Books
Subject
Subject Source: TGM II, Genre and physical characteristic terms
Found in 20 Collections and/or Records:
Macpherson Mansion Mt. Pleasant [2 copies], c. 1909
Item — Drawer 2-4
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:
c. 1909
Model of the Centennial Exhibition of 1876, presented to the City of Philadelphia by John Baird, 1889
Item — Drawer 8.2
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:
1889
Mount Pleasant Fairmount Park Philadelphia Built by John Macpherson 1761; Restored and Maintained as a Branch Museum of Colonial Art by the Pennsylvania Museum of Art. First edition., 1927
Item — Drawer 2-4
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:
1927
Mount Pleasant Fairmount Park Philadelphia Built by John Macpherson 1761; Restored and Maintained as a Branch Museum of Colonial Art by the Pennsylvania Museum of Art. Second edition., 1931
Item — Drawer 2-4
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:
1931
Rittenhouse Square: History - "The Story of Rittenhouse Square 1682-1951", 1951, c. 2006
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:
1951; c. 2006
Thorfinn Karlsefni, 1914-2020, bulk: 1914-1920
File — Drawer 7.3
Scope and Contents
Correspondence describing the statue and its inspiration, including a translated letter from sculptor Einar Jónsson detailing the design (1919), and correspondence among George Wharton Pepper, Edward Biddle, Eli Kirk Price, and J. Bunford Samuel regarding a dispute over the correct date of Karlsefni's arrival in North America, ultimately resolved through consultation with Professor Julius Emil Olson of the University of Wisconsin (1919). Also includes an undated letter from Samuel to the...
Dates:
1914-2020; Majority of material found within 1914-1920
Welsh Memorial Fountain, 1886-2024
File — Drawer 7.3
Scope and Contents
Correspondence from Joseph Patterson and John Wanamaker on behalf of the Committee of Contributors to the John Welsh Memorial Fund proposing improvements to the concourse on the Centennial Grounds to be named the John Welsh Concourse (1886), a letter from Patterson reporting that work is nearly complete and awaiting the arrival of a fountain component (1887), and a copy of 'The Proceedings at the Dedication of the John Welsh Memorial, 23rd June 1887.' Also includes reproductions of...
Dates:
1886-2024
West Fairmount Park, Zoo: History - publications, articles and newspaper clippings (1 of 2), n.d.
File — Drawer 5-5
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
William McKinley, 1909-2002
File — Drawer 7.3
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and Art Jury resolution regarding the relocation of the McKinley Memorial to a permanent site at the northwest corner of the Parkway and Arch Street (1920), and correspondence documenting decades of attempts to apply the idle McKinley Memorial Fund to various purposes including land acquisition along the Wissahickon on the cy pres principle, tree planting, and cleaning and restoration of the memorial, with a 1966 letter from the Deputy City Solicitor affirming the fund must...
Dates:
1909-2002
Wissahickon Valley Park, Hermitage Mansion and Kelpius Cave: History - Kelpius Society publications including "Christopher Witt in America, The mystery of Robert Clymer, mulatto slave," "Johannes Kelpius: Method of Prayer," and "An Introduction to the Music of the Wissahickon Glen", 2007, 2010
File — Drawer 6-3
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:
2007; 2010