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Wayfarers' Chapel Architect's Project Files

Wayfarers' Chapel Architect's Project Files

Part of

People

  • Lloyd Wright (creator)
  • Lloyd Wright (architect)
  • Lloyd Wright Architect (architectural firm)
  • Lloyd Wright (author)
  • Lloyd Wright (correspondence writer)
  • Arthur Erickson (client)
  • Alfred Erickson (client)
  • Daniel De Jonghe (client)
  • Mabel Ellen De Jonghe (client)
  • Ralph Jester (client)

Title

Wayfarers' Chapel Architect's Project Files

Dates of creation

1946-1977

Level of archival description

Subseries

Extent and Medium

  • 1426 textual records
  • 543 ephemera
  • 191 drawings
  • 80 photographs
  • 37 reprographic copies
  • 23 photomechanical prints
  • 1 negative

Scope and Content

The project files documenting the construction of the Wayfarers' Chapel and site are extensive and quite complete. The documentation is more complete for the first two units of construction than for the latter units. Thus, the internal coherence of the papers is more apparent for the earlier development of the project.

The most comprehensive record of the development of the Wayfarers' Chapel is contained in the "Supervision Journal" which covers the period from 1947-1971 (files 97a/97b of the "General Files"). It should be noted particularly by researchers using these papers. The research value of the "Supervision Journal" is complemented by a substantial body of general correspondence which documents Lloyd Wright's interaction with the client and with other parties involved with the design or construction of the Chapel (the Palos Verdes Corporation, the Wayfarers Chapel Building and Properties Committee, and Reverends of the Chapel between 1947 and 1960). Further correspondence relates to the publicity for the Chapel between 1951 and 1965.

The textual documents are augmented by an extensive array of visual materials, such as drawings, photographs, postcards, newspaper articles and trade catalogues, which are valuable for providing a pictorial record of the Chapel and site from its earliest through to its later development. The "Trade Catalogues and Supplier Ephemera" file (file 98 of the "General Files") contains a record of the products and supplies Lloyd Wright considered or used in the construction of the Wayfarers' Chapel.

Reference Number

AP151.S1.D10

Arrangement

The architect's project files have been reorganized into two groupings totalling 205 files. General files are organized by document type and construction files are organized according to five building phases: the chapel proper, unit I of construction, 1952-1952; the campanile, berm walls and walks, unit II of construction, 1953-1955; the parish house, cloister and refectory, unit III of construction, 1955-1957; the work shed and yard, also known as the service building addition, unit IV of construction, 1957-1958; and a final group of smaller projects -- restrooms, baptismal fount and auditorium addition -- executed between 1960 and 1977. A description of the current contents of each file and of their organization as received is available upon request.

Other finding aids

  • Consult the Guide and Inventory to the Papers of Lloyd Wright's Wayfarers' (Swedenborg Memorial) Chapel.

Inventory

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    • Reference Number: DR1987:0869:001-205
    • Title: Wayfarers' Chapel fonds: Architect's project files, including correspondence, contractual and construction documents, publicity materials and some drawings, photographs and reprographic copies
    • Dates of creation: 1946-1977
    • Form: drawings, textual records, graphic materials, photographs
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Lloyd Wright (draughtsman)
    • Lloyd Wright Architect (architectural firm)
    • Lloyd Wright (architect)
    • Lloyd Wright (author)
    • Lloyd Wright (correspondence writer)
    • Arthur Erickson (client)
    • Franklin W. Jones (client)
    • Daniel De Jonghe (client)
    • Ralph Jester (client)
    • Alfred Erickson (client)
    • Mabel Ellen De Jonghe (client)

    Description:

    - The architect's project files have been reorganized into two groupings totalling 205 files. General files are organized by document type and construction files are organized according to five building phases: the chapel proper, unit I of construction, 1952-1952; the campanile, berm walls and walks, unit II of construction, 1953-1955; the parish house, cloister and refectory, unit III of construction, 1955-1957; the work shed and yard, also known as the service building addition, unit IV of construction, 1957-1958; and a final group of smaller projects -- restrooms, baptismal fount and auditorium addition -- executed between 1960 and 1977. A copy of the finding aid is in the object file; it includes a description of the current contents of each file and of their organization as received.

    Quantity / Object type:

    205 file(s)

    Stage and Purpose:

    • contract drawings
    • conceptual drawings
    • preliminary drawings
    • technical drawings
    • detail drawings
    • structural drawings

    Technique and media:

    Drawings include graphite, coloured pencil and ball-point pen on wove paper and tracing paper reprographic copies include diazotypes and blueprints on wove paper visual documents include relief halftones, offset lithographs, photolithographs and photogravure on wove paper, calendered wove paper and pasteboard textual documents include typescripts, carbon copies of typescripts, graphite, pen and blue ink, ball-point pen, mimeograph copies, offset printing, letterpress printing and various photomechanical processes on onionskin paper, wove paper, calendered wove paper and pasteboard photographs include gelatin silver prints, chromogenic colour prints and one negative

    Dimensions:

    sheet (smallest): 5,1 x 8,9 cm sheet (largest): 60,9 x 91,2 cm comp. (smallest): 5,2 x 8,3 cm comp. (largest): 19,2 x 23,5 cm

    Drawing Type:

    • line drawings
    • mechanical drawings (tool-aided drawings)
    • finished drawing
    • freehand drawings
    • sketches
    • tracings

    Document Type:

    • clippings
    • architect's statement
    • articles
    • business cards
    • catalogues
    • correspondence
    • postcards
    • drafts (documents)
    • journals (accounts)
    • notes
    • notices of completion
    • permit
    • publications
    • reports
    • scripts (documents)
    • sheet music
    • speech
    • project files
    • checklists
    • contract documents
    • specifications
    • administrative records
    • progress reports
    • progress schedules
    • bidding documents
    • financial records
    • church records

    Method of Projection:

    • perspective drawings
    • isometric drawings
    • plans (drawings)
    • site plans
    • landscaping plan
    • sections (orthographic drawings)
    • elevations (drawings)
    • sketch elevations (drawings)
    • sketch plans (drawings)
    • sketch sections (orthographic drawings)

    Point of View:

    • general views
    • partial views
    • aerial views
    • exterior views
    • interior views

    Physical Description:

    - All objects are stored in standard legal and letter sized files. Some objects, in particular the reprographic copies, were folded to fit in the file. Some photographs are on postcard stock. All newspaper clippings and many of the folders and dividers were replaced with photocopies.

    Inscription:

    inscribed, signed, dated and numbered - see object for complete inscription

    Location:

    United States

    Subject:

    • architecture
    • interior design
    • engineering

    Subject Descriptive Terms:

    • theatre

    Credit line:

    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

    Copyright:

    © Eric Lloyd Wright

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