Historic New England

Professional standards for museum accreditation :the handbook of the accreditation program of the American Association of Museums /edited by H.J. Swinney.

77 pages ; 26 cm

Date: Ã1978

Creators: Swinney, H. J. (Holman J.), 1919- American Association of Museums.

GUSN: 328907

Call Number: Stacks AM7

Introduction to early American masonry :stone, brick, mortar, and plaster /Harley J. McKee.

92 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.

Date: repr. 1978, Ã1973.

Creators: McKee, Harley J. National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States. Columbia University.

GUSN: 328908

Call Number: Stacks TH1199.M222 1973E

Culture is our common wealth :an action agenda to enhance revenues and resources for Massachusetts cultural organizations /the Boston Foundation ; [principal authors, Jon Abbott ... et al. ; research, Amy Appleyard and others] ; design, Kate Canfield.

74, xlviii pages : illustrations (some color), maps, plans ; 28 cm

Date: Ã2004.

Creators: Abbott, Jon. Boston Foundation.

GUSN: 328909

Call Number: Stacks NX705.U62 B73 2004x

Becoming Americans :our struggle to be both free and equal : a plan of thematic interpretation /Cary Carson, editor.

ix, 206 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 27 cm

Date: Ã1998.

Creators: Carson, Cary.

GUSN: 328914

Call Number: Stacks F234.W7 B43 1998

Time machines :the world of living history /Jay Anderson.

217 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Date: 1984.

Creators: Anderson, Jay (Jay Allan) American Association for State and Local History.

GUSN: 328915

Call Number: Stacks D16.A556 1984

Domesticating history :the political origins of America's house museums /Patricia West.

xiii, 241 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm, "Focusing on George Washington's Mount Vernon, Louisa May Alcott's Orchard House, Thomas Jefferson's Monticello, and the Booker T. Washington National Monument, Patricia West shows how historic houses reflect less the lives and times of their famous inhabitan...

Date: Ã1999.

Creators: West, Patricia, 1958-

GUSN: 328916

Call Number: Stacks E159.W445 1999

Museums, ethics and cultural heritage /edited by Bernice L. Murphy.

xxi, 410 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm, This volume provides an unparalleled exploration of ethics and museum practice, considering the controversies and debates which surround key issues such as provenance, ownership, cultural identity, environmental sustainability and social engagement. Using a va...

Creators: Murphy, Bernice L., editor.

GUSN: 328917

Call Number: Stacks AM7.M8837 2016

A house unlocked /Penelope Lively.

x, 225 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Date: 2002.

Creators: Lively, Penelope, 1933-

GUSN: 328922

Call Number: Stacks PR6062.I89 Z466 2002

Cultural literacy :what every American needs to know /E.D. Hirsch, Jr. ; with an updated appendix, What literate Americans know [by] E.D. Hirsch, Jr., Joseph Kett, James Trefil.

xviii, 251 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm, Argues that American children are deprived of cultural literacy.

Date: 1988, Ã1987.

Creators: Hirsch, E. D. (Eric Donald), 1928- Kett, Joseph F. Trefil, James, 1938-

GUSN: 328923

Call Number: Stacks LB45.H57 1988

Changing places :rebuilding community in the age of sprawl /Richard Moe and Carter Wilkie.

xiii, 288 pages, [8] pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm, In Changing Places, Richard Moe and Carter Wilkie explore how America's historic communities are confronting sprawl: fragile towns throughout New England and the Midwest are defending themselves from corporate giants like Wal-Mart stores;...

Date: 1997.

Creators: Moe, Richard. Wilkie, Carter.

GUSN: 328924

Call Number: Stacks HT175.M65 1997

The art of scandal :the life and times of Isabella Stewart Gardner.

380 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Date: 1998.

Creators: Shand-Tucci, Douglass, 1941-

GUSN: 328925

Call Number: Stacks N5220.G26 S48 1998

Drawn home :Fritz Vogt's rural America /W. Parker Hayes, Jr. ; with contributions by Christopher Capozzola and Douglas Kendall.

96 pages : illustrations (some color), 1 color map ; 28 cm

Date: 2002.

