Historic New England

A passion for collecting :the art of displaying objects from the exotic to the everyday /Caroline Clifton-Mogg ; photography by Simon Upton.

192 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.

Date: 2002.

Creators: Clifton-Mogg, Caroline. Upton, Simon, 1967-

GUSN: 258436

Call Number: Coll. NK 2115.5 .C58 C58 2002

Out of the attic :inventing antiques in twentieth-century New England /Briann G. Greenfield.

xii, 265 p. : ill. ; 24 cm., Briann G. Greenfield traces the transformation of antiques from family keepsakes to valuable artistic objects, examining the role of collectors, dealers, and museum makers in the construction of a new tradition based on the aesthetic qualities of early American furnishin...

Date: c2009.

Creators: Greenfield, Briann (Briann G.), 1970-

GUSN: 258437

Call Number: Stacks NK1133.28.G74 2009 (and 1 more)

Domestic broils :Shakers, antebellum marriage, and the narratives of Mary and Joseph Dyer /edited and with an introduction by Elizabeth A. De Wolfe.

xii, 160 p. ; 24 cm.

Date: c2010.

Creators: Dyer, Mary M., b. 1780. De Wolfe, Elizabeth A., 1961- Dyer, Joseph. Compendious narrative elucidating the character, disposition, and conduct of Mary Dyer, from the time of her marriage, in 1799, till she left the society called Shakers, in 1815.

GUSN: 258438

Call Number: Stacks BX9773.D94 2010

The pilgrim soul /Anne Miller Downes ; with new illustrations by Gloria J. Laurie.

iv, 277 p. : ill. ; 21 cm., Dolly Copp and her husband, Hayes, moved to a New Hampshire homestead in the 19th century and, "built a farm, raised a family, and warmly opened their home to the many travellers who passed by their door."

Date: 1997.

Creators: Downes, Anne Miller.

GUSN: 258439

Call Number: Stacks PS3507.O777 P55 1997

Israel Potter :his 50 years of exile /Herman Melville; introduction by Ian S. Maloney.

xvii, 205 p. 21 cm.

Date: 2006.

Creators: Melville, Herman, 1819-1891.

GUSN: 258440

Call Number: Stacks PS2384.I7 2006

Beyond freedom /by Patricia Q. Wall.

174 p. : map ; 22 cm., " 'It's hopeless for us.' Five years ago, young Matty Warren never dreamed of saying such a thing. When her family gained their freedom in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and moved to the North Slope Village on Beacon HIll, she was a joyful optimist. ... Now, at age fifteen, she ca...

Date: 2010.

Creators: Wall, Patricia Q.

GUSN: 258441

Call Number: Stacks PZ7.W355 B49 2010

Stone by stone :the magnificent history in New England's stone walls /Robert M. Thorson.

xiii, 287 p. : ill., maps ; 21 cm., Presents a geo-archeological study of New England's stone walls exploring how they were built, their physical properties, and the function and structure of the walls.

Date: 2002.

Creators: Thorson, Robert M., 1951-

GUSN: 258442

Call Number: Stacks TH2249.T46 2002

A short guide to writing about art /Sylvan Barnet.

xv, 366 p. : ill. ; 22 cm., This book is for art courses where there is a writing component. Would you like your students to have the tools to write confidently about art? This best-selling text has guided tens of thousands of art students through the writing process. Students are shown how to analy...

Date: 2011.

Creators: Barnet, Sylvan.

GUSN: 258443

Call Number: Stacks N7476.B37 2011

Boston radio :1920-2010 /Donna L. Halper.

127 p. : ill. ; 24 cm., Boston's radio history begins with pioneering station 1XE/WGI, one of America's first radio stations, and includes the first station to receive a commercial license, WBZ; the first FM radio network, W1XOJ and W1XER; and one of the first news networks, the Yankee News Service....

Date: c2011.

Creators: Halper, Donna L.

GUSN: 258444

Call Number: Stacks PN1991.3.U6 H265 2011

Boston Public Library /Catherine J. Willis ; foreword by Amy E. Ryan.

128 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Date: c2011.

Creators: Willis, Catherine J. Ryan, Amy E.

GUSN: 258445

Call Number: Stacks Z733.B752 W6 2011

Historic New England :an exhibition and sale of paintings, watercolors, drawings, prints, photographs, and sculpture illustrating four centuries of the history, culture, and natural beauty of the New England Region to benefit Historic New England.

