Fairmount Park Art Association
Organization
Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:
Fairmount Park Art Association, 1872-1977, 2025
Series
Scope and Contents
Contains annual reports and publications from the Fairmount Park Art Association documenting its activities in acquiring and maintaining public art in Philadelphia's parks. Includes exhibition catalogs and other publications related to the Association's programs.
Dates:
1872-1977; 2025
Fairmount Park Art Association: History - articles, correspondence and excerpts, n.d.
File — Drawer: 8.4
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The History Files collection contains research materials documenting parks, sites, structures, organizations, events, and individuals associated with the Fairmount Park System and Philadelphia Parks and Recreation. This collection compiles materials from diverse sources over time rather than representing the records of a single office or individual. Typical materials include correspondence, deeds, leases, newspaper clippings, photocopies of published articles and book excerpts, research...
Dates:
undated
Fairmount Park Art Association: History - early documents, 1872-1921
File — Drawer: 8.4
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The History Files collection contains research materials documenting parks, sites, structures, organizations, events, and individuals associated with the Fairmount Park System and Philadelphia Parks and Recreation. This collection compiles materials from diverse sources over time rather than representing the records of a single office or individual. Typical materials include correspondence, deeds, leases, newspaper clippings, photocopies of published articles and book excerpts, research...
Dates:
1872-1921
Fairmount Park Art Association: Independence Hall preservation plan, 1944
File — Drawer: 8.4
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The History Files collection contains research materials documenting parks, sites, structures, organizations, events, and individuals associated with the Fairmount Park System and Philadelphia Parks and Recreation. This collection compiles materials from diverse sources over time rather than representing the records of a single office or individual. Typical materials include correspondence, deeds, leases, newspaper clippings, photocopies of published articles and book excerpts, research...
Dates:
1944
Fairmount Park Art Association: Program - "New.Land.Marks" correspondence, brochures and newspaper clippings, 1998-2004
File — Drawer: 8.4
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The History Files collection contains research materials documenting parks, sites, structures, organizations, events, and individuals associated with the Fairmount Park System and Philadelphia Parks and Recreation. This collection compiles materials from diverse sources over time rather than representing the records of a single office or individual. Typical materials include correspondence, deeds, leases, newspaper clippings, photocopies of published articles and book excerpts, research...
Dates:
1998-2004
Fairmount Park Art Association - Report of the commission employed by the Association to study the entrance of the Philadelphia parkway into Fairmount Park: as presented at the thirty-sixth annual meeting of the Association, December 12th, 1907: also the address on "Architectural development of cities" [2 copies] , 1908
Item — Drawer: 1-3
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The History Files collection contains research materials documenting parks, sites, structures, organizations, events, and individuals associated with the Fairmount Park System and Philadelphia Parks and Recreation. This collection compiles materials from diverse sources over time rather than representing the records of a single office or individual. Typical materials include correspondence, deeds, leases, newspaper clippings, photocopies of published articles and book excerpts, research...
Dates:
1908
Letter from Charles Howell, Secretary of the Fairmount Park Art Association, offering to restore Mount Pleasant to condition it was in during colonial days, 1896 February 13
Item — Drawer: 2-4
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The History Files collection contains research materials documenting parks, sites, structures, organizations, events, and individuals associated with the Fairmount Park System and Philadelphia Parks and Recreation. This collection compiles materials from diverse sources over time rather than representing the records of a single office or individual. Typical materials include correspondence, deeds, leases, newspaper clippings, photocopies of published articles and book excerpts, research...
Dates:
1896 February 13
Original charter of the Fairmount Park Art Association, 1872 February 28
Item — Drawer: 8.4
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The History Files collection contains research materials documenting parks, sites, structures, organizations, events, and individuals associated with the Fairmount Park System and Philadelphia Parks and Recreation. This collection compiles materials from diverse sources over time rather than representing the records of a single office or individual. Typical materials include correspondence, deeds, leases, newspaper clippings, photocopies of published articles and book excerpts, research...
Dates:
1872 February 28
Sculpture International: Check list of an exhibition of contemporary sculpture organized by the Fairmount Park Art Association and displayed at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1940
File — Box: 21, Folder: 18
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Contains annual reports and publications from the Fairmount Park Art Association documenting its activities in acquiring and maintaining public art in Philadelphia's parks. Includes exhibition catalogs and other publications related to the Association's programs.
Dates:
1940