Creators: Vogt, Fritz G., active 1850-1900. Capozzola, Christopher. Kendall, Douglas. Fenimore Art Museum (Cooperstown, N.Y.)

GUSN: 328930

Call Number: Stacks NC139.V64 A4 2002

Museum masters :their museums and their influence /Edward P. Alexander.

x, 428 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm

Date: Ã1983.

Creators: Alexander, Edward P. (Edward Porter), 1907-2003.

GUSN: 328931

Call Number: Stacks AM7.A5 1983

Art museums plus :cultural excursions in New England /Traute M. Marshall.

xv, 360 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 23 cm, "While most people are familiar with the Museum of Fine Arts and the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, few are aware of the scores of other wonderful museums throughout New England. From the Colby College Museum...

Date: Ã2009.

Creators: Marshall, Traute M., 1942-

GUSN: 328932

Call Number: Stacks N510.5.N4 M37 2009

Interpreting our heritage /Freeman Tilden ; edited by R. Bruce Craig ; foreword by Russell E. Dickenson.

x, 212 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm, "Every year millions of Americans visit national parks and monuments, state and municipal parks, battlefields. historic houses, and museums. By means of guided walks and talks, tours, exhibits, and signs, visitors experience these areas through a very special ki...

Date: Ã2007.

Creators: Tilden, Freeman, 1883-1980. Craig, R. Bruce.

GUSN: 328933

Call Number: Stacks SB482.A4 T53 2007

The social work of museums /Lois H. Silverman.

xv, 192 p. : ill. ; 24 cm., "Museums may not seem at first glance to be engaged in social work. Yet, Lois H. Silverman brings together here relevant visitor studies, trends in international practice, and compelling examples that demonstrate how museums everywhere are using their unique resources to ...

Date: 2010.

Creators: Silverman, Lois H.

GUSN: 328938

Call Number: Stacks AM7.S44 2010

Safeguarding your collection in travel /Caroline K. Keck.

78 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Date: 1970.

Creators: Keck, Caroline K. (Caroline Kohn)

GUSN: 328939

Call Number: Stacks N8585.K43

Thomas Hutchinson of Milton.

22 pages ; 22 cm

Date: 1971.

Creators: Freiberg, Malcolm.

GUSN: 328940

Call Number: Stacks F67.H982 F7 1971

A brief history of Milton Massachusetts /edited by Mrs. James B. Ayer.

43 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Date: 1956.

Creators: Ayer, James B., Mrs. Milton Historical Society (Milton, Mass.)

GUSN: 328941

Call Number: Stacks F74.M66 B7

American memory :a report on the humanities in the nation's public schools /Lynne V. Cheney, Chairman.

vi, 29 pages ; 23 cm

Date: [1987]

Creators: Cheney, Lynne V. National Endowment for the Humanities.

GUSN: 328946

Call Number: Stacks LA219.C47 1987

The study of history /Henry Steele Commager.

100 pages ; 23 cm.

Date: [1966]

Creators: Commager, Henry Steele, 1902-1998.

GUSN: 328947

Call Number: Stacks D16.2.C719

Researching, writing, and publishing local history /by Thomas E. Felt.

xiv, 166 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Date: 1983.

Creators: Felt, Thomas Edward. American Association for State and Local History.

GUSN: 328948

Call Number: Stacks D13.F387 1981

Interpreting historic house museums /edited by Jessica Foy Donnelly.

viii, 326 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm., 14 museum professionals consider the history of historic house museums and discuss the need to look at familiar issues from new perspectives and using new methods. They explore contemporary issues and successful programmes, and present practical guidelines a...

Date: Ã2002.

Creators: Donnelly, Jessica Foy, 1960-

GUSN: 328949

Call Number: Stacks E159.D66 2002

How prints look :photographs with a commentary /by W.M. Ivins.

164 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Date: 1943.

Creators: Ivins, William Mills, 1881-1961. Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)

GUSN: 328954

Call Number: 85M Stacks NE863 I95h 1943

A culture at risk :who cares for America's heritage? /Charles Phillips, Patricia Hogan ; with a historical introduction by John Alexander Williams.

xii, 95 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Date: Ã1984.

Creators: Phillips, Charles, 1948- Hogan, Patricia R.

GUSN: 328955

Call Number: Stacks E172.P54x, 1984

Historian's handbook :a key to the study and writing of history. /Wood Gray ; with the collaboration of William Columbus Davis [and others].

vii, 88 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Date: Ã1964.

Creators: Gray, Wood, 1905-

GUSN: 328956

Call Number: Stacks D13.G78 1964

Gifts of property :a guide for donors and museums /American Association of Museums, Association of Art Museum Directors.

25 pages ; 21 cm

Date: 1986, Ã1985.

Creators: American Association of Museums. Association of Art Museum Directors.

GUSN: 328957

Call Number: Coll. KF6388.G54 1986

Reinventing the museum :historical and contemporary perspectives on the paradigm shift /edited by Gail Anderson.

xii, 402 pages ; 26 cm, This volume gathers 35 seminal articles reflecting over 100 years of dialogue within the musem community about what it means to be a high-quality, relevant institution. Important reading for museum professionals, students, and anyone interested in museums and their developmen...

Date: Ã2004.

Creators: Anderson, Gail, 1954-

GUSN: 328962

Call Number: Coll AM7.R435 2004

Registration methods for the small museum /Daniel B. Reibel.

192 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm., "Since 1978 Daniel B. Reibel's Registration Methods for the Small Museum has been the definitive guide to registration methodology. Long considered an indispensable reference tool by historians and archivists, this new third edition covers topics of increasing sig...

Date: Ã1997.

Creators: Reibel, Daniel B.

GUSN: 328963

Call Number: Coll AM139.R44 1997

A handbook on the care of paintings /by Caroline K. Keck.

xii, 136 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm

Date: Ã1965.

Creators: Keck, Caroline K. (Caroline Kohn) American Association for State and Local History.

GUSN: 328964

Call Number: Coll ND1640.K38 1967

The care of antiques and historical collections /by Per E. Guldbeck / with revisions, an introduction, a chapter on photographs and an index, by A. Bruce MacLeish.

xiii, 248 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Date: 1985.

Creators: Guldbeck, Per E. (Per Ernst) MacLeish, A. Bruce. Guldbeck, Per E. (Per Ernst). Care of historical collections.

GUSN: 328965

Call Number: Coll NK1127.5.G8 1985

Starting right :a basic guide to museum planning /Gerald George and Carol Maryan-George.

xiv, 168 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Date: 2012.

Creators: George, Gerald (Gerald W.) Maryan-George, Carol, 1950-

GUSN: 328977

Call Number: Coll AM11.G46 2012

Art on trial :from Whistler to Rothko /Laurie Adams.

xix, 236 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm, "This book examines six modern art trials covering a wide range of legal and artistic considerations ... the first in-depth examination of the art trial from every intriguing point of view"--Cover.

Date: Ã1976.

Creators: Adams, Laurie.

GUSN: 328978

Call Number: Coll K540.A36

Museums in motion :an introduction to the history and functions of museums /Edward P. Alexander ; foreword by William T. Alderson.

xii, 308 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Date: Ã1979.

Creators: Alexander, Edward P. (Edward Porter), 1907-2003.

GUSN: 328979

Call Number: Coll AM5.A38 1979

Nomenclature for museum cataloging :a system for classifying man-made objects /Robert G. Chenhall.

viii, 512 pages ; 26 cm

Date: 1978.

Creators: Chenhall, Robert G., 1923-

GUSN: 328980

Call Number: Coll AM139.C49

Cultural connections :museums and libraries of Philadelphia and the Delaware Valley /Morris J. Vogel.

256 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm, Illustrates the history, civilization, and social conditions of the United States via artifacts, paintings, and other objects from the collections of cultural institutions in Philadelphia and environs.

Date: 1991.

Creators: Vogel, Morris J.

GUSN: 328999

Call Number: Coll. E169.1.V88 1991

Going public :community program and project ideas for historical organizations /Cynthia Robinson & Gretchen S. Sorin.

70 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

Date: Ã1999.

