Box 5
Contains 227 Results:
William H. Taft to Bacon, April 25, 1922
Proposes a change in teh Cortissoz inscription, as suggested by President Harding: In this Temple As in the Hearts of the People Of the Union which he saved The memory of Abraham Lincoln is enshrined forever. changed from original 3d line of Cortissoz which read: "For whom he saved the Union" Mr. Taft thought the new line an improvement.
C. Hevusiler to Royal Cortissoz, April 27, 1922
Copy of letter telling of proposed change made by Mr. Harding in the inscription.
Royal Cortissoz to Bacon, April 28, 1922
Urges retaining original line. Considered explanation of why the original line should remain.
Bacon to William H. Taft, April 29, 1922
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.
William H. Taft to Bacon, April 30, 1922
Invitation to meet at his home, 2241 Wyoming Ave., with Col. Graves, Col. Sherrill and himself to settle "the program and also the question of the inscription."
Royal Cortissoz to Bacon, May 1, 1922
"If a contrary view is finally adopted by the Lincoln Memorial Commission I must beg you to withdraw the inscription altogether."
Royal Cortissoz to Bacon, May 1, 1922
Personal letter which enclosed his letter asking that the inscription be withdrawn or used as he composed it: "bear the unpleasantness for our old friendship's sake... Don't let me suffer a mean humiliation."
Daniel C. French to Bacon, May 12, 1922
"What the statue expresses is not for the sculptor to say, but what I wanted it to express was the strength of the man and confidence in his ability to see his job through. I think, perhaps, the hands express this as much as the face."
Bacon to Colonel John T. Graves, May 19, 1922
Copy o fletter covering enclosures (not included) describing the Memorial.
Harvey M. Watts to Bacon, May 1922
Copy of poem entitled "At the Lincoln Memorial" dated May 1922.