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Eugene Field Memorial Proposal Correspondence, St. Joseph, 1937-1941Entry/Object ID
2007.33.700Scope and Content
Eugene Field Memorial Proposal Correspondence, St. Joseph, 1937-1941. Files of Eckel & Aldrich Architects. The proposed Memorial to be built on Lovers Lane was never built However, In 1937 a sculpture of "Little Boy Blue" was proposed. In 1941 a bust of Eugene Field to be placed in the public library was explored.
(The Lil Boy Blue, Wyken, Blyken & Nod, and Euguene Field bust sculptures are in the present day housed at the St. Joseph Public Library, 10th & Felix.
File includes 1941 letter from Hermon A. MacNeil, sculptor for the Pony Express Statue, agreeing to do a bust of Eugene Field, a resume of MacNeil, Campaign brochures in envelope and six empty envelopes with return address of "National Eugene Field Memorial"
News clipping:
"Fund Campaign for Memorial to Poet Starts in Schools"Collection
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Herman MecNeilPerson or Organization
Field, Eugene