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Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site
Materials For Loan

The following materials are available on loan to educators for use in their classrooms:

BOOKS

Augustus Saint-Gaudens: A Master of American Sculpture (1848-1907)
Reunion des Musee Nationaux, 1999

Footprints of the past: Images of Cornish, NH & The Cornish Colony
Colby and Atkinson, NH Historical Society, 1996

Footsteps, African American History/ 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry
A Cobblestone Production (booklet)

A Circle of Friends: Art Colonies of Cornish and Dublin
University Art Galleries, University of New Hampshire and the Thorne-Sagendorph Art Gallery, Keene State College, 1985

The Shaw Memorial: A Celebration of an American Masterpiece
Eastern National, 1997. A history of the Mass. 54th Regt. and the development of the monument.

A Place of Beauty: The Artists and Gardens of the Cornish Colony
Alma M. Gilbert and Judith B. Tankard

Sibley Guide to Birds
David Allen Sibley

The Outside Story
Chuck Wooster

Mammal Tracks and Sign
Mark Elbroch

Mushrooms Demystified
David Arora

A Field Guide to the Animals of Vernam Pools
Leo P. Kenney and Matthew R. Burne

Proud to Live Here
Richard Ewald


FILMS

Augustus Saint-Gaudens, an American Original
(28 min.) VHS
Paul Sanderson III, 1985. The orientation film, it covers the scuptor's life and works.

Augustus Saint-Gaudens, an American Original (closed caption) VHS

Glory (152 min.) Columbia Pictures, 1989, VHS, DVD

The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry (52 min.) VHS
The American Experience (PBS video)

The Medal Maker; Master Sculptor Laura Gardin Fraser (30 min.) VHS
Mike Craven Productions

Wax Blood/Bronze Skin (26 min.)
Spofford Films, VHS. Explains the lost-wax bronze casting process.

Public Sculpture: America's Legacy
Smithsonian Productions, VHS

Augustus Saint-Gaudens: Master of American Sculpture (74 min.) DVD
Paul Sanderson III, 2007- This video will be available beginning in spring 2009

Relief of Robert Louis Stevenson by Augustus Saint-Gaudens  

Did You Know?
Bas-relief is the most difficult form of sculpture. The detail is achieved by the way that light strikes the relief’s shallow surface, creating shadows that give an illusion of depth. Some of Augustus Saint-Gaudens’ portrait reliefs are only 1/8th of an inch deep.

Last Updated: February 02, 2009 at 16:02 EST