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Title
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Marshall M. Fredericks Archives Collection
Description
An account of the resource
The Marshall M. Fredericks Collection consists of 200 linear feet of materials, including:
Correspondence: (13 linear feet) including personal, foreign ministry, and general correspondence as well as special letters and card received by Fredericks
Project (Job) Files: (7 linear feet) including correspondence between Fredericks and both sculpture commissioning clients and vendors that helped to fabricate the pieces
Subject Files: (24 linear feet) document Fredericks’ civic interests such as Disabled Americans’ Denmark meeting (DIADEM), Rebild National Park, and Danish Consular work, as well as fraternal organizations and the Marshall M Fredericks Sculpture Museum
Financial (30 linear feet) document the day-to-day operations of running a studio
Photographs: (25 linear feet) including photographs in a variety of sizes, negatives, and slides relating to Fredericks’ teaching career, projects, civic activities, and personal life
Clippings/Articles/Books: (28 linear feet) including media articles, journals, etc. about Fredericks and his work
Books and Magazines: (16 linear feet) including books and magazines which do not directly relate to Fredericks or his work
Drawings: (10 linear feet) including life figure drawings, sculpture project sketches, presentation drawings, working drawings, etc.
Awards/Medals/Memorabilia: (16 linear feet) including awards and medals given to Fredericks as well as medals he designed
Video/Films/Audio: (13 linear feet) including media relating to Fredericks’ work, civic interests, and life
Ephemera:(8 linear feet) containing portfolio postcards, posters, etc.
Still Image
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Original Format
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Black and white print
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8" x 10"
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Title
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Alternate rear view of small-scale plasteline model for "Freedom of the Human Spirit"
Creator
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Hartwick, Maurice C.
Source
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Marshall M. Fredericks Papers
Series II, Box 14, Folder 2
Date
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undated
Rights
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Use of this image requires permission from the creator.
Relation
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II-14-02
Format
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image/jpeg
Type
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Image
Identifier
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1520
Subject
The topic of the resource
Animal sculpture--20th century.
Figure sculpture, American--20th century.
Fredericks, Marshall M., 1908-1998
Description
An account of the resource
The businessmen backers of the 1964-65 New York World’s Fair aspired to produce an economic boom for the city that would rival the hugely successful New York World’s Fair of 1939-40 that brought more than 44 million visitors to the city. Many of these planners, kids during the ’39-40 Fair, hoped that the experience would be as memorable for their children and families has it had been for them. Dedicated to “Man’s Achievement on a Shrinking Globe in an Expanding Universe,†the Fair’s theme was “Peace through Understanding.â€
The Fair’s Sculpture Committee requested that Marshall Fredericks submit a proposal for a sculpture to be included at the event. Fredericks submitted several sketches and the Committee selected a sketch of two figures with swans. Originally the figures in the sketch had wings, but the review panel requested that Fredericks remove them in the final sculpture. According to the artist, the sculpture “depicts human figures as if soaring in migratory flights with huge swans, an ancient symbol of eternal life.â€
One of four major sculptures at the Fair, the sculpture stood in the Court of States at the entrance of the U S Government Pavilion. This marked the second time Fredericks contributed a sculpture to a New York World’s Fair, as he previously exhibited a fountain at the 1939 Fair. The Freedom of the Human Spirit still stands at its original location in Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Queens borough.
In 1983, Fredericks donated the design for this sculpture to his adopted hometown of Birmingham, Michigan in honor of the city’s fiftieth anniversary. Erected in Shain Park, the city financed the sculpture through generous donations from over one thousand individuals and corporations. In 2009, the city of Birmingham renovated the park and relocated the sculpture to an area in the center of the park.
A small-scale casting of Freedom of the Human Spirit also serves as the annual Communications Award for the International Center for the Disabled (ICD), an organization of which Fredericks was a longtime benefactor.
Freedom of the Human Spirit
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Title
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Marshall M. Fredericks Archives Collection
Description
An account of the resource
The Marshall M. Fredericks Collection consists of 200 linear feet of materials, including:
Correspondence: (13 linear feet) including personal, foreign ministry, and general correspondence as well as special letters and card received by Fredericks
Project (Job) Files: (7 linear feet) including correspondence between Fredericks and both sculpture commissioning clients and vendors that helped to fabricate the pieces
Subject Files: (24 linear feet) document Fredericks’ civic interests such as Disabled Americans’ Denmark meeting (DIADEM), Rebild National Park, and Danish Consular work, as well as fraternal organizations and the Marshall M Fredericks Sculpture Museum
Financial (30 linear feet) document the day-to-day operations of running a studio
Photographs: (25 linear feet) including photographs in a variety of sizes, negatives, and slides relating to Fredericks’ teaching career, projects, civic activities, and personal life
Clippings/Articles/Books: (28 linear feet) including media articles, journals, etc. about Fredericks and his work
Books and Magazines: (16 linear feet) including books and magazines which do not directly relate to Fredericks or his work
Drawings: (10 linear feet) including life figure drawings, sculpture project sketches, presentation drawings, working drawings, etc.
Awards/Medals/Memorabilia: (16 linear feet) including awards and medals given to Fredericks as well as medals he designed
Video/Films/Audio: (13 linear feet) including media relating to Fredericks’ work, civic interests, and life
Ephemera:(8 linear feet) containing portfolio postcards, posters, etc.
Still Image
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Original Format
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Black and white print
Physical Dimensions
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8" x 10"
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Title
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Alternate rear view of the "Cleveland War Memorial: Fountain of Eternal Life"
Subject
The topic of the resource
Bronze sculpture, American--20th century.
Cleveland (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.
Figure sculpture, American--20th century.
Fountains.
Fredericks, Marshall M., 1908-1998
Granite sculpture.
Outdoor sculpture--United States.
Public sculpture, American
Description
An account of the resource
The Fountain, also known as the "Cleveland War Memorial", is composed of a large granite basin set with bronze plaques containing the names of men and women who gave their lives for their country. Located within the basin are four granite carvings depicting the great civilizations of the earth: Nordic, Eastern, Southern and Western cultures.
Centered within is the 10 ½ foot sculptured bronze sphere representing the Universe as man has imagined it. Its design contains symbols of Eternal Life and Spirit derived from ancient myths.
The bronze central figure towers 43 feet above the basin. This figure expresses the main theme of the Fountain: the spirit of mankind rising out of the flames of war and the destructive elements of life, reaching and ascending to a new understanding of life.
The Fountain took nineteen years to complete and is located at the Civic Center Mall A in Cleveland, Ohio.
Creator
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Hartwick, Maurice C.
Source
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Marshall M. Fredericks Papers
Series V, Box 8 Folder 8
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
n.d.
Rights
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Use of this image requires permission from the creator.
Relation
A related resource
V-08-08
Format
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image/jpeg
Type
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Image
Identifier
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10
Coverage
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Cleveland (Ohio)
Animal
Animal Sculpture
Bronze
Bronze Sculpture
Cleveland
Cleveland War Memorial: Fountain of Eternal Life
Figure
Figure sculpture
Fountain
Granite
Granite Sculpture
Ohio
Outdoor
Outdoor Sculpture
Peace Arising from the Flames of War
Sculpture
V0808
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Title
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Marshall M. Fredericks Archives Collection
Description
An account of the resource
The Marshall M. Fredericks Collection consists of 200 linear feet of materials, including:
Correspondence: (13 linear feet) including personal, foreign ministry, and general correspondence as well as special letters and card received by Fredericks
Project (Job) Files: (7 linear feet) including correspondence between Fredericks and both sculpture commissioning clients and vendors that helped to fabricate the pieces
Subject Files: (24 linear feet) document Fredericks’ civic interests such as Disabled Americans’ Denmark meeting (DIADEM), Rebild National Park, and Danish Consular work, as well as fraternal organizations and the Marshall M Fredericks Sculpture Museum
Financial (30 linear feet) document the day-to-day operations of running a studio
Photographs: (25 linear feet) including photographs in a variety of sizes, negatives, and slides relating to Fredericks’ teaching career, projects, civic activities, and personal life
Clippings/Articles/Books: (28 linear feet) including media articles, journals, etc. about Fredericks and his work
Books and Magazines: (16 linear feet) including books and magazines which do not directly relate to Fredericks or his work
Drawings: (10 linear feet) including life figure drawings, sculpture project sketches, presentation drawings, working drawings, etc.
