Fall 2013 Timeline newsletter

Fall 2013 • Vol. 2, Issue 5
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Museum partners with local schools
o reach wider audiences
of students and teachers, the Sioux City Public
Museum is developing several collaborative efforts with
area educational groups.
In November, the Museum
hosted two events for the
Sioux City Community School
District’s middle and high
School STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and
Math) programs. A demonstration from middle school
and high school students
involved in the STEM program
was presented to Lt. Governor Kim Reynolds at the Museum. Reynolds noted that
the Sioux City school district
was one of the first districts in
the state to hire STEM coaches to sponsor after-school
robotics clubs. Most recently,
the Museum hosted a STEM
Scrimmage for local middle
and high school students in
preparation for their regional
competition.
In addition, Museum staff
are working with students
and teachers representing
North High’s Multicultural
Club to develop a film for
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
activities that will be shown
to high school students in
Sioux City schools. While
the film will feature national civil rights and Martin
Luther King Jr. stories, it will
emphasize civil rights stoStudents involved in the Sioux City Community
ries from Sioux City, includ- School’s STEM program explained their robotics
to Lt. Governor Kim Reynolds as School Board
ing local interviews. The
President Mike Krysl and Superintendent Paul
film will also include perGausman looked on.
spectives on the “I Have a
Dream” speech from current education staff. The one-hour
students. The 20-minute film
programs include hands-on
will have its premiere at the
time in the galleries, short
Sioux City Public Museum on
education programs in the
Sunday, January 19 at 2 p.m. classrooms and take-home
crafts. In addition to providSiouxland preschool groups
ing approximately 100 tours
also have opportunities for
and group activities per year,
learning through the new
the Museum’s education
“Dinosaur Dig!” and “The
staff is pursuing new partFirst Americans” programs
nerships like these with area
developed by the Museum’s educational organizations.
Inside this issue:
FY13
Annual
Report
New exhibit
Kennedy film donation
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
Director’s Report
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by Steve Hansen
Success can be measured in many ways and
as you read through these pages I am sure
you will notice that it truly has been another
year of growth at all of our sites. Attendance
numbers remain high, artifact donations
have expanded the quality of our collection,
the endowment is growing and we continue
to add new programs and exhibits throughout the year.
As the Director, I am blessed with an excellent staff that works exceedingly hard to
serve the community. This dedication combined with an incredible volunteer base allows the Museum to provide a wide range of
programs, exhibits and activities throughout
the year while striving to fulfill our mission and
operate as a nationally accredited Museum.
By any measure it has been another history
making year for the entire Museum and once
again the standard has been set at a very
high level. As we move forward you can expect to see new collaborations and a diverse
offering of exhibits and exciting programs
that will further enhance our reputation as a
great place to bring family and friends for a
visit. We hope you visit us again and often.
reetings and welcome to our annual
report and year-end newsletter. The
annual report has always been my
favorite newsletter of the year as it details
our growth, highlights our programming and
recognizes our volunteers, donors and staff
whose combined efforts have developed
the Sioux City Public Museum into a destination cultural attraction.
Recent Acquisitions
the number one domestic problem the country faces.” That evening, Kennedy stayed at
the Sheraton-Martin Hotel. The next morning
at a breakfast gathering, he stumped for local candidates like Donald O’Brien.
The film donation was announced at a press conference by Terry
Prince, left, and Steve Hansen, Museum Director, in November.
F
ilm footage capturing a 1960 presidential
campaign stop in Sioux City by a young
Massachusetts Senator named John F.
Kennedy was recently donated to the Sioux
City Public Museum.
Arriving late on September 21, Kennedy
spoke to supporters at the Municipal Auditorium at 10:15 p.m. where he proclaimed, “I
consider the decline of agricultural income
Kennedy, on the morning of September 22,
traveled by motorcade to the Sioux City
stockyards, where he delivered another
speech. There he said “…this country can’t
be prosperous unless the farmer is prosperous. We must try to bring a balance between
supply and demand.” After this, someone
from the crowd dared Kennedy to ride a
mule, and that he did. Riding down the alleys, Kennedy shook many hands before
dismounting.
Terry Prince, working in the stockyards, saw
Kennedy speak and was one of the people
who filmed the event. Unfortunately, his tape
was lost. Later, Prince was able to procure
one of the other recordings of the campaign
stop. He then donated copies of it to the
Sioux City Public Museum in January 2013.
Sioux City
Museum &
Historical
Association
ANNUAL REPORT
Fiscal Year 2012 – 2013 • July 1, 2012 – June 30, 2013
Sioux City Public Museum
The Sioux City Public Museum
participated in a variety of
collaborations to provide fun
and educational opportunities to the public.
In FY13, Museum staff and
other presenters delivered
90 adult and children’s programs to the public; some
were so popular they had
to be presented twice! The
History at High Noon series
continues to draw a great
deal of enthusiasm for the
The Sioux City Public Museum hosted the
local premiere of “America’s Darling,”
which included images of the native Sioux
Cityan from the Museum’s collection.
tremendous photographic
collection at the Museum.
The Research Center initiated
a popular series of workshops
aimed at helping participants preserve and care for
personal artifacts. Walking
tours, special lectures and a
film premiere rounded out
the adult programs.
Not only did the new permanent exhibit, “The Big Dig!”
attract new visitors, it provided a valuable resource
for children’s programs. The
opening of the hands-on
fossil exhibit was featured in
summer camps, Beyond the
Bell programs and Dino Days
(held over winter break for
families). Girl Scouts were the
focus of a new event, “Fashion Night at the Museum,” to
explore fashion history and
contemporary design. School
groups from pre-K to high
school dominated the scenes
from March through May.
With the help of tour guides,
staff and interns almost 100
groups explored the facility.
The hands-on exhibits in the
permanent gallery, immersive
fossil experience of “The Big
Dig!” and enriching programming activities continued to
engage and entice visitors of
all ages at the Museum.
The Research Center staff
served 1,212 researchers with
327 in-house researchers and
880 phone/e-mail inquiries.
Additional audiences were
reached through outreach
efforts such as community
presentations, which nearly
doubled from the previous
fiscal year.
FY13 Museum Exhibits
Gypsy Soul: Remembering
Sioux City’s Tommy Bolin
The Big Dig! (Permanent)
Collecting “Sioux City”
Mobile Warfare: Rare Military
Vehicles 1935-1964
Liberating Ahlem
Concentration Camp:
The Vernon Tott
Photograph Collection
Sioux City History Projects
What Ever Happened To...
