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03. Frick Family Papers

 Record Group
Identifier: 03

Found in 24 Collections and/or Records:

Helen Clay Frick Papers, Series V: Art Files

 Collection
Identifier: FFP.02.05
Abstract

Helen Clay Frick (1888-1984), daughter of industrialist and art collector Henry Clay Frick (1849-1919), was also a collector with a life-long interest in art and art history. These papers, 1900-1991 and undated, contain correspondence, invoices, inventories, catalogs, photographs, research materials, and printed matter documenting the acquisition and administration of artwork in Helen Clay Frick's personal collection and her research interests in various areas of art history.

Dates: 1900-1991, undated

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 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

Adelaide H.C. Frick Papers

 Collection
Identifier: FFP.03
Abstract

Adelaide Howard Childs Frick, 1859-1931, was the wife of industrialist and art collector Henry Clay Frick. This collection contains correspondence, notes and notebooks, calendars, financial records, printed material, ephemera, and objects documenting her life, interests, and family.

Dates: 1874-1951, undated

Childs Frick Papers, Series I: Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: FFP.04.01
Abstract

Childs Frick (1883-1965) was the son of industrialist and art collector Henry Clay Frick. He was a noted paleontologist and a founding trustee of The Frick Collection. These papers consist of letters to Childs Frick chiefly from family members and friends.

Dates: 1883-1901, 1925, undated

Frick Family Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: FFP.05
Abstract

Henry Clay Frick (1849-1919) was a prominent industrialist and art collector. This collection consists of photographs, circa 1850s-1989 and undated, of Frick and his family, as well as images of their friends, relatives, and others. This collection also contains images of Frick family residences, travels both in the United States and abroad, and other locations associated with the family.

Dates: circa 1850s-1989, undated

One East 70th Street Papers

 Collection
Identifier: FFP.07
Abstract

Henry Clay Frick, 1849-1919, was a prominent industrialist and art collector. His New York residence at One East 70th Street was designed by Thomas Hastings, and completed in 1914. The house was later opened to the public as The Frick Collection in 1935. These materials document the construction and furnishing of the house, as well as some aspects of domestic life there.

Dates: 1907 - 1931

Eagle Rock Papers

 Collection
Identifier: FFP.09
Abstract

Eagle Rock, located in Prides Crossing, Mass., served as the summer residence of the Frick family from 1906 until its demolition in 1969. This collection contains correspondence, proposals, contracts, specifications, invoices, inventories, maps, photographs, and printed material documenting the construction and furnishing of the house, maintenance of the house and grounds, alterations, daily life, and the eventual demolition of the house.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1903 - 1969; 1882-1973, undated

Henry Clay Frick Papers, Series X: Invoice Books

 Collection
Identifier: FFP.01.10
Abstract

Henry Clay Frick (1849-1919) was a prominent industrialist and art collector. This collection documents expenditures of the Frick household during the 1880s and 1890s.

Dates: 1881 - 1896

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