These papers document the 33-year career of Dale M. Bentz in the field of library administration at the State University of Iowa. Bentz was active in professional and community activities, and evidence of these activities is preserved here for researchers, divided into professional, university, and community activities. The largest series, correspondence, is separated into personal and professional, with both arranged chronologically.Other series are writings, speeches, clippings, subject files, biographical material, and a scrapbook of clippings, certificates, and photographs. Each line in the box list represents one folder, with the date range of the material noted.