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Columbia University: Avery Architecture and Fine Arts Library

Columbia University: Avery Architecture and Fine Arts Library

300 Avery Hall
1172 Amsterdam Avenue M.C. 0301
New York, NY 10027, United States
Located in Avery Hall, the Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library collects books and periodicals in architecture, historic preservation, art history, painting, sculpture, graphic arts, decorative arts, city planning, real estate, and archaeology. The Library contains more than 250,000 volumes and receives approximately 1,500 periodicals.

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Blake, Peter, 1920-2006

This collection contains materials related to a full range of Blake's personal, professional, and academic lives. The bulk of the collection dates from the 1980s through the early 2000s. His professional and faculty papers document many of his interests, and primarily include published and unpublished lectures and articles. Although Blake delivered his lectures at various architectural schools in the United States and abroad, the specific locations of the lectures are not usually recorded on the documents. In addition, many articles he wrote for publication appear as annotated typescripts. There are also significant papers related to publication of his memoir No Place Like Utopia (Knopf, 1993), including correspondence and some production records. Throughout the professional and faculty papers are also found a large number of reference files relating to modern architecture, art, design, urbanism, technology, and current events, compiled over many decades. The collection also contains correspondence with personal friends, clients, and professional and academic colleagues. There is an especially significant amount of correspondence and clippings related to Patwant Singh, a Sikh writer, commentator, journalist, editor, and publisher, with whom Blake was a close friend. There are also many materials including correspondence, typescripts, and book production records related to Philip Johnson and Paul Rudolph, with whom Blake was also close. Architectural project records include original and reprographic drawings and photographs for 40 residential and institutional designs, located primarily in New York City and the surrounding region. Of particular note are drawings and papers related to Blake's important Pin Wheel House (1954) in Water Mill, New York. In addition, there are drawings related to the American National Exhibition in Moscow (1959). Finally, there is a significant number of drawings, photographs, and correspondence related to the Benjamin Gerson Residence (1999-2003) in Johnsonburg, New Jersey, one of Blake's last architectural projects.

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Howe, George, 1886-1955

Also, correspondence with Norman Bel Geddes, Monroe Biddle, John M. Blair, Harry T. Carman, Carolyn K. Christenson, Joseph S. Clarke, Jr., Thomas H. Creighton, Paul Cret, C.C. Cunningham, F.G. Fassett, Jr., Loring Dowst, John E. Harbeson, Oliver Hall, Jared C. Ingersoll, Gaylord P. Harnwell, William Fontaine Jones, Joseph Judge, William Lescaze, John D. Morse, William F. Paris, Charles E. Peterson, Ruth C. Roberts, Henry Shapiro, Oscar Stonorov, J.J. Sweeney, James M. Willcox, Owen J. Wister, Frank Lloyd Wright, Bruno Zevi, and others. This relates to proposed development of air rights over New York City's Pennsylvania Railroad Station, 1955; architectural projects in Pennsylvania relating to mental health, 1955; proposed new Independence Mall Building in Philadelphia, 1955; the 1954 Boston Art Festival Architectural Exhibit; sculpture committee on the design of the Ella Butt McManus monument, Connecticut, 1954-1955; the Philadelphia Saving Fund Society, building designed by Howe & Lescaze (with related memoranda, manuscripts of articles and talks, press releases, and architectural analyses), 1930-1939; and the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, St. Louis (with related printed material, clippings, and photograph)

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Jacobs, Herbert, 1903-1987

This small collection consists of 3 letters between Herbert Jacobs and Frank Lloyd Wright concerning Jacobs' upcoming book We Chose the Country. The letters document a strained relationship between the architect and his former client, with the architect expressing disastifaction with how he is portrayed in Jacobs' publication.

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Kaufmann, Edgar J., 1885-1955

The collection consists primarily of correspondence, photographs, project records, architectural drawings, legal documents, periodicals, news clippings and exhibition materials. The material held in this collection relates to architectural projects for Edgar J. Kaufmann by Frank Lloyd Wright, and the bulk of the material relates to Kaufmann's home, Fallingwater, at Bear Run, Pennsylvania. The collection documents the professional and personal relationship between the Kaufmann family and Wright, from the 1930s until the years preceding Wright's death in 1959.

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Marshall Erdman & Associates

The colleciton includes one album created by the Cass family about Crimson Beech and 59 working drawings used for the construction of the dwelling. The album includes photographs of the exterior and interior of the house, the "Erdman Homes Standard Specifications & Package Content" document, clippings, and 4 architectural drawings by D. Korves. The working drawings were produced by Marshall Erdman & Associates and are primarily technical drawings.

