Historic New England

G. Carleton Snowe house, Auburn, Maine

Set of six architectural drawings of house for Mr. G. Carleton Snowe in Auburn, Maine (commission #1647) including three elevations and three plans. Drawings are signed by Richard Wills; one drawing is dated. Drawings depict a two-story Garrison Colonial Revival-style house with a saltbox garage ...

Date: 1957

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

GUSN: 330792

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1647

John T. Kenney house, Colebrook, Conn.

Set of twenty-two architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. John T. Kenney in Colebrook, Connecticut (commission #1650) including three elevations, four plans, one cross section, one rendering, and thirteen details. Some drawings are signed by Royal Barry Wills, Ken Duprey, or Warren J. Rhote...

Date: 1957

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

GUSN: 330794

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1650

Gertrude Jekyll, an illustrated life of Gertrude Jekyll 1843-1932, Betty Massingham, Princes Risborough, Aylesbury, Shire Publications Ltd., Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom

The life of British garden designer Gertrude Jekyll is described including her friendship with architect Edwin Lutyens.

Date: 1980

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 330797

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.099

John T. Kenney house, Colebrook, Conn.

Set ofsix architectural drawings for alterations to existing house for Mr. and Mrs. John T. Kenney in Colebrook, Connecticut (commission #1650-A) including two elevations, one plan, and three details. Drawings are signed and dated by Ken Duprey or John F. Howard. Alterations include a one-story s...

Date: 1972

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

GUSN: 330796

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1650-A

Fields Point Manufacturing Corp. (builder) house, Barnstable, Mass.

Set of nine architectural drawings of two house models for builder Fields Point Manufacturing Corp. in Barnstable, Massachusetts (commission #1651) including five elevations and four plans. Drawings are signed and dated by Ken Duprey or Robert E. Minot. Drawings depict two one-story Cape Cod-styl...

Date: 1957

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

GUSN: 330800

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1651

Robert L. French house, Winchester, Mass.

Set of twenty-three architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. French in Winchester, Massachusetts (commission #1652) including four elevations, three plans, five framing plans, one plot plan, one topographic map, and nine details. Some drawings are signed by Richard Wills; three dra...

Date: 1957

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

GUSN: 330805

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1652

John Evans house, Cohasset, Mass.

Set of fifteen architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. John Evans in Cohasset, Massachusetts (commission #1653) including eight elevations, four plans, one plot plan, and two details. Some drawings are signed by Royal Barry Wills or Richard Wills; two drawings are dated. Drawings depict...

Date: 1957

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

GUSN: 330807

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1653

Robert Woods Bliss 1875-1962, Milton V. Anastos, Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C.

A recounting of the life of American diplomat, collector and philanthropist Robert Woods Bliss who co-founded the Dumbarton Oaks research center in Washington, D.C. The property has extensive gardens planned by Woods' wife Mildred Bliss and landscape gardener Beatrix Farrand. The frontispiece photo...

Date: 1963

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 330812

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.100

Albert P. Everts house, Newton, Mass.

Set of thirty architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. Albert P. Everts in Newton, Massachusetts (commission #1656) including two elevations, three plans, one cross section, three framing plans, and twenty-one details. Some drawings are signed and dated by Leon Keach or Richard Wills. Dra...

Date: 1957

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

GUSN: 330813

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1656

Out-door surroundings, how to beautify them, a booklet of landscape gardening, Swain Nelson & Sons Co., Marquette Building, Chicago, Illinois

Guidelines are provided for planning and laying out gardens, walks and drives. A list of private and public projects done by the business is listed on the last page. The nurseries are located at Glenview, Illinois. The photographs in the booklet are courtesy of "Country life in America."

Date: 1909

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 330814

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.101

Howard E. Keyes house, South Hadley, Mass.

Set of three architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. Howard E. Keyes in South Hadley, Massachusetts (commission #1658) including two plans and one rendering. Rendering is signed by Royal Barry Wills; no drawings are dated. Drawings depict a two-story Cape Cod-style house. House has a liv...

Date: 1957, undated

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

GUSN: 330815

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1658

Lee F. Burke house, Princeton, Mass.

Set of twenty-four architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. Lee F. Burke in Princeton, Massachusetts (commission #1659) including five elevations, five plans, one plot plan, one rendering, and twelve details. Some drawings are signed and dated by Royal Barry Wills, John F. Howard, or Warren ...

Date: 1957

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

GUSN: 330818

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1659

Naumkeag Garden, Mabel Choate, Stockbridge, Mass.

The author describes the development of the garden over time at her father's summer estate in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. Choate, a noted horticulturist and preservationist, worked with landscape architect Fletcher Steele to build on the garden layout originally created by Nathaniel Barrett. The des...

Date: 1965

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 330820

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.102

Woodbury Brackett house, Concord, N.H.

Set of twenty-seven architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. Woodbury Brackett in Concord, New Hampshire (commission #1660) including four elevations, two plans, one plot plan, one rendering, five sketches, one topographic map, and thirteen details. Some drawings are signed and dated by Roya...

