the Mansion as a work, volunteers fund-raiser and to attract staff the rentals new audiences. such as wed- dings, birthday parties, recep- Volunteers from the Peirce Mansion Committee resumed the Sioux Facility improvements in City Museum & Historical Association’s “Holiday Open House” 2013-14 focused on upgrad- tions, and cor- event in December 2013 with 350 guests attending. The free event ing the heating, plumbing porate events. features musical groups and refreshments. ANNUAL REPORT • 2 FY14 Temporary Museum Exhibitions What Ever Happened To… (June - Sept. 2013) Sioux City History Projects (April - May 2014) Showcased large artifacts from the Museum’s collection that for The 23rd annual exhibit featured more than 80 models and posters various reasons had either not been displayed for many years or depicting historical figures and Sioux City landmarks made by local not at all, including the Statue of Liberty from the old Municipal fourth grade students. Auditorium parking lot and West Side Harness Shop’s “Wayne” display horse. Denmark: October 1943 (April - August 2014) The dramatic story of the rescue of Danish Jews during World War II was recounted in this traveling exhibit on loan from the Museum Blue Bunny Beginnings: of Danish America in Elk Horn, Iowa. Presented in conjunction with The Sioux City Connection (Oct. - Dec. 2013) Sioux City Tolerance Week activities, the exhibit told the story of Chronicled the story of Wells Enterprises, Inc.’s rise from a house-to- the Nazi occupation of Denmark, the increasing threat to its Jewish house milk delivery service founded by Fred H. Wells, Jr. in LeMars citizens, and the resistance against Nazi persecution. in 1913 to the nation’s largest privately-held and family-owned ice cream manufacturer today. On-going special exhibits: Airwave Classics: The Sam Seldon Vintage Radio Homegrown Art: Traditional Quilt Designs Collection (Opened February 2014) (November 2013 - March 2014) Showcases radios from the longtime chief engineer’s personal Featured a wide range of quilt styles from the Sioux City Public collection from the 1920s to the 1950s and 1960s. Museum’s collection including familiar patterns such as Log Cabin, Crazy, Patchwork, Friendship and Patriotic; along with less familiar Nature’s Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past variations such as North Carolina Lilly, Dresden Plate, Flower Basket, (Opened June 2014) Postage Stamp and Six-Point Star. It also included the Museum’s Features a world-class collection of agates, geodes, minerals, Hmong story quilt. fossils, petrified wood and meteorites donated to the Sioux City Public Museum by Dr. James Hartje. Volunteers Volunteer time given by Janet Flanagan, Kathy Research Center, Welcome Fliginger, Marcy Forsling, Center, and Sioux City Public Ginger France, Jerald Goehring, James L. Museum volunteers, Museum Goff, Russ Gondek, Terry Artisan Guild members, and Gottburg, Jody Graham, board members totaled Greg Guelcher, Joan 6,133 hours (the total does Hansen, Mary Heck, Beth not include the Peirce Man- Hickey, Bev Hinds, Pamla Hoadley, Pat Hoelker, sion volunteers or board Skip Hoelker, Monika members who do not submit Ingalls, Rita Iversen, Ron timesheets). In FY14, a total Johnme, Joan Johnson, of 137 active volunteers gave Thomas Johnston, Jim Long-time Research Center volunteer Nancy Neumann of their time and talents. Jung, Anne Kallsen, William Kendra, Don assists with programs and other research projects. Kingery, Ruth Kingery, Mavis Klein, Vina Rodecker, Jescy Rodriguez, Thank you to these Bethany Kleunder, Herb Kuehne, Rita Rose, Randy Rumelhart, volunteers for their service: Rosie Kuehne, Wendy Lego, Gerald Martha Sammons, Sarah Scheffer, Tamara Ambroson, Wyman (Andy) Lenz, Hob Lessman, Wayne A. Carolyn Schmith, Tom Schoening, Anderson, Jeanine Ashmore, Lindgren, Camille Lydon, Gene Joan Schurtz, Alice Sea, Darold Larry Atwood, Jeff Baldus, Dane Lydon, Connie Macfarlane, Doug Sea, Anne Shaner, Donna Shaver, Bamrick, Glenn Barnett, Rachelle Macfarlane, Liz Madden, Carmen Nancy Shulenberger, Karen Barnum, Chase Baumann, Rolene Major, Emily Mallinger, Carolee Simpson, David Sitzmann, Lyn L. Beauvais, Margaret Beeson, Mike Maurer, Patrick McKeever, Phyllis Stanek, Joy Stone, Marge Swanson, Berger, Haley Brees, Patt Brenden, McMillan, Don Meisner, Marcell Karen Tagatz, Joe TenHulzen, Harold Canny, Rosie Chicoine, Moody, Marc Mozak, Rick Mullin, Aaron Tiemeyer, Amy Topf, Lucinda Susie Christensen, Becky Clausen, Mark Munger, McKenna Murphy, Tryon, Denise Turner, Eric Turner, Carmen Cobb, Katie Colling, Jill I. David Nelson, Don Nelson, Marta Linda Walrod, Sue Waples, Jackie Collins, Linda Craft, Steven Crary, Nelson, Nancy Neumann, Sara Warnstadt, Stephanie Warnstadt, Mark Custer, Danielle Dahlkoetter, Olson, David Phelps, Maynard Shirley Watson, Allan Wells, Kaylene Lynn Doxtad, Kathy Drake, Tiffany Porter, Gretchen Poulson, Bonnie Wells, Carolyn Wendte, Bonnie Dubksy, Ginny Duncan, Don Duzik, Quade, Ty Quade, Dr. Carolyn West, Carmen White, and Vicki Terry Duzik, Dr. Paul Fee, Penny Fee, Rants, Ronda Reitz, Jean Rhinehart, Wollman.

