Historic New England

Bay State Wonder-Tones, the rubber base interior paint, manufactured by Wadsworth, Howland & Co., Boston, Mass.

The paint is easy to apply and dries in 20 minutes. A chart is provided for coordinating the colors in rooms.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 325843

Ref. Code: EP001.12.013.005.119

Bay State Wonder-Tones, the new vinyl interior paint, manufactured by Wadsworth, Howland & Co., Boston, Mass.

The advantages and features of the paint are described for customers on the verso of the item.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 325844

Ref. Code: EP001.12.013.005.120

Bay State marvelous new wall and trim finishes, Wadsworth, Howland & Co., Boston, Mass.

The brochure describes One-Coat Dultint Flat Wall Enamel, One-Coat Dultint Semi-Gloss Enamel and One-Coat Interior Gloss Enamel.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 325846

Ref. Code: EP001.12.013.005.121

Art of making old things new, Transformagic by Du Pont, E.I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co., Inc., Wilmington, Delaware

Cape Cod artist Peter Hunt provides guidance in refurbishing old furniture items with Du Pont paint. There are instructions for creating designs on furniture and other pieces. Tips for painting are also provided. Text on the back cover reads, "Dupont Paint Service Store, 751 Massachusetts Avenue, Ca...

Date: 1949

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 325848

Ref. Code: EP001.12.013.005.122

"Houses Have Funny Bones"

Materials relating to the book titled "Houses Have Funny Bones" written by Royal Barry Wills and published in 1951 by The Bond Wheelwright Company. The book consists of a series of essays largely focused on Wills' architectural practice including observations about clients and workmen on his commiss...

Date: ca. 1951

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

GUSN: 325847

Ref. Code: AR029.02.01.03

Painting repairs and utilities, War Department, Washington, D.C., October 1946

The manual provides guidance for the interior and exterior painting of buildings and structures on military bases. There are references and an index. Text stamped on the item reads "John E. Ward, 15 Robinson Rd., Lexington 73, Mass."

Date: 1946

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 325850

Ref. Code: EP001.12.013.005.123

400 One-Coat Flat, 12 beautiful new intermixed handsome ready mixed colors, Bay State, Wadsworth, Howland & Co., Boston, Mass.

The features and advantages of the paint are described for customers.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 325851

Ref. Code: EP001.12.013.005.124

Du Pont Duco Enamel, one coat magic, E.I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co., Inc., Wilmington, Delaware

The Duco Enamel can be used to paint furniture and interior walls and woodwork.

Date: 1949

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 325852

Ref. Code: EP001.12.013.005.125

Du Pont Flow Kote Wall Paint, E.I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co., Inc., Wilmington, Delaware

There is a color chart to assist customers in coordinating the washable rubber-base paint.

Date: 1954

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 325853

Ref. Code: EP001.12.013.005.126

Dutch Boy Latex House Paint, modern beatury and protection, Dutch Boy, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio

The advantages of this exterior house paint are described inside the brochure. The paint is available at Mackay Hardware, 166 Bedford Street, Lexington, Massachusetts.

Date: 1972

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 325854

Ref. Code: EP001.12.013.005.127

Dutch Boy House Paint and Sash & Trim Colors, National Lead Company, 111 Broadway, New York, New York

Color chips and photographs illustrate the house paint.

Date: 1965

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 325855

Ref. Code: EP001.12.013.005.128

Mont-Rok 4 hour floor, porch and deck enamel, a synthetic waterproof and weather-resisting finish, made only by Adelphi Paint & Color Works, Inc., Ozone Park, New York

The brochure describes the product features and has directions for use. There is a separate color chip card titled "Additional trim color, bright yellow."

Date: 1948

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 325856

Ref. Code: EP001.12.013.005.129

"Living on the Level"

Materials relating to the book titled Living on the Level" written by Royal Barry Wills and published in 1954 by Houghton Mifflin Company. The materials are arranged as follows:

Date: 1954

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

GUSN: 325857

Ref. Code: AR029.02.01.04

"Tree Houses"

Materials relating to the book titled "Tree Houses" written by Royal Barry Wills and published in 1957 by Houghton Mifflin Company. The book contains a short story of two young boys who build and modify a tree house over a number of years. This is followed by detailed instructions for building a var...

