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Churches in Delaware During the Revolution with a Brief Account of Their Settlement and Growth
AuthorWaterston, ElizabethDescriptionAttempts to show the influence of religious forces in Delaware during the RevolutionCall NumberF175.5 .BR555 .W3PublisherThe 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
Philipse Manor Hall at Yonkers, N.Y.
AuthorHall, Edward Hagaman Hall, L.H.D.DescriptionIntroduction: The relation between the picturesque and the historic -- Nappeckamack, the trap-fishing place -- The younger Adriaen Van Der Donck -- The Philipse family -- The rise of a great merchant -- The making of a manor -- The manor system -- The second lord of the manor -- The third lord of the manor -- Courtship and marriage of Mary Philipse -- The attainder of Frederick Philipse -- The heart of the neutral ground -- The dissolution of the manor -- The preservation of the Manor Hall -- The Manor Hall itself -- The manor in picture and literatureCall NumberF129.Y5 H17Liberty and Independence The Delaware State During the American Revolution
AuthorHancock, Harold B.Call NumberE263.D3 H36Delaware History Vol. XXXV, No. 2 2019-2020
AuthorHistorical Society of DelawareDescriptionVolume 35, No.2 has three articles: 1. "Selected interviews from the 1968 Riots in Wilmington: An Oral History"; 2. "Delware's African American Suffragists" and biographical sketches by several authors.Call NumberF161 .D37Victorian 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†PublisherISBN9780892570232Narratives of Early PA, West NJ, and DE 1630-1707
AuthorMyers, Albert CookDescriptionNarratives of Early PA, West NJ, and DE 1630-1707Call NumberF106 .M98PublisherColonial Delaware, a History
AuthorMunroe, John A.DescriptionHistory of Colonial Delaware 1600-1775 and the Revolution 1775-1783.Call NumberF167 .M84 2003PublisherISBN527187119Joy of Cooking
AuthorRombauer, Irma S.; Becker, Marion R. and Becker, EthanCall NumberTX715 .R75PublisherISBN9780684818702Silver: an American Art: the Milo M. Naeve collection of American silver at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
AuthorGervais, ChristineDescriptionPublished to coincide with the exhibition, Silver : An American Art, Selections from the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, held August 30, 2014- February 15, 2015.Call NumberNK7112 .M87 2014PublisherISBN9780890901823
Gateway to Freedom The Hidden History of the Underground Railroad
AuthorFoner, EricDescriptionIntroduction: rethinking the underground railroad -- Slavery and freedom in New York -- Origins of the underground railroad: The New York Vigilance Committee -- A patchwork system: the underground railroad in the 1840s -- The Fugitive Slave Law and the crisis of the Black community -- The metropolitan corridor: the underground railroad in the 1850s ó The record of fugitives: an account of runaway slaves in the 1850s -- The end of the underground railroad
Call NumberE450 .F66 2015PublisherISBN9780393244076Quilted for Friends: Delaware Valley Signature Quilts, 1840-1855
AuthorNicoll, Jessica F.DescriptionBrief analysis of 40 Delaware Valley quilts and their makers.Call NumberNK9112PublisherISBN9780912724157
Patterns of Fashions 1 Englishwomen's Dresses and their construction c. 1660 1860
AuthorArnold, JanetCall NumberTT504 .A7Winterthur Seminar Museum Operation
Call NumberNK460PublisherAmerican Furniture 1993
AuthorBeckerdite, Luke EditorDescriptionPresents new research on furniture design, use, production, and appreciation. Provides a comprehensive forum on furniture history, technology, connoisseurship, and conservation by the foremost scholars in the field.
