Frank Lloyd Wright Miscellanea, 1905-1995, bulk 1940s-1960s

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Series VIII: Publications

primarily consists of magazine and journal articles from the 1930s through the 1960s originally housed in the Ware Library vertical files. Some highlights include the complete, bound January 1938 and January 1951 issues of The Architectural Forum and the November 1955 issue of House Beautiful. Also includes typewritten bibliographies, one of which was prepared by James Muggenburg in 1970.



Box 02 Folder 23 Bibliographies, building lists, 1970, undated

"Frank Lloyd Wright In Print: 1959 - 1970" bibliography prepared by James Muggenburg; 2 page typewritten bibliography of publications written by FLW; list of FLW building designs 1893-1959 compiled by John Lloyd Wright.



Box 03 Folder 01 Articles and printed materials, 1920s-1930s

Contains the complete, bound January 1938 issue ofThe Architectural Forum.



Box 03 Folder 02 Articles and printed materials, 1920s-1930s



Box 03 Folder 03 Articles and printed materials, 1920s-1930s

Contains complete, bound copies ofThe Japanese Architectfrom 1929;Pencil Pointsfrom 1938; andFLW - An Analysisby T.F. Hamlin.



Box 03 Folder 04 Articles and printed materials, 1940s

Includes 6 fold-out sketches from the January 1948 issue ofThe Architectural Forum.



Box 03 Folder 05 Articles and printed materials, 1940s

Includes FLW's essay "The American Quality" from the October 1941 issue ofScribner's Commentator.



Box 03 Folder 06 Articles and printed materials, 1950s

Includes the complete, bound copy of the Summer 1954 issueLandscape.



Box 04 Folder 01 Articles and Printed Materials, 1950s

Includes the complete January 1951 issue ofThe Architectural Forum(Johnson Wax Building and other buildings).



Box 04 Folder 02 Articles and printed materials, 1950s

Contains 2 copies of the November 1955 FLW issue ofHouse Beautiful(pages 233-382, unbound).



Box 04 Folder 03 Articles and printed materials, 1950s

Contains "Sixty Years of Living Architecture" - 1952 (in German); and complete, bound issue of the February 1956 issue ofArizona Highwaysfeaturing a special section on FLW and Taliesin.



Box 04 Folder 04 Articles and printed materials, 1950s

Contains the complete, bound June 1959 issue ofArchitectural Forumspecial issue on FLW and one copy of the FLW special section.



Box 04 Folder 05 Articles and printed materials, 1960s

IncludesFrank Lloyd Wright's War on the Fine Artsby James Marston Fitch; and multi-part series on FLW that appeared in the "Saturday Evening Post" (on personal life and scandals).



Box 04 Folder 06 Articles and printed materials, 1960s

Contains the complete, bound May 1962 publication "Let's See" which features a pictorial essay about Taliesin three years after FLW's death.