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"Houses for Good Living"

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Collection Type

  • Books and periodicals

Date

1940

GUSN

GUSN-325617

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Description

Hardbound copy of "Houses for Good Living" by Royal Barry Wills, published in 1940 by Architectural Book Publishing Co., Inc. Numerous loose items have been inserted throughout the volume including: a typed manuscript of the foreward and first five chapters; original prints of most of the black-and-white photographs used in the book; and inked floorplans of some of the plans in the book.

Details

Descriptive Terms

houses
architects
architectural firms
architecture (discipline)
books
black-and-white photographs
photographs
floor plans

Physical Description

1 box

Collection Code

AR029

Collection Name

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

Date of Acquisition

2013

Reference Code

AR029.02.01.01

Dimensions

12 1/4 x 9 1/2 x 2 3/4 (HxWxD)(inches)

Places

Brookline (Norfolk county, Massachusetts)
Egypt (Plymouth County, Massachusetts)
Marblehead (Essex county, Massachusetts)
Melrose (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
Milton (Norfolk county, Massachusetts)
Nashua (Hillsborough county, New Hampshire)
Needham (Norfolk county, Massachusetts)
Newton (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
North Attleboro (Bristol county, Massachusetts)
Providence (Providence county, Rhode Island)
Quincy (Norfolk county, Massachusetts)
Revere (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Waldoboro (Lincoln county, Maine)
Wellesley (Norfolk county, Massachusetts)
Weston (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
Winchester (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Wills, Royal Barry, 1895-1962 (Author)
Haskell, Arthur C. (Arthur Cushman), 1890-1968 (Photographer)

Material Type

books
black-and-white photographs
photographs
floor plans

Subjects

House
Architecture

Publications Referencing This Collection

Wills, Royal Barry, 1895-1962. ([1946]). Houses for good living, by Royal Barry Wills.. Architectural book Pub. Co., inc..

Description Level

File part

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