Historic New England

Croquêt :the laws and regulations of the game, thoroughly revised, with a description of the implements, etc., etc. ; illustrated with diagrams and engravings /by John Jacques.

30, [2] pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Date: 1865.

Creators: Jacques, John.

GUSN: 327559

Call Number: Stacks GV931.J36 1865

Remembering the Revolution :memory, history, and nation making from independence to the Civil War /edited by Michael A. McDonnell, Clare Corbould, Frances M. Clarke, and W. Fitzhugh Brundage.

xi, 327 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm., In today s United States, the legacy of the American Revolution looms large. From presidential speeches to bestselling biographies, from conservative politics to school pageants, everybody knows something about the Revolution. Yet what was a messy, protracted,...

Creators: McDonnell, Michael A.

GUSN: 328099

Call Number: Stacks E209.R39 2013

Opening the Museum :history and strategies toward a more inclusive institution /Patricia A. Steuert, with Aylette Jenness and Joanne Jones-Rizzi.

76 pages : illustrations ; 24 x 30 cm

Date: Ã1993.

Creators: Steuert, Patricia A. Jenness, Aylette. Jones-Rizzi, Joanne. Children's Museum of Boston. Rockefeller Foundation.

GUSN: 328100

Call Number: Stacks AM101.B7256 S74 1993

A tourist's New England :travel fiction, 1820-1920 /Dona Brown, editor.

viii, 217 pages ; 22 cm., Stories and novel excerpts on the attractions and perils of vacationing in 19th century New England. Included are writers who helped to create the myths and those who exposed them.

Date: Ã1999.

Creators: Brown, Dona.

GUSN: 328101

Call Number: Stacks PS648.N38 T68 1999

The way we worked /by Bruce I. Bustard ; foreword by Allen Weinstein.

92 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 26 x 21 cm

Date: 2005.

Creators: Bustard, Bruce I., 1954-

GUSN: 328102

Call Number: Stacks HD8066.B87 2005

Henry Ward Beecher:an American portrait,with a foreword by Sinclair Lewis.

2 preliminary leaves, vii-xiv pages, 2 leaves, 3-361 pages 22 cm

Date: [1942]

Creators: Hibben, Paxton, 1880-1928. Lewis, Sinclair, 1885-1951. Readers Club (New York, N. Y.)

GUSN: 328114

Call Number: Stacks BX7260.B3 H5 1942

Transcribing and editing oral history /by Willa K. Baum.

127 pages ; 23 cm

Date: Ã1977.

Creators: Baum, Willa K.

GUSN: 328115

Call Number: Stacks D16 .14.B 38

Curating oral histories :from interview to archive /Nancy MacKay.

225 pages ; 24 cm., "For the past ten years, Nancy MacKay's Curating Oral Histories (2006) has been the one-stop shop for librarians, curators, program administrators, and project managers who are involved in turning an oral history interview into a primary research document, available for use in a ...

Creators: MacKay, Nancy, 1945- author.

GUSN: 328116

Call Number: Stacks Z688.O52 M33 2016

National geographic guide to America's historic places /prepared by the Book Division, National Geographic Society.

384 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 22 cm, Includes 40 maps, for both driving and walking tours, to historical sites in all 50 states. "Features more than 2,500 U.S. historical sites, including: battlefields, wild west towns, colonial villages, historic districts, Indian dwellings, pioneer...

Date: Ã1996.

Creators: National Geographic Society (U.S.). Book Division.

GUSN: 328117

Call Number: Stacks E159.N29 1996

Black Bostonians :family life and community struggle in the Antebellum North /James Oliver Horton and Lois E. Horton.

xxv, 198 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Date: 1999.

Creators: Horton, James Oliver. Horton, Lois E.

GUSN: 328132

Call Number: 85M Stacks F73.9.N4 H67 1999

Oral history for the local historical society /by Willa K. Baum.

xii, 68 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Date: 1987.

Creators: Baum, Willa K.

GUSN: 328133

Call Number: Stacks D16.14.B37 1987 c. 1 (and 1 more)

Walk of Fame :a Rollins legacy /compiled by Wenxian Zhang with David Smith and Patricia Strout.

