"Houses for Homemakers"

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Collection Type

Manuscripts

Date

1945

GUSN

GUSN-330604

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

Description

Five matted renderings used in the book "Houses for Homemakers" written by Royal Barry Wills and published in 1945 by Franklin Watts, Inc. Four are originals; one is a print.

Renderings include those shown on pages 5, 41, 59, 62, and 63. Two renderings are signed by Royal Barry Wills and one is signed by Hugh Asher Stubbins Jr.

Details

Descriptive Terms

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

Physical Descrption

5 drawings

Collection Code

AR029

Collection Name

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

Date of Acquisition

2013

Reference Code

AR029.02.01.11

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

([1945]). Houses for homemakers, by Royal Barry Wills.. F. Watts, inc..

Description Level

File part

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