Olgivanna Lloyd Wright papers, ca. 1925-1985

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Series III: Manuscripts

Manuscripts for publications include multiple working drafts, handwritten and typed notes, as well as printer's proofs. The subseries are overall organized chronologically from 1931-1966 with the known published dates. Within the subseries, each is organized according to their published chapter order when possible. Our House, The Shining Brow, The Roots of Life and Frank Lloyd Wright: His Life, His Work, His Words use material previously published in the "Our House" newspaper column and reedited for these volumes. Miscellaneous Manuscripts are organized chronologically when possible or when dates are known. Many of these essays were never published or remain unidentified.


Sub-series 1: The Last Days of Katherine Mansfield

3 folders: handwritten copy, full typed draft, 1 bound typed version with annotations



Box 19 Folder 1 ["Draft: Handwritten"], ca. 1930-1999 (?), ca. 1930-1999 (?)

hand written version with typed transcription



Box 19 Folder 2 ["Complete Typed Version"], 1931, 1931

3 copies of typed transcription from Bookman Magazine (1931)



Box 19 Folder 3 ["Bound Copy"] ca. 1931 (?), ca. 1931

bound and typed version of The Last Days of Katherine Mansfield with annotations


Sub-series 2: The Struggle Within

Published Horizon Press, 1955. Contains duplicate audio transcriptions from Fellowship Talks (see individual file notes); handwritten notes on Movements, drafts and portions of other previously written essays likely used as reference material for Struggle Within. Contains full chapter drafts of manuscript Struggle Within, carbon copies of manuscript.



Box 19 Folder 4 ["Notes on Movements(?)]" (ca. 1950s), ca. 1950s

handwritten notes on "Movements"



Box 19 Folder 5 ["Handwritten notes and drafts]" (ca. 1955), ca. 1955

handwritten notes and drafts for The Struggle Within



Box 19 Folder 6 ["Misc. typed notes, essay excerpts]" (ca. 1955), ca. 1955

typed excerpts, fragments of essays, recordings [Providence, Immortality, Reflections on Wright, Philosophical Essays] possibly used in The Struggle Within



Box 19 Folder 7 ["Transcription: Inner and Outer Work"] (ca. 1952-1955), ca. 1952-1955

annotated transcription of talk from November 1952 [OLLW [1:2] Fellowship Talks, "Inner and Outer Work," 1952]



Box 19 Folder 8 ["Transcription: False Personality and Synthetic Experience"] (ca. 1953-1955), ca. 1953-1955

edited transcription of OLLW [2:13] Talks: Fellowship Talks: "False Personality," 1953. [*Foundation Reel OLLW #35, 2603.035]



Box 19 Folder 9 ["Transcription: Conscience and Authority"] (ca. 1953-1955), ca. 1953-1955

edited transcription of OLLW [2:14] Talks: Fellowship Talks: "Conscience and Authority" 1953. [Foundation Reel OLLW #36, 2603.036]



Box 19 Folder 10 ["Transcription: Inflexibility"] (ca. 1954-1955), ca. 1954-1955

edited transcription of OLLW [2:29] Talks: Fellowship Talks: "Inflexibility" [Foundation Reel OLLW #51, 2603.051]



Box 19 Folder 11 ["Transcription: Actions in Public"] (ca. 1955), ca. 1955

edited transcription of OLLW [3:8] Talks: Fellowship Talks: "Result of Action" [Foundation Reel OLLW # 70A, 2603.070]



Box 19 Folder 12 "[Incomplete Draft: Interrelation of All Parts"] (ca. 1955, ca. 1955

Drafts of essay not used in The Struggle Within



Box 19 Folder 13 ["Incomplete Drafts of Multiple Essays"] (ca. 1955), ca. 1955

Audio transcription "Inner Progression (1953); Drafts and fragments of essays: Meaning of Work, Genius, etc.



Box 19 Folder 14 ["Misc. fragments, Drafts of Multiple Essays"], ca. 1955-1959

Audio transcription (4-26-1959); essays "Acquisition of Spiritual Knowledge", "Lying to Oneself,



Box 19 Folder 15 "Third Force" (12-9-1952), 1952-1955



Box 19 Folder 16 ["Man and Eternal Forces"] (1952-1955), ca. 1952-1955

multiple drafts of essay "Third Force", "Three Forces" "Man and Eternal Forces" with audio transcription of the theme



Box 19 Folder 17 ["Replenishing Our Energies"] (ca. 1955), ca. 1955

drafts for chapter 7 "Replenishing our Energies"



Box 19 Folder 18 ["Natural Laws Versus Inner Laws"] (ca. 1955), ca. 1955

drafts for chapter 25 "Natural Laws versus Inner Laws"



Box 19 Folder 19 ["Providence"] (ca. 1955), ca. 1955

drafts for chapter 26 "Providence" "The Force Called Providence"



Box 19 Folder 20 ["Division and Unity; Relativity"] (ca. 1955), ca. 1955

drafts for chapter 31 "Division and Unity"



