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The Walker Hancock Soldiers Memorial Statues Photograph Collection contains five mounted, oversized photographs showing three of the four sculptures made by Hancock for display outside of Soldiers Memorial: "Sacrifice," "Loyalty," and "Vision." One of the photographs includes a tag from the National Sculpture Society Exhibition of 1940, and it is assumed that all five photographs were prepared for inclusion or consideration in the exhibition.

Scope and Contents The collection contains two volumes: (1) a scrapbook of Johnson M. Mundy dated 1859-1898 (approximately 150 pages) that contains newspaper clippings, correspondence (mostly addressed to Mundy and John A. Lant), and invitations. The clippings are mostly from newspapers in Rochester and Tarrytown, and relate to the Soldiers’ and Sailors Monument at Rockford, Illinois; the bronze statue of a Union soldier at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery; the bust of Frederick Douglass; and other topics relating to...