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Historic Houses of the Hudson Valley
AuthorEberlein, Harold D. and Hubbard, Courtlandt Van DykeCall NumberF127.H8 E18PublisherJournal of the American Institute for ConservationVolume 57, Number 3August 2018
Authordel Hoyo-Melendez, Julio Editor-in-ChiefDescriptionPerformance evaluation of commercial nanolime The use of paper in objects conservationColorimetric sensor arraysCall NumberN8554 .A53aPublisherABC Book of Early Americana A Sketchbook of Antiquities and American Firsts
AuthorSloan, EricDescriptionSome two hundred objects from eighteenth and nineteenth century United States with the author/artist's own illustrative sketches. Includes an epilogue on the alphabet in early America.Call NumberE161 .S52PublisherISBN080501294X
The Thirteen Colonies Cookbook: a collection of favourite receipts from thirteen exemplary eighteenth-century cooks with proper menus for simple fare and elegant entertainments and selected notes of historic interest, being a guide to open-hearth and bee-hive oven cookery, adapted for twentieth-century use
AuthorDonovan, Mary, Hatrak, Amy, Mills, Frances, etc.Call NumberTX715 .T39PublisherISBN9780275223007
A Colonial Garden in the 20th Century 1976 Example: Longwood Gardens
Call NumberSB450PublisherDelaware History Vol. XXVII, No. 3, 1997
AuthorHistorical Society of DelawareDescriptionThis book contains 3 articles: 1."As We Lived tin The Paddock Family and the Great Depression in Wilmington, Delaware"; 2. "Letters from the Front: Edward and Mary Hodgson in World War I--and Postwar Transformations at Home in Delaware"; 3. "AnnElliotCall NumberF161 .D37PublisherA STORIED PAST : Collections of Historic Odessa
AuthorZimmerman, Philip D.DescriptionThis well illustrated book includes more than 200 photographs of Historic Odessa and its history as well as its extraordinary collection of decorative arts. It is well documented and provides a delightful tour of this small historic hamlet in the state of Delaware and its historic houses: Corbit-Sharp House and Wilson-Warner House.Call NumberNK838.O34 Z56 2023PublisherISBN9781538182703
Ship Passenger Lists Pennsylvania & Delaware 1641-1825
AuthorBoyer, Carl 3rdDescriptionA completed 4 volume list with the exception of the 11 volume index to PA naturalizations. The volume contains 197 lists up to page 219. From pages 220 with notes to the Indices, it continues with pages 221 Index of Ship Names, p. 222 Index of Place NameCall NumberF148 .B76PublisherISBN936124024Philadelphia: a 300 year of history
AuthorWeigley, Russell FrankWainwright, NicholasWolf, EdwinDescriptionA detailed look at Philadelphia's development from its founding to the late 20th century, exploring its role as a colonial, revolutionary, and federal city, and its cultural and industrial growth.†Call NumberF158.3 .P5664 1982PublisherISBN9780393016109
American Masters of Sculpture Brief Appreciation of Some American Sculptors, etc.
AuthorCoffin, Charles H.DescriptionBrief Appreciation of Some American Sculptors, etc.Call NumberNB205 .C3PublisherISBN9780836912531Staining and Finishing Unfinished Furniture and Other Naked Woods
AuthorGrotz, GeorgeDescriptionServes as a practical guide to wood finishing, covering stains, shellac, varnish, oils, and waxes with a humorous, no-nonsense approach. It's a classic DIY manual for repairing and refinishing furniture, offering step-by-step instructions and practical tips for amateurs.†Call NumberNK2400PublisherSmyrna: Yesterday and Today: A Local History Slide Presentation
Call NumberF174(ALHFM) Association for Living History, Farm and Agricultural Museums Index ot Annual Proceedings
Call NumberS548.4PublisherThe Impressionist Exploring Impressionism from the 19th Century to Present Day Premier Issue
AuthorJensen, Amy (editor)Call NumberND192The Art of & Character of Nutcrackers 1st edition
AuthorWagner, ArleneDescription1st American editionCall NumberNK8551.3 .W34PublisherISBN9781933112084American Institute for Conservation of Historic & Artistic Works January 2012Vol. 37, No. 2
DescriptionGetting Greener and Creating the Optimal: The State of Sustainability Research and the Preservation EnvironmentCall NumberN8554 .A53aLift The Spirit
AuthorDillon, Clarissa F.DescriptionEnglish colonists drank various fermented beverages that varied depeding upon what was available inthe area.Call NumberTX705PublisherMaryland Architecture: A Short History from 1634 through the Civil War
AuthorForeman, Henry ChandleeDescriptionA panoramic survey of Maryland building from the founding of the Colony through 230-odd years, until the end of the Civil War in 1865.
Call NumberNA730.M3 F56PublisherISBN9780870330544
Historic Houses of Early America
AuthorLathrop, EliseDescriptionA record of historic houses by towns and states.Call NumberE159 .L34Publisher
Elements of Architecture ( The Works of Asher Benjamin VII Reprintof 1843 ed.
