Historic New England

John Dreyfus house, Quincy, Mass.

Ten black-and-white photographic prints of house designed by Royal Barry Wills in 1953 for Dr. and Mrs. John Dreyfus in Quincy, Massachusetts.

Date: undated

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

GUSN: 329853

Ref. Code: AR029.04.03.DreyfusJ

Maurice A. Dunlavy house, Brookline, Mass.

Two black-and-white photographic prints of house designed by Royal Barry Wills in 1930 for Maurice A. Dunlavy in Brookline, Massachusetts.

Date: undated

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

GUSN: 329855

Ref. Code: AR029.04.03.DunlavyM

Nathan Edson house, Swampscott, Mass.

Ten black-and-white photographic prints of house designed by Royal Barry Wills in 1948 for Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Edson in Swampscott, Massachusetts.

Date: undated

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

GUSN: 329856

Ref. Code: AR029.04.03.EdsonN

Charles G. Eichenberger house, Egypt, Mass.

Ten black-and-white photographic prints of house renovated by Royal Barry Wills in 1927 for Charles G. Eichenberger in Egypt, Massachusetts.

Date: undated

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

GUSN: 329857

Ref. Code: AR029.04.03.EichenbergerC

Charles K. Fitts house, Lincoln, Mass.

Two black-and-white photographic prints of house designed by Royal Barry Wills in 1936 for Charles K. Fitts in Lincoln, Massachusetts.

Date: undated

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

GUSN: 329858

Ref. Code: AR029.04.03.FittsC

Crawford G. Goldthwait house, Winchester, Mass.

Fourteen black-and-white photographic prints of house designed by Royal Barry Wills in 1930 for Crawford G. Goldthwait in Winchester, Massachusetts.

Date: undated

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

GUSN: 329859

Ref. Code: AR029.04.03.GoldthwaitC

Home landscapes 1924, summer planting, Hicks Nurseries, I. Hicks & Son, Westbury, Long Island

The catalog describes the trees, shrubs, plants and vines which can be used in landscape gardening. The business has a large tree moving department.

Date: 1924

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 329862

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.055

Home landscapes 1926, Hicks Nurseries, I. Hicks & Son, Westbury, Long Island

The catalog describes the trees, shrubs, plants and vines which can be used in landscape gardening. The business has a large tree moving department.

Date: 1926

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 329863

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.056

Awnings

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Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 329866

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.001a

Rusco all metal venetian awnings and jamlousies, manufactured by The F.C. Russell Co., Awning Division, Cleveland, Ohio

Text on the front of the brochure reads "A dignified permanent treatment for all types of windows, porches, terraces, doorways." The product is available from E.F. Williams Co., Inc., 675 S. Salina Street, Syracuse, New York.

Date: 1948

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 329867

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.001a.001

Swanfeldt awnings, Swanfeldt Tent and Awning Co., Los Angeles, California

The booklet is a guide to selecting the awnings for various house styles. There is a loose data sheet for customers to complete. A list of licensed distributors is provided. The illustration inside the front cover reads "Copyright 1928 by Andrew Swanfeldt, Los Angeles, designer and patentee of Swanf...

Date: 1928

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 329870

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.001a.002

Serving a discriminating clientele, Dandux Awnings, C.R. Daniels, Inc., 101 Crosby Street, New York, New York

Dandux Awnings are manufactured for houses and commercial buildings. The business offers Venetian sail cloth in addition to basic fabrics. The catalog was sent through the Architects Samples Corporation.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 329873

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.001a.003

It's not a home until it's planted, new catalog, Green's Nursery Co., Rochester, New York

The business specializes in fruit trees. There is a price list in the back dated spring 1924.

Date: 1924

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 329876

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.057

Trees for Long Island, Isaac Hicks and Son, large-tree movers, Westbury Station, Nassau Co., New York

The catalog describes the trees, shrubs, plants and vines which can be used in landscape gardening. The business has a large tree moving department. There is a 16-page price list in the back of the catalog.

