Historic New England

Portable and prefabricated houses of the thirties :the E.F. Hodgson Company 1935 and 1939 catalogs : an unabridged reprint /[text additions by] Paul H. Tedesco and [composition and design by] James B. Tedesco.

xlii, 63, 48 p. : ill., plans ; 28 cm.

Date: 2007.

Creators: Tedesco, Paul H. Tedesco, James B. Dover Historical Society (Dover, Mass.) E.F. Hodgson Co.

GUSN: 249125

Call Number: 85M Stacks NA7205.T43 2007

Light on the hill,by Russell E. Miller.

v. illus., facsim., map, ports. 25 cm.

Date: [1966]-

Creators: Miller, Russell E.

GUSN: 249126

Call Number: Stacks LD5393.M5 1966

American diaries in manuscript, 1580-1954;a descriptive bibliography.

xvi, 176 p. 25 cm.

Date: [1974]

Creators: Matthews, William, 1905-1975. Matthews, William, 1905-1975. American diaries.

GUSN: 249127

Call Number: Stacks PS669.3.M32 1974

Textiles in New England II :four centuries of material life /editor, Peter Benes ... [et al.].

272 p. : ill., facsims., ports. ; 23 cm.

Date: 1999, c2001.

Creators: Benes, Peter. Boston University. Dublin Seminar for New England Folklife. Dublin Seminar for New England Folklife (24th : 1999)

GUSN: 249128

Call Number: 85M Stacks F1.D82 1999

Samuel Adams :father of the American Revolution /Mark Puls.

273 p. : ill., ports. ; 25 cm., "A genius at devising civil protests and political maneuvers, Samuel Adams forced Britain into coercive military measures that ultimately led to America's irreversible split from the empire. He was behind nearly every major protest over British rule, and his pioneerin...

Date: 2006.

Creators: Puls, Mark, 1963-

GUSN: 249129

Call Number: Stacks E302.6.A2 P85 2006

Sojourner Truth :a life, a symbol /Nell Irvin Painter.

xii, 370 p. : ill. ; 24 cm., Sojourner Truth: ex-slave and fiery abolitionist, figure of imposing physique, riveting preacher and spellbinding singer who dazzled listeners with her wit and originality. Straight talking and unsentimental, Truth became a national symbol for strong black women - indeed...

Date: c1996.

Creators: Painter, Nell Irvin.

GUSN: 249387

Call Number: Stacks E185.97.T8 P35 1996

Reflections in Bullough's Pond :economy and ecosystem in New England /Diana Muir.

x, 312 p. : ill. ; 24 cm., The author uses Bullough's Pond in Newton, Massachusetts to trace the history of man's relationship with nature including survival, innovation, exploitation, and conservation.

Date: c2000.

Creators: Muir, Diana.

GUSN: 249388

Call Number: Stacks HC107.A11 M84 2000

Letters of Elizabeth Palmer Peabody, American Renaissance woman /edited, with an introduction, by Bruce A. Ronda.

xviii, 477 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.

Date: c1984.

Creators: Peabody, Elizabeth Palmer, 1804-1894. Ronda, Bruce A.

GUSN: 249389

Call Number: 85 Stacks CT275.P484 A4 1984

From Shaker lands and Shaker hands :a survey of the industries /M. Stephen Miller.

xv, 190 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.

Date: c2007.

Creators: Miller, M. Stephen.

GUSN: 249390

Call Number: Stacks BX9784.M55 2007 c. 1 (and 1 more)

Shaping a nation :twentieth-century American architecture and its makers /Carter Wiseman.

412 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm., An illustrated survey of twentieth-century American architecture, discussing major architects like Frank Lloyd Wright, Mies van der Rohe, and I.M. Pei; examining some of the significant trends and movements; and looking at landmark buildings.

Date: c1998.

Creators: Wiseman, Carter.

GUSN: 249391

Call Number: NA712.W57 1998

Marshfield, a town of villages, 1640-1990 /Cynthia Hagar Krusell, Betty Magoun Bates.

234 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 29 cm.

Date: 1990.

Creators: Krusell, Cynthia Hagar, 1929- Bates, Betty Magoun.

