French, Daniel Chester,  1850-1931. <br/><br/>
Daniel Chester French papers, circa 1848-1968  (bulk 1911-1945). 

 - 23,000  items. 94  containers. 44  microfilm reels. 37.6  linear feet. 
 -  Arranged in 13 series.  Series 1: Daniel Chester French: General Correspondence, 1868-1931; Series 2: Daniel Chester French: Family Correspondence, 1870-1887; Series 3: Daniel Chester French: Commissions File, circa 1910-1931; Series 4: Daniel Chester French: Financial Papers, 1895-1931; Series 5: Daniel Chester French: Miscellany, 1872-1933; Series 6: Daniel Chester French: Scrapbook Material, 1850-1962; Series 7: Margaret French Cresson, General Correspondence, circa 1915-1962; Series 8: Margaret French Cresson: Family Correspondence, 1919-1932; Series 9: Margaret French Cresson: Book, Article, and Speech File, 1947-1953; Series 10: Margaret French Cresson: Miscellany; Series 11: Miscellaneous Family Papers, circa 1848-1932; Series 12: Photographs, circa 1855-1952; and Series 13: Addition, 1908-1968. 
<br/><br/> Open to research.  Restrictions may apply to unprocessed material. 
<br/><br/> Correspondence, writings, financial records, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, photographs, and other papers relating chiefly to French's career as an artist and sculptor and to the French family.  Subjects include his sculpture of Abraham Lincoln for the Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C., and the artistic milieu of the period.  Papers of his daughter, Margaret French Cresson, reflect her career as a sculptress, author, and lecturer as well as her service with many cultural organizations.  Includes drafts and proof of her book Journey into Fame; The Life of Daniel Chester French (1947).  Other French family members represented include Sarah French Bartlette, W.P. Cresson, Amos Tuck French, Henry F. French, and Mary Adams French French.  Correspondents include Henry Bacon, Gutzon Borglum, Robert M. Bush, W.W. Harts, Margaret F. Jameson, Hermon Atkins MacNeil, Charles Moore, George Foster Peabody, Edward Robinson, Lorado Taft, and Adolf A. Weinman. 
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<br/><br/><br/>Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. <br/>Washington, D.C. : <br/>Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, <br/>1976. 
<br/><br/><br/>Photographs <br/>Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. <br/>transferred to 
<br/><br/><br/>Sculptor and artist. 
<br/><br/><br/>Collection material in English. 
<br/><br/> Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at  http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009274 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>mm 79021576  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Bacon, Henry, 1866-1924 --Correspondence.<br/>Bartlette, Sarah French.<br/>Borglum, Gutzon, 1867-1941 --Correspondence.<br/>Bush, Robert M.--Correspondence.<br/>Cresson, W. P. 1873-1932. <br/>French, Amos Tuck, 1863-1941. <br/>French, Henry F. 1813-1885. <br/>French, Mary Adams French, 1859-1939. <br/>Harts, W. W. 1866-1961 --Correspondence.<br/>Jameson, Margaret F.--Correspondence.<br/>Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 --Statues--Washington (D.C.)<br/>MacNeil, Hermon Atkins, 1866-1947 --Correspondence.<br/>Moore, Charles, 1855-1942 --Correspondence.<br/>Peabody, George Foster, 1852-1938 --Correspondence.<br/>Robinson, Edward, 1858-1931 --Correspondence.<br/>Taft, Lorado, 1860-1936 --Correspondence.<br/>Weinman, Adolph A. 1870-1952 --Correspondence.<br/>French family.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Arts.<br/>Lincoln Memorial (Washington, D.C.)<br/>Memorials--Washington (D.C.)<br/>Sculpture.<br/>Statues--Washington (D.C.)
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Occupation: </label><br/>Artists.<br/>Sculptors.