Scope and Contents The A T. Rex Named Sue exhibit files consist of records related to the "A T. Rex Named Sue" exhibit hosted by the UNI Museum in Spring 2005. The exhibit's centerpiece, a replica of a Tyrannosaurus rex fossilized skeleton, was provided by the Field Museum in Chicago. The files offer a look at the preparations, marketing, and presention of the exhibit. Included are correspondence, committee files, programs, programming files, contracts, financial information, drawings, marketing / publicity...

Scope and Contents The third series Community Relations contains records pertaining to the UNI Museum's community and public relations work. The files were created largely when Kay Thuesen served as the Museum's community relations officer, though there are materials outside of her tenure as well. Types of materials include correspondence, planning documents, event programs, advertising examples, newspaper clippings, grant applications, budgets, and workshop materials. The files' original order has been...

Scope and Contents These files document exhibits mounted or maintained by the University of Northern Iowa Museums and Collections.  The files include exhibit guides, photographs, labels, correspondence, and research relating to short term and long term exhibits. The Exhibit documentation files contain records about exhibits hosted or created by the UNI Museum. The files include exhibit guides, photographs, labels, correspondence, research, and audiovisual materials related to the exhibits and exhibit...

Scope and Contents Series 5, Friends files and Museum ephemera contains materials related to the Friends of the Museum and assorted ephemeral content. The "Friends" files consist of board meeting minutes, special events, financial records, recognitions, membership lists, and more. Other boxes throughout the collection contain additional Friends information. Material is filed first by category, then alphabetically by subject, and finally chronologically. The ephemeral content includes plaques, oversized...

Scope and Contents The Historical Subject files provide an overview of the UNI Museum's operations from about 1964 until the early 1990s, though a small amount of material is from 1923 and the 2000s. It includes materials from Emmett J. Cable's last years as the Museum administrator, as well as files from Pauline Sauer and Ronald Wilson's leadership periods. Also included are files about the Museum Advisory Committee and the Friends of the Museum. Much of the records relate to Museum programming and the use of...

Scope and Contents Series 4, Museum Educational programming files were created primarily when Diane Shupbach was the Director of Education for the Museum, with some materials dating from outside this timeframe. Previous SC&UA staff noted those files with "pre-2002" to separate them from more recent files. Types of materials include those collected, developed, and used for specific educational programs. The most extenstive files relate to dinosaurs, American Indians, UNI Museum collections, and Iowa...