Wright Chat

[Palli]

Raj Aderi
2/1/53-9/30/56
Supervised: Drafted:?working drawings w/ Ling Po, Richard Stadelman &
Mark Heyman?

Marvin Bachman
6/1/49-6/1/1950
Supervised: Shavin (car accident death before completion) Drafted:

Robert W. Beharka
1/1/54-12/31/55
Supervised: Fawcett; Austin; Marden (with Nils Schweizer); L. Wright Drafted: Pappas, Jankowski Project, Barton Project (BB?JofTALFELLissue221997)

Curtis Besinger
10/06/39 - 07/26/43 06/??/46 - 08/22/55
Supervised: Jewish Cultural Center (to completion 1964); Taliesin W theater
Drafted: Neils (after FLW drew new design over Geiger/Oyakawa sheets); Anthony (1st preliminary before FLW :Howe suggestions:Wright alterations: help from Davidson to complete for client pickup (WWW pg. 203); Auldbrass; perspective drawing for St. Marks with FLW (WWW pg.91); Price Tower; A. Adelman; designed Meetinghouse Seating unit; ink perspectives Community Church persp SW brown ink (WWW) w/Davidson (SW one in Hitchcock); supplementary drawings Price Tower; Price Sr. (Growing Up Wright); revisions to Guggenheim Exh H w/John Geiger (WWW after Howe&Wright); drawings for Henredon Triangle line(WWWpg 280); Philadelphia Synagogue; 1st Kahil & final w/ Eric Wright; third Hoffman w/Howe; Kelland Project started by Rattenbury (WWW);
Model building: Johnson House; took over from Howe Crystal Heights Project w/Davidson; Kaufman Apartment Project; working drawings L. Wright;
Labored: senior Apprentice “60 Years” Exhibition Pavilon pipe scaffolding, w/John Geiger & Morton Delson, Suntop (Sergeant)

Robert Blandin
1/1/39-1/1/40 WWW says only summer
Supervised: Drafted: Labored: Model building:

Ted Bower
9/1/41-7-31-46 6/1/47-7/31/48?
Supervised: Weltzheimer; Serlin; Sol Friedman
Drafted:
Labored:

Cornelia Brierly
9/??/34-1/1/46 6-1/55-
Supervised: Drafted: final drawings Bott (1960 construction completed 1963 TAA) Model building: Broadacre City

Tom Casey
6/1/50- TAA
Supervised: Furnishings w/ Hill for Tonkens, Peterson, Teater’s Knoll Drafted: working drawings Marden, Tracy, Kundert, Lockridge Labor: Gug.Exh H

Cary Caraway
1/1/35- 12-31-42
Supervised: Baird w/ Tafel (Storrer); Christie; Pew w/Peters (Storrer); A. Friedman Drafted: A. Friedman

Gordon Chadwick
07/04/38 -12/31/42
Supervised: Pope; D. Wright Drafted: Pope Labored: Model building:

Jim Charleton
12/1/39- 3-31-42
Supervised: Drafted: Eaglefeather (Obler) Labored:

Larry Cuneo
01/01/38-12/31/40
Labored: Armstrong Started building photography studio in a Hillside former classroom (photographed Jacobs 1 & others)

Davy Davison
06/01/38 - 06/??/43 07/01/46 - 12/14/74
Supervised: S. Kinney (completed 1961 TAA); Bulbulian; Keyes; Thaxton; Drafted: working drawings Weltzheimer, Davis; Staley, Muirhead; Lindholm House; Dobkins; Hagan; Sweeton (Dan Nichols & Davidson was point man for communications); night drawings of Madison Civic Center; Pittsburg Bridge; Guggeheim; AZ State Capitol; Pittsburgh Civic Center; ink perspectives for Community Church persp.NW brown ink (WWW) w/Besinger

Morton Delson
11/1/50-11/1/55
Supervised: early construction stage of Bachman-Wilson, Kalil, Hoffman, Guggeheim w/ William Short & David Wheatley Supervised: Hoffman addition for TAA (1971) Drafted: working drawings Tracy
Labored: “60 Years” Pavilon w/Bessinger & Geiger

Abrom Dombar
9/1/32-9/30-35
Supervised: first Apprentice at Fallingwater; Manson Drafted:

Benjamin Dombar
1/7/34-1/8/41
Supervised: Jacobs 1, Boulter (in private practice) Drafted: altered Boulter plans for building permit, Lowenstein Project

Blaine Drake
1/1/33-7/31-41
Supervised: Bazett (Besinger) Drafted:

Don Erickson
11/1/48- 4/30/51
Supervised: Drafted: Labored: Model building:

Joe Fabris
9/28/48
Supervised: Lindholm House
Drafted: Labored: Jacobs 1 rebuilt living room S brick pier 1939

Herb Fritz
09/01/37- 11/30/41

John Geiger
6/1/47-6/1/54
Supervised: Zimmerman, original Municipal Art Gallery; briefly Oboler; Exh Pavilon at Hollyhock LA
Drafted: Working Drawings: Smith, Neils (completed by Steve Oyakawa Storrer) Labored: “60 Years” Pavilon w/Bessinger & Delson

Allan Gelbin
7/1/49-3/31/53
Supervised: Rubin, Dobkins, Feiman, Rayward,
Drafted: B. Adelman (concrete ceiling beams)

David George
?Later alterations to Dallas Theater Center ?

Mendel Glickman
10/11/47-?/3/34
Subervised: Drafted: engineered drawings w/Peters Guggenheim, Philadelphia Synagogue; Marin County projects per R. Green);

Burton Goodrich
8/1/34-12/31/45
Supervised: Rosenbaum in private practice: Gordon Drafted: Rosenbaum

Aaron Green
(& as Architect) 1/1/40-12/31/43
Supervised & revised in private practiice: Rosenbaum (as rep/agent/negotiator asper W.Schiltz); Cooperative Homestead Project; Pearce?, advised Berger, Kundert, Marin w/Peters Marin County government buildings, Hall of Justice w/Schwartz Drafted: graphics for MOMO show (WSchultz) Model building: 7 Okemos Usonians, site model of Press Building (Spreckles Project)

Robert Green
11/01/58- 06/01/59
Supervised: Drafted: - w/others (RG Memoirs)

David Henken
1/1/42-1/1/44
Supervised: Drafted: General Contractor: Serlin, Reisley, Guggenheim Usonian Exh. House & Pavilon

Mark Heyman
1/1/54
Supervised: Drafted: working drawings Rayward w/Aderi, Po & Stadelman

John deHoven Hill
6/20/38-6/1/53
TAA 6/1/62-6/25/96
Supervised: Walter (Cedar Rock), Smith, Alsop, Lamberson, furnishings w/Casey for Tonkens; Grant;
Drafted: Walter working drawings after FLW detailed designs, A. Friedman w/Gordon Chadwick, Adler addition to Sondern, collaborated with Wright Roberts remodeling, D. Wright w/Howe

John Howe
10/25/32-2/24/96
6/??/46- 4/30/64 TAA
Managed the drafting room Supervised: Sondern, L. Lewis, Weisblat, Pratt, Eppstein, Meyer, Levin, McCartney, Brown, Winn, Schaberg, Glore, Turkel, Sunday (competed 1963), Olfelt w/Knudson (TAA)
Drafted: Palmer, addition: L.Lewis, Armstrong addtitions, Guggenheim Exh House (WWW); L. Wright w/Bessinger, Cooke, Arnold addition 1959, preliminary drawings Hagan, Hoffman original drawings (StorrerCom), preliminary plans Sunday w/Rattenbury, Jewish Cultural Center, D. Wright w/Hill, preliminary drawings Lockridge, Pittsburgh Point Park Project, Auldbrass; preliminary Crystal Heights Project (DC); Later additions: Keyes (1971), P. Kinney (1964), Sunday (1963)

Donald Hoppen
1/1/54-12/31/55


E. Fay Jones
05/01/53 - 09/30/53
drafted: Price Tower

Ed Kipta
1/1/54- 12/31/55
drafted:
supervised:Christian

Vernon Knudson
11/1/57-9/1/60

Gordan Lee
?/?/4-1/7/42 1/?/47-8/?/48
Supervised:
Drafted: Pittsburgh Point Park Project; Pittsfield Housing project Pittsburg Civic Center w/_

Daniel Liebermann
12/01/56- 04/01/58 TAA

Ken Lockhart
06/01/39 -06/01/46 06/01/52-01/21/94 TAA
Supervised: original Oboler building Drafted: Labor: Gug. Exh H Model building: begain Price Tower

John Lautner
10/10/33-?/?/39
Supervised: Deertrack Roberts; Drafted: Carlson, Hagan, Wyoming School (source: Howe); Sturges; Obler (Elenore’s Retreat & Gate House;

Bob May
3/21/39-6/1/41
Supervised: Drafted: Model building: Affleck

Roy Maiden
06/01/39 06/01/41
Supervised: Drafted: working drawings for Community Church w/Wright (WWW)

