Edgar Tafel architectural records and papers, 1919-2005

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Series II: Correspondence

Series contains personal and professional correspondence (letters, drafts, postcards) predominantly from 1970 to 1999. All correspondence is to or from Edgar Tafel unless otherwise noted. Notable correspondents include: Curtis Besinger, Victor Cusack, Robert Goodall, Donald Hoffman, Tom Wolfe, and Olgivanna Lloyd Wright. Also contains some original letters from Frank Lloyd Wright to others besides Tafel. Correspondence is arranged alphabetically by correspondent except in some cases which are arranged by subject matter.



Box 1 Folder 45 Abbott, James, 1990

2 letters including clippings from Abbott



Box 1 Folder 46 Abeya, Mitra, 1983-84



Box 1 Folder 47 Adams, Charles P. III, 1998-2003



Box 1 Folder 48 AIA, Central Arizona Chapter, 1983

Correspondence and letters of recommendation for Olgivanna Wright's nomination for the 1984 Institute Honors in The American Institute of Architects



Box 1 Folder 49 AIA, New York Chapter, 1984-2001



Box 1 Folder 50 Amarantides, John, 1962, 1976, 1985

4 letters



Box 1 Folder 51 Amiaga, Gil, 2002



Box 1 Folder 52 Andrew, David S., 1985

1 letter from Tafel about Andrew's book on Sullivan



Box 1 Folder 53 Architectural Review, 1965-75



Box 1 Folder 54 Art, E.T. Art Program, 1967, 1970, 1987-93

Lists, correspondence concerning sale or loan, and photos of Frank Lloyd Wright items in Tafel's collection



Box 1 Folder 55 Art, Maginel Wright Barney appraisal, 1991

Appraisal of Tafel's collection of Barney's drawings (sister of Frank Lloyd Wright)



Box 1 Folder 56 Art, Maginel Wright Barney, 1988-91

Correspondence with galleries and the Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio Foundation concerning the donation of Tafel's collection of Barney drawings; includes biographical information on Barney



Box 1 Folder 57 Art, Oriental, 1988-89

Correspondence with galleries and the Metropolitan Museum of Art concerning the sale or donation of Tafel's Oriental sculpture and painting. Includes 3 photos and 3 strips of negatives



Box 1 Folder 58 Art, Ringling/Blatas, 1993-94

Donation and appraisal of Arbit Blatas painting to the Ringling Museum, including Blatas exhibit catalogs



Box 1 Folder 59 Art, Toyo Gallery, 1977-78

Correspondence with Toyo Gallery, lists and appraisals of Tafel's Japanese prints



Box 1 Folder 60 Aronoff, Jason, 1991, 1997-98

3 letters from Aronoff and copies of his essay "Capitalizing on Buffalo's World-Class Architecture: Boosting Tourism Revenues and Buffalo's International Image"



Box 1 Folder 61 Bagdassian, Nazaly, 1985, 2002-05

4 letters; includes press clippings



Box 2 Folder 1 Baird, Theodore, 1959

1 letter from Tafel



Box 2 Folder 2 Ballon, Hilary, 2004

2 letters



Box 2 Folder 3 Benton, John H., 1991

3 letters



Box 2 Folder 4 Bergman [?], Ed, 1999

1 letter including clippings



Box 2 Folder 5 Berlin, Dorothy L., 1971

1 letter from Berlin, secretary of Anne Baxter (Wright's granddaughter)



Box 2 Folder 6 Berndtson, Indira, 1994-2001

13 letters to and from Berndtson of The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation



Box 2 Folder 7 to 8 Besinger, Curtis, 1959, 1979-95, undated

82 letters



Box 2 Folder 9 Bigham, Mark, 2003

1 letter



Box 2 Folder 10 Bishop, Lydia, 1980-85

Lydia Bishop was the wife of apprentice Robert (Bob) Bishop



Box 2 Folder 11 Bresler, Rollie, 2001

1 letter



Box 2 Folder 12 Brierly, Cornelia, 1994

1 letter from Tafel



Box 2 Folder 13 Brooks, H. Allen, 1980

1 letter from Brooks



Box 2 Folder 14 Broward, Robert C., 2001-02

2 letters



Box 2 Folder 15 Carney, Richard, 1967, 1990-92

4 letters



Box 2 Folder 16 Center Architects, 1975

1 letter from Bob Blust



Box 2 Folder 17 Centre Canadien d'Architecture, 2000

Correspondence requesting permission to use Tafel's photograph of Mies



Box 2 Folder 18 Charlston, Rolf, 1991, 1997

4 letters



Box 2 Folder 19 Charlton, Jim, 1985-86

5 letters; includes a letter from Pedro E. Guerrero



Box 2 Folder 20 Charney, Michael (Mick), 2001-03

3 letters



Box 2 Folder 21 Charry, Michael, 1998, 2002

2 letters



Box 2 Folder 22 Cohen, George, 1959

1 letter from Tafel



Box 2 Folder 23 Columbia Greene Community College, 2001

2 letters



Box 2 Folder 24 Columbia University, 1986

1 letter from Ann Ffolliott



Box 2 Folder 25 Cusack, Victor, undated, 1974-2003

116 letters



Box 2 Folder 26 D'Angelica, Arlene Wagner, 2000

1 letter



Box 2 Folder 27 De Long, David G., 2000-01

2 letters from De Long



Box 2 Folder 28 Devine, David B., undated, 1998-2003

6 letters



Box 2 Folder 29 Dombar, Benjamin, 1994

1 letter



Box 2 Folder 30 Dunlop, David W., 1991

1 letter from Dunlop



Box 2 Folder 31 Endo, Raku, undated

1 letter from Tafel



Box 2 Folder 32 F misc., 1973-74, 1999

Jane F. Foster, Michael R. Foil, and Jane [Fanell?]



Box 2 Folder 33 FAIA Endorsement, 1990

Correspondence concerning William Harold Gilmore's nomination for the Fellowship in the American Institute of Architects



Box 2 Folder 34 FAIA Nomination, 1999

Correspondence and reference written by Tafel for Walter E. Blum's nomination (he was an employee of Tafel's)



Box 2 Folder 35 Florida Atlantic University, 1996-97

Correspondence concerning creating an endowment fund in Tafel's name



Box 2 Folder 36 Florida Southern College, 1990-93



Box 2 Folder 37 Foster, Dorothy Martin, undated, 1973

1 letter



Box 2 Folder 38 Foster, Michael, 2002-03

2 letters



Box 2 Folder 39 Fowler, Jessica, undated

1 letter



Box 2 Folder 40 Fox, Gail, 1989-97

6 letters including photocopies of correspondence from Tafel and Wright about the Schwartz house (1939-40), a draft of chapter 1 of Fox's thesis about the Schwartz house, and with photocopied excerpts from "Frank Lloyd Wright versus America: The 1930" by Donald Leslie Johnson



Box 2 Folder 41 Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, 1991-2001

5 letters



Box 2 Folder 42 Friday, Raymond, 2000

2 letters from Friday



Box 2 Folder 43 Fried, J.H., 1996

1 letter



Box 2 Folder 44 Fritz, Herbert, 1979-86

10 letters



Box 2 Folder 45 Gattuso, Steven, 2001, 2003

2 letters from Gattuso



Box 2 Folder 46 Gatz, Dorothy, 1989

Includes Gatz's CV; Tafel collected some of Gatz's paintings



Box 2 Folder 47 Geiger, John, 1954

1 telegram from Geiger asking for Wright's "crane and kettle"



Box 2 Folder 48 to 49 General correspondence, 1990

Correspondence from Tafel



Box 2 Folder 50 Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities, 1989-91

5 letters



Box 2 Folder 51 Gilmore, William (Bill), 1985-95, 2000



Box 2 Folder 52 Gollay, Jean, undated, 1985

1 letter from Gollay, Tafel's domestic partner, and 2 letters from Tafel



Box 2 Folder 53 to 55 Goodall, Robert (Bob), undated, 1933-38

22 letters



Box 2 Folder 56 Gordon, Frank, 1977

1 letter from the secretary of the Georgia Salvation Army



Box 2 Folder 57 Gray, Christopher, 1995

1 letter



Box 2 Folder 58 Graycliff restoration, 2002

2 letters from John Conlin and Craig Jensen concerning the Graycliff restoration; includes tour brochures



