Historic New England

Lamplighters

This subseries includes an acetate or nitrate negative of a man lighting a gas street light.

Date: undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331226

Ref. Code: PC053.01.76

This subseries contains glass plate and acetate or nitrate negatives of Charles Lindbergh on a trans-continental tour after his flight from New York to Paris, France in May of 1927. During the summer of 1927, Lindbergh visited Concord, New Hampshire, aviators in Boston, Massachusetts, and politicia...

Date: 1927, undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331228

Ref. Code: PC053.01.77

Logging and Lumbering

This subseries includes glass plate and acetate or nitrate negatives that depict logging and lumbering around New England. The negatives show individuals and groups in the logging and lumbering business, but also the natural environment surrounding the business. The negatives come from a variety o...

Date: 1926-1927, undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331229

Ref. Code: PC053.01.78

Charles L. Stearns house, North Scituate Mass.

Set of ten architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Stearns in North Scituate, Massachusetts (commission #1671) including three elevations, two plans, one plot plan, one interior elevation, and two details. Also included is one drawing, dated 1967, for a proposed second floor addi...

Date: 1957

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

GUSN: 331230

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1671

G. Carlton Snowe house, Auburn, Maine

Set of seven architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. G. Carlton Snowe in Auburn, Maine (commission #1673) including four elevations and three plans. All drawings are signed by Richard Wills; no drawings are dated. Drawings depict a two-story Colonial Revival-style house with an asphalt s...

Date: 1957, undated

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

GUSN: 331232

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1673

Large tree moving and other landscape work, Lewis & Valentine Co., Roslyn, Long Island, branch nursery, East Rockaway, Long Island

Large trees relocated abd planted on Long Island estates are shown in photographs. The inside of the back cover has lists of estates and landscape architects.

Date: 1915-09-10

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 331234

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.114

Tree planting on streets and highways, by William F. Fox, State of New York, Forest, Fish and Game Commission, Albany, New York

The advantages of planting trees are described with suggestions for tree selection and maintenance. There are eight color plates of leaves from recommended specimens.

Date: 1903

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 331235

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.115

Mail

\li-15This subseries includes glass plate and acetate negatives that feature mailboxes in Maine and a mailman on Bonair Street in Somerville, Massachusetts

Date: 1927-1940

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331239

Ref. Code: PC053.01.79

Marbles

This subseries includes two glass plate negatives of several men watching and playing marbles

Date: undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331240

Ref. Code: PC053.01.80

Military

This subseries include several glass plate and acetate or nitrate negatives of various military machinery and personnel, including West Point cadets and the return of the 26th Division on the Mt. Vernon.

Date: 1928, undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331241

Ref. Code: PC053.01.81

General

4 glass plate and acetate or nitrate negatives

Date: undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331242

Ref. Code: PC053.01.81.001

West Point cadets

3 glass plate negatives

Date: 1928

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331243

Ref. Code: PC053.01.81.002

Milkcans

\li-15This subseries contains a glass plate negative and several acetate or nitrate negatives of milk cans in transport and on the platform of a railroad station in Winchester, Massachusetts.

Date: undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331244

Ref. Code: PC053.01.82

Minerals

5 glass plate negatives

Date: undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331245

Ref. Code: PC053.01.83

Take part, a report on new ways in which people can participate in planning their own environments, by Lawrence Halprin & Associates, San Francisco/New York

The community participation workshops are described that involve individuals in environmental and urban space planning.

Date: 1972

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 331247

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.116

Nashua Country Club, Nashua, N.H.

Set of forty-four architectural drawings for alterations to existing building for Nashua Country Club in Nashua, New Hampshire (commission #1675-A) including two elevations, five plans, two plot plans, four plumbing plans, four heating plans, three electrical plans, three structural plans, seventeen...

Date: 1960-1961

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

GUSN: 331248

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1675-A

Daniel J. Bell house, Belmont, Mass.

Set of sixteen architectural drawings of house for Dr. and Mrs. Daniel J. Bell (commission #1676) including four elevations, four plans, three details, three topographical plans, one rendering by Royal Barry Wills, and one initial sketch . Some drawings are signed by Merton Stuart Barrows; some draw...

Date: 1957-1958

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

GUSN: 331250

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1676

Miscellaneous

This subseries is a collection of 128 glass plate negatives that were arranged and numbered by Yankee Publishing. Each negative has a unique identifier. The numbered negatives are unique images that had trouble fitting into any of the subjects assigned by Yankee Publishing. Each negative is indivi...

Date: undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331251

Ref. Code: PC053.01.84

Monuements

This subseries contains glass plate and acetate or nitrate negatives of diverse monuments around New England. Featured monuments include the mystery stone in Hamilton-Wenham, the Forefathers monument in Plymouth, the Hannah Dustin monument in Haverhill, Massachusetts, the George Washington statue i...

