Letters
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Allen, Harriet Collins
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content: Harriet Collins Allen papers relating to Solon Borglum
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 19 Folders (Box 1)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1897-1925
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.alleharr, Series 1
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Letters are written primarily by Solon Borglum and his wife, Emma to Harriet Collins Allen. The letters were written from Omaha, London, Paris, and New York and provide a cursory overview of some of the events in Borglum's career and insights into his relationship with his older brother sculptor Gutzon Borglum. Borglum writes about meeting and working with other sculptors in Paris and New York, including Alexander Phimister Proctor, described as "the best American animal sculptor" in the Jardin des Plantes. Solon's wife writes about conflicts between the two brothers and exhibitions of Solon's work. There is a letter from Borglum's father, James Mothe Borglum, thanking the Allens for their interest in Solon. One letter contains a photograph of Borglum in Paris. One letter and two postcards are illustrated.