Bibliography for Public Art Webpage

General sources for information on many pieces

·         Outdoor Sculpture, the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Campus by Ellen A. Plummer & Frederick W. Mayer (Ann Arbor: University Planner’s Office, 1991).

·         Public Art in Ann Arbor and Washtenaw County by Martha R. Keller & Michael J. Curtis (Ann Arbor: Alexa Lee Gallery, 1995).

·         University Planner’s Office, University of Michigan, 326 East Hoover, Ann Arbor (734-764-2455).

·         The artists themselves, and websites.

Additional resources utilized for particular pieces

Central Campus

Acacia Bench

·         Acacia International web site

·         Item in Michigan Alumnus, July 13, 1929, p. 746.

Anchors

·         Center for Great Lakes & Aquatic Sciences (Steve Schneider), University of Michigan.

Angell Hall Façade Bas Reliefs

·         “The Entrance and Decorations of Angell Hall: Architect Explains Significance of Ornamental Sculptures,” in Michigan Alumnus, April 25, 1925, pp. 578-580.

Block M

·         Item in Michigan Daily, September 9, 1993

·         Item in Ann Arbor News, August 31, 1997

·         Item in Michigan Daily, October 21, 1997

Brackett Memorial

·         Marker text

·         Regents’ Proceedings, 1954-1957, p. 1225

Bust of Martinus Veltman

·         Item in Michigan Today, Fall 1999.

·         News & Information Services releases (UM), October 12, 1999.

Central Campus Flagpole

·         Regents’ Proceedings, May 1898, p. 227.

·         Item in Michigan Alumnus, July 1898, p. 376.

·         Item in Michigan Journalist, April 27, 1925.

Classical Columns (in Lorch Courtyard)

·         Letter from Emil Lorch to Judd Co. of Detroit, May 17, 1930 (Emil Lorch Papers, Bentley Historical Library, box 3).

·         Report of College of Architecture for year 1929-1930 (Emil Lorch Papers, Bentley Historical Library, December 1930 folder).

·         Regents’ Proceedings, June 1930, p. 350.

·         Item in Michigan Alumnus, July 12, 1930, p. 676.

·         Item in Michigan Alumnus, October 14, 1944, p. 32.

·         The Buildings of Detroit, by W. Hawkins Ferry, p. 33.

Class of 1862 Boulder

·         Item in University Magazine, March 1862, pp. 13-16

·         Item in Michigan Alumnus, November 1898, pp. 50-51.

·         Item in Michigan Daily, September 22, 1925.

·         The Michigan Book (1898), p. 50.

Class of 1869 Memorial Rock

·         Item in The Chronicle [UM], December 4, 1869, pp. 86-87.

·         Item in The Chronicle [UM], February 12, 1870, pp. 145-147.

·         Item in Michigan Alumnus, November 1898, p. 51.

·         Item in Michigan Alumnus, January 4, 1923, pp. 379-380 & cover.

·         Item in Michigan Alumnus, December 6, 1923, p. 280.

·         Item in Michigan Alumnus, December 11, 1924, p. 233.

·         The Michigan Book (1898), pp. 50-51.

Class of 1966 Block ‘M’s

·         Regents’ Proceedings, 1963-1966, p. 1352

Clements Library Façade Bas Reliefs

·         “The Clements Library; a Real Treasure-House: What the Building & Its Contents Mean to the University,” in Michigan Alumnus, May 1, 1924, pp. 845-851.

·         Item in Michigan Alumnus, April 17, 1943, p. 339.

Convergence

·         Item in University Record, November 5, 1990.

Cube

·         Items in UM News, January 15, 1969, and June 15, 1969.

·         “Class of ’65 Does Good Turn,” by Jean Paul Slusser, in Ann Arbor News, January 12, 1969.

·         Photo & caption in Michigan Daily, January 9, 1969.

Daedalus

·         Press release from University of Michigan News & Information Services, September 6, 1977.

·         “Friends donate ‘seed’ sculpture,” by Deborah Gilbert, in University Record, September 26, 1988.

·         “U-M Acquires ‘Daedalus’,” in Ann Arbor News, September 11, 1977, p. B-14.

·         “It’s Planely Appealing,” by Jean Paul Slusser, in Ann Arbor News, September 25, 1977, p. B-2.

