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The Early Georgian Period 1714 1760
AuthorRdited by Ralph Edwards & L.G.G. RamseyCall NumberNA7328Bookbinding & Conservation by Hand, A Working Guide
AuthorYoung, Laura S.DescriptionA working guide in the field of hand bookbinding and book conservation. It is intended as a practical manual for teachers and students.Call NumberZ271 .Y68 1995PublisherISBN9781884718106Churches 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 Old Salem Toy Museum
AuthorGray, Thomas A.Call NumberNK9509.4.W56 O436 2005PublisherISBN9781879704091Portraits USA 1776 1976
AuthorDickinson, Harold E.Call NumberE169Tools and Gadgets
AuthorKalman, BobbieDescriptionIn Tools and Gadgets, children will have the opportunity to learn about the tools found in the home, general store, doctor's office, and farm. They will even get to identify some mystery gadgets. This book makes an ideal orientation or follow-up to historic site visits. Featured are implements used by: - farmers - millers - woodworkers - metalworkers - printersCall NumberTJ1195 .K35 1993PublisherISBN9780865055087American architectural drawings; a catalog of original and measured drawings of buildings of the United States of America to December 31, 1917
AuthorKoyl, George S. (editor)DescriptionVolumes 1-5Call NumberNA2605 .K6The American Heritage Cookbook and Illustrated History of Eating and Drinking in America
AuthorMcCully, Helen, Noderer, Eleanor (editors)Call NumberTX705 .A65PublisherMuseum Registration Methods 3 ed. Revised
AuthorDorothy H. Dudley, Irma Bezold Wilkinson, and othersCall NumberAM139 .D8PublisherAnnals 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
The Furniture of John Henry Belter and the Rococo Revival 1st ed.
AuthorSchwartz, Stenck, and TrueDescription1st edCall NumberNK2439.B4 S3PublisherISBN9780525931706Thomas Jefferson (Library of Congress)
Call NumberCT3200Planning to Succeed: Preparing a Business Plan for Your Nonprofit Organization
AuthorGillette, Vicki & Christian, SusanCall NumberHD62.6Colonial Spices & Herbs
AuthorMitchell, Patricia B.Call NumberTX406 .M57PublisherISBN9780925117861History Pockets Colonial America
DescriptionThe introduction pocket gives an overview of the settlement of the thirteen original colonies. The other pockets feature a look at the aspects of colonial life in the northern, middle, and southern colonies. Introduction to Colonial America; The First Settlements; The Native Americans; Homes and Villages; Daily life; School; Work; Memorable PeopleCall NumberE162PublisherBuilding Research. The Journal of the Building Research Institute Sept/Oct
Call NumberTH213.5 .J68PublisherHenry Francis du Pont 1880 1969
AuthorSweeney, John A. H.Call NumberCT3200American Colonial Painting: Materials for a History
AuthorBelknap, Waldron Phoenix Jr.DescriptionDivided into seven parts: The Identity of Robert Feke; Problems in Identification; New York Painters and Patrons; Painters and Craftsmen; Notes on Colonial Portraits; The Discoveries of Waldron Phoenix Belknap, Jr.; New York Portraits.Call NumberND1311 .B39PublisherISBN9780674022508
Wilmington, Delware Three Centuries Under Four Flags
AuthorLincoln, Anna T.DescriptionA history of Wilmington, DE 1609 -1937 with 28 chapters devoted to different aspects of the town in that period. Includes a list of illustrations, Table of Contents, and insert titled "Errata" infront of the1st page of Chapter1. Inside hardcovers are mapCall NumberF174.W7 L6PublisherDelaware Sketch Book: An Historical Experience
AuthorNancy Sawin (Art) & Janice CarperDescriptionThis book highlights Sawin's own sketches of historic homes, buildings, and other structure, including mailboxes and outhouses.