132 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm

Date: [2003]

Creators: Zhang, Wenxian. Smith, David. Strout, Particia. Bornstein, Rita. Holt, Hamilton, 1872-1951.

GUSN: 328134

Call Number: Stacks LD4721.R73 W34 2003

Folklore :a study and research guide /Jan Harold Brunvand ; M. Thomas Inge, general editor.

vi, 144 pages ; 22 cm

Creators: Brunvand, Jan Harold, author.

GUSN: 328906

Call Number: 85M Stacks Z5981.B78 GR66

Professional standards for museum accreditation :the handbook of the accreditation program of the American Association of Museums /edited by H.J. Swinney.

77 pages ; 26 cm

Date: Ã1978

Creators: Swinney, H. J. (Holman J.), 1919- American Association of Museums.

GUSN: 328907

Call Number: Stacks AM7

Introduction to early American masonry :stone, brick, mortar, and plaster /Harley J. McKee.

92 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.

Date: repr. 1978, Ã1973.

Creators: McKee, Harley J. National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States. Columbia University.

GUSN: 328908

Call Number: Stacks TH1199.M222 1973E

Culture is our common wealth :an action agenda to enhance revenues and resources for Massachusetts cultural organizations /the Boston Foundation ; [principal authors, Jon Abbott ... et al. ; research, Amy Appleyard and others] ; design, Kate Canfield.

74, xlviii pages : illustrations (some color), maps, plans ; 28 cm

Date: Ã2004.

Creators: Abbott, Jon. Boston Foundation.

GUSN: 328909

Call Number: Stacks NX705.U62 B73 2004x

Becoming Americans :our struggle to be both free and equal : a plan of thematic interpretation /Cary Carson, editor.

ix, 206 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 27 cm

Date: Ã1998.

Creators: Carson, Cary.

GUSN: 328914

Call Number: Stacks F234.W7 B43 1998

Time machines :the world of living history /Jay Anderson.

217 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Date: 1984.

Creators: Anderson, Jay (Jay Allan) American Association for State and Local History.

GUSN: 328915

Call Number: Stacks D16.A556 1984

Domesticating history :the political origins of America's house museums /Patricia West.

xiii, 241 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm, "Focusing on George Washington's Mount Vernon, Louisa May Alcott's Orchard House, Thomas Jefferson's Monticello, and the Booker T. Washington National Monument, Patricia West shows how historic houses reflect less the lives and times of their famous inhabitan...

Date: Ã1999.

Creators: West, Patricia, 1958-

GUSN: 328916

Call Number: Stacks E159.W445 1999

Museums, ethics and cultural heritage /edited by Bernice L. Murphy.

xxi, 410 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm, This volume provides an unparalleled exploration of ethics and museum practice, considering the controversies and debates which surround key issues such as provenance, ownership, cultural identity, environmental sustainability and social engagement. Using a va...

Creators: Murphy, Bernice L., editor.

GUSN: 328917

Call Number: Stacks AM7.M8837 2016

A house unlocked /Penelope Lively.

x, 225 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Date: 2002.

Creators: Lively, Penelope, 1933-

GUSN: 328922

Call Number: Stacks PR6062.I89 Z466 2002

Cultural literacy :what every American needs to know /E.D. Hirsch, Jr. ; with an updated appendix, What literate Americans know [by] E.D. Hirsch, Jr., Joseph Kett, James Trefil.

xviii, 251 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm, Argues that American children are deprived of cultural literacy.

Date: 1988, Ã1987.

Creators: Hirsch, E. D. (Eric Donald), 1928- Kett, Joseph F. Trefil, James, 1938-

GUSN: 328923

Call Number: Stacks LB45.H57 1988

Changing places :rebuilding community in the age of sprawl /Richard Moe and Carter Wilkie.

xiii, 288 pages, [8] pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm, In Changing Places, Richard Moe and Carter Wilkie explore how America's historic communities are confronting sprawl: fragile towns throughout New England and the Midwest are defending themselves from corporate giants like Wal-Mart stores;...

Date: 1997.

Creators: Moe, Richard. Wilkie, Carter.

GUSN: 328924

Call Number: Stacks HT175.M65 1997

The art of scandal :the life and times of Isabella Stewart Gardner.

