Subseries 2: Project Records: consists of engineering, forestry, wildlife/fish & game reports, property assessments, engineering drawings, site specifications, elevations, survey maps, project cost estimates, product pamphlets, work schedules and inventories.Early property assessments included in the collection were generally favorable, concluding that the site was well-suited to its contemporary function as a summer camp. Documents pertaining to the period during which Fallingwater was actually constructed include estimates and pamphlets related to upholstery and bathrooms, as well as the gatelodge built on the property, though other related documents regarding the construction of the home can be found in the correspondence. Site specifications also include those for the Visitors Center, built after the house was reconceived as a museum.
Box 03 Folder 01
Tract of land in Stewart Township - Fayette County (Pa.), undated
Box 03 Folder 02
Kaufmann Summer Camp survey map, undated
Map : 1 item ; re : copy of survey map on glossy photo paper: "Kaufmann Dep't. Store Co. / Bear Run Camp"
Box 03 Folder 03
Engineering files of Morris Knowles, Inc., 1920-1940
Engineering drawings : 4 items ; Letters : 4 items ; re : files of Morris Knowles, Inc., related to development of Bear Run and to the feasibility of building Fallingwater ; includes report from 1920 assessing the property
Box 06 Folder 01
Bear Run Property Reports, 1932
Binder : 1 item ; re : Engineering, Forestry, Wildlife/Fish & Game reports and survey maps
Box 03 Folder 04
Engineering drawings and reports, 1936-1955
Elevation reports : 3 ; Elevation graphic representations : 4 ; 6 blueprint copies of each ; Letter : 1 ; with elevation readings ; Drawings : 7 items ; blueprints of perspectives with engineers' notes ; re : Metzger-Richardson Co., 1936-1942 ; Hunting, Davis & Dunnells/Hunting, Larsen & Dunnells, 1945-1955
Box 03 Folder 05
Gatelodge specifications, undated
Binder : 1 item ; re : specifications for Gatelodge for Edgar J. Kaufmann Jr., Bear Run, Pennsylvania; Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect
Box 03 Folder 06
Upholstery, 1937
Project cost estimates : 3 items ; Note : 1 item ; Pamphlets : 2 items ; re : Dunlop Cushioning pamphlet , Dunlopillo Cushioned Hospital and Sick Room Equipment pamphlet
Box 03 Folder 07
Bathrooms, 1937
Quotes : 3 items ; Brochures : 2 items ; re : price quotes from Standard Sanitary Mfg. Co., Kohler Plumbing, Bailey-Farrell Mfg. Co. ; plumbing fixtures recommendations from Kohler and Bailey-Farrell
Box 04 Folder 01
Kitchen cabinets and counter, 1937
Drawings : 3 items ; re : 2 blue print copies of Fallingwater kitchen ; copy of sink/countertop drawing from L.A. Rust Co
Box 03 Folder 08
Indexes of Fallingwater drawings, 1951-1961
Indexes : 5 items ; Notes : 4 items ; re : transport of blueprints/drawings
Box 03 Folder 09
Work Schedules and inventory, 1957
Box 03 Folder 10
Visitors Center Specifications, 1977
Book : 1 item ; re : Gift of Alfred Willis, Feb. 1987)
Box 06 Folder 04
Visitors Center Plan, c. 1987
Plan : 1 item with attached text ; re : by Paul Mayen ; donated 1987 ; plan of visitors center taped to text of exhibition pamphlet
Range: NYDA.1972.001.00001-.00308
House for Mr. & Mrs. E.J. Kaufmann (Bear Run, Pa.). Fallingwater, 1936-1955
146 photomechanical reproductions : 87 drawings, blueprints on paper; 45 drawings, blueprints on paper mounted on canvas; 7 drawings, blueprints on linen; 4 drawings, diazo prints on paper; 2 drawings, blackline prints on paper mounted on canvas; and 1 drawing, positive photostat on paper. Some of the prints have markings in graphite and colored pencil. Scale varies.
