Historic New England

The new American ghetto /Camilo José Vergara.

p. cm., Photographs reveal the decay in such urban cities as Chicago, Newark, New York, Detroit, and Los Angeles, showing the transformation of certain sites over time, and pointing out the beauty in some of the ruins.

Date: 1997, c1995.

Creators: Vergara, Camilo J.

GUSN: 254561

Call Number: Stacks HN57.V47 1997

Frank Lloyd Wright :designs for an American landscape, 1922-1932 /David G. De Long, general editor ; Anne Whiston Spirn, C. Ford Peatross, Robert L. Sweeney.

207 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 31 cm., During the 1920s, as the five remarkable projects in this book show, Frank Lloyd Wright developed architectural prototypes of far-reaching consequence. None of these schemes - Doheny Ranch, the Lake Tahoe summer colony, and the A. M. Johnson desert compound,...

Date: 1996.

Creators: Spirn, Anne Whiston, 1947- Peatross, C. Ford. Sweeney, Robert L. (Robert Lawrence), 1945- De Long, David Gilson, 1939- Centre canadien d'architecture. Library of Congress. Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation.

GUSN: 254562

Call Number: Stacks NA737.W7 A4 1996

Perspectives in vernacular architecture,II /edited by Camille Wells.

244 p. : ill., plans ; 27 cm.

Date: c1986.

Creators: Wells, Camille. Vernacular Architecture Forum (U.S.)

GUSN: 254563

Call Number: Stacks NA705.P472 1986 (and 1 more)

Inside culture :art and class in the American home /David Halle.

xvi, 261 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm., "David Halle's idea was simple but radical: to connect culture to everyday life by showing how people actually use the artifacts of culture - paintings, photographs, sculpture - in the most intimate of all settings: the home." "In the first book of its kind, Halle ...

Date: 1993.

Creators: Halle, David.

GUSN: 254564

Call Number: Stacks N72.S6 H32 1993

The perfect city /Bob Thall ; with an essay by Peter Bacon Hales.

113 p. : ill. ; 23 x 29 cm., In The Perfect City, photographer Bob Thall explores the changing downtown landscape of America's third-largest city - Chicago. In sixty-four duotone photographs, Thall provides a visual record of the changing architectural landscape of downtown Chicago between 1972 and ...

Date: 1994.

Creators: Thall, Bob. Hales, Peter B. (Peter Bacon)

GUSN: 254565

Call Number: Stacks NA735.C4 T48 1994

Cities of light and heat :domesticating gas and electricity in urban America /Mark H. Rose.

xviii, 229 p. : ill. ; 24 cm., Cities of Light and Heat takes us to Kansas City and Denver during the late nineteenth century when gas and electricity were introduced to these "instant cities" of the West. With rich detail, Mark Rose shows how the new technology spread during the next century from a...

Date: c1995.

Creators: Rose, Mark H., 1942-

GUSN: 254566

Call Number: 85M Stacks HD4606.D33 R67 1995

Main street revisited :time, space, and image building in small-town America /Richard V. Francaviglia ; foreword by Wayne Franklin.

xxiv, 224 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm., Main Street has come to symbolize a place of honest aspirations and few pretenses, a place where economics, community pride, and entertainment generate an intuitive appreciation of the small town as a vital part of the American experience. As an archetype for an e...

Date: c1996.

Creators: Francaviglia, Richard V.

GUSN: 254567

Call Number: Stacks HT167.F73 1996

Living downtown :the history of residential hotels in the United States /Paul Groth.

xxii, 401 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.

Date: c1994.

Creators: Groth, Paul Erling.

GUSN: 254568

Call Number: Stacks HD7288.U4 G76 1994

Real places :an unconventional guide to America's generic landscape /Grady Clay.

xxiii, 297 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm., Today's "good address" may be tomorrow's "changing neighborhood," with "drug scene" and even "ghost town" not too far off. The "edge of town" may be overrun with "speculative sites." A "depressed area" could be turning into a "growth area" and "lovers' lane" into...

Date: 1994.

Creators: Clay, Grady.

GUSN: 254569

Call Number: Stacks E169.Z82 C57 1994

The Massachusetts Historical Society :a bicentennial history, 1791-1991 /Louis Leonard Tucker.

xviii, 623 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Date: 1995.

Creators: Tucker, Louis Leonard, 1927-

GUSN: 254570

Call Number: Stacks F61.M43 T83 1995

Army engineers in New England :the military and civil work of the Corps of Engineers in New England, 1775-1975 /by Aubrey Parkman.

xi, 319 p., [4] leaves of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.

Date: 1978.

Creators: Parkman, Aubrey, 1918-

GUSN: 254571

Call Number: Stacks UG23.P37 1978

The fathers of the towns :leadership and community structure in eighteenth-century New England /Edward M. Cook, Jr.

xvii, 273 p. : map ; 24 cm.

Date: c1976.

Creators: Cook, Edward M., 1944-

GUSN: 254572

Call Number: Stacks JS431.C66 1976

The American woman's new encyclopedia of home decorating /by Helen Koues.

xiv, 976 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Date: c1954.

Creators: Koues, Helen.

GUSN: 254573

Call Number: 85M Stacks TX311.K68 1954

Men of modern architecture;giants in glass, steel, and stone.

223 p. illus., ports. 24 cm.

Date: [1966]

Creators: Forsee, Aylesa.

GUSN: 254574

Call Number: Stacks NA40.F6 1966

The view from Vermont :tourism and the making of an American rural landscape /Blake Harrison.

xiv, 323 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.

Date: c2006.

Creators: Harrison, Blake A., 1970-

GUSN: 254575

Call Number: Stacks G155.U6 H245 2006

Portrait of a patriot :the major political and legal papers of Josiah Quincy Junior /editors, Daniel R. Coquillette, Neil Longley York.

v. : ill., port. ; 25 cm.

Date: 2005-<2009 >

Creators: Quincy, Josiah, 1744-1775. Coquillette, Daniel R. York, Neil Longley.

GUSN: 254576

Call Number: 85M Stacks E263.M4 Q72 2005 vol. I

Somerville, Mass.;the beautiful city of seven hills, its history and opportunities.Issued under the direction of the Somerville Board of trade.

200 p. incl. illus., plates, ports. 24 cm.

Date: 1912.

Creators: Somerville (Mass.). Board of Trade.

GUSN: 254577

Call Number: Stacks F74.S7 S72 1912

History of the Boston Fire Department and Boston fire alarm system :January 1, 1859 through December 31, 1973.

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

Date: c1974.

Creators: Werner, William.

GUSN: 254578

Call Number: Stacks TH9505.B7 W49 1974

The Homes and haunts of our elder poets[electronic resource] :with portraits and illustrations.

1 online resource (viii, 192 p., [12] leaves of plates) : ill., ports., facsims.

Date: [c1881]

Creators: Powers, Horatio Nelson, 1826-1890. Sanborn, F. B. (Franklin Benjamin), 1831-1917. Stoddard, Richard Henry, 1825-1903. Eaton, Wyatt, 1849-1896, ill. Gifford, R. Swain (Robert Swain), 1840-1905, ill. Martin, Homer Dodge, 1836-1897, ill. Lathrop, Francis, 1849-1909, ill. Riordan, R., ill. White, G. M., ill. Vanderhoof, C. A., ill. Waud, Alfred R. (Alfred Rudolph), 1828-1891, ill. Appleton, Brown, ill.

GUSN: 254579

Call Number: Stacks PS141.H55 1881

Landscape for living.

262 p. illus., plans. 28 cm.

Date: [1950]

Creators: Eckbo, Garrett.

GUSN: 254580

Call Number: Stacks SB472.E22 1950

History of the churches of New Bedford :to which are added notices of various other moral and religious organizations : together with short memoirs of Rev. Messrs. Wheelock Craig, John Girdwood, Timothy Stowe, Daniel Webb, and Rev. Messrs. Henniss and Tallon, of St. Mary's Church.

148, 22 p. ; 19 cm.

Date: 1869.

Creators: Kelley, Jesse Fillmore. Mackie, Adam, 1818-1884.

GUSN: 254581

Call Number: Stacks BR560.N3 K4 1869

Old time gardens,newly set forth by Alice Morse Earle; a book of the sweet o' the year.

xix, 491 p. illus., plates. 25 cm.

Date: 1901.

Creators: Earle, Alice Morse, 1851-1911.

GUSN: 254582

Call Number: Rare SB455.E2 1901

History of Tufts College /published by the Class of 1897. Editor in chief: Alaric Bertrand Start.

382 p. : ill., ports. 26 cm.

Date: 1896.

Creators: Tufts University. Class of 1897.

GUSN: 254583

Call Number: Stacks LD5393.A55 1896

"The troubled roar of the waters" :Vermont in flood and recovery, 1927-1931 /Deborah Pickman Clifford and Nicholas R. Clifford.

xix, 229 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.