Awards/Medals/Memorabilia: (16 linear feet) including awards and medals given to Fredericks as well as medals he designed
Video/Films/Audio: (13 linear feet) including media relating to Fredericks’ work, civic interests, and life
Ephemera:(8 linear feet) containing portfolio postcards, posters, etc.
Still Image
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Original Format
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Color print
Physical Dimensions
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3.5" x 5"
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Title
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Alternate rear view of the "Cleveland War Memorial: Fountain of Eternal Life" - 1994
Subject
The topic of the resource
Bronze sculpture, American--20th century.
Cleveland (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.
Figure sculpture, American--20th century.
Fountains.
Fredericks, Marshall M., 1908-1998
Granite sculpture.
Outdoor sculpture--United States.
Public sculpture, American
Description
An account of the resource
The Fountain, also known as the "Cleveland War Memorial", is composed of a large granite basin set with bronze plaques containing the names of men and women who gave their lives for their country. Located within the basin are four granite carvings depicting the great civilizations of the earth: Nordic, Eastern, Southern and Western cultures.
Centered within is the 10 ½ foot sculptured bronze sphere representing the Universe as man has imagined it. Its design contains symbols of Eternal Life and Spirit derived from ancient myths.
The bronze central figure towers 43 feet above the basin. This figure expresses the main theme of the Fountain: the spirit of mankind rising out of the flames of war and the destructive elements of life, reaching and ascending to a new understanding of life.
The Fountain took nineteen years to complete and is located at the Civic Center Mall A in Cleveland, Ohio.
Source
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Marshall M. Fredericks Papers
Series V, Box 8 Folder 15
Date
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1994-03
Rights
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Use of this image requires permission from the Marshall M. Fredericks Archives.
Relation
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V-08-15
Format
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image/jpeg
Type
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Image
Coverage
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Cleveland (Ohio)
Animal
Animal Sculpture
Bronze
Bronze Sculpture
Cleveland
Cleveland War Memorial: Fountain of Eternal Life
Figure
Figure sculpture
Fountain
Granite
Granite Sculpture
Ohio
Outdoor
Outdoor Sculpture
Peace Arising from the Flames of War
Sculpture
V0815
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Title
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Marshall M. Fredericks Archives Collection
Description
An account of the resource
The Marshall M. Fredericks Collection consists of 200 linear feet of materials, including:
Correspondence: (13 linear feet) including personal, foreign ministry, and general correspondence as well as special letters and card received by Fredericks
Project (Job) Files: (7 linear feet) including correspondence between Fredericks and both sculpture commissioning clients and vendors that helped to fabricate the pieces
Subject Files: (24 linear feet) document Fredericks’ civic interests such as Disabled Americans’ Denmark meeting (DIADEM), Rebild National Park, and Danish Consular work, as well as fraternal organizations and the Marshall M Fredericks Sculpture Museum
Financial (30 linear feet) document the day-to-day operations of running a studio
Photographs: (25 linear feet) including photographs in a variety of sizes, negatives, and slides relating to Fredericks’ teaching career, projects, civic activities, and personal life
Clippings/Articles/Books: (28 linear feet) including media articles, journals, etc. about Fredericks and his work
Books and Magazines: (16 linear feet) including books and magazines which do not directly relate to Fredericks or his work
Drawings: (10 linear feet) including life figure drawings, sculpture project sketches, presentation drawings, working drawings, etc.
