Historic New England

Renderings - Other Identified Artists

57 renderings of houses designed by Royal Barry Wills and Royal Barry Wills Associates. Renderings are by a variety of persons including: Charles Darling, [?] Irish, J. Montano, [?] Paarlberg, J. Paquette, Hugh Asher Stubbins Jr., Jim Taylor, and J. Floyd Yewell. Client names and locations are noted...

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

GUSN: 331298

Ref. Code: AR029.04.05.05

Renderings - Unidentified artists

44 renderings of houses designed by Royal Barry Wills Associates. Artists are not identified. Client names and locations are noted on some drawings. Named customers are: Mrs. Samuel Ayres of Cohasset, Mass.(no commission associated with these drawings); Edward E. Babb of Wellesley Hills, Mass.(commi...

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

GUSN: 331299

Ref. Code: AR029.04.05.06

Home grounds and gardens, published by Keith Corporation, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Landscaping plans for various sized residential lots are described. There are articles on landscape design, garden ornaments and lawns.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 331303

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.124

Edgar Cartwright house, Guilford, Maine

Set of eleven architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Cartwright in Guilford, Maine (commission #1691) including four elevations, six plans, and one rendering. Drawings are signed by Richard Wills, and Robert E. Minot; one drawing is dated. Drawings depict a two-storyl Colonial Rev...

Date: 1958

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

GUSN: 331304

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1691

William J. Salter house, Augusta, Maine

Set of twenty nine architectural drawings for Mr. and Mrs. William J. Salter in Augusta, Maine (commission #1696) including three elevations, three plans, nineteen details, one plot plan, one cross section, one initial sketch, and one rendering. Drawings are signed by Royal Barry Wills; most drawi...

Date: 1958

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

GUSN: 331307

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1696

Prairie spirit in landscape gardening, what the people of Illinois have done and can do toward designing and planting public and private grounds for efficiency and beauty, by Wilhelm Miller, Illinois Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Illinois, College of Agriculture, Urbana, Illinois

The author urges the restoration of native Illinois prairie vegetation to urban, rural, roadway and park settings.There is an Illinois citizen "oath" and "ballot" to support local community efforts.

Date: 1915

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 331312

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.125

Tropical landscape gardening, by Lewis & Valentine Company of Florida, Harvey Building, West Palm Beach, Florida

Drawings and photographs of unidentified properties are shown for potential customers. Extracts from testimonial letters are included.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 331313

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.126

How to plant, Green's Nursery Co., Rochester, New York

Specific directions for handling nursery stock are provided to insure a good outcome. There is a separate business envelope.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 331314

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.127

Better vegetables from your own garden, Vigoro complete plant food for lawns gardens, flowers, shrubbery and trees, Swift & Co., Detroit, Michigan

Customers are urged to use Vigoro fertilizer to support their vegetable gardens.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 331315

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.128

Billhead letter, Emmon & Company, Newark, New York

The text urges the customer to immediately water the delivered nursery plants. The invoice portion of this item has been removed.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 331320

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.129

Partial list of plants available for various uses in general landscape planting, compiled by Albert D. Taylor, 1900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio

Separate chapters describe plants for different uses such as groundcover, borders, soil conditions and urban properties. The cover title reads "Plants for landscape planting."

Date: 1916

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 331322

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.130

Henderson's garden guide and record, Peter Henderson & Co., 35 & 37 Cortlandt Street, New York, New York

How to plant a variety of flowers and vegetables is explained in short descriptions. Blank lined pages in the front and back allow for garden note taking.

Date: 1909

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 331323

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.131

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.

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

Ernest Waterman house, Williams Bay, Wisconsin

Set of nine architectural drawings for a house for Mr. Ernest Waterman in Williams Bay, Wisconsin (commission 1246). Most drawings dated and signed by J.M.S One-stroy Cape Cod house with one asphalt shingle roof; clapboard and flushboard exterior. House has a living room with a fireplace, dinin...

Date: 1949

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

GUSN: 331849

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1246

Clyde S. Casady house, Waban, Mass

Set of fourteen architectural drawings for a house for Mr. and Mrs. Clyde S. Casady in Waban, Massachusetts (commission 1247). Most drawings dated and signed by Ken Duprey, Warren Rhoter, Robert Minot, Leon Keach, and J.M.S Two-stroy Colonial house with a one car garage; a front dormer, asphalt ...

Date: 1950

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

GUSN: 331851

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1247

Trees

\li-15This subseries includes glass plate and acetate or nitrate negatives of various series of trees found throughout New England. Featured trees include pins elms, birches, and willows.

Date: undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331853

Ref. Code: PC053.01.114

Trolley

This subseries includes a glass plate negative of a trolley in Boston in 1925.

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331854

Ref. Code: PC053.01.115

Weather

This subseries includes glass plate and acetate or nitrate negatives of various weather systems, including clouds over Mt. Mooselauke in New Hampshire, hailstones in Union, Maine, and rain in Plymouth, Vermont.

Date: 1933-1942

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331855

Ref. Code: PC053.01.116

Winter Scenes

This subseries includes glass plate and acetate or nitrate negatives of winter scenes in Nashua, New Hampshire, roads in Lucerne-in-Maine, the Boston Common, Kings Beach, and Beaver Brook in Waverly, Massachusetts. Negatives 2912, 2917, 2918, 2919, and 2942 have been determined to be nitrate negativ...

Date: 1932-1938

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331856

Ref. Code: PC053.01.117

World's Fair

This subseries includes several acetate or nitrate negatives of the World's Fair in New York in 1939.

Date: 1939

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331857

Ref. Code: PC053.01.118

Seeds 1935, Comstock Ferre & Co., Wethersfield, Connecticut

New vegetable and flower varieties are described at the front of the catalog. There is a planting chart inside the back cover.

Date: 1935

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 331863

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.144

How to make an outdoor living room, issued by National Home Planting Bureau, Davenport, Iowa

Suggestions for creating planned outdoor spaces for various sized properties. The booklet is sponsored by the American Association of Nurserymen. Text on the front cover reads, "J.W. Adams Nursery Company, post office, Springfield, Mass., nursery, Westfield, Mass."

Date: 1930

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 331867

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.145

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

New Hampshire - Temple

Sub-series

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 331892

Ref. Code: AR001.USNH.2125

Residence for C. Richardson at Temple, N.H. Collens, Willis & Beckonert, Boston, Mass.

One set, includes three renderings of the exterior of a private residence in Temple, New Hampshire.

Date: 1946-1962, undated

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 331896

Ref. Code: AR001.USNH.2125.001

J. Greer McBartney House, South Dartmouth, Mass.

Set of twenty architectural drawings for Dr. and Mrs. J. Greer McBartney in South Dartmouth, Massachusetts (commission #1919). All drawings are initialed by D.T.G., J.E., and Richard Minot. Most drawings are dated. House is a one-story extended Cape Cod with red cedar shingle roof, a two car ga...

Date: 1963

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

GUSN: 331895

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1919

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