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Dedication of Cleo Rogers Memorial Library (sound recording)
A 57-minute sound recording of the dedication of the Cleo Rogers Memorial Library and Large Arch. The recording documents the dedication of the Bartholomew County Library, which was named in honor of long-term librarian, Cleo Rogers (1906-1964). The…
Dedication of Bartholomew County Public Library, Hope Branch (video recording)
A 52-minute video recording of the 1998 dedication of the Hope Branch of the Bartholomew County Public Library in Hope, Indiana. The library was designed by Deborah Berke and her firm, Deborah Berke Partners. The introductory speech was given by the…
School children and teachers at "Large Arch" and Cleo Rogers Memorial Library by Balthazar Korab
A color photograph of Henry Moore's "Large Arch," located in the plaza between the Cleo Rogers Memorial Library, Eliel Saarinen's First Christian Church, and the Irwin Home. A group of school children with their teachers gather at the base of the…
Architectural model of proposed plan of library vicinity
An early architectural model of downtown Columbus, Indiana by I.M. Pei & Associates, photographed by Hadley Fruits. Created in 1964, this model depicts a large circular fountain between the library building, Eliel Saarinen's First Christian Church,…
I.M. Pei at dedication of Cleo Rogers Memorial Library and "Large Arch" by Joe Holwager
A black and white photograph negative of architect I.M. Pei speaking at the dedication of the Cleo Rogers Memorial Library and Henry Moore's "Large Arch." Seated is Kenneth D.B. Carruthers, project architect. Photo was taken May 16, 1971, the day the…
Kenneth D.B. Carruthers, project architect, by Julian C. Sasseen
A black and white photograph of Kenneth D.B. Carruthers, project architect of the Cleo Rogers Memorial Library. Photo was taken May 16, 1971, the day the Cleo Rogers Memorial Library and "Large Arch" were dedicated. On the reverse is Julian C.…
Request to commission sculpture for library plaza, letter from John K. Keach to J. Irwin Miller
A type-written letter from library board president John K. Keach to J. Irwin Miller asking that Miller commission a sculpture for the Cleo Rogers Memorial Library. Keach explains to Miller that because the library's construction is nearly complete,…
Clementine Miller Tangeman, J. Irwin Miller, Xenia S. Miller, J. Carl Weinhardt, Jr., and others at "Large Arch" by Joe Holwager
A black and white photograph negative of a small group of people gathered under Henry Moore's "Large Arch" outside of the Cleo Rogers Memorial Library. From left are an unidentified woman wearing a hat, Clementine Miller Tangeman, J. Irwin Miller,…
Cleo Rogers Memorial Library plaza with an equestrian statue by Kenneth D.B. Carruthers
A sketch of the Cleo Rogers Memorial Library plaza depicting an equestrian statue in the plaza by Kenneth D.B. Carruthers. Curatorial note: In a letter to library director Gerald M. Born in February 1966, Carruthers writes that he is enclosing a…
Library and plaza planning, letter from Kenneth D.B. Carruthers to Gerald M. Born
Letter, written by project architect Kenneth D.B. Carruthers, describing to library director, Gerald M. Born, the use of the library plaza in relation to the Irwin Home and the Library entrance. Curatorial note: Carruthers refers to an enclosed…