David Bordwell and Kristin Thompson Papers, 1925-2018

Container Title
Series: Conservation Work
Milwaukee Conservators of Art (MCA)
Box   17
Folder   1
Charles Tredupp, nude, and other painting slides, 1977 April
Box   17
Folder   2
Zanzibar, Milwaukee Art Festival slides, 1977 June
Box   17
Folder   3
Paintings slides, 1977 July-October
Box   17
Folder   4
Madonna and Child, Zanzibar, architecture, 1978 March
Box   17
Folder   5
Milwaukee County Infirmary, 1978 April
Box   17
Folder   6
Al's Party, 1978 May
Note: Includes Bill Green's "Pepper Series."
Box   17
Folder   7
Angel y niña, 1978 January
Box   17
Folder   8
County Court paintings, 1978 June
Note: Includes Zanzibar, chair, and two Madonna paintings.
Box   17
Folder   9
Kansas City, Sioux City, MCA, Tut (Tony's cat), 1978 August
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Box   17
Folder   10
Benton Wrestlers, Bouguereau, Van Gogh slides, 1980 January
Box   17
Folder   11
Report on Conservation department, 1983
Fogg Art Museum
Box   17
Folder   12
Conservation of Caton collection manuscript, 1986 October
Box   17
Folder   13
"Conservation of Icons and Tempera Paintings" conference, Moscow, 1987
Note: Rajer was an attendee and wrote a report on the conference.
Box   17
Folder   14
Conservation project at Harvard, undated
Fine Arts Conservation Services (FACS)
Box   17
Folder   15-18
Business correspondence, 1993-1994, 2001-2002
Box   17
Folder   19
Internship, 2005 Fall
Box   17
Folder   20
Chateau paintings, 1984
Box   17
Folder   21
Berlin, Wisconsin, 1986 June
Box   17
Folder   22
Kiel, Plymouth, and Chilton, Wisconsin, 1986 June
Box   17
Folder   23
Sheboygan, Wisconsin post office, 1986 June-August
Box   17
Folder   24
West Allis, Wisconsin, 1986 June-August
Video   2
Rajer on Channel 4 News, Milwaukee?, Wisconsin, 1986 June 23
Physical Description: Beta 
Box   17
Folder   25
All Saints Cathedral, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1986 June-August
Box   17
Folder   26
High Altar conservation project, 1988
Box   17
Folder   27
During treatment negatives, 1988 August
Box   17
Folder   28
Treatment slides, 1988 August
Algona, Iowa, post office
Box   17
Folder   29
Project documentation, 1988-1990
Box   17
Folder   30
Slides, 1989
Frank Oebser sculptures
Box   17
Folder   32
Project documentation, 1989-1992
Box   17
Folder   31
Treatment photographs, 1988-1992
Box   17
Folder   33
Treatment slides, 1989, 1992
The Painted Forest, Valton, Wisconsin
Box   17
Folder   34
Project documentation, 1994
Box   17
Folder   35
Slides, 1988 October
Box   17
Folder   36
Iowa slides, 1989 February
Wisconsin Concrete Park, Phillips, Wisconsin
Box   17
Folder   37
Fred Smith at Concrete Park, photographs of, taken by George Anderson, 1957
Box   17
Folder   38-39
Conservation survey photographs and negatives, 1989, 1992
Box   18
Folder   1
Conservation proposal, notes, summary, and treatment report, 1993
Box   18
Folder   2
Paint consolidation project, 1993 September
Box   18
Folder   3
Site condition report, 1994
Box   18
Folder   4
Friends of Fred Smith board meeting agendas, notes, and correspondence, 1995-2002
Audio   1746A/1-2
Wisconsin Concrete Park Committee meeting, 1997 October 6
Note: Side 2 only for 1746A/2.
Box   18
Folder   5
Treatment photographs, news article, and pamphlet, 1998
Box   18
Folder   6
Celebration negatives and prints, 2000
Box   18
Folder   7
Conservation summary and project list, 2001
Box   18
Folder   8
Photographs and negatives, 2001
Box   18
Folder   9
Flag ceremony photographs and negatives, 2009
Box   18
Folder   10
Treatment slides, undated
Box   18
Folder   11
Self-guided tour, 1997
Box   18
Folder   12
Preventive Conservation at the Wisconsin Concrete Archaeological Park in Phillips, Wisconsin, U.S.A.
