Historic New England

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. Lifelines ; 37.

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

Naumkeag Garden, Mabel Choate, Stockbridge, Mass.

The author describes the development of the garden over time at her father's summer estate in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. Choate, a noted horticulturist and preservationist, worked with landscape architect Fletcher Steele to build on the garden layout originally created by Nathaniel Barrett. The des...

Date: 1965

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 330820

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.102

Woodbury Brackett house, Concord, N.H.

Set of twenty-seven architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. Woodbury Brackett in Concord, New Hampshire (commission #1660) including four elevations, two plans, one plot plan, one rendering, five sketches, one topographic map, and thirteen details. Some drawings are signed and dated by Roya...

Date: 1957

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

GUSN: 330821

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1660

Lawson Hill Jr. house, Weston, Mass.

Set of fourteen architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. Lawson Hill Jr. in Weston, Massachusetts (commission #1661) including four elevations, three plans, one plot plan, one cross section, and five details. Some drawings are signed and dated by Ken Duprey or Robert E. Minot. Drawings de...

Date: 1957-1958

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

GUSN: 330823

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1661

Clifford A. Smith house, Lafayette, Ind.

Set of twenty-two architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. Clifford A. Smith in Lafayette, Indiana (commission #1663) including five elevations, three plans, five plot plans, five sketches, one rendering, and three details. Some drawings are signed and dated by Royal Barry Wills, Merton S. B...

Date: 1957

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

GUSN: 330825

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1663

Animals

This subseries contains glass plate, nitrate, and nitrate or acetate negatives of animals in Massachusetts, Vermont, and other New England areas. The negatives feature a wide variety of animals, from elephants in a zoo to domesticated dogs and cats, among many others. Negatives 36 - 52, 63, 69, 71 ...

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 330827

Ref. Code: PC053.01.01

Badger

1 glass plate negative

Date: undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 330828

Ref. Code: PC053.01.01.001

Bears

3 glass plate negatives

Date: undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 330829

Ref. Code: PC053.01.01.002

Bobcats

1 acetate negative

Date: undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 330830

Ref. Code: PC053.01.01.003

Buffalo

1 glass plate negative

Date: undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 330831

Ref. Code: PC053.01.01.004

Canoe Club Marine Drum Corps, Holyoke, Mass.

A group photograph of the Holyoke, Massachusetts Canoe Club Marine Drum Corps, dated 1896.

Date: 1896

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 330832

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.1380.0030.001

Cats

20 glass plate, acetate, and nitrate negatives

Date: 1926-1941, undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 330833

Ref. Code: PC053.01.01.005

Cows

7 glass plate and acetate or nitrate negatives

Date: 1937, undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 330834

Ref. Code: PC053.01.01.006

Deer

1 glass plate negative

Date: undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 330836

Ref. Code: PC053.01.01.007

Dogs

30 glass plate and acetate or nitrate negatives

Date: 1926-1943, undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 330837

Ref. Code: PC053.01.01.008

Elephants

2 glass plate negatives

Date: undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 330838

Ref. Code: PC053.01.01.009

Elk

1 glass plate negative

Date: undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 330839

Ref. Code: PC053.01.01.010

Fox

1 acetate or nitrate negative

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 330840

Ref. Code: PC053.01.01.011

Philips Andover Academy Faculty, 1898

1 mounted photograph

Date: 1898

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 330844

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0080.0110.001

Goats

1 acetate or nitrate negative

Date: 1938

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 330841

Ref. Code: PC053.01.01.012

Goose

6 acetate or nitrate and nitrate negatives

Date: 1941

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 330842

Ref. Code: PC053.01.01.013

Hippos

2 nitrate negatives

Date: undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 330843

Ref. Code: PC053.01.01.014

Sherwin-Williams home decorator, Sherwin-Williams Co., Cleveland, Ohio

Suggestions and tips are provided for using Sherwin-Williams products to redecorate interior rooms and areas. Ideas for painting house exteriors demonstrate what can be done with color combinations.

Date: 1937

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 331868

Ref. Code: EP001.12.013.005.144

Personal car of distinction, Ford Thunderbird, Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, Michigan

The features of the Ford Thunderbirdare described including two tops and power steering, brakes and windows.

Date: 1954

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 331869

Ref. Code: EP001.12.004.001.064

Olz-Glos, a superior polish for furniture, painted woodwork, bank and office fixtures, automobiles, etc., made by T.J. McMahon, Framingham, Mass.

The features of the product are described with directions for use. Prices from a 4 ounce bottle up to a gallon can are listed on the back. McMahon is the manufacturer of Allsbrite, the perfect silver cleaner.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 331870

Ref. Code: EP001.01.021.02.03.035

Label, bulbs, Parker and Gannett, agricultural warehouse and seed store, 49 Market Street and 46 Merchants Row, Boston, Mass.

The label advertises flower bulbs for the business which carries flower, vegetable and grass seed.

Date: 1882

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 331873

Ref. Code: EP001.01.002.05.01.006

Billhead, Fletcher & Webster Furniture Co., Inc., manufacturers of wood and marble top center tables, whatnots, hat trees, cribs, cradles, Nashua, New Hampbshire, dated July 5, 1894

An illustration of the factory is on the billhead.

Date: 1894-07-05

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 331875

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.02.01.02.053

Billhead, Fletcher & Webster Furniture Co., Inc., manufacturers of wood and marble top center tables, whatnots, hat trees, cribs, cradles, Nashua, New Hampbshire, dated June 24, 1896

An illustration of the factory is on the billhead.

Date: 1896-06-24

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 331876

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.02.01.02.054

Massachusetts - Worcester

Sub-series

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 331879

Ref. Code: AR001.USMA.1200

Proposed Power Facilities, Worcester County Electric Company - Worcester, Mass.

One trace and graphite rendering of proposed facilities for the Worcester County Electric Company. Drawing is undated, most likely from the mid twentieth century. Note drawing is fragile and torn in corners.

Date: undated

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 331881

Ref. Code: AR001.USMA.1200.0001

George Cornwall house, Ashburnham, Mass.

Set of seven architectural drawings for a house for Mr. and Mrs. George Cornwall in Ashburnham, Massachusetts (commission #1915). All drawings are dated and signed by J. H. and R.S.J. two floor Cape Cod house with a garage; flushboard, cedar shingle, and clapboard exterior. House has a basement...

Date: 1962

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

GUSN: 331883

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1915

William R. Cargill house, Topsfield, Mass.

Set of seven architectural drawings for Mr. William R. Cargill in Topsfield, Massachusetts (commission #1229). Most drawings are signed and dated by Richard Wills. One-story Cape Cod house with wood shingle roof and clapboard and shingle exterior. House is a real estate office with a reception ...

Date: 1949

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

GUSN: 331889

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1229

Richard Prouty house, Holden, Mass.

Set of six architectural drawings for Mr. and Mrs. Richard Prouty in Holden, Massachusetts (commission #1231). Most drawings are signed and dated by Ken Duprey. "Better Houses for Budgeteers" p58 (Pope - Cottle) - based on F. House has living room with fireplace, four bedrooms, two baths and ...

Date: 1940

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

GUSN: 331890

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1231