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This series of sixteen letters to 21st Kansas Governor Henry J. and Elsie Jane Allen are sent from Frank Lloyd Wright and his third wife, Oligianna. In 1915, Allen hired Wright to design and build a house for him and his family on Roosevelt in Wichita, Kansas. Wright designed the building and relied on others to manage the construction of the house which was completed in 1918. Letters from 1916 to 1917 cover topics relating to the design and construction of the house, and the latter letters are correspondence between friends.
Creator: Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959
Date: 1916-1917
Item Number: 305996
Call Number: Allen-Holmes Coll. #883, Frank Lloyd Wright correspondence
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 305996
Built Environment - Function - Domestic
Collections - Manuscript
Date - 1910s - 1916
Date - 1910s - 1917
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Correspondence
People - Notable Kansans - Allen, Henry Justin, 1868-1950
People - Notable People - Wright, Frank Lloyd
Thematic Time Period - World War I, 1914 - 1919
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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