Historic New England

Tony DiRico house, Milton, Mass.

Set of five architectural drawings for alterations to existing house for Mr. and Mrs.Tony DiRico in Milton, Massachusetts (commission #1558-A2) including two elevations, one plan, one plot plan, and one topographic map. Topographic map was made by Robert E. Hannigan Associates (Quincy, Massachusetts...

Date: 2002

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

GUSN: 330419

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1558-A2

Homestyle Center Inc. model house, Grand Rapids, Mich.

Set of seventeen architectural drawings of model house for Homestyle Center Inc. in Grand Rapids, Michigan (commission #1573) including four elevations, three plans, one plot plan, four renderings, and five details. Some drawings are signed and dated by Royal Barry Wills or Ken Duprey. Drawings d...

Date: 1955-1956

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

GUSN: 330420

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1573

The Equitable Life Insurance of the United States receipt, 1942

1 folder

Date: 1942

Collection: Rose Standish Nichols unpublished manuscript collection

GUSN: 330347

Ref. Code: MS058.05.34

Boston Fellowship of Reconciliation pamphlet, circa 1940

1 folder

Date: circa 1940, undated

Collection: Rose Standish Nichols unpublished manuscript collection

GUSN: 330348

Ref. Code: MS058.05.35

Our Common

1 folder

Date: undated

Collection: Rose Standish Nichols unpublished manuscript collection

GUSN: 330349

Ref. Code: MS058.05.36

Old-Time New England Volume XLI, 1951

1 folder

Date: 1951

Collection: Rose Standish Nichols unpublished manuscript collection

GUSN: 330350

Ref. Code: MS058.05.37

Suitcase

1 suitcase

Date: undated

Collection: Rose Standish Nichols unpublished manuscript collection

GUSN: 330351

Ref. Code: MS058.05.38

Willard Howard house, Wellesley Hills, Mass.

Set of eight architectural drawings of house for Willard Howard in Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts (commission #684) including three elevations, three plans, and two details. All drawings are signed and dated by Robert E. Minot. Maurice A. Dunlavy was the builder. Drawings depict a two-story Tudor...

Date: 1939

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

GUSN: 330352

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.684

Lawrence Edmands house, Wellesley Hills, Mass.

Set of eleven architectural drawings of house for Lawrence Edmands in Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts (commission #701) including four elevations, three plans, and four details. Most drawings are signed and dated by Nataniel Perry Tufts. Maurice A. Dunlavy was the builder. Drawings depict a two-st...

Date: 1939

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

GUSN: 330353

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.701

Dudley Harmon house, Wellesley Hills, Mass.

Set of two architectural drawings for alterations to existing house for Dudley Harmon in Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts (commission #1139) including one elevation and one plan. Drawings are signed by Robert E. Minot; drawings are not dated. Original commission was #701. Alterations include a prop...

Date: 1947, undated

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

GUSN: 330355

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1139

Lawrence Edmands house, Wellesley Hills, Mass.

Set of four architectural drawings for alterations to existing house for Lawrence Edmands in Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts (commission #1056) including two elevations, one plan, and one detail. Drawings are not signed or dated. Original commission was #701. Alterations include a new wing which w...

Date: 1946, undated

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

GUSN: 330356

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1056

M. G. Decatur house, West Medford, Mass.

One architectural drawing for alterations to existing house for M. G. Decatur in West Medford, Massachusetts (commission #1057) including an elevation and a plan. Drawing is not signed or dated. Alterations include addition of a two-story wing.

Date: 1946

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

GUSN: 330357

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1057

The Shelter and Beach View, Revere Beach, Mass.

A color postcard depicting crowds at Revere Beach, Mass. with Revere Beach Boulevard, the State Bath House, and shelters in the background.

Date: 1908

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 330358

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.USMA.3990.0080.013

Ice Wall, Revere Beach

Color postcard of a winter scene at Revere Beach, Mass. Depicts a man along an ice wall at the shoreline with Revere Beach Boulevard, attractions, shelters, and the bandstand in the background.

Date: 1907

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 330359

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.USMA.3990.0080.014

Point of Pines, Near Revere Beach. Mass.

Black and white postcard depicting the Point of Pines Hotel in the Point of Pines neighborhood on the northern point of Revere Beach, Mass. Postcard also shows gardens and hotel guests in front of hotel.

Date: 1908

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 330360

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.USMA.3990.0080.015

Walter L. Barker house, Nashua, N.H.

Set of twenty-five architectural drawings of house for Walter L. Barker in Nashua, New Hampshire (commission #775) including five elevations, three plans, and seventeen details. Drawings are signed by Merton S. Barrows; most drawings are dated. Drawings depict a two-story Garrison Colonial Reviva...

Date: 1940

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

GUSN: 330361

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.775

Walter L. Barker house, Nashua, N.H.

Set of nine architectural drawings for alterations to existing house for Walter L. Barker in Nashua, New Hampshire (commission #775-A) including four elevations, one plan, and four details. Some drawings are signed and dated by Merton S. Barrows or Warren J. Rhoter. Alterations include: new study...

Date: 1945-1956

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

GUSN: 330362

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.775-A

Mrs. V. S. Brigham and Grace R. Stevens house, East Hebron, N.H.

Set of fifteen architectural drawings of house for MRs. V. S. Brigham and Grace R. Stevens in East Hebron, New Hampshire (commission #778) including three elevations, two plans, and ten details. Most drawings are signed and dated by Royal Barry Wills or Robert E. Minot. Drawings depict a two-stor...

Date: 1940-1941

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

GUSN: 330363

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.778

John Raymond Lester (builder) house, Springfield, Mass.

Set of nine architectural drawings of house for builder John Raymond Lester in Springfield, Massachusetts (commission #797) including five elevations, two plans, one plot plan, and one detail. Drawings are not signed or dated. Drawings depict a one-story Cape Cod-style house with a cedar shingle ...

Date: 1940

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

GUSN: 330365

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.797

John Raymond Lester (builder) house, Springfield, Mass.

Set of nine architectural drawings of house for builder John Raymond Lester in Springfield, Massachusetts (commission #798) including five elevations, two plans, one plot plan, and one detail. All drawings are signed and dated by Robert E. Minot. Drawings depict a one-story Cape Cod-style house w...

Date: 1940

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

GUSN: 330370

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.798

John Raymond Lester (builder) house, Springfield, Mass.

Set of seven architectural drawings of house for builder John Raymond Lester in Springfield, Massachusetts (commission #799) including five elevations, one plan, and one detail. Some drawings are signed and dated by Robert E. Minot. Drawings depict a one-story Cape Cod-style house with a cedar sh...

Date: 1940

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

GUSN: 330372

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.799

Jacob Shore house, Providence, R.I.

Set of thirty-nine architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Shore in Providence, Rhode Island (commission #809) including four elevations, three plans, one plot plan, two cross sections, and twenty-nine details. Some drawings are signed and dated by Merton S. Barrows or Robert E. Minot...

Date: 1941

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

GUSN: 330374

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.809

John Raymond Lester (builder) house, Springfield, Mass.

Set of seven architectural drawings of house for builder John Raymond Lester in Springfield, Massachusetts (commission #831) including four elevations and three plans. No drawings are signed; one is dated. Drawings depict a two-story Garrison Colonial Revival-style house with an asphalt shingle r...

Date: 1941

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

GUSN: 330376

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.831

John Lyman house, Springfield, Mass.

Set of seven architectural drawings of house for John Lyman in Springfield, Massachusetts (commission #834) including four elevations, two plans, and one detail. All drawings are dated but are not signed. John Raymond Lester was the builder. Drawings depict a one-story Gambrel Cape Cod-style hous...

Date: 1941

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

GUSN: 330378

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.834

John Raymond Lester (builder) house, Springfield, Mass.

Set of six architectural drawings of house for builder John Raymond Lester in Springfield, Massachusetts (commission #846) including four elevations and two plans. No drawings are signed; one is dated. Drawings depict a one-story Cape Cod-style house with a saltbox garage and a shingle exterior. ...

Date: 1941

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

GUSN: 330379

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.846

John Raymond Lester (builder) house, Springfield, Mass.

