Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Archives : oral history transcripts and recordings13001668Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-01-27 18:41:01 -0500.Description is written in: English, Latin script.Describing Archives: A Content Standard Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Archives : oral history transcripts and recordings Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Taliesin Fellowship 13001668 English . 500 items transcripts 549 audiocassettes 3 compact disks 115 videocassettes (Hi 8) 272 videocassettes (VHS) 1980s-2000s General Note

Part of The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Archives (The Museum of Modern Art | Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library, Columbia University, New York

 Restrictions on Access

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.

 Summary

The Oral Histories collection is made up of audio recordings, videotapes, and transcripts of interviews conducted by Foundation members. The oral histories document the life and activities of Frank Lloyd Wright and the Taliesin Fellowship. Interviewees include apprentices, clients, family, friends and acquaintances, scholars, associates, and other architects.

 Immediate Source of Acquisition

Accession number--2013.006.

 Biographical sketch

Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959) was an American Architect internationally recognized for his innovative building design, Taliesin architecture school and fellowship, and philosophy of "organic architecture.".

 Architects -- United States Architecture -- Study and teaching Architecture -- United States -- History -- 20th century Architectural design -- Study and teaching Architects and patrons -- United States Oral histories (literary works) Interviews Sound recordings Video recordings (physical artifacts) Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959 -- : Philosophy Taliesin (Spring Green, Wis.) Taliesin West (Scottsdale, Ariz.) Taliesin Fellowship -- : Interviews Request Collection: FLWFA: oral history transcripts and recordingsRequest Collection