Coppini-Tauch papers, 1892-1988.

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Coppini-Tauch papers, 1892-1988.

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Combined collection of Pompeo Luigi Coppini (1870-1957) and his protegee, Waldine Amanda Tauch (1892-1986), sculptors, whose most notable works in Texas are the Littlefield Memorial Fountain at the University of Texas at Austin, the Heroes of the Alamo cenotaph and the Moses Austin monument in San Antonio, and the Texas Ranger of Today in Dallas. Papers concern career and family matters of Coppini, his wife Elizabeth Barbieri, and Coppini's family in Italy. Tauch's papers relate to her family and her artistic career.

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