Historic New England

Chinese in Boston, 1870-1965 /Wing-kai To and the Chinese Historical Society of New England.

127 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Date: 2008.

Creators: To, Wing-kai. Chinese Historical Society of New England.

GUSN: 364703

Call Number: 85M Ref E184.C5 T6 2008

Rights in the digital era /edited by Menzi L. Behrnd-Klodt & Christopher J. Prom ; with an introduction by Peter B. Hirtle.

v, 238 pages : forms, illustrations ; 23 cm

Creators: Briston, Heather. Understanding copyright law. Behrnd-Klodt, Menzi L. Balancing access and privacy in manuscript collections. Behrnd-Klodt, Menzi L. Balancing access and privacy in the records of organizations. McKay, Aprille Cooke. Managing rights and permissions. Behrnd-Klodt, Menzi L., editor. Prom, Christopher J., editor. Hirtle, Peter B., writer of introduction.

GUSN: 364734

Call Number: 85M Ref KF4325. R54 2015

The subversive stitch :embroidery and the making of the feminine /Rozsika Parker.

xxii, 247 pages, 66 pages of unnumbered plates : illustrations ; 24 cm, "The Subversive Stitch is now available again with a new Introduction that brings the book up to date with exploration of the stitched art of Louise Bourgeois and Tracey Emin, as well as the work of new young female and male emb...

Creators: Parker, Rozsika, author.

GUSN: 364735

Call Number: Coll. NK9206.P37 2019

Edward Hopper & Cape Ann :illuminating an American landscape /Elliot Bostwick Davis ; foreword by Oliver Barker.

224 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), map ; 27 x 29 cm, "Edward Hopper & Cape Ann tells the largely ignored but significant origin story of Edward Hopper's years in and around Gloucester, Massachusetts--a period and place that imbued Hopper's paintings with a clarity and purpose that had eluded...

Creators: Davis, Elliot Bostwick, author. Hopper, Edward, 1882-1967, artist. Barker, Oliver, writer of foreword. Whitney Museum of American Art, Cape Ann Museum,

GUSN: 364748

Call Number: 85M Stacks ND237.H75 A4 2023

The pocket :a hidden history of women's lives, 1660-1900 /Barbara Burman, Ariane Fennetaux.

263 pages : photographs (chiefly color) ; 26 cm, Pencils, a sketchbook, cake, yards of stolen ribbon, thimbles, snuff boxes, a picture of a lover, two live ducks: these are just some of the fascinating things carried by women and girls in their tie-on pockets, an essential accessory throughout the 1...

Creators: Burman, Barbara, author. Fennetaux, Ariane, author. Yale University Press.

GUSN: 364761

Call Number: Coll. GT2350.B87 2019

Interpreting Christmas at museums and historic sites /Edited by Kenneth C. Turino and Max A. van Balgooy.

pages cm., "The comprehensive guide to the interpretation of Christmas at museums and historic sites. It shows how Christmas celebrations evolved along with regional differences to help create a distinct and accurate presentation for museums of different periods and locations"-- Provided by publishe...

Creators: Turino, Kenneth, editor. Balgooy, Max van, editor.

GUSN: 365544

Call Number: Stacks GT4985.I57 2024

The American frugal housewife :dedicated to those who are not ashamed of economy /by Mrs. Child ...

130 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm

Date: 1836.

Creators: Child, Lydia Maria, 1802-1880.

GUSN: 365545

Call Number: TX147.C53 1836

The Rumford complete cook bookby Lily Haxworth Wallace.

xviii, 241 pages 20 cm

Creators: Wallace, Lily Haxworth, author. Rumford Company. Department of Home Economics.

GUSN: 365546

Call Number: Stacks TX715.W23 1918

The Naval War of 1812 :a documentary history /William S. Dudley, editor, Michael J. Crawford, associate editor ; with a foreword by John D.H. Kane, Jr.

4 volumes : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm, "During the War of 1812 the U.S. Navy came of age. In fleet actions on the lakes and single ship engagements at sea, American men of war defeated Royal Navy ships of similar force. Naval officers such as Isaac Hull, Stephen Decatur, Oliver H. Perry, David Por...

Creators: Dudley, William S., editor, writer of foreword. Crawford, Michael J., editor. Kane, John D. H., writer of foreword. Hughes, Christine F., 1949- editor. Melia, Tamara Moser, 1955- editor. Allard, Dean C., 1933-2018, writer of foreword. Brodine, Charles E., 1956- editor. Naval Historical Center (U.S.), Naval History & Heritage Command (U.S.),

GUSN: 365547

Call Number: Stacks E360.N35 1985

History of Boston, from 1630 to 1856.Illustrated with one hundred and twenty engravings.

xi, [v]-vi, [xiii]-xv, 246 pages illustrations, plates 16 cm

Date: 1856.

Creators: Homans, I. Smith (Isaac Smith), 1807-1874.

GUSN: 365548

Call Number: Rare F73.3.H77 1856

History of the New England Woman's Press Association, 1885-1931 /Myra B. Lord, historian.

4 unnumbered pages, 393 pages, 26 unnumbered leaves of plates : portraits ; 24 cm

Creators: Lord, Myra B., 1861-1933, author. Winslow, Helen M. (Helen Maria), 1851-1938, writer of supplementary textual content. Graphic Press, Cairns Collection of American Women Writers.

GUSN: 365549

Call Number: Rare PN4784.W7 L6 1932

The Channay syndicate /by Edward Oppenheim.

261 pages ; 19 cm

Date: 1927.

Creators: Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips), 1866-1946.

GUSN: 365550

Call Number: Stacks PZ3.O62 Ch 1927

A Handbook of New England.

927 pages : illustrations, plans ; 19 cm.

Date: 1921.

Creators: Sargent, Porter, publisher.

GUSN: 365551

Call Number: Stacks F9.H23 1921

The golden flower, chrysanthemum :verses /by Edith M. Thomas, Richard Henry Stoddard, Alice Ward Bailey, Celia Thaxter, Kate Upson Clark, Louis Carroll, Margaret Deland, Robert Browning & Oliver Wendell Homles ; collected, arranged and embellished with original designs by F. Schuyler Mathews ; illustrated with reproductions of studies from nature in water color by James & Sidney Callowhill, Alois Lunzer and F.S.M.

[5], 2-9 [9] p., [34] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 31 cm.

Date: [1890]

Creators: Mathews, F. Schuyler (Ferdinand Schuyler), 1854-1938, compiler, illustrator. Callowhill, James, illustrator. Callowhill, Sidney, illustrator. Lunzer, Alois, illustrator. Thomas, Edith Matilda, 1854-1925. Stoddard, Richard Henry, 1825-1903. Bailey, Alice Ward, 1857-1922. Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894. Clark, Kate Upson, 1851-1935. Carroll, Louis. Deland, Margaret, 1857-1945. Browning, Robert, 1812-1889. Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894. L. Prang & Co.,

GUSN: 365552

Call Number: Rare PN6110.F6 M2 1890

Eugène Cuvelier :photographer in the circle of Corot /[Ellen Shultz, editor].

16 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.

Date: Ã1996.

Creators: Cuvelier, Eugène, 1837-1900. Shultz, Ellen. Daniel, Malcolm R. Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)

GUSN: 365553

Call Number: 85M Stacks TR660.5.C874 1996

Boston's South End /Anthony Mitchell Sammarco ; contemporary photographs by James Z. Kyprianos.

96 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Date: Ã2005.

Creators: Sammarco, Anthony Mitchell. Kyprianos, James Z.

GUSN: 365554

Call Number: 85M Stacks F73.68.S7 S357 2005

West Roxbury /Anthony Mitchell Sammarco.

96 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 24 cm.

Date: 2003.

Creators: Sammarco, Anthony Mitchell.

GUSN: 365555

Call Number: 85M Stacks F74.W59 S26 2003

South Boston /Anthony Mitchell Sammarco ; contemporary photographs by Charlie Rosenberg.

95 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 24 cm.

Date: Ã2006.

Creators: Sammarco, Anthony Mitchell. Rosenberg, Charlie.

GUSN: 365556

Call Number: 85M Stacks F73.68.S7 S37 2006

Roxbury /Anthony Mitchell Sammarco ; contemporary photographs by Charlie Rosenberg.

95 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Date: 2007.

Creators: Sammarco, Anthony Mitchell. Rosenberg, Charlie.

GUSN: 365557

Call Number: 85M Stacks F74.R9 S263 2007

Jamaica Plain :then & now /Anthony Mitchell Sammarco.

