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George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center
Fenwick Library, MS2FL4400 University Dr.
Fairfax, Virginia 22030
Business Number: 703-993-2220
Fax Number: 703-993-8911
speccoll@gmu.edu
URL: https://scrc.gmu.edu
Finding aid prepared by Elizabeth Beckman
Administrative Information
Use Restrictions
There are no restrictions on personal use. Permission to publish material from the Harold Vogel collection must be obtained from Special Collections and Archives, George Mason University Libraries.
Access Restrictions
There are no access restrictions.
Preferred Citation
Harold Vogel collection, #C0249, Special Collections and Archives, George Mason University Libraries.
Acquisition Information
Donated by Deborah Weitzman-Ward in May 2014.
Processing Information
Processing completed by Richard Smith and Elizabeth Beckman in February 2015. EAD markup completed by Elizabeth Beckman in February 2015.
Biographical Information
Architectural sculptor Harold Vogel (1930-2011) was born in Detroit, Michigan. He spent the majority of his childhood in Germany, his parents' homeland, and was educated and served an apprenticeship as a stone carver there. Vogel became a certified Mastercraftsman in Dusseldorf, Germany in 1953. He returned to the United States in the mid-1950s, settling in the Washington, D.C., area after serving with the US Army. Vogel worked on a number of projects in the capital and the surrounding area, and he eventually formed Wood and Stone, Inc. and the Carving and Restoration Team, based in Northern Virginia. Vogel's sculpting and restoration projects over the years included work on Washington National Cathedral, the CIA memorial, the US Senate Chamber, the Marine Corps Memorial and the Lyndon B. Johnson Memorial, along with many other projects around the country and the world. He and his wife, artist Hilde Vogel-Michalik, lived in Northern Virginia until Vogel-Michalik's death in 1999. Vogel spent his last years in Front Royal, Virginia, and he died in late 2011.
Scope and Content
The collection largely documents Vogel's career as an architectural sculptor through newsclippings and magazine articles, as well as photos, negatives, slides, and VHS tapes from the various projects that he worked on. Some biographical information, such as resumes and biographical sketches, is also included. There are also a few awards and certificates given to Vogel through his professional life. The majority of the material is in English, with a few articles and pamphlets in German and Spanish.
Series 1: News articles, personal, and professional papers covers the 1950s to 2014 and includes newsclippings, magazine articles, and ephemera related to Vogel's many carving and restoration projects, including the Lyndon B. Johnson memorial, the CIA memorial, the Marine Corps memorial, and the Gerald Ford Presidential Library. His involvement in the Northern Virginia Community College Stone Carving and Restoration program is documented through articles and press releases. A few resumes and biographical sketches, as well as awards and certificates, are also included, as is a sketch for a sign that says "Dacha Vogel."
Series 2: Photographic materials includes photographic prints, negatives of various sizes, and slides documenting the working process and finished products of Vogel and his companies. This includes the Gerald Ford Presidential Library, the Confederate Dead memorial, and the Yorktown Victory monument. Of particular interest are photos from the dedication of the Lyndon B. Johnson memorial, which include images of Vogel with Lady Bird Johnson and other dignitaries at the event. There are also some personal photos of Vogel's home and studio and Vogel with his dog. The materials range from the 1950s-1996.
Series 3: Audiovisual materials includes VHS tapes of Vogel and his team's work on various projects, including Arlington Cemetery Urns, the Yorktown Victory monument, and a floating sphere for Disney. There are also a number of tapes on the Barre granite industry, as well as a tape documenting aspects of Vogel's personal life. Many of the tapes are undated, but the dated tapes run from 1988-2002, with material on one of the tapes dating from 1966-1967.
Arrangement
The materials are arranged alphabetically within the following series:
Missing Title Series 1: News articles, personal, and professional papers, circa 1950s-2014 Series 2: Photographic materials, circa 1950s-1996 Series 3: Audiovisual materials, 1988-2002Subjects and Indexing Terms
- Architecture -- Conservation and restoration
- Monuments
- Monuments -- Washington (D.C.)
