This series includes transcripts of 236 of Fellowship talks dating from 1948 until a few weeks prior to Wright's death in 1959. The format of the transcripts are unbound typescripts and are arranged chronologically. About 50 of those transcripts include manuscript annotations likely in Wright's hand. Audio recordings exist for nearly all of the talks represented in this collection. Associated reel numbers are listed under the title of the talk. Use the reel number to search for the corresponding digitized audio recording in Series III.
Box 01 Folder 01
[Untitled], 1948 Jul 16
Reel #284
Additional speakers: Sam Schiacchitano ; Mrs. Barney.
Box 01 Folder 02
[English Language, Education, Greek Culture], 1948 Jul 18
Box 01 Folder 03
[Development of the Individual, True Apprenticeship], 1948 Jul 25
Box 01 Folder 04
Abstraction, Modern Art, 1948 Aug 1
Box 01 Folder 05
Trip to FSC, Reba Kelley, Spivey, Meeting with Truman, Thomas Jefferson, National Gallery, Grand Rapids, Richmond - president AIA, Francis Biddle, Lord Gellico, 1948 Aug 4
Box 01 Folder 06
Teacher, Inspiration Both Ways, Faith, Spirit, 1948 Aug 13
Box 01 Folder 07
The Corner Window, 1950 May 28
Reel #002
Corrections throughout.
Box 01 Folder 08
Discipleship, 1950 Jun 4
Box 01 Folder 09
Gurdjieff Movements, 1950 Jun 18
Reel #004
3 copies: corrections throughout one copy.
Box 01 Folder 10
European Trip, London, 1950 Aug 6
Box 01 Folder 11
The Golden Calf, 1950 Sep 8
Box 01 Folder 12
[Profession of Architecture], 1950 Sep 17
Box 01 Folder 13
Introduction of the de Hartmanns, 1950 Sep 22
Box 01 Folder 14
Becoming Articulate, 1950 Oct 1
Box 01 Folder 15
About Florida Southern College - Ludd Spivey / Commemoration of Mr. Gurdjieff - Frank lloyd Wright, 1950 Oct 29
Reel #011
Additional speaker: Dr. Ludd Spivey.
Box 01 Folder 16
Publication and Architecture, 1950 Dec 17
Box 01 Folder 17
On Literature, 1951 Jan
Box 01 Folder 18
Exploitation of Italian Exhibition, 1951 Jan 7
Box 01 Folder 19
Civilization Without Culture, 1951 Jan 25
Corrections throughout.
Reel #015
Box 01 Folder 20
Anarchy, 1951 Mar 11
Box 01 Folder 21
Easter Breakfast Discussion, 1951 Mar 25
Reel #017
Additional speaker: Dr. Schevill.
Box 01 Folder 22
Acoustics, 1951 Apr 1
Box 01 Folder 23
Trip to Italy, 1951 Jul 8
Box 01 Folder 24
Man and the Machine, 1951 Jul 15
Box 01 Folder 25
The Vickers Project, 1951 Jul 22
Box 01 Folder 26
A reading of Walt Whitman, 1951 Aug 1
Box 01 Folder 27
Education, 1951 Sep 2
Reel #024
Additional speaker: Dr. Ludd Spivey.
Box 01 Folder 28
The American Scholar, 1951 Sep 2
Box 01 Folder 29
India with guests, 1951 Sep 15
Box 01 Folder 30
[Discussion with Arthur Holden and Leigh Stevens], 1951 Sep 15
Box 01 Folder 31
Usonia and Finance, 1951 Sep 23
Box 01 Folder 32
Commentary on Film, "Prelude to Fame", 1951 Dec 2
Box 01 Folder 33
Semantics, 1951 Dec 10
Box 01 Folder 34
Salesmanship, 1951 Dec 30
Reel #031
Corrections throughout.
Box 01 Folder 35
The Great Act, 1952 Jan 6
Box 01 Folder 36
["Sixty Years of Living Architecture" Exhibition in Italy], 1952 Jan 13
Box 01 Folder 37
Organic Architecture Looks at Modern Architecture, 1952 Feb 17
Reel #034
2 copies: one is a partial.