·         “Ginnever’s ‘Daedalus’: Beyond Right-Angled Space,” by Carter Ratcliff, in Art in America, May/June 1976, p. 98-100.

Figures of Athlete & Student

·         “The Message of the Union Building - An Interpretation by the Architects,” in Michigan Alumnus, April 1920, p. 381-385.

Figures of Character & Friendship

·         Pond & Pond Architect’s original blueprints for the Michigan League Building (Facilities Information Center, Plant Extension, UM).

·         American Women Sculptors by Charlotte Streifer Rubinstein (Boston: G.K. Hall & Co., 1990).

Hamilton Fountain

·         “A Gift to Ann Arbor and the University,” by Fiske Kimball, in Michigan Alumnus, June 1919, pp. 571-572.

·         “Hamilton Fountain Completed,” in Michigan Alumnus, December 1919, p. 123.

·         Photo & caption in Michigan Alumnus, January 24, 1924, p. 457.

·         Item in Michigan Daily, July 30, 1924.

Hatcher Library Façade Medallions

·         “The New Library Building,” in Michigan Alumnus, November 1918, pp. 83-86.

Haven Elm Marker (Class of 1867 Memorial)

·         Item in Michigan Alumnus, November 1907, p. 42.

·         Item in UM Newsletter, November 25, 1907, p. 2.

Holocaust Memorial

·         Dedication pamphlet, March 13, 1994.

·         “Grieving figure to serve as reminder,” in University Record, May 10, 1993.

·         “Statue retells grim story of Holocaust,” by Jahna Berry, in Ann Arbor News, March 14, 1994, p. C-1.

·         “‘U’ receives sculpture memorializing Holocaust,” by Patricia Montgomery, in Michigan Daily, March 14, 1994.

·         “Finding meaning for the Holocaust is important,” by Rebecca A. Doyle, in University Record, March 21, 1994.

·         “A Place of Remembrance,” by Susan Oppat, in Ann Arbor News, March 11, 1994.

Kindred

·         Item in University Record, September 23, 2002.

Lady of the Garden

·         “Bronze Sage,” by John Carlos Cantu, in Ann Arbor News, February 2, 1997, p. E-1.

·         Paul Suttman: Encounters in Bronze by the University of New Mexico Art Museum (exhibition booklet), 1996.

·         Dedication invitation, October 21, 1967.

Law Quad Corbel Figures

·         The Uses of Art - Mediaeval Metaphor on the Michigan Law Quadrangle by Ilene H. Forsyth (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1993).

Law Quad Flagpole

·         Item in Michigan Alumnus, April 17, 1943, p. 343.

Lorch Hall Façade Bas Reliefs & Decorative Details

·         “Architecture Building fulfills dreams,” in Michigan Alumnus, February 11, 1928, pp. 355-358.

Miller Memorial

·         “Willoughby Dayton Miller,” in Michigan Alumnus, October 1907, pp. 18-22.

·         “Two Memorials to W.D. Miller, ’75,” in Michigan Alumnus, January 1916, pp. 209-210.

Portia

·         Informational item in Michigan Alumnus, November 1918, p. 73.

·         A Booklet of the Martha Cook Building at the University of Michigan: A History of the First Twenty Years by Marion L. Slemons (Ann Arbor: Martha Cook Board of Governors, 1936).

Professors’ Monument

·          “The Campus Memorials,” by Jean Watson Wilson, in Michigan Alumnus, November 1898, pp. 49-53.

·         “The Wandering Monument,” in Michigan Alumnus, February 13, 1937, p. 265.

·         “Cenotaph a monument to deceased; also celebrates life,” by Rebecca A. Doyle, in University Record, November 26, 1997.

Pumas

·         “Two Black Lions Now Guard Entrance,” by Carlton Watson Angell, in Michigan Alumnus, August 17, 1940, pp. 543-544.

·         “The Tale of the Tooth Fairy and Other Statuesque Stories,” by Claudia Capos, in Michigan Alumnus, October 1974, pp. 5-8.

Ruthven Façade Bas Reliefs

·         “Beauty and Utility Combine in New Museum,” in Michigan Alumnus, May 26, 1928, pp. 679-682.

·         “New Museum under Way,” in Michigan Alumnus, November 13, 1926, pp. 123-125.

