Creator:

Borglum, Gutzon, 1867-1941  Search this

Subject:

Borglum, Lincoln  Search this

Place:

Mount Rushmore National Memorial (S.D.)

Place of publication, production, or execution:

United States

Physical Description:

1 Reel, ca. 1,000 items (on 1 microfilm reel)

Access Note / Rights:

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

Summary:

Correspondence between Borglum and Dr. J.S. Lankford, between Borglum and Ellen Quillin, Director of the Witte Museum, San Antonio, Tex., and regarding Borglum's monument at the Alamo in San Antonio; photocopies of articles regarding Borglum's son, Lincoln; exhibition catalogs, brochures, and other printed material; and photographs of Borglum's sculpture.

Citation:

Gutzon Borglum collection, 1926-1981. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Additional Forms:

35mm microfilm reel 3056 available for use through interlibrary loan.

Location of Originals:

Originals in the San Antonio Museum of Art.

Loan:

Loan

Biography Note:

Sculptor; Texas and mid-west. Brother of Solon Borglum, also a sculptor. Gutzon is most famous for carving the portraits of Lincoln, Washington, Jefferson, and Theodore Roosevelt on Mt. Rushmore.

Language Note:

English .

Provenance:

Microfilmed as part of the Archives of American Art's Texas project.

Location Note:

Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001

Topic:

Sculpture, American  Search this

Theme:

Lives of artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)6817

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)208944

AAA_collcode_borggutz

Theme:

Lives of artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_208944