Historic New England

Shaker fancy goods :shaker survival through sisterhood and craft /Catherine S. Goldring.

xxv, 165 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm

Creators: Goldring, Catherine S., author.

GUSN: 362481

Call Number: Stacks NK805.G65 2022

Lost on the Freedom Trail :the National Park Service and urban renewal in postwar Boston /Seth C. Bruggeman.

xvii, 301 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm., "Boston National Historical Park is one of America's most popular heritage destinations, drawing in millions of visitors annually. Tourists flock there to see the site of the Boston Massacre, to relive Paul Revere's midnight ride, and to board Old Iron...

Creators: Bruggeman, Seth C., 1975- author.

GUSN: 362622

Call Number: Stacks F73.65 .B78 2022

The women of NOW :how feminists built an organization that transformed America /Katherine Turk.

434 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm, "The story of the National Organization for Women-its structures, trials, and revolutionary mission--told through the work of three extraordinary, little-known members"-- Provided by publisher., "In the summer of 1966, crammed into a ...

Creators: Turk, Katherine, author.

GUSN: 362623

Call Number: Stacks HQ1421.T87 2023

Life and letters of Henry Lee Higginson,by Bliss Perry ...

viii p., 2 l., 557 p. front., ports. 24 cm.

Date: [c1921]

Creators: Higginson, Henry Lee, 1834-1919. Barry, Bliss, 1860- ed. Ralph Ellison Collection (Library of Congress)

GUSN: 362624

Call Number: Stacks CT275.H5965 A3

The survivors of the Chancellor :diary of J.R. Kazallon, passenger /by Jules Verne ; translated from the French by Ellen Frewer.

vii, 358 pages, [55] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm

Date: 1876.

Creators: Verne, Jules, 1828-1905. Verne, Jules, 1828-1905. Martin Paz. Jules Verne Collection (Library of Congress)

GUSN: 362625

Call Number: Rare PQ2469.C3 E54

The life and raigne of King Edward the Sixt /written by Sr. Iohn Hayward, kt., Dr. of Lawe.

[6], 179, [1] pages : portraits (engravings) ; 18 cm (4to)

Date: 1630.

Creators: Hayward, John, Sir, 1564?-1627. Vaughan, Robert, active 17th century, engraver. Passe, Willem van de, 1598-approximately 1637, engraver. Partridge, John, -1649, bookseller. Levis, Howard Coppuck, former owner Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) Pre-1801 Imprint Collection (Library of Congress)

GUSN: 362626

Call Number: Rare DA345.H38 1630

Following the Equator :a journey around the world /by Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens).

712 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm, Chronicles Mark Twain's 1895 round-the-world lecture tour where he wrote stories about the people and places he encountered along the way.

Creators: Twain, Mark, 1835-1910, author. Beard, Daniel Carter, 1850-1941, illustrator. Frost, A. B. (Arthur Burdett), 1851-1928, illustrator. Clinedinst, B. West (Benjamin West), 1860-1931, illustrator. Dielman, Frederick, 1847-1935, illustrator. Newell, Peter, 1862-1924, illustrator. Senior, F. M., illustrator. Fogarty, Thomas, 1873-1938, illustrator. Warren, C. H. (Calvin H.), 1853-1914, illustrator. Reinhart, Albert Grantley, 1854-1926, illustrator. Smith, F. Berkeley (Frank Berkeley), 1869-1931, illustrator. Gilbert, C. Allan, illustrator. Chase, Walter G., photographer.

GUSN: 362627

Call Number: Rare PS1310.A1 1897

Macmillan encyclopedia of architects /Adolf K. Placzek, editor in chief.

4 volumes : illustrations ; 29 cm

Date: Ã1982.

Creators: Placzek, Adolf K.

GUSN: 362628

Call Number: Ref NA40.M25 1982

Garden clubs & spades,by Laurence McKinney; pictures by Helen E. Hokinson.

64 pages illustrations 20 cm

Date: 1941.

Creators: McKinney, Laurence, 1891- Hekinson, Helen Eina, illustrator.

GUSN: 362629

Call Number: Stacks PS3525.A2594 G3 1941

Gordon's print price annual, 1998 /supervising editor, Jodie L. Benson.

1996 pages ; 29 cm

Date: 1998.

Creators: Gordon's Art Reference, Inc.

GUSN: 362694

Call Number: Ref NE85.G67 1998

Poole's index to periodical literature;the second supplement from Jan. 1, 1887, to Jan. 1, 1892,by William I. Fletcher ... with the cooperation of the American library association ...

xiii, 476 pages 27 cm

Date: 1963 [Ã1893]

Creators: Fletcher, William Isaac, 1844-1917. American Library Association.

