Historic New England

How to landscape the home grounds, new and revised ed., The Storrs & Harrison Co., nurserymen, florists and seedsmen, Painesville, Ohio

Planting suggestions for various sized lots are described. Vines, hedges, roses and evergreens are given particular attention.

Date: 1928

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 331324

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.132

English gardens in America, English Gardens, Inc. Upper Montclair, New Jersey

The booklet promotes English style and rock gardens created by landscape architects and contractors.

Date: 1930s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 331329

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.133

Beautifying the farmstead, F.L. Mulford, landscape gardener, Office of Horticultural and Pomological Investigations, United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C.

Suggestions for landscaping around farms houses, buildings and drives is provided. Farmers' bulletin (United States. Department of Agriculture) ; no. 1087.

Date: 1920

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 331330

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.134

John J. Fahey house, Boxford, Mass.

Set of eighteen architectural drawings for Mr. and Mrs. John J. Fahey in Boxford, Massachusetts (commission #1928) including three elevations, three plans, one cross section, one plot plan, and nine details. Some drawings are signed and dated by John F. Howard The drawings depict a 2 floor extend...

Date: 1963

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

GUSN: 331332

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1928

Culture of water lilies and aquatic plants, new edition, by Peter Henderson & Co., published by Peter Henderson & Co., 35 and 37 Cortlandt Street, New York, New York

An introduction to water gardening which describes the cultivation of water environments and the plant varieties that thrive in them.

Date: 1906

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 331338

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.135

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

Lewis G. King house, Chilmark, Mass.

Set of nine architectural drawings for alterations to existing house for Mr. and Mrs. Lewis G. King in Chilmark, Massachusetts (commission #1621) including three elevations, two plans, one cross section, one rendering, and two details. Some drawings are signed and dated by Robert E. Minot. Altera...

Date: 1956

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

GUSN: 330672

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1621

Walter A. Stewart house, Bristol, R.I.

Set of twelve architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. Walter A. Stewart in Bristol, Rhode Island (commission #1622) including five elevations, two plans, one topographic map, one rendering, and three details. Drawings are signed by Royal Barry Wills or Richard Wills but are not dated. Topog...

Date: 1956, undated

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

GUSN: 330673

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1622

Mrs. R. L. Whitman house, Beverly Farms, Mass.

Set of five architectural drawings of house for Mrs. R. L. Whitman in Beverly Farms, Massachusetts (commission #1623) including two plans, two plot plans, and one rendering. Some drawings are signed by Royal Barry Wills or Merton S. Barrows; two drawings are dated. Drawings depict a one-story Cap...

Date: 1956

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

GUSN: 330675

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1623

First Church of Christ Scientist, Winchester, Mass.

Set of sixty-three architectural drawings of First Church of Christ Scientist in Winchester, Massachusetts (commission #1627) including six elevations, six plans, one plot plan, one topographic map, three electrical plans, three heating plans, five framing plans, three air conditioning plans, three ...

Date: 1957-1958

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

GUSN: 330677

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1627

Making of a new garden, Crittenden House, Matfield, Kent, B.P. Tomsett, Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society, London, United Kingdom

The author describes the reclaiming and creation of a garden on neglected land. The item is reprinted from The Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society, vol. 85, part 2, February 1960.

Date: 1960

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 330684

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.089

Better gardening, what, when and how to plant, a complete handbook of suggestions and instructions for the home gardener, 4th ed., by Harry R. O'Brien, The Union Fork and Hoe Company, Columbus, Ohio

The handbook describes tools, soil, cultivation, shrubs, flowers, watering and pest control for home gardeners.

Date: 1931-04-15

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 330685

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.090

Ornamental cast iron garden furniture, manufactured by Smyser-Royer Company, York, Pennsylvania

Chairs, settees and hitching posts are described in the brochure. The business also manufactures exterior lighting fixtures. The Philadelphia office is at 803 Architects Building.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 330687

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.003.025

Lawn and garden furniture, no. 77, Popular Mechanics Press, Chicago, Illinois

Text on the front cover reads, "Modern bent-tube furniture, arbor and seat combinations, two-seat swing, lawn chair with colonial touch, barrow chair, weatherproof dining sets." Little library of useful information ; no. 77.

Date: 1942

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 330689

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.003.026

Garden furniture of distinction, W.A. Snow Iron Works, Inc., 32 Portland Street, Boston, Mass.

Chairs, benches, tables, weather vanes and doorstops are described. Snow furniture can be seen on the terraces and courtyard garden at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts on pages 30-31.

Date: 1920s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 330690

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.003.027

Garden furniture, edited by Perry S. Graffam, General Publishing Co., Inc., Chicago, Illinois

The do-it-yourself articles were compiled from "Popular homecraft magazine." Lawn and garden furniture of different styles, garden pools, hose reels, sun dials and a wishing well are described.

