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[Description and dates], Item number, MS 22.91, Darwin D. Martin Digitization Project, 2006-2008, University Archives, State University of New York at Buffalo.
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Acquisition InformationOriginal photographs were received at various times from members of the Darwin D. Martin family and others.
Terms of AccessDarwin D. Martin Digitization, 2006-2008 are open for research.
CopyrightCopyright of papers and 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 Archives staff for information on obtaining copies of photographs.
Alternate FormDigital images are available in MS 22.92 , Darwin D. Martin Digital Images, circa 1860s-1970s.
Digital images are searchable by keyword in UBdigit .
Another online digital version of the Darwin D. Martin Photographs is available here:
Images were scanned in 2008 from several parts of the Darwin D. Martin-Frank Lloyd Wright Collection, MS 22. Collection was processed in March 2010.
Accruals and AdditionsNo further accruals are expected to this collection.
Location of OriginalsOriginal photographs are stored in the University Archives in various parts of the Darwin D. Martin-Frank Lloyd Wright Collection, MS 22.
| 1865 | Darwin D. Martin born - Boucville, Madison Co., NY | |
| 1867 | Frank Lloyd Wright born - Richland Center, Wisconsin | |
| 1869 | Isabelle Reidpath, the future Mrs. Martin, born - Buffalo, NY | |
| 1878 | Brothers DDM and Louis Frank Martin selling soap for Larkin Company in NYC | |
| 1879 | DDM, aged thirteen, begins work at Larkin Company in Buffalo | |
| 1885 | DDM invents cardex | |
| 1887 | FLW begins studies at the University of Wisconsin | |
| 1888 | DDM begins building house on Summit Avenue in Buffalo | |
| 1889 | DDM marries Isabelle Reidpath | |
| FLW builds Home and Studio in Oak Park | ||
| 1890 | FLW joins Alder and Sullivan | |
| DDM replaces Elbert Hubbard as Secretary of Larkin Soap Company | ||
| 1893 | FLW starts his own practice | |
| 1902 | October 29 -- DDM meets FLW | |
| DDM 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 | FLW designs Bar Beach Cottage (Bay Beach, Ontario, Canada) for DDM (unexecuted) | |
| 1923 | DDM commissions FLW to design a home for James and Dorothy Martin Foster, daughter of DDM (unexecuted) | |
| 1925 | Martin retires from the Larkin Company | |
| 1926 | Construction begins on Graycliff | |
| 1928 | June 20 - Graycliff occupied | |
| FLW designs the Blue Sky Mausoleum for DDM's ploy in Buffalo's Forest Lawn Cemetery (unexecuted) | ||
| 1935 | DDM dies in Buffalo | |
| 1936 | Fallingwater (Bear Run, PA), designed by FLW for the Kaufmanns | |
| 1945 | Isabelle R. Martin dies in Buffalo | |
| 1959 | FLW dies |
| 1926 | April 5 - DDM writes to FLW requesting 1910 Bay Beach Cottage design; DDM is considering building on shores of Lake Erie | |
| April 18 - DDM looks at site in Derby, NY | ||
| April 19 - DDM purchases 250-foot front on Lake Erie, with 60-foot cliff | ||
| April 21 - DDM informs FLW 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 | ||
| May 3 - FLW sends DDM preliminary drawings | ||
| May 5 - DDM informs FLW that Isabelle R. Martin is FLW's client | ||
| August 19-20 - FLW in Buffalo to see site | ||
| August 27 - Isabelle R. Martin sees the site for first time | ||
| September - Construction on garage begun. | ||
| September - Due to marital problems, FLW asks his son John Lloyd Wright to take over the project; the Martins did not approve the change | ||
| November - FLW resumes his service to the Martins; construction continues on the site | ||
| 1927 | April 5-6 - FLW visits site | |
| June 4 - DDM writes to FLW of the completion of the foundation of the main house | ||
| June 15-16 - FLW visits site | ||
| August 31-September 2 - Chimney and masonry of main house completed | ||
| September - FLW finalizes designs for landscape, tennis court, circle, and guest house; the guest house was not executed | ||
| September - Furniture designs by FLW are executed | ||
| 1928 | March 10, 12 - Furniture bought for main house | |
| June 20 - Martins "open" house | ||
| September 20 - Paul A. Harsh, a house guest at Graycliff, suggests the name "Graycliff" | ||
| 1929 | April - Isabelle R. martin asks FLW to design a screened walk to cross the esplanade behind the stone bench for servants | |
| June 15 - FLW visits site | ||
| July - Martins request FLW to design a "concrete tent house" for the Foster family (unexecuted) | ||
| July - Martins request FLW to design a third-floor to main house (unexecuted) | ||
| July 29 - Construction on evergreen garden, stone seat begun; FLW selects and ships furnishings for the main house from Marshall Fields in Chicago; FLW suggests wicker and overstuffed chairs fo the main house | ||
| 1935 | DDM passes away | |
| Isabelle R. Martin continues to summer at the site, and winters with the Foster family | ||
| 1938 | November - Engineering report on site compiled by G.E. Seitzmiller for insurance purposes | |
