Leonard W. Volk miscellaneous collection, ca. 1857-1892.

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Leonard W. Volk miscellaneous collection, ca. 1857-1892.

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Miscellany by and about Chicago sculptor Volk includes a few original items plus photocopies and microfilm of other materials. Includes membership certificate for the Douglas Monument Association, 1862, signed by Volk as secretary; letter, 1890 May 19, to Chicago Historical Society requesting loan of one of two original busts in plaster (of J.S. Foster and J. Young Scammon); and letters (2) to S.H. Kerfoot, 1892 Nov., about first works of sculpture in Chicago. Also in the collection are photocopies of scrapbooks (3 vol.) containing newsclippings, correspondence, and catalogs related to the Volk's career; and microfilm and photocopies of selected pages of transcripts of Leonard W. Volk's memoir.

0.5 linear ft. (1 box)1 microfilm reel : neg.

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Douglas, Stephen A. (Stephen Arnold), 1813-1861

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Stephen Arnold Douglas (April 23, 1813 – June 3, 1861) was an American politician and lawyer from Illinois. He was one of two Democratic Party nominees for president in the 1860 presidential election, which was won by Abraham Lincoln. Douglas had previously defeated Lincoln in the 1858 United States Senate election in Illinois, known for the Lincoln–Douglas debates. During the 1850s, Douglas was one of the foremost advocates of popular sovereignty, which held that each territory should be allowe...

Volk, Leonard Wells, 1828-1895

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Leonard Wells Volk (1828-1895) was an American sculptor. Born November 7, 1828 in Wellstown (now Wells), New York, he was one of twelve children of Garrett and Elizabeth Gesner Volk. At sixteen he began work as a marble cutter in his father's shop in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Four years later, in 1848, he went to St. Louis, Missouri, where he opened a studio and studied drawing and modeling independent of formal instruction. Stephen A. Douglas, a cousin of Volk's wife, became inter...

Scammon, J. Young (Jonathan Young), 1812-1890

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Douglas Monument Association (Chicago, Ill.)

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Kerfoot, Sam'l H. (Samuel Humes)

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Kerfoot, Sam'l H. (Samuel Humes), 1823-1896. From the description of Samuel Kerfoot papers, 1851-1910. (Chicago History Museum). WorldCat record id: 713908570 ...