1 July 1999 – 30 June 2000

A n n u a l R e p o r t

R e p o r t o f t h e C o l l e c t i o n s C o m m i t t e e

Universityof AlbertaMuseums

from wonderto wisdom

Front cover im ages:

N em opteridae, E.H . Strickland Entom ological M useum

Children Fetching Cows After School, 1970, W illiam Kureluk, U niversity of Alberta Art and Artifact Collection

Executive Sum m ary page 4

Report of the Collections Com m ittee page 6

M em bership

Activities and Accom plishm ents

M eeting Financial Challenges page 10

The D epartm ent of M useum s and Collections Services page 12

U niversity of Alberta M useum s page 14

Students

Faculty

Research

Com m unity Service

Services and Facilities

Em ploym ent

Indisputably Recognized page 19

AppendixO ne: D irectory of U niversity of AlbertaM useum s and Collections page 20

AppendixTwo: Friends of the U of A M useum s Board of D irectors page 22

AppendixThree: D etailed Funding Report page 23

Table ofcontents

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As one of the largest multidisciplinary collections in Canada,the U niversity of Alberta M useum s play an integral and im portant role inthe teaching, research and com m unity service activities of the U niversity.The activities of the m useum s are facilitated and advanced by anadm inistrative m odel that includes:

theDepartment of Museums and Collections Services - a centralsource of expertise, inform ation and m anagem ent system s, in theportfolio of the Vice-President (Academ ic) and Provost;

theCurators Committee - a forum for inform ation sharing andan advisory group;

theCollections Committee - a standing com m ittee of theVice-President (Academ ic) and Provost;

University administration;community representatives (e.g., The Friends of the U niversityof Alberta M useum s).

This report summarizes the activities and accomplishments ofthe Collections Committee from 1 July 1999 to 30 June 2000 andprovides selected highlights, achievements and accomplishmentsfrom the University of Alberta Museums during the sameacademic year.

ExecutiveSummary

Trowels, Trilobites and Treasures, M arch 2000

I n t r o d u c t i o nThe U niversity of Alberta M useum s span a wide range of disciplines andim pact m any lives. This past year faculty could be found in a grade fourclassroom , partnering in international research projects, or offeringopinion on scientific debate in the Globe and Mail.

This has been an exciting year for the faculty, staff, students and friendsassociated with the U niversity’s m useum s and collections. Throughoutthis report, are exam ples of the wide range of activities and achievem entsassociated with the people and resources that collectively form theU niversity of Alberta M useum s. Som e of the results, reflected in thesequick facts, are that there are m ore access points to the resources availableat the U niversity, m ore opportunities for students to acquire workexperience, resources with greater diversity and depth, and newtechnology-based learning opportunities.

Some quick facts:

m ore than 17 m illion objects (specim ens, artifacts, works of art)

m ore than 35 m useum s and collections in 18 academ ic units

117 people volunteered in collections

3,000 hours of volunteer work reported

$300,000 in acquisitions in 1999-2000

$403,000 in m useum grant funds acquired in 1999-2000

15,000 people participated in learning activities

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ExecutiveSummary

Paleontology M useum

M e m b e r s h i pChairD r M . W ilson, Departm ent of Biological Sciences

Ex O fficio (voting)J. Andrews, Executive Director, Learning System s EnterprisesD r A. Vanterpool, President, Friends of the U of A Museum sD r P. W illoughby, Departm ent of Anthropology,

and Chair, Curators Com m ittee

Curators’ Com m ittee (elected)D r M . W ilson, Laboratory for Vertebrate Paleontology,

Departm ent of Biological SciencesD r R. Belland, Herbarium of Cultivated Plants, Devonian Botanic GardenD r J. N elson, Museum of Zoology/Ichthyology Collection,

Departm ent of Biological SciencesD r J. Rossiter, Classics Museum , Departm ent of History and Classics

G eneral Faculties Council (elected)A. Schm ude, O ffice of the RegistrarVacant

G raduate Students’ Association (elected)Vacant

U ndergraduate Student RepresentativeA. Read, Departm ent of Anthropology

Secretary (non-voting)F. Blondheim , Museum s and Collections Services

Meetings

In 1999/2000, the Collections Com m ittee m et four tim es:30 N ovem ber 1999; 28 January 2000; 10 April 2000; 21 June 2000.

A joint m eeting of Collections Com m ittee and the Curators’Com m ittee was held 3 M arch 2000 with D r D . O wram , Vice-President(Academ ic) and Provost, as guest speaker.

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Reportof the

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Pelton water wheel, Engineering Collection

Appliquédwall hanging,Clothing and

Textiles Collection

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A c t i v i t i e s a n d A c c o m p l i s h m e n t sa. Issues

O f the m any issues brought forward to the Com m ittee for discussion, thefollowing are selected key issues:

Issue O ne:Lack of resources to keep up with dem and expressedby U niversity of Alberta professors, to have their collections andassociated research inform ation developed into databases, and thenhave them web accessible for on-line courses, research, and teaching.

Result: M ACS staff will develop a three year plan in 2000 – 2001outlining resource needs in order to lobby for funds on cam pus, andtake advantage of partnership and grant opportunities as they arise.

Issue Two: Professors expressed concern over issues surroundingintellectual property such as ownership of research inform ation,and who has access to inform ation in collections databases.

Result:A sub com m ittee, lead by M ACS staff, will be form ed to identifyall issues, and draft policy and procedures. The recom m endations willbe brought back to the Collections Com m ittee in the next academ ic yearfor review.

Issue Three:Three current requests for repatriation of m aterialsheld in the D epartm ent of Anthropology’s collections (1. theEPCO R site 2. Seafort Burial site 3. M edicine H at site) were broughtforward to the Collections Com m ittee for direction on how toproceed. The U niversity has not recently had requests of this natureand therefore requires updated policy.

Result:M ACS staff have consulted broadly with governm ent andstakeholders to identify issues and concerns. A subcom m ittee willbe struck im m ediately to assess policy in relation to this issue, andbring forward recom m endations to the Collections Com m ittee.This will be a continuing subcom m ittee that would be charged withassessing repatriation requests as they com e in.

b. Policy and Guidelines for the University’s Collections

ThePolicy for the University of Alberta Collections, and its com paniondocum ent Collections Guidelines were published in 1993 and requiredupdating to include new policies, and reflect changes in legislation(e.g., FO IPP), U niversity policy and adm inistrative structures.

M ACS staff com pleted this process in consultation with the CollectionsCom m ittee. The final edits will be com plete in the fall of 2000, and thenguided through the appropriate approval processes on cam pus. It willthen be m ade available both on-line and in print as required.

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c. Address by Dr D. Owram

D r. D . O wram was invited to address a joint m eeting of the Curators’Com m ittee and the Collections Com m ittee. H e provided insights intothe current budget and planning priorities of the U niversity, and hisassessm ent of how collections are perceived on cam pus. H e advised thatthe collections would succeed in advancing their goals and objectives, andthus supporting the U niversity’s key strategic initiatives, if they couldbe seen as a whole and prom ote a unified vision. H e supported theinitiatives begun by M ACS and the Collections Com m ittee to developa case statem ent to articulate the vision, and a visual identity to broadenthe awareness of the U niversity’s collections.

d. Funding Needs Adjudication

An annual activity of the Com m ittee is to adjudicate funding requestssolicited from the curators of the collections to be funded through eitherthe Com m unity O utreach Endowm ent Fund, or forwarded to the Friendsof the U of A M useum s for consideration. The following was requestedand distributed this past year:

Funds requested: 118,547Funds available: 11,153O utstanding requests: 107,394

Friends donation: 9,970Rem aining outstanding requests: 97,424

e. Case Statement

The Com m ittee continued to build upon last year’s m om entum in whicha vision was identified for the collections. From W onder to W isdom , a casestatem ent docum ent, was created to further articulate the vision intoconcrete needs (goals, objectives, results). The cornerstones of the visionare a signature building and an endowm ent fund to develop and supportinnovative program s. The concept would contribute to the U niversity’svision of being indisputably recognized, and function as an interdisciplinaryresource, contributing to cam pus-wide faculty and departm ental needs.It has been subm itted to senior adm inistration and adapted for theU niversity’s annual cam paign. Response to the docum ent is pending.

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Trowels, Trilobitesand Treasures,

M arch 2000

W isdom begins in wonder.- Socrates

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W ouldn’t it be am azing if you couldwitness an archaeological discovery as itunfolds thousands of m iles away? Im agine

a place where your grandchild coulduncover the m ysteries of a 4,000-year-oldm um m y, or create a woodblock print inthe tradition of Kunisada II; a place wherescience and history com e alive. It wouldhouse not only objects and the knowledgethey represent but dream s, the ones thatwere spent in an earlier tim e and the onesyet to be achieved. It would be called a

m useum . And because it would be of the 21st century, that m useum

would be hom e not onlyto objects but to sounds,

im ages and experiences.It would be a place for all

Albertans, where we could discover, explore and share

our dream s.

Exerpt:From Wonder to Wisdom

March 2000

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Bodhisattva goddess figure, 6th centuryU niversity of Alberta Art and Artifact Collection

S e c t i o n O n eM useum s and Collections Services coordinates and/or facilitates cam pus-wideapplications to several funding agencies. The following sum m arizes fundingacquired for collections projects. Com plete inform ation was not availablefor funding acquired directly by individual collections. For project details,see Appendix Three.

