Lorado Taft Papers
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Taft, Lorado, 1860-1936
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content: Lorado Taft papers
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1882-1970
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.taftlora, Series 1
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
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content: Transcripts of letters are from Lorado Taft to his parents and other family members. Also found is a letter from the Illinois Children's Home and Aid Society to Taft's wife regarding a sculpture. Printed materials include clippings and periodicals, many of which include reproductions of Taft's work. Of note is a brochure from the Northern Illinois State Teachers College, Lorado Taft Field Campus brochure. Photographs are of Taft, his studio, and of his works of art. Photos also depict Taft working on Fountain of Time and Infinity Man. A transcript of an after dinner speech dates from the late 1920s.