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Board of Trustees Records

 Collection
Identifier: BT
Abstract

These records consist primarily of meeting minutes of the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s Board of Trustees and Executive Committee, from the time of the institution's incorporation to the 1990s. Reports presented at Trustee meetings, resolutions and minutes of meetings of a few of the earliest Standing Committees are also included. Gifts, loans, membership and finances are the most frequently discussed topics.

Dates: 1875-1998

Bosbyshell Family Scrapbooks

 Collection
Identifier: BOS
Abstract

The two volumes comprise the Bosbyshell family scrapbooks, which colorfully illustrate business, industry, and graphic design of the 1870s.

Dates: 1876-1879

Buildings Department Records

 Collection
Identifier: ADB
Abstract

The Buildings Department Records comprise of museum Superintendent and Engineer files.

Dates: 1929-1978

Calvin Hathaway Papers

 Collection
Identifier: CHP
Abstract

These papers document Calvin Hathaway's museum work and time spent in the Army, where he was in the Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives Division.

Dates: 1933-1973

Carl Zigrosser Collection

 Collection
Identifier: CZC
Abstract

This collection consists primarily of the materials Carl Zigrosser began to compile in 1942 about American artists, which he called the Archives of American Art.

Dates: 1866-1969

Cedar Grove Collection

 Collection
Identifier: CED
Abstract

This collection is made up of material relating to Cedar Grove, a historic house administered by the Philadelphia Museum of Art in Fairmount Park. It is primarily photographic in nature.

Dates: 1880-1989

Centennial Collection

 Collection
Identifier: CEN
Abstract

These materials are related to the International Centennial Exposition, which took place in Philadelphia in 1876.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1876-1893

Christian Brinton Research Collection

 Collection
Identifier: BRI
Abstract Through his writings and the exhibitions he curated, Christian Brinton (1870-1942) promoted modern and contemporary art, particularly from areas outside of the traditional western European school, and has been credited with introducing Nordic, Slavic and Teutonic modernism to America. This collection consists of material compiled by Brinton pertaining to multiple contemporary artists, with the most material on the Spanish painter Ignacio Zuloaga, the Russian sculptor Prince Paul Troubetzkoy,...
Dates: 1902-1938

Collab Records

 Collection
Identifier: COL
Abstract

These are the minutes and correspondence of Collab, a group focused on the collecting of contemporary design for the museum.

Dates: 1970-1982

Community Programs and Urban Outreach Records

 Collection
Identifier: COM
Abstract The Department of Urban Outreach of the Philadelphia Museum of Art was established in 1970 as an effort to reach new audiences by bringing art and art programs directly into Philadelphia neighborhoods. In 1977, it became the Department of Community Programs, hereafter referred to as the Department. This collection documents the activities of the Department. The records date from 1951 to 1984, the bulk dating from 1970 to 1980, and include correspondence, exhibit planning documentation,...
Dates: 1951-1984; Majority of material found within 1970-1980

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Philadelphia Museum of Art 72
Duchamp, Marcel, 1887-1968 7
Arensberg, Louise S. (Louise Stevens), 1879-1953 6
Arensberg, Walter, 1878-1954 6
Kimball, Fiske, 1888-1955 6
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Marceau, Henri, 1896-1969 6
Zieget, Julius 5
d'Harnoncourt, Anne, 1943-2008 5
Barber, Edwin Atlee, 1851-1916 4
Rishel, Joseph J. 4
Turner, Evan H. 4
Zigrosser, Carl, 1891-1975 4
Barnard, George Grey, 1863-1938 3
Boggs, Jean Sutherland 3
Ingersoll, R. Sturgis (Robert Sturgis), 1891-1973 3
McIlhenny, Henry P. 3
Wintersteen, Bernice McIlhenny 3
Brown, W. Norman (William Norman), 1892-1975 2
Bye, A. E. (Arthur Edwin) 2
Cheston, George M. 2
Clifford, Henry 2
Cézanne, Paul, 1839-1906 2
Dorr, Dalton 2
Dubon, David 2
Duchamp, Alexina, 1906-1995 2
Eakins, Thomas, 1844-1916 2
Etting, Gloria Braggiotti 2
Fairmount Park Commission (Philadelphia, Pa.) 2
Garvan, Beatrice 2
Hathaway, Calvin S. 2
Hood, Graham, 1936- 2
Johnson, John Graver, 1841-1917 2
Kramrisch, Stella, 1898-1993 2
Man Ray, 1890-1976 2
Mason, Darielle 2
McIlhenny, John D. (John Dexter), 1865-1925 2
Miege, Madeleine S. de 2
Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art 2
Philadelphia Museum of Art. Department of Urban Outreach 2
Philadelphia Museum of Art. Women's Committee 2
Price, Eli Kirk, 1860-1933 2
Rice, Danielle 2
Rodin, Auguste, 1840-1917 2
Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial 2
Scott, Robert Montgomery, 1929-2005 2
Siegl, Theodore 2
Strehlke, Carl Brandon 2
Tancock, John L. 2
Taylor, Francis Henry, 1903-1957 2
Temkin, Ann 2
Von Erdberg, Joan Prentice, 1908-1995 2
Warner, Langdon, 1881-1955 2
Wood, Beatrice 2
Wood, William P. 2
Woodhouse, Samuel W., Jr. 2
Agro, Elisabeth R. 1
Aldridge, Alexandra Q. 1
American China Manufactory 1
Arensberg, Conrad M. (Conrad Maynadier), 1910-1997 1
Babbitt, Sherry 1
Bach, Penny Balkin 1
Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626 1
Barbour, George C. A. 1
Bassett, Barbara 1
Baxter, Nancy 1
Beale, Joseph Boggs, 1841-1926 1
Beamesderfer, Alice O. 1
Bell, Hamilton, 1857-1929 1
Benezet, John Stephen 1
Benson, E. M. (Emanuel Mervin), 1904-1971 1
Benson, Perry, Jr. 1
Berenson, Bernard, 1865-1959 1
Bloch, Julius T. (Julius Thiengen), 1888-1966 1
Blum, Dilys, 1947- 1
Borie, Lysbeth Boyd, 1902-1990 1
Bosbyshell, James Rex 1
Bosbyshell, John Albert 1
Botwinick, Michael 1
Breck, Samuel, 1771-1862 1
Brinton, Christian, 1870-1942 1
Butler, Ruth, 1931- 1
Bye, Arthur Edwin, 1885- 1
Campbell, William H., 1915-2012 1
Canaday, John, 1907-1985 1
Chamberlain, Merle J. 1
Cheatham, Walter 1
Colozzi, Carl 1
Corson, Alan, Jr. 1
Covert, John, 1882-1960 1
Cret, Paul Philippe, 1876-1945 1
Cummings, Hildegard 1
Curran, Mary Florence, 1885–1978 1
Dalí, Salvador, 1904-1989 1
Dickinson, Edwin Walter, 1891-1978 1
Dietrich, Daniel W., II 1
Diskant, Eda 1
Donato, Giuseppe 1
Douglas, R. Langton (Robert Langton), 1864-1951 1
Downs, Joseph, 1895-1954 1
Eakins, Susan Macdowell 1
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