Wetmore, George Peabody,  1846-1921. <br/><br/>
George Peabody Wetmore papers, 1885-1916  (bulk 1895-1913). 

 - 2,000  items. 15  containers. 5.2  linear feet. 
<br/><br/> Open to research. 
<br/><br/> Correspondence related primarily to the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts and to the improvement and development of Washington, D.C., including plans for the National Mall, historic sites, and memorials to Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, and other historical figures.  Correspondents include R.A. Alger, Gutzon Borglum, John Hay, Alexander Mackay-Smith, Elihu Root, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, and William H. Taft. 
<br/><br/><br/>Governor and U.S. representative and senator from Rhode Island. 
<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.ms012025 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>mm 81045211  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Alger, R. A. 1836-1907 --Correspondence.<br/>Borglum, Gutzon, 1867-1941 --Correspondence.<br/>Grant, Ulysses S. 1822-1885 --Monuments.<br/>Hay, John, 1838-1905 --Correspondence.<br/>Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 --Monuments.<br/>Mackay-Smith, Alexander, 1850-1911 --Correspondence.<br/>Root, Elihu, 1845-1937 --Correspondence.<br/>Saint-Gaudens, Augustus, 1848-1907 --Correspondence.<br/>Taft, William H. 1857-1930 --Correspondence.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>United States. Commission of Fine Arts. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Art and state--United States.<br/>Art, Municipal--Washington (D.C.)<br/>City planning--Washington (D.C.)<br/>Historic sites--Washington (D.C.)<br/>Monuments--Washington (D.C.)<br/>Parks--Washington (D.C.)<br/>Public works--Washington (D.C.)
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Mall, The (Washington, D.C.)
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Occupation: </label><br/>Governors--Rhode Island.<br/>Representatives, U.S. Congress--Rhode Island.<br/>Senators, U.S. Congress--Rhode Island.