Repository
ULS Archives & Special Collections
Title Frick Fine Arts Department Chair Records Creator
University of Pittsburgh. Department of Fine Arts
Collection Number UA.90.8.16.2 Extent
8.75 Linear Feet
(7 boxes)
Date 1920-1986 Abstract The University of Pittsburgh Fine Arts Department was founded in 1926 through a gift from Helen Clay Frick. This collection contains files documenting the administration of the Frick Fine Arts Department through the records of several of its chairs, including Walter Read Hovey and William Loerke. Language The material in this collection is in English. Author Courtney Springer and Zachary Brodt Publisher ULS Archives & Special Collections Address University of Pittsburgh Library Systemhttp://library.pitt.edu/archives-special-collections History
The University of Pittsburgh Fine Arts Department was founded in 1926 through a gift from Helen Clay Frick. Dr. Frederick Mortimer Clapp was named the first chair of the department and he began his term by traveling to Europe to select books, photographs, and lantern slides to serve as the foundation of a fine arts library. The department and library were initially located in State Hall and instruction began in September 1927. Upon the completion of the Cathedral of Learning, the department relocated to its seventh floor.
In 1966 the Frick Fine Arts Building was completed near the entrance of Schenley Park, funded again through donations by Helen Clay Frick. The new building included classrooms, faculty offices, a concert hall, museum galleries, and the library. Once in the Frick Fine Arts Building, the number of faculty and students in the department grew. An Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Contemporary Art History and Theory and a Post-Doctoral Fellowship were also established to attract top art history scholars to the university. In 1994 the name of the department was changed to the Department of History of Art and Architecture.
Scope and Content Notes These records contain files documenting the terms of several chairs of the Frick Fine Arts department, primarily Walter Read Hovey, William Loerke, and Donald Gordon, spanning between 1920 to 1986. The files largely represent the general administration of the department, the Frick Fine Arts Library, and exhibitions. Included are correspondence with prospective faculty and students, as well as art scholars and professionals. Also present are memoranda, meeting materials, and correspondence with University of Pittsburgh administrators and local art organizations.
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Processing Information
This collection was processed by Courtney Springer in July 2019.
Preferred Citation
Frick Fine Arts Department Chair Records, 1920-1986, UA.90.8.16.2, University Archives, Archives & Special Collections, University of Pittsburgh Library System
Access Restrictions
Due to the confidential nature of the records in Series V, files will be closed for a period of 75 years from their date of creation.
Subjects Corporate Names University of Pittsburgh. Department of Fine Arts -- Records and correspondence Frick Fine Arts Library Frick Fine Arts Building (Pittsburgh, Pa.) Personal Names Hovey, Walter Read, 1895-1981 Loerke, William C. Gordon, Donald E. Williams, John, 1928 February 25-2015 Linduff, Katheryn M. Frick, Helen Clay, 1888-1984 Genres Correspondence Administrative records Student records Other Subjects Universities and colleges -- Departments -- Records and correspondence College department heads -- Correspondence Container List Series I. Walter R. Hovey , 1920-1965 Biography Walter Read Hovey (1895-1981) joined the University of Pittsburgh in 1928, first serving as an Assistant Professor for four years until being promoted as a Professor within the Fine Arts Department. Originally from Springfield, Massachusetts, Hovey obtained his undergraduate degree in English from Yale University and his master's degree from Harvard University in Art History. Later in life, Hovey obtained an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree from Wooster College in Ohio.
Hovey developed a close friendship with the department's benefactress Helen Clay Frick during his time at the University of Pittsburgh. When the department's first chair, Frederick Mortimer Clapp, left to oversee the new Frick Collection in New York City in 1936, Hovey was named his replacement. He served as chair until 1963 when he was awarded the Henry Clay Frick Professorship of Fine Arts and named a Professor Emeritus at the university. The position was created by Helen Clay Frick to keep Hovey involved in the construction of the new building for the fine arts department after he reached the age of retirement. This position was terminated after Hovey left the university on April 15, 1967.