Box 19 Folder 21 ["Book Jacket Blurb"] (ca. 1955), ca. 1955



Box 19 Folder 22 ["Draft: Index"] (ca. 1955), ca. 1955



Box 19 Folder 23 ["Draft: Forward"] (ca. 1955), ca. 1955



Box 19 Folder 24 ["Draft: Prologue"] (ca. 1955), ca. 1955



Box 19 Folder 25 ["Draft: Epilogue"] (ca. 1955), ca. 1955



Box 19 Folder 26 ["Draft: Author Biography"] (ca. 1955), ca. 1955



Box 19 Folder 27 "Man and Eternal Forces" (ca. 1955), ca. 1955



Box 19 Folder 28 "Genius" (ca. 1955), ca. 1955



Box 19 Folder 29 ["Index"] (ca. 1955), ca. 1955

original 'final carbon copies'. Dated from publisher Ben Raeburn's edits



Box 19 Folder 30 "Knowledge of Oneself" (4-26-1955), 1955

The Struggle Within Chapter 1; original 'final carbon copies'. Dated from publisher Ben Raeburn's edits



Box 19 Folder 31 "Emotion" (4-26-1955), 1955

The Struggle Within Chapter 3; original 'final carbon copies'. Dated from publisher Ben Raeburn's edits



Box 19 Folder 32 "Mind" (4-27-1955), 1955

The Struggle Within Chapter 4; original 'final carbon copies'. Dated from publisher Ben Raeburn's edits



Box 19 Folder 33 "Youth and Old Age" (3-25-1955), 1955

The Struggle Within Chapter 5; original 'final carbon copies'. Dated from publisher Ben Raeburn's edits



Box 19 Folder 34 "Change of States" (4-27-1955), 1955

The Struggle Within Chapter 6; original 'final carbon copies'. Dated from publisher Ben Raeburn's edits



Box 19 Folder 35 "Replenishing Our Energies" (ca. 1955), 1955

The Struggle Within Chapter 7; original 'final carbon copies'. Dated from publisher Ben Raeburn's edits



Box 19 Folder 36 "Conflicts" (4-26-1955), 1955

The Struggle Within Chapter 9; original 'final carbon copies'. Dated from publisher Ben Raeburn's edits



Box 19 Folder 37 "Search for True Motive" (4-25-1955), 1955

The Struggle Within Chapter 10; original 'final carbon copies'. Dated from publisher Ben Raeburn's edits



Box 19 Folder 38 "Faith" (4-28-1955), 1955

The Struggle Within Chapter 11; original 'final carbon copies'. Dated from publisher Ben Raeburn's edits



Box 19 Folder 39 "Man's Psychological Jungle" (4-28-1955), 1955

The Struggle Within Chapter 12; original 'final carbon copies'. Dated from publisher Ben Raeburn's edits



Box 19 Folder 40 "Attractions and Repulsions" (4-11-1955), 1955

The Struggle Within Chapter 13; original 'final carbon copies'. Dated from publisher Ben Raeburn's edits



Box 19 Folder 41 "Influences" (4-28-1955), 1955

The Struggle Within Chapter 14; original 'final carbon copies'. Dated from publisher Ben Raeburn's edits



Box 19 Folder 42 "Memory" (4-26-1955), 1955

The Struggle Within Chapter 15; original 'final carbon copies'. Dated from publisher Ben Raeburn's edits



Box 19 Folder 43 "Results of Action" (4-28-1955), 1955

The Struggle Within Chapter 16; original 'final carbon copies'. Dated from publisher Ben Raeburn's edits



Box 19 Folder 44 "Fear and the "False Self" (4-28-1955), 1955

The Struggle Within Chapter 17; original 'final carbon copies'. Dated from publisher Ben Raeburn's edits



Box 19 Folder 45 "Ignorant Man and Enlightened Man" (4-28-1955), 1955

The Struggle Within Chapter 18; original 'final carbon copies'. Dated from publisher Ben Raeburn's edits



Box 19 Folder 46 "Opinions" (4-28-1955), 1955

The Struggle Within Chapter 19; original 'final carbon copies'. Dated from publisher Ben Raeburn's edits



Box 19 Folder 47 "Compromise vs. an Ideal" (4-12-1955), 1955

The Struggle Within Chapter 21 [Ideal]; original 'final carbon copies'. Dated from publisher Ben Raeburn's edits



Box 19 Folder 48 "Creative Spirit" (4-11-1955), 1955

The Struggle Within Chapter 22; original 'final carbon copies'. Dated from publisher Ben Raeburn's edits



Box 19 Folder 49 "Inner Knowledge" (4-20-1955), 1955

The Struggle Within Chapter 23; original 'final carbon copies'. Dated from publisher Ben Raeburn's edits



Box 19 Folder 50 "Inflexibility" (4-25-1955), 1955

The Struggle Within Chapter 24; original 'final carbon copies'. Dated from publisher Ben Raeburn's edits



Box 19 Folder 51 "Natural Laws vs. Inner Laws" (4-20-1955), 1955

The Struggle Within Chapter 25; original 'final carbon copies'. Dated from publisher Ben Raeburn's edits



Box 19 Folder 52 "The Force Called Providence" (4-27-1955), 1955

The Struggle Within Chapter 26; original 'final carbon copies'. Dated from publisher Ben Raeburn's edits



Box 19 Folder 53 "Acquisition of Spiritual Knowledge" (4-11-1955), 1955

The Struggle Within Chapter 29; original 'final carbon copies'. Dated from publisher Ben Raeburn's edits



Box 19 Folder 54 "Our Relations with Others" (4-19-1955), 1955

The Struggle Within Chapter 30; original 'final carbon copies'. Dated from publisher Ben Raeburn's edits



Box 19 Folder 55 "Division and Unity" (4-20-1955), 1955

The Struggle Within Chapter 31; original 'final carbon copies'. Dated from publisher Ben Raeburn's edits



