urn:taro:utexas.cah.00270 A Guide to the R. L. Day Papers, 1924 Original EAD encoding by Linda Peterson according to TARO 2 EAD 2002 Editing Instructions. September 2010 Finding aid written in English. Descriptive Summary Day, R. L. R. L. Day Papers 1924 Materials are written in English. 72-133 1 item Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin Consists of one print of a pen and ink drawing by R. L. Day. The subject is “The American Shield.” It contains the words “In God We Trust,” “Patriotism,” and “Home.” Biographical Note

At the time he was marketing this print, R. L. Day was a resident of De Leon, Texas.

Scope and Contents

Consists of one print of a pen and ink drawing. The subject is “The American Shield.” It contains the words “In God We Trust,” “Patriotism,” and “Home.” The design includes a set of symbolic birds representing the wars that the United States had been in up to 1924, a bird’s nest with eggs representing home and a large star that the legend on the back of the image says refers to the face of Christ. Other birds in the image are symbolic of various events and ideas essential to the foundation of the United States as this artist saw it.

Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Index Terms Subjects (Persons) Day, R. L.--Archives Subjects Patriotism--Pictorial works United States--History--Pictorial works Preferred Citation

R. L. Day Papers, 1924, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.

Processing Information

Basic processing and cataloging of this collection was supported with funds from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) for the Briscoe Center’s History Revealed: Bringing Collections to Light project, 2009-2011.

Detailed Description of the Papers Inventory 3S180 Print