Box 195
Container
Contains 1 Result:
Mount Pleasant (Philadelphia, Pa.). Furnishings. Various lists, incl. lender/donor name and accession numbers, November 1931-1933
File — Box: 195, Folder: 27
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
During Kimball's directorship, the museum took an active role in the restoration of many of the historic homes in Philadelphia's Fairmount Park. Erling H. Pedersen, Kimball's assistant during the early 1930s, oversaw most of the work. The most extensively documented house is Mount Pleasant, also known as the Benedict Arnold house. Its restoration and furnishing was planned to coincide with the 1926 Sesquicentennial. There are numerous revised lists of the objects loaned or gifted for the...
Dates:
November 1931-1933