Box 19 Folder 56 ["Epilogue"] (4-22-1955), 1955

The Struggle Within Epilogue; original 'final carbon copies'. Dated from publisher Ben Raeburn's edits



Box 19 Folder 57 "Working on Oneself" (5-12-1955), 1955

edited or not used in final publication (?) Dated from publisher Ben Raeburn's edits



Box 19 Folder 58 "Self Dissolution" (4-28-1955), 1955

edited or not used in final publication (?) Dated from publisher Ben Raeburn's edits



Box 19 Folder 59 "Life as Punishment" (4-28-1955), 1955

edited or not used in final publication (?) Dated from publisher Ben Raeburn's edits



Box 19 Folder 60 "Immortality" (ca. 1955), ca. 1955

bound, typed essays in booklet



Box 19 Folder 61 "Influences" (ca. 1955), ca. 1955

bound, typed essays in booklet



Box 19 Folder 62 "Third Force" (ca. 1955), ca. 1955

bound, typed essays in booklet



Box 19 Folder 63 "Memory" (ca. 1955), ca. 1955

bound, typed essays in booklet



Box 19 Folder 64 "Influences, Memory, Third Force, Immortality" (ca. 1955), ca. 1955



Box 19 Folder 65 ["First Complete Manuscript"] (4-21-1954), 1954

includes chapters of the first complete manuscript with later photocopies



Box 19 Folder 66 ["First Complete Manuscript"] (4-21-1954), 1954

typed, onionskin copy



Box 19 Folder 67 ["Final Complete Manuscript Second Copy"] (6-1-1955), 1955

typed, onionskin copy. With annotations



Box 20 Folder 1 ["Final Complete Manuscript (I)"] (6-1-1955), 1955

copy/duplicate?



Box 20 Folder 2 ["Final Complete Manuscript (II)"] (6-1-1955), 1955

copy/duplicate?



Box 20 Folder 3 ["Book Proof"] ca. 1955



Box 20 Folder 4 ["Book Proof"] ca. 1955



Box 20 Folder 5 ["Book Proof"] ca. 1955



Box 20 Folder 6 ["Book Proof"] ca. 1955



Box 20 Folder 7 ["Duplicate Proof"] (6-27-1955), 1955


Sub-series 3: Our House

book published in 1959 using re-edited material from newspaper column. Columns were retyped and edited for republication in the book but these edits were not generally dated. The date range therefore reflects the period in which they were written for the newspaper and edited for the book.



Box 20 Folder 8 " Spring and Return" (ca. 1958-1959), ca. 1958-1959



Box 20 Folder 9 "An Evening at Koko's" (ca. 1958-1959), ca. 1958-1959



Box 20 Folder 10 "Friends, Columns, and Cars" (ca. 1958-1959), ca. 1958-1959



Box 20 Folder 11 "The Two Editors" (ca. 1958-1959), ca. 1958-1959



Box 20 Folder 12 "Nature and Civilization" (ca. 1958-1959), ca. 1958-1959



Box 20 Folder 13 "The Appearance of a Cousin" (ca. 1958- 1959), ca. 1958-1959



Box 20 Folder 14 "A Russian Border Incident" (ca. 1958-1959), ca. 1958-1959



Box 20 Folder 15 "My French" (ca. 1958-1959), ca. 1958-1959



Box 20 Folder 16 "Tex and Jinx" (ca. 1958-1959), ca. 1958-1959



Box 20 Folder 17 "A Television Episode" (ca. 1958-1959), ca. 1958-1959



Box 20 Folder 18 "Our Fellowship" (ca. 1958-1959), ca. 1958-1959



Box 20 Folder 19 "ZaZa" (ca. 1958-1959), ca. 1958-1959



Box 20 Folder 20 "Sunday Morning Fellowship Breakfast" (ca. 1958-1959), ca. 1958-1959