Attendance/Service Statistics
Sioux City Public Museum - 48,557 Sgt. Floyd River Museum & Welcome Center - 18,294
Outreach and Research - 2,646
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
Museum & Welcome Center
is approaching its 25th anniversary of operation. On May
15, 1989, the City of Sioux
City, in cooperation with the
state of Iowa, opened its first
welcome center. The drydocked, former U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers riverboat,
commissioned the M.V. Sergeant Floyd, has served Sioux
City as an information center,
river museum and gift shop
ever since.
Visitors from every state and
around the world have been
introduced to Sioux City,
local history, and area products through the exhibits,
tourist offerings and the sale
of merchandise. Currently,
four part-time city employees
with a combined 45 years
of service are employed at
Children from a local school boarded the M.V. Sergeant Floyd to learn more about Missouri
River history in May 2013 as part of the fourth grade Sioux City history curriculum.
the Sergeant Floyd. A crew
of eight volunteers, with 73
years of combined service,
assist the regular staff. These
individuals have a genuine
passion for customer service
and loyalty to the Sergeant
Floyd’s original purposes:
introduce visitors to our community and invite them to
explore and spend time in
the area.
Peirce Mansion
Restoration efforts continued
at the Peirce Mansion with
the completion of the Bride’s
and Groom’s rooms. These
former bedrooms were transformed into changing rooms
for wedding parties. Volunteers with the Association’s
Peirce Mansion Committee,
continue to lead the restoration efforts and are solely
responsible for staffing rentals
and coordinating events.
The Peirce Mansion is available for weddings, receptions, birthday and graduation parties, and corporate
events. Open Houses for the
public are held quarterly.
ANNUAL REPORT • 2 The second floor was completed with the renovation of the “Groom’s Room” in the summer.
Volunteers from the Peirce Mansion Committee accepted a donation of $2,000 from the
Questers - Sacajawea Chapter in June 2013. A “Friends of the Peirce Mansion” drive was
launched to assist with on-going restoration and operations of the historic building.
Volunteers
The Sioux City Public Museum
and its sites are able to provide a higher level of service
to the community thanks to
the commitment of an outstanding group of volunteers.
Their dedication – whether as
greeters, tour guides, specific projects in the Research
Center or as board members
– is invaluable.
In FY13, 150 volunteers gave
a combined 6,720 hours of
service at the Museum and
Welcome Center; totals are
not available for Peirce Mansion volunteers and board
members.
Thank you to these volunteers
for their service: Wyman
(Andy) Anderson, Sara Atlas, Larry
Atwood, Malola Atwood, Glenn
Barnett, Rachelle Barnum, Chase
Baumann, Rolene Beauvais,
Dianne Beck, Margaret Beeson,
Mike Berger, Edwin Blackburn,
Nick Bogenrief, Patt Brenden,
Bob Briese, Denny Bullock, William
Burrows, David Canny, Harold
Canny, Rosie Chicoine, Susie
Christensen, Carmen Cobb, Jill I.
Collins, Anne Cowley, Linda Craft,
Steve Crary, Kandi Custer, Kelly
Daniels, Bob Davis, Neal Dean,
Lisa DeLance, Lynn Doxtad, Tiffany
Dubksy, Ginny Duncan, Don Duzik,
Terry Duzik, Dr. Paul Fee, Penny Fee,
Janet Flanagan, Kathy Fliginger,
Ginger France, Jerald Goehring,
James L. Goff, Terry Gottburg,
Jody Graham, Joan Hansen,
Mike Hathaway, Mary Heck, Beth
Hickey, Bev Hinds, Pam Hoadley,
Mary Jo Hoffman, Marcy Horsling,
Hannah Houts, Ron Johnme, Joan
Johnson, Mark Johnson, Thomas
Johnston, Jim Jung, Anne Kallsen,
Colling Katie, William Kendra,
Donald M. Kingery, Ruth Kingery,
Mavis Klein, Ray Krigsten, Don
Krone, Herb Kuehne, Rosie Kuehne,
Gerald Lenz, Hob Lessman, Wayne
A. Lindgren, Camille Lydon, Gene
Lydon, Connie Macfarlane, Doug
MacFarlane, Liz Madden, Carmen
Major, Emily Mallinger, Patrick
McKeever, Phyllis McMillan,
Don Meisner, Marcell Moody,
Marc Mozak, Rick Mullin, McKenna
Murphy, David Nelson, Don Nelson,
Marta Nelson, Nancy Neumann,
Jeff Olson, Miles Patton Jr., Tammie
Pech, Dave Pepin, Randy Peters,
David Phelps, Maynard Porter,
Nicole Prescott, Bonnie Quade, Ty
Quade, Dr. Carolyn Rants, Marti
Reilly, Evelyn Reiss, Jean Rhinehart,
Fern Rocklin, Vina Rodecker,
Jayne Ronfeldt, Rita Rose, Connie
Rosenberger, Randy Rumelhart,
Karen Rupiper, John Russom Jr.,
Martha Sammons, Sarah Scheffer,
Carolyn Schmith, Paulette
Schoening, Tom Schoening, Joan
Schurtz, Alice Sea, Darold Sea,
Anne Shaner, Nancy Shulenberger,
Karen Simpson, David Sitzmann,
G.T. Skinner, Lyn L. Stanek, Marge
Swanson, Karen Tagatz, Joe
TenHulzen, Chase Thoreson, Jim
Titus, Amy Topf, Mary Ann Towns,
Lucinda Tryon, Denise Turner,
Eric Turner, Paul Vanderwiel,
Linda Walrod, Jackie Warnstadt,
Stephanie Warnstadt, Shirley
Watson, Allan Wells, Kaylene Wells,
Carolyn Wendte, Bonnie West,
Carmen White, Mary Wilson, Jim
Wolcott, and Vicki Wollman
•Antique Power magazine article on
Wetmore Tractor Co.
