Schools Records

Collection

Identifier: SIA

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Records include bound volumes of School Circulars (1879-1946), School Board of Governors Minutes (1943-1964), and various ephemera related to exhibitions and programming.

Dates

1879-1966

Creator

Dorr, Dalton (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

The Records of the Schools are the physical property of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Archives. The Museum holds literary rights only for material created by Museum personnel or given to the Museum with such rights specifically assigned. For all other material, literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. Researchers are responsible for obtaining permission from rights holders for publication and for other purposes where stated.

Biographical / Historical

Originally entitled the Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art, the museum was committed to maintaining schools for the training of young artists. The School of Industrial Art was incorporated with the museum in 1876 and separated from the PMA in 1964. Currently its name is The University of the Arts College of Art and Design. The Textile School was created in 1884 and severed ties in 1948. It was then called the Philadelphia Textile Institute, now the Philadelphia College of Textiles and Science.

Extent

2.5 linear feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

These records document the activities of the School of Industrial Art when it was part of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Related Materials

Leslie W. Miller Records. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Library and Archives. Includes information regarding the separation of the schools from the museum.

R. Sturgis Ingersoll Records. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Library and Archives. Includes information regarding the separation of the schools from the museum.

Special Format Records: Scrapbooks Philadelphia Museum of Art, Library and Archives. Includes scrapbook with material pertaining to the School of Industrial Art.

Processing Information

These materials were arranged and described by Merle Chamberlain and Louise F. Rossmassler. Funded by a grant from The Gladys Kriebel Delmas Foundation. Additional materials added by Cassandra Shiflet.