Historic New England

The I hate to cook book.Drawings by Hilary Knight.

176 p. illus. 21 cm.

Date: 1960.

Creators: Bracken, Peg.

GUSN: 260075

Call Number: Coll. TX740.B63 1960

Flavors of Cape Cod :a gathering of new and favorite old Cape Cod recipes including Indian pudding, sea clam pie, baked beans, potato bargain and numerous other taste-tempting treats presented with historical facts and old photographs.

208 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Date: c1987.

Creators: Thornton W. Burgess Society.

GUSN: 260076

Call Number: Coll. TX715.F52x 1987

The State of Maine cook book /[issued by the Democratic Women of Maine ; compiled by Jane Armstrong Tucker]

126 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Date: [2009].

Creators: Tucker, Jane Armstrong. Democratic Women of Maine.

GUSN: 260077

Call Number: Coll. TX715.S828 2009

Mastering the art of French cooking /by Julia Child, Louisette Bertholle, Simone Beck ; [illustrations by Sidonie Coryn].

xv, 726 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Date: c1961.

Creators: Child, Julia. Beck, Simone, 1904-1991. Bertholle, Louisette.

GUSN: 260078

Call Number: Coll. TX719.C454 1961

The original Boston Cooking-School cook book, 1896.

xxx, 567 p. illus. 25 cm.

Date: [1973? c1896]

Creators: Farmer, Fannie Merritt, 1857-1915.

GUSN: 260079

Call Number: Coll. TX715.F2249 1896a

Joy of cooking /by Irma S. Rombauer, Marion Rombauer Becker, and Ethan Becker ; illustrated by Laura Hartman Maestro.

xiv, 1136 p. : ill. ; 25 cm., Since its original publication, Joy of Cooking has been the most authoritative cookbook in America - the one upon which millions of cooks have confidently relied for more than sixty-five years. This, the first revision in more than twenty years, is better than ever. Her...

Date: c1997.

Creators: Rombauer, Irma von Starkloff, 1877-1962. Becker, Marion Rombauer. Becker, Ethan, 1945- Guarnaschelli, Maria.

GUSN: 260080

Call Number: Coll. TX715.R75 1997

The Time-Life American regional cookbook /by the editors of Time-Life Books.

528 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.

Date: c1978.

Creators: Time-Life Books.

GUSN: 260081

Call Number: Coll. TX715.T586 1978

Banned in Boston :the Watch and Ward Society's crusade against books, burlesque, and the social evil /Neil Miller.

xi, 209 p. ; 24 cm., In this spectacular romp through the Puritan City, Neil Miller relates the scintillating story of how a powerful band of Brahmin moral crusaders helped make Boston the most straitlaced city in America, forever linked with the infamous catchphrase "Banned in Boston."

Date: c2010.

Creators: Miller, Neil, 1945-

GUSN: 260082

Call Number: Stacks HV6795.B7 M55 2010

The Mary Frances cook book :or, Adventures among the kitchen people /by Jane Eayre Fryer ; full page illustrations by Margaret G. Hays, other illustrations by Jane Allen Boyer.

175 p. : illus. (part col.) ; 24 cm.

Date: [1912]

Creators: Fryer, Jane Eayre, 1876-

GUSN: 260083

Call Number: Coll. TX652.5.F85 1912

Perennial garden plants, or, The modern florilegium :a concise account of herbaceous plants, including bulbs, for general garden use /written and illustrated by Graham Stuart Thomas.

xvi, 388 p., [56] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.

Date: 1982.

Creators: Thomas, Graham Stuart.

GUSN: 265362

Call Number: Hav. Archives SB434.T48 1982

A place in the country /John Brookes.

240 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.

Date: 1984.

Creators: Brookes, John, 1933-

GUSN: 265363

Call Number: Hav. Archives SB473.B729 1984

Gazebos and other garden structure designs /[authors, Janet A. Strombeck, Richard H. Strombeck ; illustrated by Marlene Ekman, Robert Petersen].

96 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Date: c1983.

Creators: Strombeck, Janet. Strombeck, Richard.

GUSN: 265364

Call Number: Hav. Archives NA8450.S85 1983

The lattice gardener /William C. Mulligan ; foreword by Rosemary Verey.

