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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 456 Collections and/or Records:

Correspondence from Barnet Hodes to Evan H. Turner, 1969 May 21

 Object — Box: 7, Folder: 4
Identifier: EDR_B007_F004_006
Scope and Contents

Correspondence from Barnet Hodes to Evan H. Turner.

Dates: 1969 May 21

Correspondence from Barnet Hodes to Evan H. Turner, 1969 February 10

 Object — Box: 7, Folder: 4
Identifier: EDR_B007_F004_007
Scope and Contents

Correspondence from Barnet Hodes to Evan H. Turner.

Dates: 1969 February 10

Correspondence from Barnet Hodes to Evan H. Turner, 1969 February 3

 Object — Box: 7, Folder: 4
Identifier: EDR_B007_F004_008
Scope and Contents

Correspondence from Barnet Hodes to Evan H. Turner.

Dates: 1969 February 3

Correspondence from Barnet Hodes to Evan H. Turner, 1969 February 26

 Object — Box: 7, Folder: 4
Identifier: EDR_B007_F004_009
Scope and Contents

Correspondence from Barnet Hodes to Evan H. Turner.

Dates: 1969 February 26

Correspondence from Barnet Hodes to Evan H. Turner, 1969 July 7

 Object — Box: 7, Folder: 4
Identifier: EDR_B007_F004_011
Scope and Contents

Correspondence from Barnet Hodes to Evan H. Turner.

Dates: 1969 July 7

Correspondence from Barnet Hodes to Evan H. Turner, 1969 May 21

 Object — Box: 7, Folder: 4
Identifier: EDR_B007_F004_012
Scope and Contents

Correspondence from Barnet Hodes to Evan H. Turner.

Dates: 1969 May 21

Correspondence from Barnet Hodes to Evan H. Turner, 1969 May 13

 Object — Box: 7, Folder: 4
Identifier: EDR_B007_F004_013
Scope and Contents

Correspondence from Barnet Hodes to Evan H. Turner.

Dates: 1969 May 13

Correspondence from Barnet Hodes to Evan H. Turner, 1969 July 15

 Object — Box: 7, Folder: 4
Identifier: EDR_B007_F004_014
Scope and Contents

Correspondence from Barnet Hodes to Evan H. Turner.

Dates: 1969 July 15

Correspondence from Barnet Hodes to Evan H. Turner, 1969 July 1

 Object — Box: 7, Folder: 4
Identifier: EDR_B007_F004_015
Scope and Contents

Correspondence from Barnet Hodes to Evan H. Turner. Includes memorandum of agreement between the Cassandra Foundation and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Dates: 1969 July 1

Correspondence from Barnet Hodes to Evan H. Turner, 1969 July 1

 Object — Box: 7, Folder: 4
Identifier: EDR_B007_F004_016
Scope and Contents

Correspondence from Barnet Hodes to Evan H. Turner. Includes memorandum of agreement between the Cassandra Foundation and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Dates: 1969 July 1

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