Public Art in the Libraries
Darrell Anderson
Mosaic Paths to Music
Description: Mural, mosaic
Location: Skinner Music Library, north wall of the Computer Commons
Notes: Darrell Anderson was commissioned to do a piece of art for the UNC Music Library.
Frank Bash
Bash received BA & MA degrees from Colorado State College (now the University of Northern
Colorado).
George Willard Frasier
Description: Bust
Location: James A. Michener Library, 1st Floor, Reference area
John Berland
Walking Angel
Description: Bronze cast statue
Location: James A. Michener Library, 1st Floor, Reference area
Notes: Commissioned by the Hensel Phelps Construction Company of Greeley
Dennis Cole
With these two fingers, I typed millions of words
Description: Bronze hands of James A. Michener. Life-mold sculpture
Location: James A. Michener Permanent Collection, Library Mezzanine
Notes: Gift from sculptor, Dennis Cole, in 1997. The sculpture by Dennis Cole is a life-mold
of Michener's hands and the front of his manual typewriter. Michener gave the sculpture
the title: "With these two fingers, I typed millions of words."
M. Rock Daniels
[Old Library with Pool in Front]
Description: Watercolor
Location: James A. Michener Library, Library Dean's Office
W.F. (William Franklin) Draper
Paintings by Draper appear in the 1975 Franklin Library edition of Tales of the South
Pacific.
James A. Michener
Description: Print, framed in glass
Location: James A. Michener Library, Library Dean's Office
Richard G. (Gordon) Ellinger
Richard Ellinger served in several capacities at the university from 1928-1962, including
Assistant Professor of Art, Associate Professor of Art , Professor of Art, and Emeritus
Professor of Music. He created paintings of several University presidents, including
Presidents Snyder, Crabbe, Frasier, Ross, Holmes, Bond, and Dickeson. Gift of Mr.
& Mrs. Raymond N. Williams in 1975.
Shawsheen
Description: Painting
Location: James A. Michener Library, Administration Office Reception Area
Walter O. (Olin) Green
Walter O. Green graduated with a M.A. from Colorado State College of Education in
1956. He served in several positions while at the University of Northern Colorado
from 1965-1970, including Associate Professor of Art, and Emeritus Professor of Art.
The Search for Knowledge
Description: Triptych
Location: James A. Michener Library, 2nd Floor, Stairway
Leland ("Lee") R. Hansen
Hansen received a B.A. (1971) & M.A. (1973) from the University of Northern Colorado.
Pull of Life
Description: Sculpture - Smaller version of the sculpture on the lawn north of the University
Center
Location: James A. Michener Library, 1st Floor
Janvier Louisjuste
Janvier Louisjuste is a well-known Haitian sculptor.
Large metal sculpture of a deer and ducks
Location: James A. Michener Library, Administration Office
Notes: Wall hanging in James A. Michener's office, circa 1970.
Small metal sculpture of a cow and ducks
Location: James A. Michener Library, Administration Office
Notes: Wall hanging in James A. Michener's office, circa 1970.
Small metal sculpture of a cow, calf, and duck
Location: James A. Michener Library, Administration Office
Notes: Wall hanging in James A. Michener's office, circa 1970.
W. Matthias
Beethoven (1859)
Description: Bust
Location: Skinner Music Library
Judy Meyers
Centennial Quilt
Description: Quilt framed in wood and glass, with brass plate
Location: James A. Michener Library, 1st Floor
Notes: Gift of the Members of the Friends of the UNC Libraries. Presented to the University
on May 5, 1979.
John C. Miller
Untitled sculpture
Description: Welded steel and cable
Location: James A. Michener Library, 3rd Floor
Beth Perry Schoen
James A. Michener
Description: Bronze bust
Location: James A. Michener Permanent Exhibit, Library Mezzanine
Notes: Purchased by the Friends of the James A. Michener Library in 1997. Unveiled
on October 3, 1997 at the 25th Anniversary Celebration and Rededication of the Library.
Seifert
Untitled
Description: Painting framed in glass
Location: James A. Michener Library, Administration Office Reception Area
Daniel Sprick
Daniel Sprick graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in fine arts from the University
of Northern Colorado in 1978. He is a 2003 Honored Alum of the University of Northern
Colorado.
La Primavera
Description: Painting
Location: James A. Michener Library, Administration Office Reception Area
Notes: Gift of the Associated Students in 1978. The inspiration for this painting came from
dance.
Carol Stuart
Tribute to a Weathered Wanderer
Description: Stained glass
Location: James A. Michener Permanent Exhibit, Library Mezzanine
Notes: Text on stained glass: "A mind can tour the world at little cost, and visions are
perceived are never lost. Sonnet to a Weathered Wanderer."
Fred M. Torrey and Mabel R. Landrum Torrey
Mabel Landrum Torrey graduated from the Colorado State Normal School (now the University
of Northern Colorado) in 1907.
Albert F. Carter, Librarian 1901-1933
Description: Bust
Location: James A. Michener Library, 1st Floor, Reference area
Zachariah X. Snyder, President 1891-1915
Description: Bust
Location: James A. Michener Library, 1st Floor, Reference area
Notes: Class gift of 1915
Ruth A. Wydevon
Tuareg Crossing the Sahara
Description: Painting
Location: James A. Michener Library, 1st Floor
Notes: Purchased Oct. 1998 with funds from the Charles H. Harris & Andrew E. Johnson Endowment
created by Patricia Lucas.
Unknown artist
3 Sculptures
Description: Sculpture
Location: James A. Michener Library, 1st Floor, south central
Unknown artist
Interior of old library
Description: Color photograph framed in glass, scanned from lantern slide
Location: James A. Michener Library, Library Dean's Office
Unknown artist
Potato Brumbaugh
Description: Stained glass window
Location: James A. Michener Permanent Exhibit, Library Mezzanine
Notes: This stained glass window hung in Potato Brumbaugh's Restaurant & Saloon in Greeley,
Colorado for twenty-five years. In 1980, John C. Todd, one of the original owners
of the restaurant, received permission from James A. Michener to name the restaurant
after the character in Michener's novel Centennial.
Unknown artist
San Domingo Pueblo pottery
Description: Pottery
Location: James A. Michener Library, Library Dean's Office
Notes: Donated to UNC on April 4, 1990 by Genevieve Harrington, Class of 1925
