Correspondence
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Found in 1709 Collections and/or Records:
12th and Cambria Playground: History - general, 2010-2012
File — Drawer 1-2
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:
2010-2012
29th and Chalmers Playground: History, 1884, 1911, 2001, 2025
Item — Drawer 1-2
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:
1884; 1911; 2001; 2025
1116 Locust Street: Community Garden - Deed, 2017, 2024
File — Drawer 1-2
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:
2017; 2024
1134 Waverly Street: Community Garden - deed, 2017, 2024
File — Drawer 1-2
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:
2017; 2024
4501 Kelly Partners LP (4442 Ridge Avenue): Property records - quitclaim deed, indenture, maps, correspondence, 1982-1986, 2024
File — Drawer 1-2
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:
1982-1986; 2024
6801 Haverford Avenue: Correspondence , 2022
File — Drawer 1-2
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:
2022
Abraham Lincoln, c. 1936-2019
File — Drawer 7.2
Scope and Contents note
From the Collection:
The Sculpture and Fountain Collection documents the public sculptures and fountains of the Fairmount Park System in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Series 1 contains photographs and visual materials depicting individual sculptures and fountains, ranging from nineteenth century works to contemporary installations. Series 2 contains administrative and historical records for individual sculptures and fountains, including correspondence, meeting minutes, reports, architectural drawings, clippings,...
Dates:
c. 1936-2019
Admiral George W. Melville, 1962-1968
File — Drawer 7.2
Scope and Contents
Correspondence regarding the loan of the statue to the U.S. Navy and its relocation from Franklin D. Roosevelt Park to the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard (1967), a press release announcing the relocation (1968), a sculpture inventory page (1962), and clippings (1962, undated).
Dates:
1962-1968
Aero Memorial, 1931-1939
File — Drawer 7.2
Scope and Contents
Correspondence related to the Aero Memorial Fund, including submissions from artists responding to a design competition, evaluation of four potential sites for the memorial, and notification to artist Paul Manship that his design was unanimously selected. Also includes meeting minutes. Notable correspondents include George Woodward, architect C.L. Borie Jr., and Paul Manship.
Dates:
1931-1939
Aero Memorial, 1940-1949
File — Drawer 7.2
Scope and Contents
Correspondence related to proposed location changes for the memorial, arrangements to view Paul Manship's model, logistics of transporting the work from New York to Philadelphia, and a request to Houghton Mifflin for permission to use lines from John Drinkwater's "For Thee They Died" on the memorial.
Dates:
1940-1949