Centennial Collection selected records
name: label: Creator
content: Historical Society of Pennsylvania
label: Names
content: Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.)
topic: label: Topic
content: Art -- Exhibitions
label: Topic
content: Portrait painting
label: Topic
content: Portraits -- Exhibitions
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Microfilmed in 1991 as part of AAA's Philadelphia Arts Documentation Project.
creator: label: Creator
content: Historical Society of Pennsylvania
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Items (partial microfilm reels)
unitdate: label: Date
content: [ca. 1876]
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.histsoci
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 4560-4561 available for use at Archives of American Art offices, the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals in: Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
otherfindaid: label: Other Finding Aids
content: Finding aid for the Centennial Collection (including material not on microfilm) available on microfilm reel 4560.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Selected records from the Historical Society of Pennsylvania's Centennial Collection, assembled by HSP from various collections. Included are files from the Centennial Bureaus of Administration on the Art Department and Foreign Exhibitors, including information on the system of classification, bureau of awards, selection of judges, duties of and information for judges, news releases, and invitations to ceremonies, receptions and meetings; the Centennial Historical Department Receipt book containing stubs for the historical portraits exhibited, including the work of Titian Ramsey Peale, Thomas Lawrence, and John Trumbull; photographs of the architectural plans submitted in the building competition; and steroptican views of exhibits in Memorial Hall and sculpture.