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With Needle and Brush: Schoolgirl Embroidery from the CT River Valley, 1740 1840
AuthorHuber, Carol and Stephen; Schoelwer & LansingCall NumberNK9212 .W57 2011PublisherISBN9780819572295All I Have Seen: The McKinstry Memoirs (5th Bishop of DE)
AuthorMcKinstry, Rt.Rev. Arthur K.Call NumberBX5995.M32 A34PublisherISBN9780914988021Ancient Carpenters' Tools: Together with Joiners' and Cabinet Makers' Tools in Use in the 18th Century
AuthorMercer, Henry C.Call NumberTJ1195Women 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
The Thirteen Colonies Cookbook: a collection of favourite receipts from thirteen exemplary eighteenth-century cooks with proper menus for simple fare and elegant entertainments and selected notes of historic interest, being a guide to open-hearth and bee-hive oven cookery, adapted for twentieth-century use
AuthorDonovan, Mary, Hatrak, Amy, Mills, Frances, etc.Call NumberTX715 .T39PublisherISBN9780275223007
George Washington and Delaware
AuthorPublic Archives Commission of DECall NumberE312.27 .D43PublisherWhite Pillars Early Life and Architecture of the Lower Mississippi Valley Country
AuthorSmith, J. FrazerDescriptionEarly Life and Architecture of the Lower Mississippi Valley CountryCall NumberNA7214 .S65PublisherThe Landis Valley Cookbook: Pennsylvania German foods & traditions 2nd edition
AuthorLandis Valley AssociatesDescriptionPennsylvania German foods & traditions 2nd editionCall NumberTX721 .L3387PublisherISBN9780811704670Plain & Fancy : Country Quilts of the Pennsylvania Germans
AuthorSchorsch, AnitaCall NumberNK9112 .S34 1991PublisherISBN080697432XCeramics in America 2002
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 NumberNK3700PublisherISBN9780972435307
Descendants of Elias Naudain, The Huguenot, Beginning 1655
AuthorNaudain, Warner WoodwardCall NumberCT3200The Drinking Gourd
AuthorBrenner, F. N.DescriptionSent home alone for misbehaving in church, Tommy discovers that his house is a station on the underground railroadCall NumberPZ7.M75 DrPublisherHome Crafts
AuthorKalman, BobbieDescriptionDescribes crafts made by early settlers, including quilts, candles, clothing, soap, and leather goodsCall NumberTT160 .K26 1993PublisherISBN9780865054851Delaware History Vol. XXV No. 2 1992
AuthorHistorical Society of DelawareDescriptionThree articles: 1."The Gospel of New Castle": Historic Preservation a Delaware Town"; 2; "The Motion Picture Comes to Wilmington, Part III; 3. " Wilmington's Early Film Stars".Call NumberF161 .D37PublisherHome Building and Woodworking in Colonial America
AuthorWilbur, C. KeithCall NumberTH4809.U6 W55 1992PublisherISBN9781564400192The Jane Austen Handbook: A Sensible Yet Elegant Guide to her World
AuthorSullivan, Margaret C.DescriptionProper life skills from regency EnglandCall NumberPR4036 .S86†PublisherISBN9781594745058A 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 .H5PublisherWilmington, 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 L6PublisherColonial Life
AuthorKalman, BobbieDescriptionMeet the hardworking people of a colonial community, learn about the importance of family members, and discover the roles that religion and education played in people's lives more than two hundred years ago. They will also learn about: how people traveled from place to place; how adults and children; how a plantation was run, and the impact of the slave trade.Call NumberE162 .K199 1992PublisherISBN9780865055117Paul Revere's Ride
AuthorFischer, David HackettCall NumberF69.R43 F57 1994PublisherISBN9780195088472Threads of Useful Learning Westtown School Samplers
AuthorBrooks, Mary UhlCall NumberNK9143Colonial Women
AuthorWalker, NikiDescriptionIntroduces the different skills and often difficult lives of women on the farm, in business, and on the plantation as the owner's wife or as a slave in colonial AmericaCall NumberHQ1416 .W35 2003PublisherISBN9780778707950Delaware Decoy Festival
DescriptionFeatures vintage as well contemporary waterfowl decoys of all types and makers. Wildlife artists also present a myriad of flat art offerings. Carving, Gunning Decoy, and the J. Evans McKinney Old Decoy contests lure folk artists from every talent level.Call NumberNK9704PublisherThe American Heritage Book of Great Historic Places
AuthorThe Editors of American HeritageCall NumberE169.1 .K418PublisherThe Diligent Needle: Instrument of Profit, Pleasure and Ornament
AuthorEaton, Linda CuratorDescriptionCatalog of exhibition that highlights the historical significance of needlework in womenís lives, showcasing its roles in education, economic opportunity, and artistic expression.Call NumberNK9212The 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
Seeing Things Differently
AuthorZimmerman, Philip D.Call NumberNK806 .Z56PublisherISBN9780912724232Games from long ago
AuthorKalman, BobbieDescriptionLooks at the many different games children played in the nineteenth century, and describes the rules and play in detailCall NumberGV1200 .K35 1995PublisherISBN9780865055216Colonial Kids An Activity Guide to Life in the New World
AuthorCarlson, LaurieDescriptionGives instructions for preparing foods, making clothes, and creating other items used by European settlers in America, thereby providing a description of the daily life of these Colonists.Call NumberE162 .C33 1997PublisherISBN155652322XMike and Marie Learn About Delaware's Symbols, Slogan, Name,and Nicknames
AuthorFenimore, Harvey Curtis, Jr.DescriptionA popular children's book that introduces young readers to the state's heritageCall NumberF174PublisherAmerican Elegance: Classic and Contemporary Menus from Celebrated Hosts and Hostesses
AuthorGibbs, Cheryl; Costin, LucindaCall NumberTX715 .A5132PublisherISBN9780896598867The History of the Patchwork Quilt: Origins, Traditions and Symbols of a Textile Art
AuthorVon Gwinner, SchnuppeCall NumberNK9112 .G9513 1988PublisherISBN9780887401367Westminster Abbey 22th edition
AuthorBeeson, Trevor, Canon of WestminsterCall NumberDA687.W5American Painted Furniture 1790 1880
AuthorSchaffner, Cynthia A. & Klein, SusaCall NumberNK2406 .S33PublisherISBN9780517700839John Shaw: Cabinetmaker of Annapolis
AuthorElder, William Voss III & Bartlett, LuCall NumberNK2439.S5 A4†PublisherISBN9780912298566Oriental Rugs: Information and References
AuthorAvakian, Barbara L.DescriptionDescribes symbols in Oriental rugs, terms and motifsCall NumberNK2808PublisherJohn W. McCoy, American Painter
AuthorMcCoy, Anna B.Descriptionllustrated with the author's own superb pen-and-ink illustrations and spectacular close-up photographs of moths found in the eastern U.S Catalog of an exhibition held at Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, Me., June 17-Oct. 14, 2001, and Biggs Museum of American Art, Dover, Del., Nov. 7, 2001-Feb. 25, 2002Call NumberND237.M411715PublisherISBN9780892725274
The Collection of Ann H. and Federick Vogel III Vol 1,2
AuthorSotheby'sDescriptionCollection includes a stellar array of early American furniture, early English delftware, metalwork, textiles and related vernacular works of art.Call NumberNK1Publisher
