Library Collection
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Women Healers Gender Authority and Medicine in Early Philadelphia
AuthorBrandt, Susan H.DescriptionTraces a continuous line of women of European, African, and Native American descent who cared for the afflicted in their communities, manufactured and marketed medicines, and interacted with the leading male doctors of their day.Call NumberR692 .B743 2022PublisherISBN9780812253863
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Early American Portraiture
AuthorSherman, Frederic FairchildDescriptionContains 14 essays, most on individual artists. 76 portraits are illustrated.Call NumberND1311 .S5Publisher
The Pruning Book
AuthorReich, LeeDescriptionIncludes nearly every plant that needs to be pruned.Call NumberSB125 .R38 2010PublisherISBN9781600850950Smyrna: Yesterday and Today: A Local History Slide Presentation
Call NumberF174Legacy from the Past: A Portfolio of Eighty-eight Original Williamsburg Buildings
AuthorColonial Williamsburg FoundationCall NumberF234.W7PublisherISBN9780910412988
The Janvier Family of Cabinetmakers of Odessa, Delaware Master of Arts Thesis
AuthorSharp, L. CorwinCall NumberNK1Old-Time Toys
AuthorKalman, Bobbie Schimpky, DavidDescriptionExamines the different toys with which children played in the nineteenth centuryCall NumberTS2301.T7 K33 1995PublisherISBN9780865055209William Paca House and Garden Annapolis, MD
DescriptionAn 18th-century Georgian mansion in Annapolis, Maryland, United States. Founding Father William Paca was a signatory of the Declaration of Independence and a three-term Governor of Maryland. The house was built between 1763 and 1765 and its architecture was largely designed by Paca himself.Call NumberF176DEL-GEN Data Bank, Delaware Genealogical Discoveries Volume 1- Number 1
AuthorRichards, Mary FallonDescriptionA modernization of Matilda Spicer Hart's work in 1903 and goes beyond the first year. The records are reproduced in the form they were found includinge the index in Number 4. There are 4 Table of Contents listed on the cover page.Call NumberF163 .D32PublisherColonial Williamsburg: Official Guidebook & Map
Call NumberF234.W7 O46Conservation and Restoration of Pictorial Art
AuthorBrommelle, Norman Smith, Perry EditorsDescriptionThe chapters consist substantially of papers presented at a Congress in Lisbon of the International Institute for Consevation of Historic and Artistic Works in October 1972.Call NumberND1640 .C57PublisherISBN9780408707121Mapping the World The Story of Cartography
AuthorRiffenburgh, BeauDescriptionContaining numerous maps from the archives of the Royal Geographical Society, Mapping the World tells the story of the philosophers, explorers, artists, and scientists who brought together their skills to produce some of the most intriguing artifacts ever created.Call NumberGA231PublisherISBN9780233004396Roger Morris Jumel Mansion Washington Headquarters in New York
AuthorTilton, John KentCall NumberF128.8.M8The Practical Archaeologist: How we know what we know about the past
AuthorMcIntosh, JaneDescriptionHow we know what we know about the pastCall NumberGN31.2 .M35PublisherISBN9780816014002Annals 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
Papermaking: The History and Technique of an Ancient Craft
AuthorHunter, DardDescriptionThe essential reference on papermaking by an artist and papermaker who travelled the world for 40 years to see papermaking in many countries. Covers pre-paper and proto-papers to modern machinemade papers.Call NumberTS1090 .H816PublisherDEL-GEN Data Bank, Delaware Genealogical Discoveries Volume 1 Number 4
AuthorRichards, Mary FallonDescriptionA modernization of Matilda Spicer Hart's work in 1903 and goes beyond the first year. The records are reproduced in the form they were found includinge the index in Number 4. There are 4 Table of Contents listed on the cover page.Call NumberF163 .D32PublisherConservation of Library and Archive Materials and the Graphic Arts
