Schuylkill
Subject
Subject Source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
Found in 69 Collections and/or Records:
Bank of the Schuylkill River, 1868 December 2
Item — Drawer Fc, Folder: 4.1
Scope and Contents note
From the Collection:
This collection contains a variety of maps, plans and drawings relating to East and West Fairmount Park. Materials included in the collection are blueprints, bluelines, linens, mylars and paper. The collection contains diverse types of maps and plans, such as sewer plans, topographic plans, site plans, latitudinal and longitudinal plans, water main plans, street maps, and landscape plans. The collection is particularly strong in topographic plans, covering the entire region, and structural...
Dates:
1868 December 2
Commissioners of Fairmount Park. Proposed addition to River Wall east bank of the Schuylkill River, n.d.
Item — Drawer F2, Folder: 7.2
Scope and Contents note
From the Collection:
This collection contains a variety of maps, plans and drawings relating to East and West Fairmount Park. Materials included in the collection are blueprints, bluelines, linens, mylars and paper. The collection contains diverse types of maps and plans, such as sewer plans, topographic plans, site plans, latitudinal and longitudinal plans, water main plans, street maps, and landscape plans. The collection is particularly strong in topographic plans, covering the entire region, and structural...
Dates:
n.d.
Drawing of the Schuylkill River and Boathouse Row, 1944 May
Item — Drawer F16 & F17, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents note
From the Collection:
This collection contains a variety of maps, plans and drawings relating to East and West Fairmount Park. Materials included in the collection are blueprints, bluelines, linens, mylars and paper. The collection contains diverse types of maps and plans, such as sewer plans, topographic plans, site plans, latitudinal and longitudinal plans, water main plans, street maps, and landscape plans. The collection is particularly strong in topographic plans, covering the entire region, and structural...
Dates:
1944 May
#F00-155 (Fairmount Park): ID: 1379: Cross sections - Schuylkill River from Fairmount Dam to Wissahickon Creek taken from soundings, c. 1900
Item — Shelf BR-2.2
Identifier: 1379
Dates:
c. 1900
#F1-15 (Fairmount Park): Plan of Schuylkill River between Wissahickon Creek and Baltimore and Ohio (B & O) Railroad Bridge showing soundings [F1/F2], 1934 December
Item — Shelf BR-3.2
Dates:
1934 December
Fairmount Park Commission Administrative History
Collection
Identifier: FP.2010.001.002
Abstract
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.
Dates:
1848-2011
Fairmount Park Commission Schuylkill River dredging and masonry wall repairs: cover sheet and site location plan; existing site conditions plan; erosion and sediment control plan;; erosion and sediment control notes and details; outfall pipe cross sections, sections and details, 2008 March
Item — Drawer F18a, Folder: 1.3
Scope and Contents note
From the Collection:
This collection contains a variety of maps, plans and drawings relating to East and West Fairmount Park. Materials included in the collection are blueprints, bluelines, linens, mylars and paper. The collection contains diverse types of maps and plans, such as sewer plans, topographic plans, site plans, latitudinal and longitudinal plans, water main plans, street maps, and landscape plans. The collection is particularly strong in topographic plans, covering the entire region, and structural...
Dates:
2008 March
Fairmount Park, Flora and Fauna on the Schuykill River, 1989
File — Drawer 6.2
Scope and Contents note
From the Collection:
This collection contains photographs of the Fairmount Park system and Philadelphia recreation facilities created between 1855 and 2012, primarily photographic prints with some slides, negatives, contact sheets, and transparencies. The collection consists largely of 8 x 10 inch prints documenting park features such as historic houses, guard boxes, landscapes, construction, and demolition, as well as recreation centers, playgrounds, pools, and recreational programming, though sizes and...
Dates:
1989
Fairmount Park System, Schuylkill River: History - articles, excerpts, and correspondence, n.d.
File — Drawer 8.3
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...
Dates:
undated
Fairmount Park System, Schuylkill River: Report - sedimentation study, 1991
File — Drawer 8.3
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...
Dates:
1991