Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Archives : Taliesin Fellowship talk transcripts and audio recordings, 1948-1956

Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Archives : Taliesin Fellowship talk transcripts and audio recordings, 1948-1956

Summary Information

Abstract

"Talk to the Taliesin Fellowship" was a regular lecture series at Taliesin where Wright addressed the fellows and apprentices on a range of philosophical and personal topics. The collection consists of transcripts and audio recordings of those talks as well as additional talks given by Wright to various public audiences.

At a Glance

Bib ID:
12471384 View CLIO record
Creator(s):
Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959; Taliesin Fellowship
Repository:
Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Physical Description:
6 manuscript boxes; 261 digital audio files (Sound recordings); 353 open reel audiotapes
Language(s):
English .
Access:

This collection is available for use by appointment in the Department of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University. Unique time-based media items have been reformatted and are available onsite via links in the container list. All original copies of audio / moving image media are closed. Email avery-drawings@columbia.edu for more information.

Description

General Note

Part of The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Archives (The Museum of Modern Art | Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library, Columbia University, New York

Arrangement

Using the Collection

Restrictions on Access

This collection is available for use by appointment in the Department of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University. Unique time-based media items have been reformatted and are available onsite via links in the container list. All original copies of audio / moving image media are closed. Email avery-drawings@columbia.edu for more information.

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Preferred Citation

Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Archives : Fellowship talk transcripts, ca. 1890-1960. The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Archives (The Museum of Modern Art | Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library, Columbia University, New York).

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Accession number--2013.006.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library

Processing Information

Arranged and described by Nicole L. Richard.

Revision Description

2017-11-28 File created.

2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.

Biography

Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959) was an American architect internationally recognized for his innovative building design, the Taliesin architecture school and fellowship, and his philosophy of "organic architecture."

Subject Headings

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Genre/Form
Open reel audiotapes
Sound recordings
Name
Taliesin (Spring Green, Wis.)
Taliesin West (Scottsdale, Ariz.)
Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959
Subject
Architects -- United States
Architectural criticism
Architecture -- Study and teaching
Architecture -- United States -- History -- 20th century

Series I: Transcripts of Fellowship Talks

This series includes transcripts of 236 of Fellowship talks dating from 1948 until a few weeks prior to Wright's death in 1959. The format of the transcripts are unbound typescripts and are arranged chronologically. About 50 of those transcripts include manuscript annotations likely in Wright's hand. Audio recordings exist for nearly all of the talks represented in this collection. Associated reel numbers are listed under the title of the talk. Use the reel number to search for the corresponding digitized audio recording in Series III.


Box 01 Folder 01

[Untitled], 1948 Jul 16

Reel #284

Additional speakers: Sam Schiacchitano ; Mrs. Barney.


Box 01 Folder 02

[English Language, Education, Greek Culture], 1948 Jul 18

Reel #282


Box 01 Folder 03

[Development of the Individual, True Apprenticeship], 1948 Jul 25

Reel #281


Box 01 Folder 04

Abstraction, Modern Art, 1948 Aug 1

Reel #001


Box 01 Folder 05

Trip to FSC, Reba Kelley, Spivey, Meeting with Truman, Thomas Jefferson, National Gallery, Grand Rapids, Richmond - president AIA, Francis Biddle, Lord Gellico, 1948 Aug 4

Reel #285


Box 01 Folder 06

Teacher, Inspiration Both Ways, Faith, Spirit, 1948 Aug 13

Reel #283


Box 01 Folder 07

The Corner Window, 1950 May 28

Reel #002

Corrections throughout.


Box 01 Folder 08

Discipleship, 1950 Jun 4

Reel #003


Box 01 Folder 09

Gurdjieff Movements, 1950 Jun 18

Reel #004

3 copies: corrections throughout one copy.


Box 01 Folder 10

European Trip, London, 1950 Aug 6

Reel #005


Box 01 Folder 11

The Golden Calf, 1950 Sep 8

Reel #009


Box 01 Folder 12

[Profession of Architecture], 1950 Sep 17

Reel #006


Box 01 Folder 13

Introduction of the de Hartmanns, 1950 Sep 22

Reel #010


Box 01 Folder 14

Becoming Articulate, 1950 Oct 1

Reel #008


Box 01 Folder 15

About Florida Southern College - Ludd Spivey / Commemoration of Mr. Gurdjieff - Frank lloyd Wright, 1950 Oct 29

Reel #011

Additional speaker: Dr. Ludd Spivey.


Box 01 Folder 16

Publication and Architecture, 1950 Dec 17

Reel #012


Box 01 Folder 17

On Literature, 1951 Jan

Reel #030A


Box 01 Folder 18

Exploitation of Italian Exhibition, 1951 Jan 7

Reel #013


Box 01 Folder 19

Civilization Without Culture, 1951 Jan 25

Corrections throughout.

Reel #015


Box 01 Folder 20

Anarchy, 1951 Mar 11

Reel #016


Box 01 Folder 21

Easter Breakfast Discussion, 1951 Mar 25

Reel #017

Additional speaker: Dr. Schevill.


Box 01 Folder 22

Acoustics, 1951 Apr 1

Reel #018A


Box 01 Folder 23

Trip to Italy, 1951 Jul 8

Reel #019

2 copies.


Box 01 Folder 24

Man and the Machine, 1951 Jul 15

Reel #020


Box 01 Folder 25

The Vickers Project, 1951 Jul 22

Reel #021


Box 01 Folder 26

A reading of Walt Whitman, 1951 Aug 1

Reel #022


Box 01 Folder 27

Education, 1951 Sep 2

Reel #024

Additional speaker: Dr. Ludd Spivey.


Box 01 Folder 28

The American Scholar, 1951 Sep 2

Reel #025


Box 01 Folder 29

India with guests, 1951 Sep 15

Reel #028

2 copies.


Box 01 Folder 30

[Discussion with Arthur Holden and Leigh Stevens], 1951 Sep 15

Reel #026


Box 01 Folder 31

Usonia and Finance, 1951 Sep 23

Reel #027


Box 01 Folder 32

Commentary on Film, "Prelude to Fame", 1951 Dec 2

Reel #029

2 copies.


Box 01 Folder 33

Semantics, 1951 Dec 10

Reel #030


Box 01 Folder 34

Salesmanship, 1951 Dec 30

Reel #031

Corrections throughout.


Box 01 Folder 35

The Great Act, 1952 Jan 6

Reel #032


Box 01 Folder 36

["Sixty Years of Living Architecture" Exhibition in Italy], 1952 Jan 13

Reel #033


Box 01 Folder 37

Organic Architecture Looks at Modern Architecture, 1952 Feb 17

Reel #034

2 copies: one is a partial.


Box 01 Folder 38

Change and Experiment, 1952 Mar 2

Reel #035

2 copies.


