BOOKS GLASS PHOTOGRAPHS POSTCARDS WRIGHT'S VISITS
WRIGHT'S VISITS TO FLORIDA SOUTHERN COLLEGE: According to Randolph Henning, "Wright wouldn't / couldn't visit F.S.C. without full press coverage. It was huge news every time!". BUILDING COMPLETION TIMELINE 1938 Spivey visits Wright at Taliesin on April 21. (Frank Lloyd Wright Quarterly - Summer 2001 - Vol. 12 No. 3), Rogers, page 7. 1938 Wright visits campus for first time in May. (FLW Quarterly - Summer 2001 - Vol. 12 No. 3), Rogers, page 8. Also reported in the Lakeland Ledger, courtesy of the Randolph C. Henning newspaper article archive. 1938 Wright and Spivey meet briefly in Madison on June 30. (FLW Quarterly - Sum 2001 Vol. 12 No. 3), Rogers, page 10. 1938 Wright visits campus in December. Reported in the Lakeland Ledger, courtesy of the Randolph C. Henning newspaper article archive. C 1939 Wright accepts invitation to speak at fundraiser in Miami. (FLW Quarterly - Sum 2001 - Vol. 12 No. 3), Rogers, page 13.
1942 Wright visits completed Annie Pfeiffer Chapel for the first time (FLW Quarterly - Sum 2001 - Vol. 12 No. 3), Rogers, page 17. Annie Pfeiffer Chapel 1941
Three Seminar Buildings 1941
Esplanades 1941-581945 Wright visits campus. Reported in the Lakeland Ledger, courtesy of the Randolph C. Henning newspaper article archive. E.T. Roux Library 1945 (Thad Buckner) 1949 Wright spoke at the Annie Pfeiffer Chapel (Florida Southern College web site). Visit was in May according to a reported in the Lakeland Ledger, courtesy of the Randolph C. Henning newspaper article archive. Watson/Fine Administration Buildings 1948
Waterdome 1948
1950 At Founders' Week in March, Wright receives honorary doctor of laws degree from President Ludd M. Spivey (1955 Interlachen Yearbook). Truth Against The World, Meehan, page 162. Also reported in the Lakeland Ledger, courtesy of the Randolph C. Henning newspaper article archive. 1951 Wright speaks at the college during on October 25. Truth Against The World, Meehan, page 173. Also reported in the Lakeland Ledger, courtesy of the Randolph C. Henning newspaper article archive. Wright also visits the college in November. Reported in the Lakeland Ledger, courtesy of the Randolph C. Henning newspaper article archive. Ordway Arts Building 1952 1954 Spivey attends Wright's birthday celebration at Taliesin on June 8. Truth Against The World, Meehan, page 158. 1955 Wright visits campus in November. Reported in the Lakeland Ledger, courtesy of the Randolph C. Henning newspaper article archive. Danforth Chapel 1955
1957 Wright's last visit was in March of 1957(Florida Southern College web site). Also reported in the Lakeland Ledger, courtesy of the Randolph C. Henning newspaper article archive. (Note: In Of Fact and Fancy, 1979, Thrift, page 68-69, Wright speaks at the March 1956 Founders' Week. But according to Randolph Henning, this actually took place on March 8, 1957.) Polk County Science Building 1958
BOOKS Date: 1945 Title: Florida Southern College, Lakeland, Florida (Published by Florida Southern College, Lakeland, Florida)
Author: Florida Southern College
Description: An informational book about Florida Southern College. Page three includes two interior photographs. Page eleven includes three photographs and one illustration of the E.T. Roux Library nearly complete. Pages 24-25 includes two photographs of the Annie Pfeiffer Chapel which was completed in 1941.
Size: 9 x 12
Pages: Pp 36
S#: 0647.02.0207
Date: 1953 Title: Florida Southern College, Lakeland: The Frank Lloyd Wright Campus. (Soft Cover) (Published by Florida Southern College)
Author: Florida Southern College
Description: Includes a reprinted article about the campus from the September 1952 Architectural Forum. (First Edition) (I believe this to be Sweeney 936)
Size:
Pages: Pp 24
S#: 0936.00.0304
Date: 1955 Title: Florida Southern College; Interlachen 1955 (Yearbook)
Author: Florida Southern College
Description: To bring us today, The college of tomorrow. Text and images of Wright designed buildings (Pp 14-31). Frank Lloyd Wright... The greatest Architect of our times. Text and images of Wright (Pp 34-35). Down through the years... Construction of Wright buildings (Pp 316-321). (First Edition)
Size:
Pages: Pp 2 5 14-35 64 184 -5 256 9 316-21
S#: 1060.02.0404
Date: 1961 Title: Florida Southern College; Interlachen 1961 (Yearbook) (Published by Florida Southern College, Lakeland, Florida)
Author: Florida Southern College
Description: Includes 19 images related to Wright’s buildings, which include the Annie Pfeiffer Chapel, Esplanade, E. T. Roux Library, Polk Science Building, Waterdome and Watson Administration Building. (First Edition)
Size: 9.25 x 12.25
Pages: Pp 7-9 14-20 28-29 47 163-164 230
S#: 1483.08.0307
Date: 1962 Title: Florida Southern College; Interlachen 1962 (Yearbook) (Published by Florida Southern College, Lakeland, Florida)
Author: Florida Southern College
Description: Includes 18 images related to Wright’s buildings, which include the Annie Pfeiffer Chapel, Esplanade, E. T. Roux Library, Frank Lloyd Wright Memorial, Ordway Arts Vista, Polk Science Building, William H. Danforth Chapel, Waterdome and Watson Administration Building. (First Edition)
Size: 9.25 x 12.25
Pages: Pp 5 8-9 12-13 16-20 194-195
S#: 1526.07.0307
Date: 1979 Title: Of Fact and Fancy... at Florida Southern College. Soft Cover. (Published by The Florida Southern College Press, Lakeland, Florida)
Author: Thrift, Charles T., Jr.
Description: Chapter 6: The Early Frank Lloyd Wright Years (Pp 65-110). Includes many images of the building designed by Wright. Signed by author. (First Edition)
Size: 6 x 9
Pages: Pp 167
ST#: 1979.15.0405
Date: 2007 Title: The Buildings of Frank Lloyd Wright At Florida Southern College. 15 Historic Postcards. (Published by Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, SC)
Author: MacDonald, Randall M.; Galbraith, Nora E.; Rogers, James G.
Description: Florida Southern College boasts the world's largest single-site collection of legendary architect Frank Lloyd Wright's work. In this collection of vintage-photograph postcards, Randall M. MacDonald, Nora E. Galbraith, and James G. Rogers Jr. explore the buildings of Frank Lloyd Wright at Florida Southern College and present a record of their changes over time, (back cover). Original list price $9.95. 6.5 x 4.25. (First Edition)
Size: 6.5 x 4.25
Pages: Pp 32
ST#: 2007.61.0511
GLASS Stained Glass Insert (Outside) Stained Glass Insert (Inside)
Date: 1938 Title: Florida Southern College Stained Glass
Description: Dark Green insert for Pfeiffer Chapel. Many of the Wright buildings on the campus contain these colored glass L-shaped pieces that are embedded in the concrete walls and 9 x 36" blocks.
Size: 3 x 4
S#: 0460.03.0806
Date: 1938 Title: Florida Southern College Stained Glass.
Description: Orange (left) and Light Green (right) insert for Pfeiffer Chapel. Many of the Wright buildings on the campus contain these colored glass L-shaped pieces that are embedded in the concrete walls and 9 x 36" blocks.
Size: 3 x 4
S#: 0460.05.1206 (L), 0460.04.1206 (R)
Date: 1938 Title: Florida Southern College Stained Glass.
Description: Orange insert for Pfeiffer Chapel. Many of the Wright buildings on the campus contain these colored glass L-shaped pieces that are embedded in the concrete walls and 9 x 36" blocks.
Size: .6 x .6
S#: 0460.06.1206
- Annie Pfeiffer Chapel
- Annie Pfeiffer Chapel
- Annie Pfeiffer Chapel
- Annie Pfeiffer Chapel
- Annie Pfeiffer Chapel
- Annie Pfeiffer Chapel
- Roux Library
- Watson Building
PHOTOGRAPHS: WRIGHT ON CAMPUS
Date: 1950 Title: Frank Lloyd Wright at Florida Southern College
Description: Frank Lloyd Wright at Florida Southern College - 1950. Published in 1955 Interlachen Yearbook, page 35.
Size:
S#: 1950.08.1004
Detail from Photograph on the Left Date: 1950 Title: Wright receives honorary doctor of laws degree
Description: Florida Southern College, Lakeland, Florida. Wright receives honorary doctor of laws degree in March 1950. Wright third from left.
Size:
S#: 1950.16.1104
Date: 1950 Title: Wright receives honorary doctor of laws degree
Description: Florida Southern College, Lakeland, Florida Wright receives honorary doctor of laws degree in March 1950 (#2).
Size: 5x4
S#: 0831.11.0806
Date: 1950 Title: Wright on campus.
Description: Florida Southern College, Lakeland, Florida. Wright on campus.
Size:
S#: 1950.17.1104
Date: Circa 1950's Title: Wright on campus visit with Cane
Description: Florida Southern College, Lakeland, Florida. Wright on campus visit with Cane.
Size: Original silver gelatin 5x7.
S#: 1950.11.0506
Date: 1955 Title: Wright visits construction site
Description: Florida Southern College, Lakeland, Florida. (1955) Wright visits construction site. Standing in front of scaffold. Original silver gelatin photograph. Published in Frank Lloyd Wright Quarterly, Summer 2001, page 15. Also see page 12.
Size: 5x7
S#: 0831.12.0806
Date: 1955 Title: Wright visits construction site
Description: Florida Southern College, Lakeland, Florida (Circa 1950's) Wright at construction site. He is signing a copy of "Florida Southern College, Lakeland: The Frank Lloyd Wright Campus", published by FSC in 1953, and includes a reprinted article about the campus from the September 1952 Architectural Forum. Wright’s first visit to the campus after the publication of the booklet was November 1955. Most likely the construction site for the Danforth Chapel which was completed in 1955. Acquired from the archives of the "News Bureau, Fla. So. College".
Size: Original B&W 5x7 print
S#: 1092.40.0511
Date: Circa 1950's Title: Wright walking campus (#1)
Description: Photo Florida Southern College, Lakeland, Florida. Wright walking campus. See Frank Lloyd Wright Quarterly, Summer 2001, page 22.
Size: Original silver gelatin 5x7
S#: 1950.12.0506
Date: Circa 1950's Title: Wright walking campus (#2)
Description: Florida Southern College, Lakeland, Florida. Wright walking campus (#2). See Frank Lloyd Wright Quarterly, Summer 2001, page 22.
Size: Original silver gelatin 5x7
S#: 0831.09.0806
Date: Circa 1950's Title: Florida Wright walking campus (#3)
Description: Florida Southern College, Lakeland, Florida Wright walking campus (#3). See Frank Lloyd Wright Quarterly, Summer 2001, page 22.
Size: Original silver gelatin 5x7
S#: 0831.10.0806
PHOTOGRAPHS: ADMINISTRATION BUILDING Date: Circa 1946 Title: Administration Building
Description: Florida Southern College, Administration Building, Lakeland, Florida, Photo by Harold Sanborn, Built in 1946.
Size: 8x10
S#: 1946.11.1104
Date: Circa 1946 Title: Administration Building
Description: Florida Southern College, Administration Building, Lakeland, Florida, Built in 1946.
Size: 4.5x6.5
S#: 1946.12.1104
Date: Circa 1950's Title: Administration Building
Description: Florida Southern College, Administration Building, Lakeland, Florida. Built in 1946.
Size: 3x4
S#: 1950.04.0604
Date: Circa 1950's Title: Administration Building
Description: Florida Southern College, Administration Building, Lakeland, Florida. Built in 1946.
Size: 3x4
S#: 1950.05.0604
PHOTOGRAPHS: ANNIE PFEIFFER CHAPEL Date: 1940 Title: Annie Pfeiffer Chapel
Description: Florida Southern College, Annie Pfeiffer Chapel, Lakeland, Florida, (1940), Sandborn, Dan (Two sizes - 3.25x4.5 & 5x7) First of Wright buildings at the College. Built in 1938. Published in "An Autobiography, Frank Lloyd Wright" 1945, Faber & Faber London, Plate 71; Architectural Concrete, 1942 Page 16.
Sizes: 3.25 x 4.5, 5 x 7
S#: 1946.01.1104, 1950.01.0604
Date: Circa 1950's Title: Annie Pfeiffer Chapel
Description: Florida Southern College, Annie Pfeiffer Chapel, Lakeland, Florida. Five photos (circa 1950's) First of Wright buildings at the College. Built in 1938.
