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After Â鶹´«Ã½ÍÅ¶Ó Lloyd Wright’s passing in 1959, the responsibility of continuing his legacy passed to the Â鶹´«Ã½ÍŶÓ. Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer, who joined the Taliesin Fellowship in 1949, took on the important task of establishing the Foundation Archives. He quickly began cataloging hundreds of thousands of architectural drawings, letters, and photographs—organizing it so it would be accessible to scholars researching Wright and the Fellowship.

Housed at both Taliesin and Taliesin West, the Â鶹´«Ã½ÍÅ¶Ó Collections include the personal belongings and art collections of the Wrights, furnishings for their homes and studios, the creative output of Fellowship members, archival material relating to the Foundation’s institutional history, and secondary resources related to the above. This unique assemblage of objects is the only extant collection dedicated to the daily lives of Â鶹´«Ã½ÍÅ¶Ó Lloyd Wright and the Fellowship, enabling the Foundation to tell the intimate stories of Taliesin and Taliesin West like no other organization can.

The Archival Collection includes approximately 2,100 linear feet of material held at Taliesin West. Types of material include architectural fragments, audio-visual material, correspondence, drawings, ephemera, graphics related to the Taliesin Press, licensing sample products, oral histories, photographs, vertical files, and more. The archive holds vast records of the Foundation – from the creative output of the Fellows such as the Taliesin Festival of Music and Dance to institutional records. Other major holdings are records related to the apprentices and Taliesin West as a World Heritage site.

The Fine and Decorative Arts Collection contains art and other objects collected by Wright, furnishings for Taliesin and Taliesin West, items designed by Wright, and the creative output of the Fellowship. This collection also includes personal effects such as clothing and accessories.

The Functional Collection consists of objects and furniture at both sites that are used for educational, research, or interpretive purposes. These pieces were often made by Fellowship members or Foundation staff for use at Taliesin and Taliesin West. Visitors are often able to physically interact with these pieces, by actually sitting in them which allows for a more immersive tour experience.

William Wesley Peters Library and Special Collection contains approximately 30,000 books, periodicals, and other printed materials, with a focus on Â鶹´«Ã½ÍÅ¶Ó Lloyd Wright, art, architecture, and design. This also includes personal book collections of the Wrights and Taliesin Fellows.

The Buildings and Landscapes at Taliesin and Taliesin West are historically significant and are considered part of the Foundation’s Collection. This includes the natural landscapes and viewsheds, which are important aspects of Wright’s design and his philosophy of organic architecture.

As stewards, the Â鶹´«Ã½ÍÅ¶Ó preserves the cultural, built, and natural environments that comprise both the Taliesin and Taliesin West properties. You can read more on our preservation page.

Image Requests

For image requests pertaining to scholarly work, please fill out this form.  Collections staff will respond to your request via email within two weeks.

Contact Us

For additional information about the Â鶹´«Ã½ÍÅ¶Ó Collections, or to schedule a research visit, please email us at Collections@Â鶹´«Ã½ÍŶÓLloydWright.Org.

The Â鶹´«Ã½ÍÅ¶Ó Collections Team:

Rebecca Hagen, Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer Director of Collections & Archives

Pat D. Evans, Registrar

Nicole Richard, Archivist

Lesley Tsuchiya, Research & Special Collections Librarian

Kyle Dockery, Collections Coordinator

Caroline Strolic, Associate Registrar

Additional Research Resources

Original Â鶹´«Ã½ÍÅ¶Ó Lloyd Wright Drawings, correspondence, and photographs

The Â鶹´«Ã½ÍÅ¶Ó Archive of original architectural drawings, correspondence, photographs, and other archival material are held in the collection of the Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library at Columbia University. You must contact the directly to receive reproductions of material held there. The Avery Library has made a black-and-white set of low-resolution reference drawings available for viewing many of Â鶹´«Ã½ÍÅ¶Ó Lloyd Wright’s designs on the . Material in this collection is under copyright by the Â鶹´«Ã½ÍŶÓ, who gives permission for use.

Taliesin Associated Architects & Organic Design

Founded by Â鶹´«Ã½ÍÅ¶Ó Lloyd Wright’s apprentices after his death in 1959, Taliesin Associated Architects continued Wright’s design philosophies until it’s closing in 2003. The Archival Study Center, located in Chandler, Arizona, houses the Taliesin Associated Architects Collection. Research requests can be submitted through their website.

Â鶹´«Ã½ÍÅ¶Ó Lloyd Wright’s Library

Architectural historian Paul V. Turner, in collaboration with Stanford University Library, hosts a database devoted to Â鶹´«Ã½ÍÅ¶Ó Lloyd Wright’s library. On the , Turner lists the books that Wright owned, and which inspired his life, philosophy, and work.