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.
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Price, Paton to Frank Lloyd Wright, 1948 Feb 20
Letter : 3 p. ; re: request to hire FLLW to design a small theater in the Hartford, CT area
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Wright, Frank Lloyd to Paton Price, 1948 Mar 10
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Price, Paton to Frank Lloyd Wright, 1948 May 24
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Masselink, Eugene to Paton Price, 1948 Jun 15
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Price, Paton to Frank Lloyd Wright (Draft), 1948 Sep 25
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Price, Paton to Frank Lloyd Wright, 1948 Oct 14
Letter : 1 p. ; re: project support and obstacles
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Price, Paton to [Eu]gene Masselink, 1948 Oct 24
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Price, Paton to Frank Lloyd Wright, 1948 Oct 24
Letter : 1 p. ; re: requesting contracts and sketches to present to the Zoning Board
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Eugene Masselink to Paton Price, 1948 Oct 29
Letter : 1 p. ; re: fundraising for the theater and reasoning behind wanting to name the building the Frank Lloyd Wright Theater
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Price, Paton to Frank Lloyd Wright, 1948 Nov 2
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Frank Lloyd Wright Invoice, 1948 Nov 5
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Contract for New Theatre Corporation, 1948 Nov 6
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Price, Paton to Eugene Masselink, 1948 Nov 6
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Masselink, Eugene to Paton Price, 1948 Nov 10
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Price, Paton to Frank Lloyd Wright, 1948 Nov 30
Letter : 1 p. ; re: fundraising
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Price, Paton to Eugene Masselink, 1948 Dec 11
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Wright, Frank Lloyd to Paton Price, 1948 Dec 15
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Wright, Frank Lloyd to Paton Price, 1948 Dec 28
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Price, Paton to Frank Lloyd Wright, 1948 Dec 30
Telegram : 1 p. ; re: Hartford's Avery Memorial Museum requesting to exhibit the model and preliminary drawings of the New Theater
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Price, Paton to Frank Lloyd Wright (Draft), 1949
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Price, Paton to Frank Lloyd Wright, 1949 Jan 1
Letter : 2 p. ; re: challenges to the site, the Hartford Times luncheon
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[Price, Paton to Frank Lloyd Wright ?] (Draft), 1949 Jan 8 [?]
Envelope: 1 item ; draft written on envelope addressed to Paton Price from The Hartford Times
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Price, Paton to Frank Lloyd Wright, 1949 Jan 11
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[Masselink, Eugene] to Paton, Price, 1949 Jan 19
Letter : 1 p. ; re: model
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Masselink, Eugene to Paton Price, 1949 Jan 22
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Masselink, Eugene to Paton Price, 1949 Jan 22
Letter : 1 p. ; re: model
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Price, Paton to Masselink, Eugene, 1949 Feb 3
Letter : 1 p. ; re: the Hartford Times luncheon
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Masselink, Eugene to Paton Price, 1949 Feb 15
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Price, Paton to Eugene Masselink (Draft), 1949 Mar
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Price, Paton to Eugene Masselink, 1949 Mar 8
Letter : 3 p. ; re: model being exhibited at MOMA, progress on the New Theater brochure, and increasing theater seating capacity
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Wright, Frank Lloyd to Paton Price, 1949 Mar 14
Letter : 1 p. : re: "Would rather increase diameter of house than balcony to increase seating. Can do if imperitive [sic]. Reluctant."
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Masselink, Eugene to Paton Price, 1949 Mar 23
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Masselink, Eugene to Paton Price, 1949 Mar 25
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Price, Paton to Eugene Masselink, 1949 Apr 1
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[Weston, Marcus] to Paton Price, 1949 Apr 7
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Wright, Frank Lloyd to Paton Price, 1949 Apr 16
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Masselink, Eugene to Paton Price, 1949 Apr 28
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Masselink, Eugene to Paton Price, 1949 May 20
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Howe, John to Paton Price, 1949 Jun 2 [?]
