11. All Institutional Records
Record Group
Identifier: 11
Frick Collection Records, 1881-present, consist of correspondence and memoranda, photographs, financial and legal records, minutes, printed material, and architectural records documenting the founding and administration of The Collection. Records also document art acquisitions, exhibitions, programs, and construction projects. Pre-1920 records include a portion of Henry Clay Frick’s art and furnishings files, the bulk of which can be found in the Frick Family Papers.
Frick Art Reference Library records, 1920-present, consist of correspondence and memoranda, scrapbooks and diaries, financial records, reports, and photographs documenting the administration of the Library and the activities of its founder and director of 64 years, Helen Clay Frick. Records also document book and photograph acquisitions, building projects, staff research, publications, and photography expeditions.
Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:
Construction Images - The Frick Collection and Frick Art Reference Library, 1933-1935
Series
Identifier: TFC/FARL-0700-030-02.01
Scope and Content Note
Photographs, 1933-1935, document the conversion of the Frick family's New York City residence at One East 70th Street into a public museum, The Frick Collection, as well as the construction of a new Frick Art Reference Library building at 10 East 71st Street. Both interior and exterior views show areas of the Frick residence that would be altered or demolished during the construction project, the conversion of areas within the house, the construction of new spaces for the museum, and the...
Dates:
1933 - 1935
Found in:
Frick Collection Archives
Henry Clay Frick Furnishings Files
Collection
Identifier: TFC.0100.020
Abstract
The New York residence of Henry Clay Frick (1849-1919), a prominent art collector and industrialist, was designed by Thomas Hastings and completed in 1914. The house, located at One East 70th Street, was opened in December 1935 as a public art gallery, The Frick Collection. Correspondence, telegrams, lists, notes and invoices document the furnishing and interior decoration of the house from 1913 to 1920.
Dates:
1913-1920
Found in:
Frick Collection Archives
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
Found in:
Frick Collection Archives
