Historic New England

Sidney B. Turin house, Newton, Mass.

Set of six architectural drawings for alterations to existing house for Mr. and Mrs. Sidney B. Turin in Newton, Massachusetts (commission #1564) including three elevations, two plans, and one rendering. Also included are one elevation, one plan, and one rendering for a cottage in Casco, Maine for th...

Date: 1955

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 330730

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1564

Francis J. LaFountain house, Saco, Maine

Set of seven architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. Francis J. LaFountain in Saco, Maine (commission #1668) including one elevation and six plans. Some drawings are signed by Richard Wills; no drawings are dated. Drawings depict a two-story house. House has a living room with fireplace,...

Date: 1957

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 330731

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1668

Arthur Sewell house, Bath, Maine

Set of five architectural drawings for alterations to existing house for Mr. Arthur Sewell at "Stone House Farm" in Bath, Maine (commission #1734) including two plans and three details. Some drawings are signed and dated by Robert E. Minot. Also included is one blueprint of a plan, dated 1955, by ar...

Date: 1959

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 330732

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1734

Walworth B. Williams house, Winchester, Mass.

Set of forty-two architectural drawings for alterations to existing house for Mr. and Mrs. Walworth B. Williams in Winchester, Massachusetts (commission #1744) including sixteen elevations, fourteen plans, five framing plans, two sketches, and five details. Some drawings are signed and dated by Roya...

Date: 1959

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 330733

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1744

Merlin J. Ladd house, Duxbury, Mass.

Set of seven architectural drawings for alterations to existing house for Mr. and Mrs. Merlin J. Ladd in Duxbury, Massachusetts (commission #1785) including two elevations, two plans, one sketch, and two details. Some drawings are dated.

Date: 1960

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 330734

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1785

George L. Jackson house, Wellesley Hills, Mass.

Set of twelve architectural drawings for alterations to existing house for Mr. and Mrs. George L. Jackosn in Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts (commission #1790) including three elevations, four plans, one cross section, two plot plans, and two details. Most drawings are signed and dated by Warren J. R...

Date: 1960

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 330735

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1790

Edward Dane house, Center Harbor, N.H.

Set of 58 architectural drawings for alterations to existing house for Mr. and Mrs. Edward Dane in Center Harbor, New Hampshire (commission #1800). Most drawings are signed and dated by David G. Dethlefs.

Date: 1961

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 330736

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1800

Richard A. Shuman house, Fall River, Mass.

Set of five architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Shuman in Fall River, Massachusetts (commission #1819) including three preliminary plans, one plot plan, and one rendering. Rendering is signed by Royal Barry Wills; no drawings are dated. Drawings depict a one-story French-s...

Date: 1960

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 330737

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1819

R. Lionel Barrows house, Greenfield, Mass.

Set of eleven architectural drawings for alterations to existing house for Mr. and Mrs. R. Lionel Barrows in Greenfield, Massachusetts (commission #1842) including three elevations, two plans, one cross section, and five details. Some drawings are signed and dated by Merton S. Barrows, John F. Howar...

Date: 1961

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 330738

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1842

Ernest E. Vanham house, Lyndeborough, N.H.

Set of thirteen architectural drawings for alterations to existing house for Mr. and Mrs. Ernest E. Vanham in Lyndeborough, New Hampshire (commission #1848) including two elevations, three plans, one framing plan, and seven details. Most drawings are signed and dated by Harmon J. Kiley, Jr., Philip ...

Date: 1961

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 330739

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1848

Ilse Bischoff house, Hartland, Vt.

Set of nineteen architectural drawings for alterations to existing house for Miss Ilse Bischoff at "High Meadows" in Hartland, Vermont (commission #1855) including three elevations, three plans, and thirteen details. Some drawings are signed and dated by Ken Duprey, Robert E, Minot, or Philip S. Tam...

Date: 1961-1962

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 330740

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1855

Subjects

This series contains 4 X 5 glass plate, acetate, and nitrate negatives arranged by subjects in alphabetical order. The negatives were originally ordered and catalogued by Yankee Publishing Librarian and Archivist Lorna Trowbridge and those subjects has been maintained. The subjects include a wide ...

Date: 1890-1945

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 330741

Ref. Code: PC053.01

Maurice T. Freeman house, Winchester, Mass.

Set of twenty-one architectural drawings for alterations to existing house for Mr. and Mrs. Maurice T. Freeman in Winchester, Massachusetts (commission #1627-A) including four elevations, seven plans, two cross sections, two renderings, one plot plan, and five drawings. Some drawings are signed and ...

