Borglum, Gutzon, 1867-1941

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From the description of Gutzon Borglum letters to John A. Stewart, 1914 and [undated]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122515632

American, 1867-1918.

From the description of John Ruskin, Seated [sculpture]. [19--] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270906576

Artist, author, and sculptor. Full name: John Gutzon de la Mothe Borglum.

From the description of Gutzon Borglum papers, 1895-1960 (bulk 1912-1941). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 77110808

Sculptor; Texas and mid-west.

Brother of Solon Borglum, also a sculptor. Gutzon is most famous for carving the portraits of Lincoln, Washington, Jefferson, and Theodore Roosevelt on Mt. Rushmore.

From the description of Gutzon Borglum collection, 1926-1981. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82380397

Biographical Note

  • 1867, Mar. 25: Born near Bear Lake, Idaho
  • 1890 - 1893 : Studied art in Europe
  • 1909: Married Mary Williams Montgomery
  • 1912: Helped organize the Association of American Painters and Sculptors
  • 1912 - 1916 : Active in Progressive Party politics
  • 1915 - 1925 : Worked on Stone Mountain, Ga., Confederate memorial
  • 1916: Initiated investigation of United States military aircraft production
  • 1927 - 1941 : Worked on Mount Rushmore sculpture, Black Hills, S. Dak.
  • 1941, Mar. 6: Died, Chicago, Ill.

