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1987 The Beaver, Exploring Canada’s History. December 1987 - January 1988 (Published bi-monthly by The Governor and Company of Adventurers of England Trading into Hudson’s Bay, known as the Hudson’s Bay Company, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada) Chisholm, Dorothy "Francis Conroy Sullivan. An Architect Ahead of His Time... ‘I am your friend because you have tried hard to do something superior in your work and tried to do it honestly.’ In these lines from a letter written around 1917 American architect Frank Lloyd Wright paid tribute to a brilliant, eccentric and neglected Canadian architect named Francis Conroy Sullivan... In 1911 they worked together on the Pembroke Public Library project "(Monograph 3, p 235, 1913). "In 1913 Sullivan had collaborated with Wright on a park shelter (Pavilion) at Banff, Alberta." Banff Park Pavilion (Monograph 3, p 194-5, 1911). Note: Also collaborated on Railway Station for Banff National Park Project (Monograph 3, p 196, 1911); and Ladies Kiosk Project, Ottawa (Monograph 4, p 16, 1914). In 1916 "...His first stop was Taliesin where he worked on drawings for the Imperial Hotel project. ...Wright offered Sullivan a job as supervisor of construction in Tokyo." He declined due to health. "In 1928... Wright invited Sullivan to join his staff in Arizona... In March of 1929 Sullivan collapsed... rushed to the hospital in Phoenix... He was dead at the age of 47. Wright himself made the arrangements to return the body to Canada... In 1951... Wright wrote of his Canadian disciple ‘Fras’ - as we called him - was a brave fellow and a competent one. His end was tragic." Includes five photographs. Original cover price $3.50 (Canadian). 8.25 x 10.75. Gift from Randolph C. Henning. Pp 48-54 1987.61.0709

 

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