Call NumberNK2405 .A6Publisher
Colonial Home
AuthorKalman, Bobbie Crossingham, JohnDescriptionDescribes the homes, customs, and habits of seventeenth and eighteenth century North American settlersCall NumberE162 .K19897 2001PublisherISBN9780865054394Old-Time Toys
AuthorKalman, Bobbie Schimpky, DavidDescriptionExamines the different toys with which children played in the nineteenth centuryCall NumberTS2301.T7 K33 1995PublisherISBN9780865055209Visiting Our Past: America's Historylands
AuthorBennett, Ross EditorCall NumberE178 .V58PublisherISBN9780870440038Maine Antique Digest The Americana Chronicles
AuthorSolis Cohen, Lita (editor)DescriptionMaine Antique Digest is the publication of record for the antiques market in America. Now this venerable publication, based in Waldoboro, Maine, has opened its archives to reveal the greatest stories to fill its pages in 30 years: the fascinating personalities, amazing discoveries, major sales, auction dramas, and staggering scandals that have defined the 20 billion-a-year antiques industry. It covers the years 1973 through 2003.Call NumberNK28PublisherISBN9780762418961
Winterthur in Bloom: Winter, Spring, Summer, Autumn Foreword by Henry Francis DuPont
AuthorBruce, HaroldDescriptionA delightful book with the photographs and textual information of the flowers and trees in all 4 seasons at Winterthur as of 1968. Contains a Key to Winterthur Gardens and index.Call NumberNK460PublisherField Guide to Emergency Response A vital tool for cultural institutions
DescriptionDescribes the kind of problems that might be encountered and how to deal with them.Call NumberAM121 .F55 2006PublisherRoberts' Guide for Butlers and Household Staff 1st Published in 1827
AuthorRoberts, RobertDescriptionOriginally published in 1827, Robertsí Guide for Butlers and Other Household Staff was a handbook for servants to perform their duties more efficiently and thoughtfully. Roberts gives a plethora of information about household duties of a butlerCall NumberTX331 .R64PublisherISBN155709120XHistory of Odessa Address at Methodist Episcopal Church 11/18/01
AuthorLore, Chief JusticeCall NumberF174
Treasures of America and Where to Find Them
DescriptionDescriptions and locations of America's most treasured houses, museums, gardens, buildings, monuments, historic sites and other fascinating places to visit.Call NumberG153PublisherJournal of the American Institute for ConservationVolume 53, Number 4November 2014
AuthorDerrick, Michele, Editor-in-ChiefDescriptionShort Communication: Rare Attraction Evaluating Magnetic Primers for Mounting TextilesPhotographic Paper XYZ: De Facto Standard Sizes for Silver Gelatin PaperA Model Approach for Finding Cleaning Solutions for Plasticized Poly Vinyl SurfacesHenri MatiCall NumberN8554 .A53aSafeguarding Your Collection in Travel
AuthorKeck, Caroline K.DescriptionA discription and illustration of the basic principles governing security for historic and artistic objects in motion.Call NumberN8585 .K43Delaware History Vol. XXXII Index
AuthorHistorical Society of DelawareDescriptionVolume XXXII Index is a white pamphlet just like other indices. It contains a Table of Contents, a List of Illustrations followed by the Index.Call NumberF161 .D37PublisherDoll Houses Miniature Kitchens and Shops
AuthorRountree, Susan HightCall NumberNK4892.U6 W563PublisherISBN9780879351595Rediscovering Raritan Land An Adventure in New Jersey Archaelogy
AuthorYamin, RebeccaCall NumberF142.R2 Y36John Dickinson: Forgotten Patriot
AuthorWolf, EdwinDescription2nd ed,Call NumberE302.6.D5 W6PublisherArchival Products News Volume 14 No.1 2007
DescriptionEnvironmental Monitoring: A library Case StudyCall NumberZ700PublisherMerrimack Valley Textile Museum (Text and illus from exhibit in the museum)
Call NumberNK8800Early American Cartographies
AuthorBruckner, Martin EditorDescriptionFourteen essays examine indigenous and European peoples' creation and use of maps to better represent and understand the world they inhabited.Call NumberGA401 .E27PublisherISBN9780807834695
Death by Petticoat: American History Myths Debunked
AuthorTheobald, Mary MileyDescriptionAmerican History Myths DebunkedCall NumberE178.6 .T43 2012PublisherISBN9781449418533Buildings 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
Illustrated Dictionary of Symbols in Eastern and Western Art
AuthorHall, JamesDescriptionReference book divided into six sections, according to subject: abstract signs, Animals (including birds and insects0, Artefacts, Earth and Sky, Human Body and Dress, Plants.Call NumberN7740 .H35PublisherISBN64309827
Henry Francis du Pont 1880 1969
AuthorSweeney, John A. H.Call NumberCT3200A 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 2020PublisherISBN9780778773207The Illustrated Guide to Staffordshire Salt-Glazed Stoneware
AuthorMountford, Arnold R.DescriptionDevoted to Staffordshire salt-glazed ware a delicate and highly collectable class of pottery that in its lightness and fine potting, closely rivaled porcelain in the eighteenth century.Call NumberNK4087.S6 M6PublisherISBN9780257651101
