Philadelphia Museum of Art
Organization
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Directors Exhibition Records
Collection
Identifier: EXH
Abstract
The Directors Exhibition Records of the Philadelphia Museum of Art contain documentation of exhibition activities at the museum. These records are not a comprehensive account of exhibitions held by the museum, but an ongoing file produced by the executive office in the course of administering exhibitions between 1915 and 1981. Museum directors during this period included Edwin AtLee Barber, Langdon Warner, Fiske Kimball, Henri Marceau, Evan Turner, and Jean Sutherland Boggs. Additional...
Dates:
1915-1983
Evan H. Turner Records
Collection
Identifier: TUR
Abstract
Evan H. Turner was an art historian, scholar, and Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art (PMA) from 1964 to 1978. A mix of correspondence, inter-office memoranda, reports, minutes and other records document Turner’s role in the museum’s growth and transformation during that time, as well as exhibition and event planning, and the daily operations of the museum. The collection also reflects Turner’s work with professional organizations, his efforts to help the city of Philadelphia to plan...
Dates:
1964-1978
Stella Kramrisch Papers
File
Identifier: SKP
Abstract
As a teacher, lecturer, curator and prolific writer, Dr. Stella Kramrisch (1898-1993) devoted nearly 70 years to the study and appreciation of Indian art. She served as the curator of Indian art at the Philadelphia Museum of Art from 1954 until her death in 1993. The Stella Kramrisch papers document her activities, correspondence and publications as a collector and historian of Indian art. The records in this collection date from 1921 to 1998 and contain information about the art objects in...
Dates:
1921-1998
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- American Revolution Bicentennial, 1976 1
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- Hindu art 1
- Indian art 1
- certificates 1
- clippings (information artifacts) 1
- ephemera 1
- manuscripts (documents) 1
- notebooks 1
- postcards 1
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