Historic New England

The Blue Garden :recapturing an iconic Newport landscape /by Arleyn A. Levee ; edited by Sarah Vance.

207 pages, 1 unnumbered page : illustrations (some color), plans, portraits ; 31 cm, 1 videodisc (32 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in., Among the many notable gardens created by Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr., and the Olmsted firm, the "Blue Garden" designed for Arthur Curtiss and Harriet Parsons James f...

Creators: Levee, Arleyn A., author. Vance, Sarah, editor Harvey, Millicent, photographer Lee, Marianne, photographer Redwood Library and Athenaeum,

GUSN: 359385

Call Number: Stacks SB466.U7 B58 2016

The instruction of young ladies :arts from private girls' schools and academies in early America /Robert Shaw and Jane Katcher.

79 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.

Creators: Shaw, Robert, 1951- author. Katcher, Jane, author. Fenimore Art Museum (Cooperstown, N.Y.),

GUSN: 359386

Call Number: Coll NK806.S53 2016

Polygamy :an early American history /Sarah M.S. Pearsall.

xv, 397 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm, "A groundbreaking examination of polygamy showing that monogamy was not the only form marriage took in early America. Today we tend to think of polygamy as an unnatural marital arrangement characteristic of fringe sects or uncivilized peoples. Historian S...

Creators: Pearsall, Sarah M. S., author. Yale University Press,

GUSN: 359396

Call Number: Stacks HQ981.P43 2019

Saving Thoreau's birthplace :How citizens rallied to bring Henry out of the woods /Lucille Stott.

vi, 246 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Creators: Stott, Lucille., author. Myerson Collection.

GUSN: 359397

Call Number: Stacks PS3053.S368 2018

Olmsted in Seattle :creating a park system for a modern city /by Jennifer Ott.

175 pages : color illustrations, maps, plans, facsimiles ; 23 x 26 cm, "In the midst of galloping growth at the turn of the twentieth century, Seattle's city leaders seized on the confluence of a roaring economy with the City Beautiful movement to hire the Olmsted Brothers landscape architecture fi...

Creators: Ott, Jennifer, 1971- author.

GUSN: 359398

Call Number: Stacks SB472.7 .O88 2019

Boston in transit :mapping the history of public transportation in the hub /Steven Beaucher.

ix, 579 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 28 x 29 cm, "Boston in Transit is a comprehensive history of public transportation infrastructure and the modes of transit that have moved Boston for nearly four centuries. Since Boston's founding in 1630, public transportation has been...

Creators: Beaucher, Steven, author. WardMaps LLC,

GUSN: 359399

Call Number: Stacks HE310.B6 B43 2020

The daguerreian annual 1995 :official yearbook of the Daguerreian Society /Laurie A. Bary, editor.

xi, 300 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

Date: 1995.

Creators: Bary, Laurie A., editor. Daguerreian Society.

GUSN: 359404

Call Number: Ref. TR365.D34 1995

Rare light :J. Alden Weir in Windham, Connecticut, 1882-1919 /edited by Anne E. Dawson ; with essays by Charles Burlingham, Jr., Rachel Carley, and Jamie H. Eves.

xvi, 152 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm., Rare Light is a collection of essays exploring little known facets of the life and career of a major American Impressionist painter. J. Alden Weir (18521919) painted some of his finest canvases while living in Windham in eastern Connecticuts picturesque Quiet...

Creators: Dawson, Anne E. (Anne Elizabeth), 1956- editor.

GUSN: 359405

Call Number: Stacks ND237.W4 R37 2016 c.1 (and 1 more)

The last of the hill farms :echoes of Vermont's past /Richard W. Brown ; with a foreword by Thomas P. Slayton.

133 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm

Creators: Brown, Richard, 1945- author, photographer.

GUSN: 359406

Call Number: Stacks F50.B749 2018

Gothic to goth :romantic era fashion & its legacy /Lynne Zacek Bassett.

99 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm, The Romantic movement rejected Enlightenment reason, and embraced instead the imagination and the unknown. Costume of the early nineteenth century integrates the elements of history, imagination, religion, and even landscape central to the Romantic sensibility...

Creators: Bassett, Lynne Z., 1961- author.

GUSN: 359407

Call Number: Coll GT525 .G68 2016

Baskets of time :profiles of Maine Indian basket makers /David Shultz.

145 pages : color illustrations, color map, color portraits ; 26 cm, By the early 1990s, the art of Wabanaki basketry was considered nearly extinct. Today it is recognized as a vibrant and evolving form of Native American art. In their own words, seventeen artists and families share their wide-rangi...

Date: 2017.

Creators: Shultz, David.

