Emil Frei papers, 1885-1967

Frei, Emil, Jr., b. 1896 d. 1967
Stained glass artist
St. Louis, Mo.

Collection size: 760 items (on 2 microfilm reels)

Collection Summary: Business records of stained glass companies owned by the Freis; diaries of Emil, Jr.; correspondence; sketchbooks; scrapbooks; photographs of the Freis, their family and friends, and of their works; exhibition catalogs; commission records for Emil Frei Associates, St. Louis, Missouri; and records of the Ravenna Mosaic Co., New York, N.Y., also owned by the Freis.

Biographical/Historical Note: Emil Frei, Jr., and his father were stained glass artists in St. Louis, Mo.

Lent 1975 by Alice Lanwermeyer, the widow of Emil Frei, Jr.

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