Collection Overview

Summary
Arrangement
Description
Using the Collection
About the Finding Aid / Processing Information
Subject Headings
History / Biographical Note

Collection Contents

View All
Series II: Correspondence
Series V: Office Records
Series X: Additional Donations

Edgar Tafel architectural records and papers, 1919-2005

After clicking 'Submit Request', users will login with their UNI and password (Columbia affiliates) or their special collections account (external users). Appointments are required and will be arranged according to each individual repository's policy.

Series VII: Photographs and Slides

Documents Tafel's personal life, travels, and collection of Frank Lloyd Wright-related material. Subseries 1: Frank Lloyd Wright contains photographic material related to Wright, Wright's architectural projects, and Taliesin East and West. Consists of original photos and reproductions, some of which are reproduced in Tafel's books. Subseries 2: Tafel Personal contains portraits of Tafel, friends and family photos, and documentation of Tafel's world travels. Subseries 3: Other contains photographs of architecture not related to Tafel or Wright.

Subseries 1:Frank Lloyd Wright


Oversize 2 Folder 11 Frank Lloyd Wright and Erich Mendelsohn, [1941]

Contains an enlarged copy, signed by Tafel (1 photograph)


Box 21 Folder 4 Frank Lloyd Wright, Negatives, undated, 1934

Contains negatives of Wright photos and projects


Box 21 Folder 5 Frank Lloyd Wright with Others, undated, 1934, 1937

(55 photographs)


Box 21 Folder 50 Louis Sullivan, undated

Contains copies of photos related to Louis Sullivan projects (18 photographs)


Oversize 2 Folder 13 Olgivanna Lloyd Wright, 1976

Black-and-white photo mounted on cardboard, signed by Olgivanna (1 photograph)


Box 21 Folder 51 People at Taliesin, undated, [ca. 1932-41]

(30 photographs)


Oversize 2 Folder 12 Portraits, undated

Enlarged copies of portraits, one signed to Tafel from architect Roger D'Astous (3 photographs)


Box 21 Folder 6 Portraits, undated

(16 photographs)


Box 22 Folder 1 Portraits and Graves [slides], undated, [ca. 1980]

Contains slides of Wright portraits and pictures of Wright and Cheney graves (39 slides)


Box 22 Folder 2 Projects A-J [slides]

(317 slides)


Box 22 Folder 3 Projects K-Z [slides]

(358 slides)


Box 21 Folder 7 Arizona Builtmore, [193-?]

(1 photograph of the interior of a theater)


Box 21 Folder 8 Baird House, [193-?]

(1 photograph)


Box 21 Folder 9 Beth Sholom Synagogue, undated

(4 photographs)


Oversize 2 Folder 14 Beth Sholom Synagogue, undated

(7 black-and-white photographs)


Box 21 Folder 10 Coonley House, undated

(36 photographs)


Box 21 Folder 11 Coonley Coach House, undated

(2 photographs)


Box 21 Folder 12 Coonley Playhouse, undated

(5 photographs)


Oversize 2 Folder 20 Coonley Playhouse, undated

(2 black-and-white photographs)


Box 21 Folder 13 Fallingwater, undated, 1936

(11 photographs)


Oversize 2 Folder 15 Frank Lloyd Wright Furniture, undated

(1 black-and-white photograph)


Box 21 Folder 14 Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio, undated

(3 photographs)


Oversize 2 Folder 17 Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio, undated

Enlarged color negatives, includes negatives (1 contact sheet)


Box 21 Folder 15 Gammage Memorial Auditorium, undated

(1 photograph)


Box 21 Folder 16 German Warehouse, undated, 1976

(5 photographs)


Box 21 Folder 17 Good Ship Lollypop, undated

Contains 1 photo of a Wright drawing


Box 21 Folder 18 Hanna (Honeycomb) House, 1965, 1973

(5 photographs)


Box 21 Folder 19 Hardy House, [ca. 1932]

(1 photograph)


Box 21 Folder 20 Heurtley House, [ca. 1932]

(1 photograph)


Box 21 Folder 21 Hillside, undated

(6 photographs)


Box 21 Folder 22 Hollycock House, undated, 1978

(7 photographs)


Box 21 Folder 23 Imperial Hotel, undated

(17 photographs)


Box 21 Folder 24 Irving House, undated

(1 photograph)


Box 21 Folder 25 Jacobs House, undated

(10 photographs)


Box 21 Folder 26 Johnson Wax, undated, 1938

Includes negatives (39 photographs)


Oversize 2 Folder 16 Johnson Wax, undated

(1 black-and-white photograph)


Box 21 Folder 27 Jones House, 1931

(1 photograph)


Box 21 Folder 60 Larkin Building, undated

(1 photograph)


Box 21 Folder 28 Little House, undated

(5 photographs)


Box 21 Folder 29 Lloyd Jones Barn, 1932

1 photograph of Tafel's model


Box 21 Folder 30 Marcus House, 1935

1 photograph of a model


Box 21 Folder 31 Marin County, undated

(1 photograph)


Box 21 Folder 32 Martin Residence, undated

(1 photograph)