GUSN: 359408

Call Number: Coll E78.M2 S348 2017

The world of credit in colonial Massachusetts :James Richards and his daybook, 1692-1711 /edited by James E. Wadsworth.

xviii, 356 pages ; 26 cm

Creators: Richards, James, 1658-1711, author. Wadsworth, James E., 1968- editor.

GUSN: 359409

Call Number: Stacks HF5680.R53 2017

The summer camp memory book :a pictorial treasury of everything, from campfires to color wars, you loved about camp /Richard J.S. Gutman and Kellie O. Gutman.

viii, 150 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm

Date: Ã1983.

Creators: Gutman, Richard. Gutman, Kellie O.

GUSN: 359416

Call Number: Stacks GV193.G87 1983

Massachusetts :its historians and its history : an object lesson /by Charles Francis Adams.

110 pages ; 21 cm

Date: 1893.

Creators: Adams, Charles Francis, 1835-1915.

GUSN: 359417

Call Number: Stacks F64.A21

Webster's first Bunker-Hill oration /edited by Louise Manning Hodgkins.

v, 51 pages : portrait ; 17 cm.

Date: Ã1889.

Creators: Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852. Hodgkins, Louise Manning, 1846-1935.

GUSN: 359418

Call Number: Stacks E241.B9 W23

Architecture in colonial Massachusetts :a conference held by the Colonial Society of Massachusetts, September 19 and 20.

xv, 234 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Date: 1979.

Creators: Colonial Society of Massachusetts.

GUSN: 359419

Call Number: Stacks F61.C71 1979

The private collection of William S. Reese /Christie's

2 volumes : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm

Creators: Goetzmann, William N. Bill Reese remembered. Christie, Manson & Woods International Inc.,

GUSN: 359426

Call Number: Stacks Z1363.C47 2022

Thoreau's animals /Henry David Thoreau ; edited by Geoff Wisner ; illustrated by Debby Cotter Kaspari.

xxiv, 256 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm, "From Thoreau's renowned Journal, a treasury of memorable, funny, and sharply observed accounts of the wild and domestic animals of Concord."--Front flap.

Creators: Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862, author, illustrator. Kaspari, Debby Cotter, illustrator. Wisner, Geoff, editor.

GUSN: 359427

Call Number: Stacks PS3042.W56 2017

The architecture of Paul Rudolph /Timothy M. Rohan.

ix, 290 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm, Equally admired and maligned for his remarkable Brutalist buildings, Paul Rudolph (1918-1997) shaped both late modernist architecture and a generation of architects while chairing Yale's department of architecture from 1958 to 1965. Based on extens...

Creators: Rohan, Timothy M., author.

GUSN: 359428

Call Number: Stacks NA737.R8 R64 2014

Making it modern :the folk art collection of Elie and Viola Nadelman /Margaret K. Hofer and Roberta J.M. Olson ; contributions by Kenneth L. Ames, Barbara Haskell, Cynthia Nadelman, and Elizabeth Stillinger.

375 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 29 cm

Creators: Hofer, Margaret K., 1965- author. Olson, Roberta J. M., author. New-York Historical Society, Albuquerque Museum, Addison Gallery of American Art,

GUSN: 359429

Call Number: Coll N5312.H64 2015

Encyclopedia of local history /Carol Kammen and Norma Prendergast.

xvi, 539 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm., "How is local history thought about? How should it be approached? What is the context behind local events and institutions? Where does one start? Through brief, succinct notes and essay-length entries, the Encyclopedia of Local History presents ideas to consi...

Date: Ã2000.

Creators: Kammen, Carol, 1937- Prendergast, Norma.

GUSN: 359434

Call Number: Stacks E180.K25 2000

Wetherby's Gallery :painting, daguerreotypes, & ambrotypes of an artist /Marybeth Slonneger.

iii, 184 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm

Date: Ã2006.

Creators: Slonneger, Marybeth. State Historical Society of Iowa.

GUSN: 359435

Call Number: Stacks TR647.W4445 2006

The Mount, home of Edith Wharton :a historic structure report.

256 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

Date: Ã1997.

Creators: Marshall, Scott. History of The Mount and report preparation. John G. Waite Associates, Architects.

GUSN: 359436

Call Number: Stacks PS3545.H16 Z748 1997

Mill girls and strangers :single women's independent migration in England, Scotland, and the United States, 1850-1881 /Wendy M. Gordon.

x, 234 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm, "In the nineteenth-century mill towns of Preston, England; Lowell, Massachusetts; and Paisley, Scotland, there were specific demands for migrant and female labor, and potential employers provided the necessary respectable conditions in order to attract the...

Date: Ã2002.

Creators: Gordon, Wendy M., 1967-

GUSN: 359437

Call Number: Stacks HD6073.T42 G692 2002

Journal of the New England Garden History Society.

v. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Creators: New England Garden History Society.

