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Meeting minutes of the Mount Rushmore National Memorial Commission, including the appointment of Louis B. Hanna and the renegotiation of Gutzon Borglum’s contract.
1937-07-12
Contract between Gutzon Borglum and the Mount Rushmore National Commission outlining services to be rendered by Borglum and the payments to be made to him. The contract also outlines the scope of the work and the responsibilities to be undertaken by the commission.
1937
Gutzon Borglum complains of the difficulties besetting the Mount Rushmore National Memorial Commission which have been complicated by the involvement of the National Park Service. Borglum will attend a meeting, organized by Senator Pittman, with President Roosevelt the following week with the goal of resolving the matter.
1939-06-01
Minutes of a meeting of the Mount Rushmore National Memorial Commission including telegrams from members who could not attend. Representative Greenway was nominated to take a vacancy on the commission. Additional matters covered include the specific duties and powers of the commission, Gutzon Borglum’s contract, publicity for the memorial, the Pageant of the Americas, and the financial condition of the commission.
1934-05-03
Contract of Gutzon Borglum for his work at Mount Rushmore.
1929-06-06
Gutzon Borglum summarizes the events and legislation that led to the creation of Mount Rushmore National Memorial. He describes the current state of the monument and the circumstances presently preventing timely completion. Borglum puts forth a timeline, with estimated costs, for completion by 1936.
1935
Gutzon Borglum outlines the parameters of his original contract, his struggles to amend the contract with the Mount Rushmore National Memorial Commission, and what he feels he should be paid in light of the multiple difficulties that have slowed progress on the monument. In spite of the current situation, Borglum vows that he will continue working on the monument until completion, whether or not he is paid what he believes he is owed.
1937-05-07
Gutzon Borglum encloses a letter he wrote to Arno B. Cammerer regarding his pay for the work on Mount Rushmore. The letter is being sent to all the members of the Mount Rushmore National Memorial Commission and Borglum believes that many of them will be shocked by the facts. He intends to finish the monument even without pay. The good work done by Representative Greenway, Representative Werner, and Speaker Rainey ended up losing Werner his seat in Congress. Borglum jokes that he should be allowed to speak more often as he has elected three senators and got rid of four.
1937-05-14
Fred W. Sargent advises Representative Greenway of an upcoming meeting of the Mount Rushmore National Memorial Commission in Chicago, Illinois. The meeting will address a new contract for Gutzon Borglum.
1937-06-28