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Box 196

 Container

Contains 38 Results:

Woodford Mansion (Philadelphia, Pa.). Photographs of interior and of chimney piece illustrations, undated

 File — Box: 196, Folder: 11
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: undated

General correspondence, 1933, 1936, 1951-1953

 File — Box: 196, Folder: 12
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: 1933, 1936, 1951-1953

Colonial Days. Correspondence, 1931-1932

 File — Box: 196, Folder: 13
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: 1931-1932

Colonial Days. "Colonial Mansions of Fairmount Park." Brochure. Ts, 1931

 File — Box: 196, Folder: 14
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: 1931

Colonial Days. Various papers and ephemera incl. brochures of similar events at other sites, 1930-1934

 File — Box: 196, Folder: 15
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: 1930-1934

"Some Old Houses in Fairmount Park." Ms, notes and brochure, circa 1930?, 1952

 File — Box: 196, Folder: 16
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: circa 1930?, 1952

Other papers, incl. "The Great Mansions of Philadelphia" lecture notes[?], 1927?, 1945, undated

 File — Box: 196, Folder: 17
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: 1927?, 1945, undated

Madeira, Louis C, IV. Untitled talk. Daughters of American Revolution. Princeton, NJ. Ts, January 17, 1952

 File — Box: 196, Folder: 18
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: January 17, 1952

Memorial Hall. Correspondence, 1934-1941, 1947

 File — Box: 196, Folder: 19
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....
Dates: 1934-1941, 1947

Memorial Hall. Correspondence, 1948

 File — Box: 196, Folder: 20
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....
Dates: 1948