Word: busting
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...bust of Longfellow has arrived, and occupies a position in the northeast end of Memorial hall...
...said that the bust of Longfellow will be placed in Memorial Hall...
...replicas of the bust of Longfellow now occupying a position in poet's Corner at Westminster Abbey, have arrived in Boston, on the steamship Samaria. One of these duplicates, it will be remembered, is to become the property of Harvard; the other will be presented to the Historical Society of Portland, Maine. It is gratifying to know that the bust which we shall receive and guard among our treasures, is a magnificent production. It is made of marble and of course is an exact production of the bust in Westminster. As a work of art, the bust is superb, admirable...
...been suggested that the seventh of February, which is the anniversary of the birthday of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, would be an appropriate day for the public reception of the bust of the poet, now on the way to our University. We understand that the bust which has been sent to the Maine Historical Society will be unveiled on that day, and it would seem very fitting for Harvard to follow this excellent intention. The celebration of the poet's natal day would add a certain impressiveness to whatever ceremonies the college authorities may see fit to hold, and the anniversary...
They trust that a prominent place within the walls of your college may be assigned for this memorial bust, where it will testify to future generations the affectionate and fraternal regard which binds in closest amity the kindred people who speak the same language on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean...