Historic New England

Seeing Gertrude Stein :five stories /Wanda M. Corn and Tirza True Latimer.

ix, 403 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 29 cm, Gertrude Stein is justly famous for her modernist writings and her patronage of vanguard painters (most notably Matisse and Picasso) in Paris before the First World War. This work is the companion book to an exhibition of the same name, ...

Date: Ã2011.

Creators: Corn, Wanda M. Latimer, Tirza True. Contemporary Jewish Museum (San Francisco, Calif.) National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution)

GUSN: 303584

Call Number: Stacks PS3537.T323 Z56 2011

City water, city life :water and the infrastructure of ideas in urbanizing Philadelphia, Boston, and Chicago /Carl Smith.

xii, 327 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm, "A city is more than a massing of citizens, a layout of buildings and streets, or an arrangement of political, economic, and social institutions. It is also an infrastructure of ideas that are a support for the beliefs, values, and aspirations of the people wh...

Creators: Smith, Carl S., author.

GUSN: 303585

Call Number: 85M Stacks TD223.S64 2013

Boston beer :a history of brewing in the Hub /Norman Miller ; foreword by Kerry J. Byrne.

142 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm, "Explore the celebrated brewing history and beer culture of Boston"-- Provided by publisher.

Creators: Miller, Norman, 1974-

GUSN: 303586

Call Number: Stacks TP577.M56 2014

African American Connecticut explored /edited by Elizabeth J. Normen ; with Katherine J. Harris, Stacey K. Close, and Wm. Frank Mitchell.

422 pages : llustrations ; 27 cm.

Creators: Normen, Elizabeth J.

GUSN: 303587

Call Number: 85M Stacks E185.93.C7 A47 2013

Tobacco sheds :vanishing treasures in the Connecticut River Valley /Dale and Darcy Cahill.

112 pages : color illustrations, map ; 23 cm

Creators: Cahill, Dale F., author. Cahill, Darcy, author.

GUSN: 303588

Call Number: Stacks NA8230.C15 2013

For kith and kin :the folk art collection at the Art Institute of Chicago /Judith A. Barter and Monica Obniski.

120 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 x 25 cm, The Art Institute of Chicago is home to one of the world's finest collections of American folk art. The detailed entries in this text serve as an introduction to an array of masterworks, from New England portraits to New Mexican ceramics and Oh...

Date: Ã2012.

Creators: Barter, Judith A., 1951- Obniski, Monica. Art Institute of Chicago.

GUSN: 303589

Call Number: Coll. NK805.A78 2012

The Boston Floating Hospital :how a Boston harbor barge changed the course of pediatric medicine : the first one hundred years /Lucie Prinz ; with Jacoba Van Schaik.

177 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Creators: Prinz, Lucie, 1931- Van Schaik, Jacoba, author.

GUSN: 303590

Call Number: Stacks RJ28.B7 P75 2014

The Sol e Mar tragedy off Martha's Vineyard /Captain W. Russell Webster (U.S. Coast Guard, Ret.) & Elizabeth B. Webster ; foreword by Rear Admiral George Naccara, USCG (Ret.).

127 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm, "On March 22, 1990, local fishermen Hokey Hokanson and his teenage son, Billy, set sail for Cape Cod in the Sol e Mar. When disaster struck three days later, Billy transmitted a brief, heavily garbled radio distress call. A hoax call immediately followed Billy's cr...

Creators: Webster, W. Russell. Webster, Elizabeth B.

GUSN: 303591

Call Number: Stacks G530.S725 W43 2014

1775 :a good year for revolution /Kevin Phillips.

xxvi, 628 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm, What if the year that has long been commemorated as America's defining moment was in fact, misleading? In this book the author, a historian punctures the myth that 1776 was the watershed year of the American Revolution. 1775 was th...

Date: Ã2012.

Creators: Phillips, Kevin, 1940-

GUSN: 303592

Call Number: Stacks E231.P55 2012

The mortal sea :fishing the Atlantic in the Age of Sail /W. Jeffrey Bolster.

xi, 378 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm, Since the Viking ascendancy in the Middle Ages, the Atlantic has shaped the lives of people who depend upon it for survival. And just as surely, people have shaped the Atlantic. In this account of this interdependency, the author, a historian and professi...

Date: 2012.

Creators: Bolster, W. Jeffrey.

GUSN: 303593

Call Number: 85M Stacks SH213.5.B65 2012

When America first met China :an exotic history of tea, drugs, and money in the Age of Sail /Eric Jay Dolin.

xviii, 394 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map ; 25 cm, Brilliantly illuminating one of the least-understood areas of American history, best-selling author Eric Jay Dolin now traces our fraught relationship with China back to its roots: the unforgiving nineteenth-century se...

Date: Ã2012.

Creators: Dolin, Eric Jay.

GUSN: 303594

Call Number: Stacks HF3128.D65 2012

American sewn rugs :their history with exceptional examples /Jan Whitlock ; with Tracy Jamar.

113 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 26 cm

Creators: Whitlock, Jan. Jamar, Tracy.

GUSN: 303595

Call Number: Coll. NK2812.W45 2012

Poetry to the earth :the arts & crafts movement in Deerfield /Suzanne L. Flynt ; foreword by Wendy Kaplan.

ix, 235 pages : illustrations ; 32 cm

Creators: Flynt, Suzanne L., author. Kaplan, Wendy, writer of supplementary textual content.

GUSN: 303596

Call Number: Coll. NK1411.D44 F59 2012 c.1 (and 1 more)

Early American silver in the Metropolitan Museum of Art /Beth Carver Wees, with Medill Higgins Harvey.

xi, 328 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 32 cm.

Date: c2013.

Creators: Wees, Beth Carver. Harvey, Medill Higgins. Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)

GUSN: 303597

Call Number: Coll. NK7112.M48 2013

Barns of Connecticut /Markham Starr.

156 pages : illustrations ; 21 x 26 cm., "The book discusses the importance of barns, past and present, to agriculture across our state and offers a lovely introduction to the architectural and functional roles these structures played in early Connecticut. (...) From the earliest colonial structur...

Creators: Starr, Markham.

GUSN: 303598

Call Number: Stacks NA8230.S73 2013

Architecture & academe :college buildings in New England before 1860 /Bryant F. Tolles, Jr.

xxi, 217 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.

Date: c2011.

Creators: Tolles, Bryant Franklin, 1939-

GUSN: 303599

Call Number: 85M Stacks NA6603.T65 2011

A picture history of New Bedford /edited by Joseph D. Thomas, Alfred H. Saulniers, Natalie A. White, Marsha L. McCabe, Jay Avila.

volumes : illustrations ; 29 cm

Creators: Thomas, Joseph D., editor.

GUSN: 303600

Call Number: Stacks F74.N5 P53 2013 v.1

Capricious fancy :draping and curtaining the historic interior, 1800-1930 /Gail Caskey Winkler ; foreword by Roger W. Moss.

xliii, 292 pages : color illustrations ; 31 cm

Date: 2013.

Creators: Winkler, Gail Caskey.

GUSN: 303601

Call Number: Coll. NK3212.W56 2013

Art of Katahdin :the mountain, the range, the region /David Little ; edited by Carl Little.

199 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color map ; 27 x 30 cm

Creators: Little, David, 1951- Little, Carl.

GUSN: 303602

Call Number: Stacks N8214.5.U6 L58 2013 (and 1 more)

Mount Auburn Cemetery :beauty on the edge of eternity /photographs by Richard Cheek ; foreword by David P. Barnett, introduction by William C. Clendaniel, text by Janet Heywood.

161 p. : chiefly col ill. ; 30 cm.

Date: c2012.

Creators: Cheek, Richard. Heywood, Janet Friends of Mount Auburn Cemetery

GUSN: 303603

Call Number: 85M Stacks F73.61.M8 F74 2012

THREE CENTURIES IN A CAPE COD VILLAGE :the Story of Chatham /Chatham Historical Society, Chatham, Massachusetts ; Dana Eldridge, Mary Ann Gray, Lynn C. Van Dine, Spencer Grey, Debra Lawless, Tim Weller, Eric Hartell.

184 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm

Creators: Eldridge, Dana. Chatham Historical Society (Chatham, Mass.)

GUSN: 303604

Call Number: Stacks F74.C43 T48 2012

At Home in New England :Royal Barry Wills Architects 1925 to Present /Richard Wills with Keith Orlesky.

191 pages : colored illustrations

Creators: Wills, Richard, 1926-

GUSN: 303721

Call Number: Rare NA737.R69 A4 2014 (and 1 more)

Our own snug fireside :images of the New England home, 1760-1860 /Jane C. Nylander. [paperback]

xiv, 317 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Date: 1994.

Creators: Nylander, Jane C., 1938-

GUSN: 304346

Call Number: Stacks F8.N95 1994

The logbooks :Connecticut's slave ships and human memory /Anne Farrow.

xiv, 187 pages ; 24 cm.

Creators: Farrow, Anne, author.

