Abraham Lincoln sculpture created by Avard T. Fairbanks /
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Bellingham, Wash. :
Fairbanks Arts and Books,
[2002]
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| ISBN: | 0972584102 9780972584104 |
Table of Contents:
- I. Lincoln the frontiersman, erected at Ewa, Hawaii. "The will of Katherine Burke has been probated" / by Thomas I. Starr ; The creation of a heroic statue / by Eugene Fairbanks ; "Engineering in sculpture" / by Avard T. Fairbanks ; "She was a teacher" / by Frank Crawford ; "Abraham Lincoln" / by Ingram M. Stainback ; "Lincoln, a heritage of youth" / by Orin E. Long.
- II. Young Lincoln, reading the Life of George Washington.
- III. Medallion: Life of George Washington, an inspiration to young Lincoln.
- IV. A Lincoln stature for New Salem, Illinois. "At the crossroads of decision" / by Thomas I. Starr ; "Thomas I. Starr" / adapted from articles by Alan Jenkins ; "Making the Lincoln statue for New Salem" / by Avard T. Fairbanks ; Diagrams of a waste mold ; "The resolute Lincoln" / by Louis A. Warren ; "The dedication" / by Bryant S. Hinckley.
- V. The Chicago Lincoln, erected at Lincoln Square, Chicago North Side, Illinois. "The making of a Lincoln statue" / by Avard T. Fairbanks ; "Lincoln Memorial, once a dream: how a statue becomes a reality" / by Robert Lerner ; "The Chicago Lincoln: a chance to portray liberty" / by Avard T. Fairbanks ; Diagrams of a piece mold.
- VI. Lincoln the friendly neighbor, erected at the Lincoln Federal Savings and Loan Association, Berwyn, Illinois. "Lincoln the friendly neighbor" / by Avard T. Fairbanks.
- VII. The enduring Lincoln, erected at the Lincoln Federal Savings and Loan Association, Berwyn, Illinois. "Was Lincoln a conservative or a liberal?" / by Dr. William W. Haggard.
- VIII. Memorials to the Lincoln-Douglas debates, erected at Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois. "Convocation address" / by Bruce Catton ; "Stephen A. Douglas" / by Paul H. Douglas.
- IX. Portrait of Carl Sandburg.
- X. The four ages of Abraham Lincoln, heroic portrait busts in marble placed in the Ford Theater Museum, Washington, DC. Lincoln the youth ; Lincoln the frontiersman ; Lincoln the lawyer (later moved to the Temple of Justice, Supreme Court Building) ; Lincoln the president ; "The face of Abraham Lincoln" by Avard T. Fairbanks.
- XI. Color plates.
- XII. Lincoln the legislator.
- XIII. Lincoln of the Gettysburg Address, portrait bust placed at Lincoln Junior High School, Salt Lake City, Utah.
- XIV. Abraham Lincoln (a young frontiersman), colossal portrait bust in bronze, erected at The Lincoln High School, Seattle, Washington.
- XV. Albert Woolson, last survivor of The Grand Army of The Republic, portrait and heroic monument erected at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania ; "A significant memorial to the last man" / Lincoln Herald ; "Heroes of equal greatness" / editorial by Robert L. Kincaid for the Lincoln Herald.
- XVI. The Charger, an award designed for Chevrolet Automobile Company, 1963.
- Nancy Hanks Lincoln, a sculptor's concept of Abraham Lincoln's mother.
- XVIII. Resources for sculptors. Life mask and cast of hands made by Leonard Volk ; "The life masks and hands of Abraham Lincoln" / by Avard Fairbanks ; Life mask made by Clark Mills during the presidency ; Additional material resources of Lincolniana, including museums, libraries, and historical societies ; Lincoln related bookstores and book dealers ; The life and works of Avard T. Fairbanks, sculptor ; Other books about Avard T. Fairbanks and related websites.