Hanna house collection, 1935-1982.

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Hanna house collection, 1935-1982.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122448814

Correspondence, blueprints, drawings, photographs, and other records relating to the planning, design and construction of the campus home of Professor and Mrs. Paul R. Hanna. The collection focuses on the Hanna's work with architect Frank Lloyd Wright extending from the initial planning of the house through later renovations. Also included is a plaster star burst medallion, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, from the proscenium arch of the Louis Sullivan designed Garrick Theater in the Schiller Building (1892) in Chicago.

Correspondence (1935-1982): 63 volumes.Blueprints and sketches: 184 sheets.Original architectural drawings: 7 sheets.Photographs: 500 items.Medallion: 1 item.

Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 6716055

Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

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Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959

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Hanna, Paul Robert, 1902-

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