Abstract This collection contains photographs, notes and interpretations of multiple aerial mapping projects conducted over the city of Philadelphia. The largest of the “Aerial maps” series (1981-1982) contains two linear feet of black and white photos which are the result of a major Fairmount Park Commission mapping project undertaken between 1981 and 1983. The survey was performed by Aerial Data Reproduction Associates, Incorporated. This series contains visual documentation of East and West...

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Administrative records of the Fairmount Park Commission including early correspondence, engineering and committee reports, property management files, planning and financial records, publications, and exhibition materials. The collection is particularly strong in documenting early park development (1860s-1930s) and late 20th-century property management and planning activities.

Scope and Contents From the Series: Documents engineering activities, land acquisition, and property management through both internal correspondence between Commission members and external correspondence with the public and other entities. Includes general correspondence organized by decade, correspondence related to specific park sections (East Fairmount Park, West Fairmount Park, Wissahickon Valley Park, Cobbs Creek, Tacony Creek, Pennypack Creek), art and sculpture matters, land acquisitions, design and construction...

Scope and Contents From the Series: Documents engineering activities, land acquisition, and property management through both internal correspondence between Commission members and external correspondence with the public and other entities. Includes general correspondence organized by decade, correspondence related to specific park sections (East Fairmount Park, West Fairmount Park, Wissahickon Valley Park, Cobbs Creek, Tacony Creek, Pennypack Creek), art and sculpture matters, land acquisitions, design and construction...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The History Files collection contains research materials documenting parks, sites, structures, organizations, events, and individuals associated with the Fairmount Park System and Philadelphia Parks and Recreation. This collection compiles materials from diverse sources over time rather than representing the records of a single office or individual. Typical materials include correspondence, deeds, leases, newspaper clippings, photocopies of published articles and book excerpts, research...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The History Files collection contains research materials documenting parks, sites, structures, organizations, events, and individuals associated with the Fairmount Park System and Philadelphia Parks and Recreation. This collection compiles materials from diverse sources over time rather than representing the records of a single office or individual. Typical materials include correspondence, deeds, leases, newspaper clippings, photocopies of published articles and book excerpts, research...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The History Files collection contains research materials documenting parks, sites, structures, organizations, events, and individuals associated with the Fairmount Park System and Philadelphia Parks and Recreation. This collection compiles materials from diverse sources over time rather than representing the records of a single office or individual. Typical materials include correspondence, deeds, leases, newspaper clippings, photocopies of published articles and book excerpts, research...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The History Files collection contains research materials documenting parks, sites, structures, organizations, events, and individuals associated with the Fairmount Park System and Philadelphia Parks and Recreation. This collection compiles materials from diverse sources over time rather than representing the records of a single office or individual. Typical materials include correspondence, deeds, leases, newspaper clippings, photocopies of published articles and book excerpts, research...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains technical reports, studies, and project documentation related to Fairmount Park system properties and Philadelphia recreation facilities. Materials include historic structure reports, cultural landscape inventories, archaeological investigations, preservation and conservation evaluations, building condition assessments, master plans, environmental site assessments, engineering reports, project manuals and specifications, feasibility studies, maintenance and operation...