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Box 5

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Contains 227 Results:

Lincoln Memorial Commission Minutes of Meeting, September 25, 1913

 File — Box: 5, Folder: 21
Scope and Contents

Minutes of Meeting, 25 September 1913. 8 pp., typescript. Appended are: "Report of the Architect," 25 September 1913, 3 pp. typescript, a copy of the above "Advertisement, Instructions and Specifications," and typed copies of six letters pertaining to the Commission. (Also Henry Bacon's carbon typescript, with corrections. 106 pp.)

Dates: September 25, 1913
Found in: University Archives / Henry Bacon papers / Series V: Lincoln Memorial / Subseries V B: Documentation

"Reproduction of Autographs of the Signers of the Testimonial to Abraham Lincoln Placed in the Corner Stone of the Lincoln Memorial on the twelfth day of February A.D. 1915 at Washington, D.C.", 1915

 File — Box: 5, Folder: 22
Scope and Contents

27 leaves. Number 549 of a limited edition privately printed by the George A. Fuller Co. Washington, D.C., 1915. Typed sheet laid in, apparently used in ceremony.

Dates: 1915
Found in: University Archives / Henry Bacon papers / Series V: Lincoln Memorial / Subseries V B: Documentation

Submitted for the Consideration of the Attorney General. In re: Contract for the construction of the Lincoln Memorial, October 30, 1913

 File — Box: 5, Folder: 23
Scope and Contents

S. M. Cullom, Resident Commission, Lincoln Memorial Commission. 15 pages, carbon of typescript.

Dates: October 30, 1913
Found in: University Archives / Henry Bacon papers / Series V: Lincoln Memorial / Subseries V B: Documentation

"Building the Lincoln Memorial", October 20, 1916

 File — Box: 5, Folder: 24
Scope and Contents

By J. F. Manning. 11 pages, carbon of typescript.

Dates: October 20, 1916
Found in: University Archives / Henry Bacon papers / Series V: Lincoln Memorial / Subseries V B: Documentation

Art Commission of the City of New York correspondence, 1917-1921

 File — Box: 5, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Collection of correspondence, plans, vendor estimates, scrapbooks, drawings, photographs, blue prints, and more of Henry Bacon's career. Primarily showcasing his work on Wesleyan University buildings as well as correspondence and photographs related to the Lincoln Memorial. Not yet processed are the large scale drawings and plans as well as his scrapbooks.

Dates: 1917-1921
Found in: University Archives / Henry Bacon papers / Series III: Art Commission of the City of New York

Sedgwick Monument correspondence, 1902-1904

 File — Box: 5, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents

Correspondence with Ellery Sedgwick and Henry Sedgwick

Dates: 1902-1904
Found in: University Archives / Henry Bacon papers / Series IV: Sedgwick Monument, Stockbridge, Massachusetts

Subseries V A: Correspondence, 1911

 File — Box: 5, Folder: 3
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: 1911
Found in: University Archives / Henry Bacon papers / Series V: Lincoln Memorial / Subseries V A: Correspondence

D. H. Burnham to Bacon, August 18, 1911

 Item — Box: 5, Folder: 3, Item: 1
Scope and Contents

Thanks for statuette

Dates: August 18, 1911

Francis H. Bacon to Bacon, August [3], 1911

 Item — Box: 5, Folder: 3, Item: 2
Scope and Contents

Clipping regarding appointment as architect of Lincoln Memorial, with brotherly congratulations

Dates: August [3], 1911

W. R. Mead to Bacon, August 3, 1911

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

Congratulatory telegram

Dates: August 3, 1911

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