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Finding Aid for the Graycliff
Construction Photographs,
circa
1926-1938
MS 22.3
State University of New York at
Buffalo. University Archives
420 Capen HallBuffalo, NY 14260United StatesPhone: 716-645-2916Fax: 716-645-3714Email:
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2010. State
University of New York at Buffalo. All rights reserved.
Title: Graycliff Construction
Photos,
circa 1926-1938
Creator:
Martin,
Darwin R. (Darwin Reidpath), 1900-1979
Extent: 2.58 linear feet (2 flat boxes, 1 oversize flat
box)
Repository:
State University of New York at Buffalo. University
Archives
Abstract: Construction photographs
for Graycliff, the summer home of the Darwin D. Martin family which was
designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
Preferred Citation
[Description and dates], Box/folder number, MS 22.3, Graycliff
Construction Photographs, circa 1926-1938, University Archives, State
University of New York at Buffalo.
See the Special Collections'
preferred citations instructions for
additional information.
Acquisition Information
Construction photographs: Set of forty-seven negatives donated by
Darwin R. Martin, son of Darwin D. Martin: 1.1-14, 2.1-13, 3.1-7, 4.1-7, 5.1-5.
Copy prints were made from these negatives (except 5.7).
Study prints of Graycliff, including Engineering Report, 1938, made
from originals owned by Darwin R. Martin: 6.1-9. Originals were loaned to John
D. Randall, University Facilities; study prints were placed in the University
Archives by John D. Randall.
Study prints of Graycliff, from originals owned by the Martin
Family: 6.13-20.
Study prints of Graycliff, 6.10-6.12 are presumed to be copies of
originals owned by Margaret Holcombe made by Jack Quinan, professor of Art
History at the State University of New York at Buffalo, donated by him to the
University Archives on July 14, 1980.
Study prints of 39 construction photographs: 7.1-8.17, source
unknown.
Terms of Access
Graycliff Construction Photos are open for research.
Copyright
Copyright of photographs in the collection may be held by their
authors, or the authors' heirs or assigns. Researchers must obtain the written
permission of the holder(s) of copyright and the University Archives before
publishing from materials in the collection. Please see the Archives staff for
information on copies of photographs.
Alternate Form
Digital versions of the Darwin D. Martin Photographs are available
here:
Collection digitized and available in
UBdigit .
Digital photographs of the Darwin D. Martin Photographs are
also stored on 61 cd-rom discs in
MS
22.92 , Darwin D. Martin Digital Images, circa1860s-1970s.
Negatives of photographs are shelved in MS 22.5 Box 25.
Processing Information
Processed by University Archives staff.
Items 6.10-6.12 placed with this collection on 11 February 2010 when
found in the University Archives' Frank Lloyd Wright Resource Room.
Accruals and Additions
No further accruals are expected to this collection.
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1865 |
Darwin D. Martin born - Boucville, Madison Co., New
York
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1867 |
Frank Lloyd Wright born - Richland Center, Wisconsin |
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1869 |
Isabelle Reidpath, the future Mrs. Martin, born - Buffalo, New
York
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1878 |
Brothers Darwin D. Martin and Louis Frank Martin selling soap
for Larkin Company in New York City
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1879 |
Darwin D. Martin, aged thirteen, begins work at Larkin Company
in Buffalo
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1885 |
Darwin D. Martin invents cardex |
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1887 |
Frank Lloyd Wright begins studies at the University of
Wisconsin
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1888 |
Darwin D. Martin begins building house on Summit Avenue in
Buffalo
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1889 |
Darwin D. Martin marries Isabelle Reidpath |
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Frank Lloyd Wright builds Home and Studio in Oak
Park
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1890 |
Frank Lloyd Wright joins Alder and Sullivan |
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Darwin D. Martin replaces Elbert Hubbard as Secretary of
Larkin Soap Company
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1893 |
Frank Lloyd Wright starts his own practice |
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1902 |
October 29 -- Darwin D. Martin meets Frank Lloyd
Wright
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Darwin D. Martin purchases site for Martin House Complex,
Jewett Parkway
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1903 |
October 11 - Construction begins on Barton House |
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1904 |
July 20 - Construction begins on Martin House |
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October - Barton House occupied |
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1905 |
Martin House Complex completed |
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1910 |