Set of seven architectural drawings of house for builder John Raymond Lester in Springfield, Massachusetts (commission #850) including four elevations and three plans. No drawings are signed; most are dated. Drawings depict a two-story Colonial Revival-style house with a saltbox garage and a clap...

Date: 1941

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

GUSN: 330381

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.850

Lewis G. King house, Chilmark, Mass.

Set of nine architectural drawings for alterations to existing house for Mr. and Mrs. Lewis G. King in Chilmark, Massachusetts (commission #1621) including three elevations, two plans, one cross section, one rendering, and two details. Some drawings are signed and dated by Robert E. Minot. Altera...

Date: 1956

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

GUSN: 330672

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1621

Walter A. Stewart house, Bristol, R.I.

Set of twelve architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. Walter A. Stewart in Bristol, Rhode Island (commission #1622) including five elevations, two plans, one topographic map, one rendering, and three details. Drawings are signed by Royal Barry Wills or Richard Wills but are not dated. Topog...

Date: 1956, undated

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

GUSN: 330673

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1622

Mrs. R. L. Whitman house, Beverly Farms, Mass.

Set of five architectural drawings of house for Mrs. R. L. Whitman in Beverly Farms, Massachusetts (commission #1623) including two plans, two plot plans, and one rendering. Some drawings are signed by Royal Barry Wills or Merton S. Barrows; two drawings are dated. Drawings depict a one-story Cap...

Date: 1956

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

GUSN: 330675

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1623

First Church of Christ Scientist, Winchester, Mass.

Set of sixty-three architectural drawings of First Church of Christ Scientist in Winchester, Massachusetts (commission #1627) including six elevations, six plans, one plot plan, one topographic map, three electrical plans, three heating plans, five framing plans, three air conditioning plans, three ...

Date: 1957-1958

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

GUSN: 330677

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1627

Making of a new garden, Crittenden House, Matfield, Kent, B.P. Tomsett, Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society, London, United Kingdom

The author describes the reclaiming and creation of a garden on neglected land. The item is reprinted from The Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society, vol. 85, part 2, February 1960.

Date: 1960

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 330684

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.089

Better gardening, what, when and how to plant, a complete handbook of suggestions and instructions for the home gardener, 4th ed., by Harry R. O'Brien, The Union Fork and Hoe Company, Columbus, Ohio

The handbook describes tools, soil, cultivation, shrubs, flowers, watering and pest control for home gardeners.

Date: 1931-04-15

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 330685

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.090

Ornamental cast iron garden furniture, manufactured by Smyser-Royer Company, York, Pennsylvania

Chairs, settees and hitching posts are described in the brochure. The business also manufactures exterior lighting fixtures. The Philadelphia office is at 803 Architects Building.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 330687

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.003.025

Lawn and garden furniture, no. 77, Popular Mechanics Press, Chicago, Illinois

Text on the front cover reads, "Modern bent-tube furniture, arbor and seat combinations, two-seat swing, lawn chair with colonial touch, barrow chair, weatherproof dining sets." Little library of useful information ; no. 77.

Date: 1942

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 330689

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.003.026

Garden furniture of distinction, W.A. Snow Iron Works, Inc., 32 Portland Street, Boston, Mass.

Chairs, benches, tables, weather vanes and doorstops are described. Snow furniture can be seen on the terraces and courtyard garden at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts on pages 30-31.

Date: 1920s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 330690

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.003.027

Garden furniture, edited by Perry S. Graffam, General Publishing Co., Inc., Chicago, Illinois

The do-it-yourself articles were compiled from "Popular homecraft magazine." Lawn and garden furniture of different styles, garden pools, hose reels, sun dials and a wishing well are described.

Date: 1949

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 330691

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.003.028

Lincraft book of fences & furniture, New Jersey Fence Company, Burlington, New Jersey

Fences, garden and porch furniture, birdhouses and cabins are described for customers. There is a loose, blank order form. The front cover has the numbers "3" and "5" pasted on it.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 330695

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.003.029

Rustic cedar furniture, Potash-Marl, Inc., estate & garden service, 509 Madison Avenue, New York, New York

Garden structures, furniture and birdhouses are described for potential customers.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 330697

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.003.030

How to build outdoor fireplaces and lawn furniture, Arco Publishing Company, Inc., 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York

Plans for building outdoor fireplaces and furniture are described. Barbecue grills, utensils and recipes are provided as well. The title is a reissue of a Fawcett Publications title which reprinted articles from "Mechanix illustrated."

