PRINTER'S NO. 2774
No. 327 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY ORIE, PISTELLA, READSHAW, RUFFING, FRANKEL, COSTA,
MAYERNIK, KAISER, PIPPY, MARKOSEK, LAUGHLIN, VAN HORNE,
STEVENSON, PRESTON, MICHLOVIC AND DERMODY, DECEMBER 8, 1999
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON RULES, DECEMBER 8, 1999
A RESOLUTION
1 Urging the Helen Clay Frick Foundation to retain the
2 distinguished historical papers compiled by Henry Clay Frick
3 in western Pennsylvania.
4 WHEREAS, Henry Clay Frick was a significant individual in
5 Pennsylvania history who made numerous contributions to the
6 economic and social history of this State, especially in western
7 Pennsylvania; and
8 WHEREAS, A prominent figure in Pennsylvania's industrial
9 heritage, Henry Clay Frick was instrumental in building
10 Pittsburgh as the steel capital of this country; and
11 WHEREAS, The Frick Family Archives serves as historically
12 important evidence of business and social events during the
13 Industrial Revolution in western Pennsylvania, and it is
14 imperative that the archives be sustained in that locality; and
15 WHEREAS, The daughter of Henry Clay Frick, Helen Clay Frick,
16 discerned the significance of the Frick archives and established
17 the Helen Clay Frick Foundation, which provides for the
18 preservation of her family's physical and intellectual property;
1 and
2 WHEREAS, Helen Clay Frick demonstrated true concern for the
3 welfare of the Frick Family historical records, and numerous
4 qualified institutions exist in the western Pennsylvania region
5 that are capable of maintaining these records; and
6 WHEREAS, To retain these papers in the Pittsburgh vicinity
7 along with other notable families and businesses, such as Heinz,
8 Westinghouse, Carnegie and Mellon, is consequential to the
9 public good and ensures that Pittsburgh continue to be a major
10 center for historical research; and
11 WHEREAS, Presently stored at the Frick Art and Historical
12 Center in Point Breeze, Pennsylvania, these archives should be
13 given a safe and permanent home in which they can be catalogued
14 and secured and where access is provided to the public; and
15 WHEREAS, The House of Representatives has an obligation to
16 uphold the preservation of Pennsylvania history by safeguarding
17 this historical property; therefore be it
18 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives urge the Helen
19 Clay Frick Foundation to retain the Frick Family Archives in
20 western Pennsylvania; and be it further
21 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives encourage the
22 Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission and other archival
23 institutions to work cooperatively with the Helen Clay Frick
24 Foundation in order to maintain the Frick Family Archives in the
25 Pittsburgh region.
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