Box 01 Folder 38
Change and Experiment, 1952 Mar 2
Box 01 Folder 39
Art, Man and Culture, 1952 Mar 9, edited 1960 Jun 19
Reel #036
Corrections throughout. Note on first page: "Edited 19 Jun 1960 but not read".
Box 01 Folder 40
Destruction of Architecture as a Box, 1952 Jun 5
Box 01 Folder 41
Unity, 1952 Jul 10
Reel #042
2 copies: one is partial, corrections throughout.
Box 01 Folder 42
Architectural Means, 1952 Jul 30
Reel #043
Corrections throughout.
Box 01 Folder 43
Story Behind Willits House / Imperial Hotel / Principle, 1952 Aug 13
Reel #044
Corrections throughout.
Box 01 Folder 44
Plasticity / Terminals / Third Dimension / Music & Architecture, 1952 Aug 27
Reel #045
Corrections throughout.
Box 01 Folder 45
Values of Life at Taliesin, 1952 Sep 3
Box 01 Folder 46
"Fellowship" / Gurdjieff's School & Visit here / Value of correlated body - Iovanna & Movements / Meaning of names / Spirit & Soul - Incarnation, 1952 Sep 17
Reel #047
Corrections throughout.
Box 01 Folder 47
Japanese Prints - an Interpretation, 1952 Sep 24
Box 01 Folder 48
Reading Walt Whitman 1860 Edition / Comments on Walt Whitman, 1952 Oct 1
Box 01 Folder 49
Stevenson for President / Traveling Theatre / Time as a scale / Responsibility of Architects to culture and democracy / Build Movements Pavilion - Value of Movements / Sacrifice, 1952 Oct 8
Reel #050
Corrections throughout.
Box 02 Folder 01
Education & Culture / Licensing - Codes / Freedom / Missionaryism, 1952 Oct 15
Reel #051
2 copies: corrections throughout one.
Box 02 Folder 02
On Desert Life, 1952 Nov 29
Reel #053
Corrections throughout.
Box 02 Folder 03
Life of Fellowship, 1952 Dec 7
Reel #054
Corrections throughout.
Box 02 Folder 04
The Ability to Learn, 1952 Dec 20
Reel #055
Corrections throughout.
Box 02 Folder 05
On World Politics, 1952 Dec 28
Reel #056
Corrections throughout.
Box 02 Folder 06
Architecture as Mother Art / Romanticism and Sentimentalism / Collectivism in Architecture, 1953 Jan 4
Reel #246
Corrections throughout.
Box 02 Folder 07
Discussion with Eric Bass, Couturier, 1953 Jan 11
Box 02 Folder 08
Conversation with Charles Laughton on Shakespeare, Truth, God, Plato, and Laotse, 1953 Jan 18
Reel #058
Corrections throughout.
Box 02 Folder 09
Talk to Each Apprentice as to Why he Came, 1953 Jan 25
Box 02 Folder 10
Seven Architectural Definitions, 1953 Feb 15
Corrections throughout. Reel #060
Box 02 Folder 11
Business and Finance / Air Conditioning in Arizona, 1953 Feb 22
Reel #061
Additional speaker: Leigh Stevens.
Box 02 Folder 12
Reading of Paper on International Style, 1953 Mar 1
Box 02 Folder 13
Beginning of Fellowship / Choice of site for Taliesin West / Desire for a "big job", 1953 Mar 8
Reel #063
2 copies: corrections throughout.
Box 02 Folder 14
[Talk with Dale Nichols], 1953 Mar 15
Reel #064
Corrections throughout.
Box 02 Folder 15
Frank Lloyd Wright reads paper on "Internationalism", 1953 Mar 15
Box 02 Folder 16
Sea Shells, Housing, Science, Discovery, 1953 Mar 21
Box 02 Folder 17
Housing, 1953 Mar 21
Box 02 Folder 18
Aristocracy & Democracy / Our Civilization today / Architecture must Lead Culture, 1953 Apr 12
Reel #067
Corrections throughout.
Box 02 Folder 19
Discussion of International Style with Elizabeth Gordon, Joe Barry and Jim Fitch, 1953 Apr 19
Box 02 Folder 20
Decentralization - Freedom / Philosophy the Architectural Problem, 1953 Jun 4
Reel #069
Corrections throughout.
Box 02 Folder 21
The American Village - Structural Study, 1953 Jun 21
Box 02 Folder 22
Study of Architecture through study of Nature / Economy and Exuberance of Nature, 1953 Jun 28
Box 02 Folder 23
The words Functional & Functionalism / Architectural degeneracy - The Esthete Affirmation / Discussion on Air Conditioning and the Adelmans with Sam Lewis, 1953 Jul 18
Box 02 Folder 24
Unesco, 1953 Jul 26
Reel #074
Additional speaker: Dr. Masselink.
Box 02 Folder 25
Building Codes, 1953 Aug 2
Box 02 Folder 26
Museum Design [with Mr. Washburn of the Carnegie Institute at Pittsburgh], 1953 Aug 9
Box 02 Folder 27
Responsibility in Fellowship Life - N.Y. Trip, 1953 Aug 16
Box 02 Folder 28
Destruction of the Box, 1953 Aug 23
Box 02 Folder 29
Proportion & Principle, 1953 Aug 30
Box 02 Folder 30
Building New York Exhibition Pavilion, 1953 Sep 6
Box 02 Folder 31
The Creative Act, 1953 Sep 12
Box 02 Folder 32
The American Town, 1953 Sep 20
Box 02 Folder 33
Exhibition House in New York City, 1953 Nov 1
Box 02 Folder 34
On [Lewis] Mumford Article, 1953 Dec 6
Box 02 Folder 35
Discussion with Dr. Hanna on Philippines, 1953 Dec 13
Box 02 Folder 36
On [Lewis] Mumford Article, 1953 Dec 20
Box 02 Folder 37
Origin of Red Square, Anarchy, and Being "Awake", 1953 Dec 27
Box 02 Folder 38
Greek Architecture, 1954 Jan 3
Box 02 Folder 39
[Criticism, Bartlesville], 1954 Jan 10
Box 02 Folder 40
[Untitled], 1954 Feb 7
Box 02 Folder 41
The Critical Spirit, 1954 Feb 21
Box 02 Folder 42
Reading of the [Charles] Lindbergh Article, 1954 Feb 28
Box 02 Folder 43
[Furniture Design for Industry], 1954 Mar 7
Box 02 Folder 44
Giving a meaning to "The Fellowship", 1954 Mar 14
Box 02 Folder 45
Fundamentals of Line & Plane, 1954 Mar 21
Box 03 Folder 01
Questions about House Construction, 1954 Apr 4
Reel #096
Corrections throughout.
Box 03 Folder 02
Re-Recording of Ben Raeburn's Questions, 1954 Apr 4
Box 03 Folder 03
Japan and the Imperial Hotel, 1954 Apr 11
Reel #098
Corrections throughout.
Box 03 Folder 04
End of the Season Talk, 1954 Apr 25
Box 03 Folder 05
Iovanna's Engagement, Mr. Wright's Trip, Design, Tableware, 1954 Jun 13
Box 03 Folder 06
The Japanese Print, Froebel & Their Influence, 1954 Jun 20
Reel #101
Corrections throughout.
Box 03 Folder 07
Usonian Automatic, 1954 Jun 27
Box 03 Folder 08
[Untitled], 1954 Jul 25
Box 03 Folder 09
Taliesin and what it means - the Apprentice, 1954 Aug 22
Box 03 Folder 10
The Profession, 1954 Sep 12
Box 03 Folder 11
The Seasons of Civilization, 1954 Sep 26
Box 03 Folder 12
Broadacre City, 1954 Sep 5
Reel #106
4 copies: corrections throughout.
Box 03 Folder 13
[Usonian Automatic / Plant Trees / Poet / Architect / Mystical], 1954 Oct 10
Box 03 Folder 14
Arizona Discussion with [Eduardo] Torroja, 1954 Oct 24
Box 03 Folder 15
Dante and the Renaissance, 1954 Oct 31
Box 03 Folder 16
Canada and the United States One?, 1954 Oct 31
Box 03 Folder 17
Architecture and Life in the Desert, 1954 Nov 28
Reel #113
Corrections throughout.
