Marshall M. Fredericks Archives Collection

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Marshall M. Fredericks Archives Collection

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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.

Collection Items

"American Eagle (Ann Arbor War Memorial Eagle)" Clay model on wood base in studio.
Close-up view of small-scale clay model of Eagle sculpture in Marshall Fredericks' studio.

The head and torso for "Christ on the Cross" are welded together
Bronze corpus for "Christ on the Cross” for Indian River Catholic Shrine, Indian River, Michigan.

Torso for "Christ on the Cross" at foundry in Norway
Bronze corpus for "Christ on the Cross” for Indian River Catholic Shrine, Indian River, Michigan.

Outdoor mass celebrated at the dedication of "Christ on the Cross"
"Christ on the Cross” for Indian River Catholic Shrine, Indian River, Michigan.

"Adelbert Akusy"
Bronze portrait sculpture of Adelbert Akusy, 1931.

Members of the clergy process out of the outdoor church with "Christ on the Cross" in the background
"Christ on the Cross” for Indian River Catholic Shrine, Indian River, Michigan.

"American Eagle (Ann Arbor War Memorial Eagle)" Side view. Alma College. Alma, Michigan.
Side view of bronze eagle sculpture on a brick pedestal at Alma College in Alma, Michigan. This sculpture is a small-scale version of the war memorial found at the University of Michigan Stadium.

"American Eagle (Ann Arbor War Memorial Eagle)"  Front view. Alma College. Alma, Michigan.
Front view of bronze eagle sculpture on a brick pedestal at Alma College in Alma, Michigan. This sculpture is a small-scale version of the war memorial found at the University of Michigan Stadium.

"American Eagle (Ann Arbor War Memorial Eagle)" Close-up of side view. Alma College. Alma, Michigan.
Close-up of side view of bronze eagle sculpture on a brick pedestal at Alma College in Alma, Michigan. This sculpture is a small-scale version of the war memorial found at the University of Michigan Stadium.

"American Eagle (Ann Arbor War Memorial Eagle)" Front View. Madison High School. Madison Heights, Michigan.
Front view of bronze eagle sculpture on a pedestal surrounded by three bushes at Madison High School in Madison Heights, Michigan. This sculpture is a small-scale version of the war memorial found at the University of Michigan Stadium.
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