Correspondent:

Wright, Frank Lloyd 1867-1959  Search this

Addressee:

Mumford, Lewis 1895-1990  Search this

Former owner:

Lende, H. W. Jr. DSI  Search this

Associated name:

Taliesin (Spring Green, Wis.)  Search this

Author:

H.W. Lende, Jr. Manuscript Collection (Smithsonian Libraries) DSI  Search this

Subject:

Wright, Frank Lloyd 1867-1959  Search this

Physical description:

1 sheet, folded (2 unnumbered pages) ; 25 cm

Type:

Manuscripts

Manuscripts (documents)

Date:

1932

Notes:

Title supplied by cataloger.

Letter partly typed, partly handwritten in black ink on unlined paper with a printed letterhead.

Frank Lloyd Wright was an American architect, interior designer, writer, and educator, who designed more than 1,000 structures, 532 of which were completed.

SCDIRB copy (barcode 39088020039491) is the gift of H.W. Lende, Jr. and has Lende accession number W-15.

SCDIRB copy has source: Daniel F. Kelleher Co., Boston, Mass., February 2, 1983.

SCDIRB copy is housed in an archival box together with other manuscripts from the H.W. Lende, Jr. Manuscript Collection, filed in Dibner accession number order.

Summary:

Letter to Mumford expressing Wright's misgivings about International Style architecture and a recent New York exhibition to which Wright contributed, and asking if Mumford would "lead the Taliesin Fellowship."

Topic:

International style (Architecture)  Search this

Architecture--Scholarships, fellowships, etc  Search this

Call number:

MSS 002136 A

Restrictions & Rights:

Use by appointment with Dibner Library staff.

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

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