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Catalog Record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm81046623
Collection material in English
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the LC Catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically.
The papers of Frank Lloyd Wright, architect, were acquired from 1959 to 1998 through gifts from Frederick Albert Gutheim, Evelyn Heath Jacobsen (Mrs. A. Wilmot Jacobsen), and Jane C. Loeffler, and through one purchase.
The papers of Frank Lloyd Wright were arranged and described in 1999. The finding aid was revised in 2009 by by T. Michael Womack. The finding aid was updated in 2023 by Maria Farmer as part of a division-wide remediation project by the Inclusive Description Working Group.
The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of Frank Lloyd Wright in these papers and in other collections in the custody of the Library of Congress are reserved. Consult reference staff in the Manuscript Division for further information.
The papers of Frank Lloyd Wright are open to research. Researchers are advised to contact the Manuscript Reading Room prior to visiting. Many collections are stored off-site and advance notice is needed to retrieve these items for research use.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, Frank Lloyd Wright Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
The papers of Frank Lloyd Wright (1857-1959) span the years 1894-1958 and consist of correspondence, speeches and articles, excerpts from writings by Wright, printed matter, and miscellaneous material. The collection contains letters from Wright to his friend, William R. Heath, in which Wright complains of complications arising from his divorce in 1927 and its effect upon his relationship with his daughter, Iovanna Lloyd Wright, and her mother, Olga Ivanovna, whom he later married. The remaining correspondence concerns the publication of
The bulk of the collection is composed of excerpts from writings by Wright and copies of speeches and articles used by Gutheim. A miscellany file contains a draft of a card designed by Wright in 1928 announcing his marriage to Olga Ivanovna.
This collection is arranged alphabetically by type of material and chronologically therein.
Catalog Record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm81046623