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Anne d'Harnoncourt Records
Collection
Identifier: ADH
Abstract
The Anne d'Harnoncourt Records correspond to the quarter of a century that Anne d'Harnoncourt (1943-2008) served as the George D. Widener Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art (PMA), assuming the additional responsibilities of Chief Executive Officer in 1997. During her tenure, d'Harnoncourt led the Museum through milestones that transformed its collections, exhibitions, curatorial and educational missions, and physical environment. The records she compiled during that time provide the...
Dates:
1973-2008, undated
Anne Terhune Research Collection of Thomas Hovenden
Collection
Identifier: TER
Abstract
Art historian Anne Gregory Terhune created these records in her research of Irish-American artist Thomas Hovenden.
Dates:
circa 1983-2006
Archives Department Records
Collection
Identifier: ARC
Abstract
The three series in this collection are comprised of records created by the museum Archives. Beginning approximately in 1962, the earliest records are general files compiled by the archivists over a thirty-year period. Files pertain to topics concerning the Museum's operation and the preservation and the temporary closing of the museum's Archives. Reference reports of researchers visiting the Archives from 1986 to 1999 comprise the second record series. The third and largest series pertains...
Dates:
1962-2006, undated
Archives Reference Files
Record Group
Identifier: REF
Abstract
Compiled by previous archivists, the purpose of this collection was to provide easy access to information that is most often requested. The collection covers a wide array of subjects ranging from early museum history to exhibitions to staff biographies to visual resources.
Dates:
1819-2018
Arensberg Archives
Collection
Identifier: WLA
Abstract
Art collectors Walter and Louise Arensberg amassed a seminal collection of modern and Pre-Columbian art between 1913 and 1950, when they presented it to the Philadelphia Museum of Art. The Arensberg Archives contain correspondence, ephemera, clippings, writings, personal and art collection records, and photographs documenting the couple's art collecting activities as well as their friendship with many important artists, writers and scholars, including Marcel Duchamp, Charles Sheeler, Walter...
Dates:
1905-1957, undated
Arnold H. Jolles Records
Collection
Identifier: JOL
Abstract
As Assistant Director, Jolles' files include records and plans for the Bicentennial, records of the reinstallation in 1975, Corporate and Departmental Committee records and general correspondence. Also, there are eight feet of the Turner Records which deal with the transfer of authority from Turner to Jolles in 1977/1978. The first five series concern Jolles work as Assistant Director for Art, 1970-1977. The second five subseries concern Jolles role as Acting Director, 1977-1979.
Dates:
1968-1979
Arthur Edwin Bye Papers
Collection
Identifier: BYE
Abstract
This collection consists of four scrapbooks that reflect some of Arthur Edwin Bye's varied interests and professional practices as well as two samples of his writings on art.
Dates:
1903-1907, 1920-1965, undated
Audio-Visual Department Records
Collection
Identifier: AVR
Abstract
The collection contains media from museum events, including exhibitions, interviews, lectures and shows. It also contains paper records from the Audio-Visual Department that covers exhibitions, slide shows, equipment-related information, correspondence, and assorted ephemera from events including clippings, photographs, pamphlets, and fliers.
Dates:
1929-2010
Beatrice Wood Collection
Collection
Identifier: BWC
Abstract
This collection includes archival material documenting the life and work of Beatrice Wood (1893-1998), a central figure in the New York Dada movement and a notable ceramicist. The collection contains contributions by both Beatrice Wood and Conrad C. M. Arensberg, the great nephew of Walter C. Arensberg, one of Wood's close friends. It includes documentation of several exhibitions and events; photographs of Woods, her friends, and her artwork; and, letters from Wood to Conrad Arensberg and...
Dates:
1917-2001; Majority of material found within 1978-2001
Bernice McIlhenny Wintersteen Records
Collection
Identifier: WIN
Abstract
Bernice McIlhenny Wintersteen was President of the museum from 1964 to 1968. With a family history of museum involvement, Wintersteen previously served on the Associate Committee of Women and the Board of Governors. Wintersteen's unique personality is reflected in her records, which depict the growth and activity of the museum during her presidency. Subjects include exhibitions, the development of the Wintersteen Student Center, negotiations with the Pennsylvania Legislature, and long-term...
