Historic New England

We are what we eat :ethnic food and the making of Americans /Donna R. Gabaccia ; [illustrations by Susan Keller].

278 p. : ill. ; 24 cm., Ghulam Bombaywala sells bagels in Houston. Demetrios dishes up pizza in Connecticut. The Wangs serve tacos in L.A. How ethnicity has influenced American eating habits - and thus, the make-up and direction of the American cultural mainstream - is the story told in We Are What ...

Date: 1998.

Creators: Gabaccia, Donna R., 1949-

GUSN: 273589

Call Number: Coll. GT2853.U5 G33 1998

History from the hearth :a colonial Michilimackinac cookbook /by Sally Eustice.

222 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 22 cm.

Date: c1997.

Creators: Eustice, Sally. Mackinac State Historic Parks.

GUSN: 273590

Call Number: Coll. TX703 E97x 1997

Ambitious appetites :dining, behavior, and patterns of consumption in federal Washington /Barbara G. Carson.

xi, 212 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Date: c1990.

Creators: Carson, Barbara G., 1941- Rice, Kym S. Octagon (Washington, D.C.)

GUSN: 273591

Call Number: Coll. F196.C33 1990

Accumulation & display :mass marketing household goods in America, 1880-1920 /Deborah Anne Federhen, Bradley C. Brooks, Lynn A. Brocklebank [with] Kenneth L. Ames, E. Richard McKinstry.

viii, 156 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Date: 1986.

Creators: Federhen, Deborah Anne. Brooks, Bradley C. Brocklebank, Lynn A. Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum. University of Delaware. University Gallery.

GUSN: 273592

Call Number: Coll. TX299.F44 c.1 1986 (and 1 more)

Legal problems of museum administration :ALI-ABA course of study materials /cosponsored by the Smithsonian Institution with the cooperation of the American Association of Museums.

xviii, 659 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Date: c1989.

Creators: Smithsonian Institution. American Association of Museums. American Law Institute-American Bar Association Committee on Continuing Professional Education.

GUSN: 274009

Call Number: Coll. KF4305.Z9 L43 1989

Legal problems of museum administration :ALI-ABA course of study materials /cosponsored by the Smithsonian Institution with the cooperation of the American Association of Museums.

xix, 505 : ill., forms ; 28 cm.

Date: c1995.

Creators: Smithsonian Institution. American Association of Museums. American Law Institute-American Bar Association Committee on Continuing Professional Education.

GUSN: 274010

Call Number: Coll. KF4305.Z9 L43 1995

Legal problems of museum administration :ALI-ABA course of study materials /cosponsored by the Smithsonian Institution with the cooperation of the American Association of Museums and the Western Museums Conference.

xvii, 592 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Date: c1992.

Creators: Smithsonian Institution. American Association of Museums. American Law Institute-American Bar Association Committee on Continuing Professional Education. Western Museums Conference.

GUSN: 274011

Call Number: Coll. KF4305.Z9 L43 1992

Forces of change :1991 annual meeting.

413 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Date: 1991.

Creators: American Association of Museums. Annual meeting (86th : 1991 : Denver, Colo.)

GUSN: 274012

Call Number: Coll. AM2.S687 1991

The ladies' work-table book;containing clear and practical instructions in plain and fancy needle-work, embroidery, knitting, netting, crochet, tatting &c., &c.

viii, 248 p. ill. (some col.)

Date: 1847.

GUSN: 274014

Call Number: Coll. TT750.L15 1847

A new system of delineating, founded on true principles.Containing lithographic charts of all the different garments, and an explanation of Madison's patent mathematical ruler. ...

[iii], iv-vi, [1], 8-22, [1] p. 8 plates. 22 cm.

Date: 1829.

Creators: Madison, Otis. Pendleton, John B., 1798-1866, lith.

GUSN: 274015

Call Number: Coll. TT499.M335 1829

The tailors' director, :containing an important discovery for fitting the human shape, by anatomical principles, including regimentals, gentlemen's dress, frock, shooting and over coats. With practical dissertations on the various positions, being a rigid and impartial expositor, and a genuine standard for qualifying tailors to detect erroneous causes. : Also, for correcting and improving their own ideas, which elucidates the connexion of length and width at their respective points, and the great distinction between the height of neck from the width round the body, embracing eligible principles, requisite to fit tall thin and short stout figures, which have never been publicly taught or practiced in the United States. : Illustrated with drawings of two full-length figures, and lithograph engravings. /By John Jackson.