Box 01 Folder 39

Art, Man and Culture, 1952 Mar 9, edited 1960 Jun 19

Reel #036

Corrections throughout. Note on first page: "Edited 19 Jun 1960 but not read".


Box 01 Folder 40

Destruction of Architecture as a Box, 1952 Jun 5

Reel #041


Box 01 Folder 41

Unity, 1952 Jul 10

Reel #042

2 copies: one is partial, corrections throughout.


Box 01 Folder 42

Architectural Means, 1952 Jul 30

Reel #043

Corrections throughout.


Box 01 Folder 43

Story Behind Willits House / Imperial Hotel / Principle, 1952 Aug 13

Reel #044

Corrections throughout.


Box 01 Folder 44

Plasticity / Terminals / Third Dimension / Music & Architecture, 1952 Aug 27

Reel #045

Corrections throughout.


Box 01 Folder 45

Values of Life at Taliesin, 1952 Sep 3

Reel #046


Box 01 Folder 46

"Fellowship" / Gurdjieff's School & Visit here / Value of correlated body - Iovanna & Movements / Meaning of names / Spirit & Soul - Incarnation, 1952 Sep 17

Reel #047

Corrections throughout.


Box 01 Folder 47

Japanese Prints - an Interpretation, 1952 Sep 24

Reel #048


Box 01 Folder 48

Reading Walt Whitman 1860 Edition / Comments on Walt Whitman, 1952 Oct 1

Reel #049


Box 01 Folder 49

Stevenson for President / Traveling Theatre / Time as a scale / Responsibility of Architects to culture and democracy / Build Movements Pavilion - Value of Movements / Sacrifice, 1952 Oct 8

Reel #050

Corrections throughout.


Box 02 Folder 01

Education & Culture / Licensing - Codes / Freedom / Missionaryism, 1952 Oct 15

Reel #051

2 copies: corrections throughout one.


Box 02 Folder 02

On Desert Life, 1952 Nov 29

Reel #053

Corrections throughout.


Box 02 Folder 03

Life of Fellowship, 1952 Dec 7

Reel #054

Corrections throughout.


Box 02 Folder 04

The Ability to Learn, 1952 Dec 20

Reel #055

Corrections throughout.


Box 02 Folder 05

On World Politics, 1952 Dec 28

Reel #056

Corrections throughout.


Box 02 Folder 06

Architecture as Mother Art / Romanticism and Sentimentalism / Collectivism in Architecture, 1953 Jan 4

Reel #246

Corrections throughout.


Box 02 Folder 07

Discussion with Eric Bass, Couturier, 1953 Jan 11

Reel #057


Box 02 Folder 08

Conversation with Charles Laughton on Shakespeare, Truth, God, Plato, and Laotse, 1953 Jan 18

Reel #058

Corrections throughout.


Box 02 Folder 09

Talk to Each Apprentice as to Why he Came, 1953 Jan 25

Reel #059A and B


Box 02 Folder 10

Seven Architectural Definitions, 1953 Feb 15

Corrections throughout. Reel #060


Box 02 Folder 11

Business and Finance / Air Conditioning in Arizona, 1953 Feb 22

Reel #061

Additional speaker: Leigh Stevens.


Box 02 Folder 12

Reading of Paper on International Style, 1953 Mar 1

Reel #062


Box 02 Folder 13

Beginning of Fellowship / Choice of site for Taliesin West / Desire for a "big job", 1953 Mar 8

Reel #063

2 copies: corrections throughout.


Box 02 Folder 14

[Talk with Dale Nichols], 1953 Mar 15

Reel #064

Corrections throughout.


Box 02 Folder 15

Frank Lloyd Wright reads paper on "Internationalism", 1953 Mar 15

Reel #065


Box 02 Folder 16

Sea Shells, Housing, Science, Discovery, 1953 Mar 21

Reel #066


Box 02 Folder 17

Housing, 1953 Mar 21

Reel #066


Box 02 Folder 18

Aristocracy & Democracy / Our Civilization today / Architecture must Lead Culture, 1953 Apr 12

Reel #067

Corrections throughout.


Box 02 Folder 19

Discussion of International Style with Elizabeth Gordon, Joe Barry and Jim Fitch, 1953 Apr 19

Reel #068


Box 02 Folder 20

Decentralization - Freedom / Philosophy the Architectural Problem, 1953 Jun 4

Reel #069

Corrections throughout.


Box 02 Folder 21

The American Village - Structural Study, 1953 Jun 21

Reel #070


Box 02 Folder 22

Study of Architecture through study of Nature / Economy and Exuberance of Nature, 1953 Jun 28

Reel #071


Box 02 Folder 23

The words Functional & Functionalism / Architectural degeneracy - The Esthete Affirmation / Discussion on Air Conditioning and the Adelmans with Sam Lewis, 1953 Jul 18

Reel #072


Box 02 Folder 24

Unesco, 1953 Jul 26

Reel #074

Additional speaker: Dr. Masselink.


Box 02 Folder 25

Building Codes, 1953 Aug 2

Reel #075


Box 02 Folder 26

Museum Design [with Mr. Washburn of the Carnegie Institute at Pittsburgh], 1953 Aug 9

Reel #076


Box 02 Folder 27

Responsibility in Fellowship Life - N.Y. Trip, 1953 Aug 16

Reel #077


Box 02 Folder 28

Destruction of the Box, 1953 Aug 23

Reel #078


Box 02 Folder 29

Proportion & Principle, 1953 Aug 30

Reel #079


Box 02 Folder 30

Building New York Exhibition Pavilion, 1953 Sep 6

Reel #080


Box 02 Folder 31

The Creative Act, 1953 Sep 12

Reel #081


Box 02 Folder 32

The American Town, 1953 Sep 20

Reel #082


Box 02 Folder 33

Exhibition House in New York City, 1953 Nov 1

Reel #083


Box 02 Folder 34

On [Lewis] Mumford Article, 1953 Dec 6

Reel #084


Box 02 Folder 35

Discussion with Dr. Hanna on Philippines, 1953 Dec 13

Reel #085


Box 02 Folder 36

On [Lewis] Mumford Article, 1953 Dec 20

Reel #086


Box 02 Folder 37

Origin of Red Square, Anarchy, and Being "Awake", 1953 Dec 27

Reel #087


Box 02 Folder 38

Greek Architecture, 1954 Jan 3

Reel #088


Box 02 Folder 39

[Criticism, Bartlesville], 1954 Jan 10

Reel #089


Box 02 Folder 40

[Untitled], 1954 Feb 7

Reel #090


Box 02 Folder 41

The Critical Spirit, 1954 Feb 21

Reel #091


Box 02 Folder 42

Reading of the [Charles] Lindbergh Article, 1954 Feb 28

Reel #092


Box 02 Folder 43

[Furniture Design for Industry], 1954 Mar 7

Reel #093


Box 02 Folder 44

Giving a meaning to "The Fellowship", 1954 Mar 14

Reel #094


Box 02 Folder 45

Fundamentals of Line & Plane, 1954 Mar 21

Reel #095


Box 03 Folder 01

Questions about House Construction, 1954 Apr 4

Reel #096

Corrections throughout.


