G. C. Scoggin (Encyclopaedia Britannica) to Bacon and reply, November 26, 1920
Scope and Contents
Inquiry for facts for a supplementary volume: the cost, time of dedication, list of Bacon's works. Copy of reply: "Total cost of the Lincoln Memorial and masonry approaches is approximately $2,594,000. Date of dedication not yet determined. In letter to Scottin Bacon mentioned as "some of the important work I have done: Court of the Four Seasons, Panama-Pacific Exposition. Plan of future extension of Wesleyan University, Whittemore Memorial Bridge, Naugatuck, Conn., Union Square Savings Bank, New York City, Paterson Public Library, Paterson, N.J., Waterbury General Hospital, Waterbury, Conn. He adds a list of monuments he had designed, most in collaboration with sculptors.
Dates
- Creation: November 26, 1920
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Extent
From the Collection: 6 Linear Feet (5 hollinger boxes, 1 tall hollinger box, and 2 flat hollinger boxes)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the University Archives Repository