Acknowledgements & Credits

Sam Meier and Niko Bare at the blowhole, Wupatki National Monument, Arizona. 2025. Photograph by Erin Carter.

Exhibit Project Team

  • Niko Bare – Elizabeth M. & P. T. Reilly Intern, exhibit curator
  • Sam Meier – Archivist for Discovery, exhibit project manager
  • Erin Carter – Libraries Assistant Manager for Archival Processing, exhibit team member
  • Peter Runge – Head, Special Collections & Archives, exhibit team member
  • Jess Vogelsang – Library Coordinator, exhibit team member

Special Collections & Archives

  • Melissa Lawton – Archivist for Collections Management
  • Kelly Phillips – Archivist for Digital Programs
  • Mowana Lomaomvaya – Archivist for Indigenous Initiatives & Cultures

Cline Library

  • Cynthia Childrey – Dean & University Librarian
  • Rebecca Harner – Operations Coordinator, Cline Library building manager
  • Suzanne DeVivo – Manager, Financial Oversight
  • Jill Friedmann – Assistant Dean

The Muench family

  • Ruth Rudner
  • David Muench
  • Zandria Muench Belardo
  • Marc Muench

Northern Arizona University

  • Sara LaRosa – Printing Coordinator, Sr., Printing Services
  • Dylan Turner – Assistant Director, Printing Services
  • Stephen Winfield – Paint Shop, Facilities Services
  • Manuel Dejesus Gurrola – Painter, Paint Shop, Facilities Services
  • Mike Standish – Assistant Manager, Paint Shop, Facilities Services
  • William Brandt – Brand and Partnerships Manager, Campus Dining

Arizona Highways magazine

  • Keith Whitney – Creative Director
  • Jeff Kida – Photo Editor

Financial Support

The exhibit David Muench: The Allure of Light was made possible through the generosity of Pam Neal. Cline Library Special Collections and Archives is sincerely grateful for Pam’s support of the David Muench exhibit, as well as her ongoing support of Special Collections and Archives’ mission to connect and engage the world with the history and culture of the Colorado Plateau.