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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
List of Mount Rushmore National Memorial Commission members, including members of the executive committee and the committee on design and publicity.
1930-1935
James Sullivan Clarkson is attempting to identify Edgar C. Smith but has been unsuccessful. Smith, claiming to be from New York, supposedly promoted the creation of an anti-Roosevelt newspaper in Aberdeen, South Dakota. There is no evidence of Smith in New York, so Clarkson is planning to check Chicago.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-12-26