Box 20 Folder 21 "Iovanna" (ca. 1958-1959), ca. 1958-1959



Box 20 Folder 22 "Winged Horse of Taliesin" (ca. 1958-1959), ca. 1958-1959



Box 20 Folder 23 "Easter" (ca. 1958-1959), ca. 1958-1959



Box 20 Folder 24 "Music and Dance Festival" (ca. 1958-1959), ca. 1958-1959



Box 20 Folder 25 "TIME and THE NEW YORKER" (ca. 1958-1959), ca. 1958-1959



Box 20 Folder 26 "Discussion on Architecture" ( ca. 1958-1959), ca. 1958-1959



Box 20 Folder 27 "Fowler McCormick" (ca. 1958-1959), ca. 1958-1959



Box 20 Folder 28 "Science and God" ( ca. 1958-1959), ca. 1958-1959



Box 20 Folder 29 "Psychoanalysts" (ca. 1958-1959), ca. 1958-1959



Box 20 Folder 30 "Happiness Pills" (ca. 1958-1959), ca. 1958-1959



Box 20 Folder 31 "Are You Annoyed If..." (ca. 1958-1959), ca. 1958-1959



Box 20 Folder 32 "Ling Po and Mother" (ca. 1958-1959), ca. 1958-1959



Box 20 Folder 33 "Aesop" (ca. 1958-1959), ca. 1958-1959



Box 20 Folder 34 "and Jupiter" (ca. 1958-1959), ca. 1958-1959



Box 20 Folder 35 "Sarah Lawrence Commencement" (ca. 1958-1959), ca. 1958-1959



Box 20 Folder 36 "About Monuments" (ca. 1958-1959), ca. 1958-1959



Box 20 Folder 37 "Children in Trouble" (ca. 1958-1959), ca. 1958-1959



Box 20 Folder 38 "On Education" (ca. 1958-1959), ca. 1958-1959



Box 20 Folder 39 "Tibby" (ca. 1958-1959), ca. 1958-1959



Box 20 Folder 40 "Children at Home" (ca. 1958-1959), ca. 1958-1959



Box 20 Folder 41 "A Talk to the Fellowship" (ca. 1958-1959), ca. 1958-1959



Box 20 Folder 42 "The Eighth of June" (ca. 1958-1959), ca. 1958-1959



Box 20 Folder 43 "The Surrey" (ca. 1958-1959), ca. 1958-1959



Box 20 Folder 44 "The Foreign Press" (ca. 1958-1959), ca. 1958-1959



Box 20 Folder 45 "Cairo" (ca. 1958-1959), ca. 1958-1959



Box 20 Folder 46 "Politics and Peace" (ca. 1958-1959), ca. 1958-1959



Box 20 Folder 47 "Iraq" (ca. 1958-1959), ca. 1958-1959



Box 20 Folder 48 "Nezam Ameri" (ca. 1958-1959), ca. 1958-1959



Box 20 Folder 49 "Another Talk to Fellowship" (ca. 1958-1959), ca. 1958-1959



Box 20 Folder 50 "Pastoral" (ca. 1958-1959), ca. 1958-1959



Box 20 Folder 51 "Neighbors" (ca. 1958-1959), ca. 1958-1959



Box 20 Folder 52 "Celebrities" (ca. 1958-1959), ca. 1958-1959



Box 20 Folder 53 "The Lobsters" (ca. 1958-1959), ca. 1958-1959



Box 20 Folder 54 "The Man Who Broke His Arm" (ca. 1958-1959), ca. 1958-1959



Box 20 Folder 55 "Chevy Chase Chastened" (ca. 1958-1959), ca. 1958-1959



Box 20 Folder 56 "National Cultural Center" (ca. 1958-1959), ca. 1958-1959



Box 20 Folder 57 "The Fate of a Sculptor" (ca. 1958-1959), ca. 1958-1959



Box 20 Folder 58 "Forest House" (ca. 1958-1959), ca. 1958-1959



Box 20 Folder 59 "Mr. Wright's French" (ca. 1958-1959), ca. 1958-1959



Box 20 Folder 60 "Tomatoes" (ca. 1958-1959), ca. 1958-1959



Box 20 Folder 61 "Taliesin the Third" (ca. 1958-1959), ca. 1958-1959



Box 20 Folder 62 "In New York" (ca. 1958-1959), ca. 1958-1959



Box 20 Folder 63 "Guggenheim Museum (ca. 1958-1959), ca. 1958-1959



Box 20 Folder 64 "The Poet, the Editor, and the Architect" (ca. 1958-1959), ca. 1958-1959



Box 20 Folder 65 "A Bird in the House" (ca. 1958-1959), ca. 1958-1959



Box 21 Folder 1 "First Set Carbon Copies 'Our House'" ca. 1959, ca. 1959



Box 21 Folder 2 "Second Set Carbon Copies 'Our House'" ca. 1959, ca. 1959



Box 21 Folder 3 Printer's Proof ca. 1959, ca. 1959


Sub-series 4: Shining Brow

Book by OLLW published in 1960. Like 'Our House," most of the material derives from portions of previously published newspaper columns. However, the book chapters are not discrete and is organized thematically. Therefore, the archive uses the first sentence of sections for headings.



Box 21 Folder 4 ["Table of Contents"] (ca. 1959-1960), ca. 1959-1960



Box 21 Folder 5 ["Prologue"] (ca. 1959-1960), ca. 1959-1960



Box 21 Folder 6 ["On November 10th, 1958, before leaving Wisconsin..."] (ca. 1959-1960), ca. 1959-1960



Box 21 Folder 7 ["We barely settled in the desert when a giant plane..."] (ca. 1959-1960), ca. 1959-1960



Box 21 Folder 8 ["In the closing of the year 1958 Christmas boxes and bags ..."] (ca. 1959-1960), ca. 1959-1960



Box 21 Folder 9 ["Horses have long been a steady part of our Taliesin life."] (ca. 1959-1960), ca. 1959-1960



Box 21 Folder 10 ["Lillian Harvey was a European actress..."] (ca. 1959-1960), ca. 1959-1960



Box 21 Folder 11 ["When we started building the camp..."] (ca. 1959-1960), ca. 1959-1960



Box 21 Folder 12 ["Our friend Mrs. Philip K. Wrigley..."] (ca. 1959-1960), ca. 1959-1960



Box 21 Folder 13 ["Our last Easter preparation with Mr. Wright in our life..."] (ca. 1959-1960), ca. 1959-1960



Box 21 Folder 14 ["Following her visit to Taliesin West on the weekend of April 26, 1959, Margaret Sanger..."] (ca. 1959-1960), ca. 1959-1960



Box 21 Folder 15 ["The preparation for the June 8th Memorial Dinner..."] (ca. 1959-1960), ca. 1959-1960



Box 21 Folder 16 ["About twenty-five years ago one of our less endowed members..."] (ca. 1959-1960), ca. 1959-1960



Box 21 Folder 17 ["In August of 1957 Dean Jackson O. Powell ..."] (ca. 1959-1960), ca. 1959-1960



Box 21 Folder 18 ["In the buildings represented by the top winners..."] (ca. 1959-1960), ca. 1959-1960



