Historic New England

Edward A. Marshall house, Wellesley, Mass.

Set of six architectural drawings of house for Edward A. Marshall in Wellesley, Massachusetts (commission #965) including three elevations and three plans. All drawings are signed by Robert E. Minot; no drawings are dated. Drawings depict a two-story Colonial Revival-style house with three front ...

Date: 1944, undated

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

GUSN: 329190

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.965

Margaret Lawton house, Stamford, Conn.

Set of six architectural drawings of house for Margaret Lawton in Stamford, Connecticut (commission #966) including two elevations, two plans, and two details. All drawings are dated and signed by Robert E. Minot. Drawings depict a one-story house with a wood shingle roof, and a clapboard and flu...

Date: 1944

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

GUSN: 329191

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.966

Rose Standish Nichols unpublished manuscript collection, 1920s-1995

This collection is an unpublished manuscript, divided into chapters, photographs, notes and acquisition letter, pamphlets, a journal, a receipt and a notebook related to author's personal collections and New England decorative arts. The bulk of the extensive notes and manuscript, which are typed or ...

Date: 1920-1995, predominant 1920-1940

Collection: Rose Standish Nichols unpublished manuscript collection, 1920s-1995

GUSN: 329198

Ref. Code: MS058

Snapshot Album

Snapshot album ca. 1903. Variety of photographs from same period, no identification. Includes a festival with marching bands and people dressed as pilgrims. Also coastal and mountain scenes. Several photographs of a passenger train wreck. Groups of children - perhaps a summer camp. Family groups a...

Date: ca. 1903

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 329235

Ref. Code: PC009.292

Travel album

Small black album with travel photographs and some shots from Welllesley, MA. and Duxbury, MA. On back of front cover is written "Miss M. V.Parry, 131 Grove Street, Wellesley" indicating the album belongs to Miss Parry. Photographs include Myles Standish Monument in Duxbury, MA, travels to Plymout...

Date: 1934-1937

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 329236

Ref. Code: PC009.293

Coastal, country and farm views

Album with green cloth cover. A variety of black and white photographs of coastal and country views, lighthouses, winter scenes, carriages, antique baby carriages, steamships, farm shots, baseball games and chopping and loading ice blocks. Total of 73 black and white photographs, undated and unide...

Date: undated

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 329237

Ref. Code: PC009.294

Maine and other New England spots

Photographic album with 58 black and white photographs. Paper label on front of album says "Maine" (presumably added by donor). Photos display sailboats, coastal views, cottages, tents, rural views including the Old Man on the Mountain in NH, several churches, streetscapes, family groups and Chr...

Date: ca. 1930, undated

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 329238

Ref. Code: PC009.295

New England album

Bound photo album from the turn of the 19th century with photographs from various New England locations. There are no dates or identifications. Photos show Plymouth Rock and a ceremony at that location which might be a funeral, beach scenes, winter scenes, child and mother fishing, summer cottages,...

Date: ca. 1900, undated

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 329239

Ref. Code: PC009.296

New England Album - Maine and Massachusetts

Bound album with 39 black and white photographs with paper tag saying "Maine" on cover (presumably added by donor). Photos of rural and coastal scenes from mostly Maine and Massachusetts. Includes coastal views, rural scenes, sailboats, Cape Cod streets and statue of Henry Ward Beecher in Amhers...

Date: undated

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 329240

Ref. Code: PC009.297

Southern Pines, North Carolina

The Southern Pines area is promoted for winter vacations. There are hotels, cottages and bungalows for visitors.

Date: 1920s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 329245

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.187

Radburn Garden Homes, City Housing Corporation, 18 East 48th Street, New York, New York

The subdivision is designed "for the motor age." The features of the houses and apartments are described for potential buyers. A fold-out map attached inside the back cover shows the subdivision layout. The Radburn office is in Fair Lawn, New Jersey.

Date: 1929

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 329246

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.188

Country houses and house lots in Brookline, Newton, Braintree and Weymouth, owned by Wm. B. Summmers, 127 Parker Street, Newton Centre, Mass.

Lots in three communities are described with illustrations and floor plans. There are nine loose sheets and four loose covers.