Box 03 Folder 02

Re-Recording of Ben Raeburn's Questions, 1954 Apr 4

Reel #097


Box 03 Folder 03

Japan and the Imperial Hotel, 1954 Apr 11

Reel #098

Corrections throughout.


Box 03 Folder 04

End of the Season Talk, 1954 Apr 25

Reel #099


Box 03 Folder 05

Iovanna's Engagement, Mr. Wright's Trip, Design, Tableware, 1954 Jun 13

Reel #100


Box 03 Folder 06

The Japanese Print, Froebel & Their Influence, 1954 Jun 20

Reel #101

Corrections throughout.


Box 03 Folder 07

Usonian Automatic, 1954 Jun 27

Reel #102


Box 03 Folder 08

[Untitled], 1954 Jul 25

Reel #103


Box 03 Folder 09

Taliesin and what it means - the Apprentice, 1954 Aug 22

Reel #104

2 copies.


Box 03 Folder 10

The Profession, 1954 Sep 12

Reel #107

2 copies.


Box 03 Folder 11

The Seasons of Civilization, 1954 Sep 26

Reel #108


Box 03 Folder 12

Broadacre City, 1954 Sep 5

Reel #106

4 copies: corrections throughout.


Box 03 Folder 13

[Usonian Automatic / Plant Trees / Poet / Architect / Mystical], 1954 Oct 10

Reel #110


Box 03 Folder 14

Arizona Discussion with [Eduardo] Torroja, 1954 Oct 24

Reel #111

2 copies.


Box 03 Folder 15

Dante and the Renaissance, 1954 Oct 31

Reel #109


Box 03 Folder 16

Canada and the United States One?, 1954 Oct 31

Reel #112


Box 03 Folder 17

Architecture and Life in the Desert, 1954 Nov 28

Reel #113

Corrections throughout.


Box 03 Folder 18

Proportion (Criticism, Originality, Leonardo da Vinci, Sense of Beauty, Experience), 1954 Dec

Reel #133


Box 03 Folder 19

Geology as Architecture, 1954 Dec 5

Reel #114

Corrections throughout.


Box 03 Folder 20

The One-Room House, 1954 Dec 12

Reel #115

Corrections throughout.


Box 03 Folder 21

Proportion, 1954 Dec 19

Reel #116

3 copies: corrections throughout.


Box 03 Folder 22

Questions and Answers, 1955 Jan 2

Reel #117


Box 03 Folder 23

Democracy, Aristocracy and the Fellowship, 1955 Jan 9

Reel #118

Corrections throughout.


Box 03 Folder 24

The Vanishing Craftsman, 1955 Jan 16

Reel #119

Corrections throughout.


Box 03 Folder 25

The Usonian Automatic House, 1955 Jan 23

Reel #120


Box 03 Folder 26

Questions and Answers, part I, 1955 Jan 30

Reel #121

2 copies: corrections throughout one.


Box 03 Folder 27

The Great Tradition (Cornet Magazine questions), 1955 Feb 27

Reel #122


Box 03 Folder 28

The City, 1955 Mar 13

Reel #123

Corrections throughout.


Box 03 Folder 29

Questions and Answers, part II, 1955 Mar 17

Reel #124

Corrections throughout.


Box 03 Folder 30

Questions and Answers, part III, 1955 Apr 3

Reel #125


Box 03 Folder 31

The Nature of a Rose, 1955 Apr 17

Reel #126


Box 03 Folder 32

Principle of Growth, 1955 Apr 24

Reel #127

Corrections throughout.


Box 03 Folder 33

Talk with Dr. Neufert, 1955 May 1

Reel #129


Box 03 Folder 34

Engineering and Architectural Principals, 1955 May 8

Reel #289

Additional speaker: Dr. Neufert.


Box 03 Folder 35

Girls Colleges / Magazines / New Canaan, 1955 May 22

Reel #130


Box 03 Folder 36

[Human Nature, Death of Cabin at Sea, FLLW Trip], 1955 Jun 5

Reel #278


Box 03 Folder 37

Architects & Engineers, 1955 Jul 3

Reel #131


Box 03 Folder 38

Engineer, Architect, Democracy, Religion, Organic, 1955 Jul 10

Reel #288


Box 03 Folder 39

Air Force Academy Interview in Washington, 1955 Jul 17

Reel #132


Box 03 Folder 40

Weeding, 1955 Jul 24

Reel #134


Box 03 Folder 41

To the Fellowship, 1955 Jul 31

Reel #135


Box 03 Folder 42

Architect-Engineer, 1955 Aug 7

Reel #136


Box 03 Folder 43

[Age of Elegance], 1955 Aug 21

Reel #137

Additional speaker: Curtis Besigner.


Box 03 Folder 44

Environment / Taste Built Civilization, 1955 Sep 4

Reel #139

Corrections throughout.


Box 03 Folder 45

Architect and Architecture, 1955 Sep 11

Reel #140


Box 03 Folder 46

Dallas Theatre / LHS Swallower[?] / HH Furniture / Industry, 1955 Sep 25

Reel #141


Box 04 Folder 01

Organic Architecture / Abstraction / Materials, 1955 Oct 2

Reel #142


Box 04 Folder 02

The Volunteer, 1955 Oct 9

Reel #143

Additional speaker: Warren Scott.


Box 04 Folder 03

[Untitled], 1955 Oct 16

Reel #144


Box 04 Folder 04

Advise to the Young Architect, Oak Park Work / The Architect and Government / Codes and Authority, 1955 Oct 23

Reel #145


Box 04 Folder 05

Architecture and Culture, 1955 Nov 13

Reel #248


Box 04 Folder 06

Decline of Architecture, 1955 Nov 20

Reel #146


Box 04 Folder 07

Landscape, 1955 Nov 27

Reel #147


Box 04 Folder 08

Urbanism, 1955 Dec 18

Reel #148


Box 04 Folder 09

Talk with Carmen Jones, 1956 Jan 22

Reel #150


Box 04 Folder 10

Architecture, 1956 Jan 29

Reel #151


Box 04 Folder 11

Japanese Culture, 1956 Feb 5

Reel #153


Box 04 Folder 12

A Reading of William Blake, 1956 Mar 4

Reel #152


Box 04 Folder 13

Form Follows Function - Study of Nature of Nature, 1956 Mar 11

Reel #154

Additional speaker: Dale Nichols.