Frank Lloyd Wright designs Bar Beach Cottage (Bay Beach,
Ontario, Canada) for Darwin D. Martin (unexecuted)
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1923 |
Darwin D. Martin commissions Frank Lloyd Wright to design a
home for James and Dorothy Martin Foster, daughter of Darwin D. Martin
(unexecuted)
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1925 |
Martin retires from the Larkin Company |
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1926 |
Construction begins on Graycliff |
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1928 |
June 20 - Graycliff occupied |
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Frank Lloyd Wright designs the Blue Sky Mausoleum for Darwin
D. Martin's ploy in Buffalo's Forest Lawn Cemetery (unexecuted)
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1935 |
Darwin D. Martin dies in Buffalo |
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1936 |
Fallingwater (Bear Run, Pennsylvania), designed by Frank Lloyd
Wright for the Kaufmanns
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1945 |
Isabelle R. Martin dies in Buffalo |
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1959 |
Frank Lloyd Wright dies |
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1926 |
April 5 - Darwin D. Martin writes to Frank Lloyd Wright
requesting 1910 Bay Beach Cottage design; Darwin D. Martin is considering
building on shores of Lake Erie
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April 18 - Darwin D. Martin looks at site in Derby, New
York
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April 19 - Darwin D. Martin purchases 250-foot front on Lake
Erie, with 60-foot cliff
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April 21 - Darwin D. Martin informs Frank Lloyd Wright that
he's not interested in 1910 cottage design, but a two-story stone house
designed by Frank E. Newman for E.W. Russell of Greenwich, Connecticut
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May 3 - Frank Lloyd Wright sends Darwin D. Martin
preliminary drawings
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May 5 - Darwin D. Martin informs Frank Lloyd Wright that
Isabelle R. Martin is Frank Lloyd Wright's client
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August 19-20 - Frank Lloyd Wright in Buffalo to see
site
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August 27 - Isabelle R. Martin sees the site for first
time
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September - Construction on garage begun. |
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September - Due to marital problems, Frank Lloyd Wright asks
his son John Lloyd Wright to take over the project; the Martins did not approve
the change
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November - Frank Lloyd Wright resumes his service to the
Martins; construction continues on the site
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1927 |
April 5-6 - Frank Lloyd Wright visits site |
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June 4 - Darwin D. Martin writes to Frank Lloyd Wright of
the completion of the foundation of the main house
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June 15-16 - Frank Lloyd Wright visits site |
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August 31-September 2 - Chimney and masonry of main house
completed
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September - Frank Lloyd Wright finalizes designs for
landscape, tennis court, circle, and guest house; the guest house was not
executed
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September - Furniture designs by Frank Lloyd Wright are
executed
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1928 |
March 10, 12 - Furniture bought for main house |
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June 20 - Martins "open" house |
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September 20 - Paul A. Harsh, a house guest at Graycliff,
suggests the name "Graycliff"
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1929 |
April - Isabelle R. martin asks Frank Lloyd Wright to design
a screened walk to cross the esplanade behind the stone bench for
servants
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June 15 - Frank Lloyd Wright visits site |
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July - Martins request Frank Lloyd Wright to design a
"concrete tent house" for the Foster family (unexecuted)
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July - Martins request Frank Lloyd Wright to design a
third-floor to main house (unexecuted)
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July 29 - Construction on evergreen garden, stone seat
begun; Frank Lloyd Wright selects and ships furnishings for the main house from
Marshall Fields in Chicago; Frank Lloyd Wright suggests wicker and overstuffed
chairs fo the main house
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1935 |
Darwin D. Martin passes away |
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Isabelle R. Martin continues to summer at the site, and
winters with the Foster family
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1938 |
November - Engineering report on site compiled by G.E.
Seitzmiller for insurance purposes
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1941 |
Isabelle R. Martin continues to summer at the site, but moves
into garage apartment
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1942 |
Isabelle R. martin spends her last summer at the site; she
moves permanently to Buffalo to live with the Foster family
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1945 |
IRM passes away |
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Stewardship of the site falls to a holding company belonging
to Darwin R. Martin, son of Darwin D. Martin
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1950 |
Piarist Fathers, a Hungarian order, purchases site from Darwin
R. Martin
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Mid-1950s |
Chapel addition constructed over south terrace of main
house
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Garage addition and a storage building constructed |
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Circa 1956 |
School building/dormitory constructed to house Hungarian
refugees
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1958 |
August - Frank Lloyd Wright visits the site |
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1996 |
Piarist Father's place property for sale |
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Graycliff Conservancy is formed to acquire and restore the
site
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1997 |
October - Graycliff Conservancy signs a contract to purchase
the site
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Graycliff was the summer home of the Darwin D. Martin family designed
by Frank Lloyd Wright. Photographs of the Graycliff construction and interior
were made from 47 negatives donated by Darwin R. Martin as well as originals
owned by Darwin R. Martin and from other sources.
I. to IV. contain 46 prints from original negatives: 1.1-14,
2.1-13, 3.1-7, 4.1-7, 5.1-5. [Negative 5.7 was not printed]
Note: Photo 5.6 is missing. A note in the legacy finding aid referred
to study prints from originals owned by the Martin Family numbered "5.6,
6.10-12" but were missing from the collection.
V. contains copies of originals owned by Darwin R. Martin, 6.1
to 6.9, and originals owned by the Martin Family, 6.10-20.
Note: Items 6.10-6.12 were left blank in the legacy finding aid and
were not in the box. An older note in the legacy finding aid referred to copies
of original photographs owned by Margaret Foster Holcombe made by Jack Quinan,
professor of Art History at the State University of New York at Buffalo,
donated by him to the University Archives on July 14, 1980, and numbered 6.13,
6.14, and 6.15. These are presumed, because of similar numbering, to be the
oversized study prints in MS 22.3 Box 3+ found in the Frank Lloyd Wright
Resource Room by the processor. These oversize study prints were added to the
collection and renumbered 6.10, 6.11, and 6.12 on February 11, 2010.
VI. contains photographs of construction and completed
exterior, grounds, and interior obtained from unknown sources.
VII. contains a duplicate set of study prints of photographs
1.1 through 6.9.
Collection is arranged in six series:
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Contents |
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Northwest end, lower level
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| 1.4 |
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Northwest end, lower level
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| 1.8 |
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Northwest end--closeup
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| 1.10 |
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Prior to beginning of construction of
chimney
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| 1.11 |
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Chimney under construction
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Contents |
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Foundation as viewed from southeast corner
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| 2.2 |
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View of a large pipe in the foundation
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| 2.3 |
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South view of the foundation
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| 2.4 |
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Lower level with carport
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| 2.6 |
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Midsection from first level
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| 2.7 |
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View from southeast corner
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| 2.8 |
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Southeast end roof started
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| 2.9 |
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Southeast end, both levels
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| 2.10 |
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View of entire structure
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| 2.11 |
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Southwest end, the roof has been tiled
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| 2.12 |
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Closeup view of southwest end
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Contents |
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Foundation, southeast view
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| 3.2 |
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Foundation, northeast view
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| 3.3 |
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Foundation, southeast view
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| 3.4 |
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Foundation, southeast view
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| 3.6 |
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Scaffolding up around completed frame of
house
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Contents |
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| 4.1 |
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Foundation
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| 4.3 |
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West balcony, roof started
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| 4.4 |
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View of northwest corner
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| 4.6 |
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Full view of west end
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| 4.7 |
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Southwest view, roof completed
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| 5.1 |
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Construction of Boiler house
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| 5.2 |
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West view of Boiler house
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| 5.3 |
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Interior of house under construction
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| 5.4 |
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Part of frame completed and chimney started
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| 5.5 |
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Workmen inside of foundation and frame
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| 5.6 |
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Backyard of house looking out to lake
[Missing] |
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Copy of original owned by the Martin Family.
