Wood, William P.

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Correspondence from Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, to William P. Wood.

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Memorandum from Evan H. Turner to Duchamp Committee about public reception of Étant donnés.

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Memorandum from Evan H. Turner to Duchamp Committee with letter from George Culler about his reaction to seeing Étant donnés.

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Memorandum from Evan H. Turner to Duchamp Committee about public reception of Étant donnés. Includes article "Art Notes: Duchamp Explodes a Myth" by Barbara Gold of the Baltimore Sun.

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Memorandum from Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, to William T. Coleman, Jr., Mrs. Albert M. Greenfield, and William P. Wood

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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 William P. Wood was President of the Corporation from 1977 to 1981. Earlier he had served as Chairman of the Board and on several Board committees. These records are mostly correspondence, often of a political and administrative nature. Subjects include the transition of officers, lobbying, development, introduction of the new Director, and development and organization of the Irish and Second Empire Exhibitions. Also included is a series of recent bequests to the Philadelphia Museum of...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: As the correspondents in this sub-subseries make evident, McIlhenny cultivated a social network that reached across noted names in all the arts, as well as titled gentry, royalty and political figures. Whenever celebrities of the stage, screen or concert hall were performing in Philadelphia, McIlhenny would invite them to his home at Rittenhouse Square, just a stone's throw away from the major theatres and hotels. Although they could not always accept the offer, invitees included Noel...