- Stone carving
- Vogel, Harold C. (1930-2011)
Container List
This series contains newsclippings, magazine articles, and ephemera related to Vogel's many carving and restoration projects, as well as some biographical information and awards.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 1
Artistic Works, including sketchescirca 1970s-1980sScope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 2
Asia Society articles1981Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 3
Articles from Building Stone magazine1981-1999Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 4
Biographical sketches and resumes, awards, and correspondence1950s-1990sScope and Contents note
Includes 2 photos of Vogel at work
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 5
Biographical pamphlet in SpanishundatedScope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 6
CIA memorial wall sketches and articles2003, 2014Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 7
Completion of DC Municipal Center sculpture articles1978Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 8
Egon Kaiser and Dieter Von Oettingen speeches on stone decay and restorationcirca 1980s, 1989Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 9
Gerald Ford Presidential Library project articles1981Scope and Contents note
Includes 3 photos
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 10
German language articles and letters related to Anton Felderhoff, reproductions of artwork1950sScope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 11
German newspaper articles1977Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 12
Immigration and Naturalization mail noticeundatedScope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 13
Lyndon B. Johnson memorial articles, letter1976Scope and Contents note
Includes 1 photo
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 14
Murray Spalding movement arts clipping (probably for research)undatedScope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 15
News articles and ephemera from various projects1970s-1980sScope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 16
News articles on various projects1960s-1990sScope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 17
News articles, pamphlets, and ephemera related to various projects, including LBJ memorial opening invite1960s-1990sScope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 18
Northern Virginia Community College stone carving and restoration program articles, proposal, press release1993, 1998Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 19
Senate Chamber restoration articles1976Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 2
Dacha Vogel sign sketchundatedScope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 1
Spanish Language news articles1976-1978Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 2
Spanish Language news articles1976-1977Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 3
St. James Cathedral, Seattle project news articles1990sScope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 4
Vietnam inscription on Marine memorial - press release and news articles1974Scope and Contents note
This series includes photographic prints, negatives of various sizes, and slides documenting the working process and finished products of Vogel and his companies. There are also some personal photos of Vogel's home and studio and Vogel with his dog.
- Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 5
Carvings of hands photosundatedScope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 6
Central America, projects, Vogel at work photoscirca 1950s-1990sScope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 7
Confederate Dead memorial restoration photos1990Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 8
Disney granite sphere project photos1994-1996Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 9
House, property photosundatedScope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 10
Gerald Ford Presidential Library project photoscirca late 1970s-early 1980sScope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 11
Lyndon B. Johnson memorial dedication and reception photos1976Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 12
Lyndon B. Johnson memorial - photos of work in progress, finished productmid-1970sScope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 13
Marble fountain photos1982Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 14
Marine Corps memorial photosundatedScope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 15
Postcards and pamphlets from Marble, COcirca 1950sScope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 16
Rock formation photosundatedScope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 17
Sculptures, Vogel at work photos (part 1 of 2)1960s-1980s, undatedScope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 18
Sculptures, Vogel at work photos (part 2 of 2)1960s-1980s, undatedScope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 1
State of Maine Library and Archives photosundatedScope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 2
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier photos1993, undatedScope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 3
Vogel and German Shepherd photosundatedScope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 4
Vogel working on George Washington bust, celebration and installation of bust, Granada, Nicaragua photos1976Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 5
White marble garden sculpture photosundatedScope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 6
Wooden sculpture process photosundatedScope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 7
Yorktown statue installation photoscirca 1990Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 8
Yorktown Victory monument photos1990Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 9
3 1/2"x4" negatives of sculptureundatedScope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 10
4"X5" negatives of Vogel at work in studioundatedScope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 11
16mm negatives - work in progress, outdoor scenesundatedScope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 12
35 mm negatives and contact sheets - Dumbarton Oaks, Harold as a kid, Germany, etc.1986, 1988Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 13
35mm negatives of carvings, work in progress, prints of Saks 5th Ave stoneworkundatedScope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 14
35mm negatives from various projectsundatedScope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 15
Marble Institute of America letter and slide1983Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 16
Negatives - 6cmx6cm, 3 1/2x4, 35mm, and slides of various projects (Kuwait fountain, Lyndon B. Johnson memorial, etc.)Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 17
Slides of room, people, outdoors1972, 1980, undatedScope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 18
Slides of work in processundatedScope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 19
Slides of work in progress used in promotional material1983Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 20
Slides and contact prints of finished projectsundatedScope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 21
Contact sheets of Vogel at work in studioundatedScope and Contents note
This series includes VHS tapes of Vogel and his team's work on various projects, including Arlington Cemetery Urns, the Yorktown Victory monument, and a floating sphere for Disney. There are also a number of tapes on the Barre granite industry, as well as a tape documenting aspects of Vogel's personal life.
