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ROBIE HOUSE (1906) S.127
   BOOKS    MODELS    PHOTOS   PHOTOS & SCRAPBOOK (1957)    POSTCARDS   STATIONARY  
According to “Frank Lloyd Wright’s Robie House”, Hoffmann 1984, Robie sold the house in December 1911 to David Lee Taylor (page 89).  David died in October, 1912 and his wide sold the Robie House to Marshall Dodge Wilber in November 1912 (page 90).  Wilber sold the house to the Chicago Theological Seminary on June 9, 1926 for $90,000 (page 92).  William Zeckendorf bought the Robie House in August 1958 for $125,000, and used it temporarily as an office for Webb & Knapp, his development firm.  In February 1963 he gave the Robie House to the University of Chicago.  The house was remodeled for the Adlai E. Stevenson Institute of International Affairs, later it served as an office for university development, and most recently (1984) as the office of alumni affairs, (page 94).

 

BOOKS
Frank Lloyd Wright Vision and Legacy (1966)
 
The Robie House, Frank Lloyd Wright (HABS) (1968)
 
The Robie House, John Barnard, Monte Models (1969)
 
Robie House (1971)
 
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Robie House (1984)
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The Robie House of Frank Lloyd Wright (SC 1984)
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The Robie House of Frank Lloyd Wright (HC 1984)
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Cut & Assemble Frank Lloyd Wright’s Robie House (1987)
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Architectural Scale Model Kit, Robie House, Wright (1989)
 
MODELS
Robie House Model (1998)
 
Robie House Model (1998)
 
PHOTOS
View from the Dining Room and South Aisle 1916
 
 
PHOTOS & SCRAPBOOK (1957)
Robie House Clipping #1
 
Robie House Clipping #2
 
Robie House Clipping #3
 
Robie House Clipping #4
 
Robie House Clipping #5
 
Robie House Photo #1
 
Robie House Photo #2
 
Robie House Photo #3
 
Robie House Photo #4
 
Robie House Photo #5
 
Robie House Photo #6
 
Robie House Photo #7
 
POSTCARDS
Robie House (PC 1930s)
 
Robie House (PC 1945)
 
Frederick C. Robie House (PC 1980s)
 
Frederick C. Robie House (PC 2000)
 
STATIONARY
Notes
 
Labels
 
YEAR DESCRIPTION ST#
1916 Robie House.  View from the Dining Room and South Aisle, toward the Living Room, 1916.  Photograph printed circa mid 1960s on Agfa paper.  Verso: “The Office of Public Relations, The University of Chicago”. Original silver gelatin photograph. 10 x 8.  Published in “Frank Lloyd Wright’s Robie House”, Hoffmann 1984, page 74, “The Robie House of Frank Lloyd Wright”, Connors 1984, page 31. 0132.04.0707
1930s Robie House 1930s.  “The Chicago Theological Seminary - Women’s Residence Halls at 5733 and 5757 Woodlawn Avenue.  These beautiful homes are used exclusively for women students of the Seminary which was founded in 1855, and has sent out more than 3,000 trained leaders to fields of Christina service.”  5.4 x 3.5. 0249.13.0707
1945 Robie House 1945.  “Woodlawn House - The Chicago Theological Seminary”  #5B105-N.  Back: “The Chicago Theological Seminary, Woodlawn House, 5757 Woodlawn Avenue, Chicago 37, Illinois.”  Genuine Curteich, Chicago “C.T. American Art”  5.5 x 3.5. 0647.10.0607
  Robie House Scrap Book: This set of five newspaper clippings and seven photos were in a scrap book found in Chicago.  All newspaper clippings appear to be printed during March of 1957 as are the pictures.  I assume the original collector saved the clipping then headed to the Robie House to take pictures just incase it was demolished.  
1957 Chicago Sun-Times - Robie House News Clippings - 3/19/57.  Written by Ruth Moore Pp 3 - Raze Robie House? Wright Joins Battle. News clippings about the possible destruction of the Robie House. Includes two photos. Wright standing at entrance to Robie House with cane in hand. Interior photo of Wright pointing with cane. 1205.03.0302
1957 Chicago Area Newspaper  - Robie House News Clippings - March 1957 Raze Robie House? Wright Furious. News clippings about the possible destruction of the Robie House. Includes photo of Robie House 1205.04.0302
1957 Chicago Area Newspaper - Robie House News Clippings - March 1957.  Written by Pat Dalton He Designed Your House. Modern Homes Patterned After Frank Lloyd Wright Ideas. News clippings about the possible destruction of the Robie House. Includes photo of Wright standing at entrance to Robie House with cane in hand. 1205.05.0302
1957 Chicago Area Newspaper - Robie House News Clippings - March 1957 Famed Wright Home in Peril? News clippings about the possible destruction of the Robie House. Dated on back of clipping before 3/30/57 1205.06.0302
1957 Chicago Area Newspaper - Robie House News Clippings - March 1957 Save The Robie House, German Artists Urge. News clippings about the possible destruction of the Robie House. 1205.07.0302
1957 Robie House Photo #1 - March 1957 This set of seven photos was taken during the time that the Robie House was nearly destroyed.  These were purchased along with five newspaper clipping about the same subject. 1205.08.0302
1957 Robie House Photo #2 - March 1957   1205.09.0302
1957 Robie House Photo #3 - March 1957   1205.10.0302
1957 Robie House Photo #4 - March 1957   1205.11.0302
1957 Robie House Photo #5 - March 1957   1205.12.0302
1957 Robie House Photo #6 - March 1957   1205.13.0302
1957 Robie House Photo #7 - March 1957   1205.14.0302
1966 Frank Lloyd Wright Vision and Legacy  (Soft Cover) Committee of Architectural Heritage A catalog for exhibition Sept. 15 - Oct. 1, 1965 at the University of Illinois, to raise funds for the restoration of the Robie House.  (First Edition)  (Sweeney 1629) Pp 32 1629.00.0404
1968 The Robie House, Frank Lloyd Wright (HABS)  (Soft Cover)  (Published by The Prairie School Press) Prairie School Press Reprint of the drawings completed by the Historic American Building Survey (HABS).  14 drawings.  Original SC List Price $2.50  (First Edition)  (Sweeney 1723) Pp 15 1723.00.0404
1971

