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Archives of American Art
Park Edwards papers
Summary
- Collection ID:
- AAA.edwapark
- Creators:
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Edwards, Park
- Dates:
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[ca. 1914]-1954
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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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
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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 |
Archives of American Art
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