Box 21 Folder 19 ["In order to keep our young people from spending weekend evenings..."] (ca. 1959-1960), ca. 1959-1960



Box 21 Folder 20 ["The last sketch Mr. Wright did was an enclosed garden for me..."] (ca. 1959-1960), ca. 1959-1960



Box 21 Folder 21 ["In 1939 Mr. Wright received a telegram from Solomon R. Guggenheim..."] (ca. 1959-1960), ca. 1959-1960



Box 21 Folder 22 ["The dedication of the Beth Sholom Synagogue took place..."] (ca. 1959-1960), ca. 1959-1960



Box 21 Folder 23 ["The Wright-Jones family tree stretch out..."] (ca. 1959-1960), ca. 1959-1960



Box 21 Folder 24 ["Elizabeth Enright Gillham is the daughter of Maginel Barney..."] (ca. 1959-1960), ca. 1959-1960



Box 21 Folder 25 ["A great many new interests have evolved in my life due to Wesley Peters..."] (ca. 1959-1960), ca. 1959-1960



Box 21 Folder 26 ["Kay Davison came to study architecture at Taliesin."] (ca. 1959-1960), ca. 1959-1960



Box 21 Folder 27 ["Richard E. Carney is the son of a Baptist minister."] (ca. 1959-1960), ca. 1959-1960



Box 21 Folder 28 ["In this age where the process of depersonalizing all human relationship..."] (ca. 1959-1960), ca. 1959-1960



Box 21 Folder 29 ["After Nikita Kruschchev left the United States..."] (ca. 1959-1960), ca. 1959-1960



Box 21 Folder 30 ["After our friend, the Editor of the Capital Times, Mr. William T. Evjue..."] (ca. 1959-1960), ca. 1959-1960



Box 21 Folder 31 ["John deKoven Hill joined the Fellowship..."] (ca. 1959-1960), ca. 1959-1960



Box 21 Folder 32 ["I also remember one day in our Arizona camp..."] (ca. 1959-1960), ca. 1959-1960



Box 21 Folder 33 ["Elizabeth Gordon, the Editor of "House Beautiful", is a great admirer..."] (ca. 1959-1960), ca. 1959-1960



Box 21 Folder 34 ["On our non-stop New York-Phoenix flight..."] (ca. 1959-1960), ca. 1959-1960



Box 21 Folder 35 ["Edward Durell Stone is an architect..."] (ca. 1959-1960), ca. 1959-1960



Box 21 Folder 36 ["Discussing various friends and acquaintances..."] (ca. 1959-1960), ca. 1959-1960



Box 21 Folder 37 ["The following is an address I gave to the Taliesin Fellowship..."] (ca. 1959-1960), ca. 1959-1960



Box 21 Folder 38 ["The following is a talk to the national convention of the Phi Beta Fraternity..."] (ca. 1959-1960), ca. 1959-1960



Box 21 Folder 39 ["Do physical features of the human being correspond..."] (ca. 1959-1960), ca. 1959-1960



Box 21 Folder 40 ["Volumes in many languages have been written about Mr. Wright"] (ca. 1959-1960), ca. 1959-1960



Box 21 Folder 41 ["Science keeps finding new uses for old drugs..."] (ca. 1959-1960), ca. 1959-1960



Box 21 Folder 42 ["The 'Intelligence Quotient' and aptitude tests..."] (ca. 1959-1960), ca. 1959-1960



Box 21 Folder 43 ["Many new social problems have arisen in our society"] (ca. 1959-1960), ca. 1959-1960



Box 21 Folder 44 ["The secret of satisfaction which all of us seek..."] (ca. 1959-1960), ca. 1959-1960



Box 21 Folder 45 ["Among the worst sins of which all of us are guilty..."] (ca. 1959-1960), ca. 1959-1960



Box 21 Folder 46 ["For whoseover hath, to him shall be given..."] (ca. 1959-1960), ca. 1959-1960



Box Unknown ["John H. Howe, the chief of the drafting room..."] (ca. 1959-1960), ca. 1959-1960



Box Unknown ["My grandson Brandoch breezed..."] (ca. 1959-1960), ca. 1959-1960



Box 21 Folder 49 ["Epilogue"] (ca. 1959-1960), ca. 1959-1960



Box 21 Folder 50 ["Miscellaneous Partial Drafts"] (ca. 1959-1960), ca. 1959-1960



Box 21 Folder 51 ["Miscellaneous Partial Drafts"] (ca. 1959-1960), ca. 1959-1960



Box 21 Folder 52 ["Working material and unidentified drafts"] (ca. 1959-1960), ca. 1959-1960

includes typed and handwritten drafts



Box 21 Folder 53 [" Draft Copies and editorial notes"] (ca. 1959-1960), ca. 1959-1960



Box 21 Folder 54 ["Shining Brow Printer's Proofs"] (ca. 1959-1960), ca. 1959-1960


Sub-series 5: Roots of Life

Book by OLLW published in 1963. Texts derive from previously written articles, talks to the Fellowship, public addresses.



Box 22 Folder 1 ["Draft Copies"] (ca. 1963), ca. 1963

duplications (?)



