The Mai Collection: Belmont Mansion restaurant and banquet facility
Scope and Contents
Personal photographic prints, slides, and paper material primarily featuring the Mai family who operated the Carl Mai Restaurant at the Belmont Mansion. Beyond the Mai family, material features the restaurant dining area, serving staff and landscape views of Belmont Mansion and West Fairmount Park. Items included are generally from the mid-1950s, although there are a few items dated as early as 1924 and as late as 1982.
Dates
- Majority of material found within Bulk, 1952-1956
- 1923-1986
Conditions Governing Access note
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use note
Copyright restrictions may apply. Please contact the Archives with requests for copying and for authorization to publish, quote or reproduce the material.
Extent
1.0 Linear feet (Less than 1 linear feet of material)
Language of Materials
English
General information
Items included in this collection have been arranged in conjunction with their location within the Phildelphia Parks System, and can be found with related information on West Fairmount Park, depending on the type of material being researched.
Donor information
The records were collected and held by Mrs. Renate Mai, who had a familial relation with Carl and Ernestine Mai, as well as a personal interest in the subject matter. The donations were officially received 6/18/2012, and a signed Deed of Gift is on file for Mrs. Mai.
- Title
- The Mai Collection FP.2012.001
- Subtitle
- Belmont Mansion Restaurant and the Mai Family
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Caity Tingo
- Date
- 10/1/2012
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Fairmount Park Historic Resources Archive Repository
1515 Arch Street, 10th Floor
Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19102 United States
215-683-0211
theresa.stuhlman@phila.gov