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Comments, Letters, and Poems, bulk: 1973 - 1999

 File — Container: RC04D, Box: 01, Folder: 11
Identifier: RC04D.01.11

Scope and Contents

1) Houston Post spotlight section, "Crickets, cars and concerts: Houston's summer soundscape provides musical bargain" by William Littler 8/19/1973 2) Handwritten excerpts from guest book 3) Photocopy of comments from guest book (excerpt) 3/18/1974 4) Comments in Rothko Chapel Visitors' Book re: mock-up experiment to diffuse lighting 4/4/1976–5/23/1976 handwritten and typed up transcription 5) Comments on lighting experiment 4/4/1976–6/2/1976 6) Letter from Grace B. [Ponenblick] to the Rothko Chapel 11/5/1976 7) Letter from Nancy Yewell to Lois de Menil 3/30/1977; response letter from Dominique de Menil to Nancy Yewell 4/3/1977 8) Letter from Patricia Roche to Dominique de Menil 4/30/1977; response letter from Dominique de Menil to Patricia Roche 5/4/1977 9) Interview with Ray Edwards, Rothko's Assistant April 1977, edited by Stephany Crosby 10) Handwritten card from Mary Ann Stanley to Ann 11) Handwritten postcard from Elizabeth Granguist to Anne Mead 5/12/1977 12) Letter from Ben Friedman (from Ben Friedman Inc. Real Estate Investments) to Aaron 1/10/1978 13) Letter from Alice R. Pratt to Anne Mead 6/9/1978 14) Letter from Harry Torczyner to Dominique de Menil 5/31/1979 15) Letter from Ruth Adams to Dominique de Menil 16) Letter from Johnathan Brauer and Elizabeth Gill, recieved by Anne Mead 9/16/1979 17) Letter from Ann T. Foster to Anne Mead requesting to forward letter to Dominique de Menil 6/18/1980; reply from Dominique de Menil to Ann T. Foster 18) Handwritten poem by Amy Budwit (9th grade) written in Rothko Chapel 3/13/1980 19) Letter from P.M. Schlumberger to Anne Mead (12/10/1981) with handwritten note on it from Pete (12/11/1981) 20) Handwritten letter from Sankarshan Das to Dominique de Menil with additional handwritten comments attached 21) Letter from Thomas [Coury] to Anne Mead 11/23/1981 22) Letter from Wayne M. Carle to Dominique de Menil with photocopied handwritten response from Dominique de Menil included 10/27/1981 23) Letter from Anne Mean to Dominique de Menil about visitor to the chapel, Zbiegniew Bujarski, with vistor service details attached 2/10/1981 24) Typed transcribed comments from Rothko guest book 2/22/1981–3/9/1981 25) Article, "Rothko Chapel: Community Healing" by Steven Moffic December 1981 from The Newsletter of the Houston Psychiatric Society Vol. 3, No. 5, forwarded by memorandum to Rothko Chapel by Steven Moffic 1/18/1982 26) Poem, "The Gift" by Merlene Beacham with handwritten note informing Anne Mead that the poem is for Dominique de Menil 27) Handwritten note introducing typed poem "to rothko" by Jude Dodge 28) Handwritten/photocopied poem on the Rothko Chapel by a Museum of Fine Arts board member 29) Handwritten letter from Kaona [Quishi] to Rothko Chapel 2/5/1999 and photocopy 31) Letter from Ivo Vellame to Anne Mead

Dates

  • Majority of material found within 1973 - 1999

Extent

From the Sub-Series: 1 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

From the Sub-Series: English

Repository Details

Part of the Rothko Chapel Archives Repository

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