Gold Medal and Laurel Wreath of the American Academy of Arts and Letters
1952

Secretary of The Academy of Arts and Letters, Robert Underwood Johnson in 1933 protested the nomination of Carl Sandburg into this elite society, calling for the exclusion of “rebel poets and cubist painters.” Ironically, Sandburg was awarded this Gold Medal from The Academy of Arts and Letters albeit for history and biography, not poetry, in 1952.
Dia 5.6, H 0.4 cm
Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site, CARL 17528

Award
Metal. L 24.0, W 20.0 cm
Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site, CARL 41079