Carstairs, Charles, 1865-1928
Person
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Art Collecting Files of Henry Clay Frick
Collection
Identifier: ACF
Abstract
Henry Clay Frick (1849-1919), a Pittsburgh coke and steel industrialist, began forming his art collection in 1881, and continued to acquire works of art until his death in 1919. He bequeathed his New York City residence, furnishings, and art collection to be established as a public art gallery called The Frick Collection, which opened to the public in December 1935. This collection contains correspondence, invoices and financial records, catalogs, inventories, registers, notes, narrative...
Dates:
1881-1925, undated
Henry Clay Frick Papers, Series II: Correspondence
Collection
Identifier: HCFF.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
Henry Clay Frick Papers, Series VIII: Letterpress Copybooks
Collection
Identifier: HCFF.01.08
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 of volumes containing copies of Frick's outgoing correspondence on matters relating to business and investments, art collecting, political activities, real estate, philanthropy, and personal matters.
Dates:
1881-1923
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- Art dealers 2
- Art--Private collections 2
- Mansions--New York (State)--New York 2
- Art--Collectors and collecting--New York (State)--New York 1
- Art--Collectors and collecting--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh 1
- Art--Private collections--New York (State)--New York 1
- Art--Private collections--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh 1
- Artists--Correspondence 1
- Coal mines and mining 1
- Decorative arts--Collectors and collecting--New York (State)--New York 1
- Estate inventories 1
- Financial records 1
- Industrialists--United States 1
- Invoices 1
- Letterpress copybooks 1
- Newspaper clippings 1
- Photographs 1
- Presidents--United States--Correspondence 1
- Railroads--History 1
- Steel industry and trade 1 + ∧ less
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