Call NumberF161Publisher
ABC 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 American Craftsmen and the Eurpean Tradition 1620-1820
AuthorPuig, Francis J. Conforti, MichaelCall NumberNK2400PublisherISBN9780912964386
Bound To The Fire How Virginia's Enslaved Cooks Helped Invent American Cuisine
AuthorDeetz, Kelley Fanto Gillette, Mrs. F. L.DescriptionDraws on archaeological evidence, cookbooks, plantation records, material culture, and folklore to present a nuanced study of the lives of enslaved plantation cooks from colonial times through emancipation and beyond.Call NumberE445.V8 D44 2017PublisherISBN9780813174730
Delaware History Vol. XXVI Index 1994-95
AuthorHistorical Society of DelawareCall NumberF161 .D37PublisherPaul Revere's Ride
AuthorFischer, David HackettCall NumberF69.R43 F57 1994PublisherISBN9780195088472New Castle On The Delaware
AuthorNew Castle Historical Society Foreward by Edward W. Cooch, Jr., President of the New Castle Historical Society.DescriptionThe third edition of this book, New Castle on the Delaware was published on the eve of the Bicenntennial of American Independnce. It has information about the distinguished citizens of the town who played roles in the signing of the Declaration of Independence: George Read and Thomas McKean. It also includes many other historical facts of the town that have been updated from the 1st two editions.Call NumberF174.N5 F42Publisher
The Pocket Dictionary of Art Terms
AuthorEhresmann, Julia M. (editor)Call NumberN33 .E45†PublisherISBN9780820000000Newhailes Draft Management Plan 1996 2001
Call NumberNA4590Spoons From Around the World
AuthorRainwater, Dorothy & Felger, DonnaCall NumberNK7235 .R34PublisherISBN9780887404252Hale Byrnes Boyce House: The Story Behind A Delaware Jewel
AuthorWilson, W. EmersonDescriptionA beautifully preserved 1750s brick home in Stanton, Delaware, famous for hosting General George Washington and his officers for a critical war council in 1777.Call NumberF174(AASLH) American Association for State and Local History Dispatch
DescriptionIssues: 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2005, 2007, 2010Call NumberE172PublisherThe chronological history of the Negro in America, by Peter M. Bergman, assisted by a staff of compilers under the direction of Mort N. Bergman.
AuthorBergman, Peter M.DescriptionThis is a one volume factual handbook for students and the general reader that comprises a history of the Negro American. It is a record of 500 years and is arranged chronological by year from 1441 to 1968 when 1702 Negroes held elective or appointed positions in government below the federal level. The book also contains short notations about Negro cultural and historical events, and more interesting information.Call NumberE185 .B46PublisherPortraits in Delaware 1700-1850: A Check List
AuthorNational Society of the Colonial Dames of AmericaCall NumberN7593 .N25
Fiftieth Anniversary Celebration of the Unveiling of the Tea Monument in Greenwich, NJ "The Tea Burning Town" Oct. 4, 1958
Call NumberE201Indigo Textiles Technique and History
AuthorSandberg, GostaDescriptionProvides a picture of 'the living colour', its history, techniques and aesthetic value.Call NumberTT854.3 .S2613 1989PublisherISBN9780937274408The Compleat Housewife or Accomplished Gentlewoman's Companion Facsimile ed.
AuthorSmith, E.DescriptionFacsimile edCall NumberTX705 .S53x†PublisherThe 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
Garden Flower Folklore
AuthorMartin, LauraDescription1st ed.Call NumberGR780 .M37PublisherISBN9780871067661Home Crafts
AuthorKalman, BobbieDescriptionDescribes crafts made by early settlers, including quilts, candles, clothing, soap, and leather goodsCall NumberTT160 .K26 1993PublisherISBN9780865054851Poketown People or Parables in Black
AuthorVerbeck and MooreCall NumberE441Delaware History Vol. XXIV 1990-1991
AuthorHistorical Society of DelawareCall NumberF161 .D37Iron at Winterthur
AuthorFennimore, Donald L.DescriptionBook / catalog serves as a testimony to talented artisans who, by melding utility and artistry, created artifacts that were timely as helpmates and but also timeless in inspritation for those who have studied them..
Call NumberNK8212 .F46 2004PublisherISBN0912724633
Home Crafts Historic Communities Series
AuthorKalman, BobbieDescriptionHistoric Communities SeriesCall NumberTT160 .K26PublisherISBN9780865054851Delaware History Vol. XXVII, No.4 1997-98
AuthorHistorical Society of DelawareDescriptionThis book has 3 articles: " The Brown Decision and Milford, Delaware, 1954-1965".Call NumberF161 .D37Publisher
