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 MuseumWHAT: Grand Opening Ceremony & Ribbon CuttingWHEN: Saturday, April 23, 2011 at 10:00 a.m.WHERE: 607 4th Street

GRAND OPENING

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

Spring 2018 • Vol. 2, Issue 15

Exhibits highlight county courthouse

These magazine covers are among the Iannelli’s artwork on display. Left: Margaret’s Child Life cover; Above: Alfonso’s Harper’s Weekly cover.

(continued on page 2) The slate of special events in May to commemorate the 100th year of the

Woodbury County Court-house includes two exhibits, Modernism’s Messengers: The Art of Alfonso and Margaret Iannelli and The Chicago Ori-gins of the Courthouse at the Sioux City Public Museum.

Although Alfonso and Mar-garet Iannelli are likely un-familiar figures to most Sioux Cityans, their work has been on permanent display here for the past 100 years. The Iannellis created the elab-orate sculptures of people, spirits and animals that have adorned the courthouse since 1918.

On loan from its curator Tim Samuelson, Chicago Cultural His-torian, the Modernism’s Messengers exhibit tells the story of a husband and wife artistic team who came together through a

shared desire to bring mod-ern art to the masses. An Italian immigrant, Alfonso was committed to creating a uniquely American art

inspired by Native Ameri-can designs and the rugged landscape of the American West. Margaret was the scion of an old New York family interested in Japanese de-sign and the groundbreaking work of European Modernists like Pablo Picasso. The cre-ative tension between them fueled one of the most suc-cessful American commer-cial art studios of the 1910s and 1920s.

At its peak, the Iannellis’ Chicago studio created sculpture and other design

This 1917 photographs shows Alfonso Iannalli working on his sculpture of an eagle, which would soon be molded and cast into terra cotta to adorn the west façade of the Woodbury County Courthouse.

Along with the Wood-bury County Court-house exhibits, two

other short-term exhibits are on display this spring at the Sioux City Public Museum.

Native American Artwork featuring Chuck Raymond is a retrospective of the promi-nent Winnebago artist’s work. Included in the exhibit are Raymond’s familiar black and white Northeast Wood-land/Great Plains series along with his rarely-seen black and white Southwest/North-west Coast series. On display through 2018, the exhibit also features a selection of Native American artifacts that com-pliment Raymond’s artwork.

More Museum exhibits...

(continued from page 1) elements for legendary archi-tects like Frank Lloyd Wright and George Elmslie. The studio also worked on a wide range of commercial design and advertising projects.

Unfortunately, their creative partnership was gradually undermined by Margaret’s descent into mental illness and eventual institutionaliza-tion in 1929. Alfonso carried on with other collaborators for another thirty years, carv-ing out a notable, though relatively obscure, place for himself in the history of American architecture and commercial design. Along the way Margaret’s contribu-tions were almost complete-ly forgotten. Modernism’s

Messengers shows just how important Marga-ret’s work was to Iannelli Studio during its peak years, which included the construction of Sioux City’s Woodbury Coun-ty Courthouse, and the intimate nature of the collaboration between Margaret and Alfonso.

The companion exhibit, The Chicago Origins of the Courthouse, fea-tures artifacts from the Museum’s archives and a slideshow of photo-graphs from the courthouse’s history. Many of the photo-graphs are part of the Mu-seum’s William Steele Col-lection. Steele worked in the Chicago office of renowned

The Woodbury County Courthouse in 1917.

Exhibits provide different perspectives of courthouse

architect Louis Sullivan. The courthouse is the largest pub-lic building ever constructed in the Prairie School style. The exhibits will be on display through August 19, 2018.

Models and posters of local historic land-marks, people, and events created by 4th grade students are showcased in the 27th annual Sioux City History Projects exhibit. The ex-hibit concludes with a reception and awards ceremony on May 12.

