1899/10/02

Belmont, August, fl. 1899

Autograph letter signed

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

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 form.

GLC06343.269

1899/10/07

Eaton, D. Cady, fl. 1899

Typed letter signed

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

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

GLC06343.270

1899/11/04

Church, William C., fl. 1899

Typed letter signed

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

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

November 1899

Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830-1910

Manuscript

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

Includes qualtity and price of each separate item.

GLC06343.272

November 1899

Council of the National Sculpture Society

Document

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

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

GLC06343.273

1899/12/12

Belmont, August, fl. 1899

Typed letter signed

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

Stationary bordered in black trim.

GLC06343.274

1868/05/22

Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830-1910

Manuscript document signed

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

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

GLC06343.275

1894/06

Document

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

GLC06343.276

1899/10/14

Brinton, Christian, fl. 1899

Document

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

Excerpt from a magazine about the Dewey Arch.

GLC06343.277

1906/05/30

Document

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

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

1870

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

Photograph

Title: Photograph: Central Park statue of Shakespeare [bronze].

Photo of Central Park Shakespeare Statue.

GLC06343.279

[1899 ca.]

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

Photograph

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

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

[1899 ca.]

Photograph

Title: Photograph: Clay model of the Dewey Arch.

GLC06343.281

1860

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

Photograph

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

GLC06343.282

[1906 ca.]

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

Photograph

Title: Photograph: General Phillip H. Sheridan monument.

Photo of Gen. Sheridan monument.

GLC06343.283

[1906 ca.]

Photograph

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

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

GLC06343.284

circa 1900-1910

Photograph

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

Photo of Ward in front of a statue in progress.

GLC06343.285

1865/09/14

Putnam, G.H., fl. 1865

Document signed

Title: United States Internal Revenue.

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

GLC06343.288

1866/12/11

Autograph letter signed

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

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

1867/07/19

Thayer, N.O., fl. 1867

Document signed

Title: "United States Internal Revenue." Ward's tax returns for the year, 1867, totalling to $57.25.

Written at No. 181 West 14th St.

GLC06343.294

1868/11/05

Hunt, Robert M., fl. 1868

Autograph manuscript signed

Title: Work contract. Re: sum of $2000 for work done "on two houses in West 49th St. N.Y. City for Mr. J.Q.A. Ward".

2 cent orange stamp on bottom margin.

GLC06343.295

1874/12/10

Booth, George, fl. 1874

Autograph letter signed

Title: To: J.Q.A. Ward. Re: research on historical military dress of "the Norse of 1000 A.D." Reference sources given with sketches of arms and armor.

Re: Chain mail, helmet, swords, shield, axes.

GLC06343.300

1883/11/26

Jessup, William K., fl. 1883

Autograph note signed

Title: To: J.Q.A. Ward. Re: congratulating Ward on his great work.

"W.J." emblem printed on top left corner.

GLC06343.302

1888/01/22

Rutan, John, fl. 1888

Autograph letter signed

Title: To: [J.Q.A. Ward]. Re: "making a monument to the Confederate dead."

Written on "Hermitage Club"stationary.

GLC06343.304

1901/06/01

Typed document

Title: "Sculpture Proposed in Connection with Electric Tower Pan-American Exposition of 1901, Buffalo, N.Y." [Carbon Copy]

A detailed proposal with a justification and a cost-breakdown analysis.

GLC06343.316