Finding Aid for the Henry Clay Frick Papers, Series V: Subject Files, 1848-1966

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Finding aid for the Henry Clay Frick Papers, Series V: Subject Files, 1848-1966,

TAbLe OF CONTeNTs undated Part of the Frick Family Papers, on deposit from the Helen Clay Frick Foundation Archives Summary Information SUMMARY INFORMATiON Biographical Note Scope and Content Note Repository The Frick Collection/Frick Art Reference Library Archives Arrangement 10 East 71st Street Administrative New York, NY, 10021 Information [email protected] © 2012 The Frick Collection. All rights reserved. Controlled Access Headings Creator Frick, Henry Clay, 1849-1919. Collection Inventory Subseries I: General Title Subject Files Henry Clay Frick Papers, Series V: Subject Files 1848-1966, undated ID Subseries II: Unfinished HCFF.1.5 Matters 1903-1949, undated Date 1848-1966, undated Subseries III: Finished Matters Extent 1907-1921, undated 34.3 Linear feet Subseries IV: Abstract Agreements 1884-1925, undated 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 Subseries V: Bound Frick's investments, real estate holdings, personal and household matters, and philanthropic activities. Volumes 1911-1920s Preferred Citation

Henry Clay Frick Papers, Series V: Subject Files. The Frick Collection/Frick Art Reference Library Archives.

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BiOGRApHicAL NOTe

Henry Clay Frick was born 19 December 1849, in West Overton, Pa. One of six children, his parents were John W. Frick, a farmer, and Elizabeth Overholt Frick, the daughter of a whiskey distiller and flour merchant. Frick ended his formal education in 1866 at the age of seventeen. In 1871, Frick borrowed money to purchase a share in a coking concern that would eventually become the H.C. Frick Coke Co. Over the next decade, Frick expanded his business through the acquisition of more coal lands and coke ovens. In 1882, he partnered with fellow industrialist Andrew Carnegie, and assumed the chairmanship of Carnegie Bros. & Co. (later Carnegie Steel Co.) in 1889. During his tenure as chairman, differences between Frick and Carnegie emerged, most significantly in their approach to labor issues. The 1892 Homestead Strike strained relations between the two men for the rest of their working relationship, and he resigned from the company in December 1899.

For the remainder of his life, however, Frick continued to be a fixture in industrial and financial circles in America. He served as a director of United States Steel Corporation, and of various railroads, banks, insurance companies, and invested in property in and around Pittsburgh, as well as in Massachusetts, New York, and Indiana. He also served on the boards of cultural, educational, and charitable organizations, including the American Academy in Rome, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Princeton University. Frick was a life-long collector of art, focusing chiefly on Old Master paintings by artists such as Rembrandt, Van Dyck, Vermeer, and Gainsborough. Upon his death in 1919, he bequeathed his New York City residence, along with the paintings, sculpture, furnishings, and decorative objects therein as a public museum now known as The Frick Collection.

Frick was married to Adelaide Howard Childs of Pittsburgh, with whom he had four children: Childs Frick (1883-1965), Martha Howard Frick (1885-1891), Helen Clay Frick (1888-1984), and Henry Clay Frick, Jr. (born 1892, died in infancy). They maintained a home in Pittsburgh (“Clayton”), as well as an elaborate summer residence (“Eagle Rock”) on Boston’s North Shore, which was completed in 1906. From 1905-1914, the family also occupied the Vanderbilt mansion at 640 Fifth Avenue in New York, before building their own residence on the site of the former Lenox Library at Fifth Avenue and 70th Street. Henry Clay Frick died in New York on 2 December 1919.

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ScOpe ANd CONTeNT NOTe

Henry Clay Frick's Subject Files, 1848-1966 and undated, consist of correspondence, financial records, legal documents, notes, and printed material on a variety of topics relating to Frick's personal and business interests. These files were organized by Frick's office staff in Pittsburgh, and do not adhere to any chronological or alphabetical filing system. Instead, documents on a particular topic were gathered into an envelope, and envelopes were assigned sequential numbers. Four separate runs of numbers have been arranged in this series as the following four subseries: I: General Subject Files, II: Unfinished Matters, III: Finished Matters, and IV: Agreements. The last subseries among these papers, Subseries V: Bound Volumes, contains a handful of miscellaneous volumes used by Frick's office staff.

Subseries I: General Subject Files, 1848-1966 and undated, is the most voluminous of the materials in this series. These files largely concern real estate transactions, loans and financial assistance to family members, friends, and business associates, and investments in railroads, utilities, mining, banking, and manufacturing. Other topics of interest include Frick's private railroad car “Westmoreland,” the family's box at the Metropolitan Opera; social events hosted by the Frick family, and membership in a range of clubs, societies, and other organizations. These papers also document philanthropic endeavors and the lease of various properties, including the Vanderbilt mansion at 640 Fifth Avenue in New York, the Robert S. Bradley house in Prides Crossing, Mass., a vacation cottage in Palm Beach, Fla., apartments at Louis Sherry's in New York, and the charter of the steam yacht Shemara. An alphabetical index of topics and their corresponding envelope numbers is filed in the beginning of the subseries. Note that some gaps exist among the sequence of envelope numbers, and that some envelopes are empty, indicating that their contents may have been removed and stored elsewhere by Frick's office staff. The location of materials transferred out of these files is often unclear.

Subseries II: Unfinished Matters, 1903-1949 and undated, and Subseries III: Finished Matters, 1907-1921 and undated, appear to be two parts of the same sequence of numbered envelopes. As in the General Subject Files subseries, documents pertaining to a transaction or topic were assigned a numbered envelope. Notations were made on the envelopes concerning action taken and the existence of relevant documentation. Matters considered unresolved at the time of Frick's death were probably left in their envelopes, even though action may have been taken and recorded in the course of handling Frick's estate. For those matters considered resolved during Frick's lifetime, the envelope was stamped "Closed" and the contents of the envelopes were removed to another location as indicated on the envelope, with the empty envelope remaining in the file. Documentation from closed matters was transferred into the General Subject Files above (sometimes referred to in notes as the "regular file") or the Henry Clay Frick's Voucher Files, also in this repository (http://www.frick.org/archives/FindingAids/HCFVouchers.html). While the envelopes in the Unfinished Matters subseries are largely empty, they do contain detailed summaries of action taken and existing documentation, and can provide references to materials filed elsewhere among Frick's papers.

Subseries IV: Agreements, 1884-1925 and undated, pertain largely to real estate transactions and investments in in various companies. Exceptions to this include an agreement with F.J. Osterling for renovations at Clayton, and contracts for utilities at Clayton and the Frick Building. A bound record of agreements filed at the beginning of the subseries contains details such as the parties involved, pertinent dates (i.e. expiration, payment, renewal, cancellation, etc.), a synopsis, and the location of related documentation. As with the General Subject Files, Unfinished Matters, and Finished Matters, there are unexplained gaps in the sequence of numbered agreements in this subseries.

A small group of materials, Subseries V: Bound Volumes, 1911-1920s, contains an address book, an index to a file case, and an inventory of securities held in a safe deposit box.

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ARRANGeMeNT

Materials are arranged in five subseries:

I. General Subject Files, 1848-1966, undated

II. Unfinished Matters, 1903-1949, undated

III. Finished Matters, 1907-1921, undated

IV. Agreements, 1884-1925, undated

V. Bound Volumes, 1911-1920s

Files are primarily arranged by envelope number; unnumbered envelopes are arranged alphabetically by title.

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AdMiNisTRATive INFORMATiON

Access Restrictions

These records are open for research under the conditions of The Frick Collection/Frick Art Reference Library Archives access policy. Contact the Archives Department for further information at [email protected].

Provenance

On deposit from the Helen Clay Frick Foundation, 2001.

Processing Information

Arranged and described by Julie Ludwig, 2012, with funding from the Helen Clay Frick Foundation.

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CONTROLLed Access HeAdiNGs

Genre(s)

Deeds. Financial records.

Personal Name(s)

Frick, Adelaide Howard Childs, 1859-1931. Frick, Childs, 1883-1965. Frick, Helen Clay, 1888-1984. Frick, Henry Clay, 1849-1919.

Subject(s)

Railroads--History. Steel industry and trade.

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COLLecTiON INveNTORY

Subseries I: General Subject Files

Files in this subseries largely concern real estate transactions, loans and financial assistance to family members, friends, and business associates, and investments in railroads, utilities, mining, banking, and manufacturing. Other topics of interest include Frick's private railroad car "Westmoreland," the family's box at the Metropolitan Opera; social events hosted by the Frick family, and membership in a range of clubs, societies, and other organizations. These papers also occasionally contain information regarding philanthropic endeavors, art purchases, and the lease of various properties, including the Vanderbilt mansion at 640 Fifth Avenue in New York, the Robert S. Bradley house in Prides Crossing, Mass., a vacation cottage in Palm Beach, Fla., apartments at Louis Sherry's in New York, and charter of the yacht Shemara. An alphabetical index of topics and their corresponding envelope numbers is filed in the beginning of the subseries. Note that some gaps exist among the sequence of envelope numbers, and that some envelopes are empty, indicating that their contents may have been removed and stored elsewhere by Frick's office staff. The location of materials transferred out of these files is often unclear.

Folders are arranged by envelope number.

Box Folder Date

1 1 undated "Index to Miscellaneous Papers" [preservation photocopy]

Alphabetical index to Henry Clay Frick's subject files.

1 2 1918- #1: Bills Receivable - D.B. Kinch correspondence 1919

Correspondence to, from, and about the financial situation of D.B. Kinch.

1 3 1919 #1: Bills Receivable - D.B. Kinch receipts and check register

Receipts for bills incurred by D.B. Kinch, with accompanying check register for the Union Savings Bank of Pittsburgh.

1 4 1915- #1: Bills Receivable - Bondholders' Committee, Fort Smith & Western 1917 Railroad Co.

Re: deferred interest

1 5 1917- #1: Bills Receivable - Bondholders' Committee, Fort Smith & Western 1921 Railroad Co.

Certificate of Indebtedness

1 6 1920- #1: Bills Receivable - Bondholders' Committee, Fort Smith & Western 1922 Railroad Co.

Certificates of Deposit

1 7 1909 #1: Bills Receivable - Loan to John Watson of Bayside, Long Island

1 8 1915 #1: Bills Receivable - U.S. Steel stock owned by Marika Ogiz

1 9 1915 #1: Bills Receivable - Registered mail insurance

1 10 1919- #1: Bills Receivable - The Lido Corporation 1920

2 1 1916- #1-A: Accounts Receivable - Loan to Alfonse Jongers 1917

Contains correspondence re: commission of a portrait of John C. Tappin.

2 2 1904- #1-A: Accounts Receivable - Loan to Charles W. Culp 1905

2 3 1907 #1-A: Accounts Receivable - Loan to F.T. Cole

2 4 1912- #1-A: Accounts Receivable - Loan to Francis T.F. Lovejoy 1914

2 6 1911- #1-A: Accounts Receivable - Loan to Judge Joseph Buffington 1915

2 7 1910- #1-A: Accounts Receivable - Loan to Louise Inglis 1915

Includes correspondence re: two Millet drawings Mrs. Inglis wishes to sell.

2 8 1915 #1-A: Accounts Receivable - Loan to Lyman B. Childs

2 9 1910 #1-A: Accounts Receivable - Loan to Walter Scranton

2 10 1896- #1-A: Accounts Receivable - Louis Rott 1899

Re: Lynch property, purchased by Rott in 1896.

2 11 1906- #1-A: Accounts Receivable - Note - Asa P. Childs, Jr. 1922

2 12 1916- #1-A: Accounts Receivable - Note - Bondholders' Committee, Fort Smith & 1924 Western Railroad Co.

2 13 1919- #1-A: Accounts Receivable - Note - Charles McK. Lynch 1920

2 14 1911- #1-A: Accounts Receivable - Note - Carl C. Law 1914

2 15 1907- #1-A: Accounts Receivable - Note - C.S. Overholt 1909

2 16 1920- #1-A: Accounts Receivable - Notes - Donner Steel Co., Inc. 1922

2 17 1912 #1-A: Accounts Receivable - Note - Elliott Rodgers

2 18 1909- #1-A: Accounts Receivable - Note - George Nox McCain 1911

2 19 1903- #1-A: Accounts Receivable - Note - George W. Delamater 1908

2 20 1914- #1-A: Accounts Receivable - Note - Guild of Boston Artists 1923

2 21 1892 #1-A: Accounts Receivable - Note - Isham Carter/William Wallace

2 22 1914 #1-A: Accounts Receivable - Note - Joseph Holroyd

2 23 1917- #1-A: Accounts Receivable - Note - Katherine M. Snyder 1922

2 24 1918- #1-A: Accounts Receivable - Note - Lawrence Litchfield 1922

2 25 1885- #1-A: Accounts Receivable - Notes - miscellaneous (canceled, overdue, 1912 etc.)

2 26 1900 #1-A: Accounts Receivable - Notes - Oliver Mining Co.

2 27 1920- #1-A: Accounts Receivable - Notes - W.H. Donner 1922

2 28 1902 #1-A: Accounts Receivable - Notes - Wm. Martin

3 1 1916- #1-B: Bills Payable - $1,250,000 note at First National Bank 1920

Includes correspondence with Duveen Brothers.

3 2 1917- #1-B: Bills Payable - W.J. Naughton note ($416,100) 1920

3 3 1917- #1-B: Bills Payable - W.J. Naughton note ($1,300,000) 1920

3 4 1916- #2: Mortgages - D.B. Kinch 1921

3 5 1914- #2: Mortgages - D.D. Gage 1920

3 6 1898- #2: Mortgages - George H. Doerr 1907

3 7 1920- #2: Mortgages - Heyl & Patterson, Inc. 1924

3 8 1887- #2: Mortgages - Markle family 1889

3 9 1904- #2: Mortgages - Rachel Roy/Mary C. O'Connell 1922

3 10 1910- #2: Mortgages - Tinstman family 1925

3 11 1921- #2: Mortgages - University of Pittsburgh 1924

4 1 1898- #2-A: Mortgages - Holroyd family 1904

4 2 1919- #2-A: Mortgages - Joseph P. Hoguet 1923

4 3 1914- #2-A: Mortgages - Josiah V. Thompson 1915

4 4 1904- #2-A: Mortgages - Litchfield bond and mortgage 1905

4 5 1896- #2-A: Mortgages - Matthew H. Thompson 1898

4 6 1877- #2-A: Mortgages - Papers re: various bonds and mortgages 1898, undated

4 7 1921- #2-A: Mortgages - Country Club of Allegheny County 1925

4 8 1919- #2-A: Mortgages - Joseph P. Hoguet fire insurance 1923

4 9 1916 #2-A: Mortgages - T. Lea Hamnett

4 10 1921 #3: A. Overholt & Co. stock

4 11 1881 #4: South Penn Railway Co.

4 12 1892- #6: Homewood Cemetery lot 1918

4 13 undated #7: Shady Side lot

4 14 1901 #8: Thomas St. property - called Doerr property on books

4 15 1891- #10: Mt. Pleasant property 1906, undated

4 16 1903- #11: Anna Belle and Baker mine - Assay certificates 1904

Mining property in Colorado.

4 17-18 1881- #11: Anna Belle and Baker mine - Correspondence 1902

Mining property in Colorado.

5 1-3 1903- #11: Anna Belle and Baker mine - Correspondence (continued) 1939

Chiefly correspondence with George D. Nickel; later correspondents include Frederick Brooks, Mrs. Jesse C. Wiley, Louise Brooks, and Virginia B. Carnegie.

5 4-5 1879- #11: Anna Belle and Baker mine - Deed folders 1897

5 6-7 1903- #11: Anna Belle and Baker mine - Expenditures 1904

5 8 1882- #11: Anna Belle and Baker mine - Legal documents 1903

5 9 #11: Anna Belle and Baker mine - Maps and newspaper clippings

5 10 1897- #11: Anna Belle and Baker mine - Taxes 1929

5 10 undated #12: Lincoln Ave. property

See No. 49: McPherson St. property

6 1 1889- #15: Carnegie Bros. & Co., Ltd.; Carnegie Phipps & Co., Ltd.; and Carnegie 1912 Steel Co., Ltd.

6 2 1899, #15-A: Carnegie option 1905, undated

Contains agreements between Henry Clay Frick, Andrew Carnegie, Henry Phipps, W.H. Moore, and P.C. Knox.

6 3 undated #16: North American Phonograph Co. / P.L. Walter [empty envelope]

6 4 undated #17: Union Land Co. - Envelope only

6 5 1889- #17: Union Land Co. - Canceled checks and receipts 1914

6 6 1911- #17: Union Land Co. - Check register 1925

6 7 1892- #17: Union Land Co. - Correspondence 1910

6 8 1925 #17: Union Land Co. - Dissolution papers

6 9 1923 #17: Union Land Co. - Dividend payments

6 10 1918- #17: Union Land Co. - Federal capital stock tax 1925

6 11 1909- #17: Union Land Co. - Federal income tax 1919

7 1 1920- #17: Union Land Co. - Federal income tax (continued) 1927

7 2 1892 #17: Union Land Co. - Insurance

7 3 1891- #17: Union Land Co. - Letterpress book 1919

7 4 1889- #17: Union Land Co. - Minute book 1910

7 5 1888- #17: Union Land Co. - Mortgages 1892

7 6 1890- #17: Union Land Co. - Pennsylvania capital stock taxes 1916

8 1 1917- #17: Union Land Co. - Pennsylvania capital stock taxes (continued) 1925

8 2 1923- #17: Union Land Co. - Pennsylvania emergency profits tax 1924

8 3 1889- #17: Union Land Co. - Renting agent 1898

8 4 1910, #17: Union Land Co. - Resignations undated

8 5 1891- #17: Union Land Co. - Stock 1909

8 6 1889- #17: Union Land Co. - Stock certificates 1891

8 7 1909 #17: Union Land Co. - Tax on corporations

8 8 undated #21: Union Bridge Co.

8 9 1872- #22: Elizabeth Frick's heirs (John S.R. Overholt, et al) 1888

8 10-12 1891- #25: Homewood Improvements - Bills 1897

Includes invoices from 1891-1892 for plumbing, masonry, foundry and other metal work, carpentry, and cement work at Henry Clay Frick's Pittsburgh residence (Clayton). Bills are approved by F.J. Osterling. Materials dating from 1896-1897 include summaries of expenses, a statement from A. Overholt & Co., and invoices for a 12-volume edition of the complete works of Robert Burns.

8 13 circa #25: Homewood Improvements - Orchestrion 1890s

Folder contains specifications for the new positioning of the orchestrion, prepared by architects Alden & Harlow.

8 14 1891 #25: Homewood Improvements - Osterling, F.J.

Contains correspondence from Osterling to Frick re: charges for the renovation work being done at Clayton.

9 1 undated #28: Second Ave. property (Nos. 133 and 135 Second Ave.)

9 2 1889 #29: W.J. Hitchman

9 3 1869- #29: Joseph Rist 1887

9 4 undated #32: Henry Phipps, Jr. and Robert Pitcairn; Frank Thomson and Robert Pitcairn

9 5-6 1848- #34: Baldwin Estate 1887, undated

9 7 1892- #35: Illinois Steel Co. 1893

9 8 1889- #36: Delaware & New England Co. and Philadelphia, Reading & New 1910 England Railroad Co. Securities

9 9 1892- #37: Brushton property 1923

9 10 1892 #38: Monro property, 22nd Ward, Pittsburgh

10 1 1891- #39: English property, 22nd Ward, Pittsburgh 1919

10 2 undated #40: F.J. Osterling [empty envelope]

10 3 1899 #41: Receipt for will of H.C. Frick from Fidelity Title & Trust Co.

10 4 1893- #42: Castalia Sporting Club 1916

10 5-6 1892- #44: Beck property, 22nd Ward, Pittsburgh 1921

10 7 undated #45: Mrs. L.C. Carnegie property, 22nd Ward, Pittsburgh [empty envelope]

10 8 undated #46: Mercantile Library Hall Co.; James F. Hudson.

Folder contains cross reference only.

10 9 1905- #47: Lake Erie and Ohio River Ship Canal - Correspondence, A-C 1916

10 10 1905- #47: Lake Erie and Ohio River Ship Canal - Correspondence, D-F 1917

11 1 1905- #47: Lake Erie and Ohio River Ship Canal - Correspondence, G-K 1914

11 2 1905- #47: Lake Erie and Ohio River Ship Canal - Correspondence, Lang & 1910 Cassidy

11 3 1905- #47: Lake Erie and Ohio River Ship Canal - Correspondence, Le-M 1914

11 4 1905- #47: Lake Erie and Ohio River Ship Canal - Correspondence, N-P 1914

11 5 1905- #47: Lake Erie and Ohio River Ship Canal - Correspondence, R 1914

11 6 1905- #47: Lake Erie and Ohio River Ship Canal - Correspondence, S-W 1915

11 7 1907 #47: Lake Erie and Ohio River Ship Canal - List of industrial plants in the Pittsburgh district

11 8 1894- #48: Alldred Lot and Gillespie Lot 1906

11 9 1882- #49: McPherson Street Property 1911, undated

11 10 1900- #50: Life Insurance - Abstracts and general correspondence 1919

12 1 1890- #50: Life Insurance - Berkshire Life policy #31580 1919

12 2 1890- #50: Life Insurance - Connecticut Mutual Life policy #190336 1919

12 3 1886- #50: Life Insurance - Equitable Life [various policies] 1926

12 4 1887- #50: Life Insurance - Mutual Benefit Life policy #158055 1920

12 5 1887- #50: Life Insurance - Mutual Life policy #163109 1919

12 6 1895- #50: Life Insurance - Nederland Life policy #54105 1920

12 7 1893- #50: Life Insurance - New York Life policy #103932 1920

13 1 1912- #50: Life Insurance - New York Life policies #497958 and 501052 1917

13 2 1891- #50: Life Insurance - State Mutual Life policy #23135 1919

13 3 1896- #51: South West Natural Gas Co. 1908

13 4 undated #53: Butler & Pittsburgh Railroad Syndicate

Folder contains cross reference only.

13 5 undated #54: Consolidated Traction Co.

Folder contains cross reference only.

13 6 1888- #55: Mrs. Jane Clark property 1897

13 7 1896 #56: Bonds given various parties

Re: promissory note of M.P. and J.R. Schooley.

13 8 undated #57: Virginia coal property

Folder contains cross reference only.

13 9 1897 #58: Union League of Philadelphia

13 10 1909 #59: Spencer A. Ford - Insurance policy

13 11 1893- #60: Plans of T.A. Gillespie property 1900, undated

Re: property in Pittsburgh's 22nd Ward.

13 12 1897- #61: Gallant property and Lepper property 1898, undated

Re: property in Pittsburgh's 22nd Ward.

13 13 1897- #62: South Highland Avenue property; Highland Building 1915

13 14 1901- #63: Reynolds Street property 1914, undated

14 1 1897- #64: Colorado Electric Power Co.; Colorado Light and Power Co. 1911

14 2 1895- #65: David Fraser property, or Morgan property 1898

Re: property in Pittsburgh's 22nd Ward.

14 3-4 1896- #66: North Woods Club and cottage 1913

14 5 1897- #67: Bellefield Co. 1928

14 6 1897 #68: Smith property

Re: property of James O. and Margaret E. Smith in Pittsburgh's 22nd Ward.

14 7 1898- #70: Bank of Charleroi 1900

14 8 undated #72: Revere Coal Tract

Folder contains cross reference only.

14 9 1892- #73: Sterrett School House property 1898

14 10 undated #74: Vandevort property

Folder contains cross reference only.

14 11-12 1893- #75: Diamond Street property 1925

Re: property in Pittsburgh's 2nd Ward.

15 1 1898- #75: Diamond Street property - Rent statements 1903

15 2-3 1898- #75: Diamond Street property - Vouchers 1903

15 4-6 1919- #75: Diamond Street property - Widening project 1921

15 7 undated #77: Lake Michigan Tract [empty envelope]

See Henry Clay Frick Papers, Series: Deed Files for more documentation on this property.

15 8 1898- #78: New Castle Gas Company stock 1899

15 9 1901- #81: Plans of various properties 1902, undated

15 10-11 1899- #82: New York Shipbuilding Co. 1915

16 1 #82: New York Shipbuilding Co. (continued)

16 2 undated #83: Cornucopia Mines [empty envelope]

16 3 undated #83: McDondald property; Braddock Avenue property [empty envelope]

16 4-5 1899- #85: Schwarz tract, 22nd Ward, Pittsburgh 1914

16 6 undated #86: Continental Coke Co. [empty envelope]

16 7 undated #87: Wylie Monongahela River property [empty envelope]

16 8 undated #89: Big Meadows Gas Co. [empty envelope]

16 9 undated #92: Dean property [empty envelope]

16 10 1899 #93: Trust Company of America

16 11 1899 #94: American Ship Building Co.

16 12 undated #95: Windella Pineapple Co. [empty envelope]

16 13 undated #96: Horn property [empty envelope]

16 14 undated #97: Snee property [empty envelope]

16 15 undated #98: Dutch property [empty envelope]

16 16 1899- #99: Fort Pitt Natural Gas Co.; Manufacturers Light & Heat Co. 1909

16 17 undated #100: Large property [empty envelope]

16 18 undated #101: Amalgamated Copper Co. [empty envelope]

16 19 1899- #102: Central District & Printing Telegraph Co. contract 1915

16 20 1899- #103: "16 to 1" and Crystal Mining Co.; Rex Mining Co. 1924

16 21 undated #104: Lease of Rooms 919 and 920 from Carnegie Steel Co. to H.C. Frick [empty envelope]

16 22 1904- #105: Oil paintings 1907

Re: insurance on paintings while in transit, on exhibition, etc.

17 1-2 1898- #106: Blair Land Co. property; Monongahela River property 1905

17 3 1899 #107: Bradshaw property

Re: property located in Jefferson Township, Allegheny County, Pa.

17 4 1899 #108: Blair property (Geo. W. Blair)

Re: property located in Jefferson Township, Allegheny County, Pa.

17 5 undated #109: Blackburn property; heirs of R.M. Blackburn [empty envelope]

17 6 undated #111: Rochester Heat & Light Co. [empty envelope]

17 7 undated #112: Penn Cotton Mill [empty envelope]

17 8 undated #113: Elizabeth Water Co.; Monongahela Valley Water Co. [empty envelope]

17 9 1899- #114: Central Railroad Co. of New Jersey 1900

17 10 1894- #115: H.C. Frick Coke Co. and allied companies 1895

17 11 1899- #116: Columbia Chemical Co. 1920

17 12 1900- #117: Pittsburgh, Virginia & Charleston Railway Co. 1903

17 13 1900 #118: Allegheny Valley Railway Co.

18 1 1901- #118: Allegheny Valley Railway Co. (continued) 1906

18 2 1900- #119: Union Trust Company of Pittsburgh 1919

18 3-8 1911- #121: Oil investment 1914

Re: Standard Oil subsidiaries

18 9 1911- #121: Oil investment (A-C) 1915

Anglo-American Oil Co. - Crescent Pipe Line Co.

18 10 1912- #121: Oil investment (C-N) 1914

Cumberland Pipe Line Co.-Northern Pipe Line Co.

19 1 1911- #121: Oil investment (O-S) 1913

Ohio Oil Co. - Solar Refining Co.

19 2 1911- #121: Oil investment (S continued) 1913

South Penn Oil Co. - Southern Pipe Line Co.

19 3 1912- #121: Oil investment (S continued) 1913

Standard Oil Co. of California

19 4 1911- #121: Oil investment (S continued) 1914

Standard Oil Co. of Indiana - Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey

19 5 1911- #121: Oil investment (S-W) 1913

Standard Oil Co. of New York - Washington Oil Co.

19 6 1911- #121: Oil investment (W) 1913

Waters Pierce Oil Co.

19 7 1911- #121: Oil investment 1914

Memoranda of dividends, proxies, etc.

20 1 1900- #122: Agreement re: yacht "Shemara" 1901

Chartered from Amzi L. Barber through Tans, Lemoine & Crane. Folder contains correspondence, contract, crew list, notes for recommended cruises along the eastern seaboard, and an abstract log compiled by the captain.

20 2 1900 #122: Guestbook for yacht "Shemara"

20 3 1900- #123: Interest in Republic Coke Co. 1902

20 4-6 1900- #123: Interest in Union Steel Co. 1931

20 7 1900- #125: 1/2 Interest in Diamond St. property (Andrew W. Mellon); now 1902 Diamond, Scrip, and Relief Alley property

20 8 1902- #127: John F. Atcheson/Shaw Coal Co. agreement 1910

21 1 undated #128: P.C. Knox [empty envelope]

21 2 1900- #129: Interest in Union Improvement Co. 1915

21 3 1900- #130: River Coal Co. 1902

21 4 1900 #131: John E. Thompson

Re: financial assistance to attend Ann Arbor College.