From the guide to the Gutzon Borglum Papers, 1895-1960, (bulk 1912-1941), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)
Archival Resources
Role Title Holding Repository
creatorOf Borglum, Gutzon, 1871-1941. Card signed Christmas greetings from Borglum Ranch to: [?]. Wellesley College
referencedIn Historic sites -- Borglum studio. Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library
creatorOf Hudson Maxim papers, 1883-1927, bulk (1890s-1927). New York State Historical Documents Inventory
referencedIn Allen Tupper True and True family papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Borglum, Gutzon, 1867-1941. Artist file. Brooklyn Museum Libraries & Archives
creatorOf Mary Fanton Roberts papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Robert H. Davis papers, 1871-1946, 1908-1942 New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
creatorOf Borglum, Gutzon, 1867-1941. Mt. Rushmore Memorial [model]. Centre canadien d'architecture, | Canadian Centre for Architecture | CCA
referencedIn Seydell, Mildred, 1889-1988. Mildred Seydell papers, 1842-1978. Emory University. Special Collections and Archives
referencedIn Borglum, Mary. Autograph letter signed : Stamford, Conn., to Isadora Duncan, undated [1910 or later]. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf William H. Thomson papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Montgomery Family Papers, 1771-1974, (bulk 1858-1974) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Abraham Lincoln Portraits and Memorabilia, 1860-1940. Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library
creatorOf Borglum, Gutzon, 1867-1941. [Mount Rushmore National Memorial] [model]. Centre canadien d'architecture, | Canadian Centre for Architecture | CCA
creatorOf Borglum, Gutzon, 1867-1941. Gutzon Borglum : artist file : study photographs and reproductions of works of art with accompanying documentation 1930?-1990 [graphic] [compiled by staff of The Museum of Modern Art, New York]. Frick Art Reference Library of The Frick Collection
referencedIn Stone Mountain Confederate Monumental Association. Papers, 1916-1927. Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library
referencedIn Hudson Maxim papers, 1883-1927, 1890s-1927 New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
referencedIn Maxwell, Perriton, 1868-1947,. Perriton Maxwell collection, 1931-1932. Library of Congress
referencedIn Mallin, Millard F., 1891- . Papers, 1891-1968. Landmarks of Science Microform Service
referencedIn Daniel Carter Beard Papers, 1798-1941, (bulk 1931-1935) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Photographs, 1896-1941, n.d. Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Beals, Jessie Tarbox. Photographs, 1896-1941 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Solon H. Borglum and Borglum family papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Robinson, Corinne Roosevelt, 1861-1933. Papers, 1847-1933 Theodore Roosevelt Collection, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
referencedIn Mary Fanton Roberts papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn James Frank Dobie Papers 85-98; 90-021; 91-144; 93-214; 97-336; 2008-161; 2008-235; 2009-050; 2009-273., 1923-2008 Dolph Briscoe Center for American History
referencedIn Mount Rushmore monument photographic transparencies Archives of American Art
creatorOf Gutzon Borglum letters to John A. Stewart Archives of American Art
referencedIn New Yorker records New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
creatorOf Borglum, Gutzon, 1867-1941. ALS, [1927?], Metropolitan Club, Washington, D.C., to Jessie Gove Tucker. Copley Press, J S Copley Library
referencedIn Gordon, Armistead C. (Armistead Churchill), 1855-1931. Letters of Armistead C. Gordon, 1919-1931. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Borglum, Gutzon, 1867-1941,. Sacco and Vanzetti bas-relief [art original]. Boston Public Library, Central Library in Copley Square
creatorOf Borglum, Gutzon, 1867-1941. Gutzon Borglum letters to F.E. Elwell, 1902-1903. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library
creatorOf Bloomfield, Robert, 1766-1823,. Letters pertaining to Thomas Paine, 1804-1936. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Correspondence, 1862-1928. New York State Historical Documents Inventory
creatorOf Borglum, Gutzon, 1867-1941. Gurzon Borglum letter to F.E. Elwell, undated. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library
referencedIn Borglum, Gutzon : Biographical file. Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center
creatorOf John Quincy Adams Ward papers in the New York Historical Society Archives of American Art
creatorOf Borglum, Gutzon, 1867-1941. Letter to John G. Bowman. New York, NY. 1911 Oct. 5. University of Iowa Libraries
referencedIn National Sculpture Society correspondence, 1899-1904 New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
creatorOf The Shrine of Democracy [model] : Mt. Rushmore National Memorial. Centre canadien d'architecture, | Canadian Centre for Architecture | CCA
creatorOf Borglum, Gutzon, 1867-1941. George Alexander Forsyth : [collection] : 1861-1920 ;. History Colorado
creatorOf Borglum, Gutzon, 1867-1941. John Ruskin, Seated [sculpture]. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf National Sculpture Society correspondence, 1899-1904. New York State Historical Documents Inventory
referencedIn Joseph Stephen Cullinan Collection MSS 69., ca. 1895-1939 Houston Metropolitan Research Center, Houston Public Libary
referencedIn Millard F. Malin papers, 1923-1968 J. Willard Marriott Library. University of Utah Manuscripts Division
creatorOf Enid Yandell papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Borglum, Gutzon, 1871-1941. Typed letter signed Gutzon Borglum to: Miss Pendleton June 30, 1921. Wellesley College
creatorOf Sacco-Vanzetti 70th Anniversary Exhibition (August 23, 1997). Typescripts, 1997 Aug. 23. Boston Public Library, Central Library in Copley Square