Date: undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331252

Ref. Code: PC053.01.85

Novelties

\li-15This subseries displays odd events that occurred throughout New England. For example, the negatives show thousands of people marching on protest at the painting of a beer sign on the Bunker Hill monument, the George Washington Statue on the Boston Public Garden facing backwards, a pet hippo, l...

Date: undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331253

Ref. Code: PC053.01.86

Oysters and Pearls

This subseries include glass plate and acetate or nitrate negatives of oysters and pearls, which were a feature story in Yankee Magazine.

Date: undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331254

Ref. Code: PC053.01.87

John V. Gilmore house, Wellesley, Mass.

Set of eighteen architectural drawings of house for Dr. and Mrs. John V. Gilmore (commission #1677) including four elevations, three plans, and one plot plan. Some drawings are signed by John F. Howard; all drawings are dated. Drawings depict a two-story Garison Colonial-style house with asphalt ...

Date: 1957-1958

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

GUSN: 331256

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1677

Louis H. Fischer house, East Orleans, Mass.

Set of thirteen architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. Louis H. Fischer, East orleans, Massachusetts (commission #1678) including four elevations and two plans, four details, one, plot plan, one cross section, and one initial elevation. Some drawings are signed by Warren J. Rhoter, Ken Dup...

Date: 1957-1958

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

GUSN: 331258

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1678

Harold M. Estabrook house, Bridgewater, Mass.

Set of twenty-three architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. Harold Estabrook in Bridgewater, Massachusetts (commission #1679) including four elevations, four plans, one plot plan, three heating plans, nine details, and two renderings. Some drawings are signed and dated by Richard Wills or W...

Date: 1957-1959

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

GUSN: 331260

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1679

Woman's Day Magazine house

Set of thirteen architectural drawings of house for Woman's Day Magazine (commission #1681) including five elevations, four plans, two renderings, one cross section, one detail. Drawings are signed by Warren J. Rhoter, Ken Duprey, John F. Howard. Drawings 1, 3-7, 9, and 10 are dated. Drawings d...

Date: 1957-1958

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

GUSN: 331262

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1681

Freeman Foote, Williamstown, Mass.

Set of fifteen architectural drawings of a one-story Cape Cod house with saltbox offset garage for Mr. and Mrs. Freeman Foote in Williamstown, Massachusetts (commission #1682). There is a bedroom wing and a garage wing. Therre are three elevations, three plans, five details, one plot plan, two cr...

Date: 1958

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

GUSN: 331263

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1682

Renderings, 1989, undated

This subseries contains renderings and perspective renderings by Royal Barry Wills and Royal Barry Wills Associates. This subseries is in its original order. The firm removed some original rendergins from the associated commissions; other are copies of originals.

Date: undated

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

GUSN: 331265

Ref. Code: AR029.04.05

Renderings - Merton S. Barrows

Six folders containing 77 renderings drawn by Merton S. Barrows. The houses were designed by Royal Barry Wills Associates. Client names and locations are noted on most drawings. Named customers are: Baldpate (Boxford, Mass.) commission 2016; Hugo H. Beit (Massawippi, Quebec), commission 2021; John ...

Date: undated

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

GUSN: 331266

Ref. Code: AR029.04.05.01

65 practical garden plans, by John Elliott, D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc., Toronto; New York; London

Design plans for various types of properties are offered with plans that include swimming pools, barbecue pits and children's play areas.

Date: 1950

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 331267

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.117

New Haven

File

Collection: Original art collection

GUSN: 331268

Ref. Code: GC001.USCT.New Haven

Making of a country estate, practical suggestions and professional advice for planning and planting of the gardens and development of the landscape features for country homes and estates, by Henry Wild, Greenwich, Connectict and 413 Madison Avenue, New York, New York

Methods of landscaping are considered to create fruit and vegetable gardens, planting around lakes and streams and cultivating evergreens. This no. 184 of a one thousand copy edition. The front cover is detached.

Date: 1913

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 331273

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.118

Shootin' Gallery, Savin Rock, New Haven, Connecticut

A watercolor painting of the shooting gallery at Savin Rock Amusement Park in New Haven, Connecticut. The park was built in the 1870s and was quite popular until the 1950s. The park closed in 1966.

Date: undated

Collection: Original art collection

GUSN: 331272

Ref. Code: GC001.USCT.New Haven.773

Beauty out of doors, Herrick Seed Company, Rochester, New York

Herrick offers its services to create inviting gardens on home and city properties.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 331275

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.119

Vigoro beauty plan number 3, designed by C.D. Wagstaff & Co., Swift & Co., Chicago, Illinois

Text on the item reads "Based on lot measurement of 80 by 175 feet but adaptable to any large sized lot." There is a planting plan key, a climate zone map and details of some of the smaller areas.