21 5 undated #132: Park property [empty envelope]

21 6 undated #132: Church property [empty envelope]

21 7 undated #135: S.L. Schoonmaker [empty envelope]

21 8 undated #136: McCracken property [empty envelope]

21 9 undated #137: Margina and Jane H. Blair property [empty envelope]

21 10 undated #138: Scaife property [empty envelope]

21 11 undated #139: McKeesport Brick Co. [empty envelope]

21 12 1900- #140: Carnegie Company Bonds 1901

21 13 undated #141: Third Presbyterian Church [empty envelope]

21 14 1900- #142: Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. 1920

21 15 undated #143: Rafferty property [empty envelope]

21 16 1901- #144: Youngstown Iron Sheet and Tube Co. 1903

21 17 1901- #145: United Gas Improvement Co. 1911

21 18-20 1901- #146: A. Cummins; Pocahontas Coal Lands; Faraday Coal Lands 1908

22 1-5 1909- #146: A. Cummins; Pocahontas Coal Lands; Faraday Coal Lands 1917 (continued)

22 6 1911- #146: A. Cummins; Pocahontas Coal Lands; Faraday Coal Lands - 1913, Settlement with Mr. Cummins undated

22 7 1901- #146: A. Cummins; Pocahontas Coal Lands; Faraday Coal Lands - Interest 1917 of James McCrea

22 8 1901- #146 A: Faraday matters, etc. - Correspondence with A. Cummins 1908

22 9 1909- #146-B: Kentucky Coal Lands 1910

23 1-4 1911- #146-B: Kentucky Coal Lands (continued) 1925

23 5-7 1901- #147: United States Steel Corporation 1924, undated

23 8 1901 #148: American Can Company

23 9 1896- #149: Wall & Bickerton lots 1901

Re: property in Jefferson Township, Allegheny County, Pa.

23 10 1901- #150: White property 1915

Re: property in Pittsburgh's 22nd Ward.

24 1-5 1899- #151: Fort Smith and Western Railroad Co. 1908

25 1-5 1909- #151: Fort Smith and Western Railroad Co. (continued) 1914

26 1-2 1915- #151: Fort Smith and Western Railroad Co. (continued) 1922

26 3-4 1902- #151: Fort Smith and Western Railroad Co. - Joint account 1922

26 5-6 1901- #152: St. Paul's Cathedral property 1903

Re: Property in Pittsburgh's 3rd Ward.

27 1 1912- #152: St. Paul's Cathedral property (continued) 1921

27 2 1916- #152-A: Union Arcade Building 1922

27 3 undated #153: Burns property [empty envelope]

27 4 undated #154: Flannery property [empty envelope]

27 5 1901- #155: National Union Fire Insurance Co. 1922

27 6 1901- #156: American National Bank (Barberton, Ohio) 1916

27 7 1905- #157: Bellefield property - Correspondence 1911

27 8-13 1906- #157: Bellefield property - Summaries of receipts and expenses 1908

Re: Rental properties in Pittsburgh's 14th Ward. 28 1-11 1909- #157: Bellefield property - Summaries of receipts and expenses 1914 (continued)

29 1914- #157: Bellefield property - Summaries of receipts and expenses 1919 (continued)

30 1-8 1920- #157: Bellefield property - Summaries of receipts and expenses 1924 (continued)

30 9 1901- #158: Paulsboro property 1916

Re: Property in Gloucester County, N.J.; sold to Vacuum Oil Co. in 1916.

30 10 1901- #160: St. Clair Furnace Co.; St. Clair Steel Co. 1911

30 11 undated #161: George Megrew [empty envelope]

30 12 undated #162: A.C. Case property; Linden Ave. property [empty envelope]

See Folder #166.

30 13 undated #163: American Locomotive Co. [empty envelope]

30 14 1901- #164: Consolidated Tobacco Co.; American Tobacco Co. 1905

30 15 undated #165: Nicola property [empty envelope]

31 1-2 1901- #166: Miss Childs' residence 1916

Re: residence built for Martha H. Childs, sister of Adelaide H.C. Frick, on Linden Ave. in Pittsburgh. Includes contracts and specifications for construction of the house, and plans for disposition of the property after Miss Childs' death in 1914.

31 3 1915- #166-A: Diller property 1917

Re: Diller homestead on Forbes Street between Bellefield Avenue and Dithridge Street in Pittsburgh's 4th Ward.

31 4-9 1901- #168: Traction and Power Securities Co., Ltd. 1917

31 10 1901 #169: A. Florence Fagan

Re: financial assistance to attend the Stanhope-Wheatcroft Dramatic School.

31 11 undated #170: New York Dock Co. [empty envelope]

31 12 undated #171: Jutte property [empty envelope]

32 1 1907 #172: George I. Whitney; Whitney, Stephenson & Co.

32 2 undated #173: Peru Copper Mines [empty envelope]

32 3 1901- #174: Sears lease 1903

Re: lease of the Sears residence ("Woodrock") in Beverly, Mass.

32 4-6 1902- #175: British Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co. 1911

Contains information relating to stock in the company.

32 7 1903- #177: Continental Coal Co.; Sunday Creek Co. 1920

Re: Syndicate agreement, bonds, etc. Includes letters from P.C. Knox.

32 8 1904 #178: Mining Development Co.; Cerro de Pasco Investment Co.

Folder contains envelope and reference to materials removed in 1904. The bulk of the documentation on Cerro de Pasco Corporations can be found in the archives at the University of Pittsburgh. See: Helen Clay Frick Foundation Archives, Series VI. Cerro de Pasco Corporations, 1901-1925.

32 9 undated #179: International Banking Corp. [empty envelope]

32 10 1902- #180: U.S. Steel Corporation Preferred Stock Retirement Syndicate 1904 Agreement

32 11 undated #181: St. John Hotel property [empty envelope]

32 12 1898- #183: Homestead Park improvement 1911

Improvements include grading, curbing, sidewalks, and a fountain.

33 1-3 1902- #184: Toledo Furnace Co. 1924

Includes information about company stock and statements of the company's financial condition.

33 4-5 1902- #185: Navigation Syndicate; International Mercantile Marine Co. 1916

Includes syndicate agreement and plan of reorganization for the company.

33 6 undated #186: Will of Jacob Frick [empty envelope]

33 7 1902 #187: East Chicago Co.

Folder contains information for stockholders and map of East Chicago.

33 8 1902 #188: Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville Purchase Syndicate

Folder contains syndicate agreement and related correspondence.

33 9 1901- #188 1/2: Promises 1914

Folder contains notes, correspondence, and related materials regarding funds promised to underwrite United States Steel Co. securities, Union Trust Co. of Clairton, and other organizations. Also documents a promise by Frick to give $25,000 to the Soldiers' Memorial [in Pittsburgh?], provided certain conditions were met.

33 10 1901- #189: Union Trust Co.; Mellon National Bank; Union Savings Bank 1913

Folder contains correspondence, agreements, and information for stockholders.

34 1 1913- #189: Union Trust Co.; Mellon National Bank; Union Savings Bank 1921 (continued)

34 2 1911- #190: Union Savings Bank of Pittsburgh 1919

Re: lease of vault and former restaurant space in the Frick Building to the bank.

34 3 1904- #192: Prides Crossing properties 1921

Folder contains miscellaneous papers on matters regarding the Frick property in Prides Crossing, Mass.; includes correspondence with Little & Browne and Ernest W. Bowditch.

34 4 1902- #192: Prides Crossing properties - Allen, George L. 1906

Folder contains correspondence with Allen re: acquisition, taxation, and insurance on property in Prides Crossing, Mass.

34 5 1904- #192: Prides Crossing properties - Beverly Shore Road 1906

34 6 1905- #192: Prides Crossing properties - Brower land 1908

34 7 1904- #192: Prides Crossing properties - Cabot land 1905

34 8 1906- #192: Prides Crossing properties - Drainage system at Automobile House 1907

Includes correspondence with William Caleb Loring, Little & Browne, and Ernest W. Bowditch.

34 9 1883- #192: Prides Crossing properties - Fogg estate 1909

Purchased from Augustus P. Loring in 1909; documents includes deed and mortgage agreements dating from 1883-1898.

34 10 1908, #192: Prides Crossing properties - Hale Street undated

Re: Permit from the Massachusetts Highway Commission to lay a water pipe under Hale Street.

34 11 1902- #192: Prides Crossing properties - Insurance 1903

34 12 1902- #192: Prides Crossing properties - Tyson place 1903

Includes papers re: acquisition of the property, as well as a letter from Little & Browne offering their services as architects.

34 13 1902- #193: Elk Creek Dock property 1903, undated

Re: Property in Erie Co., Pa. Folder contains correspondence with Andrew W. Mellon.

34 14 1900 #194: Personal Property returns

Re: Returns summarizing some of Frick's personal assets; filed in the state of Pennsylvania.

35 1-7 1906- #194: Personal Property returns (continued) 1929

35 8 undated #195: Passavant property [empty envelope]

35 9 1903- #196: Loan to J.D. Cameron 1907

35 10-12 1901- #197: McKeesport property 1914

Includes correspondence and legal agreements re: rental property in McKeesport's 4th Ward.

35 13 1902- #197: McKeesport property - Taxes and mortgage interest 1914

36 1 1903- #198: Louis Sherry - Lease of apartments 1906

Re: Lease of six unfurnished apartments at Louis Sherry's, located at Fifth Ave. and 44th St. in New York.

36 2-3 1902- #200: Guaranties made by H.C. Frick 1916

Re: Guaranties in connection with mortgage of James J. Flannery, Union Steel Co. bonds, Equitable Life Assurance Society, Cerro de Pasco Mining Co., Pittsburgh Tube Co., loan to Carl C. Law, note of George Westinghouse, Anglo- French 5% bonds, and United States Steel common stock.

36 4 1917- #200: Guaranties made by H.C. Frick - Harold B. Thorne loan 1920

36 5 1903- #200: Guaranties made by H.C. Frick - M. Knoedler & Co. notes 1916

Includes correspondence between Henry Clay Frick and Roland F. Knoedler.

36 6 1903- #203: Pennsylvania Railroad Co. shares 1906

36 7 1902- #204: Union Restaurant Co. of Pittsburgh 1913

Re: Restaurant operated within the Frick Building in Pittsburgh.

36 8 1902- #205: Union Safe Deposit Co. 1913

Includes lease for vault space in the basement of the Frick building.

36 9 1903 #206: Pittsburgh, Bessemer & Lake Erie Railroad Co. bonds

36 10-11 1902- #207: Riter-Conley property 1910

Re: Rental property located in Pittsburgh's First Ward.

37 1-7 1910- #207: Riter-Conley property (continued) 1921

37 8 1903- #208: Allegheny Valley Improvement Co. 1917

Includes correspondence of William H. Donner and Andrew W. Mellon.

37 9 1903- #209: Duquesne National Bank stock 1913

37 10 1902- #210: West Side Belt Railroad Co.; Pittsburgh Terminal Railroad & Coal Co. 1903

Re: Right of way through Frick property near Clairton, Pa.

37 11 1903- #211: Country Club Land Co. 1916

Re: Sale of land to the Country Club of Pittsburgh.

37 12 1904- #212: Pittsburgh Coal Co.; Monongahela River Consolidated Coal & Coke 1907 Co.

Folders contain receipts for the purchase of company stock, reports to stockholders, memoranda on assets, and a brief re: Pittsburgh coal fields by A. Cummins.

38 1-3 1908- #212: Pittsburgh Coal Co.; Monongahela River Consolidated Coal & Coke 1920, Co. (continued) undated

38 4 1903- #213: Robert S. Bradley lease 1904

Rental agreement for Bradley's house in Prides Crossing, Mass.

38 5 undated #214: Continental Coke Co. [empty envelope]

See: Subject File #177 (Box 32, Folder 7) in this series.

38 6 undated #215: Gift of Chartran's Signing of the Protocol to Pres. Roosevelt [empty envelope]

See: Henry Clay Frick Papers, Series I: Art Files, and Henry Clay Frick Art Collection Files, both in this repository, for documents concerning this painting.

38 7 1904- #216: Lease on Palm Beach cottage 1905

Re: Lease of furnished cottage for the 1904-1906 seasons.

38 8 1903- #217: Interest in Baraboo Range 1928

Re: Exploration for iron ore near Baraboo, Wis.

38 9 1903- #218: Princeton, N.J. property (for Colonial Club) 1907

38 10 1903- #219, 219-A: Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co. 1917

Re: Stock and indebtedness of the company.

38 11 1903- #220: Gould-Cassatt negotiations 1904

Includes correspondence of A.J. Cassatt and John P. Green.

38 12 1899- #222: New England Central Railway Co. securities 1907

39 1 1908- #222: Central New England Railway Co. securities (continued) 1911

39 2 1901- #223: Miscellaneous - receipts, etc. 1913

Includes list of matters requiring attention during Frick's absence in Europe (1901), a bill for olive oil received from abroad (1902), a receipt from Frick's 1904 trip to Cuba, a $53,900 contribution to the Republican National Committee (1904), a receipt from dinner at Louis Sherry's (1906), bills from the Hotel St. Regis in New York (1906), a template for minutes from the board meeting of an unnamed organization, bills from the Garden City Golf Club and Pau Golf Club (1908 and 1909), 1000 francs to the credit of Cte. Ridgway at the Société Générale (1909), and receipts for several small contributions.

39 3 1883- #224: H.C. Frick & Co. - Correspondence and financial papers 1914

39 4 1881- #224: H.C. Frick & Co. - Passbook and canceled checks 1902

39 5 1904- #225: Japanese loan syndicate 1905

Re: Subscription to Japanese government bonds.

39 6-7 1905- #226: Various stock and bond syndicates 1910

Includes information re: investments in various railroad syndicates (Pennsylvania Railroad Co., Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co., etc.), Imperial Japanese government bonds, and Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co.

39 8 1903- #226-A: Various stock and bond syndicates 1908

Includes information re: investments in American Telephone & Telegraph Co., Union Pacific Railroad Co., American Smelters Securities Co., Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co., and Western Union Telegraph Co.

40 1 1908- #226-A: Various stock and bond syndicates (continued) 1911

40 2-3 1910- #226-B: Various stock and bond syndicates; trio and quarto accounts with 1916 Kunh Loeb & Co.; Southern Pacific and Union Pacific

40 4 undated #227: "Hump" removal project [empty envelope]

The bulk of the documentation on "Hump" removal project in downtown Pittsburgh can be found in the archives at the University of Pittsburgh. See: Helen Clay Frick Foundation Archives, Series XV. Hump Removal, 1899-1914.

40 5 1903- #229: Fire insurance 1912, undated

Re: insurance on properties in Pittsburgh, Frick's homes and their contents, and his art collection.

40 6-7 1902- #230: Banks - Stock and other matters 1912

Includes information re: Equitable Trust Co., Mercantile Trust Co., Manhattan Trust Co., and Bankers Trust Co., among others.

41 1 1913- #230: Banks - Stock and other matters (continued) 1924

41 2-3 1905- #232: Cambria Steel Co. 1915

Includes information about company stock and statements of the company's financial condition.

