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The Edwin Owen Lewis Papers Catalog Number: 53514 Table of ContentsCopyright and RestrictionsHistory Scope and Content Hierarchy Series Descriptions Container List
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Lewis had been impressed with the modern typesetting machines of Philadelphia's local newspapers when he stopped in the city in 1895, en route to a Presbyterian youth conference in Boston. In Philadelphia, Lewis worked for the Philadelphia Press, the Public Ledger, and The North American. While working in Philadelphia, Lewis retained his connections in Richmond, sending money back home to his family and doing occasional sports reporting for the Richmond papers.While working as a typesetter, Lewis attended the Law School of the University of Pennsylvania. He attended classes in the old courthouse behind Congress Hall during the day and continued his typesetting work throughout the night. In spite of the grueling schedule, Lewis obtained his LL.B. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1902. After being admitted to the bar in June of that year, Lewis entered into his own private practice. Lewis had a keen interest in politics, and shortly after finishing law school became involved with local politics in his ward. The Democratic Party nominated him to run as a State Senator representing West Philadelphia, Germantown, and Chestnut Hill. Though he lost the race to the Republican candidate, the experience propelled Lewis into the public eye, and he served in a variety of offices for the Democratic Party. In 1905, Lewis left the Democratic Party to serve as campaign manager of a new independent party known as the City Party. Despite the party's initial failures in the Republican-dominated city, Lewis won a seat on the City Council in 1907, representing the 27th Ward. His term lasted two years, and with the election of reform mayor Rudolph Blankenburg in 1911, Lewis assumed the first of many appointive posts in the city government when he became Assistant City Solicitor as well as Chief of the Road Bureau. During this period, Lewis was involved with the progressive reforms in the Beaux Arts city planning of large boulevards that necessitated the condemnation of thousands of properties. When the Republicans regained control of the city in 1916, Lewis returned to private practice. He continued to serve on the city's Board of Recreation, to which he had been appointed in 1911. Though approached several times, Lewis refused to reenter politics until 1923, when the Republic Party presented him with an uncontested judgeship on the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas. Lewis' career as a judge on the Court of Common Pleas, Number 2, was long. He was reelected three times and became the president judge of the court in 1953. During his service on the bench, he heard a number of important cases involving police corruption and organized crime. In 1953 he ruled on a case against racial discrimination at public swimming pools. His most notable achievement was the institution of the non-jury trial system, a system which saved the city a considerable amount of money. Upon his retirement in 1957, Judge Lewis returned to private practice with the firm of Norris, Lex, Hart and Ross. He also volunteered as a public defender in the Court of Quarter Sessions. Throughout his career, Judge Lewis maintained an interest in the preservation of Independence Hall. Since the 1920s, he had been active in a number of patriotic and hereditary societies in Philadelphia. It was his involvement with the Pennsylvania Society of the Sons of the Revolution that inspired Lewis to begin a campaign to preserve Independence Hall. Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, he appointed a committee of the Sons to look into the protection of several historic sites in Philadelphia. The main task of the committee was to devise strategies to protect these buildings from bombing. After several months of investigations by the committee and its chairman, David Knickerbacker Boyd, it soon became apparent that the resources of the Sons would not be sufficient to accomplish their goals. The Sons, wishing to remain nonpartisan, did not want to play a leading role in the political maneuvers necessary to protect Philadelphia's historic sites. As a result of this preference, Judge Lewis and D. Knickerbacker Boyd gathered together many of the committee and subcommittee members and held a public meeting in May of 1942 to form the Independence Hall Association. As president of the Independence Hall Association, Judge Lewis led the efforts to make Independence Hall a part of the National Park system. This thirty-year project involved the redevelopment of Philadelphia's historical eighteenth century neighborhood into a national historical park. Lewis initially concentrated on the transfer of ownership of Independence Hall from the City of Philadelphia to the federal government. Though the outbreak of World War II initially delayed the process, Congress passed a law in late 1945 which created the Philadelphia National Shrines Park Commission to evaluate the possibility of creating a national park in Philadelphia. Judge Lewis served as chairman of the Commission. In 1948 the Commission submitted its report to Congress. The report was quickly approved and that same year the President signed into law the creation of Independence National Historical Park. With the park established in law, Lewis was appointed the head of the Independence National Historical Park Advisory Commission, which was tasked with overseeing the implementation and creation of the park. While he had been working with the federal government to create the park, Lewis had also successfully lobbied the governor of Pennsylvania to support the creation of a three-block mall to the north of Independence Hall. The governor committed the state to purchase and demolish the buildings on the site of the mall. For most of the 1950s, Judge Lewis actively lobbied both Congress and the State Legislature for funding for the park. Lewis was particularly adept at wooing politicians for his cause, hosting a number of dinners and special events for legislators. His most lasting contribution, however, was in planning the park. Lewis' vision of a Williamsburg-like park, divorced from the modern city and filled with open space, became a reality through his own relentless efforts and the work of many other dedicated individuals. Judge Lewis was involved in a number of institutions, societies, associations, and clubs in Philadelphia. He was a member of the American Philosophical Society, director and president of The Athenaeum of Philadelphia, president of the School of Design for Women (later the Moore College of Art), trustee of the Pennsylvania Museum and School for Industrial Art, director of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, president general of the General Society of the Sons of the Revolution, governor general of the Society of Colonial Wars, president of the Colonial Society of Pennsylvania, and vestryman of Saint Paul's Episcopal Church in Overbrook. Edwin O. Lewis married Eleanor A. Lord in 1905 and they had two daughters. He remarried in 1943 to Agnes Almy Morris. He died on September 18, 1974. Scope and ContentIndependence National Historical Park Edwin Owen Lewis Papers1927-1990 and undated (bulk dates: 1941-1957) Catalog Number: INDE 53515 Volume: 10.5 LF Description: The Edwin Owen Lewis Papers document Judge Lewis' essential role in the creation of Independence National Historical Park and in the redevelopment of Philadelphia's Old City neighborhood. The records reflect his involvement with numerous organizations in Philadelphia, as well as his contact with politicians and government officials on the local, state, and federal level. The bulk of the collection is composed of correspondence, but also contains meeting minutes and agendas, newspaper clippings, brochures and programs from various events, as well as memorabilia. The collection spans the period 1927-1972, with the bulk of the material dating from 1941-1957. Organization: This collection is organized into series:
Restrictions: No Associated Materials: Independence National Historical Park Archives:
Series DescriptionsSeries I: Pennsylvania Society of the Sons of the Revolution, Committee on the Preservation of Historic Buildings, 1941-1942 This series is arranged alphabetically. Container ListBox 1SERIES I: PENNSYLVANIA SOCIETY OF THE SONS OF THE REVOLUTION, COMMITTEE ON THE PRESERVATION OF HISTORIC BUILDINGS, 1941-1942 Folder 1: Correspondence, December 1941-May 1942 Folder 2: Meeting Minutes, March 16 1942 SERIES II: INDEPENDENCE HALL ASSOCIATION, 1942-1968 Folder 3: Committees – Advisory Board of Directors, 1942-1944 Folder 4: Committees – Board of Directors, Prospective members, 1944-1947 Folder 5: Committees – Committee on Arrangements, 1945 Folder 6: Committees – Executive Committee, 1942 Folder 7: Committees – Executive Committee, 1942-1943 Folder 8: Committees – Executive Committee, 1944-1946 Folder 9: Committees – Exhibit Committee, 1943 Folder 10: Committees – Facts and Figures Committee, 1942-1943 Folder 11: Committees – Finance Committee, 1942-1944 Folder 12: Committees – Hospitality Committee, 1946-1947 Folder 13: Committees – Membership Committee, 1942-1943 Folder 14: Committees – Membership Committee, membership lists, 1943-1950 Folder 15: Committees – Public Relations Committee, 1942-1943 Folder 16: Committees – Special Committee to Confer with Pennsylvania Senate and Congress, 1945 Folder 17: Committees – Sub-committee on Research and Planning, 1943 Folder 18: Meetings, March 1945 Folder 19: Meetings, 1945-1947 Folder 20: Meetings, April 1950 Folder 21: Meetings, June 1956 Folder 22: Minutes, 1947, 1950, 1968 Folder 23: Officers' correspondence – Secretary, 1942, 1944 Folder 24: Officers' correspondence – Treasurer, 1942-1943 Folder 25: Officers' correspondence – Treasurer, 1944 Folder 26: Officers' correspondence – Treasurer, 1945-1947 Folder 27: Officers' correspondence – Treasurer, 1948-1951 SERIES III: MIXED CORRESPONDENCE, 1927-1968, undated Folder 28: Correspondence, March-July 1942 Folder 29: Correspondence, August-September 1942 Folder 30: Correspondence, October-November 1942 Folder 31: Correspondence, December 1942 Folder 32: Correspondence, January-February 1943 Folder 33: Correspondence, March 1943 Folder 34: Correspondence, April-May 1943 Folder 35: Correspondence, June-July 1943 Folder 36: Correspondence, August-September 1943 Folder 37: Correspondence, October-November 1943 Folder 38: Correspondence, December 1943 Folder 39: Correspondence, January-June 1944 Folder 40: Correspondence, July-December 1940 Folder 41: Correspondence, January-March 1945 Folder 42: Correspondence, April-August 1945 Folder 43: Correspondence, September-October 1945 Folder 44: Correspondence, November-December 1945 Folder 45: Correspondence, January-August 1946 Folder 46: Correspondence, September-October 1946 Folder 47: Correspondence, November-December 1946 Folder 48: Correspondence, January-February 1947 Folder 49: Correspondence, March 1947 Folder 50: Correspondence, April 1947 Folder 51: Correspondence, May 1947 Folder 52: Correspondence, June 1947 Folder 53: Correspondence, July 1947 Box 2 Folder 1: Correspondence, August 1947 Folder 2: Correspondence, September 1947 Folder 3: Correspondence, October 1947 Folder 4: Correspondence, November-December 1947 Folder 5: Correspondence, January 1948 Folder 6: Correspondence, February 1948 Folder 7: Correspondence, March 1948 (1 of 2) Folder 8: Correspondence, March 1948 (2 of 2) Folder 9: Correspondence, April 1948 Folder 10: Correspondence, May 1948 Folder 11: Correspondence, June 1948 (1 of 2) Folder 12: Correspondence, June 1948 (2 of 2) Folder 13: Correspondence, July 1948 Folder 14: Correspondence, August 1948 Folder 15: Correspondence, September-December 1948 Folder 16: Correspondence, January-February 1949 Folder 17: Correspondence, March-April 1949 Folder 18: Correspondence, May-July 1949 Folder 19: Correspondence, August-October 1949 Folder 20: Correspondence, November 1949 Folder 21: Correspondence, December 1949 Folder 22: Correspondence, January-March 1950 Folder 23: Correspondence, April-July 1950 Folder 24: Correspondence, August-December 1950 Folder 25: Correspondence, January-March 1951 Folder 26: Correspondence, April 1951 Folder 27: Correspondence, May 1951 Folder 28: Correspondence, June-December 1951 Folder 29: Correspondence, January-December 1952 Folder 30: Correspondence, January-September 1953 Folder 31: Correspondence, October-December 1953 Folder 32: Correspondence, January-March 1954 Folder 33: Correspondence, April-May 1954 Folder 34: Correspondence, June-August 1954 Folder 35: Correspondence, September-December 1954 Folder 36: Correspondence, January-August 1955 Folder 37: Correspondence, September-December 1955 Folder 38: Correspondence, January-March 1956 Folder 39: Correspondence, April-May 1956 Box 3 Folder 1: Correspondence, June-December 1956 Folder 2: Correspondence, January-May 1957 Folder 3: Correspondence, June-October 1957 Folder 4: Correspondence – American Institute of Architects (AIA), Committee on Municipal Improvement, 1947 Folder 5: Correspondence – Agreements, 1942-1950 Folder 6: Correspondence – Agreements: City of Philadelphia and the United States, undated Folder 7: Correspondence – Agreements: Gloria Dei Church and the United States, undated Folder 8: Correspondence – Agreements: Gloria Dei Church and the City of Philadelphia, 1948- 1949 Folder 9: Correspondence – Agreements: Ordinances, City of Philadelphia, undated Folder 10: Correspondence – Agreements: United States Department of the Interior, 1943 Folder 11: Correspondence – American Bar Association, 1955 Folder 12: Correspondence – Biographical material, 1927-1957 Folder 13: Correspondence – Biographical material: "Who's Who", 1936-1957 Folder 14: Correspondence – Biographical material: Autobiography, undated Folder 15: Correspondence – Biographical material: Interview with M.O. Anderson, 1956 Folder 16: Correspondence – Board of Revision of Taxes and Assessments, 1930-1950 Folder 17: Correspondence – Brandywine Battlefield Park, 1947 Folder 18: Correspondence – Brochures (history), undated Folder 19: Correspondence – Brochures (history), undated Folder 20: Correspondence – Carpenters' Hall: Demolition of buildings, 1936 Folder 21: Correspondence – Carpenters' Hall: History notes, undated Folder 22: Correspondence – Christ Church, April-June 1947 Folder 23: Correspondence – Christ Church, July 1947-1954 Folder 24: Correspondence – Chronology of Judge Lewis and Independence Mall, undated Folder 25: Correspondence – City Planning Committee, 1946-1952 Folder 26: Correspondence – Congregation Mikveh Israel, 1954 Folder 27: Correspondence – Contributions and donations to the Independence Hall Association, 1956 Folder 28: Correspondence – Declaration of Independence, undated Folder 29: Correspondence – Distinguished Daughters of Pennsylvania, 1949-1955 Folder 30: Correspondence – Edwin O. Lewis Fountain, May-June 1957 Folder 31: Correspondence – Edwin O. Lewis Fountain, July-October 1957 Folder 32: Correspondence – Edwin O. Lewis Memorial Committee, 1957 Folder 33: Correspondence – Fire protection of Independence Hall and the American Philosophical Society, 1956 Folder 34: Correspondence – Flag poles, 1955-1957 Folder 35: Correspondence – Food center, 1955-1956 Folder 36: Correspondence – Floral clock, 1956-1957 Folder 37: Correspondence – Freedom Foundation, 1951-1952 Folder 38: Correspondence – Freedom Foundation: Submitted material, December 1951 Folder 39: Correspondence – Freedom Foundation: Valley Forge, 1955-1956 Folder 40: Correspondence – Free Quaker Meeting House dedication, 1968 Folder 41: Correspondence – General State Authority, 1957 Folder 42: Correspondence – Government: City of Philadelphia, ordinances, undated Folder 43: Correspondence – Government: Federal, Committee on Insular Affairs, 1952 Folder 44: Correspondence – Government: Federal, Committee on Federal Lands, 1948 Folder 45: Correspondence – Government: Federal, Congressional Bills, undated Folder 46: Correspondence – Government: Federal, HR 2851 hearing transcript, 1945 Folder 47: Correspondence – Government: Federal, HR 6544, 1950-1953 Folder 48: Correspondence – Government: Federal, HR 6544 hearings, 1952-1955 Folder 49: Correspondence – Government: Federal, Public Lands House Bill, 1942 Folder 50: Correspondence – Government: Federal, Public Lands House Bill, January-June 1945 Folder 51: Correspondence – Government: Federal, Public Lands House Bill, July 1945-1947 Box 4 Folder 1: Correspondence – Government: Federal, Public Law 795, 1949 Folder 2: Correspondence – Government: Federal, S 2080, Bill to Amend, undated Folder 3: Correspondence – Government: State, Senate appropriations, 1953 Folder 4: Correspondence – Government: State, Senate Bills, undated Folder 5: Correspondence – Government: State, Mall appropriations, 1953 Folder 6: Correspondence – Government legislation, January 1952 Folder 7: Correspondence – Government legislation, February-May 1953 Folder 8: Correspondence – Historic preservation legislative bills, undated Folder 9: Correspondence – Historic sites of the American Revolution, undated Folder 10: Correspondence – Independence Day broadcast, 1938 Folder 11: Correspondence – Independence Hall, Descendants of the Signers, 1955 Folder 12: Correspondence – Independence Hall, restoration by women's clubs, 1953-1954 Folder 13: Correspondence – Independence Hall, timber sale, 1956 Folder 14: Correspondence – Independence Hall Association, informal history, 1951 Folder 15: Correspondence – Independence Hall heating, 1946 Folder 16: Correspondence – Independence Mall, democratic plank, 1956 Folder 17: Correspondence – Independence Mall, Nitzsche Plan, 1936 Folder 18: Correspondence – Independence Mall and the State of Pennsylvania, 1951 Folder 19: Correspondence – Independence Mall and the State of Pennsylvania, 1952 Folder 20: Correspondence – Independence Mall and the State of Pennsylvania, 1953 Folder 21: Correspondence – Independence Mall and the State of Pennsylvania: Building, 1954- 1955 Folder 22: Correspondence – Independence Mall and the State of Pennsylvania: Photographs in Police Annual Report, 1955 Folder 23: Correspondence – Independence Mall and the State of Pennsylvania: Property acquisition, 1956-1957 Folder 24: Correspondence – Independence Mall and the State of Pennsylvania: Underground parking garage, 1954 Folder 25: Correspondence – Independence Mall and the State of Pennsylvania: Underground parking garage, 1955-1956 Folder 26: Correspondence – Jayne and Penn Mutual Buildings demolition, 1956 Folder 27: Correspondence – Krider Gun Shop, 1955 Folder 28: Correspondence – The Library Company of Philadelphia, 1957 Folder 29: Correspondence – Map of Philadelphia by Grant Simon, undated Folder 30: Correspondence – Mumford, Lewis, 1956-1957 Folder 31: Correspondence – Murphy, Charles Abel, 1938-1939 Folder 32: Correspondence – National Park Service, 1951 Folder 33: Correspondence – National Trust for Historic Preservation, 1955 Folder 34: Correspondence – National Trust for Historic Preservation, 1956 Folder 35: Correspondence – National Trust for Historic Preservation, 1957 Folder 36: Correspondence – Old Philadelphia Development Corporation, 1956-1957 Folder 37: Correspondence – Old Saint Joseph's Church, 1956-1957 Folder 38: Correspondence – The Penn Club, 1956 Folder 39: Correspondence – Publication, undated Folder 40: Correspondence – Redevelopment, 1956 Folder 41: Correspondence – Redevelopment, insurance companies, 1943-February 1944 Folder 42: Correspondence – Redevelopment, insurance companies, March-December 1944 Folder 43: Correspondence – Reilly, William M., estate, 1938-1939 Folder 44: Correspondence – Roll of Honor, 1953 Folder 45: Correspondence – Schools at war, "Ladies Home Journal" Project, 1942 Folder 46: Correspondence – Society Hill, 1956 Folder 47: Correspondence – Speech, "Spoilation of American Cities", 1944 Folder 48: Correspondence – Wistar Association, 1946-1949 Folder 49: Correspondence – Wistar Association, 1951-1956
SERIES IV: MIXED EVENTS, 1948-1955, undated Folder 50: Chapman (Oscar L.) Luncheon, January-December 1950 Folder 51: Chapman (Oscar L.) Luncheon, December 1951-1952 Folder 52: Congressional Delegations Visit, 1948 Folder 53: Congressional Delegations Visit, 1951 Folder 54: Congressional Delegations Visit, 1952 Folder 55: Federal Commission 175th Anniversary of the Adoption of the Declaration of Independence, 1952 Folder 56: Independence Mall Dedication, 1955 Folder 57: Independence Mall Gimbel Exhibition, 1954 Folder 58: Independence Mall Luncheon Report, 1951-February 1952 Folder 59: Independence Mall Luncheon Report, March-December 1952 Folder 60: Philadelphia Independence Homecoming, February-March 1951 Folder 61: Philadelphia Independence Homecoming, April 1951 Box 5 Folder 1: Philadelphia Independence Homecoming, May 1951 Folder 2: Philadelphia Independence Homecoming, June 1951 Folder 3: Philadelphia Independence Homecoming, July 1951 Folder 4: Philadelphia Independence Homecoming, August-September 1951 Folder 5: Philadelphia Independence Homecoming, October 1951-1953 Folder 6: Philadelphia Independence Homecoming, Executive Committee meeting minutes, 1951 Folder 