Philadelphia Museum of Art selected records
name: label: Creator
content: Philadelphia Museum of Art
label: Names
content: Pennsylvania Museum of Art. School of Industrial Art
label: Names
content: Philadelphia Museum of Art. School of Industrial Art
label: Names
content: Public Works of Art Project
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content: United States. Works Progress Administration
label: Names
content: Barber, Edwin Atlee, 1851-1916
label: Names
content: Bruce, Edward, 1879-1943
label: Names
content: Cahill, Holger, 1887-1960
label: Names
content: Curran, Mary
label: Names
content: Dorr, Dalton, 1846-1901
label: Names
content: Kimball, Fiske, 1888-1955
label: Names
content: Pepper, William Platt, d. 1907
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content: Watson, Forbes, 1880-1960
topic: label: Topic
content: Federal aid to the arts -- United States
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Material on reels P14-P16 lent for microfilming by the Pennsylvania Museum of Art, 1955. The Fiske Kimball material on reels 1395-1396 was filmed at the Museum in 1963; the remainder on reels 4549-4558 was microfilmed in 1993 as part of AAA's Philadelphia Arts Documentation Project.
creator: label: Creator
content: Philadelphia Museum of Art
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Art museum; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Est. 1876 as the Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art. In 1929 the name changed to the Pennsylvania Museum of Art, and in 1938 to the Philadelphia Museum of Art and School of Industrial Art. Dalton Dorr served as director, 1876-1904. Fiske Kimball was director 1925-1954.
function: label: Function
content: Art Schools -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
label: Function
content: Art museums -- Pennsylvania
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 15 Microfilm reels
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1874-1954
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.philmuse
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Microfilm reels
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels P14-P16, 1395-1396, and 4549-4558 available for use at Archives of American Art offices, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals in the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Selected records, including scrapbooks, 1874-1954; letterbooks of the Dalton Dorr administration, 1876-1904; Board of Trustees letterbooks regarding the Pottery and Porcelain exhibitions, 1888-1890; and Fiske Kimball correspondence relating to the PWAP and the WPA, 1933-1942.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REELS P14-P16 and 4557-4758: Scrapbooks, 1874-1954, containing clippings relating to the museum.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL P16, frames 350-375: "Bulletin of the Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art" (No. 1-8, Jan. 1903-Oct. 1904).
label: Scope and Contents
content: REELS 1395-1396: Correspondence and other papers of Director Fiske Kimball, 1933-1942, relating to various federal and state relief projects, particularly the Public Works of Art Project (PWAP), of which he was chairman of Region 3 (Del, Penn., N.J.), and the WPA, which financed several projects at the Museum. Much of the correspondence relates to the selection of artists to be given employment under the PWAP, and to the controversy surrounding the administration of the program by Mary Curran, including complaints from artists and groups. Frequent correspondents include Forbes Watson, Edward Bruce, and Holger Cahill.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REELS 4549-4557: Letterbooks of Acting Director Dalton Dorr, 1876-1904 (incoming) and 1876-1901 (outgoing), and of curator Edwin Atlee Barber, 1893-1901, and President William Platt Pepper, 1893-1901. Correspondence pertains to acquisitions, the collection, staff, Memorial Hall repairs, and the overall establishment of the museum and school. Also included are letterbooks of the Board of Trustees, 1888-1890, relating to the 1888-1889 Pottery and Porcelain exhibitions at the museum, containing correspondence with firms and individuals regarding submissions and prizes.