•Around Manhattan Island Cruise Guide
•Beyond Measure: A Legacy of Mercy
•Black Beauty
•Flood of April 1952
•Golden Anniversary of George M. Kellogg, Fire Chief
•Historical Profile of Sioux City
•History of Leeds
•History of Pioneer Valley – Sgt. Bluff
•History of Stone Park and Vicinity, 1936
•History of the Sioux City Jewish Community 1869-1969
•History of the Sioux City Police Department
•In Memoriam Sergeant Charles Floyd, 1897
•In Peace and War - Cartoons from the Des Moines Register by Jay N. “Ding Darling”
•Leeds: A Pictorial History 1889-1989
•Not Just Me by Rose S. Taylor
•Pioneering in the Northwest, by Albert
Holman and Constant Marks, 1924
•Remembering the Soos by David Evans
•Renaissance and Modern Art, 1894
•Roster of Ohio Soldiers and Sailors in Nebraska
•Sioux City: A Pictorial History
•Sioux City Stockyards: 1887 to 1987
•Sioux City, Iowa: An Architectural View
•Songs the Soldiers and Sailors Sing
•The Jazz Era: Cartoon Book No. 7 by
Jay N. “Ding” Darling
•The Key Facts of Sioux City, 1958
•The Nebraska Farmer
•The Negro in Iowa, 1969
•The Plains States with Sgt. Floyd towboat
article
•Urology for Nurses by Dr. Wayland K. Hicks,
1948
•Wake Up and Smell the Coffee by Ann
Landers
•Wallace’s Farmer and Iowa Homestead
•Woodbury Exchange Office Publication
•Woodbury County Court House
•Crescent Park United Methodist Church: Celebrating 100 years, 1903-2003
Artifact Donations
The Sioux City Public Museum
received 290 separate donations estimated at 11,534 individual objects, photographs
and manuscript collections
in FY13, representing an
increase of 36% in total number of artifacts from FY12.
The dramatic increase was
primarily due to the single,
large donation of 7,231 artifacts from local collector Ron
Millage Sr.
Printed Materials
•Cookbooks of local organizations
•Books on speech/communication coauthored by Norman Watson
•Eight books by author Margaret Crary
including The Calico Ball and Corn for the Palace
Business Artifacts
•AT&T posters/bulletins
•American Biscuit & Mfg. Co. advertising
card
•American Pop Corn Co. song, “A Bowl of
Pop Corn, A Radio and You”, 1930
•American Serum Co. box with syringes
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Artifact Donations
(continued from page 3)
•Babcock, Richard real estate papers
•Bank passbooks
•Bekins Warehouse architectural drawing/
letterhead stationery
•Bishop’s Cafeteria napkin
•Davidson Dept. Store sheet music
•Diamond Shoe Store comic books
•Dorr’s Candies candy box
•Everist, L. G. Co. booklet
•First Federal bank calculator/juggling ball/
koozie/checkbook cover/mending kit/
pens
•First National Bank flyer/statement
•Flowerland gift store shopping bag
•Gateway 2000 editing equipment for VHS
and Hi8 and poster/shirt
•Gateway Computer mug/cookbook
•Great Southern Bank pencil
•Heritage Bank koozie
•HyVee paper sack
•Jolly Time popcorn popper
•Kalin’s Christmas ornaments
•Kari-Keen Coupe airplane news article
•Ketchens, Rod IFPA Fitness Coach Business
Card
•Kleeblatt Co. razor
•Knapp & Spencer hardware catalog
•Lane’s Bottling Co. bottle
•Larsen’s Printing Co. calendar
•Martin, T. S. & Co. advertising manuscript/
advertising card
•Mary & Marie’s Café on 4th Street menu
•Mickelson’s business envelope
•Mulfinger Drill Press
•Murray, C. J. Automobile Co. Song Book
•Nystrom Electric Co. tools
•Old Home Bakery parade costume/Howdy
Doody head
•Opportunities Unlimited koozie
•Oscar Ruff & Co. drug store ink blotter
•Penney’s catalogs from 1970s to 2000s
•Pens and pencils from area businesses
•Peterbilt Truck Co. calendar (photos by
Tom Schoening)
•Princess Hat Shop block/newspaper roller
•Rochester Products coffee mug
•Sears, Roebuck & Co. catalog
•Security National Bank book/song book
•Selzer Brewery Co. shoe brush
•Sew Vac Co. advertising sign
•Sioux City Brewing Co. bottle
•Sioux City Candy Co. tin
•Sioux City Gas & Electric recipes
•Sioux City Journal newspapers/centennial
papers
•Sioux City photographer’s images of un
identified people
•Sioux City Sarsaparilla drink bottles
•Sioux City Tribune newspapers
•Stanley Home Products, Inc. notebook
•Strub, Beth The Quilt Lady, Business Card
•Sunnybrook Chiropractic business card
•Toy National Bank map of Sioux City/
zippered money bag
•Toy National Bank toy bee
•Typewriter used by Sioux City Teacher’s
Association
•U. S. Flag flown over Sioux City Brewery/
Fairmont Creamery
•Union Card for AASER/MCEofA (Transit
Workers)
ANNUAL REPORT • 4
•Union Loan and Trust Co. letter, 1892
•Vantus Bank employee pin/pen
•Warren Electric Co. ‘Ice-O-Matic’ machine
specifications
•Watson Coal Co. brush
•Weare and Allison letter, 1891
•Wigman Co. ephemera
•Wilsey Elevator Safety Devise Co.
