Gutzon Borglum encloses a letter from Jackson R. Garrett and discusses how he might give Garrett a job at Mount Rushmore. Borglum has carried the load of Mount Rushmore as long as he can, and if the committee does not relieve him he will stop the work.

Collection

Arizona Historical Society

Creation Date

1935-05-30

Creator(s)

Borglum, Gutzon, 1867-1941

Recipient

King, Isabella Greenway, 1886-1953

Language

English

Period

Theodore Roosevelt and Public Memory (1919-present)

Repository

Arizona Historical Society

Page Count

1

Production Method

Handwritten

Record Type

Image

Resource Type

Letter

Rights

Electronic copy sponsored by the Theodore Roosevelt Center at Dickinson State University. For reproduction or publication permission, contact the Arizona Historical Society. See the Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library Terms of Use for further copyright information.

Citation

Cite this Record

Chicago:

Letter from Gutzon Borglum to Isabella Greenway. [May 30, 1935]. Arizona Historical Society.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o292002. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.

MLA:

Borglum, Gutzon, 1867-1941. Letter from Gutzon Borglum to Isabella Greenway. [30 May. 1935]. Image.
Arizona Historical Society. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. January 22, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o292002.

APA:

Borglum, Gutzon, 1867-1941., [1935, May 30]. Letter from Gutzon Borglum to Isabella Greenway.
Arizona Historical Society. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o292002.

Cite this Collection

Chicago:

Arizona Historical Society. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/arizona-historical-society. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.

MLA:

Arizona Historical Society. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. January 22, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/arizona-historical-society.

APA:

Arizona Historical Society. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/arizona-historical-society.