GUSN: 304347

Call Number: Stacks E445.C7 F37 2014 C. 1 (and 1 more)

A crisis of community :the trials and transformation of a New England town, 1815-1848 /Mary Babson Fuhrer.

xii, 354 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm, "Mary White, a shopkeeper's wife from rural Boylston, Massachusetts, kept a diary, and woven into its quotidian details of small-town farm life is a remarkable tale of conflict and transformation. Sustained by its Puritan heritage, gentry leadership, and creed...

Creators: Fuhrer, Mary Babson.

GUSN: 304348

Call Number: Stacks F74.B56 F85 2014 (and 1 more)

Attack on Orleans :the World War I submarine raid on Cape Cod /Jake Klim.

126 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Creators: Klim, Jake.

GUSN: 304349

Call Number: Stacks D570.85.M41 O745 2014

Second nature :an environmental history of New England /Richard W. Judd.

xi, 327 pages ; 23 cm.

Creators: Judd, Richard William.

GUSN: 304350

Call Number: Stacks GF504.N45 J84 2014 c.1 (and 1 more)

Drawing toward home :designs for domestic architecture from historic New England /James F. O'Gorman, editor ; with Lorna Condon ... [et al.].

240 p. : ill. (some col.), plans ; 29 cm.

Date: 2010.

Creators: O'Gorman, James F. Condon, Lorna.

GUSN: 304514

Call Number: Ref. NA2706.U6 D69 2010 (and 1 more)

Instantaneous marine studies /taken by David Mason Little.

[20] leaves, [20] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 30 cm

Date: 1883.

Creators: Little, David Mason.

GUSN: 305661

Call Number: Rare VM307.L7 1883

The Colonial Theatre :a Pittsfield resurrection /photographs by Nicholas Whitman ; with contributing essays by David Fleming [et al.].

137 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), port. ; 24 x 29 cm.

Date: c2008.

Creators: Whitman, Nicholas, 1954- Fleming, David W., 1950-

GUSN: 305662

Call Number: Stacks NA6835.P58 C65 2008

Textiles :fiber to fabric /[by M. D. Potter and B. P. Corbman].

508 p. ; 8 vo.

Date: 1967.

Creators: Potter, M. David. Corbman, Bernard P.

GUSN: 305663

Call Number: Stacks TS1446.P6 1967

Around Swanzey :Swanzey, Ashuelot, Winchester, Richmond, Fitzwilliam, and Hinsdale /Pamela Apkarian-Russell.

127 pages : chiefly illustrations, map ; 24 cm., "Nestled against the Massachusetts and Vermont borders are six New Hampshire communities largely unconnected with the rest of their home state. The picturesque bedroom and summer vacation communities of Swanzey, Ashuelot, Winchester, Richmond, Fitzwil...

Date: 1996.

Creators: Apkarian-Russell, Pamela.

GUSN: 305664

Call Number: Stacks F44.S97 A65 1996

A Short narrative of the horrid massacre in Boston :perpetrated in the evening of the fifth day of March, 1770, by soldiers of the 29th Regiment, which with the 14th Regiment were then quartered there : with some observations on the state of things prior to that catastrophe.

122 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm

Date: 1849.

Creators: Bowdoin, James, 1726-1790. Warren, Joseph, 1741-1775. Pemberton, Samuel, 1723-1799. Doggett, John.

GUSN: 321966

San Francisco encore :a cookbook /the Junior League of San Francisco ; illustrations by Earl Thollander.

x, 452 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm, Gathers recipes for appetizers, soups, salads, eggs, pasta, rice, vegetables, fish, poultry, meat, breads, and desserts and briefly discusses California's wine regions.

Date: 1986.

Creators: Junior League of San Francisco.

GUSN: 322360

Made in Massachusetts :studio furniture of the bay state /Jeffrey Brown and Pat Warner ; with Michael McMillan ; and essays by Jonathan L. Fairbanks and Gerald W.R. Ward ; Dale Broholm [and others].

103 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm

Date: Ã2013.

Creators: Brown, Jeffrey. Warner, Pat. McMillan, Michael. Fairbanks, Jonathan L. Ward, Gerald W. R. Broholm, Dale. Fuller Craft Museum.

GUSN: 323504

Call Number: Coll. NK2435.M4

Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness :American art from the Yale University art gallery /introduction by David McCullough ; essays by Jon Butler [and others] ; exhibition and catalogue organized by Helen A. Cooper [and others].

xv, 368 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 x 31 cm, "Distinguished scholars shed new light on American history by examining some of the most familiar and revered objects in American art - paintings by John Trumbull, Charles Willson Peale, John Singleton Copley, Thomas Eakins, Frederic Edwin ...

Date: 2008.

Creators: McCullough, David G. Butler, Jon, 1940- Cooper, Helen A. Yale University. Art Gallery.

