Historic New England

Minerals

5 glass plate negatives

Date: undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331245

Ref. Code: PC053.01.83

Take part, a report on new ways in which people can participate in planning their own environments, by Lawrence Halprin & Associates, San Francisco/New York

The community participation workshops are described that involve individuals in environmental and urban space planning.

Date: 1972

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 331247

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.116

Nashua Country Club, Nashua, N.H.

Set of forty-four architectural drawings for alterations to existing building for Nashua Country Club in Nashua, New Hampshire (commission #1675-A) including two elevations, five plans, two plot plans, four plumbing plans, four heating plans, three electrical plans, three structural plans, seventeen...

Date: 1960-1961

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

GUSN: 331248

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1675-A

Daniel J. Bell house, Belmont, Mass.

Set of sixteen architectural drawings of house for Dr. and Mrs. Daniel J. Bell (commission #1676) including four elevations, four plans, three details, three topographical plans, one rendering by Royal Barry Wills, and one initial sketch . Some drawings are signed by Merton Stuart Barrows; some draw...

Date: 1957-1958

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

GUSN: 331250

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1676

Miscellaneous

This subseries is a collection of 128 glass plate negatives that were arranged and numbered by Yankee Publishing. Each negative has a unique identifier. The numbered negatives are unique images that had trouble fitting into any of the subjects assigned by Yankee Publishing. Each negative is indivi...

Date: undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331251

Ref. Code: PC053.01.84

Monuements

This subseries contains glass plate and acetate or nitrate negatives of diverse monuments around New England. Featured monuments include the mystery stone in Hamilton-Wenham, the Forefathers monument in Plymouth, the Hannah Dustin monument in Haverhill, Massachusetts, the George Washington statue i...

Date: undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331252

Ref. Code: PC053.01.85

Novelties

\li-15This subseries displays odd events that occurred throughout New England. For example, the negatives show thousands of people marching on protest at the painting of a beer sign on the Bunker Hill monument, the George Washington Statue on the Boston Public Garden facing backwards, a pet hippo, l...

Date: undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331253

Ref. Code: PC053.01.86

Oysters and Pearls

This subseries include glass plate and acetate or nitrate negatives of oysters and pearls, which were a feature story in Yankee Magazine.

Date: undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331254

Ref. Code: PC053.01.87

John V. Gilmore house, Wellesley, Mass.

Set of eighteen architectural drawings of house for Dr. and Mrs. John V. Gilmore (commission #1677) including four elevations, three plans, and one plot plan. Some drawings are signed by John F. Howard; all drawings are dated. Drawings depict a two-story Garison Colonial-style house with asphalt ...

Date: 1957-1958

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

GUSN: 331256

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1677

Louis H. Fischer house, East Orleans, Mass.

Set of thirteen architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. Louis H. Fischer, East orleans, Massachusetts (commission #1678) including four elevations and two plans, four details, one, plot plan, one cross section, and one initial elevation. Some drawings are signed by Warren J. Rhoter, Ken Dup...

Date: 1957-1958

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

GUSN: 331258

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1678

Harold M. Estabrook house, Bridgewater, Mass.

Set of twenty-three architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. Harold Estabrook in Bridgewater, Massachusetts (commission #1679) including four elevations, four plans, one plot plan, three heating plans, nine details, and two renderings. Some drawings are signed and dated by Richard Wills or W...

Date: 1957-1959

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

GUSN: 331260

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1679

Woman's Day Magazine house

Set of thirteen architectural drawings of house for Woman's Day Magazine (commission #1681) including five elevations, four plans, two renderings, one cross section, one detail. Drawings are signed by Warren J. Rhoter, Ken Duprey, John F. Howard. Drawings 1, 3-7, 9, and 10 are dated. Drawings d...

Date: 1957-1958

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

GUSN: 331262

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1681

Freeman Foote, Williamstown, Mass.

Set of fifteen architectural drawings of a one-story Cape Cod house with saltbox offset garage for Mr. and Mrs. Freeman Foote in Williamstown, Massachusetts (commission #1682). There is a bedroom wing and a garage wing. Therre are three elevations, three plans, five details, one plot plan, two cr...

Date: 1958

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

GUSN: 331263

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1682

Renderings, 1989, undated

This subseries contains renderings and perspective renderings by Royal Barry Wills and Royal Barry Wills Associates. This subseries is in its original order. The firm removed some original rendergins from the associated commissions; other are copies of originals.

