Library Collection
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A Midwife's Tale: the life of Martha Ballard, based on her diary, 1785-1812
AuthorUlrich, Laurel ThatcherDescriptionThe Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812Call NumberF29.H15 U47 1990PublisherISBN9780394568447Lift The Spirit
AuthorDillon, Clarissa F.DescriptionEnglish colonists drank various fermented beverages that varied depeding upon what was available inthe area.Call NumberTX705PublisherPreliminary guide to the Research Materials of the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commision
Call NumberAMOld Drawyers Church: An Address Embracing the Early History of DE
AuthorFoot, Reverend GeorgeDescriptionOld Drawyers Church: An Address Embracing the Early History of DECall NumberF167 .F69PublisherThe Metropolitan Museum of Art American Decorative Arts
AuthorMetropolitan Museum of ArtDescriptionCatalog of reproductions produced by the Metropolitan Museum of Art from their American decorative arts collectionCall NumberNK1PublisherAmerican Samplers
AuthorBolton, Ethel Stanwood Coe Eva JohnstonDescriptionCollection of American samplers from the collections of the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Massachusetts.Call NumberNK9112 .B6 1973bPublisherISBN9780878610563
The Autobiography of Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours 1739 1817
Authordu Pont, de Nemours, Pierre SCall NumberDC131.9.D85 A3413PublisherInterpreting Historic House Museums
AuthorDonnelly, Jessica Foy (editor)Call NumberE159 .D66 2002PublisherISBN9780759102514Gardener's Art Through the Ages II: Renaissance and Modern Art 10th edition
AuthorTansey, Richard G. & Kleiner, Fred S.Description10th edCall NumberN5300 .G25PublisherISBN9780155011410Bookbinding The Classic Arts and Crafts Manual
AuthorCockerell, DouglasDescriptionDescribes the best methods of bookbinding, and of keeping books when bound, taking into account the present-day conditions.Call NumberZ271 .C66 2005PublisherISBN9780486440392"Wood Shavings to Hot Sparks": The History of Shipbuilding in Milford, Delaware
AuthorOates, MichaelCall NumberF174Records of the Court of New Castle on Delware 1676-1681
DescriptionOriginal records from volumes 68 & 69 of collections in the Library of the Historical Society of PA at Philadelphia. The manuscripts consisted of two books called Liber A and Liber B and cover a period embraced in the sister court at Upland published bCall NumberF164PublisherPatterns of Fashion 1 Englishwomen's dresses & their construction c.1660-1860
AuthorKalman, BobbieDescriptionIncludes detailed patterns and drawings taken from the original specimens.Call NumberGTPublisherISBN033336063Ship 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 .B76PublisherISBN936124024Journal of the American Institute for ConservationVolume 59, Issue 2 2020
Authordel Hoyo-Melendez, Julio Editor-in-ChiefDescriptionComputational Watermark EnhancementStone paper matrix technical studyPhases of Edward Steichen's Moonrise PrintsNon-contact method for analyzing coatings on PhotographsCall NumberN8554 .A53aPublisherDelaware History Vol. XXVIII, Nos. 2 -3, 1998-1999
AuthorHistorical Society of DelawareDescriptionThis volume covers the personal life, early years and the artist's works. The title is: "Ethel Pennewill Brown Leach: Artist of Time, Place, and Season".Call NumberF161 .D37PublisherAmerican Furniture
AuthorBeckerdite, Luke EditorDescriptionIssues: 1994, 1996, 1998-2000, 2002-2005, 2007, 2008, 2011-2013, 2017, 2018
Call NumberNK2405 .A6Publisher
Early Village Life
AuthorKalman, BobbieCall NumberHT431 .K26 1991PublisherISBN9780865050099Lace and Lace Making
AuthorBullock, Alice-MayDescriptionA comphensive book well researched on the history of lace and lace making. Includes all aspects of how lace is made and maintained.Call NumberTT800.B95 1981PublisherISBN0883322617
Country Cabinetwork and Simple City Furniture
AuthorMorse, John D. (editor)DescriptionPublished for the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Winterthur, Del.Call NumberNK2406 .W53†PublisherISBN9780813902982Arts & Crafts of Chester County Pennsylvania
AuthorSchiffer, Margaret BerwindDescriptionThe many practical industries - architecture, stone work, metalsmiths, needlework, ceramics, and pictures - that supported this earliest county in Pennsylvania are documented.Call NumberNK1PublisherISBN9780916838355
The Seven Centuries Cookbook From Richard II to Elizabeth II
AuthorMcKendry, MaximeDescriptionTriumphant vindication of 7 centuries of English gastronomy. It corrects the commonplace conception of what the English culinary tradition represents.Call NumberTX715PublisherISBN9780070451537Looking at Prints, Drawings and Watercolors 2nd edition
AuthorGoldman, PaulCall NumberN34 .G62 2006ISBN9780892368716History of Delaware Volume 1 & 2 1609-1888
AuthorScharf, J. ThomasDescriptionA history of Delaware from 1609 - 1888 in two volumes and illustrated. Vol. 1 contains text of 610 pages with Appendix. Vol II continues from p. 611-1346 pp.Call NumberF164 .S3 1972PublisherISBN940907151Colonial Grandeur in Philadelphia. The House and Furniture of General John Cadwalder
AuthorWainwright, Nicholas B.DescriptionHow John Cadwalader's great Philadelphia mansion was decorated and furnished in colonial times.Call NumberF158.37 .W3Publisher
Thomas Jefferson (Library of Congress)
Call NumberCT3200George Washington and Delaware
AuthorPublic Archives Commission of DECall NumberE312.27 .D43PublisherThe Book and Paper Group Annual Volume Forty 2021
DescriptionPapers presented at the Book and Paper Group Annual Meeting 2021Call NumberZ700.9 .B66Historic Houses and Buildings of Delaware Vol 1,2
AuthorEberlein, Harold DonaldsonHubbard, Cortlandt Van Dyke - EditorsDescriptionNumerous fully illustrated and annotated examples of significant Delaware buildings.†Call NumberNA730.D3 E2Publisher
Delaware In The Civil War Revised edition
AuthorWilson, W. Emerson (editor)DescriptionRevised edCall NumberE500 .D3Amish Quilts of Lancaster County
AuthorHerr, Patricia T.Call NumberNK9112 .H467 2004PublisherISBN9780764320170American Furniture and its Makers (Winterthur Portfolio 13)
AuthorQuimby, Ian M.Call NumberN9 .W52 vol. 13ISBN9780226921396
du Pont The Autobiography of An American Enterprise
DescriptionThe story of E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, published in commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the founding of the company on July 19, 1802.Call NumberHD9651.9.D8 A5Publisher
The Carpenters' Company of the City and County of Philadelphia 1786 Rule Book
AuthorPeterson, Charles E. (Annotated with an Introduction)DescriptionArticles of the Carpenters Company of Philadelphia and their rules for measuring and valuing house-carpenters workCall NumberTH5608 .C25 1971aPublisherISBN9780878610167Reading Architecture: A Visual Lexicon
AuthorHopkins, OwenDescriptionA visual guide to the buildings that surround us, naming all the visible architectural features; an original and accessible take on the architectural dictionary.Call NumberNA2840 .H675PublisherISBN9781529420340
The Book and Paper Group Annual Volume Thirty-four 2015
DescriptionPapers presented at the Book and Paper Group Annual Meeting 2015Call NumberZ700.9 .B66
