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Helen Clay Frick Records - Correspondence

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Identifier: FARL.0100.040
Abstract Helen Clay Frick (1888-1984) founded the Frick Art Reference Library in 1920 and served as its director until 1983. Helen Clay Frick Correspondence documents her tenure from 1921 to 1960. Letters, notes, lists, and photographs concern administrative and personnel matters, staff work, building and construction, Library furnishings, acquisitions and gifts, art research, staff events, special projects, Library photographing expeditions, and some personal matters. Correspondents include Library...
Dates: 1921-1960

Helen Clay Frick Research Files on Italian Art

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Identifier: FARL.0100.020.02
Abstract Helen Clay Frick (1888-1984), daughter of industrialist and art collector Henry Clay Frick, founded the Frick Art Reference Library in 1920 and served as its director until 1983. These files were produced through her research on Italian sculpture and painting, primarily to annotate photo mounts in the Frick Art Reference Library Photoarchive. The Research Files span the years 1920-1933, and contain typed and handwritten research notes, black and white photographs, printed material, some...
Dates: 1920-1933

Helen Clay Frick Research Files on Jean Antoine Houdon

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Identifier: FARL.0100.020.01
Abstract Helen Clay Frick (1888-1984), daughter of industrialist and art collector Henry Clay Frick, founded the Frick Art Reference Library in 1920 and served as its director until 1983. The papers reflect her lifelong interest in the sculptor Jean Antoine Houdon (1741-1828) and document the research she and the Frick Art Reference Library staff conducted over the course of nearly fifty years. The Research Files span the years 1930-1977, and contain typed and handwritten research notes,...
Dates: 1930-1977

Henry Clay Frick Furnishings Files

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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

Henry Clay Frick Papers, Series II: Correspondence

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Identifier: HCFF.01.02
Abstract

Henry Clay Frick (1849-1919), a Pittsburgh industrialist who made his fortune in coke and steel, was also a prominent art collector. This series consists largely of Frick's incoming correspondence, with some outgoing letters, on matters relating to business and investments, art collecting, political activities, real estate, philanthropy, and family matters.

Dates: 1882-1929, undated

Henry Clay Frick Papers, Series III: Voucher Files

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Identifier: HCFF.01.03
Abstract

Henry Clay Frick (1849-1919) was a prominent industrialist and art collector. This series consists vouchers for a wide range of expenditures, including household goods and services, payroll, donations, and travel.

Dates: 1892-1929

Henry Clay Frick Papers, Series IV: Receipts

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Identifier: HCFF.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

Henry Clay Frick Papers, Series IX: Secretary's Correspondence

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Identifier: HCFF.01.09
Abstract

Henry Clay Frick (1849-1919), a Pittsburgh industrialist who made his fortune in coke and steel, was also a prominent art collector. This series consists chiefly of letters to and from his Pittsburgh secretary regarding payroll, staffing issues, bills, taxes, insurance, and other unfinished business matters.

Dates: 1902-1936, undated

Henry Clay Frick Papers, Series V: Subject Files

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Identifier: HCFF.01.05
Abstract

Henry Clay Frick (1849-1919), a Pittsburgh industrialist who made his fortune in coke and steel, was also a prominent art collector. This series consists of materials organized by subject, and includes documentation of Frick's investments, real estate holdings, personal and household matters, and philanthropic activities.

Dates: 1848-1966, undated

Henry Clay Frick Papers, Series VI: Accounts

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Identifier: HCFF.01.06
Abstract

Henry Clay Frick (1849-1919) was a prominent art collector and industrialist. These papers document his income and expenditures, household accounts, investment activities, and checking accounts at various banks in New York and Pittsburgh.

