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Collection Overview ...... 1 Administrative Information ...... 1 Scope and Contents...... 1 Biographical / Historical...... 1 Names and Subjects ...... 1 Container Listing ...... Gutzon Borglum collection AAA.borggutz

Collection Overview

Repository:

Title: Gutzon Borglum collection

Identifier: AAA.borggutz

Date: 1926-1981

Creator: Borglum, Gutzon, 1867-1941

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

Language: English .

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information Microfilmed as part of the Archives of American Art's Texas project. Location of Originals Originals in the San Antonio Museum of Art. Available Formats 35mm microfilm reel 3056 available for use through interlibrary loan. Restrictions The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.

Biographical / Historical

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 on Mt. Rushmore.

Scope and Contents

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 .

Names and Subject Terms

This collection is indexed in the online catalog of the Smithsonian Institution under the following terms:

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Subjects: Sculpture, American

Names: Borglum, Lincoln

Occupations: Sculptors --

Places: National Memorial (S.D.)

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