Wright-Ingraham Institute

The Wright-Ingraham Institute was a private, non-profit educational and research institution founded in 1970 and operated until around 1983. It utilized a field campus between Denver and Colorado Springs, Colorado, on the Running Creek watershed and offered graduate-level field courses emphasizing the fields of nature and human-built systems. The Institute also offered seminars, workshops, laboratory work, and land use research. The director of the Institute was Elizabeth Wright Ingraham, an architect and international education consultant, and granddaughter of architect Frank Lloyd Wright.

From the description of Records, ca. 1900-1998 (bulk 1967-1983). (University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center). WorldCat record id: 46837379

The Wright-Ingraham Institute was a private, non-profit educational and research institution founded in 1970 in Colorado. It was established to promote, direct, encourage and develop opportunities contributing to the conservation, preservation and wise use of human and natural resources. The Institute operated during the 1970s and 1980s. The director of the Institute was Elizabeth Wright Ingraham, architect and international education consultant. She attended the University of California at Berkeley and the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, and began practicing architecture in 1940. She is the granddaughter of architect Frank Lloyd Wright. The field campus, the Richard T. Parker Center for Advanced Study & Research, was a 640-acre grassland campus located between Denver and Colorado Springs, Colorado. Coursework offered at the institution included physical sciences, earth sciences, life sciences, human-built systems, cultural systems and language systems. In addition to the core courses seminars, workshops, an intern program, and volunteer programs were also offered. Special projects at the Institute included inventory projects, agricultural projects, energy & weather projects, techniques laboratory work, and land use research.

From the guide to the Wright-Ingraham Institute Records, 1900-1998 (bulk: 1967-1983), (University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.)