Bartlett, Paul Wayland,  1865-1925. <br/><br/>
Paul Wayland Bartlett papers, 1875-1959. 

 - 15,000  items. 55  1  containers plus  oversize. 22.8  linear feet. 
 -  Arranged in 10 series.  Series 1: Family Correspondence, 1903-1949; Series 2: General Correspondence, 1892-1925; Series 3: Sculpture File, 1898-1932; Series 4: Speech and Article File, 1913-1916; Series 5: Financial and Legal Papers, 1889-1928; Series 6: Scrapbooks, 1881-1906; Series 7: Miscellany, 1875-1925; Series 8: Printed Matter, 1886-1959; Series 9: Truman Howe Bartlett Papers, 1881-1922; and Series 10: Bessie McPherson Papers, 1882-1936. 
<br/><br/> Open to research. 
<br/><br/> Correspondence, speeches, lecture notes, notes, financial and legal records, printed matter, scrapbooks, sketches, blueprints, and other papers relating chiefly to Bartlett's career as a sculptor.  Documents his methods of work, manner of selecting materials, contracts, and negotiations.  Also documents Bartlett's discussions with other sculptors, architects, artists, and craftsmen concerning the field of art.  Includes files pertaining to Bartlett's statues of Michelangelo Buonarroti and Christopher Columbus in the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C..; House of Representatives pediment at the United States Capitol building, Washington, D.C.; statues of William Blackstone in Washington, D.C., of Benjamin Franklin, in Waterbury, Conn., and of Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, marquis deLafayette, in Paris, France; statues for the Connecticut State Capitol building, Hartford, Conn.; and other works.  Correspondents include Chester Beach, Poultney Bigelow, Karl Theodore Francis Bitter, John Merven Carrère, Cyrus E. Dallin, and Grover A. Whalen.  Papers of Bartlett's father, Truman Howe Bartlett, include correspondence, lecture notes, articles, printed matter, and scrapbooks.  Correspondents include E. Fauré-Frémiet, Dorothy Canfield Fisher, Jean François Millet, Auguste Rodin, and Olin Lavi Warner.  Papers of Bartlett's sister-in-law, Bessie McPherson, include correspondence, notes, notebooks, financial and legal records, and printed matter relating chiefly to personal matters and to Bartlett's sculpture projects.  Correspondents include her sister, Suzanne Earle Ogden-Jones Emmons Bartlett. 
<br/><br/><br/>Sculptor. 
<br/><br/><br/>Collection material in English. 
<br/><br/> Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room. 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>mm 78011940  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Bartlett, Suzanne Earle Ogden-Jones Emmons, 1861-1954 --Correspondence.<br/>Beach, Chester, 1881-1956 --Correspondence.<br/>Bigelow, Poultney, 1855- --Correspondence.<br/>Bitter, Karl Theodore Francis, 1867-1915 --Correspondence.<br/>Blackstone, William, 1723-1780 --Statues.<br/>Carrère, John Merven, 1858-1911 --Correspondence.<br/>Columbus, Christopher--Statues.<br/>Dallin, Cyrus E. 1861-1944 --Correspondence.<br/>Fauré-Frémiet, E. 1824-1910 --Correspondence.<br/>Fisher, Dorothy Canfield, 1879-1958 --Correspondence.<br/>Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 --Statues.<br/>Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, marquis de,  1757-1834 --Statues.<br/>Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564 --Statues.<br/>Millet, Jean François, 1814-1875 --Correspondence.<br/>Rodin, Auguste, 1840-1917 --Correspondence.<br/>Warner, Olin Lavi, 1844-1896 --Correspondence.<br/>Whalen, Grover A. 1886-1962 --Correspondence.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Connecticut State Capitol (Hartford, Conn.)<br/>Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building (Washington, D.C.)<br/>United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.)
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Art.<br/>Sculptors--United States.<br/>Sculpture.<br/>Sculpture--Connecticut--Hartford.<br/>Sculpture--Connecticut--Waterbury.<br/>Sculpture--France--Paris.<br/>Sculpture--Washington (D.C.)
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Occupation: </label><br/>Artists.<br/>Sculptors.