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Avard T. Fairbanks papers, 1880-2015
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Fairbanks, Avard T. (Avard Tennyson), 1897-1987
- Title
- Avard T. Fairbanks papers
- Dates
- 1880-2015 (inclusive)18802015
- Quantity
- 36.5 linear feet, (62 boxes)
- Collection Number
- ACCN 1336
- Summary
- The Avard T. Fairbanks papers (1880-2015) contain materials regarding this internationally known sculptor from Utah. Included in the collection are contracts, correspondence, notes, sketches, illustrations, news articles, project proposals, pamphlets, exhibition display boards, and biographical information. Fairbanks was a prominent Utah sculptor. He also organized the College of Fine Arts at the University of Utah.
- Repository
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University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0860
Telephone: 8015818863
special@library.utah.edu - Access Restrictions
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Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.
- Languages
- English
Historical NoteReturn to Top
Avard Tennyson Fairbanks (1897-1987) was born to John B. and Lilly Annetta Huish Fairbanks. His artistic talent was recognized around the age of twelve when he created his first sculpture, a rabbit, which he entered in the Utah State Fair. A year later he began to copy sculptures from the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and was awarded scholarships to continue his studies. Fairbanks' obvious talent later took him to the finest art schools in the United States and France. He was commissioned to create small sculptures, portrait paintings, and heroic-sized monuments as a result of this training. In addition to his sculpting commissions, Fairbanks served as assistant professor at the University of Oregon during the 1920s, received his B.F.A. degree from Yale in 1925, taught sculpture classes at and graduated with a M.A. from the University of Michigan during the 1930s-1940s, and taught at the University of Utah during the 1950s and 1960s. He also received many fellowships to study art in Europe and served as a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in various capacities, including creating statues and murals for several temples. Fairbanks and his wife, Maude, had ten children.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The Avard T. Fairbanks papers (1880-2015) contain materials regarding Avard Tennyson Fairbanks (1897-1987), an internationally known sculptor from Utah. Included in the collection are contracts, correspondence, notes, sketches, illustrations, news articles, project proposals, biographical information, pamphlets, and other papers. The collection deals with sculpting projects carried out by Fairbanks, such as the Lycurgus statue for Greece, the Pony Express monument for Salt Lake City, and several statues of Abraham Lincoln for Illinois and Hawaii. Most of this material is in the form of correspondence between Fairbanks, patrons, and institutions affiliated with individual projects. Sketches, news articles, and statements regarding each project generally accompany the correspondence. Correspondence dealing with the Ford Motor Company, senators and legislators, and Fairbanks' art achievement awards is also included in the collection, as well as notes and other documents from art and architecture classes he taught at the University of Utah. The collection also includes information on the Fairbanks family.
Box 30, Folder 5: Alice Paul Portrait Bust has been digitized.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library's Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.
Preferred Citation
Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Separated Materials
Photographs and audio-visual materials have been transferred to the Multimedia Division of Special Collections (P0542 and A0012). One CD containing Fairbanks' autobiography and some of his works is located in the Manuscripts Division's CD case. One map folder containing drawings for the Wilson garden fountain is located in the Manuscripts Division's map case.
Acquisition Information
Donated by Eugene Fairbanks (boxes 1-7) in 1992.
Donated by Eugene Fairbanks (boxes 8-10) in 1996.
Donated by Eugene Fairbanks (boxes 11-15) in 1999.
Donated by Donald Thomas in 2008.
Donated by Dr. Daniel J. Fairbanks in 2009.
Donated by Donald Thomas (box 8, folder 19) in 2008.
Donated by Eugene Fairbanks (boxes 17-56) in 2015
Processing Note
Processed by Lisa Townsend and Kate Kimball in 1998 and 2000.
Addendum processed by Betsey Welland in 2012.
Addendum (box 17-56) processed by Chelsea Olsen in 2016.
Click here to read a statement on harmful language in library records.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
CorrespondenceReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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| Box | |||
| 1 | Correspondence, Chronological |
1929-1959 | |
| 2 | Correspondence, Chronological |
1960-1980s | |
Alphabetical |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 3 | 1 | Blissfield State Bank |
1947 |
| 3 | 2 | Harris J. Booras
Also included are some pencil sketches for Fairbanks' Lycurgus statue.
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1954-1956 |
| 3 | 3-5 | Chrysler Corporation |
1942-1954 |
| 3 | 6 | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
1953-1954 |
| 3 | 7 | William B. Falconer |
1947-1950 |
| 3 | 8 | J. A. Hogle |
1947 |
| 3 | 9 | Ivan P. Houser |
1948-1949 |
| 3 | 10 | Anna Hyatt Huntington |
1947-1953 |
| 3 | 11 | Mackenzie King |
1943; 1948 |
| 3 | 12 | Lincoln Memorial University |
1955 |
| 3 | 13 | J. M. McDonald |
1952-1954 |
| 3 | 14 | National Sculpture Society |
1947-1954 |
| 3 | 15 | North Dakota Historical Society |
1947 |
| 3 | 16 | J. C. Penney
Writings by Penney are also included.