Date: 1899

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 329249

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.189

Palos Verdes Estates, Palos Verdes Estates, 501 Lane Mortgage Building, Spring Street at Eighth, Los Angeles, California

The amenities and features of living in the Palos Verdes Estates are described. There is a loose issue of the "Palos Verdes Bulletin," December 1927, v. 3, no. 11.

Date: 1920s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 329251

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.190

Bald Peak, Melvin Village, New Hampshire

Bald Peak is a planned community with a country club, golf course, cottages and other amenities on the north shore of Lake Winnipesaukee. The club provides such services as meals, cleaning and utilities. A map on the last page has the mileage to other towns and cities. The property was developed by ...

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 329252

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.191

Prospect Park South, Dean Alvord, Albemarle Road and east 15th Street, Brooklyn, New York; 257 Broadway, New York, New York

The booklet is an illustrated history of the Prospect Park Development incorporating landscaping, utilities, trolley lines and street improvements.

Date: 1900

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 329254

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.192

Arthur W. Hanson house, Reading, Mass.

Set of four architectural drawings for alterations to existing house for Arthur W. Hanson in Reading, Massachusetts (commission #968) including three plans and one rendering. Most drawings are dated; two are signed by Royal Barry Wills or Robert E. Minot.

Date: 1944

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

GUSN: 329258

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.968

John Chew house, Wakefield, Mass.

Set of three architectural drawings for alterations to existing house for John Chew in Wakefield, Massachusetts (commission #969) including one elevation, one plan, and one detail. One drawing is dated; no drawings are signed.

Date: 1944

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

GUSN: 329259

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.969

Henry S. Howes house, Chatham, Mass.

Set of twelve architectural drawings of house for Henry S. Howes in Chatham, Massachusetts (commission #970) including four elevations, four plans, one sketch, one cross section, and two details. Some drawings are signed and dated by Robert E. Minot. Drawings depict a one-story Cape Cod-style cam...

Date: 1944

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

GUSN: 329262

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.970

William A. Brown house, Beverly Farms, Mass.

Set of six architectural drawings of house for William A. Brown in Beverly Farms, Massachusetts (commission #977) including three elevations and three plans. All drawings are signed by Robert E. Minot; no drawings are dated. Drawings depict a two-story Cape Cod-style house with four front dormers...

Date: 1944, undated

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

GUSN: 329263

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.977

Mrs. Walter Nichols house, Springvale, Maine

Set of six architectural drawings for alterations to existing house for Mrs. Walter Nichols in Springvale, Maine (commission #987) including three sketches and three details. One drawing is dated; one sketch is signed by Royal Barry Wills. Alterations include vestibule and window modifications.

Date: 1945

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

GUSN: 329265

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.987

Brooke, Smith, French & Dorrance advertisement

Set of two architectural drawings for advertising agency Brooke, Smith, French & Dorrance (commission #985) including one plan and one rendering. Rendering is signed by Royal Barry Wills; no drawings are dated. Drawings depict a basement recreation room with a fireplace. A note in an index card f...

Date: 1945, undated

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

GUSN: 329266

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.985

Walter T. Burke house, Natick, Mass.

Set of nine architectural drawings of house for Walter T. Burke in Natick, Massachusetts (commission #991) including five plans and four sketches. No drawings are dated or signed. Drawings depict a two-story Colonial Revival-style house with a brick and clapboard exterior. House has a waiting roo...

Date: 1944, undated

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

GUSN: 329268

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.991

Adrian R. Allan house, Betterton, Md.

Set of seven architectural drawings of house for Adrian R. Allan in Betterton, Maryland (commission #993) including four elevations and three plans. All drawings are dated; no drawings are signed. Drawings depict a two-story Colonial Revival-style house with an asphalt shingle roof and a clapboar...

Date: 1944

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

GUSN: 329269

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.993

George W. Kelley house, North Attleboro, Mass.

Set of six architectural drawings of house for George W. Kelley in North Attleboro, Massachusetts (commission #995) including three elevations and three plans. All drawings are dated and signed by Robert E. Minot. Drawings depict a two-story Colonial Revival-style house with a one-story wing, a w...

Date: 1945

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

GUSN: 329272

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.995

Port Washington, Long Island, the property of Vincent Astor, Esq., 23 West 26th Street, New York, New York

The features and amenities of the property are described for interested buyers. There is a loose map of the property showing where the houses are to be constructed. Bennett, Parsons & Frost are the consulting architects.