Box 03 Folder 18
Proportion (Criticism, Originality, Leonardo da Vinci, Sense of Beauty, Experience), 1954 Dec
Box 03 Folder 19
Geology as Architecture, 1954 Dec 5
Reel #114
Corrections throughout.
Box 03 Folder 20
The One-Room House, 1954 Dec 12
Reel #115
Corrections throughout.
Box 03 Folder 21
Proportion, 1954 Dec 19
Reel #116
3 copies: corrections throughout.
Box 03 Folder 22
Questions and Answers, 1955 Jan 2
Box 03 Folder 23
Democracy, Aristocracy and the Fellowship, 1955 Jan 9
Reel #118
Corrections throughout.
Box 03 Folder 24
The Vanishing Craftsman, 1955 Jan 16
Reel #119
Corrections throughout.
Box 03 Folder 25
The Usonian Automatic House, 1955 Jan 23
Box 03 Folder 26
Questions and Answers, part I, 1955 Jan 30
Reel #121
2 copies: corrections throughout one.
Box 03 Folder 27
The Great Tradition (Cornet Magazine questions), 1955 Feb 27
Box 03 Folder 28
The City, 1955 Mar 13
Reel #123
Corrections throughout.
Box 03 Folder 29
Questions and Answers, part II, 1955 Mar 17
Reel #124
Corrections throughout.
Box 03 Folder 30
Questions and Answers, part III, 1955 Apr 3
Box 03 Folder 31
The Nature of a Rose, 1955 Apr 17
Box 03 Folder 32
Principle of Growth, 1955 Apr 24
Reel #127
Corrections throughout.
Box 03 Folder 33
Talk with Dr. Neufert, 1955 May 1
Box 03 Folder 34
Engineering and Architectural Principals, 1955 May 8
Reel #289
Additional speaker: Dr. Neufert.
Box 03 Folder 35
Girls Colleges / Magazines / New Canaan, 1955 May 22
Box 03 Folder 36
[Human Nature, Death of Cabin at Sea, FLLW Trip], 1955 Jun 5
Box 03 Folder 37
Architects & Engineers, 1955 Jul 3
Box 03 Folder 38
Engineer, Architect, Democracy, Religion, Organic, 1955 Jul 10
Box 03 Folder 39
Air Force Academy Interview in Washington, 1955 Jul 17
Box 03 Folder 40
Weeding, 1955 Jul 24
Box 03 Folder 41
To the Fellowship, 1955 Jul 31
Box 03 Folder 42
Architect-Engineer, 1955 Aug 7
Box 03 Folder 43
[Age of Elegance], 1955 Aug 21
Reel #137
Additional speaker: Curtis Besigner.
Box 03 Folder 44
Environment / Taste Built Civilization, 1955 Sep 4
Reel #139
Corrections throughout.
Box 03 Folder 45
Architect and Architecture, 1955 Sep 11
Box 03 Folder 46
Dallas Theatre / LHS Swallower[?] / HH Furniture / Industry, 1955 Sep 25
Box 04 Folder 01
Organic Architecture / Abstraction / Materials, 1955 Oct 2
Box 04 Folder 02
The Volunteer, 1955 Oct 9
Reel #143
Additional speaker: Warren Scott.
Box 04 Folder 03
[Untitled], 1955 Oct 16
Box 04 Folder 04
Advise to the Young Architect, Oak Park Work / The Architect and Government / Codes and Authority, 1955 Oct 23
Box 04 Folder 05
Architecture and Culture, 1955 Nov 13
Box 04 Folder 06
Decline of Architecture, 1955 Nov 20
Box 04 Folder 07
Landscape, 1955 Nov 27
Box 04 Folder 08
Urbanism, 1955 Dec 18
Box 04 Folder 09
Talk with Carmen Jones, 1956 Jan 22
Box 04 Folder 10
Architecture, 1956 Jan 29
Box 04 Folder 11
Japanese Culture, 1956 Feb 5
Box 04 Folder 12
A Reading of William Blake, 1956 Mar 4
Box 04 Folder 13
Form Follows Function - Study of Nature of Nature, 1956 Mar 11
Reel #154
Additional speaker: Dale Nichols.
