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Archives of American Art
Lorado Taft papers
Summary
- Collection ID:
- AAA.taftlora
- Creators:
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Taft, Lorado, 1860-1936
- Dates:
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1882-1970
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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300 Items(on partial microfilm reel)
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Printed material by and about Taft, including addresses given by him in Philadelphia in 1924, and another, "Practical Art in Illinios," 1884; an address about Taft by Herbert Adams; correspondence, mostly from his student days in Paris and as a tourist in England; photographs of Taft, his studio, and his work; and clippings, including dedication addresses for Black Hawk Memorial, 1912, and Fountain of the Great Lake, 1913.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Sculptor; Illinois. Born in Elmwood, Ill.
Administration
Existence and Location of Copies
35mm microfilm reel 379 available at Archives of American Art offices; at the Taft Museum, Elmwood, Ill.; the University Archives, University of Illinois; and through interlibrary loan.
Reproduction Note
Letters from Paris and England are typescripts.
Existence and Location of Originals
Originals in University Archives, University of Illinois, Urbana, Ill.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Lent for microfilming 1972 by Emily Taft Douglas (Mrs. Paul) and her sisters, Mary Taft Smith and Jessie Louise Taft Crane, daughters of Taft.
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access
The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.
Keywords
| Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
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| Sculpture -- Illinois | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Sculptors -- Illinois | Occupation | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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