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Contains a wide range of Fairmount Park Commission planning materials including meeting summaries, strategic plans, regulation amendments, staff training plans, annual reports, Advisory Council documentation, Executive Director's monthly reports, volunteer reports, and Commission rules and governance materials. Also includes procedures for Historic Structure Reports and Trust Fund inventory. The bulk of the papers date from 1980 to 1990.

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...

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Annual reports and publications from the Fairmount Park Commission (1867-1999), Department of Recreation (1952-1996), Philadelphia Parks & Recreation (2007-2014), and related arts organizations, along with comparative materials from other municipalities.

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Includes 1902 correspondence from John H. Harjes to the Fairmount Park Commission requesting to install a sculpture of his late business partner Anthony J. Drexel, relocation of the sculpture to Drexel University campus in 1966, and a proposed redesign of the sculpture's site in 2001. Also includes a conservation proposal, proposed site plans, a photocopy of an excerpt from the 1906 Fairmount Park Art Association annual report, and clippings.

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Annual reports documenting the activities of Philadelphia's Art Commission (formerly Art Jury), which reviewed and approved public art and architectural projects in the city.

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Annual reports documenting the activities of Philadelphia's Art Commission (formerly Art Jury), which reviewed and approved public art and architectural projects in the city.

Scope and Contents From the Series: Contains publications from organizations and publishers other than the Fairmount Park Commission, Department of Recreation, or Philadelphia Parks & Recreation. Includes annual reports from park departments in other municipalities (Minneapolis, Worcester, Chicago, Baltimore, St. Louis, Cambridge, Detroit, Kansas City, Peoria) collected for comparative reference purposes, annual reports from the Schuylkill River Greenway Association, and publications about Philadelphia parks and related...

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 Series: Contains publications from organizations and publishers other than the Fairmount Park Commission, Department of Recreation, or Philadelphia Parks & Recreation. Includes annual reports from park departments in other municipalities (Minneapolis, Worcester, Chicago, Baltimore, St. Louis, Cambridge, Detroit, Kansas City, Peoria) collected for comparative reference purposes, annual reports from the Schuylkill River Greenway Association, and publications about Philadelphia parks and related...