Box 04 Folder 14

Common Man, 1956 Mar 18

Reel #155


Box 04 Folder 15

Free Form, 1956 Mar 25

Reel #156


Box 04 Folder 16

A Reading of Victor Hugo, 1956 Apr 8

Reel #157


Box 04 Folder 17

[Tokyo, Vlasov and Bruker Lanse], 1956 Apr 15

Reel #158


Box 04 Folder 18

A Reading of Walt Whitman's "A Song of Myself", 1956 May 6

Reel #159


Box 04 Folder 19

Organic Architecture, 1956 May 13

Reel #160


Box 04 Folder 20

Value of Architectural License, 1956 May 20

Reel #161


Box 04 Folder 21

Professionalism, 1956 May 27

Reel #162


Box 04 Folder 22

[Untitled], 1956 Jun 10 ; 1956 Jun 17

Reel #163


Box 04 Folder 23

Trip to Wales, 1956 Aug 4

Reel #164


Box 04 Folder 24

Common Man - "Forbidden Planet", 1956 Aug 13

Reel #165


Box 04 Folder 25

Monona Terrace / Mile High, 1956 Aug 19

Reel #167


Box 04 Folder 26

Mile High Building and Exhibition in Chicago, 1956 Sep 16

Reel #168


Box 04 Folder 27

The American Home and the Common Man, 1956 Sep 30

Reel #169


Box 04 Folder 28

Pre-Fab House / Mile High, 1956 Oct 7

Reel #170


Box 04 Folder 29

Erdman House - choice of name, 1956 Oct 14

Reel #171


Box 04 Folder 30

Definition of Genius / Louis Sullivan / Mile High - Aspiration of the Spire, 1956 Oct 28

Reel #173


Box 04 Folder 31

Education / Definition of a Genius, 1956 Nov 18

Reel #174


Box 04 Folder 32

Urban Planning / Fellowship Drawings / New Education, 1956 Dec 2

Reel #175


Box 04 Folder 33

Education and the Categorical Imperative, 1956 Dec 16

Reel #176


Box 04 Folder 34

Proportion / Froebel / Education / University / SRG Museum, 1956 Dec 25

Reel #177


Box 04 Folder 35

Broadacre City, 1956 Dec 30

Reel #178

Corrections throughout.


Box 04 Folder 36

[Roberts House, Oak Park House], [1956?]

Reel #279


Box 04 Folder 37

The Common Man, Taliesin, Education, 1957 Jan 13

Reel #179


Box 04 Folder 38

The Seer, the Doer and the Knower (Disciples, Religion, Education, Growth, Freedom, Genius), 1957 Jan 20

Reel #180


Box 04 Folder 39

Buildings for Publication / War and Inorganic Condition / The Principle of Humanity, 1957 Feb 3

Reel #181


Box 04 Folder 40

Designing a Capitol for Arizona, 1957 Feb 10

Reel #182


Box 04 Folder 41

Value of Working with Materials, 1957 Feb 24

Reel #183


Box 04 Folder 42

The Master Poet, 1957 Mar 24

Reel #184


Box 04 Folder 43

Journalism / Professionalism in Architecture / American Institute of Architecture, 1957 Apr 7

Reel #185


Box 04 Folder 44

The Last Renaissance for Humanity, 1957 Apr 28

Reel #186


Box 04 Folder 45

Arizona Capitol (Teenager Reaction) / Desert Animals - Snakes - Color, 1957 May 5

Reel #187


Box 04 Folder 46

Mediocrity and Education, 1957 Jun 7

Reel #190


Box 04 Folder 47

[Trip to Sumeria and] Baghdad, 1957 Jun 16

Reel #188


Box 04 Folder 48

The Youth of America / The Poetic Principle / Monona Terrace / State of Wisconsin / Baghdad, 1957 Jun 23

Reel #189


Box 05 Folder 01

Romance : A Striving for Beauty / Taste, Tradition, Architecture Past and Future / Faith in Outcome of Organic Architecture in the U.S.A, 1957 Jul 14

Reel #191


Box 05 Folder 02

Steel and Wood in Architecture, 1957 Jul 21

Reel #192


Box 05 Folder 03

Philology: Sensationalism and Quality, 1957 Jul 28

Reel #193


Box 05 Folder 04

Marin County, 1957 Aug 4

Reel #194


Box 05 Folder 05

The Committee Meeting Mind / (Human Scale in Architecture, Education of Children), 1957 Aug 11

Reel #195


Box 05 Folder 06

City Planning, 1957 Aug 25

Reel #196


Box 05 Folder 07

New York City / Housing Quadruple / (The Middle East, Negroes and Whites), 1957 Sep 9

Reel #197


Box 05 Folder 08

The Creative Individual in the Capitalist System / (Speculation, Ugliness, Sumeria, A.I.A.), 1957 Sep 15

Reel #198


Box 05 Folder 09

Democracy and Education / Reality and the Common Man, 1957 Sep 22

Reel #199


Box 05 Folder 10

Mass Media, Technology and Nature Study / (Television, Production-Consumption, Rent, Photography, Japanese Art and the Abstraction), 1957 Sep 29

Reel #200


Box 05 Folder 11

Contemporary English Architecture / (Discussion with Colonel Henson), 1957 Oct 6

Reel #201


Box 05 Folder 12

Japanese Print Party, 1957 Oct 27

Reel #202

2 copies: corrections throughout one.


Box 05 Folder 13

[Talk with Buckminister Fuller], 1957 Nov 31

Reel #250

2 copes.


Box 05 Folder 14

Arrangements & Dress, 1957 Dec 15

Reel #203


Box 05 Folder 15

Spirit of Work, 1958 Jan 8

Reel #204


Box 05 Folder 16

[Sycophants], 1958 Jan 25

Reel #229


Box 05 Folder 17

The City & the Future, 1958 Feb 16

Reel #205


Box 05 Folder 18

Modern Lighting / Appliances vs. Man / The Feudal City - Pattern, 1958 Mar 2

Reel #206


Box 05 Folder 19

Materials & Technology, 1958 Mar 9

Reel #207


Box 05 Folder 20

Mr. Wright and Mr. Evjue Discuss Films & TV, 1958 Mar 23

Reel #209


Box 05 Folder 21

Presentation of Marin County Drawings, 1958 Mar 30

Reel #210


Box 05 Folder 22

Politics, Profit System, Corporations, 1958 Apr 13

Reel #211


Box 05 Folder 23

Writers - Lecture Tour, Spring 1958 / (Festival, Tourists at Taliesin West), 1958 Apr 20

Reel #212


Box 05 Folder 24

The Depth Dimension (Reality, Experience, True Study, Poetry and Romance), 1958 May 19

Reel #213


Box 05 Folder 25

Nature and God, 1958 May 25

Reel #214


Box 05 Folder 26

[Untitled], 1958 Jun 21

Reel #301


Box 05 Folder 27

[O. Henry (William Sidney Porter)], 1958 Jul 25

Reel #215

2 copies: corrections throughout one.


