Historic New England

Here is the complete Weldwood selection of fine prefinished woods, United States Plywood Corporation, 55 West 44th Street, New York 36, New York

Weldwood Prefinished Panels are shown in available colors. Customers are invited to showrooms to truly experience the lacquer finish found on fine furniture.

Date: 1950s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 292692

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.013.003

Sample pattern sheet for Gilford, Inc., 515 Madison Ave., New York 22, New York

Text at the top of the sheet reads "Kindly add these new patterns to your Master Sample Book." The pattern on one side is "Trader Horn" for wallcovering and upholstery. The pattern on the verso is "Constellation" vinyl wallcovering fabric.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 292701

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.013.004

"A Little Visit to the Cape Cod Canal"

This small book aims to give the general public a glimpse of the construction of the Cape Cod Canal. The book does this through a small bit of narrative writing, but it accomplishes its goal primarily through photographs. 16 of the book's 18 pages are photographs depicting the construction of the Ca...

Date: 1913

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 292700

Ref. Code: MS028.05.002.002

Gil-Co-Weave breathable vinyl fabrics for upholstery and wallcovering, Gilford Leather Co., Inc., 515 Madison Ave., New York 22, New York

"Gil-Co-Weave is a vinyl fabric that gives the comfort of woven fabric and the cleanability of vinyl." Color samples are shown for customers.

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 292702

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.013.005

Transite walls by Johns-Manville, 22 East Fortieth Street, New York, New York

The walls are a combination of asbestos and cement and are used for commercial building installations. There is a Boston office located at 49 Federal Street. A list of installations is on the back cover.

Date: 1938

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 292705

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.013.006

"The Cape Cod Canal: Illustrated" (3 copies)

This book combines illustration and narrative writing in describing the broad history of the Cape Cod Canal. Dalton begins by detailing the inclinations of Miles Standish to tame the Cape Cod Bay in the 1620's. He goes on to explain George Washington's motivations in sending James Bowdoin to survey ...

Date: 1911-03-00

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 292707

Ref. Code: MS028.05.002.003

Building facades of Kydex 5000, Rohm and Haas Company, Independence Mall West, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The durability and toughness of Kydex panels and sheets for exterior wall coverings is described. There is a separate cover letter and postcard for requesting additional information.

Date: 1968-06-14

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 292708

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.013.007

"The Cape Cod Canal"

This booklet provides a brief description of the Cape Cod Canal. There are 3 total pages of writing, while the rest are photographs. The writer explains the specifics regarding the Cape Cod Canal, including its length and width, the cost of the project, and the shortened route from New York to Bosto...

Date: undated

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 292713

Ref. Code: MS028.05.002.004

Bird Art-Bric Siding, it pays to have the best, Bird & Son, Inc., East Walpole, Mass.

Siding in brick patterns and colors is promoted to give homes the look of real brick and to protect them from winter cold and summer heat. Bird roofs are availabe from Allied Roofing Co., 283 Celley Road in Manchester, New Hampshire.

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 292710

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.013.008

Internal organs

Drawings (1 folder)

Date: undated

Collection: Rundlet-May family papers

GUSN: 292711

Ref. Code: MS025.07.06.001

Sketches

Sketches (1 folder)

Date: undated

Collection: Rundlet-May family papers

GUSN: 292712

Ref. Code: MS025.07.06.002

Sheetrock estimator, United States Gypsum Company, 205 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois

The brochure has a table giving the "number of square of sheetrock, number of pounds of nails and number of lineal feet of panel strips for various size rooms."

Date: 1924

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 292714

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.013.009

"Cape Cod and Its Canal"

This book is a description of the Cape Cod Canal by the Vice President of the Cape Cod Canal Construction Company. Miller begins by expounding the early history of the Canal going back to the 17th and 18th centuries. He follows this by explaining the project's recent history in the late 1800s. Then ...

Date: 1914

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 292716

Ref. Code: MS028.05.002.005

Correspondence

This folder consists of two letters, one from C. A. Morison (1862), and one from Gertrude R. May (1880), a telegram from Mrs. Horace Morison (1878), and an invitation to the 1935 wedding of N. O. Morison to W. P. Allis.

Date: 1862-1935

Collection: Rundlet-May family papers

GUSN: 292715

Ref. Code: MS025.08.01.001

Financial

This folder includes a blank page from a cash account and a bill from the George B. French Co.

Date: undated

Collection: Rundlet-May family papers

GUSN: 292717

Ref. Code: MS025.08.02.001

Legal

This folder includes an undated inventory of articles belonging to Elizabeth W. Morison, James R. May's letter testamentary (1918) and a copy of Horace Morison's 1867 will.

