Box 229

Scope and Contents From the Series: In addition to his architectural and writing projects, Kimball earned a living as a teacher. By the time he came to the Philadelphia Museum of Art, he had taught at five universities, including positions as department head. Even as museum director, Kimball managed to fit in a summer session at the University of California in Berkeley in 1940. In this series, most of the correspondence pertains to Kimball's various administrative duties and occasional struggles of working in an academic...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: This subseries consists primarily of letters between members of the Kimball family, although a few folders of correspondence with Fiske's in-laws, the Goebels, are also included. Letters between Kimball and his parents, Edwin and Ellen Leore, comprise the bulk of the correspondence, covering a span of twenty years. These letters also offer the most detailed description of some of Kimball's earliest activities, professional and personal. His discussions of his European travels while a Sheldon...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Captured in formal portraits and candid snapshots, family members are the primary subject of the photographs processed in this subseries. A few tintypes, postcards, a carte-de-visite, lantern slides and glass plate negatives are also included. A photograph album of portraits begins this series and includes early photographs of Kimball's parents, his sister as a youngster, and other Kimball and Ripley relatives of his parents' generation and earlier. Based on the style of clothing depicted,...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Captured in formal portraits and candid snapshots, family members are the primary subject of the photographs processed in this subseries. A few tintypes, postcards, a carte-de-visite, lantern slides and glass plate negatives are also included. A photograph album of portraits begins this series and includes early photographs of Kimball's parents, his sister as a youngster, and other Kimball and Ripley relatives of his parents' generation and earlier. Based on the style of clothing depicted,...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

This material pertains to meetings of the Advisory Board. It is comprised of meeting minutes and attached documents such as National Park Service policies, procedures, and reports on sites brought up for discussion. Several lists of historic buildings and sites as well as memoranda to Board members are also included.

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This sub-subseries includes correspondence, pamphlets, brochures, reports, and some photographs regarding historic buildings and sites both approved and recommended for NPS support. Of particular note are folders reagrding Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pa; the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial in St. Louis, Missouri; Jamestown, Virginia; the White House; and Thomas Jefferson's birthplace and home, Shadwell and Monticello, both outside of Charlottesville, Virginia.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

These files document the buildings and projects located on New York University's main Washington Square campus, including the Arthur T. Vanderbilt Hall (Law Center) and the Chancellor's House.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

These files document the buildings and projects located on New York University's main Washington Square campus, including the Arthur T. Vanderbilt Hall (Law Center) and the Chancellor's House.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

These files document the buildings and projects located on New York University's main Washington Square campus, including the Arthur T. Vanderbilt Hall (Law Center) and the Chancellor's House.