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    		• Harper, John,
     
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    		• Bryant, Paul,
     
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    		• Bryant Art Foundry,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Jenkins, Harry E.
     
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    		• Occupation -- Education
     
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    		• Dress -- Accessory
     
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    		• Object -- Written Matter
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Tyler
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Dr. Harry Earle Jenkins, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Harper, John, sculptor.
    Bryant, Paul, caster.
    Bryant Art Foundry, founder.
    Title: 
    Dr. Harry Earle Jenkins, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Doctor Harry Earle Jenkins, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1987. Cast 1987. Dedicated Oct. 1, 1987.
    Medium: 
    Figure: bronze with blue patina; Base: brick and stone.
    Dimensions: 
    Figure: approx. 5 ft. x 2 ft. 3 in. x 10 in.; Base: approx. 10 in. x 8 ft. x 5 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (On Bible held in figure's proper right hand:) JOHN/HARPER/'87 (On bronze plaque on base in front of figure:) DR. HARRY EARLE JENKINS/(1899-1983)/PRESIDENT OF TYLER JUNIOR COLLEGE/(1946-1980)/A PIONEER IN PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION, JENKINS WAS/THE FIRST JUNIOR COLLEGE LEADER TO BECOME PRESIDENT/OF THE SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES AND SCHOOLS./HE DEVELOPED THIS COLLEGE FROM A SMALL, EMBRYONIC/SCHOOL TO THE LARGEST SINGLE CAMPUS JUNIOR COLLEGE/IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. HIS OPEN DOOR POLICY WITH/STUDENTS POPULARIZED THE SLOGAN, "WE CARE." KNOWN/AFFECTIONATELY BY EDUCATORS, STATESMEN, AND FRIENDS/NATIONWIDE AS "MR. JUNIOR COLLEGE," JENKINS WILL/LONG BE REMEMBERED ON THIS CAMPUS WHERE HE ALWAYS/COUNSELED THAT COMPLEX PROBLEMS WILL YIELD TO REASON/WATSON W. WISE/1987 signed
    Description: 
    A full-length standing portrait of Dr. Harry E. Jenkins, President Emeritus of Tyler Junior College. Dr. Jenkins wears a business suit, tie and eyeglasses. He holds a Bible in his proper right hand. The statue is installed atop a low brick base.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Jenkins, Harry E. -- Full length
    Occupation -- Education -- Teacher
    Dress -- Accessory -- Eye wear
    Object -- Written Matter -- Book
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Tyler
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Tyler Junior College, Art Department, P. O. Box 9020, Tyler, Texas 75711
    Located Tyler Junior College, 1500 East Fifth at Mahon Avenue, Wise Plaza, Tyler, Texas
    Remarks: 
    Sculpture donated to Tyler Junior College by Watson W. Wise of Tyler. Dr. Jenkins served as the president of the college from 1946 to 1981. IAS files contain a copy of a press release from Tyler Junior College announcing the unveiling of the statue.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Texas survey, 1993.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Note: 
    The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
    Repository: 
    Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
    Control Number: 
    IAS TX000026
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