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,...

Scope and Contents Correspondence from William Dallam Dutton, Chairman of the Advisory Committee on Art for Pennsylvania of the Columbian Exposition, requesting permission to exhibit the sculpture at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, and a report of the Committee on Plans and Improvements declining the request (1892-1893). Also includes a 1985 letter from Penny Balkin Bach of the Fairmount Park Art Association regarding relocation of the sculpture from Sweetbriar Mansion to an area south of the...

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,...

Scope and Contents Transcripts of meeting minutes regarding the statue (1882) and a letter from John Welsh formally presenting the statue to the city (1883). Also includes correspondence from Alan Corson inquiring about restoration of the limestone hat (1933), correspondence regarding vandalism damage including a letter from Pete Hoskins confirming the head had been buried as a temporary safety measure and that Art Commission approval had been received to replace it (1983-1984), treatment proposals (2003), and...