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1868/11/05
Hunt, Robert M., fl. 1868
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
1894/08/16
St. Gaudens, Augustus, fl. 1894
To: J.Q.A. Ward. Re: arranging an appointment time to meet [in regards to finding a sculptor for an upcoming project]. [Carbon Copy]
Strike outs, corrections, and additions throughout.
GLC06343.311
1901/06/01
"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
1902/10/18
Francis, David Rowland, 1850-1927
To: J.Q.A. Ward. Re: request for Ward to serve on a sculpture advisory committee currently in formation. [Carbon Copy]
Stationary heading: "Universal Exposition, Commemorating the Acquistion of the Louisana Territory . . . Office of the President".
GLC06343.325
[n.d.]
Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830-1910
2 sketches Christmas [street] garlands with "electric lights" including notes on details about garland and set-up.
Reverse side: "Studio of Karl Bitter . . . Weehawken, New Jersey".
GLC06343.331
1908/02/13
Wait, Frederick S., 1851-1910
To: J.Q.A. Ward. Re: fundraising for his work for the Saint-Gaudens Memorial Exhibition Committee at the Metropolitan Museum.
Typed on "Saint-Gaudens Memorial Exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art" stationary.
GLC06343.336
Sketch: figures riding in chariot being dragged by lion-like creatures; graphite; heavy, tan wove paper.
GLC06343.345
Sketches: numerous sketches of cherubs playing, climbing tree and flying and three angels; iron gall ink; tracing paper.
GLC06343.351
Sculpture design: "Garfield Monument" including measurements and scale; "Alternate for No. 3"; graphite; tracing paper.
GLC06343.353
Sketches: two nudes, one sitting, one reclining; charcoal, chalk; brown wove paper.
GLC06343.368
1884/12/12
The Garfield Monument Committee of the Society of the Army of the Cumberland
Agreement contract between The Garfield Monument Committee and J.Q.A. Ward, commissioning Garfield memorial pedestal.
Contract outlines commission cost [$25,000] to be paid to Ward, required work, and contingency plans if pedestal cannot be completed by Ward.
GLC06343.236
circa 1830-1910
[Male nude wrestling with ram]
Black ink; wove paper.
GLC06343.203
circa 1815-1860
Figures rising from smoke and second small figure; graphite; wove paper.
GLC06343.219
Three floating couples; graphite; tracing paper.
GLC06343.222
1899/09/15-1899/10/14 ca.
3 clippings from various magazines; 2 about the Dewey Arch, and one about Ward's career as a sculptor.
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
1885/10/10
Pitch, Walter, fl. 1885
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...
GLC06343.243
1899/07/26
Murray, Gilford, fl. 1899
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
1899/07/29
Ruckstuhl, F. Wellington, fl. 1899
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
1899/09/11
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
November 1899
Cost estimates: "Pieces for Sculpture work on Dewey Arch."
Includes qualtity and price of each separate item.
GLC06343.272
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
circa 1866
McMillan, Charles, fl. 1866
to William T. Sherman
Writes an inscription to Major General Sherman on a blank flyleaf apparently removed from the "History of Julius Caesar" presenting this "brochure." Hopes that Sherman will be induced to write a similar history about the Civil War. " ... this...
GLC00955.01
6 October 1897
McLean, Nathaniel Collins, 1815-1905
[To historian John C. Ropes on the topic of the Battle of Second Manassas]
GLC01740.05.01 and .02 were originally bound together. Accompanied by a docketed wrapper. In a letter from 6 October, McLean, who was a Union General during the Civil War, responds to a letter from Ropes requesting reminisces of the August 1862...
GLC01740.05.01
15 April 1865
Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891
to Ulysses S. Grant & E.M. Stanton
Writes to General Grant and Secretary of War Stanton to report on his correspondence with General Johnston to arrange terms of surrender at Durham Station, North Carolina. He writes that he will accept the same terms that Grant gave Lee at Appomattox...
GLC04545.01
1863
A Few Scenes in the life of A "SOJER" in the Mass 44th
Illustrated Civil War diary by a soldier in the 44th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. Written from camp at New Bern, North Carolina. Sketchbook illustrated with thirty-eight pencil editorial-type cartoon sketches satirizing the Northern press...
GLC08200
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