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0 <br />February and become full-time in March and work with us for <br />several months. <br />7. Old Business <br />a. National Trust for Historic Preservation Annual Meeting <br />Mr. Oxian reported that he thought the Historic Preservation <br />Commission would benefit by purchasing two tapes from the <br />conference: One concerning landscape architecture and the other <br />legal matters. <br />8. New Business <br />a. John Dugger - Project Director for project entitled "Rudolph <br />Schwarz: Sculptor of Indiana Civil War Commemorative Monuments." <br />Ms. Kiemnec introduced Mr. John Dugger, who was awarded an Indiana <br />Heritage Research Grant from the Governor's Hoosier Heritage <br />Foundation to research the life and work of Rudolph Schwarz, <br />sculptor of Indiana Civil War Commemorative Monuments. <br />Mr. Dugger attended Indiana University with concentration on <br />anthropology and received a degree in Architectural Technology. <br />His experience includes architectural surveys, National Register <br />nominations and various research projects. He was consulted on <br />several monument conservation projects including restoration of <br />Little Liberty in South Bend. <br />Mr. Dugger introduced Rudolph Schwarz as being born in Vienna, <br />Austria in 1866, and attending the Vienna Academy of Art, where <br />his talents were highly respected. Mr. Schwarz emigrated to <br />America to help one of his friends, Bruno Schmitz, work on <br />sculptures for the Soldiers and Sailors Monument in Indianapolis. <br />While in Indianapolis, Schwarz created the statue of Oliver P. <br />Morton, who was governor of Indiana during the Civil War years. <br />It still stands on the east side of the Statehouse. <br />South Bend, Terre Haute, Vincennes, Mount Vernon, and Princeton <br />commissioned Schwarz to do the sculptures for their Civil War <br />soldiers and sailors monuments. <br />Schwarz was credited with doing the first bronze -casting in <br />Indiana when he did a large statue of Gov. Pingree of Michigan in <br />1902. Before that, any bronze castings had been done in studios <br />outside the state. <br />After the Pingree work, Schwarz cast the figures for the South <br />Bend monument, which stands on the lawn of the St. Joseph County <br />Courthouse. They became the second through sixth bronze <br />sculptures actually cast in Indiana. <br />Mr. Schwarz was not much of a businessman, usually having more <br />expenses than he allowed for. In Indianapolis, he felf isolated <br />November 17, 1986 PAGE 5 <br />