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[Description and dates], Box/folder number, MS 22.7, Darwin D. Martin Correspondence with O.S. Lang, 1904-1921, University Archives, State University of New York at Buffalo.
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| 1865 | Darwin D. Martin born - Boucville, Madison Co., New York | |
| 1867 | Frank Lloyd Wright born - Richland Center, Wisconsin | |
| 1869 | Isabelle Reidpath, the future Mrs. Martin, born - Buffalo, New York | |
| 1878 | Brothers Darwin D. Martin and Louis Frank Martin selling soap for Larkin Company in New York City | |
| 1879 | Darwin D. Martin, aged thirteen, begins work at Larkin Company in Buffalo | |
| 1885 | Darwin D. Martin invents cardex | |
| 1887 | Frank Lloyd Wright begins studies at the University of Wisconsin | |
| 1888 | Darwin D. Martin begins building house on Summit Avenue in Buffalo | |
| 1889 | Darwin D. Martin marries Isabelle Reidpath | |
| Frank Lloyd Wright builds Home and Studio in Oak Park | ||
| 1890 | Frank Lloyd Wright joins Alder and Sullivan | |
| Darwin D. Martin replaces Elbert Hubbard as Secretary of Larkin Soap Company | ||
| 1893 | Frank Lloyd Wright starts his own practice | |
| 1902 | October 29 -- Darwin D. Martin meets Frank Lloyd Wright | |
| Darwin D. Martin purchases site for Martin House Complex, Jewett Parkway | ||
| 1903 | October 11 - Construction begins on Barton House | |
| 1904 | July 20 - Construction begins on Martin House | |
| October - Barton House occupied | ||
| 1905 | Martin House Complex completed | |
| 1910 | Frank Lloyd Wright designs Bar Beach Cottage (Bay Beach, Ontario, Canada) for Darwin D. Martin (unexecuted) | |
| 1923 | Darwin D. Martin commissions Frank Lloyd Wright to design a home for James and Dorothy Martin Foster, daughter of Darwin D. Martin (unexecuted) | |
| 1925 | Martin retires from the Larkin Company | |
| 1926 | Construction begins on Graycliff | |
| 1928 | June 20 - Graycliff occupied | |
| Frank Lloyd Wright designs the Blue Sky Mausoleum for Darwin D. Martin's plot in Buffalo's Forest Lawn Cemetery (unexecuted) | ||
| 1935 | Darwin D. Martin dies in Buffalo | |
| 1936 | Fallingwater (Bear Run, PA), designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for the Kaufmanns | |
| 1945 | Isabelle R. Martin dies in Buffalo | |
| 1959 | Frank Lloyd Wright dies |
Correspondence between Darwin D. Martin and O.S. Lang, the general contractor for the Martin House, and correspondence of Martin and Lang with suppliers of building materials and furnishings for the Darwin D. Martin House in Buffalo, New York. Includes correspondence with suppliers of fixtures, glass, tiles, rugs, plaster and other materials, and correspondence between Martin and E.M. May, a New York City buyer for the Larkin Company who also acted as agent for Martin for the purchase of hardware and other materials. With the Lang Martin correspondence are several rough sketches and a blueprint of the Gardener's Cottage, dated 7/25/05 enclosed in a letter from Lang to Martin dated July 28, 1905.
Correspondence is arranged in alphabetically by contractor, then chronologically.
