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"Drawing Book" sketch book with "Ward" inscribed on cover.

circa 1815-1860

Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830-1910

"Drawing Book" sketch book with "Ward" inscribed on cover, consisting of sketches including animals, female and male nudes, soldiers, sketches of hands and eyes, angels, etc.

GLC06343.224

7 invitations to various special and commemorative events, 1866-1905.

1866/04/23-1905/06/01

Invitations: to "Shakespeare's Birthday Dinner", "The Salmagundi Sketch Club", reunion of "The Society of the Army of the Cumberland", "Chamber of Commerce of the State" banquet, inauguration of new Metropolitan Museum of Art, memorial book in...

GLC06343.225

3 invitations to unveilings of various statues by Ward, 1868-1885.

1868/10/01-1885/06/06

Statues: Commodore Matthew C. Perry, General Israel Putnam, and the Pilgrim [Central Park, NY].

GLC06343.227

Inventory consisting of a partial list of the contents of the Ward collection; graph notebook paper.

circa 1908

Dates of items run from 1862 to 1908, and include sketches, scultpure designs, letters, photos, and newspaper articles.

GLC06343.229

3 clippings from various magazines; 2 about the Dewey Arch, and one about Ward's career as a sculptor.

1899/09/15-1899/10/14 ca.

Articles on the quadriga designed by Ward that was mounted on the Dewey Arch [NY]. Third article, "American Sculptors", features Ward along with Karl Bitter who helped to design some of the sculptures adorning the arch.

GLC06343.230

to J.Q.A. Ward.

1883/05/03

Corbin, Henry Clark, 1842-1909

Written on "Headquarters of the South" stationery. Re: request for Ward's presence at an upcoming meeting of the Garfield Monument Committee. Meeting to take place in Cincinnati, Ohio at the Grand Hotel on 1883/05/16.

GLC06343.233

Document signed

to J.Q.A. Ward.

1885/10/10

Pitch, Walter, fl. 1885

Official "Articles of Agreement" or "Building Contract" for the Garfield memorial pedestal. Official contract between Ward and The Garfield Monument Committee of the Society of the Army of the Cumberland specifying each party's role in creating the...

GLC06343.243

to J.Q.A. Ward

1886/09/01

Corbin, Henry Clark, 1842-1909

Re: enclosing "another draft in your favor for Five Thousand Doll[ar]s." and requesting a receipt for it.

GLC06343.246

to J.Q.A. Ward

1887/01/29

Aucaigne, Eugene F., fl. 1887

Marked as "Confidential", Aucaigne, a representative of the Henry Bonnard Bronze Co., provides Ward with cost estimates for the President Garfield memorial. Mr. Aucaigne promises that he is giving Ward the best price and best quality of work...

GLC06343.250

to J.Q.A. Ward

1887/05/14

Hunt, Richard M., fl. 1887

Stationary heading: "Office of Richard M. Hunt, Architect, Tribune Building". Re: Notes and specifications on construction of the President Garfield memorial, with sketch of the pedestal on reverse side. Written at the Tribune Building.

GLC06343.251

to General [James] Barnett

1889/06/24

Garfield, Lucretia Rudolph, 1832-1918

Paper bordered in black trim and bearing mark "LRG" [Lucretia R. Garfield]. Re: interest in meeting Mr. Ward when she is next in New York.

GLC06343.252

to J.Q.A. Ward

1899/06/21

Van Wyck, Robert A., fl. 1899

Re: Mayoral appointment for Ward to an Executive Committee in charge of reception for Admiral George Dewey.

GLC06343.253

to John La Farge

1899/07/26

Murray, Gilford, fl. 1899

Re: "Reception of Admiral Dewey, by the City of New York." The Committee on Decorations asks the President of the Society of Mural Painters for suggestions as to decorations of the procession route for the Dewey reception.

GLC06343.254

Typed letter

Report to: "The Committee on Plan and Scope" National Sculpture Society.

1899/07/27

Ward, J.Q.A./Bitter, Karl/et. al., fl. 1899

Re: Dewey Arch and the reception upon its opening; plans for replicating the Arch in Madison Square; details of the Arch's sculptural progress; lists military heroes [John Paul Jones, Farragut, etc.] who might merit being represented in sculptural...

GLC06343.255

to J.Q.A. Ward

1899/07/29

Ruckstuhl, F. Wellington, fl. 1899

Officially endorses plans for the "Triumphal Arch" [Dewey Arch] on behalf of the National Sculpture Society; discusses details for planned sculpture such as scale and plaster casting, deadline date for finished product, etc.

GLC06343.256

To: J.Q.A. Ward. Re: ideas for the Dewey Arch with postscript by Ward asking an assistant read Butterfield's letter before sending response.