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| 5.7 |
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[Negative not printed]
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Contents |
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| 6.1 |
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Caretaker's Building, from Engineering Report,
1938
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| 6.2 |
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Boiler House, from Engineering Report,
1938
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| 6.4 |
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Interior, table with lamp
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| 6.8 |
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Main Dwelling, from Engineering Report,
1938
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| 6.9 |
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Garage and Dwelling, from Engineering Report,
1938
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| 6.10+ |
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Exterior and grounds
[Oversize study print]
In Box 3+ |
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Presumed original owned by Margaret Foster Holcombe and copy
made by Jack Quinan and donated to the Archives July 14, 1980. Formerly
numbered 6.13.
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| 6.11+ |
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Exterior and grounds
[Oversize study print]
In Box 3+ |
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Presumed: original owned by Margaret Foster Holcombe, copy made
by Jack Quinan and donated to the Archives July 14, 1980. Formerly numbered
6.14.
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| 6.12+ |
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Interior
[Oversize study print]
In Box 3+ |
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Presumed: original owned by Margaret Foster Holcombe, copy made
by Jack Quinan and donated to the Archives July 14, 1980. Formerly numbered
6.15.
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| 6.15 |
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[Missing]
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[Number omitted from legacy finding aid, presumed no photo
existed]
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| 6.16 |
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Interior,
[Photocopy only] |
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| 6.17 |
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Interior,
[Photocopy only] |
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| 6.18 |
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Interior,
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[Plus photocopy]
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| 6.19 |
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Exterior and child ("Dary" M. Foster) with
wheelbarrow,
[Photocopy only] |
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Contents |
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| 7.1-7.8 |
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Construction photographs showing scaffolding, carport
and initial grounds and landscaping
Mounted study prints |
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| 7.9-7.22 |
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Exterior, early and later years showing grounds and
landscaping
Mounted study prints |
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| 8.1-8.17 |
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Interior showing furniture and fireplace
Mounted study prints |
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Contents |
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Photographs 1.1-2.13
27 mounted prints |
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Photographs 3.1-6.9
24 mounted prints |
The following terms have been used to index the description of this
collection in the Library's online catalog.
State University of New
York at Buffalo. University Archives
Graycliff (Derby,
N.Y.)
Martin,
D.D. (Darwin D.), 1865-1935--Archives
Wright,
Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959--Archives
Black-and-white
photographs
Related Resources in the University ArchivesRelated Darwin D. Martin-Frank Lloyd Wright Collections
MS
22.0 , Architectural Drawings of the Darwin D. Martin House and
Graycliff, 1904-1988
MS
22.1 , Frank Lloyd Wright Correspondence with Michael Meredith Hare,
1933, 1940
MS
22.2 , Darwin D. Martin-Frank Lloyd Wright Collection, Reference
Files, 1904-2010
MS
22.4 , Blueprints of the W.W. Davies Residence, Louisville, Kentucky,
Undated
MS
22.5 , Darwin D. Martin Photographs, circa 1860s-1970s
MS
22.6 , Darwin D. Martin Family Papers, 1878-1935
MS
22.7 , Darwin D. Martin Correspondence with O.S. Lang,
1904-1921
MS
22.8 , Frank Lloyd Wright-Darwin D. Martin Papers, circa
1888-1979
MS
22.9 , Larkin Company Plans, 1904, 1912
MS
22.91 , Darwin D. Martin Digitization Project, 2006-2008
MS
22.92 , Darwin D. Martin Digital Images, circa 1860s-1970s
MS
22.93 Darwin D. Martin-Frank Lloyd Wright Collection, Oral Histories,
1971-1980
MS
22.10 Historic American Building Survey Drawings, Frank Lloyd Wright's Darwin D. Martin House, Buffalo, New York, 1986-1987
MS
68 , Graycliff Conservancy, Inc. Collection
3/1/445 ,
Friends of the Darwin D. Martin House, Records,1966-1982
