Title: Dale Kendrick Materials related to "The Scroll" Sculpture in La Crosse, Wisconsin
Date: 1990-2002

Creator:

• Kendrick, Dale, 1928-2003

Unique Identifier: MSS 137

Quantity: 0.4 cubic feet (1 archival binder)
Repository:

La Crosse Public Library
Contact Information

Archival Location:

La Crosse Public Library (Map)

Abstract:

"The Scroll" was designed by Dale Kendrick and constructed between 1990 and 1998 with the support of the City of La Crosse Downtown Sculpture Committee, and the Lunde Foundry (Holmen, Wis.). In kind donations were accepted from local businesses and Hieroglyphic tablets were sold to patrons to raise money for the project. The Scroll was dedicated on 06/27/1998. Materials are arranged chronologically, with tabs placed to mark the years. The photographs have been kept in original order, which is generally chronological, though photographs of the hieroglyphic panels would predate photographs of the dedication ceremony.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.lcpl-mss137

 ↑ Bookmark this ↑

 ↑ Bookmark this ↑

Donated by Betty Kendrick, Former Owner of the Behind the Brewery Gallery, June 2012.

(Accession No. 2012.034)

Materials in this collection are available for patron use.

[Identification of item], Dale Kendrick Materials related to "The Scroll" Sculpture in La Crosse, Wisconsin, MSS 137, La Crosse Public Library Archives, La Crosse, WI

Processed by Benjamin H. Lang, July 2012.

The Dale Kendrick Materials related to "The Scroll" Sculpture in La Crosse, Wisconsin Records are arranged chronologically, with tabs placed to mark the years. The photographs have been kept in original order, which is generally chronological, though photographs of the hieroglyphic panels would predate photographs of the dedication ceremony.

The Scroll collection includes Dale Kendrick's public sculpture proposal and artist renderings; hieroglyphics research notes and sketches; patron subscription forms and newsletters; La Crosse Tribune patron avertisements and articles on the progress of the sculpture construction; correspondence between Kendrick and the Lunde Foundry (Holmen, Wis.); correspondence between Kendrick and a La Crosse Tribune engineer on maintenance problems and plans; correspondence between Kendrick and City of La Crosse government offices on permissions and provisions pertaining to the liabilities and responsibilities of the sculpture project, maintenance, and landscaping upkeep; landscaping proposals from local master gardeners and correspondence between Kendrick and River City Lawnscape; and photographs (mostly undated) of the Scroll's construction at Lunde Foundry, artist renderings of hieroglyphic tablets, and its dedication ceremony.

Timeline of "The Scroll" and its Maker

02/17/1928	Dale Kendrick was born in Wichita, Kansas
1950	Dale Kendrick received his BS degree from Ball State University
1951	Dale Kendrick received his MA degree from the State University of Iowa
1956-1958	Dale Kendrick was Visiting Lecturer at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
1960	Dale Kendrick received his PhD from Penn State University
1960-1974	Dale Kendrick was Professor and Department Chairman at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
1961-1981	Dale Kendrick painted under the name of VADEEKAY, a pen name from his initials V.D.K. Dale Kendrick's research interests included erotic art, hieroglyphics, and symbols
1966-2003	Dale and Betty Kendrick owned and operated the Behind the Brewery Gallery
1970-1976	Dale Kendrick created "Earth Corings, The Jewish God as a Phallic Symbol and Grid Paintings"
1974-1990	Dale Kendrick was an Art Professor at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
1975-1977	Dale Kendrick created "Erotic Art-The Phallus as a Regenerative Symbol"
1977	Dale Kendrick exhibited a one-man show "The Phallus As A Contemporary Weapon" at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Gallery
1978	Dale Kendrick exhibited a one-man show "The Phallus - Regenerative Symbol and Weapon" at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
1982-2003	Dale Kendrick painted under his own name "Dale Kendrick"
1982-1989	Dale Kendrick created "Wrappings, Unfolding Ancient Scrolls"
1988-1990	Dale Kendrick created "Ancient Tapestries and Tablets"
1993-1998	Dale Kendrick’s public sculpture “The Scroll” was designed and constructed The total estimated cost to construct the sculpture was $75,000 52 tablets were cast in bronze and 50 tons of cement were used to pour the cradle that supported the scroll and tablets Hieroglyphic tablet models were sold to sponsors Area business provided in kind donations to offset the costs The remaining $45,000 was raised from the community
1994	Dale Kendrick was awarded $200 by the Sculpture Advisory Committee for his "Scroll" design The Sculpture Advisory Committee expressed their wish to realize Kendrick's design as a public sculpture
1996-1998	Hieroglyphic tablets were sold to sponsors to raise money for the "Scroll" project
1997	Dale Kendrick travels to Aswan, Egypt from February into March
1998	Dale Kendrick travels to Aswan, Egypt again from February into March
06/27/1998	“The Scroll” was dedicated in La Crosse, Wisconsin
1998-2001	"The Scroll" faced maintenance and landscaping issues, and was caught up in a debate over which organizations or offices were meant to be looking after it

