Boynton, 1972-1973

Collection holdings include a wide variety of drawings as well as textual records (mostly job files) and photographs. A total of seven series are present in the collection.

Series One, Drawings and Presentation Boards, contains oversize materials organized generally by project sets (arranged sequentially by project number or alphabetically by client name) that may include perspectives, floor plans, site plans, elevations, sections, detail drawings, and specifications. Original drawings on tracing paper and presentation drawings/boards comprise the bulk of materials in this series, which is included in 48 oversize folders.

Series Two, Job Files, is comprised of 22 boxes that contain materials such as correspondence, specifications, financial and legal documents, miscellaneous printed materials, photographs, receipts, and invoices for the various Drake projects. Original Drake labeling has been retained for the folders in this series.

Remaining series in the collection are housed in 2 boxes. Prominent among the latter are the following: Series Three, Biographical/Personal, which contains a comprehensive list of Drake's projects as well as manuscript writings (most notably F.L.L.W.: My years With Frank Lloyd Wright), handwritten poems, and sketches; Series Five, Printed Matter, which includes clippings from various newspapers and magazines relating to Blaine Drake and his work; and Series Six, Photographs, which consists of 15 folders containing numerous photo prints, negatives, and slides as well as some textual materials related to Drake-designed buildings.