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Papers explaining how the Field House came to be, copy of the authorization law, dedication ceremonies, justification for maintenance.

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Copies of budget requests, estimates, and monies spent on the museum--run incomplete.

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Lists of exhibits and collections in the Field House, guides for museum acquisitions, list of contributions including cash values.

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Promotional information, schedule.

Scope and Contents Eleven papers: "Tragedy at the Field House" (about birds flying into glass windows); untitled satire on the scientific language used in the Field House (speech for Vernal Lion's Club), 27 November 1946; "State Museum Wins Public Favor"; "The Utah Field House of Natural History: Its Purpose"; "State Museum Shows Increase in Visitors," 1953; "Face Lifting at Dinosaur Quarry"; "Personnel Change at the Field House"; "Geologic and...

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Information card, Dinosaur Hunting License, "Song of the Dinosaurs," and Dinosaur Motor Lodge folder.

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Field House and paintings by Ernest Untermann, Sr., Deseret News Magazine.

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Papers by G. Ernest Untermann listing the problems Dee Hall (who as a boy worked in the Field House with the Untermanns) caused as the Museum director.

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Minutes of the First Meeting of the Board of Trustees. At this time structure of the foundation was determined.

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Legal agreements--gift and disposition of Hunter collection to the State of Utah and the Field House, commission for Millard Fillmore Malin to sculpt dinosaur groups, and agreement of 1964 which settled controversy and removed most of the Hunter collection from the Field House.

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Letters between G. E. and B. R. Untermann and Captain Sam A. Dulany Hunter and his wife Mary. Cordial, before the Hunters left Virginia.

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Letters between Untermanns and the Hunters. Cordial. Also some letters with regard to sculpting and casting quarters for M. F. Malin in Buehner Block Company.

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Letters between G. E. Untermann; Aldin O. Hayward, director of Utah State Parks and Recreation Commission; and Governor George D. Clyde about Sam A. Dulany Hunter and his security demands. Attitude less cordial.

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Letters between G. E. Untermann; A. O. Hayward; Harold P. Fabian, Advisory Board on National Parks, Historic Sites, Buildings and Monuments; Vernal community leaders; and S. A. Dulany Hunter about stricter security at the Field House.

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Letters between G. E. Untermann, A. O. Hayward, and S. A. Dulany Hunter, including a lengthy description by Hunter of all his complaints against the Field House.

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Letters between G. E. Untermann, A. O. Hayward, and S. A. Dulany Hunter. Concern expressed about settling the Hunter controversy with legal assistance.

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Letters between G. E. Untermann, A. O. Hayward, M. F. Malin, and S. A. Dulany Hunter about Hunter press releases and legal squabbles and the dinosaur sculptures.

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Letters between G. E. Untermann, A. O. Hayward, S. A. Dulany Hunter, M. F. Malin, and others about placement of the one completed dinosaur grouping and final removal of the parts of the Hunter collection not legally awarded to the state.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The G. Ernest Untermann papers (1893-1975) emphasize the scientific and public activities of Gerhard Ernest Untermann and his wife, Billie, both geologists and employees of the Utah Field House of Natural History in Vernal, Utah. Information regarding geological and paleontological contributions from Ernest Untermann Sr. are also included.In the interest of chronology, the papers of Ernest Untermann Sr., comprise the first part of the collection. These two boxes include...

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Dulany Hunter Foundation gift and controversy.