Inscriptions

Representative Millard requests information on how the committee selected the winner in the Mount Rushmore inscription competition.

Collection

Arizona Historical Society

Creation Date

1936-03-11

Russell Pope hopes Representative Greenway will accept a collection of verse, sent under separate cover, which includes a piece on Mount Rushmore. The piece had been selected from over 200,000 submissions in the New York area for consideration by the committee overseeing selection of an inscription for Mount Rushmore. However, the committee was not allowed to see it and Pope would like to rectify this injustice.

Collection

Arizona Historical Society

Creation Date

1935

Gutzon Borglum regrets to hear of Representative Greenway’s illness. He is planning for a sub-committee to go over entries for the Mount Rushmore inscription competition. Borglum suggests members for the sub-committee and requests Greenway’s input.

Collection

Arizona Historical Society

Creation Date

1935-03-27

Gutzon Borglum describes the nature and rules of the Mount Rushmore National Memorial inscription contest being held by Hearst Newspapers. Borglum reviews the historical scope the inscription should encompass and also the concerns that Representative Millard has regarding adoption of the inscription.

Collection

Arizona Historical Society

Creation Date

1935-03-14

The Mount Rushmore National Memorial inscription contest has not been settled and will be decided by the president’s committee. The contest is primarily for publicity and it is unlikely that the appropriate inscription will be found through the contest.

Collection

Arizona Historical Society

Creation Date

1935-03-13

Representative Lesinski encloses an entry for the Mount Rushmore National Memorial inscription contest from one of his constituents.

Collection

Arizona Historical Society

Creation Date

1935-01-30

Report on costs, materials, and labor needed for the completion of Mount Rushmore National Memorial. Report includes estimated costs and timeline for completion of each figure, labor costs for each employee, and inventory and costs of new equipment and maintenance.

Collection

Arizona Historical Society

Creation Date

1935

Superintendent Taylor reviews the rules, judging, and awards for the Mount Rushmore inscription contest.

Collection

Arizona Historical Society

Creation Date

1934-03-22

William Bailey Howland sends a copy of The Forest, autographed and inscribed by the author, Stewart Edward White. Howland also comments on the Panama Revolution.

Ernest McGaffey thanks President Roosevelt for sending him a photograph and inscription, confiding that he keeps the photo among others, such as those of Carter H. Harrison, Lord Byron, Jack Raftery, and of himself. McGaffey also announces the birth of his daughter, Lenore Louise, and mentions reading Roosevelt’s books Ranch Life and the Hunting Trail and Hunting Trips of a Ranchman.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-11-06

Ray H. Mattison requests information on several names that were carved into rocks near Medora, North Dakota. Mattison believes that the names might have been carved by members of General Custer’s 1876 expedition.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1949-12-01