192 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map ; 29 cm.

Date: c1995.

Creators: Mulligan, William C., 1942-

GUSN: 265365

Call Number: Hav. Archives SB473.5 M84 1995

Private landscapes :creating form, vistas, and mystery in the garden /by Caroline Seebohm and Christopher Simon Sykes ; design by Laurence Vétu-Kane ; garden plans by Perry Guillot.

251 : col. ill. ; 26 cm.

Date: c1989.

Creators: Seebohm, Caroline. Sykes, Christopher Simon, 1948-

GUSN: 265366

Call Number: Hav. Archives SB473.S46 1989

The small garden in the city.

136 p. : illus. ; 25 cm.

Date: [1974, c1973].

Creators: Garland, Madge, 1896-1990.

GUSN: 265367

Call Number: Hav. Archives SB473.G29 1974

America's great private gardens.

218 p. illus. (part col.) map. 32 cm.

Date: [1967]

Creators: Schuler, Stanley.

GUSN: 265368

Call Number: Hav. Archives SB466.U6 S34 1967

The House beautiful book of gardens and outdoor living,by Joseph E. Howland.

376 p. illus. (part col.) 34 cm.

Date: [1958]

Creators: Howland, Joseph E.

GUSN: 265369

Call Number: Hav. Archives SB466.U6 H6 1958

Versailles, palais, musée, jardins.

1 v. (unpaged) plates, ports., plans. 27 cm.

Date: [1852?]

Creators: France. Bureau des Galeries Historiques.

GUSN: 265370

Call Number: Hav. Archives DC801.V56 V46 185X

Les châteaux de l'Île de France.With a pref. by Wladimir d'Ormesson. [Planned and produced under the general direction of Pierre Levallois and Gaston d'Angelis. Edited by Claude Fregnac.

321 p. illus. (part col.), map (on lining papers) 32 cm.

Date: [c1965]

Creators: Levallois, Pierre. Angélis, Gaston d'. Fregnac, Claude, ed.

GUSN: 265371

Call Number: Hav. Archives NA7735.M39613 1965

From folly to follies :discovering the world of gardens /pictures and text by Michel Saudan and Sylvia Saudan-Skira ; introduction by François Crouzet.

ix, 237 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 35 cm.

Date: c1988.

Creators: Saudan, Michel, 1930- Saudan-Skira, Sylvia.

GUSN: 265372

Call Number: Hav. Archives NA8460.S2813 1988

Garden ornament :five hundred years of nature, art, and artifice /George Plumptre ; with special contributions by Jamie Garnock and James Rylands ; photographs by Hugh Palmer.

256 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 32 cm.

Date: 1990, c1989.

Creators: Plumptre, George.

GUSN: 265373

Call Number: Hav. Archives SB473.5.P57 1990

Color for your winter yard & garden, with flowers, berries, birds, and trees /Helen Van Pelt Wilson.

xvi, 175 p., [4] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.

Date: c1978.

Creators: Wilson, Helen Van Pelt, 1901-2003.

GUSN: 265374

Call Number: Hav. Archives SB439.5.W54 1978

An encyclopaedia of gardening :comprising the theory and practice of horticulture, floriculture, arboriculture, and landscape gardening : including all the latest improvements, a general history of gardening in all countries, and a statistical view of its present state : with suggestions for its future progress in the British Isles /by J.C. Loudon ; illustrated with many hundred engravings on wood by Branston.

xl, 1278 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Date: 1878.

Creators: Loudon, J. C. (John Claudius), 1783-1843. Loudon, Mrs. (Jane), 1807-1858.

GUSN: 265375

Call Number: Hav. Archives SB450.97.L68 1878

Garden colour:Spring, by Mrs. C.W. Earle; Summer, by E.V.B.; Autumn, by Rose Kingsley; Winter, by the Hon. Vicary Gibbs; etc., etc.Notes & water color sketches by Margaret Waterfield.

195 p. illus. 27 cm.

Date: 1905.

Creators: Waterfield, Margaret H., ed. Earle, Maria Theresa. Boyle, Eleanor Vere Gordon, 1825-1916. Kingsley, Rose Georgina, 1845- Gibbs, Vicary, 1853-1932. Powell, W. Richmond. Crofton, Helen, Mrs. Mount, George.

