The Winterthur Library
The
Joseph Downs Collection of Manuscripts and Printed Ephemera
Henry
Francis du Pont
5105
Kennett Pike, Winterthur, Delaware 19735
Telephone:
302-888-4600 or 800-448-3883
OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION
Title:
Dates: 1859-1945 (bulk 1900-1927)
Call No.:
Acc. No.: 82x273-275,
82x370, 83x210, 86x109, 87x177-179, 88x209, 94x11
Quantity: 23 boxes, 1 map case drawer
Location: 15 A 1-4, and Map case D, drawer 7
HISTORICAL STATEMENT
In 1901,
William Lightfoot Price, a noted
Will Price acquired eighty acres of the former Rose Valley Mills
property on
The Artsman was
published by the Rose Valley Press, whose editor was Horace Traubel
(1858-1919). His office was in
However, all these operations were short-lived; by 1907 the pottery and
the furniture shop had closed, and The
Artsman had ceased publication. The
Rose Valley Association’s precarious finances forced it to sell most of its
property to Hawley McLanahan and his father-in-law Charles Schoen. Their Rose Valley Improvement Company
developed the land into a picturesque suburb, with some of the houses designed
by Will Price. Today, the offices of the
Borough of Rose Valley are in the old furniture shop, which was part of the old
burned-out mill. The small gristmill is
the home of the Hedgerow Theatre.
SCOPE AND CONTENT
This collection
consists of four groups of papers. The
papers were created by the Rose Valley Association, the Rose Valley Press, and
M. Hawley McLanahan, with some later photographs taken around 2000.
The Rose
Valley Association (RVA) papers document the formation of the Association. Minutes of meetings, financial records, land
records, and tax records round out the collection. While most of the material in this group of
papers deals with the business end of the operation (as opposed to the artistic
or philosophical angles), it does include a letter book from the Rose Valley
Shops that documents the production standards and schedule for their
furniture. A few items relating to the
Rose Valley Folk Theatre are also included.
In addition, there are photographs showing Henry W. Hetzel's home and
furniture. Hetzel was the secretary of
the RVA and a mechanical drawing teacher in
The Rose
Valley Press (RVP) items consist mainly of examples of their printing (which
was actually done in Philadelphia) and over 100 line cuts (printing blocks of
lines of type) used by the Press, from various publications. As well, there is a small amount of
correspondence relating to the business of the Press.
The M. Hawley
McLanahan (McL) papers include a great many papers generated in the course of
his professional life as partner in the architectural firm Price &
McLanahan, which was formed in 1903. The
collection includes letter books, bills and receipts, tax records, project
files, and bound account books. William
L. Price died on 14 October 1916, but the firm name Price & McLanahan
continued to be used for several more years.
McLanahan then joined with Ralph Bencker in a new partnership; McLanahan
& Bencker was formed in the first half of 1920, although some clients
continued to address correspondence to Price & McLanahan. This partnership dissolved in 1926, and
McLanahan continued in independent practice until his death in 1929. From 1885 to 1890, he had been in a real
estate partnership called Whiteside and McLanahan; this firm was incorporated
in 1922.
In addition
to papers relating to the Rose Valley Association, the McLanahan group contains
documents describing involvement in proposed or completed architectural
projects. These projects include a
bridge across the Hudson River designed by Gustav Lindenthal; the Flamingo
Hotel at Alton Beach, Miami, Florida; the Miami [Florida] Aquarium (which
includes virtually the only architectural drawings in the collection, and
correspondence from John O. La Gorce of the National Geographic); and a
proposed resort to be called "Overhanover" in New Hanover County,
North Carolina (including correspondence from H. B. Wall, and a number of
maps). The bridge and the resort were
never built. The hotel was not built as
designed because the bids were too high.
The aquarium was built, but suffered a partial collapse.
The McLanahan
papers also include records of McLanahan's involvement in the Musical Art Club
of
The
photographs taken around 2000 depict some chairs attributed to Rose Valley
furniture maker John Maene, a piece of pottery, the two bear statues, and some
homes in Rose Valley. Found with the
photos was a 1971 zoning map of Rose Valley borough.
Also of
interest are scans of photograph albums from the family of Walter Ferris Price,
a Philadelphia architect and brother of Rose Valley founder William Lightfoot
Price. There are a number of photos of
people and homes in Rose Valley, including stills from plays produced
there. In addition, there are photos of
the extended Price family, its friends, and their homes; a parade celebrating
the centennial of the U.S. constitution; ships on the Delaware River; classic
tableaux stages by the students of the Pennsylvania Museum School of
Industrial Art; and people outside the Arch Street Meeting House.
ORGANIZATION
This collection is divided into four series: I. Rose Valley
Association; II. Rose Valley Press; III. M. Hawley McLanahan (and his various
partnerships); and IV. Photographs from circa 2000 and scans of photo albums.
Rose
Valley Association papers (Series I) are found in Boxes 1-4, with oversized
materials in Box 20 and in Map Case D.
Rose Valley Press Papers (Series II) are in Boxes 4-12, with oversized materials in
Boxes 4A and 20. M. Hawley McLanahan
papers (Series III) are in Boxes 13-19.
The photographs from circa 2000 and the scans of photos albums (Series
IV) are in Boxes 18-A and 18-B.
LANGUAGE OF MATERIALS
The
materials are in English.
RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS
Collection
is open to the public. Copyright
restrictions may apply.
PROVENANCE
Some
of the papers were gifts from William Ayres and from an anonymous donor.
Other
papers were purchased from The Americanist (
The
photographs in Series IV were transferred from DAPC backlog, February 2016. The scans in Series IV were done in 2014 and
the original albums were returned to the owner (a descendant of Walter F.
Price).
RELATED MATERIAL
Some of
this material is available at this repository on microfilm, reels 2805 and
2806.
Several
books about Rose Valley are available at this repository; check the on-line
catalog.
The
Library of Congress Manuscripts Division holds the papers of Horace Traubel,
which includes correspondence with William Price.
The
Athenaeum of Philadelphia lists works by Price and McLanahan in its database of
Philadelphia architects.
Items
(chair, window, carvings) designed or attributed to William L. Price are owned
by the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
ACCESS POINTS
People:
Price, William L., 1861-1916.
McLanahan, M. Hawley
(Martin Hawley), 1865-1929.
Demotte, Georges J.,
1877-1923 - Estate.
La Gorce, John Oliver,
1880-1959.
Wall, H. B. (Henri
Block)
Lindenthal, Gustav,
1850-1935.
Hetzel, Henry W.
Traubel, Horace,
1858-1919.
Yellin, Samuel,
1885-1940.
Price family – Homes and
haunts.
Topics:
Price and McLanahan.
McLanahan & Bencker.
Rose Valley Folk Theatre.
Musical Art Club (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Overhanover (North Carolina :
Resort)
United States. Constitution.
Antique dealers.
Arts and crafts movement -
Aquariums, Public -
Decedents’ estates.
Hotels -
Hotels -
Furniture - Photographs.
Interior decoration - Photographs.
Resort architecture - North
Carolina - New Hanover County.
Suspension bridges - New York
(State) - Design and construction.
New
Deeds.
Indentures.
Letters.
Bills of sale.
Receipts.
Minutes.
Tax returns.
Ledgers.
Maps.
Photographic prints.
Blueprints.
Histories.
Architects.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE
COLLECTION
Location: 15 A 1-4, and Map Case D,
Drawer 7
Series I: Rose Valley
Association papers
Folder 1: mortgage
indenture between Lydia Yarnell, Lucinda Peters, B. Frank and Sarah Thomas,
Robert and Lydia Ferman, and George and Susanna Neeld of one part and Martha H.
Ogden of other part, for land in Middletown township, Delaware County, 20 Dec.
1898
Folder 2: Deed
poll, with names of Isabella V. and William H. Osborne (administrators of
estate of Antrim Osborne), the Pennsylvania Company for Insurance, Edward H.