University of Alberta Sources ($50,251 Total)

$28,648 Friends of the U niversity of Alberta M useum s

$11,153 Com m unity O utreach Endowm ent Fund

$4,000 Faculty of Arts

$1,450 International Activity Fund

$5,000 O ffices of the Vice-President (Academ ic) and Provost,and Vice-President (Research)

City of Edm onton ($3,600 Total)

$3,600 W inspear Foundation

Governm ent of Alberta ($113,383 Total)

$103,000 Edm onton Com m unity Lottery Board (supported byProvincial Lottery Funds)

$7,611 M useum s Alberta (supported by Provincial Lottery Funds)

$2,772 Sum m er Tem porary Em ploym ent Program

Governm ent of Canada ($242,850 Total)

$45,000 M useum s Assistance Program

$86,688 Canadian M illennium Partnership Program

$8,522 Young Canada W orks in H eritage Institutions

$2,380 Sum m er Career Placem ent Program

$100,260 M ultim edia Advanced Com puting Infrastructure - M ACI(funded through Canada Foundation for Innovation andAlberta’s Intellectual Infrastructure Partnership Program )

$410,084 Total Funds Brought in by the Collectionson Cam pus in 1999/2000

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MeetingFinancial

Challenges

Rom an glass goblet, 4th-5th centuryW . G . H ardy Collection of Ancient N ear Eastern and Clasical Antiquities

S e c t i o n T w oCurators, or contacts, are designated in each faculty or departm ent fromam ong the academ ic staff to undertake duties and responsibilities relatedto m useum s and collections. Each is actively involved in research, m ostof which relates directly or indirectly to the collections resources.

The following sum m arizes research grants received by Faculty who aredesignated curators or contacts. These figures reflect inform ation providedby the Research G rants O ffice only for those new am ounts receivedbetween 1 April 1999 and 1 April 2000. It does not reflect am ountsreceived prior to or after this particular tim e period.

University of Alberta Sources ($36,580 Total)

$16,580 Central Research Fund

$20,000 Sabbatical Research G rant

Governm ent of Alberta ($246,900 Total)

$231,00 Alberta Science and Research Authority

$12,000 Alberta Agriculture Food and Rural D evelopm ent

$3,900 Alberta M useum s Association

Governm ent of Canada ($633,141 Total)

$628,541 N atural Science and Engineering Research Council

$4,600 Social Science and H um anities Research Council

O ther ($81,333 Total)

$11,000 N ational G eographic Society

$69,244 U niversity of Toronto

$1,089 EEF Support for Advancem ent of Scholarship

$997,954 Total

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MeetingFinancial

Challenges

An atum pan (Asante), Centre for Ethnom usicology

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S e l e c t e d k e y a c t i v i t i e s a n da c c o m p l i s h m e n t s a r e a s f o l l o w s :

Discovery Tour

A new project was developed based on needs expressed by both curatorsof collections and the form al education com m unity which are: to increaseawareness and accessibility of collections and provide opportunities forEdm onton and area schools to interact with the expertise available at theU niversity of Alberta. An Edm onton Com m unity Lottery Board G rantof $103,000 was awarded for the first phase of developm ent, and theFriends provided additional financial support of $10,000. The D iscoveryTour Project will result in:

interactive discovery stations located throughout cam pus

on-line resources including lesson plans and activities linkedto Alberta Learning curriculum

discovery kits which will contain tools for use at eachof the stations

Virtual Museum on SunSITE

The goal of the Virtual M useum project is to establish a fully interactiveinternet gateway to the U niversity of Alberta M useum s for several targetedaudiences to access collections inform ation. G rants were applied for andawarded by the M illennium Partnership Program and the M useum sAssistance Program , which have supported the developm ent of web accessto five collection databases (pathology, m eteorites, paleobotany, U niversityof Alberta Art and Artifact Collection, and clothing and textiles) andfurther developm ent of the gateway and on-line resources. Fundam entalto future virtual m useum projects was the establishm ent of five newdatabases using M ulti M IM SY (vascular plants, m inerals and petrology,entom ology, m ycology, archaeology/zooarchaeology).

A third application to the Edm onton Com m unity Lottery Board wassubm itted for the developm ent of the KidZone – a section of the virtualm useum dedicated to inform al learning opportunities for children.

Major Exhibitions

M ACS developed a proposal that outlined a m ultidisciplinary exhibitionbased on collections research, that would be launched in Edm onton andthen travel to selected cities in Canada, and internationally. A developm entgrant application was subm itted to the M useum s Assistance Program butwas not funded, putting this project on hold.

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Volunteers - Friends of the U niversity of Alberta M useum s

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New Programs in Museums Studies

M ACS staff delivered InterD 425 M useum Studies: Issues and Practice inJanuary 2000 as part of a two year grant provided by the Faculty of Arts.The success of this course and the dem and for it by students has prom ptedan agreem ent to continue to deliver this course in partnership with theD epartm ent of Art and D esign as a regular course offering.

M ACS developed, again in partnership with Art and D esign and as partof the Cam pus Alberta initiative, an Access G rant Proposal to establish aninterdisciplinary M asters degree in M useum s Studies. Results are pending.

Visual Identity

In order to collectively m arket and raise the profile of the U niversity ofAlberta’s m useum s and collections, particularly to our external publics, anew visual identity was proposed. M ACS staff consulted with m any of thestakeholders to determ ine the param eters for a visual identity, and whatim age and m essage it should convey. A final version has been developed,and is in the process of being approved for broader use, utilizing the phraseU niversity of Alberta M useum s. An identity system was chosen for theclear concise m essage it delivers, for its flexibility in conveying the rangeof m useum s and disciplines, and for its flexibility in application, fromstationary to t-shirts, and nam e tags to websites. The slogan From W onderto W isdom will also be used in conjunction with the visual identity. A m ajorproject for the next year is to develop signage for each m useum .

