Scrapbook, 1939-1940

Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

1939-1940

Location Note

Box 26

GUSN

GUSN-329529

Browse Collection

Description

Untitled scrapbook containing materials dated 1939-1940. The majority of the materials in the scrapbook are newspaper clippings, particularly the "Home Building Plans" column in the Boston Evening Transcript, which feature houses designed by Royal Barry Wills. Also present is a newspaper clipping about the publication of "Houses for Good Living" by Wills.

Details

Descriptive Terms

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

Physical Descrption

1 scrapbook ; 12 3/4 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

2017

Reference Code

AR029.03.02.042

Dimensions

12 3/4 x 10 1/4 x 1 3/4 (HxWxD)(inches)

Places

Melrose (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
Wellesley (Norfolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Wills, Royal Barry, 1895-1962 (Compiler)

Material Type

scrapbooks
clippings (information artifacts)

Subjects

Architecture
architectural firms
House

Publications Referencing This Collection

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

Description Level

File

Location Note

Box 26

Related Items

Royal Barry Wills (developer) house, Melrose, Mass.

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