American Committee of the Statue of Liberty records
name: label: Creator
content: American Committee of the Statue of Liberty
label: Names
content: Bartholdi, Frédéric Auguste, 1834-1904
label: Names
content: Butler, Richard
label: Names
content: Evarts, William Maxwell, 1818-1901
label: Names
content: Pinchot, James W., 1831-1908
label: Names
content: Pulitzer, Joseph, 1913-1993
label: Names
content: Spaulding, Henry F.
topic: label: Topic
content: Statue of Liberty (New York, N.Y.)
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Microfilmed 1956 by the Archives of American Art with other art-related papers in the Manuscript Division of the New York Public Library. Included in the microfilming project were selected papers of the Art Division and the Prints Division.
creator: label: Creator
content: American Committee of the Statue of Liberty
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: The American Committee of the Statue of Liberty was an ad hoc organization formed to raise financial support for Auguste Bartholdi's  Statue of Liberty Enlightening the World in New York
function: label: Function
content: Committees
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Microfilm reel (circa 150 items on partial microfilm reel)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1875-1901
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.amercomm
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Microfilm reels
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel N24 (frames 163-562) available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals in the New York Public Library, Manuscript Division.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The microfilmed American Committee of the Statue of Liberty records consist of correspondence between Frederic Auguste Bartholdi and members of the committee including Richard Butler, William M. Evarts, and Henry F. Spaulding, as well as letters from Joseph Pulitzer and J. W. Pinchot. Also included are a proposal for the erection of the statue, and clippings and miscellany relating to the project.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: The New York Public Library Archives and Manuscripts division holds the American Committee of the Statue of Liberty correspondence, 1881-1901.