Frank Lloyd Wright

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BOOKS LETTERS ON WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE JOURNAL UNITARIAN MEETING HOUSE MONONA TERRACE TESTIMONIAL BANQUET

BOOKS

	Date: 1961 Title: Monona Terrace Auditorium and Civic Center (Soft Cover) (Published by Citizens for Monona Terrace, Inc.) Author: Peters, William Wesley Description: Pamphlet describing the proposed Monona Terrace project. Statistics, costs, construction and features, and facilities. (First Edition) (Two copies) Size: 9 x 6 Pages: Pp 8 S#: 1464.01.0305, 1464.02.0307


	Date: 1967 Title: Monona Basin Project, Schematic Master Plan (Soft Cover) (Published by The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation) Author: Peters, William Wesley, Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Description: Schematic Master Plan for the City of Madison, Wisconsin. The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, December 1967. Double Paper Cover, Embossed. (First Edition) Size: Pages: Pp 90 S#: 1686.02.0304

	Date: 1967 Title: Monona Basin Project, Schematic Master Plan (Printed for distribution as a public information service of the City of Madison) Author: Peters, William Wesley Description: Excerpts from the more extensive report, Schematic Master Plan for the City of Madison, Wisconsin. The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, December 1967. (First Edition) Size: Pages: Pp 9 S#: 1686.03.0306


	Date: 1990 Title: Frank Lloyd Wright and Madison: Eight Decades of Artistic and Social Interaction (Published by the Elvehjem Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin, Madison) Author: Essays by: Filipowicz, Diane; Hamilton, Mary Jane; Heggland, Timothy; Holzhueter, John O.; Kalec, Donald G.; Sprague, Paul E. Description: Editor: Sprague, Paul E. Published after an exhibit by the same name held at the Elvehjem Museum of Art at the University of Wisconsin - Madison from September 2 to November 6, 1988. (First Edition) Size: 14.4 x 10.25 Pages: Pp 218 ST#: 1990.56.0207


	Date: 1997 Title: Monona Terrace: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Vision on the Lake. (Soft Cover) (Published by Madison Newspapers, Inc.) Author: Hokanson, Margo O’Brien; Kades, Deborah Description: History and construction of Monona Terrace. Original SC List Price $10.95. (First Edition) Size: 11 x 8.5 Pages: Pp 64 ST#: 1997.32.0105

	Date: 1999 Title: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Monona Terrace (Hard Cover - DJ) Author: Mollenhoff, David V.; Hamilton, Mary Jane Description: Original HC List Price $55.00. (First Edition) Size: Pages: Pp 323 ST#: 1999.28.0602

LETTERS

	Date: 1956 Title: Monona Terrace Committee Letter (Published by Citizens for Monona Terrace Committee) Author: Groves, Helen; Lescohier, Mary Description: “Because you have been a visitor... or in some other way have shown your interest in Wright architecture, we are sending you the enclosed brochure. In it Mr. Wright describes the Monona Terrace Project for our Capital City.” Dated April 23rd, 1956. Citizens for Monona Terrace Committee, Helen Groves; Mary Lescohier. Includes photograph of Model. Size: 8.5 x 11 Pages: Pp 1 S#: 1147.08.0307

ON WISCONSIN

	Date: December 1987 Title: On Wisconsin - December 1987 (Published quarterly by the University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, Wisc., with a grant from the University of Wisconsin Foundation.) Author: Editor: Gruber, John Description: 1) "The Wright Legend in Madison. A major exhibition about Frank Lloyd Wright, opening in September at the Elvehjem Museum of Art, is shedding new light on the famous architect’s work in Madison, where he lived as a child and University student. Wright’s 32 Madison designs, many of which are virtually unknown, have been the focus of a scholarly research project." 2) "Wright Shared Ideas with Landscape Faculty, Students." Includes five photographs and illustrations. Gift from Randolph C. Henning. Size: 11.5 x 17.5 Pages: Pp 1, 6-7 ST#: 1987.62.0809

MILWAUKEE JOURNAL

	Date: 1952 Title: Milwaukee Journal - 1952 (Published by The Milwaukee Journal, Milwaukee, Wisconsin) Author: Doyle, Robert Description: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Madison Church. Unitarian Church in Madison Wisconsin. Size: Pages: S#: 0910.01.0702

	Date: 1967 Title: Milwaukee Journal, Sunday Picture Journal - December 10, 1967 (Published weekly by The Milwaukee Journal, Milwaukee, Wisconsin) Author: Salsini, Paul; Photography by Nusbaum, Donald Description: "The Wisconsin Legacy of Frank Lloyd Wright." Extensive article on Wright’s work in Wisconsin. Includes 47 photographs and two illustrations. (Additional information about the Hotel Geneva.) Size: 11 x 15 Pages: Pp Cover 4-8, 10, 16-18, 20 22-23, 27, 29-30, 32 S#: 1720.07.0410

UNITARIAN MEETING HOUSE (1947 - S.291)

	Date: 1949 Description: Unitarian Meeting House (1947 - S.291) Circa 1949. Text on face: "The First Unitarian Meeting-house of Madison, Wisconsin - originally intended by this Unitarian Society to be built downtown. Decentralization in mind, they were persuaded to go out into adjoining country to build a characteristic social center. The edifice is based upon the triangle (the symbol of aspiration in the form of prayer and symbolizes Unity above all. The singularly trussed roof is covered with copper. Walls are of native limestone." Stamped n verso: "Apr 10 1959". Acquired from the archives of the Chicago Tribune. Size: Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. S#: 0798.11.0112

MONONA TERRACE TESTIMONIAL BANQUET

Monona Terrace Testimonial Banquet. February 10, 1955. In 1954 the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled that Wright owed $10,000 in back taxes on Taliesin. For years he had argued that Taliesin was primarily a school and therefore tax exempt. He was so mad he threatened to destroy Taliesin and move from the state. Cary Caraway, a former apprentice suggested that Wright’s friends express their appreciation and take up a collection. Mary Lescohier and Helen Groves made it happen. 380 supporters gathered in the Great Hall of the U.W. Memorial Union for a tribute. Wright took the opportunity to display the new Monona Terrace model. At the end of the program, he received a check for $10.000. Frank Lloyd Wright’s Monona Terrace, page 140.

Date: 1955

Title: "The Frank Lloyd Wright Testimonial Dinner Invitation."

Description: To Mr. Lawrence Tibbett. February 10, 1955. In 1954 the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled that Wright owed $10,000 in back taxes on Taliesin. For years he had argued that Taliesin was primarily a school and therefore tax exempt. He was so mad he threatened to destroy Taliesin and move from the state. Cary Caraway, a former apprentice suggested that Wright’s friends express their appreciation and take up a collection. Mary Lescohier and Helen Groves made it happen. 380 supporters gathered in the Great Hall of the U.W. Memorial Union for a tribute. Wright took the opportunity to display the new Monona Terrace model. At the end of the program, he received a check for $10.000. "Frank Lloyd Wright’s Monona Terrace", p 140.

Lawrence Tibbett was the lead baritone with the New York Metropolitan Opera from 1923 to 1950. In 1942 Wright wrote a letter to Tibbett who was living at the Savoy Plaza in New York City Wright at the time. He asked the singer to "call upon his daughter" Iovanna who was living in New York at the time. Invitation and Savoy Plaza letterhead. Invitation was within a book that we acquired.

Size: 5.5 x 3.25.

S#: 1092.38.1010

Monona Terrace Testimonial Banquet

Date: 1955

Title: Wright plays piano before Monona Terrace Testimonial Banquet.

Description: Caption on face: "Madison, Wis. Feb. 11 – Versatile Genius – Frank Lloyd Wright, renowned architect, relaxes at piano before Feb. 10 testimonial dinner when he was given $10,000 to help pay taxes on his studio-home at Spring Green, Wis. Wright said he plans to stay in Wisconsin, not move away and he threatened last fall when tax case came to fore. (AP Wirephoto) 1955." Stamped on verso: Associated Press Wirephoto". Stamped on verso: "Feb 14 1955".

Size: Original 7.5 x 10 B&W photograph.

S#: 1092.43.0911

Date: 1955

Title: Monona Terrace Testimonial Banquet. February 10, 1955. Head table.

Description: Seated at the head table (L to R) Wisconsin Governor Walter Kohler, Oligivanna Wright, Wright, William Evjue (friend, editor and published of the Capital Times), Ralph Walker (former president of the AIA) and Wright’s Daughter. Published in “Frank Lloyd Wright’s Monona Terrace”, page 140. Possibly shot by a Capital Times Staff Photographer.