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Treaty 8 Exhibition - Print Study Centre

O u r U n i q u e R e s o u r c eThe activities associated with each collection are guided by the academ icpriorities put forward by each departm ent or faculty. Additionally, theseactivities are guided by the U niversity’s strategic plan and the sevenidentified goals, and their associated strategic initiatives, objectives,and expected results.

The following are selected exam ples of U niversity of Alberta M useum sachievem ents individually and collectively, as they relate to the sevengoals identified in the U niversity of Alberta’s strategic plan for 1999-2002Building Knowledge Innovation.

N ote: N ot all collections provided final annual reports, so statistics provided are a sam ple only.

Attract and satisfy outstanding undergraduate, graduate, internationaland life-long learning students

Exceptional collections support course offerings, provide learningopportunities, contribute to an enhanced learning environm ent, and guidenew initiatives such as the M asters of M useum Studies, thus contributingto the recruitm ent and retention goals of the U niversity.

The Alberta Atlas of H um an Pathology was designed to showcasethe best m edical teaching im ages from a collection accrued overthe past 50 years. The Atlas was established in 1999 using a M ultiM IM SY database, and was used in three undergraduate m edical/dental courses in its first year. Its design allows the Atlas to linkdirectly with courseware written on W ebCT or other platform s.A pilot W ebCT m odule for cardiovascular pathology was usedsuccessfully in spring 2000, and additional course m odules(inflam m ation and im m unopathology; endocrine pathology)are in use or in preparation for the current academ ic year.

M arc M cPherson, M Sc student, received a Biodiversity ChallengeG rant from the Alberta Conservation Association which providesresearch funds to outstanding graduate students and postdoctoralfellows doing research in Alberta. H e is studying the phylogenyof asparagoid m onocots (Vascular Plant H erbarium ).

D ong-Chan Lee (Ph D Candidate) in Earth and Atm osphericSciences, is working with the Invertebrate Paleontology typecollection. H e received both the Province of Alberta G raduateFellowship and the Andrew Stewart M em orial G raduate Prize.

Ying Shao began a one year internship in January 2000 withthe D epartm ent of M useum s and Collections Services. Shecom es to us from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontologyand Paleoanthropology of the Chinese Academ y of Science.H er internship includes courses in m useum studies and ESL,and work experience in m useum m anagem ent, programim plem entation, and database m anagem ent.

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Ying Shao, Intern

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Fifty two courses that utilize collections in their delivery, wereoffered in the past year. Total enrolm ent was approxim ately 3,500students. The U niversity course calendar lists over 120 courseofferings that integrate collections and/or m useological topics andrange from the teaching of introductory anthropology, to graduateprintm aking, and biological system atics.

From the Far North: Treaty 8 and the Northern Collecting of Dr O .C.Edwards was an exhibition of artifacts from the U niversity ofAlberta Art and Artifact Collection. D r P. M cCorm ack and herstudents in N ative Studies 480 researched the artifacts displayedand developed this project which was held to com m em orate the100th anniversary of the signing of Treaty 8.

Attract and retain outstanding faculty and researchers

D r M ichael Caldwell was appointed effective 1 July 2000 as Assistant Prof-essor in the D epartm ents of Biological Sciences, and Earth and Atm osphericSciences. H e is the Curator of Tetrapods, U niversity of Alberta Laboratoryfor Vertebrate Palaeontology; Adjunct Research Professor, D epartm entof Earth Sciences, Carleton U niversity, O ttawa; and Research Associate,Paleobiology G roup, Canadian M useum of N ature, O ttawa.

Research: Meet the research needs of the future

M eeting research needs takes m any form s for faculty and students: activeresearch projects, collections developm ent through new acquisitions(donations, field research, transfers), loans to scholars and institutionsworldwide, and the dissem ination of this inform ation in m any m edia.

D r O . Beattie (Anthropology) utilized collections m aterial toteach forensic anthropology techniques to an international teamin a H um an Rights Project: The Cyprus Project.

The U niversity of Alberta’s M eteorite Collection, third largestin Canada, was a key draw for a m eeting of the M eteorite Im pactAssessm ent Com m ittee of the Canadian Space Agency.

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never tell where his influence stops.

