Historic New England

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

Renderings - Charles H. and Frederick Ward Crombie

Three hundred five renderings of houses designed by Royal Barry Wills and Royal Barry Wills Associates. Client names and locations are noted on many drawings. Named customers are: Folder #3 commissions: 1976, 2037, 2050, 2172, 2127.1, 2127.3, 2154, 2163, 2180.1, 2180.2, 2196, 2204, 2207, 2225 (FR...

Date: undated

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

GUSN: 331296

Ref. Code: AR029.04.05.03

Renderings - Royal Barry Wills

Ten folders containing 194 renderings by Royal Barry Wills. The houses were designed by Royal Barry Wills and Royal Barry Wills Associates. Client names and locations are noted on most drawings. Named customers are: Folder #1 commissions: 308, 357, 413, 527, 567, 597, 706, 1032, 1266, 1273, 1698, ...

Date: 1930-1962

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

GUSN: 331297

Ref. Code: AR029.04.05.04

Renderings - Other Identified Artists

57 renderings of houses designed by Royal Barry Wills and Royal Barry Wills Associates. Renderings are by a variety of persons including: Charles Darling, [?] Irish, J. Montano, [?] Paarlberg, J. Paquette, Hugh Asher Stubbins Jr., Jim Taylor, and J. Floyd Yewell. Client names and locations are noted...

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

GUSN: 331298

Ref. Code: AR029.04.05.05

Renderings - Unidentified artists

44 renderings of houses designed by Royal Barry Wills Associates. Artists are not identified. Client names and locations are noted on some drawings. Named customers are: Mrs. Samuel Ayres of Cohasset, Mass.(no commission associated with these drawings); Edward E. Babb of Wellesley Hills, Mass.(commi...

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

GUSN: 331299

Ref. Code: AR029.04.05.06

Home grounds and gardens, published by Keith Corporation, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Landscaping plans for various sized residential lots are described. There are articles on landscape design, garden ornaments and lawns.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 331303

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.124

Edgar Cartwright house, Guilford, Maine

Set of eleven architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Cartwright in Guilford, Maine (commission #1691) including four elevations, six plans, and one rendering. Drawings are signed by Richard Wills, and Robert E. Minot; one drawing is dated. Drawings depict a two-storyl Colonial Rev...

Date: 1958

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

GUSN: 331304

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1691

William J. Salter house, Augusta, Maine

Set of twenty nine architectural drawings for Mr. and Mrs. William J. Salter in Augusta, Maine (commission #1696) including three elevations, three plans, nineteen details, one plot plan, one cross section, one initial sketch, and one rendering. Drawings are signed by Royal Barry Wills; most drawi...

Date: 1958

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

GUSN: 331307

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1696

Prairie spirit in landscape gardening, what the people of Illinois have done and can do toward designing and planting public and private grounds for efficiency and beauty, by Wilhelm Miller, Illinois Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Illinois, College of Agriculture, Urbana, Illinois

The author urges the restoration of native Illinois prairie vegetation to urban, rural, roadway and park settings.There is an Illinois citizen "oath" and "ballot" to support local community efforts.

Date: 1915

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 331312

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.125

Tropical landscape gardening, by Lewis & Valentine Company of Florida, Harvey Building, West Palm Beach, Florida

Drawings and photographs of unidentified properties are shown for potential customers. Extracts from testimonial letters are included.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 331313

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.126

How to plant, Green's Nursery Co., Rochester, New York

Specific directions for handling nursery stock are provided to insure a good outcome. There is a separate business envelope.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 331314

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.127

Better vegetables from your own garden, Vigoro complete plant food for lawns gardens, flowers, shrubbery and trees, Swift & Co., Detroit, Michigan

Customers are urged to use Vigoro fertilizer to support their vegetable gardens.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 331315

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.128

Billhead letter, Emmon & Company, Newark, New York

The text urges the customer to immediately water the delivered nursery plants. The invoice portion of this item has been removed.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 331320

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.129

Partial list of plants available for various uses in general landscape planting, compiled by Albert D. Taylor, 1900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio

Separate chapters describe plants for different uses such as groundcover, borders, soil conditions and urban properties. The cover title reads "Plants for landscape planting."

Date: 1916

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 331322

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.130

Henderson's garden guide and record, Peter Henderson & Co., 35 & 37 Cortlandt Street, New York, New York

How to plant a variety of flowers and vegetables is explained in short descriptions. Blank lined pages in the front and back allow for garden note taking.

Date: 1909

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 331323

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.131

How to landscape the home grounds, new and revised ed., The Storrs & Harrison Co., nurserymen, florists and seedsmen, Painesville, Ohio

Planting suggestions for various sized lots are described. Vines, hedges, roses and evergreens are given particular attention.

Date: 1928

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 331324

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.132

English gardens in America, English Gardens, Inc. Upper Montclair, New Jersey

The booklet promotes English style and rock gardens created by landscape architects and contractors.

Date: 1930s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 331329

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.133

Beautifying the farmstead, F.L. Mulford, landscape gardener, Office of Horticultural and Pomological Investigations, United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C.

Suggestions for landscaping around farms houses, buildings and drives is provided.

Date: 1920

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 331330

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.134

John J. Fahey house, Boxford, Mass.

Set of eighteen architectural drawings for Mr. and Mrs. John J. Fahey in Boxford, Massachusetts (commission #1928) including three elevations, three plans, one cross section, one plot plan, and nine details. Some drawings are signed and dated by John F. Howard The drawings depict a 2 floor extend...

Date: 1963

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

GUSN: 331332

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1928

Culture of water lilies and aquatic plants, new edition, by Peter Henderson & Co., published by Peter Henderson & Co., 35 and 37 Cortlandt Street, New York, New York

An introduction to water gardening which describes the cultivation of water environments and the plant varieties that thrive in them.

Date: 1906

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 331338

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.135

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