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1951-1958 |
| 3 | 17-18 | Political Figures |
1947-1978 |
| 3 | 19 | Rockefeller Mountain
Sketches of the mountain proposal are included.
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1953 |
| 3 | 20 | George Romney |
1946-1950 |
| 3 | 21 | George N. Sorenson
This folder also contains a survey of Anglo-American artists.
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1953-1954 |
| 3 | 22 | Earl Warren |
1952-1953 |
| 3 | 23 | Wheeler Williams |
1954 |
ProjectsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 4 | 1 | Spencer Penrose Statue |
1957-1958 |
| 4 | 2 | Pony Express Monument |
1947-1972 |
| 4 | 3 | Louis Frederick Moench Statue |
1964 |
| 4 | 4-5 | New Frontiers Monument |
1936-1947 |
| 4 | 6-7 | Esther Morris Monument |
1955-1960 |
| 4 | 8-9 | Albert Woolson Memorial |
1953-1955 |
| 4 | 10-11 | Daniel C. Jackling Statue |
1953-1955 |
| 4 | 12-13 | Wilson Garden Fountain
Accompanying architectural drawings have been transferred to the Manuscripts Division map case.
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1947-1954 |
| 4 | 14-17 | General Custer Monument |
1954-1958 |
| 5 | 1 | Daughters of Utah Pioneers Glass Window |
1955 |
| 5 | 2 | Henry and Edsel Ford Memorial |
1948 |
| 5 | 3-4 | Lycurgus Statue |
1954-1955 |
| 5 | 5 | C. C. Little Sculpture |
1952-1953 |
| 5 | 6-10 | Abraham Lincoln Statue (New Salem, Illinois) |
1949-1961 |
| 5 | 11 | Abraham Lincoln Statue (Ewa Plantation School, Hawaii) |
1954 |
| 5 | 12 | Abraham Lincoln Statue (Knox College, Illinois) |
1957-1959 |
| 6 | 1 | Abraham Lincoln Statue (Chicago, Illinois) |
1956-1958 |
| 6 | 2 | Abraham Lincoln Statue (Berwyn, Illinois) |
1959 |
| 6 | 3 | Abraham Lincoln Statue |
1949-1952 |
| 6 | 4-5 | Pioneer Family Monument |
1947-1951 |
| 6 | 6 | Woodbridge N. Ferris |
1976-1980s |
| 6 | 7 | "Guidance of Youth" Statue |
1955-1959 |
| 6 | 8 | International Peace Gardens Memorial |
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| 6 | 9 | Highland High School Ram |
1965 |
DocumentsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 7 | 1 | Biographical Information |
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| 7 | 2-7 | University of Utah
Notes, graduation requirement lists, correspondence, and information packets concerning plastic and industrial design classes, programs in conjunction with the Ford Motor Company, and the development of the Architectural Department at the university are included.
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1947-1958 |
| 7 | 8 | Fine Arts Programs
Included are lists of requirements and standards for fine arts programs at various academies.
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| 7 | 9 | Avard Fairbanks, "Proportions" |
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| 7 | 10 | Statements and Speeches by Fairbanks |
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| 7 | 11 | Notes and Sketches |
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| 7 | 12 | News Articles |
1940s-1950s |
Correspondence and Other DocumentsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 8 | 1-13 | Correspondence |
1912-1983 |
| 8 | 14 | Biographical Information |
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| 8 | 15 | Contracts |
1940s-1950s |
| 8 | 16 | University of Utah, Contract and Fine Arts Proposal |
1964 |
| 8 | 17 | Statements and Speech by Fairbanks |
circa 1960s |
| 8 | 18 | Miscellaneous |
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| 8 | 19 | General Materials
This folder contains a photocopy of the five year agreement between the Salt Lake City School District and Fairbanks, a news clipping regarding his death, and a photocopy of a photograph of a sculpture.
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1982 |
Autobiographical and Biographical materialsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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| Box | |||
| 9-10 | Autobiography of Avard Fairbanks |
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| Folder | |||
| 11 | 1-3 | Correspondence |
1920-1986 |
| 11 | 4 | Correspondence with Walter Meacham |
1923-1950 |
| 11 | 5 | Diary
This folder contains a photocopy of Fairbanks diary when he was a delegate to the World War I Conference in Boston.
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1918-1919 |
| 11 | 6 | Bibliography
This folder contains a bound bibliography of books about Fairbanks.
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1992 |
| 11 | 7 | Resume |
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| 11 | 8 | Writings of Fairbanks |
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| 11 | 9 | Lecture on Sculpture |
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| 11 | 10 | History of Fairbanks
This folder contains essays and various news articles.
