Box 01 Folder 02 to 03
Prefabrication house project, Small house drawings, 1928-1941
55 items : pencil on trace and paper
Roll 01
Prefabrication house project, Small house drawings, ca. 1930-1940s
7 rolled drawings pencil on trace
Box 01 Folder 04
Prefabrication house project, Small house drawings, ca. 1930-1940s
20 items : pencil on bristol
Box 01 Folder 05
Prefabrication house project, Design Elements, 1944
Includes pencil on trace and paper of kitchen, bathroom, interior and exterior trim, window dimensions, insulated tile furring and deck, and wall sections
Box 01 Folder 06
Prefabrication house project, Research Material and Notes, 1933 , 1935
Includes documents about prefabrication proposal to University of Illinois (1936), prefabrication finances, theory articles relating to "old" architecture verses "new" architecture, "Massheen" or the philosophy of the moderns inspired from Samuel Butler (1835-1902), housing analysis "the housing problem for the masses", and 2 newspaper articles relating to the real estate market
Box 01 Folder 07 to 08
Prefabrication house project, Models, undated
Box 01 Folder 09
Cellular Trussed Structure, 1930 , 1932
Includes blueprint of the Mayne Plank Floor System (Max A. Montgomery inventor; U.S Patent no. 1874572), pencil on trace drawings, ink on trace and 3 duplicate photographs of the floor system
Box 01 Folder 10
Inventions and Structural Designs, 1930-1941
The Montgomery Brick (1930), detail of a wall section, transom window, window seal, gypsy hotel, new way to hang glass sheets, ventilation system
Box 01 Folder 11
Inventions, Miscellaneous, 1932 , 1936
Includes invention of an "auto life saver", a metallic clip for pencils, building blocks for children, portable greasing station/barbecue/store/or portable building for any use, galosh fastener, electric lighting fixture in the shape of a flower and an electric motor/pump and meter
Clamshell 3 items
Presentation binders, 1934 -1945
3 binders in separate boxes. Include pencil on trace and bristle board, photographs, finances, vagabondking mobile home, furniture designs, restaurant/gas/hotel designs, and drawings of insects and animals