Box 207

Scope and Contents From the Series: Comprising the largest portion of the Fiske Kimball Records, this series clearly documents Kimball's extensive contact with the institutions, individuals, and businesses that collectively directed and promoted art and artists, and a public appreciation for both. Kimball cultivated a variety of correspondents, from dealers and donors to museums, educational institutions and professional organizations. Throughout the three decades documented, antiques and art dealers appear to be Kimball's...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Construction projects initiated before and after the WPA relief programs are documented here. With the shell of the building finished in 1927, the projects documented here begin with the demanding completion of the museum's vast interior. Within the Pre-WPA project files, most of the correspondence is between Erling Pedersen, Kimball's assistant, and Charles Borie of the firm Trumbauer, Zantzinger and Borie. (The firm is identified here by its authorized citation of Zantzinger,...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Construction projects initiated before and after the WPA relief programs are documented here. With the shell of the building finished in 1927, the projects documented here begin with the demanding completion of the museum's vast interior. Within the Pre-WPA project files, most of the correspondence is between Erling Pedersen, Kimball's assistant, and Charles Borie of the firm Trumbauer, Zantzinger and Borie. (The firm is identified here by its authorized citation of Zantzinger,...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Construction projects initiated before and after the WPA relief programs are documented here. With the shell of the building finished in 1927, the projects documented here begin with the demanding completion of the museum's vast interior. Within the Pre-WPA project files, most of the correspondence is between Erling Pedersen, Kimball's assistant, and Charles Borie of the firm Trumbauer, Zantzinger and Borie. (The firm is identified here by its authorized citation of Zantzinger,...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: These files consist of material regarding the museum's financial planning, general accounting practices and a few funding projects. The two sets of budget files comprise the bulk of material and reflect the museum's dual role as a private corporation as well as a City-funded entity. The first set of "Budget estimates and reports" primarily represents the museum's budget calculated on its fiscal year, which ran from June 1 of the first year to May 31 of the following year. With the exception...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: These files consist of material regarding the museum's financial planning, general accounting practices and a few funding projects. The two sets of budget files comprise the bulk of material and reflect the museum's dual role as a private corporation as well as a City-funded entity. The first set of "Budget estimates and reports" primarily represents the museum's budget calculated on its fiscal year, which ran from June 1 of the first year to May 31 of the following year. With the exception...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: These files consist of material regarding the museum's financial planning, general accounting practices and a few funding projects. The two sets of budget files comprise the bulk of material and reflect the museum's dual role as a private corporation as well as a City-funded entity. The first set of "Budget estimates and reports" primarily represents the museum's budget calculated on its fiscal year, which ran from June 1 of the first year to May 31 of the following year. With the exception...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: These files consist of material regarding the museum's financial planning, general accounting practices and a few funding projects. The two sets of budget files comprise the bulk of material and reflect the museum's dual role as a private corporation as well as a City-funded entity. The first set of "Budget estimates and reports" primarily represents the museum's budget calculated on its fiscal year, which ran from June 1 of the first year to May 31 of the following year. With the exception...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: These files consist of material regarding the museum's financial planning, general accounting practices and a few funding projects. The two sets of budget files comprise the bulk of material and reflect the museum's dual role as a private corporation as well as a City-funded entity. The first set of "Budget estimates and reports" primarily represents the museum's budget calculated on its fiscal year, which ran from June 1 of the first year to May 31 of the following year. With the exception...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: This sub-subseries documents a variety of issues Kimball administered to while serving as the museum's director. Included, for example, are attendance records for the museum and its related facilities from 1927 to 1942, calculated in a variety of ways, including not only age group and sex, but time of day, building entrance, and even weather condition. Attendance information of other Philadelphia institutions and other museums throughout the country are also documented, including the survey...