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1947; 1987 |
| 11 | 11 | Honors and Awards
This folder contains photocopies of certificates.
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1909-1989 |
| 11 | 12 | Death of Avard T. Fairbanks
This folder contains an obituary, a program, and various news articles.
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1987 |
| 11 | 13 | The Academy of Fine Arts Agenda |
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| 11 | 14 | News Clippings |
1930-1987 |
| 11 | 15 | Miscellaneous |
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SculpturesReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 12 | 1 | Albert Wilson Sculpture |
1956-1960 |
| 12 | 2 | Angel Moroni Statue |
1970-1983 |
| 12 | 3 | Busts
This folder contains several journal articles, news clippings, magazine articles, and other related materials to busts Fairbanks sculpted of various people.
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1923-1985 |
| 12 | 4 | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Projects
This folder contains several news clippings and magazine articles which pertain to sculptures made in honor of the Melchizedek and Aaronic Priesthoods.
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1950-1971 |
| 12 | 5 | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Publications |
1929-1996 |
| 12 | 6 | Daniel C. Jackling Sculpture |
1950-1955 |
| 12 | 7 | Esther Morris Sculpture |
1958-1968 |
| 12 | 8 | Sculpture in Fairview, Utah |
1957-1978 |
| 12 | 9 | Fantasy Sculpture |
1937-1987 |
| 12 | 10 | George Washington Sculptures |
1975-1995 |
| 12 | 11 | The Idaho Doughboy Sculpture
This folder contains photocopies of news clippings and a book excerpt.
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1919-1934 |
| 12 | 12 | Lycurgus Sculpture
This folder contains news clippings, magazine articles, brochures, and letters of dedication for the Lycurgus Sculpture when it was given from the United States of America to Greece.
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1950-1972 |
| 12 | 13 | Mackenzie King Sculpture |
1943-1944 |
| 12 | 14 | Marcus Whitman Sculpture |
1949-1997 |
| 12 | 15 | Motherhood Sculpture |
1958-1969 |
| 12 | 16 | Pony Express Sculpture |
1947-1999 |
| 12 | 17 | Sculptures in Primary Children's Hospital |
1969 |
| 12 | 18 | Religious Sculpture
This folder contains several news articles, brochures, and cards which pertain to the religious theme of sculpture that Fairbanks did.
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1937-1973 |
| 12 | 19 | Memorial Sculptures and Plaques Dedicated in Michigan
This folder contains several news articles pertaining to the sculptures and there are also articles mentioning a plaque made in honor of World War II.
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1929-1983 |
| 12 | 20 | Hawaiian Fisherman with Throw Nets Sculpture |
1919-1957 |
| 12 | 21 | Sculptures in North and South Dakota
This folder contains news clippings, magazine articles, and brochures pertaining to the sculptures.
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1947-1985 |
| 12 | 22 | Sculptures in Oregon
This folder contains news articles pertaining to sculptures.
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1924-1990 |
| 12 | 23-25 | Brochures |
1950-1986 |
| 12 | 26-28 | Lincoln Statues |
1940-1985 |
| 13 | 1 | Sculptures in Washington
This folder contains news articles and brochures.
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1929-1998 |
| 13 | 2-3 | University of Utah
This folder contains news clippings, various magazine articles, and a brochure that pertains to the Department of Fine Arts and Fairbanks' work.
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1937-1988 |
| 13 | 4 | Winter Quarters Sculpture |
1936-1997 |
| 13 | 5 | 91st Division Sculpture |
1928-1980 |
Art History, 1949Return to Top
Container(s): Box 14
This box contains various writings, time lines, quotes, biographies, and summaries pertaining to art throughout the ages.
Oversized News ClippingsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 15 | 1 |
The Idaho Sunday Statesman , Excerpt |
1927 |
| 15 | 2 |
The Sunday Oregonian , Excerpt |
1929 |
| 15 | 3 |
The Deseret News , Excerpt |
1948 |
| 15 | 4 |
Renville County Farmer , Excerpt |
1963 |
PlaqueReturn to Top
Container(s): Box 16
Personal materialsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
Biographical materials
This series consists of drafts of biography of Avard T. Fairbanks written and compiled by his son, Eugene Fairbanks. The biography consists of writings by Avard Fairbanks, himself and writings from the Fairbanks family. Biography has been organized according to the Table of Contents in Box 1 Folder 4.
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 17 | 1 | Elder's certificate |
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| 17 | 2 | "Avard Fairbanks, Sculptor," by Maude Fairbanks |
1958 |
| 17 | 3 | Short Biographies |
1985; 2005; 2015 |
| 17 | 4 | Fairbanks Family History |
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| 17 | 5-7 | Family Anecdotes |
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| 17 | 8 | Outline of Inclusions for Biography |
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| 17 | 9-10 | Chronology |
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| 17A | 1 | Table of Contents |
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| 17A | 2 | "Chapter I: Life of John B. Fairbanks" |
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| 17A | 3 | "Early Adventures of Avard Fairbanks, Sculptor" |
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| 18 | 1-3 | "Chapter II: Early Life of Avard T. Fairbanks" |
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| 18 | 4 | "Chapter II" Avard's dictation |
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| 18 | 5 | "Chapter III: Experiences in New York City" |
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| 19 | 1 | "Chapter III" Avard's dictation |
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| 19 | 2 | "Chapter IV: Return to Salt Lake City" |
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| 19 | 3 | "Chapter IV" Avard's dictation |
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| 19 | 4 | "Chapter v: Paris Art Schools" |
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| 19 | 5 | "Chapter V" Avard's dictation |
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| 19 | 6 | "Chapter: Summer in St. Hypolyte" |
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| 19 | 7 | "Chapter VI" Avard's dictation |
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| 19 | 8 | "Chapter VII: High School and Continued Art" |
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| 19 | 9 | Hawaii and the LDS Temple |
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| 20 | 1 | Chapters IV-VIII: Paris, Hawaii, and Oregon |
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| 20 | 2 | "Chapter VIII: Return to Salt Lake City" |
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| 20 | 3 | "Chapter IX: Trip to Oregon" |
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| 20 | 4 | "Chapter X: University of Oregon" |
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| 20 | 5 | "Chapter XI: Yale University" |
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| 20 | 6-7 | "Chapter XII: Fellowship to Study in Italy" |
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| 21 | 1 | "Chapter XIII: Return to the United States" |
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| 21 | 2 | "Chapter XIII" Avard's dictation |
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| 21 | 3 | "Chapter XIV: University of Washington" |
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| 21 | 4 | "Chapter XIV" Avard's dictation |
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| 21 | 5-6 | "Chapter XV: University of Michigan" |
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| 21 | 7 | "Chapter XV" Avard's dictation |
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| 21 | 8 | "Chapter XVI: Work with Automobile Companies" |
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| 21 | 9 | "Chapter XVI" Avard's dictation |
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| 21 | 10 | "Chapter XVII: Century of Progress Exhibit, Chicago World Fair" |
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| 21 | 11 | "Chapter XVIII: Winter Quarters Monument" |
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| 21 | 12 | "Chapter XIX: Doctorate Thesis" |
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| 21 | 13 | "Chapter XX: University of Hawaii for Summer Lectures" |
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| 21 | 14 | "Chapter XXI: Lincoln the Frontiersman" |
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| 21 | 15 | "Chapter XXIII: North Dakota Pioneer Family" |
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| 21 | 16 | "Chapter XXIV: WWII Willow Run Bomber Plant" |
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| 22 | 1 | "Chapter XXV: Appointment to the University of Utah, Dean of Fine Arts College" |
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| 22 | 2 | "Chapter XXVI: Statues of Heroic Monuments" |
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| 22 | 3 | "Chapter XXVIII: Return to Utah, Creative Statuary" |
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| 22 | 4 | "A Letter from Pietrasanta" |
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| 22 | 5 | "Addendum to Biographical Sketch" |
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| 22 | 6 | "Index of discs" |
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| 22 | 7-8 | Bibliography |
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| 22 | 9 | Eugene Fairbanks' research notes |
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| 22 | 10 | "Representative Sculpture", Biography and Bibliography |
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| 22 | 11 | "Obituaries" |
1987 |
| 22 | 12 | "Memorial Resolution" |
1987 |
| 23 | 1 | "Folio about Avard Fairbanks" |