GUSN: 249392

Call Number: Stacks F74.M4 K78 1990

The legacy of James Bowdoin III /introduction by Katharine J. Watson, essays by Kenneth E. Carpenter ... [et al.] ; appendix essay by Laura Fecych Sprague.

xix, 247 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.

Date: 1994.

Creators: Carpenter, Kenneth E., 1936- Bowdoin College. Museum of Art.

GUSN: 249393

Call Number: 85M Stacks F69.B76 L44 1994

New England in focus :the Arthur Griffin story /Herbert A. Kenny and Damon Reed ; introduction by John Updike.

128 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 x 31 cm.

Date: c1995.

Creators: Kenny, Herbert A. Griffin, Arthur, 1903- Reed, Damon. Updike, John. Arthur Griffin Center for Photographic Art.

GUSN: 249394

Call Number: 85M Stacks TR647.G74 K46 1995

Over 100 of the Northeast's old-time best lost diners and roadside restaurants of New England and New York /by Will Anderson.

184 p. : ill., photos. ; 23 cm.

Date: 2001.

Creators: Anderson, Will, 1940-

GUSN: 249395

Call Number: 85M Stacks TX945.A6557 2001

A market to explore :a history of public-private partnership in the promotion of trade and investment between the Netherlands and the United States /Walter H. Salzmann.

276 p. : ill.(some col.) ; 29 cm.

Date: 1994.

Creators: Salzmann, Walter Henri, 1958-

GUSN: 249396

Call Number: Stacks HF1555.S25 1994

A most agreeable man :Lyman Foster Brackett: performer, composer and hymnal editor for the Church of Christ, Scientist /by Peter J. Hodgson.

viii, 93 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Date: 2003.

Creators: Hodgson, Peter J.

GUSN: 249397

Call Number: Stacks BV390.H6 M6 2003

The Mount Vernon Street Warrens :a Boston story, 1860-1910 /Martin Green.

xvi, 270 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.

Date: c1989.

Creators: Green, Martin Burgess, 1927-

GUSN: 249398

Call Number: Stacks F73.5.W35 G74 1989

William Morris :selected writings and designs /edited with an introduction by Asa Briggs ; with a supplement by Graeme Shankland on William Morris, designer ; illustrated by twenty-four plates.

308, [24] p. of plates : ill., facsims. ; 19 cm.

Date: 1968.

Creators: Morris, William, 1834-1896. Dendy, William, 1948-, former owner. Shankland, Graeme. Briggs, Asa, 1921-

GUSN: 249399

Call Number: Stacks PR5072.B7 1968

Place names of old Sandy Bay, Rockport, Massachusetts /by Merrill F. McLane.

83 p. : ill., map ; 22 cm.

Date: c1998.

Creators: McLane, Merrill F.

GUSN: 249400

Call Number: Stacks F74.R68 M38 1998

The perfectly painted house :a foolproof guide for choosing exterior paint colors /Bonnie Rosser Krims.

136 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.

Date: c2001.

Creators: Krims, Bonnie Rosser.

GUSN: 249401

Call Number: Stacks TT320.K75 2001

The placenames of South Berwick /Old Berwick Historical Society ; compiled and written by Wendy K. Pirsig ; [edited by] Margaret Brentano.

xi, 306 p. ; ill., maps ; 23 cm.

Date: c2007.

Creators: Pirsig, Wendy K. Brentano, Margaret. Old Berwick Historical Society (South Berwick, Me.)

GUSN: 249402

Call Number: Stacks F29.S67 P57 2007

The Piscataqua Valley in the age of sail :a brief history /Russell M. Lawson.

124 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Date: 2007.

Creators: Lawson, Russell M., 1957-

GUSN: 249403

Call Number: Stacks F42.P4 L39 2007

Made in Maine :from home and workshop, to mill and factory /Paul E. Rivard.

158 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Date: 2007.

Creators: Rivard, Paul E.

GUSN: 249404

Call Number: Stacks HD9727.M2 R58 2007

Last harvest :how a cornfield became New Daleville : real estate development in America from George Washington to the builders of the twenty-first century, and why we live in houses anyway /Witold Rybczynski.

xviii, 315 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Date: 2008, c2007.

Creators: Rybczynski, Witold.