Date: 1930s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 331278

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.120

Savin Rock Amusement Park, New Haven, Connecticut

A watercolor painting of Savin Rock Amusement Park in New Haven, Connecticut. The park was built in the 1870s and was quite popular until the 1950s. The park closed in 1966.

Date: undated

Collection: Original art collection

GUSN: 331276

Ref. Code: GC001.USCT.New Haven.774

Allan Barker house, Nashua, N.H.

Set of nine architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. Allan Barker in Nashua, New Hampshire (commission #1683) including four elevations, three plans, and two renderings. Some drawings are signed by Warren J. Rhoter; no drawings are dated. Drawings depict a two-story house. First floor o...

Date: 1957

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

GUSN: 331279

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1683

Winthrop W. Chamberlain, Boxford, Mass.

Set of twenty-four architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. Winthrop W. Chamberlain in Boxford, Massachusetts (commission #1684) including three elevations, five plans, fifteen details, and one rendering. Some drawings are signed by Richard Wills, Merton S. Barrows, and John F. Howard; no dr...

Date: 1957-1958, undated

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

GUSN: 331281

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1684

I. Alan Balfour (developer) house, Cape Cottage, Maine

Set of five architectural drawings of house for developer I. Alan Balfour in Cape Cottage, Maine (commission #1685) including four elevations and two plans. All drawings are signed by Richard Wills; no plans are dated. Drawings depict a two-story Cape Cod-style house with asphalt shingle roof, sh...

Date: 1957, undated

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

GUSN: 331283

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1685

Ernest H. Waterman Jr. house, Glen Ellyn, Ill

Set of fourteen architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. Ernest H. Waterman Jr. in Glen Ellyn, Illinois (commission #1686) including four elevations and five plans. Some drawings are signed by Ken Duprey, Robert E. Minot, and Warren J. Rhoter; some drawings are dated. Drawings depict a tw...

Date: 1957-1958

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

GUSN: 331284

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1686

Landscape architect, issued by The Vocation Bureau of Boston, 6 Beacon Street, Boston, Mass.

Background on the field of landscape architecture is described with opportunities, pay and advice from professionals. A list of institutions which provide courses and degrees is included.

Date: 1911

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 331286

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.121

Better home grounds, Albert D. Nutting, University of Maine, College of Agriculture, Extension Service, Orono, Maine

Suggestions are provided for creating landscaping with lawns, trees and shrubs around farm, rural and town residences.

Date: 1936

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 331288

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.122

School of Landscape architecture, Harvard University, exceptional opportunities for field study, examples of landscape design in the vicinity of Boston, published by Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.

Photographic plates of estate gardens, public parks and landscapes in Salem and the Boston metropolitan area describe areas for potential field study by Harvard students. There is a diagram map with the locations.

Date: 1914

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 331301

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.123

Henry A. Tazelaar house, Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Set of thirty-two architectural drawings for Mr. and Mrs. Henry A.Tazelaar in Grand Rapids, Michigan (commission #1687) including seven elevations, seven plans, ten details, three plot plans, four preliminary sketches and one rendering. Most drawings are signed and dated by Ken Duprey or Warren J. ...

Date: 1957-1958

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

GUSN: 331289

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1687

James B. Hardy house, Fitchburg, Mass.

Set of twenty-four architectural drawings for Mr. and Mrs. James B. Hardy in Fitchburg, Massachusetts (commission #1689) including three elevations, three plans, two plot plans, two heating plans, one cross section, and thirteen details. Some drawings are signed by John F. Howard, or Richard Wills; ...

Date: 1958

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

GUSN: 331294

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1689

Renderings - James M. Cooper

Two folders containing 24 renderings by James M. Cooper. The houses were designed by Royal Barry Wills Associates. 14 of the renderings are unidentified houses 1-14. There are no associated commissions with these houses. Client names and locations are noted on some drawings. Named customers are: J...

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

GUSN: 331295

Ref. Code: AR029.04.05.02

Renderings - Charles H. and Frederick Ward Crombie

Three hundred five renderings of houses designed by Royal Barry Wills and Royal Barry Wills Associates. Client names and locations are noted on many drawings. Named customers are: Folder #3 commissions: 1976, 2037, 2050, 2172, 2127.1, 2127.3, 2154, 2163, 2180.1, 2180.2, 2196, 2204, 2207, 2225 (FR...

Date: undated

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

GUSN: 331296

Ref. Code: AR029.04.05.03

Renderings - Royal Barry Wills

Ten folders containing 194 renderings by Royal Barry Wills. The houses were designed by Royal Barry Wills and Royal Barry Wills Associates. Client names and locations are noted on most drawings. Named customers are: Folder #1 commissions: 308, 357, 413, 527, 567, 597, 706, 1032, 1266, 1273, 1698, ...

Date: 1930-1962

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

GUSN: 331297

Ref. Code: AR029.04.05.04

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

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