Lloyd Wright papers 1920-1978

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Lloyd Wright papers 1920-1978

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Lloyd Wright (1890-1978) was the eldest son of Frank Lloyd Wright. He trained as a draftsman/delineator in his father's Oak Park Studio, and studied engineering at the University of Wisconsin (1908-09). He was a landscape architect for various Los Angeles projects (1922-24), provided the shells for the Hollywood Bowl (1924-25 and 1928), and produced the Swedenborg Memorial Chapel (or Wayfarer's Chapel) at Palos Verdes, California (1946-71). The collection consists of Wright's original drawings, renderings, blueprints, photographs, models and office files. Many of the photographs in the collection are by Will Connell.

42 boxes (21 linear ft.); 62 cartons (62 linear ft.); 224 oversize boxes; 375 oversize folders

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University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.

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Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959

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