Date: 1926

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 329275

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.193

London fog in your garden, lovely English gardens from dense English fogs, Brooks, landscape irrigation engineers, 10226 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Michigan

The Brooks System of sprinklers and irrigation pipes can be used for gardens, orchards, golf courses and parks. Details are provided in the brochure. There is a loose postcard to request further information.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 329277

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.044

Rain for the asking, catalog no. 313-C, The Skinner Irrigation Co., Troy, Ohio

Irrigation and sprinkler products for various sizes of lawns and gardens are described. Advice for correct watering is provided. The last page lists well-known customers and includes testimonials. Text on the folder cover reads "A.I.A. File No. 38 h."

Date: 1920s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 329279

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.045

Donald S. Smith house, Milton, Mass.

Set of twelve architectural drawings of house for Donald S. Smith in Milton, Massachusetts (commission #551) including three elevations, three plans, one plot plan, and five details. No drawings are dated or signed. Also included are an additional twelve drawings for an alternate house design that w...

Date: 1937, undated

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

GUSN: 327840

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.551

S. M. Best house, New London, N.H.

Set of twenty-nine architectural drawings of house for S. M. Best in New London, New Hampshire (commission #1299) including four elevations, three plans, and twenty-two details. All drawings are dated. Drawings are signed by a number of delineators including Warren Rhoter, Robert Minot, Ken Duprey, ...

Date: 1950

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

GUSN: 327842

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1299

S & H Greet Stamps quick saver book, the Sperry and Hutchinson Company, New York, New York

The item has stamps on pages 1-5. The back cover has the S & H sign against a very pale green background.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 327864

Ref. Code: EP001.01.116a.002

S & H Greet Stamps quick saver book, the Sperry and Hutchinson Company, New York, New York

The booklet does not have any stamps. The back cover has the S & H sign against a green background.

Date: 1965

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 327865

Ref. Code: EP001.01.116a.003

Buy quality at a saving, save Discount Stamps today, Discount Stamp Co., Inc., sales office North Conway, New Hampshire

The booklet is filled with blue and red stamps.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 327866

Ref. Code: EP001.01.116a.004

Buy quality at a saving, save Discount Stamps today, Discount Stamp Co., Inc., sales office North Conway, New Hampshire

The booklet has a few pages filled in.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 327868

Ref. Code: EP001.01.116a.005

Buy quality at a saving, save Discount Stamps today, Discount Stamp Co., Inc., Norway, Maine, sales office North Conway, New Hampshire

The booklet is partially filled with red and white stamps. The Freedom Store, Inc., meats, groceries, hardware, has stamp books and is located in Freedom, New Hampshire. The Company is located in Norway, Maine.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 327869

Ref. Code: EP001.01.116a.006

Save Nesco Stamps, The New England Trading Stamp Co., Inc., Framingham, Mass.

The stamps are blue and pale green with a Pilgrim hat in the center of the image. The inside of the back cover lists redemption centers and the sales tax for Connecticut, Maine and Rhode Island.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 327870

Ref. Code: EP001.01.116a.007

Gold Bond Stamp book, Gold Bond Stamp Co., 12715B Olson Highway, Minneapolis, Minnesota

The booklet has brown and white and orange and white stamps.

Date: 1963

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 327872

Ref. Code: EP001.01.116a.008

Envelope containing loose Gold Bond Stamps, Buckeye Stamps, Merchants Green Stamps, Premium King Korn Stamps

1 envelope, 4 sleeves of loose stamps ; 4 x 6 1/4 inches

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 327874

Ref. Code: EP001.01.116a.009

Arthur M. Wyman house, unidentified location

Set of thirteen architectural drawings for alterations to house for Arthur M. Wyman at an unidentified location (commission #552) including three elevations, two plans, and eight details. No drawings are dated; one is signed by Royal Barry Wills. Alterations include a wing with a living room, pla...

Date: 1937, undated

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

GUSN: 327876

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.552

Royal Barry Wills (developer) house, Melrose, Mass.

Set of ten architectural drawings of house developed by Royal Barry Wills in Melrose, Massachusetts (commission #554) including four elevations, three plans, two framing plans, and one detail. No drawings are dated or signed. Drawings depict a two-story saltbox Colonial Revival-style house with a...