Date: 1955-1957

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

GUSN: 325858

Ref. Code: AR029.02.01.05

"More Houses for Good Living"

Materials relating to the book titled "More Houses for Good Living" written by Royal Barry Wills Associates (Richard Wills, Robert E. Minot, and Warren J. Rohter) and published in 1968 by Architectural Book Publishing Company. The materials include mock-ups, drafts of the text, correspondence, s...

Date: 1968

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

GUSN: 325861

Ref. Code: AR029.02.01.06

"Houses for Good Living"

Two folders containing mounted camera-ready mechanicals for the book titled "Houses for Good Living" written by Royal Barry Wills Associates (Richard Wills, Jessica Barry Wills, Douglas Lipscomb, and Robert Pesiri) and published in 1993 by Architectural Book Publishing Co., Inc.

Date: 1993

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

GUSN: 325862

Ref. Code: AR029.02.01.07

"Confessions of a Cape Codder"

Two folders of materials relating to article titled "Confessions of a Cape Codder" written by Royal Barry Wills and published in the April 1949 issue of Architectural Record. Materials include: business letter, check stub, typed transcript of text, prints of illustrations (one not used in article), ...

Date: 1949

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

GUSN: 325863

Ref. Code: AR029.02.01.08

Adelphi trim colors, Adelphi Paint & Color Works, Inc., Ozone Park, New York

The paint can be used on doors, shutters, sashes and trim.

Date: 1949

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 325865

Ref. Code: EP001.12.013.005.130

Take it off, 2 sensational strippers for every kind of paint, Tecnik Incorporated, Los Angeles, California; Chicago, Illinois

Striplac removes paint and varnish from wood surfaces. Striptek removes finishes from metal surfaces.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 325868

Ref. Code: EP001.12.013.005.131

Plagued with wet walls? Convert your basement into a dry livable room with Waterfoil, A.C. Horn Co., Inc., 10th Street and 44th Avenue, Long Island City, New York

The brochure describes how to use Waterfoil which will prevent seepage in masonry walls and basements.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 325870

Ref. Code: EP001.12.013.005.132

So you're going to paint a floor, Bay State Paints, Wadsworth, Howland & Co., Boston, Mass.

The brochure provides guidance in applying paint, varnish, sealers, shellacs and enamels to wood, concrete and cement floors.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 325871

Ref. Code: EP001.12.013.005.133

Super-elastic Steelcote Rubber Enamel, a sturdier enamel for all interior and exterior uses, Steelcote Manufacturing Co., St. Louis, Missouri

The paint can be used on such surfaces as walls, cabinets, furniture and boats.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 325872

Ref. Code: EP001.12.013.005.134

"Kathy Ryan's Colonial Primer"

One folder containing materials titled "Kathy Ryan's Colonial Primer by Royal Barry Wills." Materials include: fourteen pages in ink on trace with original sketches and text describing the evolution of the Cape Cod and Colonial styles of houses; a stapled photocopy which contains additional pages no...

Date: ca.1960

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

GUSN: 325875

Ref. Code: AR029.02.01.09

Unidentified or unpublished manuscripts

Eight folders containing a variety of unpublished or unidentified writings relating to architecture by Royal Barry Wills. Four oversize folders of illustrations which were not included in any publication. Some illustrations are signed by Amelia Brooks Valtz, Anne Rosie, or Hugh Asher Stubbins Jr. On...

Date: 1925-1961, undated

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

GUSN: 325877

Ref. Code: AR029.02.01.13

Permite Mirror-Chrome Aluminum, Paint and Varnish Division, Aluminum Industries, Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio

The paint, for interior and exterior uses can be used on radiators, furnace pipes, engines, trash cans, shelving and toys.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 325888

Ref. Code: EP001.12.013.005.135

Most-wanted colors in America! Odor-Free Mercotone Velvet Flow Flat Enamel, M.J. Merkin Paint Co., Inc., 1441 Broadway, New York, New York

The brochure has a chart for easy to make blends and a chart for determining how much paint to buy based on the room size and wall height.

Date: 1957

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 325890

Ref. Code: EP001.12.013.005.136

New England Homes, Inc., design collection, Freemans' Point, Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Custom house plans are described with floor plans. The pocket inside the back cover has a separate catalog for vacation homes titled "New England Homes, Inc. Design Collection for Leisure Living."

Date: 1966

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 325891

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.154

Billhead, painting done for Daniel Denison Rogers, Esq. in Boston, B. George Vaughan, Boston, Mass.

