Mark L. Peisch correspondence and papers, 1903-1997

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Series V: Research Notes



Box 1 Folder 21 [Notes on correspondence between Marion Mahony Griffin and William Gray Purcell.], 1951

Dates and authors of correspondence noted.



Box 1 Folder 21 Peisch, Mark L. [Notes from meeting with Barry Byrne.], circa 1953 Apr 25

Gives Byrne's opinions about WBG's and MMG's work in office of Frank Lloyd Wright.



Box 1 Folder 21 Peisch, Mark L. "Conversation with Mr. Barry Byrne, April 25, 1953.", circa 1953

Summary of meeting, gives information about Byrne's professional relationships with and opinions of WBG and Frank Lloyd Wright. 2 copies.



Box 1 Folder 21 Peisch, Mark L. "Talk with Mrs. Maginel Wright Barney, 16 E. 11th St., NYC, Feb. 17, 1958.", undated

Summary of meeting, regards Mrs. Barney's early career, atmosphere and colleagues at Frank Lloyd Wright's studio in Oak Park, IL; also mentions Wright's family.



Box 1 Folder 21 Peisch, Mark L. "Walter Griffin.", undated

Notes of meeting with MMG, gives biographical information about WBG and MMG, includes portrait sketches of MMG.


Reference Files



Box 1 Folder 16 "Architect Killed in Highway Crash," New York Times, section L, p. 66., 1961

Reports death of Daniel H. Burnham, Jr., and wife.



Box 1 Folder 19 The Arizonian., 1963 Apr 18

Articles on Olgivanna Lloyd Wright at Taliesin West.



Box 1 Folder 16 "Australia Memorializes Graduate," Daily Illini., circa 1963

Reports issuance of Australian postage stamp honoring WBG.



Box 1 Folder 17 "Building for Nature: The Architectural Landscapes of Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Lucy Mahony," University of Illinois., circa 1995

Offers exhibition for travel.



Box 1 Folder 18 "Buildings by Frank Lloyd Wright in Six Middle Western States." Chicago: Burnham Library of Architecture, The Art Institute of Chicago., 1949



Box 1 Folder 18 "Buildings by Frank Lloyd Wright in Six Middle Western States." Chicago: Burnham Library of Architecture, The Art Institute of Chicago., 1954



Box 1 Folder 18 "Buildings by Frank Lloyd Wright in Six Middle Western States." Chicago: Burnham Library of Architecture, The Art Institute of Chicago., 1956



Box 1 Folder 20 Burns, Karen. "Prophets and the Wilderness," Transition, pp. 14-30., 1988



Box 1 Folder 16 Byrne, Barry. "Art," America LXIX (June 19, 1943), p. 305. Review of "F.L. Wright Autobiography.", undated

Personal reflections on working for Frank Lloyd Wright.



Box 1 Folder 16 Byrne, Barry. "From These Roots." The American Benedictine Review, vol. 2., 1951



Box 1 Folder 16 "Canberra Grows and Laughs Last," New York Times., 1963 Oct 06

Reports on filling of Lake Burley Griffin and increasing importance of city.



Box 1 Folder 16 Department of the Interior, Canberra, ACT Survey and Drafting Section. Map of Canberra., circa 1956

Annotated at bottom, "Commonwealth of Australia Gazette, no. 24, 1956, Canberra 17 May."



Box 1 Folder 16 "Exhibition Lucknow / December 5, 1936 to February 4, 1937.", 1936

Contains map, "Preliminary Plan of Stalls / U.P. Industrial & Agricultural Exhibition, Lucknow 1936."



Box 1 Folder 16 Friends of Our Native Landscape. Roadside Planning and Development. Pioneer Publishing Company, undated., undated



Box 1 Folder 16 Griffin, Marion Mahony. "Plan for Coordination of Buildings, University Group.", undated



Box 1 Folder 16 Hamlin, Talbot. "Brief Historical Notes on Architectural Education in the United States.", undated

With routing memo to Peisch from Dean's Office, Columbia University, 08/02/1955.



Box 1 Folder 16 "Hugh M.C. [sic] Garden, An Architect, 88, Aide of Sullivan and Wright, Designed Hospitals," New York Times, Section L, p. 23., 1961 Oct 07

Obituary.



Box 1 Folder 17 Kruty, Paul. "Walter Burley Griffin and the University of Illinois," Reflections, pp. 32-43., 1993



Box 1 Folder 16 "Lake Feature Named," statement by Minister for the Interior [Canberra, A.C.T.], 1962 May 15

Reports that lake under construction in Canberra will be named "Lake Burley Griffin."



Box 1 Folder 16 Lesure, Thomas. "A 48-Hour Tour of the Old and New Australia," New York Times., 1964 Jan 26

Reports on tour of Australia, including Canberra.



Box 1 Folder 20 Mahony, Marion. "The House and Studio of a Painter," Transition, p. 47., 1988



Box 1 Folder 20 Markham, Michael. "The Griffin Incinerators," Transition, pp. 31-43., 1988



Box 1 Folder 17 National Trust of Australia. "The Restoration of Newman College.", circa 1983

Soliciting contributions to restoration campaign.



Box 1 Folder 16 "Noted Architect Dead." The Pioneer., 1937 Feb 13

Obituary for WBG.



Box 1 Folder 16 "Noted Architect, Former Elms Man, Dies in India," The Elmhurst Press., 1937 Mar 04

Obituary for WBG.


The Pioneer 75th Anniversary Supplement. Complete issue., 1940 Mar 15



Box 1 Folder 17 Rubbo, Anna. "Marion Mahony Griffin: A Portrait," in "Walter Burley Griffin: A Re-View.", 1988



Box 1 Folder 16 "Services Held for Architect, W.G. Purcell," Pasadena Star., 1965

Obituary for William G. Purcell. On same page as obituary from Portland Papers.



Box 1 Folder 19 Taliesin/The Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture, promotional materials., 1967

Regarding apprenticeship program and fellowship.



Box 1 Folder 16 "Trier Center Neighborhood, Winnetka, Ill.," The Western Architect, p. 67., 1913 Aug



Box 1 Folder 16 [Urbana, Ill.--First American to appear on an Australian postage stamp….], press release from University of Illinois Public Information Office., 1963 Apr 19

Reports on 50th anniversary of Canberra, naming of Lake Burley Griffin and issuance of Australian postage stamp honoring Griffin.



Box 1 Folder 20 "Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahony Griffin," Editorial, Transition, p. 4., 1988



Box 1 Folder 16 "Walter Burley Griffin...Dates.", undated

Gives biographical chronology, with projects included.



Box 1 Folder 16 Walter Burley Griffin Postage Stamps., circa 1963



Box 1 Folder 17 Walter Burley Griffin Memorial, Conditions for a Two-Stage Design Competition., 1975 Jul

Competition prospectus and application materials.



Box 1 Folder 16 Walter Burley Griffin Postage Stamps., circa 1963



Box 1 Folder 20 Weirick, James. "The Griffins and Modernism," Transition, pp. 5-13., 1988



Box 1 Folder 20 Weirick, James. "Marion Mahony at M.I.T.," Transition, pp. 48-54., 1988



Box 1 Folder 19 Wright, Frank Lloyd. In the Cause of Architecture., undated



Box 1 Folder 19 Wright, Olgivanna Lloyd. Taliesin., circa 1960-1965

Promotional brochure for Taliesin Fellowship and Taliesin Associated Architects.