Taylor, Roland L., 1868-1943
Person
Found in 3 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
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), and Art Jury correspondence documenting two rounds of rejected models before ultimate design approval (1917-1920), including 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 Jury, each bearing the...
Dates:
1916-1920
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
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