Historic New England

Earl Ferris Nursery, evergreen specialists and growers of other high grade nursery stock, Hampton, Iowa

Landscape plans with houses and keys to specific plants are shown for customers. The nursery carries evergreens, flowers and fruit plants and trees. There is an illustration of the nursery facilities inside the back cover.

Date: 1920s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 331340

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.136

Catalog, Barnes Bros. Nursery Co., Yalesville, Connecticut

The nursery has a wide selection of roses and fruit trees for customers.

Date: 1930

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 331343

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.137

Progress in the restoration of Colonial Williamsburg, by Kenneth Chorley, Architectural Record, November 1936

Buildings, grounds and gardens are shown in the photographs with brief descriptions. The article is inside a folder with the text "Irwin D. Matthew architect, Alexandria, Virginia."

Date: 1936

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 331346

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.138

Daniel J. Curtin house, Dewitt, N.Y.

Set of twenty-three architectural drawings for Mr. and Mrs. Daniel J. Curtin in Dewitt, New York (commission #1927) including four elevations, three plans, fourteen details, one plot plan, and one rendering. Most drawings are signed and dated by Robert E. Minot, or Leon Keatch. Drawings depict a ...

Date: 1963

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

GUSN: 331345

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1927

Roland Clapp house, Cumberland Foreside, Maine

Set of twenty one architectural drawings for Mr. and Mrs. Roland Clapp in Cumberland Foreside, Maine (commission #1697) including three elevations, five plans, ten details, two plot plans, one framing plan. Drawings are signed by John F. Howard, Den Duprey, and Robert E. Minot; most drawings are d...

Date: 1958

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

GUSN: 331348

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1697

George W. Dana house, Franklin, Mass.

Set of sixteen architectural drawings for Mr. and Mrs.George W. Dana in Franklin, Mass. (commission #1698) including three elevations, two plans, ten details, and one plot plan. Drawings are signed by Richard Wills; most drawings are dated. Drawings depict a one story Cape Cod house with two ...

Date: 1958

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

GUSN: 331351

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1698

Centre Congreational Church, Lynnfield Center, Mass.

Set of four architectural drawings for Centre Congreational Church in Lynnfield Center, Mass (commission #1699) including tthree plans, and one rendering. Drawings are unsigned; most drawings are dated. Drawings depict a two story church. The basement has a chior and class room, dining hall, ...

Date: 1958

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

GUSN: 331353

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1699

Gilbert Bucknam. house, Nashua, N.H.

Set of 3 architectural drawings for Mr. and Mrs.Gilbert Bucknam in Nashua, New Hampshire (commission #1700) including one elevation, and two details. Drawings are signed by Warren Rhoter; none are dated Drawings include a revision to the elevation and vestibule

Date: 1958

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

GUSN: 331355

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1700

Carolyn Muzzy house, China, Maine

Set of eighteen architectural drawings of house for Miss Carolyn Muzzy in China, Maine (commission #1703) including three elevations, six plans, eight details, and one rendering. Drawings are signed by Merton Barrows, Warren Rhoter, and John Howard; all drawings are dated. Drawings depict a one-s...

Date: 1958

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

GUSN: 331357

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1703

Charles W. Tuttle Jr. house, Colusa, Calif.

Set of nineteen architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Tuttle in Colusa, California (commission #1704 including three elevations, three plans, ten details, one plot plan, one sketch, and one rendering. Drawings are signed by Warren Rhoter, Richard Wills, and Ken Duprey; some dr...

Date: 1958

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

GUSN: 331359

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1704

Charles R. Pitts house, Schenectady, N.Y.

Set of fourteen architectural drawings for Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Pitts in Schenectady, New York (commission #1706) including three elevations, three plans, and one cross section. Some drawings are signed and dated by Robert E. Minot, and John Howard.

Date: 1958

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

GUSN: 331362

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1706

Sewell J. Shuger house, Pikesville, Md.

Set of twenty-six architectural drawings for Mr. and Mrs. Sewell J. Shuger in Pikesville, Baltimore County, Maryland (commission #1709) including three elevations, four plans, one rendering, two cross sections, and sisteen details. Most drawings are dated and signed by Ken Duprey, Warren Rhoter, Rob...

Date: 1958-1959

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

GUSN: 331364

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1709

Paul F. Avery. house, Winchester, Mass.

