Scrapbook, 1954-1957

Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

1954-1957

Location Note

Box 28

GUSN

GUSN-324335

Browse Collection

Description

Untitled scrapbook containing materials dated 1954 to 1957.The majority of the materials in the scrapbook are newspaper clippings including: columns in the Boston Sunday Herald featuring houses designed by Royal Barry Wills, information on a line of prefabricated homes designed by Wills, and reviews of Wills' book "Living on the Level: One Story Houses" which was published in 1955.

Details

Descriptive Terms

houses
architects
architectural firms
architecture (discipline)
reviews (document genre)
scrapbooks
clippings (information artifacts)

Physical Descrption

1 scrapbook ; 11 1/2 x 10 1/4 x 1 3/4 inches

Collection Code

AR029

Collection Name

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

Date of Acquisition

2013

Reference Code

AR029.03.02.045

Dimensions

11 1/2 x 10 1/4 x 1 3/4 (HxWxD)(inches)

Places

White River Junction (Windsor county, Vermont)
Lafayette (Tippecanoe county, Indiana)
Columbus (Franklin county, Ohio)
Cohasset (Norfolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Wills, Royal Barry, 1895-1962 (Compiler)

Material Type

scrapbooks
clippings (information artifacts)

Subjects

Architecture
House

Description Level

File

Location Note

Box 28

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