Scrapbook, undated

Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

1940-1950, undated

Location Note

Box 35

GUSN

GUSN-329536

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Description

Untitled scrapbook containing undated pages taken from books as well as other publications, each depicting a different house design by Royal Barry Wills and his firm Royal Barry Wills Associates. A typewritten table of contents groups the designs into the following categories: Cape Cod, Cape Cod with Bow Roof, Gambril [sic] roof, Garrison, Colonial, French, and Contemporary. Most designs are from the books Better Houses for Budgeteers, Houses for Homemakers, and Planning Your Home Wisely. Other designs were done for the magazines Good Housekeeping, Life, McCall's, Pic, and This Week as well as Westinghouse Electric Corporation.

Details

Descriptive Terms

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

Physical Descrption

1 scrapbook ; 14 1/2 x 11 1/2 x 2 inches

Collection Code

AR029

Collection Name

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

Date of Acquisition

2017

Reference Code

AR029.03.02.052

Acqusition Type

Gift

Dimensions

14 1/2 x 11 1/2 x 2 (HxWxD)(inches)

Record Details

Originator

Royal Barry Wills Associates (Compiler)

Material Type

scrapbooks
clippings (information artifacts)

Subjects

House
Architecture

Publications Referencing This Collection

([c1941]). Better houses for budgeteers; sketches and plans by Royal Barry Wills.. Architectural Book Publishing Co., inc..
([1945]). Houses for homemakers, by Royal Barry Wills.. F. Watts, inc..

Description Level

File

Location Note

Box 35

Related Items

Good Housekeeping Magazine "Snug but Spacious" model house
PIC Magazine model house

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