Robie House (Published by The University of Chicago, Office of Special Events, Chicago)

Anonymous (FTS:sps, aas) "Architectural and Historical Guide." A well written and informative paper which includes history of Robie House and quotes by and about Wright and the Robie House. Was tucked in a used book I purchased. 8.5 x 11. (First Edition) Pp 8 1850.02.0202
1969 The Robie House, John Barnard, Monte Models Barnard, John Cut & Assemble.  Scale model of Robie House.  1 Foot = 1 Inch.   1775.01.0801
1984RobieHouse-Hoffmann 2.jpg (4576 bytes) Frank Lloyd Wright’s Robie House  (Soft Cover) Hoffmann, Donald Original SC List Price $12.95. (First Edition) Pp 98 1984.08.1001
1984RobieHouse 2.jpg (3835 bytes) The Robie House of Frank Lloyd Wright  (Soft Cover) Connors, Joseph Original SC List Price $18.00.   (Second Edition, First SC edition printed 1985) Pp 86 1984.05.0400
1984 RobieHouse 2.jpg (3835 bytes) The Robie House of Frank Lloyd Wright  (Hard Cover - DJ) Connors, Joseph Original HC List Price $25.00.  (Third Edition, Second HC edition, printed in 1989) Pp 86 1984.11.0404
1987RobieCut&Assem 2.jpg (9959 bytes) Cut & Assemble Frank Lloyd Wright’s Robie House (Soft Cover) Gillon, Edmund V, Jr. Original SC List Price $5.95.  (First Edition) Pp 31 1987.02.0899
1980 Robie House Notes (7) 10.5 x 7.5" & Labels (8) .75 x 2" (Produced by the Women’s Architectural League - Chicago) 1980.00.0700
1980? “Frederick C. Robie House.  5757 S. Woodlawn Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.”  (Published by Chicago Architectural Foundation #64550-D.  Made by Dexter Press, West Nyack, New York) Photo by Thomas A. Heinz.  Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1909, the Robie House is now owned and maintained by the University of Chicago. (Note: In 1963 the Robie House was given to the University of Chicago.  In 1997 the Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust and the National Trust for Historic Preservation, assumed control and responsibility for restoration and operation as a museum.)  6 x 4. 1980.19.0806
1989 Architectural Paper Scale Model Kit, Robie House, Frank Lloyd Wright (Published by the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, Taliesin West, Scottsdale) Pfeiffer, Bruce Brooks; Peters, William Wesley; Velduijzen van Zanten, Victor “...The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation has commissioned Mr. Victor W.J. Velduijzen van Zanten, of Rotterdam, Ho0lland, to develop a line of models of Frank Lloyd Wright’s buildings...”  Peters.  Pfeiffer provides a brief history and overview of the Robie House.  Scale: 1/5" = 1'-0", 1:60.  Includes a four page assembly instruction, one sheet of vellum and 22 sheets for the model, enclosed in a box.  Box 17 x 8.75.  (First Edition) Pp 27 1989.62.0707
1998 Frank Lloyd Wright Robie House Model. City Sights Replica of the 1908 Frederick C. Robie House. Authorized by the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation 1998. City Sights collection. Made from a cast resin/ceramic.  Gives an excellent three dimensional view of the Robie House.12.75 x 5.5 1998.46.0405
2000 “The Frederick C. Robie House (1910) represents the culmination of Frank Lloyd Wright’s renowned work in the revolutionary architectural genre known as the Prairie Style.” (Produced by the Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust.  In 2000, the Home and Studio Foundation changed its name to the Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust to better reflect the dual stewardship of the Home and Studio and Frederick C. Robie House.)  Photo: Chris Barrett, Hedrich-Blessing.  These were tickets for touring the Robie House, right side was perforated and removed at he time of the tour.  5.5 x 3.6.  (Three copies) 2000.36.0802 2000.37.0802 2000.38.0802

 

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