After Pitt, Hovey joined Point Park College and served as the Advisor for Asiatic Art at the Carnegie Museum of Art. Hovey also served as a consultant and lecturer at the Pittsburgh Frick Art Museum, which Helen established after her separation from the University of Pittsburgh.
Scope and Content Notes This series contains files from Walter Read Hovey's administration as chairman of the Frick Fine Arts Department. Included are memoranda and correspondence with several University of Pittsburgh administrators, including Chancellors John Bowman and Edward Litchfield and Dean Stanton Crawford. Hovey's friendship with the department's benefactress, Helen Clay Frick, is also apparent in their letters and his involvement in the development of a catalog for the Frick Collection in New York. Much of the correspondence with prospective faculty and students and other scholars in the art community is organized alphabetically by the name of the correspondent or their organization.
Ad-Al Correspondence , 1940-1953 Containers box 1 , folder 1 Administrative Correspondence , 1954-1959 Containers box 1 , folder 2 Am Correspondence , 1940-1953 Containers box 1 , folder 3 American Federation of Art , 1954-1959 Containers box 1 , folder 4 An-Av Correspondence , 1940-1953 Containers box 1 , folder 5 Annual Reports - Fine Arts and College , 1950-1955 Containers box 1 , folder 6 Art Dealers , 1962 Containers box 1 , folder 7 Ba Correspondence , 1940-1953 Containers box 1 , folder 8 Be Correspondence , 1940-1958 Containers box 1 , folder 9 Bi Correspondence , 1940-1959 Containers box 1 , folder 10 Biddle, Theodore W. - Dean of Men and Chancellor's Reception Committee Chair , 1953-1955 Containers box 1 , folder 11 Biddle, Theodore W. - Pitt Johnstown , 1961 Containers box 1 , folder 12 Bo Correspondence , 1940-1953 Containers box 1 , folder 13 Bowman, John G. - Chancellor , 1949-1956 Containers box 1 , folder 14 Scope and Content Notes This file includes correspondence between Bowman, Hovey and Helen Clay Frick regarding the financial status of the Frick Fine Arts Library as well as a proposed plan for the future of the department.
Bu Correspondence , 1940-1953 Containers box 1 , folder 15 Budget Information and Correspondence , 1930-1960 Containers box 1 , folder 16 Budget Information and Correspondence , 1940-1959 Containers box 1 , folder 17 Ca Correspondence , 1940-1959 Containers box 1 , folder 18 Ch Correspondence , 1940-1958 Containers box 1 , folder 19 Ci-Cl Correspondence , 1940-1953 Containers box 1 , folder 20 Civil Affairs Training School - First Aid Protection for Art Treasures and Monuments Containers box 1 , folder 21 Co Correspondence , 1940-1959 Containers box 1 , folder 22 College Art Association , 1940-1964 Containers box 1 , folder 23 College Art Association , 1964-1965 Containers box 1 , folder 24 College Art Association, Higher Education and Visual Arts Questionnaire Containers box 1 , folder 25 Competitions , 1940-1953 Containers box 1 , folder 26 Core Curriculum in the Humanities , 1955-1958 Containers box 1 , folder 27 Cr-Cu Correspondence , 1940-1959 Containers box 1 , folder 28 Crawford, Stanton C. - Dean of the College , 1958 Containers box 1 , folder 29 Crawford, Stanton C. - Dean of the College , 1951-1954 Containers box 1 , folder 30 Crawford, Stanton C. - Dean of the College , 1955-1957 Containers box 2 , folder 1 Crawford, Stanton C. - Dean of the Faculties , 1958-1963 Containers box 2 , folder 2 Da-De Correspondence , 1940-1956 Containers box 2 , folder 3 Di-Du Correspondence , 1940-1953 Containers box 2 , folder 4 Directives for Graduate School , 1960-1961 Containers box 2 , folder 5 Directives for Graduate School , 1962-1963 Containers box 2 , folder 6 Scope and Content Notes This file contains information on postdoctoral research fellowships and memos to graduate faculty.
Directives , 1957-1959 Containers box 2 , folder 7 Directives for Students , 1962-1978 Containers box 2 , folder 8 Division of the Humanities , 1954-1959 Containers box 2 , folder 9 E Correspondence , 1940-1958 Containers box 2 , folder 10 Eastern Book Company , 1940-1953 Containers box 2 , folder 11 Educational Continuum , 1964 Containers box 2 , folder 12 Edwards George and Company , 1953-1963 Containers box 2 , folder 13 Exhibit Pamphlets, University of Pittsburgh , 1950-1959 Containers box 2 , folder 14 F Correspondence , 1940-1953 Containers box 2 , folder 15 F Correspondence , 1957-1958 Containers box 2 , folder 16 Faculty , 1961-1963 Containers box 2 , folder 17 Faculty Biographical Information , 1963-1964 Containers box 2 , folder 18 Fedel, Arthur - Administrative Assistant , 1962 Containers box 2 , folder 19 Fellowships and Scholarships , 1960-1961 Containers box 2 , folder 20 Fine Arts Program Information , 1920-1957 Containers box 2 , folder 21 Fine Arts Society , 1940-1953 Containers box 2 , folder 22 Foundations , 1964 Containers box 2 , folder 23 Frick Collection Catalogue , 1940-1953 Containers box 2 , folder 24 Frick Collection Catalogue - Chinese and French Ceramics , 1940-1953 Containers box 2 , folder 25 Frick, Helen C. and the Frick Collection , 1940-1947 Containers box 2 , folder 26 Frick, Helen C. and the Frick Collection , 1948-1953 Containers box 2 , folder 27 Fundraising, United Fund , 1961 Containers box 2 , folder 28 Ga-Gl Correspondence , 1940-1963 Containers box 2 , folder 29 Gallery Coverings, Wall-Rus Fabrics Co. , 1940-1953 Containers box 2 , folder 30 Geise, Dr. John , 1957-1959 Containers box 2 , folder 31 Geise, Dr. John , 1960-1961 Containers box 2 , folder 32 Go-Gu Correspondence , 1940-1953 Containers box 3 , folder 1 Graduate Faculty , 1961-1963 Containers box 3 , folder 2 Graduate Faculty Membership Nomination Containers box 3 , folder 3 Graduate Programs , 1963 Containers box 3 , folder 4 Graduate School of Public and International Affairs , 1959 Containers box 3 , folder 5 Ha Correspondence , 1940-1959 Containers box 3 , folder 6 He-Hi Correspondence , 1940-1959 Containers box 3 , folder 7 Heath, Roy - University Counseling Center , 1960-1963 Containers box 3 , folder 8 Ho-Hu Correspondence , 1940-1953 Containers box 3 , folder 9 Honors Convocation , 1963 Containers box 3 , folder 10 Honors Program Containers box 3 , folder 11 Hovey, Walter R. - News articles , 1960-1963 Containers box 3 , folder 12 Hovey - Indian Trip , 1954-1955 Containers box 3 , folder 13 I Correspondence , 1940-1959 Containers box 3 , folder 14 Interdepartmental Correspondence , 1940-1957 Containers box 3 , folder 15 Ja-Je Correspondence , 1940-1959 Containers box 3 , folder 16 Jalbert, Russell - Public Relations , 1961-1963 Containers box 3 , folder 17 Jo-Ju Correspondence , 1940-1953 Containers box 3 , folder 18 Jones, Putnam - Dean of Graduate Faculty , 1951-1959 Containers box 3 , folder 19 Jones, Putnam - Fellowships and Grants , 1960-1961 Containers box 3 , folder 20 Ka-Ki Correspondence , 1940-1962 Containers box 3 , folder 21 Kehl, James , 1959-1960 Containers box 3 , folder 22 Kl-Ku Correspondence , 1940-1959 Containers box 3 , folder 23 La-Le Correspondence , 1940-1959 Containers box 3 , folder 24 Lecturers , 1940-1953 Containers box 3 , folder 25 Li-Ly Correspondence , 1940-1959 Containers box 3 , folder 26 Litchfield, Edward H. - Chancellor , 1956-1959 Containers box 3 , folder 27 Litchfield, Edward H. - Chancellor , 1957 Containers box 3 , folder 28 Litchfield, Edward H. - Chancellor , 1961-1962 Containers box 3 , folder 29 Liu, James - Far Eastern Studies , 1954-1960 Containers box 3 , folder 30 Luccock, Emory W. - University Chaplain , 1954-1958 Containers box 3 , folder 31 Ma Correspondence , 1940-1959 Containers box 3 , folder 32 Mc Correspondence , 1940-1959 Containers box 3 , folder 33 McKibbin, Mary A. - Art Director, Pittsburgh Public Schools , 1952-1962 Containers box 3 , folder 34 Meetings , 1962 Containers box 3 , folder 35 Mi Correspondence , 1940-1959 Containers box 3 , folder 36 Mo-My Correspondence , 1940-1959 Containers box 3 , folder 37 Mosaics - Glass Orders , 1952-1953 Containers box 3 , folder 38 Na Correspondence , 1940-1959 Containers box 3 , folder 39 Ne-Nu Correspondence , 1940-1959 Containers box 3 , folder 40 Ob-Ol Correspondence , 1940-1959 Containers box 3 , folder 41 Om-Ox Correspondence , 1940-1959 Containers box 3 , folder 42 One Hundred Friends of Pittsburgh Art , 1952-1958 Containers box 3 , folder 43 Pa-Pe Correspondence , 1940-1953 Containers box 4 , folder 1 Peake, Charles - Vice Chancellor , 1957-1963 Containers box 4 , folder 2 Personnel Division , 1957-1964 Containers box 4 , folder 3 Personnel Memoranda , 1958-1961 Containers box 4 , folder 4 Ph-Pu Correspondence , 1940-1953 Containers box 4 , folder 5 Photograph Correspondence , 1951-1954 Containers box 4 , folder 6 Physical Education , 1957 Containers box 4 , folder 7 Physical Plant Memoranda , 1958-1964 Containers box 4 , folder 8 Pittsburgh Plan for Art , 1955-1959 Containers box 4 , folder 9 Scope and Content Notes The Pittsburgh Plan for Art is a non-profit community art program and this file contains meeting notes, information releases, and correspondences specifically with Hovey.
Pittsburgh Views , 1940-1953 Containers box 4 , folder 10 Planning and Urban Development , 1958-1959 Containers box 4 , folder 11 Planning and Urban Development Proposal , 1958 Containers box 4 , folder 12 Playhouse Association , 1947-1959 Containers box 4 , folder 13 Prospective Purchases , 1964 Containers box 4 , folder 14 Psychological Warfare Section, Far East Command - Leaflet Propaganda , 1951-1952 Containers box 4 , folder 15 Publicity - News Articles , 1962 Containers box 4 , folder 16 Purchasing Department , 1962-1963 Containers box 4 , folder 17 Q Correspondence , 1940-1953 Containers box 4 , folder 18 Ra-Ri Correspondence , 1940-1959 Containers box 4 , folder 19 Rankin, Alan C. , 1963 Containers box 4 , folder 20 Ray, Charles - Security , 1958 Containers box 4 , folder 21 Registrar , 1960-1963 Containers box 4 , folder 22 Registration , 1933-1963 Containers box 4 , folder 23 Religion in Life Week , 1954-1956 Containers box 4 , folder 24 Reynolds, Carroll - University Extension Division , 1955-1957 Containers box 4 , folder 25 Ro-Ry Correspondence , 1940-1956 Containers box 4 , folder 26 Sa Correspondence , 1940-1958 Containers box 4 , folder 27 Salary Memos and Budget Requests , 1941-1963 Containers box 4 , folder 28 Sc Correspondence , 1940-1959 Containers box 4 , folder 29 Scholarships and Awards , 1949-1959 Containers box 4 , folder 30 Scholarships and Fellowships , 1959-1964 Containers box 4 , folder 31 School of Education , 1958 Containers box 4 , folder 32 Se-Sl Correspondence , 1940-1960 Containers box 4 , folder 33 Sm-Sp Correspondence , 1940-1959 Containers box 4 , folder 34 St-Sy Correspondence , 1940-1959 Containers box 4 , folder 35 T Correspondence , 1940-1953 Containers box 4 , folder 36 Teachers' Insurance , 1953-1956 Containers box 4 , folder 37 Travel , 1960- 1962 Containers box 4 , folder 38 Trimester Plan , 1963 Containers box 4 , folder 39 U Correspondence , 1940-1959 Containers box 4 , folder 40 University of Pennsylvania , 1959 Containers box 4 , folder 41 University Press , 1963 Containers box 4 , folder 42 University Senate , 1954-1958 Containers box 4 , folder 43 University Senate , 1959-1963 Containers box 4 , folder 44 V Correspondence , 1940-1959 Containers box 5 , folder 1 Vieh, W. F. - Assistant Chancellor, Business Affairs , 1957-1959 Containers box 5 , folder 2 Wa-We Correspondence , 1940-1958 Containers box 5 , folder 3 Wadsworth, Frank W. - Dean of the Humanities , 1962-1965 Containers box 5 , folder 4 Weber, John - Secretary of the University , 1935-1953 Containers box 5 , folder 5 Wedekind, Carl - Director of Educational Planning Containers box 5 , folder 6 Wh-Wr Correspondence , 1940-1959 Containers box 5 , folder 7 Witman, Shepherd L. , 1959-1961 Containers box 5 , folder 8 Wittenborn and Co. , 1940-1951 Containers box 5 , folder 9 Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation , 1961-1963 Containers box 5 , folder 10 X-Y-Z Correspondence , 1940-1953 Containers box 5 , folder 11 Young, Arthur - Classics Containers box 5 , folder 12 Series II. William C. Loerke , 1959-1974 Biography William C. Loerke (1920-2014) served as Chairman of the Frick Fine Arts Department from June 1964 to 1969 when he returned to the teaching faculty. During Loerke's time as chair he struggled with Helen Clay Frick over control of the department, with the benefactress taking a hands-on role in the hiring of faculty and other decision making.
Loerke obtained a bachelor's degree from Oberlin College in classical archaeology and his Master of Fine Arts and doctorate degrees from Princeton University. After earning his Ph.D., Loerke served on the faculty at Brown University as the Regional Selection Committee of the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation. Following his time in Rhode Island, Loerke taught at Bryn Mawr College as an associate professor before coming to the University of Pittsburgh to succeed Hovey as chair of the Frick Fine Arts Department. After leaving the University of Pittsburgh, Loerke was appointed professor of Byzantine art and director of studies in the Byzantine Institute at Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection where he remained until retiring in 1988.
Scope and Content Notes This series contains correspondence, reports, and memoranda pertaining to the Frick Fine Arts Department during William C. Loerke's term as chairman. Much of the correspondence with colleagues, prospective students, and community members was organized by the department into chronological files. Topics of interest within this series include the completion of the Frick Fine Arts Building, management of the Frick Fine Arts Library, and the development and administration of the Mellon Student Art Study Travel Program.
