Morton C. Bradley Jr.
Casual photo of Morton C. Bradley Jr. sitting outside on a patio chair. He is wearing a white shirt and khaki pants. There are several plants and a tree in the background.
1950-1954
2005.003.1009
Photographs of archival storage
Archives
The museum’s archival materials, located on the second floor of the Morton C. Bradley, Jr. Education Center, include letters, photographs, and ephemera.
Burgess, Jo
2014 April 4
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Photographs of the Director’s office
Offices
The director’s office, located on the second floor of the Morton C. Bradley, Jr. Education Center, overlooks the Wylie House and gardens. Its furnishings include pieces from the Bradley estate.
Burgess, Jo
2014 September 17
2012 January 23
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Photographs of Theophilus Wylie Library
Rare books
The Theophilus Wylie Library is located on the second floor of the Morton C. Bradley, Jr. Education Center. Wylie’s grandchildren donated his library to Indiana University with the following message: “This collections as it now stands represents the working library of Professor Wylie during the first thirty years of his connection with the University. It is placed here by his grandchildren in the belief that it has a story to tell of the type of culture and scholarship for which the university stood in the days when it was young.”
Burgess, Jo
2010 November 23
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Photograph of staff office
Offices
Two of the rooms on the second floor of the Morton C. Bradley, Jr. Education Center provide work stations for student workers and interns.
Burgess, Jo
2010 December 10
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Photograph of research area
Reading rooms
The central area on the second floor of the Morton C. Bradley, Jr. Education Center provides space for researchers to view materials.
Burgess, Jo
2010 November 29
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Photographs of Outdoor Interpreter’s office
Offices
The Outdoor Interpreter’s office, located in the basement of the Morton C. Bradley, Jr. Education Center, looks out over the Wylie House gardens and contains additional storage space for museum materials.
Burgess, Jo
2010 December 10
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Photograph of staff lounge
Kitchens
The staff lounge, located on the first floor of the Morton C. Bradley, Jr. Education Center, houses a small kitchen.
Burgess, Jo
2010 December 10
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Photograph of meeting space
Conference rooms
The first floor of the Morton C. Bradley, Jr. Education Center contains a large meeting space. A projector, chairs, and tables are available for visiting groups to use.
Burgess, Jo
2014 July 21
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Photograph of visitor center
Visitors' centers
The visitor center, located on the first floor of the Morton C. Bradley, Jr. Education Center, houses exhibits and a small gift shop.
Burgess, Jo
2014 July 21
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Photographs of exterior of Morton C. Bradley, Jr. Education Center
Barns--Remodeling for other use
The Morton C. Bradley, Jr. Education Center, housed in a repurposed 19th-century barn, is located a few yards northeast of the Wylie House.
Burgess, Jo
2014 May 21
2014 July 21
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Photographs of barn reconstruction
Barns--Remodeling for other use
The 19th-century barn was reconstructed on the Wylie House property during the spring and summer of 2010.
Burgess, Jo
2010 April 2
2010 June 2
2010 August 12
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Photograph of barn deconstruction
Barns--Remodeling for other use
The 19th-century barn was dismantled during the fall and winter of 2009.
Burgess, Jo
2009 December 1
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Photographs of barn before removal
Before it became the Morton C. Bradley, Jr. Education Center, this 19th-century barn was located on a farm in Monroe County.
Burgess, Jo
2009 November 11
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Photographs of Morton C. Bradley, Jr. Education Center blueprints
Blueprints
Bloomington’s Kirkwood Design Studio planned the removal and reconstruction of the barn on the Wylie House property. The materials were treated and the structure was strengthened and insulated to provide a secure, climate-controlled environment for the museum’s staff, researchers, and archival materials.
Burgess, Jo
2009 March 17
Kirkwood Design Studio
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Photograph of <em>The Great Minimal Surface</em> sculpture
Sculpture
<p><span>Photograph of a sculpture created by Morton C. Bradley, Jr., in 2004. </span>This sculpture is composed of Schoen minimal surface gyroids. <em>The Great Minimal Surface</em> begins Bradley’s Minimal Surface series, the most innovative and distinct series of sculptural expressions in the artist’s career. A minimal surface is a surface with a mean curvature of zero, meaning that the maximum upward curvature and downward curvature are equal and opposite. A zero mean curvature creates fluid, saddle-shaped forms, often called <em>gyroids</em>, which can be fitted together in honeycomb structures. The initial work concerning minimal surfaces was pioneered by German mathematician Hermann Amandus Schwarz in 1865, and expanded upon by Alan Schoen, a NASA senior scientist. Instead of completing the complex formulas to generate the surfaces, Schoen hypothesized what surfaces certain formulas would produce, then hired a friend and fabricator of Bradley’s, Harald Robinson, to create a sculptural model. Robinson shared the plastic casts he created with Bradley as they fostered their personal and working relationship. Bradley, inspired by exploring such a new form towards the end of his life, embarked on the creation of his own minimal surface piece.</p>
Cavanagh, Michael, 1955-
Montague, Kevin
2011 November 29
Bradley, Morton C., Jr. (Morton Clark), 1912-2004
Priest, Linda Kindler
Robinson, Harald
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Photograph of <em>Pueblo</em> sculpture
Sculpture
Photograph of a sculpture created by Morton C. Bradley, Jr., in 2003.
Cavanagh, Michael, 1955-
Montague, Kevin
2011 November 29
Bradley, Morton C., Jr. (Morton Clark), 1912-2004
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Photograph of <em>Archimedes</em> sculpture
Sculpture
<p><span>Photograph of a sculpture created by Morton C. Bradley, Jr., in 2003. This sculpture is a c</span>omposite form. Composed of twelve halved icosidodecahedra, twenty halved cubeoctaheadra and thirty halved octahedra, <em>Archimedes</em> is a complex, composite form. Built around a core of a truncated icosahedron, all sixty-two colors that were used by Bradley in previous works are present in this culminating sculpture. Demonstrating the classic Bradley color aesthetic, cool wintry tones shift to warm to velvety jewel tones and cool again as the sculpture rotates. While each of Bradley’s sculptures employs a distinctive set of color variations, <em>Archimedes</em> is the only piece painted using all of Bradley’s color options.</p>
Cavanagh, Michael, 1955-
Montague, Kevin
2011 November 29
Bradley, Morton C., Jr. (Morton Clark), 1912-2004
Priest, Linda Kindler
Robinson, Harald
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Photograph of an untitled sculpture
Sculpture
Photograph of a sculpture created by Morton C. Bradley, Jr., in 2001.
Cavanagh, Michael, 1955-
Montague, Kevin
2011 November 29
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Photograph of <em>Papillon</em> sculpture
Sculpture
Photograph of a sculpture created by Morton C. Bradley, Jr., in 2001.
Cavanagh, Michael, 1955-
Montague, Kevin
2011 November 29
Bradley, Morton C., Jr. (Morton Clark), 1912-2004
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