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Correspondence regarding the Philadelphia Chapter of American War Mothers' request to relocate the monument and the Art Jury's denial on the grounds that relocation would defeat the 1928 condition that the monument be screened by a cliff in Wister Woods to conceal the unsatisfactory design of the rear (1926-1937). Also includes a 1928 dedication program, clippings (1928, 1929, 1948), and a 2020 student essay on the memorial by a University of Pennsylvania student.

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...

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...

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The Sculpture and Fountain Collection contains materials documenting the sculptures and fountains throughout Philadelphia that the Department of Parks and Recreation maintains. Both photographic materials and records, such as restoration plans, are contained within the collection.

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A letter from Leslie W. Miller of the Fairmount Park Art Association requesting permission to erect a bronze memorial tablet designed by Zantzinger, Borie, and Medary (1915), a description of the tablet submitted to the Art Jury, a letter from Art Jury secretary Andrew Wright Crawford acknowledging receipt of the submission and accompanying blueprints (1915), and a Fairmount Park Commission resolution to erect the tablet in Memorial Hall (1915).

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...

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...

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...

Scope and Contents Correspondence from the New England Society of Pennsylvania offering the statue to the Fairmount Park Commission and requesting a site (1904), and correspondence regarding the relocation of the statue from its temporary location at City Hall to its permanent site on East River Drive, including efforts to raise $5,000 to transport the statue in time for the 300th anniversary of the landing of the Pilgrims and an Art Jury resolution approving the relocation (1920). Also includes correspondence...