Correspondence and a report of the Committee on Plans and Improvements regarding the proposed memorial, including photographs of drawings by architect James Windrim enclosed by executor John B. Gest, and a reproduction of a portion of Richard Smith's will (1896, undated). Also includes correspondence regarding installation of a blackout switch for the memorial's lighting during World War II (1942), a transcript of Fairmount Park Commission minutes (1940-1956), a 1960 list of distinguished Pennsylvanians of the Civil War commemorated on the arch, an undated description of the memorial, and an undated booklet on the memorial published by Fidelity-Philadelphia Trust Company.