1 v. (unpaged) : ill (chiefly col.), map ; 15 x 23 cm.

Date: 2010]

Creators: William Vareika Fine Arts (Firm)

GUSN: 258446

Call Number: Stacks N6515.H47 2010

In search of Motif No. 1 :the history of a fish shack /L.M. Vincent.

158 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm.

Date: 2011.

Creators: Vincent, Lawrence M.

GUSN: 258447

Call Number: Stacks F74.R68 V56 2011

Beacon Street :its buildings & residents /Robert E. Guarino.

190 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.

Date: 2011.

Creators: Guarino, Robert E.

GUSN: 258448

Call Number: Stacks F73.67.B43 G83 2011

Ten tea parties :patriotic protests that history forgot /by Joseph Cummins.

224 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.

Date: c2012.

Creators: Cummins, Joseph.

GUSN: 258449

Call Number: Stacks E210.C86 2012

Signing their rights away :the fame and misfortune of the men who signed the United States Constitution /by Denise Kiernan & Joseph D'Agnese.

254 p. : ill. ; 20 cm., Presents the lives, deaths, and scandals involving the thirty-nine signers of the United States Constitution, including Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, and James McHenry.

Date: c2011.

Creators: Kiernan, Denise. D'Agnese, Joseph.

GUSN: 258450

Call Number: Stacks E302.5.K54 2011

Bad for democracy :how the Presidency undermines the power of the people /Dana D. Nelson.

xviii, 263 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Date: c2008.

Creators: Nelson, Dana D.

GUSN: 259734

Call Number: Stacks JK516.N35 2008

The Documentary history of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1789-1800 /with a foreword by Warren E. Burger ; Maeva Marcus, editor, James R. Perry, editor ; James M. Buchanan, associate editor, Christine R. Jordan, associate editor ; Stephen L. Tull, assistant editor ... [et al.] ; Marc Pachter, illustrations editor.

: ill. ; 24 cm.

Date: 1985-<2007>

Creators: Marcus, Maeva, 1941- Perry, James R., 1950-1990. United States. Supreme Court.

GUSN: 259735

Call Number: Stacks KF8742.A45 D66 2007

In the past lane :historical perspectives on American culture /Michael Kammen.

xvi, 277 p. : ill., ports. ; 25 cm.

Date: 1999.

Creators: Kammen, Michael G.

GUSN: 259736

Call Number: Stacks E169.1.K256 1999

Finding Katahdin :an exploration of Maine's past /by Amy Hassinger.

x, 448 p. : ill., facsims., maps ; 26 cm.

Date: 2001.

Creators: Hassinger, Amy.

GUSN: 259737

Call Number: Stacks F19.3.H37x 2001

The forts of New France in northeast America, 1600-1763 /René Chartrand ; illustrated by Brian Delf ; series editors, Marcus Cowper and Nikolai Bogdanovic.

64 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.); 25 cm.

Date: 2008.

Creators: Chartrand, René.

GUSN: 259738

Call Number: Stacks UG413.C3 C43 2008

Freud's memory :psychoanalysis, mourning, and the foreign body /Rob White.

vi, 183 p. ; 22 cm.

Date: 2008.

Creators: White, Rob, 1970-

GUSN: 259739

Call Number: Stacks BF109.F74 W52 2008

Imagining New England :explorations of regional identity from the pilgrims to the mid-twentieth century /Joseph A. Conforti.

xiv, 384 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm., This work investigates New England as a cultural invention, tracing the region's changing identity across more than three centuries. Incorporating insights from history, literature, art, material culture, and geography, it shows how succeeding generations of New En...

Date: c2001.

Creators: Conforti, Joseph A.

GUSN: 259740

Call Number: Stacks F4.C76 2001

Music in rural New England family and community life, 1870-1940 /Jennifer C. Post.

xiv, 313 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. + 1 sound disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.)

Date: c2004.

Creators: Post, Jennifer C.

GUSN: 259741

Call Number: Stacks ML200.P67 2004

Basic perspective drawing :a visual approach /John Montague.

ix, 253 p. : ill. ; 21 x 28 cm.

Date: c1998.

Creators: Montague, John, 1944-

GUSN: 259742

Call Number: Stacks NC750.M648 1998

The Papers of Francis Bernard :Governor of colonial Massachusetts, 1760-69 /edited by Colin Nicolson.

v. : ill., facsims., maps, ports. ; 26 cm., "The Bernard Papers is a comprehensive selection of the correspondence and other papers of Sir Francis Bernard (1712-1779), governor of colonial Massachusetts between 1760-1769. This volume is the first of a projected three volumes of edited transcripts co...