- Henry Brooks Adams(American historian, philosopherof history, and cultural critic)

M eeting, Canadian Space Agency

“I’m delighted to thinkthat m y contributionof works of expressionistart to the University’sart collection m ayrepresent an aspect ofExpressionism as a wholenot yet present at theUniversity. I hope [they]will contribute to the valueof the art education thatthe University offers”-

Donor to the Universityof Alberta Art and ArtifactCollection

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O ver 400 new acquisitions reported with a collective value of$300,000 included:

200 item s (stone artifacts, pottery, etc.) collected in the Em ptyQ uarter, Saudi Arabia through field research for the ArcheologyCollection (Anthropology)

a 19th century candlewick bedspread noted for its unusualtechnique donated to the Clothing and Textiles Collection(H um an Ecology)

25 specim ens representing rare plants of Alberta donated to theVascular Plant H erbarium (D epartm ent of Biological Sciences)

a rare collection of G erm an Expressionist prints, certified asCultural Property, donated to the U niversity of Alberta Artand Artifact Collection (M useum s and Collections Services)

Meet the needs of our communities

O ur com m unities encom pass people from all age groups and walks oflife. For the U niversity of Alberta M useum s, the needs identified by ourcom m unities include access to our expertise and collections for: identifyingartifacts, specim ens and works of art; school tours, curriculum basedactivities; exhibitions, lecture series, hands-on science and life-long learning.

TheFriends of the U niversity of Alberta M useum s have activelysupported the U niversity of Alberta M useum s for sixteen years.This past year the Friends sponsored four public program s,published one issue of friends(newsletter), and donated over$28,000 in funds raised through m em ber donations and a casino.The Annual G eneral M eeting, held in O ctober 1999, was also a 15thanniversary celebration for the organization, and the foundingm em bers were honoured at this occasion.

Trowels, Trilobites and Treasures was a collaborative effortbetween M useum s and Collections Services, Earth and Atm osphericSciences, Anthropology and the Friends of the U ofA M useum s.This “Science Sunday” event, targeted at fam ilies and children,brought over 400 visitors to the U niversity of Alberta who enjoyeda range of hands-on activities from archeological digs to creatinga “paleo puppet”.

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M aiden in the Reeds1912, O tto M ueller

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Art and Personal M eaning - To broaden the understanding thatthe U niversity’s collections, and in this case the art collection,are a resource for the whole com m unity, M ACS organized thisexhibition that invited individuals from the com m unity to selecta work of art for the exhibition and provide their own personalinterpretation of it. The exhibition was held at the M cM ullenG allery at the U niversity H ospital over a three m onth period andincluded several program s targeted at different audiences (e.g., anin-service was held for art teachers). M edia coverage was extensive,and visitation topped over 3,600 visitors. Invited to guest curatewere: G len Sather (form er G eneral M anager of the Edm ontonO ilers), the H onorable Lois H ole, Carrie D oll (CFRN newsanchor), six health care workers from the U niversity H ospital,and M rs. M oen and her grade four class from W indsor Park School.

Loans of art, artifacts and specim ens went out to individualsand organizations. Exam ples include locally (G rant M acEwanCom m unity College, N AIT, Edm onton Art G allery), nationally(U niversity of G uelph, N ational G allery of Canada, U niversityof Saskatchewan) and internationally (the Sm ithsonian, U niversityof Arizona, California Academ y of Sciences).

Visitor Statistics - Approxim ately 15,000 reported visits in 16m useum s and collections include individuals and groups such asresearchers, consultants from governm ent and industry, com m unitym em bers, Friends m em bers, university students, artists.

Provide high quality support services and facilities

A new Classics M useum was designed to accom m odate a m ove of them useum from the H um anities to the H M Tory Building. The first phasewas com pleted, which saw the transform ation of a classroom to m useumspace that can accom m odate the collections, sm all groups for teachingpurposes, database developm ent projects and an office for the records ofthe collection. The next phase is to redevelop the exhibits late in 2001.

TheCentre for Ethnom usicology acquired exhibit space in the newlyrenovated perform ance space in the Fine Arts Building.

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H onorable Lois H ole receives a donation, on behalf of theU niversity of Alberta, from D r Alan Vanterpool, Presidentof the Friends of the U niversity of Alberta M useum s.

Art and Personal M eaning - student curators

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Indisputably Recognized

U niversities occupy a unique place in our society. They are responsiblefor the creation of new knowledge and its dissem ination through teaching.U niversities, with their m andate of carrying out research, are trustedsources of inform ation and insight. Beyond the lecture hall, universitiesplay a m ajor role in the com m unity at large by contributing to the culturaland intellectual life of the wider population.

The U niversity of Alberta’s m useum s and collections provide a tangibleand powerful m eans by which to reach the com m unities that theU niversity serves. The value and im portance of research can be broughtto life and m ade m eaningful through the people who create new knowledge- researchers, artists, scientists and teachers. Through collections, we cantell stories about our past, our present and our future.

Today, there is a growing dem and for learning program s and opportunitiesthat focus on m useum issues. The U niversity of Alberta, with its uniqueexperience developing an interdisciplinary m odel, can lead the countryin this area. There is also a growing dem and for access to the U niversity’scollections and all that they represent— knowledge, history, discoveryand inspiration— from the broader com m unity. There is enthusiasmfrom within to celebrate the accom plishm ents and achievem ents of theU niversity, and to share the m agic of the collections.

At the U niversity of Alberta M useum s we believe that we have set a courseto realize m any of our dream s, and ensure that the U niversity of Alberta isindisputably recognized.

