Creator:

Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830-1910  Search this

Names:

Library of Congress  Search this

Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904: Saint Louis, Mo.)  Search this

South Carolina Interstate and West Indian Exposition  Search this

World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)  Search this

Adams, Herbert, 1858-1945  Search this

Appleton, Thomas Gold, 1812-1884  Search this

Bitter, Karl Theodore Francis, 1867-1915  Search this

Borglum, Gutzon, 1867-1941  Search this

Chilton, R. S.  Search this

Cushing, Robert  Search this

Dana, Paul  Search this

French, Daniel Chester, 1850-1931  Search this

Herber, C. A.  Search this

Johnson, Robert Underwood, 1853-1937  Search this

Orr, Alexander Ector, 1831-1914  Search this

Potter, Edward Clark, 1857-1923  Search this

Richards, T. Addison (Thomas Addison), 1820-1900  Search this

Ruckstull, F. W. (Fred Wellington), 1853-1942  Search this

Thomas, Charles N.  Search this

Extent:

2 Microfilm reels

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Microfilm reels

Date:

1857-1915

Scope and Contents:

Correspondence regarding the St. Louis Exposition, the World's Columbian Exposition, the South Carolina Interstate and West Indian Exposition, statuary in New York City and the Library of Congress, the Washington statue in Newburyport, Mass. Letters from Robert Cushing in Italy pertain to the supervision of the execution of Ward's marble statuary group in Carrara. Correspondents include Herbert Adams, Thomas Gold Appleton, Karl Bitter, Gutzon Borglum, Daniel Chester French, Robert Underwood Johnson, Thomas Addison Richards, Edward Clark Potter, Alexander E. Orr, R. S. Chilton, Paul Dana, F. Wellington Ruckstuhll, Charles N. Thomas, C. A. Herber and Ward's wife.

Biographical / Historical:

Sculptor; New York, N.Y.

Provenance:

Lent 1973 by New York Historical Society.

Restrictions:

The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.

Topic:

Sculpture, American  Search this

Sculptors -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.wardjohn

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw94fd2a51f-eae8-4a1b-9165-67a73d9dac2e

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-wardjohn