Taliesin diary : a year with Frank Lloyd Wright / Priscilla J. Henken ; photographs by David T. Henken ; diary transcribed by Elissa R. Henken ; with an epilogue by Elissa R. Henken, Jonathan T. Henken, and Mariamne Henken Whatley.

Main entry:

Henken, Priscilla J., 1918-1969.

Title & Author:

Edition:

First edition.

Publication:

New York ; London [England] : W.W. Norton & Company, [2012]

Description:

272 pages ; 23 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Taliesin diary -- A broad-acre project (1954) -- After Taliesin: Wright Way, Usonia Homes -- Wisconsin, 1942 -- Film at Taliesin -- Food at Taliesin -- Conscientious objectors and Taliesin -- Taliesin's place in Spring Green folklore -- About Priscilla and David Henken -- Filmography -- Reading list.

Summary:

Priscilla J. Henken lived at Taliesin with her husband David as part of The Fellowship, the group of acolytes who made Taliesin an architectural colony from the 1930s through the 1950s. Her lively description of day-to-day life on a communal working farm in south central Wisconsin provides unique insights into the world of Wright during the period and will fascinate Wright enthusiasts as well as those with specialized interest in midcentury architecture; social and spiritual movements; and the clash of cultures represented by two socialist, Jewish New Yorkers and the Midwestern farm community at Taliesin.

ISBN:

9780393733808 (hardcover)
0393733807 (hardcover)

Subject:

Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959 Friends and associates.
Henken, David T., 1915-1985.
Henken, Priscilla J., 1918-1969 Diaries.
Henken, Priscilla J., 1918-1969.
Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959.
Taliesin (Spring Green, Wis.)
Taliesin (Spring Green, Wisc.)
Architects Education United States.
Architects' spouses United States Diaries.
Architects United States Biography.
Architectes Éducation États-Unis.
Architectes Conjoints États-Unis Journaux intimes.
Architectes États-Unis Biographies.
Architects.
Architects Training of.
Architects' spouses.
Friendship.
United States.

Form/genre:

Biography.
Diaries.
diaries.
Biographies.
Journaux intimes.

Added entries:

Henken, David T., 1915-1985, illustrator.
Henken, Elissa R., editor.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 279989
Call No.: BIB 216330
Status: Available

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