Box 05 Folder 28

Monona Terrace, 1958 Aug 17

Reel #216


Box 05 Folder 29

The Common Man (Democracy and Aristocracy, the Machine Age, Nature and God), 1958 Aug 24

Reel #217

2 copies: corrections throughout one.


Box 05 Folder 30

[On the Job], 1958 Aug 31

Reel #218


Box 05 Folder 31

[Ethics of Building], 1958 Sep 7

Reel #219

Corrections throughout.


Box 05 Folder 32

[Architectural Forum article by Peter Blake], 1958 Sep 21

Reel #220


Box 05 Folder 33

[Appearance, Dress, Trip to Washington, Carl Sandburg], 1958 Oct 12

Reel #221


Box 05 Folder 34

Conversation with Yugoslav Council Gosovic, 1958 Oct 22

Reel #222


Box 05 Folder 35

Mr. and Mrs. Wright, 1958 Nov 23

Reel #223


Box 05 Folder 36

[Nature of Materials], 1958 Nov 30

Reel #224

Corrections throughout.


Box 05 Folder 37

Use of Materials, 1958 Dec 14

Reel #226


Box 05 Folder 38

[Thought-Built Buildings], 1958 Dec 21

Reel #227


Box 05 Folder 39

[Sumeria and Religion], 1958 Dec 28

Reel #228

Corrections throughout.


Box 05 Folder 40

[Russian Culture and Modern Art], 1959 Feb 1

Reel #230


Box 05 Folder 41

[Nature as Body of God], 1959 Feb 8

Reel #232


Box 05 Folder 42

[Conversation with Stuart Weiner], 1959 Feb 10

Reel #233


Box 05 Folder 43

[Conversation with Cranston Jones], 1959 Feb 15

Reel #234

Corrections throughout.


Box 05 Folder 44

[Architectural History], 1959 Feb 22

Reel #235


Box 05 Folder 45

Origins of Architecture, 1959 Mar 1

Reel #236


Box 05 Folder 46

The Swan, 1959 Mar 8

Reel #237


Box 05 Folder 47

[Untitled], 1959 Mar 22

Reel #238

Additional speaker: Mr. Evjue; Christopher Isherwood.


Box 06 Folder 01

[Compilation of talks to the Taliesin Fellowship for CBS/ Kronkite], undated

Reel #271

Corrections throughout.


Box 06 Folder 02

[Compilation of talks to the Taliesin Fellowship for the BBC], undated

Reel #272

Series II: Transcripts of other talks, interviews and lectures

This series includes 57 transcripts of various talks, interviews and lectures given by Wright to a public audience. Associated reel numbers are listed under the title of the talk. Use the reel number to search for the corresponding digitized audio recording in Series III.


Box 06 Folder 03

[Address at the Rhode Island School of Design (Providence, Rhode Island)], [1934?]

Reel #270


Box 06 Folder 04

[Address to the Michigan Society of Architects at the Rackham Memorial Building (Detroit, Michigan)], 1945 Mar 22

Reel #247


Box 06 Folder 05

The New Unitarian Church (Madison, Wisconsin), 1946 Mar 12

Reel #265


Box 06 Folder 06

Planning Man's Physical Environment [Speech at Princeton University Bicentennial Conference], 1947 Mar 5 to Mar 6

Reel #268


Box 06 Folder 07

A.I.A. Acceptance Speech [Acceptance speech upon receiving the gold medal of the American Institute of Architects (Houston, Texas)], 1949 Mar 17

Reel #264

Note: published in T-Square paper #13.


Box 06 Folder 08

[Address to Florida Southern College], 1950 Mar 3

Reel #256


Box 06 Folder 09

Japanese Print Party [At a showing of Japanese prints (Taliesin, Wisconsin)], 1950 Sep 20

Reel #007


Box 06 Folder 10

[Lecture for the Architectural Club of Lawrence Institute of Technology (Detroit, Michigan)], 1951 May 14

Reel #269


Box 06 Folder 11

Dedication of the Unitarian Church, Madison [Speech delivered at the dedication of the Unitarian Church (Madison, Wisconsin)], 1951 Aug 28

Reel #023


Box 06 Folder 12

[Address at Florida Southern College (Lakeland, Florida)], 1951 Oct

Reel #297


Box 06 Folder 13

[Interview with Jeffrey Aronin], 1952 May

Reel #292


Box 06 Folder 14

[Lecture given to the School of Architecture, University of Oklahoma], 1952 May 2

Reel #241


Box 06 Folder 15

Organic Architecture and the Third Dimension (Origins of the Larkin Building and Unity Temple) [Address to Junior American Institute of Architects (New York, New York)], 1952 Jun

Reel #263


Box 06 Folder 16

[Address to American Institute of Architects (Manhattan, Kansas)], 1952 Aug 1

Reel #275


Box 06 Folder 17

Culture and Education [Lecture at the University of Wisconsin], 1952 Oct 29

Reel #052

Corrections throughout.


Box 06 Folder 18

[Address to the American Institute of Architects, Northern California Chapter (San Francisco, California)], 1953

Reel #302


Box 06 Folder 19

A Conversation with Hugh Downs [NBC Broadcast for "Wisdom: Conversations with the Elder Wiser Men of Our Day"], 1953 May 8 and May 17

Reel #298

Edited text of conversation included in the first chapter of The Future of Architecture (New York: Horizon Press, 1953).


Box 06 Folder 20

[Talk to a photo-journalism class at the University of Wisconsin], 1953 Jul 1

Reel #261


Box 06 Folder 21

[Address at the Jewish Theological Seminary (New York, New York)], 1953 Oct 7

Reel #286


Box 06 Folder 22

[Lecture to the American Institute of Architects (Detroit, Michigan)], 1954 May 27

Reel #276

Transcribed by Accurate Court Reporters.


Box 06 Folder 23

[Address at the Franklin Institute], 1954 Jun 4

Reel #267


Box 06 Folder 24

What's the Matter with America? / Culture, Organic Architecture, American Spirit, Integrity [Los Angeles, California), 1954 Jun 29

Reel #258

2 copies.


