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Rodin Museum Records, 1892-1991, undated (inclusive)

Extent:

4 linear feet

Abstract:

The Rodin Museum, located on Benjamin Franklin Parkway, houses Philadelphian movie theater magnate and philanthropist Jules E. Mastbaum's exceptional collection of works by French sculptor Auguste Rodin. Mastbaum amassed the collection between 1923 and 1926 for the expressed purpose of founding a museum for the citizens of Philadelphia. The buiding was designed by noted architects Paul Philippe Cret and Jacques Greber between 1926 and 1929. The Rodin Museum is administered by the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Records in this collection document the administration, maintenance, and renovation of the Rodin Museum.

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Anne d'Harnoncourt Records, 1973-2008, undated (inclusive)

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216.75 linear feet

Abstract:

The Anne d'Harnoncourt Records correspond to the quarter of a century that Anne d'Harnoncourt (1943-2008) served as the George D. Widener Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art (PMA), assuming the additional responsibilities of Chief Executive Officer in 1997. During her tenure, d'Harnoncourt led the Museum through milestones that transformed its collections, exhibitions, curatorial and educational missions, and physical environment. The records she compiled during that time provide the framework for those transformations and underscore the attention to detail, encyclopedic intellect and interests, community commitment and contagious enthusiasm for the arts that characterized d'Harnoncourt's styles of leadership and life. D'Harnoncourt maintained most of her files in large groups of alphabetically arranged names and subjects. Her exhibition records, however, were kept separate, implying an affinity for a subject she learned well during her earlier curatorial years. Other topics...(see more)

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Rights and Reproductions Photograph Collection, 1875-2005 (bulk)

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600 linear feet

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Richard W. Dodson Papers, 1921-2008 (inclusive) 1934-1988 (bulk)

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22.4 linear feet (16 boxes (15 record boxes, 1 hollinger box, and 1 oversized box))

Abstract:

Correspondence, professional files, scientific files, personal files, and publications of American scientist Richard W. Dodson.

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L. Arthur D'Asaro Papers, 1946-2013 (inclusive) 1955-2008 (bulk)

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91.0 linear feet ((61 record boxes, 1 hollinger box, 1 cd-rom box, 2 photo negative boxes, and 2 oversized boxes) )

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Research files, personal files, printed materials, audio-visual materials, electronic storage materials, and photographic materials of American physicist and electronics engineer L. Arthur D'Asaro.

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Photographs from the Papers of Alan G. MacDiarmid, 1982-2005 (inclusive) 2000-2005 (bulk)

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100 photographic prints (1 box)

Abstract:

Color print photographs and correspondence of Nobel Prize winner Alan G. MacDiarmid and various associates.

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Photographs from the Records of the Althouse, Bates, and Crompton Chemical Companies, 1946-1974 (inclusive) 1951-1966 (bulk)

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44 photographic prints (1 box)

Abstract:

Black and white print photographs of the instrumentation and facilities used in the manufacture of dyes at the Althouse, Bates, and Crompton Chemical Companies.

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David H. Killeffer Collection of Chemical Industry Photographs, 1935-1962 (inclusive) 1940s-1950s (bulk)

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277 photographic prints (3 boxes)

Abstract:

Photographs pertaining to various aspects of industrial chemistry collected by science journalist David H. Killeffer for use in his publications.

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Photographs from the Glenn E. Ullyot Collection, 1933-1979 (inclusive) 1940s-1960s (bulk)

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125 photographic prints (2 boxes)

Abstract:

Photographs and negatives depicting Glenn E. Ullyot's professional activities and colleagues and events at Smith Kline and French.

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Heinz Heinemann Photograph Albums, 1956-1960 (inclusive) 1960 (bulk)

Extent:

65 photographic prints (2 boxes)

Abstract:

Two photograph albums presented to Heinz Heinemann at the Second International Congress on Catalysis held in Paris in July 1960.

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