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Julia Bloch Frey:

A Preliminary Inventory of Her Papers in the Manuscript Collection at the Harry Ransom Center

Creator: Frey, Julia Bloch, 1943-
Title: Julia Bloch Frey Papers
Dates: 1979-1998 (bulk 1993-1997)
Extent: 23 document boxes, 1 oversize box, 1 oversize folder, 1 rolled banner (11.41 linear feet)
Abstract: This collection contains manuscript drafts for Julia Frey’s biography Toulouse-Lautrec: A Life (1994), typescripts for museum exhibits, career related and general correspondence, articles, book reviews, reviews of Frey’s work, contracts, and general handwritten notes.
Call Number: Manuscript Collection MS-04868
Language: English
Access: Open for research

Administrative Information


Acquisition: Purchase 2000 (Reg. no. 14724)
Processed by: Kati Haack, 2004
Repository:

Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin

Scope and Contents


This collection contains manuscript drafts for Julia Frey’s biography Toulouse-Lautrec: A Life (1994), typescripts for museum exhibits, career related and general correspondence, articles, book reviews, reviews of Frey’s work, contracts, and general handwritten notes. The material spans the decade of 1987-1997 with the bulk of the material created from 1993-1997. The papers are arranged in three series: I. Works, 1983-1995, II. Correspondence, 1979-1995, and III. Career-Related, 1985-1998.
The Works series is divided into two subseries. Subseries A. Toulouse-Lautrec: A Life contains manuscripts for the biography, including numerous handwritten notes and typescript drafts, reader’s notes, a translated manuscript, a final draft, and galleys. Subseries B., Other Works, includes Frey’s manuscripts for museum catalogues, books reviews, and articles she wrote for various publications.
Series II. Correspondence is comprised of one chronologically arranged folder of general correspondence spanning 1983-1987, and several folders of alphabetically arranged professional correspondence.
Series III. Career related materials includes handwritten notes, permissions for illustrations and materials use, what appears to be a text storyboard for a screenplay based on the biography, interviews, and lists of prospective review sources. This series also contains numerous reviews of Toulouse-Lautrec: A Life by the United States and British press.

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