Awards/Medals/Memorabilia: (16 linear feet) including awards and medals given to Fredericks as well as medals he designed
Video/Films/Audio: (13 linear feet) including media relating to Fredericks’ work, civic interests, and life
Ephemera:(8 linear feet) containing portfolio postcards, posters, etc.
Still Image
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Original Format
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Color print
Physical Dimensions
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4" x 6"
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Title
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Alternate rear/side view of the plasteline model for "The Friendly Dragon"
Subject
The topic of the resource
Animal sculpture--20th century.
Artists' studios--United States.
Dragons in art.
Fredericks, Marshall M., 1908-1998
Description
An account of the resource
“I did … a dragon; I called it The Friendly Dragon. The architect said he didn't think he would use it because he said the children would be frightened of a dragon. But children love dragons and it's not an ugly dragon, it's a friendly dragon with a big smile and it's cozy and you can sit on its back on those humps on its back. It's just that he never was a child, I guess, so he doesn't know. So they put up a thing, a structural beam thing. I've never seen a child near it so maybe they didn't get the audience that they wanted really. I think maybe I'll do that Dragon. I like dragons anyway, they're special.†(Marshall Fredericks, from a 1981 interview with Joy Colby, The Detroit News art critic.)
Throughout his long career, Fredericks often returned to his joyful and whimsical work that involved animals. “The Friendly Dragon, cast twice in 1991, as a pair for the Meijer Gardens, Grand Rapids, Michigan, is a child’s magical dream. Like a Maurice Sendak illustration (popular author of Where the Wild Things Are), Fredericks’ dragon presents a danger that has become approachable, a wild animal that has become as friendly as a pet.†(Marshall M. Fredericks, Sculptor, p. 14)
Source
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Marshall M. Fredericks Papers
Series V, Box 13 Folder 18
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
n.d.
Rights
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Use of this image requires permission from the Marshall M. Fredericks Archives.
Relation
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V-13-18
Format
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image/jpeg
Type
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Image
Coverage
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Bloomfield Hills (Mich.)
Animal
Armature
Dragon
Friendly
Model
Plasteline
Plasteline Model
Studio
The Friendly Dragon
V1318
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Title
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Marshall M. Fredericks Archives Collection
Description
An account of the resource
The Marshall M. Fredericks Collection consists of 200 linear feet of materials, including:
Correspondence: (13 linear feet) including personal, foreign ministry, and general correspondence as well as special letters and card received by Fredericks
Project (Job) Files: (7 linear feet) including correspondence between Fredericks and both sculpture commissioning clients and vendors that helped to fabricate the pieces
Subject Files: (24 linear feet) document Fredericks’ civic interests such as Disabled Americans’ Denmark meeting (DIADEM), Rebild National Park, and Danish Consular work, as well as fraternal organizations and the Marshall M Fredericks Sculpture Museum
Financial (30 linear feet) document the day-to-day operations of running a studio
Photographs: (25 linear feet) including photographs in a variety of sizes, negatives, and slides relating to Fredericks’ teaching career, projects, civic activities, and personal life
Clippings/Articles/Books: (28 linear feet) including media articles, journals, etc. about Fredericks and his work
Books and Magazines: (16 linear feet) including books and magazines which do not directly relate to Fredericks or his work
Drawings: (10 linear feet) including life figure drawings, sculpture project sketches, presentation drawings, working drawings, etc.
Awards/Medals/Memorabilia: (16 linear feet) including awards and medals given to Fredericks as well as medals he designed
Video/Films/Audio: (13 linear feet) including media relating to Fredericks’ work, civic interests, and life
Ephemera:(8 linear feet) containing portfolio postcards, posters, etc.
Still Image
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Original Format
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Black and white print
Physical Dimensions
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8" x 10"
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Title
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Alternate side view of "Flying Pterodactyls"
Subject
The topic of the resource
Animal sculpture--20th century.
Bronze sculpture, American--20th century.
Fredericks, Marshall M., 1908-1998
Detroit Zoological Institute
Outdoor sculpture--United States.