GUSN: 362695

Call Number: Ref AI3.P7 Suppl. 2 v.III

Poole's index to periodical literature;third supplement from Jan.1, 1892 to Dec.31, 1896by William Fletcher and Franklin O. Poole with the cooperation of the American Library Association.

xix, 637 pages : frontispiece (portrait) ; 27 cm

Creators: Fletcher, William Isaac, 1844-1917. Poole, Franklin Osborne.

GUSN: 362696

Call Number: Ref AI3.P7 3d Suppl. v.4 1963

Poole's index to periodical literature :fourth supplement from January 1, 1897, to January 1, 1902 /by William I. Fletcher ... and Mary Poole ... with the coöperation of the American Library Association.

xiv pages, 646 pages ; 27 cm

Date: 1963.

Creators: Fletcher, William Isaac, 1844-1917. Poole, Mary.

GUSN: 362697

Call Number: Ref AI3.P7 4th Suppl. v.5 1963

Poole's index to periodical literature :fifth supplement, from January 1, 1902, to January 1, 1907 /,by William I. Fletcher ... and Mary Poole ... with the coöperation of many librarians.

xv, 714 pages ; 27 cm

Date: 1963.

Creators: Fletcher, William Isaac, 1844-1917. Poole, Mary.

GUSN: 362702

Call Number: Ref AI3.P7 5th Suppl. v.6 1963

Poole's index to periodical literature :the first supplement, from January 1, 1882 to January 1, 1887 /by William Frederick Poole and William I. Fletcher, with the coöperation of the American Library Association.

xiii, 483 pages ; 27 cm

Date: 1963.

Creators: Poole, William Frederick, 1821-1894. Fletcher, William Isaac, 1844-1917.

GUSN: 362703

Call Number: Ref AI3.P7 suppl.1 v.2 1938

American interior design :the traditions and development of domestic design from colonial times to the present /by Meyric R. Rogers.

309 pages ; 29 cm

Date: Ã1947.

Creators: Rogers, Meyric R. (Meyric Reynold), 1893-1972.

GUSN: 362704

Call Number: Coll NK2002.R64 1947

State register of historic places /Massachusetts Historical Commission.

volumes ; 22 x 28 cm

Creators: Massachusetts Historical Commission.

GUSN: 362705

Call Number: Ref F65.S73 2021

American architecture :a history /Leland M. Roth, University of Oregon, Amanda C. Roth Clark, Whitworth University.

xlii, 673 pages, 32 pages of plates : illustrations (some color), plans ; 26 cm, "More than fifteen years after the success of the first edition, this sweeping introduction to the history of architecture in the United States is now a fully revised guide to the major developments that shaped the envi...

Creators: Roth, Leland M., author. Clark, Amanda C. R., 1977- author.

GUSN: 362711

Call Number: Stacks NA705.R669 2016

A world of art /Henry M. Sayre, Oregon State University-Cascades Campus.

xx, 694 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm

Creators: Sayre, Henry M., 1948-

GUSN: 362712

Call Number: Stacks N7425.S29 2016

The inspired life of Sarah Ellen Waldo /Amrita M. Salm and Judy Howe Hayes.

xviii, 405 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), facsimiles, portraits ; 22 cm., "[Sarah Ellen] Waldo was the transcriber of the Inspired Talks of Swami Vivekananda, as well as the editor of most of his talks ... She was also one of a select group of women disciples and ...

Creators: Salm, Amrita M., author. Hayes, Judy Howe, author.

GUSN: 362713

Call Number: Stacks BL1175.W35 S25 2019

French sculpture :an American passion /Laure de Margerie ; with a contribution by Antoinette Le Normand-Romain ; [translation from French to English, Elisabeth Lyman, Miriam Rosen, Cole Swensen, and Susan Wise].

495 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits (some color) : 31 cm, The extraordinary abundance of French sculptures in the United States is indicative of a specific taste for this area of French art, but also of the close proximity of Franco-American historical and artistic relations. The Un...

Creators: Margerie, Laure de, author. Le Normand-Romain, Antoinette, contributor. Lyman, Elisabeth, translator. Rosen, Miriam, translator. Swensen, Cole, 1955- translator. Wise, Susan, translator.

GUSN: 362721

Call Number: Coll NB541.M3713 2023

Wallace Nutting :father of the colonial revival movement /Linda B. Palmer.

147 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm, Indispensable reading for historians, novice antique collectors, antique connoisseurs, dealers, museums and historical societies. In this book you will learn the many facets of Wallace Nutting: Congregational Minister, Photographer of hand-colored platinum prints, ...

Creators: Palmer, Linda B., 1946-, author.

GUSN: 362722

Call Number: Stacks CT275.N787 P35 2020

Bigger than tiny, smaller than average /Sheri Koones.

