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The Frick Collection Construction Records
Collection
Identifier: TFC.0500.010
Abstract
Contracts, work orders, invoices, receipts, vouchers, and progress reports document the work of the general contractor and subcontractors during the conversion of the Frick residence to The Frick Collection, a public art gallery, and the construction of the new Frick Art Reference Library building.
Dates:
1933-1937
Found in:
Frick Collection Archives
The Frick Collection Lecture Records
Collection
Identifier: TFC.0600.020
Abstract
The Frick Collection, a New York City art museum housed in the former residence of industrialist and art collector Henry Clay Frick, began its lecture program in 1936. Lecture Records, 1936-1985, document the founding and administration of both the staff and guest lecture programs. Records include correspondence, lecture schedules, memoranda, attendance figures, tickets, promotional material, clippings, and some text copies of the lectures.
Dates:
1935-1985
Found in:
Frick Collection Archives
The Frick Collection Records of the Organizing Director - Frederick Mortimer Clapp
Collection
Identifier: TFC.0300.010
Abstract
As Organizing Director of The Frick Collection, Frederick Mortimer Clapp oversaw all aspects of the transformation of the Frick residence to a public art museum, The Frick Collection, as well as the construction of a new Frick Art Reference Library building. Reports, correspondence, memorandums, minutes, financial records, and summaries of informal meetings and telephone conversations document the project. Topics include architecture, construction, interior design, museum administration, and...
Dates:
1920-1937
Found in:
Frick Collection Archives
The Frick Collection Symposium on the History of Art Records
Collection
Identifier: TFC.0600.030
Abstract
Since 1940, The Frick Collection and the New York University Institute of Fine Arts have jointly sponsored a Symposium on the History of Art for graduate students. Records of the Symposium, 1939-1982, contain correspondence, programs, invitations, press releases, work orders, opening remarks, and summaries of graduate student papers that document the founding, evolution, and administration of the Symposium program.
Dates:
1939-1982
Found in:
Frick Collection Archives
Theodore Bolton Card Files
Collection
Identifier: MS.021
Scope and Contents
Note cards created by Frick Art Reference Library staff who copied material from notebooks compiled prior to 1925 by Theodore Bolton. Bolton gathered the material in preparation for an intended dictionary of American painters in oils corresponding to his "Early American Portrait Draughtsmen in Crayons," 1923 and "American Miniatures, 1730-1850," 1927. He was attempting to list all oil portraits prior to 1850.The files contain a biographical card for each artist, and a description...
Dates:
1922-1925
Found in:
Frick Collection Archives
Thomas Sully Autobiography and Sketches
Collection
Identifier: MS.062
Scope and Content Note
Manuscript autobiography written in Thomas Sully's hand in a notebook with lined paper, titled “Incidents in the life of Thomas Sully; chiefly of painting.” Sully wrote the account when he was 88 years old, describing his technique, imparting formulas, relating his experiences, and referring to British and American artists of the period such as Gilbert Stuart, Rembrandt Peale, John Singleton Copley, and Benjamin West.Pages are numbered 1-109, 200-207. Mounted on the front...
Dates:
1871
Found in:
Frick Collection Archives
Vollon Correspondence Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS.060
Abstract
Correspondence and other documentation relating to French nineteenth century artist, Antoine Vollon, his son, Alexis Vollon, and their peers.
Dates:
1846-1937
Found in:
Frick Collection Archives
Walter and Matilda Gay Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS.059
Abstract
Walter Gay (1856-1937) was an American painter known for his paintings of interiors. For the better part of his life, Gay lived in France, where he met and married heiress and fellow expatriate Matilda E. Travers (1855-1943). The bulk of this collection is formed by the diaries of Matilda Gay which provide detailed insight into the Gays' daily life as well as American expatriate life in France before, during, and after World War I. The collection also contains correspondence, photographs...
Dates:
Majority of material found within Bulk, 1880-1938; 1877-2012
Found in:
Frick Collection Archives
William Suhr Conservation Ledgers
Collection
Identifier: MS.018
Scope and Content Note
These two ledgers succinctly record the conservation work William Suhr completed from 1938 to 1957. Each entry consists of the date the artwork was received, owner of artwork, the artist and title, conservation treatment performed, the amount charged, and the date completed. In addition to his work for the Frick, Suhr's clientele includes prominent collectors, dealers, and museums. Volume one dates from 1938 to 1945 and volume two dates from 1945-1957. The first entry for a Frick work is on...
Dates:
1938-1957
Found in:
Frick Collection Archives
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