agreement
•Zenith Plant Closing DVD
Cultural/Organizational Artifacts
•ABWA papers/umbrellas
•All-America Band plaque for Clarence
Carney: The Voice of Siouxland AllAmerican Band
•American Association of University Women
papers
•American Freedom Train ticket
•Armstrong, Janell, first police woman
officer papers
•Berea Society booklets
•Boys and Girls Home papers
•Cinco de Mayo Siouxland booklet, 2013
•Corn Palace pin/ribbon, 1889
•Court Street Gang photo
•Favorite Quotations booklet, 1897
•Globe, The newspapers, 1960s
•Junior League newsletter, The Lingo/VHS
video/papers on Dear Abby cookbook/
member list/photos
•LaSertoma Club scrapbook
•League of United Latin American Citizens
papers
•League of Women Voters directory
•Lewis & Clark canvas murals
•Lewis & Clark Lake Maps
•Luce, Gary painting of the Omaha
steamboat
•Mayflower Congregational Church
architectural drawing
•National Missouri River Raft Regatta fundraiser phonograph record
•Native American art notecards
•Orpheum Theater flyer/key ring souvenirs
for grand re-opening
•Peavey Grand Opera House photo/
programs
•Pelletier Dept. Store spool of thread
•Phi Delta Kappa scrapbooks/papers
•Portfolio Book Club materials
•Primitive paintings of Sioux City
•Raymond, Chuck Native Artist prints
•Rialto Theater program
•Risparian Club photo
•River-Cade cap/portrait of H. W. “Bud”
Jones & Veral Heller/scrapbook
•Rockestra Concert Tickets
•Rotary Club papers
•Salvation Army bell
•Sertoma Sports Banquet programs
•Sgt. Floyd Riverboat plaque
•Sheet music
•Sioux City Art Center Artsplash advertising
card/poster/annual reports
•Sioux City Bicycle Safety Club materials
•Sioux City Bird Club newsletter, The
Dickcissel
•Sioux City Centennial t-shirt
•Sioux City Country Club silver tray/wine
glass coaster
•Sioux City Noon Lions Club papers
•Sioux City Public Library pencil
•Sioux City Public Museum flyer, 1986
•Sioux City Recycling Center papers
•Sioux City Symphony fund-raising quilt/flyer
for 2012-13 season
•Siouxland Humane Society newsletter
•St. Luke’s annual report for 2012
•St. Thomas Orthodox Church album
•Tommy Bolin Jam Back Stage Passes
•Tyson Center ticket for Tim McGraw
•White Horse Mounted Patrol images on
DVD/souvenir book
•Whitfield United Methodist Church
notecards
•Woodbury County Conservation
Foundation newsletter
•Woodbury Medical Society/Auxiliary
papers
Education
•Briar Cliff University booklets/alumnae
directory
•Central High School letter sweater/pin/
notecards
•East High School/West Junior High School
architectural drawing
•East Jr. High School “Boosters” newspapers
•Fairview School papers
•Floyd Elementary School photo
•Hawthorne School report book
•Iowa’s Country Schools, books
•Leeds Junior High School Teachers/Staff
photo board 1979/80
•Morningside College Bulletin, 1914/”Sioux”
yearbooks/booklet on Dimmitt Hall
•North Junior High School photo/stamp
project scrapbook
•Public School Stadium dedication program
•School yearbooks
•Sioux City Community School’s directories
•Sioux City High School yearbooks/souvenir
dish/diploma/photograph/post card
•Siouxland Samplers Guild t-shirts/quilted
wall hanging/pin/cookbook/Quilt Show
CD/poster
•Siouxperland is a Blast pin
•Smith School hand-made books by
Gertrude Bowen
•St. Joseph School of Nursing yearbooks
•Western Hills AEA newsletter, The Write
Place
•Western Iowa Tech booklets
Government/Military/Political
•Democrat Party Campaign materials
•City Council photographs, 1954, 1956
•City of Sioux City reports
•Convention Center booklets
•D-Day Operations exercise booklet, 1944
•Flag, U. S. 48 star
•Iowa Air National Guard, shirt with
Operation Provide Comfort logo/Flight 232
Memorial photos
•Korean War era sleeping bag
•Military and Signal Corps uniforms/bayonet
•Military Ball program for 133rd infantry,
1939
•Municipal Auditorium cash register/
dedication program
•National Federation of Post Office Clerks
scrapbook
•Navy Recruiting sign
Artifact Donations
•Political Yard Signs
•Postmaster convention papers
•Pres. Richard M. Nixon letter
•Signal Corps headphones
•Sioux City Air Base building drawings
•Sioux City Fire Department rope
•Sioux City Police Department poster
•Sioux City Priority Project Updates and
Requested Assistance, 2013
•Sioux City Hose Cart Co. No. 2 uniform and
photo of James P. Wall, 1886
•Sioux City Police Department radar guns/
pension and payroll cards
•Tickets and information sheets about
President Obama’s visit to Morningside
College
•United Flight 232 quilt made by St. Luke’s
nurses
•U. S. Army Engineers report on Perry Creek
•U. S. Army Parachute team, Golden
Knights wooden baton
•Vietman Era Bayonet M7/compass
•War Dept. Manual
•Woodbury County Courthouse essays/
dedication program/window pieces/gate
•Woodbury County map, 1885
•World War I history book
•World War II booklets/ration books/papers/
clothing/photos of tanks/uniforms/
ammunition
•WWII bullet art/German helmet/German
calendar/German mother’s award
Household and Personal Artifacts
•Abstract for lot on East Side
•Accordions
•Apple Computer/Mac Computer/Apple
Computer programs/books
•Baron, Barney Family memorabilia
•Benson family documents
•Bissell manual sweeper
•Buttons
•Buttons used in advertising
•Calendars
•Cameras/slide projectors/photographic
equipment
•Canyon Kid memorabilia
•Christmas lights
•Curtain Brackets
•Doll Stroller
•Dolls, hand-made/china head/wedding/
Victorian-era
•Dress, Wedding
•Dresses/bonnet
•Eye Glass case
•Farmer’s notebooks for selling livestock
•Fire extinguishers
•Fire whip, c.1950
•Hydrometer and glass tube for testing
alcoholic content of beverages
•Ice Scraper
•Jute box, Wurlitzer
•Leeds mug
•Leo Kucinski books and papers
•Local business pens
•Martin, George S. envelop, 1886
•Matchbook collection
•Moccasins, Native American
•Nurses’s cape from St. Joseph’s Mercy
Hospital
•Paintings
•Palmer method writing lesson booklet
•Paradise Family memorabilia
•Peterson, Tom pointers
•Petrucka Family trunks
•Pillow cases
•Plate, souvenir
•Poloroid Camera/case
•Pony, stick
•Purse engraved with Genevieve
Pendleton’s name
•Purses/shoes
•Quilt, crazy
•Razors, Straight Edge
•Record Players
•Rose Taylor’s family history on CD
•Ruler
•Salesman notebook case
•Sewing kit
•Shaving Brush
•Shoes, Adult/Baby
•Slide Projector
•Spoon for measuring coffee
•Stagecoach, Model
•Stethoscope
•Stone, Don article “What’s Happening”
•Suitcase
•Table/chair/brass stand/bowl/spoon
•Telephone Directory, 1932
•Television, RCA Victor Color Console, 1970
•Toys
•Van Buren, Abigail & Landers, Ann letters/
negatives
•Video cassette recorder, Sony U-Matic
•Watch Repairman’s tools/bench
•Wheel Chair
•Wicker Rocking Chair
•Wissing/Anderson Court Case papers
Meat Industry
•Cudahy’s cheese box
•IBP, Inc. Booklets
•Ingwersen Bros. Livestock Comm.