Ben Masselink
06/01/38 - 12/31/40

Eugene Masselink
10/01/33 -07/15/62
Supervised:
Drafted:

Robin Molny
5/1/49-12/31/53
Supervised: Greenberg
Drafted:
Model building: Labor: Gug. Exh H

Charles Montooth
11/1/45-10/30/52
Supervised: Brauner, Brandes Drafted: Private practice: concrete block company with ____

Robert Mosher
10/23/32-1/1/42
Fallingwater; Pauson, Unitarian Meeting House,

Earl Nisbit
9/1/51-5/3/53

Walter Olds
1/1/48-12/31/49
Tracy, Buehler; Walker (while with SOM)

John Ottenheimer
2/1/53-9/30/70
Price Tower; Beth Sholom Synagogue; Price Sr.; Sun Rose Rose Bowl Float

Ling Po
6/1/46-1/1/93
Berger w/advice from Green- find citation; Schumcher wallpaper design (ChicagoAI Museum Studies Bull 1995)

Robert Pond
1/1/50-12/31/54
Turkel; Lindholm Gas station, Wetmore Gas Station Project

W. Kelly Oliver
1/1/49-12/31/62
Supervised: Kalita Humphreys Theater Center (TAA); Gillin (WWW) Drafted: as Taliesin Representative working drawings
as Apprentice - Blair

Tom Olson
1/1/52-12/31/62
Supervised: Fassbender Drafted: completed Wright plans Albin (TAA)

Wes Peters
08/??/32 - 06/01/33 10/01/35 - 07/17/91
Construction manager & structural engineer Supervised: Pew (w/Carl Caraway Storrer pg.291)
Drafted: engineered drawings: Tonkens; w/Green Marin County government buildings; w/ Glickman Guggenheim

John Rattenbury
2/2/52
Supervised: Drafted: from FLW sketches preliminary & working Lykes (TAA)

Manuel Sandoval
10/25/32-10/25/34
Supervised: Labored:

Bill Schwartz
Supervised: Drafted: Hall of Justice w/Green

Nils Schweizer
1/1/48-12/31/52
Supervised: w/Beharka C&G Lewis; Florida Southern Drafted:

William Short
Supervised: Guggenheim w/ Delson & Wheatley Drafted:

Tony Smith
3/1/39-1/1/40
Supervised: Armstrong (teamed with Von Fossen/Cuneo after Apprenticeship)

Leonard Spangenberg
1/1/46-12/31/48
Supervised: Fuller Drafted: As private contractor: Gordon (completed 1964 TAA)

Milton Stricker
Drafted: 1st Stracke presentation set

Edgar Tafel
10/25/32-10/31/41
Supervised: Fallingwater; Lloyd Lewis, Schwartz, Baird w/Cary Caraway, Manson w/. Dombar, (Corneila Berendtson’s house for aunt Hulga Notz) Drafted:

James Thomson
10/01/37- 12/31/38
Supervised: Jacobs 1 with B Dombar (BWW)

Marcus Westin
12/1/38-1/3/43
Supervised: Drafted: Press Building

David Wheatley
6/1/38-6/1/56
Supervised: Guggenheim w/ Delson & Short, Schultz (completed TAA) Drafted:
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6/1/58-7/1/69
Francis (Willy) Willsey
1/1/45-6/30/47
Supervised: Alpaugh Studio & House
Drafted: Model building:

Eric Lloyd Wright
1/1/48- 10/?/52 10/?/53-12/31/56
Supervised: Auldbrass Plantation as Project Leader (Bennet Strahan, local arch. Simon Jinks directed crew), Tonkens; Kahil (R.Grant)
Drafted:

Asso. Craftsman Responsibilities

Charlie Curtis, stone mason for Taliesin II (am I right calling it 2, Jim M & Laurie?)
Will, carpentary Foreman for Taliesin II

Harold Turner (Master Builder)
Rebhuhn, Goetsch-Winkler, Affleck, Wall

Ben Wiltscheck (Contractor) Victor Holmes (rep) John Malmah (asst.)
Community Church, Johnson

George Ellis (builder)
Pauson

Marshall Erdman Contractor/Builder
Unitarian Meeting House, Erdman pre-fabs:

Ray Brandes Contractor/Builder
Tracy, Brandes

Erling Brauner Contractor
Brauner

Haskell Culwell Contractor/builder
Price Tower, Beth Sholom Synagogue, Price Sr.,

Charles Morgan
Draftsman in 30’s for Wright; later helped interprete plans for SFC

Client as Laborer
Berger w/advice from Green;
Douglas Grant laid his own stones in concrete forms,
Jacobs reflected ceiling b&b

[Palli]

I think it all printed but I had to do it section by section. I would really appreciate everyone's contributions, confirmations, corrections and details.