Set of thirty-seven architectural drawings for Mr. and Mrs. Paul F. Avery in Winchester, Massachusetts (commission #1710) including three elevations, four plans, three plot plans, four frmaing plans, two heating plans, and twenty-one details. Some drawings are signed by Warren J. Rhoter; some drawin...

Date: 1958-1959

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

GUSN: 331366

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1710

Avery D. Weisman house, Belmont, Mass.

Set of Twenty-nine architectural drawings for Dr. and Mrs. Avery D. Weisman. in Belmont, Massachusetts (commission #1712) including three elevations, three plans, one plot plan, one initial elevation, and twenty-one details. Some drawings are signed by Ken Duprey, John Howard, David Guild Dethlefs, ...

Date: 1958

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

GUSN: 331368

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1712

Richard S. Paige house, Brookline, Mass.

Set of twenty-eight architectural drawings for Mr. and Mrs. Richard S. Paige, in Brookline, Massachusetts (commission #1714) including three elevations, three plans, three plot plans, and seventeen details. Some drawings are signed by Ken Duprey and David Guild Dethlefs; most drawings are dated.

Date: 1958-1959

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

GUSN: 331370

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1714

William E. Fitzgerald house, Lexington, Mass.

Set of eight architectural drawings for Mr. and Mrs. William E. Fitzgerald in Lexington, Massachusetts (commission #1711) including four elevations, three plans, and one cross section. Some drawings are signed by Richard Wills; no drawings are dated. Drawings depict a two-story A-frame house with...

Date: 1958, undated

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

GUSN: 331372

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1711

Jay H. Walton Jr. house, Brookline, Mass.

Set of nine architectural drawings for Mr. and Mrs. Jay H. Walton Jr., in Brookline, Massachusetts (commission #1714-A) including three elevations, two plans, one top plans, and two details. No drawings are signed; all drawings are dated. Alterations and modifications to master bedroom

Date: 1995

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

GUSN: 331374

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1714-A

Edward Sexton house, Cambridge, Mass.

Set of twenty architectural drawings for Mr. and Mrs. Edward Sexton, in Cambridge, Massachusetts (commission #1715) including three elevations, two plans, one plot plan, and fourteen details. Most drawings are dated; drawings are signed by Ken Duprey, David Guild Dethlefs, and Robert Minot Drawin...

Date: 1958-1959

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

GUSN: 331376

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1715

Collin M. Cunningham house, Dover, Mass.

Set of nineteen architectural drawings for Mr. and Mrs. Colin M. Cunningham in Dover, Massachusetts (commission #1716) including three elevations, two plans, two heating plans, one plot plan, one rendering and ten details. Most drawings are dated; drawings are signed by Merton Barrows, and David Gui...

Date: 1958-1959

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

GUSN: 331378

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1716

William E. Clark house, Falmouth Foreside, Maine

Set of twenty-five architectural drawings for Mr. and Mrs. Wiliam E. Clark in Falmouth Forside, Maine (commission #1718) including four elevations, two plans, one rendering, three initial sketches, and fourteen details. One drawing is dated; most drawings are signed by Richard Wills. Drawings dep...

Date: 1959

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

GUSN: 331380

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1718

Sarah Orne Jewett, Holograph Fair copy signed from "Decoration Day," c. 1892

A 14 - line excerpt of Sarah Orne Jewett's "Deocration Day," which first appeared in Harper's Magazine in June of 1892, and was later collected in A Native of Wimby, 1893. Also included is a letter from David J. Holmes Autographs, who owned the excerpt before it was donated to Historic New England.

Date: 1892

Collection: Miscellaneous manuscript collection

GUSN: 331382

Ref. Code: MS029.001.001

William E. Clark house, Falmouth Foreside, Maine

Set of twenty-five architectural drawings that are alterations for an existing house for Mr. and Mrs. Wiliam E. Clark in Falmouth Forside, Maine (commission #1718-A) including 2 elevations, and eleven details. Most drawings are signed by Richard Wills; no drawings are dated. Vestibule is added w...

Date: 1963, undated

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

GUSN: 331383

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1718-A

Untitled Poem by Sarah Orne Jewett, undated

An untitled, undated poem written in Sarah Orne Jewett's hand, and signed by her.

Collection: Miscellaneous manuscript collection

GUSN: 331384

Ref. Code: MS029.001.002

Burgess Stanley house, Medfield, Mass.