3 • ANNUAL REPORT Artifact Donations The Sioux City Public Museum • Popcorn Cookbook Business Artifacts • Recipes and Ideas from the Kitchen • Abu-Bekr Amusement Co. corporate seal received 260 separate dona- Window embosser made by Hollar & Sons tions estimated at 6,496 indi- • Recipes and Poetry • Albertson & Co. papers • Round the World with a Camera • Argosy Casino alarm clock vidual objects, photographs • Rural Electric Co-op cookbook • Armour & Co. tin can and manuscript collections in • Sharon Farrell Hollywood Princess from • Bellas Hess Dept. Store shopping sack Sioux City, Iowa • Belle of Sioux City Casino mug FY14. • Sioux Cities Weekly Retail Report • Bernie’s Tire Shop memorabilia • Sioux City - A True Story of How it Grew • Chesterman Co. pen Books and Newspapers by Title • Sioux City Historical Coloring Book • Comm. Action Agency of Siouxland card • A Brief History of Western Contracting • Sioux City Journal newspapers • Cornich, Curtis & Green Mfg. Co. catalog Corporation, Part II • Sioux City Pledged to Progress • Cudahy Packing Co. poster • A Historical Profile of Sioux City • Sioux City Then & Now • Fairmont Creamery Co. ruler • A Postal History of Sioux City • Sioux City Tribune newspapers • FEH Associates, Inc. card • Abu Bekr Shrine Circus coloring book • Sioux City, Iowa: My Home, Our Neighbor- • Fethke’s Furniture hanger • Brooke’s Readers hood, Everybody’s Hometown • Fintzell Electrification sign • Brownson’s Balm: A Political Panacea for • Sioux City: A Novel by J. Hyatt Downing • First Federal Savings & Loan memorabilia America Today by Matthew Chicoine • Siouxland Anthology • First National Bank ruler, button • Calorie-Saving Recipes with Sucaryl • Siouxland Expo newspaper • Fishgall’s box • Census of Iowa 1885 • Siouxland Life magazines • Gateway 2000 laptop computer, memo- • Centurama • So Glad You Asked by Christine Roth rabilia • Children’s Home Prattler Rutherford • Grayson’s box • Country Cooking cookbook • St. Boniface Church Directory • Gunderson Jewelry catalog • Desperate Times Call for Desperate Mea- • Story of a European Tour illustrated by J. N. • Hard Rock Casino card and site plans sure by J. D. R. Hawkins “Ding” Darling • Herzoff’s Men’s Shop hat • Ding Darling Penned the Way • The Best of Iowa • Home Federal Bank memorabilia • Eleven out of Ten biography of David • The Burial Service by St. Thomas Episcopal • I.P.S. pencil Pecaut Church • Iowa Trade Token Books • Everyday Cookbook • The Catholic Globe • J & L Enterprises memorabilia • For God and Country • The Daily Reporter newspapers • Jolly Time Pop Corn bags • Geology of Stone State Park • The Gralapping Gourmet cookbook • KD Stockyards Station button • Girl Graduates Scrapbook Class of 1918 • The History of Stone Park and Vicinity • Kern Advertising Co. slides, glass tubes, Sioux City High School • The Hollow of Echoes (Native American negatives • History of Stone Park & Vicinity stories) • King, Reinsch, Prosser & Co., card • Host magazines • The Marriage Service by St. Thomas Epis- • KSCJ bookmark, newspaper section • How to Get the Most out of Your Sunbeam copal Church • KTIV Television advertisement, correspon- Mixmaster • The Sioux City Grain Case by O. J. Moore dence • I Hear America Singing songbook • The Story of First National Bank and Its Part • Larsen Co. calendars • In Memoriam Melvin Green Clark 1867- in Sioux City’s First Century • Lewis Security and Armored Car Co. 1931 • The Volume Library memorabilia • Ladies in Pink cookbook • Three-Quarters of a Century of Progress • Lutheran Hospital statement, brick, check • Mace’s Beginner’s History Book • We Proceed On magazines about Lewis • Marian Health Center pencil, tote bag, • Making the Magic Carpet of Asphalt More & Clark pin, t-shirt, magnet Readily Available • Woodbury County History • Martin’s Dept. Store hat/box • Men of Iowa, 1902 • World Wide Sacred Praises • Mayfair Hotel staff photo • Morningside Lutheran Church Women’s • Moore’s