Building materials

Content Description The collection contains nine pages from a builder's account recording the labor, price, and materials needed for various projects, as well as their corresponding dates. These projects appear to be based in Ashford, England, take place bewteen 1837-1840, and are for Mrs. Field's house and William Parnell's Brew House respectively. The accounts for Mrs. Field's house are requested from Ann Taylor and Son, while the accounts for Mr. Parnell's Brewery are requested from Alexander Apsley and...

Scope and Contents This artificial and still open collection contains printed broadsides, brochures, posters, and other advertising material. Printed processes used include: woodblock printing, engraving, lithography, and photolithography. The majority of the material was produced during the 19th century in New England and the Middle Atlantic states. The most numerous ads are for furniture, clothing and dress, pottery and glassware, and booksellers/stationers. The many illustrations depict products, mechanical...

Content Description Ledger recording labor done by various individuals from 1907 to 1908, and various expenses related to labor done and building materials including window and door frames, flooring, shingles, clapboards, mouldings, battens, sashes, lumber, and nails. Projects listed include a masonic building, Lake Tarleton Club and Sunset House in New Hampshire, and Cornell University in New York. It is possible that the ledger belonged to Parker-Young Company, as page 16 of the ledger is labeled "Copy of...