Box 22 Folder 2 "Retyped Manuscripts" (ca. 1963), ca. 1963

edited drafts, handwritten drafts, annotations on previously published material



Box 22 Folder 3 "Dr. Teller's Visit, Part I" (3-19-1960), 1960

published previously in Our House newspaper column



Box 22 Folder 4 "Dr. Teller's Visit, Part II" (3-25-1960), 1960

published previously in Our House newspaper column



Box 22 Folder 5 "Dr. Teller's Visit, Part III" (3-28-1960), 1960

published previously in Our House newspaper column



Box 22 Folder 6 "Dr. Teller's Visit, Part IV" (4-1-1960), 1960

published previously in Our House newspaper column



Box 22 Folder 7 ["Part I: On Frank Lloyd Wright Art and Architecture in Life"] (ca. 1963), ca. 1963



Box 22 Folder 8 ["Part II: On the Meaning of Experience"] (ca. 1963), ca. 1963



Box 22 Folder 9 ["Part III: A Series of Addresses"] (ca. 1963), ca. 1963



Box 22 Folder 10 ["Part IV: On Science"] (ca. 1963), ca. 1963



Box 22 Folder 11 ["Part VI: On our Inner Growth"] (ca. 1963), ca. 1963



Box 22 Folder 12 "California Poppies -Epilogue" (ca. 1963), ca. 1963



Box 22 Folder 13 ["On Education, Science and the State"] (ca. 1963), ca. 1963


Sub-series 6: Frank Lloyd Wright: His Life, His Work, His Words

Book created with transcribed audio recordings, copies of previously written or recorded material by both Frank Lloyd Wright and Olgivanna Lloyd Wright. Many files are copied from earlier audio recordings or transcriptions. Iovanna Lloyd Wright and Bruce Pfeiffer make annotations and edits throughout



Box 22 Folder 14 ["Notes on FLLW and Anecdotes"] (ca. 1966), ca. 1966

handwritten notes, photocopied notes



Box 22 Folder 15 ["...what his most important or prominent characteristics are,..."] (1965), 1965

Reel 1 and 4 transcribed 2-26-1965; 6-29-1965



Box 22 Folder 16 ["Admittance to the Fellowship..."] (6-29-1965), 1965

Reel 4 transcribed 6-29-1965



Box 22 Folder 17 ["In 1932, a book was published which has since come to be..."] (1-2-1966), 1966

Chapter draft, handwritten and typed drafts



Box 22 Folder 18 ["Notes for FLLW Book"] ca. 1966, ca. 1966

handwritten notes, outline topics



Box 22 Folder 19 ["It has always been a surprise to me that people..."] (1962-1965), 1962-1965

Tape #227 recorded 3-25-1962; edited transcript 11-26-1965



Box 22 Folder 20 ["For some reason hardships turn into blessings"] (ca. 1965), 1962-1965

Tape #244 edited transcript 12-20-1965



Box 22 Folder 21 ["The Marin County Administration Building..."] (1962-1965), 1962-1965

Tape #248 recorded 10-21-1962; edited transcript 12-3-1965



Box 22 Folder 22 ["Every human being should be able to think..."] (1963-1966), 1963-1965

Tape #265 recorded 2-24-1964, edited transcript 1-3-1966



Box 22 Folder 23 ["Freedom in education is still needed..."] (1965), 1965

Tape #178 editied transcript 10-10-1965; retyped 11-30-1965



Box 22 Folder 24 "Material on Music, Books, Painting, etc." (12-16-1965), 1965

note: "spliced together by Iovanna"



Box 22 Folder 25 "Beginnings of Taliesin Fellowship" (1965), 1965

no tape #, dictated to audio recording December 14, 1965; edited transcription December 17, 1965



Box 22 Folder 26 ["Mr. Wright had so much nourishment to give..."] (1960-1965), 1960-1965

no tape #, dictated to audio recording December 4, 1960; edited transcription 11-29-1965; retyped 12-1-1965



Box 22 Folder 27 ["We frequently use words to express ..." ](1965), 1965

Tape #188, edited 10-8-1965; retyped 10-10-1965



Box 22 Folder 28 ["The Internationalist architects..."] (1965), 1965

Tape #200, edited 11-4-1965; retyped 12-12-1965



Box 22 Folder 29 ["FLLW did not feel the world as hostile."] (1965), 1965

Tape #206, edited 11-2-1965; re-edit 11-25-1965



Box 22 Folder 30 ["FLLW was simple at heart."] (1963-1965), 1963-1965

Tape #294, recorded 11-22-1963; edited 11-15-1965; retyped 12-3-1965



Box 22 Folder 31 ["OLLW with R. Ailes, Cleveland Radio Program"] (1963-1965), 1963-1965

Tape #286, recorded 7-24-1963; edited 12-4-1965; retyped 12-10-1965



Box 22 Folder 32 "Mr. Wright's Talks" (ca. 1966), ca. 1966



Box 22 Folder 33 ["Mrs. Wright on CBS"] (1964-1965), 1964-1965

Tape #313, audio recorded 4-15-1964; edited 12-4-1965; retyped 12-10-1965



Box 22 Folder 34 ["Mrs. Wright to Temple Beth Israel"] (1964-1965), 1964-1965

Tape #328, audio recorded 11-3-1964; edited 12-30-1965



Box 22 Folder 35 ["Mrs. Wright to the Fellowship"] (1965), 1965

Tape #364, audio recorded 11-14-1965; edited 12-17-1965



Box 22 Folder 36 ["Progress can result in compromises and conformity..." (1965), 1965

Tape #362, audio recorded 11-4-1965; edited 12-9-1965



Box 22 Folder 37 ["Chapter I: FLLW was born in Richland Center, Wisconsin..."] (ca. 1966), ca. 1966



Box 22 Folder 38 ["Among Mr. Wright's most prominent characteristics..."] (1965), 1965

