Thayer, Russell (1853-1933)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1853 - 1933
Biography
Thayer was a Philadelphia civil engineer and balloon inventor. His scrapbook contains news clippings touching upon Thayer's career as superintendent of Fairmount Park, Brigadier General in the National Guard, and exponent of dirigible balloons for war purposes. (https://discover.hsp.org/Record/ead-Am.16457/Details)
Occupations
Found in 34 Collections and/or Records:
Elevation and plan of proposed bridge over the Wissahickon Creek at Germantown Lane crossing, 1881 October
Item — Drawer: W1, Folder: 2
Dates:
1881 October
#F12-08 (Fairmount Park); ID: 142 a-f: Proposed dome for Memorial Hall [5 unique blueprints], n.d.
Item — Shelf: BR-5.2
Identifier: 142a-f
Dates:
n.d.
#F13-09 (Fairmount Park): ID: 100: Design of archway under P. and P. R. R. near foundation green in East Park drawn under the direction of Russell Thayer, 1886
Item — Shelf: BR-5.3
Identifier: 100
Dates:
1886
Fairmount Park Commission: Personnel - Thayer, Russell, 1881, 1888
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:
1881; 1888
Fairmount Park Commission: Report - Thayer, Russell. "The Public Parks and Gardens of Europe" Report to the Commissioners of Fairmount Park [copy], 1880
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:
1880
Goethe, 1887, 1936-1974
File — Drawer: 7.2
Scope and Contents note
From the Collection:
The Sculpture and Fountain Collection documents the public sculptures and fountains of the Fairmount Park System in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Series 1 contains photographs and visual materials depicting individual sculptures and fountains, ranging from nineteenth century works to contemporary installations. Series 2 contains administrative and historical records for individual sculptures and fountains, including correspondence, meeting minutes, reports, architectural drawings, clippings,...
Dates:
1887; 1936-1974
Horticultural Hall, possibly Greenhouse, elevation and plan, with notation “N.B this plan only show one half of the work that is required to be performed, Russell Thayer.”, 1891 February 24
Item — Drawer: F12c, Folder: 5.1
Scope and Contents note
From the Collection:
This collection contains a variety of maps, plans and drawings relating to East and West Fairmount Park. Materials included in the collection are blueprints, bluelines, linens, mylars and paper. The collection contains diverse types of maps and plans, such as sewer plans, topographic plans, site plans, latitudinal and longitudinal plans, water main plans, street maps, and landscape plans. The collection is particularly strong in topographic plans, covering the entire region, and structural...
Dates:
1891 February 24
James A. Garfield Monument, 1894-1896, 1936-1969, 2008
File — Drawer: 7.2
Scope and Contents
Correspondence regarding the proposed site for the monument (1894), improvements to the surrounding site (1896), and a request from the Committee on Entertainment of the Fairmount Park Art Association for permission to hold a water fete on the Schuylkill River opposite the monument on the night of its unveiling (1896). Also includes a special report of the Fairmount Park Art Association titled 'Unveiling of the Memorial to James A. Garfield' (1896).
Dates:
1894-1896; 1936-1969; 2008
Letter and resolution relative to the construction of a fence near Reading Railroad and the removal of trackage near Columbia Bridge, 1890 March 22
Item — Drawer: 8.3
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:
1890 March 22
Letter from R. Patterson, Superintendent of the Fairmount Steamboat Company, to Russell Thayer regarding the Lemon Hill Music Pavilion , 1889 May 4
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:
1889 May 4
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- Correspondence 10
- Bridges -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 3
- Reports 3
- Ridgeland Sheep Barn 3
- Inventories 2
- Megargee Mills 2
- Blue Stone Bridge 1
- Boathouse Row -- House 15 -- The Sedgeley Club : Turtle Rock Lighthouse 1
- Boathouse Row -- House 6 -- Bachelors Barge Club 1
- Bridges -- Design and construction 1
- Clippings 1
- Dobson's Mill 1
- Domes 1
- Goethe (sculpture) 1
- Horticultural Hall (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
- James A. Garfield Monument 1
- Lemon Hill Pavilion 1
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive 1
- Memorial Hall 1
- Mills and mill-work 1
- Minutes (administrative records) 1
- Reproductions 1
- Resolutions (administrative records) 1
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