Box 2 Folder 59 Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation, 1995

1 letter from Vicki Weiner



Box 2 Folder 60 Greeting cards

42 greeting cards and Christmas cards



Box 2 Folder 61 Gregor, Kay, 2004

1 letter



Box 2 Folder 62 Gregson, Robert, and F. Peter Swanson, 1998

1 letter from Gregson and Thompson



Box 2 Folder 63 Griffiths, Rodney J., 1956

2 letters concerning tickets to Frank Lloyd Wright Day



Box 2 Folder 64 Guerrero, Pedro E., 1980, 1993

Guerrero was FLLW's photographer????



Box 2 Folder 65 Guggenheimer, Tobias, 1991

2 letters



Box 2 Folder 66 Guild, Alden, 1996-97, 2000

7 letters



Box 2 Folder 67 H misc., 1972-73

Letters from Tafel to Florence Helfman, Richard Hart, Robert Hill, and Seymour Hyman



Box 2 Folder 68 Hamilton, Mary Jane, 1999-2002

11 letters; includes clippings, photocopies, research on Frank Lloyd Wright, and 3 photocopies of Taliesin photos with notes



Box 2 Folder 69 Harvey, William R., 1973

2 letters



Box 2 Folder 70 Hecker, Zvi, 1983-84

4 letters including catalogues featuring Hecker's work



Box 2 Folder 71 Helyes, Gabor, and Laszlo Szeker, 2000

3 letters from two architects in Budapest



Box 2 Folder 72 Henning, Randolph C., 1988-89

6 letters including photocopies of the newspaper column "At Taliesin" that was printed between 1934-37 in many Wisconsin newspapers. Henning compiled them into a book



Box 2 Folder 73 Hill, Norman P., 1980

1 letter from Hill



Box 2 Folder 74 Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., 1993-94

Correspondence, bills, and one photograph concerning the restoration and consignment of Tafel's light fixture from Frank Lloyd Wright's Martin House



Box 2 Folder 75 Hoffmann, Donald (Don), 1990-2003

36 letters; includes clippings and Hoffmann's CV



Box 2 Folder 76 Hoover, Larry, 2003

1 letter



Box 2 Folder 77 Howard, Patricia, undated, 1997

2 letters; includes a CV. Howard is Tafel's cousin



Box 2 Folder 78 Howe, John H. (Jack), 1971-91

6 letters



Box 2 Folder 79 Howe, Lu, 2002-03

2 letters from John Howe's wife



Box 2 Folder 80 Huston, Gordon, 2001



Box 2 Folder 81 Hwa, [Chia?], 2001

1 letter; Yen Liang was Hwa's uncle



Box 2 Folder 82 ICA (International Communication Agency), undated, 1981



Box 2 Folder 83 Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 1983

1 letter from the curator, Izika Gaon, about Tafel's possible donation of a Frank Lloyd Wright window from 1904



Box 2 Folder 84 Ives, Phillip, 1974

1 letter from Tafel



Box 2 Folder 85 Izenour, George C., 1998

1 letter



Box 3 Folder 1 Jacobs, Herbert (Herb), 1971, 1974, 1985

5 letters, including a copy of a letter sent to Adolf Placzek of Avery Library concerning funding



Box 3 Folder 2 Jay, Georgina, 1985

1 letter



Box 3 Folder 3 Jiyu Gakuen, 1997

Correspondence from the Chicago Institute for the Study of Architecture & Technology concerning Jiyu Gakuen, with computer printouts of pictures and a copy of the preogram (in Japanese) for the international symposium "To Whom the Cultural Heritage Belongs"



Box 3 Folder 4 John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art, 1993

2 letters



Box 3 Folder 5 Johnson, Bruce E., 1998

1 letter from Johnson



Box 3 Folder 6 Johnson, Philip, 1981

1 letter from Johnson



Box 3 Folder 7 Johnson Foundation, Racine, Wisconsin, 1981

1 letter and description of Tafel's interview with The Johnson Foundation, "Conversations from Wingspread"