224 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), plans ; 29 cm, Smaller, more environmentally-friendly houses seem to be the wave of the future. As people chose to move out of cities, finances and life style will limit the size of the houses these new home owners will choose. One or both people in the hom...

Creators: Koones, Sheri, 1949- author.

GUSN: 362723

Call Number: Stacks NA7533.K6635 2022

Polio pioneers :the story of the fight against polio /by Dorothy and Philip Sterling ; with photographs by Myron Ehrenberg and the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis.

128 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm

Date: Ã1955.

Creators: Sterling, Dorothy, 1913-2008. Sterling, Philip, 1907-1989. Ehrenberg, Myron. National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis.

GUSN: 362724

Call Number: Stacks RC180.9.S8

Morgan the collector :essays in honor of Linda Roth's 40th anniversary at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art /edited by Vanessa Sigalas & Jennifer Tonkovich.

287 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), facsimiles, plans, portraits ; 28 cm, "The essays in this lavishly illustrated volume offer a multifaceted portrait of American financier J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) as a collector of art. A riveting exploration of Morgan's acquisitions from antiquities ...

Creators: Sigalas, Vanessa, editor. Tonkovich, Jennifer, editor. Roth, Linda Horvitz, honouree.

GUSN: 362725

Call Number: Coll N5220.M67 M67 2023 c.1 (and 1 more)

Clarence H. White.

95 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Creators: White, Clarence H., 1871-1925, photographer.

GUSN: 362726

Call Number: Stacks TR653.W5 1979

Color /by the editors of Time-Life Books.

240 pages : illustrations (some color), color portraits ; 27 cm

Creators: Time-Life Books.

GUSN: 362727

Call Number: Stacks NH810.C71 1970

A.L. Coburn's Men of Mark :pioneers of modernism /[edited by Margaret Moore and Jennifer Huget].

91 pages : illustrations, portrait ; 28 cm

Date: [2004]

Creators: Coburn, Alvin Langdon, 1882-1966. Moore, Margaret (Margaret Otheman), 1971- Huget, Jennifer. Mark Twain House & Museum.

GUSN: 362728

Call Number: Coll TR647.C62 M2 2004

An Album of stereographs :or, Our country victorious and now a happy home : from the collections of William Culp Darrah and Richard Russack.

109 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 26 cm

Date: 1977.

Creators: Darrah, William C. (William Culp), 1909-1989. Russack, Richard.

GUSN: 362729

Call Number: Stacks TR780.A4

A Victorian album :Julia Margaret Cameron and her circle /edited by Graham Ovenden ; introductory essay by David Cecil.

vii, 252 pages : chiefly illustrations, portraits, genealogical tables ; 34 cm, A photograph collection of Victorian portraits collected by Julia Margaret Cameron and gifted as a photograph album to her sister Mia (Maria) Jackson in 1863. The original album was made up of two parts, the first part b...

Date: 1975.

Creators: Ovenden, Graham, editor. Cecil, David, 1902-1986, writer of introductory essay.

GUSN: 362730

Call Number: Stacks TR681.F3 V52 1975b

Atget /John Szarkowski.

224 pages : illustrations ; 31 cm, "This volume presents the essence of the work of the French photographer, Eugene Atget, in one hundred carefully selected photographs. John Szarkowski, an acknowledged master of the art of looking at photographs, explores in this book the unique sensibilities that ...

Date: Ã2000.

Creators: Szarkowski, John. Atget, Eugène, 1857-1927. Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)

GUSN: 362731

Call Number: stacks TR653.S9296 2000

Clementina, Lady Hawarden /edited by Graham Ovenden.

112 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm

Date: 1974.

Creators: Hawarden, Clementina, Lady, 1822-1865. Ovenden, Graham.

GUSN: 362732

Call Number: Stacks TR680.H354 1974

Camera work :a pictorial guide, with reproductions of all 559 illustrations and plates, fully indexed /[from the original magazine edited by] Alfred Stieglitz ; edited by Marianne Fulton Margolis.

xvii, 157 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 29 cm., "Only examples of such work as gives evidence of individuality and artistic worth, regardless of school, or contains some exceptional feature of technical merit, or such as exemplifies some treatment worthy of consideration, will find recognition in ...

Date: 1978.

Creators: Stieglitz, Alfred, 1864-1946. Margolis, Marianne Fulton.

GUSN: 362833

Call Number: stacks TR653.C34 1978

Paris :essence of an image /photographs by Alecio de Andrade ; with an essay by Julio Cortázar ; [translated from the Spanish by Gregory Rabassa].

142 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 29 cm.

Date: [Ã1981]

Creators: Andrade, Alecio de. Cortázar, Julio.

