Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection initially focused almost exclusively on the Vandenberg Center Sculpture Project, which resulted in the acquisition of Alexander Calder’s monumental stabile La Grande Vitesse. Additional materials, about Nancy Mulnix continuing and broader activities in support of the arts, have been added to the collection, broadening the scope of the collection. Calder’s La Grande Vitesse continues to be the largest portion and the hallmark of the collection, and perhaps Mulnix's...

Scope and Contents From the Series: Thanks to the variety of reference materials given by Nancy Mulnix, particularly as part of her 2002 gift, the Publications Series and the Clippings Series have both been expanded and redefined. Publications include first books about Alexander Calder and his work. Following this are books about sculpture in general or other sculptors, art funding, and theater. Next is a section for Exhibit Catalogs, most of which contain Calder's work, but not exclusively. ...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection initially focused almost exclusively on the Vandenberg Center Sculpture Project, which resulted in the acquisition of Alexander Calder’s monumental stabile La Grande Vitesse. Additional materials, about Nancy Mulnix continuing and broader activities in support of the arts, have been added to the collection, broadening the scope of the collection. Calder’s La Grande Vitesse continues to be the largest portion and the hallmark of the collection, and perhaps Mulnix's...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection initially focused almost exclusively on the Vandenberg Center Sculpture Project, which resulted in the acquisition of Alexander Calder’s monumental stabile La Grande Vitesse. Additional materials, about Nancy Mulnix continuing and broader activities in support of the arts, have been added to the collection, broadening the scope of the collection. Calder’s La Grande Vitesse continues to be the largest portion and the hallmark of the collection, and perhaps Mulnix's...

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Mulnix correspondence is diverse, including a large portion related to the duties of the original Vandenberg Center Project, including those from several notables. There are later letters, as well, usually of support for a Calder related anniversary or honors project.

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Consists of twenty-seven letters and twenty-six postcards from Calder to Mulnix. One letter and one postcard are facsimiles, addressed to Lee Mulnix. The correspondence, mostly written in Sache, France, comments on Calder’s progress on “La Grande Vitesse” and other commissions.

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Includes seventeen letters from Eppie Lederer, one of which is a facsimile. The letters concern Lederer’s support for Mulnix’s stand on the Michigan Council for the Arts, and the health of a mutual friend, Wilbur Munnecke.

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Details Mulnix’s controversial tenure on the Council during which she advocated a more equitable distribution of arts funding throughout the entire state of Michigan. The majority on the Council supported a few, well-financed projects rather than many, less financed projects. On May 10, 1974, the Council censored Mulnix for her vocal opposition and as a result Governor William Milliken did not reappoint Mulnix to another term on the Council.

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Robert Osborn, a cartoonist, was a friend of Calder’s from Connecticut.

Scope and Contents From the Series:

Mulnix correspondence is diverse, including a large portion related to the duties of the original Vandenberg Center Project, including those from several notables. There are later letters, as well, usually of support for a Calder related anniversary or honors project.