 While idled in New Guinea, Harwood was reading a real estate catalogue, which featured an abandoned estate in Great Barrington, located in western Massachusetts, that included over 500 acres of land, a small lake, a trout stream, and twelve miles of bridle paths.Following the end of the war, Harwood and his wife Helen purchased 103 of the 500 acres and relocated to the "white elephant" manor house.After recovering from the war, AIER continued to expand its operations, and in 1956, a print shop annex and warehouse were built, and in 1963, the E.C.