Historic New England

Books, 1973-2003

This subseries includes the following books: Clark, F. G. (1994). Camp Tecumseh, 1903-1993. West Kennebunk, ME: Phoenix Publishing. Eells, E. (1986). Eleanor Eells' history of organized camping: The first 100 years. Martinsville, IN: American Camping Association. Gutman, R. J. S., & Gutman...

Date: 1973-2003

Collection: Richard J. S. Gutman and Kellie O. Gutman Summer Camp collection, 1886-2010

GUSN: 325921

Ref. Code: MS056.03.05

Instructional Materials, 1958-1994, undated

This subseries includes instructional materials including a large number of how-to guides. Many of these guides are from the Girl Scout Museum at Cedar Hill, but there is also a guide to knotting and braiding Pyro lace cord. This subseries also includes an American Camping Association standards book...

Date: 1958-1994, undated

Collection: Richard J. S. Gutman and Kellie O. Gutman Summer Camp collection, 1886-2010

GUSN: 325922

Ref. Code: MS056.03.06

Order Forms and Catalog, ca. 1983-1995

This subseries includes an order form for The Summer Camp Memory Book, an order form for a film rental catalogue, and an order form for camp bedding and furniture. The bedding and furniture order form is included in a Bourdon's Institutional Sales, Inc. catalogue. Items in this subseries are from th...

Date: 1983-1995, undated

Collection: Richard J. S. Gutman and Kellie O. Gutman Summer Camp collection, 1886-2010

GUSN: 325923

Ref. Code: MS056.03.07

Clippings and Interview, ca. 1976-2006

This subseries includes clippings from other publications and an oral history interview with Leonard S. Clark. There is a New Yorker cartoon titled City Camps which pokes fun at summer activities in the city and a Kodak advertisement from LIFE Magazine featuring images of young campers. There is a...

Date: 1976-20006, undated

Collection: Richard J. S. Gutman and Kellie O. Gutman Summer Camp collection, 1886-2010

GUSN: 325924

Ref. Code: MS056.03.08

Negatives, ca. 1983-1998, undated

This subseries includes photographic negatives from Richard and Kellie Gutman's research trips and from various other photographs in this collection. The majority of the negatives in this subseries and all of the negatives taken on research trips are 35mm. The negatives in folder 68 correspond to th...

Date: 1983-1998, undated

Collection: Richard J. S. Gutman and Kellie O. Gutman Summer Camp collection, 1886-2010

GUSN: 325925

Ref. Code: MS056.04.01

Contact Sheets, ca. 1983

This subseries includes the contact sheets that correspond to the 35mm negatives in Series IV, Subseries A, Folder 68. The majority of the images on these contact sheets depict camp crafts or camp facilities. In some places, white squares have been drawn around specific images on the contact sheets.

Date: 1983, undated

Collection: Richard J. S. Gutman and Kellie O. Gutman Summer Camp collection, 1886-2010

GUSN: 325926

Ref. Code: MS056.04.02

Photographs, ca. 1927-1998, undated

This subseries includes photographs of or related to summer camps. Early photographs in this series feature campers at Camp K, but the majority of the photographs in this series were likely taken by Richard and Kellie Gutman during research trips for The Summer Camp Memory Book or the Summer Camp ...

Date: 1927-1998, undated

Collection: Richard J. S. Gutman and Kellie O. Gutman Summer Camp collection, 1886-2010

GUSN: 325927

Ref. Code: MS056.04.03

Slides, ca. 1886-1998, undated

This subseries includes 35mm slides. With the exception of one set of public relations slides located in Series II, Folder 26, all of the slides in this collection are located in this series. That set of public relations slides remains in series II to preserve the original order of the folder, and a...

Date: 1886-1998, undated

Collection: Richard J. S. Gutman and Kellie O. Gutman Summer Camp collection, 1886-2010

GUSN: 325928

Ref. Code: MS056.04.04

Photo Albums, ca. 1911-1955

This subseries contains three photograph albums. Steve Farnham's 1955 Camp Namequoit photograph album features photographs of campers and camp activities such as archery and sailing, and Mildred Largman's photograph album includes photographs of campers at Camp Somerset. The names of campers in Mild...