| Box-folder | Contents | |
| 1.1 | American Monolith Company, Milwaukee (?), Wisconsin
[cement],
1905 (1 piece) |
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| 1.2 | Corbin of New York [hardware]
1905 (1 piece) |
|
| 1.3 | Henrich's Sons, Buffalo, New York [window & door
frame, sash]
1904 (1 piece) |
|
| 1.4 | Howard, George H., Buffalo, New York [roof & ceiling]
1904-9 (7 pieces) |
|
| 1.5 | Introstile & Novelty Co., Marietta, Ohio [fixtures]
1905 (2 pieces) |
|
| 1.6 | Jewett Refrigerator Co., Buffalo, New York [refrigerator]
1904-5 (5 pieces) |
|
| 1.7 | Jones Iron Works, Buffalo, [barn doors]
1905 (4 pieces) |
|
| 1.8 | Keasbey Co., Buffalo, New York [pipes]
1905 (1 piece) |
|
| 1.9 | King & Co., Buffalo, New York [plaster]
1904-5 (5 pieces) |
|
| 1.10 | Levering, Columbus, Ohio [wall ties]
1904 (1 piece) |
|
| 1.11 | Linden Glass Company, Chicago, Illinois [lamps]
1904-9 (23 pieces) |
|
| 1.12 | Little Electric Co., Buffalo, New York [wires]
1904 (1 piece) |
|
| 1.13 | Lord & Burnham Co., New York City [greenhouse]
1904 (1 piece) |
|
| 1.14 | Lumley, Wilfred, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania [fixtures]
1905-6 (3 pieces) |
|
| 1.15 | Mixer Co., Buffalo, New York [lumber]
1904 (4 pieces) |
|
| 1.16 | Mosaic Tile Co., Zanesville, Ohio [tile]
1905 (1 piece) |
|
| 1.17 | National Regulator Co., Chicago, Illinois [thermostats]
1906,
1921 (9 pieces) |
|
| 1.18 | Palmer, W.G., North Tonawanda, New York [?]
1905 (1 piece) |
|
| 1.19 | Penfield Co., Buffalo, New York [pipes]
1905 (6 pieces) |
|
| 1.20 | Penn-American Plate Glass Co., Pittsburgh, Pa. [glass]
1905 (56 pieces) |
|
| 1.21 | Persian Rug Manufactory, New York City [rugs]
1906 (3 pieces) |
|
| 1.22 | Pierson-Sefton Co., Jersey City, New York [greenhouse
ventilation]
1904-5 (9 pieces) |
|
| 1.23 | Pittsburgh Air Tight Metal Door Sill Co., Pittsburgh, PA
[thresholds]
1905 (1 piece) |
|
| 1.24 | Pittsburgh Reduction Co., Rochester, New York [aluminum?]
1905 (1 piece) |
|
| 1.25 | Porter Screen Manufacturing Co., Buffalo, New York [window
screens]
1909 (2 pieces) |
|
| 1.26 | Queen City Wireworks, Buffalo, New York [screens]
1906-8 (5 pieces) |
|
| 1.27 | Robertson Electric Co., Buffalo, New York [electrical
supplies]
1904 (1 piece) |
|
| 1.28 | Sackett, Herbert I., Buffalo, New York [electrical
supplies]
1904-6 (3 pieces) |
|
| 1.29 | Silver & Co., New York City [glass]
1905 (2 pieces) |
|
| 1.30 | Soss Invisible Hinge Co., New York City [doors]
1904-6 (6 pieces) |
|
| 1.31 | Spencer, Robert C. Jr. Chicago, IL [architect, sash,
hardware]
1905 (12 pieces) |
|
| 1.32 | Stearns & Sons, Syracuse, New York [fireplace tiles]
1905 (3 pieces) |
|
| 1.33 | Sterns Electrical Co., Buffalo, New York [hardware,
switches]
1904 (2 pieces) |
|
| 1.34 | Tuttle & Bailey Mfg. Co., New York City [hardware]
1905 (4 pieces) |
|
| 1.35 | Walbridge & Co., Buffalo, New York [register]
1904 (1 piece) |
|
| 1.36 | Waterproofing Co., New York City [waterproofing]
1909 (2 pieces) |
|
| 1.37 | Winslow Brothers Co., Chicago, IL [fireplace, ironwork]
1906 (7 pieces) |
|
| 1.38 | The Stafford, Buffalo, New York [floor]
1904 (1 piece) |
|
| 1.39-1.57 | Martin-May-Lang Correspondence 1904-6 | |
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Library's online catalog.
Plans and Drawings: These plans are shelved with other architectural drawings of the Martin House in MS 22.0, as items 40, 41, 44 and 45:
