1885/10/10

Pitch, Walter, fl. 1885

Document signed

Title: to J.Q.A. Ward.

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 statue of President Garfield. Summarizes Ward's duties and his work schedule. Signed by Ward and Pitch [accompanied with red seals].

GLC06343.243

1886/09/01

Corbin, Henry Clark, 1842-1909

Autograph letter signed

Title: to J.Q.A. Ward

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

GLC06343.246

1887/01/29

Aucaigne, Eugene F., fl. 1887

Autograph letter signed

Title: to J.Q.A. Ward

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 possible because he believes in the project. Written on company stationary ["Founders and Manufacturers of Artistic and Architectural Bronze Work And Colossal Statuary"].

GLC06343.250

1887/05/14

Hunt, Richard M., fl. 1887

Autograph letter signed

Title: to J.Q.A. Ward

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

1889/06/24

Garfield, Lucretia Rudolph, 1832-1918

Autograph letter signed

Title: to General [James] Barnett

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

1899/06/21

Van Wyck, Robert A., fl. 1899

Typed letter signed

Title: to J.Q.A. Ward

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

GLC06343.253

1899/07/26

Murray, Gilford, fl. 1899

Typed letter signed

Title: to John La Farge

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

1899/07/27

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

Typed letter

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

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 form.

GLC06343.255

1899/07/29

Ruckstuhl, F. Wellington, fl. 1899

Typed letter signed

Title: to J.Q.A. Ward

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

1899/08/01

Butterfield, Daniel, 1831-1901

Autograph letter signed

Title: 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.

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

GLC06343.257

1899/08/10

de Kay, Charles, fl. 1899

Typed letter signed

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

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

1899/08/16

Smith, L. Lum, fl. 1899

Autograph letter signed

Title: To: General [Dan] Butterfield.

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

GLC06343.259

1899/08/21

Butterfield, Julia L., fl. 1899

Autograph letter signed

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

GLC06343.260

1899/08/23

Butterfield, Julia L., fl. 1899

Autograph letter signed

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

GLC06343.261

1899/08/25

Carroll, Howard, fl. 1899

Typed letter signed

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

GLC06343.262

1899/08/28

Corrigan, Archbishop M.A., fl. 1899

Autograph letter signed

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

GLC06343.263

1899/09/09

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

Autograph letter signed

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

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

1899/09/11

Piatty, John J., fl. 1899

Autograph letter signed

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

Photograph of the Dewey Arch.

GLC06343.266

1899/09/21

Foster, Warren W., fl. 1899

Autograph letter signed

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

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

GLC06343.267

1899/09/30

Nemetz, Charles, fl. 1899

Autograph letter signed

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

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

GLC06343.268

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

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