Box 21 Folder 33 Maxwell & Sara Stein House, undated

(1 photograph)


Box 21 Folder 34 Midway Gardens, undated

(3 photographs)


Box 21 Folder 35 Millard House, undated

(1 photograph)


Box 21 Folder 36 Monona Terrace, undated

(4 photographs)


Box 21 Folder 37 Pope-Leighey House, undated

(6 photographs)


Box 21 Folder 38 Price Tower, undated

(4 photographs)


Box 21 Folder 39 Rebhuhn House, [ca. 1937]

(2 photographs)


Box 21 Folder 40 Robie House, undated

(3 photographs)


Box 21 Folder 41 Schwartz House, undated

(4 photographs)


Box 21 Folder 42 Taliesin East, undated, 1935-37, 1946-47, 1983

(39 photographs)


Box 21 Folder 43 Taliesin West [1 of 2], undated, 1940

(39 photographs)


Box 21 Folder 44 Taliesin West [2 of 2], undated, 1937, 1940

(37 photographs)


Box 21 Folder 45 Unitarian Church, undated

(1 photograph)


Oversize 2 Folder 18 Unitarian Church, undated

(1 black-and-white photograph)


Oversize 2 Folder 19 Wingspread, undated

(1 black-and-white photograph)


Box 21 Folder 46 Wingspread, undated

(5 photographs)


Box 21 Folder 47 Winslow House, undated

(1 photograph)


Box 21 Folder 48 Wright House, David, undated

Includes contact sheets (4 photographs)


Box 21 Folder 49 Wright House, Llewellyn, undated

(2 photographs)


Box 21 Folder 50 Louis Sullivan, undated

Contains copies of photos related to Louis Sullivan projects (18 photographs)


Oversize 2 Folder 13 Olgivanna Lloyd Wright, 1976

Black-and-white photo mounted on cardboard, signed by Olgivanna (1 photograph)


Box 21 Folder 51 People at Taliesin, undated, [ca. 1932-41]

(30 photographs)

Subseries 2: Tafel Personal


Box 21 Folder 57 Friends and family, undated, 1931, 1940s

Early family photos (25 photographs)


Box 21 Folder 58 Friends and family, undated, 1986, 1998, 2000

(79 photographs)


Box 21 Folder 52 Lectures and events [1 of 2], undated, 1995, 2001

(128 photographs)


Box 21 Folder 53 Lectures and events [2 of 2], undated

(84 photographs)


Box 21 Folder 54 Portraits, undated, 1933, 1971, 1979, 1994

(60 photographs)


Box 22 Folder 7 Portraits, Friends and Family, 1989-97

Contains slides of Tafel and Jean Gollay (60 slides)


Box 21 Folder 55 Tafel at Taliesin, contact sheets, [between 1931 and 1942]

Contains contact sheets with photos taken (by Tafel?) during Tafel's time at Taliesin. Photos of Tafel, people at Taliesin, and project photos, including construction photos


Box 21 Folder 56 Tafel at Taliesin, negatives, [between 1931 and 1942]

Contains negatives with photos taken (by Tafel?) during Tafel's time at Taliesin. Photos of Tafel, people at Taliesin, and project photos, including construction photos


Box 22 Folder 8 Antigua, 1964-65

(304 slides)


Box 22 Folder 9 Arizona, 1974

(38 slides)


Box 23 Folder 10 England, Holland, Munich & Germany, 1961, 1981

(466 slides)


Box 23 Folder 1 England & Ireland, 1959

(317 slides)


Box 23 Folder 2 Finland, 1982 Jun

(104 slides)


Box 23 Folder 3 France, undated, 2000

(273 slides)


Box 23 Folder 4 India, 1967-68, 1973, 1994

(357 slides)


Box 23 Folder 5 Israel, 1973

(152 slides)


Box 23 Folder 6 Italy, 1959

(53 slides)


Box 23 Folder 7 Japan, 1967 Dec, 1992

(162 slides)


Box 23 Folder 8 New York City, undated

(46 slides)


Box 23 Folder 9 Russia, 1985

(96 slides)


Box 23 Folder 10 St. Croix, undated

(63 slides)


Box 23 Folder 11 Spain & Italy, 1959, 1972, 1989

(161 slides)


Box 23 Folder 12 Sweden, Norway & Denmark, 1964

(567 slides)


Box 23 Folder 13 Tibet, China, undated

(12 slides)


Box 23 Folder 14 Turkey & Greece, 1989 Oct

(128 slides)


Box 23 Folder 15 [Unidentified places], 1984, 1992-93, 1997

(89 slides)

Subseries 3: Other


Box 21 Folder 59 Adolph Mueller House designed by Marion Mahony

(2 photographs)


Box 23 Folder 16 General Architecture, 1984, 1992-99

Contains slides of Louis Sullivan, Frank Geary, Howard, Kaufmann, and Greene & Greene buildings (53 slides)


Oversize 2 Folder 10 Residence, 1988

Photo of a residence, mounted on cardboard, signed and with a note from architect R. [?] (1 photograph)