Date: 2007-

Creators: Nicolson, Colin, 1961- Bernard, Francis, Sir, 1712-1779. Colonial Society of Massachusetts.

GUSN: 259743

Call Number: Stacks F61.C71 2007 v.73 (and 1 more)

Catalogue of books in the Massachusetts historical library :an annotated edition of the 1796 library catalogue of the Massachusetts Historical Society /compiled by John D. Cushing ... [et al.].

xvi, 598 p., [40] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.

Date: 1996.

Creators: Cushing, John D., 1922- Massachusetts Historical Society.

GUSN: 259744

Call Number: 85M Ref. Z1295.M39 1996

Selling the dwelling :the books that built America's houses, 1775-2000.

286 p. : col. ill. (chiefly col.); 30 cm.

Date: 2013.

Creators: Cheek, Richard. Sedykh, Julia, book designer. Grolier Club.

GUSN: 288291

Call Number: 85M Stacks NA7105.C54 2013

Suckanesset :wherein may be read a history of Falmouth, Massachusetts /by Theodate Geoffrey.

188 p. : ill., ports. ; 23 cm.

Date: 1992, c1930.

Creators: Geoffrey, Theodate, 1893-

GUSN: 288329

Call Number: Stacks F74 F3 1992

Wildflowers of the Cape Cod Canal :an annotated checklist /Mario DiGregorio, Jeff Wallner.

ix, 97 p., [1] folded leaf of plates : ill., map ; 28 cm.

Date: 1985.

Creators: DiGregorio, Mario. Wallner, Jeff. Bourne Historic Commission (Bourne, Mass.)

GUSN: 288671

Call Number: Stacks QK166.D54 1985

Sou'west and by west of Cape Cod :the classic evocation of New England shore, sea, and islands--from Point Judith to the head of Buzzards Bay /by Llewellyn Howland ; introduction by John Rousmaniere ; illustrations by Lois Darling.

191 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Date: c1987.

Creators: Howland, Llewellyn.

GUSN: 288672

Call Number: Stacks F72.B9 H6 1987

Anti-friction bearing design for movable span bridges.

63 p. illus. 26 x 37 cm.

Date: [1950]

Creators: Torrington Company. Bantam Bearings Division.

GUSN: 288673

Call Number: Stacks TG420.T6

The building of the Cape Cod Canal, 1627-1914.

xv, 131 p. illus., ports., fold. col. map. 24 cm.

Date: 1961.

Creators: Reid, William James.

GUSN: 288674

Call Number: 85M Stacks HE396.C3 R4 1961

History of Bourne from 1622 to 1937 /by Betsey D. Keene.

221, xiv p., [18] leaves of plates : ill. ; 21 cm.

Date: 1975.

Creators: Keene, Betsey D.

GUSN: 288675

Call Number: Stacks F74.B52 K4 1975

The Cape Cod Canal :breaking through the bared and bended arm /J. North Conway.

157 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.

Date: c2008.

Creators: Conway, J. North (Jack North)

GUSN: 288676

Call Number: 85M Stacks HE396.C3 C66 2008

Cassier's magazine.Vol. 39,November, 1910-April, 1911.

1 v. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Date: 1911.

GUSN: 288677

Call Number: Stacks TA1.C34 v.39

Report of the Joint Committee of 1860 upon the proposed canal to unite Barnstable and Buzzard's bays :under the resolve of April 4, 1860, and subsequent resolves and votes of the legislature.

165 p. : ill., folded charts, maps ; 23 cm.

Date: 1864.

Creators: Massachusetts. General Court. Joint Committee on Ship Canal to Connect Barnstable Bay and Buzzard's Bay.

GUSN: 288678

Call Number: Stacks TC625.C2 A5 1864 c.1 (and 1 more)

The pageant of Cape Cod /William Chauncy Langdon, master of the pageant. On the banks of the Cape Cod canal near the village of Bourne, Massachusetts, August 15, 17, 18, 19, 1914.

2 p. leaves, 7-66 p. ; 23 cm.

Date: 1916]

Creators: Langdon, William Chauncy, 1871-1947.

GUSN: 288679

Call Number: Stacks F72.C3 L3 1916

The Cape Cod Canal /by Robert H. Farson.

xiv, 177 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Date: c1977.

