Finding Aid for the Henry Clay Frick Papers, Series IV: Receipts, 1900-1926 Part of the Frick Family Papers, on deposit from the Helen Clay Frick Foundation TABLE OF CONTENTS Summary Information SUMMARY INFORMATION Biographical Note Scope and Contents note Repository The Frick Collection/Frick Art Reference Library Archives Arrangement 10 East 71st Street Administrative New York, NY, 10021 Information [email protected] © 2010 Frick Collection. All rights reserved. Related Materials Title Controlled Access Henry Clay Frick Papers, Series IV: Receipts Headings Collection Inventory ID HCFF.1.4 Date [inclusive] 1900-1926 Extent 23.4 Linear feet ; 56 boxes Abstract Henry Clay Frick (1849-1919), a Pittsburgh industrialist who made his fortune in coke and steel, maintained homes in Pittsburgh, Pa., Prides Crossing, Mass., and New York, N.Y. These receipts document personal and office expenditures of Henry Clay Frick, his family, and staff. Preferred Citation Henry Clay Frick Papers, Series IV: Receipts. The Frick Collection/Frick Art Reference Library Archives. Return to Top » BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE Henry Clay Frick was born in 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 his late teens, and began work as a clerk at an uncle's store in Mt. Pleasant, Pa. 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, and joined forces with fellow industrialist Andrew Carnegie in 1882. He assumed the chairmanship of Carnegie Bros. and Co. (later Carnegie Steel Co.) in 1889, and served in that capacity until his resignation from the company in December 1899. In December 1881, Frick married Adelaide Howard Childs of Pittsburgh. The couple purchased a house, nicknamed Clayton, in the Homewood section of Pittsburgh, and 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). After the turn of the century, Frick and his family began dividing their time between Pittsburgh, New York, and Massachusetts. In 1905, Frick leased the Vanderbilt mansion at 640 Fifth Avenue in New York. The family's summer residence, located on Boston's North Shore, was completed in 1906 and christened Eagle Rock. As early as 1907, Frick began planning for a New York residence of his own. That year, he purchased a plot of land at the corner of Fifth Avenue and 70th Street, and in 1912, after the demolition of the Lenox Library formerly on the site, began building the beaux arts mansion which now houses The Frick Collection. Designed by Thomas Hastings of the firm Carrère and Hastings, the family moved into the house at One East Seventieth Street in the fall of 1914, and Henry Clay Frick died there five years later. Return to Top » SCOPE AND CONTENTS NOTE This series consists primarily of receipted invoices, 1900-1926, for personal and office expenses incurred by Henry Clay Frick, his family, and staff. The receipts encompass a range of goods and services, including groceries, clothing, transportation, medical expenses, club dues and charges, books and subscriptions, utilities, and payroll. These items document expenses at the Frick family's homes in Pittsburgh, Pa., and Prides Crossing, Mass., their residences at 640 Fifth Avenue and 1 East 70th Street in New York, N.Y., and some of the family's travels. Alterations and upkeep of these residences, as well as maintenance and improvement to their grounds are recorded. Expenses incurred after Frick's death in December 1919 were paid by his estate. Goods and services documented here were procured through both businesses and individuals , and a brief description of the charge incurred is included with each entry in the finding aid below. Receipts are occasionally accompanied by correspondence, passbooks, or printed material, such as notices, brochures, and pamphlets. Folder contents may range from a single item to several folders of documents. Examples of some of the more voluminous files in this series are grocers (Acker, Merrall and Condit Co.; Childs, Sleeper and Co.; Clark Bros. and Co.; Edw. Treser Co.; Geo. M. Hofmann; John A. Renshaw and Co.; North Shore Fish Co.; and Rowley's Provision Co.), ice (Consolidated Ice Co.), shipping (Adams Express Co., American Express Co.), utilities (Allegheny Light Co. and People's Natural Gas Co.), telephone and telegraph services (New England Telephone and Telegraph Co., New York Telephone Co., Western Union Telegraph Co., Central District and Printing Telegraph Co., and Postal Telegraph-Cable Co.), stationers ( J.R. Weldin and Co. and Stevenson and Foster Co.), and payroll. While