Dale Kendrick Materials related to "The Scroll" Sculpture in La Crosse, Wisconsin

Contents List

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, 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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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A letter from Dale Kendrick to "Scroll" patrons on the success of the landscaping project.

, 2003
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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
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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.