Date: 1955

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 330699

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.003.031

How does your garden grow? Bloomaid plant food, manufactured by Virginia-Carolina Chemical Corp., Richmond, Virginia

The item provides tips for better gardening using Bloomaid plant food.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 330552

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.075

Western Pine Association model house, Portland, Oreg.

Set of ten architectural drawings of house for the Western Pine Association of Portland, Oregon (commission #643) including four elevations, two plans, one framing plan, and three details. All drawings are dated and signed by Nathaniel Perry Tufts. Drawings depict a one-story Cape Cod-style house...

Date: 1938

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

GUSN: 328841

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.643

Robert R. Jones house, Pelham, Mass.

Set of seventeen architectural drawings of house for Robert Randall jones in Pelham, Massachusetts (commission #771) including four elevations, three plans, two framing plans, and eight details. All drawings are dated and signed by Amelia Brooks Valtz or Robert E. Minot. Drawings depict a two-sto...

Date: 1940

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

GUSN: 328843

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.771

Walter L. Barker house, North Hampton N.H.

Set of sixteen architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. Walter L. Barker in North Hampton, New Hampshire (commission #976) including four elevations, two plans, three cross sections, two plot plans, and five details. Most drawings are dated and signed by Royal Barry Wills, Robert E. Minot, o...

Date: 1944-1945

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

GUSN: 328844

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.976

Walter L. Barker house, North Hampton N.H.

Set of twenty architectural drawings for alterations to existing house for Mr. and Mrs. Walter L. Barker in North Hampton, New Hampshire (commission #976-A) including six elevations, nine plans, one cross section, and four details. Most drawings are dated and signed by Merton S. Barrows or Warrne J....

Date: 1951

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

GUSN: 328846

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.976-A

McCall's Magazine model house

Set of ten architectural drawings of model house for McCall's Magazine (commission #1020) including four elevations, three plans, one framing plan, one cross section, and one detail. Most drawings are dated and signed by Royal Barry Wills, Leon Keach, or Walter H. Pratt. Drawings depict a one-st...

Date: 1946

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

GUSN: 328848

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1020

McCall's Magazine "expansible" model house

Set of thirteen architectural drawings of "expansible" model house for McCall's Magazine (commission #1159) including four elevations, four plans, one plot plan, two renderings, one furniture layout, and one detail. Most drawings are dated and signed by Royal Barry Wills or Leon Keach. Drawings d...

Date: 1948

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

GUSN: 328851

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1159

Allan M. Foote house, Wellesley, Mass.

Set of three architectural drawings for alterations to existing house for Allan M. Foote in Wellesley, Massachusetts (commission #1200-A) including two elevations and one plan. Most drawings are dated and signed by Robert E. Minot. Alterations include a porch addition.

Date: 1959

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

GUSN: 328852

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1200-A

Gilbert Small Jr. house, Wayland, Mass.

Set of twelve architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Small Jr. in Wayland, Massachusetts (commission #1212) including three elevations, three plans, and six details. Some drawings are signed and dated by Merton S. Barrows or Walter H. Pratt. Drawings depict a two-story Garrison ...

Date: 1949

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

GUSN: 328854

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1212

Benjamin F. Kraus house, North Falmouth, Mass.

Set of ten architectural drawings of house for Benjamin F. Kraus in North Falmouth, Massachusetts (commission #1218) including three elevations, two plans, one sketch, and four details. Some drawings are signed and dated by Walter H. Pratt or Warren J. Rhoter. Drawings depict a one-story ranch-st...

Date: 1949

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

GUSN: 328856

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1218

Congregational Church parsonage, Jamaica Plain, Mass.

Set of nine architectural drawings of parsonage for the Congregational Church in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts (commission #1226) including one elevation, three plans, and five framing plans. All drawings are dated and signed by Warren J. Rhoter. Drawings depict a two-story Colonial Revival-style ...

Date: 1949

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

GUSN: 328858

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1226

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