- Mixed Materials box: 5
"Artistry in Granite"undatedScope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 5
"The Basics of SBX"1988Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 5
C and R master tapeundatedScope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 5
C and R 7 parts - copyundatedScope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 5
C and R second copyundatedScope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 5
Cape Hatteras Lighthouse moveundatedScope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 5
Civil War monumentundatedScope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 5
Cleaning and injection of Jimmy Hoffa, Cleaning and repair of marble vaseundatedScope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 5
Disney floating sphereundatedScope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 5
The Floating Sphere - Nuremburg Fair, ATT, DisneyundatedScope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 5
Fortress at SeaundatedScope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 6
H. Vogel and C+R Team - Arlington Cemetery Urns1995-1996Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 6
H. Vogel - Arl. Cem. Urnscirca 1995-1996Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 6
H. Vogel Carving + Restoration Team Arlington Cemetery Urnscirca 1995-1996Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 6
H. Vogel and the C+R Team Urns for Arlington Cemetery1995-1996Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 6
H. Vogel Carving + Restoration Team Arlington Cemetery Urns1995Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 6
H. Vogel Carving + Restoration Team Arlington Cemetery Urns1995Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 6
H. Vogel Carving + Restoration Team Arlington Cemetery Urns1995Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 6
Harold Vogel InterviewundatedScope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 6
Inside the CIA "Stars on the Wall" - Discovery ChannelMay 22, 2002Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 6
Laminating, Cleaning, Cleaning W. Marble, Repairs of Doughnut, Injections of Madonna, Cleaning of Civil War M., Rest of TombundatedScope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 6
Lettering - Research Building, Philadelphia, Cleansing and Injection of Marble Statue, Carving, Loading of Doughnut1990Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 7
Lincoln, Nebraska - Harold VogelundatedScope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 7
"Modern Block Exploitation - Drilling and Splitting for the Natural Stone Industry"undatedScope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 7
"New Technology in Barre"undatedScope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 7
Vigo, Francis, NPS Ind.undatedScope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 7
"Quarry and Manufacturing"undatedScope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 7
Stone Carving Voice of America1999Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 7
"The Stone Whistle"undatedScope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 7
"The Story of the Barre Granite Industry"undatedScope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 7
Tomb I.undatedScope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 7
Tomb, Laminating, Cleaning, Cleaning granite, Restoring doughnutundatedScope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 7
Vogels with Stefan Issermann, Vogels at home, with puppy, Von's memorial, Harold cooking1966-1967Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 8
WTCundatedScope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 8
Yorktown Victory MonumentOctober 4, 1990Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 8
Yorktown Victory MonumentOctober 4, 1990Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 8
Yorktown Victory MonumentOctober 4, 1990Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 8
UntitledundatedScope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 8
UntitledundatedScope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 8
UntitledundatedScope and Contents note