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Early American Life 1970 Yearbook 2nd edition
DescriptionYearbook from 1970 showing aspects of Early American LifeCall NumberE162 .E216PublisherGlossary of Needlework Terms
AuthorSwan, Susan B.Call NumberTT753Historic Preservation Project, Planning, and Estimating
AuthorSwanke, Hayden, Connell ArchitechsCall NumberTH3411 .S93PublisherISBN978087629573135 Receipts from "The Larder Invaded"
AuthorWeaver, William WoysCall NumberTX715ISBN9780914076698Holding it All Together Ancient and Modern Approaches to Joining, Repair and Consolidation
AuthorAmbers, Janet Higgitt, Catherine Harrison, LynneSaunders, David EditorsDescriptionWritten versions of presentations given at 'Holding it All Together: Ancient and Modern Approaches to Joining, Repair and Consolidation' held in the Clore Education Centre of the British Museum February 2008Call NumberNPublisherThe Historic Barns of Southeastern Pennsylvania: Architecture & Preservation, Built 1750-1900
AuthorHuber, Gregory D.DescriptionBarns in Southeastern Pennsylvania, or, specifically, "the hearth," the area east of the Susquehanna River and south of the Blue Mountains. One of the earliest-settled areas in North AmericaCall NumberNA8230 .H78 2017PublisherISBN9780764353192
The Swedes and Dutch at New Castle 1638-1664
AuthorWeslager, C. A.DescriptionThe Swedes and Dutch at New Castle 1638-1664Call NumberF174.N5 W47 1987PublisherISBN912608501A Child's Day
AuthorKalman, Bobbie Everts, TammyDescriptionJohn and his sister Emily live with their family in a farming community. After rising at sun-up to do their chores on the farm and in the household, John and Emily's day begins with a long walk to the one-room school. A Child's Day also describes: reading and ciphering, "making their manners," the different expectations boys and girls had for their future, children's books, toys, and games.Call NumberHQ792.U5 K317 2020PublisherISBN9780778773207"Enchanted House": George Mason's Gunston Hall (Virginia)
DescriptionKnown for its picturesque 18th-century architecture, sweeping Potomac River views, and stunning formal gardens, the historic estate is often affectionately referred to as an "enchanted house" because of its magical Georgian symmetry and beautifully preserved, intricate woodwork.Call NumberF234Guide to Winterthur Museum & Country Estate/compiled by Pauline Eversmann; with research assistance by Maggie Lidz.
AuthorEversmann, PaulineDescriptionA compilation of information about the Winterthur Estate that includes its history, a tour of its museum of decorative arts and its lovely garden.Call NumberNK460.W48 H4535 2005PublisherISBN9780912724652Photogrammetric Recording of Cultural Resources
AuthorPerry E. BorchersCall NumberTR693 .B68The Brandywine An Intimate Portrait
AuthorMaynard, W. Barksdale,DescriptionSweeping narrative about the men and women who shaped the Brandywine's history and culture.Call NumberF157.B77 M39 2015PublisherISBN9780812246773
Painting Materials, A Short Encyclopedia
AuthorGettens, Rutherford J.Stout, George L.DescriptionBrief encyclopedia of the materials and processes of painting.Call NumberND1500 .G4 1966PublisherEnduring Grace: Quilts from the Shelbourne Museum Collection With Instructions for 5 Heirloom Quilts
Archival Products News Volume 15 No.1 2008
DescriptionJMU Libraries and Educational Technologies Celebrates James Madison University's Centennial with Real and Virtual Exhibits.The Next Wave of Statewide Preservation Planning.Call NumberZ700PublisherThe Lost Histories of Perth Amboy Destruction and Reconstruction St. Peter's Episcopal Church
AuthorMiddlesex County Cultural and Heritage CommissionDescriptionThe story of St. Peter'sóthe oldest Episcopal parish in New Jersey, dating back to the late 17th centuryóis marked by resilience through both devastating destructions and extensive reconstructions.Call NumberE171Colonial Families of Delaware Vol 1
AuthorWright, F. EdwardDescriptionThis is the first volume of a planned series of genealogies of the first families of Delaware.Call NumberF163 .W74 1999PublisherDelaware Historic Events : a compilation of articles and addresses
AuthorCooch, Edward W.DescriptionThis book a comipilation of articles and addresses of the historic events in Delaware History referencing information concerning the Battle of Cooch's Bridge.Call NumberF164 .C78PublisherH. Rodney Sharp 1880 1968: Biographical Notes Marking the 100th Anniversary of his Birth