Above: In addition to the well-known local artist’s drawings, The Native American Artwork exhibit showcases rare pieces like an Ojibwa bandolier bag and a Lakota buffalo hide berry bowl featured in Raymond’s drawings.Left: Along with annual favorites such as Bruguier’s Cabin, this year’s Sioux City History Projects exhibit featured unique creations including Thorpe’s Jewelry Store, Charles City Hall College, and the South Bottoms neighborhood.

Tuesday, May 1 Law Day: The Recommitment to the Next 100 Years of the Courthouse as a Place of Justice

11:00 a.m. Proclamation and Rededication of the Time Capsule Northwest Corner “Board of Supervisors and Remarks by Officials” of Courthouse

12:00 p.m. Lunch & Learn: Historic Architect Pete Franks Courtroom 203“The Value of the Historic Courthouse and the Uniqueness of the Magnificent Gem”

1:30 p.m. Presentation: USD’s Dean of Law School Thomas Geu Courtroom 203“The Separation of Powers: A Framework for Freedom”

3:00 p.m. Presentation: Historic Cases—Retired Judge Michael Walsh Courtroom 203“100 Years of Justice in Woodbury County”

Wednesday, May 2 Sculpting the Courthouse: Alfonso Iannelli

12:00 p.m. Lunch & Learn: Matt Anderson, Curator of History Sioux City Public Museum “Exhibit Tour of the Chicago Origins of the Courthouse”

2:00 p.m. Presentation: Kenny Schmitz, Building Services Director Basement Level Norman Mahoney, Sioux City Brick & Tile“Restoring Efforts of the Past for the Generations of the Future”

Thursday, May 3 The People’s Courthouse

9:00 a.m. Live Tours Start on the Hour (9:00 am – 3:00 pm) Courthouse Rotunda

10:00 a.m. Unveiling of the Virtual Smartphone Tour

Friday, May 4 Kids’ Day

9:00 a.m. Live Children’s Tours on the Hour (9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.) Courthouse Rotunda

12:00 p.m. Presentation of Essay Winners from Local Schools Courthouse Rotunda

Saturday, May 5 A Celebration of our Courthouse ($50 per person; reservations required) Courthouse Rotunda5:30 p.m. Social Hour, 6:15 p.m. Opening Remarks/Dinner, 7:00 p.m. Speaker Presentations- Dr. Guy Wilson, Professor of Architectural History University of Virginia“The Woodbury County Courthouse: Creating an American Image”- Tim Samuelson, Curator of History of the City of Chicago“Modernism’s Messengers: The Art of Alfonso and Margaret Iannelli”

Organized by the Woodbury County Courthouse Advisory Committee for Historical Preservation. Visit woodburycountyiowa.gov/100 for more details and fun facts about the Woodbury County Courthouse. Several events are being held in conjunction with Sioux City Historic Preservation Week. Visit siouxcityhp.org for details on more Preservation Week activities.

Courthouse Centennial CelebrationMay 1-5, 2018

Three-day Camps 9:00 a.m. – Noon

Fee: $40/member, $45/non-member A snack will be provided

Ages 7 – 9 Kids in the Kitchen June 12 – 14 From bread making and snacks to food experiments, join in on the fun and learning in the kitchen.

Ages 10 & Up Mad Science All-Stars July 10 – 12 Learn about famous scientists and inventors who were stars in their field of expertise. The hands-on activities include experiments, games and daily challenges. Ages 6 – 11 NEW! Space Cities June 27 – 29 Bring a sack lunch. 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Fee: $90/member, $105/non-member Learn about living and working in space, designing and building space stations, and conducting experiments in microgravity, rocketry and weightlessness. Co-teachers are NASA-trained educators Connie Richardson Smith and Mary Richardson Tester.

One-day Camps 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Bring a sack lunch. Snacks will be provided. Fee: $35/member, $40/non-member

Ages 7 – 10 Join the Rebellion June 19 Young Jedi will explore a galaxy far, far away with a focus on rebels, robots, lightsabers and the Force. Have fun learning how history and science relate to the Star Wars movies.