Pharmacy prescription Cook Book Booklets/Newspaper Articles (By Subject) • Morningside Savings Bank bell • MS Cookbook by Multiple Sclerosis Society • Agriculture • Mutual Trust Life Insurance Co. blotter • New Universal Self-Pronouncing Dictionary • Airport Restaurant • Northwestern Bell cups, souvenirs, gauges, of the English Language • AT&T 800 directory letter opener, buttons, calendar, mirror • Our Favorite Recipes cookbook • Boat Building • O’Harrow Co. memorabilia • Out of Style fashion book • Civil Defense • Old Home Bread cap • Paw Prints newsletter • Fishing • Palmer Candy Co. coconut flake label • Flood of 1952, 1953 • Payless Cashway shirt booklets • Pelletier’s Dept. store photo • Girl Scout songbook, 1956 • Perkins Bros. ink blotter • Hunting • Pioneer TeleTechnologies memorabilia • Kennedy, John F. • Prestige Collision Repair Center key chain • Poetry • Sears Co. can opener • Presley, Elvis visit to Sioux • Sew-Vac Co. pen City • Sioux City Battery Co. newsletters • Press Dispatch newspa- • Sioux City Chamber of Commerce ticket pers • Sioux City Foundry & Boiler Co. cistern • Rand McNally Zip Code cover book • Sioux City Nursery & Seed Co. postcards • Scandinavia • Sioux City Oil & Supply Co. photograph • Sioux City Corn Palaces • Sioux City Soap Works bar of soap booklet • Sioux City Starch Works • Sioux City Directories • Sioux City Tribune 50th anniversary edition Matt Anderson, exhibits preparator, gave a tour of the archives • Weekender article about • Sioux National Bank check to Iowa Museum Association Conference attendees. Jim Henry • Sioux Tools, Inc. ‘Sioux-Venir’ tin can ANNUAL REPORT • 4 Artifact Donations • Sioux Transportation Co. memorabilia • MidAmerican Air • Soo Thrifty Drug Museum card • St. Luke’s Regional Medical Center • Morningside Presbyte- memorabilia rian Church cookbook • T. S. Martin & Co. postcard • Municipal Auditorium • Terra Centre coasters dedication program • Thorpe Jewelry pin • National Pre-stressed • Toller Drug Co. prescription, envelope Pools of Sioux City • Toy National Bank coin, toy bee stationary • Vantus Bank memorabilia • Orpheum Theater • Walman Optical memorabilia program for ‘Gone With • Warfield, Pratt & Howell Co. cigar box the Wind’ movie, 1940 • Waterloo Mfg. Co. catalog • PEO Chapter HZ • Winna Vegas Casino mug membership booklets • Woodbury County Savings Bank check, • Professional Secretaries post card cookbook Donated in memory of Ray Krigsten, this painting depicts the • Wrenn’s Plumbing and Heating card • River-Cade documents, interior of the White Horse Tavern near the Sioux City stockyards. • Younker-Martin’s box sign, pin, button The artist, Jim Goff, tended bar there while in college. • Zenith beta camera, tube radio • Rockestra t-shirts, mug • Salvation Army volunteer pin, post card • West Middle School programs Cultural/Religious/Organizations • Saturday in the Park passes, badges, cards • Western Iowa Tech patches • Abu-Bekr Shrine mug, wine glass, horse • Scandinavian cultural memorabilia • Woodrow Wilson Junior High newsletters statue • Sgt. Floyd’s burial artwork • All-America Band CD • Shriner’s Hospital certificate Government/Military/Political • American Assoc. of University Women • Sioux City Art Center pin, program, • Campaign letters, flyers papers calendar, 100th anniversary CD • Campaign pencils for Ganske for Senate • Artwork by Jim Goff • Sioux City Country Club stationary and Iowa State Senator John Redwine • Articles written by Neil Miller, Sioux City • Sioux City Peace Council ticket • Day, Col. George ‘Bud’ obituary and news Journal correspondent, “The Hermit” • Sioux City Public Library souvenir spoon articles • Augustana Lutheran Church brochure • Sioux City Sillies t-shirts • Eisenhower, Gen. Dwight D. correspon- • Bible, King James Version • Sioux City Sue cowgirl statue dence • Boy Scout plaque, uniform • Sioux City Summer Circus pin • Fire Department helmet, coat, manuals • Callao, Peru – Sioux City’s Sister City plaque • Sioux City Symphony program • Fourth Iowa Veteran Volunteer Calvary • Camera Club meeting DVD • Siouxland All America Band CD history • Canyon Kids Corner sock puppet, Sam the • Siouxland Blood Bank t-shirt • Hansen, Steven D. State Senator Calendar Serpent • Siouxland Humane Society card • Iowa Air National Guard Refueling Wing • Carnegie Library spoon • Soo Bowman Archery Club ribbons booklets • Castle on the Hill news articles • Souvenir handkerchief with city views, • Mayne, Wiley lapel button • Catholic Daughters of America scrapbook state flower, 1950 • McClain, Clarence and Mary (Thompson) • Centennial souvenir plate, 1954 • Specialized Hauling, Inc. stationary military memorabilia • Chamber of Commerce flyer, 1973 • Woodbury County Fair flyer, 1980 • Military paper bills, hat, letters, prayer • Corn Bowl event pin • YMCA & YWCA memorabilia booklet • Corn Palace proclamation, 1891, photo, • Municipal Auditorium dedication booklet 1890 Education • Navy uniforms • Court St. Gang plaque and card, 1958 • Anthon High School program • Parachute skirt • Crittenton Center memorabilia • Briar Cliff catalog, t-shirts, homecoming • Sioux City – City Council election 1967 • Eastern Star dress flyer, alumni directory, academic guide, • Sioux City Blues Zone water bottle • Emerson Club memorabilia brochure • Sioux City Fire Rescue booklet • First Congregational Church cards • Central High School yearbooks, Civics • Sioux City Police Department box opener, • First Presbyterian Church booklet, photo- Club invitation, souvenir magnet media permits, parking permits, model car graphs • Central High School graduation an- • Socialism/Progressive Labor Party button • Floyd Monument coin, newspaper article nouncement, poster, reunion booklets • Sun still for distilling sea water in WWII • Floyd Monument thimble • Crescent Park program, photographs • Woodbury County photo albums, plat • Frances-Orpheum Theater post card • East High polo shirt, sweatshirt, t-shirts, book, Rural Electric Coop book, court- • Freedom Train badges, books, magazines alumni directory house booklet • Grace United Methodist Church History • East High School handbook, 1989, 50th • World War I informational booklet, military DVD & booklet anniversary program for Class of 1952 pouches, papers, foot lockers, sheet music • Grandview Park Christmas ornament • East High/Middle/Junior High mugs, • World War II Nazi flags & banners, German • Happy Hollow 4-H Club memorabilia & directories, assignment books helmet, ‘sea bee’ trunk records • Heelan High t-shirt • Inter-Club Council Carnival • Leeds High School newsletters Household/Personal Artifacts/Tools • Izaak Walton League program • Morningside College alumni directory, • Auto maintenance equipment/oil can • Junior League directories, newsletters yearbooks, spoon, homecoming flyer, • Baby dress, cap, bonnet • Kappa Delta Alumni Assoc. memorabilia bookmark • Bedroom toiletries, locket, manicure kit • Larsen Printing Co. calendars • Nettleton Business Training College • Darning egg, buttons, darning/mending • Lewis & Clark USPS stamps, mural guide diploma cotton threat, quilt, quilt frame, flat iron • Lions Club/Lioness Club memorabilia • Nodland/Sunnyside school yearbook • Family memorabilia from the Conniff Fam- • Mardi Gras pendant • Riverview School photographs ily, Davenport Family, Ambassador Wesley • Martha Washington Chapter of the • Rural school desk Jones, Leo Kucinski, Rebecca Osborne DAR memorabilia • Sgt. Bluff-Luton t-shirt Smith, James F. Toy, Frankie Williams, and • Mary J. Treglia Community House • Sioux City School District teacher con- others blueprints tracts, directories, writing tablet • Furniture caning strips 5 • ANNUAL REPORT Artifact Donations • Greeting cards • Floyd River Flood newspaper special edi- • Morningside city views, homes • Hearing Test box, papers tion • Morningside Presbyterian Church interior • Instamatic film • Iowa movies on DVD and VHS • Municipal Building & Library • Kitchen utensils, bottle opener, mixer/mixer • Iowa Natural Heritage calendar • Normandy Restaurant postcard cover, dual end measuring spoon • Iowa Watercolor Show brochure • Parker Circus grounds • Men’s cap, handkerchief, felt hat, key • License plate (Abu Bekr) • Pioneer scenes chains, keys, sunglasses, tobacco pouch • Lindbergh, Charles scrapbook • Pontoon Bridge • Musical instruments, melodian • Minneapolis post cards • Regency Best Western Hotel • Office supplies, letters, desk, pencil case, • Mountain goat statue, imprinted So. Sue • River-Cade magnifier, drafting table City, Neb. • Riverside Park • Record player, radio, TV manual of 1949 • New York Times newspapers • Sgt. Floyd Monument • Stick game • Omaha postcard booklet • Sgt. Floyd song on DVD • Tools, adz, axes, planer, cow bell • Oto, Iowa personal & business papers • Sioux City Army Air Base group • Woman’s bathing suit, shirt waist, purses, • Peruvian artifacts • Sioux City Art Center beaded purses, petticoat, mink stole, • Pottawattamie County, IA history • Sioux City Battery Co. dresses, jumpsuit, hat, handkerchief, fur • Sioux City maps • Sioux City Community