Scott, Robert Montgomery, 1929-2005

Scope and Contents Correspondence from Robert Montgomery Scott, President of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, to Alice Saligman.

Scope and Contents Correspondence from Robert Montgomery Scott, President of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, to Mark Rosenthal, Maria Giliotti, Anne d'Harnoncourt.

Scope and Contents Memorandum from Betsy Anderson to Anne d'Harnoncourt, George D. Widener Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and Robert Montgomery Scott.

Scope and Contents Memorandum from Sandra Horrocks to Anne d'Harnoncourt, Bob Scott, Innis H. Shoemaker, Ann Temkin, Ann Percy, Robert Wolterstorff, and Danielle Rice. Includes luncheon guest list.

Abstract 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 The records in this collection consist chiefly of correspondence and Executive Committee material, as well as documentation of the Bicentennial and Philadelphia Museum of Art Centennial.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Covering the last decade of his life, this correspondence primarily documents McIlhenny's extensive social activities and the numerous friendships he cultivated in America and abroad. Many of the letters pertain to an exchange of invitations to dinner parties, cultural events, and vacation rendezvous, along with follow-up thank you notes. There are also numerous letters of thanks from McIlhenny for the many gifts he'd receive, ranging from a duck door knocker and jar of Col. Biddle's curry...

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 Coward,...