Merchants receipts
•Kennedy, John F. in stockyards movie
•Lambs at Interstate Fair photo
•Market News, newsletters
•Noonan, B. C. and Sons notebook
•Northwestern National Bank money bag
•Pork Days advertising sign
•Producers Commission Assoc. notebook
•Progressive Farmers Co-Op Comm. pencils
•Rice Brothers Live Stock Comm. notebook
•Scott, Frank E. Commission pencil
•Steele, Simon & Co. metal food spatula
•Stockettes club scrapbook
•Stockyards map/cattle photo/pen locks/
lapel pins/photo by Chuck Peterson
•Swanson, Gilmore and Carroll Cattle and
Hogs Comm. notebook
•Swift & Co. metal stamper/architectural
drawings/employee photo/knives,
advertising cards/photos/booklets
•Trucking bills for Commission Companies
•Ward Commission Co. belt
•Warfield, Pratt & Howell Dist. Co. cigar box
•Whip used in Stockyards
•Wood Brothers Live Stock Comm.
Merchants notebook
Miscellaneous/Area Artifacts
•Bi-Centennial tablecloth, 1976
•Finley and Rath map book of Sioux City
•Fr. Dobberstein photo at West Bend Grotto
•Ft. Randall Dam ground breaking program
•Kitchen Klatter magazines
•Magazines and books about President
John F. Kennedy
•Norfolk, NE papers/photos
•South Dakota building’s booklets
•Street maps/plat books/atlas
•TV Guide with stories of Johnny Carson and
Jerry Mathers, local celebrities
•Waterbury High School diploma
Photographs/Postcards/Digital Images
•Aerial photos of Sioux City
•Baker Museum (Sgt. Bluff) CD
•Brown Coal Co. photo
•City Hall postcard, 1960
•Construction of the Water Reservoir, 1930s
•Corn Palace CD
•Farmers by courthouse, 1932 photo
•Floyd River Flood, 1953 photo
•Friedman, Esther and Pauline
•Gilman Terrace
•Grayson Building Fire
•KD Stockyards Station Demolition DVD
•Leif Erickson Pool postcard
•Missouri River Flood of 1952 post card
•Missouri River Flood, 1952/Floyd River Flood,
1953 slides
•Perry Creek Flood postcard, 1909
•Photograph Albums
•Photos of All-America Band, hand-made
dolls, circus
•Race Cars 1952-54
•Railroad warehouse
•Railroads/Perry Creek Flood, 1949
•Rhinehart Family home
•Sgt. Floyd towboat
•Shore Acres Boat Club postcard
•Sioux City Brick and Tile postcard
•Sioux City Public Library
•Smith, George and Myrtle
•St. Anthony’s Home
•Stienstra, Warren’s Negatives and Photos
•Stone, Don Family photo
•Taylor, Lola and Fenwick
•Weare & Allison Bank postcard, 1874
•West Side and Missouri River
•Woodbury County Courthouse
Sports & Recreation
•Ben Hogan Dakota Dunes Open/Nike Tour
Back Stage Passes
•Board games
•Horse Race lottery ticket
•Leeds High School football and basketball
game movies, 1945-1968
•Morningside College football game picnic
invitation
•Sioux City Explorer’s signed baseball/
Pocket Schedule, 2011/tickets
•Sioux City Musketeers hockey stick pen
•Sioux City Relays cap
•Stone Park papers
•Taekwondo Foundation papers
•Tennis Racket
Transportation
•Siouxland Veterans Memorial Bridge
dedication invitation
•Combination Bridge ticket book, 1938
•Kari-Keen airplane photo
5 • ANNUAL REPORT
Artifact Donors
Elaine Ahlwardt
Bryan Alfredson
John T. Alvey
Sandra Amundson
Jacqueline J. Anderson
Kathleen Anderson
Janell Armstrong
Diane Arenson
Jim R. Ashmore
Bev Bader
Judith Baron
Howard & Cathy Barrett
John A. Beck
Mary Beller
Barbara Benson
Carol Blaney
Claudia Blenderman
Sandy Boeshart
Frank Bogenrief Estate
Linda Brinkert
Lillian Brodkey
Brenda L. Brown
Dale H. Brumm
Jeff Buchman
Dennis Bullock
Nick Buth
Gladys Byers
Donald C. Campbell
Moss Cannon Brygger & Assoc.
Harold Canny
Annette Gray Carlson
Bill & Velva Carlson
Janelle Carlson
Ronald D. Carlson
Kent T. Carper
Castle on the Hill Association
Center for Active Generations
Dan Chapman
Lamoyne Christiansen
City of Grafton, Massachusetts
David Clausen
Katie Colling
Mark & Liz Cook
Pam Corzine
Ron Craft
Steve Crary
Connie Culbertson
Tom Dahl
Dakota Territorial Museum
Marilyn Dannattel
Sue Davis
Carter Dennis
James O. Diamond
Roger Downs
Don Duzik
Jim Dye
Jim Dykshoorn
Clarence Ege
Janice Elsner
Bernard Erdman
Pharyce Eslick
Krage Feste
Greg Fick
Don Flammang
Linda Fleming
Mary Foster
Kim Frothingham
Dewie J. Gaul
Lee & Mary Gayer
Will Gerking
Rose Gilman
Donna J. Link Goehring
ANNUAL REPORT • 6
Margo Goertz
Jim Nelson
Tom Schoening
Dave Gordon
Marta Nelson
Herman Schultz
Jeff Gordon
Nancy Neumann
Corlee Scott
Maroldine Grabe
Robert Niebahr
Darold Sea
Diane Graham
Susan Schulz Norris
Thomas Seamster
Howard Graves
Nystrom Electric Co.
James Seubert
Chris Gude
Robert Odland
Sara Severson-Price
Greg Guelcher
James L. Olson
Marie Shattuck
Marilyn Hackett
Tim Owen
Gene Sherman
Steve Hansen
Michael D. Paradise
Jon & Val Shultz
L. Joan Hanson
Shirley Patrick
Patsy Simoni
Janis L. Harman
Miles Patton Jr.
Tony & Judy Simoni
Don Hartman
Sioux City History Club
Doug Hartman
Sioux City Police Department
Lori Hasselquist
Sioux City Public Library
Marvis Hendrickson
Siouxland Samplers Quilt Guild
Mason Henjes
Daryl Smith
Jim & Karen Henry
Steven R. Smith
Carmen Hess
Diane Sorenson
Beth Hickey
Southern Hills Mall
Colleen Higgins
Connie Sponder
V. Lucille Hinders
John Spurlock
Mary Hindman
Joe Stabile
Pamla Hoadley
Nancy Stubbs
Jack J. Holmes
Robert & Patti Stulich
Donald E. Isler Jr.