Date: 1905

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 329877

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.058

Bulbs for spring flowers, fall 1930 issue, Hart & Vick, seedmen, Rochester, New York

Tulips, lilies and other flowers are described for customers. There is a loose order form, two money order forms and a business reply envelope.

Date: 1930

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 329878

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.059

Robinson flagstones, J.G. Robinson, Inc., 6202 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Flagstones set in interior and exterior surfaces is shown in photographs for commercial and residential properties. Robinson was superseded by the Blue Stone Flagging Company.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 329882

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.002.019

Catalog no. 59, spring and summer season 1935, canvas products, The Hettrick Manufacturing Co., Summit at Magnolia Street, Toledo, Ohio

Hettrick manufactures beach umbrellas, awnings, tents, furniture, clothing and other canvas items. The front cover has an illustration of a covered wagon.

Date: 1935

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 329893

Ref. Code: EP001.12.015.001.020

Portrait of an era in landscape architecture, the photographs of Mattie Edwards Hewitt, September 15-November 30, 1983, Wave Hill, 675 West 252nd Street, Bronx, New York

Gardens on Long Island and other places were photographed by Hewitt and became a record of landscape architects working in the 1920s and 1930s.

Date: 1983

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 329900

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.060

Our garden, garden of Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Pilling, Lansdowne, Pennsylvania

The Japanese garden, designed by S. Furukawa, on the Pilling estate is described in text and photographs. Text in the item reads "A partial reprint from "House and Garden," "American Homes and Gardens" by Mrs. Phebe Westcott Humphreys. Photographs by Francis K. Delp, Oscar M. Chase, Charles J. Pilli...

Date: 1916

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 329903

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.061

Virginia Goward house, Lowell, Mass.

Four black-and-white photographic prints of house designed by Royal Barry Wills in 1939 for Virginia Goward in Lowell, Massachusetts.

Date: undated

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

GUSN: 329911

Ref. Code: AR029.04.03.GowardV

Allard M. Graves house, White River Junction, Vt.

Seventeen black-and-white photographic prints of house designed by Royal Barry Wills in 1950 for Mr. and Mrs. Allard M. Graves in White River Junction, Vermont.

Date: undated

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

GUSN: 329912

Ref. Code: AR029.04.03.GravesA

George E. Griffiths house, Wellesley, Mass.

Ten black-and-white photographic prints of house designed by Royal Barry Wills in 1947 for George E. Griffiths in Wellesley, Massachusetts.

Date: undated

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

GUSN: 329913

Ref. Code: AR029.04.03.GriffithsG

Herbert W. Hastings house, Weston, Mass.

Ten black-and-white photographic prints of house designed by Royal Barry Wills in 1946 for Herbert W. Hastings in Weston, Massachusetts.

Date: undated

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

GUSN: 329914

Ref. Code: AR029.04.03.HastingsH

Henry J. Hickey house, Winchester, Mass.

Six black-and-white photographic prints of house designed by Royal Barry Wills in 1930 for Mr. and Mrs. Henry J. Hickey in Quincy, Massachusetts.

Date: undated

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

GUSN: 329915

Ref. Code: AR029.04.03.HickeyH

Roger Jennings house, Wellesley, Mass.

Set of twenty-three architectural drawings of house for Roger Jennings in Wellesley, Massachusetts (commission #597) including three elevations, three plans, one plot plan, two heating plans, two framing plans, one topographical map, and eleven details. Most drawings are dated and signed by Nathanie...

Date: 1938

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

GUSN: 327933

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.597

John R. Westervelt house, Duxbury, Mass.

Set of fourteen architectural drawings for alterations to house for John R. Westervelt in Duxbury, Massachusetts (commission #598) including three elevations, six plans, and five details. One drawing is dated and signed by Nathaniel Perry Tufts. Alterations include addition with new kitchen, pant...

