Subseries I. Correspondence, 1965-1981, undated

The bulk of this subseries consists of files compiled by Helen Clay Frick’s secretary, Julia B. Egan, discussing the purchase, loan, display, reproduction, restoration, and appraisal of art objects, as well as staff, building matters, and general administration of the Frick Art Museum. Also included in the secretary’s files are regular letters from museum director Virginia Lewis with updates on museum activities. Other correspondents represented in this subseries include attorneys David B. Buerger and William F. Knox, Walter Read Hovey, former head of the Henry Clay Frick Fine Arts Department at the University of Pittsburgh, and Helen Clay Frick’s longtime employee Walter Cooley. One file in this subseries gives details about a small bequest to the museum from Helen Clay Frick’s cousin, Marianne Rea Hamilton.

Materials are arranged alphabetically.