41 4 1905- #233: Clairton Street Railway Co. 1912, undated

41 5 1907- #234: Clubs, etc. (A-B) 1919

Academy of Political Science (New York, N.Y.), 1909-1916

Aero Club of New York (Garden City Estates, N.Y.), 1911, 1913

American Academy in Rome, 1911

American Chamber of Commerce in Paris [Includes correspondence with Roland F. Knoedler], 1907, 1911

American Forestry Association, 1915

American Museum of Natural History (New York, N.Y.), 1910-1919

Automobile Club of America (New York, N.Y.), 1911, 1913

Automobile Club of France (Paris, France), 1907

Boston Press Club (Boston, Mass.), 1910, 1915

41 6 1908- #234: Clubs, etc. (B-C) 1923

The Brook (New York, N.Y.), 1915, 1918

Cascapedia Club (Quebec, Canada), 1908-1923

Chamber of Commerce of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, Pa.), 1906-1921

Chicago Club (Chicago, Ill.), 1910-1918

41 7 1904- #234: Clubs, etc. (C-L) 1917

Church Club of the Diocese of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, Pa.), 1909

City Midday Club (New York, N.Y.), 1917

Country Club (Pittsburgh, Pa.), 1904 Country Club of Augusta (Augusta, Ga.), 1910, 1916

Country Club of Westchester (Westchester Co., N.Y.), 1915

Engineers' Club (New York, N.Y.), 1906, 1914

Essex County Club (Manchester, Mass.), 1906

Fifth Avenue Association (New York, N.Y.), 1917

Garden City Golf Club (Garden City, N.Y.), 1910

Lawyers' Club (New York, N.Y.), 1905-1913

Longfellow National Memorial Association (Washington, D.C.), 1908-1909

42 1 1907- #234: Clubs, etc. (M-N) 1922, undated

Metropolitan Club (Washington, D.C.), 1907-1912

Montserrat Golf Club (Beverly, Mass.), 1911-1921

Myopia Hunt Club (Hamilton, Mass.), 1910-1911

National Academy Association (New York, N.Y.), 1913

National Art Club (New York, N.Y.), 1911-1922

National Association of Owners of Railroad Securities (Baltimore, Md.), 1917

National Highways Association (Washington, D.C.), 1915

National Security League, Inc. (New York, N.Y.), 1915

Navy League of the United States (Washington, D.C.), 1909, undated

42 2 1897- #234: Clubs, etc. (N-S) 1918

New Hampshire Historical Society (Concord, N.H.), 1918

New York Yacht Club (New York, N.Y.), 1918

North Woods Club (Minerva, N.Y.), 1897-1913

Oakmont Country Club (Hulton, Pa.), 1910-1911

Pennsylvania Society (New York, N.Y.), 1911

Piping Rock Club (Locust Valley, N.Y.), 1918

Pittsburgh Club (Pittsburgh, Pa.), 1907, 1909

Princeton Gateway Club (Princeton, N.J.), 1915

Racquet and Tennis Club (New York, N.Y.), 1905

The Recess (New York, N.Y.), 1917

Riding Club (New York, N.Y.), 1918

Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club (New York, N.Y.), 1918

Safe Roads Automobile Association (Boston, Mass.), 1910-1914

Somerset Club (Boston, Mass.), 1912-1913

Sportsman's Association of Cheat Mountain (Durbin?, W.V.), 1910-1921

42 3 1907- #234: Clubs, etc. (S-W) 1923

Sunningdale Golf Club (Berkshire, England), 1907-1923

Union Club (Cleveland, Ohio), 1914

Union Club of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, Pa.), 1913

University Club (Pittsburgh, Pa.), 1918

Urania Royal Arch, Chapter No. 192 (Greensburg, Pa.), 1907

Winters-night Club (Brookline, Mass.), 1912, 1914

42 4-5 1905- #235: American Academy in Rome 1915

Includes correspondence with Augustus Saint Gaudens, Daniel Burnham, Frank D. Millet, H. Siddons Mowbray, Wm. Rutherford Mead, and Charles D. Norton; also includes minutes of the Board of Trustees.

42 6 1900- #236: Settlement with the Beaumonts on behalf of C.S. Overholt and other 1921 matters

43 1 1905- #237: Mlle. Marika Ogiz 1921

Re: house in La Sarraz, Switzerland; church organ at La Sarraz; life insurance, etc.

43 2 1905- #238: Eureka Consolidated Mining Co.; Richmond Eureka Mining Co. stock 1925

43 3 1905- #239: Contract for automobile (Renault) 1906

43 4 1903- #241: Clairton Land Co. 1912

43 5-7 1905- #242: New York House (Vanderbilt) 1914

Includes correspondence, lease agreement, household inventory, and other documents pertaining to Frick's lease of the Vanderbilt mansion at 640 Fifth Avenue in New York.

43 8 1906- #243: Norfolk & Western Railway stock 1910

43 9 1909- #244: Chimes for Trinity Lutheran Church, Connellsville, Pa. 1911

44 1-4 1904- #245: Clairton; St. Clair Improvement Co. 1914

Folders contain correspondence and related documents largely concerning land in Clairton, Pa.

44 5-6 1906- #246: Exploration Syndicate, etc. 1924

Includes information about stock in the Hedley Gold Mining Co.

44 7-8 1904- #247: Automobile Club of America 1925

44 9-10 1906- #248: Stock in Goldfield-Mohawk Mining Co.; Goldfield Consolidated Mines 1925 Co.

44 11 1906- #249: Point Breeze Land Co. 1913

45 1 1906- #250: Agreement with Kaufmann Brothers re: smokestack and exhaust 1908 pipes

45 2-4 1906- #251: New York Library property 1914

Folders contain legal agreements, drawings, and correspondence documenting the purchase of the Lenox Library property on Fifth Avenue in New York.

45 5 1899- #252: Pittsburgh Golf Club 1916

Folder contains club rules and directory, and information about club bonds.

45 6 1907 #253: List of John Porterfield's securities sold at auction

45 7 1907 #254: University Club (Pittsburgh, Pa.)

Folder contains information re: club bonds.

45 8-9 1906- #255: Cananea Central Copper Co.; Greene Cananea Copper Co. 1919, undated

Folders contain information relating to company stock.

45 10 1870- #256: Agreements, deeds, legal papers, and memoranda re: New York 1912 Library property

Includes copy of 1870 deed from James Lenox to the Lenox Library.

45 11 1906- #257: University Club (Pittsburgh, Pa.) 1907

Re: Use of land at Forbes St. and Grant Blvd. for tennis courts.

45 12 1905- #258: Delaware River Steel Casting Co.; Federal Steel Foundry Co. 1920

Includes information about stock and the company's financial condition.

45 13 1903 #259: Wabash System

Folder contains report re: railroad traffic.

46 1-2 1907- #260: Knickerbocker Trust Co.; Columbia-Knickerbocker Trust Co. 1915

Chiefly concerns the resumption of business at Knickerbocker Trust Co.

46 3 1906 #261: "Summit" enterprise

Re: Investment in proposed hotel in Fayette County, Pa.

46 4 1906- #262: Union Pacific Railroad Co. 1913, undated

Re: Purchase of stock in Illinois Central Railroad Co. and Southern Pacific Co.

46 5 1900- #263: University of Wooster library extension 1907

Re: funds contributed by Frick for expansion of the library building. Also includes accounts payable vouchers for construction of the original library dating from 1900 to 1901.

46 6-9 1906- #264: Norfolk & Western Railway Co. 1922

Re: Stock and bonds issued by the company.

46 10 1905- #265: New Calvary P.E. Church (Pittsburgh, Pa.) 1907

Re: funds contributed by Frick for stone spire and bells for the church.

47 1-3 1905- #266: J.H. Bridge - Special B Account 1925

Includes correspondence with Bridge and bonds of the United Water Improvement Co.

47 4 1901- #267: City Deposit Bank 1910

Folder contains passbook and summary of dividends.

47 5 1908- #269: The New Theatre 1926

Re: Frick's involvement as a boxholder and founder of The New Theatre. Includes correspondence with W.K. Vanderbilt.

47 6 1908 #269: Newsboys' Home

Re: contribution toward the construction of the home in Pittsburgh, Pa.

47 7 1907- #270: Kleber printing telegraph machine 1909

Folder contains correspondence and other documents re: Kleber's patents on the machine.

47 8 1909, #271: Pocahontas Coal & Coke Co. 1912

Includes financial statements and map of the Pocahontas Coal Field.

47 9 1909- #272: Oregon Railroad & Navigation Co.; Oregon Short Line Railroad Co. 1911 stock

47 10-12 1881- #273: Pennsylvania Railroad Co. 1913

Includes correspondence with Andrew Carnegie, along with legal agreements, financial statements, and information for stockholders.

48 1 1909- #274: McCall Ferry Power Co.; interest in Susquehanna Power Co. and 1912 Pennsylvania Water & Power Co.

48 2 1906- #275: Bookplates 1917

Folder contains requests from collectors for Frick's bookplate, and prospectus for a memorial volume of the work of Edwin Davis French.

48 3 1906- #276: Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co. 1919, undated

Contents include correspondence with Marvin Hughitt and F.W. Haskell, and information for company stockholders.

48 4 1906- #277: George Nox McCain lecture enterprise 1913

Re: Financial support for travel lecture series by McCain.

48 5 1910- #278: Brashear matter - Observatory fund 1912

Re: Trust to fund the Astronomical Observatory and the University of Pittsburgh.

48 6 1910 #279: Dr. Leon Gorodiche (Pennsylvania Railroad stock)

Re: Investments made on behalf of Dr. Gorodiche.

48 7 1909- #281: Iron Railing Farm (Wenham, Mass.) 1912

Contents include abstract of title to the property and correspondence re: construction of the house at the Iron Rail Vacation Farm.

48 8 1909- #282: Metropolitan Museum of Art 1910

Contains correspondence to Frick as a Fellow and Trustee of the museum.

48 9-12 1910- #283: Nevada Hills Syndicate; Nevada Hills Mining Co. stock 1925

Contains correspondence re: Frick's investment and financial statements from the company.

48 13 1910 #284: Kansas Succession Tax

Re: Taxation on shares of stock in a Kansas corporation held by a non-resident of the State of Kansas.

49 1 1905- #285: Colonial Steel Co. 1915

Contains documents relating to stock in the company.

49 2-3 1909- #286: Archer Gibson 1917

Gibson was employed as an organist for the Frick family.

49 4 1909 #287: Mrs. Frick/Miss Frick social matters, etc.

Luncheon at Pittsburgh Golf Club

49 5 1909- #287: Mrs. Frick/Miss Frick social matters, etc. 1914

Charity case of Mrs. Bechtold.

49 6 1910 #287: Mrs. Frick/Miss Frick social matters, etc.

Loss of Helen Clay Frick's fur.

49 7-10 1910- #287: Mrs. Frick/Miss Frick social matters, etc. 1913

Dinner dances held at Pittsburgh Golf Club.

49 11-12 1912- #287: Mrs. Frick/Miss Frick social matters, etc. 1913

Theatre party in Pittsburgh.

49 13 1913 #287: Mrs. Frick/Miss Frick social matters, etc.

Address list for Frances S. Dixon.

49 14 1907- #288: Manhattan Trust Co. 1910

Contains documents relating to stock in the company.

50 1-6 1910- #289: Private car "Westmoreland" - Correspondence 1966

Correspondence discusses the design and construction of the car, insurance, relocation of the car, maintenance and repairs, use of the car by Charles J. Graham in the 1940s, and disposition of it in 1965.

50 7 1910 #289: Private car "Westmoreland" - Construction specifications

50 8 1910 #289: Private car "Westmoreland" - Fabric samples for interior finish

50 9 [1910] #289: Private car "Westmoreland" - Measurements and lists of items ordered

Goods purchased for the car include linens, silverware, glassware, crockery, and curtains.

50 10 1938 #289: Private car "Westmoreland" - Silver inventory

50 11 1942 #289: Private car "Westmoreland" - Appraisal

50 12-13 1911- #289: Private car "Westmoreland" - Receipts 1912

Contains receipts for groceries and other household goods, and bills from various railroad companies for movement of the car, repairs, and commissary supplies.

51 1 1911- #290: Country Club of Westchester County 1920

51 2-3 1910- #291: Chicago Junction Railways and Union Stock Yards Co. 1912

Contains documents relating to stock in the company.

51 4 1910- #292: Texas Pacific Land Trust 1919

Contains trustees' reports and information about stock.

51 5 1902- #293: Union Trust Company of Clairton 1923

Contains information relating to stock in the company. 51 6 1911- #294: Greene County coal; J.V. Thompson 1914

Contains correspondence, notes, etc., re: coal lands in Greene Co., Pa.

51 7 1903- #295: Books - History of the Carnegie Steel Co. 1920

Contains correspondence with publisher Butler-Ward Co., and lists of people to whom copies of the book were sent.

51 8-9 1910- #296: Properties at Wenham and Hamilton, Mass. 1919

Contains correspondence, legal documents, etc. re: Ayer, Davis, Appleton, Riva, Knowlton, Marshall, Woodberry, Libby, Lovett, and Pingree properties

51 10-11 1909- #297: Inspiration Copper Co.; Inspiration Consolidated Copper Co. 1913

Contains documents relating to stock in the companies.

51 12 1912 #299: Hanover Safe Deposit Co.

Contains note from F.W. McElroy re: rental of safe deposit box, and brochures from the company.

52 1 1912- #300: Karl F. Overholt - Taxes 1914

Contains correspondence with Overholt re: taxes due on various properties owned by Frick.

52 2 1909, #301: Indian Ridge Coal & Coke Co. 1916

Folder contains some notes relating to company stock.

52 3 1912 #302: Commercial Trust Co.

Contains information relating to stock in the company.

52 4 1910- #303: A.O. Tinstman; Mrs. H.C.M. Tinstman 1917

Re: financial assistance for the Tinstman family.

52 5 1903- #304: Cottier & Co. - Furnishings for Clayton 1905

52 6 1904 #304: Cottier & Co. - Furnishings for apartments at Sherry's

52 7 1912- #305: Kendall Gold Mining Co. 1917

Contains information relating to stock in the company.

52 8 1912 #306: Cleveland Birthplace Memorial Association

Re: Invitation for Frick to serve as a trustee of the association.

52 9-11 1906- #307: Central Young Women's Christian Association - Mrs. John G. Holmes 1922

Contains documents re: Frick's contributions to the Association's building fund and endowment.

52 12 1911 #308: Atchison Common Stock Syndicate (J.P. Morgan & Co.)

52 13 1910- #309: St. Bartholomew's Church 1918

Re: Frick family pew and contributions to the church's building fund. 53 1 1910- #310: Butt and Gary cottages 1911

Re: lease of cottages in Augusta, Ga.

53 2 1911- #311: Gypsy Moth Work, North Shore - William D. Sohier 1919

Re: Subscription to Sohier's fund for the preservation and improvement of woods and roads on Boston's North Shore.

53 3 1913 #313: United States v. E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co.

Re: Opinion of the Circuit Court in the "Powder Case."

53 4 1909- #314: American Golfer, Inc. 1920

Re: Investment in American Golfer magazine.

53 5 1914 #314: New York taxes

Re: Personal property taxes assessed by the City of New York.

53 6-7 1904- #316: Childs Frick 1913

Re: Investments, accounts, subscriptions, and club memberships.

53 8 1911, #317: National City Bank; National City Co. 1920

Contains documents relating to company stock.

53 9 1910- #318: Butte Coalition Mining Co.; Anaconda Copper Mining Co; 1915 Amalgamated Copper Co.

Contains documents relating to stock in the companies.

53 10 1910- #319: Photographs of Mr. Frick 1919

Includes requests for Frick's photograph, and inventories of photographs on hand.

53 11 1911 #320: Harvard Aviation Association

Re: Subscription to 1911 Harvard-Boston Aero Meet.

53 12-14 1912- #321: Tobacco Products Corporation 1918

Contains documents relating to investment in the company.

54 1 1912, #322: Interest with S.L. Schoonmaker (#2) 1914

Re: Joint account at Vernon C. Brown & Co.

54 2 1914- #323: Tonopah Mining Company of Nevada 1924

Includes annual report (1914) and information for stockholders.

54 3-5 1913- #324: Baltimore & Ohio Railroad 1920

Folders contain information relating to company stock and bonds.

54 6 1913- #325: New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Co. 1914

Re: subscription to bonds in the company.

54 7 1914 #326: New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Co.

Folder contains information for stockholders.

54 8 1918- #327: Donations and other charitable matters - Annual summaries 1923

54 9 1909- #327: Donations and other charitable matters - Drais, Clara C. 1911

54 10-11 1909- #327: Donations and other charitable matters - Fleming, Harriet M. 1922

55 1 1917- #327: Donations and other charitable matters - Frick, Jeremiah 1920

55 2 1912- #327: Donations and other charitable matters - Harrison, Inez 1913

55 3 1912- #327: Donations and other charitable matters - White, John M. 1915

55 4 1901- #328: Forms for reports, etc. 1913

Contains Pennsylvania Railroad Co. rent report forms, sample accounting forms from the H.J. Heinz Co., etc.

55 5 1913 #332: Home for Mrs. Lott

Re: purchase of property for Henry Clay Frick's sister in Wooster, Ohio.

55 6 1914, #333: St. Paul Coal Co. undated

Contains information about the stock, assets, and organization of the company.

55 7 1914, #334: Addington Golf Syndicate, Ltd. 1924

Re: investment in the Addington Golf Club in Surrey, England.

55 8 1914, #335: Essex County Club - First mortgage 4% bonds 1925

55 9 1898- #336: Wilkinsburgh Bank dividends 1916

55 10 1915- #339: Lido Golf Club 1916

Re: Underwriting for the club, located near Long Beach, N.Y.

55 11 1914, #341: Southern Pacific Company 1919

Re: Stock and bonds held in the company.

55 12 1910- #342: Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad Co. 1920

Contains documents relating to stock in the company.

55 13-16 1906- #343: Metropolitan Opera and Real Estate Company 1923

Folders contain information re: purchase and maintenance of Parterre Box #19, distribution of tickets to various parties, stock in the company, and sale of the box by Henry Clay Frick's estate.

56 1-2 1923- #343: Metropolitan Opera and Real Estate Company (continued) 1926

56 3 1906- #344: General Electric Company 1911

Contains documents relating to stock in the company.

56 4 1909- #345: Standard Motor Construction Co. 1915

Contains documents relating to stock in the company.

56 5 1912- #346: T. Lea Hamnett mortgage 1916

Re: Mortgage on property in Munhall, Pa.

56 6 1915- #347: Third Avenue Railway Co. 1916

Contains documents re: investment in the company.

56 7 1903- #348: Princeton University 1924, undated

Re: purchase of land for the University, Frick's election as a trustee, and matters settled by Frick's estate.

56 8 1915- #349: White Motor Company 1916

Contains information re: investment in the company.

56 9 1916- #350: The Barahona Company, Inc. 1920

Contains documents re: investment in the company.

56 10 #351: Cuba Cane Sugar Corporation Syndicate

Contains documents re: investment in the syndicate.

56 11 1915 #352: Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company

Contains correspondence re: stock in the company.

56 12 1915- #353: Kennecott Copper Corporation Syndicate 1916

Contains documents re: investment in the syndicate.

56 13 1915- #354: Bonds and stock of Erie Railroad Company 1918

Contains correspondence with John S. Phipps, syndicate agreement, etc.

57 1 1916, #355: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Two-Year 5% Secured 1918 Loan Gold Note Syndicate

57 2 1917 #356: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland One-Year and Two- Year 5 1/2% Secured Loan Convertible Gold Note Syndicate

57 3 1913- #357: Consolidated Gas Company 1920

Contains documents relating to stock and bonds in the company.

57 4 1914- #358: Stock in Pittsburgh Hotels Company 1919

57 5-6 1912- #360: Interborough Rapid Transit Co. 5% Gold Bonds Syndicate 1923

Includes examples of J.P. Morgan & Co. mourning stationery.

57 7 1916 #361: Metropolitan Trust Co., New York, N.Y.

Re: Opening of account.

57 8 1917 #362: Nipissing Mines Co. (Ontario, Canada)

Re: Conversion of stock held in the company.

57 9 1915- #363: Baylies property 1917

Re: Half-interest with Mr. H.A.C. Taylor in property located at Fifth Avenue and 71st Street, New York, N.Y.

57 10 1915 #364: Property adjoining New York Residence

Re: purchase of lot on 71st Street.

57 11 undated #365: Union Steel Company bonds [empty envelope]

57 12 1911 #366: H.C. Frick Educational Fund

Folder contains two pieces of correspondence from John A. Brashear.

57 13 1915- #367: American International Corporation 1918

Contains documents relating to stock in the company.

57 14 1916 #368: United Alloy Steel Corporation Syndicate

Contains documents relating to investment in the syndicate.

58 1-2 1916- #369: The Links Holding Corporation; The Links; The Links Golf Club 1925

Contains documents re: subscription to the The Links Holding Corporation; shares in The Links Golf Club (Searingtown, N.Y.); and The Links club (New York, N.Y.)

58 3 1916- #371: Foster Lot 1917

Re: Purchase of property in Beverly, Mass.

58 4 1915- #372: Anglo-French Five-Year 5% External Loan 1919, undated

58 5-7 1905- #373: Chicago City & Connecting Railways; The Chicago City Railway 1920, Company Syndicate undated

Contains documents relating to investment in the syndicate and dividends.

58 8 1915- #375: Blind Brook Golf Club; Poningoe Land Company 1920

Re: establishment of a golf club in Purchase, N.Y.

58 9 1919- #376: Franklin National Bank 1920

Contains documents relating to shares held in the bank.

58 10 1919- #377: Loew's, Inc. 1920

Contains documents relating to investment in the theater company.

58 11-12 1908, #378: Securities, stocks, and bonds 1912?

Notebook and ledger sheets recording the location of stock certificates, etc., in Mercantile Safe Deposit Box #16611

58 13-14 1911- #379: St. Cloud Country Club 1926

Re: investment in the club, located in Paris, France.

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Subseries II: Unfinished Matters

As in the General Subject Files above, documents pertaining to a transaction or topic were assigned a numbered envelope. Notations were made on the envelopes concerning action taken and the existence of relevant documentation. Matters considered unresolved at the time of Frick's death were probably left in their envelopes, even though action was often taken and recorded in the course of handling Frick's estate. For missing envelopes, see Subseries III: Finished Matters.

Folders are arranged by envelope number. Unnumbered envelopes are arranged alphabetically at the end of the subseries.

Box Folder Date

59 1-6 1905- #106: Brashear matter 1920

Contains correspondence with John Brashear and other documents pertaining to the Henry Clay Frick Educational Fund.

59 7 1904- #107: Great Northern Power Development Co. Underwriting 1920

Contains correspondence and other documents re: Frick's investment in the company.

59 8 undated #110: J.P. Morgan & Co. [empty envelope]

59 9 undated #111: Kuhn, Loeb & Co. [empty envelope]

59 10 1909 #119: Reorganization of Union Land Co.

Re: taxes on Frick's stock in the company.

59 11 1911 #122: Norfolk & Western Railway Co.

Re: purchase of timber from land owned by Faraday Coal & Coke Co.

59 12 1908- #130: Descendants of Abraham Overholt 1913

Contains a family tree and other genealogical information about the Overholt family.

59 13 1911- #134: Chas. D. Barney & Co. 1916

Re: $30,000 advance to Oliver C. Townsend.

59 14 1905- #136: Chicago City Railway Co. syndicate [empty envelope] 1914

59 15 1906- #144: Indian Ridge Coal & Coke Co. stock [empty envelope] 1914

59 16 1913- #149-B: Straightening of streets through property at Hamilton and 1915 Wenham, Mass.

59 17 1910- #151-D: Fort Smith & Western Railroad Co. bonds 1912

60 1-2 1917- #151-H: Fort Smith & Western Railroad Co. Bondholders' Committee 1926

60 3 1916 #183-A: Myopia Hunt Club

Re: New locker room at the club. 60 4 1918 #183-A: Myopia Hunt Club

Re: Eagle Rock Cup, to be played annually.

60 5 1912 #192: Suit for dissolution of U.S. Steel Corp.

60 6 1917 #203-B: Nevada Hills Mining Co. stock

60 7 1912, #204: Sans Bois Coal Co. coke oven notes [empty envelope] 1917

60 8 1912 #207: Donora Water Co.

Re: merger with Charleroi and Monessen Water Companies.

60 9 1912- #212: Carnegie correspondence sent to Henry Clay Frick at Pride's 1913 Crossing

60 10 1912- #213: Faraday Coal & Coke Co. 1913

Re: advances for purchase of coal property.

60 11 1912- #213-A: Faraday Coal & Coke Co. 1918

Re: land purchases and drill tests.

60 12 1912 #219: Reisner to purchase Mastaba

Acquired for the Boston Museum of Fine Arts.

60 13 1910- #221: J.G.A. Leishman 1915

Re: Leishman's financial difficulties.

60 14 1914- #223-A: John M. White 1916

Re: financial assistance for Mr. White.

60 15 1919- #223-B: Mark R. White 1920

Re: financial assistance for a former Frick Coke Co. employee.

60 16 1912 #224: George Nox McCain's lecture enterprise

60 17 1917 #231-B: Voter registration [empty envelope]

60 18 1916- #231-C: Voter registration 1919

60 19 1912 #232: Settlement with A.C. Dustin

60 20 1912- #240: Dellenbach lot 1918

Re: property on Grant Street in Pittsburgh, Pa.

60 21 1913- #246: Agreement between Helen R. Curtis and Henry Clay Frick 1920

Re: permission to construct a road on Mrs. Curtis' property so Henry Clay Frick can reach his private rail car by automobile.

60 22 1913, #248: Lease of Boston & Maine Railroad to Henry Clay Frick 1917

Re: lease of about 2500 square feet of ground for purpose of driveway to reach private rail car.

60 23 1919 #252-D: Moore, Leonard & Lynch

Re: abatement of rent [for offices in The Frick Building?]

60 24 1912- #255: Declarations of Trust 1915

Re: Trusts for F.W. McElroy, Joseph Holroyd, R.D. Lull, Georges Despres, George Wyness, J.G. Congreve, C.F. Chubb, and Minerva C. Stone.

61 1 1913- #263: Mrs. James Elmore 1914

Re: financial assistance to the widow of Henry Clay Frick's former coachman.

61 2 1912- #275: J.F. Fogg 1913

Re: use of Mr. Fogg's yard for unloading while Henry Clay Frick's private rail car is on the siding at Prides Crossing.

61 3 1906, #280: National Golf Course 1908, undated

Re: subscription to proposed golf course on the eastern end of Long Island.

61 4 1914 #280-A: Proposed hotel at Sixth Avenue and Cherry Way [Pittsburgh, Pa.]

61 5 1916- #280-D: Pittsburgh Hotels Company stock 1919

61 6 1916 #280-E: D.B. Kinch

Re: summary of salary and expenses paid to Kinch.

61 7 1916 #280-F: D.B. Kinch mortgage (2nd)

61 8 1913- #280: D.B. Kinch loan 1918

61 9 1912 #280: Removal of Lenox Library and construction of New York Residence

Re: agreement by D. B. Kinch to superintend the removal of the Lenox Library and construction of Frick's New York Residence.

61 10 1903, #280: D.B. Kinch mortgage (1st) 1919

61 11 1914- #304: Paintings purchased from M. Knoedler & Co. 1915

See: Henry Clay Frick Papers, Series I: Art Files (Box 10, Folder 6) in this repository.

61 12 1914- #306: A.O. Tinstman property (Turtle Creek, Pa.) 1927

61 13 1918- #311-C: Bellefield Property (Keeley Institute) 1919

61 14-15 1911- #312: National Golf Links of America 1926

See also: #280 - National Golf Course.

61 16 1915- #312: New York Street Sprinkling & Flushing Co. 1920

61 17 1916 #349: Deed of Trust

Re: pipe organ at Princeton University.

61 18 1915- #351: New bath house and high school at Beverly, Mass. 1916

61 19 1916 #356-B: Erie Railroad Co.

Contains information for company stockholders.

61 20 1915- #359, 359-A: Holmes Electric Protective Co. 1917

Re: patrol service at One East 70th Street.

61 21 1916 #372: Offer for Little or Means house, Wenham, Mass.

61 22 1915- #377: Pittsburgh Bank for Savings matter (Children's Savings Fund) 1918

Re: reimbursement to children who lost their savings when the bank closed.

61 23 1916- #379: Sixth Avenue & Grant Street corner property 1919

Re: repurposing vacant lot in Pittsburgh, Pa.

62 1 1916 #383: C.S.O. Tinstman

Re: Tinstman's allowance.

62 2 1916 #384: Leader Publishing Co.

Re: black smoke pouring out of the Pittsburgh Leader Building.

62 3 1916 #386: Park and playground property in Homestead, Pa.

62 4 1919- #391: Exploration Syndicate No. 2 1920

Re: Frick's investment in the syndicate.

62 5 1916 #392: Proposed portrait of Dr. Brashear by Alphonse Jongers

62 6 1916, #393: Louise Freeman 1919

Re: guarantee against loss relative to U.S. Steel stock.

62 7 1916 #394: Steel engraving plates of Mr. Frick's portrait

62 8 1916 #399: New York Telephone Co.

Re: change in telephone numbers at One East 70th Street.