AuthorRaley, Robert L.Call NumberCT3200The Private Collection of Edgar Degas
AuthorDumas, Ann, Ives, Colta, Stein, Susan, etc.Call NumberN6847 .P76 1997PublisherISBN9780870998386The Janvier Family of Cabinetmakers of Odessa, Delaware Master of Arts Thesis
AuthorSharp, L. CorwinCall NumberNK1Printed Textiles: British and American Cottons and Linens 1700-1850
AuthorEaton, LindaDescriptionBased on the 1970 classic by Florence M. MontgomeryCall NumberNK8843.A2 E27 2014PublisherISBN9781580933933
Colonial Williamsburg: The Journal of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Spring 2006
DescriptionThe Foundation's Annual reportCall NumberF234.W7 C88PublisherThe Story of the Underground Railroad
AuthorCopeland, Peter F.DescriptionArtist Peter Copeland portrays scenes from this grim period in American history in 45 dramatically rendered illustrations that include shocking views of "below decks" aboard a slave ship, slave pens, a family being seized by slave catchers, methods of punishing runaway slaves, an escaped slave with Seminole Indians, John Brown on the way to his execution, refugees arriving at a safe house, and more.Call NumberE450PublisherISBN9780486411583Colonial Williamsburg Celebrates 75 years of Collecting
AuthorTheobald, Mary MileyDescriptionHow the Reverend W.A.R Goodwin and John D. Rockefeller, Jr. went about restoring Virginia's colonial capital.And how the Williamsburg of today was turned from a sleepy southern town into a city alive with the voices of history.Call NumberF234.W7PublisherISBN9780879352202
Delaware, A History of the First State Vol II
AuthorReedCall NumberF161American Samplers
AuthorBolton, Ethel Stanwood Coe Eva JohnstonDescriptionCollection of American samplers from the collections of the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Massachusetts.Call NumberNK9112 .B6 1973bPublisherISBN9780878610563
The Heritage of Lancaster
AuthorLoose, John Ward WillsonDescriptionThe story of a town whose heritage is its people. From humble beginnings a metropolis thrived to become a center of manufacturing, and social activity. The color and sweep of history is reflected on every paqe.†Call NumberF159.L2 L68PublisherISBN9780897810012
Metalwork in Early America: copper and Its Alloys from the Winterthur Collection
AuthorFennimore, Donald L.DescriptionExplores the importance of these Copper and its alloys - brass, bronze, and paktong for early Americans, using the extensive collections at Winterthur.Call NumberNK8112 .H46 1996PublisherISBN9780912724379
Poketown People or Parables in Black
AuthorVerbeck and MooreCall NumberE441American Antiques from Israel Sack Collection Vol 2
AuthorHennage, Joseph H.DescriptionBrochure 13, 1965 to brochure 17, 1967Call NumberNK805 .A64Publisher
Delaware History Vol. XXIII 1988-1989
AuthorHistorical Society of DelawareCall NumberF161 .D37ISBNxLine and Berry Furniture: A Regional Craft Tradition in Pennsylvania, 1782-1790 Dissertation
AuthorGriffth, Lee EllenDescription"Line and berry inlay was a form of surface decoration used on furniture forms throughout the eighteenth century in Pennsylvania. It consisted of patterns of intersecting arcs of inlay laid out with a compass, often terminating in circular patches of inlay, or berries, and related types of inlay, such as herringbone bordering.Call NumberNK2400Publisher
Plain & Fancy: American Women and Their Needlework, 1700 1850
AuthorSwan, Susan BarrowsCall NumberTT715 .S9PublisherISBN003015121XGreat Southern Mansions
AuthorStuart, Jozefa and Gatherings, WilsonCall NumberF206PublisherISBN9780802705761The Interior Paint of the Campbell Whittlesey House 1835 1836
AuthorSelden, Marjorie WardCall NumberTT300Upholstery in America and Europe from the Seventeenth Century to World War I
AuthorCooke, Edward S. Jr. EditorDescriptionExplores virtually every aspect of upholstery at different periods and in different places for some of three hundred years. Subjects range from types of fabrics and trimmings used, to the many different styles of hanging draperies, to the shapes of seatsCall NumberNK3242.A1 U6 1987PublisherISBN9780393024692
Who Was Harriet Tubman?
AuthorMcDonough, Yona ZeldisCall NumberE444.T82 M375PublisherISBN9780448428901