Date: c2007.

Creators: Clifford, Deborah Pickman. Clifford, Nicholas Rowland.

GUSN: 249105

Call Number: Stacks F54.C58 2007

Museums and memory /edited by Susan A. Crane.

x, 257 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Date: c2000.

Creators: Crane, Susan A.

GUSN: 249106

Call Number: Stacks AM7.M8815 2000

A patchwork garden :unexpected pleasures from a country garden /Sydney Eddison.

225 p. ; 22 cm.

Date: c1990.

Creators: Eddison, Sydney, 1932-

GUSN: 249107

Call Number: Stacks SB466.U7 E334 1990

Landscape with figures :nature & culture in New England /Kent C. Ryden ; foreword by Wayne Franklin.

xx, 317 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Date: c2001.

Creators: Ryden, Kent C., 1959-

GUSN: 249108

Call Number: Stacks GF504.N45 R93 2001

A history of American architecture :buildings in their cultural and technological context /Mark Gelernter.

xxii, 346 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Date: c1999.

Creators: Gelernter, Mark, 1951-

GUSN: 249109

Call Number: 85M Stacks NA705.G35 1999

The naked Quaker :true crimes and controversies from the courts of colonial New England /Diane Rapaport.

xii, 145 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Date: c2007.

Creators: Rapaport, Diane.

GUSN: 249110

Call Number: Stacks HV6793.N295 R36 2007

Masonic temples :freemasonry, ritual architecture, and masculine archetypes /William D. Moore.

xix, 216 p. : ill. ; 24 cm., "In Masonic Temples, William D. Moore introduces readers to the structures American Freemasons erected over the sixty-year period from 1870 to 1930, when these temples became a ubiquitous feature of the American landscape." "Using New York State as a case study, Moore no...

Date: c2006.

Creators: Moore, William D., 1963-

GUSN: 249111

Call Number: Stacks NA8001.M66 2006

Tea at the Blue Lantern Inn :a social history of the tea room craze in America /Jan Whitaker.

xiii, 192 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.

Date: c2002.

Creators: Whitaker, Jan.

GUSN: 249112

Call Number: 85M Stacks GT2905.W44 2002

A time to every purpose :the four seasons in American culture /Michael Kammen.

336 p., 48 p. of col. plates : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.

Date: c2004.

Creators: Kammen, Michael G.

GUSN: 249113

Call Number: Stacks E169.1.K295 2004

Southeast Asian refugees and immigrants in the mill city :changing families, communities, institutions-- thirty years afterward /edited by Tuyet-Lan Pho, Jeffrey N. Gerson, and Sylvia R. Cowan.

xiii, 227 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Date: c2007.

Creators: Pho, Tuyet-Lan. Gerson, Jeffrey N., 1956- Cowan, Sylvia R.

GUSN: 249114

Call Number: 85M Stacks E184.K47 S68 2007

Snow in America /Bernard Mergen.

xxi, 321 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Date: 1997.

Creators: Mergen, Bernard.

GUSN: 249115

Call Number: Stacks QC929.S7 M44 1997

Snow Squall :the last American clipper ship /Nicholas Dean ; expedition accounts by David C. Switzer.

xvi, 301 p. : ill., map ; 26 cm.

Date: 2001.

Creators: Dean, Nicholas. Switzer, David C.

GUSN: 249116

Call Number: Stacks VM311.S7 D43 2001

The lost fleet :a Yankee whaler's struggle against the Confederate Navy and Arctic disaster /Marc Songini.

xii, 432 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm.

Date: 2007.

Creators: Songini, Marc L.

GUSN: 249117

Call Number: Stacks SH383.2.S66 2007

Quick escapes Boston :25 weekend getaways from the hub /by Sandy MacDonald.

xiv, 337 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm.

Date: c2000.

Creators: MacDonald, Sandy.

GUSN: 249118

Call Number: Stacks F73.18.M33 2000

Saving America's treasures /National Trust for Historic Preservation ; photographs by Ira Block ; text by Dwight Young ; essays by Ian Frazier ... [et al.].

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

Date: 2000.

Creators: Young, Dwight. Block, Ira. National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States. National Geographic Society (U.S.)

GUSN: 249119

Call Number: Stacks E159.S26 2000

Massachusetts from colony to commonwealth :an illustrated history /Judith Freeman Clark & Robert J. Allison ; picture research by Ruth Owen Jones.

