Julie Ludwig

The First Handbook: "Paintings in the Collection of Henry Clay Frick"

December 5, 2022

In celebration of The Frick Collection’s opening to the public eighty-seven years ago, Archivist Julie Ludwig explores her research into a handbook of Henry Clay Frick’s painting collection from 1916. The handbook was distributed among Frick’s friends, associates, and visitors to his galleries, and today it gives us valuable insight into the arrangement of works of art at 1 East 70th Street while it was still a private residence.

"Welcome Home Heroes": A Banner Discovery

March 25, 2022

A massive banner discovered during preparations for the museum’s temporary move to Frick Madison, was the key to finally identify a group of uncaptioned photographs in the Frick Archives.

Portraits from a Marriage: Photographing the Fricks

February 11, 2021

Henry Clay Frick and Adelaide Howard Childs were married one hundred and forty years ago this year, in December 1881. Recent research into portraits of the newly married couple sheds light on the early days of the Fricks' married life.

Discovering Archival Material at the Frick

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Join Julie Ludwig, Archivist, and Joey Vincennie, Reference Lead, for an introduction to the finding aids of The Frick Collection and Frick Art Reference Library Archives. Finding aids are indispensable as descriptive guides to archival collections. This program covers strategies for searching, understanding, and navigating finding aids as well as how to access the archival collection that they describe.