Dates: 1880 - 1942

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Correspondence 36
Photographs 30
Research notes 11
Financial records 8
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Photograph albums 8
Art dealers 6
Art galleries, Commercial--New York (State)--New York 6
Art--Collectors and collecting--New York (State)--New York 6
Art--Provenance--Research 6
Diaries 6
Mansions--New York (State)--New York 6
Portraits, American 6
Art dealers--New York (State)--New York 5
Art, American 5
Art--Private collections 5
Artist files 5
Artists--Correspondence 5
Invoices 5
Library architecture 5
Receipts (financial records) 5
Travel photography 5
Art museum architecture 4
Art museums--New York (State)--New York 4
Cabinet photographs 4
Decorative arts--Collectors and collecting--New York (State)--New York 4
Mansions--Remodeling for other use 4
Art libraries 3
Art museums--Educational aspects 3
Art, French--19th century 3
Art, Modern--20th century 3
Clippings (information artifacts) 3
Inventories 3
Ledgers 3
Minutes 3
Notes 3
Portrait painters 3
Portrait painters--United States 3
Presidents--United States--Portraits 3
Sketchbooks 3
Account books 2
Art, British--19th century 2
Art, Italian 2
Art--Collectors and collecting--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh 2
Art--Private collections--New York (State)--New York 2
Art--Private collections--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh 2
Art--Provenance 2
Art--Study and teaching 2
Construction contracts 2
Exhibition catalogs 2
Greeting cards 2
Journals (accounts) 2
Lectures and lecturing 2
Letterpress copybooks 2
New York (N.Y.)--Buildings, structures, etc. 2
Notebooks 2
Painters 2
Painting--Prices 2
Payroll records 2
Photographs--19th century 2
Postcards 2
Railroads--History 2
Scrapbooks 2
Sculptors 2
Sculpture, French 2
Steel industry and trade 2
Travel 2
Travel guidebooks 2
Vouchers 2
Accounting 1
Albumen Prints 1
Annual reports 1
Appraisals (records) 1
Architects--Correspondence 1
Architects--Massachusetts--Boston 1
Architects--New York (State)--New York 1
Architectural decorations & ornaments 1
Architecture 1
Art Galleries, Commercial 1
Art and music 1
Art auctions 1
Art auctions--England--London 1
Art auctions--Indexes 1
Art auctions--New York (State)--New York 1
Art dealers--Correspondence 1
Art historians as collectors 1
Art historians--United States--20th century 1
Art museums--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh 1
Art treasures in war 1
Art, British--18th century 1
Art, Danish 1
Art, Dutch--17th century 1
Art, Dutch--19th century 1
Art, French--18th century 1
Art, French--20th century 1
Art, Modern--19th century 1
Art--Exhibitions 1
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Frick, Helen Clay, 1888-1984 31
Frick, Henry Clay, 1849-1919 21
Frick, Adelaide Howard Childs, 1859-1931 19
Frick Art Reference Library 13
Frick, Childs, 1883-1965 13
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Frick Collection 9
Clapp, Frederick Mortimer, 1879-1969 7
Ogiz, Marika, -1952 7
Hastings, Thomas, 1860-1929 5
M. Knoedler & Co. 5
Allom, Charles, Sir, 1865-1947 4
Brière-Misme, Clotilde 4
Carrère & Hastings 4
Frick, Henry Clay, 1849-1919--Homes and haunts--New York (State)--New York 4
Pope, John Russell, 1874-1937 4
Biebel, Franklin M. (Franklin Matthews) 3
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919 3
Carstairs, Charles, 1865-1928 3
Duveen Brothers 3
Frick family 3
Lewis, Virginia E., 1907-1995 3
Manet, Édouard, 1832-1883 3
Marc Eidlitz & Son 3
McElroy, F.W. (Frank W.) 3
Overholt, Karl F., 1877-1938 3
Rockefeller, John D. (John Davison), 1874-1960 3
White, Allom & Co. 3
Arthur Tooth & Sons 2
Blanchard, Adelaide Frick, 1915-1956 2
Bowman, John G. (John Gabbert), 1877-1962 2
Burnham, Daniel Hudson, 1846-1912 2
Carnegie Steel Company 2
Chubb, C.F. (Charles F.) 2
Cortissoz, Royal, 1869-1948 2
Creelman, Alice 2
Dabbs, B.L.H., 1839-1899 2
De Wolfe, Elsie, 1865-1950 2
Duveen, Joseph Duveen, Baron, 1869-1939 2
Dwight, H. G. (Harrison Griswold), 1875-1959 2
Frick Art Reference Library--History 2
Frick, H.C. (Henry Clay), 1919- 2
Frick, Henry Clay, 1849-1919--Art Collections 2
Frick, Martha Howard, 1885-1891 2
Fry, Roger, 1866-1934 2
Gay, Walter, 1856-1937 2
Harding, Dorothea Barney, 1871-1935 2
Harding, J. Horace, -1929 2
Hart, Charles Henry, 1847-1918 2
Hesselius, Gustavus, 1682-1755 2
Houdon, Jean Antoine, 1741-1828 2
Hovey, Walter Read, 1895- 2
Knoedler, Roland F., 1856-1932 2
Knox, Katharine McCook 2
Knox, Philander C. (Philander Chase), 1853-1921 2
Martin, Ira W. 2
Milliken & Bevin 2
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994 2
Osterling, F. J., 1865-1934 2
Park, Lawrence, 1873-1924 2
Quay, Matthew Stanley, 1833-1904 2
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 2
Roseti, F. 2
Stuart, Gilbert, 1755-1828 2
White House (Washington, D.C.) 2
A. Decour & Co. 1
Abdy, Jane 1
Abdy, Robert Henry Edward, 5th Baronet 1
Albers, Josef 1
Albers, Josef--Exhibitions 1
Alefounder, John, -1795 1
Alfonso XIII, King of Spain, 1886-1941 1
Allied War Salon (1918) 1
American Art Association 1
American Art Galleries (New York) 1
American Museum of Natural History 1
Andrews, W.C., -1899 1
Anson, Alfred 1
Arminger, William, 1752-1793 1
Aufrecht, Gustave 1
Avinoff, Andrey, 1884-1949 1
Bacon, Edward R. (Edward Rathbone), 1846-1915 1
Bacon, Virginia P. 1
Baillie, William, 1723-1810 1
Barnekow, Brita, 1868-1936 1
Bayley, Frank W. (Frank William), 1863-1932 1
Belleroche, Albert de, 1864-1944 1
Bernhardt, Sarah, 1844-1923 1
Beruete y Moret, A. de (Aureliano), 1876-1922 1
Bénard, E. (Edmond), 1838-1907 1
Bignou Gallery 1
Binks, Isobel B. 1
Blanche, Jacques-Emile, 1861-1942 1
Boldini, Giovanni, 1842-1931 1
Bone, Henry Pierce, 1779-1855 1
Borch, Gerard ter, 1617-1681 1
Boyd, Ellen R. 1
Brandus, Edward 1
Brashear, John A. (John Alfred), 1840-1920 1
Braun, Karel 1
Bredius, Abraham, 1855-1946 1
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