Incorporation of Frick Laboratory into AMNH, 1965 - 1968
Scope and Contents
Contains correspondence among museum staff and Henry Clay Frick II (Childs Frick's son and executor) regarding disposition of the Frick Collection of fossils.
Includes an unsigned document "Background Statement Concerning Frick Collection of Fossil Mammals" describing the collection and its history and current situation of the fossils as of 1967.
Includes correspondence regarding the movement of fossils into the new Frick Building.
Dates
- 1965 - 1968
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is housed in the Division of Paleontology. Please contact the collection manager for access; materials are sometimes restricted. https://www.amnh.org/research/paleontology/collections/vertebrate-paleontology-archives
Extent
From the Series: 0.8 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Creator
- From the Collection: Frick, Childs, 1883-1965 (Person)
- From the Collection: American Museum of Natural History. Department of Vertebrate Paleontology (Organization)
- From the Collection: Anthony, H. E. (Harold Elmer), 1890-1970 (Person)
- From the Collection: Brown, Barnum (Person)
- From the Collection: Burden, W. Douglas (William Douglas), 1898-1978 (Person)
- From the Collection: Clark, James L. (James Lippitt), 1883-1969 (Person)
- From the Collection: Cook, Harold J. (Harold James), 1887-1962 (Person)
- From the Collection: Davison, Frederick Trubee, 1896-1974 (Person)
- From the Collection: Frick, Henry Clay, 1849-1919 (Person)
- From the Collection: Mellon, Richard K. (Richard King) (Person)
- From the Collection: Nichols, Rachel H. (Rachel Husband) (Person)
- From the Collection: Oliver, James A. (James Arthur), 1914-1981 (Person)
- From the Collection: Osborn, Henry Fairfield, 1857-1935 (Person)
- From the Collection: Parr, Albert Eide, 1900-1991 (Person)
- From the Collection: Sage, Dean, Jr. (Person)
- From the Collection: Sanford, L. C. (Leonard Cutler), 1868-1950 (Person)
- From the Collection: Schaeffer, Bobb, 1913-2004 (Person)
- From the Collection: Shapiro, Harry L. (Harry Lionel), 1902-1990 (Person)
- From the Collection: Sherwood, George Herbert, 1876-1937 (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Vertebrate Paleontology Archives Repository
200 Central Park West
New York NY 10024-5192
