Twilight at Conner Prairie [electronic resource] : the creation, betrayal, and rescue of a museum / Berkley W. Duck III.
Duck, Berkley W., 1938-
2011
F523 .D83 2011eb
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Title
Twilight at Conner Prairie [electronic resource] : the creation, betrayal, and rescue of a museum / Berkley W. Duck III.
Author
Duck, Berkley W., 1938-
ISBN
9780759120129 (electronic book)
9780759120105
Publication Details
Lanham, Md. : AltaMira Press, c2011.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xiii, 220 p.) : ill.
Call Number
F523 .D83 2011eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
907.409772
Summary
Conner Prairie, among the finest outdoor history museums in the country, recreates life in 19th-century Indiana. It also was the site of one of the most significant controversies that an American museum has faced. Twilight at Conner Prairie follows the development of the museum, the conflicts of interest created by the terms of founder Eli Lilly's gifts, and the breakdown of the relationship between the museum and its trustee, Earlham College. Author Berkley Duck, who served on Conner Prairie's independent board of directors when the board and CEO were dismissed, provides an inside look at what went wrong at Conner Prairie and how it was put to right. Twilight at Conner Prairie is essential reading for anyone concerned with the survival of museums and the ethical obligations of preserving America's past.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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American Association for State and Local History book series.
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The development of Conner Prairie
The development of Earlham's endowment management policies
The origins of the governance dispute
The governance discussions shift to autonomy for the museum
The governance discussions become confrontational
The mediation effort
The negotiations with Earlham's lawyers
The sun goes down over Conner Prairie
Retreat and reorganization
The issues take shape
Waiting and thinking
The attorney general rolls out his strategy
The Hamilton County lawsuit
Positioning the dispute for resolution
Sunrise
The organization of new Conner Prairie.

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