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Dayett Mills Our American Heritage A Guide to Historical Resources in Delaware
AuthorMiller, Estelle K.DescriptionCooch-Dayett Mills (locally pronounced "Die-ett") is a historic, 1830s water-powered commercial grist mill located south of Newark, Delaware, near the corner of Old Baltimore Pike and Route 72. The site offers a glimpse into early American industry, with some milling activity on the property tracing back to the 1720sCall NumberF174Old Philadelphia Houses on Society Hill, 1750-1840
AuthorMcCall, Elizabeth B.DescriptionStories of outstanding Colonial and Early American mansions and dwellings and simple row houses; its churches and other exceptional historic buildings.Call NumberNA7238.P5 M3Publisher
English Samplers (Victoria and Albert Museum)
Call NumberNK9143Art i Facts Spring 2012
AuthorMagaziner, Katherine, EditorDescriptionJournals of Adventure,Shaping American Judaism, Letter by Letter.Call NumberAM101American Painted Furniture 1790 1880
AuthorSchaffner, Cynthia A. & Klein, SusaCall NumberNK2406 .S33PublisherISBN9780517700839The Sutler of Mount Misery Valley Forge: Specialists in 18th Century Military Reproductions
AuthorGodwin, G. GedneyDescriptionSupplement for use with 4th edition catalogCall NumberE201PublisherFlower Arranging: The Winterthur Way
AuthorMelloy, AlbertaCall NumberSB449 .M46ISBN9780912724607Flowers, Fruit, and Shells; Painting on Velvet, New Method of Oriental Tinting
AuthorWhittock, Nathaniel, Esq.Call NumberND1625The Crafts of Williamsburg
AuthorWalmsley, James S.Call NumberTT24.V8 W35PublisherISBN9780879350642A Handbook ofGraphic Reproduction Processes
AuthorBrunner, FelixDescriptionA Technical Guide including the printmaking processes for Art Collectors and Dealers, Librarians, Booksellers, Publishers, Artists, Graphic Designers and the Printing Trade.Call NumberNE850 .B7PublisherDiscover the Wintherthur Garden
AuthorMagnani, DeniseCall NumberSB466.U7 H465ISBN9780912724454"A Most Comfortable Dinner"
AuthorDillon, Clarissa F. Gillette, Mrs. F. L.DescriptionPresents 18th-century recipes and food traditions designed to subsist a great number of persons at a small expenseCall NumberTX705PublisherJacob Alricks & His Nephew Peter Alricks
AuthorPrice, Edward A.DescriptionThis small paperback pamphlet style book contains biographical and historical information about Peter Aldricks and his nephew and their role in the exploration of New Netherland in the early 17th century.Call NumberF161 .D35PublisherPhysick The Professional Practice of Medicine in Williamsburg, Virginia, 1740-1775
AuthorComer, Sharon Dippre, Kris Kipps, Robin Pryor, SusanDescriptionFocuses on the professional practice of medicine in Williamsburg between 1740-1775. Williamsburg's medical profession was dominated by men trained in the European tradition of medicine.Call NumberR346.W54 P48 2003PublisherISBN9780879352196Middletown Centennial 1861 1961 August , 1961
Call NumberF174.M53 M53The American Revolution: Three Views
DescriptionKristol, Irving American Revolution as a successful revolution; Diamond, Martin Revolution of sober expectations; Nutter, G. Warren Freedom in a revolutionary economyCall NumberE208 .A44PublisherPrinted Textiles: British and American Cottons and Linens 1700-1850
AuthorEaton, LindaDescriptionBased on the 1970 classic by Florence M. MontgomeryCall NumberNK8843.A2 E27 2014PublisherISBN9781580933933
The Native Americans: An Illustrated History
AuthorThomas, David Hurst Ballatine, Betty & Ian (editors)Call NumberE77.N352 1993PublisherISBN9781878685421Building Research. The Journal of the Building Research Institute Sept/Oct
Call NumberTH213.5 .J68PublisherHerbs Are Forever: Caprilands' Guide to Growing and Preserving
AuthorSimmons, Adelma GrenierDescriptionProvides instructions for growing, preserving, and using the most popular herbs, and discusses herbal teas, oils, and vinegars, as well as preserving ornamental plantsCall NumberSB351.H5PublisherISBN792456157History Hunters Youth Reporter Program
DescriptionAward-winning, literacy-based educational initiative in Philadelphia, PA, that turns 4th and 5th-grade students into "investigative reporters". Students use pre-visit workbooks to read about local history, then visit five historic sites across the Northwest Philadelphia area to document their learning through on-site exploration and post-trip creative writing.Call NumberE162More American Furniture Treasures 1620 1840