Theater coat, hand warmer, wedding dress, veil, • Siouxland Trails Foundation map • Sioux City Consistory gloves, and shoes • Siouxperland button • Sioux City families: Cantonwine, Capron, • The Beauty of Iowa calendar Cord, Herfel, Hines, Hutchinson, Jones, Meat Industry • United States Flag, 45 star Kobernus, Langley, Rosemeyer, Stackerly, • BPI t-shirt • University of Northern Iowa annual Wilson, Wisey, Wood • Branding Iron • Wayne State College t-shirt • Sioux City Hilton • Brown-Goff-Foster Livestock Comm. Co. • Wood cuss box • Sioux City Ready Mix truck pencils • Youth Companion newspapers • Spirit of St. Louis airplane • KD Stockyards Station pin • St. Boniface Church • Lake Commission Co. pencil Photographs/Postcards/Digital Images • St. Joseph Hospital • Livestock National Bank scrapbook (By Subject) • St. Vincent Hospital • Abu-Bekr Shrine • Stone Park • Aerial views, airport • Surgical Consultants • Arensdorf, John and jury in Rev. Haddock • Swift & Co. women employees trial • Terra Chemicals rail car • Big Sioux River views • Toller Drug Store • Booth & Olson truck • War Eagle Monument • Boys of ’68 Cabin • Waste Management • Bruguier Cabin • Western Contracting truck • Bud Abbott & Lou Costello at the Stock- • White Horse Mounted Patrol yards Ball Park • Whitehill, Dr. • Centennial Parade • Whittier School • Central High School and East High School • Woodbury County Courthouse • Children’s Park • Cinmarina boat harbor Sports & Recreation • City view of 4th Street, 1890 • Ben Hogan Dakota Dunes Open tickets, • City views of Nebraska Street, Fourth Street VHS tape North-Western brand cigar box from Mall, Sixth Street • Corn Bowl tournament memorabilia Warfield-Pratt-Howell Co. • Combination Bridge • Country Club Golf ball bag • Long & Hansen notebook • Council Oak Tree • Dakota Dunes Open Nike Tour tickets • Mid-West Live Stock Comm. Co. pencil • Elmwood Mansion • Floyd Mini Golf Course memorabilia • Peirce & Babcock Live Stock Commission • First National Bank • Ice Follies program firm documents • Floyd River Flood • Kari-Keen Karriers baseball scrapbook • Producers Commission Assoc. pencil • Grandview Park Bandshell • NAIA volleyball tickets • Rice Brothers Live Stock Commission • Green Valley Golf Course • Sioux City Explorer’s Baseball Club shirt notebook • Henderson, Gertrude (Brown) • Sioux City Musketeers memorabilia • Sioux City Live Stock Commission Co. • Hose Co. Number 5 firehouse • Sioux City Stockyards baseball team flyer pencils • Hunt School classroom photo • Siouxland Water Ski Club jacket • Sioux City Stock Yards Co. cane, enve- • International Harvester Co. truck • Siouxlandopoly board game lope, letters, documents, photographs • Keep Sioux Cityans Employed postcard • Soo Bowmen trophies • Steele-Simon & Co. pencils • Kennedy, John F. on white mule in stock- • Stone State Park memorabilia • Swift & Co. memorabilia yards 1960 • Sunday Golf bag & clubs • Wagner, Garrison & Abbott pencils • Labor Day picnic, 2013, DVD • Wallen Horse Stables photos and papers • Waitt & Lake Livestock Comm. Co. note- • Larson Family home • Wrestling match article about Verne book • Larson, Russell photographs of WWII Gagne & Roy McClarity • White Horse Tavern painting • Library • Wood Brother’s Livestock Commission • Livestock Exchange Transportation logbook of A. S. Wendel • Loess Hills Prairie seminar • Chicago Northwestern Depot news article • Lutheran Hospital • Interstate 29 Bridge photo Miscellaneous/Area Artifacts • Lytle, C. F. truck • Metal piece from United Flight 232 DC10 • 2011 Flood t-shirt • Martin Luther King Day DVD airplane • Blog page about Irving F. Jensen’s Dia- • Memorial Cemetery • Missouri River Railroad Bridge postcard mond-T dump truck • Memories of Song, CD by Margaret Hen- • Spirit of St. Louis model airplane • Books on Midwest history drickson • Sioux City Toll #1 mug • Chinese vase, plaque, fan, incense burner • Missouri River flood, bridge, views • Street Car photograph & tokens • Flight 232 newspapers, poem, magazines • Monahan Post Band ANNUAL REPORT • 6 Artifact Donors Kathleen Anderson Gene Ebner Don & Ruth Kingery Mary F. Pierce Corrine Ashby Frances Egan Larry Kinquist Terry & Theresa Piere Marsena Ashtar Mary Ely Thomas W. Kinquist Plymouth Co. Historical Museum Darrel A. Baker Richard Engle Jean Klopstad Charles Ed Porter Sheryl Banks Linda Evers Derrick J. Klug Maynard H. Porter Jeralyn Judy Barker Gregory Fick Marty Knepper Jerry Pospeshil Terry Beaumont Larry Finley Mary Knudsen Arthur Povlsen Michael Berens David Foreshoe Kathie