Holdings Fine Arts and Applied Arts Art and Design Department Frank J. Roos, Jr. Papers Finding Aid Holdings Fine Arts and Applied Arts Art and Design Department Frank J. Roos, Jr. Papers Finding Aid Title: Frank J. Roos, Jr. Papers, 1926-1966
ID: 12/3/20
Primary Creator: Roos, Frank J. (Frank John) (1903-1967)
Extent: 3.0 cubic feet
Arrangement: by type of material
Subjects: Architectural Design, Architecture, Art History, Circus Wagons, Course Notes, Faculty Papers, Ohio, Ohio State University, Ohio University
Formats/Genres: Papers
Languages: English
Papers of Frank John Roos, Jr. (1903-1967), professor of art (1946-1967) and head of the Art Department (1946-1948), including correspondence with publishers about the Illustrated Handbook of Art (1937) and the proposed book Approach to Art and with encyclopedia firms; manuscripts and reprints of publications relating to art, art appreciation, the history of art and architecture (particularly American and more specifically Ohio); lecture notes on art appreciation given over station OSU, Columbus, OH (1938); syllabi and lecture notes given at Ohio University (1928-1936), Ohio State University (1936-1946) and the University of Illinois (1946-1967); papers of students (1961-1966) and photographs and reproductions relating to art (color, unity, design) and art history.
Frank John Roos, Jr. (1903-1967) was born on January 10, 1903 in Chicago. The son of Frank John Sr. and Mary Ellen Roos, he received a bachelors of philosophy from the University of Chicago in 1927. From 1927 to 1928, he was a Carnegie Fellow at Harvard University. In 1937, he received a PhD in art history from Ohio State University, writing a dissertation entitled, "An Investigation of the Sources of Early Architectural Design in Ohio." Two years later, he married Beatrice Adams. From 1928 until 1936 he served on the faculty of Ohio University and from 1936 to 1946 he served on faculty at Ohio State University. Roos published The Illustrated Handbook of Art History in 1937. In 1946 he joined the faculty of the Art Department at the University of Illinois, serving as the Department head from 1946 to 1948. The following year, he began planning the University of Illinois' first Festival of Contemporary Arts. Roos was instrumental in establishing the first permanent art collection at the University, a collection that eventually became part of the Krannert Art Museum. Roos died suddenly in his Champaign home on February 2, 1967.
Architectural Design
Architecture
Art History
Circus Wagons
Course Notes
Faculty Papers
Ohio
Ohio State University
Ohio University
URL: https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/uasfa/1203020.pdf
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