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Scrapbook, 1957-1962

Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

1957-1962

Location Note

Box 29

GUSN

GUSN-324336

Browse Collection

Description

Scrapbook titled "Publicity from December 1957 to February 1962." The majority of the materials in the scrapbook are magazine and newspaper clippings including: articles on homes designed by Royal Barry Wills and Royal Barry Wills Associates; information on a line of prefabricated homes designed by Wills; and reviews of Wills' book "Tree Houses" which was published in 1957. Also included are a series of black-and-white photographs of Royal Barry Wills and other members of his architectural firm including Richard Wills, Merton S. Barrows, Robert E. Minot, and Warren J. Rhoter. The scrapbook conclude with clippings of obituaries of Royal Barry Wills.

Details

Descriptive Terms

houses
architects
architecture (discipline)
architectural firms
obituaries
world's fairs
scrapbooks
clippings (information artifacts)
black-and-white photographs

Physical Description

1 scrapbook ; 17 x 15 1/4 x 2 1/4 inces

Collection Code

AR029

Collection Name

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

Date of Acquisition

2013

Reference Code

AR029.03.02.046

Date Notes

x 2

Dimensions

17 x 15 1/4 x 2 1/4 (HxWxD)(inches)

Places

Belmont (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
Boxford (Essex county, Massachusetts)
Bridgewater (Plymouth County, Massachusetts)
Brookline (Norfolk county, Massachusetts)
Cohasset (Norfolk county, Massachusetts)
Falmouth (Barnstable county, Massachusetts)
Flushing (Queens, New York City, New York state) [neighborhood]
Hamilton (Essex county, Massachusetts)
Haverhill (Essex county, Massachusetts)
Intervale (Carroll county, New Hampshire)
Lafayette (Tippecanoe county, Indiana)
Lexington (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
Lincoln (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
Lynnfield (Essex county, Massachusetts)
Marshfield (Plymouth County, Massachusetts)
Melrose (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
Middletown (Orange county, New York state)
Milton (Norfolk county, Massachusetts)
Newton (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
Phoenix (Maricopa county, Arizona)
Pikesville (Baltimore county, Maryland)
Weston (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
Winchester (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Wills, Royal Barry, 1895-1962 (Compiler)
Royal Barry Wills Associates (Compiler)

Material Type

scrapbooks
clippings (information artifacts)
black-and-white photographs

Subjects

Architecture
House
World's Fair

Description Level

Series

Location Note

Box 29

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