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Frick, Helen Clay, 1888-1984

 Person

Found in 27 Collections and/or Records:

Helen Clay Frick Papers, Series VI: Research Files on Jean Antoine Houdon

 Collection
Identifier: FFP.02.06
Abstract Helen Clay Frick (1888-1984), daughter of industrialist and art collector Henry Clay Frick, had a lifelong interest in art history, particularly in the French sculptor Jean Antoine Houdon (1741-1828). This resulted in nearly 50 years of research, for which she enlisted Frick Art Reference Library staff members as well as outside consultants in her work. These research files contain typed and handwritten research notes, correspondence, photographs, Frick Art Reference Library photo mounts,...
Dates: 1802?-1976, undated

Helen Clay Frick Papers, Series VII: Frick Art Museum

 Collection
Identifier: FFP.02.07
Abstract

Helen Clay Frick, daughter of industrialist and art collector Henry Clay Frick, founded the Frick Art Museum in Pittsburgh in 1970. These files document construction of the museum building, and events, publications, and programming during the early years of the institution.

Dates: 1929-1994 (Bulk, 1965-1984)

Helen Clay Frick Papers, Series VIII: University of Pittsburgh Fine Arts Department Files

 Collection
Identifier: FFP.02.08
Abstract

Helen Clay Frick (1888-1984), daughter of industrialist and art collector Henry Clay Frick, helped to establish the Fine Arts Department at the University of Pittsburgh in the 1920s, and was a major contributor to the Department through the mid-1960s. These files, including correspondence, printed material, notes, photographs, exhibition files, and architectural drawings, document Helen Clay Frick's support of the Department and her relationship with the University.

Dates: 1925-1985, undated

Helen Clay Frick Papers, Series XI: Travel

 Collection
Identifier: FFP.02.11
Abstract

Helen Clay Frick (1888-1984) was the daughter of industrialist and art collector Henry Clay Frick. She was also a philanthropist and founder of the Frick Art Reference Library in New York. This series documents her travels, both foreign and domestic, largely through correspondence, itineraries, receipts, maps and other guides, notebooks, postcards, and scrapbooks.

Dates: 1887-1973, undated

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

Helen Clay Frick Research Files on Italian Art

 Collection
Identifier: FARL.0100.020.02
Abstract Helen Clay Frick (1888-1984), daughter of industrialist and art collector Henry Clay Frick, founded the Frick Art Reference Library in 1920 and served as its director until 1983. These files were produced through her research on Italian sculpture and painting, primarily to annotate photo mounts in the Frick Art Reference Library Photoarchive. The Research Files span the years 1920-1933, and contain typed and handwritten research notes, black and white photographs, printed material, some...
Dates: 1920 - 1933

Helen Clay Frick Research Files on Jean Antoine Houdon

 Collection
Identifier: FARL.0100.020.01
Abstract Helen Clay Frick (1888-1984), daughter of industrialist and art collector Henry Clay Frick, founded the Frick Art Reference Library in 1920 and served as its director until 1983. The papers reflect her lifelong interest in the sculptor Jean Antoine Houdon (1741-1828) and document the research she and the Frick Art Reference Library staff conducted over the course of nearly fifty years. The Research Files span the years 1930-1977, and contain typed and handwritten research notes,...
Dates: 1930 - 1977

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

Henry Clay Frick Papers, Series III: Voucher Files

 Collection
Identifier: FFP.01.03
Abstract

Henry Clay Frick (1849-1919) was a prominent industrialist and art collector. This series consists vouchers for a wide range of expenditures, including household goods and services, payroll, donations, and travel.

Dates: 1892-1929

Henry Clay Frick Papers, Series IV: Receipts

 Collection
Identifier: FFP.01.04
Abstract

Henry Clay Frick (1849-1919), a Pittsburgh industrialist who made his fortune in coke and steel, maintained homes in Pittsburgh, Pa., Prides Crossing, Mass., and New York, N.Y. These receipts document personal and office expenditures of Henry Clay Frick, his family, and staff.

Dates: 1900-1926

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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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