Administrative Correspondence , 1964 Containers box 5 , folder 13 Administrative Directives , 1965-1967 Containers box 5 , folder 14 The Arts and the Small Community, Wisconsin Idea Theatre , 1967 Containers box 5 , folder 15 Asian Studies Committee , 1966-1967 Containers box 5 , folder 16 Baldwin Seminar, Oberlin College , 1966 Containers box 5 , folder 17 Bucci Detective Agency, Building Security , 1967-1968 Containers box 5 , folder 18 Campus Food Services Availability Booklet , 1964 Containers box 5 , folder 19 Chronological Correspondence , September-November 1965 Containers box 5 , folder 20 Chronological Correspondence , December 1965-March 1966 Containers box 5 , folder 21 Chronological Correspondence , April-July 1966 Containers box 5 , folder 22 Chronological Correspondence , August-December 1966 Containers box 5 , folder 23 Chronological Correspondence , January-April 1967 Containers box 5 , folder 24 Chronological Correspondence , May 1967 Containers box 5 , folder 25 Chronological Correspondence , June-July 1967 Containers box 5 , folder 26 Chronological Correspondence , August-September 1967 Containers box 5 , folder 27 Chronological Correspondence , October 1967 Containers box 5 , folder 28 Chronological Correspondence , November 1967 Containers box 5 , folder 29 Chronological Correspondence , December 1967 Containers box 5 , folder 30 Chronological Correspondence , January 1968 Containers box 5 , folder 31 Chronological Correspondence , February-March 1968 Containers box 5 , folder 32 College Art Association of America , 1966-1968 Containers box 5 , folder 33 Committee on the International Dimension Program , 1963-1968 Containers box 5 , folder 34 Committee to Rescue Italian Art (CRIA) , 1966-1967 Containers box 5 , folder 35 Committee on Russian and East European Studies , 1967-1968 Containers box 5 , folder 36 Course Descriptions Containers box 5 , folder 37 Curator of Photographs Job Search , 1967 Containers box 5 , folder 38 Department Faculty Activities Reports , 1962-1966 Containers box 5 , folder 39 Department Proposals , 1963-1966 Containers box 5 , folder 40 Department Staffing , 1967 Containers box 5 , folder 41 Departmental Teaching Assignments and Enrollment , 1965 Containers box 5 , folder 42 Division of the Humanities Department Chair Meeting Minutes , 1966-1967 Containers box 5 , folder 43 Ecuador Project, Annual Report , 1964 Containers box 5 , folder 44 Equipment Inventories , 1967 Containers box 5 , folder 45 Faculty Applicants , 1967 Containers box 5 , folder 46 Faculty Applicants , 1968 Containers box 5 , folder 47 Faculty, Graduate Students, Assistants, and Teaching Fellows , 1964-1966 Containers box 5 , folder 48 Fine Arts Mellon Chair Search , 1968 Containers box 5 , folder 49 Fine Arts Seminars , 1966 Containers box 5 , folder 50 Frick Fine Arts Building Correspondence , 1967 Containers box 5 , folder 51 Frick Fine Arts Building, Event Requests , 1968 Containers box 5 , folder 52 Frick Fine Arts Building, Keys and Security , 1967-1968 Containers box 5 , folder 53 Frick Fine Arts Building, Physical Plant Requests , 1965-1968 Containers box 5 , folder 54 Frick Fine Arts Building, Telephones Containers box 5 , folder 55 Frick Fine Arts Graduate Program , 1964-1965 Containers box 5 , folder 56 Frick Fine Arts Graduate Student Lists , 1965 Containers box 5 , folder 57 Frick Fine Arts Library , 1965-1967 Containers box 5 , folder 58 Frick Fine Arts Library , 1967-1968 Containers box 5 , folder 59 Frick Fine Arts Library, Collection Management , 1966 Containers box 5 , folder 60 Frick Fine Arts Library, Osborne Report on Spending , 1964 Containers box 5 , folder 61 Frick Fine Arts Library Staff , 1964 Containers box 5 , folder 62 Friends of the Fine Arts Department , 1967 Containers box 5 , folder 63 Gow, J. Steele - Learning Research and Development Center (LRDC) , 1964 Containers box 6 , folder 1 Graduate Policy Committee , 1963 Containers box 6 , folder 2 Graduate Program, Requirements and Deadlines , 1963-1964 Containers box 6 , folder 3 