GUSN: 249405

Call Number: Stacks HT169.57.U62 N497 2008

The Lustron home :the history of a postwar prefabricated housing experiment /by Thomas T. Fetters.

xiii, 186 p. : ill., map ; 27 cm.

Date: c2002.

Creators: Fetters, Thomas T.

GUSN: 249406

Call Number: Stacks TH4819.P7 F48 2002

Rhode Island stained glass :an historical guide /Paul F. Norton.

xxiv, 223 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.

Date: c2001.

Creators: Norton, Paul F.

GUSN: 249407

Call Number: Stacks NK5312.N67 2001

This old house :restoring, rehabilitating, and renovating an older house /Bob Vila, with Jane Davison.

xv, 270 p. : ill. ; 26 cm., This Old House, companion volume to the Emmy award-winning PBS television series of the same name, is a comprehensive guide for homeowners and first-time buyers who want solid advice on how to understand, plan, and manage a major overhaul of their older house, or any of i...

Date: c1980.

Creators: Vila, Bob. Davison, Jane, joint author.

GUSN: 249408

Call Number: Stacks TH4816.V54

The Tinkham brothers' tide-mill /J.T. Trowbridge ; illustrated by J.H. Cocks ; edited and with commentary by Richard A. Duffy.

1 v. (various pagings) : ill., maps, facsims. ; 28 cm.

Date: 1999.

Creators: Trowbridge, J. T. (John Townsend), 1827-1916. Cocks, J. H. Duffy, Richard A.

GUSN: 249409

Call Number: Stacks PZ7.T76 Ti 1999

Three for a nickel :Martha's Vineyard postcards, 1900-1925 /Patricia H. Rodgers.

111 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 28 cm.

Date: c2002.

Creators: Rodgers, Patricia H.

GUSN: 249410

Call Number: Stacks F72.M5 R63 2002

The unfolding history of the Berkshires /by David J. McLaughlin.

ix, 92 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 24 cm.

Date: 2007.

Creators: McLaughlin, David J., 1936-

GUSN: 249411

Call Number: Stacks F72.B5 M43 2007

The last Ruskinians :Charles Eliot Norton, Charles Herbert Moore, and their circle /Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr., Virginia Anderson ; with Melissa Renn, Susan C. Ricci.

104 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 27 cm., "Though the eminent nineteenth-century British critic and watercolorist John Ruskin never set foot in the United States, his writings were widely read here. American artists eagerly took up his call for the meticulous depiction of nature and the preservation th...

Date: c2007.

Creators: Stebbins, Theodore E. Anderson, Virginia (Virginia M. Genevie) Fogg Art Museum. Harvard University. Art Museums.

GUSN: 249412

Call Number: Stacks ND1807.S74 2007 c. 1 (and 1 more)

Yankee India :American commercial and cultural encounters with India in the age of sail, 1784-1860 /Susan S. Bean.

288 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 29 cm.

Date: 2001.

Creators: Bean, Susan S. Peabody Essex Museum.

GUSN: 249413

Call Number: Stacks HF3121.B43 2001

The party book,by Winnifred Fales and Mary H. Northend.

xi, 354 p. LIX pl. 21 cm.

Date: 1912. (1924 printing)

Creators: Fales, Winnifred Shaw, 1875- Northend, Mary Harrod, 1850-1926, joint author.

GUSN: 249588

Call Number: Stacks TX731.F3 1924

The old church book /Robin Langley Sommer.

144 p. : ill., chiefly col. ; 33 cm.

Date: 1999.

Creators: Sommer, Robin Langley.

GUSN: 249589

Call Number: Stacks NA5205.S65 1999

People of the Wachusett :greater New England in history and memory, 1630-1860 /David Jaffee.

xiii, 306 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Date: c1999.

Creators: Jaffee, David.

GUSN: 249590

Call Number: 85M Stacks F7.J34 1999

Pattern design;an introduction to the study of formal ornament,by Archibald H. Christie.

xii, 313 p. illus. 22 cm.

Date: [1969]

Creators: Christie, Archibald H.

GUSN: 249591

Call Number: Coll. NK1510.C5 1969

The preservationist's progress :architectural adventures in conserving yesterday's houses /Hugh Howard.

x, 272 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Date: 1991.

