1935-1936
Box 23
GUSN-324333
Scrapbook containing materials dated 1935 to 1936.The materials include clippings from a variety of newspapers and journals which relate to an impostor posing as Royal Barry Wills after he stole a gold medal awarded to Wills in 1934 for a national design competition. The thief, Daniel W. Kingsbury, ran up debts in numerous cities, married a woman under Wills' name, and was eventually captured in Jacksonville, Florida.
houses
architects
architectural firms
architecture (discipline)
scrapbooks
clippings (information artifacts)
1 scrapbook ; 15 x 10 1/2 x 1/2 inches
AR029
Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)
2013
AR029.03.02.039
15 x 10 1/2 x 1 (HxWxD)(inches)
Egypt (Plymouth County, Massachusetts)
Wills, Royal Barry, 1895-1962 (Compiler)
scrapbooks
clippings (information artifacts)
House
Architecture
File
Box 23
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