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World of Washi Newsletter
AuthorKatayama, HiromiYona, EditorsDescriptionHPI 25th Anniversary Special EditionCall NumberTS1130PublisherThe Winterthur Guide to Caring for Your Collection
AuthorLandrey, Gregory J., Duffy, KateCarlson, Janice, Price, Lois OlcottPouliot, Bruno P., Little, Margaret A.Eaton, Linda, Norris, Debra HessKrill, John, Fiske, Betty Bockrath, Mark F., Podmaniczky, Michael S. Peterson. Mary C.DescriptionAddresses questions and scenarios relative to preserving and caring for personal collections providing guidelines and techniques on how to properly care for your treasures.Call NumberN5220.H494 W56 2000PublisherISBN9780912724522Colonial Williamsburg: The Journal of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Spring 2006
DescriptionThe Foundation's Annual reportCall NumberF234.W7 C88PublisherArt i Facts Winter 2020
AuthorHenn, Jason, EditorDescriptionViolet Oakley's Capitol Murals Turn 100.A Decade of Collaboration with Moravian Archives.Call NumberAM101The Diligent Needle Instrument of Profit, Pleasure and Ornament
AuthorEaton, Linda, CuratorCall NumberTT753Alexandria Houses 1750 1830
AuthorDavis, Deering; Dorsey, Stephen P.; Hall, Cole, RalphCall NumberNA7238.A33 D3PublisherA Child's Day
AuthorKalman, Bobbie Everts, TammyDescriptionJohn and his sister Emily live with their family in a farming community. After rising at sun-up to do their chores on the farm and in the household, John and Emily's day begins with a long walk to the one-room school. A Child's Day also describes: reading and ciphering, "making their manners," the different expectations boys and girls had for their future, children's books, toys, and games.Call NumberHQ792.U5 K317 2020PublisherISBN9780778773207Island Life
AuthorFleming, JayDescriptionA visual narrative of the environment, communities, and commercial fisheries of Smith Island, Maryland, and Tangier Island, Virginiaóthe last inhabited offshore islands in the Chesapeake Bay. Although less than 15 miles of water separate Smith and Tangier from the mainland, centuries of isolation have preserved these island communities' unique way of life, making them feel worlds apart from the life most of us know.Call NumberF187PublisherISBN9780997746815The Annual Delaware Antiques Show 2023
DescriptionThe handbook of the 2023 Delaware Antiques Show entilted: "Best of Americana", November 10- 12, 2023 from 11:00am--5:00pm. Special note should be made of "Lecture and Book Signing" at 2:00pm on Sunday, November 12. Presenter : Philip D. Zimmerman, "A Storied Past: Collections of Historic Odessa".Call NumberNK805 .D45aPublisherA Christmas Carol Christmas Book
AuthorHallinan, Tim | James, David (photography)Nineteenth Century Applique Quilts
AuthorBlum, Dilys & Lindsey, Jack L.Call NumberNK9112Collecting 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 Modern Art of Cookery improved; or, Elegant, cheap, and easy methods, of preparing most of the dishes now in vogue; in the composition whereof both health and pleasure have been consulted
AuthorShackleford, AnnDescriptionOriginally published in London 1767Call NumberTX705 .S45PublisherISBN9781948837095
Fabrics
AuthorDenny, Grace g.Call NumberTT557American Furniture 2001
AuthorBeckerdite, Luke EditorDescriptionMannerist Furniture Cabinetmakers New York Turned Chairs Schranke
