Research and Project Files
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Frankenstein, Alfred V. (Alfred Victor), 1906-1981
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content: Alfred Victor Frankenstein papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 10 Linear Feet (Boxes 2-12)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1880s-1977
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.franalfr, Series 4
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The bulk of the papers consist of Frankenstein's research and project files.  For the most part, the files retain the original folder titles and reflect either artist's name or the names of dealers, collectors, general subjects, and a few named project files.  There is extensive research material on artists Karel Appel, Christo, John F. Francis, Richard LaBarre Goodwin, John Haberle, William Michael Harnett, William Sidney Mount, and John Frederick Peto, among others.  Research material concerning Frankenstein's book After the Hunt (1953) is found within the folders for William Henry Harnett. And manuscript drafts of The World of Copley: 1738-1815 (1970) are found within the research files for William Singleton Copley.  There are also files containing research materials and drafts for the exhibition and published catalog, The Reality of Appearance (1970). 

There are three project files on Hawaiian painted churches, a panorama of American painting, and the tapestries of Villanueva, New Mexico.  

Content of the files vary but often contain contain correspondence between Frankenstein and collectors, dealers, or museums; photographs and slides of works of art; notebooks, notes and drafts of manuscripts, articles, and books; provenance research information; annotated printed material; and original and xeroxed primary source research material.  A few files also contain sketches (notably by John Haberle).  

Users should note that there is some overlap between the Research Files in Series 4 and Exhibition Files in Series 5.