Historic New England

Selling the dwelling :the books that built America's houses, 1775-2000.

286 p. : col. ill. (chiefly col.); 30 cm.

Date: 2013.

Creators: Cheek, Richard. Sedykh, Julia, book designer. Grolier Club.

GUSN: 288291

Call Number: 85M Stacks NA7105.C54 2013

Suckanesset :wherein may be read a history of Falmouth, Massachusetts /by Theodate Geoffrey.

188 p. : ill., ports. ; 23 cm.

Date: 1992, c1930.

Creators: Geoffrey, Theodate, 1893-

GUSN: 288329

Call Number: Stacks F74 F3 1992

Wildflowers of the Cape Cod Canal :an annotated checklist /Mario DiGregorio, Jeff Wallner.

ix, 97 p., [1] folded leaf of plates : ill., map ; 28 cm.

Date: 1985.

Creators: DiGregorio, Mario. Wallner, Jeff. Bourne Historic Commission (Bourne, Mass.)

GUSN: 288671

Call Number: Stacks QK166.D54 1985

Sou'west and by west of Cape Cod :the classic evocation of New England shore, sea, and islands--from Point Judith to the head of Buzzards Bay /by Llewellyn Howland ; introduction by John Rousmaniere ; illustrations by Lois Darling.

191 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Date: c1987.

Creators: Howland, Llewellyn.

GUSN: 288672

Call Number: Stacks F72.B9 H6 1987

Anti-friction bearing design for movable span bridges.

63 p. illus. 26 x 37 cm.

Date: [1950]

Creators: Torrington Company. Bantam Bearings Division.

GUSN: 288673

Call Number: Stacks TG420.T6

The building of the Cape Cod Canal, 1627-1914.

xv, 131 p. illus., ports., fold. col. map. 24 cm.

Date: 1961.

Creators: Reid, William James.

GUSN: 288674

Call Number: 85M Stacks HE396.C3 R4 1961

History of Bourne from 1622 to 1937 /by Betsey D. Keene.

221, xiv p., [18] leaves of plates : ill. ; 21 cm.

Date: 1975.

Creators: Keene, Betsey D.

GUSN: 288675

Call Number: Stacks F74.B52 K4 1975

The Cape Cod Canal :breaking through the bared and bended arm /J. North Conway.

157 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.

Date: c2008.

Creators: Conway, J. North (Jack North)

GUSN: 288676

Call Number: 85M Stacks HE396.C3 C66 2008

Cassier's magazine.Vol. 39,November, 1910-April, 1911.

1 v. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Date: 1911.

GUSN: 288677

Call Number: Stacks TA1.C34 v.39

Report of the Joint Committee of 1860 upon the proposed canal to unite Barnstable and Buzzard's bays :under the resolve of April 4, 1860, and subsequent resolves and votes of the legislature.

165 p. : ill., folded charts, maps ; 23 cm.

Date: 1864.

Creators: Massachusetts. General Court. Joint Committee on Ship Canal to Connect Barnstable Bay and Buzzard's Bay.

GUSN: 288678

Call Number: Stacks TC625.C2 A5 1864 c.1 (and 1 more)

The pageant of Cape Cod /William Chauncy Langdon, master of the pageant. On the banks of the Cape Cod canal near the village of Bourne, Massachusetts, August 15, 17, 18, 19, 1914.

2 p. leaves, 7-66 p. ; 23 cm.

Date: 1916]

Creators: Langdon, William Chauncy, 1871-1947.

GUSN: 288679

Call Number: Stacks F72.C3 L3 1916

The Cape Cod Canal /by Robert H. Farson.

xiv, 177 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Date: c1977.

Creators: Farson, Robert H., 1923-

GUSN: 288680

Call Number: 85M Stacks HE396.C3 F37 1977

Shipwrecks around Cape Cod;a collection of photographs and data covering the period from the late 1800s to 1973 on Cape Cod,by William P. Quinn. Pen and ink drawings by Diana Guarino.

239 p. illus. 32 cm.

Date: 1973]

Creators: Quinn, William P.

GUSN: 288681

Call Number: Stacks VK1272.C36 Q56

Cape Cod collection :unit #1, Cape Cod Canal /Leonard W. Ferguson ; assisted by Edith P. Ferguson and staff members, Salt Lake City Public Library, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah.

xiii, 93 leaves : ill. ; 28 cm. + index.

