Box 2

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This folder contains a small set of sketches and paintings created by Beatrice as a child. Someone, presumably Beatrice, has marked most with a date or the age at which a drawing was made.

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A set of lecture notes titled "History of Art Book 1 B. Hedley." The first page indicates that the notes, which consist of a scrapbook of typed description and captioned images, were taken while Beatrice attended the Phila. School of Design for Women. That school is now the Moore School for Art and Design. (These notes were previously bound in a volume.)

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A set of lecture notes titled "History of Art Book II B. Hedley." This volume is a continuation of the previous volume which includes notes Beatrice compiled while attending Philadelphia School of Design for Women (now known as Moore School for Art and Design.) (These notes were previously bound as a volume.)

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This folder includes bills for water and property taxes for 704 S. Front St. (the Kirkbrides’ home in Philadelphia). There are also materials related to insurance for the house including one letter establishing the policy in 1956 and another set of correspondence adjusting the policy in the wake of Earle’s death in 1968. (The two insurance companies The Philadelphia Contributionship and Marsh and McLennan.)

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Includes research material, correspondence, and a small number of photographs relating to the cast iron fire back the Kirkbrides found behind a fireplace in 704 S. Front St. (their home in Philadelphia). According to this material they discovered the fireback, referred to as “The Conqueror,” in 1957 during renovation work and eventually Beatrice sold it to the New Jersey State Museum for 600 dollars in 1977.

Scope and Contents This folder contains materials related to 704 S. Front St., a house in Philadelphia owned by the Kirkbrides from 1955-1976. A small portion of the papers relate directly to the Kirkbride’s care and ownership of the house. One sheet of paper describes the repairs undertaken while they lived there and there is a photocopy of a document related to the sale of the house to the next owners. But most of the material in this folder relates to Beatrice’s research re: the original builder of the...

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This folder contains materials related to Beatrice Kirkbride’s research on the original builder of her house at 704 S. Front St. Philadelphia. Approximately half of the folder consists of photocopies of primary source documents about the owner, Nathaniel Irish. The remaining material includes research notes, secondary source material, and a portrait of Irish from The Society of Cincinnati, of which he was a member.

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Includes forms and correspondence connected to Beatrice Kirkbride’s work at the Philadelphia Historical Commission as a researcher. Based on these documents, which include a summary of her work experience and a report of separation, Kirkbride began working part-time for the Commission in 1957, received a full-time position as “Historical Research Technician” in 1965, and retired in 1976.