Date: 1867-1918, undated

Collection: Rundlet-May family papers

GUSN: 292718

Ref. Code: MS025.08.03.003

Literary papers

This folder includes C. A. Morison's cookbook, Mrs. Sayres's recipe for tea cakes, an undated chart of ancestors, and James Rundlet May's obituary (1918).

Date: 1918, undated

Collection: Rundlet-May family papers

GUSN: 292719

Ref. Code: MS025.08.04.001

Correspondence

This folder includes the following letters: Mary D. (McClary) Lord to Mary McClary, undated; Samuel Lord to Augustus Lord with Stone Church Pew Plan (1826), Mary Elizabeth Lord to Elizabeth (Whitridge) Lord (1827), Mary Elizabeth Lord to Mary West (1831), Samuel Lord to Elizabeth (Whitridge) Lord, s...

Date: 1826-1841, undated

Collection: Rundlet-May family papers

GUSN: 292720

Ref. Code: MS025.09.001.001

Financial

This folder includes an account book journal dated 1851-1878.

Date: 1851-1878

Collection: Rundlet-May family papers

GUSN: 292721

Ref. Code: MS025.09.002.001

Legal

1 deed

Date: 1789

Collection: Rundlet-May family papers

GUSN: 292722

Ref. Code: MS025.09.003.001

Printed materials

Subseries E. Printed matter, 1822 includes the obituary notice of Nancy D. (McClary) Lord (1822).

Date: 1822

Collection: Rundlet-May family papers

GUSN: 292723

Ref. Code: MS025.09.005

Printed materials

This folder includes the obituary notice of Nancy D. (McClary) Lord (1822).

Date: 1822

Collection: Rundlet-May family papers

GUSN: 292724

Ref. Code: MS025.09.005.001

"Cape Cod Canal Inspection Trip"

This pamphlet, written by the Maritime Association of the Boston Chamber of Commerce, details the Cape Cod Canal before its inspection. The itinerary of the Canal inspection trip is laid out first, followed by a brief history of the Canal. Then the authors provide the construction costs of the Canal...

Date: 1922-09-22

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 292733

Ref. Code: MS028.05.003.002

Financial

This series includes records related to drugs and books (1826-1834), dry goods (1825-1834), food (1825-1834), fuel (1826-1834), hotels, transportation and freight (1825-1834), labor (1826-1834), personal (1826-1834), schools and medical issues (1827-1834), shoes (1821, 1826-1834), and miscellaneous ...

Date: 1821-1834

Collection: Rundlet-May family papers

GUSN: 292736

Ref. Code: MS025.10.001

Household bills, drugs and books

Invoices (1 folder)

Date: 1826-1834

Collection: Rundlet-May family papers

GUSN: 292737

Ref. Code: MS025.10.001.001

Household bills, dry goods

Invoices (1 folder)

Date: 1825-1829

Collection: Rundlet-May family papers

GUSN: 292738

Ref. Code: MS025.10.001.002

Household bills, dry goods

Invoices (1 folder)

Date: 1830-1834

Collection: Rundlet-May family papers

GUSN: 292739

Ref. Code: MS025.10.001.003

Household bills, food

Invoices (1 folder)

Date: 1825-1827

Collection: Rundlet-May family papers

GUSN: 292740

Ref. Code: MS025.10.001.004

"Bridges"

Published for a general audience within the "bridge" industry, this book contains many chapters regarding various bridges across the country. One of the chapters describes the Sagamore Bridge across the Cape Cod Canal. The authors explain the structure of the Sagamore Bridge as well as the details o...

Date: 1947

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 292752

Ref. Code: MS028.05.003.003

Household bills, food

Invoices (1 folder)

Date: 1828

Collection: Rundlet-May family papers

GUSN: 292741

Ref. Code: MS025.10.001.005

Household bills, food

Invoices (1 folder)

Date: 1829-1831

Collection: Rundlet-May family papers

GUSN: 292743

Ref. Code: MS025.10.001.006

Household bills, food

Invoices (1 folder)

Date: 1832-1834

Collection: Rundlet-May family papers

GUSN: 292745

Ref. Code: MS025.10.001.007

Household bills, fuel

Invoices (1 folder)

Date: 1826-1834

Collection: Rundlet-May family papers

GUSN: 292746

Ref. Code: MS025.10.001.008

Household bills, hotels, etc. [transportation, freight]

Invoices (1 folder)

Date: 1825-1834

Collection: Rundlet-May family papers

GUSN: 292747

Ref. Code: MS025.10.001.009

Household bills, labor

Invoices (1 folder)

