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Currier & Ives
AuthorCunningham, F.A.Call NumberNE2312The Nutcracker Lady's Introduction to Nutcrackers
AuthorWagner, ArleneDescriptionAn educational and engaging guide to the history, types, and craftsmanship of nutcrackersCall NumberNK8551PublisherISBN9780978513504du Pont The Autobiography of An American Enterprise
DescriptionThe story of E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, published in commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the founding of the company on July 19, 1802.Call NumberHD9651.9.D8 A5Publisher
Housekeeping for Museum Collections Frontline Preventive Conservation
AuthorMerritt, JaneDescriptionPrimer on the preventive care practices that these unique sites need to slow the rate of deterioration and prevent damage and wear to the property and its collections.Call NumberE159PublisherPaul Marsh (Reprint from PA Genealogist Magazine, Vol. 25, No. 4)
AuthorMaull, Baldwin & Potter, Helen CarterCall NumberCT3200Journal of the American Institute for ConservationVolume 61, Issue 4 2022
Authordel Hoyo-Melendez, Julio Editor-in-ChiefDescriptionDaylight Fluorescent Artists' PigmentsAnalysis of Gelatin Silver Emulsion Layer of Glass Photographic Inter-Positive PlatesConservation of severly deteriorated, dry painted woodNeodymium magnets alternative for fixing paintCall NumberN8554 .A53aPublisherBlenheim Palace : Victory at Blenheim 1704 2004
Call NumberNA7746Caring for Your Quilts: Textile Conservation, Repair and Storage
AuthorBone, HollyDescriptionPacks a wealth of information on how to care for your beloved textiles in this handy little volume.Call NumberTT835PublisherISBN9781933466811Fifty Years on Chestnut Street: Philadelphia Collection
AuthorThe Schwarz GalleryDescriptionThe catalogue highlights 48 items, including American paintings, decorative arts, and historical memorabilia, with a specific focus on Philadelphia-themed art and historyCall NumberNK1Publisher
Eastern Shore of Maryland: The Guide Book
AuthorMoose, KatieDescriptionDetailed book on the Eastern Shore of Maryland region. Includes everything a visitor, or even a local, would want to know.Call NumberF187PublisherISBN9780966661026
Buildings of Delaware
AuthorMaynard, W. BarksdaleDescriptionThe latest volume in the Society of Architectural Historians' prestigious Buildings of the United States series, Buildings of Delaware is the first book to document the state's architectural history from all periods. Extensively illustrated with photographs and maps, and supplemented by a glossary and bibliography, the volume covers buildings of many styles, types, and materials, from grand mansions to vernacular structures, and from urban to rural settings.Call NumberNA730.D3 M39PublisherISBN9780813927022
Letitia Baldrige's New Complete Guide to Executive Manners
AuthorBaldridge, LetitiaCall NumberHF5389 .B34PublisherISBN9780892563623Eleutherian Mills Historical Library: A Record of Its Dedication on Oct. 7, 1961
DescriptionRecord of its dedication on 7 October 1961Call NumberZ733 .E4PublisherThe Egyptian Revival Its Sources, Monuments, and Meaning 1808 1858
AuthorCarrott, Richard G.Descriptionits sources, monuments, and meaning, 1808-1858Call NumberNA710.5E48 C37PublisherISBN9780520033245American Institute for Conservation of Historic & Artistic Works January 2013Vol. 38, No. 1
DescriptionSo Far Away From Me? Conservation and ArchaeologyCall NumberN8554 .A53aDelaware History Vol. XXXII No. 2 2008
AuthorHistorical Society of DelawareDescriptionVolume 32, No. 2 contains two articles: 1."The Compact of 1905 and its role in the United States Supreme Court cases: New Jersey v. Delaware, I,II, III"; 2. "Delaware and the Key to the Pacific: Thomas F. Bayard, George H. Bates, and the AcquisitionCall NumberF161 .D37PublisherA Maryland Sampling: Girlhood Embroidery 1738 1860
AuthorAllen, Gloria SeamanDescription"A Maryland Sampling: Girlhood Embroidery 1738-1860 presents for the first time an extraordinary assemblage of Maryland samplers and pictorial embroideries that will appeal to scholars, collectors, and modern day embroiderers. Students of women's history, the decorative arts, and Maryland history will discover more about the role of needlework in early female education and in the lives of ordinary women in the changing currents of Chesapeake regional history.Call NumberNK9112 .A46 2007PublisherISBN9780938420989The Unsinkable Molly Brown House Denver, Colorado
Call NumberF771History of Delaware Index