Size: 3x4
S#: 1950.02.0604
Date: Circa 1950's Title: Annie Pfeiffer Chapel
Description: Florida Southern College, Annie Pfeiffer Chapel, Lakeland, Florida, (circa late 40's early 1950's) First of Wright buildings at the College. Built in 1938.
Size: 8x10 (2)
S#: 1946.02.1104, 1950.07.0804
Date: Circa 1946 Title: Annie Pfeiffer Chapel
Description: Florida Southern College, Annie Pfeiffer Chapel, Lakeland, Florida (circa late 40's). First of Wright buildings at the College. Built in 1938.
Size: 5x8
S#: 1946.03.1104
Date: Circa 1946 Title: Annie Pfeiffer Chapel
Description: Florida Southern College, Annie Pfeiffer Chapel, Lakeland, Florida (circa late 40's). First of Wright buildings at the College. Built in 1938.
Size: 8x10
S#: 1946.04.1104
Date: Circa 1946 Title: Annie Pfeiffer Chapel
Description: Florida Southern College, Annie Pfeiffer Chapel, Lakeland, Florida (circa late 40's). Photo by Fugitt, A.F. First of Wright buildings at the College. Built in 1938.
Size: 8x10
S#: 1946.05.1104
Date: Circa 1946 Title: Annie Pfeiffer Chapel Interior
Description: Florida Southern College, Inside Annie Pfeiffer Chapel, Lakeland, Florida (circa late 40's). First of Wright buildings at the College. Built in 1938.
Size: 3.25 x 4.5
S#: 1946.06.1104
Date: Circa 1946 Title: Annie Pfeiffer Chapel Interior
Description: Florida Southern College, Inside Annie Pfeiffer Chapel, Lakeland, Florida (circa late 40's). First of Wright buildings at the College. Built in 1938.
Size: 3.25 x 4.5
S#: 1946.07.1104
Date: Circa 1950's Title: Annie Pfeiffer Chapel Interior
Description: Florida Southern College, Lakeland, Florida. Annie Pfeiffer Chapel interior. (circa 1950's) First of Wright buildings at the College. Built in 1938. (Note change in podium.)
Size: 8x10
S#: 1950.09.1204
Date: 1989 Title: Annie Pfeiffer Chapel
Description: Florida Southern College, Annie Pfeiffer Chapel, Lakeland, Florida 1989. Published on February 19, 1989. Caption: "The Annie Pfeiffer Chapel, the best known of Frank Lloyd Wright’s buildings at Florida Southern College, has a striking, open tower that admits light to the auditorium below. Photographed by Geraldine Merken.
Size: Original B&W photograph, 8 x 10
ST#: 1989.71.0910
PHOTOGRAPHS: ESPLANADES Date: Circa 1946 Title: Esplanades
Description: Florida Southern College, Esplanades, Lakeland, Florida (circa late 40's). Built in 1946. The Esplanades link all of Wright's buildings on the campus.
Size: 4.5 x 6.5
S#: 1946.08.1104
Date: Circa 1946 Title: Esplanades
Description: Florida Southern College, Esplanades, Lakeland, Florida (circa late 40's). Built in 1946. The Esplanades link all of Wright's buildings on the campus.
Size: 4.5 x 6.5 & 4 x 5
S#: 1946.09.1104, 1946.10.1104
PHOTOGRAPHS: LIBRARY Date: Circa 1946 Title: Library
Description: Florida Southern College, Library, Lakeland, Florida, (circa late 40's) Built in 1941.
Size: 6 x 9
S#: 1946.13.1104
Date: Circa 1946 Title: Library
Description: Florida Southern College, Library, Lakeland, Florida, (circa late 40's) Built in 1941.
Size: 8 x 10
S#: 1946.14.1104
Date: Circa 1946 Title: Library
Description: Florida Southern College, Library, Lakeland, Florida, (circa late 40's) Built in 1941.
Size: 8 x 10
S#: 1946.15.1104
Date: Circa 1950's Title: Library
Description: Florida Southern College, Library, Lakeland, Florida, (circa 1950's) Built in 1941.
Size: 3 x 4
S#: 1950.03.0604
Date: Circa 1950's Title: Library
Description: Florida Southern College, Library, Lakeland, Florida, (circa 1950's) Built in 1941. Published in 1955 Yearbook.