Dates:
1963-1969
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- Philadelphia Museum of Art 72
- Duchamp, Marcel, 1887-1968 7
- Arensberg, Louise S. (Louise Stevens), 1879-1953 6
- Arensberg, Walter, 1878-1954 6
- Kimball, Fiske, 1888-1955 6
- Marceau, Henri, 1896-1969 6
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- d'Harnoncourt, Anne, 1943-2008 5
- Barber, Edwin Atlee, 1851-1916 4
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- Zigrosser, Carl, 1891-1975 4
- Barnard, George Grey, 1863-1938 3
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- Ingersoll, R. Sturgis (Robert Sturgis), 1891-1973 3
- McIlhenny, Henry P. 3
- Wintersteen, Bernice McIlhenny 3
- Brown, W. Norman (William Norman), 1892-1975 2
- Bye, A. E. (Arthur Edwin) 2
- Cheston, George M. 2
- Clifford, Henry 2
- Cézanne, Paul, 1839-1906 2
- Dorr, Dalton 2
- Dubon, David 2
- Duchamp, Alexina, 1906-1995 2
- Eakins, Thomas, 1844-1916 2
- Etting, Gloria Braggiotti 2
- Fairmount Park Commission (Philadelphia, Pa.) 2
- Garvan, Beatrice 2
- Hathaway, Calvin S. 2
- Hood, Graham, 1936- 2
- Johnson, John Graver, 1841-1917 2
- Kramrisch, Stella, 1898-1993 2
- Man Ray, 1890-1976 2
- Mason, Darielle 2
- McIlhenny, John D. (John Dexter), 1865-1925 2
- Miege, Madeleine S. de 2
- Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art 2
- Philadelphia Museum of Art. Department of Urban Outreach 2
- Philadelphia Museum of Art. Women's Committee 2
- Price, Eli Kirk, 1860-1933 2
- Rice, Danielle 2
- Rodin, Auguste, 1840-1917 2
- Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial 2
- Scott, Robert Montgomery, 1929-2005 2
- Siegl, Theodore 2
- Strehlke, Carl Brandon 2
- Tancock, John L. 2
- Taylor, Francis Henry, 1903-1957 2
- Temkin, Ann 2
- Von Erdberg, Joan Prentice, 1908-1995 2
- Warner, Langdon, 1881-1955 2
- Wood, Beatrice 2
- Wood, William P. 2
- Woodhouse, Samuel W., Jr. 2
- Agro, Elisabeth R. 1
- Aldridge, Alexandra Q. 1
- American China Manufactory 1
- Arensberg, Conrad M. (Conrad Maynadier), 1910-1997 1
- Babbitt, Sherry 1
- Bach, Penny Balkin 1
- Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626 1
- Barbour, George C. A. 1
- Bassett, Barbara 1
- Baxter, Nancy 1
- Beale, Joseph Boggs, 1841-1926 1
- Beamesderfer, Alice O. 1
- Bell, Hamilton, 1857-1929 1
- Benezet, John Stephen 1
- Benson, E. M. (Emanuel Mervin), 1904-1971 1
- Benson, Perry, Jr. 1
- Berenson, Bernard, 1865-1959 1
- Bloch, Julius T. (Julius Thiengen), 1888-1966 1
- Blum, Dilys, 1947- 1
- Borie, Lysbeth Boyd, 1902-1990 1
- Bosbyshell, James Rex 1
- Bosbyshell, John Albert 1
- Botwinick, Michael 1
- Breck, Samuel, 1771-1862 1
- Brinton, Christian, 1870-1942 1
- Butler, Ruth, 1931- 1
- Bye, Arthur Edwin, 1885- 1
- Campbell, William H., 1915-2012 1
- Canaday, John, 1907-1985 1
- Chamberlain, Merle J. 1
- Cheatham, Walter 1
- Colozzi, Carl 1
- Corson, Alan, Jr. 1
- Covert, John, 1882-1960 1
- Cret, Paul Philippe, 1876-1945 1
- Cummings, Hildegard 1
- Curran, Mary Florence, 1885–1978 1
- Dalí, Salvador, 1904-1989 1
- Dickinson, Edwin Walter, 1891-1978 1
- Dietrich, Daniel W., II 1
- Diskant, Eda 1
- Donato, Giuseppe 1
- Douglas, R. Langton (Robert Langton), 1864-1951 1
- Downs, Joseph, 1895-1954 1
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