Henry Augustus Lukeman papers
name: label: Creator
content: Lukeman, Augustus, 1871-1935
label: Names
content: Fine Arts Federation of New York
label: Names
content: National Institute of Social Sciences (U.S.)
label: Names
content: United Daughters of the Confederacy
label: Names
content: World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)
label: Names
content: French, Daniel Chester, 1850-1931
label: Names
content: Lord, James Brown
label: Names
content: Millet, Francis Davis, 1846-1912
topic: label: Occupation
content: Sculptors -- Massachusetts
label: Occupation
content: Sculptors -- New York (State) -- New York
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 2009 and 2010 by Gertrude Marie Bidwell Leuchs, Henry Augustus Lukeman's niece, and Catherine Leuchs Bohrman, Lukeman's great-niece.
creator: label: Creator
content: Lukeman, Augustus, 1871-1935
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Henry Augustus Lukeman (1871-1935) was a sculptor in New York, N.Y. and Stockbridge, Mass. who specialized in public and historic monuments.
function: label: Function
content: Artists' studios -- Massachusetts
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.5 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1891-1935
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.lukehenr
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Scrapbooks
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Scrapbooks
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Biographical material, personal and professional correspondence, scrapbooks, photographs, and printed material relating to Henry Augustus Lukeman's career as a sculptor.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Biographical material includes Lukeman's obituary in the New York Times. Personal letters are from from Daniel Chester French to Lukeman, 1904-1931. Professional correspondence concerns commissions and is with various individuals and organizations, including F.D. Millet (director of decoration for the World's Columbian Exposition), James Brown Lord (for the New Court House of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court), and the United Daughters of the Confederacy. Other correspondence concerns memberships and honors from the the Fine Arts Federation of New York, the National Institute of Social Sciences, the Sheriff of the County of Kings, and Conference House Association.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Two scrapbooks compiled by Lukeman include photographs of the interior of Lukeman's townhouse at 160 W. 86th St. New York, N.Y. and the exterior of his studio in Stockbridge, Mass. Additional photographs are of Lukeman's sculptures, including two photographs of the Stone Mountain (Georgia) bas relief project while in progress. Printed material includes newspaper clippings regarding Lukeman's works of art and commission projects, including his seals and coins.