Kobernus Dick Pruehs Gail Berger Mary Foster Janie Koch Nels Reynolds Carol Blair Rose Gilman Sara Koppelman Jean Rhinehart Frank Bogenrief Estate Lorene K. Glant Joe Krage Anne Rich Frank Borror Jerald Goehring Eli Krigsten Jerry R. Rich Larry Bradstreet Dave Gordon Irene Kucinski Sue Richards James W. Brehm John & Di Gray Herb & Rosie Kuehne Frances Rickabaugh Brenda Brown David Grimesey Shirley Kurtenback River-Cade Association Dale Brumm Brenda Groon Gail Lacey Bernadette Rixner Hulda Buck William Raymond & Margie Gerald Lenz Karen Rodriquez Helen Bundy (Plumer) Guthridge Estate Lindblom Services Nancy Rohrholm Jan Burg Bryan & Nancy Hall Grace Linden Rita C. Rose Bernardine Burke Cal Hansen William E. Linden Mark & Kim Roth Jean Burnham Steve Hansen Eric Lohr Marbro Rush-Osborne Tom Burton Mary Hanus Kathleen R. Macmurray Christine Rutherford Business Management Systems Janet Harcum Mary Cae Madden Sandy Sabel Harold Canny Pete Hathaway Mary J. Treglia Comm. House Jason Saltzman Castle on the Hill Association J. D. R. Hawkins Leslie McClain Martha Sammons Cherokee Area Archives George Held Hugh McDonald Julie Schneider Matthew Chicoine Estelle Henrich Phyllis McMillan Loren Schroder JoAnn Chilton James W. Henry Don & Kathy Meisner Jim Schroeder Susie Christiansen Laura Heth Mark Michelson Joan Schurtz City of Sioux City Grace Hopkins Jeff Miller Darold Sea Becky A. Clausen Keith & Audrey Huffman Diane Molstad Dur Seible Bob Clem Randy Hull Carol A. Mongold Elaine M. Seubert Carmen Cobb Ann E. Ignacio Philip Moran James Seubert Katie Colling Mary L. Japel Morningside College Chris Shanahan Chuck Condon Dan Jarman Gary & Judy Morton Mike Shapiro Ardis M. Cord Estate Donna Jensen Rick Mullin Rosemary Sheehan Steven Corrie Irving F. Jensen Jr. Fran Myhre Sioux City History Club Anne Cowley Vibeke T. Jensen David Nelson Sioux City Public Library Crittenton Center Ronald Johme Donald & Marta Nelson Siouxland Historical Railroad Assn Adan Cuadros Alicia Johnson Nancy Neumann Theresa Skow Jim Cunningham Dean Johnson Roger & Glendy Nichols Daryl Smith Laura M. Dam Lloyd E. Johnson Mary Anne Nooney Lyn L. Stanek John & Mary Daniels Thomas R. Johnston Mary Ellen O’Harrow Eldon Stolpe Darla J. Daniels-Burns Tia Joslin-Crone Rich Olson Art Streeter Eleanor L. Darrell Bruce Kalin Paula J. Patch Darrell Strong Marisa Davies LeiLani Kamprath E. John Pendleton Joe Sweeney Dina Davis Vicki Baumsten Karno Roberta Stock Pendleton Richard Towns Paula DeVries Phil Karpuk Randy Peters Andree Tracey Jolene Dirks Virginia Kennelly Phyllis Peterson Trinity Heights-St. Joseph Museum Ronald Dirks Ron Kinczyk Walt & Annie Peterson Nancy B. Vakulskas Jonathan Vodochodsky Endowment gifts in Mr. & Mrs. John B. Anderson Donald & Ruth Kingery Sidney Wagner memory of Ray Krigsten Diane F. & Ivan Arenson Karin Kirkpatrick George Wakeman The Sioux Dr. Wayne & Joyce Barnes Max & Carolyn Lettween Beverly Walding City Public Kathern D. Batcheller Mr. & Mrs. David Levin Evelyn Walding Museum lost Jack, Gail and David Bernstein Michael & Mary McGowan Richard Wallen a long-time Nancy Boysen Nancy Metz Doug & Sue Waples supporter Dennis and Laura Bullock Rick & Sue Mullin Shirley Watson with the Rosie Chicoine Barbara J. Nielsen Ron Wayman passing of Bob and Jean Clem Bernard & Rita Ostravich Kaye Wells Ray Krigsten Paul D. & Kathleen K. Coffin Charles Patterson Beverly Weseman in April 2014. Ronald & Katie Colling & Margaret Prahl Wilson White Thunder Krigsten Roger & Cynthia Eldridge E. John Pendleton Kent Wigg served on the Museum Board Janet & Mike Flanagan Mark & Regina Rawlings Venita Wilcox of Trustees for many years Rick & Regis Garvey Clint Saxton Ronald Will including a term as chair in Nancy S. Giles Darold & Alice Sea Richard E. Wissing 2008, a pivotal time in the de- Milton & Helen Glazer Dawn Snyder Larry Wolf velopment of the new Museum Gretchen Gondek United Commercial Adele Wood facility in downtown. Memorial Edith Greenstone Virjean & Michael Verschoor Theresa Wood funds were dedicated to the Judith Guarneri & Keith Nelson Gerald & Kathleen Weiner Jeff Woolridge Museum’s Education/Exhibit Steve Hansen & Glenda DenHerder Carolyn J. Williams R. T. Yeager Endowment. Mr. & Mrs. John Kelly Gifts through June 30, 2014 Jean Ziebell 7 • ANNUAL REPORT Museum & Historical Association Members Jack & Barbara Aalfs Gay Gray Dorothy Myers Steve Warnstadt & Elaine E. Ahlwardt Great West Casualty Company Dave & Julie Nelson Mary Green-Warnstadt American Pop Corn Company Alice Gross Nancy Neumann Steve & Jackie Warnstadt