Box 06 Folder 25

At the Unitarian Church [Frank Lloyd Wright and Taliesin Chorus at the Unitarian Church (Madison, Wisconsin)], 1954 Aug 29

Reel #105


Box 06 Folder 26

Talk to the A.I.A. [American Institute of Architects], 1955 Apr 29

Reel #128


Box 06 Folder 27

The American Home: The Usonian Automatic / (the Orient, the David Wright House, Fallingwater) [Interview on WTMJ (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)], 1955 Aug 16

Reel #259


Box 06 Folder 28

[Talk at Merchandise Mart (Chicago, Illinois)], 1955 Sep 14

Reel #280


Box 06 Folder 29

[Talk to the American Institute of Architects (Miami, Florida)], 1955 Dec 15

Reel #249


Box 06 Folder 30

[Address to Caedmon Records], 1956

Reel #290

Additional speaker: Ben Raeburn.


Box 06 Folder 31

[Interview with Ben Raeburn], [1956?]

Reel #304

Additional speaker: Ben Raeburn.


Box 06 Folder 32

The Price Tower [Television interview], 1956 Apr 25

Reel #262


Box 06 Folder 33

Common, Uncommon Man [Talk to the STA (Society of the Typographic Arts?)], 1956 Aug 26

Reel #166

Additional speaker: Bill Jones.


Box 06 Folder 34

Frank Lloyd Wright Day Dinner Speeches [Speech at the Sherman Hotel (Chicago, Illinois)], 1956 Oct 17

Reel #172


Box 06 Folder 35

[Talk to the Citizen's League of Minneapolis], 1956 Nov 27

Reel #240

Corrections throughout.


Box 06 Folder 36

Capitol for State of Arizona [Talk to Phoenix Union High School], 1956 Dec 12

Reel #252

2 copies: one incomplete.


Box 06 Folder 37

[Taliesin Education and American Culture. Talk to the University of New Mexico], 1956 Dec 12

Reel #239


Box 06 Folder 38

Young America and the Negro [Talk to negro students of Phoenix Union High School], [1957?]

Reel #260


Box 06 Folder 39

[Talk to the University of California], 1957 Apr 27

Reel #251

Corrections throughout by Olgivanna Lloyd Wright.


Box 06 Folder 40

Discussing the Forthcoming Book on the History of Architecture (Part I), 1957 Jun 2

Reel #253


Box 06 Folder 41

[Address at San Rafael High School (Marin County, California)], 1957 Jul 31

Reel #244

2 copies: corrections throughout.


Box 06 Folder 42

[Interview with Mike Wallace for "The Mike Wallace Interview" television program on ABC], 1957 Sep

Reel #299

Transcription printed by an unknown source.


Box 06 Folder 43

[Lecture to the American Institute of Architects (Detroit, Michigan)], 1957 Oct 21

Reel #277

Transcription printed in the monthly bulletin of the Michigan Society of Architects.


Box 06 Folder 44

[Interview with WJR Detroit Radio Station], 1957 Oct 27

Reel #300

Includes supplement interview.


Box 06 Folder 45

Discussing the Forthcoming Book on the History of Architecture (Part II), 1957 Nov 5

Reel #254


Box 07 Folder 01

Discussing the Forthcoming Book on the History of Architecture (Part III), 1957 Nov 10

Reel #255


Box 07 Folder 02

[Interview with WNYC radio], [1958?]

Reel #303


Box 07 Folder 03

Prefabrication [Talk in Chicago, Illinois], 1958 Jan 22

Reel #305


Box 07 Folder 04

The Architect and Architecture / Education and the Teenager [Talk at the University of Arkansas], 1958 Apr 15

Reel #245


Box 07 Folder 05

[Address to the University of Oklahoma], 1958 Apr 17

Reel #242


Box 07 Folder 06

[Address at the National Cultural Center (Washington, DC)], 1958 Nov

Reel #291


Box 07 Folder 07

Restaurant Architecture [Interview with the Merchandising Journal of the food service industry], 1958 Nov

Reel #257


Box 07 Folder 08

[Address to the students of Camelback High School (Phoenix, Arizona)], 1959 Feb 4

Reel #231


Box 07 Folder 09

The Creative Mind [Broadcast, WGBH-FM], 1959 Mar 28

Reel #243


Box 07 Folder 10

[Sunday Evening Music]


Box 07 Folder 11

[Larkin]

Reel #073

Series III: Audio Recordings

This series consists of 261 audio recordings (from 353 open audio reels), which have been digitized and are available online to Columbia affilates (and available to our public in our reading room). The recordings are listed under their associated reel number and are arranged in reel number order. To search the audio recordings, it is recommened that a researher use the transcript listing (Series I and Series II) to identify the talk they are interested in. Each trascript includes an associated reel number, which can be used to identify the related recording found in this series. For the most part, there is a recording for every transcript listed in Series I and Series II.


Reel #001


Abstraction, Modern Art


Reel #002


The Corner Window


Reel #003


Discipleship


Reel #004


The Gurdjieff Movements


Reel #005


European Trip, London


Reel #006


Profession Of Architecture


Reel #007


Japanese Print Party At a showing of Japanese prints (Taliesin, Wisconsin)


Reel #008


1: Becoming Articulate; 2: Talk by Dr. Spivey / Commemoration of Mr. Gurdjieff by FLLW


Reel #009


The Golden Calf


Reel #010


Introduction of the de Hartmanns


Reel #011


About Florida Southern College - Ludd Spivey ; Commemoration of Mr. Gurdjieff - Frank lloyd Wright


Reel #012


Publication and Architecture


Reel #013


Exploitation of Italian Exhibition


Reel #014


Breakfast Table Conversation


Reel #015


Civilization Without Culture


Reel #015


Civilization Without Culture


Reel #016


Anarchy


Reel #017


Easter Breakfast Discussion


Reel #018


Acoustics


Reel #019


Trip To Italy, 60 Years Of Living Architecture


Reel #020


Man And The Machine, United Nations, Nat. Traits


Reel #021


The Vickers Project - Detroit


Reel #022


Reading of Walt Whitman


Reel #023


Dedication of the Unitarian Church, Madison Speech delivered at the dedication of the Unitarian Church (Madison, Wisconsin)


Reel #024


Education (With Dr. Spivey)


Reel #025


The American Scholar (Emerson)


Reel #026


Discussion With Arthur Holden And Leigh Stevens


Reel #027


Usonia and Finance


Reel #028


India with guests


Reel #029


1: Prelude To Fame (Comments On Film); 2: Semantics


Reel #030


Semantics


Reel #032


The Great Act


Reel #034


Organic Architecture Looks At Modern Architecture


Reel #035; Reel #036


Change And Experiment; Art, Man And Culture


Reel #036


Art, Man And Culture


Reel #038


Saturday Evening Music And Comments


Reel #041


Destruction of Architecture as a Box


Reel #042


Unity


Reel #042


Unity


Reel #043


Architectural Means


Reel #043


Architectural Means


Reel #044


Story Behind Willits House / Imperial Hotel / Principle


Reel #045


Plasticity / Terminals / Third Dimension / Music & Architecture


Reel #046


Values of Life at Taliesin


Reel #047


Fellowship / Gurdjieff's School & Visit here / Value of correlated body - Iovanna & Movements / Meaning of names / Spirit & Soul - Incarnation


