Pope-Leighey house correspondence and papers

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Pope-Leighey house correspondence and papers

1939-1969

https://catalog.umd.edu/docno=003720516

Photocopies of original correpondence and papers documenting the Pope-Leighey house including correspondence from Frank Lloyd Wright, Rose Greely, and preservationists. There are photocopies of newspaper clippings; invoices for repairs, construction, and landscaping; and other materials which document interest in the house and the successful efforts to save the house when highway construction threatened its destruction. Correspondence and minutes of meetings document the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s involvement with the house.

2 looseleaf binders

eng, Latn

University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7330156

University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Libraries

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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...

Greely, Rose, 1887-1969

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American landscape architect. From the description of Rose Greely papers [manuscript], 1909-1961. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 171157101 From the description of Rose Greely papers, 1919-1960, bulk 1928-1956 [manuscript]. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 171157320 From the description of Papers of Rose Greely, 1946-1953. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 51025304 ...

Pope-Leighey House (Va.)

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National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States

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