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New Theater for Hartford, CT / Frank Lloyd Wright, architect
Preferred Citation
The New Theater, Hartford, CT / Frank Lloyd Wright, architect, Department of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University.
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Series I: Correspondence
is made up of 73 letters, 12 telegrams, 1 invoice and 1 contract between Frank Lloyd Wright and The New Theater Corporation. The letters primarily documents the efforts of theater director Paton Price to construct a “New Theater” designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in Hartford, CT. As the project takes shape, the letters offer a window into the relationship Wright had with his clients. Box 01:
Folder 01 |
Price, Paton to Frank Lloyd Wright Letter : 3 p. ; re: request to hire FLLW to design a small theater in the Hartford, CT area |
1948 Feb 20 |
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Folder 02 |
Wright, Frank Lloyd to Paton Price |
1948 Mar 10 |
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Folder 03 |
Price, Paton to Frank Lloyd Wright |
1948 May 24 |
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Folder 04 |
Masselink, Eugene to Paton Price |
1948 Jun 15 |
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Folder 05 |
Price, Paton to Frank Lloyd Wright (Draft) |
1948 Sep 25 |
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Folder 06 |
Price, Paton to Frank Lloyd Wright Letter : 1 p. ; re: project support and obstacles |
1948 Oct 14 |
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Folder 07 |
Price, Paton to [Eu]gene Masselink |
1948 Oct 24 |
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Folder 08 |
Price, Paton to Frank Lloyd Wright Letter : 1 p. ; re: requesting contracts and sketches to present to the Zoning Board |
1948 Oct 24 |
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Folder 09 |
Eugene Masselink to Paton Price Letter : 1 p. ; re: fundraising for the theater and reasoning behind wanting to name the building the Frank Lloyd Wright Theater |
1948 Oct 29 |
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Folder 10 |
Price, Paton to Frank Lloyd Wright |
1948 Nov 2 |
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Folder 11 |
Frank Lloyd Wright Invoice |
1948 Nov 5 |
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Folder 12 |
Contract for New Theatre Corporation |
1948 Nov 6 |
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Folder 13 |
Price, Paton to Eugene Masselink |
1948 Nov 6 |
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Folder 14 |
Masselink, Eugene to Paton Price |
1948 Nov 10 |
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Folder 15 |
Price, Paton to Frank Lloyd Wright Letter : 1 p. ; re: fundraising |
1948 Nov 30 |
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Folder 16 |
Price, Paton to Eugene Masselink |
1948 Dec 11 |
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Folder 17 |
Wright, Frank Lloyd to Paton Price |
1948 Dec 15 |
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Folder 18 |
Wright, Frank Lloyd to Paton Price |
1948 Dec 28 |
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Folder 19 |
Price, Paton to Frank Lloyd Wright Telegram : 1 p. ; re: Hartford's Avery Memorial Museum requesting to exhibit the model and preliminary drawings of the New Theater |
1948 Dec 30 |
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Folder 20 |
Price, Paton to Frank Lloyd Wright (Draft) |
1949 |
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Folder 21 |
Price, Paton to Frank Lloyd Wright Letter : 2 p. ; re: challenges to the site, the Hartford Times luncheon |
1949 Jan 1 |
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Folder 22 |
[Price, Paton to Frank Lloyd Wright ?] (Draft) Envelope: 1 item ; draft written on envelope addressed to Paton Price from The Hartford Times |
1949 Jan 8 [?] |
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Folder 23 |
Price, Paton to Frank Lloyd Wright |
1949 Jan 11 |
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Folder 24 |
[Masselink, Eugene] to Paton, Price Letter : 1 p. ; re: model |
1949 Jan 19 |
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Folder 25 |
Masselink, Eugene to Paton Price |
1949 Jan 22 |
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Folder 26 |
Masselink, Eugene to Paton Price Letter : 1 p. ; re: model |
1949 Jan 22 |
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Folder 27 |
Price, Paton to Masselink, Eugene Letter : 1 p. ; re: the Hartford Times luncheon |
1949 Feb 3 |
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Folder 28 |
Masselink, Eugene to Paton Price |
1949 Feb 15 |
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Folder 29 |
Price, Paton to Eugene Masselink (Draft) |
1949 Mar |
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Folder 30 |
Price, Paton to Eugene Masselink Letter : 3 p. ; re: model being exhibited at MOMA, progress on the New Theater brochure, and increasing theater seating capacity |
1949 Mar 8 |
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Folder 31 |
Wright, Frank Lloyd to Paton Price Letter : 1 p. : re: "Would rather increase diameter of house than balcony to increase seating. Can do if imperitive [sic]. Reluctant." |
1949 Mar 14 |
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Folder 32 |
Masselink, Eugene to Paton Price |
1949 Mar 23 |
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Folder 33 |
Masselink, Eugene to Paton Price |
1949 Mar 25 |
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Folder 34 |
Price, Paton to Eugene Masselink |
1949 Apr 1 |
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Folder 35 |
[Weston, Marcus] to Paton Price |
1949 Apr 7 |
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Folder 36 |
Wright, Frank Lloyd to Paton Price |
1949 Apr 16 |
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Folder 37 |
Masselink, Eugene to Paton Price |
1949 Apr 28 |
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Folder 38 |
Masselink, Eugene to Paton Price |
1949 May 20 |
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Folder 39 |
Howe, John to Paton Price |
1949 Jun 2 [?] |
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Folder 40 |
Price, Paton to Olgivanna Frank Lloyd Wright |
1949 Jun 17 |
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Folder 41 |
Price, Paton to Frank Lloyd Wright Letter : 2 p. ; re: site changes, brochure, model exhibition |
1949 Aug 5 |
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Folder 42 |
Wright, Frank Lloyd to Paton Price |
1949 Aug 17 |
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Folder 43 |
[Weston, Marcus] to Paton Price |
1949 Aug 28 |
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Folder 44 |
Masselink, Eugene to Paton Price |
1949 Sep 24 |
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Folder 45 |
Masselink, Eugene to Paton Price |
1949 Nov 11 |
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Folder 46 |
Price, Paton to Frank Lloyd Wright (Draft and Western Union response) |
1949 Dec 12 |
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Folder 47 |
Howe, John to Paton Price |
1949 Dec 13 |
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Folder 48 |
Howe, John to Paton Price |
1950 Jan 1 |
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Folder 49 |
Price, Paton to Frank Lloyd Wright |
1950 Jan 7 |
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Folder 50 |
Wright, Frank Lloyd to Paton Price |
1950 Jan 10 |
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Folder 51 |
Price, Paton to Frank Lloyd Wright Letter : 2 p. ; re: Travelers Insurance rejection of site, "These disappointments, deflections and postponements only stiffen my determination - if such a thing is possible - to see this theatre built and built this year." |
1950 Jan 11 |
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Folder 52 |
Wright, Frank Lloyd to Paton Price Letter : 1 p. ; re: Edgar Kaufmann, "I think we can forget Kaufmann! He is "in" with the N.Y. Insurance gang who work with Dowling, Easkin, et al and isn't what he used to be." |
1950 Jan 25 |
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Folder 53 |
Masselink, Eugene to Paton Price |
1950 Jan 25 |
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Folder 54 |
Paton, Price to John How |
1950 Jan 29 |
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Folder 55 |
Wright, Frank Lloyd to Paton Price |
1950 Jan 31 |
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Folder 56 |
Price, Paton to Frank Lloyd Wright Letter : 4 p. ; re: plan to purchase Thompson site in West Hartford, fees, and "items relating to extra-income possibilities." |
1950 Feb 20 |
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Folder 57 |
"Important Items" (Draft) Letter : 6 p. ; re: project details such as ticket booth, linens, parking area, etc. |
[1950 Feb 20] |
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Folder 58 |
Wright, Frank Lloyd to Paton Price |
1950 Feb 28 |
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Folder 59 |
Wright, Frank Lloyd to Paton Price |
1950 Mar 11 |
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Folder 60 |
Price, Paton to John Howe |
1950 Mar 11 |
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Folder 61 |
Price, Paton to Frank Lloyd Wright |
1950 Mar 17 |
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Folder 62 |
Price, Paton to Frank Lloyd Wright |
1950 Mar 17 |
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Folder 63 |
Price, Paton to John Howe |
1950 Mar 28 |
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Folder 64 |
Howe, John to Paton Price |
1950 Apr 22 |
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Folder 65 |
Howe, John to Paton Price |
1950 May 16 |
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Folder 66 |
Price, Paton to Frank Lloyd Wright |
1950 Jun 2 |
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Folder 67 |
Price, Paton to Frank Lloyd Wright |
1950 Jun 8 |
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Folder 68 |
Price, Paton to Frank Lloyd Wright |
1950 Jun 9 |
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Folder 69 |
Wright, Frank Lloyd to Paton Price Letter : 1 p. ; re: "What's up? You aren't pouting are you?" |
1950 Sep 29 |
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Folder 70 |
Johnson, H.F. to Paton Price |
1950 Oct 2 |
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Folder 71 |
Price, Paton to Eugene Masselink |
1950 Oct 11 |
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Folder 72 |
Price, Paton to Frank Lloyd Wright |
1950 Oct 30 |
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Folder 73 |
Price, Paton to Frank Lloyd Wright Letter : 1 p. ; re: "No, Mr. Wright, I will never pout -- no matter what the deflection or disappointment. We shall go doggedly on; nothing is going to delay for long or prevent us from eventually building this theatre." |
1950 Nov 2 |
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Folder 74 |
Howe, John to Paton Price |
1950 Nov 8 |
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Folder 75 |
Price, Paton to Frank Lloyd Wright Letter : 1 p. ; re: given up Thompson site |
1950 Dec 5 |
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Folder 76 |
Telegram to Paton Price |
1951 Jan 23 |
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Folder 77 |
Masselink, Eugene to Paton Price Letter : 1 p. ; re: model damage |
1951 Feb 27 |
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Folder 78 |
Howe, John to Paton Price |
1951 May 16 |
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Folder 79 |
Bolles, John B. to Paton Price |
1958 Feb 11 |
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Folder 80 |
Paton, Price to John B. Bolles Letter : 1 p. ; re: "Mr. Wright and I both were so disgusted with the smallness and meanness and viciousness of the nature of the opponents of our enterprise, that we abandoned the project for Hartford." |
1958 Feb 16 |
Box 01:
Folder 81 |
Paton, Price to Frank Lloyd Wright |
1958 Apr 9 |
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Folder 82 |
Wright, Frank Lloyd to Paton Price Letter : 1 p. ; Envelope : 1 item |
1958 Apr 22 |
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Folder 83 |
Howe, John to Paton Price Letter : 2 p. (2 separate letters) |
undated |
Box 01:
Folder 84 |
[Price, Paton ?] to Eugene Masselink |
undated |
Box 01:
Folder 85 |
Price, Paton to Frank Lloyd Wright |
undated |
Box 01:
Folder 86 |
Price, Paton to Frank Lloyd Wright |
undated |
Box 01:
Folder 87 |
Masselink, Eugene to Paton Price |
undated |
Box 01:
Folder 88 |
Envelopes |
1948-1951, undated |
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