AuthorBenjamin, AsherDescriptioncontaining the Tuscan, Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian orders, with all their details and embellishments. Also, the theory and practice of carpentry.Call NumberNA2815 .B42PublisherISBN9780306710285Historic Houses of Kent County: An Architectural History: 1642-1860
AuthorBourne, Michael OwenDescriptionLarge volume on Kent County history. Detailed architectural survey of individual historic houses in Kent County. Chapter on the African-American community in early Kent County. Martinet maps (1860) of Kent County. K-Files inventory. Index. Many photos of historic houses.Call NumberF176Early American Wooden Ware & Other Kitchen Utensils Revised edition
AuthorGould, Mary EarleCall NumberTT180History of Delaware Index
AuthorScharf, J. ThomasDescriptionHistory of Delaware - INDEX 1609 -1888Call NumberF164 .S3 1972PublisherISBN940907178Delaware History Vol. XXVI No.3-4 1995-96
AuthorHistorical Society of DelawareDescriptionThis book contains Nos. 3-4 and has 6 articles: 1. "Introduction" ; 2. " Delaware Goes to War"; 2. " A Soldier's Story: Ruth Dorsman, Army Corps Nurse".Call NumberF161 .D37PublisherCollecting Antique Pewter -What to Look for and What to Avoid
DescriptionThis book written and published byThe Pewter Collectorrs' Club of Amerca to help educate present and future about the pros and cons of collecting antique pewter. It includes chapters on " Fakes, Forgeries & Reproductions". The book also contains a glossary of terms, bibliography, and index.Call NumberNK8404 C69PublisherISBN139780978725600
The FOUNDING FOODIES How Washington, Jefferson, and Franklin Revolutionized American Cuisine
AuthorDeWitt, DavidDescriptionThis book with information on the influence of our three of our Founder Fathers on American cuisine contains 235 pages of recipes and information that include a section on the location of recommended historic sites and restaurants. The first six chapters deal with the Founder Fathers' influence regarding cuisine and the seventh is entitled, "Recreating the Recipes of the Founding Fathers.Call NumberTX703 .D49 2010PublisherISBN9781402217869A Decade of Decorative Arts: The Antiquarian Society of the Art Institute of Chicago
AuthorNaeve, MiloRoberts, Lynn SpringerCall NumberNK805 .A78 1986ISBN9780865590694
The Harriet Beecher Stowe Reader
AuthorReik, Cynthia EditorDescriptionSelections of prose and poetry fact and fiction form the "The Writings of Harriet Beecher Stowe" Vols 1-16: Houghton, Mifflin & Co. 1896. All letters, unless otherwise credited, are in the collections of the Stowe-Day Library and have been minimally edited. All images are from the photograph collection of the Stowe-Day Library.Call NumberPS241PublisherISBN917482239
The 1693 census of the Swedes on the Delaware : family histories of the Swedish Lutheran Church members residing in Pennsylvania, Delaware, West New Jersey & Cecil County, Md., 1638-1693.
AuthorCraig, Peter S.DescriptionFamily histories of the Swedish Lutheran Church members residing in Pennsylvania, Delaware, West New Jersey & Cecil County, Md., 1638-1693.Call NumberF157.D4 C73 1993PublisherISBN961610514Merrimack Valley Textile Museum (Text and illus from exhibit in the museum)
Call NumberNK8800The Delaware Antiques Show
DescriptionEditions: 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1975,1984, 1985, 2014Call NumberNK805 .D45aEarly American Dress: The Colonial and Revolutionary Period
AuthorWarwick, Edward Pitz, Henry C. Wyckoff, AlexanderCall NumberGT605 .H64Publisher
Hammond Harwood House (Annapolis, MD)
DescriptionA National Historic Landmark, built in 1774, was the final work of architect William Buckland.A great example of Georgian architecture.Call NumberF176Just South of Gettysburg:: Carroll County, Maryland in the Civil War : personal accounts and descriptions of a Maryland border county, 1861-1865
AuthorKlein, Frederic Shriver (editor)Call NumberF187.C25 J87PublisherISBN9781886742277Documenting, Preserving and Interpreting an Historic Village, Odessa, Delaware 1750-1800 Winterim Project Summary
AuthorHistory Department University of DelawareDescriptionA complete study of all aspects of the history the village of Odessa from 1750 to1800. Of particular interest is a section starting on p.181 with a report on The Black Population in addition to information historic Odessa.Call NumberF161The Williamsburg art of cookery; or, Accomplish'd gentlewoman's companion: being a collection of upwards of five hundred of the most ancient & approv'd recipes in Virginia cookery...And also a table of favorite Williamsburg garden herbs...
AuthorBullock, HelenDescriptionRectangular form; patterned paper boards with tan ground bearing a grid of orange broken lines forming repeating diamonds in each of which is a green floral sprig; white leatherette trim at spine with gilt lettering: "The WILLIAMSBURG ART OF COOKERY -- Bullock"; handwritten ink inscription inside reads: " ? May/ Williamsburg. May 1\st/ 1950". Printer: - Dietz & SonCall NumberTX715 .B946Publisher
That Old Bat Church
AuthorWheeler, Marcia RaeDescriptionIn the small colonial town of Odessa, Delaware, there are six churches. This is a short history tracing the four Protestant denominations represented by these buildings from their roots in Europe through their lives in the quaint village. Ultimately, That Old Bat Church is a story of a people reaching up for spiritual guidance, reaching in to search their souls, and reaching out to help others.Call NumberBXPublisherISBN9781892142665Journal of the American Institute for ConservationVolume 61, Issue 1 2022
Authordel Hoyo-Melendez, Julio Editor-in-ChiefDescriptionSuitability of unplasticized poly vinyl chloride for showcasesHeat and solvent-set repair tissuesRediscovery of Jan Ruyscher and its consequenceCall NumberN8554 .A53aPublisher
