Photographs
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Borglum, Solon Hannibal, 1868-1922
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content: Solon H. Borglum and Borglum family papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Linear Feet (Box 9-13, MGP 1, MGP 3, OV 15-16)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1864-1986
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.borgsolo, Series 8
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement note
content: The Photographs series is arranged into 3 subseries. Glass plate negatives are housed separately and closed to researchers.

8.1: Family and Personal Photographs, 1864-1986, undated

8.2: Photographs of Artwork, 1895-1967, undated

8.3: Negatives, Slides, and Transparencies, undated
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Found here are family and personal photographs, and numerous photographs of artwork by Solon Borglum. The bulk of the family and personal photographs date from Solon's adult life and include images of Solon in various settings, such as formal portraits taken throughout his career, photographs of him with his artwork, as a student and teacher in sculpture class, in Paris during his military service, with his family and friends at his farm, Rocky Ranch, and of Solon and Emma at the Crow Creek Reservation. Also found are Borglum family portraits, individual portraits of many family members including Solon's brothers Gutzon and August, and his parents James and Ida, as well as group portraits of the whole family. This subseries also includes photographs of Emma, Monica, her daughter Gwynneth, and Emma's brother Paul Vignal and his wife. Other personal photographs in this series are images of Solon at ranches and as a Boy Scout troop leader, exteriors and interiors of his various studios and residences, photos from an exhibition at the Union League Club in New York, and other miscellaneous and unidentified portraits and snapshots.

Photographs of Artwork include files on individual works of art by Solon Borglum, as well as files for his various types of artwork, such as animal sculptures, portrait busts, and monuments and installations. Many of the files may include images of the artwork at the studio, as well as being unveiled or installed in public. Folders are arranged alphabetically by title of work, followed by categories of artwork and artwork by others. Photographs in this subseries have not been digitized.