Box 3 Folder 8 Jones, Gerre L., 1975

1 letter from Jones



Box 3 Folder 9 K misc., 1972-73

3 letters from Tafel to Dumont Kenny, Robert Ketter, and Michel G. Kasen



Box 3 Folder 10 Kalemeris, Jim, 2002

1 letter



Box 3 Folder 11 Kassler, Elizabeth (Betty)??, undated

1 draft to Betty from Tafel about a proposal to collect stories of Frank Lloyd Wright from those who knew him



Box 3 Folder 12 Keeler, Martha K., 1992

1 letter concerning Byron (Bob) Mosher; Keeler was a relative



Box 3 Folder 13 Klee, Anne B., 1979-80

2 letters



Box 3 Folder 14 Kreshenko, Al, 1976

1 letter on behalf of Tafel from Carlie Hope Simon (his editor/assistant for Apprentice to Genius)



Box 3 Folder 15 Krosnick, Evelyn, 2004-05

2 letters



Box 3 Folder 16 Kwapil, Ray, 2002

1 letter from Kwapil



Box 3 Folder 17 Lautner, John, 1991

5 letters



Box 3 Folder 18 Letters of thanks, general, 1987-2004

14 letters



Box 3 Folder 19 Levine, Neil, 1980

1 letter (unsent?); a critique of Levine on Wright



Box 3 Folder 20 Liang, Yen, 1997-99

3 letters; includes 2 photos of Liang and Tafel



Box 3 Folder 21 Lieb, Davey E., 1987

1 letter from Lieb



Box 3 Folder 22 Little [?], Nancy, 1999

1 letter from Tafel



Box 3 Folder 23 Lockhart, Susan Jacobs and Ken Lockhart, 1992, 2003

2 letters



Box 3 Folder 24 Lupton, Joan, 1990

1 letter from the manager of the Meyer May House



Box 3 Folder 25 McCall, Carl, 2000

4 letters



Box 3 Folder 26 [McCoy], Jerry, 1992

1 letter and photocopies of McCoy's Wright postcard collection



Box 3 Folder 27 McGraw, Jim, 1993

1 letter



Box 3 Folder 28 McLinn, Sandra, 2000

1 letter from McLinn with 2 photos of 1652 Parmenter Street, Middleton, Wisconsin



Box 3 Folder 29 McMurray, Melanie and Bradley, 2001

5 pages including 2 drawings by Bradley McMurray for a lighthouse in Venice, Florida



Box 3 Folder 30 Manny Jr., Carter, 1995

1 letter from Manny Jr. and his wife Maya



Box 3 Folder 31 Marlin, Bill, 1990

1 letter



Box 3 Folder 32 Martin, Ed, 2001

1 email



Box 3 Folder 33 Marvel, Thomas S., 1996

1 letter



Box 3 Folder 34 Masselink, Ben

2 letters including an article by Masselink



Box 3 Folder 35 Masselink, Eugene (Gene), undated, 1935-59

11 original letters to and from Tafel. Includes photocopies of letters from 1934-55.



Box 3 Folder 36 Massie, Mary Anne, 1985

1 letter and a recommendation form for Massie



Box 3 Folder 37 May, Robert Carroll, 1985

1 letter from May



Box 3 Folder 38 Meech, Julia, 2000

1 letter asking for photograph permission



Box 3 Folder 39 Meehan, Patrick J., 1980

2 letters with a book review of Meehan's book "The Master Architect: Conversations with Frank Lloyd Wright"



Box 3 Folder 40 Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1992, 1995

3 letters



Box 3 Folder 41 Meyer, Karl E., 2000

1 letter



Box 3 Folder 42 Mosher, Byron, undated, 1981-91

11 letters



Box 3 Folder 43 [Musson, Noverre?], 1985

1 letter



Box 3 Folder 44 National Center for the Study of Frank Lloyd Wright, 1988

1 letter from Sara-Ann Briggs of Domino's Farms Activities. Includes a list of the "Domino 30"



