Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Archives : correspondence, 1885-1965

Collection context

Creator:
Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959, Masselink, Eugene, 1910-1962, and Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959
Extent:
140,000 items and 7 boxes (microfiche)
Language:
English .
Scope and content:

The collection includes over 140,000 pages of correspondence, which serves as a core resource for understanding Wright's personal and professional activities, relationships, and ideas. The correspondence also includes project records such as specifications, contracts, supply orders, invoices and receipts. Letters from the 1880s through the 1920s accounts for only 2% of the total correspondence in the collection (approximately 2,000 documents). The bulk of the correspondence is from the 1930s until Wright's death in 1959.

Frank Lloyd Wright: an index to the Taliesin correspondence, edited and with an introduction by Anthony Alofsin (New York : Garland Publishing, 1988), is a master index to the Wright correspondence held in the archive. The five-volume printed index was prepared under the sponsorship of the Archives of the History of Art, the Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities. Copies of the published print index are available for consultation at Avery, the Getty Research Institute and other library collections.

Access and use

Restrictions:

This collection is available for use by appointment in the Department of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University. For further information, please email avery-drawings@library.columbia.edu.

Location of this collection:
300 Avery Hall
1172 Amsterdam Ave.
New York, NY 10027, USA
Before you visit:
Researchers are encouraged to request materials at least one month in advance. You will receive an email from the department within 2-3 business days confirming your request and currently available appointment times. Requests are limited to 8 boxes per day (or equivalent), with a maximum of 5 boxes for off-site materials, 5 folders of drawings, or 5 rolls or tube boxes.
Contact:
avery-drawings@columbia.edu