GUSN: 265376

Call Number: Hav. Archives SB454.W25 1905

The English garden :a poem /William Mason.

ix, 243 p. ; 19 cm.

Date: 1982.

Creators: Mason, William, 1725-1797.

GUSN: 265377

Call Number: Hav. Archives PR3548.M2 A68 1982

A plan of Mr. Pope's garden /John Serle. Gardens at Richmond, Kew, and environs, ca. 1730-1760.

131 p. in various pagings, [9] leaves of plates : ill. ; 19 cm.

Date: 1982.

Creators: Serle, John.

GUSN: 265378

Call Number: Hav. Archives SB466.G75 L66 1982

The garden of to-day,by H. Avray Tipping.

287, [1] p. front., plates. 21 cm.

Date: 1933.

Creators: Tipping, H. Avray (Henry Avray), 1855-1933.

GUSN: 265379

Call Number: Hav. Archives SB453.T55 1933

Garden design in theory and practice.

xv, 272 p. ill. (some col.) plans. 23 cm.

Date: 1911.

Creators: Agar, Madeline.

GUSN: 265380

Call Number: Hav. Archives SB454.A45 1911

Rock gardens and alpine plants :including water, bog, and moraine gardens /T.W. Sanders.

196 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Date: [192-?]

Creators: Sanders, T. W. (Thomas William), 1855-1926.

GUSN: 265381

Call Number: Hav. Archives SB421.S26 192X

A book of English gardens,written by M.R. Gloag, illustrated by Katharine Montagu Wyatt.

3 p. l., ix-xii, 340 p. 24 col. pl. (incl. front.) 23 cm.

Date: [1906]

Creators: Gloag, M. R. Wyatt, Katharine Montagu, ill.

GUSN: 265382

Call Number: Hav. Archives SB466.G7 G6 1906

The theory and practice of gardening[by A.J. Dezaillier d'Argenville; translated from the French by] John James.

[16], 220 p., 32 plates (26 fold.) illus. 24 cm.

Date: 1969.

Creators: Dézallier d'Argenville, A.-J. (Antoine-Joseph), 1680-1765. James, John, d. 1746.

GUSN: 265383

Call Number: Hav. Archives SB461.D42 1712

The formal garden in England,by Reginald Blomfield ... with illustrations by F. Inigo Thomas ...

xvi, 250 p. illus. 20 cm.

Date: 1901.

Creators: Blomfield, Reginald Theodore, Sir, 1856-1942.

GUSN: 265384

Call Number: Hav. Archives SB451.B56 1901

Plants that merit attention /the Garden Club of America ; Janet Meakin Poor, editor ; Nancy P. Brewster, photographic editor.

v. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm., Photographs and text highlight the landscaping of trees and shrubs.

Date: c1984 (1994 printing)-<c1996>

Creators: Poor, Janet Meakin. Brewster, Nancy P. Garden Club of America.

GUSN: 265385

Call Number: Hav. Archives SB435.P6 1994 v. 2 (and 1 more)

The garden book /John Brookes ; [American editor, Marjorie J. Dietz].

287 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 31 cm., In memory of Dudley L. Adair given by John and Pam Kowalski.

Date: 1984.

Creators: Brookes, John, 1933- Dietz, Marjorie J.

GUSN: 265386

Call Number: Hav. Archives SB473.B725 1984

The small garden /John Brookes.

256 p. : ill. ; 30 cm.

Date: 1977.

Creators: Brookes, John, 1933-

GUSN: 265387

Call Number: Hav. Archives SB453.B76 1977

Engravings on British Sites

Four images on folded circular paper; views of The Crystal Palace, Thames Tunnel, The Thames Tunnel, and a riverview; handcolored engravings designed for optical viewer or "magic lantern" type toy.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: Mathewson, J.J. (Maker)

Material: engraving (printing process), hand coloring, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 4317

Accession Number: 1977.619

Tieback

Black transer-printed bust length portrait of woman with large, brimmed hat on circular white enamel field; set into circular brass frame with molded edge and concentric ringed decoration; mounted on turned shank with iron screw.

Date: 1745-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), enamel paint, iron (metal)

GUSN: 4318

Accession Number: 1977.620

Box

Rectangular shape with dovetailed corner construction; designed for conforming lid (missing); use undetermined; possibly trinket box.