68 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Date: 1833.

Creators: Jackson, John. Hooghkerk, Isaac, copyright holder.

GUSN: 274016

Call Number: Coll. TT580.J33 1830

The Ladies' hand-book of millinery and dressmaking :with plain instructions for making the most useful articles of dress and attire /with additions by an American lady.

60, 4 p. : ill. ; 14 cm.

Date: 1844.

Creators: American lady.

GUSN: 274017

Call Number: Coll. TT520.L34p 1844

Legal problems of museum administration :ALI-ABA course of study materials /cosponsored by the Smithsonian Institution with the cooperation of the American Association of Museums.

xvii, 651 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Date: c1986.

Creators: Smithsonian Institution. American Association of Museums. American Law Institute-American Bar Association Committee on Continuing Professional Education.

GUSN: 274018

Call Number: Coll. KF4305.Z9 L43 1986

The craftsman in a changing society :Boston goldsmiths, 1690-1730 /by Barbara McLean Ward.

xvi, 402 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Date: 1983.

Creators: Ward, Barbara McLean.

GUSN: 274019

Call Number: Coll. NK7112.W367 1982

Practical decorative upholstery;containing full instructions for cutting, making and hanging all kinds of interior upholstery decorations, illustrated with numerous working diagrams and designs ...by F.A. Moreland.

3 p. l., [3]-320 p. incl. illus., plates, diagrs. 23cm.

Date: [c1889]

Creators: Moreland, Frank A.

GUSN: 274020

Call Number: Coll. NK3195 M674 1889

Textile storage in Colonial America, 1680-1750 /by Susan Marie Kilpatrick.

viii, 114 leaves : ill.

Date: 1998.

Creators: Kilpatrick, Susan Marie.

GUSN: 274021

Call Number: Coll. TS1765.K55 1998

A treatise on haberdashery and hosiery :including the Manchester, Scotch, silk, linen, and woollen departments ... and remarks on the general retail trade ... /by E.E. Perkins.

237 p.

Date: 1836

Creators: Perkins, E. E.

GUSN: 274022

Call Number: Coll. HB151.M35 1836

Novgorod /risunki ëIìU.A. Pokhodaeva ; redaktor, E.P. Suzdaleva.

20, [1] p., [54] p. of plates : ill. (col.) ; 15 x 23 cm.

Date: 1969]

Creators: Pokhodaev, ëIìU. A. Suzdaleva, E. P.

GUSN: 274049

Call Number: Coll. DK651.N506 P56 1969

Matting techniques /Herb Carithers.

55 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Date: 1977.

Creators: Carithers, Herb.

GUSN: 274050

Call Number: Coll. N6535.C3 1977

Restoration reconsidered :historical accuracy of the kitchen at Adena, a Federal period house museum /Fred Rhodes Smith.

226 leaves : ill., plans ; 29 cm.

Date: 2004.

Creators: Smith, Fred Rhodes.

GUSN: 274055

Call Number: Coll. F499 .L69 S65 2004

What's New England about New England quilts? :proceedings of a symposium at Old Sturbridge Village, June 13, 1998 /edited by Lynne Z. Bassett.

105 p. : ill., ports. ; 28 cm.

Date: c1999.

Creators: Bassett, Lynne Z., 1961- What's New England about New England quilts? (1998 : Old Sturbridge Village, Mass.)

GUSN: 274056

Call Number: Coll. NK9112.B39 1999

Searching for 18th-and 19th-century patents on the Patent Office web site /together with tables of issue days and patent numbers for utility, design, reissue, & additional improvement patents for the years 1790-1900,[by] Philip E. Stanley.

73 p. : appendices ; 28 cm.

Date: c2005.

Creators: Stanley, Philip E. United States. Patent Office. Washington, D. C.

GUSN: 274057

Call Number: Coll. T201.S836 2006

For work & for play :a selection of American neo-classical furniture /exhibition curated by Elizabeth Feld and Stuart P. Feld.

12 p. : chiefly col. ill. ; 28 cm.

Date: c2007.

Creators: Feld, Elizabeth. Feld, Stuart P. Hirschl & Adler Galleries.