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Bringing the wonders of researchto everyday life.

Archaeology Lab- activity for children

D i r e c t o r y o f U n i v e r s i t y o f A l b e r t aM u s e u m s a n d C o l l e c t i o n sFaculty of Agriculture, Forestry and Home Economics

D evonian Botanic G ardenHerbarium of Cultivated PlantsCurator: D r R. Belland

H um an EcologyClothing and Textiles CollectionActing Curators: S. Lem isky, L. Capjack

Renewable ResourcesDendrology CollectionCurator: D r J. Zwiazuk

Soil Sciences CollectionCurator: D r N . Jum a

W ildlife CollectionCurator: D r J. Butler

Faculty of Arts

AnthropologyArchaeology CollectionCurator: D r P. W illoughby

Ethnographic CollectionCurator: D r R. G ruhn

Fossil Hom inid Casts CollectionCurator: D r N . Lovell

O steology CollectionCurator: D r N . Lovell

Zooarchaeology Reference CollectionCurator: D r N . Lovell

Art and D esignDivision Print Collection

Curator: Prof. L. Ingram

H istory and ClassicsW .G. Hardy Collection of Ancient Near Eastern and Classical Antiquities

Curator: D r J. Rossiter

M odern LanguagesUkrainian Folklore Archive

Curator: D r A. N ahachewsky

M usicCentre for Ethnom usicology

Curator: D r R. Q ureshiActing Curator (1 January – 30 June 2000) D r M . Frishkopf

Faculty of Engineering

Engineering Collection Contact: I. Buttar

Medicine and Dentistry

D entistry and O ral H ygieneDentistry Museum CollectionCurator: D r G . Sperber

Laboratory M edicine and PathologyPathology Gross Teaching Collection

Curator: D r D . Rayner

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Art and Personal M eaning- student curators

Meet employability needs of graduates and employers

O ver 25 students were em ployed through a range of program s includingco-op placem ents, internships, and governm ent funded sum m erem ploym ent program s and over 100 volunteered to acquire skillsand experience in:

Collections m anagem ent (data entry, cataloguing, inventory,database m anagem ent)

Conservation (artifact/specim en m ounting, preparation,fram ing, storage techniques, care and handling)

Research and docum entation

Photography

M arketing and com m unications

Com m unity O utreach (public program s, school tours,outreach kits)

Education (developing lesson plans/curriculum links)

Internet applications and website design

Exhibition planning, writing and design

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H m ong child’s hat, ThailandClothing and Textiles Collection

Student volunteers - Print Study Centre

Museums and Collections Services

University of Alberta Art and Artifact Collection Curator (Art): J. Corrigan

Curator (Ethnography): D r P. M cCorm ack

Faculty of Science

Biological Sciences

Cryptogam ic HerbariumCurators: D r D . Vitt; D r. R. Currah

E.H. Strickland Entom ological MuseumCurator: D r F. Sperling

Freshwater Invertebrate CollectionCurator: D r F. Sperling

Invertebrate and Malacology CollectionCurator: D r A. Palm er

Paleobotanical CollectionCurator: D r R. Stockey

Parasite CollectionCurator: D r M . Belosevic

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Am phibian & Reptile CollectionCurator: D r C. Paszkowski

Ichthyology CollectionCurator: D r J. N elson

Mam m al CollectionCurator: D r J. M urie

O rnithology CollectionCurator: D r C. Paszkowski

Vascular Plant Herbarium Curator: D r S. G raham

Biological Sciences/Earth and Atm ospheric Sciences

Laboratory for Vertebrate PaleontologyCurators: D r M . W ilson, D r R. Fox

Earth and Atm ospheric Sciences

Meteorite CollectionCurator: D r D . Sm ith

Mineralogy CollectionCurator: D r D . Sm ith

Mineralogy/Petrology MuseumCurator: D r B. Jones

Paleontological CollectionsCurator: D r B. Jones

Paleontology MuseumCurator: D r B. Chatterton

Petrology CollectionCurator: D r R. Burwash

Stratigraphic Reference CollectionCurator: D r C. Stelck

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Dr J. Allan (right) andcrew m em ber, G eologicalSurvey of Canada, 1914U niversity of Alberta Archives

F r i e n d s o f t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f A l b e r t aM u s e u m s B o a r d o f D i r e c t o r sExecutive

D r A. Vanterpool, PresidentG . Brooks, Vice-PresidentD r R. Eidem , TreasurerJ. Boberg, SecretaryD r A. Forbes, Past-President

M em bers

D . BaconA. BoenderJ. CowlingK. LochertJ. M uchaD r E. N ylandR. Sherbaniuk

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Friends of the U niversityof Alberta M useum s, AG MO ctober 1999

Phylum Echinoderm ata, Invertebrate and M alacology Collection

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D e t a i l e d F u n d i n g R e p o r tSection One

M useum s and Collections Services coordinates and/or facilitates cam pus-wideapplications to several funding agencies. The following sum m arizes fundingacquired for collections projects. Com plete inform ation was not availablefor funding acquired directly by individual collections. For project details,see Appendix Three.