Pterodactyls
Public sculpture, American
Description
An account of the resource
Bronze on granite, 16 feet including base. Located at the Holden Museum of Living Reptiles, Detroit Zoological Institute, Royal Oak, Michigan.
Creator
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Hartwick, Maurice C.
Source
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Marshall M. Fredericks Papers
Series V, Box 10 Folder 30
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
n.d.
Rights
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Use of this image requires permission from the creator.
Relation
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V-10-30
Format
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image/jpeg
Type
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Image
Identifier
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1256
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
Royal Oak (Mich.)
Animal
Animal Sculpture
Bronze
Bronze Sculpture
Detroit Zoological Institute
Flying Pterodactyls
Holden Museum of Living Reptiles
Michigan
Outdoor
Outdoor Sculpture
Pterodactyls
Public
Public Sculpture
Royal Oak
Sculpture
V1030
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Title
A name given to the resource
Marshall M. Fredericks Archives Collection
Description
An account of the resource
The Marshall M. Fredericks Collection consists of 200 linear feet of materials, including:
Correspondence: (13 linear feet) including personal, foreign ministry, and general correspondence as well as special letters and card received by Fredericks
Project (Job) Files: (7 linear feet) including correspondence between Fredericks and both sculpture commissioning clients and vendors that helped to fabricate the pieces
Subject Files: (24 linear feet) document Fredericks’ civic interests such as Disabled Americans’ Denmark meeting (DIADEM), Rebild National Park, and Danish Consular work, as well as fraternal organizations and the Marshall M Fredericks Sculpture Museum
Financial (30 linear feet) document the day-to-day operations of running a studio
Photographs: (25 linear feet) including photographs in a variety of sizes, negatives, and slides relating to Fredericks’ teaching career, projects, civic activities, and personal life
Clippings/Articles/Books: (28 linear feet) including media articles, journals, etc. about Fredericks and his work
Books and Magazines: (16 linear feet) including books and magazines which do not directly relate to Fredericks or his work
Drawings: (10 linear feet) including life figure drawings, sculpture project sketches, presentation drawings, working drawings, etc.
Awards/Medals/Memorabilia: (16 linear feet) including awards and medals given to Fredericks as well as medals he designed
Video/Films/Audio: (13 linear feet) including media relating to Fredericks’ work, civic interests, and life
Ephemera:(8 linear feet) containing portfolio postcards, posters, etc.
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
Original Format
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Black and white print
Physical Dimensions
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8" x 10"
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Title
A name given to the resource
Alternate side view of "Freedom of the Human Spirit" in Shain Park
Subject
The topic of the resource
Animal sculpture--20th century.
Bronze sculpture, American--20th century.
Figure sculpture, American--20th century.
Fredericks, Marshall M., 1908-1998
Outdoor sculpture--United States.
Public sculpture, American
Description
An account of the resource
The businessmen backers of the 1964-65 New York World’s Fair aspired to produce an economic boom for the city that would rival the hugely successful New York World’s Fair of 1939-40 that brought more than 44 million visitors to the city. Many of these planners, kids during the ’39-40 Fair, hoped that the experience would be as memorable for their children and families has it had been for them. Dedicated to “Man’s Achievement on a Shrinking Globe in an Expanding Universe,†the Fair’s theme was “Peace through Understanding.â€
The Fair’s Sculpture Committee requested that Marshall Fredericks submit a proposal for a sculpture to be included at the event. Fredericks submitted several sketches and the Committee selected a sketch of two figures with swans. Originally the figures in the sketch had wings, but the review panel requested that Fredericks remove them in the final sculpture. According to the artist, the sculpture “depicts human figures as if soaring in migratory flights with huge swans, an ancient symbol of eternal life.â€
One of four major sculptures at the Fair, the sculpture stood in the Court of States at the entrance of the U S Government Pavilion. This marked the second time Fredericks contributed a sculpture to a New York World’s Fair, as he previously exhibited a fountain at the 1939 Fair. The Freedom of the Human Spirit still stands at its original location in Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Queens borough.