GUSN: 274058

Call Number: Coll. NK2407.F67 2007

Hampshire pottery, 1871-1923 :selections from the Colony House Museum, Bouchard-Croteau collection, John C. Perry collection : an exhibition /organized by the Currier Gallery of Art.

[8] p. ; 28 cm.

Date: c1986.

Creators: Colony House Museum. Currier Gallery of Art. Phillips Exeter Academy. Library. Thorne-Sagendorph Memorial Art Gallery.

GUSN: 274059

Call Number: Coll. N3712.M2 H36 1986

When gentlemen wore hats :the days of hatting in Norwalk, Connecticut /Gloria P. Stewart and Deborah Wing Ray.

36 p. : ill. ; 22 x 28 cm.

Date: c2001.

Creators: Stewart, Gloria P. Ray, Deborah Wing. Friends of the Norwalk Museum, Inc.

GUSN: 274061

Call Number: Coll. HD8039 .H3 S749 2001

Tracing the footsteps of ritual :concealed footwear in Quincy, Massachusetts ; a thesis /by Jessica W. Geisler.

x, 147 leaves : ill. ; 28 cm.

Date: 2003.

Creators: Geisler, Jessica W.

GUSN: 274062

Call Number: Coll. GT2130.G457 2003

The young ladies school of arts.Containing a great variety of practical receipts, in gum-flowers filligree ... clear starching, &c. ... By Mrs. Hannah Robertson.

[2], xx, [2],182 p. ; (12mo in 6s)

Date: 1777.

Creators: Robertson, Hannah, 1724-1800?

GUSN: 274063

Call Number: Coll. TX151.R7 1777

Woodworking traditions in Newbury, Massachusetts, 1635-1745 /by Susan Mackiewicz.

xix, 131 leaves : ill. ; 28 cm.

Date: 1981.

Creators: Mackiewicz, Susan.

GUSN: 274064

Call Number: NK9999.M134 1981

Discovering Dennis :the search for Thomas Dennis among the artists of Exeter /Paul Fitzsimmons.

No description

Date: 2009.]

Creators: Fitzsimmons, Paul. Morwenna Photography. Marhamchurch Antiques.

GUSN: 283432

Call Number: Coll. NK2211.E54 F58 2009

Une Visite à l'Hôtel-Dieu de Beaune.

114 p. : ills. ; 8 in.

Date: 1939.

GUSN: 283437

Call Number: Coll. RT31.H57 1939

Decoys of the Newburys, Plum Island and Surrounding Communities :catalog of an exhibition at the Cushing House Museum, Newburyport, Massachusetts /Jay S. Williamson.

60 p.

Date: 1999.

Creators: Williamson, Jay S. Historical Society of Old Newbury (Newburyport, Mass.)

GUSN: 283438

Call Number: Coll. NK4890.5 W55 1999

A taste of history :a sampling from Schlesinger Library's culinary collections : an exhibition in conjunction with the conference "Women, Men, and Food: Putting Gender on the Table," sponsored by the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, April 12-13, 2007.

49 p.

Date: 2007.]

Creators: Altieri, Marylene. Earle, Susan. Hutcheon, Sarah. Morgan, Marilyn. Wheaton, Barbara K. Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America.

GUSN: 283439

Call Number: Coll. TX645.T37 A78 2007

Portsmouth and the Piscataqua /by Peter E. Randall.

88 p. : chiefly ill. (some col.) ; 21 cm.

Date: c1982.

Creators: Randall, Peter, 1940-

GUSN: 283749

Call Number: Stacks F44.P8 R36 1982

Towards world heritage :international origins of the preservation movement, 1870-1930 /edited by Melanie Hall.

xx, 281 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm., "Historic preservation, whether of landscapes or buildings, was an important development of the nineteenth century in many countries. There is however surprisingly little understanding about how it took place, and research into it is narrowly focused. For example, g...

Date: c2011.

Creators: Hall, Melanie.

GUSN: 283750

Call Number: 85M Stacks G140.5.T69 2011

Collecting history /Massachusetts Historical Society.

88 p. : ill. (some col.), maps, ports., facsims. ; 23 cm.

Date: 2009.

Creators: McCullough, David G. Massachusetts Historical Society.

GUSN: 283751

Call Number: Stacks F61.C655 2009

Sherborn, Massachusetts :images of the past.

v. : ill., map ; 24 X 26 cm.

Date: c1999-

Creators: Sherborn Historical Society. Sherborn (Mass.). 325th Anniversary Celebration Committee.