Date: 1938

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

GUSN: 327934

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.598

Mrs. John L. Anderson house, Cohasset, Mass.

Set of four architectural drawings of house for Mrs. John L. Anderson in Cohasset, Massachusetts (commission #601) including four elevations and two plans. No drawings are signed or dated. Drawings depict a one-story rectangular Modern house with a pitched roof. House has living room, kitchen, co...

Date: circa 1937, undated

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

GUSN: 327937

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.601

W. Bradford Saunders house, Duxbury, Mass.

Set of seven architectural drawings of house for W. Bradford Saunders in Duxbury, Massachusetts (commission #603) including five plans and two renderings. One original rendering is signed by Hugh Stubbins; one is unsigned but is by Royal Barry Wills. No other drawings are signed or dated. Drawing...

Date: ca. 1937, undated

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

GUSN: 327938

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.603

Cedric J. Walker Jr. house, Wellesley, Mass.

Set of twenty architectural drawings of house for Cedric J. Walker Jr. in Wellesley, Massachusetts (commission #605) including five elevations, four plans, one plot plan, two framing plans, and eight details. Most drawings are dated; many are signed by Nathaniel Perry Tufts or Royal Barry Wills. ...

Date: 1937-1938

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

GUSN: 327940

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.605

Cedric J. Walker Jr. house, Wellesley, Mass.

Set of two architectural drawings for alterations to house for Cedric J. Walker Jr. in Wellesley, Massachusetts (commission #605-A) including two plans. Drawings are dated and signed by Richard Wills. Alterations include addition of television room, bedroom, and bathroom on basement level.

Date: 1954

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

GUSN: 327941

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.605-A

Letterheads by Monroe! Monroe Letterhead Corporation, Huntsville, Alabama

Sample letterheads for businesses across the country are included with an invitation to submit a request for a letterhead design. There is a letterhead for the F.S. Root Company, Inc., direct mail advertising, 6 Beacon Steet, Boston.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 327943

Ref. Code: EP001.12.005.001.047

Alphonso W. Adkins house, Lincoln, Mass.

Set of twenty-one architectural drawings of house for Alphonso W. Adkins in Lincoln, Massachusetts (commission #611) including five elevations, three plans, one plot plan, one topographic map, two framing plans, two heating plans, and seven details. Fourteen drawings are signed by Robert Minot; two ...

Date: 1937-1938

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

GUSN: 327949

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.611

Oxford at home, Oxford-Print, 881 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Mass.

Text on the folder reads "We are now located at eight hundred eighty-one Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, in the building formerly occupied by the Youth's Companion." There is a small booklet inside the folder titled "Oxford-Print, designers, engravers, printers, advertisers, 148 High Street, Boston." ...

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 327951

Ref. Code: EP001.12.005.001.048

Elmer Stennes house, Weymouth, Mass.

Set of seventeen architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Stennes in Weymouth, Massachusetts (commission #615) including six elevations, five plans, one blueprint of presentation rendering, two framing plans, and three details. Many drawings are signed by Robert Minot and Nathaniel Per...

Date: 1938

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

GUSN: 327950

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.615

William Farnsworth Loomis house, Dover, Mass.

Set of twenty-four architectural drawings of house for William Farnsworth Loomis in Dover, Massachusetts (commission #617) including three elevations, three plans, one plot plan, two framing plans, and fifteen details. Many drawings are signed by Robert Minot, Hugh A. Stubbins Jr., Nathaniel Perry T...

Date: 1938-1940

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

GUSN: 327952

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.617

H. L. Bruce house, Melrose, Mass.

Set of thirteen architectural drawings of house for H. L. Bruce in Melrose, Massachusetts (commission #618) including four elevations, three plans, one blueprint of presentation rendering, three plot plans, and two details. Presentation rendering is by Associated Civil Engineers (Melrose, Massachuse...

