PRINTER'S NO. 2798
No. 329 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY ORIE, DeWEESE, PISTELLA, READSHAW, RUFFING,
FRANKEL, COSTA, MAYERNIK, KAISER, PIPPY, MARKOSEK, LAUGHLIN,
VAN HORNE, STEVENSON, PRESTON, MICHLOVIC AND DERMODY,
DECEMBER 8, 1999
ADOPTED, 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
1 preservation of her family's physical and intellectual property;
2 and
3 WHEREAS, Helen Clay Frick demonstrated true concern for the
4 welfare of the Frick Family historical records, and numerous
5 qualified institutions exist in the western Pennsylvania region
6 that are capable of maintaining these records; and
7 WHEREAS, To retain these papers in the Pittsburgh vicinity
8 along with other notable families and businesses, such as Heinz,
9 Westinghouse, Carnegie and Mellon, is consequential to the
10 public good and ensures that Pittsburgh continue to be a major
11 center for historical research; and
12 WHEREAS, Presently stored at the Frick Art and Historical
13 Center in Point Breeze, Pennsylvania, these archives should be
14 given a safe and permanent home in which they can be catalogued
15 and secured and where access is provided to the public; and
16 WHEREAS, The House of Representatives has an obligation to
17 uphold the preservation of Pennsylvania history by safeguarding
18 this historical property; therefore be it
19 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives urge the Helen
20 Clay Frick Foundation to retain the Frick Family Archives in
21 western Pennsylvania; and be it further
22 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives encourage the
23 Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission and other archival
24 institutions to work cooperatively with the Helen Clay Frick
25 Foundation in order to maintain the Frick Family Archives in the
26 Pittsburgh region.
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