Roy Fridge papers
name: label: Creator
content: Fridge, Roy, 1927-
topic: label: Occupation
content: Sculptors -- Texas -- Aransas
label: Topic
content: Art and motion pictures
label: Topic
content: Motion pictures, American -- Texas -- Aransas
label: Topic
content: Sculpture, Modern -- 20th century -- Texas -- Aransas
label: Topic
content: Filmmakers -- Texas -- Aransas
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Lent for microfilming by Fridge as part of the Archives of American Art's Texas project.
creator: label: Creator
content: Fridge, Roy, 1927-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Sculptor and filmmaker; Port Aransas, Tex.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 6 Items (microfilm reels)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1956-1985
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.fridroyp
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 1443-1445 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 1915 available for through interlibrary loan.
label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 3368-3369 available for use only at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals returned to the lender, Roy Fridge, after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: REELS 1443-1445 & 3368-3369: A 26 volume journal, 1959-1985, including lists of art work, illustrated ideas for sculpture, scenarios for films, plans for sailboats, a studio and houses, teaching notes, and brief essays; a souvenir book published by Fridge in 1972 containing a chronology of his life and work with photographs and drawings of his sculpture, boats, houses and films; and printed material.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 1915: Clippings, invitations, exhibition catalogs and announcements; sketches for a set design; an essay "Film in Art... A Philosophy," written for the University of Oklahoma; film awards; correspondence relating to films; and photographs.