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John Price Jones Corporation, July-September 1929

 File — Box: 153, Folder: 3

Scope and Contents

From the Sub-Series:

The first firm documented in these records is the John Price Jones Corporation. The corporation's original 1927 proposal is filed in the General Planning sub-subseries below. Their on-site consultant at the museum was D.K. Rose, who handled the museum's publicity and fundraising and oversaw the campaign to raise funds for the purchase of the Edmond Foulc Collection, which began in March 1930. Rose's proposals regarding the Foulc Collection are filed in the "Specified funding" sub-subseries. Two other plans prepared by Rose have also been transferred from the correspondence files to the "General planning and donor development" sub-subseries. In 1936 the museum retained A.J. Wilde Corporation to develop publicity and a direct mail program to solicit contributions. Although Alfred J. Wilde is listed as the museum's public relations contact as late as the 1942 annual report, only his first three years are represented here.

Dates

  • July-September 1929

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research. Because of its fragile condition, the following item may only be consulted with permission of the Archivist: floor plan with annotations of PMA Gothic installations (in "Objects and related topics" series, "European decorative arts and arms and armor" subseries, "Rooms and architectural elements" sub-subseries, "England. Gothic installations at PMA, incl. Abergavenny, Wales" file).

Extent

From the Series: 5 linear feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Creator

Repository Details

Part of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Library and Archives Repository

Contact:
Philadelphia Museum of Art
PO Box 7646
Philadelphia PA 19101-7646 United States