John Robinson Frazier papers
name: label: Creator
content: Frazier, John Robinson, 1889-1966
label: Names
content: Rhode Island School of Design
label: Names
content: Dickinson, Edwin Walter, 1891-1978
label: Names
content: Sargent, John Singer, 1856-1925
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art school directors -- Rhode Island -- Providence
label: Topic
content: Painting, American -- Rhode Island -- Providence
label: Topic
content: Art -- Study and teaching -- Rhode Island -- Providence
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Unmicrofilmed material donated in 1972 by Mrs. John R. Frazier, Fazier's widow. Slides lent 1973 by Gordon Peers, a former colleague of Frazier; typescript on reel 2804 donated 1975 by Peers.
creator: label: Creator
content: Frazier, John Robinson, 1889-1966
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Art school director, painter, and lithographer; Providence, R.I. President of Rhode Island School of Design, 1955-1962.
function: label: Function
content: Art Schools -- Rhode Island -- Providence
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1.52 Linear Feet ((partially microfilmed on 1 reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1920-1969
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.frazjohn
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Drawings
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 1817 and 2804 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
bibliography: label: Bibliography
content: Archives of American Art Journal, 1973, v. 13, no. 1, p. 30.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Drawings
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Slides: Originals returned to lender, Gordon F. Peers, after copying.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence, slides, typescripts of writings, and printed materials.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 2804: A photocopy of an incomplete typescript, "History of the Rhode Island School of Design Museum," by Frazier, ca. 1965, including photocopies of his notes for this study.
label: Scope and Contents
content: UNMICROFILMED: Correspondence, mostly routine and relating to Frazier's exhibitions and sales, including 1 letter from John Singer Sargent concerning an exhibit and the sale of a watercolor by Frazier to Sargent, and several letters from Edwin Dickinson; photographs of Frazier, group photos, and works of art; and speeches and writings relating to his teaching career and presidency of RISD. Also included are copies of slides of works found in Frazier's studio after his death and of an exhibition of his works held in Newport, R.I., 1969.