[KevinW]

Bob Beharka claimed he did not supervise the two projects listed with Nils Schweitzer, just Lewellyn Wright, Marden and Fawcett. He did have minor roles from time to time with Walton.
Bob said he remembers Kenn Lockhart doing the Fawcett drawings.
I'll find out from Earl Nisbet what projects he worked on while at Taliesin, and he can fill me in with some others.

Walter Olds assisted with Walker supervision but was working at SOM full time, so it was on an as needed / when available type situation.
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[Palli]

Thank you, I appreciate it.
Sadly, I did not source that entry of Austin H. when I found it. But Bob should know.
Would you be so good as to also ask Mr. Nisbet if I could contact him regarding perfs. I know from his book he continued to use perfs occasionally. Thanks again.

[KevinW]

Of course....Earl is quite a guy, you will really enjoy talking to him.
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KevinW

[dtc]

Palli,
Bob Mosher and E.Tafel supervised Fallingwater.

[Jeff Myers]

Reading that Cary Caraway supervised the 1940 "Show to end all shows" there is no mention but could be possible Caraway was to supervise the Usonian Exhibition House (1940-project). I will read further but memory does serve it was. I don't know the who did the drawings.
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[Tom]

I'd forgotten that Tony Smith was an apprentice! Wright's work had a lasting influence on him. A history I've forgotten about looking into until now.

What a great list and project here. I'm looking forward to seeing how this fills in. Thanks.

[Palli]

I will keep adding everyone's entries into my document list and update it onto the thread periodically. thanks to all

The resource codes are somewhat incomplete & the transmission from chart to WC text didn't work at first but now I think it will although clumsy looking' Help me add to refernce sources also


REFERENCE/SOURCE
code Person Author/Title/Site
WWW Besinger WORKING WITH WRIGHT
JG John Geiger JGonwright.com
RG Robert Green memoir
modusmodern.com/robertgreen/robert_green.asp
H Hitchcock IN THE NATURE OF MATERIALS
Growing Up Wright Mary Anna Eaton/Essay in Frank Lloyd Wright: The
Seat of Genius, Chairs: 1895-1955

Howe John Howe Taffel ABOUT WRIGHT?

Storrer Com/Catalog
Sergeant Usonian Houses
BWW Herbert Jacobs BUILDING WITH WRIGHT

TOM: there is a thread on Tony Smith and his work with Ted and Larry you might like to review (good luck with the search function though)

[Rood]

It's an extremely minor, even insignificant project, but the Valley of the Sun Rose Bowl Float
drawings (5735.001) were apparently executed by John Ottenheimer, from a quick sketch by FLLW. This according to personal communication with John O.

The project was commissioned by the Phoenix Junior Chamber of Commerce for a parade whose theme was "Famous Firsts". Wright styled the float: Arizona .... "First in Sunshine".

I wouldn't have thought of the float except it's on page 476, one page beyond another project I've been researching ... in Taschen. Wright: 1943-59. Then too, I happened to see the float on (black and white) television.

[DavidC]

Rood:

We had a thread on here that contained a picture of the Rose bowl Float. Sadly, the virtually useless search function has failed me once again. Perhaps someone (calling SDR!) with a better memory than me can sherlock us a link to it.


David

[DRN]

I recall reading an interview with an apprentice, possibly John Howe in Edgar Tafel's "About Wright", in which Davison was credited with the nighttime renderings (black paper) of the 1950's: Monona Terrace, Pittsburgh Point, Lenkurt Electric, among others.

[FarmerBill]

Edward Kipta was the apprentice for the John and Catherine Christian house (Samara).

[Palli]

FB: Thanks a lot, Kipta is on my copy so it must have got swallowed in the transfer. Christian is one of my case studies too....

DRN: yes, I listed those wonderful images too- wonder if the night drawings of the L_____ Lighting company are Davy's too?
It is easier to read my document because I embolden the buildings but it did not copy that unto the thread

[Palli]

To open the can of worms again: Wouldn’t this have been a proper effort for Mrs. Wright and the TAA after the mourning period... this and the archival storage and cataloguing of Taliesin holdings? Considering Paul Ringstom’s comment posted on the Wes Peters Pearl Palace last year: