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    		• Keck, Charles,
     
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    		• Sheridan, Peter B.,
     
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    		• Roman Bronze Works,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Mitchell, John
     
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    		• Occupation -- Other
     
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    		• Occupation -- Industry
     
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    		• Figure group -- Male
     
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    		• Figure group -- Family
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Scranton
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    John Mitchell Monument, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Keck, Charles, 1875-1951, sculptor.
    Sheridan, Peter B., architect.
    Roman Bronze Works, founder.
    Title: 
    John Mitchell Monument, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Champion of Labor - Defender of Human Rights, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1923. Installed May 24, 1924. Dedicated on May 30, 1924. Rededicated Oct. 25, 1999.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite; Niche: Vermont dummerstone granite; Foundation: concrete.
    Vermont Dummerstone granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. H. 8 ft.; Base: approx. 3.5 x 3.5 x 3.5 ft.; Niche: approx. 20 x 13 x 5.5 ft.(10 tons).
    Inscription: 
    (On back lower right side of bronze sculpture:) Charles Keck/Sculptor/1923 (On back lower left side of bronze sculpture:) Cast by Roman Bronze Works N.Y. (On upper front of niche:) CHAMPION OF LABOR/DEFENDER OF HUMAN RIGHTS (On left side of monument:) I WISH TO SE THE/INTEREST AND IDEALS/OF LABOR AND CAPITAL/FAIRLY RECONCILED NOT/BY SURRENDER BUT BY/MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING (On right side of monument:) SO FAR AS DISCONTENT/IS EXPRESSED IN CONSTRUC-/TIVE MOVEMENTS FOR/HUMAN BETTERMENT IT/IS HEALTHY AND TO BE/ENCOURAGED (On back of monument:) THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED BY CONTRIBUTIONS FROM/THE MEMBERS OF THE UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA/AND THEIR FRIENDS/(list of names) signed Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    A bronze portrait of John Mitchell standing with his proper right hand extended and his proper left hand holding papers to his chest. The figure rests on a low square base in front of a granite niche that is adorned around the interior with a relief panel depicting miners excavating coal. On the exterior of the niche is a relief panel depicting a miner's family seated around a kitchen table. The sides of the niche are flanked by semicircular benches.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Mitchell, John -- Full length
    Occupation -- Other -- Reformer
    Occupation -- Industry -- Mining
    Figure group -- Male
    Figure group -- Family
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Scranton
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Lackawanna County, Department of Public Works, 200 Adams Avenue, Scranton, Pennsylvania 18503
    Located Courthouse Square, Scranton, Pennsylvania
    Remarks: 
    The sculpture was commissioned by the United Mine Workers in 1924. John Mitchell (1870-1919) was the fifth president of the United Mine Workers of America (1899-1908). In 1902 he lead the strike of the anthracite coal miners which lasted from June 2 until Oct. 23, 1902. IAS files contain articles from the Scranton Times, Dec. 11, 1977 and The Miner's Lamp (Sept./Oct. 1992): pg. 1-3, a newsletter of the Pennsylvania Anthracite Heritage Museum and Iron Furnaces Association.
    Conservation: 
    Treated 1999 September. Baut Studios (Kingston, PA). Treatment report on file with Lackawanna Historical Society.
    References: 
    Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.
    Lackawanna County Historical Society, 1970.
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania survey, 1994.
    Inventory staff, 2000.
    SOS Conservation Notification Report, 2000.
    SOS Conservation Notification Report, 2001.
    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 77001724
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