Set of seventeen architectural drawings for Mr. and Mrs. Burgess Stanley in Medfield, Massachusetts (commission #1717) including four elevations, three plans, and ten details. Some drawings are dated; drawings are signed by David Guild Dethlefs, and Warren Rhoter. Addition to #1609 - two wings. ...

Date: 1958

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

GUSN: 331385

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1717

William E. Clark house, Falmouth Foreside, Maine

Set of two architectural drawings for Mr. and Mrs. Wiliam E. Clark in Falmouth Forside, Maine (commission #2116) including one plan, and one detail. All drawings are dated; most drawings are signed by R. Dooley. Alterations for commission 1718 and 1718-A Tool house and lavatory added

Date: 1959

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

GUSN: 331387

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.2116

Clyde N. Mansur house, Harvard, Mass.

Set of 8 architectural drawings for Mr. Clyde N. Mansur in Harvard, Massachusetts (commission #1720) including four elevations, three plans, and one detail. Some drawings are signed and dated by John F. Howard, or Ken Duprey. Drawings depict a two-story Cape Cod with offset salt box, two car gara...

Date: 1959

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

GUSN: 331389

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1720

Frederick A. Best house, Wenhm, Mass.

Set of twenty-nine architectural drawings for Mr. and Mrs. Frederick A. Best in Whenham, Mass. (commission #1719) including four elevations, seven plans, three sketches, one rendering, two electrical plans, two cross sections, one plot plan, and ten details. Most drawings are signed by Richard Will...

Date: 1959

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

GUSN: 331391

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1719

Allan Barker house, Nashua N.H.

Set of twenty-nine architectural drawings for Mr. and Mrs. Allan Barker in Nashua, New Hampshire (commission #1721) including five elevations, three plans, one plot plan, seven cross sections, two framing plans, one rendering, and ten details. Some drawings are signed and dated by Warren Rhoter, or ...

Date: 1959

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

GUSN: 331393

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1721

John H. Knowles house, Brookline, Mass.

Set of twenty-four architectural drawings for Dr. and Mrs. John H. Knowles in Brookline, Massachusetts (commission #1723) including two elevations, three plans, and fifteen details. Some drawings are signed and dated by Ken Duprey, David G. Dethlefs, or John F. Howard. Three plans by H.A. Thursh ...

Date: 1958

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

GUSN: 331395

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1723

John H. Knowles house, Brookline, Mass.

One architectural drawings for Dr. and Mrs. John H. Knowles in Brookline, Massachusetts (commission #1723-A) Addition of one bedroom and one bathroom.

Date: 1958

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

GUSN: 331397

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1723-A

Howard McConkey (builder) house, Kenmore, N.Y.

Twenty-nine architectural drawings for Mr. Howard McConkey (builder) in Kenmore, New York (commission #1724) . Most drawings are dated; few are signed by John Howard. Drawings depict a two story Colonial Revival house with a salt box two car garage; asphalt shingle roof with a clapboard and flus...

Date: 1958

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

GUSN: 331398

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1724

Residence for C. Richardson at Temple, N.H. Collens, Willis & Beckonert, Boston, Mass.

One set, includes three renderings of the exterior of a private residence in Temple, New Hampshire.

Date: 1946-1962, undated

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 331896

Ref. Code: AR001.USNH.2125.001

J. Greer McBartney House, South Dartmouth, Mass.

Set of twenty architectural drawings for Dr. and Mrs. J. Greer McBartney in South Dartmouth, Massachusetts (commission #1919). All drawings are initialed by D.T.G., J.E., and Richard Minot. Most drawings are dated. House is a one-story extended Cape Cod with red cedar shingle roof, a two car ga...

Date: 1963

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

GUSN: 331895

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1919

Richard Goldbaum house, Haverhill, Mass.

Set of ninteen architectural drawings for Mr. and Mrs. Richard Goldbaum in Haverhill, Massachusetts (commission # 1980). Most drawings are initialed and dated by Merton Barrows, S.C., and Ken Duprey. Collaborators: Brasseur Assoc 60 1/2 Bailey St. Haverhill, Mass. House has a basement with an...

Date: 1964

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

GUSN: 331898

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1980

Ralph E. Troner house, Brockton, Mass.

Set of thirty-one architectural drawings for Mr. and Mrs. Ralph E. Troner in Brockton, Massachusetts (commission # 1987). Most drawings are dated and all drawings are signed by Merton Barrows, S.C., R.S.J. and Richard Wills. Collaborators:Brockton and Taunton Gas Co. House has a basement with...