Box 3 Folder 45 Nestingen, Leslie (Taliesin Architects), 1998

1 letter and 1 photo of Tafel with a group at Taliesin



Box 3 Folder 46 Netter, D. Terence, 1993

1 letter from Netter at the Staller Center for the Arts



Box 3 Folder 47 New School for Social Research, 1980-2001

3 letters



Box 3 Folder 48 New York City Mission Society, 2003

1 letter



Box 3 Folder 49 New York State Council on the Arts, 1966-74



Box 3 Folder 50 New York Times, 1991

Letter from Glenn Fowler; letter to the editor from Tafel about Gurdjieff



Box 3 Folder 51 New Yorker, 2003

2 letters



Box 3 Folder 52 Okano, Makoto, 1993-94

Correspondence with Okano, architect and director of the Japan Architecture Museum, about funding Frank Lloyd Wright projects including the film by Tafel and Sandpail Productions



Box 3 Folder 53 Palanco, Ernesto



Box 3 Folder 54 Penzey, Wm? Sr., 1993



Box 3 Folder 55 Peters, William Wesley

3 letters



Box 3 Folder 56 Pfeiffer, Bruce

Correspondence to/from the Archivist for the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation



Box 3 Folder 57 Pollock, Tom E., 2000

1 letter from Pollock



Box 3 Folder 58 Porter, Franklin, 1991-93, undated

4 letters



Box 3 Folder 59 Postcards, 1982-2004, undated

32 postcards and cards to and from Tafel



Box 3 Folder 60 RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architects), 1991

3 letters



Box 3 Folder 61 Racine Heritage Museum, 2004

1 letter suggesting Tafel's archive be donated to the museum



Box 3 Folder 62 Rana, Mansinh M., 1985-200



Box 3 Folder 63 Randall, John D., 1983

1 letter from Randall about the Louis Sullivan Museum with press clippings and information on Sullivan



Box 3 Folder 64 Randall, Thomas D., 1999-2000

2 letters from Randall



Box 3 Folder 65 Rattenbury, John, 1967, 2001

2 letters from Rattenbury



Box 3 Folder 66 Rayburn, Ben, 1959

1 letter from Tafel proposing a book about Wright houses



Box 3 Folder 67 Richards, John Noble, 1959

1 letter from Tafel; includes a poem written by Richards about Frank Lloyd Wright's funeral



Box 3 Folder 68 Rinzivillo, Joseph C., 2001

1 letter



Box 3 Folder 69 Rogers, Steven B., 1993-97

7 letters including clippings, publications, and an exerpt from Ken Burns'The Civil War



Box 3 Folder 70 Rott, Peter, 2000

1 letter from Rott, a Taliesin Architect. Includes 2 photographs of a house designed by Tafel at 1652 Parmenter Street, Middleton, Wisconsin



Box 3 Folder 71 Sabherwal, Vivek, 2002

1 letter



Box 3 Folder 72 Saltzstein, Joan W., 1979, undated

6 letters from Dankmar Adler's grandaughter (of Alder and Sullivan Architects)



Box 3 Folder 73 Sangamon State University, 1985

1 letter



Box 3 Folder 74 Sarabhai, Gira, 1989

2 letters



Box 3 Folder 75 Scott family (Polly, Paul, Mary-Ellen, Joan), 1937-55

11 letters to/from Tafel's aunt, uncle, and cousins



Box 3 Folder 76 Scott, Jon T., 1998

1 letter



Box 3 Folder 77 Scott, Joan, 1936-45, 1997-2000

19 letters to/from Tafel's cousin



Box 3 Folder 78 Seaton, Chris, 1995

2 letters from Seaton



Box 3 Folder 79 Segal, Maurice, 1985-2002

5 letters



Box 3 Folder 80 [Sgunietz?], Andreas, 2000

1 letter



Box 3 Folder 81 Shady Side Academy, 1999

1 letter



Box 3 Folder 82 Sharp, Dennis, 1985-2001

5 letters



Box 3 Folder 83 Sikora, Steve, 2002

1 letter from Sikora who bought the Malcolm Willey house in 2002; includes 7 colour printouts of the original plans and 1 photograph



Box 3 Folder 84 Singh, Patwant, 1980

1 letter from Tafel



Box 3 Folder 85 Smith, Mary Beth, 1996

1 letter from Smith



Box 3 Folder 86 Smithsonian Institution, The, 1974

5 letters from Tafel with an agreement for Tafel to serve as tour leader for "The Art and Architecture of Western Pennsylvania"



Box 3 Folder 87 Sobel, Richard, 1974, 1980

2 letters with information about Wright's Walt Whitman quote in his studio



Box 3 Folder 88 Snoke, Georgia (Lloyd Jones), 2001-02

2 letters to Tafel; includes an email copy of Bryan Walton's comments to Snoke on Tafel's Hillside photos, a letter by Snoke regarding research about the "Home Cottage of Richard and Mallie," a copy of a photo of the Home Cottage and building, and Hillside Home School timelines and research



Box 3 Folder 89 Spencer, Brian A., 2000, 2002-03

6 letters ; includes photocopies of sketches and photos of Ocotillo and a list of Frank Lloyd Wright executed works and projects in Wisconsin by Spencer



Box 3 Folder 90 Stanford University Libraries, 1983

Letter from Paul H. Mosher about the future of Tafel's Frank Lloyd Wright Collection



Box 3 Folder 91 State University of New York, 1978, 1984



Box 3 Folder 92 State University of New York at Geneseo, 1967-75, 1984

With press clippings



Box 3 Folder 93 Stone, Maria, undated, 1991

3 letters from Stone



Box 3 Folder 94 Storrer, Bradley Ray, 1991

1 letter from Storrer



Box 3 Folder 95 Storrer, William Allin (Bill), 1977

1 letter from Storrer



Box 3 Folder 96 Stricker, Milton, 2000-03

2 letters from Stricker



Box 3 Folder 97 Sutnar, Radoslav L., 1964-73

17 letters with copies of Sutnar's resume



Box 3 Folder 98 Swanson, George Gaines, 1990

1 note from Swanson, a Jersey City priest, and press clippings about Swanson's conviction of misconduct



Box 3 Folder 99 Swanson, Katrina van Alstyne, 1999

1 note; Swanson sent Tafel a copy of 2 letters to her father, the Reverend Edward Randolph Welles, from Ralph Adams Cram, dated 1934 and 1935



Box 3 Folder 100 Tafel Home Owners Association, 1988-89

2 letters about Tafel possibly starting an association; includes 2 photos and lists of present owners of his houses



Box 3 Folder 101 Tafel (Allman), Lucille, 194-

1 letter to Lucille Tafel, Edgar Tafel's first wife, from "Sam and Rose"



Box 3 Folder 102 Tafel, Martin, undated, 1997, 2002

6 letters from Tafel's brother



Box 3 Folder 103 Taliesin Architects, 1993, 2001

2 letters and a copy of the 1992 Taliesin Architects strategic plan



Box 3 Folder 104 Taliesin Architects, London, 1973-74

Includes Taliesin information booklet and consultant contract between Taliesin and Tafel



Box 3 Folder 105 Tanigawa, Masami and Yoshiko, 1978-2001

15 letters



Box 3 Folder 106 Thias, Edward J., 2003

1 letter and 5 copies of architectural illustrations by Thias



Box 3 Folder 107 Thomas, Steven, 2001-02

4 letters



Box 3 Folder 108 Thomson, Scott, 1980

1 letter from Thomson



Box 3 Folder 109 Treutelaar, Ty G., 1999

3 letters



Box 3 Folder 110 Trotter Sr., Thomas B., 1996

3 letters from Trotter of Trotter & Associates Architects



Box 3 Folder 111 Twombly, Robert C., 1981

Draft of a letter from Tafel in response to a book by Twombly. Includes reviews



Box 3 Folder 112 Unidentified correspondents, undated, 1964, 1974-2003

19 letters



Box 3 Folder 113 University of Chicago, 1990

1 letter



Box 3 Folder 114 University of Florida, 1998-99, 2000-02

Correspondence with R. Wayne Drummond, dean of the College of Architecture, concerning Tafel's films, lectures, and Frank Lloyd Wright material



Box 3 Folder 115 University of Florida, G.A. Smathers Libraries, 1999

Correspondence and pamphlets concerning Tafel's gift to the libraries of his Frank Lloyd Wright material



Box 3 Folder 116 University of Illinois, 2004-05

Correspondence and proposal to Tafel to donate his brownstone and collection to the University



