Historic New England

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

A native of Winby :and other tales. /by Sarah Orne Jewett.

309 pages : frontispiece ; 17 cm

Date: [Ã1893]

Creators: Jewett, Sarah Orne, 1849-1909.

GUSN: 330547

Call Number: Stacks PZ3.J55 N PS2132

Yorkshire pots and potteries /Heather Lawrence.

294 pages : illustrations, genealogical table, maps ; 23 cm

Date: 1974.

Creators: Lawrence, Heather.

GUSN: 331912

Call Number: Coll. TP803.G7 L38

Hidden treasures :searching for masterpieces of American furniture /Leigh Keno and Leslie Keno with Joan Barzilay Freund.

304 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm, Antique experts Leigh and Leslie Keno describe more than a dozen of their most fascinating treasure hunts and extraordinary discoveries.

Date: Ã2000.

Creators: Keno, Leigh. Keno, Leslie. Freund, Joan Barzilay.

GUSN: 331913

Call Number: Coll. NK1133.26.K46 A2 2000

Marimekko :fabrics fashion architecture /Marianne Aav, editor.

336 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm, "Founded in 1951 by visionary textile designer Armi Ratia and her husband, Viljo, the Marimekko Corporation in Finland not only sparked a revolution in pattern making but also pioneered a new definition of fashion that embraced the entire home environm...

Creators: Aav, Marianne, editor. Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design, and Culture.

GUSN: 331914

Call Number: Coll. TS1475.M37 2012

Coffee, tea and chocolate wares in the collection of the Seattle Art Museum /Julie Emerson.

37, [1] pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm

Date: Ã1991.

Creators: Emerson, Julie. Seattle Art Museum.

GUSN: 331915

Call Number: Coll. NK4695.C6 E64 1991

Josiah Wedgwood :a biography /Anthony Burton.

239 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm, The Potteries: the name invokes images of a landscape of brick terraces, rows of back-to-backs from the midst of which the kilns poke up towards a smoke-streaked sky. Here are the Five Towns of Arnold Bennett's novels: here is a world we could...

Date: 1976.

Creators: Burton, Anthony, 1934-

GUSN: 331916

Call Number: Coll. NK4210.W4 B87

The New York ceramics fair.

75 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm

Date: [2007]

Creators: National Academy of Design (U.S.) Caskey-Lees (Firm)

GUSN: 331923

Call Number: Coll. NK3712.N5.N53 2007

Selected letters of Josiah Wedgwood,edited by Ann Finer and George Savage.

x, 375 pages illustrations, facsimiles, color portraits 25 cm

Date: [1965]

Creators: Wedgwood, Josiah, 1730-1795. Finer, Ann, editor. Savage, George, 1909-1982, editor.

GUSN: 331924

Call Number: Coll. NK4335.W4

Wedgwood ABC but not middle E,by Harry M. Buten.

xv, 112 pages illustrations 27 cm

Date: [1964]

Creators: Buten, Harry M.

GUSN: 331928

Call Number: Coll. NK4335.B72 1964

The illustrated guide to Mason's Patent Ironstone china:the related ware - 'stone china', 'new stone', 'granite china' - and their manufacturers[by] Geoffrey A. Godden.

xiv, 175 pages, 88 plates illustrations (some color) 26 cm.

Date: 1971.

Creators: Godden, Geoffrey A.

GUSN: 331929

Call Number: Coll. NK4210. M3

A mighty storm :stories of resilience after Irene /Yvonne Daley.

139 pages : color illustrations ; 21 x 26 cm

Date: Ã2011.

Creators: Daley, Yvonne.

GUSN: 332411

Call Number: Stacks HV636 2011.V5

Historic Portsmouth :early photographs from the collections of Strawbery Banke /original text by James L. Garvin ; revised by Susan Grigg.

1 online resource (pages cm.)

Date: 1995.

Creators: Garvin, James L. Grigg, Susan. Strawbery Banke, Inc.

GUSN: 332412

Call Number: Stacks F44.P8 G37 1995

Massachusetts masterpieces :the decoy as art /by Gwladys Hopkins ; foreword by Robert Shaw ; introductory notes by Gary Clayton, President, Mass Audubon [and] Amy T. Montague, Director, Museum of American Bird Art.

127 pages : illustrations, photographs, maps, portraits ; 25 x 32 cm., A study of the art of wooden duck decoys and the lives of their Massachusetts carvers.

Creators: Hopkins, Gwladys, author. Shaw, Robert, 1951- author of introduction, etc. Clayton, Gary, author of introduction, etc. Montague, Amy T., author of introduction, etc.

GUSN: 332464

Call Number: Stacks TT199.75

Historic New England :a tour of the region's top 100 national landmarks /by Patricia Harris and David Lyon.

xi, 241 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm, "The six New England states have nearly 400 national landmarks, including historic houses, tall ships, and quirky sites like carousels and the oldest weather station in the country. Perfect for the armchair traveler or history buff."--Provided by publishe...

Creators: Harris, Patricia, 1949- author. Lyon, David, 1949- author.

GUSN: 332465

Call Number: Stacks F5.H376 2018

Collecting the globe :the Salem East India Marine Society Museum /George H. Schwartz.

xi, 226 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm., The East India Marine Society Museum was one of the most influential collecting institutions in nineteenth-century America. From 1799 to 1867, when Salem, Massachusetts, was a premier American port and launching pad for international trade, the museum's collec...

Creators: Schwartz, George H., author.

GUSN: 361588

Call Number: Coll F74.S1 S43 2020

Forests adrift :currents shaping the future of northeastern trees /Charles D. Canham.

xii, 222 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm, "The northeastern United States is one of the most densely forested regions in the country, yet its history of growth, destruction, and renewal are for the most part poorly understood--even by specialists. In this engaging look at both the impermanence a...

