Frick Art Reference Library
Organization
Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:
The Frick Collection Construction Records
Collection
Identifier: TFC.0500.010
Abstract
Contracts, work orders, invoices, receipts, vouchers, and progress reports document the work of the general contractor and subcontractors during the conversion of the Frick residence to The Frick Collection, a public art gallery, and the construction of the new Frick Art Reference Library building.
Dates:
1933-1937
Found in:
Frick Collection Archives
The Frick Collection Records of the Organizing Director - Frederick Mortimer Clapp
Collection
Identifier: TFC.0300.010
Abstract
As Organizing Director of The Frick Collection, Frederick Mortimer Clapp oversaw all aspects of the transformation of the Frick residence to a public art museum, The Frick Collection, as well as the construction of a new Frick Art Reference Library building. Reports, correspondence, memorandums, minutes, financial records, and summaries of informal meetings and telephone conversations document the project. Topics include architecture, construction, interior design, museum administration, and...
Dates:
1920-1937
Found in:
Frick Collection Archives
Theodore Bolton Card Files
Collection
Identifier: MS.021
Scope and Contents
Note cards created by Frick Art Reference Library staff who copied material from notebooks compiled prior to 1925 by Theodore Bolton. Bolton gathered the material in preparation for an intended dictionary of American painters in oils corresponding to his "Early American Portrait Draughtsmen in Crayons," 1923 and "American Miniatures, 1730-1850," 1927. He was attempting to list all oil portraits prior to 1850.The files contain a biographical card for each artist, and a description...
Dates:
1922-1925
Found in:
Frick Collection Archives
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- Correspondence 6
- Library architecture 5
- Art museum architecture 4
- Mansions--Remodeling for other use 4
- Photographs 4
- Research notes 4
- Art libraries 3
- Minutes 3
- Portraits, American 3
- Art museums--New York (State)--New York 2
- Art, American 2
- Newspaper clippings 2
- Presidents--United States--Portraits 2
- Account books 1
- Architectural decorations & ornaments 1
- Art treasures in war 1
- Art, Italian 1
- Art--Private collections--Maryland 1
- Art--Private collections--South Carolina 1
- Art--Provenance--Research 1
- Artists--Maryland 1
- Brochures 1
- Building 1
- Cabinet photographs 1
- Construction 1
- Construction contracts 1
- Diaries 1
- Invoices 1
- Library administration 1
- Library employees 1
- Lighting fixtures 1
- Mansions--New York (State)--New York 1
- Maryland--Genealogy 1
- New York (N.Y.)--Buildings, structures, etc. 1
- Painters 1
- Portrait painters 1
- Portrait painters--United States 1
- Postcards 1
- Progress reports 1
- Receipts (financial records) 1
- Sculptors 1
- Sculptors--France--Correspondence 1
- Sculpture, French 1
- The Frick Collection: Paintings: Summary Catalogue 1
- Vouchers 1
- World War, 1939-1945--Art and the war 1 + ∧ less
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