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Photographs from various awards ceremonies, both hosted by and in honor of the Fairmount Park Commission. Featured Fairmount Park Commissioners include Ernesta Ballard, Fitz Eugene Dixon Jr, Robert McConnell, William Mifflin, and Pete Hoskins. Other notable people pictured include Governor Dick Thornburgh, Mayors Frank Rizzo and John Street, and City Councilmen Frank Rizzo Jr and Darrell Clarke.

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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Includes undated report An Urban Agenda: Revitalization of Parks by Alexander Hoskins

Scope and Contents note From the Collection: This collection contains photographs of the Fairmount Park system and Philadelphia recreation facilities created between 1855 and 2012, primarily photographic prints with some slides, negatives, contact sheets, and transparencies. The collection consists largely of 8 x 10 inch prints documenting park features such as historic houses, guard boxes, landscapes, construction, and demolition, as well as recreation centers, playgrounds, pools, and recreational programming, though sizes and...

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Correspondence between Joseph L. Zazyczny, President of the Polish Heritage Society, and Peter Hoskins of the Fairmount Park Commission regarding the lighting and condition of the sculpture.

Scope and Contents Transcripts of meeting minutes regarding the statue (1882), a letter from John Welsh formally presenting the Toleration statue to the city (1883), correspondence from Alan Corson, Chief Engineer, to various statuary manufacturers inquiring about restoration of the limestone hat on the statue (1933), correspondence from Penny Balkin Bach regarding inquiries about the statue and a proposal to have a conservator assess damage before restoration, noting the statue's remote location makes it...

Scope and Contents Correspondence from the Washington Monument Association requesting a site for the monument (1872), a Fairmount Park Commission resolution appointing a special committee to oversee the monument's erection (1873), and correspondence documenting a prolonged site selection process in which the Green Street entrance, a knoll near the Humboldt statue, and a plateau near the McMichael Monument were each proposed and debated before a final site was selected (1888-1890). Also includes correspondence...