62 9 1914, #405: Agreement with Western Union Telegraph Co. 1916

Re: stock ticker service at One East 70th Street. 62 10 1918- #408-A: New York Residence [empty envelope] 1920

Re: proposed sculpture gallery. For additional documentation, see: One East 70th Street Papers, and TFC/FARL Architectural Records in this repository.

62 11 1918- #408-H: New York Residence 1920

Re: electric lamp contract made through Lord Electric Co.

62 12 1916- #410: H.P. Snyder notes 1917

Re: loans to Snyder and his newspaper, The Connellsville Courier.

62 13 1915 #414-A: Faraday Coal & Coke Co.

Re: Berwind exchange

62 14 1916 #422: John Holroyd

Re: telephone service for Holroyd.

62 15 1915 #427: H.B. Thorne

Re: liability of Bankers Trust Co. when holding securities for customers.

62 16 undated #429: Contents of Room 252, Frick Building Annex

62 17 1910, #430: Rules re: movement of private car "Westmoreland" 1914, undated

62 18 1916- #434: Imperial Russian Government War Loan of 1916 1918

62 19 1916 #435: Norfolk & Western stock owned by Mary Allen Dixon

62 20 1916 #438: New York Clearing House rules and regulations

62 21 1916- #443: Exhibition of works by Serbian sculptor Ivan Mestrovic 1917

62 22 1916- #445: St. Paul Coal Co. Deed of Trust 1917

Re: Thompson property in West Virginia.

62 23 1916- #448: City of Pittsburgh - Ordinance for tunnel 1918, 1949

Re: tunnel connecting the Arcade Building and Frick Building.

62 24 1917 #456: Loan to Stanley Walter Krebs

62 25 1917 #458: C.G. Lewellyn

Re: proposed loan.

62 26 1917- #466: First Liberty Loan 1918

62 27 1917- #466-A: Second Liberty Loan 1918

62 28 1918- #466-B: Third Liberty Loan 1920

63 1-2 1919 #466-C: Fourth Liberty Loan

63 3 1919 #466-D: Fifth Liberty Loan

63 4 1917, #468: Loan to Frances A. Heath 1919

63 5 1915 #471: Mrs. J.B.A. Fosburgh

Re: Investment in securities.

63 6 1917 #472: Central District Telephone Co.

Re: rates for telephone service in the Pittsburgh area.

63 7 1917, #474: Loan to Suzanne Keener 1921

63 8 1917 #479: Frank Wouters/Oleogravure Co.

Re: reproductions of a portrait of Marshal Joffre.

63 9 1918 #484: Mount Union College

Re: endowed chair in honor of P.C. Knox.

63 10 1918 #486: A.G. Russell Jr.

Re: increase in salary.

63 11 1919 #493-A: Col. George Harvey

Re: North American War Weekly.

63 12 1919 #503: Walter Wellman

Re: financial assistance.

63 13 1919 #504: Insurance on Ford car at Prides Crossing

63 14 1917 #505: Childs Frick

Re: appointment on the scientific staff of the American Museum of Natural History.

63 15 1918 #508: Dissolution of Rex Mining Co.

63 16 1919 #509: Purchase of a picture by Vermeer

Contains correspondence with Joseph Duveen and others concerning the acquisition of Vermeer's Mistress and Maid.

63 17 1919 #511: Vacuum High Suction Cleaning System, Inc.

Re: vacuum cleaning at One East 70th Street.

63 18 1919 #513: New stock in Columbia Chemical Co.

63 19 1919 #519: St. Cecilia Symphony Orchestra concert tour

63 20 1918- #526: Inheritance taxes 1919

Re: proposed revenue bills taxing transfers of property and gifts to charitable institutions.

63 21 1919 #527: Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad Co.

Re: actions taken by stockholders in the company.

63 22 1915 #530: Mr. Frick's will

Contains a brief letter from Frick to Lewis Cass Ledyard, the attorney who authored the will.

63 23 1919 #533: Massachusetts compensation insurance

63 24 1921- #535: Barbara A. Hines 1922

Re: land on Rosemary Street in Pittsburgh, Pa.

63 25 1924 #536: Gallatin Land Co.

Re: right of the H.C. Frick Estate to collect personal property tax from Gallatin Land Co.

63 26 1914- Unnumbered envelopes 1919

Arthur Dummett, Inc. re: new trees on 70th Street, 1918-1919

Association for the Protection of the Adirondacks, 1919

Columbia Chemical Co. re: $50,000 note, 1918-1919

Consolidation of the Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co. and the Omaha, 1919

David Fraser re: bulbs for Clayton, 1919

Donner ore matter re: sale to U.S. Steel Corp, 1917-1918

George Wyness re: increase in wages, 1919

George Wyness re: roof on the house at Prides Crossing, 1919-1920

International Music Festival League, 1919

63 27 1913- Unnumbered envelopes (continued) 1920

John E. Milholland re: Republican campaign, 1919

John W. Fay re: Who's Who in the World War, 1919

Linden Avenue property [former residence of Martha H. Childs], 1914

Memorial to soldiers and sailors at Braddock, Pa., 1919

Richmond-Eureka Mining Co. re: committee formed to look after interests of minority stockholders, 1916-1919

Semi-monthly pays re: wages paid to Frick's employees, 1913

Tree Planting Association of the City of New York, 1917

Union Trust Company of Pittsburgh re: sale of shares at auction, 1917

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Subseries III: Finished Matters

This subseries contains envelopes that formerly housed documentation on Frick's personal and business matters, including investments, real estate transactions, membership in clubs, societies, and other organizations, contributions to family members and charitable organizations, art purchases, and service contracts. Envelopes frequently bear notes including a description of the matter at hand, action taken, payments made, and how the matter was resolved. In nearly all cases, the documentation was removed from the envelopes and filed elsewhere among Henry Clay Frick's papers. For missing envelopes, many can be found among Subseries II: Unfinished Matters.

Contents of this subseries are arranged by envelope number. Box Folder Date

64 1 1909- Envelopes #100-104 1915

#100, #100A: Fleming, Harriet M., 1911-1915

#101: Drais, Clara C., 1909-1911

#102: Plant storage house at Prides Crossing, 1910-1911

#103: Estimate of walls, etc. at compost yard, Prides Crossing, 1910-1911

#104: Contract with Daniel Linehan and Son re: additions and changes to the garage and power house, Prides Crossing, 1911-1912

#104A: Estimate for cost of avenue, path, and grading around garage, Prides Crossing, 1911

#104B: Commission to Ernest W. Bowditch for work at Prides Crossing, 1911- 1912

#104C: Estimate of D. Linehan and Son for cost of constructing tool house, various outbuildings, and fences at Prides Crossing, 1911-1912

#104D: Grading, furnishing loam, etc., at Tool House, sheds, etc., Prides Crossing, 1911-1912

64 2 1909- Envelopes #105-112 1914, undated

#105: Contract with Lord Electric Co. for electric work, change in plant, etc., Prides Crossing, 1911

#105A: Sale of old engine set, Prides Crossing, 1911

#106A: Funds requested by Dr. John A. Brashear, 1911

#106E: Contributions to the John A. Brashear Fund, undated

#107: Pennsylvania Railroad Co. stock, undated

#108: New York library property, 1912

#108A: Proposed house to be erected on Lenox Property, 1914

#108B: Cost of examining title for New York library property, 1914

#108C: Offer to remove and re-erect Lenox Library, 1912

#108C: Bids for removing Lenox Library building, 1914

#108E: Removal of Lenox Library and construction of New York Residence, 1912

#108F: Furnishings - New York House, undated

#112: Chimes for Trinity Lutheran Church, Connellsville, Pa., 1909, 1911

64 3 1909- Envelopes #113-122 1913, undated

#113, #113A: Inspiration Copper Co. stock, 1910, 1912

#115: Dresel, E.L., undated

#116: Subscription to Deficiency Fund of The New Theatre, 1911

#116A: Loan to The New Theatre, 1910-1911

#117, #117A: Questions re: Indiana Harbor property, 1909, 1911, undated

#118: Central Y.W.C.A. Building Fund and Endowment Fund, 1909-1910

#120, #120A: Rental of Butt cottage, Augusta, Ga., 1910-1912

#121, #121A: Kentucky coal lands, 1910-1912

#122A, #122B: Investments in Norfolk and Western Railway Co., 1912-1913

64 4 1910- Envelopes #123-129 1919, undated

#123, #123A-123E: Contributions William D. Sohier's work on the North Shore of Boston (e.g. fighting gypsy moths, road work, etc.), 1911-1919

#124: Renewal of fence on the line of Carl Borntraeger's property, 1913

#125: Fire escapes on Building #4228, Fifth Ave. [Pittsburgh], 1910

#125A: Tree planting on Bellefield Avenue [Pittsburgh], undated

#126, #126A-B: International Mercantile Marine Co., 1912-1917

#127: Instructions re: Union Restaurant, undated

#128, #128A: National Golf Links of America, 1911, 1913

#129, #129A: Shares in Butte Coalition, undated

64 5 1910- Envelopes #131-139 1917, undated

#131: Point Judith Polo Club, 1910-1911.

#132, #132 A-I: Gibson, Archer, 1911-1917

#133, #133 A: Mr. Frick's offer to present to Metropolitan Museum a replica of Bigot's Plan of Imperial Rome, 1911, undated

#135: Engineer desired by Mr. Marvin Hughitt for temporary service, undated

#137: Colonial Steel Co. preferred stock, 1915

#138: Checks to be sent when Mr. Childs Frick writes (Carnegie Museum, Bronx Zoological Park, 1911-1913

#139: McPherson St. lot offered to Mr. P.R. Dillon, 1914

64 6 1911- Envelopes #140-150 1915, undated

#140: Work at "Clayton," directed by Miss Frick, 1911

#141: Widening of Water Street, undated

#142: Agreement with Duveen Brothers for two paintings (Gainsborough's Lady Duncombe and Romney's Lady Milnes), 1911-1912

#143: W. & J. Sloane's estimate for rugs and carpet, 1911

#145: Mr. Frick approved purchase by Faraday of the Harman 50.94 acres up to $5,000 at sale to be made by Commissioner of School Lands, 1911-1912

#146: $100.00 to be given to the Pittsburgh Leader if needed for the purpose of securing Checker Tourney for Pittsburgh, undated

#147: Education of Miss Elizabeth Lott, 1911-1914

#148: Pennsylvania Water & Power Co. Syndicate, 1911-1912

#149, #149A, #149C: Improvement of roads in Wenham, Mass., 1911-1915

#150: Mr. Frick approves of the painting of property at #4232 Fifth Avenue, 1911

64 7 1911- Envelopes #151-158 1921, undated

#151, #151 A-C, #151 E-G, #151 I: Fort Smith & Western Railway Co. bonds, 1911-1921

#152: Subscription to Young Men's Association of Scottdale, Pa., 1914

#153: B.C. Cooke given authority to sell "Harding Real Estate," 1911

#154, #154 A: Mercantile Trust Co. stock; also merger of Mercantile Trust Co. with Bankers Trust Co., and Bankers Trust Co. with Manhattan Trust Co., 1911- 1912

#155: Estimates to extend rise of passenger elevator at Pride's Crossing, 1912

#156: Proposed donation to Gloucester Fisherman's Institute, 1911

#157: Playground to be built in Beverly, Mass., 1911-1912

#158, #158 A: Shares in Chicago Junction Railways and Union Stock Yards Co., 1911-1912, undated

64 8 1910- Envelopes #160-173 1914, undated

#160: Motor generator, etc., for Clairton Street Railway Co., 1911-1912

#161: Standard Oil Co. stock, 1911

#162: Memoranda re: Lawrence Dilworth estate, 1911

#163: Subscription to Boston-Harvard Aero Meet, 1911

#164: Letter of Thomas Cook & Son [re: 1912 trip to Egypt?], 1911

#165: Education of Jay E. Frick, 1910-1914

#166: Bonds of University Club, Pittsburgh, Pa., undated

#167, #167A: Indiana Harbor property (Lake Michigan Tract), 1913-1914

#168: Loan to Judge Buffington, undated

#169: Plan of all pipe lines at Prides Crossing, Mass., 1911

#170: Art gallery to be erected at Prides Crossing, Mass., 1911

#171: Colorado Light & Power Co., 1911

#172: Bridle path gate, [Prides Crossing, Mass.], 1911

#173: Money advanced Childs Frick for his trip to Africa, undated

64 9 1911- Envelopes #174-183 1920, undated

#174: Donation to Helen Keller, 1911-1915

#175: Building for Helen Clay Frick, to be planned by J. Harleston Parker, 1911- 1912

#176: Donation to Boston Museum for work of their Egyptian Department, 1911-1912

#177: X-ray machine for Mercy Hospital, 1912

#178: Money advanced through Col. James M. Beck for unnamed work, 1912

#179: Portrait of H.C. Leeds by Jongers, 1911

#180: Proposed sewage plant site at Clairton, undated

#180 1/2: Purchase of Pingree Farm, 1912

#181: Life membership in Oakmont Country Club, 1912

#183: Sidewalk ordinance in Clairton, 1911-1913

#183, #183B-D, #183F: Myopia Hunt Club, 1912-1920

64 10 1911- Envelopes #184-197 1915 , undated

#184: Question of inventories and appraisals, undated

#185: Swan & Finch Co. stock, 1912

#186: Repairs to stable behind Keeley Institute, 1912

#187, #187A-B: Private car "Westmoreland," 1914, undated

#189: Bid for Gently property, undated

#190: Merger between Equitable Trust co. and Knickerbocker Trust Co., undated

#191: Proposition for bridge and tunnel connecting Pittsburgh with South Hills, 1915

#193: Claim against Mercantile Safe Deposit Co., 1912, 1914

#195, #195A: Widening Cherry Alley from Fifth Ave. to Sixth Ave., 1912, 1914

#196: Additional space needed by Pittsburgh Steel Co. and National Tube Co., 1911

#197: G.L. Allen to trade in some Clairton lots, undated

64 11 1912- Envelopes #198-210 1920, undated

#198, #198A: Westinghouse Machine Co., 1912, 1914

#199: Faraday Coal & Coke Co., 1912

#200: Merger of Columbia Trust Co. and Knickerbocker Trust Co., 1920

#201: Vacuum Oil Co. stock, 1912

#202, #202A: Interborough Rapid Transit Co. syndicate, 1913-1917

#203: Nevada Hills syndicate, 1915-1916, undated

#205: Davey Tree Expert Co., Inc., 1912

#206: Surveys of Wenham Farm by Henry F. Bryant, 1913

#208: Wrecking and removal of buildings, etc. on Grant St. and Sixth Ave. property, 1912

#209: Proposition of Union Storage Co. for purchase of Riter-Conley property, undated

#210: Stock in Pennsylvania Railroad Co., 1912

65 1 1911- Envelopes #211-228 1918, undated

#211: Half interest with Kunh, Loeb & Co. in Pennsylvania Railroad Stock joint account, 1911-1912

#214: Cement sidewalk on Homewood Ave., 1912

#215: St. John's Episcopal Church at Beverly Farms, Mass., 1912-1916

#216, #216 A: Clairton Street Railway Co., 1912

#217: Wenham Farm, 1912

#218: Mr. Overholt authorized to buy an electric car for Edgar, 1912

#220: Standard Oil Co. of California stock, 1912

#223: White, John M., 1912-1914

#225: Memorial to Mayor Magee, undated

#226, #226 A-B: Loans to Pittsburgh Tube Co., 1912-1918

#227: Singing lessons for Inez Harrison, 1912-1913

#228: Messrs. Galt & Young, Shorthand Reporters, Washington, D.C., to furnish daily copies of testimony to be given before Sub-Committee investigating Campaign Contributions, 1912

65 2 1912- Envelopes #229-235 1919

#229, #229 A: Settlement with Mr. A. Cummins, 1912-1913

#230: Organ for Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, Wooster, Ohio, 1913

#231, #231 A: Henry Clay Frick's voter registration, 1912, 1916

#233: P.W. French & Co. have fitted up Aquarelle Room at 640 Fifth Ave. for pictures, 1912-1913

#234, #234 A-D: Tobacco Syndicate and Tobacco Products Corporation, 1912- 1919

#235: Work to be done by Dewar & Clinton, 435 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa., 1912

65 3 1912- Envelopes #236-247 1915

#236, #236 A: Lake Michigan Tract, 1912-1913

#237: Project for athletic field, rear of City Farm, Beverly, Mass., 1912

#238: Joseph Lewis promises to pay H.C. Frick $125.00, 1912-1913

#239: Stock in Cambria Steel Co., 1915

#241: Purchase of two painting by Paolo Veronese, 1912-1913 #242: Set of the complete works of John Ruskin, limited edition, for the University Library, Wooster, Ohio, 1912

#243: De Dion Bouton 50 horsepower auto ordered by Henry Clay Frick, 1913

#244: Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co. convertible bonds, 1913

#245: Charter of steam yacht "Rheclair," 1913

65 4 1907- Envelopes #249-256 1919, undated

#249, #249 A-D: Indiana Harbor property/Lake Michigan tract, 1913

#250, #250 A: Union Pacific Railroad Co. stock, 1913-1914

#251: Bellefield property, [Pittsburgh, Pa.], 1914

#252, #252 A-C: Darr & Moore lease/ Moore, Leonard & Lewis lease/ Moore, Leonard & Lynch lease, 1913-1919

#253: Agreement for telephone service at 640 Fifth Ave., 1907-1913

#254: Writing by Burton Alva Konkle, 1913

#256: Pittsburgh Coal Co. preferred stock, undated

65 5 1913- Envelopes #257-274 1917, undated

#257: Pittsburgh Blue Book, 1913-1914

#258: 1914 Book of Prominent Families (issued by Index Co.), 1914

#259: Request of Pittsburgh Press Club for contribution to Building Fund, 1917

#260: Saint Cloud Country Club, undated

#261: Breeze, Charles, 1913-1914

#262: Promise to Mr. L.E. Johnson, 1913-1914

#264: Contract for new Mercedes car, 1913-1914

#265: Joint account of A.W. Mellon, R.B. Mellon, and H.C. Frick, undated

#266: Purchase of Thompson property in Wooster, Ohio, for Sallie F. Lott, 1913- 1914

#267: New York, New Haven & H[udson?] Railroad Co. bond subscription, 1913

#268: $100,000 donation to the Y.M.C.A/Y.W.C.A, 1914-1915

#269: Tinstman, H.O., Mrs., 1914

#270: Statue of Mr. Chas. B. MacDonald to be executed by Prince Paul Troubetzkoy, ultimately to be presented to the National Golf Links of America, 1914

#271: Project for athletic field at Beverly, Mass., revived, 1914

#272: Expenses of Dr. Jesse Benedict Carter in connection with endowment for American Academy in Rome, 1914

#273, #273 A: New entrance to Union Savings Bank (F.J. Osterling, architect), 1914-1915

#274: $15,000 donation to the Diocese of Pittsburgh, 1914-1915

65 6 1914- Envelopes #276-285 1916

#276: Elsie de Wolfe to furnish a set of old English chairs for new house, 1914

#277: Historical Society of Pennsylvania (contribution toward the purchase of Penn portraits), 1914

#278: Contribution to Kingsley House, 1914

#279: Rugs ordered of W. & J. Sloane Co. by Mr. Childs Frick, 1914

#280, #280 B-C: Hotel proposition/Pittsburgh Hotels Co. stock, 1914-1916

#281: Point property (Penn Ave. and Barbeau St.), 1914, 1916

#282: Southern Pacific Co. convertible bonds, 1914

#283, 283 A: Purchase and improvements to Hartzler Farm for J. Edgar Frick, 1914

#284: National McKinley Birthplace Memorial Association, 1914-1915

#285, #285 A: Vanderbilt lease (640 Fifth Ave.), 1914

65 7 1914- Envelopes #287-303 1919, undated

#287: Consolidated Gas Co., undated

#288: Employment of Easthope Martin as organist, 1914

#289: Aeolian Co. to tune and regulate organ and blowing apparatus at Prides Crossing, undated

#290: Essex Country Club bonds, 1914

#291: Welte Mignon piano removed from 640 Fifth Ave. for storage, 1914, 1916

#292: Subscription to fund for the Seventh Annual Convention of the National Association of Real Estate Exchanges, 1914

#293: Quarterly donation to William George Jordan, 1914-1917

#294: Hon. Herman A. MacDonald, Mayor, Beverly, Mass. (re: High School athletic field and building), 1914 #295: Guild formed by the artists of Boston, 1914

#296, 296A: Loans to Charles B. Macdonald, 1914-1915

#297: Additions and alterations to Eagle Rock, Prides Crossing, Mass., undated

#298: Metropolitan Opera and Real Estate Co. (repairs to arm chair in box), 1914

#299: Loan to Dr. Oscar Kniffler, 1914-1915

#300: Dunbar Township High School, 1914

#301: Loan for Bryce J. Allan through Bankers Trust Co., 1914-1919

#302: Indiana Harbor property/Lake Michigan Tract, 1914

#303: Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway stock, 1914

65 8 1910- Envelopes #305-320 1921, undated

#305: Mortgage to assist Mrs. Gage, a daughter of Capt. Jones, 1915-1920

#307, 307 A: Francis H. Denny property, Augusta, Ga., 1910-1919

#308: Purchase of Hoppner's "The Ladies Sarah and Catherine Bligh," 1915

#310, #310 A: Allowances for Mary V.O. McCain and Alice C. Overholt, 1915- 1921

#311, 311 A-B: Bellefield property, [Pittsburgh, Pa.], 1915-1916

#313: Linden Avenue property, 1916

#314: Hostetter property (formerly Peacock property) adjoining Clayton, undated

#315, #315 A: Property at the corner of Homewood Ave. and Reynolds St. (re: selling to Homewood Cemetery), 1915

#316: Third Avenue Railway, undated

#317: Paintings offered for purchase by Mrs. Lewis Hind, 1915

#318: Brooklyn Rapid Transit Co. stock, undated

#319: R.W. Johnston Studios (re: sepia enlargement), 1917

#320: Exchange of stock in Amalgamated Copper Co. for stock in Anaconda Copper Mining Co., 1915

65 9 1915- Envelopes #321-338 1920, undated

#321: Bill of Dr. H.W. Nowell (claim against estate of Martha H. Childs), 1916

#322: Contribution to the American Social Hygiene Association, 1915-1920

#324: Loan to Lyman B. Childs, 1915

#325: Piping Rock Club, 1915

#326: Furniture purchased from G.A. Letts, 1915

#327: Employment of Ruth E. Williams to look after works of art in the New York house during the summer, 1915

#329: Fishing arrangement with Starling Childs of Bonbright & Co., 1915

#330, 330 A: Property adjoining the New York Residence, 1915

#331: Country Club of Pittsburgh, 1916

#332: Lido Golf Club, 1915-1916

#333: Financial assistance for Mary Frick, 1915-1916

#334: New York Shipbuilding Co. stock, undated

#335: Lighting in Frick Building Annex, 1915

#336: William Penn Hotel mortgage, 1915

#337: Cigarettes purchased from Stephano Brothers, 1915

#338: Thomas Hoy v. H.C. Frick, 1915

65 10 1915- Envelopes #339-349 1920, undated

#339: Gunn's Hill property (re: baseball permit), undated

#340: Letter to Alfred Anson re: Duke of Devonshire's Memling, 1915

#342: Estimate of Joseph Horne Co. for cleaning, etc. at Clayton, 1915

#343: Botticelli and Holbein, belonging to Hugh Blaker, brought to America by Jon Eyre for Henry Clay Frick's inspection, 1915

#344: Sunday Creek Co. collateral trust bonds, 1915

#345, 345 A-B: Joint accounts with John S. Phipps, 1917-1918, undated

#346: Contribution to Industrial Home for Crippled Children, 1916

#347: Metropolitan Opera and Real Estate Co. (re: opera box chairs), 1915

#348: Agreement with Wadley & Smythe for care of trees, grass, hedges, etc. at New York Residence, 1915-1916

#349, 349 B-C, E-G: Gifts to Princeton University, 1915-1920

#341: Cambria Steel Co. stock given to Childs Frick, 1915

65 11 1915- Envelopes #350-361 1919, undated

#350: Agreement with Cauldwell-Wingate Co. to maintain shutters at New York Residence, 1916-1917

#352: North Shore Association for the Extermination of Mosquitoes, 1915-1917

#353, #353 A-C: Notes of M. Knoedler & Co., 1915-1916

#354, 354 A: Kennecott Copper Syndicate, 1915-1916

#355: Blind Brook Golf Club, 1916-1917

#356, 356 A: Erie Railroad Co. convertible bonds, 1916-1917

#357: Henry Clay Frick to join H.A.C. Taylor in buying property at the corner of 71st Street from Mr. Baylies, 1916

#358, 358 A: Anglo-French bonds, 1915-1916

#360: Cuba Sugar Cane Corporation Syndicate, undated

#361, 361 A-B: Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co., 1915-1919

66 1 1915- Envelopes #362-365 1921

#362: Contribution to St. Bartholomew's Church, 1916-1918

#363, 363 A-K: Paintings, furniture, and other items purchased through Duveen Brothers, 1915-1921

#364, 364 A-D: Cottage at Prides Crossing, Mass., and improvements to the farm at Wenham, Mass., 1915-1916

#365: Bust of Madame du Cayla by J.A. Houdon, 1916-1917

66 2 1915- Envelopes #366-382 1919, undated

#366: Purchase of Rolls Royce from Robert W. Schuette, 1916

#367: Question of Harry Thaw purchasing the Highland Building, 1916

#368: Paulsboro property, undated

#369: American International Corporation stock, 1915-1917

#370, 370 A-C: The Links Golf Club, Searingtown, N.Y., 1916-1919

#371, 371 A: The Barahona Company, 1916, 1918

#373: Pittsburgh Golf Club bonds, 1916

#374: Loaning Dagnan-Bouveret's "Consolatrix Afflictorum" to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1916

#375: White Motor Co. stock, 1915

#376: R.G. Dun & Co./The Mercantile Agency, 1915

#378: Metropolitan Opera & Real Estate Co. annual assessment, 1916-1917

#381: Suite of furniture offered to E.T. Stotesbury, 1916

#382: Negotiations with Jules Porges for Rembrandt's "Woman with a Bible," 1916

66 3 1915- Envelopes #385-407 1920, undated

#385: Mosquito Campaign - North Shore, 1916-1917

#387: National Golf Links of America, 1916

#388: Clayton Conservatory re: amount due from Zieger Co., 1916

#389: Copies of "Benvenuto Cellini" purchased from Charles Scribner's Sons, 1916

#390: Chair frames belonging to Mr. Frick; red damask fabric belonging to Maus, undated

#395: Silex Percolator Co. [gifts to Bryce J. Allan and James Parker], 1916

#396 Metropolitan Trust Co., New York re: new account, 1916

#397: American Foreign Securities Co. syndicate agreement, 1916

#398: Carnegie Museum re: black rhinoceros exhibit, 1920

#400: Correspondence with James W. Bechervaise re: bath tub at Cascapedia, 1916

#401: Contribution for Schenley Memorial, 1916

#402: Correspondence with Charles Carstairs re: purchasing Sargent painting for Lewis Ledyard, 1915-1918

#403: Correspondence with J.A. Farrell, 1915

#404: Proposed sale of Riter Conley property, 1916

#405: Estimate for curtains from B. Altman & Co., 1916

#407: Castalia Sporting Club, 1915-1916

66 4 1914- Envelopes #408-425 1919, undated

#408, 408 C-E: New York Residence re: work by Carrère & Hastings, John H. Shipway & Brother, and John A. Bank & Brother, 1916-1918

#409: Sale of Highland Building to Josiah V. Thompson, 1914, 1916 #411: Appraisal of J.P. Morgan Estate, 1916

#412: Exchange of Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. stock, 1917

#413, 413 A: M. Knoedler & Co. bills; mezzotints for The Links, 1916-1918

#414: Proposition of the Pittsburgh Coal Co. to buy Faraday property, 1915

#416: New York City Police Department re: psychopathic laboratory, 1916

#417: Patrizio Art Mosaic Co. re: mosaic work on porch at Clayton, 1916

#419: Paintings by Jonkhur Six, 1916

#420: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Two-Year 5% Secured Loan Gold Note Syndicate, undated

#421: Shaw Coal Co. deeds, 1916, 1919

#423: McElveen Furniture Co. re: carpets for Pittsburgh office, 1916

#424: Contribution to Beverly Hospital, 1916

#425: Boucher paintings purchased from Mrs. W. Rathbone Bacon, 1916

66 5 1916- Envelopes #426-452 1919, undated

#426: Wallis paintings; Maris "Windmills & Lock," 1916

#428: United States Steel common stock, undated

#431: Contribution to John W. Alexander Endowment Fund, 1916-1917

#432: Subscription to fund to bring French concert singers to New York, 1916, 1918

#433: Contribution to the Hospitality Fund of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1916

#436: United Alloy Steel Corporation syndicate, 1916, 1919

#439: Correspondence with George Lockhart Allen re: purchase of Foster lot, 1916-1917

#440: Stock in Kendall Gold Mining Co., 1916-1917

#441, 441 A: Union Arcade Building re: city assessments, 1916-1918

#444: American Ambulance Hospital in Paris, 1917

#446: Chicago & Northwester Railway Co. stock increase, 1917

#447: Sale of equipment, etc. in Frick Building to Duquesne Light Co., 1916- 1917

#449, 449 A: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland One-Year and Two- Year 5 1/2% Secured Loan Convertible Gold Note Syndicate, undated