GUSN: 283752

Call Number: Stacks F74.S55 S55 1999

Elisha Jones House and Shed :historic structure report /by James J. Lee III.

xv, 207 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.

Date: 2007.

Creators: Lee, James J., III. Historic Architecture Program (United States. National Park Service. Northeast Region)

GUSN: 283753

Call Number: Stacks F72.M7 L44 2007

From Portland to Paris :Mildred Burrage's years in France /[edited by Lucie G. Teegarden].

95 p. : col. ill. ; 24 x 30 cm.

Date: c2012.

Creators: Burrage, Mildred G. (Mildred Giddings), 1890-1983. Teegarden, Lucie T. Portland Museum of Art.

GUSN: 283754

Call Number: Stacks N6490.B877 2012

Farms of cape cod :lavender, horses, vineyards, oysters, flowers, cranberries, and the farmers who raise them /by Stephanie Foster.

144p. 22cm.

Date: 2013

Creators: Foster, Stephanie

GUSN: 283755

Call Number: Stacks F72.C3 F37 2013

The Newport naval training station :a postcard history /by Federico Santi.

79p. 22cm.

Date: 2013

Creators: Santi, Federico

GUSN: 283756

Call Number: Stacks V434.N49 S26 2013

General catalog /Wallace Nutting.

160, [8] p. : chiefly ill. ; 23 cm.

Date: c1984ò

Creators: Nutting, Wallace, 1861-1941.

GUSN: 283895

Call Number: Coll. NK2439.N87 A4

Historical and locational aspects of the economic decline in the New England furniture industry[microform].

xvii, 466 p.

Date: 1962.

Creators: Wickman, Kenneth Paul, 1930-

GUSN: 283896

Call Number: Coll. TS805.W53 1962

Information: the hidden resource :museums and the internet : proceedings of the seventh International Conference of the MDA held in Edinburgh, Scotland 6-7 November 1995 /edited by Anne Fahy and Wendy Sudbury.

various pagings : ill. ; 30 cm.

Date: 1995.

Creators: Fahy, Anne, 1960- Sudbury, Wendy. Museum Documentation Association. Conference (7th : 1995 : Edinburgh) Museum Documentation Association (Great Britain)

GUSN: 283897

Call Number: Coll. AM125.M87 1995 (and 1 more)

Training for collections care and maintenance :a suggested curriculum.Volume 1,Archaeology and ethnology.

103 p. ; 28 cm.

Date: 1990.

Creators: National Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Property (U.S.) Arizona State Museum. Bay Foundation.

GUSN: 283898

Call Number: Coll. AM141.T73 1990

Care and handling manual.

43 p. ; 28 cm.

Date: [1985]

Creators: Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum. Conservation Section.

GUSN: 283899

Call Number: Coll. AM141.C37 1985

An Annotated bibliography for the development and operation of historic sites /prepared by the Historic Sites Committee of the AAM.

48 p. ; 28 cm.

Date: [1982]

Creators: American Association of Museums. Historic Sites Committee.

GUSN: 283900

Call Number: Coll. Z5940.A55 1982 (and 1 more)

Preprints index :cumulative index of papers presented at the 4th through the 16th annual meetings, 1976-88 /American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works.

37 p. ; 28 cm.

Date: c1990.

Creators: Rosenberg, Sarah Z. Anderson, Marcia M., 1961- Dilworth, Robert A. Lambrou, John G. American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works.

GUSN: 283901

Call Number: Coll. Z6293.A512 1990

Doorstop

Round and thick, emerald green pressed glass doorstop with starburst flower pattern on the top.

Date: 1830-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: coloring, glass (material), pressing

GUSN: 2781

Accession Number: 1991.1231

Hand Mirror

Long, oval wooden hand mirror with delicate stringing around the glass; pine handle tapers and is pierced and has two round inlaid bits of ebony; seems to be a woman's.

Date: 1790-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: ebony (wood), mirrors, pine (wood), glass (material)

GUSN: 2782

Accession Number: 1991.1232

Blanket Chest

Rectangular bright aqua blue-painted pine blanket chest; overhanging hinged lid above projecting front and rear panels; inset sides with bracket feet; nailed and glued construction.

Date: 1850-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: nailing, painting (coating), pine (wood)

GUSN: 2783

Accession Number: 1991.1233

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