Box 3

Includes pamphlets and packets related to Philadelphia historical architecture

This folder contains the contracts between Beatrice Kirkbride and the City of Philadelphia for her work as a research consultant for the Philadelphia Historical Commission.

Research generated by the Philadelphia Historical Commission. Some, including two booklets titled “Philadelphia Historical Commission” 1961 and 1964, discuss the history of Southwark and detail the history of ownership for each building in the area. Others are attributed to Dr. Margaret Tinkcom who worked with Beatrice Kirkbride at the Commission.

This folder contains pamphlets, articles, and newspaper clippings describing the work of the Philadelphia Historical Commission. Most of the material is dated between 1958-1967, but there are also two clippings from the Philadelphia Inquirer concerning a Pennsylvania Supreme Court case which declared Philadelphia’s preservation law unconstitutional.

Includes a small number of meeting minutes and annual reports submitted by the Historical Commission to the Mayor of Philadelphia.

This folder includes correspondence and informational pamphlets that discuss events or research connected to the Philadelphia Historical Commission. The correspondence is addressed to Beatrice Kirkbride and thanks her for contributing her expertise to an event or television programme.

This folder includes a letter with catalogue guidelines from the Society of Architectural Historians, “suggestions for preparing briefs of title according to the standard format used by the Philadelphia Historical Commission,” and an “Inventory Worksheet” which was to be filled out for a given building. There is also a long list of Philadelphia street names and what original names were changed to over time.

A certificate and notes for a class Beatrice Kirkbride took at the Junta Adult School. According to the certificate the course took 12 hours.

Notes written by, and certificate of completion addressed to, Beatrice Kirkbride for a course at Junta Adult School. The subject of the course was “Improve Your Speaking Voice.” The certificate said the course was to take 16 hours.

This folder consists of correspondence and programs from alumni events for the Moore College of Art and Design, from which Beatrice graduated in 1928. She received the 1974 “Outstanding Alumni Award” and the 1995 “Distinguished Alumni Award” (the 1995 certificate is also in this folder).