Special Collections Department
403 Parks Library
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011-2140
RS 26/5/4
Save Outdoor Sculpture! Iowa (Project)
Records, 1992-1998, undated
Descriptive summary
| creator: | Save Outdoor Sculpture! Iowa (Project) |
| title: | Records |
| dates: | 1992-1998, undated |
| extent: | 2.77 linear feet (1 records center carton, 3 document boxes and 1 half-document box) |
| collection number: | RS 26/5/4 |
| repository: | University Archives, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University. |
Administrative information
| access: | Open for research |
| publication rights: | Consult Head, Special Collections Department |
| preferred citation: | Save Outdoor Sculpture! Iowa (Project) Records, RS 26/5/4, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library. |
Abstract
Save Outdoor Sculpture! (SOS!) is a joint project of the Smithsonian American Art Museum and Heritage Preservation. SOS! organizes volunteer efforts to catalog and survey the nation's outdoor sculptures in order to help preserve and increase public awareness about them. This collection contains surveys of sculptures in the state of Iowa, brochures describing the SOS! program, lists of volunteers and organizers, photographs, slides, and budget information. The survey was conducted in Iowa during the years 1993 through 1996 and includes information on sculptures located in 73 of Iowa's 99 counties. |
Historical note
Save Outdoor Sculpture! (SOS!) is a joint project of the Smithsonian American Art Museum and Heritage Preservation. SOS! organizes volunteer efforts to catalog and survey the nation's outdoor sculptures in order to help preserve and increase public awareness about them. Established in 1989, the program administered the largest arts and cultural volunteer project ever launched to save sculptures from destruction. The information collected about the sculptures is accessible through an online database hosted by the Smithsonian American Art Museum website. |
Collection description
This collection (1992-1998, undated) contains surveys about sculptures in the state of Iowa, brochures describing the program, lists of volunteers and organizers, photographs and slides, and budget information. The surveys in this collection were conducted in Iowa during the years 1993 through 1996 and include information on sculptures located in 73 of Iowa's 99 counties. The county records contain survey forms and sometimes also include news clippings or photographic documentation of the sculptures. Photographic negatives have been removed to the negative collection (see negatives #107605-107941). |
Organization
This collection of survey information is organized alphabetically by county; additional project materials are organized chronologically. |
Container list
Box |
Folder |
Title |
Dates |
1 |
1 |
Save Outdoor Sculptures: Appanoose County, Iowa |
1996 |
1 |
2 |
Save Outdoor Sculptures: Audubon County, Iowa |
1996 |
1 |
3 |
Save Outdoor Sculptures: Benton County, Iowa |
1996 |
1 |
4 |
Save Outdoor Sculptures: Black Hawk County, Iowa |
1996, undated |
1 |
5 |
Save Outdoor Sculptures: Bremer County, Iowa |
1996 |
1 |
6 |
Save Outdoor Sculptures: Buchanan County, Iowa |
1996, undated |
1 |
7 |
Save Outdoor Sculptures: Buena Vista County, Iowa |
1995 |
1 |
8 |
Save Outdoor Sculptures: Calhoun County, Iowa |
1995 |
1 |
9 |
Save Outdoor Sculptures: Cass County, Iowa |
1996 |
1 |
10 |
Save Outdoor Sculptures: Cerro Gordo County, Iowa |
1995-1996, undated |
1 |
11 |
Save Outdoor Sculptures: Chickasaw County, Iowa |
1996 |
1 |
12 |
Save Outdoor Sculptures: Clarke County, Iowa |
undated |
1 |
13 |
Save Outdoor Sculptures: Clay County, Iowa |
1995 |
1 |
14 |
Save Outdoor Sculptures: Clayton County, Iowa |
1996 |
1 |
15 |
Save Outdoor Sculptures: Clinton County, Iowa |
undated |
1 |
16 |
Save Outdoor Sculptures: Crawford County, Iowa |
1996 |
1 |
17 |
Save Outdoor Sculptures: Dallas County, Iowa |
1996 |
1 |
18 |
Save Outdoor Sculptures: Davis County, Iowa |
1996 |
1 |
19 |
Save Outdoor Sculptures: Decatur County, Iowa |
1996 |
1 |
20 |
Save Outdoor Sculptures: Delaware County, Iowa |
1996 |
1 |
21 |
Save Outdoor Sculptures: Des Moines County, Iowa |
1996 |
1 |
22 |
Save Outdoor Sculptures: Dickinson County, Iowa |
1995 |
1 |
23 |
Save Outdoor Sculptures: Dubuque County, Iowa |
