Blog Updates!

Researcher Dana Pilson is still hard at work in the Chesterwood Archives at Chapin Library at Williams College! Check out her blog for fun news about her research on Daniel Chester French, including her latest post on French’s daughter, Margaret:

http://dcfstudio.wordpress.com/2012/12/21/margaret-and-the-green-vase/

 

John C. Johansen’s portrait of Margaret French Cresson

 
 

Daniel Chester French Sculptures (Flickr)

  • Lincoln Memorial
  • Reflecting Pool
  • Truth no. 2
  • Mary Harris Thompson no. 2
  • Marshall Field Monument
  • Lincoln
  • Standing Lincoln
  • Mary Harris Thompson no. 4
  • Allegory of Truth
  • Study for Lincoln Memorial
  • Gen.Joseph Hooker
  • Death and the Sculptor

National Trust News

Find Funding: How to Apply for Grants from the National Trust Preservation Fund
Preservation Round-Up: The Oldest Distillery in the U.S. Edition
Remembering Architecture Critic Ada Louise Huxtable
From Power Plant to Climbing Gym: Adaptive Reuse at St. Louis’ City Hospital
[10 on Tuesday] 10 Factors in Establishing Local Historic District Boundary Lines
[SLIDESHOW] Instagram Tour: Mount Auburn Cemetery
My Preservation Resolution: Build the Movement in 2013
Holiday Magic on Main Street: Highlights from 2012
“Shop Life”: Exploring the Immigrant Entrepreneur at the Tenement Museum
Edward Dart: Re-Discovering a Modernist Architect
Historic Real Estate: The Transformer Edition
Preservation Vacation: Capturing the American Dream in Oak Bluffs
A Look Inside Yosemite’s Historic Ahwahnee Hotel
[SLIDESHOW] Dispatches from a Cross-Country Road Trip
[SLIDESHOW] How Preservation Transformed Two Small Towns in Kansas
[SLIDESHOW] Merry Christmas from the Historic Village of Zoar!
Courage Under Fire: Sharing the Legacy of the 442nd Japanese American Segregated Unit
Update on the National Trust’s Sandy Recovery Efforts in NYC
Reviving Lyth Cottage: How Historic Buffalo Is Making A Comeback, One House at a Time
Ten Remarkable Preservation Wins of 2012
Twitter Chat Recap/Reminder: Fundraising and Future Plans
Preservation Vacation: What’s Next for Idlewild, Michigan’s “Black Eden”?
[SLIDESHOW] Holidays and History at the White House
The Historic Tax Credit Takes Center Stage at the Timmy Awards
[10 on Tuesday] How to Use Photography and Photo Sharing for Preservation

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Stockbridge, MA 01262

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