Fairmount Park Art Association.
Variant namesThe Fairmount Park Art Association (FPAA) was chartered in 1872 with the original purpose for "adorning Fairmount Park with statues, busts, and other works of art" and came to include the promotion "of the beautiful in the City of Philadelphia, in its architecture, improvements and general plan."
From the description of Archives, 1871-1972. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122689635
Archival Resources
| Role | Title | Holding Repository | |
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| creatorOf | Fairmount Park Art Association. Archives, 1871-1972. | Historical Society of Pennsylvania | |
| creatorOf | Fairmount Park Art Association. Letters to Horace Howard Furness, Jr., 1904. | University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library | |
| creatorOf | Fairmount Park Art Association. Correspondence : with Paul Philippe Cret, 1907. | University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library | |
| creatorOf | Fairmount Park Art Association. Correspondence with Henry Charles Lea, 1887. | University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library | |
| creatorOf | Fairmount Park Art Association. Letter, 1941, to Lewis Mumford. | University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library | |
| referencedIn | Helen Farr Sloan, Philadelphia Inquirer, notebooks, 1886–1896 | University of Delaware Library - Special Collections | |
| referencedIn | Sloan, Helen Farr, 1911-2005. Helen Farr Sloan Philadelphia Inquirer notebooks. 1886-1896. | University of Delaware Library, Hugh M Morris Library |
Bibliographic and Digital Archival Resources
| Role | Title | Holding Repository | |
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| referencedIn | Oral history interview with Thomas Chimes | Archives of American Art |
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| associatedWith | Carpenters Hall (Philadelphia, Pa.) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Chimes, Thomas, 1921- | person |
| associatedWith | Nicholson, John P. b. 1842. | person |
| associatedWith | Philadelphia Fountain Society. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Rebecca Darby Smith Foundation. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Sloan, Helen Farr, 1911-2005 | person |
| associatedWith | Taylor, Roland L. | person |
| associatedWith | Woodmere Art Gallery. | corporateBody |
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| Benjamin Franklin Parkway |
| Benjamin Franklin Parkway (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
| Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial |
| H. Charles Howell Memorial |
| H. Morris Harrison Memorial |
| James Garfield Memorial |
| John Ericsson Memorial |
| John F. Kennedy Plaza Fountain |
| Richard Smith Memorial |
| Robert Morris Memorial |
| Shakespeare Memorial |
| Ulysses S. Grant Memorial |
| William McKinley Memorial |
| Wilson Carey Swan Memorial |
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