Box 04 Folder 14
Common Man, 1956 Mar 18
Box 04 Folder 15
Free Form, 1956 Mar 25
Box 04 Folder 16
A Reading of Victor Hugo, 1956 Apr 8
Box 04 Folder 17
[Tokyo, Vlasov and Bruker Lanse], 1956 Apr 15
Box 04 Folder 18
A Reading of Walt Whitman's "A Song of Myself", 1956 May 6
Box 04 Folder 19
Organic Architecture, 1956 May 13
Box 04 Folder 20
Value of Architectural License, 1956 May 20
Box 04 Folder 21
Professionalism, 1956 May 27
Box 04 Folder 22
[Untitled], 1956 Jun 10 ; 1956 Jun 17
Box 04 Folder 23
Trip to Wales, 1956 Aug 4
Box 04 Folder 24
Common Man - "Forbidden Planet", 1956 Aug 13
Box 04 Folder 25
Monona Terrace / Mile High, 1956 Aug 19
Box 04 Folder 26
Mile High Building and Exhibition in Chicago, 1956 Sep 16
Box 04 Folder 27
The American Home and the Common Man, 1956 Sep 30
Box 04 Folder 28
Pre-Fab House / Mile High, 1956 Oct 7
Box 04 Folder 29
Erdman House - choice of name, 1956 Oct 14
Box 04 Folder 30
Definition of Genius / Louis Sullivan / Mile High - Aspiration of the Spire, 1956 Oct 28
Box 04 Folder 31
Education / Definition of a Genius, 1956 Nov 18
Box 04 Folder 32
Urban Planning / Fellowship Drawings / New Education, 1956 Dec 2
Box 04 Folder 33
Education and the Categorical Imperative, 1956 Dec 16
Box 04 Folder 34
Proportion / Froebel / Education / University / SRG Museum, 1956 Dec 25
Box 04 Folder 35
Broadacre City, 1956 Dec 30
Reel #178
Corrections throughout.
Box 04 Folder 36
[Roberts House, Oak Park House], [1956?]
Box 04 Folder 37
The Common Man, Taliesin, Education, 1957 Jan 13
Box 04 Folder 38
The Seer, the Doer and the Knower (Disciples, Religion, Education, Growth, Freedom, Genius), 1957 Jan 20
Box 04 Folder 39
Buildings for Publication / War and Inorganic Condition / The Principle of Humanity, 1957 Feb 3
Box 04 Folder 40
Designing a Capitol for Arizona, 1957 Feb 10
Box 04 Folder 41
Value of Working with Materials, 1957 Feb 24
Box 04 Folder 42
The Master Poet, 1957 Mar 24
Box 04 Folder 43
Journalism / Professionalism in Architecture / American Institute of Architecture, 1957 Apr 7
Box 04 Folder 44
The Last Renaissance for Humanity, 1957 Apr 28
Box 04 Folder 45
Arizona Capitol (Teenager Reaction) / Desert Animals - Snakes - Color, 1957 May 5
Box 04 Folder 46
Mediocrity and Education, 1957 Jun 7
Box 04 Folder 47
[Trip to Sumeria and] Baghdad, 1957 Jun 16
Box 04 Folder 48
The Youth of America / The Poetic Principle / Monona Terrace / State of Wisconsin / Baghdad, 1957 Jun 23
Box 05 Folder 01
Romance : A Striving for Beauty / Taste, Tradition, Architecture Past and Future / Faith in Outcome of Organic Architecture in the U.S.A, 1957 Jul 14
Box 05 Folder 02
Steel and Wood in Architecture, 1957 Jul 21
Box 05 Folder 03
Philology: Sensationalism and Quality, 1957 Jul 28
Box 05 Folder 04
Marin County, 1957 Aug 4
Box 05 Folder 05
The Committee Meeting Mind / (Human Scale in Architecture, Education of Children), 1957 Aug 11
Box 05 Folder 06
City Planning, 1957 Aug 25
Box 05 Folder 07
New York City / Housing Quadruple / (The Middle East, Negroes and Whites), 1957 Sep 9
Box 05 Folder 08
The Creative Individual in the Capitalist System / (Speculation, Ugliness, Sumeria, A.I.A.), 1957 Sep 15
Box 05 Folder 09
Democracy and Education / Reality and the Common Man, 1957 Sep 22
Box 05 Folder 10
Mass Media, Technology and Nature Study / (Television, Production-Consumption, Rent, Photography, Japanese Art and the Abstraction), 1957 Sep 29
Box 05 Folder 11
Contemporary English Architecture / (Discussion with Colonel Henson), 1957 Oct 6
Box 05 Folder 12
Japanese Print Party, 1957 Oct 27
Reel #202
2 copies: corrections throughout one.
Box 05 Folder 13
[Talk with Buckminister Fuller], 1957 Nov 31
Box 05 Folder 14
Arrangements & Dress, 1957 Dec 15
Box 05 Folder 15
Spirit of Work, 1958 Jan 8
Box 05 Folder 16
[Sycophants], 1958 Jan 25
Box 05 Folder 17
The City & the Future, 1958 Feb 16
Box 05 Folder 18
Modern Lighting / Appliances vs. Man / The Feudal City - Pattern, 1958 Mar 2
Box 05 Folder 19
Materials & Technology, 1958 Mar 9
Box 05 Folder 20
Mr. Wright and Mr. Evjue Discuss Films & TV, 1958 Mar 23
Box 05 Folder 21
Presentation of Marin County Drawings, 1958 Mar 30
Box 05 Folder 22
Politics, Profit System, Corporations, 1958 Apr 13
Box 05 Folder 23
Writers - Lecture Tour, Spring 1958 / (Festival, Tourists at Taliesin West), 1958 Apr 20
Box 05 Folder 24
The Depth Dimension (Reality, Experience, True Study, Poetry and Romance), 1958 May 19
Box 05 Folder 25
Nature and God, 1958 May 25
Box 05 Folder 26
[Untitled], 1958 Jun 21
Box 05 Folder 27
[O. Henry (William Sidney Porter)], 1958 Jul 25
Reel #215
2 copies: corrections throughout one.
Box 05 Folder 28
Monona Terrace, 1958 Aug 17
Box 05 Folder 29
The Common Man (Democracy and Aristocracy, the Machine Age, Nature and God), 1958 Aug 24
Reel #217
2 copies: corrections throughout one.
Box 05 Folder 30
[On the Job], 1958 Aug 31
Box 05 Folder 31
[Ethics of Building], 1958 Sep 7
Reel #219
Corrections throughout.
Box 05 Folder 32
[Architectural Forum article by Peter Blake], 1958 Sep 21
Box 05 Folder 33
[Appearance, Dress, Trip to Washington, Carl Sandburg], 1958 Oct 12
Box 05 Folder 34
Conversation with Yugoslav Council Gosovic, 1958 Oct 22
Box 05 Folder 35
Mr. and Mrs. Wright, 1958 Nov 23
Box 05 Folder 36
[Nature of Materials], 1958 Nov 30
Reel #224
Corrections throughout.
Box 05 Folder 37
Use of Materials, 1958 Dec 14
Box 05 Folder 38
[Thought-Built Buildings], 1958 Dec 21
Box 05 Folder 39
[Sumeria and Religion], 1958 Dec 28
Reel #228
Corrections throughout.
Box 05 Folder 40
[Russian Culture and Modern Art], 1959 Feb 1
Box 05 Folder 41
[Nature as Body of God], 1959 Feb 8
Box 05 Folder 42
[Conversation with Stuart Weiner], 1959 Feb 10
Box 05 Folder 43
[Conversation with Cranston Jones], 1959 Feb 15
Reel #234
Corrections throughout.
Box 05 Folder 44
[Architectural History], 1959 Feb 22
Box 05 Folder 45
Origins of Architecture, 1959 Mar 1
Box 05 Folder 46
The Swan, 1959 Mar 8
Box 05 Folder 47
[Untitled], 1959 Mar 22
Reel #238
Additional speaker: Mr. Evjue; Christopher Isherwood.
Box 06 Folder 01
[Compilation of talks to the Taliesin Fellowship for CBS/ Kronkite], undated
Reel #271
Corrections throughout.
Box 06 Folder 02
[Compilation of talks to the Taliesin Fellowship for the BBC], undated
This series includes 57 transcripts of various talks, interviews and lectures given by Wright to a public audience. Associated reel numbers are listed under the title of the talk. Use the reel number to search for the corresponding digitized audio recording in Series III.
Box 06 Folder 03
[Address at the Rhode Island School of Design (Providence, Rhode Island)], [1934?]
Box 06 Folder 04
[Address to the Michigan Society of Architects at the Rackham Memorial Building (Detroit, Michigan)], 1945 Mar 22
Box 06 Folder 05
The New Unitarian Church (Madison, Wisconsin), 1946 Mar 12
Box 06 Folder 06
Planning Man's Physical Environment [Speech at Princeton University Bicentennial Conference], 1947 Mar 5 to Mar 6
Box 06 Folder 07
A.I.A. Acceptance Speech [Acceptance speech upon receiving the gold medal of the American Institute of Architects (Houston, Texas)], 1949 Mar 17
Reel #264
Note: published in T-Square paper #13.
Box 06 Folder 08
[Address to Florida Southern College], 1950 Mar 3
Box 06 Folder 09
Japanese Print Party [At a showing of Japanese prints (Taliesin, Wisconsin)], 1950 Sep 20
Box 06 Folder 10
[Lecture for the Architectural Club of Lawrence Institute of Technology (Detroit, Michigan)], 1951 May 14
Box 06 Folder 11
Dedication of the Unitarian Church, Madison [Speech delivered at the dedication of the Unitarian Church (Madison, Wisconsin)], 1951 Aug 28
Box 06 Folder 12
[Address at Florida Southern College (Lakeland, Florida)], 1951 Oct
Box 06 Folder 13
[Interview with Jeffrey Aronin], 1952 May
Box 06 Folder 14
[Lecture given to the School of Architecture, University of Oklahoma], 1952 May 2
Box 06 Folder 15
Organic Architecture and the Third Dimension (Origins of the Larkin Building and Unity Temple) [Address to Junior American Institute of Architects (New York, New York)], 1952 Jun
Box 06 Folder 16
[Address to American Institute of Architects (Manhattan, Kansas)], 1952 Aug 1
Box 06 Folder 17
Culture and Education [Lecture at the University of Wisconsin], 1952 Oct 29
Reel #052
Corrections throughout.
Box 06 Folder 18
[Address to the American Institute of Architects, Northern California Chapter (San Francisco, California)], 1953
Box 06 Folder 19
A Conversation with Hugh Downs [NBC Broadcast for "Wisdom: Conversations with the Elder Wiser Men of Our Day"], 1953 May 8 and May 17
Reel #298
Edited text of conversation included in the first chapter of The Future of Architecture (New York: Horizon Press, 1953).
Box 06 Folder 20
[Talk to a photo-journalism class at the University of Wisconsin], 1953 Jul 1
Box 06 Folder 21
[Address at the Jewish Theological Seminary (New York, New York)], 1953 Oct 7
Box 06 Folder 22
[Lecture to the American Institute of Architects (Detroit, Michigan)], 1954 May 27
Reel #276
Transcribed by Accurate Court Reporters.
Box 06 Folder 23
[Address at the Franklin Institute], 1954 Jun 4
Box 06 Folder 24
What's the Matter with America? / Culture, Organic Architecture, American Spirit, Integrity [Los Angeles, California), 1954 Jun 29
Box 06 Folder 25
At the Unitarian Church [Frank Lloyd Wright and Taliesin Chorus at the Unitarian Church (Madison, Wisconsin)], 1954 Aug 29
Box 06 Folder 26
Talk to the A.I.A. [American Institute of Architects], 1955 Apr 29
Box 06 Folder 27
The American Home: The Usonian Automatic / (the Orient, the David Wright House, Fallingwater) [Interview on WTMJ (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)], 1955 Aug 16
Box 06 Folder 28
[Talk at Merchandise Mart (Chicago, Illinois)], 1955 Sep 14
Box 06 Folder 29
[Talk to the American Institute of Architects (Miami, Florida)], 1955 Dec 15
Box 06 Folder 30
[Address to Caedmon Records], 1956
Reel #290
Additional speaker: Ben Raeburn.
Box 06 Folder 31
[Interview with Ben Raeburn], [1956?]
Reel #304
Additional speaker: Ben Raeburn.
Box 06 Folder 32
The Price Tower [Television interview], 1956 Apr 25
Box 06 Folder 33
Common, Uncommon Man [Talk to the STA (Society of the Typographic Arts?)], 1956 Aug 26
Reel #166
Additional speaker: Bill Jones.
Box 06 Folder 34
Frank Lloyd Wright Day Dinner Speeches [Speech at the Sherman Hotel (Chicago, Illinois)], 1956 Oct 17
Box 06 Folder 35
[Talk to the Citizen's League of Minneapolis], 1956 Nov 27
Reel #240
Corrections throughout.
Box 06 Folder 36
Capitol for State of Arizona [Talk to Phoenix Union High School], 1956 Dec 12
Reel #252
2 copies: one incomplete.
Box 06 Folder 37
[Taliesin Education and American Culture. Talk to the University of New Mexico], 1956 Dec 12
Box 06 Folder 38
Young America and the Negro [Talk to negro students of Phoenix Union High School], [1957?]
Box 06 Folder 39
[Talk to the University of California], 1957 Apr 27
Reel #251
Corrections throughout by Olgivanna Lloyd Wright.
Box 06 Folder 40
Discussing the Forthcoming Book on the History of Architecture (Part I), 1957 Jun 2
Box 06 Folder 41
[Address at San Rafael High School (Marin County, California)], 1957 Jul 31
Reel #244
2 copies: corrections throughout.
Box 06 Folder 42
[Interview with Mike Wallace for "The Mike Wallace Interview" television program on ABC], 1957 Sep
Reel #299
Transcription printed by an unknown source.
Box 06 Folder 43
[Lecture to the American Institute of Architects (Detroit, Michigan)], 1957 Oct 21
Reel #277
Transcription printed in the monthly bulletin of the Michigan Society of Architects.
Box 06 Folder 44
[Interview with WJR Detroit Radio Station], 1957 Oct 27
Reel #300
Includes supplement interview.
Box 06 Folder 45
Discussing the Forthcoming Book on the History of Architecture (Part II), 1957 Nov 5
Box 07 Folder 01
Discussing the Forthcoming Book on the History of Architecture (Part III), 1957 Nov 10
Box 07 Folder 02
[Interview with WNYC radio], [1958?]
Box 07 Folder 03
Prefabrication [Talk in Chicago, Illinois], 1958 Jan 22
Box 07 Folder 04
The Architect and Architecture / Education and the Teenager [Talk at the University of Arkansas], 1958 Apr 15
Box 07 Folder 05
[Address to the University of Oklahoma], 1958 Apr 17
Box 07 Folder 06
[Address at the National Cultural Center (Washington, DC)], 1958 Nov
Box 07 Folder 07
Restaurant Architecture [Interview with the Merchandising Journal of the food service industry], 1958 Nov
Box 07 Folder 08
[Address to the students of Camelback High School (Phoenix, Arizona)], 1959 Feb 4
Box 07 Folder 09
The Creative Mind [Broadcast, WGBH-FM], 1959 Mar 28
Box 07 Folder 10
[Sunday Evening Music]
Box 07 Folder 11
[Larkin]
This series consists of 261 audio recordings (from 353 open audio reels), which have been digitized and are available online to Columbia affilates (and available to our public in our reading room). The recordings are listed under their associated reel number and are arranged in reel number order. To search the audio recordings, it is recommened that a researher use the transcript listing (Series I and Series II) to identify the talk they are interested in. Each trascript includes an associated reel number, which can be used to identify the related recording found in this series. For the most part, there is a recording for every transcript listed in Series I and Series II.