Rishel, Joseph J.

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Memorandum from Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, to Carl Colozzi, Anne d'Harnoncourt, John Tancock, Joseph Rishel, Kneeland McNulty, and Michael Botwinick.

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Correspondence from Joe Rishel, Curator of European Painting, to Anne d'Harnoncourt, George D. Widener Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

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Correspondence from Joe Rishel, Curator of European Painting, to Anne d'Harnoncourt, George D. Widener Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

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Duchamp, Marcel. "Rotoreliefs," 1953. Photo by the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

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Duchamp, Marcel. "Rotoreliefs," 1953. Photo by the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Oral History Collection preserves first-hand accounts of the museum’s activities. This collection is comprised of transcripts, audio and video interviews with artists, museum staff, scholars, curators, and trustees.The recording of oral histories began at the museum in the 1980s and restarted in 2006, with an informal series of interviews that included Henry Magaziner (a close friend of Julian Abele, a noted architect and co-designer of the museum’s Fairmount Building), Ella...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: With her appointment in 1972 as PMA's first associate curator of 20th century painting, the media soon recognized and reported on d'Harnoncourt's work and promising career future. In 1977, the well-known New York Times art critic, John Russell singled out d'Harnoncourt in his article, "The Arts in the 70's: new tastemakers on stage," which is included here in photocopy form. Noting the impact of women holding influential positions in the art world and because of their number being too many...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Although d'Harnoncourt did not assume the role of Chief Executive Officer until 1997, her appointment was announced by February of the previous year. Thus her appointments as Museum Director and Chief Executive Officer define the parameters of the "1982-1996" sub-subseries. As the number of files indicates, her appointment as director drew many congratulations. Well-wishers included artists such as Emlen and Gloria Etting, Sol Lewitt and George Segal, as well as other prominent figures, such...

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,...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: As documented in the "Library Company of Philadelphia" folder, d'Harnoncourt again crossed paths with Fiske Kimball, her directorial predecessor by 30 years. (Both were recipients of the prestigious Philadelphia Award--Kimball in 1950 and d'Harnoncourt in 1997.) In the tradition of Benjamin Franklin and its other original founders, the Library Company offers shares in its organization as a form of support. In 2001, it informed d'Harnoncourt that the share previously purchased in 1929 by...