Edgar Tafel architectural records and papers, 1919-2005

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