Subseries IV: Virginia E. Lewis Files, 1929, 1953-1984, undated

Personal files of Virginia E. Lewis, founding director of the Frick Art Museum. Includes book catalogs and prospectuses, correspondence, travel itineraries, clippings, and biographical information. These files provide details about Lewis’ academic career and professional life prior to joining the Frick Art Museum. They also document her professional memberships and local recognition she received from the Pittsburgh community. To a lesser extent, they provide insight into day to day activities at the museum. Most of the information about daily museum operations in this subseries can be found in the letters of Mary Alice Connors, Lewis’ secretary, who wrote frequently during Lewis’ absences from Pittsburgh. For additional material regarding daily activities at the museum, see Subseries I: Correspondence above.

Materials are arranged alphabetically.