U niversity of Alberta Sources

Friends of the University of Alberta Museum s ($28,648 Total D onation)$10,000 M useum s and Collections Services (all collections): D iscovery Tour Project$8,678 M useum s and Collections Services (all collections): m arketing initiatives$750 M useum s and Collections Services (U niversity of Alberta Art and

Artifact Collection): for the exhibition Art and Personal M eaning$5,000 H istory and Classics (Classics M useum ): exhibit case developm ent

in the new Classics M useum$1,900 Anthropology (O steology Collection): to acquire recent fossil

hom inid teaching casts$1,220 M usic (Centre for Ethnom usicology): for the purchase of W est African

M usic Ensem ble (Ewe D rum s)$1,100 M edicine and D entistry (D ental M useum ): to develop an exhibit/storage

case for a narwhal tusk (donated)

Com m unity O utreach Endowm ent Fund ($11,153 Total Interest Expended)$350 Anthropology (Archeology Collection): to purchase Reportsm ith software$140 Anthropology (Ethnographic Collection): for digital im aging supplies$2,153 Anthropology (Zooarchaeology Reference Collection):

contract database m anager$3,000 Biological Sciences (Vascular Plant H erbarium ): supplem ent STEP

grant position for specim en preparation/digital cam era$2,500 M usic (Centre for Ethnom usicology): to purchase m aterials for

the AV D igitization Project$2,500 Renewable Resources (Soil M onolith Collection): to digitize the

Alberta Soil M onolith Collection$510 Laboratory M edicine and Pathology (Pathology G ross Teaching Collection):

im age digitization for the Alberta Atlas of H um an Pathology

Faculty of Arts$4,000 M useum s and Collections Services: Interdepartm ental course

developm ent and delivery: M useum s Studies (InterD 425)

International Activity Fund$1,450 M useum s and Collections Services: ESL training for Intern

from Chinese Academ y of Sciences

O ffices of the Vice-President (Academ ic), Vice-President (Research)$5,000 M useum s and Collections Services: for the exhibition Art

and Personal Meaning

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Clothing andTextiles Collection

D e t a i l e d F u n d i n g R e p o r tSection One, continued

City of Edm onton

W inspear Foundation$3,600 M useum s and Collections Services (U niversity of Alberta Art

and Artifact Collection): purchase of print portfolio

G overnm ent of Alberta

Edm onton Com m unity Lottery Board(supported by Provincial Lottery Funds)$103,000 M useum s and Collections Services (all collections): D iscovery Tour

Project

Museum s Alberta(supported by Provincial Lottery Funds)$2,771 M usic (Centre for Ethnom usicology): com m unity outreach/public

relations initiative$4,840 Anthropology (Archeology and Faunal Reference Collection):

archeology inform ation m anagem ent project

Sum m er Tem porary Em ploym ent Program$2,772 M useum s and Collections Services: Inform ation M anagem ent

Assistant position for M ulti M IM SY digitization projects

G overnm ent of Canada

Museum s Assistance Program (D epartm ent of Canadian H eritage)$45,000 M useum s and Collections Services: Internet Application D eveloper

for Virtual M useum Project

Canadian Millennium Partnership Program$86,688 M useum s and Collections Services: developm ent of the Virtual

M useum Project

Young Canada W orks in Heritage Institutions$3,154 M useum s and Collections Services (2000): Education Assistant

position for the D iscovery Tour Project$3,671 M useum s and Collections Services (1999): G raphic D esign

Assistant - various projects$1,697 Biological Sciences: Paleontology Research Assistant

Sum m er Career Placem ent Program$2,380 M useum s and Collections Services: D igital Content D eveloper

for the U niversity of Alberta Art and Artifact Collection

Multim edia Advanced Com puting Infrastructure - MACI (funded throughCanada Foundation for Innovation and Alberta’s Intellectual InfrastructurePartnership Program )$100,260 M useum s and Collections Services/Com puting and N etwork Services:

purchase high end digital cam era and flatbed scanner

$410,084 Total funds brought in by the Collections on Cam pus in 1999/2000

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D e t a i l e d F u n d i n g R e p o r tSection Two

Curators, or contacts, are designated in each faculty or departm ent fromam ong the academ ic staff to undertake duties and responsibilities relatedto m useum s and collections. Each is actively involved in research, m ostof which relates directly or indirectly to the collections resources.

The following sum m arizes research grants received by Faculty who aredesignated curators or contacts. These figures reflect inform ation providedby the Research G rants O ffice only for those new am ounts received between1 April 1999 and 1 April 2000. It does not reflect am ounts received prior toor after this particular tim e period.