1899/08/01

Butterfield, Daniel, 1831-1901

Written on "Reception of Admiral Dewey, by the City of New York."

GLC06343.257

To: J.Q.A. Ward. Re: criticism of current plans for the Dewey Arch; offers suggestions based on Greek and Roman mythological figures.

1899/08/10

de Kay, Charles, fl. 1899

Written on "The National Arts Club" stationary, by Charles de Kay, the 1st Vice-President of the National Sculpture Society. Pages numbered. Written at No. 37 West 34th Street.

GLC06343.258

To: General [Dan] Butterfield.

1899/08/16

Smith, L. Lum, fl. 1899

Re: plans for a Dewey Day Celebration and for the unveiling of the Dewey Arch.

GLC06343.259

To: J.Q.A. Ward. Re: expressing appreciation of Ward's sculpture on behalf of her husband, Gen. Butterfield.

1899/08/21

Butterfield, Julia L., fl. 1899

GLC06343.260

To: J.Q.A. Ward. Re: expressing appreciation of Ward's "very kind and assuring letter" on behalf of her husband, Gen. Butterfield.

1899/08/23

Butterfield, Julia L., fl. 1899

GLC06343.261

To: J.Q.A. Ward. Re: plans for the display on Dewey Day [presumably the day of Dewey's reception]. [Carbon Copy]

1899/08/25

Carroll, Howard, fl. 1899

GLC06343.262

To: J.Q.A. Ward. Re: The Archbishop of New York writes with suggestions for the Dewey Memorial Arch.

1899/08/28

Corrigan, Archbishop M.A., fl. 1899

GLC06343.263

To: J.Q.A. Ward. Re: Suggestion to Ward to included Commodore John Barry in his [Dewey] Arch.

August 29, 1899

Philip, J.N., fl. 1899

Marked as "Personal," Philip goes on to site Barry's merits and service to the United States and mentions that if John Paul Jones has a place on the Arch [someone who was not actually American] than at the least a statue of Barry should be alongside...

GLC06343.264

To: J.Q.A. Ward. Re: Suggestion to Ward to included Admiral John A. Winslow in Dewey Arch.

1899/09/09

Sanford, J.E.M., fl. 1899

Sanford justifies his suggestion by providing evidence of Winslow's valour and deeds, and quotes Admiral Farragut as being inf avor of the suggestion.

GLC06343.265

To: J.Q.A. Ward. Re: figures mounted on top of Dewey Arch and the construction of the Dewey Arch.

1899/09/11

Piatty, John J., fl. 1899

Photograph of the Dewey Arch.

GLC06343.266

To: John Q.A. Ward. Re: "Reception of Admiral Dewey, by the City of New York."

1899/09/21

Foster, Warren W., fl. 1899

Designates Ward as a member of the "Special Committee" meeting Dewey and escorting him to City Hall.

GLC06343.267

To: John Q.A. Ward. Re: criticism of Ward for making a female and not a male angel on the Dewey Arch.

1899/09/30

Nemetz, Charles, fl. 1899

Purple stamp on p. 2: "J.C. DeHaven, Druggist and News Dealer, Council Bluffs, Iowa."

GLC06343.268

To: John Q.A. Ward. Re: support for proposition to replicate the Dewey Arch at Madison Square and contempt for "newspaper advertising."

1899/10/02

Belmont, August, fl. 1899

Discusses Dewey Arch and Dewey reception; plans for replicating the Arch in Madison Square; details of the
progress of the Dewey Arch sculpture; lists military heroes (John Paul Jones, Farragut, etc.) who might merit being
represented in sculptural...

GLC06343.269

To: John Q.A. Ward. Re: congratulations to Ward on his artistic endeavors involved with the creation of the Dewey Arch. [Carbon Copy]

1899/10/07

Eaton, D. Cady, fl. 1899

Header reads: "D. CADY EATON, Counselor at Law, New Haven, Conn."

GLC06343.270

To: John Q.A. Ward. Re: the possibility of reproducing the Dewey Arch into marble, and costs associated with it. [Carbon Copy]

1899/11/04

Church, William C., fl. 1899

Church, a representative of The Citizens Committee for Perpetuating the Dewey Arch, writes to Ward about the possibility of reproducing the Dewey Arch into a permanent form [marble].

GLC06343.271

Manuscript

Cost estimates: "Pieces for Sculpture work on Dewey Arch."

November 1899

Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830-1910

Includes qualtity and price of each separate item.

GLC06343.272

Statement proclaiming support for Lamb to be appointed to head the efforts of constructing a permanent version of the Dewey Arch.

