Plate Description M030-M050
Scope and Contents
Photocopied photographs, newspaper clippings, and manuscripts from the Ingersoll family photography albums and scrapbooks chosen by Anne d'Harnoncourt and Innis Shoemaker in 1997 to be part of the museum's records. Robert Sturgis Ingersoll, a member of the Ingersoll family, was an art collector and Philadelphia local, a director and trustee of many local organizations, including the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Photograph inventory; Photographs; Plate descriptions for photographs M-030 through M-050; Newspaper clippings about Robert Ingersoll and family; Loose notes and photographs from back of Ingersoll's art collection album; Manuscripts of speeches presented by Robert Ingersoll at the Philadelphia Museum of Art (no originals, all photocopies)
Original items were loaned to the PMA by Mr. Perry Benson Jr. and Marion F. B. Miller, photocopies were taken and retained by the PMA.
Photocopies were made in 1997 by the Philadelphia Museum of Art while the Ingersoll family albums and scrapbooks were on loan.
Dates
- 1959, 1997
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Extent
From the Collection: 2 Volumes
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Creator
- From the Collection: Benson, Perry, Jr. (Compiler, Person)
- From the Collection: Simon, Grant Miles (Author, Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Library and Archives Repository
Philadelphia Museum of Art
PO Box 7646
Philadelphia PA 19101-7646 United States
archives@philamuseum.org