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 Records documenting the Fairmount Park Art Association's notification that the statue was complete and its request for acceptance and designation of a site, including a letter from Anthony J. Drexel to Morton McMichael (1872), and a letter to Theodore Cuyler regarding donor Edwin N. Benson's request to replace the pedestal inscription with the word 'Night' in small gilded letters (1872). Also includes the Second Annual Report of the Fairmount Park Art Association (1874) and a condition and...

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Correspondence and memoranda regarding the conservation, maintenance, and restoration of park sculptures (1926-2004), including a 1926 report on corrosion stains on park monuments and a 1994 memorandum regarding the annual sculpture wash and wax program. Also includes 1997 City of Philadelphia sculpture survey entries for twenty-seven works, and clippings (1958-1993).