First National Bank of Dwight collection, 1905-1920.

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First National Bank of Dwight collection, 1905-1920.

Collection contain documents (mainly correspondence) pertaining to the construction of the First National Bank of Dwight, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Correspondents include Wright, Walter Burley Griffin, and William Drummond as well as various contractors. Also included are three sketches and seven architectural drawings.

1 linear ft. (2 boxes), 1 oversize portfolio.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8264436

Aurora University, Phillips Library

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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...

Smith, Frank L., of Canterbury, Conn.

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Luddington, Roland S.

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First National Bank of Dwight (Dwight, Ill.)

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Drummond, William, 1876-1946.

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Griffin, Walter Burley, 1876-1937

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Walter Burley Griffin was an architect and landscape architect. Marion Mahony Griffin (1871-1962) was an architect who worked mainly as an architectural renderer. She was the first women to graduate, in 1894, from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a degree in architecture. Both had previously worked for Frank Lloyd Wright at his studio in Oak Park, Illinois. From the description of Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahony Griffin architectural drawings, circa 1909-1937. (...