Date: undated

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

GUSN: 331265

Ref. Code: AR029.04.05

Renderings - Merton S. Barrows

Six folders containing 77 renderings drawn by Merton S. Barrows. The houses were designed by Royal Barry Wills Associates. Client names and locations are noted on most drawings. Named customers are: Baldpate (Boxford, Mass.) commission 2016; Hugo H. Beit (Massawippi, Quebec), commission 2021; John ...

Date: undated

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

GUSN: 331266

Ref. Code: AR029.04.05.01

65 practical garden plans, by John Elliott, D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc., Toronto; New York; London

Design plans for various types of properties are offered with plans that include swimming pools, barbecue pits and children's play areas.

Date: 1950

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 331267

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.117

New Haven

File

Collection: Original art collection

GUSN: 331268

Ref. Code: GC001.USCT.New Haven

Making of a country estate, practical suggestions and professional advice for planning and planting of the gardens and development of the landscape features for country homes and estates, by Henry Wild, Greenwich, Connectict and 413 Madison Avenue, New York, New York

Methods of landscaping are considered to create fruit and vegetable gardens, planting around lakes and streams and cultivating evergreens. This no. 184 of a one thousand copy edition. The front cover is detached.

Date: 1913

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 331273

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.118

Shootin' Gallery, Savin Rock, New Haven, Connecticut

A watercolor painting of the shooting gallery at Savin Rock Amusement Park in New Haven, Connecticut. The park was built in the 1870s and was quite popular until the 1950s. The park closed in 1966.

Date: undated

Collection: Original art collection

GUSN: 331272

Ref. Code: GC001.USCT.New Haven.773

Beauty out of doors, Herrick Seed Company, Rochester, New York

Herrick offers its services to create inviting gardens on home and city properties.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 331275

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.119

Vigoro beauty plan number 3, designed by C.D. Wagstaff & Co., Swift & Co., Chicago, Illinois

Text on the item reads "Based on lot measurement of 80 by 175 feet but adaptable to any large sized lot." There is a planting plan key, a climate zone map and details of some of the smaller areas.

Date: 1930s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 331278

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.120

Savin Rock Amusement Park, New Haven, Connecticut

A watercolor painting of Savin Rock Amusement Park in New Haven, Connecticut. The park was built in the 1870s and was quite popular until the 1950s. The park closed in 1966.

Date: undated

Collection: Original art collection

GUSN: 331276

Ref. Code: GC001.USCT.New Haven.774

Allan Barker house, Nashua, N.H.

Set of nine architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. Allan Barker in Nashua, New Hampshire (commission #1683) including four elevations, three plans, and two renderings. Some drawings are signed by Warren J. Rhoter; no drawings are dated. Drawings depict a two-story house. First floor o...

Date: 1957

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

GUSN: 331279

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1683

Winthrop W. Chamberlain, Boxford, Mass.

Set of twenty-four architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. Winthrop W. Chamberlain in Boxford, Massachusetts (commission #1684) including three elevations, five plans, fifteen details, and one rendering. Some drawings are signed by Richard Wills, Merton S. Barrows, and John F. Howard; no dr...

Date: 1957-1958, undated

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

GUSN: 331281

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1684

I. Alan Balfour (developer) house, Cape Cottage, Maine

Set of five architectural drawings of house for developer I. Alan Balfour in Cape Cottage, Maine (commission #1685) including four elevations and two plans. All drawings are signed by Richard Wills; no plans are dated. Drawings depict a two-story Cape Cod-style house with asphalt shingle roof, sh...

Date: 1957, undated

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

GUSN: 331283

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1685

Ernest H. Waterman Jr. house, Glen Ellyn, Ill

Set of fourteen architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. Ernest H. Waterman Jr. in Glen Ellyn, Illinois (commission #1686) including four elevations and five plans. Some drawings are signed by Ken Duprey, Robert E. Minot, and Warren J. Rhoter; some drawings are dated. Drawings depict a tw...

Date: 1957-1958

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

GUSN: 331284

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1686

Landscape architect, issued by The Vocation Bureau of Boston, 6 Beacon Street, Boston, Mass.

Background on the field of landscape architecture is described with opportunities, pay and advice from professionals. A list of institutions which provide courses and degrees is included.

Date: 1911

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 331286

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.121

Better home grounds, Albert D. Nutting, University of Maine, College of Agriculture, Extension Service, Orono, Maine

Suggestions are provided for creating landscaping with lawns, trees and shrubs around farm, rural and town residences.