(MSS 129)

Behind the Brewery Gallery (La Crosse, Wisconsin) Records

(MSS 138)

Dale Kendrick Materials Related to the "Nein the Stein - Save the Skyline" Campaign in La Crosse, Wisconsin

(921 K345R 2007)

The Road she traveled. Betty Kendrick [videorecording] / interview and docudrama by La Sharra Durnford

(921 K345S 2010)

StoryCorps. Betty Kendrick [sound recording] / collected by StoryCorps ; sponsored by National Public Radio ; Corporation for Public Broadcasting ; support provided by La Crosse Public Library ; interviewed by Virginia Lora

(977.571 L1198T 2007)

"Thanks for the memories" : La Crosse Public Library Archives 25th anniversary memory booklet / compiled by the Archives staff with help from Dr. Charles "Chuck" Lee and Katie Adams

• Kendrick, Dale, 1928-2003
• Art--Wisconsin--La Crosse
• Artists--Wisconsin--La Crosse
• Hieroglyphics--Wisconsin--La Crosse
• Public sculpture--Wisconsin--La Crosse

	, 1990 Scope and Contents Dale Kendrick resume and retirement retrospective exhibition brochure; notes on hieroglyphs as an art form; artist renderings of building materials and potential technical problems for constructing "The Scroll"; and artist renderings of hieroglyphics for "The Scroll".
	, 1994 Scope and Contents Sculpture Advisory Committee letter of congratulations approving "The Scroll" for realization as a public sculpture; photograph of early "Scroll" model; architect site plans and sculpture mock-ups; summaries of technical descriptions for constructing the hieroglyphic tablets; information pamphlets on building materials; artist renderings of hieroglyphic tablet dimensions on "The Scroll"; and trial fabric receipts.
	, 1996 Scope and Contents La Crosse Tribune articles on the Downtown Sculpture Project with descriptions of "The Scroll"; quote from By James on framing hieroglyphic tablets; patron subscription forms and La Crosse Tribune patron advertisements; letters brainstorming ideas for selling the hieroglyphic tablets; and thank you letters to patrons.
	, 1997 Scope and Contents Letters counting down remaining hieroglyphic tablets to be sold to donors, and updates on "The Scroll" construction campaign; modified artist renderings of the scroll's hieroglyphic tablet layout with numbered and lettered tablets indexed to the names and addresses of project patrons; a letter mentioning Kendrick's trip to Egypt; a letter describing sculpture modifications including fountain pool; a street privilege permit granting permission for locating the "Scroll" at the west side of 3rd Street South (assigning provisions for liabilities, rules and restrictions, maintenance responsibilities between the Downtown Sculpture Committee and the La Crosse Tribune); letters between Kendrick and the Lunde Foundry, Inc.; a Permit & Agreement Addendum between the City of La Crosse, Downtown Sculpture Committee, and La Crosse Tribune; and a La Crosse Tribune article on Kendrick's work in progress.
	, 1998 Scope and Contents Letters between Dale Kendrick and Roch Kendrick on Roch's casting work for the hieroglyphic tablets; letters between Dale Kendrick and patrons; templates and blueprints for fountain parts; La Crosse Tribune articles on construction updates; letters between Dale Kendrick and Deak Swanson of Swanson Construction on finishing the waterfall and landscaping around the "Scroll"; a La Crosse Tribune letter to the editor disliking the Scroll; La Crosse Tribune articles, press releases, speech notes, letters of congratulation on the "Scroll" dedication; and letters between Dale Kendrick and La Crosse Park & Recreation Department on winterization of the "Scroll".
	, 1999 Scope and Contents Letters between Dale Kendrick, Kish Electric, Swanson's Heavy Moving Company, and a La Crosse Tribune Engineer on maintenance issues including winterization, cleaning, and draining.
	, 2000 Scope and Contents Letter between Dale Kendrick and a La Crosse Tribune Engineer on maintenance issues; and a letter between Dale Kendrick and Arlington Heights Park District on problems of using Public taxes and land for building and maintaining public sculptures.
	, 2001 Scope and Contents Letters between Dale Kendrick and master gardeners, the Board of Public Works, the City Legal Department, and Scroll patrons on issues of landscaping and maintaining the Scroll; Landscaping proposals and estimates from master gardeners and River City Lawnscape, Inc.
	, 2002 Scope and Contents A letter from Dale Kendrick to "Scroll" patrons on the success of the landscaping project.
	, 2003 Scope and Contents A letter from Dale Kendrick to a La Crosse Tribune Engineer on maintenance problems; patron lists indexed to the hieroglyphic "Scroll" tablets they sponsored.
	Photos, 1990-2003 Scope and Contents Photographs on the construction of the "Scroll" and hieroglyphic tablets at the Lunde Foundry, Inc. and at the sculpture site; photographs on the "Scroll" dedication day.