A BRIEF BIOGRAPHY
DELLINGER TAKES A STAND AN EMPHASIS ON COLLECTING THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS MUSEUM DELLINGER ON THE ROLE OF THE MUSEUM POT HUNTING (POTHUNTING) DELLINGER ON POT HUNTING MORE IMAGES OF DELLINGER
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On the left is an image of the University of Arkansas Museum circa 1902-04.
Special Collections, University of Arkansas Libraries, Fayetteville The University of Arkansas Museum
The first published reference to the University of Arkansas Museum appears in 1873. Founded by Francis L. Harvey, a professor of biology and geology, the museum was originally located on the fourth floor of the Old Main Building.
Donations and artifact acquisitions increased over time and by the early 1900s the museum owned specimens for the paleontology, mineralogy, botany and zoology collections. Dellinger’s appointment as Museum Curator in 1925 marked a period of major growth for the UA Museum. He organized a major archeological research program at the museum and helped increase awareness of the institution within the university community and among the general public. Visitation increased, as did donations of artifacts, and contributions and grant monies to fund new artifact purchases. In addition to archeology, Dellinger expanded the collection in other areas, adding minerals and fossils, Greek and Roman antiquities, American glassware, bird’s eggs and Arkansas folk pottery. Over the years, the UA Museum and its collection occupied a variety of spaces on the campus, including the Agriculture Building, Vol Walker Hall and the old Men’s Gymnasium before closing to the public in 2003. |
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