Craig & Nancy Anderson Greg & Yumiko Guelcher Larry H. Nysveen Jeri Watkins Bryan & Wini Arneson Marilyn Hackett Claire E. O’Brien Shirley Watson Dr. Darrel & Jacqueleen Baker Halman Construction, Inc. Jim & Kathy O’Brien Anita Wendt A. Frank & Sandra Baron H. T. (Ted) Hampe Larry Obermeyer Rev. Harold E. Werley & Matt Basye & Steve Hansen & Dr. Sharon Ocker Ruth French Theresa Weaver-Basye Glenda DenHerder LeRoy A. Olsen Bonnie West Ken Beekley Jeff & Janet Harcum Palmer Candy Company Mark Wetmore Chuck & Sandra Beermann James W. Haritage Scott & Cyndy Patten Carmen White Virginia Y. Behrens Beth Harms & Chris Jensen David & Joan Paulsrud Margaret J. White Earl L. & Helen Belt Daniel & Sally Hartley E. John Pendleton Dr. & Mrs. J. L. Wiedemeier Dwight Birkley Rima Hartman James D. Pendleton David & Vicki Will Edwin C. Blackburn Dr. Susan Hatfield Roberta S. Pendleton Mardella Wilson Claudia Blenderman Dr. Phil E. Held, DDS Ginny Peterson Dawn Woock Patricia A. Bortscheller Dr. Vernon G. & Evelyn Helt Marti Peterson Mrs. Mose Yanney Tim & Kathleen Bottaro Marvis Hendrickson Thomas & Glenda Plaza Dr. William & Joee Ziebell Randy W. Bradley & Carol Hewett Daniel Pottebaum La Vone M. Sopher Ann Hill Greg Pranke & Julie Miller-Pranke Other 2013-14 Donors Patt Brenden Dale B. Hill Joyce A. Randall Karen Brennan Beverly J. Hinds Khalid, Terrie & Sam Rasheed Endowment Lee Brennan & Darline Ross Pamla K. Hoadley Dr. John & Barbara Redwine Dr. William & Dianne Blankenship Loal J. Broulette Rick & Francine Holtzen Roger & Judy Rentel Craig J. Clark Elaine Brown Jonathan & Danuta Hutchins Connie Rosenberger Steve Hansen George & Myrna Burg Iowa-Nebraska State Bank Ted & Susie Rudberg Rima Hartman Bernardine Burke Roger & Ona Iverson Dr. Rex & Maria Rundquist Colin & Pokey Jensen Foundation Marie T. Byrne Betty W. Jahn Karen Rupiper Vibeke T. Jensen John O. & Debbie Bzoski Lea Ann Jefferson Raymond T. Rye, II Patricia Kirkegaard Trust Harold Canny Colin & Pokey Jensen Bob & Sandy Sabel Mahoney-Hill Charitable Fund Carolyn Carpenter Irving & Tigger Jensen Maita Sadoff Trust Judy Caskey Mark & Kay Jensen Sanford Museum Paul McClellan Dr. Dan Chapman Jan Johansen Donald D. Sappingfield Morningside Kiwanis Rosie Chicoine Jean Johnson Dr. Patrick & Catherine Saulsbury Larry Obermeyer Susan Christensen Dr. Paul & Patrice Johnson, M.D. Michelle Schmidt Sioux City Museum Artisans Guild Susan Linder Clavin Ronald Alfred Johnson Carolyn D. Schmith (Jeff Baldus, Kathy Drake, Bob & Jean Clem Jim Jung Margaret Scholten Rose Gilman, Skip & Pat Hoelker, Carmen Cobb Paul & Suzi Kaiman Eldon Schroder Rita Iversen, Rosie Kuehne, Ronald & Katie Colling Sandra L. Shattuck Kangal Clay & Helen Schuck Camille & Gene Lydon, Mrs. R. Dudley Conner Mina Karcher Ronald Schuetz Ronda Reitz, Donna Shaver) K. Anne Cowley Alvin & Donna Kay Joan Schurtz Gerald & Kathleen Weiner Sherry Craig Diane Kidd Patricia Ann Schwinn Steven Crary Don & Ruth Kingery Darold & Alice Sea Grants/Special Projects Rich & Sara Crawford Hillard E. & Ann Knutson Robert & Molly Seff Gilchrist Foundation Carole Cropley Kathie Kobernus Larry & Pauline Sensenig Humanities Iowa Paul Culbertson Herb & Rosie Kuehne Elaine M. Seubert Iowa Department of Cultural Mickey Darrough Col. James E. Lalley, Ret. Lowell & Karen Shaw Affairs - CLP Grant Gracia A. Davenport Margaret Lamkin William & Cora Howard Sibley Iowa Tourism Office - Joan M. Davenport Richard M. Levich Bill & Mary Sievers Iowa Tourism Grant Richard, Susan & Mary Delfs Jerrine M. Lucas Mark & Karen Simpson M.A. Martin Everist Foundation Janice Deuhr Camille & Gene Lydon David Sitzmann Marvo Entertainment Don & Terry Duzik Beverly (Watson) Lyle Linda Hazer Snyder SiouxVeneers Questers Jean L. Ellis Connie & Doug Macfarlane David Somsky The Hindman Foundation, Inc. David Ream Engelman Les & Carmen Major Francis & Clarice Speck Wal-mart Foundation Richard & Marilyn Engle Patricia Martin John Stanek D. Kent Watkins Fund FEH Associates, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Taylor F. Massie, Jr. Tom & Gert Stevens Janet & Mike Flanagan Dr. Earl E. & Helen Maxwell Tom & Mary Stock In-kind Donors Kathy Fliginger Deanna Mayo Ray & Marlene Sturdevant Avery Brothers Sign Co. Virginia France Alan & Terri McGaffin Wilma J. Sylvester Penny Fee Mike & Katie Gecewich Paul & Mary Ellen McGuirk Karen Tagatz Guarantee Roofing & Siding Co. Dorothy Gedwillo Bob McIntosh Gaylen & Cathy TenHulzen Palmer Candy Company Galen & Carlene Gehrts Jane Bekins Meginnis Eleanor S. Tilton James E. & Katheryn