Title: Vernon Dale Kendrick Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1960-2003

Creator:

• Vernon Dale Kendrick, 1928-2003-

Call Number: LAX Mss 2005/12

Physical Description: 3.25 c.f.(7 archives boxes)
Repository:

University of Wisconsin La Crosse, Murphy Library, Special Collections

Archival Locations:

UW-La Crosse Murphy Library / La Crosse Area Research Ctr. (Map)

See the catalog entry for information on possible additional materials and shelf locations.

Abstract:

Professor Vernon Dale Kendrick taught art at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse from 1960-1974. He remained active in University and community art until his death in 2003. This collection contains personal and professional correspondence and supplemental material for his classes and extracurricular activities.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-lac-mss200512

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The collection varies in arrangement style, but is generally arranged by subject and date.

This collection contains personal and professional correspondence, notes and class preparation materials, teaching guides and aids, informational flyers on art tours and exhibits, and some smaller art pieces.

Dr. Vernon Dale Kendrick, UW-La Crosse Professor of Art, was born in Wichita Kansas on February 17th, 1928. Dr. Kendrick, who went by Dale, served with the Army of the United States Headquarters, First U.S. Infantry Division, Occupational Forces Pfc. Tec. 4, Surgeon Section from May 10th, 1945 to March 31st, 1947.

After this, he received his bachelor’s degree from Ball State University (Muncie, Indiana) in 1950 and his master’s degree from the State University of Iowa (Iowa City, Iowa) in 1951. From 1951 to 1952 he was an instructor at Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti, Michigan. From there, he moved on to an assistant professor position at Arkansas State College in Jonesboro, Arkansas; where he worked until 1954. After a two year gap, he began working at the University of Wisconsin-Madison as a visiting lecturer in 1956, a position he held until 1958. In 1960, he received his Ph.D. from Penn State University (University Park, Pennsylvania). In the same year, his employment at UW-La Crosse began. Dr. Kendrick was a professor in the Art Department from 1960 to 1990, and department chair from 1960 to 1974.

One of Dr. Kendrick’s main interests was painting on unusual surfaces, and he taught a studio art class with this emphasis. Objects he painted on included lunch trays, oven doors, fabric, and wood. Much of Dr. Kendrick’s art could be described as “unusual,” and he is sometimes remembered for his interest in erotic art, particularly an art show he once held that featured only phallic pieces. While at UW-La Crosse he taught a class on the history of erotic art. Perhaps due to the provocative nature of some of his artistic interests and pieces, Dr. Kendrick did not always sign his real name to his art. Instead he used “Vadeekay,” derived from his initials, from 1961 until 1982. Another prominent interest of Dr. Kendrick’s was travel. He led regular art tours to Egypt, Greece, Italy, Turkey, Israel, and Jordan. These international art tours occurred almost yearly from 1978 until 2002, despite Dr. Kendrick’s retirement from UW-La Crosse in 1990. He also led art tours to Minneapolis, Chicago, and New York from 1975 until 1997.

Dr. Kendrick passed away at the age of 75 on October 31st, 2003, but he left a lasting impression on UW-La Crosse and the greater La Crosse community. In addition to sculptures that stood for many years in La Crosse, such as a piece featuring pictographs that was displayed in front of the Tribune offices until 2013, he and his wife, Betty, were responsible for several art awards and scholarships. During Dr. Kendrick’s lifetime, he and Betty established the “Behind the Brewery Gallery Award” in 1989 and the “Louise Drumm Art Award,” in 1996. The “Betty and Dale Kendrick Scholarship for Studio Art in Painting” was established through the UW-L foundation in his memory as well.