Box   18
Folder   13
St. Mary Help of Christians Church, Sullivan, Wisconsin, 1989
Clarence M. Powell dioramas
Box   18
Folder   14
Project documentation, 1987-1991
Box   18
Folder   15-17
Treatment slides, 1989-1992
Box   18
Folder   18
Diorama treatment photographs, 1995
Box   18
Folder   19
Minnesota State Capitol restoration slides, 1988-1990
O'Connor House, Carmel, Indiana
Box   18
Folder   20
Project documentation, 1990
Box   18
Folder   21
Dining room and library treatment negatives, 1990
Box   18
Folder   22
Treatment photographs, 1990
Box   18
Folder   23
Michigan State Capitol restoration project, 1990-1991
Nick Engelbert Hollandale site, Wisconsin
Box   18
Folder   24-25
Project documentation, 1990-1995
Box   18
Folder   26
Treatment slides, 1990 October
Note: For paintings and diorama.
Box   18
Folder   27
After treatment slides, 1991 November
Box   18
Folder   28
Hollandale negatives, 1993 April
Box   18
Folder   29-30
Hollandale site photographs, 1993 April
Note: Includes winter wrap of objects.
Box   19
Folder   1
Consolidant and adhesive documentation, 1993-1994
Box   19
Folder   2
Bas-relief documentation, 1993-1994
Box   19
Folder   3
Hollandale photographs and negatives, 1997 September
Box   19
Folder   4
Hollandale slides, circa 1993
Note: Includes winter wrap of objects.
Box   19
Folder   5-7
Hollandale examination reports
Box   19
Folder   8
The Madonna and Child with Saints Norbert, Jerome, and James / by Wilhelm von Kohlbach, examination report, 1991 October 19
Box   19
Folder   9
Tinker Swiss Cottage, Rockford, Illinois, treatment, 1991
Norman Pettingill art
Box   19
Folder   10
Project documentation, 1992-1994
Box   19
Folder   11
Before treatment slides, 1992
Box   19
Folder   12-13
Conservation report
Herman Rusch Prairie Moon Park, Wisconsin
Box   19
Folder   14-15
Site examination photographs, 1992 July
Box   19
Folder   16
Art conservation proposal, 1994 April 19
Box   19
Folder   17
Notes and inkjet prints
Box   20
Folder   1
Wisconsin Historical Society (WHS) paintings, 1992 August
Box   20
Folder   2
Whitney building, Columbus, Wisconsin, paint research, 1992
John Steuart Curry murals
Box   20
Folder   3
Woodburn house, 1992
Box   20
Folder   4
UW-Madison Biochemistry building, 1997
James Tellen Woodland Sculpture Garden, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin
Box   20
Folder   5
Project documentation, 1992-1993
Box   20
Folder   6
Winter cover report, 1992-1993
Wegner Grotto, Sparta, Wisconsin
Box   20
Folder   7-8
Examination photographs, 1992, 1994
Box   20
Folder   9
Project documentation, 1992-1994
Box   20
Folder   10
Reveries or Miss Manship / by Leon Kroll, treatment report, 1993
Box   20
Folder   11
Capriccio with Flowers and Idyllic Landscape examination report, 1993
Box   20
Folder   12
William McCloy centennial mural, WHS, technical examination, 1993
Note: Mural on three panels displayed in the North stairwell, between the third and fourth floors of the WHS headquarters building.
Box   20
Folder   13
Kohler stables portrait, 1992-1993
Box   20
Folder   14
Still Life with Corn / by Alfred Montgomery and Cows in a Barn with Sheep / by W.G. Meadows examination report, 1993
Box   20
Folder   15
Governor's portrait collection notes and correspondence, 1993-1994
Box   20
Folder   16
Duane Vetter home, 1994
Box   20
Folder   17
Kohler Foundation meetings, 1994
Box   20
Folder   18
Old Wade House, WHS, samples photographs and paint note, 1994
Box   20
Folder   19
Shorewood High School, Wisconsin, murals treatment slides, 1994
Box   20
Folder   20
St. Mary's Church, Chilton, Wisconsin, 1994-1996
Box   20
Folder   21
West Bend County Courthouse, Wisconsin, paint microscopy analysis, 1995
Box   20
Folder   22
Miss Liberty statue in Chadron, Nebraska, 1995
Oshkosh Public Museum, Wisconsin, 1995
Box   20
Folder   23
Project diary
Box   20
Folder   24
Project correspondence, 1995
Box   20
Folder   25
Project reports and proposals, 1994-1995
Box   20
Folder   26
Fire documentation, 1994
Box   20
Folder   27
General notes, 1995
Box   20
Folder   28
Sculpture treatment slides, 1995
Box   20
Folder   29
Fire damage and treatment photographs and negatives, 1995
Box   20
Folder   30
"Cross-sections and Paint Analysis for the Burlington Zephyr Train," 1995 April
Our Lady of Loretto Church Museum, Sauk County, Wisconsin
Box   20
Folder   31
National Register of Historic Places registration form, 1989
Box   20
Folder   32
Project documentation, 1992-1998
Box   20
Folder   33-34
Restoration project photographs, 1999
Box   2
Folder   7
Project poster, 1999
Box   20
Folder   35
Washington House, Two Rivers, Wisconsin, 1996 May
Box   20
Folder   36-37
Edgar Cameron murals, Mead Public Library, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, 1996
Box   20
Folder   38
L.C. Carson sculptures, 1996, 1998
Rudy Rotter art
Box   21
Folder   1
Artwork slides, 1996 May, undated
Note: Includes unidentified slides of folk art sites, one is possibly Nek Chand's Rock Garden.
