Frederic James papers, 1940-1983.

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Frederic James papers, 1940-1983.

The papers consist of photographs, slides, exhibition catalogs, magazines, notebooks, military badges, and other miscellaneous materials related to his life, work, and travels.

7 cubic feet.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7615735

The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

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James, Diana Hearne.

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James, Frederic, 1915-1985

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Edward Frederic James was born in Kansas City, Missouri on September 28, 1915. After graduating from high school in 1932 he attended the Kansas City Junior College and Kansas City Art Institute for several years before transferring to the University of Michigan in 1935. James graduated from this institution in 1939 with a bachelor's degree in design. Following this, he attended one year of graduate school at the Cranbrook Academy. James was drafted into the Army in March 1941. He primarily worke...

Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.

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There was only one individual to hold an exhibition design related curatorship at the Museum. This was D. Craig Craven. Craven joined the Museum staff in March 1964 as the exhibitions designer. The following year the position title was changed to assistant curator of exhibitions. In 1970 Craven was promoted to curator of exhibitions. He left the Museum in 1973, after a short stint as the adjunct curator of exhibitions. From the description of Curator of Exhibitions records, 1967-1972...