Date: 1959-1960

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 330742

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1627-A

Maurice T. Freeman house, Winchester, Mass.

Set of two architectural drawings for alterations to existing house for Mr. and Mrs. Maurice T. Freeman in Winchester, Massachusetts (commission #1627-B) including one elevation and one detail. One drawing is signed and dated by Merton S. Barrows. Alterations include a basement kitchen and baseme...

Date: 1961

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 330743

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1627-B

Maurice T. Freeman house, Winchester, Mass.

Twelve black-and-white photographic prints of house in Winchester, Massachusetts with alterations designed by Royal Barry Wills in 1961 for Maurice T. Freeman.

Date: undated

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 330744

Ref. Code: AR029.04.03.FreemanM

Robert Potter house, Winchester, Mass.

Set of two architectural drawings for a garden house for Mr. and Mrs. Robert Potter in Winchester, Massachusetts (commission #2790) including one elevation and one detail. Drawings are dated but not signed. Commissions #1627-A and #1627-B are for alterations to main house. Drawings depict a garde...

Date: 2000

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 330746

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.2790

I. Alan Balfour (developer) house, Cape Cottage, Maine

Set of seven architectural drawings of house for developer I. Alan Balfour in Cape Cottage, Maine (commission #1628) including four elevations and three plans. All drawings are signed and dated by Richard Wills. Drawings depict a two-story saltbox Garrison Colonial Revival-style house with a clap...

Date: 1956, undated

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 330747

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1628

J. S. Myers house, Weston, Mass.

Set of seven architectural drawings of alterations to existing house for Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Myers in Weston, Massachusetts (commission #1629) including three elevations, two plans, and two details. All drawings are signed by Richard Wills; no drawings are dated. Alterations include an addition to...

Date: 1956, undated

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 330749

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1629

George W. Benedict Jr. house, Cohasset, Mass.

Set of thirty-two architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. George W. Benedict Jr. in Cohasset, Massachusetts (commission #1632) including seven elevations, four plans, two plot plans, one rendering, and seventeen details. Some drawings are signed by Royal Barry Wills or Richard Wills; most d...

Date: 1956-1957

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 330751

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1632

Busch Gardens, Pasadena, California

Beer magnate Adolphus Busch created extensive botanical gardens which served as a backdrop for fairy tale figures to amuse his grandchildren. The gardens were open to the public and constituted an early southern California themepark. Robert Gordon Fraser was the landscape architect and designer.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 330757

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.095

Flower beautiful, George H. Peterson, Inc., rose and peony specialists, Fair Lawn, New Jersey

Guidance in selecting and planting peonies in home gardens is provided by the nursery. There is a loose order form dated fall 1929.

Date: 1929

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 330759

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.096

My Better homes & gardens' garden helper, edited by Alfred Carl Hottes, published by Meredith Publishing Company, Des Moines, Iowa

A month by month guide to planting gives help in soil preparation, recommended plants, watering and maintenance. There are separate chapters on such topics as pests, bulbs, trees and vines. Plans for preparing small and formal gardens are described. There is a loose newspaper clipping on fall bloom...

Date: 1930s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 330760

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.097

How to grow the best lawn and garden in your neighborhood, a complete guide to gardening and landscaping, edited by Edward L. Throm and Betty M. Kanameishi, Popular Mechanics, 200 E. Ontario St., Chicago, Illinois

Soil preparation, vegetable garden planning, lawn renovation, outdoor fireplaces and furniture and garden walks are among the many topics covered in this handbook.

Date: 1951

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 330761

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.098

F. Marsena Butts house, Lincoln, Mass.

Set of nineteen architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. F. Marsena Butts in Lincoln, Massachusetts (commission #1633) including three elevations, three plans, two plot plans, one topographic map, one cross section, one rendering, and eight details. Some drawings are signed by Royal Barry Wi...

Date: 1956-1957

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 330764

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1633

Arthur J. Hassett Jr. house, Brockton, Mass.

Set of eighteen architectural drawings of house for Dr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Hassett Jr. in Brockton, Massachusetts (commission #1634) including three elevations, four plans, one cross section, one rendering, and ten details. Some drawings are signed by Warren J. Rhoter; all drawings are dated. Dr...

Date: 1957

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 330766

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1634

Harold A. Grout house, Barrington, R.I.

Set of twenty-three architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. Harold A. Grout in Barrington, Rhode Island (commission #1637) including three elevations, three plans, two plot plans, one landscape plan, two sketches, one rendering, and eleven details. Some drawings are signed by Royal Barry Wi...

