Series I: Correspondence

This series consists of letters to Adelaide H.C. Frick from family, friends, and other acquaintances. Materials are largely arranged by correspondent, although condolence letters to Mrs. Frick on the deaths of her daughter, Martha H. Frick, and husband, Henry Clay Frick, are grouped together. This series also contains a series of files compiled by Mrs. Frick's nephew, Karl F. Overholt, in the course of managing some of her affairs. These files are grouped first under Overholt's name, then alphabetically by topic. Other items of note in this series include examples of correspondence between Mr. and Mrs. Frick dating from before their marriage; letters from Mrs. Frick's mother, Martha H. Childs; sister, Martha H. "Attie" Childs; and brothers, Howard and Marshall Childs, around the time of her marriage in 1881; and several invitations to dinners and receptions at the White House from Theodore and Edith Roosevelt.

Arranged alphabetically.