Correspondence
Subject
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Found in 1504 Collections and/or Records:
Fairmount Park Commission Administrative History: General correspondence (itemized), 1868-1938
File
Scope and Contents note
From the Collection:
This collection contains various materials that document the history of the Fairmount Park, and subsequently the history of the activities of the Fairmount Park Commission. The collection also includes a good deal of contextual information, such as information on the early history of Philadelphia and its surrounding area. This collection demonstrates at once the autonomy of the Fairmount Park Commission and its integral role in the evolution of Philadelphia’s urban landscape. The...
Dates:
1868-1938
Fairmount Park Commission Administrative History: Land purchases correspondence, 1880-1889
File — Shelf 32, Box: 30, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents note
From the Collection:
This collection contains various materials that document the history of the Fairmount Park, and subsequently the history of the activities of the Fairmount Park Commission. The collection also includes a good deal of contextual information, such as information on the early history of Philadelphia and its surrounding area. This collection demonstrates at once the autonomy of the Fairmount Park Commission and its integral role in the evolution of Philadelphia’s urban landscape. The...
Dates:
1880-1889
Fairmount Park Commission Administrative History: Land purchases correspondence, 1890-1899
File — Shelf 32, Box: 30, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents note
From the Collection:
This collection contains various materials that document the history of the Fairmount Park, and subsequently the history of the activities of the Fairmount Park Commission. The collection also includes a good deal of contextual information, such as information on the early history of Philadelphia and its surrounding area. This collection demonstrates at once the autonomy of the Fairmount Park Commission and its integral role in the evolution of Philadelphia’s urban landscape. The...
Dates:
1890-1899
Fairmount Park Commission Administrative History: Land purchases correspondence, 1900-1909
File — Shelf 32, Box: 30, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents note
From the Collection:
This collection contains various materials that document the history of the Fairmount Park, and subsequently the history of the activities of the Fairmount Park Commission. The collection also includes a good deal of contextual information, such as information on the early history of Philadelphia and its surrounding area. This collection demonstrates at once the autonomy of the Fairmount Park Commission and its integral role in the evolution of Philadelphia’s urban landscape. The...
Dates:
1900-1909
Fairmount Park Commission Administrative History: Land purchases correspondence - Riverside Mansion, 1899-1900
File — Shelf 32, Box: 30, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents note
From the Collection:
This collection contains various materials that document the history of the Fairmount Park, and subsequently the history of the activities of the Fairmount Park Commission. The collection also includes a good deal of contextual information, such as information on the early history of Philadelphia and its surrounding area. This collection demonstrates at once the autonomy of the Fairmount Park Commission and its integral role in the evolution of Philadelphia’s urban landscape. The...
Dates:
1899-1900
Fairmount Park Commission Administrative History: Sam Smedley field letters, 1870
File — Shelf Green, Drawer: 7
Scope and Contents note
From the Collection:
This collection contains various materials that document the history of the Fairmount Park, and subsequently the history of the activities of the Fairmount Park Commission. The collection also includes a good deal of contextual information, such as information on the early history of Philadelphia and its surrounding area. This collection demonstrates at once the autonomy of the Fairmount Park Commission and its integral role in the evolution of Philadelphia’s urban landscape. The...
Dates:
1870
Fairmount Park Commission: Correspondence - donations, 1992-1993, 1999
File — Drawer 8.4
Dates:
1992-1993; 1999
Fairmount Park Commission Engineering: miscellaneous correspondence: J.B. Wilson, Harry Hunter, John Little, to be passed Reading Rail Road; estimates for engraving and print of 2,000 annual reports; directions to Jesse Supplee; John B. Nilson instructions; John Morris request for work; number of acres to plough and see in West Park; request for description of Drexel and Devine's property; note regarding chief gardener's intoxication; proposal for restructuring the Engineering Department; Lansdowne Land Co. lots in the 24th ward; Survey of Wissahickon Turnpike; Re: Spencer Case, 1870
File — Shelf 31, Box: 28
Scope and Contents note
From the Collection:
This collection contains various materials that document the history of the Fairmount Park, and subsequently the history of the activities of the Fairmount Park Commission. The collection also includes a good deal of contextual information, such as information on the early history of Philadelphia and its surrounding area. This collection demonstrates at once the autonomy of the Fairmount Park Commission and its integral role in the evolution of Philadelphia’s urban landscape. The...
Dates:
1870
Fairmount Park Commission: Grants and Contributions - General, 1994-1996
Item — Drawer 8.4
Dates:
1994-1996
Fairmount Park Commission: History - 2003 Citizen Survey Results, 2003
File — Drawer 8.4
Dates:
2003