Carrère & Hastings
Organization
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Frick New York Residence Construction Photo Album
Series
Identifier: TFC-0700-010
Scope and Content Note
Photographs document the construction of the Frick residence at One East 70th Street, New York, N.Y. from April 2nd to December 31st, 1913. While the images primarily depict wide exterior shots of the construction from different angles, several focus on specific areas of the building, including the main entrance, the porte cochere, and the loggia (now known as the portico). There are two interior shots: one of Henry Clay Frick's Art Gallery (now known as the West Gallery), and one of...
Dates:
1913
Found in:
Frick Collection Archives
Helen Clay Frick Records - Correspondence
Collection
Identifier: FARL.0100.040
Abstract
Helen Clay Frick (1888-1984) founded the Frick Art Reference Library in 1920 and served as its director until 1983. Helen Clay Frick Correspondence documents her tenure from 1921 to 1960. Letters, notes, lists, and photographs concern administrative and personnel matters, staff work, building and construction, Library furnishings, acquisitions and gifts, art research, staff events, special projects, Library photographing expeditions, and some personal matters. Correspondents include Library...
Dates:
1921-1960
Found in:
Frick Collection Archives
Henry Clay Frick Papers, Series II: Correspondence
Collection
Identifier: FFP.01.02
Abstract
Henry Clay Frick (1849-1919), a Pittsburgh industrialist who made his fortune in coke and steel, was also a prominent art collector. This series consists largely of Frick's incoming correspondence, with some outgoing letters, on matters relating to business and investments, art collecting, political activities, real estate, philanthropy, and family matters.
Dates:
1882-1929, undated
Found in:
Frick Collection Archives
One East 70th Street Papers
Collection
Identifier: HCFF.07
Abstract
Henry Clay Frick, 1849-1919, was a prominent industrialist and art collector. His New York residence at One East 70th Street was designed by Thomas Hastings, and completed in 1914. The house was later opened to the public as The Frick Collection in 1935. These materials document the construction and furnishing of the house, as well as some aspects of domestic life there.
Dates:
1907 - 1931
Found in:
Frick Collection Archives
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- Correspondence 3
- Mansions--New York (State)--New York 3
- Art dealers 1
- Art libraries 1
- Art treasures in war 1
- Art--Collectors and collecting--New York (State)--New York 1
- Art--Private collections 1
- Building construction 1
- Central Park (New York, N.Y.) 1
- Coal mines and mining 1
- Construction workers 1
- Decorative arts--Collectors and collecting--New York (State)--New York 1
- Financial records 1
- Industrialists--United States 1
- Letterpress copybooks 1
- Library administration 1
- Library architecture 1
- Library employees 1
- Loggias 1
- New York (N.Y.)--Buildings, structures, etc. 1
- Photograph albums 1
- Photographs 1
- Porte cocheres 1
- Presidents--United States--Correspondence 1
- Railroads--History 1
- Steel industry and trade 1
- World War, 1939-1945--Art and the war 1 + ∧ less
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