96 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 25 cm

Date: 2003.

Creators: Sammarco, Anthony Mitchell.

GUSN: 365558

Call Number: 85M Stacks F74.J3 S26 2003

Boston Braves /Richard A. Johnson.

128 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Date: 2001.

Creators: Johnson, Richard A.

GUSN: 365559

Call Number: 85M Stacks GV875.B72 J64 2001

Boston Common /Friends of the Public Garden.

128 pages : chiefly illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Date: Ã2005.

Creators: Friends of the Public Garden and Common.

GUSN: 365560

Call Number: 85M Stacks F73.65.B67 B67 2005

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

Tortoiseshell Glazed Plate

Redware plate, smallish in size; uneven scalloped edge, pared from the reverse; overall orange glaze with dark manganese splotches in a tortoiseshell design.

Date: 1750-1799

Maker: unknown

Material: glazing (coating), lead glaze, molding (forming), redware, scalloping

GUSN: 2396

Accession Number: 1991.419

Combware Platter

Rectangular redware platter; pie-crust edge; combed slip decoration in brown and yellow; lead glazed.

Date: 1700-1750

Maker: unknown

Material: redware, earthenware, glazing (coating), lead glaze, molding (forming), slip (clay)

GUSN: 2397

Accession Number: 1991.420

Miniature Fire Bucket

Wooden bucket of swelled cylindrical form, painted red with black and yellow trim and a large yellow numeral `3' on its side; brokend leather handle.

Date: 1830-1870

Maker: Snow, Kenneth (Retailer)

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

GUSN: 2398

Accession Number: 1991.421

Bottle

Blown glass wine/spirits bottle, clear olive-green glass, with squat bulbous base and narrow neck disk below rim; concave base, some bubbles to glass.

Date: 1660-1699

Maker: unknown

Material: glassblowing, glass (material)

GUSN: 2399

Accession Number: 1991.422

Jug

Globular-shaped redware jug with small foot and shoulder-to-body strap handle, covered overall with a rich and somewhat mottled unusually green glaze; lightly incised band near top; spots where dripped glaze did not join.

Date: 1800-1899

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 2400

Accession Number: 1991.423

Charger

Treen charger, flat face with incised banding and shallow foot rim; warped, of lightweight wood.

Date: 1700-1799

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 2401

Accession Number: 1991.424

English Yelloare Pitcher

Large creamware picher of barrel shape and foliate strap handle; body decorated with a pale yellow glaze and painted roulette-like banding to the top and bottom in shade of dark brown and rust. Sometimes categorized as English Yelloware.

Date: 1800-1830

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 2402

Accession Number: 1991.425

Spice Mill

Wooden spice mill, its baluster-turned canister and handle painted a rich green, withs wrought iron arm and grinding shaft.

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), painting (coating), turning (shaping process), wood (plant material), wrought

GUSN: 2403

Accession Number: 1991.426

Beaker

Beaker made from horn with straight tapering sides, of mostly opaque creamy-white with dark brown bottom.

Date: 1790-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), lip-vibrated aerophones with conical bore: with valves, horn (animal material)

GUSN: 2404

Accession Number: 1991.427

Jigger

Horn jigger (aka whiskey measure), with straight tapering, semi-translucent cream and dark brown streaked sides.

Date: 1790-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), lip-vibrated aerophones with conical bore: with valves, horn (animal material)

GUSN: 2405

Accession Number: 1991.428

Beaker

Horn, straight tapering sides, opaque cream color with dark brown streaks near bottom.

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), lip-vibrated aerophones with conical bore: with valves, horn (animal material)

GUSN: 2406

Accession Number: 1991.429

Charger

Redware dish of large and shallow rounded form with tooled finely-notched edge, its face covered with an orange glaze and inscibed in slip; back unglazed.

Date: 1825-1855

Maker: unknown

Material: glazing (coating), molding (forming), redware, slip (clay)

GUSN: 2407

Accession Number: 1991.430

Mortar & Pestle

Wooden mortar and pestle, both painted bright green, barrel-shaped mortar with molded rim and corresponding foot, turned pestle with round knob to handle; thick and sturdy.

Date: 1830-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: oak (wood), painting (coating), turning (shaping process)

GUSN: 2408

Accession Number: 1991.431AB

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