Creators: Canham, Charles Draper William, 1954- author.

GUSN: 361589

Call Number: Stacks SD144.A12 C35 2020 c.1

Family treasures :175 years of collecting art and furniture at the New England Historic Genealogical Society /Gerald W. R. Ward, foreward by D. Brenton Simons.

xv, 160 pages : illustrations, coat of arms, genealogical tables, maps ; 31 cm, "The Fine Art Collection of the New England Historic Genealogical Society -- America's founding genealogical institution -- tells the story of the United States. ...this important collection spans almost four centuries o...

Creators: Ward, Gerald W. R. Simons, D. Brenton, writer of foreword. New England Historic Genealogical Society.

GUSN: 361590

Call Number: Stacks F3.N538 2020 c.1 (and 1 more)

Boston light /Sally R. Snowman and James G. Thomson.

127 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.

Creators: Snowman, Sally R., author. Thomson, James G., 1950- author.

GUSN: 361591

Call Number: Stacks VK1025.B6 S535 2016

From the mountains to the sea :protecting nature in postwar New Hampshire /Kimberly A. Jarvis.

x, 196 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm., "In the face of increasing pressures from business and government in the decades following World War II, New Hampshire residents banded together to preserve their most prized natural areas and defining geological features. From the Mountains to the Sea ex...

Creators: Jarvis, Kimberly A., author.

GUSN: 361592

Call Number: Stacks QH76.5.N47 J375 2020

Connecticut River shipbuilding /Wick Griswold & Ruth Major.

207 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm, "Shipbuilding and shipping have always been key elements in the life of Essex. Since the seventeenth century, the men and women of lower Connecticut River Valley sustained maritime traditions that spanned the globe in splendid wooden sailing vessels. Noted his...

Creators: Griswold, Wick, author. Major, Ruth, author.

GUSN: 361593

Call Number: Stacks VM24.C8 G75 2020 c.1 (and 1 more)

Spirit of place :the making of a New England garden /Bill Noble.

288 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cm, "Bill Noble is a lifelong gardener and the former director of preservation for the Garden Conservancy. His own Vermont garden beautifully embodies the historical and cultural environment in which it resides. In Spirit of Place, Noble shares insights...

Creators: Noble, Bill, author.

GUSN: 361594

Call Number: Stacks SB453.2.V4 N63 2020

The history of Haverhill, Massachusetts /by George Wingate Chase.

[6], 700 pages : illustrations, maps (1 folded in pocket) ; 24 cm

Date: 1997.

Creators: Chase, George Wingate, 1826-1867.

GUSN: 361603

Call Number: Stacks F74.H5 C4 1997

Maine's lithographic landscapes :town & city views, 1830-1870 /Earle G. Shettleworth Jr.

xvii, 124 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 x 32 cm, "During the nineteenth century, Americans celebrated their towns and cities through lithographic landscapes. In Maine, these prints were the work of such leading artists as Fitz Henry Lane and talented, lesser known local artists, such a...

Creators: Shettleworth, Earle G., Jr., 1948- author. Bowdoin College. Museum of Art,

GUSN: 361604

Call Number: Stacks NE2454.S54 2020 c.1 (and 1 more)

Driving while Black :African American travel and the road to civil rights /Gretchen Sorin.

xviii, 332 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm,

Creators: Sorin, Gretchen Sullivan, author.

GUSN: 361605

Call Number: Stacks E185.61 .S667 2020

Official guide to Colonial Williamsburg /text by Michael Olmert ; with drawings of buildings by Peter C. Turner ; maps by Louis Luedtke and design by Richard Stinely.

159 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm

Date: 1994, Ã1985.

Creators: Olmert, Michael. Turner, Peter C. Luedtke, Louis. Stinely, Richard.

GUSN: 361606

Call Number: Stacks F234.W7 O46 1994

Fallingwater :Frank Lloyd Wright's romance with nature /by Lynda S. Waggoner ; foreword by Thomas M. Schmidt.

80 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 19 cm, Fallingwater - Wright's masterwork - is considered his sublime integration of building and nature. Deep in the lush Pennsylvania forest, Fallingwater rises as a testament to Wright's genius. Nowhere else is his architecture felt so warmly or appreciated...

Creators: Waggoner, Lynda S., author. Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959. Schmidt, Thomas M., writer of foreword.

GUSN: 361607

Call Number: Stacks NA737.W7 A615 1996

Toile de Jouy :printed textiles in the classic French style /Mélanie Riffel & Sophie Rouart ; photography by Marc Walter.

217 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm, "In the seventeenth century, printed and painted cottons from India first appeared in France. In reaction to the enormous commercial success of these bright Indian cottons, a French embargo was placed on the importation of foreign textiles. In 1759 thi...

Date: 2003.

Creators: Riffel, Mélanie. Rouart, Sophie. Walter, Marc, 1949-

GUSN: 361608

Call Number: Coll NK9502.5.M36 R5413 2003

The jewelry design drawings of Trabert & Hoeffer-Mauboussin /Elizabeth Hamilton ; with contributions by Meghan Melvin, Emily Stoehrer and Frederic A. Sharf.

63 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 29 cm

Creators: Hamilton, Elizabeth, author. Melvin, Meghan, author. Sharf, Frederic Alan, author. Stoehrer, Emily Banis, author. Association for the Study of Jewelry and Related Arts. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

GUSN: 361609

Call Number: Coll NK7398.T73 H36 2016

Plymouth at its best /photographs by Greg Derr.

59 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 28 cm

Date: Ã2007.

Creators: Derr, Greg.

GUSN: 361610

Call Number: Stacks F74.P8 D47 2007

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