Philadelphia Area Archives

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George Kreier, Jr. Collection, 1955-1999 (bulk)

Extent:: 22 linear feet
Abstract:: This collection contains the records of the professional work and practice of George Kreier, Jr., a Philadelphia-based decorative and structural mold maker, designer, and inventor. It includes architectural drawings, professional and project correspondence, patent research as well as the final patents, project related photographic material (including descriptions and tear sheet layouts for advertising the work of the firm), a few competitor catalogs, and plaster and plasticine sample objects.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Architectural Archives [Contact Us]

John M. Driscoll, O.S.A. records, 1964-1988 (inclusive)

Extent:: 28.5 linear feet (57 manuscript boxes)
Abstract:: The John M. Driscoll papers consist of administrative files, correspondence, legal files, minutes, news media, printed material, personal papers, and reports regarding his period as president of Villanova University.

Held at: Villanova University Archives [Contact Us]

Campus Ministry records, 1926-2005 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 linear feet
Abstract:

Held at: Villanova University Archives [Contact Us]

Richard T. Schulze congressional papers, 1974-1992 (inclusive)

Extent:: 25 linear feet (54 manuscript boxes; 1 oversized flat box)
Abstract:: Richard Taylor "Dick" Schulze, a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 5th congressional district from 1975 (94th Congress) to 1993 (102nd Congress). Spanning from 1974 to 1992, the collection consists of materials related to his congressional career including correspondence, speeches and press releases, administrative files, legislative files, constituent files, campaign files, ephemera, and photographs.

Held at: Villanova University: Special Collections [Contact Us]

Henri Gabriel Marceau Director records, 1955-1964 (bulk) 1933-1980 (inclusive)

Extent:: 53.2 linear feet (135 document boxes)
Abstract:: Henri Gabriel Marceau was an internationally known scholar, art historian, and architect, and served as Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art from 1955 to 1964. R. Sturgess Ingersoll, President of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, made the following comments upon Marceau’s retirement from the post of Director: “Mr. Marceau has been a tower of strength through the period of the development of the Philadelphia Museum of Art…His authoritative publications on Thomas Eakins, Cezanne, William Rush, Benjamin West, Flemish paintings and Corot represent an amazing range of scholarship. He has always been particularly interested in sculpture, and the three international exhibitions of sculpture, - held in 1933, 1940 and 1949 in the courtyard of the Museum, - did much to bring about the present refreshing interest in sculptors and sculpture. He has probably had closer relations with contemporary artists than any twentieth century museum director” (Box 103, folder 4). The Henri Gabriel...(see more)

Held at: Philadelphia Museum of Art Archives [Contact Us]

Director's Exhibition records, 1915-1983 (inclusive)

Extent:: 25.42 linear feet (61 document boxes)
Abstract:: The Director's Exhibition records of the Philadelphia Museum of Art contain documentation of exhibition activities at the Museum. These records are not a comprehensive account of exhibitions held by the Museum, but an ongoing file produced by the executive office in the course of administering exhibitions for the Museum, kept in the Director’s office between 1915 and 1981. Additional exhibition records may be located within a specific Director’s records, or in Curatorial records; Museum Directors during this period included Edwin Atlee Barber, Langdon Warner, Fiske Kimball, Henri Marceau, Evan Turner, and Jean Sutherland Boggs.

Held at: Philadelphia Museum of Art Archives [Contact Us]

Editorial and Graphic Design Department Photographs, 1946-2000, undated (bulk)

Extent:: 1.25 linear feet (3 document boxes)
Abstract:: None available.

Held at: Philadelphia Museum of Art Archives [Contact Us]

Costume and Textiles Department Records, 1920-1980 (inclusive)

Extent:: 17 linear feet
Abstract:: None available.

Held at: Philadelphia Museum of Art Archives [Contact Us]

Administration/Services Records, 1965-1980 (inclusive)

Extent:: 6.5 linear feet
Abstract:: None available.

Held at: Philadelphia Museum of Art Archives [Contact Us]

Buildings Department Records, 1929-1978 (inclusive)

Extent:: 35 cubic feet
Abstract:: None available.

Held at: Philadelphia Museum of Art Archives [Contact Us]

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