Responses to the Chapel, bulk: 1974 - 1994
Scope and Contents
1) Brochure about Houston written in spanish containing photo of Rothko Chapel/the Broken Obelisk 2) Letter from Miguel Z. Chazaro G. to Dominique de Menil containing a spanish translation an address by Dominique de Menil in Rothko Chapel 2/26/1971 3) Letter from Henri Ole Klok to Dominique de Menil ; handwritten response from Dominique de Menil 4) Handwritten note on pink valentines day card from Hugh Manning to Dominique de Menil 2/10/1975 5) Handwritten note detailing Hugh Manning's donations to Rothko Chapel from 1973 to 1975 totaling at $335; handwritten letter from Hugh Manning to Dominique de Menil referencing en enclosed check of $35; annotated letter to the secretary of Dominique de Menil March 3; handwritten letter from Hugh Manning to Dominique de Menil on Hugh Manning, Attourney at Law letterhead 6) Letter from Karen Greenberg to Dominique de Menil about the Duchesne Academy of the Sacred Heart's performance of Christopher Fry's "Boy With A Cart" at the Rothko Chapel 7) Handwritten letter from Reesey Shaw to Dominique de Menil enclosing the following materials: booklet from an art exhibition organized by the La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, 11/8/1975–1/5/1975 featuring three artists (Robin BRight, Faiya Fredman, and Reesey Shaw), three slides with each of the three paintings included in the booklet, and a copy of her resume; response from Dominique de Menil to Reesey Shaw 8) Letter from Ann Mead to Dominique de Menil about interaction with Judith Stuart, who approached [Mead] to thank her for the chapel, the grounds, the obelisk,and the new scuptures 3/22/1976; Judith Stuart's business card 9) Correspondence with P. Eugene Merlet: Handwriten letter from Rev. Raymond J. Lawrence to P. Eugene Merlet 4/14/1976; typed letter in french from P. Eugene Merlet to Dominique de Menil 4/20/1976 10) Letter from Simone to Dominique de Menil about Steve Reich and Beryl Korot's visit to Southold on Easter Day 4/26/196 11) Handwritten letter from Juana de Laban to Dominique de Menil 6/23/1976 (handwritten on the backs of two chapel handouts: Stanley Kunitz's poem "The Artist" and copied handwritten poem by a Museum of Fine Arts board member) 12) Letter from Samuel E. Karff to Dominique de Menil 11/16/1976 13) Letter from Reuben W. Askanase to Dominique de Menil 10/27/1976, forwarding vol. 122, no. 29 of the Congregation Beth Israel Bulletin from 10/15/1976 in which Sam E. Karff reflects on his visit to the Rothko Chapel 14) Handwritten letter from John Wildenthal to Dominique de Menil 4/15/1977 15) Letter from Edgar E. Martin to Dominique de Menil thanking her for allowing St. Thomas University to use the chapel multiple times that year 4/14/1977; response from Dominique de Menil 4/21/1977 16) Handwritten letter from Patricia Roche to Dominique de Menil 4/30/1977; typed response from Dominque de Menil 17) Letter from Jack Calhoun to Dominique de Menil explaining the included photographs of him and Pope Paul shaking hands 6/2/1977; Elsian forwarding the letter to Dominique de Menil with the suggestion of writing a thank you response; handwritten draft of a response to Jack Calhoun by Dominique de Menil 18) Handwritten letter from Katheryn Walton to Dominique de Menil commenting on Rothko chapel and its surroundings 11/3/1977; typed response from Dominique de Menil 11/22/1977 19) Response letter from Dominique de Menil to Julie Isenberg 2/15/1978 20) Handwritten letter from Flora Irving to Dominique de Menil 2/17/1978 21) Handwritten letter from Martha A. Armstrong to Dominique de Menil incl. an untitled handwritten poem 2/20/1978 22) Photocopied handwritten letter from Gus Nicholson to Dominique de Menil 2/21/1978 23) Handwritten letter from Julie Isenberg to Dominique de Menil 2/24/1978 24) Handwritten letter from Julie Isenberg to Dominique de Menil 2/25/1978 25) Book jacket for the novel 'The Anguish of Father Rafti' by Ben Friedman; letter from Dominique de Menil to Ben Friedman thanking him for the copy of the book and commenting on the significance of it's contents 4/25/1978; response letter from Ben Friedman to Dominqiue de Menil 5/8/1978 also forwarding a letter from Rev. Edward H. Flannery to Ben Friedman thanking him for the copy of the book and commenting favoriably on its meaninful message and impact for the Christian community 4/21/1978, as those are opinions/thoughts that Flannery and de Menil shared 26) Letter from John Minter (minister at St. Philip Presbyterian Church - Houston) to Dominique de Menil 4/26/1978 27) Handwritten letter from Rodney K. Crowl to Dominique de Menil on Media Center and Rice Museum 6/24/1978 28) Letter from Swami Anand Bodhisattva (Bodhi) to Dominique de Menil, 8/30/1978, incl. personal biography, Rajneesh International University publication featuring Bodhi's writing, photocopied pages from 'Nothing to Lose but Your Head' by Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh; handwritten note to from Anne Mead to Dominqiue de Menil about Bodhi 8/31/1978 29) Letter from Jacqueline Schmeal to Dominique de Menil on behalf of the Rice Design Alliance board of directors 10/19/1978 30) Letter from Dominique de Menil to Julie Isenberg referencing a brochure from on the chapel in which she is quoted, the brochure is not included in this file 5/1/1978; response from Julie Isenberg 5/19/1978 31) Letter from Diane Apostolos Cappadona to Dominique de Menil incl. a written reflection on her first visit to the Rothko chapel 7/12/1979; follow up letter from Cappadona on 9/27/1979 referencing the visit of the Dalai Lama and her invitation to be a special observer to the Colloquium session and public address 32) Handwritten letter from John M. Mathew to Dominique de Menil 3/18/1980 33) Letter from Jean A. Johnson to Dominique de Menil 3/21/1980 34) Handwritten letter from Nancy [Teny] to Dominique de Menil incl. program from The First Unitarian Chruch Houston, TX, 10AM service on 1/13/1980 celebrating the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. 35) Handwritten letter from Joan T. Libby to Doninique de Menil 4/27/1980 36) Handwritten letter from Jefferson Lewis to Dominique de Menil 4/10/19[80] 37) Photocopied handwritten letter from Jean Francois Mahle (friend of Mike McLanhana) to Dominique de Menil 8/1/1980 + typed translation; handwritten letter to Dominique de Menil, signed Mike, on the letterhead of Alexander K. McLanahan, speaking about Mahle 8/11/1980 38) Letter from Edward Michael Cervantes to Dominique de Menil 8/2/1980 39) Letter from James E. Grant (on letterhead from The American Baptist Churches of Massachusetts) to Dominique de Menil 11/17/1980 40) Letter from Rev. Russell J. Roide (on letterhead from the Catholic Community at Stanford) to Nabila Drooby about his visit to the Rothko chapel 8/20/1990 41) Letter from Sharron Reed to Nabila Drooby (cc'd Dominique de Menil), a response to the rejection of her request to hold the private ceremony for a homosexual wedding at the Rothko Chapel 12/2/1994
Dates
- Majority of material found within 1974 - 1994
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