In 1983, Fredericks donated the design for this sculpture to his adopted hometown of Birmingham, Michigan in honor of the city’s fiftieth anniversary. Erected in Shain Park, the city financed the sculpture through generous donations from over one thousand individuals and corporations. In 2009, the city of Birmingham renovated the park and relocated the sculpture to an area in the center of the park.
A small-scale casting of Freedom of the Human Spirit also serves as the annual Communications Award for the International Center for the Disabled (ICD), an organization of which Fredericks was a longtime benefactor.
Source
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Marshall M. Fredericks Papers
Series V, Box 13 Folder 13
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
n.d.
Rights
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Use of this image requires permission from the Marshall M. Fredericks Archives.
Relation
A related resource
V-13-13
Format
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image/jpeg
Type
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Image
Coverage
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Birmingham (Mich.)
Animal
Animal Sculpture
Birmingham
Bronze
Bronze Sculpture
Figure
Figure sculpture
Freedom of the Human Spirit
Michigan
Public Sculpture
Sculpture
Shain Park
Swan
V1313
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Title
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Marshall M. Fredericks Archives Collection
Description
An account of the resource
The Marshall M. Fredericks Collection consists of 200 linear feet of materials, including:
Correspondence: (13 linear feet) including personal, foreign ministry, and general correspondence as well as special letters and card received by Fredericks
Project (Job) Files: (7 linear feet) including correspondence between Fredericks and both sculpture commissioning clients and vendors that helped to fabricate the pieces
Subject Files: (24 linear feet) document Fredericks’ civic interests such as Disabled Americans’ Denmark meeting (DIADEM), Rebild National Park, and Danish Consular work, as well as fraternal organizations and the Marshall M Fredericks Sculpture Museum
Financial (30 linear feet) document the day-to-day operations of running a studio
Photographs: (25 linear feet) including photographs in a variety of sizes, negatives, and slides relating to Fredericks’ teaching career, projects, civic activities, and personal life
Clippings/Articles/Books: (28 linear feet) including media articles, journals, etc. about Fredericks and his work
Books and Magazines: (16 linear feet) including books and magazines which do not directly relate to Fredericks or his work
Drawings: (10 linear feet) including life figure drawings, sculpture project sketches, presentation drawings, working drawings, etc.
Awards/Medals/Memorabilia: (16 linear feet) including awards and medals given to Fredericks as well as medals he designed
Video/Films/Audio: (13 linear feet) including media relating to Fredericks’ work, civic interests, and life
Ephemera:(8 linear feet) containing portfolio postcards, posters, etc.
Still Image
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Original Format
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Color print
Physical Dimensions
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4" x 6"
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Title
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Alternate side view of "Star Dream Fountain" - plaster small-scale model
Subject
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Figure sculpture, American--20th century.
Fredericks, Marshall M., 1908-1998
Description
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One of Fredericks' last public works, "Star Dream Fountain" is located in Barbara Hallman Plaza in Royal Oak, Michigan. The sculpture is based on a 1947 preliminary design for the "Cleveland War Memorial". This allegorical work symbolizes man's continual search for spiritual peace.
Source
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Marshall M. Fredericks Papers
Series V, Box 21 Folder 5
Date
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n.d.
Rights
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Use of this image requires permission from the Marshall M. Fredericks Archives.