Date: 1911-1955, undated

Collection: Richard J. S. Gutman and Kellie O. Gutman Summer Camp collection, 1886-2010

GUSN: 325929

Ref. Code: MS056.04.05

Ephemera, ca. 1909-1984

This subseries includes summer camp ephemera like an Alford Lake Camp schedule, a Camp Wigwam library bookplate, mailing stickers, and name tapes designed to be sewn into a camper's clothes. The name tapes in this subseries feature Hank Gutman's name. This subseries also includes a large number of s...

Date: 1909-1984, undated

Collection: Richard J. S. Gutman and Kellie O. Gutman Summer Camp collection, 1886-2010

GUSN: 325930

Ref. Code: MS056.05.01

Memorabilia, undated

This subseries contains memorabilia from or related to summer camps. Items in this subseries include a Camp Fire Girls ring, a pennant from Camp Accomac, and a sign from the Maine Department of Forestry about preventing forest fires. Camps and organizations featured in this subseries include, but ar...

Date: undated

Collection: Richard J. S. Gutman and Kellie O. Gutman Summer Camp collection, 1886-2010

GUSN: 325931

Ref. Code: MS056.05.02

Crafts Made at Summer Camp, 1958, undated

This subseries includes craft items made at summer camp. The majority of the items in this series were made by Richard Gutman during his time at Camp Wigwam. This subseries includes wooden plaques with clay decorations, lanyards, and a carved linoleum block featuring a cabin and a tree. The wooden p...

Date: 1958, undated

Collection: Richard J. S. Gutman and Kellie O. Gutman Summer Camp collection, 1886-2010

GUSN: 325932

Ref. Code: MS056.05.03

Arbor living, Arbor Homes, Inc., 1261 Meriden Road, Waterbury, Connecticut

House designs are described with floor plans. The catalog has photographs of the Arbor Homes facility.

Date: 1966

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 325955

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.155

Bruce Hardwood Floors, beautiful by nature, 16803 Dallas Parkway, Dallas, Texas

Various styles of wood floors are described with guidance in caring for wood floors. Two separate brochures are included: "Hardwood floors by Bruce" and "Cumberland III, a new generation of Bruce Hardwood Floors."

Date: 1980

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 325958

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.005.019

Mannington Vinyl-Ease 100, Mannington Mills, Inc., P.O. Box 30, Salem, New Jersey

Vinyl-Ease is a no-wax cushioned vinyl floor covering.

Date: 1980

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 325960

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.005.020

2006 Ikea, 2930 Pine Avenue, Niagara Falls, New York

Home furniture and furnishings are described in the catalog.

Date: 2006

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 325963

Ref. Code: EP001.12.009.002.116

Do it yourself with plexiglas acrylic sheet, 2nd edition, Rohm and Haas Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The catalog has home furnishing ideas that use plexiglas with directions for cutting and manipulating the plastic.

Date: 1971

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 325968

Ref. Code: EP001.12.013.003.040

Wholesale distributors of plexiglas acrylic sheet, Rohm and Haas Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The distributors are listed alphabetically by state.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 325969

Ref. Code: EP001.12.013.003.041

Maytag laundering guide, The Maytag Company, Newton, Iowa

Instructions about fabrics, temperatures and cycles are provided in the manual. There are three loose instruction guides inside the laundering guide titled "Operating instructions for Maytag model DE406," "Operating instructions for Maytag model A207" and "Maytag dryer installation instructions, all...

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 325972

Ref. Code: EP001.12.012.003.077

Thos. Moser spring-summer 2006, Thos. Moser Cabinetmakers, 72 Wright's Landing, P.O. Box 1237, Auburn, Maine

Color photographs, decisions, dimensions and prices are provided in the catalog.

Date: 2006

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 325975

Ref. Code: EP001.12.009.002.117

Cohasset Colonials by Hagerty, spring 1995, March 15 to May 15, Parker Avenue, Cohasset, Mass.

