Philadelphia Museum of Art

Abstract

From the terms of Bernice McIlhenny Wintersteen to that of Robert Montgomery Scott, some of the Presidents' special files were set aside and carried forward with additions made to them.

Abstract

This collection contains correspondence and research from the Prints Department at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Abstract

These records consist of press releases and newspaper clippings as well as some general files related to the activities of the Public Relations Department.

Abstract

This record group pertains to publications produced by the museum during the 1970s and early 1980s.

Abstract

R. Sturgis Ingersoll was President of the museum from 1948 to 1964, as well as Chairman of the Board of Governors, which he initiated, from 1947 to 1959. Ingersoll's records reflect changes in the Museum and School during this period, such as the separationg of the Textile Institute and the College of Art from the museum. Other subjects include grants, state aid, school accreditation, and admission charges.

Abstract

The Records of Administration/Management consist of chronological files and special exhibition files.

Abstract

The records in this collection consist chiefly of correspondence and Executive Committee material, as well as documentation of the Bicentennial and Philadelphia Museum of Art Centennial.

Abstract The Rodin Museum houses Philadelphia movie theater magnate and philanthropist Jules E. Mastbaum's exceptional collection of works by French sculptor Auguste Rodin. Mastbaum amassed the collection between 1923 and 1926 for the expressed purpose of founding a museum for the citizens of Philadelphia. The building was designed by noted architects Paul Philippe Cret and Jacques Greber between 1926 and 1929. The Rodin Museum is administered by the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Records in this...

Abstract Woodhouse, a medical doctor and a scholar, was Acting Director of the Museum from 1923 to 1925, Associate Director until 1927, and Advisor in the 18th Century Industrial Arts until 1928. The collection contains primarily correspondence regarding acquisitions. Several long sets include: correspondence with dealers and scholars, especially in the field of furniture and letters from the officers in the Corporation, including John D. McIlhenny and others. There is a small amount of...

Abstract

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