Date: 1957

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 330768

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1637

Baldwin Sayer house, Middletown, R.I.

Set of fifteen architectural drawings of house for Dr. and Mrs. Baldwin Sayer in Middletown, Rhode Island (commission #1638) including four elevations, three plans, two plot plans, two renderings, and four details. Some drawings are signed and dated by Royal Barry Wills or Warren J. Rhoter. Drawi...

Date: 1957

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 330770

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1638

Baldwin Sayer house, Middletown, R.I.

Set of five architectural drawings of house for Dr. and Mrs. Baldwin Sayer in Middletown, Rhode Island (commission #1638-A) including three elevations and two plans. All drawings are dated. Design is an alternative to that shown in commission #1638. Drawings depict a one-story Gambrel Cape Cod-st...

Date: 1958

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 330772

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1638-A

Edward R. Sherman house, Middletown, R.I.

Set of twenty-two architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. Edward R. Sherman in Middletown, Rhode Island (commission #1639) including four elevations, three plans, two plot plans, one cross section, and twelve details. Some drawings are signed and dated by Merton S. Barrows, Ken Duprey, or R...

Date: 1957

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 330773

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1639

C. Louis Gagnebin house, Wellesley, Mass.

Set of twenty-three architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. C. Louis Gagnebin in Wellesley, Massachusetts (commission #1640) including five elevations, six plans, one cross section, and eleven details. Some drawings are signed by Royal Barry Wills or Richard Wills; two drawings are dates. ...

Date: 1956-1957

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 330775

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1640

John T. Dalyrymple house, Bolton, Mass.

Set of eleven architectural drawings of house for Mr. John T. Dalyrymple in Bolton, Massachusetts (commission #1641-A) including three elevations, four plans, three sketches, and one detail. Some drawings are signed and dated by Warren J. Rhoter. Included in the drawings are unnumbered and undated d...

Date: 1963

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 330777

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1641-A

Arthur W. Keylor house, Darien, Conn.

Set of eight architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. Arthur W. Keylor in Darien, Connecticut (commission #1642) including two elevations, three plans, and three details. Some drawings are signed and dated by John F. Howard or Warren J. Rhoter. Drawings depict a two-story saltbox Cape Co...

Date: 1957

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 330778

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1642

Fields Point Manufacturing Corp. (builder) house, Barnstable, Mass.

Set of five architectural drawings of house for builder Fields Point Manufacturing Corp. in Barnstable, Massachusetts (commission #1643) including two elevations and three plans. Drawings are dated. Drawings depict a one-story Cape Cod-style house with a wood shingle roof and a clapboard and flus...

Date: 1957

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 330780

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1643

Fields Point Manufacturing Corp. (builder) house, Barnstable, Mass.

Set of nine architectural drawings of house for builder Fields Point Manufacturing Corp. in Barnstable, Massachusetts (commission #1644) including three elevations, two plans, one rendering, and three details. Drawings are signed by Royal Barry Wills or Ken Duprey; most drawings are dated. Drawin...

Date: 1957

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 330782

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1644

Fields Point Manufacturing Corp. (builder) house, Barnstable, Mass.

Set of five architectural drawings of house for builder Fields Point Manufacturing Corp. in Barnstable, Massachusetts (commission #1644-A) including three elevations, one plan and one plot plan. Drawings are dated. Drawings depict a one-story Cape Cod-style house that is a variation of the design...

Date: 1957

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 330784

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1644-A

Fields Point Manufacturing Corp. (builder) house, Barnstable, Mass.

Set of three architectural drawings of house for builder Fields Point Manufacturing Corp. in Barnstable, Massachusetts (commission #1644-B) including two elevations and one plan. Most drawings are signed by Ken Duprey; all drawings are dated. Drawings depict a one-story Cape Cod-style house that ...

Date: 1957

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 330786

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1644-B

Fields Point Manufacturing Corp. (builder) house, Barnstable, Mass.

Set of two architectural drawings of house for builder Fields Point Manufacturing Corp. in Barnstable, Massachusetts (commission #1644-B) including two plans. Drawings are signed and dated by Ken Duprey. Drawings depict a two-story Cape Cod-style house that is a variation of the design of commiss...

Date: 1957

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 330788

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1644-D

James L. Whelan house, Cohasset, Mass.