Richard P. Sulzbach
Rita Iversen
James G. Swanson
Theresa M. Jackson
Jim Swanson
Marilyn Jahn
Margaret Swanson
Mary L. Japel
Boyd Swearingen
Alice L. Jensen
Mike Tagel
Irving F. Jensen III
Tegra Corporation
Ron Johme
Mary Ann Terrill
Don Johnson
Richard A. Thatcher
One of the button vests of local TV
Doug Johnson
Peter & Helen (Taylor) Thiel
personality Jim Henry was among the
John R. Johnson
Ralph S. Tripp
donations to the Museum in FY13.
Thomas R. Johnston
Jim Tymkowicz
Robert Jorgensen
Elinor Perlich
Peter Van Etten
Paul Kellen
Anna Peterson
Joy VonHolland
Emma Kepka
Marti Peterson
Leo W. Wagner
Ron King
Tom Porsch
Evelyn Walding
Don & Ruth Kingery
Charles Ed Porter
Jackie Warnstadt
Karin Kirkpatrick
Maynard Porter
Shirley Watson
Laurence Kjorness
Portfolio Book Club
Theresa Weaver-Basye
Robert Knowler
Gabe Potash
Allan Wells
Mike Koller
Terry Prince
Dennis M. Wells
Chris “Kip” Koss
Sheldon S. Reese
Western Iowa Tech Community
Irene Kucinski
Kerry Renslen
College
Herb & Rosie Kuehne
Jean Rhinehart
Mark Wetmore
Kay Lagan
Dorothy Rice
Vicky Whitmore
James Lalley
John F. Richou
Darlene Widner
Barbara Lammers
Bernadette Rixner
Jesse E. Williams
James W. Lamont
Fern Rocklin
Jim Wilson
League of Women Voters
Ted Rorris
Louise Wingfield
Mike Lennon
Rita C. Rose
Carol A. Winter
Gerald Lenz
Jim Roth
Eric Wissing
Grace Linden
Jim & Della Rupert
Virgil Wood
William E. Linden
Holly Sales
Woodbury County Recorder
John Lindgren
Martha Sammons
Howard Youngberg
Camille Lydon
Marie L. Sanborn
Horst Zittlau
Bob Mahr
Adora Schneiders
Duane McCallum
Janet McFarlane
Paul McGuirk
In-kind Donors
Grants
Don & Kathy Meisner
Harold Canny
Iowa Department of Cultural
Rita Merrill
Penny Fee
Affairs - CLP Grant
Cecile Michael
Kathy Fliginger
M.A. Martin Everist Foundation
Ron Millage Sr.
Phyllis McMillan
with Thomas Scott Martin &
John L. Moos
Wal-Mart Sioux City
Janet A. Martin
Jerry Morgan
*All
listings
reflects
new
gifts
received
between July 1, 2012
Rick Mullin
and June 30, 2013. We apologize for any omissions or errors.
Thomas R. Munson
Other 2012-13 Donors
Endowment Giving
Even as the Museum’s capital campaign
pledges were still being completed,
efforts to build the Museum’s endowment
gained momentum. The Gilchrist Foundation
provided an outright gift of $25,000 along
with a $9,370 challenge grant in FY13. Other
non-traditional gifts came from the Smith
40th anniversary party and the Sioux City
Museum Artisans Guild (see articles).
Endowment Donors*
Matthew & Amy Anderson
Delores Barringer
Matt Basye
& Theresa Weaver-Basye
Dennis and Laura Bullock
Mike & Linda Cadwell
Harold Canny
Matthew & Jennifer Chicoine
Rosie Chicoine
Craig J. Clark
Ronald & Katie Colling
Rich & Sara Crawford
Don & Terry Duzik
Sylvia Jean Elerick
Kathy Fliginger
Joe & Peggy Frisbie
Gilchrist Foundation
Gretchen Gondek
Terry & Lisa Gottburg
Thomas & Jody Graham
Mary Green-Warnstadt
Greg & Teri Grupp
Steve Hansen
& Glenda DenHerder
Vonley & Claris Hanson
Colin & Pokey Jensen
Ray B. & Norma Johansen
Don & Ruth Kingery
Charlotte Kock
Ray and Barbara Krigsten
Connie & Doug Macfarlane
Mahoney-Hill Charitable
Fund Trust
Deanna Mayo
Don & Kathy Meisner
Robert D. Mishne
Morningside Kiwanis
Rick & Sue Mullin
Tom Munson
Miles Patton Jr.
Ty & Bonnie Quade
James P. & Barbara A. Redmond
Helen Schuck
Darold & Alice Sea
Richard & Bonnie Storm
Doris A. Swanson
Wal-Mart Foundation
David & Vicki Will
In memory of Pearl E. Linden
Roger E. & Kathleen Anderson
Grace E. Linden
*does not include Smith anniversary donors
Couple’s anniversary provides
lasting gifts to Museum
Then and now: Connie and Mac Smith on their wedding day and
at their anniversary party watching a slideshow of photographs.
When Mac and Connie Smith’s children,
Adam, Jay, and his wife, Alissa, offered to
throw a 40th wedding anniversary party in
August 2012 the couple didn’t insist on “no
gifts please”; instead they had very specific
gifts in mind: donations to the Sioux City
Public Museum’s endowment. Since the
Museum was serving as the venue for the
event, it also gave many of their guests the
opportunity to visit the then-one-year-old
facility for the first time. Thanks to the Smiths
and their guests, more than $4,000 was
raised for the Education/Exhibit fund.
Crafts and art create unique giving opportunity
A sampling of Sioux City Museum Artisans Guild items for sale in the Museum Store.
A unique hybrid of volunteers and donors,
the Sioux City Museum Artisans Guild
represents a new kind of contributor to the
Sioux City Public Museum. Rosie Kuehne
and Camille Lydon, who also volunteer in
other ways for the Museum, have recruited
volunteers to use their special talents to
create gifts ranging from earrings to wooden
toys. All of the proceeds from the sale of
the items are invested in the Museum’s
Education/Exhibit endowment within the
Siouxland Community Foundation. Members
of the Sioux City Museum Artisans Guild in
FY13 were: Jeff Baldus, Rita Iverson, Rosie
Kuehne, Gene & Camille Lydon, and Carolee
Maurer. Other individuals have participated
in the past and have joined after the
beginning of the new fiscal year.
