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The Care and Display of Historic Clothing
AuthorDePauw, Karen M.DescriptionThis book seeks to put the collection before ego and share the knowledge gained through years of education, training, and practical work in museums, so that costume collections of all sizes can be cared for and preserved for future generations.Call NumberNK4704.5 .D47 2017PublisherISBN9781538105924The Naked Quaker
AuthorRapaport, DianeDescriptionTrue crimes and controversies from the Courts of Colonial New EnglandCall NumberHV6793.N295 R36 2007PublisherISBN9781933212579Colonial Delaware Soldiers and Sailors 1638-1776
AuthorPeden, Henry C. Jr.DescriptionColonial Delaware Soldiers and Sailors 1638-1776Call NumberF163 .P43 1995PublisherCollectors and Collections: The Antiques Anniversary Book
AuthorWinchester, Alice, ed.Description†The Antiques anniversary book. Edited by Alice Winchester and the staff of Antiques magazine.Call NumberNK1125 .A63Delaware History Vol. XXVIII, No.1 1998
AuthorHistorical Society of DelawareDescriptionThis volume contains four articles: 1. "As We Lived It: The Paddock Family in Wilmington, Delaware, Part 3"; 2. "Thrifty and intelligent, moral and religious": Wilmington's Free African American Community as Portrayed in the Blue Hen's Chicken, 1846-185Call NumberF161 .D37PublisherAmerican Institute for Conservation of Historic & Artistic Works March 2012Vol. 37, No. 1
DescriptionA New Strategy for Assessing Off-Gassing from Museum Materials: Air Sampling in Oddy Test VesselsCall NumberN8554 .A53aAmerican Furniture in the Metropolitan Museum of Art II Late Colonial Period: Queen Anne &
AuthorHeckscher, Morrison H.DescriptionLate colonial period, The Queen Anne and Chippendale stylesCall NumberNK2405 .M47†PublisherISBN9780870994272
Delaware before the Railroads A Diamond Among the States
AuthorTabler, DavidDescriptionAn illustrated information book about the history of Delaware and its landmarks before the beginningof railroads in 1832. Note the book has been autographed by the author on the opening page, " Acknowledgements".Call NumberF164 .P88Publisher
501 Quilt Blocks: A Treasury of Patterns for Patchwork & Applique
AuthorBetter Homes and GardensCall NumberTT835 .L483 1994PublisherISBN9780696019975Herbs and Herb Lore of Colonial America
AuthorColonial Dames of AmericaDescriptionThe great importance and usefulness of herbs among settlers in the American colonies are made abundantly clear.Call NumberSB351.H5 S576 1995PublisherISBN9780486285290A Story of the Odessa Quakers
AuthorWalker, John S.Call NumberBX7601Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: an American Slave written by himself
AuthorDouglass, FrederickCall NumberE449 .D749†PublisherISBN9781410438058American Institute for Conservation of Historic & Artistic Works May 2012Vol. 37, No. 3
DescriptionBPG Discussion Groups: That was Then, This is NowCall NumberN8554 .A53aStaining and Finishing Unfinished Furniture and Other Naked Woods
AuthorGrotz, GeorgeDescriptionServes as a practical guide to wood finishing, covering stains, shellac, varnish, oils, and waxes with a humorous, no-nonsense approach. It's a classic DIY manual for repairing and refinishing furniture, offering step-by-step instructions and practical tips for amateurs.†Call NumberNK2400PublisherDelftware: Faience Production at Delft
AuthorFourest, Henri-PierreDescriptionTranslation of La faÔences de DelftCall NumberNK4295 .F613PublisherISBN9780847803224
Giotto: The Arena Chapel Frescoes
AuthorEuler, Walter Stubblebine, James H. (editor)Descriptionthe Scrovegni Chapel in PaduaCall NumberND623.G6 E823PublisherMAPS Finding Our Place In The World
AuthorAkerman, James R.; Karrow, Robert W. Jr. - EditorsDescriptionIntroduces the widest range of maps; maps from different time periods and a variety of cultures; maps made for divergent purposes and depiting a range of environments; and maps that embody the famous, the important, the beautiful, the groundbreaking, or the amusing.Call NumberGA201 .M365PublisherISBN9780226010755
American Cookery: or The Art of Dressing Viands, Fish, Poultry & Vegetables, etc. First edition
AuthorSimmons, AmeliaDescription1st edCall NumberTX703 .S5PublisherISBN155709439XAmerican Art: History and Culture
AuthorCraven, WayneDescriptionFive centuries of the architecture, painting, sculpture, decorative arts, and photography created by the diverse peoples who have given direction to the arts of America.Call NumberN6505 .C7 1994bPublisherISBN9780810919426
Gateway to Freedom The Hidden History of the Underground Railroad
AuthorFoner, EricDescriptionIntroduction: rethinking the underground railroad -- Slavery and freedom in New York -- Origins of the underground railroad: The New York Vigilance Committee -- A patchwork system: the underground railroad in the 1840s -- The Fugitive Slave Law and the crisis of the Black community -- The metropolitan corridor: the underground railroad in the 1850s ó The record of fugitives: an account of runaway slaves in the 1850s -- The end of the underground railroad
Call NumberE450 .F66 2015PublisherISBN9780393244076Ceramics in America 2001
AuthorHunter, Rob EditorDescriptionCeramics in America is an interdisciplinary annual journal that examines the role of historical ceramics in the American context. Features a variety of ground-breaking scholarly articles, new discoveries in the field, and book and exhibition reviewsCall NumberNK3700PublisherISBN9781584651338
