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Oral history interview with Alfred Victor Frankenstein
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Creators:
Frankenstein, Alfred V. (Alfred Victor), 1906-1981
Karlstrom, Paul J.
Dates:
1978-1979
Size:
3 Sound tape reels (Sound recording, 5 in.)
88 Pages (Transcript)
Collection ID:
AAA.franke78
Repository:
Archives of American Art

An interview of Alfred Victor Frankenstein conducted in 1978-1979, by Paul Karlstrom, for the Archives of American Art. Frankenstein discusses his family, education, early interest in music and his position in the music department at the University of Chicago, his move to San Francisco and career as art and music critic for the SAN FRANCISCO CHRONI...

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Oral history interview with Alfred Victor Frankenstein
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Creators:
Frankenstein, Alfred V. (Alfred Victor), 1906-1981
McChesney, Mary Fuller
New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
Dates:
1965 Nov. 9
Size:
1 Sound tape reel (Sound recording, 5 in.)
18 Pages (Transcript)
Collection ID:
AAA.franke65
Repository:
Archives of American Art

An interview of Alfred Victor Frankenstein conducted 1965 Nov. 9, by Mary McChesney, for the Archives of American Art's New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project.

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William Harnett sketches
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Creators:
Harnett, William Michael, 1848-1892
Dates:
1870
Size:
13 Items ((on partial microfilm reel))
Collection ID:
AAA.harnwill
Repository:
Archives of American Art

One sketchbook and twelve loose sketches, mostly ornamental designs.

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Digitized Content Alfred Victor Frankenstein papers
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Creators:
Frankenstein, Alfred V. (Alfred Victor), 1906-1981
Dates:
1875-1985
Size:
19.1 Linear feet
Collection ID:
AAA.franalfr
Repository:
Archives of American Art

The papers of art critic and historian Alfred Victor Frankenstein measure 19.1 linear feet and date from 1875 to 1985. The bulk of the collection consists of Frankenstein's research and writing files on American painting, particularly artists working in the nineteenth-century. There are extensive files on artists John Haberle, William Michael Harnett, and William Sidney Mount. The collection also includes biographical material, correspondence, general writings and notes, professional activities files, personal business records, printed materials, photographs, and unidentified sound recordings.

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John Haberle papers
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Creators:
Haberle, John, 1856-1933
Dates:
1882-1985
bulk 1882-1931
Size:
1.1 Linear feet ((partially microfilmed on 2 reels))
Collection ID:
AAA.habejohn
Repository:
Archives of American Art

Biographical material, letters, notes and writings, a monograph design, printed material, a scrapbook, and photographs.

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Digitized Content Victor D. Spark papers
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Creators:
Spark, Victor D. (Victor David), 1898-1991
Dates:
circa 1830-1983
bulk 1930-1970
Size:
22.2 Linear feet
Collection ID:
AAA.sparvict
Repository:
Archives of American Art

The Victor D. Spark papers measure 22.2 linear feet and date from circa 1830 to 1983, with the bulk of the material from 1930 to 1970. The papers document Spark's career as a New York City art dealer and appraiser who was most active from World War II through the 1970s, focusing on Old Masters paintings and 19th and early 20th century American art. Found within the papers are biographical materials, artist files, client files, financial records, legal records, printed material, and photographs.

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San Francisco Art Association and related organizational records
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Creators:
San Francisco Art Dealers Association
Dates:
1871-1978
bulk 1871-1920
Size:
9 Microfilm reels
9 Sound cassettes (Sound recordings)
Collection ID:
AAA.sanfraaa
Repository:
Archives of American Art

Primarily records of the San Francisco Art Association (1871-1920), but also of the California School of Design (1873-1905) (briefly called the Mark Hopkins Institute of Art in 1893), the Palace of Fine Arts (1915-1945), The Western Round Table on Modern Art (1949), the San Francisco Art Institute (1911-1978), the San Francisco Museum of Art (1921-...

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Digitized Content Mark Green papers
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Creators:
Green, Mark L., 1932-2004
Dates:
1954-1991
bulk 1954-1978
Size:
1.1 Linear feet
Collection ID:
AAA.greemark
Repository:
Archives of American Art

The papers of San Francisco Beat era photographer, journalist, and poet Mark Green consist of correspondence, biographical information, photographs, Nanny Goat Hill Gallery exhibition announcements, printed materials, and exhibition files for "Rolling Renaissance" (1968) and "A Kind of Beatness: Photographs of a North Beach Era, 1950-1965" (1975) exhibitions that Green helped to organize. Photographs by Mark Green are of notable figures and places in the Beat movement, including Allen Ginsberg, Robert Rauschenberg, and Clyfford Still, as well as photographs by others of Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Mark Green, and Jack Kerouac among others.

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Digitized Content E.P. (Edgar Preston) and Constance Richardson papers
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Creators:
Richardson, Edgar Preston, 1902-1985
Richardson, Constance, 1905-
Dates:
1814-1996
bulk 1921-1996
Size:
28.7 Linear feet
Collection ID:
AAA.richedga
Repository:
Archives of American Art

The papers of art historian E. P. Richardson measure 28.7 linear feet and date from 1814-1996, with the bulk of the materials dating from 1921-1996. Within the papers are scattered biographical materials; acquisition files for Richardson's personal art collection; professional and personal correspondence with colleagues, art historians and critics, artists, museums, galleries, and dealers; numerous writings, including manuscripts and research files for his published books, articles, and lectures; general research notebooks and files compiled by Richardson on a wide variety of art-related topics and artists; professional and committee files; as well as a smaller amount of Constance C. Richardson's papers.

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Digitized Content John Frederick Peto and Peto family papers
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Creators:
Peto, John Frederick, 1854-1907
Dates:
1850-1983
Size:
2.1 Linear feet
Collection ID:
AAA.petojohn
Repository:
Archives of American Art

The papers of still life artist John Frederick Peto and his family date from circa 1850 to 1983 and measure 2.1 linear feet. Within the papers are scattered biographical materials, a few letters to and from Peto, and his daughter Helen Peto Smiley's correspondence with galleries, scholars, and others concerning Peto's artwork. Also found are news clippings, exhibition catalogs, and other printed material, photographs and glass plate negatives of Peto, his family, and his artwork, and one small oil sketch fragment. Much of the collection documents the mid-twentieth century renewed interest in Peto's artwork.

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