Fine and Performing Arts Collection
Scope and Contents
The Fine and Performing Arts Collection (formerly the Art & Music Collection) contains materials related to that unit’s policies and operations. It includes collection guides, sponsored event information, bibliographies, assessments, annual reports, and survey data. It also includes documentation about supporting campus departments.
Dates
- Creation: 1963 - 2019, Undated
Creator
- University of Northern Iowa. Rod Library (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions. Materials are open for research.
General Use, Reproduction, and Copyright Policies
Many items housed in the Rod Library Special Collections & University Archives, including unpublished images and manuscripts, may be protected by copyright, publication rights, trademarks, or model release rights which the library does not own and for which the library cannot grant permission or licensing. Materials currently under copyright are usually still available for research and limited reproduction under Fair Use laws. However, it is the sole responsibility of the patron to determine whether or not their use of a given material falls within Fair Use guidelines and to obtain permission for said use from the rightful copyright owner.
Sensitive Materials Statement
Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy or similar laws, and the Iowa Open Records Law (see Iowa Code § 22.7). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of Northern Iowa assumes no responsibility.
Biographical / Historical
A Fine Arts collection has existed in Rod Library since at least 1973 with the proposal of a Fine Arts Center located within the building. Its collections have since supported the fine and performing arts disciplines across campus. It historically also managed and oversaw an art collection housed at Rod Library. It has been known as the Art and Music Collection and, most recently, the Fine and Performing Arts Collection.
Full Extent
0.63 Linear Feet (3 boxes)
Language of Materials
Undetermined
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Additional materials transferred to University Archives by Jeff Coon, Information Literacy Librarian, in May 2026.
Processing Information
Finding aid created by Library Associate Dave Hoing, August 2017. Updated January 2018 and April 2018 (dh). Collection reprocessed and addition processed by University Archivist Tessa Wakefield, May 2026.
- Title
- Fine and Performing Arts Collection (formerly Art and Music)
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script