Historic New England

Archer Gibson :a biography in letters and articles /James Lewis.

113 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 28 cm

Creators: Lewis, James, 1944- author.

GUSN: 326486

Call Number: Stacks ML416.G53 L49 2016

American gastronomy :an illustrated portfolio of recipes and culinary history /Louis Szathmáry.

185 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Date: [1974]

Creators: Szathmáry, Louis.

GUSN: 326487

Call Number: Stacks TX715.S9863

Vastly more than brick & mortar :reinventing the Fogg Art Museum in the 1920s /Kathryn Brush.

231 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm, "This generously illustrated book - a history of the formative years of the Fogg Art Museum - discusses the educational and cultural philosophies behind its conception, its historical, social, and economic circumstances, its teaching activities, its art collections...

Date: Ã2003.

Creators: Brush, Kathryn. Fogg Art Museum.

GUSN: 326507

Call Number: Stacks N527.A86 2003

Traditional tole painting :with authentic antique designs and working diagrams for stenciling and brush-stroke painting, adaptable for trays, boxes, chests, chairs, and other furniture /Roberta Ray Blanchard.

95 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm, Instructions for authentic antique designs and working diagrams for stenciling and brush-stroke painting adaptable for trays, boxes, chests, chairs and other furniture.

Date: 1977.

Creators: Blanchard, Roberta Ray.

GUSN: 326508

Call Number: Stacks TT385.B58 1977

A history of metals in colonial America /James A. Mulholland.

xiv, 215 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Date: Ã1981.

Creators: Mulholland, James A., 1935-

GUSN: 326509

Call Number: Stacks TN623.M84

Archives of desire :the queer historical work of New England regionalism /J. Samaine Lockwood.

xiii, 222 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm., "In this thought-provoking study of nineteenth-century America, J. Samaine Lockwood offers an important new interpretation of the literary movement known as American regionalism. Lockwood argues that regionalism in New England was part of a widespread woman-...

Creators: Lockwood, J. Samaine, author.

GUSN: 326510

Call Number: 85M Stacks PS243.L594 2015

The Baker estate, or Ridge Hill Farms of Needham /by Leslie G. Crumbaker for the Needham Historical Society.

vi, 65 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 28 cm

Date: 1975.

Creators: Crumbaker, Leslie G. Needham Historical Society (Mass.)

GUSN: 326517

Call Number: Stacks F74.N3 C78 1975

William De Morgan and his wife /by A.M.W. Stirling ; with a preface by Sir William Richmond.

403 pages, [33] leaves of plates : illustrations, genealogical table, portraits

Date: 1922.

Creators: Stirling, A. M. W. (Anna Maria Diana Wilhelmina)

GUSN: 326518

Call Number: Stacks PR6007.E5 Z85 1922a

American rooms in miniature /by Mrs. James Ward Thorne.

78 pages, plates ; 19 cm

Date: [Ã1941]

Creators: Thorne, James Ward, Mrs.

GUSN: 326519

Call Number: Stacks NK2135.T48

Change at Park Street Under;the story of Boston's subways[by] Brian J. Cudahy.

63 pages illustrations 23 cm

Date: [1972]

Creators: Cudahy, Brian J.

GUSN: 326520

Call Number: 85M Stacks HE4491.B78 C83 1972

A deaf artist in early America :the worlds of John Brewster, Jr. /Harlan Lane.

xvi, 190 pages : color illustrations, map ; 24 cm, The extraordinary and untold story of John Brewster Jr., a preeminent Deaf American artist. Until his death 150 years ago, John Brewster Jr. was one of the most prominent portrait painters in America. Born deaf in 1766, his hauntingly beautiful port...

Date: Ã2004.

Creators: Lane, Harlan, 1936- Brewster, John, 1766-1854.

GUSN: 326534

Call Number: Little ND237.B8634 L36 2004

A laboratory for art :Harvard's Fogg Museum and the emergence of conservation in America, 1900-1950 /Francesca G. Bewer.

365 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm, "[Book title] is the first book to explore the crucial role the Fogg [Museum] played in the evolution of conservation in the United States and abroad. It traces the efforts of staff and students who developed protocols for the treatment and documentati...

Date: Ã2010.

Creators: Bewer, Francesca G. (Francesca Gabrielle), 1960-

GUSN: 326535

Call Number: Stacks N8560.5.B49 2010

W.M. Hunt's talks on art.[Comp. by] Helen M. Knowlton.

75 pages 24 cm

Date: 1879, Ã1875.

Creators: Hunt, William Morris, 1824-1879. Knowlton, Helen M. (Helen Mary), 1832-1918, compiler.

GUSN: 326536

Call Number: Stacks ND1135.H9

A catalogue of [American] silhouettes [cut] by August Edouart [between 1839-1849].

183 pages : illustrations ; cm (8vo)

Date: [1914]

Creators: Vernay, Arthur S., compiler.

GUSN: 326537

Call Number: Rare NC910.5.E36 V476 1914

Contemporary color guide :how controlled color contributes to modern living ; with 30 plates in color /by Elizabeth Burris-Meyer, consulting colorist.

ix, 30 pages, 30 pages of plates : color samples ; 24 cm

Creators: Burris-Meyer, Elizabeth, 1899- , author. William Helburn, Inc.,

GUSN: 326791

Call Number: Stacks NK2113.B8

Nantucket /Robert Gambee.

352 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 27 cm

Date: Ã1993.

Creators: Gambee, Robert.

GUSN: 326793

Call Number: Stacks F72.N2.G16 1993

Heavenly mansions and other essays on architecture /John Summerson ; [with a foreword by Kent Bloomer].

xviii, 253 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cm, A classic of architectural history and theory, Heavenly Mansions interprets architecture as a reflection of the age in which it flowers, and it traces the alternating themes of fantasy and functionalism as exemplified in various styles and in the works ...

Date: Ã1998.

Creators: Summerson, John, 1904-1992.

GUSN: 327296

Call Number: Stacks NA2563.S8 1998

Silent city on a hill :landscapes of memory and Boston's Mount Auburn Cemetery /Blanche Linden-Ward.

xi, 403 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm.

Date: 1989.

Creators: Linden, Blanche M. G., 1946-

GUSN: 327297

Call Number: 85M Stacks F73.61.M8 L56 1989

A Usable Past :American Folk Art at the Colby College Museum of Art /edited by Lauren Lessing.

vii, 163 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm, Produced and circulated outside the elite sphere of fine art, folk art appealed to the middle-class Americans who were eager to express their identities, interests, and social ambitions through these decorative, vernacular objects. This ca...

Creators: Lessing, Lauren, editor. Colby College. Museum of Art,

GUSN: 327298

Call Number: Stacks NK805.U83 2016

Audacious :the fine art of wood : the Montalto Bohlen Collection /[Dean Lahikainen, Verlyn Klinkenborg].

199 p. : col. ill., port. ; 32 cm.

Date: c2015.

Creators: Lahikainen, Dean T., 1951- Klinkenborg, Verlyn. Peabody Essex Museum.

GUSN: 327299

Call Number: Coll NK9603.B64 A93x 2015

Nathan A. Cushman :a rugged individualist (1869-1952) /memoirs by his sons, Richard, Harold, and Kenneth ; text by Franklin P. Cole, editor.

x, 161 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 27 cm

Date: 1984.

Creators: Cushman, Richard. Cole, Franklin P.

GUSN: 327319

Call Number: Stacks CT275.C88 N37

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

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