Usonian houses
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Athena Tacha Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-262
Scope and Contents
The papers of Athena Tacha primarily document her teaching as a member of the Oberlin College Department of Art, and her role as Consultant Curator of the Weltzheimer/Johnson House designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in Oberlin, Ohio. Tacha used these materials in writing the manuscript “Frank Lloyd Wright at Oberlin: the story of the Weltzheimer/Johnson House.”
The collection is organized into two Subgroups, I. Materials Relating to Athena Tacha and II. Materials relating to the...
Dates:
1968-2002, undated; Other: Date acquired: 1995 August 22
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives
Frank Lloyd Wright Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 30-146
Scope and Contents
The papers consist mainly of 6 letters by Wright and ten by his secretary, 2 telegrams by Wright, 8 blueprints for the house and 2 blueprints for chairs (see the Architectural Records Collection, RG 53, for the blueprints). Filed with them are copies of published articles that describe Wright's ideas and the building of the house plus its restoration by Miss Ellen Johnson and donation to Oberlin College. There is also a copy of a letter written by Kristen Weltzheimer in 1985 in which she...
Dates:
1947 - 1985; Other: Date acquired: 1981 June 18
Found in:
Oberlin College Archives