7: Philadelphia Independence Homecoming, newspaper clippings, undated Folder 8: Philadelphia Independence Homecoming, programs, undated Folder 9: Philadelphia Independence Homecoming, publications, undated Folder 10: Philadelphia Independence Homecoming, public programs planned, 1951 Folder 11: Transfer Ceremony for Independence Hall, 1951 Folder 12: Washington Luncheon and Presidential Address, January-February 1953 Folder 13: Washington Luncheon and Presidential Address, February 1953 Folder 14: Washington Luncheon and Presidential Address, March 1953 Folder 15: Washington Luncheon and Presidential Address, April-June 1953 SERIES V: RELATED COMMITTEES AND ORGANIZATIONS, 1943-1957, undated Folder 16: American Philosophical Society, 1945-1947 Folder 17: American Philosophical Society, 1948-1950 Folder 18: American Philosophical Society, 1951-1956 Folder 19: American Flag House and Betsy Ross Memorial, 1955-1957 Folder 20: The Athenaeum of Philadelphia, 1950-June 1955 Folder 21: The Athenaeum of Philadelphia, July-December 1955 Folder 22: The Athenaeum of Philadelphia, 1956-1957 Folder 23: The Elfreth's Alley Association, 1945-1948, 1956 Folder 24: Independence National Historical Park Advisory Commission, 1951 Folder 25: Independence National Historical Park Advisory Commission, 1952 Folder 26: Independence National Historical Park Advisory Commission, September 1953-June 1954 Folder 27: Independence National Historical Park Advisory Commission, July-December 1954 Folder 28: Independence National Historical Park Advisory Commission, January-March 1955 Folder 29: Independence National Historical Park Advisory Commission, April-May 1955 Folder 30: Independence National Historical Park Advisory Commission, June-December 1955 Folder 31: Independence National Historical Park Advisory Commission, 1956 Folder 32: Independence National Historical Park Advisory Commission, 1957 Folder 33: Independence National Historical Park Advisory Commission meetings, September 1949 Folder 34: Independence National Historical Park Advisory Commission meetings, September 1949 Folder 35: Independence National Historical Park Advisory Commission meetings, November 1949 Folder 36: Independence National Historical Park Advisory Commission meetings, April 1950 Folder 37: Independence National Historical Park Advisory Commission meetings, November 1951 Folder 38: Independence National Historical Park Advisory Commission meetings, December 1952 Folder 39: Independence National Historical Park Advisory Commission meetings, January 1957 Folder 40: Independence National Historical Park Advisory Commission meetings (Congressional), February 1957 Folder 41: Independence National Historical Park Advisory Commission meetings, April 1957 Folder 42: Independence National Historical Park Advisory Commission subject file – Application for federal employment, 1949 Folder 43: Independence National Historical Park Advisory Commission subject file – Appropriations, 1955 Folder 44: Independence National Historical Park Advisory Commission subject file – Appropriations, January-February 1956 Folder 45: Independence National Historical Park Advisory Commission subject file – Appropriations, March 1956 Folder 46: Independence National Historical Park Advisory Commission subject file – Henry A. Batten appointment, 1956 Folder 47: Independence National Historical Park Advisory Commission subject file – Department of the Interior, 1948-1949 Folder 48: Independence National Historical Park Advisory Commission subject file – First Bank of the United States, 1953 Folder 49: Independence National Historical Park Advisory Commission subject file – Greenfield resignation, 1956 Folder 50: Independence National Historical Park Advisory Commission subject file – Isaac W. Roberts nomination, 1950 Folder 51: Independence National Historical Park Advisory Commission subject file – Progress report, 1949 Box 6 Folder 1: Independence National Historical Park Advisory Commission subject file – report on the preservation of historic buildings, 1955 Folder 2: Independence National Historical Park Advisory Commission subject file – Harry S. Truman Luncheon, March-May 1954 Folder 3: Independence National Historical Park Advisory Commission subject file – Harry S. Truman Luncheon, June 1954 Folder 4: Independence National Historical Park Advisory Commission subject file – Harry S. Truman Luncheon, July-December 1954 Folder 5: Independence Neighborhood Association, Inc., 1951-1953, 1957 Folder 6: Joint State Government Commission, 1947-1949 Folder 7: Joint State Government Commission, 1950-April 1951 Folder 8: Joint State Government Commission, May 1951-1952 Folder 9: Joint State Government Commission hearing, 1947-1951 Folder 10: Joint State Government Commission reports, 1949, 1951 Folder 11: National Council for Historic Sites and Buildings, 1947 Folder 12: National Council for Historic Sites and Buildings, 1948-May 1949 Folder 13: National Council for Historic Sites and Buildings, June-December 1949 Folder 14: National Council for Historic Sites and Buildings, 1950 Folder 15: National Council for Historic Sites and Buildings, 1951 Folder 16: National Council for Historic Sites and Buildings, 1952-1955 Folder 17: National Council for Historic Sites and Buildings Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, January-August 1951 Folder 18: National Council for Historic Sites and Buildings Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, September-December 1951 Folder 19: Philadelphia National Shrines Park Commission meetings, 1946-March 1947 Folder 20: Philadelphia National Shrines Park Commission meetings, April-December 1947 Folder 21: Philadelphia National Shrines Park Commission reports, 1946 Folder 22: Philadelphia National Shrines Park Commission reports, 1947 Folder 23: Philadelphia National Shrines Park Commission reports, 1948 Folder 24: Philadelphia National Shrines Park Commission reports, final – Draft, undated Folder 25: Philadelphia National Shrines Park Commission reports, final – Photographs, undated Folder 26: Philadelphia National Shrines Park Commission reports, final – Publication, 1947- 1948 Folder 27: Philadelphia National Shrines Park Commission reports, final – Research notes, 1947 Folder 28: Simon, Grant, 1943-1950 Folder 29: United Nations Council, February-March 1945 Folder 30: United Nations Council, March 1945 Folder 31: United Nations Council, March 1945 Folder 32: United Nations Council, April 1945 Folder 33: United Nations Council, May 1945-1947 Folder 34: United Nations Council brochures, undated Folder 35: United Nations Council membership, 1945 SERIES VI: CERTIFICATES AND MEMORABILIA, 1937-1972, undated Note: The following items in Folder 36 have been removed to the Museum Collection Folder 36: Oversize items:
Folder 38: Senate of Pennsylvania Resolution of Thanks, 1951 (2 of 4) Folder 39: Senate of Pennsylvania Resolution of Thanks, 1951 (3 of 4) Folder 40: Senate of Pennsylvania Resolution of Thanks, 1951 (4 of 4) SERIES VII: NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS, 1945-1957, undated Folder 41: Biographical information, 1953-1955 Folder 42: City planning, undated Folder 43: City politics, 1956 Folder 44: Independence Hall, 1953-1957 Folder 45: Independence Mall buildings, 1953-1955 Folder 46: Independence Mall, Pennsylvania State, 1949-1955 (1 of 2) Folder 47: Independence Mall, Pennsylvania State, 1949-1955 (2 of 2) Folder 48: Independence Mall, underground garage, 1953-1957 Folder 49: Independence National Historical Park, 1953-1956 Folder 50: Old City Project, 1953-1955 Folder 51: United Nations site selection, 1945 Folder 52: "Philadelphia Record," Oct. 13 1945
SERIES VIII: SCRAPBOOK (ACC-4250) Box 7 "Happy 90th Birthday to Judge Edwin O. Lewis from INHP Staff and Advisory Commission" - scrapbook of newspaper clippings and photographs, compiled 1969 SERIES IX: AUTOBIOGRAPHY (ACC-4608) Box 8 2 copies of unpublished typescript autobiography "A Short Story of a Long Life," UNDATED SERIES X: 2023 ACCRETION BOX 9 Folder 1: Biographical Sketch: Edwin O. Lewis, UNDATED Folder 2: Images, UNDATED Folder 3: IHA Corresp., 1942, 1950 Folder 4: HR Report 910 & Public Law 497, 1945, 1952 Folder 5: Events, 1957-1967 Folder 6: Misc. Corresp., 1958-1974 Folder 7: Corresp. with National Park Service, 1963-1965 Folder 8: Resolution #80 - Council of the City of Philadelphia, 1976? Folder 9: Summary of Remarks made by Eleanor Morris at the hearing of the National Park Service on the 3rd block of Independence Mall, May 30 1990 |
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