Date: 1982.

Creators: Ferguson, Leonard W. Ferguson, Edith P. Salt Lake City Public Library. University of Utah. Libraries.

GUSN: 288682

Call Number: Stacks HE396.C3 C36 1982 v.1 (and 1 more)

Artful adornments :jewelry from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston /Yvonne J. Markowitz.

204 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.

Date: 2011.

Creators: Markowitz, Yvonne J. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

GUSN: 288822

Call Number: Coll. NK7102.B67 M37 2011

The most famous man in America :the biography of Henry Ward Beecher /Debby Applegate.

ix, 529 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., map ; 25 cm., Presents the life of the nineteenth century orator, noted for his support of the abolition of slavery and the suffrage of women, as well as his friendships with some of the century's most famous writers such as Henry Thoreau, Mark Twain, and Walt W...

Date: c2006.

Creators: Applegate, Debby.

GUSN: 288823

Call Number: Stacks BX7260.B3 A67 2006

Balls! /by Michael J. Rosen ; illustrations by John Margeson.

72 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm., Learn about the balls used in basketball, soccer, football, tennis, handball, golf, volleyball, and ping pong: how they're made, why they look the way they do, some amazing facts about their history ... and a bit about the games that use them, too.

Date: c2006.

Creators: Rosen, Michael J., 1954- Margeson, John, ill.

GUSN: 288824

Call Number: Stacks GV749.B34 R67 2006

Low art tile :John Gardner Low & the artists of Boston's gilded age /by Richard Pennington.

240 p. : ill., ports. ; 26 cm.

Date: 2010.

Creators: Pennington, Richard. J.G. & J.F. Low (Firm)

GUSN: 288825

Call Number: Coll. NK4670.7.U53 L68 2010

The American department store transformed, 1920-1960 /Richard Longstreth.

xi, 323 p. : ill. (some col.), map, plans ; 29 cm.

Date: c2010.

Creators: Longstreth, Richard W.

GUSN: 288826

Call Number: 85M Stacks HF5465.U5 L66 2010

Glorious splendor :the 18th-century wallpapers in the Jeremiah Lee Mansion in Marblehead, Massachusetts /by Judy Anderson.

96 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.

Date: 2011.

Creators: Anderson, Judy, 1957-

GUSN: 288827

Call Number: Stacks NK3443.A53 2011

Practicing medicine in a black regiment :the Civil War diary of Burt G. Wilder, 55th Massachusetts /edited by Richard M. Reid.

x, 282 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., map ; 25 cm., "In early 1863, in the aftermath of Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, Massachusetts began recruiting black soldiers to serve in the Civil War. Burt Green Wilder, a Boston-born, Harvard educated doctor-in-training, was among the first white...

Date: c2010.

Creators: Wilder, Burt G. (Burt Green), 1841-1925. Reid, Richard M., 1943-

GUSN: 288828

Call Number: Stacks E513.5 55th.W55 2010

Making war and minting Christians :masculinity, religion, and colonialism in early New England /R. Todd Romero.

xiii, 255 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.

Creators: Romero, R. Todd, 1968-

GUSN: 288829

Call Number: Stacks F7.R68 2011

Post roads & iron horses :transportation in Connecticut from colonial times to the age of steam /Richard DeLuca.

x, 251 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Date: c2011.

Creators: DeLuca, Richard.

GUSN: 288830

Call Number: Stacks HE213.C6 D45 2011

Connecticut in the American Civil War :slavery, sacrifice, and survival /Matthew Warshauer.

x, 313 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm.

Date: c2011.

Creators: Warshauer, Matthew, 1965-

GUSN: 288831

Call Number: Stacks E499.W37 2011

The evolution of the Cape Cod house :an architectural history /Arthur P. Richmond.

252 p. : col. ill., plans ; 32 cm., A detailed history of one of America's most popular architectural style. Examines more than 100 historic homes throughout southeastern Massachusetts and Cape Cod, comparing archival images, building plans and current day photographs to describe the evolution of t...

Date: c2011.

Creators: Richmond, Arthur P.

GUSN: 288832

Call Number: Stacks NA7235.M4 R53 2011

The Weir family, 1820-1920 :expanding the traditions of American art /edited by Marian Wardle.

xii, 195 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.

Date: c2011.

Creators: Wardle, Marian, 1949- Brigham Young University. Museum of Art.

GUSN: 288833

Call Number: Coll. ND237.W398 A4 2012

Tomorrow's houses :New England modernism /text by Alexander Gorlin ; photography by Geoffrey Gross.

256 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 24 x 29 cm., A dazzling showcase of hidden jewels by the masters of twentieth-century modernist architecture in New England. Tomorrow's Houses is a richly photographed presentation of the best modernist houses in Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, and Ve...

Date: 2011.

Creators: Gorlin, Alexander. Gross, Geoffrey.

GUSN: 288834

Call Number: 85M Stacks NA7110.G663 2011

Founding gardeners :the revolutionary generation, nature, and the shaping of the American nation /Andrea Wulf.

x, 349 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm., "From the author of the acclaimed The Brother Gardeners, a fascinating look at the founding fathers from the unique and intimate perspective of their lives as gardeners, plantsmen, and farmers. For the founding fathers, gardening, agriculture,...

Date: 2011.

Creators: Wulf, Andrea.

GUSN: 288835

Call Number: Stacks SB451.3.W85 2011

The American style :Colonial revival and the modern metropolis /Donald Albrecht, Thomas Mellins.

224 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.

Date: c2011.

Creators: Albrecht, Donald. Mellins, Thomas. Museum of the City of New York.

GUSN: 288836

Call Number: 85M Stacks NA7238.N6 A43 2011

Denman Ross and American design theory /Marie Frank.

xi, 321 p. : ill. ; 24 cm., Annotation In this masterful intellectual and cultural biography of Denman Ross (1853-1935), the American design theorist, educator, art collector, and painter who taught at Harvard for over 25 years, Marie Frank has produced a significant artistic resurrection.

Date: 2011.

Creators: Frank, Marie Ann.

GUSN: 288837

Call Number: Stacks NC703.F73 2011

A surprise for Caroline /by Kathleen Ernst ; illustrations, Robert Papp ; vignettes, Lisa Papp.

85 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 23 cm., In 1812, ten-year-old Caroline becomes frustrated that her friend Rhonda and cousin Lydia are suddenly acting too grown up to enjoy winter fun with her, and her hurt feelings lead to dangerous decisions. Includes historical notes about growing up in the early ni...

Date: c2012.

Creators: Ernst, Kathleen, 1959- Papp, Robert, ill. Papp, Lisa, ill.

GUSN: 288838

Call Number: Stacks PZ7.E7315 Sur 2012

The Bauhaus group :six masters of modernism /by Nicholas Fox Weber.

xviii, 521 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm., In this extraordinary group biography, Weber brilliantly brings to life the Bauhaus geniuses and the community of the pioneering art school in Germany's Weimar and Dessau in the 1920s and early 1930s.--From publisher description.

Date: 2009.

Creators: Weber, Nicholas Fox, 1947-

GUSN: 288839

Call Number: Stacks N332.G33 W483 2009

Clearing the coastline :the nineteenth-century ecological & cultural transformation of Cape Cod /Matthew McKenzie.

xv, 227 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Date: c2010.

Creators: McKenzie, Matthew G.

GUSN: 288840

Call Number: Stacks SH222.M4 M275 2010

Where the great river rises :an atlas of the Connecticut River Watershed in Vermont and New Hampshire /Rebecca A. Brown, editor.

xv, 263 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 31 cm.

Date: c2009.

Creators: Brown, Rebecca A., 1959-

GUSN: 288841

Call Number: Stacks G1227.C62 W48 2009

The house on Ipswich Marsh :exploring the natural history of New England /William Sargent.

xv, 141 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm., "In 2003, Bill Sargent bought a big pink house in Ipswich, Massachusetts. His home sits on what is known as the Great Marsh, a fascinating patch of wetland shared by Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Sargent received a grant to study some of the rare and endangered gr...

Date: c2005.

Creators: Sargent, William, 1946-

GUSN: 288842

Call Number: Stacks QH105.M4 S26 2005

Old homes of New England :historic houses in clapboard, shingle, and stone /text by Roderic H. Blackburn ; photography by Geoffrey Gross ; foreword by Richard Guy Wilson.

256 p. : col. ill., map ; 29 cm.

Date: c2010.

Creators: Blackburn, Roderic H. Gross, Geoffrey.

GUSN: 288843

Call Number: Stacks NA7210.B53 2010

Wallace Nutting's Portsmouth :photographs of the 'colonial' past, 1908-1918 /Richard M. Candee.

x, 66 p. : ill. (some col.), map ; 26 cm.

Date: c2007.

Creators: Candee, Richard M.

GUSN: 288844

Call Number: Stacks F44.P8 C363 2007

Thanksgiving :the biography of an American holiday /James W. Baker ; foreword by Peter J. Gomes.

xii, 273 p. : ill. ; 24 cm., In this [book, the author] sweeps away lingering myths and misconceptions to show how Thanksgiving was born and grew to be an essential part of our national spirit. -- Back cover.

Date: c2009.

Creators: Baker, James W.

GUSN: 288845

Call Number: 85M Stacks GT4975.B33 2009

Bits of Melrose history /by Anthony J. Pagano.

118 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Date: c1999.

Creators: Pagano, Anthony J.

GUSN: 288847

Call Number: Stacks F74.M57 P34 1999

Historic powder houses of New England :arsenals of American independence /Matthew E. Thomas.

192 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Creators: Thomas, Matthew, 1956-

GUSN: 288848

Call Number: Stacks UF543.A3 T48 2013

A simpler way of life :old farmhouses of New York & New England /William Morgan ; photography by Trevor Tondro.

215 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm

Creators: Morgan, William, 1944- Tondro, Trevor, 1973-

GUSN: 288849

Call Number: Stacks NA8208.52.N7 M67 2013

An early New England seaport :10 cut and assemble buildings in H-O scale /Edmund V. Gillon, Jr.

1 v. (unpaged) ; 32 cm.

Date: 1986.

Creators: Gillon, Edmund Vincent.

GUSN: 288850

Call Number: Stacks F12.A74 G55 1986

New England's architecture /by Wallace Nutting ; Tina Skinner & Tammy Ward, editors.

144 p. : chiefly ill. ; 28 cm.

Date: c2007.

Creators: Nutting, Wallace, 1861-1941. Skinner, Tina. Ward, Tammy.

GUSN: 288851

Call Number: Stacks NA7561.N88 2007

Lighthouses of North America :beacons from coast to coast /Sylke Jackson.

320 pages : chiefly illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm

Creators: Jackson, Sylke, author.

GUSN: 288852

Call Number: Stacks VK1026.J33 2013

Nantucket lightship baskets, by Katherine and Edgar Seeler. Photos. by Sandy Roca.

116 p. illus. 27 cm.

Date: 1972.

Creators: Seeler, Katherine. Seeler, Edgar, joint author.

GUSN: 290037

Call Number: Coll. TT879.B3 S43

Handcrafted straw hats :an early American home industry /by June Kraft Garges ; [drawings by David G. Garges ; photography by John W. Munro].

38 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Date: c1982.

Creators: Garges, June Kraft.

GUSN: 290038

Call Number: Coll. TT657.G37 1982

Old New England splint baskets and how to make them /John E. McGuire.

96 p. : ill. (mostly col.) ; 28 cm.

Date: c1985.

Creators: McGuire, John E.

GUSN: 290039

Call Number: Coll. TT879.B3 M39 1985

Baskets /by Nancy Schiffer ; historical background by J.M. Adovasio.

176 p. : chiefly ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.

Date: c1984.

Creators: Schiffer, Nancy. Adovasio, J. M.

GUSN: 290040

Call Number: Coll. NK3649.5.S35 1984

Egg baskets to weave /by Nellann Roberts.

23 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.

Date: c1984.

Creators: Roberts, Nellann.

GUSN: 290041

Call Number: Coll. TT879.B3 R624 1984

New England icons :Shaker villages, saltboxes, stone walls, and steeples /Bruce Irving ; photographs by Greg Premru.

111 p. : col. ill., maps ; 21 cm., "Read the stories behind the scenery: Short, rich, uncommonly engaging histories and descriptions of New England's most notable and recognizable features are accompanied by pitch-perfect photos by one of the region's best architectural photographers."--P. [4] of ja...

Date: c2011.

Creators: Irving, Bruce. Premru, Greg.

GUSN: 286902

Call Number: Coll. F5.I78 2011 c.1 (and 1 more)

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