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The collection is open to research.
Several of the drawings from this collection can be found online at Frazer Collection .
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], G. Preston Frazer Artwork, 1940-1953, n. d., Ms1992-055, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.
The G. Preston Frazer Artwork was acquried by Special Collections and University Archives prior to 1992.
The processing, arrangement, and description of the G. Preston Frazer Artwork was completed in October 2023.
G. (George) Preston Frazer was born in Davidson, Tennessee, February 4, 1908, to George Augustine and Sadie (Warner) Frazer. He received a BA in Liberal Arts from the Virginia Military Institute in 1929. In 1935, he completed a BS in Engineering at the University of Hawaii, and in 1937, a Masters of Architecture at Harvard University. During World War II, he served with the Second Armored Division in Europe and North Africa. He remained in the Army Reserves until 1968. From 1939 to 1940 and from 1946 to 1974, he taught in the Art Department of Virginia Tech. Following his retirement, Frazer continued to support Virginia Tech, which continues to be among the many institutions to display donations of his work. Frazer died at his home in Catawba, North Carolina, on September 10, 2003.
This collection contains eighteen scketches and drawings created by George Preston Frazer. The majority of the drawings decpict scenes from Blacksburg and the Virginia Tech campus, though several of the drawings depict nude models. This collection also contains a sketchpad that belonged to Frazer.
Virginia Tech Special Collections and University Archives hold several other manuscript and art collections relating to G. Preston Frazer.
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