Quilt Restoration A Practical Guide
AuthorCognac, Camille DalphondCall NumberTT835 .C634 1994PublisherISBN9780939009831Historic Deerfield: Houses and Interiors
AuthorFlynt, Henry N.Chamberlain, SamuelCall NumberF74.D4 C47PublisherISBN9780803830271
Slavery and Public History: the Tough Stuff of American Memory
AuthorHorton, James Oliver & Lois E. (editors)Call NumberE441PublisherChester County, a Travelers Album
AuthorDi Orio, Eugene L.Call NumberG1200PublisherISBN9780960441402
A STORIED PAST : Collections of Historic Odessa
AuthorZimmerman, Philip D.DescriptionThis well illustrated book includes more than 200 photographs of Historic Odessa and its history as well as its extraordinary collection of decorative arts. It is well documented and provides a delightful tour of this small historic hamlet in the state of Delaware and its historic houses: Corbit-Sharp House and Wilson-Warner House.Call NumberNK838.O34 Z56 2023PublisherISBN9781538182703
Philadelphia Reviewed: The Printmakers Record 1750 1850 An exhibition of prints from the collection of the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum: September 28 through October 28, 1960, Winterthur, Delaware
AuthorHummel, Charles F. & Betts, M. ElinorCall NumberNE215.U7 P53Harriet Tubman, SECRET AGENT How Daring Slaves and Free Slaves Spied For the Union During the Civil War
AuthorAllen, Thomas H. Featuring illustrations by Carla BauerDescriptionA small book which highlights the work of Harriet Tubman and others involved with the Underground Railroad and her work as a secret agent for the Union during the Civil War. Chapters includes key characters involved as well as events that took place.Call NumberE444.T82 A73 2006PublisherISBN9780792278894The Pennsylvania Barn: Its Origin, Evolution, and Distribution in North America (Creating the Norh American Landscape)
AuthorEnsminger, Robert F.DescriptionComprehensive study of an important piece of American vernacular architecture the forebay bank barn, better known as the Pennsylvania barn or the Pennsylvania German barn.Call NumberNA8230 .E5 1992PublisherISBN9780801843044
The Rev. Philip Reading 1720 1778: Celebrating his ministry at St. Anne's Protestant Episcopal Church Oct.
Call NumberCT3200Paint in America: The Color of Historic Buildings
AuthorMoss, Robert W. (editor)Call NumberTP934 .P317
Newark Delaware Past and Present
AuthorHandy, Egbert G. and Vallandigham, Jr. Jas. L.Call NumberF174.N55 H36Publisher
The Larder Invaded: Reflections on Three Centuries of Philadelphia Food & Drink
AuthorHines, Mary AnneMarshall, GordonWeaver, Wilson WoysDescriptionCompanion the exhibition held at the Library Company of Philadelphia on three hundred years of dining in Philadelphia.Call NumberTX633 .H56PublisherISBN9780914076704
One hundred and fifty years of collecting by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania 1824-1974
AuthorWainwright, Nicholas B.Call NumberF146 .P578PublisherISBN9780910732093
The American Arts Library Pennsylvania Dutch Art
AuthorAdams, RuthDescriptionThe American Arts LibraryCall NumberNK835.P4 A6PublisherJournal of the American Institute for ConservationVolume 60, Issue 1 2021
Authordel Hoyo-Melendez, Julio Editor-in-ChiefDescriptionPreservation of Coastal Alaskan Native WatercraftInvestigation into applicability of Micro-RTITechnical Study of Paintings by Felrath HinesFinding logic within integrated circuitsCall NumberN8554 .A53aPublisherAmerican Institute for Conservation of Historic & Artistic Works January 2009Vol. 34, No. 1
DescriptionFurniture Forensics: Tool Marks As EvidenceCall NumberN8554 .A53aDelaware Genealogical Research Guide
DescriptionInformation on the types of records availabe in Delaware, where they are kept and where they can be found.Call NumberF163.D349PublisherDictionary of Fashion History
AuthorCumming, Valerie, Cunnington, C.W. , Cunnington, P. E.DescriptionA Dictionary of English Costume by C. Willett Cunnington. Phillis Cunnington and Charles Beard was originally published in 1960. A monumental achievement and encyclopaedic In scope, it was a comprehensive catalogue of fashion terms from the mid-medieval period up to 1900. It was reissued and updated several times, for the last time in 1976. For decades it has served as a bible for costume historians. The Dictionary of Fashion History completely updates and supplements the Cunningtons' landmark work to bring it up to the present day. Featuring additional terms and revised definitions, this new edition represents an essential reference for costume historians, students of fashion history, or anyone involved in creating period costume for the theatre, film or television.Call NumberGT507.C79 2010PublisherISBN9781847885333
Paul Revere's Ride
AuthorFischer, David HackettCall NumberF69.R43 F57 1994PublisherISBN9780195088472The Antiques Treasury of Furniture and Other Decorative Arts in Winterthur, Williamsburg, Sturbridge, Ford Museum, Cooperstown, Deerfield, Shelburnes
AuthorWinchester, Alice Editor and the staff of Antiques magazine.DescriptionCovers Winterthur, Williamsburg, Sturbridge, Ford Museum, Cooperstown, Deefrield and ShelburneCall NumberNK806 .A57PublisherISBN9780525056133