·         “Nine Ruthven Naturalists,” in The Display Case: Quarterly Newsletter of UM Exhibit Museum of Natural History, Spring 1997.

Scabbard and Blade

·         Item in Michigan Journalist, April 27, 1925.

·         Regents’ Proceedings, February 1925, p. 556.

Sea Nymph

·         Michigan League Files (office of Friends of the League).

·         Who Was Who in American Art, ed. Peter Hastings Falk (Soundview Press, 1985).

Short, Rich Life of Positronium

·         Item in University Record, April 12, 1999.

·         “Sculpture celebrates physics research,” in LSA Magazine, Fall 1999, p. 37 & cover.

Spanish Mortar

·         Item in Michigan Alumnus, October 1899, p. 8. 

·         Item in Michigan Alumnus, January 1900, p. 170. 

·         Item in Michigan Alumnus, March 1900, p. 261.

·         Item in Michigan Alumnus, April 1904 - photo facing p. 320. 

·         Item in Michigan Alumnus, November 1910 - photo facing p. 84.

Sunday Morning in Deep Waters

·         Photo & caption in Ann Arbor News, June 13, 1941.

·         Item in Michigan Alumnus, July 4, 1941, pp. 475 & 481. 

·         Item in Michigan Alumnus, October 1974, pp. 5-8.

Tappan Oak and Marker

·         Item in Michigan Alumnus, November 1898, pp. 49-50.

·         Item in Michigan Alumnus, October 1904, facing p. 16.

·         Item in UM Newsletter, December 25, 1905, p. 30.

·         Item in Michigan Alumnus, November 1, 1947, p. 86 & cover.

·         The Michigan Book (1898), p. 51.

Xi Psi Phi Bench

·         “Xi Psi Phi, Founded Here, Celebrates,” in Michigan Alumnus, March 4, 1939, p. 263.

Medical Center

Bust of Hippocrates

·         Historical Center for the Health Sciences newsletter, Fall 1994.

Dance Cylinder

·         “Robert Graham Statues,” by Galerie Neuendorf AG, West Germany, 1990.

Vaughan SPH I Bas Reliefs

·         Letter from Lewis Sarvis to Indian Hill Stone Co., April 2, 1942.  (School of Public Health Records, box 4, folder entitled “Building Construction 1941-43,” Bentley Historical Library.)

North Campus

Begob

·         Alice Simsar Gallery Information Flyer, January 10, 1995.

Bent of Tau Beta Pi

·         Tau Beta Pi – Gamma Chapter web site.

·         Marker text.

·         Regents’ Proceedings 1963-1966, pp. 705-706

Block M

·         College of Engineering.

·         “North Campus gets and M of its own,” in Ann Arbor News, August 12, 2001.

Bundle

·         Press release from the Pierpont Commons Arts & Programs, September 3, 1997.

·         Item in University Record, August 12, 2001.

Historical Circle & Peregrine Section

·         “The Sculpture of Richard Hunt,” by Museum of Modern Art, New York City, 1971.

Indexer II

·         College of Engineering web site.

·         Artist’s website (www.kennethsnelson.net).

·         Kenneth Snelson: Portrait of An Atomist, by Howard N. Fox (Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, 1981).

Koszonom Raoul Wallenberg

·         Dedication brochure, October 26, 1995.

·         “A Memorial To Raoul Wallenberg,” by Jon Rush, sculptor, UM School of Art.

Statue of Claude Shannon

·         “Shannon statue dedicated at the University of Michigan,” College of Engineering – EECS web site, November 9, 2001.

·         “Claude Shannon, Father of Information Theory, Dies at 84,” Lucent Technologies – Bell Labs web site, February 26, 2001.

·         Item in University Record, January 1, 1999.

·         “Alumni who have made a difference,” UM College of Engineering web site.

Summaries of Arithmetic Through Dust...

·         American Women Sculptors by Charlotte Streifer Rubinstein (Boston: G.K. Hall & Co., 1990).

Triad Ritual

·         American Women Sculptors by Charlotte Streifer Rubinstein (Boston: G.K. Hall & Co., 1990).

·         Beverly Pepper - Sculpture in Place by Rosalind E. Krauss (New York: Abbeville Press, 1986).

Two Open Triangles Up

·         “Sculpture Dedication opens Foreign Policy Conference,” in Ann Arbor News, November 8, 1982.

