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Paul Frankl Papers
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Frankl, an art historian and architect, was a native of Prague who came to the United States in 1938 and shortly afterwards settled in Princeton, New Jersey, where he was associated with the Institute for Advanced Study until his death in 1962.
The collection consists of correspondence, writings, notebooks, photographs, and printed matter. Frankl's correspondents include Klaus Berger, Roger Baldwin, Fyke Farmer, Margaret Fries, Helmuth Gottschalk, Georg Hoeltje, Richard Krautheimer, Erwin Panofsky, Josepha Weitzman-Fiedler, and others. There is a large selection of correspondence with Nikolaus Pevsner (1947-1961) about the publication of Frankl's Gothic Architecture for the Pelican History of Art, edited by Pevsner. There are also drafts of letters by Frankl to Pearl Buck and Albert Einstein.
Works include a partial manuscrtipt, illustrations, and photographs for The Gothic (1960); manuscripts and notes in English and German for Gothic Architecture (1962); manuscripts in German, French, and English for Frankl's work on world government, Weltregierung (1948), with other writings by Erich Kahler and Peter Frederic West, and printed matter also related to a proposed international organization of government; typescripts (1961) for Zu Fragen des Stiles (edited by Ernst Ullman and published in 1988); several articles, notes, and photographs on stained glass; and miscellaneous writings. Also present are photographs of examples of Gothic architecture and four photographs of Frankl; miscellaneous printed material, including a copy of Die Entwicklungsphasen der Neueran Baukunst (1914); 35 notebooks of notes on architecture and other topics; 14 daily diaries (1936-1949); and a charcoal portrait (1900) of a Jew by the artist Jan Styka.
Some of the manuscripts found in draft form in the collection came to print in the following publications: The Gothic (Princeton, N. J.: Princeton University Press, 1960), Gothic Architecture (trans. by Dieter Pevsner, Baltimore: Penguin Books, 1962), Weltregierung (Leiden: H. E. Stenfert Kroese, 1948), and Zu Fragen des Stiles (Weinheim: Herausgegeben von Ernst Ullman, 1988).
Gift of Josepha Weitzmann-Fiedler. Drafts and notes for Gothic Architecture, photographs, letters, manuscripts are a gift of Institute for Advanced Study.
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This collection was processed by Karla J. Vecchia in 2003. Finding aid written by Karla J. Vecchia in Karla J. Vecchia.
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Collection Inventory
Consists of the correspondence of Paul Frankl, arranged in alphabetical order.
Arranged alphabetically by correspondent.
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Consists of the writings of Paul Frankl, including The Gothic, Gothic Architecture, and Weltregierung, as well as others.
Arranged alphabetically by title, with unidentified materials at the end.
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Drafts (corrected typescripts) of text in German (1052 pages).
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Consists of a resume and list of publications.
Not arranged according to any arrangement scheme.
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Consists of Styka, Jan: Portrait of a Jew.
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Consists of photographs of Frankl and Gothic architecture.
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Consists of Die Entwicklungsphasen der Neueran Baukunst and miscellaneous printed material.
Not arranged according to any arrangement scheme.
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Consists of 35 volumes on architecture and other topics.
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Consists of 14 diaries and 1 address book.
Arranged by genre of material.
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