Call NumberNK2405 .A6Publisher
A. Cardon and Co, Brandywine Tanners, 1815 1826 with notes on early history of tanning in De.
AuthorWelsh,Peter C.Call NumberTS965Paint in America: The Color of Historic Buildings
AuthorMoss, Robert W. (editor)Call NumberTP934 .P317
Constitution of the State of Delaware as adopted in convention, June 4, 1897
Call NumberKFD401†PublisherGentleman'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
Insects and Diseases of Shade Trees and Shrubs: Spray Handbook Education Bulletin No. 82
AuthorFelt, Dr. E.P.Call NumberQK482The Maryland State House, Annapolis
Call NumberF189.A6 C35Frank E. Schooner Catalogue Raisonne Volume I & Volume II
AuthorSchoonover, John R. & Smith Schooner, LouiseDescriptionFrank E. Schoonover (1877-1972) is recognized as one of the foremost illustrators of his time. His prolific contribution to American illustration spanned more than 40 years and included more than 2200 illustrations.Call NumberNCPublisherEarly American Cartographies
AuthorBruckner, Martin EditorDescriptionFourteen essays examine indigenous and European peoples' creation and use of maps to better represent and understand the world they inhabited.Call NumberGA401 .E27PublisherISBN9780807834695
Delaware Literature
AuthorAble, Augustus H. IIIDescriptionDefinitive 1947 study, which outlines the contributions of authors from the First State. Reprinted from Delaware, A History of the First State, ed by H.Clay ReedCall NumberF174A Guide to the Manuscripts in the Eleutherian Mills Historical Library
AuthorRiggs, John BeverlyDescriptionAccessions through the year 1965Call NumberZ7164.E2 E44†PublisherCity Tavern Baking & Dessert Cookbook
AuthorStaib, Walter with Lindner, JenniferCall NumberTX763 .S72PublisherISBN9780762415540Journal of the American Institute for ConservationVolume 52, Number 3August 2013
AuthorDerrick, Michele, Editor-in-ChiefDescriptionOil-Based House Paints from 1900-1960: An Examination of their History and Development, with Particular Reference fo Ripolin Enamels.Picasso in the Metropolitan Museum of Art: An Investigation of Materials and Techniques.Scientifically Investigation PiCall NumberN8554 .A53aEnduring Grace: Quilts from the Shelbourne Museum Collection With Instructions for 5 Heirloom Quilts
A History of Asbury United Methodist Church Smyrna, Delaware Founded 1778
AuthorCaley, George L.Call NumberBX8201The Carolina Housewife A Facsimile of the 1847 Edition
AuthorRutledge, Anna WellsDescriptionFirst published in 1847 as The Carolina Housewife, of House and Home: by a Lady of Charleston, is perhaps the classic Southern cookbook,Call NumberTX715 .R975 1979PublisherISBN9780872493834Early Stores & Markets
AuthorKalman, BobbieDescriptionDescribes how trading posts, general stores, and family businesses were run, explains the role of the storekeeper in the community, and looks at what goods were soldCall NumberHF5429.6.N6 K35 1992PublisherISBN9780865050020A Directory of Antique Furniture (The Authentic Classification of European & American Designs Ö...
AuthorHinckley, F. LewisDescriptionThe authentic classification of European and American designs for professionals & connoisseursCall NumberNK2260 .H5PublisherThe Connoisseur's Complete Period Guides to the Houses, Decoration, Furnishing and Chattels of the Classic Periods
AuthorEdwards, Ralph and Ramsey L. G. G. editorsDescriptionCovers the Tudor-Stuart, Early Georgian, Late Georgian-Regency and Early Victorian periods.Call NumberNK928 .C63Publisher
Delaware History Vol. XXXIII No. 2 2010
AuthorHistorical Society of DelawareDescriptionVolume 33, No.2 contains two articles: 1. "Bookies, Bawdy Houses, and Chief Black: Vice in Wilmington in the 1930s"; 2. " The Great Compromise : James Bayard and the Election of 1800".Call NumberF161 .D37PublisherNewport Gazette Number 24 October 1965
Call NumberF89.N5PublisherVirginia Catalog A list of measured drawings, photographs, and written documentation in the survey
AuthorHistoric American Buildings SurveyDescription†a list of measured drawings, photographs, and written documentation in the Survey. Compiled by the Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission, the Historic American Buildings Survey.Call NumberNA730.V8 H5†PublisherISBN9780813905181American Furniture
AuthorBeckerdite, Luke EditorDescriptionIssues: 1994, 1996, 1998-2000, 2002-2005, 2007, 2008,2012, 2013, 2017, 2018Call NumberNK2405 .A6Publisher
The Book of Country Living
AuthorWeiss, Jeffrey Osborn, SusanCall NumberS521.5.A2 W44PublisherISBN9780030596148