Creators: Howard, Hugh, 1952-

GUSN: 249592

Call Number: Stacks NA7205.H735 1991

The Old farmer's almanac colonial cookbook /Clarissa M. Silitch, editor ; John W. White, designer.

64 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Date: 1982.

Creators: Silitch, Clarissa M.

GUSN: 249593

Call Number: Stacks TX715.O428 1982

Out of nowhere :disaster and tourism in the White Mountains /Eric Purchase.

xiii, 192 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Date: 1999.

Creators: Purchase, Eric. Center for American Places.

GUSN: 249594

Call Number: 85M Stacks G155.U6 P87 1999

Nathaniel Morison and his descendants /by George Abbot Morison.

238 p. : ill., ports., geneal. table ; 23 cm.

Date: 2000.

Creators: Morison, George Abbot, 1879-

GUSN: 249595

Call Number: Stacks CS71.M88 2000

Colonial America :a history in documents /Edward G. Gray.

p. cm.

Date: 2011.

Creators: Gray, Edward G., 1964-

GUSN: 249596

Call Number: Stacks E187.G73 2011

Preservation guidelines for municipally owned historic burial grounds and cemeteries.

iv, 249 p. : ill., plans ; 22 x 28 cm.

Date: [2000]

Creators: Massachusetts. Dept. of Environmental Management. Historic Cemeteries Preservation Initiative. Walker-Kluesing Design Group.

GUSN: 249597

Call Number: Stacks F65.P74 2000

Preservation guidelines for municipally owned historic burial grounds and cemeteries.

iv, 334 p. : ill., map, plans ; 22 x 28 cm.

Date: [2002].

Creators: Massachusetts. Dept. of Environmental Management. Historic Cemeteries Preservation Initiative. Walker-Kluesing Design Group.

GUSN: 249598

Call Number: Stacks F65.P74 2002

The president's house :a history /by William Seale.

2 v. (xx, 1224 p. [80] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm., The President's House is an unforgettable account of the White House from its origins during the nation's beginning to 1952, a continuing story of adapting and altering, yet always keeping close to the original image and purpose of the landmark. S...

Date: 1986.

Creators: Seale, William. White House Historical Association. National Geographic Society (U.S.)

GUSN: 249599

Call Number: F204.W5 S43 1986

TV sets :fantasy blueprints of classic TV homes /Mark Bennett.

131 p. : ill., plans ; 28 cm.

Date: c1996.

Creators: Bennett, Mark, 1956-

GUSN: 249600

Call Number: Stacks PN1992.3.U5 B38 1996

Victorian Marblehead /commentary by Gail P. Hercher ; photos. by Michael Hercher.

viii, 141 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Date: 1980.

Creators: Hercher, Gail P. Hercher, Michael.

GUSN: 249601

Call Number: Stacks NA735.M37 H47 1980

A place to remember :using history to build community /Robert R. Archibald.

224 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Date: c1999.

Creators: Archibald, Robert, 1948-

GUSN: 249602

Call Number: Stacks E180.5.A73 1999

To collect in earnest :the life and work of Electra Havemeyer Webb /Lauren B. Hewes and Celia Y. Oliver.

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

Date: c1997]

Creators: Hewes, Lauren B. Oliver, Celia Y. Shelburne Museum.

GUSN: 249603

Call Number: Stacks NK535.W42 H48 1997

A true republican :the life of Paul Revere /Jayne E. Triber.

x, 314 p. : ill. ; 25 cm., Portraying the man behind the myth, A True Republican goes beyond the famous "ride" to explore Paul Revere's larger role in the American Revolution, the evolution of his political thought, and his transformation from Revolutionary artisan to entrepreneur in the early repub...

Date: c1998.

Creators: Triber, Jayne E., 1955-

GUSN: 249604

Call Number: Stacks F69.R43 T75 1998

Making culture visible :the public display of photography at fairs, expositions, and exhibitions in the United States, 1847-1900 /Julie K. Brown.

192 p. : ill., ports. ; 25 cm.

Date: c2001.

Creators: Brown, Julie K.

GUSN: 249605

Call Number: 85M Stacks T395.5.U6 B768 2001

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