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Box 5

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Contains 227 Results:

Subseries V A: Correspondence, 1918

 File — Box: 5, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

232 items. Important correspondents include William Howard Taft, Robert T. Lincoln, Daniel Chester French, Royal Cortissoz, Jules Guerin, and Senators S. M. Cullom, J. C. S. Blackburn, and Henry S. Rankin.

Dates: 1918
Found in: University Archives / Henry Bacon papers / Series V: Lincoln Memorial / Subseries V A: Correspondence

Bacon to Robert T. Lincoln, April 22, 1918

 Item — Box: 5, Folder: 10, Item: 2
Scope and Contents

An invitation to visit Mr. Guerin's studio (copy of letter). One of the two decorations was finished. Allegorical figures symbolize th eideas in the Gettysburg and Second Inaugural speeches.

Dates: April 22, 1918

Robert T. Lincoln to Bacon, April 23, 1918

 Item — Box: 5, Folder: 10, Item: 3
Scope and Contents

Indicates a delay of at least two weeks before he can go to N.Y. to see Guerin's work due to his moing out of one house in Washington into another. Expresses surprise that the French statue is to be in marble rather than bronze, but he was very mch pleased with the model.

Dates: April 23, 1918

Robert T. Lincoln to Bacon, April 26, 1918

 Item — Box: 5, Folder: 10, Item: 4
Scope and Contents

Expresses gratitude for a description of the statue and "that the substitution of marble for bronze is an improvement."

Dates: April 26, 1918

H. A. Vale to Bacon, May 22, 1918

 Item — Box: 5, Folder: 10, Item: 5
Scope and Contents

Request that Bacon arrange an interview with Josephine Braendle, an artist and reporter, with Miss Longman, "the only woman who has done work on the Lincoln Memorial."

Dates: May 22, 1918

President William H. Taft to Bacon, December 31, 1918

 Item — Box: 5, Folder: 10, Item: 6
Scope and Contents

Thanks for letter and souvenir of the Lincoln Memorial to be used as a paper weight.

Dates: December 31, 1918

Royal Cortissoz to Bacon, April 6, 1919

 Item — Box: 5, Folder: 11, Item: 1-2
Scope and Contents

Gives his reasons for the inscription he composed for the memorial: "In this temple As in the hearts of the people For whom he saved the union The memory of Abraham Lincoln Is enshrined forever." And copy.

Dates: April 6, 1919

Bacon to Royal Cortissoz, April 7, 1919

 Item — Box: 5, Folder: 11, Item: 3
Scope and Contents

Copy of reply that Bacon says this is a masterpiece and should go on the wall over the statue.

Dates: April 7, 1919

Statue copyright certificate, November 17, 1916

 Item — Box: 5, Folder: 8, Item: 16
Scope and Contents

Certificate of copyright of design of Abraham Lincoln statue by D. C. French.

Dates: November 17, 1916

Subseries V A: Correspondence, 1917

 File — Box: 5, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

232 items. Important correspondents include William Howard Taft, Robert T. Lincoln, Daniel Chester French, Royal Cortissoz, Jules Guerin, and Senators S. M. Cullom, J. C. S. Blackburn, and Henry S. Rankin.

Dates: 1917
Found in: University Archives / Henry Bacon papers / Series V: Lincoln Memorial / Subseries V A: Correspondence

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