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| 23 | 2 | "Avard Fairbanks, Sculptor: Biography and Information" |
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Family materials |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 24 | 1 | Wedding list |
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| 24 | 2 | Fairbanks family pictures, photocopies |
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| 24 | 3 | A.T. Fairbanks Family Trust |
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| 24 | 4 | Maude Fairbanks biographical materials |
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| 24 | 5 | Maude Fairbanks operation and death materials |
1987-1992 |
| 24 | 6 | "A Mother of Man" |
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| 24 | 7 | "Tow Girls Lost in a Blizzard", by Maude Fairbanks |
2000-2002 |
| 24 | 8 | John B. Fairbanks materials |
1932-1940; 1973 |
| 24 | 9 | "Life Stories of J. Leo Fairbanks, Nettie Fairbanks Yates, and Vernon W. Fairbanks" |
1986 |
| 24 | 10-11 | Johnathan Leo Fairbanks biographical materials |
1880s-1990s |
| 24 | 12 | Jonathan Leo Fairbanks news clippings |
1923-1974 |
| 24 | 13 | Jonathan Fairbanks materials |
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| 24 | 14 | Virgil Fairbanks materials |
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| 24 | 15 | Grant R. Fairbanks materials |
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| 24 | 16 | Ortho Fairbanks mortgage |
1936-1938 |
| 24 | 17 | Fairbanks family news clippings |
1926-1973 |
| 24 | 18 | General family materials |
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Journals and Personal correspondence |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 25 | 1 | Diary |
1918-1919 |
| 25 | 2 | Journals |
circa 1920s |
| 25 | 3 | Personal correspondence |
circa 19402-1970s |
| 25 | 4-7 | Personal correspondence |
1848; 1917-1964 |
| 26 | 1-5 | Personal correspondence |
1965-2011 |
| 26 | 6-7 | Christmas greetings |
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| 26 | 8 | "General personal correspondence" |
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Professional materialsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 27 | 1 | Professional correspondence |
1940s-1960s |
| 27 | 2-6 | Professional correspondence |
1906-1955 |
| 28 | 1-9 | Professional correspondence |
1956-2011 |
Sculpture |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 29 | 1-3 | Registry of Sculpture |
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| 29 | 4 | Registry of Sculpture by Location |
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| 29 | 5 | Inventories and appraisals |
1977-1992 |
| 29A | 1 | Monuments |
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| 29A | 2 | Mater Copy Portrait Book |
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| 30 | 1 | Washington State sculpture |
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| 30 | 2 | 91st Division Monument |
1928-1932; 2001 |
| 30 | 3 | "A Garden of Fantasy: Fantast and Garden Statuary" |
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| 30 | 4 | Albert Woolson memorial Statue |
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| 30 | 5 |
Alice Paul Portrait Bust
Related to Avard Farbanks's creation of a portrait bust of Alice Paul for the Belmont-Paul Women's Equality National Monument. Includes correspondence between Fairbanks and others; memos and documents relating to his application to do the sculpture; a historical sketch of the process of a committee's deciding who should do the sculpture; a citation by the American Mothers Committee in appreciation of his work; a program from the 1981 national convention of the American Woman's Party that featured an illustration of the Alice Paul bust; and a 3-page document from the Library of Congress American Memory Project with an article about Alice Paul.
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1967-2002 |
| 30 | 6 | Mrs. Alfred I. Du Pont |
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| 30 | 7 | Alma Matter Statue |
1967 |
| 30 | 8 | Angel Moroni Statue |
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| 30 | 9 | Animal Sculpture |
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| 30 | 10 | Automotive Industry projects |
1945-1946; 2008 |
| 30 | 11 | Awakening of Aphrodite Statue |
circa 1930 |
| 30 | 12 | Bas relief at Primary Children's Hospital |
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| 30 | 13 | Boy Scouts of America, Washington D.C. |
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| 30 | 14 | Colt Pegasus Statue |
1947; 1975 |
| 30 | 15 |
The Buffalo Charging
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| 30 | 16 | Cougars |
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| 30 | 17 | Courage plaquettes |
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| 30 | 18 | Daniel Cowan Jackling Statue |
circa 1954 |
| 30 | 19 | Discovery of Gold in California |
1952-1954 |
| 31 | 1 | Esther Morris Statue |
1961-1981 |
| 31 | 2 | The Eternal Family Monument |
circa 1979 |
| 31 | 3 | Ezra Meeker Portrait Bust |
1981-2004 |
| 31 | 4 | Fairbanks Memorial Academy |
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| 31 | 5-6 | Fantasy Sculpture |
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| 31 | 7 | Florence Nightingale Statue |
1973-1975 |
| 31 | 8 | General George Armstrong Custer Statue |
1952 |