Graduate Student Organization Newsletter Containers box 6 , folder 4 Grieder, Terrence - University of Texas , 1964-1968 Containers box 6 , folder 5 Halliday, David - Dean, Faculty of Arts and Sciences , 1968-1969 Containers box 6 , folder 6 Higher Education Acts , 1966 Containers box 6 , folder 7 Honors Committee and Courses , 1966-1967 Containers box 6 , folder 8 Index of Christian Art , 1964 Containers box 6 , folder 9 Insurance , 1966-1968 Containers box 6 , folder 10 Inter-American Foundation for the Arts , 1964 Containers box 6 , folder 11 International Dimensions Faculty Seminars , 1967 Containers box 6 , folder 12 Jefferson, Blanche - School of Education, Art Education , 1961-1964 Containers box 6 , folder 13 Kress Foundation Graduate Fellowship Proposal , 1965 Containers box 6 , folder 14 Kuspit, Donald , 1969 Containers box 6 , folder 15 Latin American Art Historian Search , 1968 Containers box 6 , folder 16 Lecture Series , 1966-1967 Containers box 6 , folder 17 London Grafica Arts, Inc. , 1968 Containers box 6 , folder 18 Martin, Albert - Dean, Liberal Arts , 1963 Containers box 6 , folder 19 Mellon Book Fund , 1966-1967 Containers box 6 , folder 20 Mellon European Seminar Expenses , 1968-1969 Containers box 6 , folder 21 Mellon Fellowships , 1964-1968 Containers box 6 , folder 22 Mellon Fellowship Applicants , 1964-1974 Containers box 6 , folder 23 Mellon Professors , 1959-1967 Containers box 6 , folder 24 Mellon Professors, Prospective , 1968 Containers box 6 , folder 25 Mellon Professor Search , 1964-1969 Containers box 6 , folder 26 Mellon Student Art Study Program Grant , 1964-1967 Containers box 6 , folder 27 Mellon Student Art Study Travel Grant , 1966-1967 Containers box 6 , folder 28 Mellon Student Art Study Travel Grant , 1967 Containers box 6 , folder 29 Mellon Student Art Study Travel Grant , January 1968 Containers box 6 , folder 30 Mellon Student Art Study Travel Grant Expenses , October-December 1967 Containers box 6 , folder 31 Minnott, Charles I. - Fine Arts Professor , 1964-1965 Containers box 6 , folder 32 Mounting and Handling of Prints , 1970 Containers box 6 , folder 33 Pittsburgh Arts Council Steering Committee , 1967 Containers box 6 , folder 34 Posvar, Wesley W. - Chancellor, Directives and Memos , 1967-1968 Containers box 6 , folder 35 Printing Requisitions , 1967-1968 Containers box 6 , folder 36 Prospective Faculty , 1966-1967 Containers box 6 , folder 37 Prothmann, Dr. Konrad , 1964 Containers box 6 , folder 38 Salary Memos , 1966 Containers box 6 , folder 39 Schleier, Erich - Prospective Mellon Fellow , 1967 Containers box 6 , folder 40 Scholarships and Fellowships Containers box 6 , folder 41 School of Liberal Arts Academic Assembly , 1966-1967 Containers box 6 , folder 42 School of Liberal Arts Honors Committee , 1966 Containers box 6 , folder 43 Seminar - Opportunities and Techniques for Research Abroad in Art History , 1965-1966 Containers box 6 , folder 44 Seymour, Charles - Mellon Professor , 1964-1965 Containers box 6 , folder 45 Slatkes, Leonard J. - Fine Arts Professor , 1964-1965 Containers box 6 , folder 46 Slides and Slide Storage , 1964-1965 Containers box 6 , folder 47 Spence, Robert - Fine Arts Professor , 1962-1965 Containers box 6 , folder 48 Student Charges and Tuition , 1966-1967 Containers box 6 , folder 49 Student Correspondence Containers box 6 , folder 50 Student Employment , 1965-1968 Containers box 6 , folder 51 Swarthmore College Honors Exams , 1962-1966 Containers box 6 , folder 52 Tuition Fellowships , 1964 Containers box 6 , folder 53 University of Pittsburgh, Greensburg , 1963 Containers box 6 , folder 54 University Senate Minutes and Meetings , 1966-1967 Containers box 6 , folder 55 University Senate Meetings and Minutes , 1967 Containers box 6 , folder 56 Wadsworth, Frank W. - Dean, Division of the Humanities , 1963-1965 Containers box 6 , folder 57 Series III. Donald E. Gordon , 1968-1971 Biography Donald Gordon (1931-1984) succeeded Loerke as Chairman of the Fine Arts Department, serving from 1969 to 1973.
