Press releases
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Found in 83 Collections and/or Records:
Poquessing Creek Park: Property - development, 1969-1971
File — Drawer 4-5
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:
1969-1971
Religious Liberty, 1880, 1936-1986, 2000-2009
File — Drawer 7.3
Scope and Contents
Correspondence from the Grand Lodge No. 3 of B'nai B'rith regarding permission to erect a permanent pedestal and the statue's location (1880), correspondence from Louis Gershenfeld requesting permission for a rededication ceremony and inquiring about WPA cleaning contacts, and a letter from Alan Corson noting he is in possession of one of the statue's missing fingers to be handed over to whoever performs the renovation (1936), 1985 correspondence regarding an indefinite loan of the statue to...
Dates:
1880; 1936-1986; 2000-2009
Rumph Recreation Center: maintenance, 1962-2007
File — Drawer 4-5
Scope and Contents
This file documents the City of Philadelphia Department of Recreation's activities related to the maintenance and upkeep of Rumph Recreation Center (formerly the Mallery Recreation Center). Obtained in a donation to the archive from the Department of Recreation, records in this file were originally housed in a folder labeled Mallery RC.
Dates:
1962-2007
Sculpture: Conservation - Save Outdoor Sculpture (SOS), 1997
File — Drawer 7.3
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:
1997
Sculpture: Exhibits, 1986-2001
File — Drawer 7.3
Scope and Contents
Programs, brochures, ephemera, press releases, and clippings related to sculpture exhibitions and events in Fairmount Park (1986-2001).
Dates:
1986-2001
Seaweed Girl, 1962-2019, undated
File — Drawer 7.3
Scope and Contents
An undated description of the sculpture submitted to the Art Jury, a 1977 press release announcing the Fairmount Park Commission's search for the two girls who modeled for Beatrice Fenton's Seaweed Girl and Nereid Fountain, and a clipping reporting that Mary Wilson, the model for Seaweed Girl, had been located (1977). Also includes 2009 correspondence regarding the model's family, a deed of trust (2000), and a charitable trust agreement (2001).
Dates:
1962-2019; undated
Shissler Recreation Center: history; maintenance; "Big Green Block" plans, 1957-2010
File — Drawer 4-5
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:
1957-2010
Shuler Playground: history; maintenance, 1976-2007
File — Drawer 4-5
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:
1976-2007
Subject: African-American history, n.d.
File — Drawer 8.5
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
Subject: Lenni Lenape, n.d.
File — Drawer 8.5
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