Historic New England

Boston's Orange Line /Andrew Elder and Jeremy C. Fox.

127 pages : chiefly illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Date: Ã2013.

Creators: Elder, Andrew, 1980- Fox, Jeremy C., 1975-

GUSN: 317340

Call Number: Stacks HE4491.B78 E43 2013

Nantucket /James Everett Grieder and Georgen Charnes.

127 pages : chiefly illustrations, map ; 24 cm.

Date: Ã2012.

Creators: Grieder, James Everett. Charnes, Georgen.

GUSN: 317341

Call Number: Stacks F72.N2 G64 2012

No ordinary being :W. Starling Burgess: inventor, naval architect, poet, aviation pioneer, and master of American design : a biography /by Llewellyn Howland III.

xii, 455 pages : illustrations ; 23 x 26 cm, "Few twentieth-century Americans lived a more creative, event-filled, and often conflicted life than the Boston-born aviation pioneer and yacht designer W. Starling Burgess. Orphaned at twelve, Burgess received his first patent at nineteen, left Harvard, ...

Creators: Howland, Llewellyn, III.

GUSN: 317342

Call Number: Stacks CT275.B785 H68 2015

Arts & crafts architecture :history and heritage in New England /Maureen Meister.

xvi, 288 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations ; 26 cm, "This book offers the first full-scale examination of the architecture associated with the Arts and Crafts movement that spread throughout New England at the turn of the twentieth century. Although interest in the Arts and Crafts movement...

Creators: Meister, Maureen.

GUSN: 317343

Call Number: 85M Stacks NA715.M45 2014

Ruth Webb Lee's handbook of early American pressed glass patterns.

[212] pages : chiefly illustrations ; 21 cm

Date: [Ã1964]

Creators: Lee, Ruth Webb, 1894-

GUSN: 317344

Call Number: Coll. NK5112.L43 1936

Planning the city upon a hill :Boston since 1630 /Lawrence W. Kennedy.

xi, 314 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Date: Ã1992.

Creators: Kennedy, Lawrence W., 1952-

GUSN: 317430

Call Number: Stacks HT168.B6 K46 1992

Early native literacies in New England :a documentary and critical anthology /edited by Kristina Bross and Hilary E. Wyss.

xii, 276 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Date: Ã2008.

Creators: Bross, Kristina. Wyss, Hilary E.

GUSN: 318532

Call Number: Stacks E99.A35 E37 2008

Italian villas and their gardens /by Edith Wharton ; illustrated with pictures by Maxfield Parish and by photos.

xii, 270 pages, [8] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Date: 1976, Ã1904.

Creators: Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937.

GUSN: 318533

Call Number: Stacks NA7594.W46 1976

A guide to the preventive conservation of photograph collections /Bertrand Lavédrine, Sybille Manod & Jean-Paul Gandolfo.

312 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 22 cm

Date: 2003.

Creators: Lavédrine, Bertrand. Manod, Sybille. Gandolfo, Jean-Paul. Getty Conservation Institute.

GUSN: 318534

Call Number: 85M Stacks TR465.L39 2003

The history of Peter Parker and Sarah Ruggles of Roxbury, Mass. and their ancestors and descendants /with the best wishes of the author, John William Linzee, Jr.

xii, 609 pages : portraits, plates ; 25 cm

Date: 1913.

Creators: Linzee, John William, 1867-

GUSN: 320034

Benjamin Franklin :a perspective : [catalogue of] an exhibition held at the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, April 17 through September 22, 1975 /by Louise Todd Ambler.

147 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Date: 1975.

Creators: Ambler, Louise Todd. Fogg Art Museum.

GUSN: 321073

The domestic life of Thomas Jefferson /compiled from family letters and reminiscences by his great-granddaughter, Sarah N. Randolph.

xiii, 384 pages, [22] leaves of plates : illustrations, facsimiles, plan, portraits ; 24 cm

Date: 1947.

