Finding Aid for Lorado Taft Papers, 1857-1953 | University of Illinois Archives

Title: Lorado Taft Papers, 1857-1953

ID: 26/20/16

Primary Creator: Taft, Lorado (1860-1936)

Extent: 17.4 cubic feet

Arrangement: By type of material and chronologically thereunder

Subjects: American Sculpture, Art Extension, Art History, Art Journalism, Autobiography, Bas Reliefs, Busts, Casts, Champaign, Illinois, Dream Museum, Ecole Des Beaux Arts, French Sculpture, Lectures, Medals, Monuments, Portraits, Busts, and Reliefs, Sculpture, World War I - Intelligence, Morale and Propaganda, World War I - Supply, Support and Transportation, Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA)

Formats/Genres: Papers

Languages: English

Papers of Lorado Taft, B.L. 1879, M.L. 1880 (1860-1936), including diaries (1876-78), course notes and themes (1875-79), general correspondence (1881-1936), family correspondence (1882-1900, 1918-30), lecture notes, manuscripts, photographs, newspaper clippings, books and reprints, autobiographical accounts and obituaries, concerning Don Carlos Taft, Champaign and the University of Illinois, Ecole des Beaux Arts (1880-85), sculptures, casts, monuments, bas reliefs, busts and medals (1883-1936), photographs of French and American sculpture (1845-1920), travel, business affairs, children, History of American Sculpture (1903), lectures and teaching (1914-34), columns for Chicago newspapers on art, honors and awards, Dream Museum, YMCA service in World War I, art organizations (1919-34), travel in Europe and related topics. Correspondents include Daniel Chester French, Frances E. Willard, and Robert E. Hieronymous.

Research notes on Taft, transcripts of Taft correspondence, and originals of Taft letters may be found in the Allen Weller Papers (R.S. 12/1/20).

American Sculpture
Art Extension
Art History
Art Journalism
Autobiography
Bas Reliefs
Busts
Casts
Champaign, Illinois
Dream Museum
Ecole Des Beaux Arts
French Sculpture
Lectures
Medals
Monuments
Portraits, Busts, and Reliefs
Sculpture
World War I - Intelligence, Morale and Propaganda
World War I - Supply, Support and Transportation
Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA)

Repository: University of Illinois Archives

Accruals: 10/9/1968; 11/1/1972

Other Note: 30 Pages

URL: https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/uasfa/2620016.pdf

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