1996 |
1 |
24 |
Save Outdoor Sculptures: Fayette County, Iowa |
1996 |
1 |
25 |
Save Outdoor Sculptures: Greene County, Iowa |
1995 |
1 |
26 |
Save Outdoor Sculptures: Grundy County, Iowa |
1996 |
1 |
27 |
Save Outdoor Sculptures: Guthrie County, Iowa |
1996 |
1 |
28 |
Save Outdoor Sculptures: Hamilton County, Iowa |
undated |
1 |
29 |
Save Outdoor Sculptures: Hancock County, Iowa |
1996 |
1 |
30 |
Save Outdoor Sculptures: Hardin County, Iowa |
1996 |
1 |
31 |
Save Outdoor Sculptures: Howard County, Iowa |
1996 |
1 |
32 |
Save Outdoor Sculptures: Humboldt County, Iowa |
1995-1996, undated |
1 |
33 |
Save Outdoor Sculptures: Jasper County, Iowa |
1996, undated |
1 |
34 |
Save Outdoor Sculptures: Jefferson County, Iowa |
1996 |
1 |
35 |
Save Outdoor Sculptures: Johnson County, Iowa |
1996, undated |
1 |
36 |
Save Outdoor Sculptures: Jones County, Iowa |
1996 |
1 |
37 |
Save Outdoor Sculptures: Keokuk County, Iowa |
1996 |
1 |
38 |
Save Outdoor Sculptures: Kossuth County, Iowa |
1995 |
1 |
39 |
Save Outdoor Sculptures: Lee County, Iowa |
1996 |
1 |
40 |
Save Outdoor Sculptures: Linn County, Iowa |
1996, undated |
1 |
41 |
Save Outdoor Sculptures: Mahaska County, Iowa |
1994-1996 |
1 |
42 |
Save Outdoor Sculptures: Marion County, Iowa |
1996, undated |
1 |
43 |
Save Outdoor Sculptures: Marshall County, Iowa |
1995-1996 |
1 |
44 |
Save Outdoor Sculptures: Mills County, Iowa |
1995 |
1 |
45 |
Save Outdoor Sculptures: Mitchell County, Iowa |
1996 |
1 |
46 |
Save Outdoor Sculptures: Monroe County, Iowa |
1996 |
1 |
47 |
Save Outdoor Sculptures: Muscatine County, Iowa (31 b/w photographs) |
1995 |
1 |
48 |
Save Outdoor Sculptures: O'Brien County, Iowa |
1995 |
1 |
49 |
Save Outdoor Sculptures: Page County, Iowa |
undated |
1 |
50 |
Save Outdoor Sculptures: Palo Alto County, Iowa |
1995 |
1 |
51 |
Save Outdoor Sculptures: Pocahontas County, Iowa |
1995 |
1 |
52 |
Save Outdoor Sculptures: Polk County, Iowa (11 b/w photographs) |
1995-1996, undated |
1 |
53 |
Save Outdoor Sculptures: Pottawattamie County, Iowa |
1995-1998, undated |
1 |
54 |
Save Outdoor Sculptures: Poweshiek County, Iowa |
1996 |
1 |
55 |
Save Outdoor Sculptures: Ringgold County, Iowa |
undated |
1 |
56 |
Save Outdoor Sculptures: Sac County, Iowa |
1995 |
1 |
57-58 |
Save Outdoor Sculptures: Scott County, Iowa (23 b/w photographs) |
1995-1996, undated |
1 |
59 |
Save Outdoor Sculptures: Shelby County, Iowa |
1996, undated |
1 |
60 |
Save Outdoor Sculptures: Sioux County, Iowa |
1995, undated |
1 |
61-62 |
Save Outdoor Sculptures: Story County, Iowa (2 color photographs) |
1993-1996 |
1 |
63 |
Save Outdoor Sculptures: Taylor County, Iowa |
undated |
1 |
64 |
Save Outdoor Sculptures: Tama County, Iowa |
1995-1996 |
1 |
65 |
Save Outdoor Sculptures: Van Buren County, Iowa |
1995 |
1 |
66 |
Save Outdoor Sculptures: Wapello County, Iowa |
1996 |
1 |
67 |
Save Outdoor Sculptures: Warren County, Iowa |
1996 |
1 |
68 |
Save Outdoor Sculptures: Washington County, Iowa |
1996 |
1 |
69 |
Save Outdoor Sculptures: Wayne County, Iowa |
1996 |
1 |
70 |
Save Outdoor Sculptures: Webster County, Iowa |
1995-1996 |
1 |
71 |
Save Outdoor Sculptures: Winnebago County, Iowa |
1996 |
1 |
72 |
Save Outdoor Sculptures: Winneshiek County, Iowa |
1994-1996, undated |
1 |
73 |
Save Outdoor Sculptures: Woodbury County, Iowa |
1995-1996, undated |
1 |
74 |
Save Outdoor Sculptures: Worth County, Iowa |
1996 |
1 |
75 |
Save Outdoor Sculptures: Wright County, Iowa |
1996 |
2 |
1 |
Volunteer Lists and Information |
1991-1996, undated |
2 |
2 |
Semi Annual Report Forms |
1992, undated |
2 |
3 |
Notes and Plans |
1992-1993, undated |
2 |
4 |
Budgets and Lists |
1992-1996, undated |
2 |
5 |
Iowa State University Public Art Tour (1 videotape) |
1993 |
2 |
6 |
Sculpture Lists |
1993-1995, undated |
2 |
7 |
Expenses |
1993-1996 |
3 |
1 |
Surveys |
1994, undated |
3 |
2 |
Correspondence |
1994-1997, undated |
3 |
3 |
Coordinator's Handbook |
1995 |
3 |
4 |
Save Outdoor Sculpture: Information and Brochures |
1996, undated |
3 |
5 |
Maps |
undated |
3 |
6 |
Slides of Monuments (55 color slides) |
undated |
3 |
7-8 |
Regional Information |
undated |
3 |
9 |
Volunteer Handbook |
undated |
3 |
10 |
Washington D.C. Monuments (20 color slides) |
undated |
4 |
1 |
Contact Sheets (10 b/w photographs) |
undated |
4 |
2 |
Contact Sheets (30 b/w photographs) |
undated |