Date: 1936

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 331288

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.122

School of Landscape architecture, Harvard University, exceptional opportunities for field study, examples of landscape design in the vicinity of Boston, published by Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.

Photographic plates of estate gardens, public parks and landscapes in Salem and the Boston metropolitan area describe areas for potential field study by Harvard students. There is a diagram map with the locations.

Date: 1914

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 331301

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.123

Henry A. Tazelaar house, Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Set of thirty-two architectural drawings for Mr. and Mrs. Henry A.Tazelaar in Grand Rapids, Michigan (commission #1687) including seven elevations, seven plans, ten details, three plot plans, four preliminary sketches and one rendering. Most drawings are signed and dated by Ken Duprey or Warren J. ...

Date: 1957-1958

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

GUSN: 331289

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1687

James B. Hardy house, Fitchburg, Mass.

Set of twenty-four architectural drawings for Mr. and Mrs. James B. Hardy in Fitchburg, Massachusetts (commission #1689) including three elevations, three plans, two plot plans, two heating plans, one cross section, and thirteen details. Some drawings are signed by John F. Howard, or Richard Wills; ...

Date: 1958

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

GUSN: 331294

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1689

Renderings - James M. Cooper

Two folders containing 24 renderings by James M. Cooper. The houses were designed by Royal Barry Wills Associates. 14 of the renderings are unidentified houses 1-14. There are no associated commissions with these houses. Client names and locations are noted on some drawings. Named customers are: J...

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

GUSN: 331295

Ref. Code: AR029.04.05.02

Aviation Disasters

This subseries contains images of airplane and aviation disasters and crashes. The glass plate and acetate or nitrate negatives highlight crashes in the Samosa Islands, the Charles River and other areas of Massachusetts, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Also included are images of the Hindenburg disas...

Date: 1933-1937, undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 330926

Ref. Code: PC053.01.10

Jean Corrente house, Warwick, R.I.

One architectural drawing for alterations to existing house for Mrs. Jean Corrente in Warwick, Rhode Island (commission #1422-A) showing an elevation and a plan. Drawing is signed and dated by Steven J. Hackbarth. Alterations include an extension of the dining room.

Date: 1989

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

GUSN: 330925

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1422-A

Better home grounds, Albert D. Nutting, Roger Clapp, University of Maine, College of Agriculture, Extension Service, Orono, Maine

Suggestions are provided for creating landscaping with lawns, trees and shrubs around farm, rural and town residences.

Date: 1947

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 330935

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.106

General

9 glass plate and acetate negatives

Date: 1933-1937, undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 330928

Ref. Code: PC053.01.10.001

Hindenburg

15 glass plate and acetate negatives

Date: 1936-1937

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 330929

Ref. Code: PC053.01.10.002

Bands

This subseries includes three glass plate negatives of several different bands, highlighting instruments such as the trumpet, trombone, and drums.

Date: undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 330934

Ref. Code: PC053.01.11

Daniel C. Loizeaux house, Greenwich, Conn.

Set of fourteen architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. Daniel C. Loizeaux in Greenwich, Connecticut (commission #1432) including three elevations, three plans, two cross sections, one topographic map, two plot plans, one rendering, and two details. Most drawings are signed by Royal Barry W...

Date: 1953

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

GUSN: 330931

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1432

Bathing and Beaches

This subseries contains glass plate and acetate or nitrate negatives of various beaches and beach scenes throughout New England. Featured beaches include Newport Beach and Charleston, Rhode Island, and Singing Beach in Massachusetts. The negatives depict people wading, swimming, and picnicking on a...

Date: 1936-1937, undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 330937

Ref. Code: PC053.01.12

Billboards

This subseries includes two glass plate negatives of advertisements and the installation of advertisements on billboards.

Date: undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 330938

Ref. Code: PC053.01.13

Birds

This subseries includes several glass plate and acetate or nitrate negatives depicting birds and bird nests in the Boston Public Garden, Gull Island, and other locations in New England. Featured species include seagulls, swans, and night herons, among others.

Date: 1936-1941, undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 330940

Ref. Code: PC053.01.14

Daniel C. Loizeaux house, Greenwich, Conn.

Set of fifteen architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. Daniel C. Loizeaux in Greenwich, Connecticut (commission #1432-A) including four elevations, three plans, one plot plan, and seven details. Drawings are signed and dated by Richard Wills. Commission is an alternate design to that presen...

Date: 1953

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

GUSN: 330939

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1432-A