Box 5
Contains 227 Results:
President William H. Taft to Bacon, May 10, 1916
Brief reply to above.
Bacon to Daniel C. French, June 2, 1916
Copy of letter telling of Commission's action in approving the quarter-sized model of the statue of Lincoln.
Daniel C. French to Bacon, June 5, 1916
Brief response to above.
Senator J. C. S. Blackburn to Bacon, July 25, 1916
Congratulations for "well earned honor bestowed upon you."
Henry B. Rankin to Bacon, September 14, 1916
Letter enclosing article from Outlook, with no mention of Springfield address being in the Memorial. Appeal to do anything to secure it.
John F. Bethune (Chief Clerk, Lincoln Memorial Commission) to Bacon, September 27, 1916
Request for suggestions of what should be included in contract with Jules Guerin for decorative paintings in the Memorial.
Bacon to Colonel Harts, September 29, 1916
Copy of letter in response to Bethune's with regard to payment and details of furnishing two decorations for the walls, painted in oil on canvas, 12 feet wide and 60 feet long, also the decoration of the bronze ceiling beams.
Henry B. Rankin to Bacon and copy, November 10, 1916
Tells of writing President Taft and includes his reply to bring up at the Commission meeting the matter of the Springfield Farewell Address. Includes handwritten postscript regarding portraits with beard. And copy.
J. Manning (Colorado-Yule Marble) to Bacon, October 19, 1916
Letter to cover an article on the difficulties during the quarrying and fabrication of the Memorial (article not attached).
Bacon to Henry B. Rankin, November 14, 1916
Copy of response to Rankin's letter of Nov. 10 in which he expresses confidence that the Commission will consider the matter and promise to request Senator Blackburn to inform Rankin of the decision.