Frank Lloyd Wright architectural drawings and papers, 1880-1959

Summary Information

At a Glance

Bib ID:
3460608 View CLIO record
Creator(s):
Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959; Kaufmann, Edgar J., 1885-1955; Wright, John Lloyd
Repository:
Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Physical Description:
2 cubic feet of papers; 1,000 drawings
Language(s):
English .
Access:

Description

Summary

Approximately 1,000 architectural drawings, circa 1880-1959, with related correspondence, clippings, announcements, specifications, legal documents, and photographs. Major projects represented include Auldbrass Plantation, Yemasee, S.C; the Guggenheim Museum, New York City; Fallingwater (the Edgar J. Kaufmann residence), Bear Run, Pa.; and Wright's own home and studio in Oak Park, Ill. Also, Wright's correspondence relating to exhibits and publication of his work; other professional matters; and correspondence with his son, John Lloyd Wright, 1920s-1950s; manuscript, typescript, and printed versions of articles and addresses by Wright; photographs, programs, invitations, issues of SQUARE-PAPERS, and other materials, circa 1920s-1940s, relating to Taliesin; and miscellaneous invitations, programs, announcements, honors, appreciations, memorials, clippings, and other documents relating to various aspects of Wright's career.

Using the Collection

Preferred Citation

Frank Lloyd Wright architectural drawings and papers. Dept. of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, COlumbia University, New York, N.Y.

Related Materials

A larger more, comphrensive collection of drawings, photographs and records are found in the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Archives also housed at Avery Drawings & Archives. Please search CLIO with "Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Archives" to find related collection records.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Source of acquisition--Various gifts.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library

Subject Headings

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Genre/Form
Architects CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Photographic prints CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
architectural drawings (visual works) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Name
Fallingwater (Pa.) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Frank Lloyd Wright House (Oak Park, Ill.) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Frank Lloyd Wright Studio (Oak Park, Ill.) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Taliesin (Spring Green, Wis.) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Taliesin Fellowship CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Taliesin West (Scottsdale, Ariz.) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Place
Auldbrass (S.C.) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Subject
Architects -- Homes and haunts CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Architecture -- Awards CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Architecture -- Exhibitions CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Architecture -- Illinois -- Oak Park CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Architecture -- New York (State) -- New York CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Architecture -- Pennsylvania -- Bear Run CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Architecture -- South Carolina -- Yemassee CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Architecture -- United States -- Designs and plans CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Architecture, Domestic -- Illinois -- Oak Park CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Architecture, Domestic -- Pennsylvania -- Bear Run CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Art museum architecture -- New York (State) -- New York CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Art museums -- New York (State) -- New York CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Dwellings -- Illinois -- Oak Park CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Dwellings -- Pennsylvania -- Bear Run CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID