Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959, Kaufmann, Edgar J., 1885-1955, and Wright, John Lloyd
- Extent:
- 2 cubic feet of papers and 1,000 drawings
- Language:
- English .
- 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.
Background
- Scope and Content:
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.
- Acquisition information:
- Source of acquisition--Various gifts.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed Terms
- Subjects:
- Architecture, Domestic -- Pennsylvania -- Bear Run
Architecture, Domestic -- Illinois -- Oak Park
Architecture -- Pennsylvania -- Bear Run
Architecture -- Illinois -- Oak Park
Architecture -- South Carolina -- Yemassee
Architecture -- New York (State) -- New York
Architecture -- Exhibitions
Architecture -- Awards
Dwellings -- Illinois -- Oak Park
Dwellings -- Pennsylvania -- Bear Run
Architects -- Homes and haunts
Architecture -- United States -- Designs and plans
Art museums -- New York (State) -- New York
Art museum architecture -- New York (State) -- New York
Photographic prints
architectural drawings (visual works)
Architects - Names:
- Fallingwater (Pa.)
Frank Lloyd Wright House (Oak Park, Ill.)
Frank Lloyd Wright Studio (Oak Park, Ill.)
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Taliesin Fellowship
Taliesin (Spring Green, Wis.)
Taliesin West (Scottsdale, Ariz.) - Places:
- Auldbrass (S.C.)
Access
- 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.
- LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
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300 Avery Hall1172 Amsterdam Avenue M.C. 0301New York, NY 10027, United States
- CONTACT:
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212) 854-6199avery@library.columbia.edu