338 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 32 cm.

Date: c2002.

Creators: Clark, Judith Freeman. Allison, Robert J. Jones, Ruth Owen.

GUSN: 249120

Call Number: 85M Stacks F64.C58 2002

New Haven Railroad /Peter E. Lynch.

160 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 28 cm.

Date: 2003.

Creators: Lynch, Peter E., 1945- New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad Company.

GUSN: 249121

Call Number: Stacks TF25.N726 L96 2003

New Hampshire then and now :contemporary photographs and essay /by Peter E. Randall.

xiv, 162 p. : chiefly ill., col. map ; 24 x 31 cm.

Date: 2006

Creators: Randall, Peter, 1940- New Hampshire Historical Society.

GUSN: 249122

Call Number: Stacks F35.R37 2006

Picturing Nantucket :an art history of the island with paintings from the collection of the Nantucket Historical Association : works by artists born before 1900 /edited by Michael A. Jehle ; with essays and catalogue by Margaret Moore Booker ... [et al.] ; additional contributions by Peter Benes ... [et al.].

ix, 253 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 32 cm.

Date: 2000.

Creators: Jehle, Michael A. Booker, Margaret Moore. Benes, Peter. Nantucket Historical Association.

GUSN: 249123

Call Number: Stacks ND1460.N33 N36 2000

A place of beauty :the artists and gardens of the Cornish Colony /Alma M. Gilbert & Judith B. Tankard.

viii, 136 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.

Date: c2000.

Creators: Gilbert-Smith, Alma. Tankard, Judith B.

GUSN: 249124

Call Number: 85M Stacks SB466.U65 N524 2000

Portable and prefabricated houses of the thirties :the E.F. Hodgson Company 1935 and 1939 catalogs : an unabridged reprint /[text additions by] Paul H. Tedesco and [composition and design by] James B. Tedesco.

xlii, 63, 48 p. : ill., plans ; 28 cm.

Date: 2007.

Creators: Tedesco, Paul H. Tedesco, James B. Dover Historical Society (Dover, Mass.) E.F. Hodgson Co.

GUSN: 249125

Call Number: 85M Stacks NA7205.T43 2007

Light on the hill,by Russell E. Miller.

v. illus., facsim., map, ports. 25 cm.

Date: [1966]-

Creators: Miller, Russell E.

GUSN: 249126

Call Number: Stacks LD5393.M5 1966

American diaries in manuscript, 1580-1954;a descriptive bibliography.

xvi, 176 p. 25 cm.

Date: [1974]

Creators: Matthews, William, 1905-1975. Matthews, William, 1905-1975. American diaries.

GUSN: 249127

Call Number: Stacks PS669.3.M32 1974

Textiles in New England II :four centuries of material life /editor, Peter Benes ... [et al.].

272 p. : ill., facsims., ports. ; 23 cm.

Date: 1999, c2001.

Creators: Benes, Peter. Boston University. Dublin Seminar for New England Folklife. Dublin Seminar for New England Folklife (24th : 1999)

GUSN: 249128

Call Number: 85M Stacks F1.D82 1999

Samuel Adams :father of the American Revolution /Mark Puls.

273 p. : ill., ports. ; 25 cm., "A genius at devising civil protests and political maneuvers, Samuel Adams forced Britain into coercive military measures that ultimately led to America's irreversible split from the empire. He was behind nearly every major protest over British rule, and his pioneerin...

Date: 2006.

Creators: Puls, Mark, 1963-

GUSN: 249129

Call Number: Stacks E302.6.A2 P85 2006

Sojourner Truth :a life, a symbol /Nell Irvin Painter.

xii, 370 p. : ill. ; 24 cm., Sojourner Truth: ex-slave and fiery abolitionist, figure of imposing physique, riveting preacher and spellbinding singer who dazzled listeners with her wit and originality. Straight talking and unsentimental, Truth became a national symbol for strong black women - indeed...

Date: c1996.

Creators: Painter, Nell Irvin.

GUSN: 249387

Call Number: Stacks E185.97.T8 P35 1996

Reflections in Bullough's Pond :economy and ecosystem in New England /Diana Muir.

x, 312 p. : ill. ; 24 cm., The author uses Bullough's Pond in Newton, Massachusetts to trace the history of man's relationship with nature including survival, innovation, exploitation, and conservation.

Date: c2000.

Creators: Muir, Diana.

GUSN: 249388

Call Number: Stacks HC107.A11 M84 2000

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