| 31 | 9 | George E. Eisenberg Portrait Bust |
1985-1987 |
| 31 | 10 | George Washington sculpture |
1962-2012 |
| 31 | 11 | Gift of the Virgin/The Madonna |
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| 31 | 12 | Governor Cosgrove Portrait Bust |
1954; 1980 |
| 31 | 13 | The Guidance of Youth |
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| 31 | 14 | Hawaiian Fisherman Statue |
1939 |
| 31 | 15 | Hawaii Temple sculpture |
1916-1918 |
| 31 | 16 | Idaho Doughboy Memorial Statue |
1923; 2003 |
| 31 | 17 | Jesus Christ works |
1955; 1993 |
| 31 | 18 | Joseph Smith works |
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| 31 | 19 | Judge John Burke Statue |
1961-1963 |
| 32 | 1 | Lincoln the Frontiersman |
1943-2012 |
| 32 | 2 | Lincoln Statues |
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| 32 | 3 | General Lincoln Statues |
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| 32 | 4 | Lincoln materials |
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| 32 | 5 | Louis F. Moench Statue |
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| 32 | 6 | Love and Devotion |
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| 32 | 7 | Lulu Fairbanks Monument |
1976 |
| 32 | 8 | Lycurgus Statue |
1954-1998 |
| 32 | 9 | Male Portraits |
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| 32A | 1 | Marcus Whitman Statue |
1956-1992 |
| 32A | 2 | Medal of Courage |
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| 32A | 3 | The Mortal Moroni Statue |
1983 |
| 32A | 4 | Motherhood Statue |
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| 32 | 5 | Mrs. Harrah Statue |
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| 32A | 6 | Nebula Statue |
1934-1939; 2003 |
| 32A | 7 | New Frontiers Monument |
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| 32A | 8 | Oregon Trail projects |
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| 32A | 9 | Padre Escalante-Dominquez Memorial |
1974-1976 |
| 32A | 10 | Peace Garden Memorial |
1973-1976 |
| 33 | 1 | Pele Statue |
19947 |
| 33 | 2 | "Pele Anatomy" |
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| 33 | 3 | Pele Book: Hawaiian Goddess |
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| 33 | 4 | Peter Maughan Monument |
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| 33 | 5 | Pioneer Family Statue |
1947-1954 |
| 33 | 6 | Pioneer Mother Statue |
1929-1975 |
| 33 | 7 | Pony Express Memorial |
1949-2010 |
| 33 | 8 | Rain Statue |
circa 1987 |
| 33 | 9 | Rebecca Winters and Daughter |
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| 33 | 10 | Relief Society Memorial |
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| 33 | 11 | Restoration of Aaronic Priesthood Statue |
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| 33 | 12 | Restoration of the Melchizedek Priesthood Statue |
1967-1972 |
| 33 | 13 | Ruth and Boaz materials |
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| 33 | 14 | Sailor Boy |
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| 33 | 15 | Sanford B. Dole |
1919 |
| 33 | 16 | The Sentinel Statue |
2006 |
| 33 | 17 | Smoke Signal Statue |
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| 33 | 18 | Spencer Penrose Monument |
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| 33 | 19 | This is the Place Monument |
1938 |
| 33 | 20 | Thomas Jefferson Statue |
1985-1986 |
| 33 | 21 | U.S. National Bank bronze doors |
1997 |
| 34 | 1 | W.L. Mackenzie King Portrait Bust |
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| 34 | 2 | W.W.I. Memorial |
1919 |
| 34 | 3 | Winter Quarters Monument |
1933-1996 |
| 34 | 4 | Woodbridge Ferris Statue |
1983-1984 |
| 34 | 5 | The Wrinkled Old Nakomis teaching Hiawatha |
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| 34 | 6 | Zion National Park contract |
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| 34 | 7 | General projects |
1931-1976 |
| 35 | 1 | Piece Mold |
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| 35 | 2 | Waste Mold |
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| 35 | 3-5 | Anatomical Illustrations |
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| 35 | 6 | Illustrations at University of Utah |
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| 35 | 7 | Illustrations and Sketches |
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| 35 | 8 | Sketches |
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| 35 | 9 | Sketches of Religious figures |
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Career Positions |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 36 | 1 | Resume and List of Works |
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| 36 | 2 | Positions |
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| 36 | 3 | National Defense Work, Willow Run, UT |
1944-1945 |
| 36 | 4 | Honors and Recognition |
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| 36 | 5 | National Sculpture Society |
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| 37 | 1 | Student Work |
1950s-2000s |
| 37 | 2 | "Report by Department of Sculpture" |
1961 |
| 37 | 3 | General Information about Avard T. Fairbanks |
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Writings |
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| 38 | 1 | Doctorate Thesis of Avard T. Fairbanks Sculptor
Box 54 Folder4-5 and Box 55 Folders 1-4 also contain illustrations used for and in Avard Fairbanks' doctoral thesis.
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| 38 | 1 | Doctorate Thesis |
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| 39 | 1 | Lecture announcements |
circa 1950-1982 |
| 39 | 2 | Public Addresses |
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| 39 | 3 | Public Addresses and Writings |
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| 39 | 4 | "A Portrait of Abraham Lincoln" demonstration |
2009 |
| 39 | 5 | "A Summer Seminary of the Creative Arts in Hawaii" |
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| 39 | 6 | Promotion for Art Museum in SLC correspondence |
circa 1946 |
| 39 | 7-8 | Art Program proposals |
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| 39 | 9 | An Introduction to the Study of Art |
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| 39 | 10 | "Art Significant to Our Life and Culture" |
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| 39 | 11 | Art Tendencies of Today |
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| 39 | 12 | Art Values to Our Advancing Education |
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| 39 | 13 | Aspirations to a New Golden Age of Art |
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| 39 | 14 | Backgrounds in Art |
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| 39 | 15 | A Brief History of My Folks and their Part in American History |
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| 39 | 16 | Clay Modeling |
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| 39A | 1 | "Concepts of Teaching Sculpture" |
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| 39A | 2 | Design, Aesthetic Potential in Pictorial Composition |
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| 39A | 3 | The Development of the Statue |
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| 39A | 4 | "Evaluation of Art" |
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| 39A | 5 | The Fine Arts Constitution Towards Liberal Education |
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| 39A | 6 | A Gift of Peace |
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| 39A | 7 | "Incidents of Two Sculptors" |
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| 39A | 8 | "Modernism and Communism" |
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| 39A | 9 | Peace Promotion writings and notes |
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| 39A | 10 | Professional Sculptors and Institutions of Higher Education |
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| 39A | 11 | Reasons for Teaching Drawing |
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| 39A | 12 | Sculpture 154 |
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| 39A | 13 | "Television presentation" |
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| 39A | 14 | Thoughts on the Meanings of Art |
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| 39A | 15 | "Understanding the Application of Design Principles and Styling with Future Outlooks" |
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| 39A | 16 | "Understanding of Sculpture" lecture notes |
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| 39A | 17 | Religious writings |
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| 39B | 1 | Art 14A Class Notes |
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| 39B | 2 | Lectures: Art History |
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| 39B | 3 | Lectures: Design |
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| 39B | 4 | Lecture Outlines |
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| 40 | 1 | Essays and other writings |
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| 40 | 3-4 | Writings and presentations |
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| 40 | 5-8 | Writings and notes |
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| 40 | 9 | Ortho's notes |
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| 40 | 10 | Collected Quotations |
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| 39A | 17 | Religious writings |
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"Shapes of Inspiration" Exhibit at the Frye Art Museum |
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| 41 | 1 | Correspondence |
1995-2003 |
| 41 | 2-3 | Planning materials |
2003 |
| 41 | 4 | Press Packet |
2003 |
| 41 | 5 | News clippings |
2003 |
| 41 | 6 | News articles display boards |
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| 41 | 7 | Facial proportions display boards |
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| 41 | 8 | Cards display boards |
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| 42 | 1-6 | Pele Statue display boards |
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| 43 | 1-5 | Heroic Sculpture Process display boards |
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| 44 | 1-2 | Heroic Sculpture Process display boards |
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Exhibits |
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| 45 | 1 | "Annual Exhibition of Sculpture," University of Michigan |
1931-1946 |
| 45 | 2 | University of Utah Exhibitions |
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| 45 | 3 | A.P. Proctor Exhibit |
1974 |
| 45 | 4 | California Pacific International Exposition, San Diego, California |
1936 |
| 45 | 5 | "Chicago World Fair" |
1933 |
| 45 | 6-7 | "Modeling a Portrait of George Washington" |
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| 45 | 8 | Western Monuments |
1998 |
Abraham Lincoln Sculpture by Eugene Fairbanks |
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| 46 | 1-2 | Correspondence |
1960-1979; 1995-2004 |
| 46 | 3-4 |
Abraham Lincoln Sculpture
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2002 |
| 46 | 5 | Typescript, 1st Editing |
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| 46 | 6 | "Lincoln Statuary" |
2000 |
| 47 | 1 | "Lincoln Statuary" |
2000 |
| 47 | 2 | Note cards |
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| 47 | 3 | Biographical Sketch for Avard T. and Eugene Fairbanks |
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| 47 | 4 | Contents, Acknowledgments, and Preface |
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| 47 | 5 | "Lincoln the Frontiersman" reference materials |
circa 1941-1986 |
| 47 | 6 | "Lincoln Statue for New Salem" reference materials |
1954-2003 |
| 47 | 7 | "The Chicago Lincoln" reference materials |
1956-1958 |
| 47 | 8 | "Lincoln the Friendly Neighbor" reference materials |
1959-1960 |
| 47 | 9 | "The Enduring Lincoln" reference materials |
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| 47 | 10 | "Memorials to the Lincoln-Douglas Debates" reference materials |
circa 2001-2003 |
| 48 | 1 | "Portrait of Carl Sandburg" reference materials |
circa 1958 |
| 48 | 2 | "The Four Ages of Lincoln" reference materials |
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| 48 | 3 | "Lincoln the Legislator" reference materials |
1985 |
| 48 | 4 | "Lincoln of the Gettysburg Address" reference materials |
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| 48 | 5 | "Abraham Lincoln (a young frontiersman)" reference materials |
1964 |
| 48 | 6 | "Albert Woolson, Last Survivor of the of the Grand Army of the Republic" reference materials |
1955-1956 |
| 48 | 7 | "Nancy Hanks Lincoln" reference materials |
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| 48 | 8 | Interview with Harry Hanks |
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| 48 | 9 | Lincoln physical description |
