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Independence National Historical Park American Revolution Patriots Fund Records contain documents from the years 1985-2006. Catalog Number: INDE 91504 Table of ContentsPrefaceDedication Copyright and Privacy Descriptions Introduction Scope and Content Series Descriptions A Brief History of the American Revolution Patriots Fund Container List Series I: Administrative Files
Series II: Clippings Series Ill: Correspondence Series IV: Treasurer's Working Files Series V: Washington Square Construction and Restoration Project Files Series VI: Photographic Materials Series VII: Videocassette Tapes Series VIII: Drawings PrefaceThis document, the Finding Aid for the American Revolution Patriots Fund Records, 1985-2006, describes records produced by the American Revolution Patriots Fund (ARPF). This finding aid was issued in 2008 and is the result of an Archival Internship through the Temple University Department of History, funded by the ARPF.DedicationThis finding aid is dedicated to the memory of Arthur Klein, a lifelong Philadelphian dedicated to the restoration and preservation of Philadelphia's historical landmarks.Copyright and Privacy RestrictionsThe copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted materials. The Privacy Act of 1974 (5 United States Code 552a) governs the use of materials that document private individuals, groups and corporations.Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a reproduction if the document does not infringe the privacy rights of an individual, group or corporation. These specified conditions of authorized use include:
If the researcher later uses a copy or reproduction for purposes in excess of "fair use," the researcher is personally liable for copyright, privacy, or publicity infringement and agrees to indemnify the NPS from any legal action as a result of the error. Permission to obtain a photographic, xerographic, digital or other copy of a document doesn't indicate permission to publish, exhibit, perform, reproduce, sell, distribute or prepare derivative works from the document without pe1mission from the copyright holder and from any private individual, group or corporation shown or otherwise recorded. Permission to publish, exhibit, perform, reproduce, prepare derivative works from, sell or otherwise distribute the item must be obtained separately in writing from the holder of the original copyright (or if the creator is dead from his/her heirs) as well as from any individual(s), groups or corporations whose name, image, recorded words or private information (e.g. employment information) may be reproduced in the source material. The holder of the original copyright isn't necessarily the National Park Service. The National Park Service is not legally liable for copyright, privacy or publicity infringement when materials are wrongfully used after being provided to researchers for "fair use." This institution reserves the right to refuse to accept a copying order if fulfillment of the order is judged in violation of copyright or federal or state privacy or publicity law. This institution also places restrictions on the use of cameras, photocopiers and scanners in the research room. IntroductionThis document, The Finding Aid for the American Revolution Patriots Fund Records, 1985-2006, is the result of work carried out by an Archives Intern from the Temple University Department of History, funded by the American Revolution Patriots Fund. It describes the records of the American Revolution Patriots Fund.The ARPF disbanded in 2006 and turned their records over to Independence National Historical Park. The intern began work in June of 2007 and completed the project in December of the same year. The project was carried out under the guidance of Karen Stevens, Archivist and Library Manager of the Independence National Historical Park Library and Archives. The work was done in the Library and Archives oflndependence National Historical Park. Intern Amanda Woolman surveyed and, based on the approved processing plan, began processing the collection in June 2007. The material processed was arranged into series and re-housed into acid-free folders and archival boxes. Paper clips, staples and other metal fasteners were left as they were in much of the collection, unless they posed an immediate archival threat. Drawings, photographs, transparencies and oversize materials were removed from the collection and replaced with a separation sheet to indicate their initial location and their new location. Videocassettes were re-housed in an acid-free archival videocassette box. One book was removed and cataloged for inclusion in the INDE library. Separation sheets indicate its locations. The materials described here were cataloged into the Automated National Catalog System (ANCS+) in a single record in the Collections Management Module for submission to the National catalog. This finding aid was created including a description of the collection and a collection inventory. The finding aid is divided into four sections:
Scope and ContentAmerican Revolution Patriots Fund Records1985-2006 (Bulk Dates 1992-2006) Accession number: INDE- 4314 Catalog number: INDE 91504 Quantity: 4.5 linear feet Storage: 5 15" x 7 ½" x 10 ¼" legal-sized half-sized record boxes 1 8 ½" x 12 ¼" x 5 3/ 8" videocassette box 1 12 ¾" x 11 ¾" x 2" binder box 1 54" x 42" x 3" map case drawer (oversize material) Independence National Historical Park, 143 South Third Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106 Description: This document, the Finding Aid for the American Revolution Patriots Fund Records, 1985-2006, describes records produced by the American Revolution Patriots Fund (ARPF). This finding aid was issued in 2008 and is the result of an Archival Internship through the Temple University Department of History, funded by the ARPF. The American Revolution Patriot Fund Records, 1985 - 2006 (bulk dates 1992-2006) were created by the American Revolution Patriots Fund (ARPF). The collection documents the organization's fund raising efforts for a contribution toward the restoration of Washington Square. The records consist of articles, videotapes, correspondence, photographs, publications, newspaper clippings, drawings, financial files, research materials and reports, and planning documents for interpretative plaques and fund raising. They also include construction project files re: walkways, landscaping, benches, bench plaques, a tribute to Ambassador Foglietta, and the Washington Monument, including the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier of the American Revolutionary War, Eternal Flame and Guard House. Organization: Series I - Administrative Files Series II - Clippings Series III - Correspondence, 1992-2006 Series IV - Treasurer's Working Files Series V - Washington Square Construction and Restoration Project Files Series VI - Photographic Materials Series VII - Videocassette Tapes Series VIII - Drawings Series DescriptionsSeries I: Administrative Files, 1992-2005This series documents the administrative aspects of the ARPF. The agendas, Agenda Packets, Minutes, Charitable Organization Registration, By-Laws and Directory of Officers and Directors are arranged by date. Series II: Clippings, 1992-2006, undated This series contains all articles, both newspaper and magazine, published about Washington Square, including those about the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier of the American Revolutionary War, Eternal Flame and public events or ceremonies held in the square during the restoration period. This is a small series - one folder - so there is no organization within this series. Series III: Correspondence, 1992-2006 This series contains all correspondence to or from members of the ARPF whose subject matter is not limited to one particular aspect of the Square. For example, a piece of correspondence discussing the Foglietta Tribute would be found in Series V. Arrangement was left in the original order. Series IV: Treasurer's Working Files, 1992-2006 This series documents all financial aspects of the organization. Donations, bank statements and treasurer's reports are organized chronologically. Series V: Washington Square Construction and Restoration Project Files, 1985-2006 This series contains all documents relating to the planning and execution of the restoration efforts by the ARPF in partnership with the City of Philadelphia, INHP and the Fairmount Park Commission. Primary facets of the restoration project include bench plaque recognition for donations, landscaping, Tomb of the Unknown American Revolutionary War Solder, Eternal Flame, the tribute to Ambassador Foglietta, the renovation of the walkways and waysides. Washington Square Updates are arranged chronologically. Series VI: Photographic Materials, 1993-2002 This series contains all photographs, transparencies, photo negatives removed from other parts of the collection. Series VII: Videocassette Tapes, 1998-2005 