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Taliesin Associated Architects architectural drawings and records, 1959-1991

400 linear feet

The collection includes the project files and architectural drawings of the Taliesin Associated Architects, the firm that was established after the death of Frank Lloyd Wright in 1959. Projects include commissions that were left on Wright's desk at the time of his death as well as independent commissions and renovation work. Over 1,000 architectural projects are represented either in the paper records, the architectural drawings, or both.

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Imperial Hotel (Tokyo, Japan). Drawer 171, Folder taa0407

Highlight: Imperial Hotel (Tokyo, Japan).
Abstract Or Scope: Project #1509

Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Archives : architectural drawings, 1885-1959

24,000 drawings

Nearly 1,100 built and unbuilt works by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright are represented in this remarkably comprehensive collection. The over 24,000 sheets in the collection include plans or drawings developed in the conception, presentation, and execution of buildings.

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Imperial Hotel (Tokyo, Japan). Power house, 1916 Project 1611

Highlight: Imperial Hotel (Tokyo, Japan). Power house, 1916
Abstract Or Scope: 8 drawings

Imperial Hotel (Tokyo, Japan). Scheme 2, 1915 Project 1509

Highlight: Imperial Hotel (Tokyo, Japan). Scheme 2, 1915
Abstract Or Scope: 705 drawings

Imperial Hotel (Tokyo, Japan). Scheme 1, Unbuilt Project, 1914 Project 1409

Highlight: Imperial Hotel (Tokyo, Japan). Scheme 1, Unbuilt Project, 1914
Abstract Or Scope: 52 drawings

Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Archives : project photographs, circa 1887-2008, bulk 1900-1959

40,237 photographic items

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.

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Imperial Hotel (Tokyo, Japan). Scheme 2, circa 1920-1924, 1934, 1939, 1946-1947, 1952, 1953, 1960, 1963, 1967-1969, 1970, 1978, 1987, undated Project 1509

Highlight: Imperial Hotel (Tokyo, Japan). Scheme 2, circa 1920-1924, 1934, 1939, 1946-1947, 1952, 1953, 1960
Abstract Or Scope: 1681 photographic items

Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Archives : specifications, 1890-1960

12 linear feet

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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Imperial Hotel (Tokyo, Japan).Scheme 2, [1915] Project #1509

Highlight: Imperial Hotel (Tokyo, Japan).Scheme 2, [1915]
Abstract Or Scope: 216pp.

Edgar Tafel architectural records and papers, 1919-2005

30 linear feet

This collection documents the life and career of Edgar Allen Tafel: New York architect, Frank Lloyd Wright historian, and one of the original apprentices of the Taliesin Fellowship from 1932. The collection primarily documents Tafel's professional activities and his later independent architectural career which was most prominent from 1965-1985. The collection is made up of nine series: Personal Papers, Correspondence, Writings, Professional Papers, Office Records, Project Records, Photographs and Slides, Audio-Visual Material, and Printed Material.

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Imperial Hotel (Tokyo, Japan) / [Original Architect: Frank Lloyd Wright], [1959?] Tube 86, Roll 156

Highlight: Imperial Hotel (Tokyo, Japan) / [Original Architect: Frank Lloyd Wright], [1959?]
Abstract Or Scope: 3 drawings; Theatre plans (diazotypes) redrawn by Tafel, including a reproduction of Wright's drawing inscribed to Professor Takeda

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

2 manuscript boxes

The collection of Frank Lloyd Wright Miscellanea is composed of transcripts of speeches, interviews, magazine and newspaper clippings by and about the world-famous architect.

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Group photo taken in the interior of the Imperial Hotel (Tokyo, Japan), 1929 Nov Box 04, Folder 07

Highlight: Group photo taken in the interior of the Imperial Hotel (Tokyo, Japan), 1929 Nov
Abstract Or Scope: Photograph taken at the Imperial Hotel on the occasion of the World Engineering Congress.

Series VII: Photographs

Highlight: included is a group photograph taken in the interior of the Imperial Hotel, Tokyo, Japan in 1929 on the
Abstract Or Scope: contains black and white photographs of the entrance to the Johnson Wax Company Building in Racine, Wisconsin, the Barnsdall House in Los Angeles, California and the John Pew House in Madison, Wisconsin. Also included is a group photograph taken in the interior of the Imperial Hotel, Tokyo, Japan in 1929 on the occasion of the World Engineering Congress.

Olgivanna Lloyd Wright papers, ca. 1925-1985

55 linear feet

Olgivanna Lloyd Wright (Olga Lazović, Olga Lazović Hinzenburg) b. Montenegro, December 27, 1898- March 1, 1985, married Frank Lloyd Wright in 1928. She was a dancer, author, and composer and helped found and operate the Taliesin Fellowship. She was vital to the preservation of Frank Lloyd Wright's legacy through the Taliesin Fellowship, preservation and fundraising campaigns, and publications on her late husband and his work, including her books Our House, The Shining Brow, the Roots of Life, and Frank Lloyd Wright: His Life, His Work, His Words. The collection contains extensive correspondence as well as Olgivanna Lloyd Wright's notes, drafts and typed manuscripts of her books and unpublished writing, autobiographical material, transcriptions of taped audio material including weekly talks to the Taliesin Fellowship as well as public talks, and newspaper clippings of published articles.

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"Interview with 4 news reporters at Imperial Hotel, Tokyo, Japan (10-25-1967), 1967 Box 14, Folder 22

Highlight: "Interview with 4 news reporters at Imperial Hotel, Tokyo, Japan (10-25-1967), 1967
Abstract Or Scope: edited copy, photocopied duplicate

Letters on Japan and Aisaku Hayashi, 1930

2 items

This small collection contains two letters: one from Ruth Stern to her family in which she discusses various experiences as an American new to Japan and introduces Aisaku Hayashi. The letter is written on Imperial Hotel stationary and is dated August 25, 1930. In her correspondence to her family, she encloses the second letter in the collection, a short letter from Aisaku Hayashi to Stern dated August 22, 1930. In the letter, Hayashi discusses his view on Japanese people and details an anecdote about his time as manager of the Imperial Hotel.

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