OLLW first reel of audio relating to Frank Lloyd Wright: His Life, His Work, His Words. transcribed 2-26-1965; edited 4-7-1965



Box 22 Folder 39 ["As in everybody's life, the first years of childhood influences..."] (1965), 1965

OLLW second reel of audio relating to Frank Lloyd Wright: His Life, His Work, His Words. Transcribed 2-27-1965; edited 4-8-1965



Box 22 Folder 40 ["Mr. Wright gave talks every Sunday morning after breakfast..." (1965), 1965

OLLW third reel of audio relating to Frank Lloyd Wright: His Life, His Work, His Words. Transcribed 4-22-1965; edited 4-27-1965



Box 22 Folder 41 ["Mr. Wright's architecture is for all time..."] (1965), 1965

OLLW fourth reel of audio relating to Frank Lloyd Wright: His Life, His Work, His Words. Edited 10-10-1965; retyped 11-29-1965 and 12-12-1965.



Box 22 Folder 42 ["Various Chapter notes, drafts and partial drafts"] (ca. 1966), ca. 1966

includes handwritten



Box 22 Folder 43 ["FLLW- Destruction of the Box"] (ca. 1953-1966), ca. 1953-1966

Tape #78 FLLW original talk 8-23-1953; file includes multiple drafts of transcriptions ca. 1966



Box 22 Folder 44 ["The City"] (ca. 1966), ca. 1966



Box 22 Folder 45 ["FLLW-The American Home"] (ca. 1955-1966), ca. 1955-1966

FLLW interview on WTMJ, Milwaukee original 8-16-1955, no tape #. Transcription ca. 1966 (?)



Box 22 Folder 46 "Skyscrapers: Mr. Wright on Chicago Dynamics" (1957-1966), 1957-1966

FLLW original talk 10-29-1957, retyped 4-22-1966



Box 22 Folder 47 ["Chapter 1"] (ca. 1966), ca. 1966

chapter drafts, multiple edits, arbitrary order



Box 22 Folder 48 ["Chapter 2"] (ca. 1966), ca. 1966

chapter drafts, multiple edits, arbitrary order



Box 22 Folder 49 ["Chapter 3"] (ca. 1966), ca. 1966

chapter drafts, multiple edits, arbitrary order



Box 22 Folder 50 ["Chapter 4"] (ca. 1966), ca. 1966

chapter drafts, multiple edits, arbitrary order



Box 22 Folder 51 ["Chapter 5"] (ca. 1966), ca. 1966

chapter drafts, multiple edits, arbitrary order



Box 22 Folder 52 ["Chapter 6"] (ca. 1966), ca. 1966

chapter drafts, multiple edits, arbitrary order



Box 22 Folder 53 ["Chapter 7"] (ca. 1966), ca. 1966

chapter drafts, multiple edits, arbitrary order



Box 23 Folder 1 ["Chapter 8"] (ca. 1966), ca. 1966

chapter drafts, multiple edits, arbitrary order



Box 23 Folder 2 ["Chapter 9"] (ca. 1966), ca. 1966

chapter drafts, multiple edits, arbitrary order



Box 23 Folder 3 ["Chapter 10"] (ca. 1966), ca. 1966

chapter drafts, multiple edits, arbitrary order



Box 23 Folder 4 ["Chapter 11"] (ca. 1966), ca. 1966

chapter drafts, multiple edits, arbitrary order



Box 23 Folder 5 ["Chapter 12"] (ca. 1966), ca. 1966

chapter drafts, multiple edits, arbitrary order



Box 23 Folder 6 ["Chapter 13"] (ca. 1966), ca. 1966

chapter drafts, multiple edits, arbitrary order



Box 23 Folder 7 "Grady Gammage Dedication" (1964-1966), 1964-1966

chapter drafts, multiple edits, arbitrary order



Box 23 Folder 8 ["What has gone wrong with modern architecture?"], ca. 1966-1973

chapter draft, copy of signed frontispiece, hand written notes



Box 23 Folder 9 ["Frank Lloyd Wright autobiographical material, unused"] (ca. 1958-1966), ca. 1958-1966

OLLW writings about FLLW, unused in manuscript


Sub-series 7: Miscellaneous, -1983

Autobiographical material derived from earlier manuscripts, published materials, and audio recordings. Files include photocopied material, copied and edited material/ rewritten material. Files often include cut-out fragments from previously recorded, transcribed or drafted essays



Box 23 Folder 10 "Poem" (8-13-1956), 1956



Box 23 Folder 11 "Picasso, Mozart" (ca. 1957), 1957



Box 23 Folder 12 "Alden Dow- 'Hands'" (1958), 1958



Box 23 Folder 13 "Rockefeller Fund Education" (6-29-1958), 1958



Box 23 Folder 14 "Temple wherein to Worship" (2-19-1959), 1959



Box 23 Folder 15 "Toward Peace" (12-8-1964), 1964



Box 23 Folder 16 "Toward Peace (edited)" (6-1-1970), 1970



Box 23 Folder 17 "Christmas Party Script" (1964), 1964



Box 23 Folder 18 ["Percussion"] (ca. 1959-1984), ca. 1959-1984

folder with performance list for undated performance



Box 23 Folder 19 ["Mr. Wright speaks to Architectural Association School"] (1939-1984), 1939-1984