Date: 1937, undated

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

GUSN: 327878

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.554

Russell S. Cooney house, Waldoboro, Maine

Set of fifteen architectural drawings of house for Russell S. Cooney in Waldoboro, Maine (commission #555) including four elevations, three plans, two framing plans, and six details. Two drawings are dated; six are signed "R B Wills." Drawings depict a two-story Cape Cod-style house with two fron...

Date: 1937

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

GUSN: 327880

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.555

Mrs. Russell S. Cooney house, Waldoboro, Maine

Set of six architectural drawings for alterationst to house for Mrs. Russell S. Cooney in Waldoboro, Maine (commission #555-A) including three elevations, one plan, and one detail. Two drawings are dated; four are signed by Robert E. Minot. Alterations include an addition with a bedroom and shed ...

Date: 1945-1949

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

GUSN: 327881

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.555-A

Katharine W. Wallis house, Worcester, Mass.

Set of thirteen architectural drawings of house for Katharine W. Wallis in Worcester, Massachusetts (commission #556) including four elevations, three plans, two plot plans with two cutouts of house footprint, two framing plans, one tree map, and one copy of presentation rendering. Tree map is dated...

Date: 1937

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

GUSN: 327882

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.556

Samuel H. Glaser house, Brookline, Mass.

Set of eighteen architectural drawings of house for Samuel H. Glaser in Brookline, Massachusetts (commission #557) including three elevations, three plans, two framing plans, one plot plan, one heating plan, and eight details. Plot plan and two details are dated. Plot plan is by Associated Civil Eng...

Date: 1937, undated

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

GUSN: 327885

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.557

Andrew D. Bonnano house, Newton, Mass.

Set of sixteen architectural drawings for alterations to house for Andrew D. Bonnano in Newton, Massachusetts (commission #563) including one elevation, three plans, one garden plan, and eleven details. Several drawings are dated and signed "R B Wills."

Date: 1937, undated

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

GUSN: 327886

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.563

Gordon Wheeler house, Wellesley Hills, Mass.

Set of nine architectural drawings of house for Gordon Wheeler in Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts (commission #565) including three elevations, three plans, one plot plan, and two details. No drawings are signed or dated. Drawings depict a two-storyTudor Revival-style house with one front dormer a...

Date: 1937, undated

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

GUSN: 327889

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.565

Albert W. Lang house, Melrose, Mass.

Set of sixteen architectural drawings of house for Albert W. Lang in Melrose, Massachusetts (commission #567) including four elevations, three plans, two framing plans, and seven details. Two drawings are dated and signed "R B W." Drawings depict a two-story saltbox Colonial Revival-style house w...

Date: 1937

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

GUSN: 327891

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.567

Maurice A. Dunlavy (builder) house, Wellesley, Mass.

Set of seven architectural drawings of house for builder Maurice A. Dunlavy in Wellesley, Massachusetts (commission #569) including three elevations, three plans, and one detail. No drawings are dated or signed. Drawings depict a two-story Colonial Revival-style house with a wood shingle roof and...

Date: 1937, undated

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

GUSN: 327894

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.569

Horace S. Stewart house, Orono, Maine

Set of twelve architectural drawings of house for Horace S. Stewart in Orono, Maine (commission #571) including three elevations, three plans, two framing plans, and four details. No drawings are dated or signed. Drawings depict a two-story Cape Cod-style house with two front dormers, an angled w...

Date: 1937, undated

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

GUSN: 327895

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.571

Nevin and Sanderson Architectural Drawings Collection

This collection contains architectural drawings by Charles K. B. Nevin and Edward T. Sanderson, who both practiced in the early twentieth century in New England. The relationship between Nevin and Sanderson is unclear, as they were contemporaries but never worked in the same architectural firm. The ...

Date: 1903-2017, predominant 1903-1956

Collection: Nevin and Sanderson Architectural Drawings Collection

GUSN: 327896

Ref. Code: AR032

A. Stewart Rogers house, Melrose, Mass.

Set of ten architectural drawings of house for A. Stewart Rogers in Melrose, Massachusetts (commission #572) including six elevations, three plans, and one detail. No drawings are dated; one partial signature of "R B Wills" is present. Chester S. Patten is builder. Drawings depict a two-story Cap...

Date: 1937, undated

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

GUSN: 327899

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.572

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