Frances Fairlamb Harkness Wolf (1893-1973) was an early student of the Wolf Institute. She was Mr. Wolf’s second wife. Mrs. Wolf played an active part in the work at the Institute where she taught classes in music theory and participated in recitals with the advanced students.
“Nothing gives such upright dignity to the conscience than to be what one pretends to be.” – Frances F. Harkness
Mrs. Wolf decorated their Victorian home and studio with furniture and china she inherited from her aunt, Marette Carver, from Philadelphia, PA. Mrs. Wolf also had a collection of artwork by the “The Ten”, a group of women artists in Philadephia, PA in the 1920s.
Mrs. Wolf wrote in her will that she wanted the house to become a museum so that people could see what a classical music conservatory looked like at the turn of the 20th century.