New Theater for Hartford, CT / Frank Lloyd Wright, architect

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New Theater for Hartford, CT / Frank Lloyd Wright, architect

http://findingaids.cul.columbia.edu/ead/nnc-a/ldpd_8866938

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.

0.3 linear feet of papers.; 1 architectural drawing.

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Columbia University. Avery Architecture and Fine Arts Library. Department of Drawings and Archives.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6347008

Columbia University. Avery Architecture and Fine Arts Library. Department of Drawings and Archives.

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