THE IDEA - National Park Service

Gutzon Borglum, the sculptor, was born March 25, 1867, near Bear Lake, Idaho Although no record of the exact place is available, several early residents of St Charles remembered the Borglum family as living in a cabin on a site which residents there still can point out A contrary suggestion that he was born in Ovid has been made, and no reliable

Gutzon Borglum Papers

The papers of Gutzon Borglum, artist, author, and sculptor, were given to the Library of Congress in several installments by his widow, Mary Borglum, 1951-1953, and by his son, Lincoln Borglum, 1916-1965 Additional papers were transferred from the United States National Park Service at Mount Rushmore in South Dakota in 1973 A microfilm of

GUTZON BORGLUM - Garden of Praise

GUTZON BORGLUM Sculptor, Mount Rushmore 1867 - 1941 John Gutzon Borglum (jon GUT suhn BORG luhm) was born March 25,1867 into a Mormon family which practiced polygamy His father had two wives, but when he decided to not be a Mormon anymore he discarded Gutzon's mother, and the boy was

THE IDEA - National Park Service

With Borglum’s death in 1941 and American involvement in World War II, all work on the memorial came to a close on October 31, 1941 AT PRESENT Although Borglum’s grand scheme for the Hall of Records had to be abandoned, the idea remained On August 9, 1998, Gutzon Borglum’s dream was completed when a repository of

A Condensed History of the Stone Mountain Carving

Gutzon Borglum, and others were also involved Given the influence of white supremacists, the Stone Mountain carving effort carried with it Confederate Lost Cause sentiments from its beginning Efforts at rewriting Confederate history as a moral victory and pining for the supposedly morally superior society of the romanticized

Mount Rushmore

Gutzon Borglum chose four presidents to carve on the mountain, because to him they represented the first 150 years of American History The People Before bringing his idea to the South Dakota citizenry, Robinson contacted and gained the help and support of Senator Peter Norbeck Norbeck had a deep interest and appreciation for the Black Hills

Mount Rushmore - Nc State University

B How Gutzon Borglum raised money to create Mount Rushmore C How presidents helped build Mount Rushmore D Why Mount Rushmore was never finished 0 100 Confident Confident 4 ) Why was dynamite used to help create the faces on the mountain? A There was a shortage of workers due to the lack of money B

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GUTZON BORGLUM - Idaho State Historical Society

Gutzon Borglum Papers

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THE IDEA - National Park Service

A Condensed History of the Stone Mountain Carving

Mount Rushmore

Mount Rushmore - Nc State University