Acquisition Information

Donated by Betty Kendrick

	Series: Box 1: Educational background, correspondence, class papers and notes, memorial Physical Description: .5 c.f. (1 box)  Arrangement of the Materials:
Box   1 Folder   1	Education - Ball State
Box   1 Folder   2	Education - Iowa
Box   1 Folder   3	Education - Penn State
Box   1 Folder   4	Obituary and memorial news articles
Box   1 Folder   5	Letters concerning art shows
Box   1 Folder   6	Letters to “Your View”
Box   1 Folder   7	Letters, talks, lectures
Box   1 Folder   8	Art therapy class - papers
Box   1 Folder   9	Art therapy class - reference
Box   1 Folder   10	Preliminary steps for project: Utilizing color microfiche for analyzing children’s works of art
Box   1 Folder   11	Microfiche for analyzing children’s works of art
Box   1 Folder   12	Watercolor techniques – Art 204
Box   1 Folder   13	Fresco research and exhibit
Box   1 Folder   14	Art appreciation; Seminars in history of erotic art
Box   1 Folder   15	Retirement Exhibit , 1990
Box   1 Folder   16	Lectures and notes for teaching “Elementary art methods”
Box   1 Book   1	Art expressions of growing and developing children ages 2-13
Box   1 Book   2	Art expressions of growing and developing children ages 2-13: Teaching manual
	Series: Box 2: Catalogs and exhibits Physical Description: .5 c.f. (1 box)  Arrangement of the Materials:	⇧
Box   2 Folder   1	Enamels and collages , 1960-1963
Box   2 Folder   2	Pizza pie series; ditto machine , 1964
Box   2 Folder   3	Coulee region series , 1964
Box   2 Folder   4	Collage series and flags; Chess, toro, valentine 1968
Box   2 Folder   5	Clouds, finger of God, earth core with clouds; “Veedeekay” signature 1974-1975
Box   2 Folder   6	Raku clay cod pieces and drawings; other erotic works , 1979/1981
Box   2 Folder   7	Logs, wrappings, unwrappings 1984-1989
Box   2 Folder   8	Hieroglyphic Egyptian found objects , 1989-1990
Box   2 Folder   9	Scroll dedication – Downtown La Crosse , 1998
Box   2 Folder   10	Stones in Situ , 2002-2003
Box   2 Folder   11	“Vadeekay” catalog pamphlets
Box   2 Folder   12	“Vadeekay” catalogs and exhibits
Box   2 Folder   13	Newspaper clippings, Dale Kendrick gallery notices
Box   2 Folder   14	Art exhibits
Box   2 Folder   15	Textile Arts International correspondence
Box   2 Folder   16	“Outrageous Concepts in Art” papers
	Series: Box 3: Sabbatical Project 1983 Physical Description: .5 c.f. (1 box)  Arrangement of the Materials:	⇧
Box   3 Folder   1	Sabbatical proposal/budget
Box   3 Folder   2	Sabbatical application forms
Box   3 Folder   3	Correspondence about sabbatical
Box   3 Folder   4	Sabbatical diary – January
Box   3 Folder   5	Sabbatical diary – February
Box   3 Folder   6	Sabbatical diary – March
Box   3 Folder   7	Sabbatical diary – April
Box   3 Folder   8	Sabbatical diary – May
Box   3 Folder   9	Sabbatical diary – June/July
Box   3 Folder   10	Sabbatical expenses/final budget
Box   3 Folder   11	Sabbatical invitations
Box   3 Folder   12	NYU Final watercolor class project – 1 of 4
Box   3 Folder   13	NYU Final watercolor class project – 2 of 4
Box   3 Folder   14	NYU Final watercolor class project – 3 of 4
Box   3 Folder   15	NYU Final watercolor class project – 4 of 4
	Series: Box 4: Art Tours - Minneapolis, Chicago, New York Physical Description: .5 c.f. (1 box)  Arrangement of the Materials:	⇧
Box   4 Folder   1	Minneapolis , 1975
Box   4 Folder   2	Chicago , 1976
Box   4 Folder   3	New York , 1976
Box   4 Folder   4	New York , 1977
Box   4 Folder   5	Chicago , 1978
Box   4 Folder   6	New York , 1978
Box   4 Folder   7	New York , 1979
Box   4 Folder   8	Minneapolis , 1980
Box   4 Folder   9	New York , 1980
Box   4 Folder   10	New York , 1981
Box   4 Folder   11	New York , 1982
Box   4 Folder   12	New York , 1983
Box   4 Folder   13	New York , 1984
Box   4 Folder   14	New York , 1985
Box   4 Folder   15	New York , 1986
Box   4 Folder   16	Chicago , 1987
Box   4 Folder   17	New York , 1987
Box   4 Folder   18	Chicago , 1988
Box   4 Folder   19	New York , 1988
Box   4 Folder   20	New York , 1989
Box   4 Folder   21	Minneapolis , 1990
Box   4 Folder   22	New York , 1990
Box   4 Folder   23	New York , 1991
Box   4 Folder   24	New York , 1992
Box   4 Folder   25	New York , 1993
Box   4 Folder   26	New York , 1994
Box   4 Folder   27	New York , 1995
Box   4 Folder   28	New York , 1996
Box   4 Folder   29	New York , 1997
	Series: Box 5: Art Tours - Turkey, Greece, Italy, Israel, Jordan Physical Description: .5 c.f. (1 box)  Arrangement of the Materials:	⇧
Box   5 Folder   1	Austria, Yugoslavia, Greece 1978
Box   5 Folder   2	Italy , 1980
Box   5 Folder   3	Greece, Crete, Egypt, Zurich 1982
Box   5 Folder   4	London, Paris, Munich 1983
Box   5 Folder   5	Greece, Egypt, Israel 1984
Box   5 Folder   6	Italy , 1985
Box   5 Folder   7	Italy , 1992
Box   5 Folder   8	Greece/Turkey , 1993
Box   5 Folder   9	Turkey , 1994
Box   5 Folder   10	Egypt, Jordan, Israel 1995
Box   5 Folder   11	Italy , 1995
Box   5 Folder   12	Turkey , 1997
Box   5 Folder   13	Italy , 1999
Box   5 Folder   14	Turkey , 2000
Box   5 Folder   15	Greece, Crete, Rhodes(Dale’s last tour) 2002
Box   5 Folder   16	Turkey, Greece, Italy – General Info
	Series: Box 6: Art Tours - Egypt Physical Description: .5 c.f. (1 box)  Arrangement of the Materials:	⇧
Box   6 Folder   1	1985
Box   6 Folder   2	1989
Box   6 Folder   3	1990
Box   6 Folder   4	1991
Box   6 Folder   5	Two tours , 1992
Box   6 Folder   6	Two tours , 1993
Box   6 Folder   7	Dale alone due to Gulf War , 1994
Box   6 Folder   8	Dale alone , 1995
Box   6 Folder   9	1996
Box   6 Folder   10	1997
Box   6 Folder   11	1998
Box   3 Folder   12	2000
Box   6 Folder   13	2002
Box   6 Folder   14	Egypt – General info
	Series: Box 7: Art Study Slide 1966 Teaching Device Physical Description: .25 c.f. (1 box)  Arrangement of the Materials:	⇧
Box   7 Folder   1	Art study slides – Letters, lists, bill, patent information
Box   7	Teaching Device (8 parts)