Date: 1957

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

GUSN: 330821

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1660

Lawson Hill Jr. house, Weston, Mass.

Set of fourteen architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. Lawson Hill Jr. in Weston, Massachusetts (commission #1661) including four elevations, three plans, one plot plan, one cross section, and five details. Some drawings are signed and dated by Ken Duprey or Robert E. Minot. Drawings de...

Date: 1957-1958

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

GUSN: 330823

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1661

Clifford A. Smith house, Lafayette, Ind.

Set of twenty-two architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. Clifford A. Smith in Lafayette, Indiana (commission #1663) including five elevations, three plans, five plot plans, five sketches, one rendering, and three details. Some drawings are signed and dated by Royal Barry Wills, Merton S. B...

Date: 1957

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

GUSN: 330825

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1663

Animals

This subseries contains glass plate, nitrate, and nitrate or acetate negatives of animals in Massachusetts, Vermont, and other New England areas. The negatives feature a wide variety of animals, from elephants in a zoo to domesticated dogs and cats, among many others. Negatives 36 - 52, 63, 69, 71 ...

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 330827

Ref. Code: PC053.01.01

Badger

1 glass plate negative

Date: undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 330828

Ref. Code: PC053.01.01.001

Bears

3 glass plate negatives

Date: undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 330829

Ref. Code: PC053.01.01.002

Bobcats

1 acetate negative

Date: undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 330830

Ref. Code: PC053.01.01.003

Buffalo

1 glass plate negative

Date: undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 330831

Ref. Code: PC053.01.01.004

Canoe Club Marine Drum Corps, Holyoke, Mass.

A group photograph of the Holyoke, Massachusetts Canoe Club Marine Drum Corps, dated 1896.

Date: 1896

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 330832

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.1380.0030.001

Cats

20 glass plate, acetate, and nitrate negatives

Date: 1926-1941, undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 330833

Ref. Code: PC053.01.01.005

Cows

7 glass plate and acetate or nitrate negatives

Date: 1937, undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 330834

Ref. Code: PC053.01.01.006

Deer

1 glass plate negative

Date: undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 330836

Ref. Code: PC053.01.01.007

Sidney Harwood house, Worcester, Mass.

Set of seven architectural drawings for alterations to existing house for Sidney Harwood in Worcester, Massachusetts (commission #1607) including one elevation, one plan, one rendering, and four details. Most drawings are signed by Richard Wills; no drawings are dated. Alterations include a new s...

Date: 1956, undated

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

GUSN: 330659

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1607

Milton Greenberg house, Belmont, Mass.

Set of ten architectural drawings for alterations to existing house for Mr. and Mrs. Milton Greenberg in Belmont, Massachusetts (commission #1610) including two elevations, one interior elevation, five plans, one rendering, and one detail. Some drawings are signed by Robert E. Minot, Warren J. Rhote...

Date: 1956-1957

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

GUSN: 330660

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1610

Matthew J. McDonald Jr. house, Milton, Mass.

Set of fourteen architectural drawings of house for Matthew J. McDonald Jr. in Milton, Massachusetts (commission #1611) including three elevations, three plans, one plot plan, one cross section, and six details. Some drawings are signed and dated by Ken Duprey, Robert E. Minot, or Warren J. Rhoter. ...

Date: 1956-1957

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

GUSN: 330661

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1611

Leonard Bradford house, Wayland, Mass.

Set of seventeen architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Bradford in Wayland, Massachusetts (commission #1616) including four elevations, four plans, one plot plan, one topographic map, one rendering, and six details. Some drawings are signed and dated by Royal Barry Wills, Merton S...

Date: 1956

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

GUSN: 330663

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1616

Gene Roberts house, Lexington, Mass.

Set of fourteen architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. Gene Roberts in Lexington, Massachusetts (commission #1617) including three elevations, three plans, five framing plans, and three details. Drawings are signed by Richard Wills; no drawings are dated. Drawings depict a two-story Gar...

Date: 1956, undated

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

GUSN: 330665

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1617

G. Carleton Snowe house, Auburn, Maine

Set of six architectural drawings of house for G. Carleton Snowe in Auburn, Maine (commission #1618) including three elevations, two plans, and one detail. Drawings are signed by Richard Wills; no drawings are dated. Drawings depict a two-level Colonial Revival-style house with a saltbox garage. ...

Date: 1956, undated

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

GUSN: 330667

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1618

Richard Sherman house, Marblehead, Mass.

Set of thirty-one architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. Richard Sherman in Marblehead, Massachusetts (commission #1619) including three elevations, six plans, one cross section, one framing plan, three plot plans, one topographic map, one sketch, one rendering, and fourteen details. Most ...

Date: 1956-1957

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

GUSN: 330669

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1619

George F. Burgess garage, Walpole, Mass.

Set of four architectural drawings of garage for George F. Burgess in Walpole, Massachusetts (commission #1620) including two elevations and two plans. Drawings are dated. Drawings depict a three-car garage with an office and storage area.

Date: 1956

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

GUSN: 330671

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1620

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."

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

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