Date: 1964

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

GUSN: 331899

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1987

John W. Blake house, Weston, Mass.

Set of twenty-six architectural drawings for Mr. and Mrs. John W. Blake in Weston, Massachusetts (commission # 1994). Most drawings are dated and some drawings are signed by S.C., R.S.J. and F.W. Crombie House has a basement with an undesignated space; guest room, bathroom, lavatory, mud room, s...

Date: 1964-1965

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

GUSN: 331901

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1994

Hanslin Associates house, New Seabury, Mass.

Set of twenty-three architectural drawings for Hanslin Associates (developer) in New Seabury, Massachusetts (commission # 1996). Most drawings are initialed by S.C., and R.S.J. Drawings are undated House has a basement with an undesignated space; four bedrooms two baths, and a planned bath; ki...

Date: undated

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

GUSN: 331903

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1996

Howard Schoefeld house, Holyoke, Mass.

Set of fifteen architectural drawings for Mr.Howard Schoefeld in Holyoke, Massachusetts (commission # 1992). Half of drawings are dated and all drawings are signed by S.C., and D.T.G. House has a basement with an undesignated space. Upper floor has kitchen, living room with a fireplace, two bed...

Date: 1964

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

GUSN: 331905

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1992

Donald L. Forke house, Lincoln, Nebr.

Set of forty-two architectural drawings for Mr. and Mrs. Donald L. Forke in Lincoln, Nebraska (commission # 1997). Most drawings are initialed or signed by E.T.C., John Howard, and Donald Montgomery. House has a basement with an undesignated space; four bedrooms (one with a fireplace) two baths,...

Date: 1965-1966

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

GUSN: 331917

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1997

Donald L. Forke house, Lincoln, Nebr.

Set of four achitectural drawings for alterations and additions to an existing house for Mr. and Mrs. Donald Forke in Lincoln, Nebr. (commission # 1997-A). All drawings are initialed by E.T.C. and John Howard. Most drawings are dated. Alterations and additions to an existing house. 1 plans ...

Date: 1988

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

GUSN: 331918

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1997-A

Marion H. Towne house, Osterville, Mass.

Set of thirty-two architectural drawings for Mrs. Marion H. Towne in Osterville, Massachusetts (commission # 1985). Most drawings are initialed and dated by Warren Rhoter, John Howard, F. W. Crombie, P.B.M., R.S.J., and P. MEO House has a basement with an undesignated space; kitchen with eating ...

Date: 1964

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

GUSN: 331925

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1985

Mrs. James E. Bigwood house, Rumford, R.I.

Set of nineteen architectural drawings for Mrs. James E. Bigwood in Rumford, Rhode Island (commission # 1988). All drawings are initialed by R.S.J., Ken Duprey, and D.T.G. House has a basement with an undesignated space and a fireplace; kitchen, dining room, living room with a fireplace, two bed...

Date: 1964

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

GUSN: 331931

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1988

People's Methodist Church, Bradford, Mass.

Set of eight architectural drawings for alterations and additions to an existing building, People's Methodist Church in Bradford, Massachusetts (commission # 1978). All drawings are initialed and dated by G. H. Kunz. 1 plan 1 elevation 5 detail drawings 1 rendering

Date: 1964

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

GUSN: 331933

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1978

Fragment, 150th anniversary of the statehood of Vermont, Montpelier, Vermont

The item has been cut from a larger piece commemorating the 1941 anniversary. The Vermont state seal is between two clusters of seven stars signifying the state was the 14th to join the union. A small photograph of the state capitol building is glued within a predrawn frame.

Date: 1941

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 331935

Ref. Code: EP001.01.038.01.01.025

Group portrait, Chatham Garden Club, Chatham, Mass., 1884

Eight members of the Chatham Garden Club are shown in the image. In the foreground a long rake is held by one woman seated on a stone bench. A woman on the left side holds an umbrella. Other women appear to be holding gloves.

Date: 1884

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 331936

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0580.0030.001

Silhouettes and their frames, published and made by Foster Brothers, 4 Park Square, Boston, Mass. and 78 Summer Street, Arlington, Mass.

The silhouette reproductions are from originals in the Essex Institute and Peabody Museum, Salem, Mass. A short background on silhouettes is on the front page.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 331937

Ref. Code: EP001.12.003.001.038