Set of seventeen architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. James L. Whelan in Cohasset, Massachusetts (commission #1645) including seven elevations, six plans, one rendering, and three details. Some drawings are signed and dated by Royal Barry Wills, Ken Duprey, Warren J. Rhoter, or Richard W...

Date: 1957

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 330790

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1645

G. Carleton Snowe house, Auburn, Maine

Set of six architectural drawings of house for Mr. G. Carleton Snowe in Auburn, Maine (commission #1647) including three elevations and three plans. Drawings are signed by Richard Wills; one drawing is dated. Drawings depict a two-story Garrison Colonial Revival-style house with a saltbox garage ...

Date: 1957

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 330792

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1647

John T. Kenney house, Colebrook, Conn.

Set of twenty-two architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. John T. Kenney in Colebrook, Connecticut (commission #1650) including three elevations, four plans, one cross section, one rendering, and thirteen details. Some drawings are signed by Royal Barry Wills, Ken Duprey, or Warren J. Rhote...

Date: 1957

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 330794

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1650

Gertrude Jekyll, an illustrated life of Gertrude Jekyll 1843-1932, Betty Massingham, Princes Risborough, Aylesbury, Shire Publications Ltd., Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom

The life of British garden designer Gertrude Jekyll is described including her friendship with architect Edwin Lutyens.

Date: 1980

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 330797

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.099

John T. Kenney house, Colebrook, Conn.

Set ofsix architectural drawings for alterations to existing house for Mr. and Mrs. John T. Kenney in Colebrook, Connecticut (commission #1650-A) including two elevations, one plan, and three details. Drawings are signed and dated by Ken Duprey or John F. Howard. Alterations include a one-story s...

Date: 1972

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 330796

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1650-A

Fields Point Manufacturing Corp. (builder) house, Barnstable, Mass.

Set of nine architectural drawings of two house models for builder Fields Point Manufacturing Corp. in Barnstable, Massachusetts (commission #1651) including five elevations and four plans. Drawings are signed and dated by Ken Duprey or Robert E. Minot. Drawings depict two one-story Cape Cod-styl...

Date: 1957

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 330800

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1651

Robert L. French house, Winchester, Mass.

Set of twenty-three architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. French in Winchester, Massachusetts (commission #1652) including four elevations, three plans, five framing plans, one plot plan, one topographic map, and nine details. Some drawings are signed by Richard Wills; three dra...

Date: 1957

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 330805

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1652

John Evans house, Cohasset, Mass.

Set of fifteen architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. John Evans in Cohasset, Massachusetts (commission #1653) including eight elevations, four plans, one plot plan, and two details. Some drawings are signed by Royal Barry Wills or Richard Wills; two drawings are dated. Drawings depict...

Date: 1957

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 330807

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1653

Robert Woods Bliss 1875-1962, Milton V. Anastos, Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C.

A recounting of the life of American diplomat, collector and philanthropist Robert Woods Bliss who co-founded the Dumbarton Oaks research center in Washington, D.C. The property has extensive gardens planned by Woods' wife Mildred Bliss and landscape gardener Beatrix Farrand. The frontispiece photo...

Date: 1963

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 330812

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.100

Albert P. Everts house, Newton, Mass.

Set of thirty architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. Albert P. Everts in Newton, Massachusetts (commission #1656) including two elevations, three plans, one cross section, three framing plans, and twenty-one details. Some drawings are signed and dated by Leon Keach or Richard Wills. Dra...

Date: 1957

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 330813

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1656

Out-door surroundings, how to beautify them, a booklet of landscape gardening, Swain Nelson & Sons Co., Marquette Building, Chicago, Illinois

Guidelines are provided for planning and laying out gardens, walks and drives. A list of private and public projects done by the business is listed on the last page. The nurseries are located at Glenview, Illinois. The photographs in the booklet are courtesy of "Country life in America."

Date: 1909

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 330814

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.101

Howard E. Keyes house, South Hadley, Mass.

Set of three architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. Howard E. Keyes in South Hadley, Massachusetts (commission #1658) including two plans and one rendering. Rendering is signed by Royal Barry Wills; no drawings are dated. Drawings depict a two-story Cape Cod-style house. House has a liv...

Date: 1957, undated

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 330815

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1658

Lee F. Burke house, Princeton, Mass.

Set of twenty-four architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. Lee F. Burke in Princeton, Massachusetts (commission #1659) including five elevations, five plans, one plot plan, one rendering, and twelve details. Some drawings are signed and dated by Royal Barry Wills, John F. Howard, or Warren ...

Date: 1957

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 330818

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1659

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