Free Library of Philadelphia
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Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:
Correspondence from F. H. Price to Fiske Kimball, 1949 February 21
Object — Box: 179, Folder: 29
Identifier: FKR_B179_F029_005
Scope and Contents
Correspondence from F. H. Price, Librarian for the Free Library of Philadelphia, to Fiske Kimball, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Dates:
1949 February 21
Correspondence from Fiske Kimball to Walter and Louise Arensberg, 1949 March 2
Object — Box: 179, Folder: 30
Identifier: FKR_B179_F030_034
Scope and Contents
Correspondence from Fiske Kimball, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, to Walter and Louise Arensberg.
Dates:
1949 March 2
Correspondence from Fiske Kimball to Walter Arensberg, 1949 May 5
Object — Box: 179, Folder: 31
Identifier: FKR_B179_F031_009
Scope and Contents
Correspondence from Fiske Kimball, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, to Walter Arensberg.
Dates:
1949 May 5
Correspondence from Walter Arensberg to Fiske Kimball, 1949 April 27
Object — Box: 179, Folder: 31
Identifier: FKR_B179_F031_015
Scope and Contents
Correspondence from Walter Arensberg to Fiske Kimball, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Dates:
1949 April 27
Draft correspondence from Fiske Kimball to Walter Arensberg, 1949 May 5
Object — Box: 179, Folder: 31
Identifier: FKR_B179_F031_010
Scope and Contents
Draft correspondence from Fiske Kimball, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, to Walter Arensberg.
Dates:
1949 May 5
Free Library of Philadelphia, 2004-2008
File — Box: 445, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
This subseries currently is closed to researchers. File titles are subject to change when processing is finalized at a later date. Under d'Harnoncourt's direction, the museum continued to envision grander goals that would enhance the visitor's experience and allow the institution to better serve its diverse community. It seems only fitting that this last subseries should document the initiation of the most transforming project for the museum's iconic neo-classical "triumph on...
Dates:
2004-2008
Free Library of Philadelphia, 2001-2003
File — Box: 349, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Fireworks and other festivities begin this subseries with documentation of the museum's plans to celebrate its 125th anniversary on May 10, 2001. On that day in 1876, the Centennial exhibition opened to the world. Among its many attractions was the Art Gallery building, which was later named Memorial Hall. At the close of the exhibition, Memorial Hall became the first home of the newly chartered Philadelphia Museum of Art (then known as the Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art)....
Dates:
2001-2003
Free Library of Philadelphia. Frances P. McIlhenny and Bernice Wintersteen, 1935, 1958
File — Box: 119, Folder: 19
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
This subseries pertains to McIlhenny's association with numerous institutions in Philadelphia and in Ireland, and spans more than half a century of monetary support, memberships, and various levels of personal involvement. Material consists of correspondence, invoices and receipts, and ephemera. Because of the tax deductions associated with many of McIlhenny's contributions, a significant amount of related material can be found in the "Tax files" subseries of the "Financial records" series....
Dates:
1935, 1958