Merrell Gage papers
name: label: Creator
content: Gage, Merrell, 1892-1981
label: Names
content: Borglum, Gutzon, 1867-1941
topic: label: Occupation
content: Sculptors -- California
label: Occupation
content: Sculptors -- Kansas
label: Occupation
content: Educators -- California -- Los Angeles
label: Occupation
content: Educators -- Kansas
label: Topic
content: Sculpture, American
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The Merrell Gage papers were donated to the Archives of American Art in 1995 by Jean Gage, daughter of Merrell Gage.
creator: label: Creator
content: Gage, Merrell, 1892-1981
setName: label: See more items in
content: Merrell Gage papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The papers of sculptor and educator Merrell Gage measure 0.7 linear feet and date from 1911 to 1982. The papers document his career in Kansas and California through biographical material, correspondence, writings, printed material, artwork, and photographs, as well as a scrapbook and a photograph album.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Sculptor Robert Merrell Gage (1892-1981), known as Merrell Gage, was born in Topeka, Kansas in 1892. He studied at the Art Students League in 1911 and at the Robert Henri School of Art and also served as an apprentice to Gutzon Borglum from 1914 to 1916 and again from 1921 to 1923. Borglum was a tremendous influence on Gage. His wife Marian was a painter.

Gage taught at Washburn College in Kansas, ca. 1915-1916; the Kansas City Art Institute, 1915-1916 and 1919-1921; and the University of Southern California at Los Angeles, ca. 1925-1958. In 1955, Gage's film, "The Face of Lincoln," won an Academy Award in the two-reel short subject category. Merrell Gage died in  1981.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.7 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1911-1982
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.gagemerr
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: This collection is arranged as one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed, and a finding aid prepared by Rihoko Ueno in 2020.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers of sculptor and educator Merrell Gage measure 0.7 linear feet and date from 1911 to 1982. The papers document his career in Kansas and California through biographical material, correspondence, writings, printed material, artwork, and photographs, as well as a scrapbook and a photograph album.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Also found in the Archives of American Art is an oral history interview with Merrell Gage conducted by Betty Hoag on May 27, 1964.