Hagerty offers furniture kits for home assembly which are reproductions of colonial pieces.

Date: 1995

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 325976

Ref. Code: EP001.12.009.002.118

Evans, men's, L.B. Evans' Son Company, One Oak Hill Road, Fitchburg, Mass.

Men's shoe styles are described in the catalog. The business was created in 1804. A separate price list, dated February 1, 1989, is included. The catalog was shot on location at Deershorn Manor, South Lancaster, Massachusetts.

Date: 1989

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 323709

Ref. Code: EP001.12.007.004.015

Price list, Waverly Heating Supply Co., 52-54 Union Street, Boston, Mass.

There is a price list of New Acme Wood Circulators, King Box Wood Stoves and Jemco wood airtight stoves. There is a separate envelope.

Date: 1953-07-20

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 323710

Ref. Code: EP001.01.049.01.02.009

Correspondence, Waverly Heating Supply Co., 52-54 Union Street, Boston, Mass.

There is a letter to a customer, a price list of heaters dated July 20, 1953 and a sheet describing heaters. The letterhead has images of the Union Street building, Somerville factory and Charlestown warehouse. There is a separate envelope.

Date: 1953-08-31

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 323711

Ref. Code: EP001.01.049.01.02.010

Exterior view of the Shipbuilding Division Administration Building, Walsh-Kaiser Company, Inc. Providence, R. I.

Exterior view of the Shipbuilding Division Administration Building of the Walsh-Kaiser Company, Inc. located in Providence, Rhode Island. The black and white photograph is undated but appears to be circa 1942 based on the license plates and car models.

Date: undated

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 323720

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USRI.0360.0060.024

Massachusetts decal

A decal of Massachusetts illustrating various tourist destinations and points of interest.

Date: undated

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 323722

Ref. Code: MS028.01.006.007

"Eleventh Annual Cape Cod Handbook, 1941"

A pink booklet. The cover reads" Eleventh Annual Cape Cod Handbook, 1941." The booklet includes tourism information about Cape Cod, its history, advertisments and a map.

Date: 1941

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 323724

Ref. Code: MS028.01.001.013

"What's Fun in Falmouth"

A pink booklet. "What's Fun in Falmouth" describes tourist activites for the week of August 4 to August 11, 1940.

Date: 1940

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 323725

Ref. Code: MS028.01.001.014

"What's Fun in Cape Cod"

A pink booklet. "What's Fun in Cape Cod" describes tourist activites for the week of August 11 to August 18, 1940.

Date: 1940

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 323726

Ref. Code: MS028.01.001.015

"A Modern Pilgrim's Oceanside Guide to Route 28 on Cape Cod"

A yellow booklet describing the sights and history of towns along Route 28 on Cape Cod; contains linoleum cuts and a map. Published by the Modern Pilgrim Press.

Date: 1936, undated

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 323727

Ref. Code: MS028.01.001.016

"Cape Cod Directory"

A tri-colored booklet titled "cape Cod Directory". The booklet is undated, circa 1940.

Date: undated

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 323730

Ref. Code: MS028.01.001.017

"The Edaville Railroad"

A pamphlet about the Edaville Railroad and Museum in South Carver, Massachusetts, dated 1977.

Date: 1977

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 323731

Ref. Code: MS028.01.001.018

Label, Carroll Reed ski shops, North Conway, New Hampshire

The label has an image of the Carroll Reed ski store with the mountains in the background.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 323733

Ref. Code: EP001.01.109.01.02.002

Letterhead, Waverly Corporation, 31-35 Union Street, Boston, Mass.

The letter is an order for two Waverly stoves from a customer in New Hampshire. Waverly's reply, typed at the bottom of the letter, states they are returning the customer's money order and have liquidated their stock of stoves, ranges and heaters.

Date: 1955-08-15

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 323734

Ref. Code: EP001.01.049.01.02.011

Letterhead, Jacobs Manufacturing Co., Bridgeport, Alabama

The New Hampshire customer, seeking to purchase Jacobs stoves, has written to them asking for a local dealer. Jacobs reply, typed at the bottom of the letter, states that Waverly is their distributor and they would be able to supply the names of dealers. There is an envelope with the Jacobs name and...

Date: 1955-08-22

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 323736

Ref. Code: EP001.01.049.01.02.012

Box, Dennison flower outfits, Dennison Manufacturing Co., Framingham, Mass.

The box has "Complete materials for making rose, chrysanthemum, carnation, poinsettia, wistaria and Easter lily." The box contains a large sheet of patterns for creating the crepe and tissue paper flowers. There are loose crepe paper cutouts for flower projects. The box has a copy of "Art & decorat...

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 323737

Ref. Code: EP001.12.003.001.030

"Where to Stay on Cape Cod, Marthas Vineyard, and Nantucket"

An undated light blue booklet with dark blue lettering listing hotels, rates, and other tourist information for Cape Cod, Marthas Vineyard and Nantucket.

Date: undated

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 323740

Ref. Code: MS028.01.001.019

"Buzzards Bay"

An undated booklet published by the New York, New Haven, and Hatford Railroad about places of interest and the history of Buzzards Bay. The binding is compromised; contains loose pages.

Date: undated

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 323742

Ref. Code: MS028.01.001.020

"Providence River and Narragansett Bay Fifty Glimpses"

A booklet containing a couple of loose pages of Cape Cod hotel advertisments, dated 1897. Only the advertisments are contained in this booklet.

Date: 1897

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 323743

Ref. Code: MS028.01.001.021

"Cape Cod The Ideal Vacation Land, 1930"

A multi-colored booklet containing tourist information, advertisements, and historical sketches about towns in Cape Cod.

Date: 1930

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 323745

Ref. Code: MS028.01.001.022

"Cape Cod Handbook 1931"

An orange Cape Cod handbook dating from 1931 with and illustration of a windmill on the front cover.

Date: 1931

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 323748

Ref. Code: MS028.01.001.023

"Quaint Cape Cod & It's Summer Delights"

An undated booklet published by the Passenger Department of the the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad about Cape Cod and its environs.

Date: undated

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 323749

Ref. Code: MS028.01.001.024

"Manual of Summer Resorts in the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad Eastern District, 1900"

A pink covered manual containing lists of hotels and general tourist information for summer resorts, including those at Cape Cod, Mass.

Date: 1900

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 323750

Ref. Code: MS028.01.001.025

"What's What on Cape Cod, July 1938"

A booklet with red lettering on the cover advertising what to see, where to go, and what to do on Cape Cod in July of 1938,

Date: 1938

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 323751

Ref. Code: MS028.01.001.026

"Cape Cod The Charm of the Early Ameican Retained in Cape Cod Resorts Today" (booklet and map)

A booklet including "Cape Cod A Plain Tale of the Luxury of the Old Colony Country" including history and sketches of Cape Cod towns.

Date: 1927

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 323753

Ref. Code: MS028.01.001.027

"1935 Summer Resorts in Southern New England"

A booklet advertisting summer resorts, things to do, and hotels and boarding cottages along the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad.

Date: 1935

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 323754

Ref. Code: MS028.01.001.028

"Cape Cod The Perfect Summer Leisure Land"

An undated booklet with a blue and black cover featuring a windmill, things to do, and history of Cape Cod,

Date: undated

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 323755

Ref. Code: MS028.01.001.029

"Bournehurst Cape Cod Guide and Theatre Program"

A booklet and guide for the week of July 24, 1922 including things to do and "The Costume Movie Ball".

Date: 1922

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 323757

Ref. Code: MS028.01.001.030

"What's Fun on Cape Cod"

A booklet advertising things to do and see on Cape Cod during the week of July 29-August 5, 1939.

Date: 1939

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 323759

Ref. Code: MS028.01.001.031

"Cape Cod"

A booklet with illustrations, maps, advertisements, and listings of hotels and cottages on Cape Cod,

Date: undated

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 323760

Ref. Code: MS028.01.001.032

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