Coates, and Gustavus English (deceased), mentioning Rose Valley Mills;
Also
a plat map, focusing on a road to Media passing through lands of S. M. Holms,
April 1, 1898
Folder 3: Certificate
of incorporation of Rose Valley Association, 1901
Folder 4: stock
certificate in Rose Valley Association, issued to Ruth Oliver, 1923, signed by
treasurer William Price and President L. Stauffer Oliver
Folder 5: Land
title insurance, 1901
Folder 6: Land
titles, deeds, 1901-1902:
Deed
from Pennsylvania Company for Insurance to William L. Price (1901) and deed
from William L. Price and wife to Rose Valley Association (1902)
Folder 7: Bills
for supplies and work, 1892?-1902: plaster and plastering, fixing and painting
roofs, taking down ranges, gutter work, etc.
The metal- work bills specify which buildings in Rose Valley were being
repaired.
Folder 8: Statements
of receipts and disbursements: for purchase of Rose Valley property, repair
work, taxes, etc.; and receipts of money from sales of stock and scrap iron,
rent, etc., 1901-1902
Folder 9: Report of Corporate Loans, 1908, for
Rose Valley Association
Folder 10: reports on tax on capital stock, filed
with Auditor General’s office, 1901-1909
Folder 11: Ledger book of shares of RVA, 1902-1932
(name index in front)
Folder 12: Minutes
book of RVA: Board of Directors and stockholders, 1901-1910
Folder 13: Letter book, including records of
furniture, 1902-1907 (name index in front)
Folder 1: Mortgage deed with Swarthmore College,
1903;
Bond and warrant, RVA to
Swarthmore College, 1903;
Bond and warrant,
William L. Price to Swarthmore College, 1903
Folder 2: Minutes of Association meetings,
1903-1909
(stockholders, 1903;
board of directors, 1903, 1909)
Folder 3: statement of assets and liabilities,
1903;
Audit of treasurer’s
accounts, 1904
Folder 4: Accounts,
1905-1909; includes trial balance, synopsis of loss and gain, statement of
assets and liabilities, statement of treasurer’s account
Folder 5: Proxies
to vote shares, signed by various shareholders and appointing different people
(usually W.L. Price or H. McLanahan) to act as proxy, 1904-1908
Folder 6: Rights
given to Price & McLanahan to buy shares, 1907-1908
Folder 7: “Sketches
of land, Association principles, Accounts, Paid and unpaid bills,” specifically:
W.LP.
payments 1902-1903 and 1904;
Other
financial notes, with initials of various people;
An
article about Rose Valley;
Part
of a page from a used book catalog [this probably has nothing to do with Rose
Valley]
Folder 8: Indenture:
RVA leasing land to M.H. McLanahan, 1907
Folder 9: Description
of various Rose Valley land tracts, 1909;
Bill
from accountant, 1909;
Receipt
for payment of interest to Swarthmore College, 1909;
A letter about a stock
certificate, 1910;
Miscellaneous
financial notes
Folder 10: Correspondence
referring to financial conditions of RVA, 1908-31 October 1910; also corporate
income tax return for 1910; state of assets and liabilities for 1910
Folder 11: Papers
and correspondence re financial conditions, 1 November 1910-1917; includes
corporate income tax returns for 1911-1913; and letter from Schoen stating that
he would like to sell his Rose Valley property
Folders 12-13: Finances,
1908-1910; includes report of corporate loans, 1909, and capital stock report,
1909; and reports on state taxes on capital stock, 1901-1910
Folder 14: Financial
papers and documents, 1906-1910, including tax receipts; an agreement between
Shoen, McLanahan, and Price about stock holding; various financial notes; etc.
Folder 15: Financial
papers and documents, 1910-1917; including bills for work done to various
buildings; minutes of directors’ meeting, Nov. 1910; etc.
Folder 16: Rental
agreements between RVA and Rose Valley Folk Theatre, 1913, 1923, 1924
Folder 17: Rose Valley Folk Theatre, Safety rules
for theatre, 1921
Folder 1: title search for RVA property, 1932
Folder 2: Mortgage
papers, 1925; notice of desire to incorporate borough of Rose Valley; permit to
construct sewer line, 1934, etc.
Folder 3: RVA
account book, 1932-1944
Folder 4: 2
bonds, 1937-1941
Folder 5: Bank
statement, cancelled checks, 1944-1945
Folders 6-7: Tax
reports, returns, receipts, 1910-1922
Folders 8-9: Tax
reports, returns, receipts, 1923-1934
Folders 10-11: Tax
reports, returns, receipts, 1935-1941
Folder 12: Guild
Hall and Hedgerow Theatre legal papers, 1924-1930
Folder 13: Booklet:
"Rose Valley: Then and Now" [borough history], 1966
Folder 14: "Discription
[sic] of the ... lands of the Rose Valley Association ... to be divided"
[photocopy], 1909
Folders15: Henry
Hetzel photographs (acc. 94x11)
1.
Hetzel in his workshop
2.
Hetzel and his wife, Miriam, at home (another woman also in photo)
3.
Hetzel house, Price’s Land,
4-8.
Hetzel house interior [one photo is published in Handicrafts in the Home by Mabel Tuke Priestman, 1910]
9-13.
Furniture attributed to Hetzel, some of which was published in The Artsman.
Folder 1: "The Rose Valley Players,"
by Wm. W. Price [photocopy] (4 p.), 1922
Folder 2: "The Artsman," a play by
Will Price [photocopy] (23 p.), n.d.
Folder 3: "Wat the Tyler," a play by
William L. Price [photocopy] (29 p.), n.d.
Folder 4: "History
of Rose Valley,” kept by Margaret and William Price with assistance of Owen
Stephens [photocopy] (129 p.), 1907-1914
Folder 5: "This
Was Rose Valley: A Study in Community and Personality," by Eleanore Price
Mather [typescript], n.d.
Folder 6: photo
of concert poster by Alice Barber Stephens [original poster is in map case]
Box 20: Oversize
materials for Rose Valley Association
Folder 1: Rose Valley Association stock
certificate book, 1901-1937
Folder 2: Rose Valley Association, tax returns,
1910-1922
Folder 3: Rose Valley Association, tax returns,
1923-1934
Folder 4: Rose Valley Association, tax returns,
1935-1941
Map Case D, Drawer 7:
Poster
advertising a concert to benefit the Rose Valley Guild Hall. Pastel drawing depicts
woman holding guitar. Concert to be held
on
Blueprint:
“Plan of property belonging to Rose Valley Association…, June 12, 1903…”;
endorsed on back: “Plan showing division of Long Point property, Rose Valley”
Series II: Rose Valley Press
papers
Folders 7-8: Printed
material from The Artsman, 1903-1908,
includes subscription forms, photo of Horace Traubel, etc.
Folder 9: Proofs
of advertisements, illustrations (The
Artsman), 1903-1910
Folder 10: Innes
& Sons, printers, 1904
Folder 11: Printed
material: The Conservator, 1903-1917
[note: this was a publication of the Ethical Society of Philadelphia and was
begun by Horace Traubel]
Folder 12: The Conservator, (copies, etc.),
1899-1917
Folder 13: Horace
Traubel poems, 1910-1915
Folders 14-15: The Butterfly Quarterly, nos. 3-4 (spring
and summer 1908);
500
copies of each issue was printed; these are copy 354(?) for the spring issue
and 304 for the summer issue;
[see
box 4-A for issue number 7];
[note:
this was published by George Wolfe Plank of Philadelphia and printed by Innes
& Sons]
Folder 16: Related
Arts and Crafts documents: includes materials from School of Industrial Arts
(Trenton, New Jersey), Society of Arts and Crafts (Boston, Mass.), International Studio announcement, ad
for Mosher Books (
Folder 17: Hitchcock,
Frederick H. Book-Builder’s Handbook of Types, Scales, Bulks, Equivalents,
Etcetera. New York: Fleming &
Carnrick, 1899.
Folder 1: Rough sketch for cover for The Artsman
Folder 2: The words The Artsman printed in different type fonts
Folder 3: The
Butterfly, number 7 (summer 1909), copy no. 246, front cover is missing
[see box 4 for two
additional issues of this periodical]
Folder 4: Photograph of cover of The Butterfly, summer 1909
Folder 5: The Conservator, November 1906, proof
copy, marked “OK Traubel,” printed for Rose Valley Press
Folder 6: The Conservator, September 1907, proof
copy, marked “OK Traubel,” printed for Rose Valley Press
Folders 7-10: The Conservator, April 1915, printed for
Rose Valley Press;
The Conservator, October
1915, printed for Rose Valley Press;
The Conservator, February
1917, printed for Rose Valley Press;
The Conservator, September
1917, printed for Rose Valley Press
Folder 1: Accounts, 1903-1908 and undated
Folder 2: Bills
and receipts, Curtis & Brother, Nonantum Paper Mills, Newark, Del., 1903-1906
Folder 3: Bills and receipts, Duncan &
Company, 1903-1906
Folder 4: Bills and receipts, Innes & Sons,
1903-1904
Folder 5: Bills and receipts, John Dickinson
& Co. Ltd., 1905-1906;
Includes a paper sample
Folder 6: Bills and receipts, Keystone Type
Foundry, 1903-1904, 1906
Folder 7: Bills and receipts, Liberty Binding
and Mailing Co., 1903-1906
Folder 8: Bills and receipts, Photo-Chromotype
Engraving Co., 1903-1906
Folder 9: Bills and receipts, United States
Postal Service, 1903-1904
Folder 10: Bills and receipts, Various vendors,
1903-1904, 1906
(paper mills, type
founders, box makers)
Folder 11: Correspondence, General, 1903-1906;
includes:
The Society
of Arts and Crafts (Boston);
Ray Williams
of the Roycroft Shop;
The Morris
Society (Chicago);
and a number
of others
Folder 12: Correspondence, Henry McBride, School of
Industrial Arts, Trenton, NJ, 1903-1906
Folder 13: Correspondence,
The International Studio, John Lane,
Publisher, 1904
Folder 14: Correspondence,
The Upholsterer, Clifford &
Lawton, Publisher, 1904
Folder 15: Documents,
Miscellaneous, including copies of The
Artsman, a bill for The Rose Valley Guest House [on card printed with that
name], lists of names and addresses [subscribers or potential subscribers?],
etc.
Folder 16: Subscription Correspondence, 1903
Folder 17: Subscription Correspondence, 1904
Folder 18: Subscription Information
Side of
box which held some of printing blocks;
seals for
Rose Valley Press, different sizes (7 envelopes);
Line cut
for The Artsman, March 1906;
detail of
furniture piece, initialed W.P.;
details of a chair, “Cut 1: dowel
construction,” “cut 2: mortise
construction,” “Cut 4: mixed construction,” “Cut 5, When you next look at a chair,” all
initialed W.P. (4 envelopes);
details of
furniture, cuts 2 and 3; both initialed W.P. (2 envelopes)
details of
furniture, cuts 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8; all initialed W.L.P. (6 envelopes);
facsimile
reproduction of a letter from Kelmscott House, June 11, 1889, praising Walt
Whitman;
“Rose Valley String Quartet, Season
1909-1910,” ads giving dates for concerts (2 copies, 2 envelopes);
name: J.
William Lloyd;
Name:
Robert G. Ingersoll;
Name:
George Gluyas Mercer;
Name:
William Ordway Partridge;
Name:
Thomas B. Harned
Name:
Charles Ferguson
The Conservator – heading for title page or front
cover;
“The
Conservator stands for the best and the freest….”
“The
Conservator is broad and clean….”
“To turn
from the inanities and the sensationalism….”
“Conservator? Yes, this paper is radical enough….”
“I have it
on my mind for some time….”
“… many
brilliant epigrams about God….”
Column
title: “Why I Like the Conservator,” Bliss Carman;
“I read
the Conservator because….”
“You ask
me for an opinion of the Conservator.”
Box 9: Rose Valley Press papers: printing
blocks
“Basis of
Charges,” table of fees for an architect’s work. [see box 16, folder 9 for
pamphlet about Price and McLanahan which includes this page]
Line cuts
from unknown publications, some of which refer disparagingly to industrial
trusts (18 envelopes)
Line cuts
from unknown publications, some of which refer disparagingly to industrial
trusts (21 envelopes)
Box 11: Rose Valley Press papers: printing
blocks
Line cuts
from unknown publications, some of which refer disparagingly to industrial
trusts (16 envelopes)
Line cuts from unknown publications, some of which refer
disparagingly to industrial trusts; one is the caption title Cartoons (8 envelopes);
“Philadelphia: Monthly: one dollar a year/
John Burroughs/ Hamlin Garland”;
Illustration: painter in front of
his easel[?];
Illustration: buildings [Rose
Valley?];
Metal grid [heavy];
Printing type such as those used by
Traubel for The Conservator; from the
George Reed School, New Castle, Del.
Box 20: Oversize
materials Rose Valley Press [additional oversize materials in box 4-A]
Folder 5: Rose
Valley Press, sample cover for The
Artsman, October 1903
Folder 6: William
Price, Drawing of a workman’s cottage in Rose Valley, perhaps used in one of
the press’s publications
Series III: M. Hawley McLanahan papers
Folder 1: Mortgage
for property in Norwegian township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, November
10, 1859, William Chamberlain, Henry C. Carey, Joseph Pancoast, Charles M.
Allen and Enoch W. McGinnes to Thomas Williamson of Philadelphia
Folder 2: Agreement
between William L. Price, John O. Gilmore, and McLanahan, 1900, respecting
patents;
Agreement between William L. Price and
McLanahan to perform architectural work together under the firm name Price and
McLanahan, August 18, 1902
Folder 3: Receipts
for applications to state of New Jersey for certificates to practice
architecture, 1905-1917 [1905 addressed to Price and McLanahan, the remainder
to McLanahan alone]
Folder 4-20: Bills
and receipts, 1902-1918
Bills
addressed variously to McLanahan, Price, Price & McLanahan, and Whiteside
& McLanahan, for rent, utilities, office supplies, building supplies,
books, rugs, etc.
Folder 1: Stationery envelope from the firm,
n.d.
Folder 2: Letter book, March 1903-May 1904; name
index in front of volume
Folder 3: Letter book, May 1904-April 1905; name
index in front of volume
Folder 4: Letter book, April 1905-September 1905;
name index in front of volume
Folder 5: Price and McLanahan: Letter book, September 1905-December 1905; name
index in front of volume
Folder 1: Letter
book, December 1905-March 1906; name index in front of volume
Folder 2: Letter
book, March 1906-September 1907, December 1909; name index in front of volume
Folder 3: Accounts and agreement, 1910-1913
Folder 4: Accounts, 1916
Folder 5: Hotel Traymore, Atlantic City, New
Jersey, and other accounts, 1915
Folder 1: Price and McLanahan: Proposed "Overhanover" resort, New
Hanover County, North Carolina, 1902-1923
Folder 2: Price and McLanahan: Overhanover correspondence, 1909-1910
Folder 3: Price and McLanahan: Overhanover, options to purchase land in New
Hanover County, North Carolina, 1910
Folder 4: Price and McLanahan: Overhanover correspondence, soil and property
maps, 1911
Folder 5: McLanahan:
Settlement of William Price estate, 1917
Folders 6-10: McLanahan:
Tax records, McLanahan and Rose Valley Association, 1913-1922
Folder 1: McLanahan:
M. Hawley McLanahan diary, 1914;
Mostly
entries about business, especially about the hours worked by P. [presumably Price]
Folder 2: McLanahan:
Sale of Rose Valley property, 1917-1919
Folder 3: McLanahan:
Rose Valley properties and estate of Charles T. Schoen, 1911-1919;
Includes a pamphlet: Price and
McLanahan, Architects: Schedule of Professional Practice and Charges [note: the
printing plate for one of these pages is in box 9];
Also
includes a pamphlet about Todmorden Hall, the former Bancroft family home near
Rose Valley
Folder 4: McLanahan:
Charles Schoen estate, 1920-1922
Folder 5: McLanahan:
Patents (U.S. and Canada) for new and improved train sheds, 1918-1922
Folder 6: McLanahan
and Whiteside & McLanahan: Legal correspondence, 1923-1925
Folder 7: McLanahan
and Whiteside & McLanahan: Real estate correspondence, 1920-1922
Folder 8:
W.H. Farnham: proposal for Palace America and Coliseum of Art, Music, Social,
and Intellectual Amusement, New York City, 12 July 1910
Folder 9: McLanahan:
Musical Art Club of Philadelphia, 1916-1920;
Includes
correspondence with Samuel Yellin, about making ironwork for the Musical Art
Club, 1918
Folder 10: McLanahan:
Musical Art Club of Philadelphia, 1921-1927
Folders 11-12: McLanahan:
European tour: customs vouchers, brokers' papers for antiques bought in Italy,
France and England, 1920-1922, 1923-1927
Folder 1: Old Colony Club, 1918;
letter about Florida,
1924
Folders 2-3: Hudson River Bridge project, 1920-1924
Folders 4-5: Florida
project: The Flamingo Hotel at Alton Beach, Miami, January 22, 1918-April 30,
1919
Folder 6-7: Florida
project: The Flamingo Hotel, May 2, 1919-July 31, 1919
Folder 8-9: Florida
project: The Flamingo Hotel, August 1, 1919-August 19, 1919
Folder 10-12: Florida
project: The Flamingo Hotel, August 20, 1919-April 12, 1920
Folders 1-8: Florida
project: Star Island Project, December 12, 1918-November 14, 1921
Folders 9-12: Florida
project (Miami Aquarium Project), May 26, 1919-January 21, 1924
Five bound
books in which are kept the accounts stemming from the settlement of the estate
of Georges J. Demotte, 1923-1925: journal, ledger, cash receipts, accounts
receivable, and “ancillary administrator as agent for domiciliary
administratix.”
The journal includes an inventory of
items sold for the estate in September 1923.
The items, furniture, artwork, and decorative art objects, are described
in some detail.
Georges [or George] Joseph Demotte
(1877-1923) was a Belgian-born art dealer, specializing in the sale of medieval
art, with galleries in Paris and New York. When returning from a hunting trip, he was accidently
shot by his friend Otto Wegener, another French art dealer. His accounts show that his customers included
the Metropolitan Museum of Art, William Randolph Hearst, Raymond Pitcairn of
Bryn Athin, Penn., etc.
[box 20: contents are part of series I and II, and are
described in those series]
Series IV: Photographs taken circa 2000, transferred
from DAPC; and scans done in 2014
Box 18-A:
Folder 13: Buildings, chiefly (perhaps all) houses
The
buildings are not identified.
Folder 14: Furniture, bear statues, pottery,
contact sheets
Includes
chairs attributed to John Maene, a piece of pottery made by W.P. Jervis, the
bear statues made by David Lightfoot
Folder 15: zoning map of Rose Valley borough, March
1, 1971
Box 18-B
Acc.
14x80.1-.5: Scans of 5 photo albums of the Price family, its friends, and
scenes from Rose Valley, Pennsylvania; the albums are owned by a descendent of
architect Walter F. Price (brother of Rose Valley founder Will Price).
[Walter
Ferris Price (1857-1951), son of Sarah D. Lightfoot and James Martin Price, was
an architect in Philadelphia. He married
Felicia Hemans Thomas (1872-1967), and their daughter was Eleanore May Price
(1910-1985). Walter’s brother William
Lightfoot Price was also an architect and founded of Rose Valley.]
.1 “Album”: photos by James M. Price and
sons, circa 1884-circa 1889
.2 “Scrap album” [title on cover, but is a
photo album]: by Walter F. Price, 1887-1893; includes photos of parade
celebrating centennial of U.S. Constitution, ships on Delaware River, home of
William L. Price, classic tableaux by students of the Pennsylvania Museum
School of Industrial Art, photos of family and friends;
.3 [untitled album]: Walter F. Price:
family and friends, including photos of Rose Valley and people outside Arch
Street Meeting House
.4 “Eleanor’s First Home, Rose Hedge,”
1913-circa 1925: family and friends, many taken at Rose Valley, plays at Rose
Valley
[name spelled Eleanor on cover, but identification on photos spell name Eleanore]
.5 “Home Pictures for Felicia T. Price,
from W.F.P.,” 1913: home in Rose Valley, family and friends.