Reel #048


Japanese Prints - an Interpretation


Reel #049


Reading Walt Whitman 1860 Edition / Comments on Walt Whitman


Reel #050


Stevenson for President / Traveling Theatre / Time as a scale / Responsibility of Architects to culture and democracy / Build Movements Pavilion - Value of Movements / Sacrifice


Reel #051


Education & Culture / Licensing - Codes / Freedom / Missionaryism


Reel #052


Culture and Education Lecture at the University of Wisconsin


Reel #053


On Desert Life


Reel #054


Life of Fellowship


Reel #055


The Ability to Learn


Reel #056


On World Politics


Reel #057


Discussion with Eric Bass, Couturier


Reel #058


Conversation with Charles Laughton on Shakespeare, Truth, God, Plato, and Laotse


Reel #059


Froebel


Reel #060


Seven Architectural Definitions


Reel #061


Business and Finance / Air Conditioning in Arizona


Reel #062


Reading of Paper on International Style


Reel #063


Beginning of Fellowship / Choice of site for Taliesin West / Desire for a "big job


Reel #064


Talk with Dale Nichols


Reel #065


International Style, Reading Paper


Reel #066


Sea Shells, Housing, Science, Discovery


Reel #067


Aristocracy & Democracy / Our Civilization today / Architecture must Lead Culture


Reel #068


Discussion of International Style with Elizabeth Gordon, Joe Barry and Jim Fitch


Reel #069


Decentralization - Freedom / Philosophy the Architectural Problem


Reel #070


The American Village - Structural Study


Reel #071


Study of Architecture through study of Nature / Economy and Exuberance of Nature


Reel #072


The Words Functional & Functionalism / Architectural degeneracy - The Esthete Affirmation / Discussion on Air Conditioning and the Adelmans with Sam Lewis


Reel #074


Unesco


Reel #075


Building Codes


Reel #076


Museum Design with Mr. Washburn of the Carnegie Institute at Pittsburgh


Reel #077


Responsibility in Fellowship Life - N.Y. Trip


Reel #078


Destruction of the Box


Reel #079


Proportion and Principle


Reel #080


Building New York Exhibition Pavilion


Reel #081


The Creative Act


Reel #082


The American Town


Reel #083


Exhibition House in New York City


Reel #084


On Lewis Mumford Article


Reel #085


Discussion with Dr. Hanna on Philippines


Reel #086


On Lewis Mumford Article


Reel #087


Origin of Red Square, Anarchy, and Being "Awake


Reel #088


Greek Architecture


Reel #089


Criticism, Bartlesville


Reel #091


The Critical Spirit


Reel #092


Reading of the Charles Lindbergh Article


Reel #093


Furniture Design For Industry


Reel #094


Giving a meaning to "The Fellowship


Reel #095


Fundamentals of Line & Plane


Reel #096


Questions about House Construction


Reel #097


Re-Recording of Ben Raeburn's Questions


Reel #098


Japan and the Imperial Hotel


Reel #099


End of the Season Talk


Reel #100


Iovanna's Engagement, Mr. Wright's Trip, Design, Tableware


Reel #101


The Japanese Print, Froebel & Their Influence


Reel #102


Usonian Automatic


Reel #103


Architectural Profession; Add Tired To Tired; Plaza


Reel #104


Taliesin and what it means - the Apprentice


Reel #105


At the Unitarian Church Frank Lloyd Wright and Taliesin Chorus at the Unitarian Church (Madison, Wisconsin)


Reel #106


Broadacre City


Reel #107


The Profession


Reel #108


The Seasons Of Civilization


Reel #109


Dante and the Renaissance


Reel #110


Usonian Automatic / Plant Trees / Poet / Architect / Mystical


Reel #111


Arizona Discussion with Eduardo Torroja


Reel #112


Canada and the United States One?


Reel #113


Architecture and Life in the Desert


Reel #114


Geology as Architecture


Reel #115


The One-Room House


Reel #116


Proportion


Reel #117


Questions and Answers


Reel #118


Democracy, Aristocracy and the Fellowship


Reel #119


The Vanishing Craftsman


Reel #120


The Usonian Automatic House


Reel #121


Questions and Answers, part I


Reel #122


The Great Tradition (Cornet Magazine questions)


Reel #123


The City


Reel #124


Questions and Answers, part II


Reel #125


Questions and Answers, part III


Reel #126


The Nature of a Rose


Reel #127


Principle of Growth


Reel #128


Talk to the American Institute of Architects


Reel #129


Talk with Dr. Neufert


Reel #130


Girls Colleges / Magazines / New Canaan


Reel #131


Architects & Engineers


Reel #132


Air Force Academy Interview in Washington


Reel #134


Weeding, Cultivation, Beauty, Moraltiy, Ethics


Reel #135


To the Fellowship


Reel #136


Architect-Engineer


Reel #137


Age of Elegance


Reel #138


Address At The Unitarian Church, Madison, Wi


Reel #139


Environment / Taste Built Civilization


Reel #140


Architect and Architecture


Reel #141


Dallas Theatre / LHS Swallower? / Heritage-Henredon Furniture / Industry


Reel #142


Organic Architecture / Abstraction / Materials


Reel #143


The Volunteer


Reel #144


Untitled


Reel #145


Advice to the Young Architect, Oak Park Work / The Architect and Government / Codes and Authority


Reel #146


Decline of Architecture


Reel #147


Landscape; Observation; Jensen; Masieri; Giotto


Reel #148


Urbanism


Reel #149


Talk With Paul Hanna


Reel #150


Talk with Carmen Jones


Reel #151


Architecture


Reel #152


A Reading of William Blake


Reel #153


Japanese Culture


Reel #154


Form Follows Function - Study of Nature of Nature


Reel #155


Common Man


Reel #156


Free Form


Reel #157


A Reading of Victor Hugo


Reel #158


Tokyo, Vlasov and Bruker Lanse


Reel #159


A Reading of Walt Whitman's "A Song of Myself


Reel #160


Organic Architecture


Reel #161


Value of Architectural License


Reel #162


Professionalism


Reel #163


Untitled


Reel #164


Trip to Wales


Reel #165


Common Man - "Forbidden Planet


Reel #166


Common, Uncommon Man Talk to the STA (Society of the Typographic Arts?)