#451: Application of Joseph Donon for the position of chef, 1917

#452: Pach Brothers re: steel engraving to be made from photograph of Henry Clay Frick, 1917

66 6 1916- Envelopes #453-476 1923

#453: Hon. Mrs. Alfred Anson re: stock turned over to Chas. D. Barney & Co., 1918

#454: Subscription to the fund for Infantile Paralysis, State of Massachusetts, 1917

#455: Addition to home of Mrs. Sallie F. Lott, 1917

#457: Letter to H.C. McEldowney re: room in Frick Building formerly used as a restaurant, 1917, 1919

#459: Fidelity Title & Trust stock, 1917

#460: Portrait of John C. Tappin by Alphonse Jongers, 1916

#461: Painting by Spencer Hals, 1917

#464: Loan to Roland F. Knoedler, 1917

#465: Toledo Furnace Co. increase of capital stock, 1917

#467: Subscription to American Red Cross, 1917

#469: Yearly allowance for Jeremiah Frick, 1916, 1918

#473: Contribution toward the education of Lillian Ramsey, 1917

#475: Engravings to illustrate article on the visit of the French Mission to the United States, 1917

#476, 476: Commissions from sculptor J. Massey Rhind, 1917-1923

66 7 1917- Envelopes #477-501 1921

#477: Fusion Committee of 1917, 1917

#478: Note of William Butterworth to M. Knoedler & Co., 1917

#480: Red Cross Auxiliary of The Frick Building, 1918

#481: Sherman, Frederic Fairchild re: "Art in America," 1918-1919

#482: Maeder property at the corner of Fifth Ave. and William Penn Place, 1918

#483: Engaging Joseph Stanley Farrar as organist in New York and at Prides Crossing, 1918-1919

#485: Enlistment of John W. Frick in the Army, 1918-1919 #487: Contribution to New York Cooking School, 1918

#488: Portrait of C.B. MacDonald by Gari Melcher, 1918

#489: United States 4% Certificates of Indebtedness, 1918

#490: Metropolitan Opera & Real Estate Co. re: assessment, 1918

#491: Advance to Dr. Lawrence Litchfield, 1918-1919

#493: Col. George Harvey re: contribution to "North American War Weekly," 1918

#494: Arthur Dummett, Inc. re: proposition for oriental plane trees at One East 70th Street, 1918

#495: Norfolk & Western Railway Co. stock, 1918-1919

#496: The Bellefield Co. bonds, 1918-1919

#497, 497 A: Bankers Trust Co. stock, 1918-1919

#499: Bridge, J.H. re: Appleton's Cyclopaedias, 1918

#500: Houghton, George S. re: financial assistance, 1919-1921

#501: Portrait of George Washington by Gilbert Stuart, 1919

66 8 1919- Envelopes #502-534 1921, undated

#502: Painting by Lieut. Lemordant, purchased by Helen Clay Frick, undated

#506: Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co. bonds, 1919-1920

#507, 507 A: Ten paintings purchased from the Estate of Virginia P. Bacon; Duveen Brothers re: portrait of Lady Meux, 1919, 1921

#510 A: Aeolian Co. re: work to be done on the organ at Prides Crossing, 1919- 1920

#512: Lord Electric Co. re: vacuum cleaner installation, etc., 1919

#513: Interborough Rapid Transit Co. bonds, 1919-1920

#515: Riter-Conley property re: Elizabeth A. McFadden ground rent, undated

#516: Claim of Eugene J. Sauvageau, 1919

#517: Creelman, Alice B. re: Holbein portrait and "Madonna and Child," 1919- 1920

#521: Goldfield Consolidated Mines Co. stock, 1919

#523: Proposed subway for Pittsburgh, 1919

#524: Riter-Conley property re: taxes, 1919

#528: Cerro de Pasco Copper Corporation, undated

#529 B-C: A. Overolt & Co. re: liquidation, 1919

#531: Forbes, B.C. re: contribution to Forbes Financial Magazine, 1919

#534: Comfort station for Frick Park, Homestead, Pa., 1920

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Subseries IV: Agreements

Files in this subseries largely pertain to real estate transactions and investments in in various companies. Exceptions to this include an agreement with F.J. Osterling for renovations at Clayton, and contracts for utilities at Clayton and the Frick Building. A bound record of agreements filed at the beginning of the subseries provides details such as the parties involved, pertinent dates (i.e. expiration, payment, renewal, cancellation, etc.), a synopsis, and the location where related documentation.

Numbered agreements are filed first, followed by unnumbered agreements in alphabetical order.

Box Folder Date

67 1 1912- Record of agreements 1918

Volume in which details of various agreements are recorded. Entries may include with whom the agreement was made, the date and expiration of agreement, and information about costs, payments, and renewals.

67 2 undated Memoranda re: agreements

67 3 1885- #4: South Penn Railway Co. 1888

Re: subscribers to the company.

67 4 1887, #7: Shady Side Lot 1892

Re: Aiken property on Pittsburgh's 20th ward.

67 5 1884- #8: Thomas Street Property 1901

Re: Doerr property in Pittsburgh's 21st ward.

67 6 1888- #16: North American Phonograph Co./P.L. Walter 1895

Re: stock in the company.

67 7 1888- #21: Union Bridge Co. 1892

Re: stock in the company.

67 8 1891- #28: Second Ave. Property, nos. 133 & 135 1892

Re: property in Pittsburgh's 2nd ward.

67 9 1886- #32: Henry Phipps Jr. & Robert Pitcairn/Frank Thomson & Robert Pitcairn 1911

Re: interest in Carnegie Brothers & Co., Carnegie, Phipps & Co., and H.C. Frick Coke Co.

67 10 1884- #34: Baldwin Estate 1892

Re: administration of the estate of William Baldwin.

67 11 1891- #40: F.J. Osterling 1894

Re: alterations to Clayton.

67 12 1894 #46: Mercantile Library Hall Co./James F. Hudson

Re: stock in the company.

67 13 1894- #47: Lake Erie and Ohio Ship Canal 1908

Includes published reports, subscription agreement, correspondence with John E. Shaw, and a supplement to a 1907 prospectus.

67 14 1896- #53: Butler & Pittsburgh Railroad Syndicate 1897

Re: subscription to the syndicate.

67 15 1896 #54: Consolidated Traction Co.

Re: stock in the company.

67 16 1897 #57: Virginia Coal Property

Re: coal lands in Wise County, Va.

68 1 1898- #72: Revere Coal Tract 1899

Re: property in Fayette County, Pa.

68 2 1898- #83: Cornucopia Mines 1916

Re: subscription to stock in the company; includes correspondence with Henry Wick.

68 3 1899 #86: Continental Coke Co.

Agreement with Henry Wick re: sale of the company.

68 4 1899 #89: Big Meadows Gas Co.

Folder contains financial statement of the company. 68 5 1899 #95: Windella Pineapple Co.

Folder contains prospectus and solicitations for subscription to the company.

68 6 1899 #101: Amalgamated Copper Co.

Re: shares of stock in the company.

68 7 1898- #104: Lease of Rooms 919 and 920 from Carnegie Steel Co. to Henry Clay 1899 Frick

Re: lease of rooms in the Carnegie Building, Pittsburgh, Pa.

68 8 1899 #111: Rochester Heat and Light Co.

Re: shares of stock in the company.

68 9 1905 #112: Penn Cotton Mill

Re: shares of stock in the company.

68 10 1899- #113: Elizabeth Water Co.; Monongahela Valley Water Co. 1901

Re: exchange of property.

68 11 1900 #121: Oil investment

Folder contains receipts for payment on contract and attorney's fees.

68 12 1900 #128: P.C. Knox

Re: shares of National Steel common stock.

68 13 1900- #135: S.L. Schoonmaker 1901

Re: shares in the Carnegie Co. and United States Steel.

68 14 1900 #136: McCracken property

Re: property in Pittsburgh's 6th ward.

68 15 1901 #161: George Megrew

Re: stock in United States Steel Corp.

68 16 1901 #163: American Locomotive Co.

Re: subscription for shares in the company.

68 17 1901 #170: New York Dock Co.

Re: bonds and stock in the company.

68 18 1902 #179: International Banking Corp.

Folder contains circulars to stockholders in the company.

68 19 1902 #181: St. John Hotel property

Re: property in Pittsburgh's 3rd ward.

68 20 1906 Allegheny County Light Co.

Re: domestic lighting contract for Clayton. 68 21 1915 Allegheny County Steam Heating Co.

Re: contract for steam heating [at Clayton?]

68 22 1910, American Academy in Rome 1912

Contains information re: Frick's election as a Trustee, and inquiry into Frick's $100,000 contribution to the Academy.

68 23 1917 Anson, Alfred, Mrs.

Re: shares of Norfolk & Western stock.

68 24 1902 Borough of Homestead, Pa.

Re: improvements to a public square in Homestead.

68 25 1901, Carr, William A. 1906

Re: terms of Carr's employment.

68 26 1921- Country Club of Allegheny County 1925

Re: unpaid balance on the mortgage of the club.

68 27 1913- Country Club of Pittsburgh 1919

Re: lease of property known as the English Farm to the club.

69 1 1907 Creelman, James

Re: loan to Creelman.

69 2 1919 Cumberland Coal Co.

Re: coal property in Greene County, Pa.

69 3 1901- Cummins, A. 1912

Re: Cummins' interest in various coal lands in Virginia, West Virginia, and Kentucky.

69 4 1914 Denny, Francis H.

Re: Denny's mortgage with the Union Trust Company of Pittsburgh.

69 5 1916 Diller, Theodore

Re: widening of Forbes Street in Pittsburgh.

69 6 1915 Duquesne Light Co.

Re: electrical service at the Frick Building and Frick Building Annex.

69 7 1916- Duveen Brothers 1921

Re: payments made to Duveen Brothers.

69 8 1919- Epstein, Burford B. 1920

Re: lease of property in Pittsburgh's 2nd ward.

69 9 1906, Equitable Life Assurance Society 1916

Re: Clairton Land Co. bonds.

69 10 1918- Frick Museum 1919

Folder contains correspondence with Lewis Cass Ledyard and Victor Morawetz re: incorporation of The Frick Collection.

69 11 1907, Harding, J. Horace 1919

Re: land in Douglas County, Wis.

69 12 1917- Heyl & Patterson, Inc. 1918

Re: lease of the Riter-Conley property in Pittsburgh.

69 13 1916- Holmes Electric Protective Co. 1923

Re: contract for watchman service at One East 70th Street in New York.

69 14 1906, Johnson, L.E. 1910

Re: purchase of Norfolk & Western Railway Co. stock.

69 15 1906, Kaufmann Brothers 1908

Re: exhaust pipe on the roof of the Kaufmann Brothers store in Pittsburgh.

69 16 1915 Laufman, W.B., Jr.

Re: construction of a tennis court on Frick's property.

69 17 1911- Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co. 1912

Re: railroad sidetrack at Emlyn, Ky.

69 18 1900- M. Knoedler & Co. 1907

Re: guaranty of Knoedler's promissory notes.

69 19 1902 McCrea, James

Re: interest in the Faraday Coal & Coke Co.

69 20 1887 Mellon, A.W./Brushton property

Re: property known as McCombs Farm, purchased with R.B. Mellon, H.C. Frick, Robert Pitcairn, A.M. Thorne, and W.S. Mitchell.

69 21 1918 Mellon, A.W. and Richard B.

Re: partnership in the West Overton Distilling Co.

69 22 undated Mellon, A.W., et al

Re: Union Trust Co., Mellon National Bank, and Union Savings Bank.

69 23 1905 Mercedes license certificate no. 725

Re: agreement with Daimler Mfg. Co. [agreement not in file].

69 24 1906 Merriman, M.A.

Re: guaranty of Steel Preferred stock.

69 25 1916 Metropolitan Opera & Real Estate Co.

Re: increase in the annual assessment of stockholders.

69 26 1907- New York Telephone Co. 1915

Re: telephone service at 640 Fifth Avenue and One East 70th Street in New York.

69 27 1913 Nicola, Frank F. [empty envelope]

69 28 1904 P. & A. Telephone Co.

Re: right of way to erect telephone poles.

69 29 1910- Pittsburgh Athletic Association 1912

Re: use of tennis courts on property at the corner of Grant Boulevard and Forbes Street.

70 1 1914 Pittsburgh Field Club

Re: use of land by the club as a golf course.

70 2 1910- Pittsburgh office 1918

Re: salaries and duties of employees in Frick's Pittsburgh office. Includes resignation of F.W. McElroy.

70 3 1921- Sale of Bellefield property to the University of Pittsburgh 1922

Re: property bounded by Bigelow Boulevard, Fifth Avenue, Bellefield Avenue, and Forbes Street.

70 4 1916 St. Paul Coal Co.

Re: money advanced to purchase Josiah V. Thompson mortgage.

70 5 1900 Stewart, Altena J. and Samuel

Re: guarantee of bond and mortgage.

70 6 1915 Tablet & Ticket Co.

Re: Frick Building directories.

70 7 1911 Union Safe Deposit Co.

Re: assignment of safe deposit vault, equipment, fixtures, and furniture in the Frick Building to Henry Clay Frick.

70 8 1911, Union Savings Bank of Pittsburgh 1919

Re: lease of space in the Frick Building.

70 9 1904- Union Trust Co. of Pittsburgh 1916

Re: various mortgages, judgments, and stock.

70 10 1919 United Iron & Metal Co.

Re: lease of Riter-Conley property in Pittsburgh.

70 11 1907, University Club of Pittsburgh 1921

Re: license for tennis courts. 70 12 1900 Waddell, S.H.

Re: prospecting and boring for oil and gas in Jefferson County, Ohio.

70 13 1918 Water Delivery Co.

Re: lease of Riter-Conley property in Pittsburgh.

70 14 1907 West Overton Distilling Co.

Agreement with Sherman C. Bosworth.

70 15 1916 Western Union Telegraph Co.

Re: contract for time service at One East 70th Street in New York.

70 16 1901- Whitney. George I. 1902

Re: will appointing H.C. Frick as executor.

70 17 1916 William Penn Hotel Co.

Re: assignment of bond and mortgage.

70 18 undated Envelopes for agreements - not used

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Subseries V: Bound Volumes

This subseries contains miscellaneous bound volumes prepared and maintained by Frick's office staff. They include an address book, an index to a file case, and an inventory of securities held in a safe deposit box.

Box Folder Date

70 19 1912 Index to file case

Inscribed in front cover: "This is an index prepared by Miss Brock when in N.Y. Most, if not all of the papers were subsequently [brought] to Pgh for file. F.W.McE. [Frank W. McElroy]"

70 20 circa Addresses and memoranda 1912- 1920s

Contains addresses, telephone numbers, etc., for family members, employees, friends, and others.

70 21 1911 Securities in Mercantile Safe Deposit

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