Project-level record [Part 1]
Project-level record [Part 2]
Project-level record [Part 3]
Range: NYDA.1972.001.00129-.00191
Fallingwater (Bear Run, Pa.). Guest house, 1938-1954
73 photomechanical reproductions : various media ; 107.1 x 155.1 cm. (42 1/4 x 61 1/8 in.) or smaller.
Project-level record
Range: NYDA.1972.001.00197-.00205
Fallingwater (Bear Run, Pa.). Servants' rooms, 1946-1954
7 photomechanical reproductions : blueprint on paper ; 85.9 x 124.2 cm. (33 7/8 x 48 7/8 in.) or smaller.
Project-level record
Range: NYDA.1972.001.00206-.00234
Fallingwater (Bear Run, Pa.). Swimming pool and boiler room, 1936-1940
21 photomechanical reproductions : various media ; 46 x 81 cm. (18 1/8 x 31 7/8 in.) or smaller.
Project-level record
Range: NYDA.1972.001.00202-.00203
Fallingwater (Pa.). Crypt, 1953
Range: NYDA.1972.001.00216-.00254
[Miscellaneous maps and plans of the property], 1920-1953
11 photomechanical reproductions : various media ; 11.7 x 203.5 cm. (44 x 80 1/4 in.) or smaller.
Project-level record
Range: NYDA.1972.001.00256-.00260
Fallingwater (Bear Run, Pa.). Chapel, 1952
5 photomechanical reproductions : blackline prints with colored crayon on paper ; 45.5 x 85.9 cm. (17 7/8 x 33 7/8 in.)
Project-level record
Range: NYDA.1972.001.00261-.00304
Fallingwater (Bear Run, Pa.). Gate house, 1957
42 sheets : diazo prints on paper ; 89.7 x 129.3 cm. (35 3/8 x 51 in.) or smaller.
Project-level record
Box 04 Folder 02
Kaufmann's Summer Club Brochure, c.1926
Box 04 Folder 03
Articles & Printed Materials , Clippings and Exhibition materials, 1937-1974
Clippings : 11 items ; Exhibition Materials : 3 items
Box 04 Folder 04
Exhibition catalog and clipping, 1938
Catalog : 1 item ; Clipping : 1 item ; re : includes MoMA catalog: "A New House on Bear Run, Penn. By Frank Lloyd Wright," 1938 ; clipping of ad inLIFEmagazine about Architectural Forum issue dedicated to Frank Lloyd Wright and featuring Fallingwater with handwritten note from Wright to Edgar J. Kaufmann
Box 04 Folder 05
The Bulletin Index
, 1938 January 27
Magazine : 2 items ; "Wright: Western Pennsylvania Landmark Complete." (9-11) ; article includes black and white Luke Swank photograph of Fallingwater
Box 04 Folder 06
Town & Country
, 1938 February
Magazine : 1 item ; re : Patterson, Augusta Owen. "3 Modern Houses: No. 3 Owner, Edgar J. Kaufman." (64-65)
Box 04 Folder 07
The Charette
, 1938 March
Magazine : 1 item ; re : magazine of the Pittsburgh Architectural Club ; leads with article : Anonymous. "Tell Us One About the Bear." (1-3); includes image of Fallingwater –critical of construction, etc.
Box 04 Folder 08
Thrush Forced Circulating Flow Control Hot Water Heat!
, undated
Commercial brochures : 2 items ; re : features photograph of Fallingwater on the cover
Box 04 Folder 09
L'architettura
, 1962 August
Magazine : 1 item ; re : issue on Fallingwater ; p. 218: Zevi, Bruno. "Riegl's prophecy and Fallingwater." ; p. 222: Kaufmann Jr., Edgar. "Twenty five Years of the House on the Waterfall, Frank Lloyd Wright architect." ; includes images of Fallingwater