Date: 1826-1834

Collection: Rundlet-May family papers

GUSN: 292748

Ref. Code: MS025.10.001.010

Household bills, personal

Invoices (1 folder)

Date: 1826-1834

Collection: Rundlet-May family papers

GUSN: 292749

Ref. Code: MS025.10.001.011

Household bills, schools, etc. [medical]

Invoices (1 folder)

Date: 1827-1834

Collection: Rundlet-May family papers

GUSN: 292750

Ref. Code: MS025.10.001.012

Household bills, shoes

Invoices (1 folder)

Date: 1821-1834

Collection: Rundlet-May family papers

GUSN: 292751

Ref. Code: MS025.10.001.013

Household bills, miscellaneous

Invoices (1 folder)

Date: 1826-1834

Collection: Rundlet-May family papers

GUSN: 292755

Ref. Code: MS025.10.001.014

"Come to Cape Cod: The Land of the Early American"

As an early tourist manual, this publication displays many of Cape Cod's distinctive sights and settings. The first few pages of the document are photographs accompanied by captions. These photographs primarily depict what life is like on the Cape: golfing, horseback riding, beaches, etc. The only w...

Date: undated

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 292759

Ref. Code: MS028.05.003.004

Undated materials

Subseries A. Undated material, includes a clipping: "The True Message of Ulysses;" a business card: Ryder and Lewis, Commission Merchants, New York; a calling card for Henry Fairbank Rivers; a transcript of Portsmouth "Gazette" advertisement for sale of Ebeneazer Thompson House; Marlborough Pudding...

Date: undated

Collection: Rundlet-May family papers

GUSN: 292757

Ref. Code: MS025.12.001

Dated materials

Subseries B. Dated materials, 1812-1872. The following dated materials make up this subseries: Rules and Regulations, Washington Benevolent Society, 1812; German trade document, 1832; newspaper, "Christian Inquirer," New York, 1855; Records of the Trustees of the Symmes Bequest, Vol. 2, 1858-67; cli...

Date: 1812-1872

Collection: Rundlet-May family papers

GUSN: 292758

Ref. Code: MS025.12.002

"The Cape Cod Canal: A Tale of Two Rivers"

Sanford's work focuses primarily on the history of the towns surrounding the Cape Cod Canal. He provides a brief introduction of two pages regarding the history of the Canal, before the rest of the document is taken up by photographs and captions relating to the Canal towns. He devotes much of his e...

Date: 2004

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 292765

Ref. Code: MS028.05.003.005

Correspondence

Subseries A. Correspondence, 1929-1934, consists of 17 letters to Ralph from his mother, written between 1929 and 1934, 91 letters he received 1930-1970, 1990, n.d..

Date: 1929-1961

Collection: Rundlet-May family papers

GUSN: 292761

Ref. Code: MS025.13.001

Letters received from his mother

Correspondence (17 items)

Date: 1929-1934

Collection: Rundlet-May family papers

GUSN: 292763

Ref. Code: MS025.13.001.001

Letters received

Correspondence (91 items)

Date: 1929-1933

Collection: Rundlet-May family papers

GUSN: 292764

Ref. Code: MS025.13.001.002

Correspondence

Series I: Correspondence is comprised of letters relating to the Anthony and Tyson families of Massachusetts and Maine. Most of the correspondence is from Sarah (Anthony) Tyson (1842-1873) to her mother, Anne Anthony (b. 1817), and focuses on Tysons life while living in Shanghai, China. In 1863, Sa...

Date: 1858-1937, undated

Collection: Elizabeth (Tyson) Vaughan (1871-1949) papers

GUSN: 292790

Ref. Code: MS013.01

Other papers

Series II: Other papers includes manuscripts, materials related to the Garden Club of America and Hamilton House, and artwork. Manuscript materials include Elizabeth (Tyson) Vaughans (1871-1949) account book; Vaughans diary reflecting her social activities in and around Boston and Cambridge, Massa...

Date: 1816-1974, undated, predominant bulk 1891-1948

Collection: Elizabeth (Tyson) Vaughan (1871-1949) papers

GUSN: 292791

Ref. Code: MS013.02

Letters, 1858-1861

Letters (1 folder)

Date: 1858-1861

Collection: Elizabeth (Tyson) Vaughan (1871-1949) papers

GUSN: 292792

Ref. Code: MS013.01.01.001

Goodell: Reginald Rusden Goodell (1867-1944) [1 of 2] [8 photographs]

Photographs (1 folder)

Date: 1901-1922, undated

Collection: Parson Smith family papers

GUSN: 292552

Ref. Code: MS032.07.03.14

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