retyped article by FLLW published in Architectural Journal, May 1939



Box 23 Folder 20 "Animal vs. Human" (3-31-1969), 1969



Box 23 Folder 21 "Unforgettable Moment" (12-7-1969), 1969



Box 23 Folder 22 "Svetlana Allelyuyeva" (1970-1972), 1972



Box 23 Folder 23 "Honoring God Through Architecture (draft)" (4-20-1972), 1972



Box 23 Folder 24 "Honoring God Through Architecture (final)" (1972), 1972



Box 23 Folder 25 "Democracy- Manuscript" (1-23-1974), 1974



Box 23 Folder 26 "Mr. Wright's Story: Compartment on Train" (2-21-1974), 1974



Box 23 Folder 27 "Visit with Mrs. Alexander Solzhenitzyn" (7-4-1974), 1974



Box 23 Folder 28 "Introduction to the First Portfolio" (1977), 1977

Introduction to 'Frank Lloyd Wright: Selected Drawings' First Portfolio



Box 23 Folder 29 "Introduction to the Second Portfolio" (1977-1979), 1977-1979

Introduction to 'Frank Lloyd Wright: Selected Drawings' Second Portfolio



Box 23 Folder 30 "Introduction to the Second Portfolio (final)" (1977-1979), 1977-1979

Introduction to 'Frank Lloyd Wright: Selected Drawings' Second Portfolio



Box 23 Folder 31 "Introduction to the Third Portfolio" (4-28-1982), 1982

Introduction to 'Frank Lloyd Wright: Selected Drawings' Third Portfolio



Box 23 Folder 32 "Dr. Joe Skits" (7-22-1975), 1975



Box 23 Folder 33 "Medical Skit" (7-22-1975), 1975



Box 23 Folder 34 "Twombly Manuscript" (8-30-1976), 1976

retyped pages from OLLW 1940 notebook, copy undated



Box 23 Folder 35 "Alumni Letter" (8-15-1979), 1979

photocopies



Box 23 Folder 36 "Architecture and Principle (draft)" (3-2-1981), 1981



Box 23 Folder 37 "Architecture and Principle (retyped)" (3-2-1981), 1981



Box 23 Folder 38 "Cigarette- Vera, Xenia, etc." (ca. 1959-1984), ca. 1959-1984



Box 23 Folder 39 "Davy's Stories of Mr. Wright's Sayings" (ca. 1959-1984), ca. 1959-1984



Box 23 Folder 40 "Reference- typed but not used" (ca. 1959-1984), ca. 1959-1984

copies and drafts of different essays, handwritten notes



Box 23 Folder 41 "Urizen" (ca. 1959-1984), ca. 1959-1984

copy of a play script



Box 23 Folder 42 "Frank Lloyd Wright and the Taliesin Fellowship" (ca. 1959-1984), ca. 1959-1984



Box 23 Folder 43 ["OLLW notes"] (ca. 1970s (?)), ca. 1970s

handwritten and typed notes concern Fellowship day to day, list of Fellow members (9-3-1973); 1976 biography statement about OLLW; memo about OLLW illness 1977



Box 23 Folder 44 "OLLW Personal Notes" (ca. 1959-1984), ca. 1959-1984

handwritten and typed notes concerning manuscripts, Fellowship day to day. Memos to Fellows, recipes and cooking instructuions, schedules and work lists.



Box 23 Folder 45 "OLLW Personal Notes" (ca. 1959-1984), ca. 1959-1984

handwritten and typed notes concerning manuscripts, Fellowship day to day. Dinner seating charts, memos from OLLW to Fellowship, lists of fellows (5-1-1967; 2-10-1969; ), notes on Fellowship meetings about student complaints/ dissatisfaction and abuse. Notes for talks



Box 23 Folder 46 ["OLLW Personal Notes"] (ca. 1959-1984), ca. 1959-1984

handwritten and typed notes concerning manuscripts, personal (announcement of Iovanna child, Eve; thank you notes, dinner party seating arrangements. Handwritten version of letter to President John F. Kennedy (3-39-1961)



Box 23 Folder 47 "Midsummer Magic" (1981), 1981



Box 23 Folder 48 "Skits for Dr. Joe's Birthday" (1983), 1983



Box 23 Folder 49 "Halloween Skits" (10-31-1983), 1983



Box 23 Folder 50 ["Folder with notes on exterior"] (ca. 1959-1984), ca. 1959-1984

handwritten notes and to do lists



Box 23 Folder 51 ["That very day early late in the afternoon these two ..."] (ca. 1925-1985 (?), ca. 1925-1985 (?)

handwritten partial copy of Montenegran and Turkish conflict (not OLLW's handwriting)



Box 23 Folder 52 ["What represents the history of the past to us..."] (ca. 1959-1984), ca. 1959-1984



Box 23 Folder 53 "FLLW Decentralization, Freedom, Philosophy the Architectural Problem" (ca. 1928-1985), ca. 1928-1985

retyped transcription of FLLW audio #69 (undated)



Box 23 Folder 54 "FLLW Unity" (ca. 1928-1985), ca. 1928-1985

retyped transcription of FLLW audio #42 (undated)



Box 23 Folder 55 ["Never can one express an original idea in its purity."] (ca. 1959-1984), ca. 1959-1984



Box 23 Folder 56 "OLLW on Architecture" (ca. 1959-1984), ca. 1959-1984



Box 23 Folder 57 ["Like all his work, the Mile-High building is a perfect..."] (ca. 1963), ca. 1963



Box 23 Folder 58 ["Unidentified "Our House" columns"] (ca. 1958-1962), ca. 1958-1962



Box 23 Folder 59 ["Unidentified Manuscripts"] (ca. 1959-1984), ca. 1959-1984