Date: 1785-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 4319

Accession Number: 1977.621

Shell

Shallow, squat conch-type shell of type used for cameos; salmon, pink and white tones throughout; probably collected in Victorian period for use as decoration or doorstop.

Date: 1855-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: shell (animal material)

GUSN: 4320

Accession Number: 1977.622

Lamp

Bulbous half-round, late ginger jar form terminating in flat circular base; course white/grey clay body; underglaze cobalt blue enamel docoration in stylized landscape (very minimal willow-type pattern); fitted to electricity; permanently attached to circular carved teakwood stand (Japanese).

Date: 1868-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, enameling, teak (wood), underglazing, willow (wood)

GUSN: 4321

Accession Number: 1977.623

Portrait of John Quincy Adams

Fragment of an unframed engraving of John Quincy Adams, seated in library.

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: engraving (printing process), ink, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 4322

Accession Number: 1977.624

Game

Box: Plain rectangular wooden slide top box; lid with octagonal paper label with print of bird on branch painted with colored varnishes (flaking off) in red, yellow and green. Contents: Folded sheet labelled "Advertisement" with directions to the game, two small books with hard covers. Part I of des...

Date: 1800-1810

Maker: Johnson, J. (Publisher) Riso, W. (Engraver) Manning, T.S. (Printer) Rakestraw, J. (Printer)

Material: birch (wood), paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 4323

Accession Number: 1977.625

Fan

Hand-held souvenir fan; accordian folded, arched triangular paper body; blue paper printed with major building views of Centennial Exposition, Philadelphia, 1876.

Date: ca. 1876

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 4324

Accession Number: 1977.626

Telescope

Single wooden cylinder fitted with brass enclosed eye piece and cylinder telescopic unit; eye piece and opposite lens with circular brass sliding covers.

Date: 1745-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 4325

Accession Number: 1977.627

Napkin Ring

Wide-band rings of blonde wood; natural varnished interior with plaid printed papers (representing Scottish clans) applied to exterior; high-gloss decoupage type varnish over paper; probably souvenirs. .1) "Tartan" plaid.

Date: 1900-1933

Maker: unknown

Material: découpages (visual works), paper (fiber product), varnishing, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 4326

Accession Number: 1977.628.1

Napkin Ring

Wide-band rings of blonde wood; natural varnished interior with plaid printed papers (representing Scottish clans) applied to exterior; high-gloss decoupage type varnish over paper; probably souvenirs. .2) "Caledonia" plaid.

Date: 1900-1933

Maker: unknown

Material: découpages (visual works), paper (fiber product), varnishing, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 4327

Accession Number: 1977.628.2

Napkin Ring

Wide-band rings of blonde wood; natural varnished interior with plaid printed papers (representing Scottish clans) applied to exterior; high-gloss decoupage type varnish over paper; probably souvenirs. .3) "Stuart" plaid.

Date: 1900-1933

Maker: unknown

Material: découpages (visual works), paper (fiber product), varnishing, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 4328

Accession Number: 1977.628.3

Commemorative Medal

Painted bronze-colored circular medallion with classical profile head at center wearing head band labelled "FLORA."

Date: 1934

Maker: unknown

Material: plaster

GUSN: 4329

Accession Number: 1977.629

Balance Scale

A) Plain six-board nailed box; lid attached with brass wire pintle-type hinge, closing with hook on top of lid into loop through lid; inside lid with paper label "A TABLE of the Weight and Value of Coins, as they pass in New England" giving equivalents for different coins, e.g. "A Guinea," "Half Joh...

Date: 1700-1799

Maker: unknown

Material: ash (wood), brass (alloy), iron (metal), steel (alloy), string (fiber product)

GUSN: 4330

Accession Number: 1977.630AB

Vase

Rounded club-shaped body with long trumpet-shaped neck flaring outward at circular mouth; painted in pale flesh tone with gilt highlights at rim and base; broad medial white band with classical-revival style decoration of winged Greek/Roman toga wrapped woman with cornucopia in one arm and laurel in...

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: gilding, glass (material), painting (coating)

GUSN: 4331

Accession Number: 1977.631.1

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