AuthorScharf, J. ThomasDescriptionHistory of Delaware - INDEX 1609 -1888Call NumberF164 .S3 1972PublisherISBN940907178(ALHFM) Association for Living History, Farm and Agricultural Museums Index ot Annual Proceedings
Call NumberS548.4PublisherCivil War in the Kitchen Cookbook
AuthorGowan, Hugh and JudyDescriptionThe recipes in this book are not merely a collection of "southern" recipes and "northern" recipes. Rather, they are a blending of both heritages. A compromise, if you will.Call NumberTX715PublisherKirk silver in United States museums
AuthorS. Kirk & SonDescriptionBegins with two pages of Kirk Assayer and Maker's Marks, followed by alphabetical list of form and within each form, the detailed object, its Kirk catalog number (where relevant), and the museum holding the object, and concludes with two pages on the U.S.S. Maryland Silver Service. 6 objects are illustrated along with two illustrations of objects in the U.S.S. Maryland Silver Service.Call NumberNK7112PublisherColonial Kitchens, Their Furnishings, and Their Gardens
AuthorPhipps, FrancesDescriptionCasts welcome light into numerous dark corners, clears up many old problems, and banishes more than one hallowed belief about this important room in the colonial home.Call NumberTX653 .P48 1972PublisherISBN9780801514340
Washington Irving's Sunnyside
AuthorButler, Joseph T.Call NumberPS2084 .S5PublisherISBN9780912882130The Private Collection of Edgar Degas
AuthorDumas, Ann, Ives, Colta, Stein, Susan, etc.Call NumberN6847 .P76 1997PublisherISBN9780870998386Toys & Games
AuthorKetchum, William C., Jr.DescriptionThe Smithsonian Illustrated Library of AntiquesCall NumberGV1218.5 .K45PublisherVirginia Catalog A list of measured drawings, photographs, and written documentation in the survey
AuthorHistoric American Buildings SurveyDescription†a list of measured drawings, photographs, and written documentation in the Survey. Compiled by the Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission, the Historic American Buildings Survey.Call NumberNA730.V8 H5†PublisherISBN9780813905181American Antiques from Israel Sack Collection Vol 1
AuthorHennage, Joseph H.DescriptionBrochure 1, 1957 to brochure 12, 1964Call NumberNK805 .A64PublisherISBN9780918712028
A Calendar of DE Wills New Castle County 1682-1800
AuthorColonial Dames of DelawareDescriptionA calendar of Delaware wills, New Castle County, 1682-1800. Abstracted and compiled by the Historical Research Committee of the Colonial Dames of DelawareCall NumberF172.N5 N2 1969PublisherThe Colonial Cook
AuthorKalman, BobbieDescriptionDiscusses the foods, methods, equipment, and places used by cooks in colonial AmericaCall NumberTX715 .K127496 2002PublisherISBN9780778707943Victorian Gardens: The Art of Beautifying Suburban Ground A Victorian Guidebook of 1870
AuthorScott, Frank J.DescriptionThe Art of Beautifying Suburban Ground A Victorian Guidebook of 1870Call NumberSB473 .S4†PublisherISBN9780892570232Journal of the American Institute for ConservationVolume 55, Number 1February 2016
Authordel Hoyo-Melendez, Julio Editor-in-ChiefDescriptionLife Cycle Assessments of Loans and ExhibitionsMineral Spirits-Based MicroemulsionsVibration Mitigation and MonitoringEffects of Plant Dyes, Watercolors and Acrylic Paints on Colorfastness of Japanese Tissue PapersCall NumberN8554 .A53aPublisherLayton's Legacy: A Historic Art Collection, 1888-2013
AuthorEastberg, John C. Vogel, EricDescriptionDraws on a recently discovered archive of Layton family papers, travel journals, and vintage photographs and on five years of extensive archival research in the United States and Great Britain.Call NumberN582.M5 A85PublisherISBN9780982381014
Smyrna: Yesterday and Today: A Local History Slide Presentation
Call NumberF174Colonial Wrought Iron: The Sorber Collection
AuthorPlummer, DonAndrews, JackDescriptionPhotographic survey of early wrought iron work in America with 506 photographs from the Sorber Collection.Call NumberNK8212 .P57 1999PublisherISBN9781879535169
Damage and Deterioration of Art on Paper due to Ignorance and the Use of Faulty Materials
AuthorWeidner, Marilyn KempDescriptionStudies in ConservationCall NumberN8560PublisherDelaware History Vol. XXIX Index 2000-2001
AuthorHistorical Society of DelawareDescriptionA thin pamphlet with a Table of Contents and a List of Illustrations followed by an Index from pages 291-295.Call NumberF161 .D37PublisherMore American Furniture Treasures 1620 1840
AuthorMargon, Lester, A.I.D.Call NumberNK2406 .M392PublisherISBN9780803801639