AuthorMargon, Lester, A.I.D.Call NumberNK2406 .M392PublisherISBN9780803801639All I Have Seen: The McKinstry Memoirs (5th Bishop of DE)
AuthorMcKinstry, Rt.Rev. Arthur K.Call NumberBX5995.M32 A34PublisherISBN9780914988021Upholstery 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
Alderfer's Auction & Appraisal Fine Arts & Decorative Arts Auction September 10 & 11 2009
DescriptionFor over 25 years, Alderfer Auction has had a tradition of hosting Fine and Decorative Arts catalog auctions.† For these events, a color-illustrated, printed catalog is produced featuring items vetted from collections, institutions and estates from around the world and US. Alderfer Auction has developed a long-standing reputation for bringing some of the finest works of art of the Pennsylvania Impressionists to the market. These works of art, along with American and European works, are common findings in this venue.Call NumberNK1PublisherDelaware Conservationist. " The American Holly, State Tree of Delaware.: Winter issue
Call NumberSH11 .D35Uncommon Fruits for Every Garden
AuthorReich, Lee Arlein, Vicki HerzfeldCall NumberSB355 .R45 2004PublisherISBN088192623XDelaware Two Hundred Years Ago: 1780-1800
AuthorHancock, Harold B.DescriptionDescription of life in Delaware two hundred years ago, stressing its social, cultural, and political history.Call NumberF168 .H36 1987PublisherISBN912608528The 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 2010PublisherISBN9781402217869Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History Art
DescriptionThe Timeline of art history is a chronological, geographical, and thematic exploration of the history of art from around the world, as illustrated especially by the Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection.Call NumberN5300PublisherChesapeake City Community Profile: Past, Present, and Future Final Report August 1988
AuthorCottrell, RobertCall NumberF189Journal of the American Institute for ConservationVolume 56, Number 3-4August-November 2017
Authordel Hoyo-Melendez, Julio Editor-in-ChiefDescriptionCharacterization of Yellow and Red Natural Organic Colorants on Japanese Woodblock PrintsThe Examination and Analysis of Dunhuang and Turfan Manuscript MaterialsReflected Infrared and 3D Imaging for Object DocumentationReview of the Development and TeCall NumberN8554 .A53aPublisherA Guide to the Manuscripts in the Eleutherian Mills Historical Library
AuthorRiggs, John BeverlyDescriptionAccessions through the year 1965Call NumberZ7164.E2 E44†PublisherResearching the Underground Railroad in Delaware
AuthorDalleo, Peter T.Call NumberE450Founding Mothers: the women who raised our nation 1st ed.
AuthorRoberts, CokieCall NumberE189The New Revised and Updated McCall's Cookbook
AuthorThe Food Editors of McCall's Gold, CharlesCall NumberTX715 .N5257 1984PublisherISBN0394537203Primer for Preservation: A Handbook for Historic Housekeeping
AuthorRath, Frederick L., Jr.Call NumberN8554Annals of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania, in the olden time : being a collection of memoirs, anecdote, and incidents of the city and inhabitants, and of the earliest settlements of the Inland part of Pennsylvania, from the days of the founders, intended to preserve the recollections of olden time, and to exhibit society in its changes of manners and customs, and the city and country in their local changes and improvements Vol I, II, III
AuthorWatson, John FanningDescriptionThis 163 year old book, originally bound in brown embossed paper over a hard cardboard is an excellent resource for information on mid-nineteenth century Philadelphia. It contains black and white reproductions of famous painting of historical events in the founding of the city. It has an extensive section of appendices on miscellaneous topics that could be of interest to reader of the city's history or a local historian.Call NumberF158.3 .W595Publisher
Shaping a National Culture The Philadelphia Experience, 1750-1800
AuthorHutchens, Catherine E. EditorDescription16 essays first presented at the 1987 Winterthur Conference to present findings about Philadelphia's myriad economic groups, political enclaves, religious structures, cultural institutions, and artisanal output during the period 1750 to 1800.Call NumberF158.44 .S48 1994ISBN9780912724270
The 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
