Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Archives : Taliesin Fellowship talk transcripts and audio recordings, 1948-1956

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Series II: Transcripts of other talks, interviews and lectures

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?]

Reel #270



Box 06 Folder 04 [Address to the Michigan Society of Architects at the Rackham Memorial Building (Detroit, Michigan)], 1945 Mar 22

Reel #247



Box 06 Folder 05 The New Unitarian Church (Madison, Wisconsin), 1946 Mar 12

Reel #265



Box 06 Folder 06 Planning Man's Physical Environment [Speech at Princeton University Bicentennial Conference], 1947 Mar 5 to Mar 6

Reel #268



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

Reel #256



Box 06 Folder 09 Japanese Print Party [At a showing of Japanese prints (Taliesin, Wisconsin)], 1950 Sep 20

Reel #007



Box 06 Folder 10 [Lecture for the Architectural Club of Lawrence Institute of Technology (Detroit, Michigan)], 1951 May 14

Reel #269



Box 06 Folder 11 Dedication of the Unitarian Church, Madison [Speech delivered at the dedication of the Unitarian Church (Madison, Wisconsin)], 1951 Aug 28

Reel #023



Box 06 Folder 12 [Address at Florida Southern College (Lakeland, Florida)], 1951 Oct

Reel #297



Box 06 Folder 13 [Interview with Jeffrey Aronin], 1952 May

Reel #292



Box 06 Folder 14 [Lecture given to the School of Architecture, University of Oklahoma], 1952 May 2

Reel #241



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

Reel #263



Box 06 Folder 16 [Address to American Institute of Architects (Manhattan, Kansas)], 1952 Aug 1

Reel #275



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

Reel #302



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

Reel #261



Box 06 Folder 21 [Address at the Jewish Theological Seminary (New York, New York)], 1953 Oct 7

Reel #286



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

Reel #267



Box 06 Folder 24 What's the Matter with America? / Culture, Organic Architecture, American Spirit, Integrity [Los Angeles, California), 1954 Jun 29

Reel #258

2 copies.



Box 06 Folder 25 At the Unitarian Church [Frank Lloyd Wright and Taliesin Chorus at the Unitarian Church (Madison, Wisconsin)], 1954 Aug 29

Reel #105



Box 06 Folder 26 Talk to the A.I.A. [American Institute of Architects], 1955 Apr 29

Reel #128



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

Reel #259



Box 06 Folder 28 [Talk at Merchandise Mart (Chicago, Illinois)], 1955 Sep 14

Reel #280



Box 06 Folder 29 [Talk to the American Institute of Architects (Miami, Florida)], 1955 Dec 15

Reel #249



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

Reel #262



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

Reel #172



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

Reel #239



Box 06 Folder 38 Young America and the Negro [Talk to negro students of Phoenix Union High School], [1957?]

Reel #260



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

Reel #253



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

Reel #254



Box 07 Folder 01 Discussing the Forthcoming Book on the History of Architecture (Part III), 1957 Nov 10

Reel #255



Box 07 Folder 02 [Interview with WNYC radio], [1958?]

Reel #303



Box 07 Folder 03 Prefabrication [Talk in Chicago, Illinois], 1958 Jan 22

Reel #305



Box 07 Folder 04 The Architect and Architecture / Education and the Teenager [Talk at the University of Arkansas], 1958 Apr 15

Reel #245



Box 07 Folder 05 [Address to the University of Oklahoma], 1958 Apr 17

Reel #242



Box 07 Folder 06 [Address at the National Cultural Center (Washington, DC)], 1958 Nov

Reel #291



Box 07 Folder 07 Restaurant Architecture [Interview with the Merchandising Journal of the food service industry], 1958 Nov

Reel #257



Box 07 Folder 08 [Address to the students of Camelback High School (Phoenix, Arizona)], 1959 Feb 4

Reel #231



Box 07 Folder 09 The Creative Mind [Broadcast, WGBH-FM], 1959 Mar 28

Reel #243



Box 07 Folder 10 [Sunday Evening Music]



Box 07 Folder 11 [Larkin]

Reel #073