Creators: Robinson, Cynthia. Sorin, Gretchen Sullivan. Bay State Historical League.

GUSN: 329000

Call Number: Coll. D16.R6 1999

Exhibits for the small museum :a handbook /Arminta Neal ; with an introductory essay by H.J. Swinney.

ix, 169 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Date: Ã1976.

Creators: Neal, Arminta.

GUSN: 329001

Call Number: Coll. AM151.N37 1976

Mr. Peale's Museum :Charles Willson Peale and the first popular museum of natural science and art /Charles Coleman Sellers.

xiv, 370 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Date: 1980.

Creators: Sellers, Charles Coleman, 1903-1980.

GUSN: 329006

Call Number: Coll. AM101.P496 S44 1980

Introduction to museum work /G. Ellis Burcaw.

vii, 209 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Date: Ã1995.

Creators: Burcaw, George Ellis, 1921-

GUSN: 329007

Call Number: Coll. AM5.B88 1995

American art museums;an introduction to looking.

xiii, 321 pages illustrations, portraits 21 cm

Date: [1969]

Creators: Spaeth, Eloise.

GUSN: 329008

Call Number: N510.S6 1969 Coll.

The art museum as educator :a collection of studies as guides to practice and policy /Council on Museums and Education in the Visual Arts ; Barbara Y. Newsom and Adele Z. Silver, editors.

830 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

Date: Ã1978.

Creators: Newsom, Barbara Y. Silver, Adele Z. Council on Museums and Education in the Visual Arts.

GUSN: 329009

Call Number: Coll. N430.C68 1978

Help! for the small museum;a handbook of exhibit ideas and methods.

200 pages illustrations 28 cm

Date: [1969]

Creators: Neal, Arminta.

GUSN: 329014

Call Number: Coll. AM151.N38

Self-portrait with donors;confessions of an art collector.

xxvi, 320 pages illustrations 24 cm

Date: [1974]

Creators: Walker, John, 1906-1995.

GUSN: 329015

Call Number: Coll. N856.W34

Exhibiting dilemmas :issues of representation at the Smithsonian /edited by Amy Henderson and Adrienne L. Kaeppler.

vi, 285 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm, In twelve essays on such diverse Smithsonian Institution holdings as the Hope Diamond, the Wright Flyer, wooden Zuni carvings, and the Greensboro, North Carolina, Woolworth lunch counter, Exhibiting Dilemmas explores a wide range of social, political, and ethic...

Date: Ã1997.

Creators: Henderson, Amy. Kaeppler, Adrienne L., 1935-

GUSN: 329016

Call Number: Coll. AM151.E96 1997

Museums USA.

xvi, 203 pages illustrations 23 cm

Date: [1974]

Creators: National Endowment for the Arts.

GUSN: 329017

Call Number: Coll. AM11.N37 1974

A day in the life of a museum curator /by Judith Tropea ; photography by John Halpern.

32 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm, Describes the work of Niles Eldredge, a curator at the American Museum of Natural History, including his field work in search of invertebrate fossils.

Date: Ã1991.

Creators: Tropea, Judith. Halpern, John, 1957- illustrator.

GUSN: 329022

Call Number: Coll. QE22.E53 T76 1991

Building museums :a handbook for small and midsize organizations /Robert Herskovitz, Timothy Glines, and David Grabitske.

vii, 179 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

Date: Ã2012.

Creators: Herskovitz, Robert. Glines, Timothy. Grabitske, David.

GUSN: 329023

Call Number: Coll. NA6690.H47 2012

National needs assessment of small, emerging, minority, and rural museums in the United States /by Rebecca W. Danvers.

1 volume (various pagings) : illustrations ; 28 cm

Date: 1992.

Creators: Danvers, Rebecca W. Institute of Museum Services.

GUSN: 329024

Call Number: Coll. AM11.D36 1992

Exhibiting public value :government funding for museums in the United States.

158 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 28 cm

Date: [2008]

Creators: Manjarrez, Carlos. Institute of Museum and Library Services (U.S.)

GUSN: 329025

Call Number: Coll. AM122.E97 2008

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