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| 48 | 10 | The Life Mask of Lincoln |
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| 48 | 11 | Lincoln History |
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| 48 | 12 | News clippings |
1941-1979 |
| 48 | 13-14 | Lincoln pamphlets and fliers |
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| 48 | 15 | Membership of Lincoln Group |
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| 48 | 16 | General materials |
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A Sculptor's Testimony in Bronze and Stone, by Eugene Fairbanks |
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| 49 | 1 | Agreements and Contracts |
1972; 1992; 1995 |
| 49 | 2 | Correspondence |
1964-1973; 1993 |
| 49 | 3 | News clippings |
1954; 1973; 1978 |
| 49 | 4 | Draft |
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| 49 | 5 | "Scared Sculpture of Avard Fairbanks" video presentation script |
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| 49 | 6 |
A Sculptor's Testimony in Bronze and Stone draft |
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Human Proportions for the Artists compiled by Eugene Fairbanks |
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| 50 | 1 | Contents |
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| 50 | 2 | Shapes |
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| 50 | 3 | Dynamic Symmetry |
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| 50 | 4 | Rotational Symmetry |
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| 50 | 5 | Dynamic Rectangular Symmetry |
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| 50 | 6 | Radial Symmetry figures |
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| 50 | 7 | Bilateral Symmetry |
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| 50 | 8 | Multilateral symmetry |
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| 50 | 9 | Dynamic Symmetry of the Human Body |
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| 50 | 10 | Symmetries |
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| 50 | 11 | Arches |
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| 50 | 12 | Curves |
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| 50 | 13 | Systems of measure |
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| 50 | 14-15 | Skeleton |
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| 50 | 16 | Upper extremities |
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| 50 | 17 | Joints |
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| 50 | 18 | Features of Hands and Feet |
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| 50 | 19 | Hand, Foot, Face Comparisons |
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| 51 | 1 | Form and Skull form |
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| 51 | 2 | Anthropometry points of reference on the head |
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| 51 | 3 | Figures - Fingertip to Mid Sternum |
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| 51 | 4 | Back and Torso |
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| 51 | 5 | Bone growth |
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| 51 | 6 | Head, Ethnic |
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| 51 | 7 | Doryphorus by Polyclitus |
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| 51 | 8 | Julius Caesar - Head |
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| 51 | 9 | Adult Female proportions |
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| 51 | 10 | Adult Male proportions |
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| 51 | 11 | Rhythmic Analysis |
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| 51 | 12 | Geometric Analysis |
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| 51 | 13 | Female Approximate thirds |
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| 51 | 14 | Anatomical Planes |
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| 51 | 15 | Anatomical illustrations |
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| 51 | 16 | Embryo figures |
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| 51 | 17 | Ancient Humans Proportions |
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| 51 | 18 | Anthropometry and Human Engineering |
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| 51 | 19 | "Proportions" by Avard Fairbanks |
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| 51 | 20 | Rough Draft |
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| 52 | 1 | Brochure |
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| 52 | 2 | Title page |
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| 52 | 3 | Anatomical notes and illustrations |
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| 52 | 4 | About the Author, Eugene Fairbanks |
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| 52 | 5 | "About the Authors" |
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| 52 | 6 | Advertising and Publishing correspondence |
2004-2006 |
| 52A | 1 |
Measuring the Physical Dimensions of US Infants and Children
Box 52A contains reference materials for Children's Proportions for Artists
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1975 |
| 52A | 2 |
Physical Characteristics of Children
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1975 |
| 52A | 3-4 |
Anthropometry of Infants, Children, and Youth
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1977 |
News Clippings |
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| 53 | 1-10 | News clippings and articles |
circa 1910-2012 |
| 53 | 11 | General materials |
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Oversized Materials |
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| 54 | 1 | Concept Sketches |
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| 54 | 2 | Portrait Sketches |
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| 54 | 3 | G. Carl Huber Memorial Library sketches and illustrations |
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| 54 | 4 | Pictures of Statues: Joseph Smith, Jesus Christ, and Lincoln the Frontiersman |
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| 55 | 1 | Feminine and Masculine Construction and Forms illustrations
Box 55 and Box 56 contain illustrations used for and in Avard Fairbanks' doctoral thesis on the Philosophy of Human Anatomy. Other materials from Dr. Fairbanks' doctoral thesis can be found in Box 38
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| 55 | 2 | Feminine and Masculine Head illustrations |
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| 56 | 1 | Evolution of Anatomy |
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| 56 | 2 | Human Skeleton and Brain illustrations |
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| 56 | 3 | Human Pelvis, Legs, and Feet illustrations |
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| 56 | 4 | Human Anatomy and Skeleton illustrations |
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Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Sculptors--Utah
- Sculpture, American--Utah--History--Sources
Corporate Names
- University of Utah--Faculty
Form or Genre Terms
- Articles
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
- Correspondence
- Lectures
- Pamphlets
- Programs (Publications)
Finding aid prepared by Lisa Townsend.
1998 (last modified: 2012 and 2016)
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