Philadelphia Museum of Art. 69th Street branch. Correspondence, 1931-1932

File — Box: 196, Folder: 23

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Sub-Series:

The facilities documented in this subseries operated in various ways as extensions of the museum. Constructed for the City's Centennial Exhibition, Memorial Hall was the first home of the art museum and at the time of Kimball's arrival still served as such. Most of this material documents the museum's dwindling relationship with the building.

As reflected in its changing letterhead, the name and relationship of the museum and its school underwent various organizational changes. These files consist mainly of correspondence between Kimball and the school principals, namely Edmondson Hussey, Edward Warwick and E.M. Benson, the museum's Chief of the Division of Education, who in 1951 assumed Warwick's position. A limited amount of correspondence comprises the files of the 69th Street Branch, the Rodin Museum and the Fleisher Art Memorial.

Dates

1931-1932

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).