Creators: Randolph, Sarah N. (Sarah Nicholas), 1839-1892.

GUSN: 321199

The tragedies of Shakespeare.

1266 pages ; 18 cm.

Date: 1943.

Creators: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.

GUSN: 321590

Golden :Dutch and Flemish masterworks from the Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo collection /Frederik J. Duparc with Femke Diercks, Reinier Baarsen, and Loek Van Aalst.

404 pages : color illustrations ; 33 cm, Golden accompanies the first major exhibition in the United States of one of the finest private collections of 17th-century Dutch and Flemish paintings in the world.

Date: Ã2011.

Creators: Duparc, Frederik J. Diercks, Femke. Baarsen, Reinier. Aalst, Loek van. Peabody Essex Museum. Mauritshuis (Hague, Netherlands)

GUSN: 321844

Call Number: Stacks ND625.D87 2011

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

Mark Hampton :an American decorator /Duane Hampton.

255 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 32 cm, "In the tradition of Albert Hadley and David Hicks, this is a comprehensive look at the career of the late Mark Hampton, one of the most famous and admired American interior designers of the twentieth century. A classic American success story, Hampt...

Date: 2010.

Creators: Hampton, Duane (Duane F.)

GUSN: 329030

Call Number: NK2004.3.H365 H36 2010 Coll.

Snakes, snails and history tails :building discovery rooms and learning labs at the Smithsonian Institution /Judith White.

69 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

Date: 1991.

Creators: White, Judith. Smithsonian Institution.

GUSN: 329031

Call Number: Coll. AM7.S66s 1991

Repair & preservation maintenance for historic and older homes /Preservation Technology Project and Bureau for Historic Preservation.

62 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Date: 1982, 1988.

GUSN: 329032

Call Number: Coll. TH4817.G76 1982

Excellence and equity :education and the public dimension of museums /a report from the American Association of Museums ; [edited by Ellen Cochran].

27 pages ; 27 cm.

Date: 1992.

Creators: Hirzy, Ellen Cochran. American Association of Museums.

GUSN: 329099

Call Number: Coll. AM7.A55 1992

Considerations for the care of textiles and costumes :a handbook for the non-specialist /by Harold F. Mailand ; prepared for the Textile Conservation Seminar, Indianapolis Museum of Art, May 5 & 6, 1978.

24 pages ; 29 cm

Date: 1978.

Creators: Mailand, Harold F. Indianapolis Museum of Art. Textile Conservation Seminar (1978 : Indianapolis Museum of Art)

GUSN: 329100

Call Number: Coll. NK8804.5.M34

Gadsby's Tavern Museum interpretive master plan /by Suzanne Herlitz Derby and Carl R. Nold.

ii, 127 pages, [6] pages of plates : illustrations ; 28 cm

Date: Ã1985.

Creators: Derby, Suzanne Herlitz. Nold, Carl R.

GUSN: 329101

Call Number: Coll. F234.A3 D47 1985

Cultural heritage tourism toolkit /Vermont Arts Council in conjunction with the Vermont Department of Tourism and Marketing and the Lake Champlain Basin Program.

86 pages : color illustrations ; 21 x 28 cm

Date: [2004]

Creators: Vermont Arts Council. Vermont. Department of Tourism and Marketing. Lake Champlain Basin Program.

GUSN: 329102

Call Number: Coll. G156.5.H47 C854 2004

The management of small history museums /Carl E. Guthe.

78 pages ; 23 cm

Date: [1964]

Creators: Guthe, Carl E. (Carl Eugen), 1893-1974. American Association for State and Local History.

GUSN: 329103

Call Number: Coll. AM111.G8 1964

The mate of the daylight :and Friends ashore /by Sarah Orne Jewett.

[8], 254 pages ; 16 cm

Date: 1884, Ã1883

Creators: Jewett, Sarah Orne, 1849-1909.

GUSN: 330546

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