Files include: 01. Typed letter from Barney to John and Dominique de Menil, August 26, 1969 02. Broken Obelisk, Houston City Conflict, 1969 03. Broken Obelisk, newspaper clippings, 1969 04. Broken Obelisk Purchase, 1969 05. Excerpts from City Council Minutes, Aug 20, 1969 06. Broken Obelisk, Press release, media coverage, 1969-1971 07. Broken Obelisk, Media coverage and correspondence, 1969-1971 08. Broken Obelisk, 1969-1972 09. Broken Obelisk, 1969-1983

Correspondence regarding delivery of Broken Obelisk, September 15-18, 1979, John Devine, Vice President of the Institute of Religion; Xavier Fourcade, M. Knoedler and Co., Inc.

10. Reflection pool, 1970-1971 11. Broken Obelisk, 1970-1983 12. Correspondence about plaque for Broken Obelisk with Annalee Newman, 1971 13. Letter from Anna Lee Newman about dedication, 1971 14. Barnett Newman: Broken Obelisk and other Sculptures (1971), University of Washington Press: Seattle by Harold Rosenberg 15. Article about Broken Obelisk, Houston Post, February 2 1971 16. Coretta King’s telegram on the occasion of dedication, February 24 1971 17. Address made by Dominque de Menil at dedication of Broken Obelisk, February 28 1971 18. Media coverage on purchase of Broken Obelisk, April 7, 1971 19. Article about Broken Obelisk, Christian Century, April 7, 1971 20. Letter from Annalee Newman, July 8, 1971 21. Newswire about dedication of sculpture to MLK, Aug 26, 1971 22. The Broken Obelisk, 1972 23. Correspondence between Dominique de Menil and Coretta Scott King regarding postcard of Broken Obelisk, February 14, 1973. 24. Broken Obelisk pool maintenance, 1974-1978 25. Broken Obelisk - Correspondence regarding subsidence, 1975 26. Broken obelisk, Cor-ten steel, 1976 27. National Association of Corrosion engineers, 1978-1979, summary of the technical program 28. Broken Obelisk mechanical drawings, July 1979 29. Dominque’s response to Mayor’s appeal for financial support for a statue of MLK, Sep 30, 1980 30. Conservation – Broken Obelisk, 1982-2010 31. Annalee’s letter about photo reproduction rights for chapel, Sep 10, 1983 32. Broken Obelisk, 1983 33. Pool Correspondence, 1984-1987 34. Information about fabrication of the three Broken Obelisks, 1997 35. First appeal to Barnett Newman Foundation for Broken Obelisk repairs, May 28, 2003 36. Broken Obelisk Conservation, 2004-2005 37. Broken Obelisk – restoration media coverage, 2005 38. Correspondence with Frank Stella , Nov 16 2005 39. Media Coverage of Broken Obelisk, 2006 40. The Getty Conservation Institute Broken Obelisk Conservation Study, Spring 2007 41. Media coverage, on “Broken Obelisk” Conservation case study, Feb 22, 2008 42. Commentary on Houston’s Broken Obelisk, 2010 43. Olympic Pool 2010 44. Condition Inspection of Broken Obelisk, Griswold Conservation Associates, February 4, 2010 45. New appeal to Barnett Newman Foundation for funding, 2010 46. Meeting Agenda about Broken Obelisk Reflecting Pool maintenance, May 8, 2011 47. Broken Obelisk Conservation, April 19 2013 48. Broken obelisk, 2016 49. Broken Obelisk fact sheet, and conservation treatments, 2016 50. Tentative schedule for broken obelisk reinstallation, Dec 2016 51. Broken Obelisk Conservation, 2004-2005 52. Broken Obelisk Conservation, April 19 2013 53. Broken Obelisk Conservation, 2016 54. Broken Obelisk Conservation 55. Broken Obelisk Pool Filtration Guidelines 56. Broken Obelisk information for hand-out at the chapel 57. Details about Broken Obelisk written by Dominque de Menil 58. Museum Contacts, American and Foreign 59. Neil Prinitz File on Broken Obelisk