Creators: Farson, Robert H., 1923-

GUSN: 288680

Call Number: 85M Stacks HE396.C3 F37 1977

Shipwrecks around Cape Cod;a collection of photographs and data covering the period from the late 1800s to 1973 on Cape Cod,by William P. Quinn. Pen and ink drawings by Diana Guarino.

239 p. illus. 32 cm.

Date: 1973]

Creators: Quinn, William P.

GUSN: 288681

Call Number: Stacks VK1272.C36 Q56

Cape Cod collection :unit #1, Cape Cod Canal /Leonard W. Ferguson ; assisted by Edith P. Ferguson and staff members, Salt Lake City Public Library, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah.

xiii, 93 leaves : ill. ; 28 cm. + index.

Date: 1982.

Creators: Ferguson, Leonard W. Ferguson, Edith P. Salt Lake City Public Library. University of Utah. Libraries.

GUSN: 288682

Call Number: Stacks HE396.C3 C36 1982 v.1 (and 1 more)

Artful adornments :jewelry from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston /Yvonne J. Markowitz.

204 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.

Date: 2011.

Creators: Markowitz, Yvonne J. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

GUSN: 288822

Call Number: Coll. NK7102.B67 M37 2011

The most famous man in America :the biography of Henry Ward Beecher /Debby Applegate.

ix, 529 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., map ; 25 cm., Presents the life of the nineteenth century orator, noted for his support of the abolition of slavery and the suffrage of women, as well as his friendships with some of the century's most famous writers such as Henry Thoreau, Mark Twain, and Walt W...

Date: c2006.

Creators: Applegate, Debby.

GUSN: 288823

Call Number: Stacks BX7260.B3 A67 2006

Balls! /by Michael J. Rosen ; illustrations by John Margeson.

72 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm., Learn about the balls used in basketball, soccer, football, tennis, handball, golf, volleyball, and ping pong: how they're made, why they look the way they do, some amazing facts about their history ... and a bit about the games that use them, too.

Date: c2006.

Creators: Rosen, Michael J., 1954- Margeson, John, ill.

GUSN: 288824

Call Number: Stacks GV749.B34 R67 2006

Low art tile :John Gardner Low & the artists of Boston's gilded age /by Richard Pennington.

240 p. : ill., ports. ; 26 cm.

Date: 2010.

Creators: Pennington, Richard. J.G. & J.F. Low (Firm)

GUSN: 288825

Call Number: Coll. NK4670.7.U53 L68 2010

The American department store transformed, 1920-1960 /Richard Longstreth.

xi, 323 p. : ill. (some col.), map, plans ; 29 cm.

Date: c2010.

Creators: Longstreth, Richard W.

GUSN: 288826

Call Number: 85M Stacks HF5465.U5 L66 2010

Glorious splendor :the 18th-century wallpapers in the Jeremiah Lee Mansion in Marblehead, Massachusetts /by Judy Anderson.

96 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.

Date: 2011.

Creators: Anderson, Judy, 1957-

GUSN: 288827

Call Number: Stacks NK3443.A53 2011

Practicing medicine in a black regiment :the Civil War diary of Burt G. Wilder, 55th Massachusetts /edited by Richard M. Reid.

x, 282 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., map ; 25 cm., "In early 1863, in the aftermath of Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, Massachusetts began recruiting black soldiers to serve in the Civil War. Burt Green Wilder, a Boston-born, Harvard educated doctor-in-training, was among the first white...

Date: c2010.

Creators: Wilder, Burt G. (Burt Green), 1841-1925. Reid, Richard M., 1943-

GUSN: 288828

Call Number: Stacks E513.5 55th.W55 2010

Making war and minting Christians :masculinity, religion, and colonialism in early New England /R. Todd Romero.

xiii, 255 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.

Creators: Romero, R. Todd, 1968-

GUSN: 288829

Call Number: Stacks F7.R68 2011

Post roads & iron horses :transportation in Connecticut from colonial times to the age of steam /Richard DeLuca.

x, 251 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Date: c2011.

Creators: DeLuca, Richard.

GUSN: 288830

Call Number: Stacks HE213.C6 D45 2011

Connecticut in the American Civil War :slavery, sacrifice, and survival /Matthew Warshauer.

x, 313 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm.

Date: c2011.

Creators: Warshauer, Matthew, 1965-

GUSN: 288831

Call Number: Stacks E499.W37 2011

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