GUSN: 359442

Call Number: Stacks SB466.U65 N482

The correspondence of John Cotton Junior /edited by Sheila McIntyre & Len Travers.

656 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm.

Date: 2009.

Creators: Cotton, John, 1640-1699. McIntyre, Sheila. Travers, Len, 1952- Colonial Society of Massachusetts.

GUSN: 359443

Call Number: Stacks BX7260.C792 C67 2009

The statue erected by the state of New Hampshire in honor of General John Stark ;a sketch of its inception, erection and dedication /Published under the authority of the governor and Council.

62 pages : frontispiece ; 25 cm

Creators: New Hampshire.

GUSN: 359444

Call Number: Stacks E207.S79 N5

A guide to oral history and the law /John A. Neuenschwander.

xvii, 167 pages : forms ; 25 cm., Based on author's Oral history and the law. 3rd ed. Carlisle, PA : Oral History Association, c2002., "The new edition covers legal release agreements; defamation; copyright; the Internet; Institutional Review Boards (IRBs), oral history as evidence; the duty to repo...

Date: 2009.

Creators: Neuenschwander, John A. Neuenschwander, John A. Oral history and the law.

GUSN: 359445

Call Number: Stacks KF390.O7 N48 2009

Brahmin capitalism :frontiers of wealth and populism in America's first Gilded Age /Noam Maggor.

xii, 284 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm, Brahmin Capitalism explores the surprisingly dynamic role of established wealth in the rise of modern capitalism in the United States. Far from declining in prosperity and influence, elite Bostonians of illustrious lineage - the quintessential old money famili...

Creators: Maggor, Noam, 1977- author.

GUSN: 359482

Call Number: Stacks HB501.M2435 2017

These truths :a history of the United States /Jill Lepore.

xx, 932 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm,

Creators: Lepore, Jill, 1966- author.

GUSN: 359483

Call Number: Stacks E178.L57 2018

18 Folgate Street :the life of a house in Spitalfields /Dennis Severs.

275 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Date: 2001.

Creators: Severs, Dennis, 1948-1999.

GUSN: 359484

Call Number: Stacks DA685.S75 S48 2001

A people's history of the new Boston /Jim Vrabel.

x, 282 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm, Although Boston today is a vibrant and thriving city, it was anything but that in the years following World War II. By 1950 it had lost a quarter of its tax base over the previous twenty-five years, and during the 1950s it would lose residents faster than a...

Creators: Vrabel, Jim, author.

GUSN: 359485

Call Number: Stacks F73.52.V73 2014

Barons of the sea :and their race to build the world's fastest clipper ship /Steven Ujifusa.

xiv, 427 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm, "There was a time, back when the United States was young and the robber barons were just starting to come into their own, when fortunes were made and lost importing luxury goods from China. It was a secretive, glamoro...

Creators: Ujifusa, Steven, author.

GUSN: 359486

Call Number: Stacks VM23.U37 2018

Tangible things :making history through objects /Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, Ivan Gaskell, Sara J. Schechner, Sarah Anne Carter with photographs by Samantha S.B. van Gerbig.

xvii, 259 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm, In a world obsessed with the virtual, tangible things are once again making history. Tangible Things invites readers to look closely at the things around them, ordinary things like the food on their plate and extraordinary things like the tran...

Creators: Ulrich, Laurel Thatcher, 1938- author. Gaskell, Ivan, author. Schechner, Sara, 1957- author. Carter, Sarah Anne, author.

GUSN: 359487

Call Number: Coll GN406.U57 2015

The new Bostonians :how immigrants have transformed the metro area since the 1960s /Marilynn S. Johnson.

xii, 291 pages ; 23 cm, In The New Bostonians, Marilynn S. Johnson examines the historical confluence of recent immigration and urban transformation in greater Boston, a region that underwent dramatic decline after World War II. Since the 1980s, the Boston area has experienced an astounding renaissa...

Creators: Johnson, Marilynn S.

GUSN: 359488

Call Number: Stacks F73.9.A1 J64 2015

Brilliant beacons :a history of the American lighthouse /Eric Jay Dolin.

xv, 541 pages, 8 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm, A history of America as reflected by the nation's lighthouses combines maritime lore with original details to trace coastal political, military, and technological expansions, citing the roles of key contributors.

Creators: Dolin, Eric Jay, author.

GUSN: 332466

Call Number: Stacks VK1023

The Mediterranean house in America /Lauren Weiss Bricker ; photography by Juergen Nogai.

239 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 31 cm, Inspired by the romance of Italian villas, Spanish farmhouses, and Moorish courtyards, the Mediterranean Revival style became an archetype for sophisticated suburban homes throughout America in the early 20th century.