| 1941 | Isabelle R. Martin continues to summer at the site, but moves into garage apartment | |
| 1942 | Isabelle R. Martin spends her last summer at the site; she moves permanently to Buffalo to live with the Foster family | |
| 1945 | IRM passes away | |
| Stewardship of the site falls to a holding company belonging to Darwin R. Martin, son of DDM | ||
| 1950 | Piarist Fathers, a Hungarian order, purchases site from Darwin R. Martin | |
| Mid-1950s | Chapel addition constructed over south terrace of main house | |
| Garage addition and a storage building constructed | ||
| Circa 1956 | School building/dormitory constructed to house Hungarian refugees | |
| 1958 | August - FLW visits the site | |
| 1996 | Piarist Father's place property for sale | |
| Graycliff Conservancy is formed to acquire and restore the site | ||
| 1997 | October - Graycliff Conservancy signs a contract to purchase the site |
Includes papers on the Western New York Library Resources Council grant process and report, spreadsheets and papers produced during the digitization process.
Digital images of photographs, primarily 1904-1937, kept by the Martin Family, depicting the Darwin D. Martin house in Buffalo, New York, designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright. These photographs illustrate the exterior, interior and grounds of the Martin House and the related structures, including the George Barton House. Included is an album showing the construction of the Martin House, July 23, 1904 to May 9, 1905; several views of the Martin House by Chicago photographer Henry Fuermann, some of which were used in an article about the house in the May 1908 Architectural Record; a series of portraits of Martin family members taken by Louise Mueller in 1912, which also show the interior of the house; and numerous family photographs. Also included are photographs of members of the Martin family and a few photographs showing the Martin family summer home "Graycliff" at Derby, New York. Later photographs show the house during the period of occupancy by Buffalo architect Sebastian Tauriello, circa 1954-1965, and during the occupancy of the house by State University of New York at Buffalo President Martin M. Meyerson, circa 1967-1970.
Digital images in Series II and III are searchable by keyword online in UBdigit . Digital images in Series IV are available only on cd-rom.
Collection is arranged in four series:
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I. Project Documentation
2006-2008 |
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Scopecontent Note: Contains grant application, project report, spreadsheets and other working papers. |
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| Box-folder | Contents | |
| 2.1 | 2007 Annual RBDB Member Project Grant
Application,Western New York Library Resources Council, Regional Bibliographic
Data Bases and Interlibrary Resources Sharing Program
2006 7 pp. |
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| 2.2 | 2007 Annual RBDB Member Project Grant Report,Western New
York Library Resources Council, Regional Bibliographic Data Bases and
Interlibrary Resources Sharing Program
2008 pp. |
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| 2.3 | Martin photo spreadsheet, updated
February 16, 2010 Microsoft Excel file on cd-rom |
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| 2.4 | Original photo locations spreadsheet,
May 9, 2012 [Printed spreadsheet] |
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| 2.5 | Digital image disc index,
May 9, 2012 [Printed spreadsheet] |
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| Box-folder | Contents | |
| 1.1-1.5 | Cd-rom Discs 1-5 | |
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Include tiff files numbers 223_1_1 to 223_9_5 [Original photographs, MS 22.3 ] |
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| Box-folder | Contents | |
| 1.4-1.61 | Cd-rom Discs 4-61 | |
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Includes tiff files numbers 225_11_2 to 225_1296, and 228_1_0 [Original photographs, MS 22.5 ] |
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IV. Architectural Drawings, MS 22.0
1904-1930 |
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Scopecontent Note: Digital versions are not available online but are stored on cd-rom in the University Archives. [Originals, MS 22.0 ] |
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| Box-folder | Contents | |
| 1.62 | Cd-rom 62: Photographs 22.0_2-1 to 22.0_28-1 [MS 22.0,
Items 2-5, 8,10, 19, 21-26, and 28] (jpeg and tiff files of each image) |
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Also includes letter from Frank Lloyd Wright to Darwin D. Martin, May 11, 1903. |
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| 1.63 | Cd-rom 63: Photograph 82-56-3, Light fixture (tiff file) |
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The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Library's online catalog.