This series contains all videocassette tapes. Series VIII: Drawings, 2001 This series contains the drawings and other oversize material used or produced by the ARPF. Due to their size, these documents were separated and are now located in drawers 35 and 167 in the Flat Files Room. A Brief History of the American Revolution Patriots FundAn agreement was reached in 1991 between the Department of the Interior and the City of Philadelphia's Fairmount Park Commission which stated that management, but not ownership, of Washington Square would pass from the Fairmount Park Commission to Independence National Historical Park when an unnamed third party agreeable to both raised the money needed to restore the Square. That third party, a non-profit corporation called the American Revolution Patriots Fund, was founded in 1992 and approved by the FPC and the Department of the Interior in 1993. Founding members include Marguerite Flounders (President), Rev. James Murrey (Vice President), Arthur Klein (Secretary, Exec. Vice President), and Win Carroll (Vice President, President). Over the next thirteen years, the ARPF raised money and planned the restoration, rehabilitation and renovation of many aspects of the Square, including the Tomb of the Unknown American Revolutionary War Soldier, the walkways, landscaping and irrigation system. The work was completed in 2006, and in the months following the turnover of management from the City to INHP the ARPF disbanded. The organization records were turned over to Independence National Historical Park for archival preservation.The ARPF worked to bring together the support of city and neighborhood organizations and private residents of the Society Hill area, including the Washington Square Association and the Society Hill Civic Association. Over $3.5 million was provided from the Federal Government and the City of Philadelphia, namely through historically oriented grants and the efforts of Ambassador Thomas Foglietta, a Philadelphia native. The ARPF also assisted in the restoration efforts by researching and interviewing the teams responsible for the restoration of the Tomb of the Unknown American Revolutionary War Soldier, paving, landscaping and design of the interpretative elements. This collection documents the interaction between these organizations and people, the decisions that were made, as well as numerous efforts to recognize major contributors in the form of bench plaques, ground plaques and a tribute ceremony to Ambassador Foglietta. Container ListSeries I: Administrative Files Box 1 Folder 1: Articles of Incorporation, 1992-1993, 1997 Box 1 Folder 2: Agendas 1996-2004 Box 1 Folders 3-5: Agenda Packets, 1996-2005 Box 1 Folder 6: Board Meeting Minutes, 1992-2005 Box 1 Folder 7: By-Laws, [1992] Box 1 Folder 8: Charitable Organization Registration Papers, 1996-2003 Box 1 Folder 9: Directory of Officers and Directors, 1992-1999, undated Box 1 Folder 10: Fundraising Project Plans, 1992-2000 Box 1 Folder 11: CoreStates/First Union Proposal, 1993-1998 Box 1 Folder 12: Fundraising/Management Firm Proposals, 1993 Box 1 Folder 13: Officer Biographies and Obits, 1992-2006 Box 1 Folder 14: Publicity/Advertising, 1994-2003 Box 1 Folders 15-16: Washington Square Association Publications and Correspondence, 1993- 1999 Box 1 Folder 17: Other Organizations' Publications and Correspondence, 1992-2003
Box 2 Folder 1: Clippings, 1992-2006, undated
Box 2 Folder 2: Arthur Klein, 2000Box 2 Folders 3-5: American Revolution Patriots Fund, 1992-2006, undated
Box 2 Folder 6: 501(c)(3)Documents, 1992-2000 Box 2 Folder 7: Audit Reports from Hilger Flick and Co., 1999-2003 Box 2 Folder 8: Balance Sheets and Quicken Reports, 1993-2004 Box 2 Folder 9: Bills, 1997-2001 Box 2 Folder 10: Check Register, Checkbook, Cancelled Checks and Deposit Receipts, 1993-2000, undated Box 2 Folder 11: Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) Community Development Grant, 1998-1999 Box 2 Folder 12; Box 3 Folders 1-2: Donations, 1999-2004 Box 3 Folder 3: Return Donations, 1999-2002
