Abstract

Responses of visitors to the chapel and the Broken Obelisk. Includes correspondence, quotes, poems, and academic papers. Also includes documentation of vandalism.

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1) Quote by Mark Rothko 2) Quotes from guest book 3) Quote by Mark Rothko and Nelson Mandela

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1) Letter to the Editor by Father Trevor Wyatt Moore 5/12/71 2) Letter from D. de Menil to Father Trevor Wyatt Moore 6/16/71

Scope and Contents From the Series:

Contains items addressing the operation of the chapel, such as private services and visitor logs. Also includes gifts or awards given to the chapel and the reactions of visitors.

Does not include Guild activies or program activitites.

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1) 'The Darkness, The Stillness, and The Light: A Comparison of the "Four Quartets" and the Rothko Chapel' by Susan Pontious 2) Letter to Anne Mead (coordinator of events at Rothko Chapel) from Susan Pontious 8/30/1972 3) Letter to Susan Pontious from Anne Mead 10/3/1972

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Copy of letter to John de Menil from Mrs. Francis W. Sargent (6/21/72), forwarded to Simone from Dianne on 6/27/72

Scope and Contents From the Series:

Contains items addressing the operation of the chapel, such as private services and visitor logs. Also includes gifts or awards given to the chapel and the reactions of visitors.

Does not include Guild activies or program activitites.

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1) 'Broken Obelisk - Barnett Newman (1967)' by Mary Louise Lopez 2) Paper by Wm W Whalen 3) 'The Rothko Chapel' by Barbara Richmond 4) 'The Religous Significance of Mark Rothko' by Charles Hollingsworth 5) 'Barnett Newman: Broken Obelisk (1967)' by Coy Clement 6) 'Meditations in a Spaceship' by Susie Bielstein 7) 'The Principle and Passion of Organisms' by Jay McKeage 8) 'Art and Architecture - The Rothko Chapel' by Eric Lautzenheiser 9) 'The Rothko Chapel' (unknown author)

Scope and Contents From the Series:

Contains items addressing the operation of the chapel, such as private services and visitor logs. Also includes gifts or awards given to the chapel and the reactions of visitors.

Does not include Guild activies or program activitites.

Scope and Contents 1) Description of Rothko Chapel by John de Menil 5/5/1972 2) Letter to Dominique de Menil from Lori Aoody 11/10/1972 3) Letter to Dominique and John de Menil from Marion B. Javits 4) Correspondence between the de Menils and Father Reiner Shurmann 5) Leaflet from the opening exhibition of Louis Comtois' recent paintings (10/7/1972), Louis Comtois professional biography, two panel 'Yellow and Grey' Acrylic on canvas 6) Letter to the de Menils from Carolyn Grant Fay (10/2/1972) 7) Letter to...