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Broken Obelisk, Excerpts from city council minutes, 1969-08-20

 File — Container: RC02H
Identifier: 19690820_RC02H_03

Scope and Contents

From the Sub-Series:

Files include:

01. Broken Obelisk, Chapel handout, n.d. 02. Broken Obelisk, Correspondence, Handwritten note from Virginia Wright to Dominique de Menil regarding file on Broken Obelisk, n.d. 03. Broken Obelisk, Details of sculpture written by Dominique de Menil, n.d. 04. Broken Obelisk, Excerpts from City Council Minutes, 1969-08-20 05. Broken Obelisk, Letter and newspaper clippings from Barnett "Barney" Newman, 1969-08-26 06. Broken Obelisk, Houston City Conflictin media, newspaper clippings, 1969 07. Broken Obelisk, Correspondence regarding purchase and dedication, 1969 08. Broken Obelisk Purchase, 1969 09. Broken Obelisk, Insurance, correspondence and contracts, 1969-1971 10. Broken Obelisk, Correspondence between Barnett Newman, Analee Newman, Jean de Menil and Dominique de Menil, 1969-1971 11. Broken Obelisk, Press releases 1969-1979 12. Broken Obelisk, Construction invoices and reference material, 1970 13. Reflection Pool, Construction invoices, 1970-1971 14. Broken Obelisk, Newspaper clippings, general, 1970-2010 15. Broken Obelisk, Correspondence, telegram from Coretta Scott King to Dr. Thomas Shannon, 1971-02-24 16. Broken Obelisk, Address made by Dominque de Menil at dedication of Broken Obelisk, 1971-02-28 17. Barnett Newman, "Around Barnett Newman" - Art News, 1971-10 18. Reflection Pool, Maintenance invoices, 1071-1978 19. Broken Obelisk, Book, Barnett Newman: Broken Obelisk and other Sculptures (1971), University of Washington Press: Seattle by Harold Rosenberg 20. Broken Obelisk, Write-up describing Rothko Chapel and Broken Obelisk, unknown author, 1972-04-25 21. Broken Obelisk, Correspondence, Dominique and John de Menil and Coretta Scott King regarding postcard, 1973 22. Broken Obelisk, Correspondence, regarding subsidence, 1975-10 23. Broken obelisk, Cor-Ten Steel information package, 1976 24. Broken Obelisk, Condition report by University of Washington, 1977-1978 25. Broken Obelisk, Conservation efforts and reports, 1978-1983 26. Broken Obelisk, National Association of Corrosion engineers, summary of the technical program, 1979-03-19 27. Broken Obelisk mechanical drawings by Lippencott, Inc., 1979-07 28. Broken Obelisk, Reports on corrosion by A.C. Conrad, 1979 29. Boken Obelisk, The Catholic Community of St. Francis de Sales Broken Obelisk advent banner design, 1979 30. Broken Obelisk, Conservation, media coverage, 1979-2006 31. Broken Obelisk, Dominque’s response to Mayor’s appeal for financial support for a statue of MLK, 1980-09-30 32. Broken Obelisk, Transmittal from Annalee Newman regarding photo reproduction rights, 1983-09-10 33. Broken Obelisk, Conservation, Ove Arup transmittal and mechanical drawings, 1983-09-25 34. Reflection Pool, Renovation, Correspondence and proposals, 1984-1987 35. Broken Obelisk, Neil Printz file on sculpture including telephone interviews, 1986 36. Broken Obelisk, Correspondence, Request and reply regarding information and meeting with Dominique de Menil from Ann Schoenfeld, 1991-04 37. Broken Obelisk, Fabrbication fact sheet, 1997-01-14 38. Reflection Pool, Renovation, Proposals and condition reports, 2001-2003 39. Reflection Pool, Chlorine issue and possible alternatives, 2001-2003 40. Broken Obelisk and Reflection Pool, Conservation, Correspondence, proposals and sample contracts, 2003-2005 41. Reflection Pool, Renovation bidders package, 2004 42. Broken Obelisk and Reflection Pool, Conservation, planning and progress schedules, 2004-2005 43. Broken Obelisk, The Getty Conservation Institute Broken Obelisk Conservation Study, Spring 2007 44. Broken Obelisk, Condition inspections by Griswold Conservation Associates, 2007-2010 45. Broken Obelisk, Appeal to Barnett Newman Foundation for funding, 2010 46. Reflection Pool, Leak detection by Olympic Pools, 2010 47. Broken Obelisk, Transmittal and enclosed reports on conservation efforts from 2003-2006, 2010-05-14 48. Broken Obelisk and Reflection Pool, meeting agenda about maintenance, 2011-05-18 49. Broken Obelisk, Conservation, Correspondence and discussions regarding corrosion mitigation, 2012-2013 50. Broken obelisk, Conservation, Correspondence and plans, 2012-2016 51. Broken Obelisk, Corrosion study by Engineering Associates, Inc., 2015-08-05 52. Broken Obelisk, Conservation, Release authorization for treatment, 2016-01-11 53. Reflection Pool, Correspondence and filtration guidelines from Longhorn Organics, 2016 54. Reflection Pool, Renovation, organic pool surface sample, 2016 55. Reflection Pool, Renovation, accepted pool surface sample, 2016

Dates

  • Creation: 1969-08-20

Conditions Governing Access

Some materials may be restricted to staff use only.

Full Extent

From the Sub-Series: 1 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

From the Sub-Series: English

Existence and Location of Copies

Digitized copy

Repository Details

Part of the Rothko Chapel Archives Repository

Contact:
1410B Sul Ross
Houston TX 77006 USA
713.660.1410