Scope and Contents Correspondence regarding the proposed location and acceptance of the fountain as a gift from Italy (1926-1927), including a letter from Mayor W. Freeland Kendrick thanking the Royal Consul General of Italy on behalf of the city. Also includes an invitation to the dedication ceremony (1928), minutes (1928), correspondence regarding plantings (1933), a letter to Mayor Bernard Samuel regarding the fountain's dilapidated condition (1946), maintenance correspondence (1968), a $10,000 maintenance...

Scope and Contents Correspondence regarding the gift of a Gobelins tapestry from the French Republic to the city of Philadelphia, including a 1918 letter from André Tardieu, High Commissioner of the French Republic, offering the tapestry to the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and a 1918 letter from the Fairmount Park Commission notifying Tardieu of the unanimous resolution to accept the gift. Also includes a 1925 City Council resolution, correspondence from Mayor W. Freeland Kendrick, and an Art Jury resolution...