Box   21
Folder   2
"The Creative Edge: Energizing Creativity in Later Life," conference schedule, 1996
Note: Rajer gave a lecture at this conference.
Audio   1746A/2
Side   1
Partial interview with Rotter, circa 1997
Box   21
Folder   3
Art and home, circa 1998
Box   21
Folder   4
Rudy's celebration photographs and negatives, 1998 April
Box   21
Folder   5
Coffin and burial photographs and negatives, 2001
Box   21
Folder   6
Museum disbandment, 2011
Box   21
Folder   7
Main Street Bridge treatment, Green Bay, 1997 April 1
Box   21
Folder   8
Civil War soldier, Two Rivers, Wisconsin, 1997 June 26
Box   21
Folder   9
Kettle Moraine Natural History Museum treatment, 1997 June-August
St. Spyridon Greek Orthodox Church, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
Box   21
Folder   10-11
Treatment documentation, 1997-1998
Box   21
Folder   12
Newspaper article about restoration, 1998 January 30
Box   21
Folder   13
Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, 1998
Box   21
Folder   14
Gideon Bible plaque, Boscobel, Wisconsin, 1998-2002
Box   21
Folder   16
Knollwood Safari Room murals, Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, 1998
Box   21
Folder   17
War Party / by Forrest Flowers proposal and USPS award, 1999
Box   21
Folder   18
Unloading the River Barge in Hudson, Wisconsin / by Ruth Grotenrath : reports, 1999, 2001
Sheboygan County Historical Research Center, Wisconsin
Box   21
Folder   19
Conservation assessment site visit with Sonja Barta and Bob Harker, 1995 June 15
Box   21
Folder   20
Conservation assessment, 1999 September
Box   21
Folder   21
Reassessment, 2007 September
Box   21
Folder   22
Treatment photographs, undated
Box   21
Folder   23
Jessie Kalmbach Chase murals, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, 1998-2000
Box   21
Folder   24-25
Doughboy, West Bend, Wisconsin, 1999-2000
Box   21
Folder   26
Lidice Memorial, Phillips, Wisconsin, treatment, 1999-2001
Box   21
Folder   27
Bethany Lutheran Church, 2000 June-September
Box   21
Folder   28
Autumn Landscape in Wisconsin (Hartford) / by Ethel Spears, 2000-2003
Box   21
Folder   29
American Folk Art Museum opening photographs, New York City, 2001
Box   21
Folder   30
Old Abe statue treatment photographs and negatives, 2001
Box   21
Folder   31
Fifield Cemetery memorial, 2001-2002
Box   21
Folder   32
Printing is the Inseparable Companion of Achievement / by James Watrous, Webcrafters, 2001-2002
Box   21
Folder   33
Myron Nutting mural, Wauwatosa High School, Wisconsin, 2002-2005
Box   21
Folder   34
Slides and negatives
Box   22
Folder   1
Documentation, 2004
Video   1
Wauwatosa East High Mural Restoration, 2004
Physical Description: VHS 
Video   3
Recovering the Past: 2003-2005 Lobby Project The Rough Footage Disk 1, 2005
Physical Description: DVD 
Box   22
Folder   2
Milwaukee Athletic Club, Robert Bushnell Bali murals, 2004
Box   22
Folder   3
Cal Peters mural, Dane County Regional Airport, Wisconsin, 2004-2006
Box   22
Folder   4
Daphne, The Cup Bearer, Wisconsin Dells, 2005 August
Box   22
Folder   5
Appleton Doughboy, 2005
Box   22
Folder   6
Ten Chimneys Conservation Assessment Program, 2005
Box   22
Folder   7
Don Gruscott, interview with, 2005 June 3
Box   22
Folder   8
The Hiker monument, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, 2005-2006
Box   22
Folder   9
Schomer Lichtner mural, Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, 2007
Box   22
Folder   10
Flora, Laocoon, and Greek wrestlers, Rahr-West Gallery, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, 2007
Box   22
Folder   11
William Henning mural, Harrison School, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 2007
Box   22
Folder   12
Civil War statue, Columbus, 2007-2008
Box   22
Folder   13
Carl von Marr paintings: Loan to Haus der Kunst, 2008
Note: Rajer arranged this loan.
