Edgar Tafel architectural records and papers, 1919-2005

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Series I: Personal Papers

Series is comprised of three subseries. Subseries 1: Biographical Information contains biographies, certificates, interviews, and resumes. Subseries 2: General Files contains general personal files, medical records, and property records concerning Tafel's home. Subseries 3: Family Papers contains papers concerning Tafel's brother, Marten, and his parents, Rose and Samuel Tafel.


Subseries 1: Biographical Information



Box 1 Folder 1 Biography, undated, 2001



Box 1 Folder 2 Biography, "Career in Architecture" draft, undated



Box 1 Folder 3 Biography, drafts, undated, 1987-2001

Various drafts of biography and project lists.



Box 1 Folder 4 Biography, "ET Background", [ca. 1950]

Written draft of biography up to around 1950



Box 1 Folder 5 Certificates, GSA, 1969

Certificate to serve as a member of the Public Advisory Panel on Architectural Services for the General Services Administration



Box 1 Folder 6 Certificates, New York Society of Architects, 1979

"In recognition of his work as lecturer, biographer, and preserver of the work of Frank Lloyd Wright"



Box 1 Folder 7 Certificates, State University of Geneseo, 2001

Distinguised Service Award



Box 1 Folder 8 Certificates, Taliesin Fellowship, 1992

Charter Member certificate



Box 1 Folder 9 Interview, Tafel and Wes Peters, undated

Transcript from an interview with Edgar Tafel and Wes Peters about Wright and Fallingwater



Box 1 Folder 10 Interview, "When Someone Says Church Design", 1969 Dec

From an issue ofDesigner



Box 1 Folder 11 Interview with Paul Spreiregen on NPR, 1974

Transcript of radio program, "Frank Lloyd Wright and Edgar Tafel," given on National Public Radio



Box 1 Folder 12 Interview with Rebecca Sawyer, 1979

"Working with Wright: A Student Remembers" 7 pages, probably meant for a newspaper article



Box 1 Folder 13 to 14 Interview with Carole Rifkind, 1990

For the Smithsonian Institute Archives of American Art, includes correspondence and pamphlets. 128 pages



Box 1 Folder 15 Interview, Wingspread, 1993

An interview by Prairie Architects, Inc. about Wingspread



Box 1 Folder 16 Interview with Indira Berndtson for the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives, 1998 March



Box 1 Folder 17 Resume, undated, 1965

Includes list of office personnel and partial list of clients



Box 1 Folder 18 Resume, AIA nomination profile



Box 1 Folder 19 Resume, references and repeat clients list, [ca. 1980]



Box 1 Folder 20 Resume, Tafel & Randall, ca. 1965

Resume of Tafel & Randall, Architects & Engineers, including office personnel lists



Box 1 Folder 21 Resume, various, 1984-1990

Various copies of resumes, including lists of Frank Lloyd Wright endeavors


Subseries 2: General Papers



Box 1 Folder 22 Address book, undated



Box 1 Folder 23 Book jackets, 1922, 1978

The Architectural Record (1922), An Autobiography of Frank Lloyd Wright, & The Complete Graphic Works of Ben Shahn



Box 1 Folder 24 Calendars, 1997, 2000-01



Box 1 Folder 25 Christmas card designs by Edgar Tafel, undated



Box 1 Folder 26 Financial records, 1980, 1991-2004

Insurance, bank statements



Box 1 Folder 27 Glenn Crew Fowler, 2001

Memorial service booklet, remembrances by friends and family, obituaries



Box 1 Folder 28 Letterhead, undated

Humorous letterhead designed by Edgar Tafel



Box 1 Folder 29 List of "Tafel" misspellings, undated



Box 1 Folder 30 Map of Tafel's apartment in Venice, Florida, undated



Box 1 Folder 31 Maps of the Gollay-Tafel house in East Hampton, NY, 1987



Box 1 Folder 32 Medical records, 1997-2004

Includes photocopies of health cards, statements, benefits information



Box 1 Folder 33 Medical records, correspondence, 1991-2004

Correspondence with doctors



Box 1 Folder 34 Modern School letter and invitation, 1935



Box 1 Folder 35 Music scores, undated



Box 1 Folder 36 Property records, 1987



Box 1 Folder 37 Property records, 14 E 11th Street real estate tax, 1990-1991, 1998



Box 1 Folder 38 Property records, lease agreements, 1959-1982



Box 1 Folder 39 Property records, Gollay House, undated

Publicity and real estate fact sheets for the sale of Tafel's redesigned cottage in New York



Oversize 2 Folder 21 [Subway ad], undated

Subway ad for hemorrhoidal ointment with Tafel's face and the title "Landmarks Preservation Commission" pasted on top


Subseries 3: Family Papers



Box 1 Folder 40 Marten Tafel, 1998

Death certificate, estate, and obituary



Box 1 Folder 41 Marten Tafel, life insurance, 1998-1999



Box 1 Folder 42 Rose Tafel biography, 1941

Reprint fromVogue's Trade Edition



Box 1 Folder 43 Samuel Tafel, 1996

Correspondence from Tafel to the US Department of Justice asking about his father's immigration



Box 1 Folder 44 Stage Women's War Relief, [ca. 1935]

Programme for a "Concert and Fashion Fete under the auspices of Mme. Tafel" at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel