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1899/08/23
Butterfield, Julia L., fl. 1899
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
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
To: J.Q.A. Ward. Re: The Archbishop of New York writes with suggestions for the Dewey Memorial Arch.
GLC06343.263
August 29, 1899
Philip, J.N., fl. 1899
To: J.Q.A. Ward. Re: Suggestion to Ward to included Commodore John Barry in his [Dewey] Arch.
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
1899/09/09
Sanford, J.E.M., fl. 1899
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
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
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
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
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...
GLC06343.269
1899/10/07
Eaton, D. Cady, fl. 1899
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
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
Cost estimates: "Pieces for Sculpture work on Dewey Arch."
Includes qualtity and price of each separate item.
GLC06343.272
Council of the National Sculpture Society
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
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
"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
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
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
1883/06/29
Adee, Alvey Augustus, 1842-1924
To: Col. Rockwell. Re: facsimile of "the Declaration" (presumably, Independence) and attempt to acquire an"impression" of the Presidential Seal.
Discussing a facsimile "of the Declaration" (presumably, Independence) and the Presidential Seal.
GLC06343.301
1892
Ward, J.Q.A., fl. 1860-1906
To: Olive Warner. Re: receipt for Ward's expenses and travel, written on a US War Department reimbursement form.
A receipt for Ward's expenses and travel, written on a U.S. War Department reimbursement form.
GLC06343.307
1883/12/08
Newspaper: "Harper's Weekly." Engraving of [Ward's] Washington statue unveiling on Wall Street, NY.
"Evacuation-Day" sculpture in front of U.S. Treasury building.
GLC06343.362
1906/05/30
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
Photograph: Central Park statue of Shakespeare [bronze].
Photo of Central Park Shakespeare Statue.
GLC06343.279
[1899 ca.]
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
Photograph: Clay model of the Dewey Arch.
GLC06343.281
1860
Photographs [3]: "The Freedman", "Indian Hunter", and "Norseman"statues [bronze].
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