Historic New England

Signing their rights away :the fame and misfortune of the men who signed the United States Constitution /by Denise Kiernan & Joseph D'Agnese.

254 p. : ill. ; 20 cm., Presents the lives, deaths, and scandals involving the thirty-nine signers of the United States Constitution, including Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, and James McHenry.

Date: c2011.

Creators: Kiernan, Denise. D'Agnese, Joseph.

GUSN: 258450

Call Number: Stacks E302.5.K54 2011

Bad for democracy :how the Presidency undermines the power of the people /Dana D. Nelson.

xviii, 263 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Date: c2008.

Creators: Nelson, Dana D.

GUSN: 259734

Call Number: Stacks JK516.N35 2008

The Documentary history of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1789-1800 /with a foreword by Warren E. Burger ; Maeva Marcus, editor, James R. Perry, editor ; James M. Buchanan, associate editor, Christine R. Jordan, associate editor ; Stephen L. Tull, assistant editor ... [et al.] ; Marc Pachter, illustrations editor.

: ill. ; 24 cm.

Date: 1985-<2007>

Creators: Marcus, Maeva, 1941- Perry, James R., 1950-1990. United States. Supreme Court.

GUSN: 259735

Call Number: Stacks KF8742.A45 D66 2007

In the past lane :historical perspectives on American culture /Michael Kammen.

xvi, 277 p. : ill., ports. ; 25 cm.

Date: 1999.

Creators: Kammen, Michael G.

GUSN: 259736

Call Number: Stacks E169.1.K256 1999

Finding Katahdin :an exploration of Maine's past /by Amy Hassinger.

x, 448 p. : ill., facsims., maps ; 26 cm.

Date: 2001.

Creators: Hassinger, Amy.

GUSN: 259737

Call Number: Stacks F19.3.H37x 2001

The forts of New France in northeast America, 1600-1763 /René Chartrand ; illustrated by Brian Delf ; series editors, Marcus Cowper and Nikolai Bogdanovic.

64 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.); 25 cm.

Date: 2008.

Creators: Chartrand, René.

GUSN: 259738

Call Number: Stacks UG413.C3 C43 2008

Freud's memory :psychoanalysis, mourning, and the foreign body /Rob White.

vi, 183 p. ; 22 cm.

Date: 2008.

Creators: White, Rob, 1970-

GUSN: 259739

Call Number: Stacks BF109.F74 W52 2008

Imagining New England :explorations of regional identity from the pilgrims to the mid-twentieth century /Joseph A. Conforti.

xiv, 384 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm., This work investigates New England as a cultural invention, tracing the region's changing identity across more than three centuries. Incorporating insights from history, literature, art, material culture, and geography, it shows how succeeding generations of New En...

Date: c2001.

Creators: Conforti, Joseph A.

GUSN: 259740

Call Number: Stacks F4.C76 2001

Music in rural New England family and community life, 1870-1940 /Jennifer C. Post.

xiv, 313 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. + 1 sound disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.)

Date: c2004.

Creators: Post, Jennifer C.

GUSN: 259741

Call Number: Stacks ML200.P67 2004

Basic perspective drawing :a visual approach /John Montague.

ix, 253 p. : ill. ; 21 x 28 cm.

Date: c1998.

Creators: Montague, John, 1944-

GUSN: 259742

Call Number: Stacks NC750.M648 1998

The Papers of Francis Bernard :Governor of colonial Massachusetts, 1760-69 /edited by Colin Nicolson.

v. : ill., facsims., maps, ports. ; 26 cm., "The Bernard Papers is a comprehensive selection of the correspondence and other papers of Sir Francis Bernard (1712-1779), governor of colonial Massachusetts between 1760-1769. This volume is the first of a projected three volumes of edited transcripts co...

Date: 2007-

Creators: Nicolson, Colin, 1961- Bernard, Francis, Sir, 1712-1779. Colonial Society of Massachusetts.

GUSN: 259743

Call Number: Stacks F61.C71 2007 v.73 (and 1 more)

Catalogue of books in the Massachusetts historical library :an annotated edition of the 1796 library catalogue of the Massachusetts Historical Society /compiled by John D. Cushing ... [et al.].

xvi, 598 p., [40] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.

Date: 1996.

Creators: Cushing, John D., 1922- Massachusetts Historical Society.

GUSN: 259744

Call Number: 85M Ref. Z1295.M39 1996

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

The master list of design projects of the Olmsted firm, 1857-1979 /edited by Lucy Lawliss, Caroline Loughlin, Lauren Meier.

xix, 347 : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.

Date: 2008.

Creators: Lawliss, Lucy. Loughlin, Caroline. Meier, Lauren. National Association for Olmsted Parks (U.S.)

GUSN: 249606

Call Number: Stacks SB470.O5 B48 2008

Extraordinary tenure :Massachusetts and the making of the nation : from President Adams to Speaker O'Neill /Neil J. Savage.

400 p. ; 23 cm.

Date: c2004.

Creators: Savage, Neil J., 1929-

GUSN: 249607

Call Number: Stacks F63.S28 2004

Pen sketches of old houses /by Wm. E. Barry ; reprinted from the 1874 edition with an introduction by Kevin D. Murphy ; edited by Earle G. Shettleworth, Jr.

xvii, 61 p. : chiefly ill. ; 25 cm.

Date: c2002.

Creators: Barry, William E. (William Edward), 1846-1932. Murphy, Kevin D. Shettleworth, Earle G.