380 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Date: 1998.

Creators: Shand-Tucci, Douglass, 1941-

GUSN: 328925

Call Number: Stacks N5220.G26 S48 1998

Drawn home :Fritz Vogt's rural America /W. Parker Hayes, Jr. ; with contributions by Christopher Capozzola and Douglas Kendall.

96 pages : illustrations (some color), 1 color map ; 28 cm

Date: 2002.

Creators: Vogt, Fritz G., active 1850-1900. Capozzola, Christopher. Kendall, Douglas. Fenimore Art Museum (Cooperstown, N.Y.)

GUSN: 328930

Call Number: Stacks NC139.V64 A4 2002

Museum masters :their museums and their influence /Edward P. Alexander.

x, 428 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm

Date: Ã1983.

Creators: Alexander, Edward P. (Edward Porter), 1907-2003.

GUSN: 328931

Call Number: Stacks AM7.A5 1983

Art museums plus :cultural excursions in New England /Traute M. Marshall.

xv, 360 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 23 cm, "While most people are familiar with the Museum of Fine Arts and the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, few are aware of the scores of other wonderful museums throughout New England. From the Colby College Museum...

Date: Ã2009.

Creators: Marshall, Traute M., 1942-

GUSN: 328932

Call Number: Stacks N510.5.N4 M37 2009

Interpreting our heritage /Freeman Tilden ; edited by R. Bruce Craig ; foreword by Russell E. Dickenson.

x, 212 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm, "Every year millions of Americans visit national parks and monuments, state and municipal parks, battlefields. historic houses, and museums. By means of guided walks and talks, tours, exhibits, and signs, visitors experience these areas through a very special ki...

Date: Ã2007.

Creators: Tilden, Freeman, 1883-1980. Craig, R. Bruce.

GUSN: 328933

Call Number: Stacks SB482.A4 T53 2007

The social work of museums /Lois H. Silverman.

xv, 192 p. : ill. ; 24 cm., "Museums may not seem at first glance to be engaged in social work. Yet, Lois H. Silverman brings together here relevant visitor studies, trends in international practice, and compelling examples that demonstrate how museums everywhere are using their unique resources to ...

Date: 2010.

Creators: Silverman, Lois H.

GUSN: 328938

Call Number: Stacks AM7.S44 2010

Safeguarding your collection in travel /Caroline K. Keck.

78 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Date: 1970.

Creators: Keck, Caroline K. (Caroline Kohn)

GUSN: 328939

Call Number: Stacks N8585.K43

Thomas Hutchinson of Milton.

22 pages ; 22 cm

Date: 1971.

Creators: Freiberg, Malcolm.

GUSN: 328940

Call Number: Stacks F67.H982 F7 1971

A brief history of Milton Massachusetts /edited by Mrs. James B. Ayer.

43 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Date: 1956.

Creators: Ayer, James B., Mrs. Milton Historical Society (Milton, Mass.)

GUSN: 328941

Call Number: Stacks F74.M66 B7

American memory :a report on the humanities in the nation's public schools /Lynne V. Cheney, Chairman.

vi, 29 pages ; 23 cm

Date: [1987]

Creators: Cheney, Lynne V. National Endowment for the Humanities.

GUSN: 328946

Call Number: Stacks LA219.C47 1987

The study of history /Henry Steele Commager.

100 pages ; 23 cm.

Date: [1966]

Creators: Commager, Henry Steele, 1902-1998.

GUSN: 328947

Call Number: Stacks D16.2.C719

Researching, writing, and publishing local history /by Thomas E. Felt.

xiv, 166 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Date: 1983.

Creators: Felt, Thomas Edward. American Association for State and Local History.

GUSN: 328948

Call Number: Stacks D13.F387 1981

Interpreting historic house museums /edited by Jessica Foy Donnelly.

viii, 326 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm., 14 museum professionals consider the history of historic house museums and discuss the need to look at familiar issues from new perspectives and using new methods. They explore contemporary issues and successful programmes, and present practical guidelines a...

Date: Ã2002.

Creators: Donnelly, Jessica Foy, 1960-

GUSN: 328949

Call Number: Stacks E159.D66 2002

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

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