Carson, Joseph, 1883-1953
Person
Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:
Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial, 1916-1961
File — Drawer: 7.2
Scope and Contents
Records related to the planning, design, and construction of the Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial, including an extract from Samuel's will, a contract with architect Paul Philippe Cret, a preliminary report on sculpture and inscriptions, and a 1933 Cret architectural drawing. Also includes correspondence between Henri Marceau, C.L. Borie, Emory McMichael, Joseph Carson, and Cret regarding the sequential approval of individual sculptural elements — the Ploughman, the Gold Miner, Spanning the...
Dates:
1916-1961
Evelyn Taylor Price Memorial Sundial, 1946-1947, 1962
File — Drawer: 7.2
Scope and Contents
Correspondence regarding the proposed location of the sundial in Rittenhouse Square, including Henri Marceau's suggestion that it replace the Giant Frog (1946), architectural drawings by Sydney E. Martin titled 'Memorial to Mrs. Eli Kirk Price by Beatrice Fenton' (1947), and correspondence regarding the pedestal design and inscription — notably a debate over whether Mrs. Price's given name should appear. Also includes Art Jury resolutions and related correspondence.
Dates:
1946-1947; 1962
Joan of Arc, 1890-2010
File — Drawer: 7.2
Scope and Contents
Records documenting the unveiling and site grading of the Joan of Arc statue (1890), specifications for removing and resetting the bronze statue and limestone pedestal by Zantzinger, Borie, and Medary (1919), and decades of proposed relocations including architectural drawings and correspondence by Paul Philippe Cret (1937-1938) and a 1944 resolution to relocate. Also includes correspondence regarding lighting (1949), a $15,000 restoration grant from the French Heritage Society (2008), a...
Dates:
1890-2010
Marguerite and Faust, 1938-1939, 2006
File — Drawer: 7.2
Scope and Contents
Correspondence regarding William D. Disston's request to relocate the marble statue he donated to the city from Horticultural Hall to the Philadelphia Museum of Art (1938), including consultation with Henri Marceau of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Marceau's assessment that the work was competent but of no outstanding merit, and that frankness was necessary 'even at the expense of having the gift cancelled,' informed the Commission's decision to decline the request. Also includes notes and...
Dates:
1938-1939; 2006
Phillips Fountain, 1934-1963, 1995-2007
File — Drawer: 7.3
Scope and Contents
Correspondence regarding the Phillips Fountain building fund (1934), including letters from C.L. Borie to Joseph Carson proposing bronze Tritons by Carl Milles for the fountain (1934, 1936), and a letter from Stanley Woodward to Carson opposing the Tritons and suggesting nighttime lighting as a better use of funds (1936). Also includes correspondence regarding allocation of funds for installation (1955), a letter from the Art Commission approving a general design (1956), and clippings,...
Dates:
1934-1963; 1995-2007
Shakespeare Memorial, 1940-1964
File — Drawer: 7.3
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:
1940-1964
Spanish Cannons and Carriage, 1905-2006
File — Drawer: 7.3
Scope and Contents
Records documenting the Fairmount Park Art Association's presentation of the cannons to Fairmount Park (1905), a recommendation to transfer them to Memorial Hall due to weather damage (1909), and the Association's successful effort to resist donating the cannons to the World War II scrap metal campaign, resulting in a resolution that they retain their position in front of Memorial Hall (1942). Also includes correspondence and an agreement regarding fabrication of a cannon carriage by...
Dates:
1905-2006
Thomas Paine (proposed), 1942-1948
File — Drawer: 7.3
Scope and Contents
Correspondence from Joseph Lewis, Secretary of the Thomas Paine Bi-Centennial Committee, requesting permission to erect a statue of Thomas Paine in Fairmount Park and a Fairmount Park Commission resolution declining the request on grounds of Paine's religious views (1942), and correspondence from citizens protesting the decision and a Fairmount Park Commission denial of reconsideration (1942-1944). Also includes a letter from Philadelphia Inquirer President Charles A. Tyler recommending that...
Dates:
1942-1948
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- Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial 1
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- Marguerite and Faust 1
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