Reel #168


Mile High Building and Exhibition in Chicago


Reel #169


The American Home and the Common Man


Reel #170


Pre-Fab House (Erdman) And The Mile High


Reel #171


Erdman House - choice of name


Reel #172


Frank Lloyd Wright Day Dinner Speeches Speech at the Sherman Hotel (Chicago, Illinois)


Reel #173


Definition of Genius / Louis Sullivan / Mile High - Aspiration of the Spire


Reel #174


Education / Definition of a Genius


Reel #175


Urban Planning / Fellowship Drawings / New Education


Reel #176


Education and the Categorical Imperative


Reel #177


Proportion / Froebel / Education / University / SRG Museum


Reel #178


Broadacre City


Reel #179


The Common Man, Taliesin, Education


Reel #180


The Seer, the Doer and the Knower (Disciples, Religion, Education, Growth, Freedom, Genius)


Reel #181


Buildings for Publication / War and Inorganic Condition / The Principle of Humanity


Reel #182


Designing a Capitol for Arizona


Reel #183


Value of Working with Materials


Reel #184


The Master Poet


Reel #185


Journalism / Professionalism in Architecture / American Institute of Architecture


Reel #186


The Last Renaissance for Humanity


Reel #187


Arizona Capitol (Teenager Reaction) / Desert Animals - Snakes - Color


Reel #188


Trip to Sumeria and Baghdad


Reel #189


The Youth of America / The Poetic Principle / Monona Terrace / State of Wisconsin / Baghdad


Reel #190


Mediocrity and Education


Reel #191


Romance : A Striving for Beauty / Taste, Tradition, Architecture Past and Future / Faith in Outcome of Organic Architecture in the U.S.A


Reel #192


Steel and Wood in Architecture


Reel #193


Philology: Sensationalism and Quality


Reel #194


Marin County


Reel #195


The Committee Meeting Mind / (Human Scale in Architecture, Education of Children)


Reel #196


City Planning


Reel #196?


The Shining brow: John Donald interviews Olgivanna on the occasion of the release of the biography of Frank Lloyd Wright


Reel #197


New York City / Housing Quadruple / (The Middle East, Negroes and Whites)


Reel #198


The Creative Individual in the Capitalist System / (Speculation, Ugliness, Sumeria, A.I.A.)


Reel #199


Democracy and Education / Reality and the Common Man


Reel #200


Mass Media, Technology and Nature Study / (Television, Production-Consumption, Rent, Photography, Japanese Art and the Abstraction)


Reel #201


Contemporary English Architecture / (Discussion with Colonel Henson)


Reel #202


Japanese Print Party


Reel #203


Arrangements & Dress


Reel #204


Spirit of Work


Reel #205


The City & the Future


Reel #206


Modern Lighting / Appliances vs. Man / The Feudal City - Pattern


Reel #207


Materials & Technology


Reel #208


Speaks To The Fellowship


Reel #209


Mr. Wright and Mr. Evjue Discuss Films & TV


Reel #210


Presentation of Marin County Drawings


Reel #211


Politics, Profit System, Corporations


Reel #212


Writers - Lecture Tour, Spring 1958 / (Festival, Tourists at Taliesin West)


Reel #213


The Depth Dimension (Reality, Experience, True Study, Poetry and Romance)


Reel #214


Nature and God


Reel #215


O. Henry (William Sidney Porter)


Reel #216


Monona Terrace


Reel #217


The Common Man (Democracy and Aristocracy, the Machine Age, Nature and God)


Reel #218


On the Job


Reel #219


Ethics of Building


Reel #220


Architectural Forum article by Peter Blake


Reel #221


Appearance, Dress, Trip to Washington, Carl Sandburg


Reel #223


Mr. and Mrs. Wright


Reel #224


Nature of Materials


Reel #225


Organic Sense Of Proportion


Reel #226


Use of Materials


Reel #227


Thought-Built Buildings


Reel #228


Sumeria and Religion


Reel #229


Sycophants


Reel #230


Russian Culture and Modern Art


Reel #231


Address to the students of Camelback High School (Phoenix, Arizona)


Reel #232


Nature as Body of God


Reel #233


Conversation with Stuart Weiner


Reel #234


Conversation with Cranston Jones


Reel #235


Architectural History


Reel #236


Origins of Architecture


Reel #237


The Swan


Reel #238


Untitled


Reel #239


Taliesin Education and American Culture. Talk to the University of New Mexico


Reel #240


Talk to the Citizen's League of Minneapolis


Reel #241


Lecture given to the School of Architecture, University of Oklahoma


Reel #243


The Creative Mind Broadcast, WGBH-FM


Reel #245


The Architect and Architecture / Education and the Teenager Talk at the University of Arkansas


Reel #246


Architecture as Mother Art / Romanticism and Sentimentalism / Collectivism in Architecture


Reel #248


Architecture and Culture


Reel #249


Talk to the American Institute of Architects (Miami, Florida)


Reel #250


Talk with Buckminister Fuller


Reel #251


Talk to the University of California


Reel #252


Capitol for State of Arizona Talk to Phoenix Union High School


Reel #258


What's the Matter with America? / Culture, Organic Architecture, American Spirit, Integrity (Los Angeles, California)


Reel #259


The American Home: The Usonian Automatic / (the Orient, the David Wright House, Fallingwater) Interview on WTMJ (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)


Reel #262; Reel #263; Reel #264; Reel #265


1: Price Tower; 2: Third Dimension, Destruction Of The Box; 3: Interview At Taliesin West For Tv Show


Reel #264


Acceptance Address, Edited By Frank Lloyd Wright; AIA Gold Medal, AIA 81st convention, Houston


Reel #271


Compilation of talks to the Taliesin Fellowship for CBS/ Kronkite


Reel #272


Compilation of talks to the Taliesin Fellowship for the BBC


Reel #274


Plaza Interview with Jeffrey Ellis Aronin


Reel #277


Lecture to the American Institute of Architects (Detroit, Michigan)


Reel #281


Development of the Individual, True Apprenticeship


Reel #282


English Language, Education, Greek Culture


Reel #283


Teacher, Inspiration Both Ways, Faith, Spirit


Reel #284


Untitled


Reel #285


Trip to Florida Southern College, Reba Kelley, Spivey, Meeting with Truman, Thomas Jefferson, National Gallery, Grand Rapids, Richmond - president AIA, Francis Biddle, Lord Gellico


Reel #287


Heritage-Henredon Meeting : Frank Lloyd Wright Talk


Reel #n/a


Untitled


Item 7111.065

Interview with Wright about the Air Force Academy design and International Style, 1951-01-04

Audio recording orginally located with other recordings for the Saturday Evening Concert collection.


Item 7111.066

Talk on New Theater commission and zoning issues in West Hartford, Connecticut, 1950-12-17

Audio recording orginally located with other recordings for the Saturday Evening Concert collection.