Susan Fetherston Frazer papers

Collection — Volume: 1

Identifier: 1000-249

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Susan Fetherston Frazer papers contain various papers and writings from Wesleyan French Professor Susan Fetherston, who taught at Wesleyan University from 1965-1990. The collection consists of several photographs of original drawings (potentially by Robert Desnos), Professor Frazer’s CV, French correspondence, a bound French pamphlet on Robert Desnos, clippings and various publications about Desnos’ life and artistic endeavors, Wesleyan memoranda, several typewritten French and English Frazer essays on Desnos’ Rrose Selavy, further writing on Desnos and Marcel Duchamp, newspaper clippings, and a Xeroxed copy of Desnos’ Corps et biens (including Rose Selavy).

Dates

Creation: 1922-1944, 1984-1994

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

University records - Copyright held by Wesleyan University; all other copyright is retained by the creator - In Copyright – Non-Commercial Use Permitted

Biographical / Historical

Susan Fetherston Frazer was a professor of French at Wesleyan for twenty years. In 1960, she married professor John Frazer whose papers are also in the archives.

Susan passed away from cancer in 1992.