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
Correspondence, minutes, reports, and architectural specifications related to the planning, design, and construction of the Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial, including an extract from the will of Ellen Phillips Samuel, a contract between the Fairmount Park Art Association and Paul Philippe Cret as architect for the memorial, a preliminary report of the Samuel Memorial Committee on the subject matter of sculpture and inscriptions, and a 1933 architectural drawing by Cret titled "Synopsis of...
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 a suggestion by Henri Marceau that it replace the Giant Frog at its current location (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, including a debate over whether Mrs. Price's given name should appear on the inscription. Also includes Art Jury resolutions and...
Dates:
1946-1947; 1962
Joan of Arc, 1890-2010
File — Drawer: 7.2
Scope and Contents
Correspondence from the Fairmount Park Art Association regarding the unveiling ceremony and site grading (1890), specifications for removing and resetting the bronze statue and limestone pedestal by Zantzinger, Borie, and Medary (1919), and correspondence documenting decades of proposed relocations of the statue, including architectural drawings and letters from Paul Philippe Cret (1937-1938) and a 1944 resolution to relocate. Also includes a 1949 letter from Harbeson, Hough, Livingston...
Dates:
1890-2010
Marguerite and Faust, 1938-1939, 2006
File — Drawer: 7.2
Scope and Contents
Correspondence regarding William D. Disston's 1938 request to relocate the marble statue he donated to the city from Horticultural Hall to the Philadelphia Museum of Art, including consultation with Henri Marceau of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, whose 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 2006 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), letters from C.L. Borie to Joseph Carson regarding a proposal to place bronze Tritons by Carl Milles in the fountain (1934, 1936), a letter from Stanley Woodward to Carson expressing opposition to the proposed Tritons and suggesting nighttime lighting as a better use of funds (1936), correspondence regarding allocation of funds for installation of the fountain (1955), and a letter from the Art Commission approving a general...
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
Correspondence from Leslie W. Miller of the Fairmount Park Art Association formally presenting the cannons to Fairmount Park (1905), a letter from Edwin A. Barber of the Pennsylvania Museum advising that the cannons are being damaged by weather exposure and recommending transfer to Memorial Hall (1909), and correspondence from the Fairmount Park Art Association urging the Fairmount Park Commission to resist donating the cannons to the World War II scrap metal campaign and a resolution that...
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 (1942), correspondence from citizens protesting the decision on grounds of religious discrimination and a Fairmount Park Commission denial of reconsideration (1942-1944), and a letter from Philadelphia Inquirer President Charles A. Tyler recommending that if the...
Dates:
1942-1948
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- Specifications 2
- Thomas Paine (sculpture) 2
- Agreements 1
- Application forms 1
- Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial 1
- Evelyn Taylor Price Memorial Sundial 1
- Excerpts 1
- Invoices 1
- Joan of Arc 1
- Marguerite and Faust 1
- Notes (documents) 1
- Phillips Fountain 1
- Photographs 1
- Reports 1
- Resolutions (administrative records) 1
- Shakespeare Memorial 1
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