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Frick, Helen Clay, 1888-1984

 Person

Found in 27 Collections and/or Records:

Henry Clay Frick Papers, Series IX: Secretary's Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: FFP.01.09
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 chiefly of letters to and from his Pittsburgh secretary regarding payroll, staffing issues, bills, taxes, insurance, and other unfinished business matters.

Dates: 1902-1936, undated

Henry Clay Frick Papers, Series V: Subject Files

 Collection
Identifier: FFP.01.05
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 materials organized by subject, and includes documentation of Frick's investments, real estate holdings, personal and household matters, and philanthropic activities.

Dates: 1848-1966, undated

Henry Clay Frick Papers, Series X: Invoice Books

 Collection
Identifier: FFP.01.10
Abstract

Henry Clay Frick (1849-1919) was a prominent industrialist and art collector. This collection documents expenditures of the Frick household during the 1880s and 1890s.

Dates: 1881 - 1896

Lawrence Park Diary

 Collection
Identifier: MS.023
Scope and Content Note

Diary of March-April 1923 trip to South Carolina to identify and photograph paintings throughout the state for the Frick Art Reference Library. Lawrence Park, Helen Clay Frick (for 3 weeks of the trip), Ira Martin, and various friends of Miss Frick made the trip. The diary is handwritten and full of enclosures. It gives a detailed account of their activities (who they met, where they went, where they stayed, what they ate, and what they saw).

Dates: 1923

One East 70th Street Papers

 Collection
Identifier: FFP.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

The Frick Collection Central Files

 Collection
Identifier: TFC.0400.010
Abstract The Frick Collection's alphabetical subject files, 1932-1936, document the conversion of the New York residence of Henry Clay Frick to The Frick Collection, a public art museum, and the construction of a new Frick Art Reference Library building. Correspondence, internal memorandums, minutes, reports, clippings, inventories, and contracts detail the work of Organizing Director Frederick Mortimer Clapp; architect John Russell Pope; general contractor Marc Eidlitz; and Frick Collection...
Dates: 1932-1936

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

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Subject
Correspondence 12
Photographs 6
Financial records 5
Diaries 3
Library architecture 3
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Receipts (financial records) 3
Art dealers 2
Art libraries 2
Art museum architecture 2
Art museums--New York (State)--New York 2
Art--Private collections 2
Artists--Correspondence 2
Cabinet photographs 2
Invoices 2
Mansions--New York (State)--New York 2
Mansions--Remodeling for other use 2
Minutes 2
Newspaper clippings 2
Notebooks 2
Railroads--History 2
Research notes 2
Scrapbooks 2
Sculpture, French 2
Steel industry and trade 2
Travel 2
Account books 1
Architects--Correspondence 1
Architects--Massachusetts--Boston 1
Architects--New York (State)--New York 1
Art historians as collectors 1
Art historians--United States--20th century 1
Art museums--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh 1
Art treasures in war 1
Art, Italian 1
Art--Collectors and collecting--New York (State)--New York 1
Art--Exhibitions--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh 1
Art--Private collections--South Carolina 1
Bedford (N.Y. : Town) 1
Beverly (Mass.) 1
Brochures 1
Campers (Persons) 1
Camps 1
Cartes-de-visite (card photographs) 1
Chauffeurs 1
Coal mines and mining 1
Construction contracts 1
Cyanotypes (photographic prints) 1
Debutantes--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh 1
Decorative arts--Collectors and collecting--New York (State)--New York 1
Deeds 1
Governesses 1
Greeting cards 1
Industrialists--United States 1
Letterpress copybooks 1
Library administration 1
Library employees 1
Negatives (photographs) 1
Notes 1
Ocean travel 1
Payroll records 1
Photograph albums 1
Photograph collections 1
Pittsburgh (Pa.)--History 1
Portrait photographs 1
Presidents--United States--Correspondence 1
Prides Crossing (Mass.) 1
Railroad travel 1
Sculptors--France 1
Sculptors--France--Correspondence 1
Silhouettes 1
Stamp collecting 1
The Frick Collection: Paintings: Summary Catalogue 1
Travel guidebooks 1
Travel photography 1
Traveling exhibitions 1
Vouchers 1
Voyages and travels 1
Wenham (Mass.) 1
World War, 1914-1918--War work--Red Cross 1
World War, 1939-1945--Art and the war 1
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