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V-21-05
Format
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image/jpeg
Type
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Image
Figure
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Model
Plaster
Plaster Model
Small Scale
Star Dream Fountain
V2105
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Marshall M. Fredericks Archives Collection
Description
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The Marshall M. Fredericks Collection consists of 200 linear feet of materials, including:
Correspondence: (13 linear feet) including personal, foreign ministry, and general correspondence as well as special letters and card received by Fredericks
Project (Job) Files: (7 linear feet) including correspondence between Fredericks and both sculpture commissioning clients and vendors that helped to fabricate the pieces
Subject Files: (24 linear feet) document Fredericks’ civic interests such as Disabled Americans’ Denmark meeting (DIADEM), Rebild National Park, and Danish Consular work, as well as fraternal organizations and the Marshall M Fredericks Sculpture Museum
Financial (30 linear feet) document the day-to-day operations of running a studio
Photographs: (25 linear feet) including photographs in a variety of sizes, negatives, and slides relating to Fredericks’ teaching career, projects, civic activities, and personal life
Clippings/Articles/Books: (28 linear feet) including media articles, journals, etc. about Fredericks and his work
Books and Magazines: (16 linear feet) including books and magazines which do not directly relate to Fredericks or his work
Drawings: (10 linear feet) including life figure drawings, sculpture project sketches, presentation drawings, working drawings, etc.
Awards/Medals/Memorabilia: (16 linear feet) including awards and medals given to Fredericks as well as medals he designed
Video/Films/Audio: (13 linear feet) including media relating to Fredericks’ work, civic interests, and life
Ephemera:(8 linear feet) containing portfolio postcards, posters, etc.
Still Image
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Original Format
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Color print
Physical Dimensions
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4" x 6"
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Title
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Alternate side view of "Star Dream Fountain" - small-scale model, plaster
Subject
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Figure sculpture, American--20th century.
Fredericks, Marshall M., 1908-1998
Description
An account of the resource
One of Fredericks' last public works, "Star Dream Fountain" is located in Barbara Hallman Plaza in Royal Oak, Michigan. The sculpture is based on a 1947 preliminary design for the "Cleveland War Memorial". This allegorical work symbolizes man's continual search for spiritual peace.
Source
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Marshall M. Fredericks Papers
Series V, Box 21 Folder 5
Date
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n.d.
Rights
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Use of this image requires permission from the Marshall M. Fredericks Archives.
Relation
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V-21-05
Format
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image/jpeg
Type
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Image
Figure
Figure sculpture
Model
Plaster
Plaster Model
Small Scale
Star Dream Fountain
V2105
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Title
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Marshall M. Fredericks Archives Collection
Description
An account of the resource
The Marshall M. Fredericks Collection consists of 200 linear feet of materials, including:
Correspondence: (13 linear feet) including personal, foreign ministry, and general correspondence as well as special letters and card received by Fredericks
Project (Job) Files: (7 linear feet) including correspondence between Fredericks and both sculpture commissioning clients and vendors that helped to fabricate the pieces
Subject Files: (24 linear feet) document Fredericks’ civic interests such as Disabled Americans’ Denmark meeting (DIADEM), Rebild National Park, and Danish Consular work, as well as fraternal organizations and the Marshall M Fredericks Sculpture Museum
Financial (30 linear feet) document the day-to-day operations of running a studio
Photographs: (25 linear feet) including photographs in a variety of sizes, negatives, and slides relating to Fredericks’ teaching career, projects, civic activities, and personal life
Clippings/Articles/Books: (28 linear feet) including media articles, journals, etc. about Fredericks and his work
Books and Magazines: (16 linear feet) including books and magazines which do not directly relate to Fredericks or his work
Drawings: (10 linear feet) including life figure drawings, sculpture project sketches, presentation drawings, working drawings, etc.
Awards/Medals/Memorabilia: (16 linear feet) including awards and medals given to Fredericks as well as medals he designed
Video/Films/Audio: (13 linear feet) including media relating to Fredericks’ work, civic interests, and life
Ephemera:(8 linear feet) containing portfolio postcards, posters, etc.
Still Image
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Original Format
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Black and white print
Physical Dimensions
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8" x 10"
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Title
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Alternate side view of "The Expanding Universe Fountain"
Subject
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Bronze sculpture, American--20th century.
Figure sculpture, American--20th century.
Fountains.
Fredericks, Marshall M., 1908-1998
Harry S. Truman Federal Building (Washington, D.C.)
Description
An account of the resource
This fountain celebrates the nation's first exploration of outer space. According to Fredericks, the sculpture "represents this age of great interest, exploration and discovery in outer space...[and] the immensity, order and mystery of the universe.â€
The monumental central figure suggests a superhuman mythological being. Seated upon a ten-foot sphere, covered in a pattern of bright-star constellations, the figure holds two planets that he is sending off into space. The dynamic spiral orbit-form swirling around the sphere represents the speed and perpetual motion of space. Play of the water from numerous star-shaped sprays increases the feeling of movement.
The full-scale casting of this sculpture is located in the South Court of the United States State Department Building in Washington, D.C.
The fountain is also known as: "Man and the Expanding Universe"
Creator
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Hartwick, Maurice C.
Source
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Marshall M. Fredericks Papers
Series V, Box 9 Folder 23
Date
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n.d.
Rights
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Use of this image requires permission from the creator.
Relation
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V-09-23
Format
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image/jpeg
Type
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Image
Identifier
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2149
Coverage
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Washington (D.C.)
Bronze
Bronze Sculpture
Expanding Universe
Figure
Figure sculpture
Fountain
Harry S. Truman Federal Building
Man and the Expanding Universe
Sculpture
The Expanding Universe Fountain
V0923
Washington D.C.
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Title
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Marshall M. Fredericks Archives Collection
Description
An account of the resource
The Marshall M. Fredericks Collection consists of 200 linear feet of materials, including:
Correspondence: (13 linear feet) including personal, foreign ministry, and general correspondence as well as special letters and card received by Fredericks
Project (Job) Files: (7 linear feet) including correspondence between Fredericks and both sculpture commissioning clients and vendors that helped to fabricate the pieces
Subject Files: (24 linear feet) document Fredericks’ civic interests such as Disabled Americans’ Denmark meeting (DIADEM), Rebild National Park, and Danish Consular work, as well as fraternal organizations and the Marshall M Fredericks Sculpture Museum
Financial (30 linear feet) document the day-to-day operations of running a studio
Photographs: (25 linear feet) including photographs in a variety of sizes, negatives, and slides relating to Fredericks’ teaching career, projects, civic activities, and personal life
Clippings/Articles/Books: (28 linear feet) including media articles, journals, etc. about Fredericks and his work
Books and Magazines: (16 linear feet) including books and magazines which do not directly relate to Fredericks or his work
Drawings: (10 linear feet) including life figure drawings, sculpture project sketches, presentation drawings, working drawings, etc.
Awards/Medals/Memorabilia: (16 linear feet) including awards and medals given to Fredericks as well as medals he designed
Video/Films/Audio: (13 linear feet) including media relating to Fredericks’ work, civic interests, and life
Ephemera:(8 linear feet) containing portfolio postcards, posters, etc.
Still Image
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Original Format
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Color print
Physical Dimensions
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4" x 6"
Dublin Core
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Title
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Alternate side view of "Wings of the Morning" at the foundry
Subject
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Animal sculpture--20th century.
Bronze sculpture, American--20th century.
Fredericks, Marshall M., 1908-1998
Description
An account of the resource
The flying swans represent the atmosphere of the unfolding morning. Fredericks often used swans in his sculptures to symbolize eternal life. The hand of God enfolds the spirit of man as he takes the wings of the morning. The upward flowing contours communicate the optimistic spiritual content of the sculpture.
Fredericks was inspired by Psalm 139:9-10:
"If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; even there shall Thy hand lead me, and Thy right hand shall hold me."
These verses are inscribed on the pedestal of the bronze cast at Kirk in the Hills Presbyterian Church, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.
Source
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Marshall M. Fredericks Papers
Series V, Box 24 Folder 11
Date
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1990
Rights
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Use of this image requires permission from the Marshall M. Fredericks Archives.
Relation
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V-24-11
Format
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image/jpeg
Type
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Image
Animal Sculpture
Bird
Bronze
Bronze Sculpture
Foundry
Sculpture
Swan
Swans
V2411
Wings of the Morning