Date: 1949

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 330691

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.003.028

Lincraft book of fences & furniture, New Jersey Fence Company, Burlington, New Jersey

Fences, garden and porch furniture, birdhouses and cabins are described for customers. There is a loose, blank order form. The front cover has the numbers "3" and "5" pasted on it.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 330695

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.003.029

Rustic cedar furniture, Potash-Marl, Inc., estate & garden service, 509 Madison Avenue, New York, New York

Garden structures, furniture and birdhouses are described for potential customers.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 330697

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.003.030

How to build outdoor fireplaces and lawn furniture, Arco Publishing Company, Inc., 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York

Plans for building outdoor fireplaces and furniture are described. Barbecue grills, utensils and recipes are provided as well. The title is a reissue of a Fawcett Publications title which reprinted articles from "Mechanix illustrated."

Date: 1955

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 330699

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.003.031

Summer suggestion, Old Hickory hand made, the ideal out-door furniture, manufactured by The Old Hickory Chair Co., Martinsville, Indiana

Old Hickory furniture can be used inside as well as for porch, lawn and garden settings.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 330701

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.003.032

Heart cypress tubs, rustic work, English garden furniture, Bobbink & Atkins, Rutherford, New Jersey

The nursery manufactures and sells a variety of plant tubs, furniture and outdoor structures. Text on the front cover reads, "Tubs on the porch are the garden's recompense."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 330703

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.003.033

Rustic garden-decorations, The Rustic Craft Company, Old Colony Parkway at Pope's Hill, Boston, Mass.

Wood chairs, settees, tables, arches and fences are handmade by the business.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 330706

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.003.034

Of gardens and their furnishings, being a brief consideration of the gardens of yesterday and of to-day and of the furniture of stone and marble most fitly to be used therein, Leland & Ball Company, workers in stone, 557 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York

The Company makes sundials, benches and monuments from stone, granite and marble.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 330709

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.003.035

Catalog, W.A. Snow Iron Works, Inc., 32 Portland Street, Boston, Mass.

The catalog has descriptions and photographs of "Metalcraft" garden furniture, gates, fences, weathervanes, sundials and other pieces. Furniture samples can be seen on the terraces and courtyard garden at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts on pages 32-33. Iron fences and gates are shown at the Henry Cl...

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 330710

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.003.036

Improving the home grounds, by Albert D. Taylor, edited by J.W. Johnston, New York Herald Tribune, New York

The booklet addresses design problems and offers suggestion to improving such areas as gardens, walkways and entrances. A list of trees, shrubs and flower plants is provided with a bibliography. The work is done in conjunction with the New York Herald Tribune Annual Yard and Garden Competition.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 330711

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.091

People & the land, geography, landscape studies, urban studies & community studies from Yale University Press, P.O. Box 209040, New Haven, Connecticut

Titles are described that address natural, built and urban landscapes primarily in America. Some of the authors included are J.B. Jackson, Anne Whiston Spirn and Sam Bass Warner, Jr.

Date: 2000

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 330715

Ref. Code: EP001.12.005.002.028

Henry E. Burr, landscape architect and importer of rare evergreens, trees and hardy plants, Tremont Avenue, East Orange, New Jersey

The booklet is an essay with photographs of properties and grounds which display stock from the author's nursery business. The nurseries are located at Irvington and Boyden Avenues in South Orange, New Jersey.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 330716

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.093

Arcadian landscape, the California gardens of A.E. Hanson, 1920-1932, A.E. Hanson, edited by David Gebhard and Sheila Lynds, introduction by David Gebhard, Hennessey & Ingalls, Inc., Los Angeles, California

The experience of creating gardens for wealthy clients is described by Hanson including Harry Calendar, Henry Kern, George I Cochran and silent film star Harold Lloyd. California architecture and architects ; no. 5.

Date: 1985

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 330719

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.094

First Church of Christ Scientist, Winchester, Mass.

Set of three architectural drawings of alterations to the First Church of Christ Scientist in Winchester, Massachusetts (commission #1627-R) including one elevation and two plans. Drawings are dated but not signed. Alterations include revisions to readers' desks (1967) and to the Sunday School fl...

Date: 1967-1989

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

GUSN: 330723

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1627-R

First Church of Christ Scientist, Winchester, Mass.

Set of sixteen architectural drawings of alterations to the First Church of Christ Scientist in Winchester, Massachusetts (commission #2909) including ten rough sketches, four copies of original drawings with notes, and two details. Two drawings are dated. Original commission was #1627. Alteratio...

Date: 2004

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

GUSN: 330724

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.2909

Alfred J. Seaman Jr. house, Upper Brookville, N.Y.

Set of twenty-four architectural drawings for alterations to existing house for Mr. and Mrs. Alfred J. Seaman Jr. in Upper Brookville, New York (commission #1209-A) including ten elevations, five plans, one sketch, and eight details. Some drawings are signed and dated by Ken Duprey, Robert E. Minot,...

Date: 1964

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

GUSN: 330725

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1209-A

Alfred J. Seaman Jr. house, Upper Brookville, N.Y.

Set of six architectural drawings for alterations to existing house for Mr. and Mrs. Alfred J. Seaman Jr. in Upper Brookville, New York (commission #1209-B) including one elevation, one plan, two cross sections, and two details. Drawings are dated. Alterations include an addition to the kitchen.

Date: 1986

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

GUSN: 330726

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1209-B

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