Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Archives : oral history transcripts and recordings, 1980s-2000s

Summary Information

At a Glance

Bib ID	13001668 View CLIO record
Creator(s)	Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation; Taliesin Fellowship
Title	Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Archives : oral history transcripts and recordings, 1980s-2000s
Physical Description	500 items (transcripts); 549 audiocassettes; 3 compact disks; 115 videocassettes (Hi 8); 272 videocassettes (VHS)
Language(s)	English .
Access	Portions of this collection may be available for use by appointment in the Department of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University. For further information and to make an appointment, please email avery-drawings@library.columbia.edu.

Description

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.

General Note

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

Using the Collection

Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library

Restrictions on Access

Portions of this collection may be available for use by appointment in the Department of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University. For further information and to make an appointment, please email avery-drawings@library.columbia.edu.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Accession number--2013.006.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library

Subject Headings

The subject headings listed below are found in this collection. Links below allow searches at Columbia University through the Archival Collections Portal and through CLIO, the catalog for Columbia University Libraries, as well as ArchiveGRID, a catalog that allows users to search the holdings of multiple research libraries and archives.

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Genre/Form

Heading	"CUL Archives:" "Portal"	"CUL Collections:" "CLIO"	"Nat'l / Int'l Archives:" "ArchivedGRID"
Interviews	Portal	CLIO	ArchiveGRID
Oral histories (literary works)	Portal	CLIO	ArchiveGRID
Sound recordings	Portal	CLIO	ArchiveGRID
Video recordings (physical artifacts)	Portal	CLIO	ArchiveGRID

Subject

Heading	"CUL Archives:" "Portal"	"CUL Collections:" "CLIO"	"Nat'l / Int'l Archives:" "ArchivedGRID"
Architects -- United States	Portal	CLIO	ArchiveGRID
Architects and patrons -- United States	Portal	CLIO	ArchiveGRID
Architectural design -- Study and teaching	Portal	CLIO	ArchiveGRID
Architecture -- Study and teaching	Portal	CLIO	ArchiveGRID
Architecture -- United States -- History -- 20th century	Portal	CLIO	ArchiveGRID
Taliesin (Spring Green, Wis.)	Portal	CLIO	ArchiveGRID
Taliesin Fellowship -- : Interviews	Portal	CLIO	ArchiveGRID
Taliesin West (Scottsdale, Ariz.)	Portal	CLIO	ArchiveGRID
Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959 -- : Philosophy	Portal	CLIO	ArchiveGRID

History / Biographical Note

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.".