{"id":3194,"date":"2025-06-03T13:44:40","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T13:44:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/gallery\/?post_type=exhibit&#038;p=3194"},"modified":"2026-02-10T15:40:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T15:40:19","slug":"ding-darling","status":"publish","type":"exhibit","link":"https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/gallery\/exhibit\/ding-darling\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s Been Wonderful Knowing You: Wildlife Conservation and Advocacy Through the Lens of Jay N. &#8220;Ding&#8221; Darling"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Opening August 24, 2026.<\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_3205\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3205\" class=\"wp-image-3205\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/gallery\/files\/2025\/06\/DD_wildlife_stamp_31858068244833_009_CROP-1024x673.png\" alt=\"Two mallard ducks, one male and one female, in flight. They are preparing to land on a beach.\" width=\"800\" height=\"526\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/gallery\/files\/2025\/06\/DD_wildlife_stamp_31858068244833_009_CROP-1024x673.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/gallery\/files\/2025\/06\/DD_wildlife_stamp_31858068244833_009_CROP-300x197.png 300w, https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/gallery\/files\/2025\/06\/DD_wildlife_stamp_31858068244833_009_CROP-768x505.png 768w, https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/gallery\/files\/2025\/06\/DD_wildlife_stamp_31858068244833_009_CROP.png 1373w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3205\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Original watercolor painting (&#8220;Mallards Dropping In&#8221;) used for Ding Darling&#8217;s first wildlife conservation stamps in 1934. Jay N. &#8220;Ding&#8221; Darling Papers, Special Collections and Archives, University of Iowa Libraries.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist for <em>The Des Moines Register<\/em>, Jay N. \u201cDing\u201d Darling (1876-1962) was also one of the nation\u2019s most influential figures in the American conservation movement. Appointed director of the United States Bureau of Biological Survey (later part of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Darling made historic attempts to answer the growing concerns of industrialism\u2019s impact on the environment.<\/p>\n<p>In celebration of the 150th anniversary of his birth, this exhibition explores the transformation of Iowa\u2019s environmental landscape during Darling\u2019s life and his contributions to environmental and wildlife conservation advocacy nationwide. It also showcases how his legacy lives on today both locally and across the country, and how other Iowans have played key roles in our state\u2019s conservation efforts. Curated by librarians Lindsay Moen and Collin Vandewalle, <em>It&#8217;s Been Wonderful Knowing You <\/em>highlights the Jay N. \u201cDing\u201d Darling Papers from Special Collections and Archives, specimens from the University of Iowa Museum of Natural History, and more from across the Libraries.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>Exhibition Curation<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Lindsay Moen<\/strong><br \/>\nLead Public Services Librarian<br \/>\nSpecial Collections and Archives<\/p>\n<p><strong>Collin Vandewalle<\/strong><br \/>\nExhibit Support Librarian<br \/>\nSpecial Collections and Archives<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":{"0":"post-3194","1":"exhibit","2":"type-exhibit","3":"status-publish","4":"hentry","5":"exhibit-syndication-upcoming-exhibit","6":"","7":"gallery","8":"wp-json","9":"wp","10":"v2","12":"3194"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/gallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exhibit\/3194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/gallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exhibit"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/gallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/exhibit"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/gallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exhibit\/3194\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3430,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/gallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exhibit\/3194\/revisions\/3430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/gallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}