Recorded speeches and interviews, 1950-1958.

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Recorded speeches and interviews, 1950-1958.

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Recordings, some with transcriptions, of several speeches by and one interview with architect Frank Lloyd Wright. Included are discussions with students at his home and studio, Taliesin near Spring Green, Wis., June 18, 1950 and July 1951, a speech at New York to the Junior American Institute of Architects in June 1952, and other brief presentations (all on Tape 147A; a partial transcription at SC 1042); a 1958 interview with Wright on the radio program "The Creative Mind" (Tape 140A and transcription at SC 1041); a speech given Sept. 14, 1955 at the Merchandise Mart in Chicago on the inauguration of the Wright furniture line (Tape 506A); and a Feb. 10, 1955, speech by Wright at a testimonial dinner organized to help pay Taliesin's property taxes, containing remarks on the need for personal architecture and on the architect as a visionary in society.

0.1 c.f. (2 folders) and5 tape recordings.

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959

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Architect, designer; Illinois, Wisconsin and Arizona. From the description of Frank Lloyd Wright textile design studies, [ca. 1955]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86122971 BIOGHIST REQUIRED Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959) was an American Architect internationally recognized for his distinctive Prairie Style houses, innovative building design, Taliesin school and fellowships, and philosophy of "organic architecture." From the guide to the Frank Lloyd Wright Miscel...

Taliesin (Spring Green, Wis.)

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American Institute of Architects

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The Western Association of Architects (WAA) was founded in Chicago in 1884 as a rival organization of the American Institute of Architects (AIA). Members consisted of architects from the Midwest and the South with chapters forming in many states. The WAA was the first architectural organization to petition for licensure of architects. Many architects were members of both WAA and AIA and a decision was made in 1889 for WAA to merge with AIA. From the guide to the Papers of the Western...