Save Outdoor Sculpture! Surveys and Photographs, 1993-1994
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Not requestable
Scope and Content Note
Save Outdoor Sculpture! Survey Forms and Photographs represent the effort in 1993 and 1994 to gather information on outdoor public sculpture in Salem, Massachusetts, as part of a national project. The survey forms contain information about each sculpture such as basic description, location/jurisdiction, physical condition, and where supplementary information may be found. Photographs of each monument/sculpture are filed with each survey.
Dates
- Creation: 1993-1994
Creator
- Save Outdoor Sculpture! (Project) (Organization)
Restrictions on Access
This collection is open for research use.
Historical Sketch
Save Outdoor Sculpture! survey forms were undertaken by the National Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Property, 3299 K Street NW, Washington, DC, to gather information on outdoor sculpture all over the United States. [The project is currently being run by Heritage Preservation in Washington.] Dean Lahikainen, Curator of American Decorative Arts of the Peabody Essex Museum, surveyed outdoor sculptures and memorials in Salem, Massachusetts, and donated copies of the surveys and 4 x 6 color photographs of the memorials to the museum. The original surveys, original photographs, and photograph negatives were sent to Washington, DC.
Extent
0.5 linear feet (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Save Outdoor Sculpture! Survey Forms and Photographs represent the effort in 1993 and 1994 to gather information on outdoor public sculpture in Salem, Massachusetts, as part of a national project.
Physical Location
Phillips Library Stacks
Provenance
This material was donated by Dean Lahikainen on March 28, 1995.
Processing Information
Collection processed by Jane E. Ward, April 1995. Updated by Tamara Gaydos, December 2015.
Subject
- Title
- SAVE OUTDOOR SCULPTURE! SURVEYS AND PHOTOGRAPHS, 1993-1994
- Author
- Processed by: Jane E. Ward; Updated by: Tamara Gaydos; machine-readable finding aid created by: Rajkumar Natarajan.
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Phillips Library Repository