Abraham Lincoln statue controversy
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Butler, Howard Russell, 1856-1934
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content: Howard Russell Butler papers
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1917-1922
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.butlhowa, Series 5
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content: Archival materials
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content: In November 1918, John A. Stewart, Chairman of the American Peace Centenary Committee, notified the British government that the committee charged with selecting a statue of Lincoln as a gift to the citizens of Great Britain had selected one done by George Gray Barnard. Prompted by the protests of Robert Todd Lincoln, Howard Russell Butler investigated and learned that the committee had not ratified this choice but had preferred a statue done by Augustus St. Gaudens. This series contains material detailing the public debate that followed and reflects various attitudes toward public monuments.