A transcript of an interview with James Earle and Laura Gardin Fraser; biographical data; letters to Laura Fraser; general correspondence; lists of people and their addresses; unpublished manuscripts and notes, including James Fraser's INDIAN PRAIRIE, recording his childhood memories in the Dakota territory of 1880; financial material; printed material, including catalogs, brochures, announcements, scholarship data, newspaper clippings, magazine articles, and reproductions; drawings and sketches; Mary Goff's undated sketchbook; and ca. 900 photographs of the Frasers and their works of art.
Biographical / Historical:
Sculptors; Westport, Connecticut.
Provenance:
Lent 1982 by Mrs. Erving Wolf. It is unclear how she acquired the papers.
Restrictions:
The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.
