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Turner, Evan H.

 Person

Biography

Evan H. Turner (born 1927), an art historian and scholar, was the Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art (PMA) from 1964 to 1978, leading the Museum through a period of significant growth and transformation. He created new art departments for American and 20th Century Art, and the innovative Department of Urban Outreach (DUO) to promote art across the City of Philadelphia. These progressive activities were matched by a groundbreaking exhibition in 1973, the Marcel Duchamp retrospective, which drew upon significant scholarship and assembled virtually the entire oeuvre of one of the most important artists represented in the Museum. In 1975, Turner led the Museum in a major construction project to install a new climate control system in the building, and in 1976, he helped plan the United States’ Bicentennial and the PMA’s Centennial celebrations. Turner was an active member of a number of professional organizations, as well as a professor at the University of Pennsylvania.

Found in 340 Collections and/or Records:

Correspondence from Evan H. Turner to William Copley, 1969 January 20

 Object — Box: 7, Folder: 7
Identifier: EDR_B007_F007_001
Scope and Contents

Correspondence from Evan H. Turner to William Copley.

Dates: 1969 January 20

Correspondence from Evan H. Turner to William Copley, 1969 June 25

 Object — Box: 7, Folder: 7
Identifier: EDR_B007_F007_003
Scope and Contents

Correspondence from Evan H. Turner to William Copley.

Dates: 1969 June 25

Correspondence from Evan H. Turner to William Copley, 1969 July 1

 Object — Box: 7, Folder: 7
Identifier: EDR_B007_F007_005
Scope and Contents

Correspondence from Evan H. Turner to William Copley.

Dates: 1969 July 1

Correspondence from Evan H. Turner to William Copley, 1969

 Object — Box: 7, Folder: 7
Identifier: EDR_B007_F007_006
Scope and Contents

Correspondence from Evan H. Turner to William Copley.

Dates: 1969

Correspondence from Evan H. Turner to William Lieberman, 1971 March 11

 Object — Box: 11, Folder: 14
Identifier: MDE_B011_F014_009
Scope and Contents

Correspondence from Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, to William Lieberman, Museum of Modern Art.

Dates: 1971 March 11

Correspondence from Evan H. Turner to William N. Copley, 1969 July 1

 Object — Box: 10, Folder: 50
Identifier: TUR_B010_F050_036
Scope and Contents

Correspondence from Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, to William N. Copley.

Dates: 1969 July 1

Correspondence from Evan H. Turner to William N. Copley, 1969 June 25

 Object — Box: 10, Folder: 50
Identifier: TUR_B010_F050_045
Scope and Contents

Correspondence from Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, to William N. Copley. Includes memorandum of agreement between the Cassandra Foundation and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Dates: 1969 June 25

Correspondence from Evan H. Turner to William N. Copley, 1969 February 5

 Object — Box: 10, Folder: 50
Identifier: TUR_B010_F050_111
Scope and Contents

Correspondence from Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, to William N. Copley.

Dates: 1969 February 5

Correspondence from Evan H. Turner to William N. Copley, 1969 January 28

 Object — Box: 10, Folder: 50
Identifier: TUR_B010_F050_115
Scope and Contents

Correspondence from Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, to William N. Copley.

Dates: 1969 January 28

Correspondence from Evan H. Turner to William N. Copley, 1969 January 20

 Object — Box: 10, Folder: 50
Identifier: TUR_B010_F050_121
Scope and Contents

Correspondence from Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, to William N. Copley.

Dates: 1969 January 20

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