most receipts are filed under the service provider, certain employees in the Frick household kept their own accounts and submitted monthly expense summaries, filed here under the employee's surname. These include chauffeur George Despres, coachman James Elmore, gardeners David Fraser and George Wyness, butler Joseph Holroyd, engineer John Holroyd, and private rail car steward L. Perkins. This series is not a complete record of all invoices paid by Henry Clay Frick's office and household. In fact, receipts in this series tend to be for smaller expenses, and appear to have been paid through the secretary's account in Frick's Pittsburgh office. Larger expenses were paid through the accounts payable voucher system (see: Henry Clay Frick Papers, Series III: Voucher Files, where additional receipts and invoices can be found). Return to Top » ARRANGEMENT Arranged alphabetically. Personal names are filed by surname; corporate bodies are filed in direct order. Materials may also be filed by subject (e.g. payroll, New York residence, etc.) Return to Top » 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]. Custodial History These files form part of the Frick Family Papers, placed on deposit by the Helen Clay Frick Foundation at The Frick Collection and Frick Art Reference Library. They were received from the Frick Art and Historical Center (Pittsburgh, Pa.) in December 2001. Provenance On deposit from the Helen Clay Frick Foundation, 2001. Processing Information Arranged and described by Julie Ludwig, with assistance from Rebecca Brauer, Anne Young, Tiffany Tyau-Wong, and Reed Gochberg, 2004-2010. Funding for processing was provided by the Helen Clay Frick Foundation. Return to Top » RELATED MATERIALS Related Materials Additional invoices and receipts can be found in the Henry Clay Frick Papers, Series III: Voucher Files, The Frick Collection/Frick Art Reference Library Archives. Return to Top » CONTROLLED ACCESS HEADINGS Genre(s) Financial records. Invoices. Receipts (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. Return to Top » COLLECTION INVENTORY 1 1 1912- A.A. Campbell and Co. (Beverly Farms, Mass.) 1919 Harness, stable, and automobile supplies Return to Top » 1 2 1905- A.A. Rutis (Pittsburgh, Pa.) 1906 Publishers of Greater Pittsburgh Directory of Directors Return to Top » 1 3 1905- A.A. Vantine and Co. (New York, N.Y.) 1908 Importers of rugs, silks, and curios Return to Top » 1 4 1905 A. and S. Wilson Co. (Pittsburgh, Pa.) Contractors and builders Return to Top » 1 5 1910 A.B. Longacre (Pittsburgh, Pa.) Automobiles for hire Return to Top » 1 6 1902- A. Barcky (Pittsburgh, Pa.) 1914 Rare and fancy fruits Return to Top » 1 7 1904 A. Bondi (Pittsburgh, Pa.) Wholesale and retail fruits Return to Top » 1 8 1902- A.C. Libby and Sons (Boston, Mass.) 1903 Stationers Return to Top » 1 9 1902- A.C. Lunt (Beverly, Mass.) 1919 Furniture and house furnishings Return to Top » 1 10 1906- A.C. Stegman and Co. (New York, N.Y.) 1907 Importers and wholesale grocers Return to Top » 1 11 1903- A.C. Titus and Co. (Salem, Mass.) 1913 Interior furnishings Return to Top » 1 12 1913, A. Dodge and Son Corporation (Beverly, Mass.) 1919 Hay, straw, grain, and flours Return to Top » 1 13 1908- A. Dougherty (New York, N.Y.) 1911 Playing card manufacturer Return to Top » 1 14 1905 A.G. Breitwieser Co. (Pittsburgh, Pa.) Wholesale lumber Return to Top » 1 15 1902 A.G. Pratt and Co. (Pittsburgh, Pa.) Baseball, athletic, and bicycle goods Return to Top » 1 16 1906- A.G. Spalding and Bros. (New York, N.Y.) 1908 Athletic goods, including golf equipment and bicycles; also automobile repair and storage Return to Top » 1 17 1914- A. Guercio (Pittsburgh, Pa.) 1915 Fruit and produce Return to Top » 1 18 1907- A.H. Davenport Co. (Boston, Mass.) 1914 Furniture and interior woodwork, fabrics and wall coverings, decorative painting Return to Top » 1 19 1913, A.H. Mathias and Co. (Pittsburgh, Pa.) 1921 Blue, brown, black and white printing Return to Top » 1 20 1907 A.H. Trautman (Homestead, Pa.) Civil engineer Return to Top » 1 21 1913 A.J. Barton and Son (Ipswich, Mass.) Granite and marble works Return to Top » 1 22 1906- A.J. Wilkinson and Co. (Boston, Mass.) 1909 Machinery and general hardware Return to Top » 1 23 1911 A.J. Woodruff and Co. (New York, N.Y.) Custom house brokers Return to Top » 1 24 1905- A.L. Cella (New York, N.Y.) 1911 Foreign, domestic and hot house fruits; imported cigars Return to Top » 1 25 1911 A.L. Crosby and Co. (Beverly, Mass.) House painters Return to Top » 1 26 1910 A.M.