November 1899

Council of the National Sculpture Society

Scrap of Typed Manuscript, with handwritten emendations, concerning Mr. Lamb's role in erecting monuments in NYC.

GLC06343.273

To: John Q.A. Ward. Re: request by Ward for financial assistance; promises to subscribe $5000 toward the "perpetuation of the Dewey Arch."

1899/12/12

Belmont, August, fl. 1899

Stationary bordered in black trim.

GLC06343.274

Manuscript document signed

"Memorandum of an Agreement" or work contract. Re: creation of a statue honoring William Shakespeare in Central Park, NY.

1868/05/22

Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830-1910

Contract establishes commission costs, materials to be used in construction [bronze], etc.

GLC06343.275

Article: "The Monumental News. American Sculptors.--J.Q.A. Ward and his Work . . . No. 6, Vol. 6"

1894/06

GLC06343.276

Article: "The Churchman . . . The Dewey Arch" with picture of "The Dewey Arch and Approach From the South" on reverse side.

1899/10/14

Brinton, Christian, fl. 1899

Excerpt from a magazine about the Dewey Arch.

GLC06343.277

Article: "New-York Tribune . . . For Fulton Monument." Re: elections of officers for the Robert Fulton Memorial Association.

1906/05/30

Executive committee includes, among others: W.H. Fletcher, John Jacob Astor, General F.D. Grant, Samuel L. Clemens [Mark Twain], and Colonel H.O.S. Heistand [pictured].

GLC06343.278

Photograph: Central Park statue of Shakespeare [bronze].

1870

Ward, J.Q.A., fl. 1860-1906

Photo of Central Park Shakespeare Statue.

GLC06343.279

Photograph: Quadriga, designed by Ward, mounted on the Dewey Arch.

[1899 ca.]

Ward, J.Q.A., fl. 1860-1906

Features angel holding a wreath and palm branch and standing on a smallboat, and five horses surrounded by water and mounted by men.

GLC06343.280

Photograph: Clay model of the Dewey Arch.

[1899 ca.]

GLC06343.281

Photographs [3]: "The Freedman", "Indian Hunter", and "Norseman"statues [bronze].

1860

Ward, J.Q.A., fl. 1860-1906

GLC06343.282

Photograph: General Phillip H. Sheridan monument.

[1906 ca.]

Ward, J.Q.A., fl. 1860-1906

Photo of Gen. Sheridan monument.

GLC06343.283

Photograph: "J.Q.A. Ward, N.A.", clipped from magazine.

[1906 ca.]

Photograph of J.Q.A. Ward, clipped from magazine.

GLC06343.284

Photograph: John Q.A. Ward stading in front a statue model in progress.

circa 1900-1910

Photo of Ward in front of a statue in progress.

GLC06343.285

To: J.Q.A. Ward.

1859/10/07

Stephens, Alexander Hamilton, 1812-1883

Stephens writes to Ward while still serving in the U.S. House of Representatives. Re: check for $200 to further Ward's work and reports on other personal matters.

GLC06343.286

Document signed

United States Internal Revenue.

1865/09/14

Putnam, G.H., fl. 1865

Ward's tax returns for the year, written onto an IRS form.

GLC06343.288

To: J.Q.A. Ward. Re: receipt confirming that Ward paid $165, in relation to a monument of Van Buren.

1866/02/23

Pickett, Byron M., fl. 1866

2 cent stamp in left margin.

GLC06343.289

To: J.Q.A. Ward. Re: thanks and praise to Ward for his work [bust of the late President Van Buren] and kindness from Mrs. Van Buren (most likely the late President's daughter-in-law).

1866/03/29

Van Buren, fl. 1866

Written on stationary trimmed in black and the letters "VB" imprinted in top margin.

GLC06343.290

Memorandum of an agreement or lease between Charles Wilcox and J.Q.A. Ward and Robert Cushing.

1866/12/11

Lease for "unbounded priveledge of working a quarry " on Wilcox's farm. Wilcox will receive $3 for each ton of marble taken. 5 cent red stamp below signatures.

GLC06343.291

To: J.Q.A. Ward. Re: receipt confirming that Ward paid $500, in relation to the "Indian Hunter" statue.

1867/05/22

Amouroux, L.A., fl. 1867

2 cent stamp in left margin.

GLC06343.292

To: J.Q.A. Ward. Re: receipt for Ward's payment of $15.00 toward preliminary studies for a pedestal design to a Lincoln monument.

1867/06/24

Pencil inscription in different hand reads: "All right - thanks!!" 2 cent stamp in center. Note: docket appears to be wrongly addressing contents of note.Docket reads: "M[illegible]. Architect, Shakespear [sic] Pedestal in C[entral]. Park

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