"Better Houses for Budgeteers"

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Collection Type

Manuscripts

Date

1941

GUSN

GUSN-325620

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Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)
Professional Papers, 1925-2012, undated
Manuscripts
"Better Houses for Budgeteers"
(current record)

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Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)
- Professional Papers, 1925-2012, undated
  - Manuscripts
    - "Houses for Good Living"
    - "Better Houses for Budgeteers" (current record)
    - "Houses Have Funny Bones"
    - "Living on the Level"
    - "Tree Houses"
    - "More Houses for Good Living"
    - "Houses for Good Living"
    - "Confessions of a Cape Codder"
    - "Kathy Ryan's Colonial Primer"
    - "This Business of Architecture"
    - "Houses for Homemakers"
    - "Planning Your Home Wisely"
    - Unidentified or unpublished manuscripts

Description

Nine matted renderings used in the book "Better Houses for Budgeteers" written by Royal Barry Wills and published in 1941 by Architectural Book Publishing Co., Inc.

Renderings include those shown on pages 32, 33, 34, 36, 49, 55, 57, 69, and 84. Two renderings are signed by Royal Barry Wills and one each is signed by Merton S. Barrows or Hugh Asher Stubbins Jr.

Details

Descriptive Terms

houses
architecture (discipline)
drawings (visual works)
renderings (drawings)

Physical Description

9 drawings

Collection Code

AR029

Collection Name

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

Date of Acquisition

2013

Reference Code

AR029.02.01.02

Record Details

Originator

Wills, Royal Barry, 1895-1962 (Architect)
Stubbins, Hugh, 1912-2006 (Renderer)
Barrows, Merton Stuart (Renderer)

Material Type

drawings (visual works)
renderings (drawings)

Subjects

House
Architecture

Publications Referencing This Collection

([c1941]). Better houses for budgeteers; sketches and plans by Royal Barry Wills.. Architectural Book Publishing Co., inc..

Description Level

File part

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