7 • ANNUAL REPORT
Museum & Historical Association Members
Jack & Barbara Aalfs
Bryon & Jacquie Adams
Elaine E. Ahlwardt
American Pop Corn Company
Craig & Nancy Anderson
Matthew & Amy Anderson
Bryan & Wini Arneson
Dr. Darrel & Jacqueleen Baker
Arlene Baldes
Diane M. Barnett
A. Frank & Sandra Baron
Dennis & Julie Barto
Matt Basye
& Theresa Weaver-Basye
Ken Beekley
Chuck & Sandra Beermann
Virginia Y. Behrens
Earl L. & Helen Belt
Joyce Mills Beumler
Dwight Birkley
Edwin C. Blackburn
Dr. William & Dianne Blankenship
Claudia Blenderman
Brad & Robin Bollinger
Patricia A. Bortscheller
Randy W. Bradley
& La Vone M. Sopher
Patt Brenden
Karen Brennan
Lee Brennan & Darline Ross
Loal J. Broulette
Elaine Brown
George & Myrna Burg
Bernardine Burke
Marie T. Byrne
John O. & Debbie Bzoski
Ryan & Dr. Amy Callaghan
Harold Canny
Carolyn Carpenter
Indy & Amy Chabra
Dr. Dan & Coleen Chapman
Rosie Chicoine
Mrs. Susan Christensen
Craig J. Clark
Mr. George Thorpe Clark
Susan Linder Clavin
Bob & Jean Clem
Carmen Cobb
Ronald & Katie Colling
Mrs. R. Dudley Conner
K. Anne Cowley
Sherry Craig
Rich & Sara Crawford
Paul Culbertson
Mickey Darrough
Gracia A. Davenport
Joan M. Davenport
Robert C. & Helen Davenport
Richard, Susan & Mary Delfs
Janice Deuhr
Don & Terry Duzik
David Ream Engelman
Richard & Marilyn Engle
FEH Associates Inc.
Carol Runnels Faerber
Janet & Mike Flanagan
Kathy Fliginger
Dorothy Foix
Virginia France
Mike & Katie Gecewich
Dorothy Gedwillo
Galen & Carlene Gehrts
ANNUAL REPORT • 8
James E. & Katheryn Giasafakis
Nancy S. Giles
John & Karen Gleeson
Jerald & Donna (Link) Goehring
James L. Goff
Terry & Lisa Gottburg
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Graham
Thomas & Jody Graham
Gay Gray
Great West Casualty Company
Emilie Grendler
Alice Gross
Marilyn Hackett
Halman Construction Inc.
H. T. (Ted) Hampe
Marilyn Hansen
Steve Hansen
& Glenda DenHerder
Lois Joan Hanson
James W. Haritage
Beth Harms & Chris Jensen
Douglas Harrold
Daniel & Sally Hartley
Rima Hartman
Dr. Susan Hatfield
David Hawkinson
& Teresa Eames
Richard Hayes
Dr. Phil E. Held, DDS
Dr. Vernon G. & Evelyn Helt
Marvis Hendrickson
Carol Hewett
Ann Hill
Dale B. Hill
Beverly J. Hinds
Gretchen Hirschbach
Pamla K. Hoadley
Rick & Francine Holtzen
Iowa-Nebraska State Bank
Roger & Ona Iverson
Irving & Tigger Jensen
Mark & Kay Jensen
Jan Johansen
Harland & Jeannette Johnson
Dr. Paul & Patrice Johnson, M.D.
Ronald Alfred Johnson
Larry & Margee Joines
Jim Jung
Paul & Suzi Kaiman
Sandra L. Shattuck Kangal
Mina Karcher
Alvin & Donna Kay
Joan D. Kelly
Diane Kidd
Don & Ruth Kingery
Hillard E. & Ann Knutson
Kathie Kobernus
Sonya Kostan
Herb & Rosie Kuehne
Col. James E. Lalley, Ret.
Margaret Lamkin
Richard M. Levich
Grace E. Linden
Jerrine M. Lucas
Camille & Gene Lydon
Beverly (Watson) Lyle
Connie & Doug Macfarlane
Les & Carmen Major
Patricia Martin
Dr. Earl E. & Helen Maxwell
Alan & Terri McGaffin
Paul & Mary Ellen McGuirk
Bob & Nancy McIntosh
Jane Bekins Meginnis
Donald & Nadine Meis
Don & Kathy Meisner
Frances Mikkelsen
Ron & Marilyn Millage, Sr.
Eleanor M. Moline
Joy Momsen
Bernice Moritz
Russell Movall
Michael Mullen
Linnea J. Mussie
Dorothy Myers
Dave & Julie Nelson
Nancy Neumann
Larry H. Nysveen
Claire E. O’Brien
Jim & Kathy O’Brien
Dr. Sharon Ocker
LeRoy A. Olsen
Palmer Candy Company
David & Joan Paulsrud
E. John Pendleton
James D. Pendleton
Mrs. Roberta S. Pendleton
Chuck & Marti Peterson
Ginny Peterson
Scott & Janet Plathe
Thomas & Glenda Plaza
Daniel Pottebaum
Keith Radig
Joyce A. Randall
Khalid, Terrie & Sam Rasheed
Dr. John & Barbara Redwine
Roger & Judy Rentel
Richard & Jean Rhinehart
Connie Rosenberger
Dr. Rex & Maria Rundquist
Karen Rupiper
Joyce W. Ruys
Raymond T. Rye, II
Bob & Sandy Sabel
Maita Sadoff
Sanford Museum
Donald D. Sappingfield
Dr. Patrick & Catherine Saulsbury
Michelle Schmidt
Carolyn D. Schmith
Peggy Scholten
Eldon Schroder
Clay & Helen Schuck
Ronald Schuetz
Joan Schurtz
Patricia Ann Schwinn
Darold & Alice Sea
Robert & Molly Seff
Larry & Pauline Sensenig
Elaine M. Seubert
Lowell & Karen Shaw
William & Cora Howard Sibley
Bill & Mary Sievers
David & Nancy Sitzmann
Francis & Clarice Speck
John Stanek
Tom & Gert Stevens
Tom & Mary Stock
Ray & Marlene Sturdevant
Wilma J. Sylvester
Karen Tagatz
Gaylen & Cathy TenHulzen
Eleanor S. Tilton
Edward & Lucinda Tryon
Eric & Denise Turner
Larry Twait
Greg & Jill Van Buskirk
Dr. Jim & Karen Van Delden
Dr. Richard & Dorothy Wagner
Joan Waitt
Jim & Lois Walsh
Mary Walsh
Steve Warnstadt
& Mary Green-Warnstadt
Steve & Jackie Warnstadt
Jeri Watkins
Shirley Watson
Anita Wendt
Rev. Harold E. Werley
& Ruth French
Bonnie West
Mark Wetmore
Carmen White
Margaret J. White
Dr. & Mrs. J. L. Wiedemeier
David & Vicki Will
Mardella Wilson
Barbara Lipshutz Wynn
Mrs. Mose Yanney
Dr. & Mrs. William & Joee Ziebell
Peirce Mansion donors
Jack & Barbara Aalfs
A. Frank & Sandra Baron
Mary Baryo
Larry Book
Karen Burgess-Kohn
Anne Cleghorn
Paul D. & Kathleen K. Coffin