GUSN: 362834

Call Number: stacks TR647.A52 A4 1981

Culture throughlines :values, visions, and transformation--African American music, American culture, and society /edited by William Banfield.

xii, 194 pages ; 26 cm., "What are the connective tissues that make human narratives thread and relate; values, heritage expressions, and how these define and sustain people. As a research associate with the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage (CFCH), the editor's work focuses on w...

Creators: Banfield, William C., 1961- editor. Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press,

GUSN: 362835

Call Number: stacks L3479.C85 2023

Apothecary bottle

Green glass apothecary bottle. Large and straight sided with high shoulder and out-turned lip. Blown pontil glass. Label on front.

Date: 1800-1899

Maker: Shakers (Maker)

Material: glassblowing, glass (material), paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 2381

Accession Number: 1991.402

Cockrel Weathervane

Wooden cockerel weathervane. Fairly slender with highly stylized intertwining (carved separately) bold crest and wattles. Carved narrow eye. Large claw feet grip a rectangular base. Carved on both sides. Traces of old black, red, and yellow paint.

Date: 1876-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), painting (coating), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 2382

Accession Number: 1991.403

Spice box

Green-painted tamarack spice box with sliding cover over six compartments. Cover with shaped handle containing a heart. Cover also decorated with chip carving. Carved encircled six-pointed star/flower.

Date: 1769

Maker: unknown

Material: chip carving, dovetail joints, painting (coating), western larch (wood)

GUSN: 2383

Accession Number: 1991.404

Basket

Round splint-woven basket with two bands of light blue paint on the outside (top and bottom).

Date: 1830-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), splints (lighting devices), wicker, weaving

GUSN: 2384

Accession Number: 1991.405

Charger

Large treen (wooden) charger with wide rim and deep well. Not unlike church communion plate or "tondino". Turned with incised bands on rim and center. Very light weight.

Date: 1700-1799

Maker: unknown

Material: ash (wood), carving (processes), incising, turning (shaping process)

GUSN: 2385

Accession Number: 1991.406

Bowl

Treen handled bowl of dark figured wood. Bottom half turned on a lathe. Top half and handle carved. All form a single piece of wood. Deep round bowl. Light weight.

Date: 1680-1799

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), turning (shaping process), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 2386

Accession Number: 1991.407

Porringer

Treen porringer with wide and deep rounded bowl and flat, downturned handle. Light weight, V-notch to rim.

Date: 1680-1750

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 2387

Accession Number: 1991.408

Porringer

Wooden porringer with carved round bowl and wide flat raked handle. Light weight; from one piece of wood. Dark wood.

Date: 1680-1750

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 2388

Accession Number: 1991.409

Mason Jar with cover

Pressed, blue-green colored canning jar with screw-on zinc cover.

Date: 1858

Maker: Ball Brothers Company (Manufacturer)

Material: glass (material), pressing, zinc

GUSN: 2389

Accession Number: 1991.410AB

Waxed Fruit

In the form of a small pear.

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), paper (fiber product), plaster of Paris, wax

GUSN: 2390

Accession Number: 1991.411

Spirits bottle

Blown green glass wine/spirits bottle of squat bulbous shape and short flared neck with disk below rim. Applied and impressed seal on front showing bird (eagle) below a crown within a medallion. Jacobean/Colonial period. Heavy.

Date: 1660-1720

Maker: unknown

Material: glassblowing, glass (material), impressing

GUSN: 2391

Accession Number: 1991.414

Treen Plate

Wooden plate fashioned from a single piece of wood; small rim and shallow well; incised bands on the reverse.

Date: ca. 1700-1799

Maker: unknown

Material: ash (wood), carving (processes), incising

GUSN: 2392

Accession Number: 1991.415

Bowl

Small round buff-colored earthenware dish (or shallow bowl) with rounded sides. Delicately tooled notched rim and distinctive bright yellow glaze on face. Splash of yellow on underside.

Date: 1850-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), throwing (pottery technique), lead glaze

GUSN: 2393

Accession Number: 1991.416

Storage Jar

Large red earthenware jar, unglazed outside, brown glazed inside and rim; incised inscription around outside (large, somewhat crude penmanship); bulbous ovoid body; uncovered; very heavy.

Date: 1739

Maker: Day, John (Maker)

Material: incising, glazing (coating), lead glaze, redware, throwing (pottery technique)

GUSN: 2394

Accession Number: 1991.417

Bank

Ceramic still bank molded to look like a large orange (or a grapefruit), with bumpy orange-peel texture and deep ochre yellow paint; large slot near top.

Date: 1850-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, molding (forming), painting (coating)

GUSN: 2395

Accession Number: 1991.418

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