Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial
Organization
Found in 22 Collections and/or Records:
Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial, 1986-1991
File — Box: 45, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The first major fundraising campaign d'Harnoncourt oversaw as director was the Landmark Renewal Fund, originally planned to run from 1986 to 1991. The goal of the campaign was to raise $50 million for endowment increases, building improvements and a bridge fund to support operations until the new endowments began generating income. Later in the campaign, the goal was increased another $10 million to fund a major overhaul of the Museum's European art collection. According to later press...
Dates:
1986-1991
Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial, 1999
File — Box: 281, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Following Robert Scott's retirement as museum President in 1996, d'Harnoncourt was appointed the following year as the museum's Chief Executive Officer in addition to her continued role as its George D. Widener Director. This subseries coincides with d'Harnoncourt's earliest years leading the museum in her dual roles. During this period, with the approach of the new millennium as well as its 125th anniversary, the museum began to plan for its future while building upon its past. There are...
Dates:
1999
Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial. Board meeting, February 21, 2006
File — Box: 444, Folder: 4
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:
February 21, 2006
Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial. Board meeting, October 6, 2006
File — Box: 444, 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:
October 6, 2006
Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial. Deaccessions, 1990-1991
File — Box: 45, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The first major fundraising campaign d'Harnoncourt oversaw as director was the Landmark Renewal Fund, originally planned to run from 1986 to 1991. The goal of the campaign was to raise $50 million for endowment increases, building improvements and a bridge fund to support operations until the new endowments began generating income. Later in the campaign, the goal was increased another $10 million to fund a major overhaul of the Museum's European art collection. According to later press...
Dates:
1990-1991
Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial. Incl. Board meeting minutes, 1993-1996, undated
File — Box: 72, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
As evidenced in the records of the previous subseries, the Landmark Renewal campaign afforded the museum the opportunity to enhance nearly every aspect of its art collection, from display to scholarship. This subseries documents another ambitious program to improve the 24-acre grounds surrounding the "temple on the hill." The Landscape Rehabilitation Project was initiated by the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS), another venerable Philadelphia institution, as part of its Philadelphia...
Dates:
1993-1996, undated
Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial. Incl. Board meeting minutes, 1997-1998
File — Box: 281, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Following Robert Scott's retirement as museum President in 1996, d'Harnoncourt was appointed the following year as the museum's Chief Executive Officer in addition to her continued role as its George D. Widener Director. This subseries coincides with d'Harnoncourt's earliest years leading the museum in her dual roles. During this period, with the approach of the new millennium as well as its 125th anniversary, the museum began to plan for its future while building upon its past. There are...
Dates:
1997-1998
Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial. Incl. Board of Director meeting minutes, 1984-1985
File — Box: 15, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
This subseries consists of the records compiled during the first four years of d'Harnoncourt's tenure as museum director. Of the accomplishments achieved during this time period, one of the most significant and best documented here is the museum's acquisition of thousands of drawings and prints by European old masters and artists of the 19th century. The seller was PAFA, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, which had long ago changed its emphasis to the collection and study of American...
Dates:
1984-1985
Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial. Re Founders' Award to J. Rishel, 1997
File — Box: 3, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
This sub-subseries and the remaining ones replicate the arrangement by date span of d'Harnoncourt's PMA records that were created after 1996. All date spans, therefore, coincide with her dual role as PMA's director and CEO. Of note in this sub-subseries are the letters of congratulations sent to d'Harnoncourt upon her receipt of The Philadelphia Award, one of the city's most prestigious recognitions, and one bestowed nearly 50 years earlier to d'Harnoncourt's directorial predecessor at PMA,...
Dates:
1997
Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial Records
Collection
Identifier: FLE
Abstract
The records are early documentation of the Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial as it came under the management of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Dates:
1931-1946
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