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100 1 _aFrench, Daniel Chester,
_d1850-1931.
245 0 0 _aDaniel Chester French papers,
_fcirca 1848-1968
_g(bulk 1911-1945).
300 _a23,000
_fitems.
300 _a94
_fcontainers.
300 _a44
_fmicrofilm reels.
300 _a37.6
_flinear feet.
351 _aArranged 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.
506 0 _aOpen to research.
506 _aRestrictions may apply to unprocessed material.
520 8 _aCorrespondence, 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.
520 8 _aCorrespondents 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.
530 _aMicrofilm edition of the collection (containers 1-44; 73-89) with the exception of the Margaret French Cresson papers available,
_dno. 16,708.
533 _aMicrofilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division.
_bWashington, D.C. :
_cLibrary of Congress Photoduplication Service,
_d1976.
544 _3Photographs
_etransferred to
_aLibrary of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
545 0 _aSculptor and artist.
546 _aCollection material in English.
555 8 _aFinding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009274
600 1 0 _aBacon, Henry,
_d1866-1924
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aBartlette, Sarah French.
600 1 0 _aBorglum, Gutzon,
_d1867-1941
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aBush, Robert M.
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aCresson, W. P.
_q(William Penn),
_d1873-1932.
600 1 0 _aFrench, Amos Tuck,
_d1863-1941.
600 1 0 _aFrench, Henry F.
_q(Henry Flagg),
_d1813-1885.
600 1 0 _aFrench, Mary Adams French,
_d1859-1939.
600 1 0 _aHarts, W. W.
_q(William Wright),
_d1866-1961
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aJameson, Margaret F.
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aLincoln, Abraham,
_d1809-1865
_xStatues
_zWashington (D.C.)
600 1 0 _aMacNeil, Hermon Atkins,
_d1866-1947
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aMoore, Charles,
_d1855-1942
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aPeabody, George Foster,
_d1852-1938
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aRobinson, Edward,
_d1858-1931
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aTaft, Lorado,
_d1860-1936
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aWeinman, Adolph A.
_q(Adolph Alexander),
_d1870-1952
_vCorrespondence.
600 3 0 _aFrench family.
650 0 _aArts.
650 0 _aLincoln Memorial (Washington, D.C.)
650 0 _aMemorials
_zWashington (D.C.)
650 0 _aSculpture.
650 0 _aStatues
_zWashington (D.C.)
656 7 _aArtists.
_2itoamc
656 7 _aSculptors.
_2itoamc
700 1 2 _aCresson, Margaret French,
_d1889-1973.
_tJourney into fame; the life of Daniel Chester French.
_f1947.
700 1 _aCresson, Margaret French,
_d1889-1973.
_tMargaret French Cresson papers.
_fcirca 1915-1962.
856 4 _3Finding aid
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009274
856 4 _3Finding aid (PDF)
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009274.3
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