Rose Valley collection
Dates
- Creation: 1859-1945
- Creation: Majority of material found in ( 1900-1927)
Biographical / Historical
William L. Price and M. Hawley McLanahan, architects in partnership as Price & McLanahan, founded the Rose Valley Association near Philadelphia, Pa. as an artistic community adhering to the principles of the Arts and Crafts Movement. While the association's active life lasted only about eight years, some projects associated with it continued at least until 1971.
Full Extent
7.2 cubic ft. (21 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Metadata Rights Declarations
- License: This record is made available under an Universal 1.0 Public Domain Dedication Creative Commons license.
Arrangement
Divided into three series: I. Rose Valley Association; II. Rose Valley Press; and III. M. Hawley McLanahan (and his various partnerships).
Other Finding Aid
Finding aid available at repository. The draft of a paper about music in Rose Valley is filed wtih the finding aid.
Alternate Form Available
Some of this material is available at repository on microfilm (reels 2805 and 2806).
Publications About Described Materials
Publications About Described Materials
Summary
Collection includes information about the Rose Valley Association, the Rose Valley Press, and the professional work of M. Hawley McLanahan (and his various partnerships). The papers document the formation of the Rose Valley Association, its financial affairs, real estate holdings, and tax records; the Rose Valley Folk Theatre; the printing project of the association, the Rose Valley Press, including some printing blocks; and some of the building projects of the Price & McLanahan (and successors) architectural firm, including buildings in Florida, a proposed resort in North Carolina, a Hudson River bridge, and Atlantic City hotels. Some photocopied materials recording the history of Rose Valley, the Rose Valley Players, and two of William Price's plays are part of the collection. Also included are photographs of H.W. Hertzel, secretary of the Rose Valley Association, interiors of his home, and furniture attributed to him. A much more complete statement of the scope and contents of the collection will be found on the finding aid.
Processing Note
--Materials specified: McLanahan Papers
Processing Note
--Materials specified: Rose Valley Press Papers
Processing Note
--Materials specified: Rose Valley Association Papers
Processing Note
--Status: Completed at cost of $235.00; M-2805, M-2806--Extent: 2 (1368)--Type of unit: reels (frames)--Materials specified: Rose Valley Association Papers
Processing Note
--Materials specified: Rose Valley Press Papers and Printing Blocks
Processing Note
--Method of action: Four accessions combined, refoldered, listed.--Materials specified: Rose Valley Press Papers and Printing Blocks
Processing Note
--Method of action: Re-arranged folders, created finding aid--Status: Done--Extent: 19--Type of unit: boxes--Materials specified: Rose Valley Press Papers and Printing Blocks
Processing Note
--Method of action: Received from Printed Books librarian at this time--Materials specified: Rose Valley Press documents
Processing Note
--Method of action: Foldered, bills & receipts interfiled with existing ones, new box created, box numbers & finding aid & RLIN record updated.--Status: Done--Materials specified: Rose Valley Press documents
Processing Note
--Materials specified: photocopied Rose Valley history and plays
Processing Note
--Method of action: Foldered, new box added to collection, finding aid and RLIN record updated.--Materials specified: photocopied Rose Valley history and plays
Processing Note
--Materials specified: Hertzel photographs
Processing Note
--Extent: $150.00--Materials specified: Hertzel photographs
Subject
- Price, William L., 1861-1916. (Person)
- McLanahan, M. Hawley (Martin Hawley), 1865-1929. (Person)
- Demotte, Georges J., 1877-1923 -- Estate. (Person)
- La Gorce, John Oliver, 1880-1959. (Person)
- Wall, H. B. (Henri Block.) (Person)
- Lindenthal, Gustav, 1850-1935. (Person)
- Hetzel, Henry W. (Person)
- Traubel, Horace, 1858-1919. (Person)
- Yellin, Samuel, 1885-1940. (Person)
- Price family -- Homes and haunts. (Family)
- Price and McLanahan (Organization)
- McLanahan & Bencker (Organization)
- Rose Valley Association (Organization)
- Rose Valley Press (Organization)
- Rose Valley Folk Theatre (Organization)
- Musical Art Club (Philadelphia, Pa.) (Organization)
- Miami Aquarium (Organization)
- Overhanover (North Carolina : Resort) (Organization)
- United States (Title of work: Constitution..) (Organization)
Genre / Form
- Bills of sale.
- Blueprints.
- Deeds.
- Histories.
- Indentures.
- Ledgers.
- Letters.
- Maps.
- Minutes.
- Photographic prints.
- Receipts.
- Tax returns.
Geographic
Occupation
Topical
- Antique dealers.
- Aquariums, Public -- Florida -- Miami.
- Arts and crafts movement -- Pennsylvania -- Rose Valley.
- Decedents' estates.
- Furniture -- Photographs.
- Hotels -- Florida -- Miami.
- Hotels -- New Jersey -- Atlantic City.
- Interior decoration -- Photographs.
- Parades -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
- Resort architecture -- North Carolina -- New Hanover County.
- Seaside architecture.
- Seaside resorts.
- Suspension bridges -- New York (State) -- Design and construction.
- Description rules
- Appm
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Winterthur Library Repository