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,...

Scope and Contents Correspondence regarding site preparation, Art Jury approval, and inscription design for the statue, including a Fairmount Park Commission resolution approving the statue by sculptor Giuseppe Donato to be cast in bronze and an Art Jury specification that burnt sienna rather than coal dust be used to color the incised lettering (1941), and correspondence regarding an offer to donate Irish ivy for planting around the base, including a site plan sketch by landscape gardener J. Russell Bebler...