·         Dedication pamphlet, November 10, 1982.

Vulcan’s Anvil

·         “Numerous monuments mark campus,” in Michigan Daily, July 12, 1952.

·       “Societies leave a trail of tradition, dot campus with obscure symbols,” in Michigan Daily,      April 11, 1996.

Wave Field

·         Association FXB webpage (http://fxb.org).

·         “Art Meets Science at Engineering Building,” by Anne V. Martino, in Ann Arbor News, October 3, 1995.

·         “Original Dance Work Part of Dedication of ‘The Wave Field’,” by Sally Pobojewski, in University Record, October 16, 1995.

·         “Making Waves at Michigan,” by Leslie Findlen, in I.D. Magazine, May/June 1996.

Wolverine

·       “Senior gift brings wildlife to North Campus,” College of Engineering web site.

·       “20E01 Wolverine,” College of Engineering web site.

South Campus

American Eagle

·         “War Memorial Dedication set Saturday,” in Ann Arbor News, May 31, 1950.

·         “Eagle Statue Sculptor is Identified,” by Martha Sullivan, in Ann Arbor News, undated clipping, c. 1985.

Ferry Field Flagpole and Marker

·         Item in Michigan Alumnus, October 1919, p. 34.

·         Item in Michigan Alumnus,  May 1920, p. 451.

·         Item in Michigan Alumnus, March 11, 1933, p. 355.

·         “Past vivid for ones who remember U-M’s fallen,” in Ann Arbor News, May 27, 2002.

Other

Rackham Educational Memorial, Detroit

·         The Horace H. Rackham Educational Memorial – Dedication Issue, January 28, 1942, by the Engineering Society of Detroit (at Bentley Library).

·         Item in Michigan Alumnus, February 7, 1942, pp. 229-231.

Gone, but not forgotten

Ben Franklin

·         Data on Campus Development & Reminiscences, by George Lutz, June 1, 1935 (at Bentley Library).

·         Items in Lucy Chapin’s scrapbook, at Bentley Library.

·         The Michigan Book (1898), p. 51.

·         Item in The Chronicle (UM), January 14, 1871, p. 119.

·         Item in Michigan Argonaut, November 17, 1883, p. 61.

·         Item in Michigan Alumnus, November 1898, p. 52.

·         Item in Michigan Alumnus, November 1900, p. 79.

·         Item in Daily Times News, April 4, 1912.

·         Item in Michigan Daily, May 28, 1925.

·         Item in Ann Arbor News, ca, May 1930.

·         Item in Michigan Daily, May 13, 1938.

·         Item in Michigan Daily, November 10, 1939.

·         Item in Ann Arbor News, August 3, 1950.

·         Item in Huron Valley Ad-Visor, January 17, 1968.

·         Item in Huron Ad-Visor, February 21, 1968.

·         Item in Michigan Alumnus, October 1974, pp. 5-7.

Heroic Figure of Michigan

·         Item in Michigan Alumnus, December 1897, pp. 59-63.

·         Item in Michigan Alumnus, October 1902, p. 21.

·         Letter (Regent) Levi Barbour to (UM President) James Angell, July 19, 1902 (James B. Angell papers, box 5, folder 189, Bentley Library).

·         “The Soldiers’ & Sailors’ Monument,” by James E. Lees, in Michigan History (September-October 1999, pp. 6-14).

·         Randolph Rogers - American Sculptor in Rome, by Millard F. Rogers, Jr. (University of Massachusetts Press, 1971).

Winged Victory of Samothrace

·         Regents’ Proceedings, June 1928, p. 613.

·         University High School Yearbook Nunc Dimittis, 1967, last page.

·         “Ann Arbor Art Association,” short report written by Emil Lorch, October 26, 1921 (Emil Lorch papers, box 3, folder 3-18, Bentley Library).

·         The Ann Arbor Art Association 1909-1959 - A Survey of Fifty Years, by Emil Lorch (Ann Arbor: Ann Arbor Art Association, 1960).

·         Freer: A Legacy of Art, by Thomas Lawton & Linda Merrill (Washington, DC: Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1993).

·         The Louvre - Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities, by Alain Pasquier (London: Scala Books, 1991).

University Planner’s Office

University of Michigan

December 2002

All information was researched, edited and compiled by:
Julie Truettner