Box 3 Folder 4: Progress on Donations Reports, 1999-2003 Box 3 Folder 5: First Union Statements, 1999-2000 Box 3 Folder 6: Foglietta Tribute: Donation Acknowledgements, 1999-2001 Box 3 Folder 7: Foglietta Tribute: ArtSouth Documents, 1999-2000 Box 3 Folder 8: Foglietta Tribute: Thank-You Letters, 1999-2000 Box 3 Folder 9: Foglietta Tribute : Correspondence and Financial Statements, 1999-2001 Box 3 Folder 10: IRS Form 990, 1999-2004 Box 3 Folder 11: Merrill-Lynch Statements, 2002-2004 Box 3 Folder 12: Paid Bills, 1999-2005 Box 3 Folder 13: Paine Webber Statements, 2000-2002 Box 3 Folder 14: Pennsylvania Charitable Organization Applications, 1998-2005 Box 3 Folder 15: Pennsylvania Sales Tax Exemption Approval Letters, 1993-2005 Box 4 Folder 1: Philadelphia Foundation Statements and Correspondence, 1999-2003 Box 4 Folder 2: Proposals for Financial Services, 1999 Box 4 Folder 3: Requests for a Tax Return, 1994, undated Box 4 Folder 4: Review of Financial Statements, 1993-1999 Box 4 Folder 5: Sovereign Bank Statements, 2004-2006 Box 4 Folder 6: Transactions CD (Quicken,) 2006 Box 4 Folder 7: Treasurer's Reports, 1999-2004 Box 4 Folder 8: Vanguard Group Statements, 2004-2005 Box 4 Folder 9: Washington Square - Richard Shapp's Files (Diskette,) undated
Box 4 Folder 10: Washington Square, General Documents, 1992-2006 Box 4 Folder 11: Archeological Supervision and Monitoring of Restoration Activities at Washington Square Report, 2000
Box 4 Folders 12 & 12a: Bench Plaques - Donations, Bench Assignments and Correspondence with Donors, 1998-2006
Box 4 Folder 13: Conditions Assessment and Treatment Recommendations Report (Draft), 1999 Box 4 Folder 13.2: Conditions Assessment and Treatment Recommendations. American Revolutionary War Memorial, Washington Square. Submitted by the Fairmount Park Historic Trust, Inc., Sept 1999 Box 4 Folder 14: Washington Square Congressional Hearings Transcripts, 1994
Box 4 Folder 15: Washington Square Construction Phases, General Documents, 1997-2002
Box 4 Folder 16: Phase I - Project Manual for Construction of Washington Square Paving Restoration, 1997
Box 4 Folder 17: Phase Ill - Project Manual for-Washington Square Restoration Plan - Monument, 2002
Box 4 Folder 18: Cultural Landscape Inventory (CU,) Commonwealth Treasures Program Documentation, National Historic Landmark Designation Application, 1994-1998
Box 4 Folder 19: Foglietta Tribute - Program, Schedule, Non-Financial Documents, 1994-2000
Box 5 Folder 1: Landscape Features Documentation, 1993-2001
Box 5 Folder 2: Memorandum of Understanding between the US Dept. of the Interior and the City of Philadelphia through the Fairmount park Commission, MU-SECY-9001, 1991-2003 Box 5 Folder 3: Washington Square Transfer and Rededication Ceremony Documents, 1999- 2004 Box 5 Folder 4: Overview Presentation of Restoration Progress, UNDATED Box 5 Folders 5 & 6: Tomb of the Unknown Revolutionary War Soldier, Honor Guard, Eternal Flame - Clippings, Correspondence and Documents, 1989-2002 Box 5 Folder 7: Vandalism, Security and Maintenance - Correspondence, 1994-2002 Box 5 Folder 8: Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route - 225th Anniversary Celebration Documents, 2005-2006 Box 5 Folder 9: Washington Square Historical Accounts, 1992-1998, UNDATED Box 5 Folder 10: Washington Square: A Site Plan Chronology by Denis Rabzak, 1987 Box 5 Folder 11: "Washington Square Poems" by George McCullough, 1975 Box 5 Folder 12: Washington Square Progress Updates, 2001 Box 5 Folder 13 & 14: Waysides and Joel Katz Design Associates- Design and Content Plans, 1992-2003 Box 5 Folder 15: [Drawings - Separation Sheets - see Series VIII,] 2001 Series VI: Photographic Materials Box 6: Administrative Files: Publicity/Advertising Photographs, UNDATEDBox 6: Arthur Klein: Photographs, UNDATED Box 6: Arthur Klein Working Files: Wayside Images, 2002 Box 6: Washington Square: Foglietta Tribute Photographs, 2001 Box 6: Washington Square: Ground Plaque Photographs, UNDATED Box 6: Washington Square: Overview Presentation Transparencies, 1995 Box 6: Washington Square: Tomb of the Unknown Revolutionary War Soldier Photographs, UNDATED Box 6: Washington Square: Vandalism, Maintenance and Security Photographs, 2000 Box 6: Washington Square: Wayside Photographs, UNDATED Box 6: Arlington National Cemetery: Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Photographs, 1993 Box 6: Duplicates, 1995, UNDATED Series VII: Videocassette Tapes Box 7: Washington Square: The Final Push, 2005Box 7: Washington Square Park to National Park Service WCAU, WPVI-TV, CN8, WHYY Radio, 2003 Box 7: Washington Square Rededication Ceremony, 2002 Box 7: 4th of July Ceremony in Washington Square -WCAU-TV, 2001 Box 7: Eternal Flame in Washington Square Park-WCAU-TV, 2001 Box 7: Memorial Day Wreath laying at Washington Square Park Television Coverage - KYW, WPVI, WPHL, WCAU, 2001
Box 7: Interview in Washington Square, 1998
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