Dr. Stephen J. Bury

As we explore the past century of the Frick Art Reference Library through objects in its collections, Stephen J. Bury, Andrew W. Mellon Chief Librarian, discusses an exquisite eighteenth-century portfolio of prints made after Old Master drawings, known as the Kleine Kabinett.

Look back on one hundred years of the Frick Art Reference Library by exploring some of the fascinating objects that shaped its history. In this debut episode, Stephen J. Bury, Andrew W. Mellon Chief Librarian, introduces five large scrapbooks kept by staff from the 1920s to 1999. They contain documents, letters, and press clippings alongside party invitations, drawings and poems by staff, photographs, and even handwritten annotations by founder Helen Clay Frick. The scrapbooks provide rich snapshots into the evolution of the library as it happened in real time.

Welcome and opening remarks delivered by Stephen J. Bury, Andrew W. Mellon Chief Librarian, Frick Art Reference Library and Louisa Wood Ruby, Head of Research, Frick Art Reference Library. This video introduces a series of lectures from the symposium 'SEARCHING THROUGH SEEING: OPTIMIZING COMPUTER VISION TECHNOLOGY FOR THE ARTS' presented by The Frick Collection and the Frick Art Reference Library on Thursday and Friday, April 12-13, 2018.

Welcome and opening remarks from Stephen Bury, Andrew W. Mellon Chief Librarian, Frick Art Reference Library, and Esmée Quodbach, Assistant Director, Center for the History of Collecting, Frick Art Reference Library. This video introduces a series of lectures from the symposium 'America and the Art of Flanders: Collecting Paintings by Rubens, Van Dyck, and Their Circles' presented by the Center for the History of Collecting at The Frick Collection on Friday and Saturday, May 13-14, 2016.