Sue & Bill Conner
Rich & Sara Crawford
Carole Cropley
Mark & Mary Dermit
Wilfred & Janel Gerking
Nancy S. Giles
John & Diane Gray
Lee & Nancy Jarvis
Colin & Pokey Jensen
Irving & Tigger Jensen
Mark & Kay Jensen
Darrin Johnson
Ramona Kelly
Ruth Ketelsen
Don & Ruth Kingery
Robert Kowalke
Jeanette Krage
Larry & Sandy Ludwig
Connie & Doug Macfarlane
Patricia Martin
Rick & Sue Mullin
Kathryn Kay Patterson
David & Joan Paulsrud
Chuck & Marti Peterson
Ginny Peterson
Helena K. Potash
Ty & Bonnie Quade
Questers - Sacajawea Chapter
Dr. James W. & Sharon Rossiter
Bob & Sandy Sabel
Darold & Alice Sea
Sioux City History Club
Benjamin Uhl & Sarah Murray
Dr. Lee & Ruth Van Voorhis
Carol Susan VanderFeen
Susan Wollesen
New gifts from July 1, 2012 - June 30, 2013.
Quilt exhibit highlights Museum’s collection
T
wo exhibits featuring
quilts opened simultaneously at the Sioux City
Public Museum and Sioux
City Art Center on November
23. While the show’s openings were timed to coincide
with each other, the exhibits
show different approaches
to quilting as an art form.
The Sioux City Art Center’s exhibit, “Quilt Art: International
Expressions” is a traveling
show of more than 30 contemporary quilts by the members of Quilt Art, an international group of quilt-making
artists. Meanwhile, the Sioux
City Public Museum’s exhibit
“Homegrown Art: Traditional
Quilt Designs” features a variety of quilt designs from its
own collection. Both exhibits
will be on display through
February 16, 2014.
The Museum’s exhibit showcases a wide range of styles
including familiar patterns
Among the variety of quilts showcased in
the Museum’s “Homegrown Art: Traditional
Quilt Designs” exhibit is a Friendship/Sampler Album (left) and a Story Quilt that tells
the history of the Hmong people of Southeast Asia who were key U.S. allies during
the Vietnam War (below).
such as Log Cabin, Crazy,
Patchwork, Friendship and
Patriotic. Some other less
familiar variations are North
Carolina Lilly, Dresden Plate,
Flower Basket, Postage
Stamp and Six-Point Star.
Among the two most unique
quilts from the Museum’s
collection are a Friendship/
Sampler Album quilt and a
Hmong Story quilt. The Sampler Album or autograph quilt
is made up of unique blocks,
in this case, handkerchiefs,
with the names embroidered
on the blocks. This quilt made
by Mrs. Zeno (Mollie Hedges)
Brown, c1895, features handkerchiefs from prominent
men in Sioux City and Iowa
society. The Hmong Story
Quilt chronicles the plight of
thousands of refuges who left
their homeland and settled
in the U.S. following the U.S.
withdrawal from Laos in 1975.
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Museum Staff
Matt Anderson, Exhibit Preparator
Don Bentson, Welcome Center Custodian
Matt Chicoine, 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
Deanna Mayo, Administrative Assistant
Kathy Meisner, Sgt. Floyd River Museum Supervisor
Tom Munson, Archival Records Clerk
Mark Simpson, Welcome Center Assistant
Theresa Weaver-Basye, Curator of Education
David Will, Custodian
Museum & Historical
Association Board Members
Terry Duzik, President, Terry Gottburg, VicePresident, Joellen Graham, Secretary, Maynard
Porter, Treasurer, Harold Canny, Rosie Chicoine,
Don Duzik, Kathy Fliginger, Greg Guelcher,
Mary Heck, Connie Macfarlane, Patrick McKeever,
Marc J. Mozak, David Nelson, Joan Schurtz, and
Eric Turner.
Museum Board of Trustees
Darold Sea, Chair; Katie Colling, Vice-Chair;
Steven Crary, Janet Flanagan, Donald M. Kingery,
Ray Krigsten, and Rick Mullin.
Board Meetings
The Association typically meet at 6:30 p.m. on the
2nd Tuesday of the month; the Trustees typically
meet at noon on the 2nd Friday of the month.
Sioux City
Public
Museum
GRAND
OPENING
Calendar
Experience theExhibit
history of Sioux City like never before! You are invited to
celebrate the grand
Through December
29,opening
2013of the new Sioux City Public Museum.
Explore state-of-the-art interactive displays, engaging permanent exhibits,
Blue Bunny Beginnings: The Sioux City Connection
rare Sioux City artifacts and so much more. Please join us on this
Explore thehistory-making
story of Wells
Enterprises, Inc.’s rise from a house-today as we present ÒOur New MuseumÓ to the community.
house milk delivery service founded by Fred H. Wells, Jr. in LeMars
in 1913 to the nation’s largest privately-held and family-owned ice
cream manufacturer today. WHO: Sioux City Public Museum
WHAT: Grand Opening Ceremony &
Through February 16, 2014
Ribbon Cutting
Homegrown Art: Traditional Quilt Designs (see article on inside back cover)
WHEN:
Saturday, April 23, 2011 at 10:00 a.m.
April 5 - May 18, 2014
Sioux City History Projects
The 23rd annual exhibition of 4th grade projects showcasing the
students’ knowledge of local history.
WHERE: 607 4th Street
Holiday Hours:
Sioux City Public Museum and
Sergeant Floyd River Museum & Welcome Center
Closed Christmas Day and New Year’s Day