Mt. Wachusett Community College Collection

description - The article "Keeping Chair City Alive" by Marilyn Haynes published in the May 10, 1989 Gardner Today News and Entertainment Weekly. The article talks about the S. Bent & Brothers Inc. and Nichols and Stone Company, two furniture manufacturing… subject - Furniture industry and trade--Massachusetts--Gardner; Heywood-Wakefield Company; S. Bent & Brothers, Inc.; Gardner (Mass.)--History; Nichols and Stone Company; Gardner Today relation - Is part of the W. Joseph Carr Collection, LaChance Library, Mount Wachusett Community College, Gardner, Massachusetts, http://www.mwcc.edu/Html/Library/index.html. For further information, see the Greater Gardner Furniture History Documentary Project… Identifier - CARR-020 http://dlib.cwmars.org/u?/mwcc,43

description - on Winter Street, but it has changed a lot


in the past 122 years. Delay said the last


expansion was about 15 to 18 years ago


when the office building and part of the


warehouse was enlarged.





Delay said the company owns a


sawmill… subject - relation - Identifier - http://dlib.cwmars.org/u?/mwcc,42

description - Keeping Chair City


A-L-I-V-E


By Marilyn Haynes





Gardner will keep its nickname


of "Chair City" for a long time if


the owners of S. Bent Brothers


Inc. and Nichols and Stone


Company have any say in the matter.








The two… subject - relation - Identifier - http://dlib.cwmars.org/u?/mwcc,41

description - An article in the April 28, 1967 Heywood-Wakefield Company Shop News about W. Joseph Carr. The article talks about his accomplishments as a furniture designer at the Heywood-Wakefield Company and contains pictures of Joseph W. Carr at work with… subject - Carr, William Joseph, 1910-1999; Furniture industry and trade--History; Furniture design; Furniture industry and trade--Periodicals; Furniture industry and trade--Massachusetts--Gardner relation - Is part of the W. Joseph Carr Collection, LaChance Library, Mount Wachusett Community College, Gardner, Massachusetts, http://www.mwcc.edu/Html/Library/index.html. For further information, see the Greater Gardner Furniture History Documentary Project… Identifier - CARR-010 http://dlib.cwmars.org/u?/mwcc,40

description - JOE CARR (Continued hom Poge 1)


he elected to make Heywood-Wakefield


his career. Gifted with a fabulous


sense of humor and an even


personality, the design influence of


Heywood furniture lines has been


exclusively his for almost ten… subject - relation - Identifier - http://dlib.cwmars.org/u?/mwcc,39

description - DESIGNER CARR FEATURED


ON INSIDE PAGE SPREAD








W. Joseph Carr, Chief Staff Designer, is


shown here checking a showroom floor


layout prior to the selection of furniture


samples to be exhibited for the markets.





They have said… subject - relation - Identifier - http://dlib.cwmars.org/u?/mwcc,38

description - A hand drawn sketch of a design for a music stand by W. Joseph Carr and the picture that the sketch is based on. The sketch shows the music stand with dimensions and notes on its construction, and was one of multiple pages of sketches. The page from… subject - Music stands; Furniture design; Furniture--Drawings; Furniture designers; Furniture industry and trade--Massachusetts--Gardner relation - Is part of the W. Joseph Carr Collection, LaChance Library, Mount Wachusett Community College, Gardner, Massachusetts, http://www.mwcc.edu/Html/Library/index.html. For further information, see the Greater Gardner Furniture History Documentary Project… Identifier - CARR-017 http://dlib.cwmars.org/u?/mwcc,37

description - Napkin drawings of the S. Bent & Brothers, Inc. building and articles with SB on it by W. Joseph Carr. The front side of the napkin has a drawing in pen of the S. Bent Factory. On the back side are various articles with the SB logo on them, including… subject - S. Bent & Brothers, Inc.; Doodles; Drawing; Furniture industry and trade--Massachusetts--Gardner relation - Is part of the W. Joseph Carr Collection, LaChance Library, Mount Wachusett Community College, Gardner, Massachusetts, http://www.mwcc.edu/Html/Library/index.html. For further information, see the Greater Gardner Furniture History Documentary Project… Identifier - CARR-007 http://dlib.cwmars.org/u?/mwcc,34

description - A drawing of a Eucharistic Shrine by W. Joseph Carr. The drawing is done in pencil and marked with an 'A', being one of several versions that he drew. Joseph Carr was a Eucharistic minister at the Sacred Heat of Jesus Church in Gardner Massachusetts.… subject - Sacrament houses; Church decoration and ornament; Furniture design; Christian shrines--Design; Eucharistic Shrine
relation - Is part of the W. Joseph Carr Collection, LaChance Library, Mount Wachusett Community College, Gardner, Massachusetts, http://www.mwcc.edu/Html/Library/index.html. For further information, see the Greater Gardner Furniture History Documentary Project… Identifier - CARR-011 http://dlib.cwmars.org/u?/mwcc,31