Giasafakis Dr. Donald & Nadine Meis Lois Travis Peirce Mansion Donors Nancy S. Giles Don & Kathy Meisner Edward & Lucinda Tryon John & Diane Gray John & Karen Gleeson Frances Mikkelsen Eric & Denise Turner Rima Hartman Jerald & Donna (Link) Goehring Ron & Marilyn Millage, Sr Larry Twait Questers - Sacajawea Chapter James L. Goff Robert D. Mishne Greg & Jill Van Buskirk Carol Susan VanderFeen Russ & Gretchen Gondek Eleanor M. Moline Dr. Richard & Dorothy Wagner Carolyn Goodwin Joy Momsen Joan Waitt *All listings reflectsnew gifts Terry & Lisa Gottburg Bernice Moritz Steve & Mary Waller received July 1, 2013-June 30, Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Graham Russell Movall Jim & Lois Walsh 2014. We apologize for any Thomas & Jody Graham Michael Mullen Mary Walsh omissions or errors. ANNUAL REPORT • 8 Gilchrist challenge grant fuels endowment campaign ith the final pledges Steve Hansen. “The grant is our educational and exhibit of the Sioux City Pub- a dollar-for-dollar match of activities. The deadline to Wlic Museum’s capital up to $40,000; the Gilchrist meet this challenge is De- campaign being completed, Foundation will match every cember 20.” efforts have turned to ensure dollar the Museum raises up the Museum’s long-term sta- The Museum Education/Ex- bility. As a result, the Museum The Gilchrist Foundation hibit Endowment Fund was has an exciting opportunity will match every dollar established within the Sioux- that will provide future ex- the Museum raises up land Community Founda- pansion and development to $40,000... tion to give donors a simple of educational programming and efficient way to support and exhibit offerings. to $40,000 for the Museum the Museum and provide a Education/Exhibit Endow- source of lasting revenue. “Recently, we received an ment Fund within the Sioux- The partnership with the amazing challenge grant land Community Foundation. Community Foundation also from the Gilchrist Founda- One hundred percent of the provides Iowa taxpayers with tion,” says Museum Director proceeds from this fund go to additional tax incentives.

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Museum Staff Matt Anderson, Exhibits Preparator Don Bentson, Welcome Center Custodian Ron Craft, Welcome Center Custodian Mary Green-Warnstadt, Development Coordinator Steve Hansen, Museum Director Dottie Johnson, Front Desk/Museum Store Assistant Grace Linden, Curator of History Bernetta Lopez, Museum Attendant Connie Macfarlane, Education Coordinator Sioux CityG PublicRAND O MuseumPENING Deanna Mayo, Administrative Assistant Exhibit Calendar Kathy Meisner, Sgt. Floyd River Museum Supervisor Experience the history of Sioux City like never before! You are invited to Tom Munson, Archival Records Clerk Through Januarycelebrate the 4, grand 2015 opening of the new Sioux City Public Museum. Mark Simpson, Welcome Center Assistant Explore state-of-the-art interactive displays, engaging permanent exhibits, Eric Turner, Custodian Sioux City rareJournal: Sioux City 150 artifacts Years and so in much Siouxland more. Please 1864-2014 join us on this Theresa Weaver-Basye, Curator of Education (See articlehistory-making on cover day page) as we present ÒOur New MuseumÓ to the community. David Will, Custodian Museum & Historical Opening January 17, 2015 Association Board Members Chuck Raymond Originals (Title TBA) Terry Duzik, President, Terry Gottburg, Vice- An exhibit of Chuck Raymond WHO:artwork Siouxand City artifacts Public Museum from the President, Joellen Graham, Secretary, Maynard Museum’s Native American collection.WHAT: Grand Opening Ceremony & Porter, Treasurer, Harold Canny, Rosie Chicoine, Ribbon Cutting Don Duzik, Kathy Fliginger, Russ Gondek, Greg WHEN: Saturday, April 23, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. Guelcher, Mary Heck, Connie Macfarlane, Patrick April 4 - May 17, 2015 McKeever, Marc J. Mozak, David Nelson, Joan Sioux City History Projects WHERE: 607 4th Street Schurtz, and Eric Turner. The 24th annual exhibit featuring models and posters depicting Museum Board of Trustees historical figures and Sioux City landmarks made by local fourth Katie Colling, Chair; Rick Mullin, Vice-Chair; grade students. Steven Crary, Janet Flanagan, Wendy Lego, and Darold Sea. Holiday Hours: Board Meetings Sioux City Public Museum and The Association typically meet at 6:30 p.m. on the Sergeant Floyd River Museum & Welcome Center 2nd Tuesday of the month; the Trustees typically meet at noon on the 2nd Friday of the month. Closed Christmas Day and New Year’s Day