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Price, Paton to Olgivanna Frank Lloyd Wright, 1949 Jun 17
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Price, Paton to Frank Lloyd Wright, 1949 Aug 5
Letter : 2 p. ; re: site changes, brochure, model exhibition
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Wright, Frank Lloyd to Paton Price, 1949 Aug 17
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[Weston, Marcus] to Paton Price, 1949 Aug 28
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Masselink, Eugene to Paton Price, 1949 Sep 24
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Masselink, Eugene to Paton Price, 1949 Nov 11
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Price, Paton to Frank Lloyd Wright (Draft and Western Union response), 1949 Dec 12
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Howe, John to Paton Price, 1949 Dec 13
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Howe, John to Paton Price, 1950 Jan 1
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Price, Paton to Frank Lloyd Wright, 1950 Jan 7
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Wright, Frank Lloyd to Paton Price, 1950 Jan 10
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Price, Paton to Frank Lloyd Wright, 1950 Jan 11
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."
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Wright, Frank Lloyd to Paton Price, 1950 Jan 25
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."
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Masselink, Eugene to Paton Price, 1950 Jan 25
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Paton, Price to John How, 1950 Jan 29
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Wright, Frank Lloyd to Paton Price, 1950 Jan 31
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Price, Paton to Frank Lloyd Wright, 1950 Feb 20
Letter : 4 p. ; re: plan to purchase Thompson site in West Hartford, fees, and "items relating to extra-income possibilities."
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"Important Items" (Draft), [1950 Feb 20]
Letter : 6 p. ; re: project details such as ticket booth, linens, parking area, etc.
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Wright, Frank Lloyd to Paton Price, 1950 Feb 28
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Wright, Frank Lloyd to Paton Price, 1950 Mar 11
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Price, Paton to John Howe, 1950 Mar 11
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Price, Paton to Frank Lloyd Wright, 1950 Mar 17
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Price, Paton to Frank Lloyd Wright, 1950 Mar 17
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Price, Paton to John Howe, 1950 Mar 28
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Howe, John to Paton Price, 1950 Apr 22
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Howe, John to Paton Price, 1950 May 16
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Price, Paton to Frank Lloyd Wright, 1950 Jun 2
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Price, Paton to Frank Lloyd Wright, 1950 Jun 8
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Price, Paton to Frank Lloyd Wright, 1950 Jun 9
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Wright, Frank Lloyd to Paton Price, 1950 Sep 29
Letter : 1 p. ; re: "What's up? You aren't pouting are you?"
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Johnson, H.F. to Paton Price, 1950 Oct 2
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Price, Paton to Eugene Masselink, 1950 Oct 11
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Price, Paton to Frank Lloyd Wright, 1950 Oct 30
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Price, Paton to Frank Lloyd Wright, 1950 Nov 2
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."
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Howe, John to Paton Price, 1950 Nov 8
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Price, Paton to Frank Lloyd Wright, 1950 Dec 5
Letter : 1 p. ; re: given up Thompson site
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Telegram to Paton Price, 1951 Jan 23
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Masselink, Eugene to Paton Price, 1951 Feb 27
Letter : 1 p. ; re: model damage
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Howe, John to Paton Price, 1951 May 16
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Bolles, John B. to Paton Price, 1958 Feb 11
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Paton, Price to John B. Bolles, 1958 Feb 16
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."
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Paton, Price to Frank Lloyd Wright, 1958 Apr 9
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Wright, Frank Lloyd to Paton Price, 1958 Apr 22
Letter : 1 p. ; Envelope : 1 item
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Howe, John to Paton Price, undated
Letter : 2 p. (2 separate letters)
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[Price, Paton ?] to Eugene Masselink, undated
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Price, Paton to Frank Lloyd Wright, undated
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Price, Paton to Frank Lloyd Wright, undated
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Masselink, Eugene to Paton Price, undated
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Envelopes, 1948-1951, undated