Wetmore, George Peabody 1846-1921 creator mixed material monographic eng 2,000 15 5.2 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. Open to research. Governor and U.S. representative and senator from Rhode Island. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012025 Alger, R. A. (Russell Alexander) 1836-1907 Correspondence Borglum, Gutzon 1867-1941 Correspondence Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) 1822-1885 Monuments Hay, John 1838-1905 Correspondence Lincoln, Abraham 1809-1865 Monuments Mackay-Smith, Alexander 1850-1911 Correspondence Root, Elihu 1845-1937 Correspondence Saint-Gaudens, Augustus 1848-1907 Correspondence Taft, William H. (William Howard) 1857-1930 Correspondence United States. Commission of Fine Arts. Art and state United States Art, Municipal Washington (D.C.) City planning Washington (D.C.) Historic sites Washington (D.C.) Monuments Washington (D.C.) Parks Washington (D.C.) Public works Washington (D.C.) Mall, The (Washington, D.C.) Governors Representatives, U.S. Congress Senators, U.S. Congress mm 81045211 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms012025 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms012025.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012025 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012025.3 Open to research. DLC 811028 20260227111708.0 mm 81045211