General, 1983-1984

The year 1984 marked the centennial birthday of the late Carl Otto Kretzschmar von Kienbusch, a prominent collector of arms and armor. The Philadelphia Museum of Art acquired the Kienbusch collection by bequest, and it has been a focal point of the Museum since its earliest display in 1964. This subseries includes a small collection of memoranda discussing the possibility of arranging an exhibition in honor of Kienbusch on the hundredth anniversary of his birth. Sadly, this exhibition was never realized.