Experiment with STEM July 18 Focus on energy with experiments on volcanos, electricity, steam energy and chemical reactions with hands-on learning activities.

Day of Wizardry II July 25 Hone your wizarding skills! Make wands, brew potions, create fantastic creatures and play Quidditch.

SAVE ON CLASSES BY BECOMING A MUSEUM MEMBER. Special $25 offer! Save $5 on a family membership

if you join when registering for summer classes.

Scholarships are available based on financial need. For details, call 712-279-6174 or e-mail

museumeducation@sioux-city.org.

Pre-registration is required. To register, please complete the form on the next page.

Kid’s Thursdays* 10:00 – 11:00 a.m. Geared to families with young children. Adults and children will explore hands-on learning activity centers. Fee: $1 per child per session Going on a Safari June 7 Sioux City Heroes June 21 Space Adventure July 12 Sioux City at Work July 26 Land of Dinosaurs August 2

Summer Classes

Ages 4 – 6 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. Experience books through engaging activities. Fee: $5/member, $6/non-member per session Amazing Airplanes! June 12 Goodnight Construction Site June 26 Clifford – Firehouse Dog July 17 The Red Hen and Little Pigs July 31

Ages 7 – 10 Victorian Tea Party 10:30 a.m. – Noon Wednesday, June 20 *Held at the Peirce Mansion, 2901 Jackson St. Wear your favorite tea party outfit for parlor games, craft-making, and tea and snacks. Fee: $5/member, $6/non-member

Ages 9 – 12 NEW! So You Want to be a YouTuber? Tuesday, July 17 6:00 – 7:30 p.m. FREE (parents welcome)

This sneak peek into the YouTube world will cover popular types of videos (game voice-overs, toy tutorials and vlogs), the equipment used, and how to capture and process files for your own videos.

Family Programs

Classes are held at the Sioux City Public Museum unless otherwise noted. Pre-registration required for all camps/classes except Family Programs.

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Three-day Camps 9:00 a.m. – Noon

Fee: $40/member, $45/non-member A snack will be provided

Ages 7 – 9 Kids in the Kitchen June 12 – 14 From bread making and snacks to food experiments, join in on the fun and learning in the kitchen.

Ages 10 & Up Mad Science All-Stars July 10 – 12 Learn about famous scientists and inventors who were stars in their field of expertise. The hands-on activities include experiments, games and daily challenges.

Ages 6 – 11 NEW! Space Cities June 27 – 29 Bring a sack lunch. 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Fee: $90/member, $105/non-member Learn about living and working in space, designing and building space stations, and conducting experiments in microgravity, rocketry and weightlessness. Co-teachers are NASA-trained educators Connie Richardson Smith and Mary Richardson Tester.

One-day Camps 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Bring a sack lunch. Snacks will be provided. Fee: $35/member, $40/non-member

Ages 7 – 10 Join the Rebellion June 19 Young Jedi will explore a galaxy far, far away with a focus on rebels, robots, lightsabers and the Force. Have fun learning how history and science relate to the Star Wars movies.

Experiment with STEM July 18 Focus on energy with experiments on volcanos, electricity, steam energy and chemical reactions with hands-on learning activities.

Day of Wizardry II July 25 Hone your wizarding skills! Make wands, brew potions, create fantastic creatures and play Quidditch.

SAVE ON CLASSES BY BECOMING A MUSEUM MEMBER. Special $25 offer! Save $5 on a family membership

if you join when registering for summer classes. Scholarships are available based on financial need.

For details, call 712-279-6174 or e-mail museumeducation@sioux-city.org.

Pre-registration is required. To register, please complete the form below.

MUSEUM SUMMER PROGRAM REGISTRATION FORM Class sizes are limited. Payment is required to hold class reservations. Please use a separate form for each child. Registration forms must be dropped off/mailed with payment to the Sioux City Public Museum. Please make checks payable to “Sioux City Museum & Historical Association.”

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Designing space stations, baking bread, and creating magic wands

are just a few of the activities awaiting your child at the Sioux City Public Museum this summer. The Museum’s class-es and camps for children ages 3 and up start on June 7. A visit from Dan Wardell and an Iowa Public Television character on August 7 will wrap-up the summer roster.

The long-time community favorite “Space Cities” is among the new STEM-based programs being offered at the Museum. NASA-trained educators Connie Richard-son Smith and Mary Rich-ardson Tester have provided aerospace science camps at Morningside College for more than 20 years. Both have been involved in NASA

programs at the national lev-el and have added new fea-tures to the camp each year. Students will learn about living and working in space as well as designing and building space stations. They will conduct experiments in microgravity, rocketry and weightlessness.

Another new offering is “So You Want to be a YouTuber.” This free family program is a sneak peek into the YouTube world covering popular types of videos such as game voice-overs, toy tutorials and vlogs. Other topics include the equipment used and how to capture and process files for videos.

Even the popular “Kids in the Kitchen” camp incorporates STEM through measuring of

ingredients and food experi-ments. Other STEM programs include the three-day camp, “Mad Science All-Stars” and the one-day camps, “Join the Rebellion,” “Experiment with STEM,” and “Day of Wiz-ardry II.”

Pre-registration is required for most summer programs. Class sizes are limited; pre-pay-ment is required to hold reservations unless otherwise noted. Visit siouxcitymuseum.org for updated registration information. Registration forms must be dropped off at the Museum or mailed with payment.

Scholarships are available based on financial need. For details, contact 712-279-6174 or museumeducation@sioux-city.org.

Summer program registration is now open

Out of the Archives

When voters approved a new county court-house in June 1914,

they had no idea they were bringing to life an architec-tural gem that would be re-vered for the next 100 years. William Steele, a graduate of the University of Illinois and former draftsman for Louis H. Sullivan, was chosen archi-tect. Mr. Steele immediately made arrangements with George Grant Elmslie of Pur-cell & Elmslie of Chicago for collaboration in this work.

Planning was soon underway with draftsmen working over spring, summer, and fall. The Board of Supervisors, how-ever, came under criticism as the Prairie School design was seen as radical by many county residents. The lack of a “sound and convincing ar-gument” from the opposition convinced the supervisors that they were indeed right to pursue construction of a groundbreaking design. Con-tracts for construction of the

new courthouse were made with Splady, Albee, & Smith of Minne-apolis and work began in March 1916. The build-ing opened on March 1, 1918.

A writer of The Western Archi-tect magazine noted, “What classic colon-nade was ever finer than this stately row of brick piers with charming interplay of ornament, light, and shadows? The entrance is at once the focal point, with the majestic Mosaic which can mean none other than the mighty spirit of LAW. To him, as he stands there aged and slumberous, but strong armed and mighty, flow the tide of human life as it exists in organized society.” The sculptural work men-tioned was implemented by Alfonso Iannelli, and was not

merely applied to the build-ing but integral to the organ-ic nature of the Prairie School and the Woodbury County Courthouse.

The writer continued, “The ef-fect upon entering the rotun-da is that of delightful radiant warmth. Photos cannot do more than faintly suggest the glowing color. The eye travels upward and sees wonderful terra cotta terminals of the supporting piers engaging a spreading canopy of beauti-

fully ornament-ed plaster, and carrying as a great crown a wonderful glass dome designed as a great light reflector and distilling medi-um.”

The frame of the courthouse at 7th and Douglas Streets. Taken on September 19, 1916, the image is part of an album of construction photos donated by Woodbury County to the Museum in 1968.

Left: The dome during construction; Right: The completed dome with its Prairie Style motif is one of the distinctive features of the court-house.

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In conjunction with the centennial of the Wood-bury County Courthouse,

Matt Anderson, Curator of History, developed the dis-play, “Hidden Gems of the Courthouse: Items from the 100-Year-Old Time Capsule and What They Reveal for Us Today” located in the Court-house rotunda.

In November 2017, a time capsule was extracted from the building’s cornerstone.

The time capsule was from the origi-nal 1876 courthouse and included mem-orabilia added in 1918 when the cur-rent courthouse was completed. Tom Munson, Archives Manager, assisted with the opening of the time capsule. The artifacts were then stored in the

Museum’s archives until the unveiling of the time capsule display in March.

Newly revealed photos of Sioux City, county and district court officials in 1916, President Woodrow Wilson and U.S. Labor Secretary William B. Wilson, who spoke at the original com-memoration, are on

display. Other items include rare coinage, an invitation to the cornerstone-laying cere-mony and issues of Sioux City newspapers announcing the event.

For more Woodbury County Courthouse 100th anniver-sary activities, see page 3 or visit woodburycountyiowa.gov/100.

Matt Anderson, Curator of History, unveiled a display of time capsule artifacts in the Courthouse rotunda. Photo courtesy of George Lindblade.

Time capsule artifacts featured at courthouse

Tom Munson, Archives Manager, took this photograph of County building services personnel and The Baker Group working to extract contents of the time capsule.

Wednesday, May 2 Exhibit Tour of The Chicago Origins of the CourthouseNoon-1:00 p.m.

Saturday, May 12Sioux City History Projects Exhibit Reception1:00-2:30 p.m. Reception2:30-3:00 p.m. Awards Ceremony

Thursday, May 17History at High Noon: Junior and Senior High Schools12:05-12:45 p.m.

Thursday, June 21History at High Noon: How the Neighborhoods Got Their Names12:05-12:45 p.m.

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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 MuseumWHAT: Grand Opening Ceremony & Ribbon CuttingWHEN: Saturday, April 23, 2011 at 10:00 a.m.WHERE: 607 4th Street

GRAND OPENING

HOURSSioux City Public Museum

607 4th StreetTuesday - Saturday

10 a.m. - 5 p.m.Sunday 1 - 5 p.m.

Museum Research CenterUse Jackson Street entrance

Wednesday - Friday1 - 5 p.m.

Appointments appreciated

Sergeant Floyd River Museum & Welcome Center

1000 Larsen Park RoadDaily 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

FREE ADMISSION

John Peirce Mansion2901 Jackson Street

Available for rent

Main phone # 712-279-6174

Museum & Historical Association Board MembersTerry Gottburg, President, Don Duzik, Vice-President, Joellen Graham, Secretary, Russ Gondek, Treasurer, John Carter, Harold Canny, Terry Duzik, Kathy Fliginger, Greg Guelcher, Connie Macfarlane, Marc J. Mozak, David Nelson, and Joan Schurtz.

Museum Board of TrusteesJanet Flanagan, Chair; Priscilla Forsyth, Vice-Chair; Katie Colling, Amy DeGroot-Hammer, Greg Giles, and Ben Nesselhuf.

Board MeetingsThe 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.

Museum StaffHaley Aguirre, Archival Records ClerkMatt Anderson, Curator of HistoryChristine Dekker, Sgt. Floyd River Museum SupervisorMary Green-Warnstadt, Development CoordinatorSteve Hansen, Museum DirectorDottie Johnson, Front Desk/Museum Store AssistantBernetta Lopez, Museum AttendantConnie Macfarlane, Education CoordinatorDeanna Mayo, Administrative AssistantTom Munson, Archives ManagerEric Turner, CustodianTheresa Weaver-Basye, Curator of EducationDavid Will, CustodianLaurna Witt, Welcome Center Custodian

Sioux City Public Museum Upcoming Events

Inside: Children’s summer program

registration

New camps for 2018 including

“Space Cities”and more!