McClellan Statue
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Bartlett, Paul Wayland, 1865-1925
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content: Paul Wayland Bartlett papers
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content: Paul Wayland Bartlett papers / Series 1: Correspondence
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content: 1898-1909
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content: Reel 4900, Frame 811-1172
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
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content: Archival materials
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content: Microform [31027000149928]
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content: Richard Smith left money to the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts to erect a Monumental Memorial in Fairmount Park to honor Pennsylvania's heroes. Bartlett was chosen to do the statue of Gen. McClellan and various decorative devices. This correspondence, from members of the committee, lawyers, and the foundry, details the disputes, delays, and lawsuits involved in the McClellan commission.