Box   22
Folder   14
Communication by Mail / by Dan Rhodes, Marion, Iowa, 2008-2009
Box   22
Folder   15-16
Photographs, 2008-2009
Box   22
Folder   17
A Catalog of New Deal Mural Projects in Iowa with Rajer's field notes
Box   22
Folder   18
Norwood Park Historical Society, Chicago, Illinois, 2009
Box   22
Folder   19
Luther Memorial Church, Madison, Wisconsin, 2009
Waupun, Wisconsin statues
Box   22
Folder   20
Photographs and negatives, 1997 August
Box   22
Folder   21
2009
Box   22
Folder   22
Mitchel Ann Woods mural, 2010 August 29
Box   22
Folder   23
Japanese screen, Milwaukee Zoo, 2010
Box   22
Folder   24
The Hospitality of Saint Julian / by Cristofano Allori and Rufus B. Kellogg / by George P.A. Healy, Green Bay, Wisconsin, 2010
Box   22
Folder   25
Taliesin mural, undated
Box   22
Folder   26
Wright house, Capitol North Wing, Algona, Iowa, negatives, circa 1989
Box   22
Folder   27
Howard Finter's Bible House photographs, undated
Mural work
Box   22
Folder   28
Mural project slides, 1982-1990
Note: Includes slides of Panama Canal zone murals, Wisconsin? State Capitol murals, and Sheboygan High School murals.
Box   22
Folder   29
Post office murals conservation trip, 1984-1986
Box   22
Folder   30
Daily Bread by Francis Robert White, Algona, Iowa, 1988
Box   22
Folder   31
List of murals treated by Rajer
Box   22
Folder   32
Villa Louis, WHS, restoration, circa 1995
Box   22
Folder   33
Dickeyville Grotto, Wisconsin, examination images
Box   22
Folder   34
Appointment to Historic Preservation Review Board, 1992
Box   22
Folder   35
Proposal for professional art conservation association of Wisconsin
Save Outdoor Sculpture! (SOS!), Wisconsin
Box   22
Folder   36
News articles with index, 1991-1994
Box   22
Folder   37
Coordinator's handbook, circa 1992
Box   22
Folder   38
Volunteer's handbook, 1992
Box   23
Folder   1
Adams County, undated
Box   23
Folder   2
Ashland County, 1995
Box   23
Folder   3
Barron County, 1998
Box   23
Folder   4
Bayfield County, 1998
Box   23
Folder   5
Brown County, 1998
Box   23
Folder   6
Buffalo County, 1995
Box   23
Folder   7
Burnett County, undated
Box   23
Folder   8
Calumet County, 1995
Box   23
Folder   9
Chippewa County, 1994-1995
Box   23
Folder   10
Clark County, 1998
Box   23
Folder   11
Columbia County, 1992
Box   23
Folder   12-14
Dane County, 1993-1998
Box   23
Folder   15
Dodge County, 1995
Box   23
Folder   16
Door County, 1994-1995
Box   23
Folder   17
Douglas County, 1995, 1998
Box   23
Folder   18
Dunn County, 1998
Box   23
Folder   19
Eau Claire County, 1998
Box   23
Folder   20
Fond du Lac County, 1993-1995
Box   23
Folder   21
Forest County, undated
Box   23
Folder   22
Grant County, 1994
Box   23
Folder   23
Green County, undated
Box   23
Folder   24
Green Lake County, 1993, 1997
Box   23
Folder   25
Iowa County, 1996
Box   23
Folder   26
Iron County, 1998
Box   23
Folder   27
Jackson County, 1995
Box   23
Folder   28
Jefferson County, 1995
Box   23
Folder   29
Juneau County, 1994
Box   23
Folder   30
Kenosha County, 1998
Box   23
Folder   31
Kewaunee County, 1994
Box   23
Folder   32-33
La Crosse County, 1998
Box   23
Folder   34
Lafayette County, 1993, 1995
Box   23
Folder   35
Langlade County, undated
Box   23
Folder   36
Lincoln County, 1998-1999
Box   23
Folder   37
Manitowoc County, 1996
Box   23
Folder   38
Marathon County, 1995
Box   23
Folder   39
Marinette County, undated
Box   23
Folder   40
Menominee County, undated
Box   23
Folder   41-42
Milwaukee County, 1992-1993, undated
Box   23
Folder   43
Monroe County, 1994
Box   23
Folder   44
Oconto County: Nicolas Perrot monument, 1998
Box   23
Folder   45
Oneida County: Girl with Doves / by Dave Wynn, 1998
Box   23
Folder   46
Outagamie County, 1996-1998
Box   23
Folder   47
Ozaukee County, 1998
Box   23
Folder   48
Pepin County, 1995
Box   23
Folder   49
Pierce County, 1994
Box   23
Folder   50
Polk County, 1998
Box   24
Folder   1
Portage County, 1993-1995
Box   24
Folder   2
Price County, 1993
Box   24
Folder   3
Racine County, 1995
Box   24
Folder   4
Richland County, 1998
Box   24
Folder   5
Rock County, 1993-1995
Box   24
Folder   6
Rusk County, 1995
Box   24
Folder   7
Sauk County, 1994
Box   24
Folder   8
Sawyer County, 1998
Box   24
Folder   9
Shawano County, 1995
Box   24
Folder   10-15
Sheboygan County, 1995-1996
Box   24
Folder   16
St. Croix County, 1995
Box   24
Folder   17
Taylor County, 1994
Box   24
Folder   18
Trempealeau County, 1993
Box   24
Folder   19
Vernon County, 1993-1994
Box   24
Folder   20
Vilas County, 1995
Box   24
Folder   21
Walworth County, 1995
Box   24
Folder   22
Washburn County, undated
Box   24
Folder   23
Washington County, 1993
Box   24
Folder   24
Waukesha County, undated
Box   24
Folder   25
Waupaca County, undated
Box   24
Folder   26
Wausahara County: list only, undated
Box   24
Folder   27
Whitewater, Walworth and Jefferson Counties: Birge fountain, 1995
Box   24
Folder   28-29
Winnebago County, 1993, undated
Box   24
Folder   30
Oshkosh public sculpture survey proposal, 1997
Box   24
Folder   31
Wood County, 1995
Chief Oshkosh / by Gaetano Trentanove
Box   25
Folder   1
Restoration plan, 1994 November 19
Box   25
Folder   2
Project diary
Box   25
Folder   3
Treatment slides, 1994 June-July
Box   25
Folder   4-5
Treatment photographs, 1994 June-July
Box   25
Folder   6
Photographs and negatives, 1995 August
Box   25
Folder   7
Newsletter and brochure, 1994-1995
Box   25
Folder   8
Interview transcript, Jill Schroeder, Fast Corporation, 1995 August
Box   35
Folder   9
Public sculpture in Wausau and Wonder Cave in Rudolph, Wisconsin, 1995
Box   25
Folder   10
Clarence Shaler sculptures in Waupun, Wisconsin, 1995
Box   35
Folder   11
James Barber interview transcript, 1995
Box   25
Folder   12
Edmund Lewandowski interview transcript, 1998 May
Box   25
Folder   13
Roan (artist) sculpture photographs, 1998
Box   25
Folder   14
Artist interviews, 1998
Box   25
Folder   15-16
Sid Boyum project, 1999-2001
Appleton Public Art project, Wisconsin
Box   25
Folder   17
Project documentation, 2002
Box   4
Folder   15
Photo albums, negative order
Box   25
Folder   18
Award photographs
Box   25
Folder   19
Rudolph Grotto and Gardens
Box   25
Folder   20
North-northwestern Wisconsin sculpture photographs
Box   25
Folder   21
Southeastern Wisconsin sculpture photographs
Box   25
Folder   22
Northeast to file
Box   25
Folder   23
Southwest to file, 1998
Box   25
Folder   24
Smithsonian Inventory of American Sculpture
Box   25
Folder   25
Veterans' memorials in Wisconsin
Note: Printout of database.
Box   25
Folder   26
Public sculpture photographs with notes
Note: Mostly in Kewaunee and Waupaca counties, Wisconsin.
Box   25
Folder   27
O.V. Shaffer sculpture book and letter, 1998