GUSN: 249608

Call Number: 85M Stacks NA7206.B37 2002

Weymouth /William J. and Elaine A. Pepe.

128 p. : chiefly ill., map ; 24 cm.

Date: 2004.

Creators: Pepe, William J. Pepe, Elaine A.

GUSN: 249609

Call Number: Stacks F74.W77 P46 2004

Shipwrecks and nautical lore of Boston Harbor :a mariner's chronicle of more than 100 shipwrecks, heroic rescues, salvage, treasure tales, island legends, and maritime anecdotes /by Robert F. Sullivan.

xii, 164 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Date: c1990.

Creators: Sullivan, Robert F.

GUSN: 249610

Call Number: Stacks G525.S894 1990

There are no victors here :a local perspective on the Treaty of Portsmouth /by Peter E. Randall.

xi, 105 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.

Date: c1985.

Creators: Randall, Peter, 1940-

GUSN: 249611

Call Number: Stacks DS517.7.R36 1985

See the USA :the art of the American travel brochure /by John Margolies ; design by Eric Baker Design Associates.

127 p.

Date: 2000.

Creators: Margolies, John. Eric Baker Design Associates.

GUSN: 249612

Call Number: Stacks G155.U6 M329 2000

South Boston /Jim Sullivan.

127 p. : chiefly ill., map ; 24 cm.

Date: c2007.

Creators: Sullivan, Jim, 1951-

GUSN: 249613

Call Number: Stacks F73.68.S7 S85 2007

Samuel McIntire :carving an American style /Dean T. Lahikainen.

300 p. ; ill. (chiefly col.) ; 31 cm.

Date: c2007.

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

GUSN: 249614

Call Number: 85M Stacks NA737.M25 A4 2007 c.1 (and 2 more)

Museum archives :an introduction /Society of American Archivists, Museum Archives Section ; Deborah Wythe, editor.

xiv, 256 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.

Date: c2004.

Creators: Wythe, Deborah. Society of American Archivists. Museum Archives Section.

GUSN: 249693

Call Number: Stacks AM158.M88 2004

Mistress Bradstreet :the untold life of America's first poet /Charlotte Gordon.

xiii, 337 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., map ; 25 cm., This [book offers] the gripping story of a woman and poet of great feeling struggling to find a language to describe the country in which she finds herself. It also offers a rich and complex portrait of early America, the Puritans, and the trials ...

Date: 2005.

Creators: Gordon, Charlotte.

GUSN: 251683

Call Number: Stacks PS712.G67 2005

New England Quaker meetinghouses :past and present /by Silas B. Weeks.

xv, 171 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.

Date: c2001.

Creators: Weeks, Silas B. (Silas Burling), 1914-

GUSN: 251684

Call Number: Stacks NA5215.W44 2001

Master of Woodland Hill :Benjamin Bussey of Boston (1757-1842) /Mary Jane McClintock Wilson.

58 p. : ill., maps, port. : 23 cm.

Date: c2006.

Creators: Wilson, Mary Jane McClintock.

GUSN: 251685

Call Number: Stacks CT275.B87 W54 2006

Quiet, well kept, for sensible people :the development of Kennebunk Beach from 1860-1930 /Rosalind Magnuson, curator.

ix, 116 p. : ill., map, plans, ports. ; 28 cm.

Date: 2000.

Creators: Magnuson, Rosalind. Brick Store Museum.

GUSN: 251686

Call Number: Stacks F29.K3 M34 2000

A painter's progress :the life, work, and travels of Harrison B. Brown of Portland, Maine /compiled by Earle G. Shettleworth, Jr.

2 v. : port. ; 28 cm.

Date: 2005-2006

Creators: Brown, Harrison Bird, 1831-1915 Shettleworth, Earle G. Portland Transcript. (Portland, Me.)

GUSN: 251687

Call Number: Stacks ND237.B8735 B76 2005

Joiners and their price books :in Portland, Maine, 1760-1819 /Laura Fecych Sprague, Amy Cole Ives, and Earle G. Shettleworth, Jr.

62 p. : ill., facsim. ; 22 x 22 cm., "This volume reprints three rare American joiners' price books. All three originated in Portland. The first is a unique manuscript from the Colonial Period ... containing carpenters' rules of work of 1760. The others are facsimile reproductions of two editions of...

Date: 2003.

Creators: Sprague, Laura Fecych, 1954- Ives, Amy Cole. Shettleworth, Earle G. Association for Preservation Technology International. Maine Historic Preservation Commission.

GUSN: 251688

Call Number: Stacks TH5614.J65 2003

His window on the world :the Piscataqua and the days of Hopley Yeaton /by Barbara L. DiFrancesco.

xii, 275 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.

Date: c1997.

Creators: DiFrancesco, Barbara L.

GUSN: 251689

Call Number: Stacks E263.N4 Y43 1997

Stonehurst :the Robert Treat Paine estate : an American masterwork by H.H. Richardson and F.L. Olmsted /Ann Clifford and Thomas M. Paine ; with many new photographs by Thomas P. Lang.

39 p. : ill. (some col.), plans (some col.), ports. (some col.) ; 22 x 28 cm.

Date: c2007.

Creators: Clifford, Ann. Paine, Thomas M. Lang, Thomas P. Robert Treat Paine Historical Trust.

GUSN: 251690

Call Number: Stacks F74.W2 S76 2007 c. 1 (and 1 more)

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