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Price, Paton, 1916-1982
The material spans the years 1948 to 1958 and documents Paton Price's relationship with Frank Lloyd Wright through the course of planning the New Theater to be located in Hartford, CT. The collection consists of letters, telegrams, publicity material, photographs, and a perspective view of the Theater signed by Wright.
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Weiner, Stuart A., 1915-1985

This collection primarily contains photographic prints, including contact sheets, depicting Frank Lloyd Wright, Iovanna Lloyd Wright, the apprentices, and buildings at Taliesin West in the 1950s, made by Stuart Weiner. Additionally there is a small group of photographs documenting Wright's presentation of his plans for the Arizona State Capitol in April 1957 and another small group of photographs by Weiner documenting Wright's presentation of that same project to students at Phoenix Union High School several days later. Additionally, there is a small group of photographs by Weiner showing the Raymond Carlson residence in Phoenix, Arizona, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1950. Also of particular note are two original architectural drawings by Frank Lloyd Wright for the Susan Lawrence Dana residence in Springfield, Illinois, showing a gate and an exterior elevation. Lastly, the collection contains a complete copy of the February 1956 Arizona Highways special issue on Frank Lloyd Wright and Taliesin West, and a copy of Wright's self-pubilshed "Oasis: plan for Arizona State Capitol submitted by Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect, February 17, 1957.".

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Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959

The collection includes 55 architectural drawing prints (blue line, wash-off, and electroic static) and small group of papers including specifications, copy of a photograph of Wright on the site, and some statements and financial records. Additional creators in the collection include landscape architect David Lawson, Northwest Mill & Supply Corp., and Taliesin Associated Architects.

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Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959

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.

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Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959

This collection of approx. 7 linear feet of papers documents the output of the independent printing press established at Taliesin in the 1930s. The collection consists of brochures, pamphlets, newsletters, Taliesin magazines, festival programs, invitations, and miscellaneous ephemera such as Christmas cards and stationery. The collection also includes every issue of the Taliesin Square Papers series dating from 1941 to 1953. All of the printed material in the collection features the distinctive graphic design associated with Frank Lloyd Wright. Much of the graphic design work can be attributed to Eugene Masselink (1910-1962).

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Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959

The collection includes over 140,000 pages of correspondence, which serves as a core resource for understanding Wright's personal and professional activities, relationships, and ideas. The correspondence also includes project records such as specifications, contracts, supply orders, invoices and receipts. Letters from the 1880s through the 1920s accounts for only 2% of the total correspondence in the collection (approximately 2,000 documents). The bulk of the correspondence is from the 1930s until Wright's death in 1959.

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Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959

There are over 10,700 photographic items in the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Archives related to Frank Lloyd Wright's personal life and the Taliesin Fellowship. This collection also includes portraits of Wright and his family members. Contact the department for further information.

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Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959
The collection includes specification documents for approximately 170 architectural projects by Frank Lloyd Wright. Highlights include specifications for American System-Built houses (#1506), Imperial Hotel (#1509), San Marcos-in-the-Desert resort hotel (#2704), Fallingwater (#3502), Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (#4305), H.C. Price Company tower (#5215), Lenkurt Electric Company (#5520), and Marin County Civic Center (#5746). Specification documents range from descriptions and instructions regarding the quality of work and materials to guidelines for plumbing, electricity, wood, metal,and painting work. Also included in the collection can be correspondence, contracts, structural calculations, licenses and subcontracts for design objects and furnishing.
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Online
Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959
"Talk to the Taliesin Fellowship" was a regular lecture series at Taliesin where Wright addressed the fellows and apprentices on a range of philosophical and personal topics. The collection consists of transcripts and audio recordings of those talks as well as additional talks given by Wright to various public audiences.
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Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959
Manuscripts of American architect Frank Lloyd Wright contain his working drafts and final versions of his writings (published and unpublished), lectures, and talks dating from 1894 until his death in 1959. The collection consists of approximately 2,785 drafts amounting to over 31,000 sheets. The manuscripts range from handwritten drafts to heavily corrected typescripts and galley proofs. Included in this comprehensive collection of writings are a large number of unpublished pieces which expand upon Wright's published ideas on architecture, art and aesthetics, and which provide further insights into the architect's views on politics, religion, morality and various other topics.
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Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959
Wright's work and ideas were exhibited throughout the United States and Europe on numerous occasions during his lifetime. This collection represents over 40 of those different exhibitions and includes shows mounted by Wright as well as those mounted by some of the most established curators and institutions of the time. Highlights in the collection include papers on Wright's first traveling show in 1930, a scrapbook compiled by H.T. Wijdeveld celebrating the exhibition he organized for Wright that toured Germany and Netherlands in 1931, and correspondence and other papers related to the many Sixty Years of Living Architecture shows throughout the United States and the world.
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Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959

This collection includes over 300 film reels which have been digitized. By format, the collection contains 179 16mm film, 109 8mm film, and 17 35mm film. While the inclusive dates of the collection range from 1922 to 1984, the bulk of the films are from the 1930s into the 1960s. Footage includes home movies of Wright and family, life and events of the Taliesin Fellowship, and informal site and building visits. The collection also includes documentaries on Wright's career and projects, as well as professional produced interviews and talks by Wright and promotional coverage of his built works.

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Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959
This collection contains over 40,000 photographs, negatives, slides and other image materials documenting nearly 500 architectural projects by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright. This collection documents Wright's built work, unbuilt projects, architectural exhibitions, and the architecture of Wright's home and studios such as Taliesin East in Wisconsin and Taliesin West in Arizona.