The billhead is for work done by the artist at the Rogers home on Beacon HIll.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 325898

Ref. Code: EP001.01.009.01.03.005

Trade card, the only genuine R.I. clam bake, served every day, at the Arlington House, Strawberry Hill, Bethlehem, New Hampshire

1 trade card ; 4 x 2 3/4 inches

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 325897

Ref. Code: EP001.01.062.05.01.030

The Summer Camp Memory Book, 1893-2005

This series contains materials directly related to the publication of The Summer Camp Memory Book. This includes research materials, correspondence with Crown Publishers, Inc., contracts, book graphics and artwork, and responses to the book. There are numerous photographic agreements and corresponde...

Date: 1893-2005, undated

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

GUSN: 325902

Ref. Code: MS056.01

Summer Camp Exhibition, 1968-1999, undated

This series contains materials directly related to the curation and installation of the Summer Camp exhibition at Museum of Our National Heritage (now the Scottish Rite and Masonic Museum and Library). This series includes exhibition diagrams, curatorial agreements, newspaper clippings about the exh...

Date: 1968-1999, undated

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

GUSN: 325912

Ref. Code: MS056.02

Publications, ca. 1921-2010

This series contains published materials about summer camps and by summer camps. A large portion of this series is comprised of issues of Camping Magazine, but this series also includes other magazines, brochures, pamphlets, booklets, and yearbooks. There are also some camp guides and directories an...

Date: 1921-2010, undated

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

GUSN: 325913

Ref. Code: MS056.03

Photographic Materials, ca. 1889-1998, undated

This series includes photographic materials related to summer camps including negatives, slides, photographs, contact sheets, and photograph albums. Many of these photographs and related materials were taken by Richard and Kellie Gutman during research trips for The Summer Camp Memory Book or the Su...

Date: 1889-1998, undated

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

GUSN: 325914

Ref. Code: MS056.04

Ephemera and Memorabilia, ca. 1909-1984, undated

This series includes ephemera and memorabilia primarily from New England summer camps. This series includes camp postcards that span the twentieth century, and a scrapbook kept by Mildred Largman, a camper at Camp Somerset in the 1920s and 1930s. Many of the crafts in this series were made by Richar...

Date: 1909-1984, undated

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

GUSN: 325915

Ref. Code: MS056.05

Audio and Audiovisual Materials, ca. 1930, 1996-1998, undated

This series includes all audio and audiovisual materials in the collection including recordings of camp songs and audiovisual programming used in the Summer Camp exhibition. Written descriptions of the content of the Summer Camp audiovisual programming can be found in series II. Items in this series...

Date: 1930-1998, undated

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

GUSN: 325916

Ref. Code: MS056.06

Magazines, 1929-1997

This subseries contains regularly published magazines related to summer camps. Magazine clippings and singular articles are located in Series III. Subseries H, and regularly published camp guides and directories are located in Series III. Subseries D. The majority of this subseries is comprised of C...

Date: 1929-1997

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

GUSN: 325917

Ref. Code: MS056.03.01

Camp Brochures, Pamphlets, Booklets, and Yearbooks, ca. 1909-1997

This subseries includes brochures, pamphlets, booklets, yearbooks, and similar items published by summer camps. Some items, specifically the Camp Walden yearbooks, were written by campers themselves. Several issues of the Camp Somerset Somer-Settings, a weekly publication likely written by campers...

Date: 1909-1997, undated

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

GUSN: 325918

Ref. Code: MS056.03.02

Songbooks and Song Sheet, ca. 1939-2010

This subseries includes songbooks and one song sheet that include the lyrics and/or the sheet music to songs commonly sung at summer camp or at summer camp reunions. The majority of these items bear the names of specific summer camps, but there is one general songbook that does not. Camps and organi...

Date: 1939-2010, undated

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

GUSN: 325919

Ref. Code: MS056.03.03

Camp Guides and Directories, 1922-2004

This subseries includes camp guides and directories that span the majority of the twentieth century. Four guides in this subseries were published by American Camping Association, and four guides in this subseries were published by Porter Sargent. In addition to information about summer camps, the 19...

Date: 1922-2004

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

GUSN: 325920

Ref. Code: MS056.03.04

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

The New Bedford, Woods Hole, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket Steamship Authority summer schedule, 1953

a 1953 summer schedule of the New Bedford, Woods Hole, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket Steamship Authority Cape Cod and island routes.

Date: 1953

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 324109

Ref. Code: MS028.01.024.012

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