Date: 1938

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

GUSN: 327953

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.618

Selective printing, Tolman Print, Inc., Boston & Brockton, Mass.

Six examples of Tolman printing for various businesses are included. There is a loose postcard for contacting the firm. There is an envelope with the business name and address.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 327956

Ref. Code: EP001.12.005.001.049

Timothy W. Coakley house, Buzzards Bay, Mass.

Set of nine architectural drawings of house for Timothy W. Coakley in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts (commission #619) including three elevations, three plans, two plot plans, and one detail. Plot plan is by Civil Engineer George P. Morse (Wareham, Massachusetts. Drawings are signed by Robert E. Minot ...

Date: 1938

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

GUSN: 327954

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.619

Patents and related documents

Series includes approved patents for CG Sargent machines, patent files from competitors, and correspondence related to patents and copyright violation claims. Patents and correspondence relating to the C.G. Sargent's Sons Corporation were previously arranged by an unknown party, placing individual p...

Date: 1854-1911

Collection: C. G. Sargent's Sons collection

GUSN: 327959

Ref. Code: CC016.01

Technical and architectural drawings

Series includes architectural drawings, correspondence related to mill expansion and city planning and a bound scrapbook containing photographs and drawings of C.G. Sargent's Sons compiled by an unknown party. Architectural drawings were primarily created by architectural firm Cherrington & Cherring...

Date: 1859-1947

Collection: C. G. Sargent's Sons collection

GUSN: 327960

Ref. Code: CC016.02

Corporate documents

This series includes documents and correspondence related to the establishment and expansion of the original Sargent mill and surrounding area; including Calvert and Sargent's original mortgage deed for the mill. Also included are specifications related to the 1964 rebuilding and remodel of the mill...

Date: 1841-1984, predominant 1841-1866

Collection: C. G. Sargent's Sons collection

GUSN: 327961

Ref. Code: CC016.03

Ephemera

Series includes C.G. Sargent's Sons catalogs and competitor catalogs, print engravings of Charles Grandinson Sargent with the original engraving plate as well as engravings of the original Sargent Mill, an engraved drawing of a parallel rake wool washer, and one framed photo. The catalogs in this se...

Date: 1860-1944

Collection: C. G. Sargent's Sons collection

GUSN: 327962

Ref. Code: CC016.04

Calendar, Bird's Stationery Shop, Boston, Mass.

Birds decorated the item cover for the shop, established in 1885, and located at 5 West Street. A church calendar is on the item verso.

Date: 1928

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 327985

Ref. Code: EP001.01.111.01.03.029

Patent Documents 1848-1860

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Date: 1848-1860

Collection: C. G. Sargent's Sons collection

GUSN: 327984

Ref. Code: CC016.01.01

Trade card, Mrs. M.E. Coburn, French embroidery and fancy work, 25 Winter Street, Room 24, Boston, Mass.

The card states the business is over Chandler's and particular attention is given to orders.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 327986

Ref. Code: EP001.01.059.02.01.01.004

Trade card, F. Schneider, diamonds, watches, clocks, 242 Essex Street, Lawrence, Mass.

The card verso has a photograph of the interior of the jewelry store. The illustration is captioned "Administration Building" which is from the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893.

Date: 1893

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 327987

Ref. Code: EP001.01.068.01.01.042

Patent Documents 1867-1897

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Date: 1867-1897

Collection: C. G. Sargent's Sons collection

GUSN: 327988

Ref. Code: CC016.01.02

Patent Documents 1899-1915

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Date: 1899-1915

Collection: C. G. Sargent's Sons collection

GUSN: 327989

Ref. Code: CC016.01.03

Patent Documents undated

File

Date: undated

Collection: C. G. Sargent's Sons collection

GUSN: 327990

Ref. Code: CC016.01.04

C.G. Sargent Patents 1854-1871

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Date: 1854-1871

Collection: C. G. Sargent's Sons collection

GUSN: 327991

Ref. Code: CC016.01.05

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