$27,489 N atural Science Engineering Research CouncilDr G . Ball, Studies in biodiversity: M esoam erican beetles

$41,580 N atural Science Engineering Research CouncilDr M . Belosovic, Cytokine regulation of m acrophageantim icrobial functions

$131,000 Alberta Science and Research AuthorityDr M . Belosovic, Flow cytom eter for detection and evaluation of disinfectionof hum an protozoa, G iardia and Crytopsoridium in drinking water

$76,230 N atural Science Engineering Research CouncilDr B. Chatterton, Paleozoic paleontology and biodiversity,with em phasis on trilobites

$50,358 N atural Science Engineering Research CouncilDr R. Currah, Taxonom y, ecology and evolution of septatem ycorrhizal fungi

$43,890 N atural Science Engineering Research CouncilDr R. Fox, Evolution of m am m als across the cretaceous tertiaryboundary, Alberta and Saskatchewan

$11,000 N ational G eographic SocietyDr R. Fox,Late Paleocene m am m als from Alberta, Canada

$26,880 N atural Science Engineering Research CouncilDr S. G raham , Chloroplast D N A phylogeny of the m onocotyledons

$5,000 Central Research Fund$20,000 Sabbatical Research G rants

Prof E. Ingram , Colour etchings to be produced in workshop in G erm any/W orking at H Katelhon print workshop near D ortm und, G erm any

$55,440 N atural Science Engineering Research CouncilDr B. Jones, G eological evolution of isolated carbonate oceanic islands:hot spring and geyser system s

$12,128 N atural Science Engineering Research CouncilDr N . Jum a, M echanism s of sequestering plant carbon into soil organic

$12,000 Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural D evelopm entDr N . Jum a, Q uantification of soil carbon and nitrogen m ineralizationin soil sam ples from different toposequence positions

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D e t a i l e d F u n d i n g R e p o r tSection Two, continued

$3,900 Alberta M useum s AssociationDr N . Lovell, Zooarchaeology docum entation upgrade

$1,200 Central Research FundDr P. M cCorm ack, Canadian nation building: A pretty nam e for internalColonialism - British Association of Canadian Studies 25th AnnualConference, "N ation Building", Edinburgh, SCO , 9 - 20 April 2000

$19,404 N atural Science Engineering Research CouncilDr J. N elson, System atics of world fishes; Biogeography and system aticsof Psychrolutidae; and Absence of pelvic skeleton from brook sticklebacks

$51,975 N atural Science Engineering Research CouncilDr A. Palm er, Evolutionary O rigins of M orphological Innovations:Com parative and Experim ental Studies of M arine Invertebrates

$4,600 Social Sciences and H um anities Research CouncilDr R. Q ureshi, Sounding the Sarangi: political econom yand poetics of H industani art m usic

$1,680 Central Research FundDr J. Rossiter, Topographical survey at Carthage, Tunisia

$54,075 N atural Science Engineering Research CouncilDr F. Sperling, Speciation, phylogeny and diversity of insects

$46,200 N atural Science Engineering Research CouncilDr R. Stockey, Paleobiology in western N orth Am erica

$61,677 N atural Science Engineering Research CouncilDr D. Vitt, Bryophytes: Their taxonom y, geographic pattern,and ecological im portance in northern peatlands

$100,000 Alberta Science and Research AuthorityDr D. Vitt,D evelopm ent of the Alberta Plant D iversity andConservation Centre

$69,244 U niversity of TorontoDr D. Vitt,Clim ate system history and dynam ics - Phase 2

$1,089 EFF Support for the Advancem ent of ScholarshipDr D. Vitt,W hat are the attributes and patterns of rare bryophytes?Regional Centre for Plant Biodiversity - XVI International BotanicalCongress, St. Louis, M O , 1 - 7 August 1999, Interdisciplinary Research U nits

$1,200 Central Research FundDr P. W illoughby, The M iddle and Later Stone Age in SouthwesternTanzania - Society of Africanist Archaelogists, 15th Biennial M eeting,Cam bridge, U K, Jul 10-20, 2000

$5,000 Central Research FundDr P. W illoughby, Investigating m odern hum an cultural origins inSouthwestern Tanzania

$2,500 Central Research FundDr P. W illoughby, The people without culture?: Investigating them iddle-later Stone Age transition in southwestern Tanzania

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D e t a i l e d F u n d i n g R e p o r tSection Two, continued

$40,425 N atural Science Engineering Research CouncilDr M . W ilson, Phylogeny and paleoecology of fossil fishesfrom extraordinary fossil deposits

$20,790 N atural Science Engineering Research CouncilDr J. Zwiazek, Regulation of root hydraulic conductivity and waterrelations in white spruce (picea glauca) seedlings by triadim efon

$997,954.00Total

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Alethopteris serlii, Paleobotanical Collection

For further inform ation contact:

D r. M ark W ilsonChair, Collections Com m ittee(780) 492-5408M ark.W ilson@ ualberta.ca

Janine AndrewsExecutive Director,Learning System s Enterprises/Museum s and Collections ServicesRing H ouse #1U niversity of AlbertaEdm onton, Canada T6G 2E1(780) 492-0783Janine.Andrews@ ualberta.ca

This report was prepared by M useum s and Collections Services

www.m useum s.ualberta.cam useum s@ ualberta.ca

Detail, wall hanging, 1971, Irene Avaalaaqiaq, U niversity of Alberta Art and Artifact Collection