Gutzon Borglum papers, 1895-1960 (bulk 1912-1941).
Material type:
Mixed materialsDescription: 71,000 items; 191 containers; 1 microfilm reel; 76.4 linear feetSubject(s): - Arnold, Henry Harley, 1886-1950 -- Correspondence
- Baker, Newton Diehl, 1871-1937 -- Correspondence
- Boland, John A. (John Abram), 1884-1958 -- Correspondence
- Borglum, Lincoln, 1912-1986 -- Correspondence
- Coolidge, Calvin, 1872-1933 -- Correspondence
- Daniels, Josephus, 1862-1948 -- Correspondence
- French, Daniel Chester, 1850-1931 -- Correspondence
- Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel), 1865-1923 -- Correspondence
- Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964 -- Correspondence
- Ickes, Harold L. (Harold LeClair), 1874-1952 -- Correspondence
- King, William Lyon Mackenzie, 1874-1950 -- Correspondence
- Lincoln, Robert Todd, 1843-1926 -- Correspondence
- Norris, George W. (George William), 1861-1944 -- Correspondence
- Pittman, Key, 1872-1940 -- Correspondence
- Rodin, Auguste, 1840-1917 -- Correspondence
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 -- Correspondence
- Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 -- Correspondence
- Rosenwald, Julius, 1862-1932 -- Correspondence
- Sargent, Fred W. (Fred Wesley), 1876-1940 -- Correspondence
- Schiff, Jacob H. (Jacob Henry), 1847-1920 -- Correspondence
- Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950 -- Correspondence
- White, William Allen, 1868-1944 -- Correspondence
- Williamson, William, 1875-1972 -- Correspondence
- Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924 -- Correspondence
- Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959 -- Correspondence
- Borglum family
- Oglala Sioux Tribe
- Progressive Party (1912)
- Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
- Aeronautics -- Societies, etc
- Freemasonry
- Highway planning
- Indians of North America -- Government relations
- Indians of North America -- South Dakota
- Memorials -- Georgia
- Memorials -- South Dakota
- Military aeronautics equipment industry
- Presidents -- Monuments -- United States
- Progressivism (United States politics)
- Sculpture, American
- World War, 1914-1918 -- United States -- Equipment and supplies
- Mount Rushmore National Memorial (S.D.)
- Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (S.D.)
- Stone Mountain Memorial State Park (Ga.)
- United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century
- Artists
- Authors
- Sculptors
Open to research.
Correspondence, diaries, speeches, writings, family papers, subject files, and other papers relating primarily to Borglum's artistic works, especially the Mount Rushmore National Memorial and the Stone Mountain Confederate Memorial. Also includes material relating to his activities in the Republican and Progressive parties, as a member of several aeronautics societies, and as a Freemason. Subjects include an investigation into federal government contracts with aeronautics industries during World War I, civic affairs including highway planning, and Indian affairs pertaining primarily to the Oglala Sioux Indians of Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, S.D. Correspondents include Henry Harley Arnold, Newton Diehl Baker, Calvin Coolidge, Josephus Daniels, Daniel Chester French, Warren G. Harding, Herbert Hoover, Harold L. Ickes, William Lyon Mackenzie King, Robert Todd Lincoln, Auguste Rodin, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, Fred W. Sargent, Jacob H. Schiff, Bernard Shaw, William Allen White, Woodrow Wilson, and Frank Lloyd Wright.
Also includes records of the Mount Rushmore National Memorial Commission. Records include correspondence, speeches, annual reports, financial reports, contracts, charts, blueprints, clippings, printed matter, and miscellany. Correspondents include John A. Boland, Gutzon Borglum, Lincoln Borglum, George W. Norris, Key Pittman, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Julius Rosenwald, Fred W. Sargent, and William Williamson.
Microfilm of originals in private hands. [S.l.].
Private
Photographs transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
Artist, author, and sculptor. Full name: John Gutzon de la Mothe Borglum.
Collection material in English.
Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at
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