creatorOf Solon H. Borglum and Borglum family papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Harriet Collins Allen papers relating to Solon Borglum Archives of American Art
creatorOf Martin Birnbaum papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Yandell, Enid Bland, 1869-1934. Enid Yandell : papers, 1875-1982. The Filson Historical Society
referencedIn Meloney, Marie Mattingly, 1883-1943. Papers, 1891-1943. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn Elwell, Frank Edwin, 1858-1922. Letters from sculptors, from the correspondence files of the Curator of Ancient & Modern Statuary ; Miscellaneous letters from the correspondence files of the Curator of Ancient & Modern Statuary, 1892-1904. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library
creatorOf Borglum, Gutzon, 1867-1941. Stone Mountain Georgia [model]. Centre canadien d'architecture, | Canadian Centre for Architecture | CCA
referencedIn Artists collection, ca. 1902-1939. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Hughes, Frank J., ca.1881-. Papers, 1925-1940. South Dakota State Archives
referencedIn Hanson, Gladys, 1887-1973. Gladys Hanson papers, 1908-1965. Emory University. Special Collections and Archives
referencedIn Jessie Tarbox Beals Photograph Collection, [1900-1940] (Bulk 1904-1920) New-York Historical Society
creatorOf Gutzon Borglum letters and photograph, 1908 New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
creatorOf Gutzon Borglum Papers, 1895-1960, (bulk 1912-1941) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
creatorOf Cummings, Homer S. (Homer Stillé), 1870-1956. Papers of Homer S. Cummings, 1886-1956. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Players Club letters Archives of American Art
referencedIn Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964. Dobie, James Frank, papers, 1923-1967. University of Texas Libraries
referencedIn Frémont, Jessie Benton, 1824-1902. ALS, 1890 October 16 : Los Angeles, to Robert Underwood Johnson. Copley Press, J S Copley Library
creatorOf Allen Tupper True and True family papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830-1910. John Quincy Adams Ward papers, 1857-1915. Churchill County Museum
referencedIn Robinson, Doane, 1856-1946. Papers, 1880-1946. South Dakota State Archives
creatorOf Merrell Gage papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Addresses and articles (bound), 1899-1921. Theodore Roosevelt Collection, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
creatorOf Borglum, Gutzon, 1867-1941. Mt. Rushmore Nat'l. Memorial, Shrine of Democracy [model]. Centre canadien d'architecture, | Canadian Centre for Architecture | CCA
referencedIn Daniel Chester French Papers, circa 1848-1968, (bulk 1911-1945) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Robert J. Casey papers, 1907-1964. Newberry Library
referencedIn Stone Mountain Commission photograph, 1924.
referencedIn Frémont, Jessie Benton, 1824-1902. ALS, 1889 September 16 : Los Angeles, to Robert Underwood Johnson. Copley Press, J S Copley Library
referencedIn Abraham Lincoln papers, Portraits & Memorabilia, 1860-1940. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn Gray, Bowman,. Papers relating to World War I, 1915-1916. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
referencedIn National Association for Universal Military Training Records, 1909-1933, (bulk 1916-1919) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
creatorOf Gutzon Borglum collection Archives of American Art
creatorOf Tallman, William Staples, 1906-1997. Papers of William Staples Tallman, 1926-1992. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Powell, Rose Arnold, 1876-1961. Papers, 1922-1961 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Davis, Robert H. (Robert Hobart), 1869-1942. Robert H. Davis papers, 1903-1935. Nevada State Historical Society
referencedIn Augustus F. de Forest papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Borglum, Gutzon, 1867-1941. Letter to Norman C. Meier. San Antonio, TX. 1939 Feb. 13. University of Iowa Libraries
creatorOf Aline Meyer Liebman papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Malin, Millard F., 1891-. Papers, 1891-1968. University of Utah, J. Willard Marriott Library
creatorOf Harris, Julian Hoke, 1906-1987. Julian Hoke Harris papers, 1925-1977. Emory University. Special Collections and Archives
referencedIn Borglum, John Gutson de la Mothe, 1867-1941 : [miscellaneous ephemeral material]. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library
referencedIn Sully, Julia, d. 1948. Papers, 1920-1940. Library of Virginia
referencedIn Papers, 1922 - 1961 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
creatorOf Borglum, Gutzon, 1867-1941. Black Hills [model] : Mt. Rushmore. Centre canadien d'architecture, | Canadian Centre for Architecture | CCA
creatorOf Borglum, Gutzon, 1867-1941. Gutzon Borglum letter to Anna Harriet Huntingdon, 1904. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library
referencedIn George Peabody Wetmore Papers, 1885-1916, (bulk 1895-1913) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
Role Title Holding Repository
referencedIn Oral history interview with Merrell Gage Archives of American Art
referencedIn Oral history interview with Isamu Noguchi Archives of American Art
referencedIn Oral history interview with Monica Borglum Davies Archives of American Art

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associatedWith Birnbaum, Martin, 1878-1970. person
correspondedWith Boland, John A. (John Abram), 1884-1958 person
associatedWith Borglum family. family
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correspondedWith Borglum, Lincoln, 1912-1986 person
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Mount Rushmore National Memorial (S.D.)
Mount Rushmore National Memorial (S.D.)
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