Weinman, Adolph A. (Adolph Alexander), 1870-1952

Augustus Saint-Gaudens responds to an inquiry from President Roosevelt about a prospective sculptor. Saint-Gaudens does not believe the gentleman in question is the best for the work, and he recommends several others, including James Earle Fraser, Adolph A. Weinman, and Albert Jaegers. Saint-Gaudens also describes his progress on the coin design in which Roosevelt is interested.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-12-24

The sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens provides the names and addresses of several other sculptors whom President Roosevelt might use, including Adolph A. Weinman, John F. Flanagan, and James Earle Fraser.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-07-14

John M. Wilson, chairman of the Citizens Inaugural Committee, informs President Roosevelt that he is forwarding the commemorative medal of Roosevelt’s inauguration to him. It was made by sculptor Adolph A. Weinman under the direction of sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens. Wilson also expresses his profound admiration for the President.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-07-10

John M. Wilson, chairman of the Citizens Inaugural Committee, tells William Loeb that the inaugural medals designed by Augustus Saint-Gaudens and Adolph A. Weinman have arrived. There is one gold one for the President and one for the Vice President, along with 120 bronze medals, and Wilson lists how he plans to distribute them. Wilson asks Loeb to ask President Roosevelt how and when he would like the medals delivered.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-07-07

Michael F. Moran describes the process of creating an unofficial inaugural medal for President Theodore Roosevelt’s inauguration in 1905. Moran says that the artist Francis Davis Millet started the process by writing Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt about the poor quality of the inaugural medal to be issued by the Bureau of the Mint. Moran highlights the roles played by the sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens, who designed the alternate medal, and of the Tiffany Company which produced the medals. Moran notes the many changes in design, diameter, and metal which led to the medal not being produced in time for the March 1905 inauguration, and he notes that the work on the inaugural medal led to the collaboration between Theodore Roosevelt and Saint-Gaudens on redesigning the United States’ currency.

Four photographs appear in the article along with an illustration of both sides of the official inaugural medal issued by the Bureau of the Mint. Saint-Gaudens’s design appears on the front and back covers of the journal.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal