Archives of American Art

Park Edwards papers

Summary

Collection ID:
AAA.edwapark
Creators:
Edwards, Park
Dates:
[ca. 1914]-1954
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
0.5 Linear feet
(on 2 microfilm reels)
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
Letters from Howard Stratton, Director of the Pennsylvania Museum School of Industrial Art, regarding projects, exhibits, and articles, and from Raymond Pitcairn, regarding Edwards' work at Bryn Athyn; and a scrapbook documenting Edwards' career containing clippings, writings, sketches, leaflets, photographs of completed works and of Samuel Yellin's class at the School of Industrial Arts.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Metalworker; Bryn Athyn, Pa. Studied at the Pennsylvania Museum School of Industrial Art before being put in charge of the metal workshop at Bryn Athyn Cathedral.

Administration

Existence and Location of Copies
35mm microfilm reels 4020-4021 available at Archives of American Art offices, through interlibrary loan and at the Free Library of Philadelphia and the Athenaeum of Philadelphia.
Existence and Location of Originals
Originals in: The Athenaeum of Philadelphia.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Microfilmed in 1987 as part of AAA's Philadelphia Arts Documentation Project.

Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Access
The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.

Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Metal-workers -- Pennsylvania -- Bryn Athyn Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Decorative arts Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Metal-work Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Yellin, Samuel Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Bryn Athyn Cathedral (Bryn Athyn, Pa.) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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