Box 3 Folder 117 University of Nebraska, 2000-01

2 letters from Wayne Drummond



Box 3 Folder 118 University of Washington, 1981

1 letter and a description of the film "The Robie House"



Box 3 Folder 119 University of Wisconsin



Box 3 Folder 120 Van Baarsel, Gerry and Detty, 1986, 2001, 2003

3 letters



Box 3 Folder 121 Van Gelder, Lawrence, and Kirsten Grieshaber, 2004

1 letter from Tafel with an article by Grieshaber



Box 3 Folder 122 Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 1991-93

3 letters



Box 3 Folder 123 Warehouse, The, 1977

The Warehouse is the Frank Lloyd Wright designed warehouse from 1915 in Richland Center, Wisconsin. Contains a letter and press release



Box 3 Folder 124 Washington Post, 1994

1 letter



Box 3 Folder 125 Webb, Sam, 1993

2 letters from Webb



Box 3 Folder 126 Weston, Marcus, 1985-99

10 letters to Tafel and a copy of a letter Weston sent to Bruce Pfeiffer



Box 3 Folder 127 White, Jan V., 2000

1 letter to Tafel and Jean Gollay



Box 3 Folder 128 Wisconsin Historical Society, 1989-2003

Correspondence concerning Tafel donating his Frank Lloyd Wright material to the Society. Includes a descriptive list of the Society's archives and Tafel's Frank Lloyd Wright material. The Society was previously called The State Historical Society of Wisconsin



Box 3 Folder 129 Woffard, Theodore J., 1987

3 pages from Woffard to Tafel



Box 4 Folder 1 to 3 Wolfe, Tom, 1981-96, 2005

41 letters; includes clippings and sketches by Wolfe



Box 4 Folder 4 Woollcott, Alexander, 1938

1 letter; includes a small photo of Woollcott (?), photo is inscribed on the back "Visiting Edgar Flagstaff" (?)



Box 4 Folder 5 Wrenn, Tony P., 1994-96

Wrenn was the Archivist for the American Institute of Architectures Library and Archives. 3 letters



Box 4 Folder 6 Wright, Eric Lloyd, 1990



Box 4 Folder 7 to 8 Wright, Frank Lloyd, undated, 1932-54

28 telegrams and letters, including "To the Young Man in Architecture", and a list and photocopies of letters to/from Wright and Tafel



Box 4 Folder 9 Wright, Frank Lloyd to others, undated, 1936-39, 1954

Contains 6 original letters from Frank Lloyd Wright to Edgar J. Kaufmann, Samuel Tafel (Edgar's father), Herbert Jacobs, Clinton B. Hunt (Guggenheim Museum), "Bob" [Robert Goodman?], Kahler Company, and one letter from Gillen Woodwork to Wright. Includes photocopies of letters from Wright to others.



Box 4 Folder 10 Wright, Frank Lloyd, Furniture, 1985-86

Correspondence and drawings concerning the remaking of the Darwin R. Martin chairs



Box 4 Folder 11 Wright, Frank Lloyd, "Good Ship Lollypop", 1976-77

Concerning the appraisal and sale of the drawing of a barge that Wright gave Tafel. Includes 2 negatives



Box 4 Folder 12 Wright, Frank Lloyd, Reburial, 1985

Contains correspondence among Tafel, other apprentices, and the Foundation, including press clippings and Olgivanna Lloyd Wright's funeral program



Box 4 Folder 13 Wright, Iovanna Lloyd, 1952, 1998-99, 2002

9 letters concerning Iovanna's autobiography, including a letter from Franklin Porter to Iovanna



Box 4 Folder 14 Wright, Olgivanna Lloyd, undated, 1948, 1959-83

34 letters to and from Tafel



Box 4 Folder 15 Wright-Gillham, Nicholas, 1985

1 letter of thanks



Box 4 Folder 16 Wright-Ingraham, Elizabeth, 1972-73, 1979, 1996

6 letters



Box 4 Folder 17 X-Knowledge Home, 2002

1 letter



Box 4 Folder 18 "Your Church", 1961

2 letters to William Clark and William Wesley Peters concerning a proposal for the magazine "Your Church" to devote an issue to the churches of Frank Lloyd Wright