Taylor, Roland L., 1868-1943
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Found in 3 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
Robert Morris, 1916-1920
File — Drawer: 7.3
Scope and Contents
Correspondence from Roland L. Taylor of the Fairmount Park Art Association's Robert Morris Memorial Committee requesting permission to erect the statue on the Parkway (1916), Art Jury correspondence requesting design submissions and twice requiring revised models before ultimately approving the design (1917-1920), and correspondence between Taylor and Eli Kirk Price regarding photo submissions of the revised model (1918). Also includes three photographs of the model submitted to the Art...
Dates:
1916-1920
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
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