Date: 2008.

Creators: Bricker, Lauren Weiss.

GUSN: 332467

Call Number: Stacks NA7205.B73 2008

Soldier, engraver, forger :Richard Brunton's life on the fringe in America's new republic /Deborah M. Child.

xii, 123 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm, "In this richly illustrated biography, the author follows in the footsteps of Richard Brunton, a British grenadier who fought in the American Revolution before deserting in 1779. A trained engraver and diesinker, his primitive but charming works include ...

Creators: Child, Deborah M., author.

GUSN: 332525

Call Number: Stacks HD8039.E62 U53 2015

Sadie's Winter Dream :Fishermen's Wives & Maine Sea Coast Mission Hooked Rugs 1923-1938 /an Essential Historical Record by Judith Burger-Gossart.

121 pages : illustrations (some color), color map, portraits (some color) ; 18 x 26 cm

Creators: Burger-Gossart, Judith, author.

GUSN: 332526

Call Number: Coll TT850.B874 2015

Rich and tasty :Vermont furniture to 1850 /Jean M. Burks, Philip Zea.

177 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 26 cm

Creators: Burks, Jean M., 1949- author. Zea, Philip, author. Denenberg, Thomas Andrew, 1967- writer of foreword.

GUSN: 332527

Call Number: Coll NK2435.V4 B87 2015

Isaiah Rogers :architectural practice in antebellum America /James F. O'Gorman ; research by Denys Peter Myers and James F. O'Gorman ; foreword by Earle G. Shettleworth Jr.

xvii, 288 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm

Creators: O'Gorman, James F., author. Shettleworth, Earle G., Jr., 1948- writer of foreword.

GUSN: 332528

Call Number: Stacks NA737.R585 5 O49 2015

The National Capitol :its architecture, art, and history /by George C. Hazelton, Jr.

301 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Date: 1902.

Creators: Hazelton, George Cochrane, 1868-1921.

GUSN: 332652

Call Number: Stacks F204.C2 H42

Igniting the American Revolution :1773-1775 /Derek W. Beck.

xi, 467 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm, Examines the years leading up to the Declaration of Independence, looking at the perspectives, ambitions, people, and events on both the British and the American sides that eventually would lead to revolution.

Creators: Beck, Derek W., author.

GUSN: 332653

Call Number: Stacks E210.B39 2015

Around Portsmouth in the Victorian era :the photography of the Davis brothers /James Dolph and Ronan Donohoe.

128 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 24 cm.

Date: 1997.

Creators: Dolph, James. Donohoe, Ronan. Davis, Lewis Gilman, 1833-1909. Davis, Charles, 1835 or 1836-1911.

GUSN: 333141

Call Number: Stacks F44.

Victorian Hartford /Tomas J. Nenortas.

128 pages : chiefly illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm.

Date: Ã2005.

Creators: Nenortas, Tomas J.

GUSN: 333142

Call Number: Stacks F104. H3 N46 2005

Sullivan's Corner :the last years of the farm /Thomas Clasby.

pages : illustrations, maps ; cm

Creators: Clasby, Thomas, author.

GUSN: 333143

Call Number: Stacks S521.5.M4 C53 2017

The Darlings of Vermont's Northeast Kingdom /Harriet Fletcher Fisher.

127 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Date: 2008.

Creators: Fisher, Harriet F.

GUSN: 333144

Call Number: Stacks F59. B89 F57 2008

Beauty, strength, speed :celebrating 100 years of Thomas W. Lawson's Dreamwold /by Carol Miles and John J. Galluzzo.

128 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 18 x 26 cm

Date: Ã2002.

Creators: Miles, Carol, 1932- Galluzzo, John.

GUSN: 333147

Call Number: 85M Stacks HG172. L39 M55 2002

Fred Whipple's empire :the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, 1955-1973 /David H. DeVorkin.

xvii, 401 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm., This book explores how and why the Smithsonian Institution closed its Astrophysical Observatory in Washington, D.C. in 1955 and moved it as a budget line to Harvard first as a department of the Harvard College Observatory and then as the dominant partner. I ...

Creators: DeVorkin, David H., 1944- author. Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press,

GUSN: 333148

Call Number: Stacks QB82. U62 S62 2018

Palaces for the people :how social infrastructure can help fight inequality, polarization, and the decline of civic life /Eric Klinenberg.

277 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm, "An eminent sociologist--and coauthor, with Aziz Ansari, of the #1 New York Times bestseller Modern Romance--makes the provocative case that the future of democratic societies rests not only on shared values but also on shared "social infrastructure": the libraries...

Creators: Klinenberg, Eric, author.

GUSN: 333516

Call Number: Stacks HC79.C3.K55 2018

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