GUSN: 323506

Call Number: Coll. N6505

Very rich & handsome :American neo-classical decorative arts /Elizabeth Feld, Stuart P. Feld.

143 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm

Date: Ã2014.

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

GUSN: 323593

Call Number: Coll. NK2406

Jewelry by Ed Wiener :retrospective exhibition, December 1, 1988-January 7, 1989 /essays by Milton W. Brown and Blanche R. Brown.

72 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Date: Ã1988.

Creators: Brown, Milton W. (Milton Wolf), 1911-1998. Wiener, Ed. Brown, Blanche R.

GUSN: 323596

Call Number: Coll. NK7398.W42

Heywood-Wakefield /Harris Gertz.

160 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.

Date: Ã2001.

Creators: Gertz, Harris.

GUSN: 323597

Call Number: Coll. NK2439.H45

Heywood-Wakefield modern furniture /Steve Rouland and Roger Rouland.

352 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm, This stylish collector's guide is the first to acknowledge the highly collectible 'modern' furniture made by the Heywood-Wakefield company. Vintage advertisements, photos, and catalogs are featured in addition to the identification section. Virtually every piece of...

Date: 1995.

Creators: Rouland, Steven. Rouland, Roger W.

GUSN: 323601

Call Number: Coll. NK2439.H45 c.1 (and 1 more)

America's treasures at Bayou Bend :celebrating fifty years /Michael K. Brown ; introduction by Jonathan Leo Fairbanks ; with contributions by Emily Ballew Neff ; photographs by Miguel Flores-Vianna.

xviii, 157 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits (some color) ; 28 cm

Date: 2007.

Creators: Brown, Michael K. (Michael Kevin), 1953-2013. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

GUSN: 323602

Call Number: Coll. NK805

Marimekko :in patterns.

245 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm, "Internationally beloved Finnish design brand Marimekko's iconic patterns grace home decor, apparel, and accessories, and have informed and influenced tastemakers worldwide for over half a century. Richly illustrated with photographs and prints both classic a...

GUSN: 323603

Call Number: Coll. NK1035.F53

"Homes of Character: One-hundred Designs" by Robert L. Stevenson (1923)

No description

GUSN: 324179

Call Number: 85M Stacks NA7201.S83 1923 (and 1 more)

Color confidence :the digital photographer's guide to color management /Tim Grey ; [foreword by Katrin Eismann].

252 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm

Date: Ã2004.

Creators: Grey, Tim.

GUSN: 326356

Call Number: IT TR267.G75 2004

Code/Words :technology and theory in the museum /edited by Ed Rodley, Robert Stein and Suse Cairns

265 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm.

Creators: Rodley, Ed, editor. Stein, Robert J., editor. Cairns, Suse, editor.

GUSN: 326362

Call Number: IT AM7.C63 2015

Real world color management :industrial-strength production techniques /Bruce Fraser, Chris Murphy, Fred Bunting.

xxvi, 534 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm, Professional strategies for getting accurate, consistent color reproduction; clear, readily understandable explanations of color, color theory, and the color-management problem; expert advice on building and fine-tuning ICC profiles for input, di...

Date: Ã2003.

Creators: Fraser, Bruce, 1954-2006. Murphy, Chris (Christopher Martin) Bunting, Fred.

GUSN: 326363

Call Number: IT T385.F6915 2003

Worcester's architectural neighborhoods /by Anthony R. Taylor. Photographs by Joseph A. Reney, Jr.

57 pages : illustrations, plans, photographs ; 28 cm.

Date: 1984.

Creators: Taylor, Anthony R.

GUSN: 326366

Call Number: Stacks F74.W9 T38 1984

Arthur A. Shurcliff :design, preservation, and the creation of the Colonial Williamsburg landscape /Elizabeth Hope Cushing.

xiv, 298 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.

Creators: Cushing, Elizabeth Hope, 1945- author. Library of American Landscape History.

GUSN: 326368

Call Number: Stacks SB469.385.M37 C87 2014 C87 2014

Through time's window into ... yesterday's Marshfield :a pictorial journey ... as viewed through the photographer's lens /by Robin A. Mitchell ; with historical information provided by Janet E. Peterson.

vii, 108 pages : maps, illustrations ; 28 cm

Creators: Mitchell, Robin A. (Local historian), author. Peterson, Janet E., contributor.

GUSN: 326370

Call Number: Stacks F74.M4 M58 2014

Voices from the back stairs :interpreting servants' lives at historic house museums /Jennifer Pustz.

x, 244 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Date: Ã2010.

Creators: Pustz, Jennifer.

GUSN: 326371

Call Number: Stacks E159 P867 2010

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