Size: 5 x 7
S#: 1950.06.0804
PHOTOGRAPHS: POLK SCIENCE BUILDING Date: 1989 Title: Polk Science Building
Description: Florida Southern College, Polk Science Building, Lakeland, Florida 1989. Published on February 19, 1989, 6L. Caption: "Frank Lloyd Wright’s Polk Science Building boasts one of the few planetariums in central Florida. Photographed by Geraldine Merken.
Size: Original B&W photograph, 8 x 10
ST#: 1989.69.1109
POSTCARDS Date: Circa 1941 Title: Anne Pfeiffer Chapel
Description: “E-564. Anne Pfeiffer Chapel (Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright) Florida Southern College, Lakeland, Florida.” Published by EKC. All rights Reserved - The L.L. Cook Co., Milwaukee. Real Photo Post Card, viewed from the Northeast. Note: Work on the Chapel is still being completed. Ground breaking May 24, 1938, Dedicated March 9, 1941. The Esplanades, built between 1941 and 1958 is under construction and the sidewalk has not been poured.
Size: 5.4 x 3.4
S#: 0571.03.1108
Date: 1941 Title: Anne Pfeiffer Chapel
Description: “L-28 - Anne Pfeiffer Chapel. Florida Southern College, Lakeland, Fla. 1B-H1041" Back: “Lakeland News Co., Lakeland, Fla. Genuine Curteich - Chicago ‘C.T. Art-Colortone’ Post Card R 8. U.S. Pat. Off.) (Anne Pfeiffer Chapel - Ground breaking May 24, 1938, Dedicated March 9, 1941.
Size: 5.4 x 3.4
S#: 0571.04.1208
Date: 1948 Title: Classrooms
Description: “Classrooms at Florida Southern College, Lakeland, Florida. LA-104" Back: “Classrooms at Florida Southern College, Lakeland, Fla. Designed by famous architect Frank Lloyd Wright.” Tichnor Quality views. Made only by Tichnor Bros, Inc., Boston, Mass. #88868. (Three Seminar Buildings were built in 1941. The Esplanades were built between 1941 and 1958.
Size: 5.4 x 3.4
S#: 0746.10.0207
Date: 1948 Title: Anne Pfeiffer Chapel
Description: "Anne Pfeiffer Chapel at Florida Southern College, Lakeland, Florida. LA-105" Back: "The Chapel is the first unit of the E. Stanley Jones Foundation. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, world famous architect, and built by the students of the college from Florida Materials." Tichnor Quality views. Made only by Tichnor Bros, Inc., Boston, Mass. #88869 (Anne Pfeiffer Chapel: Ground breaking May 24, 1938, Dedicated March 9, 1941. Dedication of Library 1945. Dedication of Administration Building and Waterdome 1948.
Size: 5.4 x 3.4
S#: 0746.05.0107
Date: 1948 Title: Administration Bldg.
Description: "Administration Bldg. Overlooking Meditation Pool, Florida Southern College, Lakeland, Florida. LA-106" (Published by Tichnor Quality views. Made only by Tichnor Bros, Inc., Boston, Mass. #88870) Back: “A four year accredited coeducational college established in 1885 and located in the heart of the citrus belt in beautiful central Florida. Students from 36 states and 14 countries study here in a year-round delightful climate.” Tichnor Quality views. Made only by Tichnor Bros, Inc., Boston, Mass. #88870 (Dedication of Administration Building and Waterdome 1948. Two copies.
Size: 5.4 x 3.4
S#: 0746.08.0207, 0746.09.0207
Date: 1949 Title: Administration Bldg
Description: "L-17 - Florida Southern College, Administration Bldg. Lakeland, Florida." Back: “Florida Southern College. A four year accredited coeducational college established in 1885 and located in the heart of the citrus belt in beautiful central Florida. Students from 36 states and 14 countries study here in a year-round delightful climate.” Lakeland News Co., Lakeland, Fla. Genuine Curteich-Chicago “C.T. Art-Colortone”. #9B-H983. (Dedication of Administration Building and Waterdome 1948.
Size: 5.4 x 3.4
S#: 0798.08.0207
Date: 1959 Title: Chapel
Description: “LAL-5. Chapel, Florida Southern College, Lakeland, Florida.” Lusterchrome, made only by Tichnor Bros., Inc., Boston 15, Mass. #K-3655. (Note: Verified K-2617 as 1955)
Size: 5.5 x 3.5
S#: 1377.29.0307
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