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Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: The first major fundraising campaign d'Harnoncourt oversaw as director was the Landmark Renewal Fund, originally planned to run from 1986 to 1991. The goal of the campaign was to raise $50 million for endowment increases, building improvements and a bridge fund to support operations until the new endowments began generating income. Later in the campaign, the goal was increased another $10 million to fund a major overhaul of the Museum's European art collection. According to later press...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Only Philadelphia can boast of a unique "row" of monumental sculpture along its expansive Benjamin Franklin Parkway that was created by three generations of Calders, one of America's best known families of artists. From the figures that adorn City Hall's façade and dome created in the late 19th century by Alexander Milne Calder to the 1924 Swann Memorial Fountain at Logan Circle by Alexander Stirling Calder, and concluding at the "Ghost" mobile suspended from the two-story ceiling of this...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: By the time of her appointment as director, Anne d'Harnoncourt was well-established as one of the foremost Duchampian scholars. In the dozen years since her 1969 participation in PMA's acquisition and installation of his mixed media assemblage, "Étant donnés," what becomes evident in these papers is the development of d'Harnoncourt's very close relationship with Duchamp's widow, Alexina, better known as Teeny, and with Jacqueline Matisse Monnier, Teeny's daughter from her first marriage to...

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This series consists of records compiled and used by d'Harnoncourt and her staff to manage her daily activities and travel. Records are arranged in two subseries: "Administrative records" and "Assistant's files."

Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series consists of records compiled and used by d'Harnoncourt and her staff to manage her daily activities and travel. Records are arranged in two subseries: "Administrative records" and "Assistant's files."

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: While d'Harnoncourt oversaw the arduous planning and realization of the project, her predecessor, Jean Sutherland Boggs, laid its groundwork when she requested a 2-year study of the museum's neoclassical building. The architectural firm Venturi, Rauch and Scott Brown conducted the study, and in July 1981 presented their findings in a "Comprehensive Plan" to the Board of Trustees. A cross-reference to the plan, which is filed in Series I, is listed in the inventory below. One of the most...