Gordon obtained his bachelors, masters and doctorate degrees from Harvard University. Before coming to the University of Pittsburgh, Gordon served as the chairman of the Department of Fine Arts at Dickinson College in Carlisle, PA, from 1961 to 1969. His research focused on Expressionist art, particularly German artist Ernst Kirchner for whom he authored a catalogue raisonne. After stepping down as department chair, Gordon served as teaching faculty in the Frick Fine Arts Department until he died of cancer in 1984.
Scope and Content Notes This series contains correspondence pertaining to applicants for the Mellon Visiting Professorship in the Frick Fine Arts Department, as well as other prospective faculty.
Ettlinger, L.D. - Prospective Mellon Professor , 1969 Containers box 6 , folder 58 Gazda, Elaine - Prospective Faculty , 1969-1970 Containers box 6 , folder 59 Gombrich, Ernst - Prospective Mellon Professor , 1969 Containers box 6 , folder 60 Mellon Professorship , 1968-1969 Containers box 6 , folder 61 Prospective Faculty , 1969-1970 Containers box 6 , folder 62 Prospective Faculty , 1969-1970 Containers box 6 , folder 63 Regional Council for International Education (RCIE) Graduate Art Study Program , 1970-1971 Containers box 6 , folder 64 Schefold, Karl - Prospective Mellon Professor , 1969 Containers box 6 , folder 65 Shearman, John - Prospective Mellon Professor , 1968-1969 Containers box 6 , folder 66 Von Simson, Otto - Prospective Mellon Professor , 1969-1970 Containers box 6 , folder 67 Series IV. John Williams and Katheryn Linduff , 1981-1986 Biography John Williams (1928 -2015) joined the faculty of the University of Pittsburgh Frick Fine Arts Department in 1972, serving as chair of the department from 1978 to 1984. From 1997 until his retirement in 2000 he served as the Andrew W. Mellon Professor of History of Art and Architecture. Williams earned his bachelor's degree from Yale before earning his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. From 1960 to 1972 Williams taught Medieval Spanish Art History at Swarthmore College. Late in his career, Williams published the five volume Illustrated Beatus: A Corpus of the Illustrations of the Commentary on the Apocalypse. Among his many honors, Williams was named a Fellow of the Medieval Academy of America in 2008.
Katheryn Linduff joined the faculty of the Frick Fine Arts Department in 1971 while pursuing her Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh, which she earned in 1972. She served as chair of the department from 1985 to 1989. Prior to teaching at Pitt, she had earned her bachelor's degree from Dickinson College and her master's degree from the University of Pittsburgh. Linduff is an expert in Early China and has published on topics like gender and metallurgy as they relate to Chinese art and archaeology.
Scope and Contents Notes This series contains correspondence and reports pertaining to the administration and activities of the Frick Fine Arts Library while John Williams and Katheryn Linduff were department chairs from 1978 to 1984 and 1985 to 1989, respectively. Included are library annual reports and information about the library collection and staffing.
Frick Fine Arts Library , 1981 Containers box 7 , folder 1 Frick Fine Arts Library , 1981-1986 Containers box 7 , folder 2 Frick Fine Arts Library , 1983-1988 Containers box 7 , folder 3 Frick Fine Arts Library , 1985-1986 Containers box 7 , folder 4 Frick Fine Arts Library , 1986-1987 Containers box 7 , folder 5 Frick Fine Arts Library , 1986-1988 Containers box 7 , folder 6 Series V. Graduate Student Files , 1930-1970 Scope and Contents Notes This series contains correspondence and transcripts of prospective and enrolled graduate students in the Frick Fine Arts Department.
Access Restrictions Due to the confidential nature of these records, files in this series are closed for a period of 75 years from the time of their creation.
Graduate Student Transcripts , 1930-1939 Containers box 7 , folder 7 Graduate Student Transcripts , 1937-1960 Containers box 7 , folder 8 Graduate Student Transcripts , 1940-1949 Containers box 7 , folder 9 Graduate Student Transcripts , 1960-1963 Containers box 7 , folder 10 Graduate Student Transcripts , 1964 Containers box 7 , folder 11 Graduate Student Records , 1965 Containers box 7 , folder 12 