description - Joseph W. Carr lecturing to a group of students in a classroom. A young woman is holding a drawing. An American flag hangs in the background. Joseph Carr was a noted furniture designer, artist, cartoonist and sculptor from Gardner, Massachusetts. He… subject - Carr, William Joseph, 1910-1999--Lectures and lecturing--Pictorial works; Classrooms; Students relation - Is part of the W. Joseph Carr Collection, LaChance Library, Mount Wachusett Community College, Gardner, Massachusetts, http://www.mwcc.edu/Html/Library/index.html. For further information, see the Greater Gardner Furniture History Documentary Project… Identifier - CARR-009 http://dlib.cwmars.org/u?/mwcc,30

description - A doodle of a stirrup drawn by W. Joseph Carr. The main stirrup has "polo" written on it and "Pony or Chukker" written underneath. Joseph Carr was a noted furniture designer, artist, cartoonist and sculptor from Gardner, Massachusetts. He worked… subject - Stirrups; Doodles; Drawing; Horsemanship--Equipment and supplies relation - Is part of the W. Joseph Carr Collection, LaChance Library, Mount Wachusett Community College, Gardner, Massachusetts, http://www.mwcc.edu/Html/Library/index.html. For further information, see the Greater Gardner Furniture History Documentary Project… Identifier - CARR-008
http://dlib.cwmars.org/u?/mwcc,29

description - A photograph of a Heywood-Wakefield Company wooden gallery plaque. The eagle depicted on the plaque is the official symbol of the Heywood-Wakefield Company. The Heywood-Wakefield Company was started in 1826 by the five Heywood brothers; Walter, Levi,… subject - Heywood-Wakefield Company; Furniture industry and trade--Massachusetts--Gardner
relation - Is part of the W. Joseph Carr Collection, LaChance Library, Mount Wachusett Community College, Gardner, Massachusetts, http://www.mwcc.edu/Html/Library/index.html. For further information, see the Greater Gardner Furniture History Documentary Project… Identifier - CARR-006 http://dlib.cwmars.org/u?/mwcc,28

description - A self-portrait sketch of W. Joseph Carr. Joseph Carr was a noted furniture designer, artist, cartoonist and sculptor from Gardner, Massachusetts. He worked for the Heywood-Wakefield Company as a furniture designer from 1936 till the company closed… subject - Carr, William Joseph, 1910-1999--Self-portraits; Portrait drawing relation - Is part of the W. Joseph Carr Collection, LaChance Library, Mount Wachusett Community College, Gardner, Massachusetts, http://www.mwcc.edu/Html/Library/index.html. For further information, see the Greater Gardner Furniture History Documentary Project… Identifier - CARR-005 http://dlib.cwmars.org/u?/mwcc,27

description - A drawing of two gnomes by W. Joseph Carr. One gnome faces forward while the other is drawn in profile. The gnomes are dressed in a top hat, curly shoes and a coat with large buttons. Joseph Carr was a noted furniture designer, artist, cartoonist and… subject - Gnomes--Drawing; Sketching; Doodles relation - Is part of the W. Joseph Carr Collection, LaChance Library, Mount Wachusett Community College, Gardner, Massachusetts, http://www.mwcc.edu/Html/Library/index.html. For further information, see the Greater Gardner Furniture History Documentary Project… Identifier - CARR-004
http://dlib.cwmars.org/u?/mwcc,26

description - A colored drawing of a table with a bowl of fruit on it. The table is sleek and modern, and the bowl of fruit has a pineapple that sits prominently in the middle. It is the ninth in a series of drawings of the tables. Though the drawings came out of… subject - Furniture--Drawings; Furniture designers; Furniture industry and trade--Massachusetts--Gardner relation - Is part of the W. Joseph Carr Collection, LaChance Library, Mount Wachusett Community College, Gardner, Massachusetts, http://www.mwcc.edu/Html/Library/index.html. For further information, see the Greater Gardner Furniture History Documentary Project… Identifier - CARR-036 http://dlib.cwmars.org/u?/mwcc,25

description - A doodle of the word "Elvis" written many times and in different sizes by W. Joseph Carr. Joseph Carr was a noted furniture designer, artist, cartoonist and sculptor from Gardner, Massachusetts. He worked mainly for Heywood-Wakefield as a furniture… subject - Words--Doodles; Drawing; Presley, Elvis, 1935-1977 relation - Is part of the W. Joseph Carr Collection, LaChance Library, Mount Wachusett Community College, Gardner, Massachusetts, http://www.mwcc.edu/Html/Library/index.html. For further information, see the Greater Gardner Furniture History Documentary Project… Identifier - CARR-035 http://dlib.cwmars.org/u?/mwcc,24