AuthorPetherbridge, Guy EditorDescriptionRefers to the whole subject of the care and treatment of valuable artefacts both movable and immovable; the control of the environment to minimize the decay of artefacts and materials; their treatment to arrest decay and to stablilize them.Call NumberZ701 .C5863PublisherISBN9780408014663At Home, The American Family 1750-1780
AuthorGarrett, Elisabeth DonaghyDescriptionAnalyzes early American family life chamber by chamber, studying paintings, personal writings, even poetry.Call NumberE163PublisherISBN9780810918948
Chinese Ceramics : A Short History
AuthorSato, MasahikoCall NumberNK4165 .S23313PublisherISBN9780834810419The Elements of Style: a practical encyclopedia of interior architectural details from past to present
AuthorCalloway, Stephen & Cromley, Elizabeth (editors)Call NumberNA2850 .E44 1991PublisherISBN9780671739812Boscobel House and Gardens
AuthorBoscobel.orgDescriptionBoscobel House and Gardens is an esteemed Historic House Museum containing one of the finest collections of decorative arts, including furniture, from the Federal period.Call NumberF116Historic House Museums: A Practical Handbook for Their Care, Preservation & Management
AuthorButcher Younghans, SherryCall NumberE172 .B88 1993PublisherISBN9780195069525Inventory of the County Archives of Delaware #1 New Castle County
DescriptionThe inventory in this book is a brief history of the county, a sketch of governmental organization supplemented by a chart, abbreviated essays for the county offices, entries sections and a subject index.Call NumberCD3150 .H5PublisherISBN155613990XGentleman's Progress The Itinerarium of Dr. Alexander Hamilton 1744
AuthorBridenbaugh, Carl EditorDescriptionDiary of Hamilton's journey through the northern colonies provides an interesting account of the life and times during the colonial period.Call NumberE162 .H21 1948Publisher
The Chippendale Period in English Furniture
AuthorClouston, K. WarrenDescriptionManual of the period of English History containing Chippendale furniture. Illustrations are from the original books of design from national and private collections.Call NumberNK2529 .C5Publisher
American Antiques from Israel Sack Collection Vol 8
AuthorHennage, Joseph H.DescriptionMasterpieces of American furnitureCall NumberNK805 .A64PublisherISBN9780918712073
Delaware Making History Volume 7, Issue 2
AuthorDelaware Historical SocietyDescriptionA paperback magazine issued by the Delaware Historical Society highlighting events for the 150th Anniversary Celebration of the society. Contains photos and short articles on historical events in the past.Call NumberF161 .D37Publisher
Researching the Underground Railroad in Delaware
AuthorDalleo, Peter T.Call NumberE450American Frontier Life Early Western Painting and Prints
AuthorAxelrod, Alan (editor)Call NumberN8214.5.U6 A44 1987PublisherISBN9780896596917Bruton Parish Church A Brief History With a Map and Key List of Tombstones in the Church and Yard
Call NumberP234.W7 B7PublisherThe Contemplative Art of Illuminated Manuscripts Art Conservator Vol 17
AuthorPrestowitz, BrookDescriptionIlluminated manuscripts are historically significant handwritten books from the Middle Ages and Renaissance that are richly decorated with radiant colors, metallic gold, and silver leaf.
Call NumberND3310
American Institute for Conservation of Historic & Artistic Works January 2009Vol. 34, No. 1
DescriptionFurniture Forensics: Tool Marks As EvidenceCall NumberN8554 .A53aThe Workman's Guide to Tailoring Techniques for Wearing Apparel of Gentlemen
AuthorA TailorCall NumberTT753Everyday Dress of the American Colonial Period
AuthorCopeland, Peter F.DescriptionWigmakers, farriers (horse shoers), glassblowers, hatters, a whitesmith (tinsmith), cutlers, coopers, cabinetmakers, a coppersmith, and other tradesmen are shown in period costume at work, often in groups of two or more. On facing pages are illustrations of tools and products associated with each trade ó such as the whitesmith's anchored shears, flatting hammer, tin snips, tin candlestick, tin lantern, soldering iron, etc. A caption provides basic information on the craft.Call NumberGT607PublisherISBN9780486231099
