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Historical Christmas Cookery
AuthorPelton, Robert W.DescriptionChock full of delightfully delicious ideas favored by many famous families of yesteryear. It contains the prized recipes for those Christmas dishes served and eaten by some of the heroes of the Revolutionary War.Call NumberTX715PublisherISBN9780741410887
The Cabinet Makers of America
AuthorBjerkoe, Ethel HallDescriptionLists 2500 American cabinetmakers from colonial times through the Industrial Revolution era with biographies, dates, and locations.†Call NumberNK2500Publisher
The Book of Rugs: Oriental and European
AuthorSchlosser, IgnazDescriptionThe former director of Vienna's Museum of Arts and Crafts covers rugs and their patterns, colors, symbols and history.Call NumberNK2808 .S333Publisher
Tools 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 1993PublisherISBN9780865055087Ancient Families of Bohemia Manor, their homes and their graves
AuthorMallery, Rev. Charles PaysonDescriptionBrief summaries of 7 ancient familes of Bohemia Manor with alphabetical index in last 2 pages.Call NumberF161 .D35PublisherThe American Horticultural Society A Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants
AuthorBrickell, Christopher & Zuk, Judith D. EditorsCall NumberSB403.2 .A45PublisherISBN9780789419439Pottery and Porcelain in Colonial Williamsburg's Archaeological Collections
AuthorHume, Ivor NoelCall NumberNK3730.W5 C65PublisherISBN9780910412070Preserving Textiles A Guide for the Nonspecialist
AuthorMailand, Harold F.Alig, Dorothy StitesCall NumberNK8804.5 .M3424 1999PublisherISBN9780936260716Artifacts An Introduction to Early Materials and Technology
AuthorHodges, HenryDescriptionShows that technological studies of man's artifacts can make an enormous contribution to our understanding of the past.Call NumberT16 .H62PublisherISBN9780391022461The Harriet Beecher Stowe Reader
AuthorReik, Cynthia EditorDescriptionSelections of prose and poetry fact and fiction form the "The Writings of Harriet Beecher Stowe" Vols 1-16: Houghton, Mifflin & Co. 1896. All letters, unless otherwise credited, are in the collections of the Stowe-Day Library and have been minimally edited. All images are from the photograph collection of the Stowe-Day Library.Call NumberPS241PublisherISBN917482239
The Heritage of Lancaster
AuthorLoose, John Ward WillsonDescriptionThe story of a town whose heritage is its people. From humble beginnings a metropolis thrived to become a center of manufacturing, and social activity. The color and sweep of history is reflected on every paqe.†Call NumberF159.L2 L68PublisherISBN9780897810012
A Caddy Collection
AuthorBramble, MarkDescriptionOverviews, chronology of historical events related to holidays and festivals, calendar and geographical listings of observances, bibliography, and contact information and webCall NumberTX657.T43 B73PublisherISBN9780764354571The 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 NumberNK9212Who Was Harriet Tubman?
AuthorMcDonough, Yona ZeldisCall NumberE444.T82 M375PublisherISBN9780448428901The Book and Paper Group Annual Volume Thirty-two 2013
DescriptionPapers presented at the Book and Paper Group Annual Meeting 2013Call NumberZ700.9 .B66American Antiques from Israel Sack Collection Vol 8
AuthorHennage, Joseph H.DescriptionMasterpieces of American furnitureCall NumberNK805 .A64PublisherISBN9780918712073
The Impressionist Exploring Impressionism from the 19th Century to Present Day Premier Issue
AuthorJensen, Amy (editor)Call NumberND192If You Lived When There Was Slavery in America
AuthorKamma, AnneDescriptionWith compassion and respect for the enslaved, this book answers questions children might have about this dismal era in American history.Call NumberE441 .K36 2004PublisherISBN9780439567060A Visit to Old New Castle Our American Heritage A Guide to Historical Resources in Delaware
AuthorMiller, Estelle K.Call NumberF174Old Bohemia 1704-1976 History of Saint Francis Xavier Church and Bohemia Plantation Now Known as Old Bohemia
AuthorCann, Joseph C. (compiled by)Call NumberBX800Early American Portraiture
AuthorSherman, Frederic FairchildDescriptionContains 14 essays, most on individual artists. 76 portraits are illustrated.Call NumberND1311 .S5Publisher
Early Architecture of the Mid-Atlantic: Looking at Buildings and Landscapes
AuthorLanier, Gabrielle M.Herman, Bernard L.DescriptionExplores the character of pre-1940 domestic and agricultural buildings in the towns and rural landscapes of southern New Jersey, Delaware, and coastal Maryland and Virginia.Call NumberNA717PublisherISBN9780801853258
American Furniture 1993
AuthorBeckerdite, Luke EditorDescriptionPresents new research on furniture design, use, production, and appreciation. Provides a comprehensive forum on furniture history, technology, connoisseurship, and conservation by the foremost scholars in the field.
Call NumberNK2405 .A6Publisher
The compleat housewife, or, Accomplished gentlewoman's companion : being a collection of upwards of five hundred of the most approved receipts in cookery, pastry, confectionary, preserving, pickles, cakes, creams, jellies, made wines, cordials : with copper plates curiously engraven for the regular disposition or placing the various dishes and courses, and also bills of fare for every month in the year : to which is added, a collection of near two hundred family receipts of medicines ...
AuthorSmith, E(liza)DescriptionFirst published in 1758Call NumberTX705 .S53x 1727PublisherEnglish Handwriting 1540 1853: An Illustrated survey based on material in the National Art Library, V & A Museum
AuthorWhalley, Joyce IreneCall NumberP301Conservation Concerns : a guide for collectors and curators
AuthorBachmann, Konstanze EditorDescriptionEssays sharing information on conservation.Call NumberAM141 .C65PublisherISBN9781560981749History 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 NumberE162PublisherOur American Heritage A Guide to Early Furniture Styles
AuthorMiller, Estelle K.DescriptionProvides a comprehensive look at the historical evolution of domestic design in the United States. It tracks how European designs were adapted by colonial artisans, reflecting the social, political, and economic development of a growing nationCall NumberNK2400Publisher
Colonial Delaware Soldiers and Sailors 1638-1776
AuthorPeden, Henry C. Jr.DescriptionColonial Delaware Soldiers and Sailors 1638-1776Call NumberF163 .P43 1995PublisherColonial Williamsburg, its buildings and gardens; a descriptive tour of the restored capital of the British Colony of Virginia
AuthorKocher, A. Lawrence and Dearstyne, HowardCall NumberF234.W7 K6 1961PublisherThe Cabinetmaker in Eighteenth Century Williamsburg
AuthorHeuvel, Johannes (Interpreter)Call NumberNK2500The New Fine Points of Furniture: Early American: The Good, Better, Best, Superior, Masterpiece
AuthorSack, AlbertDescriptionGuide for comparing and evaluating early American antiques.Call NumberNK2406 .S292 1993PublisherISBN051758820X
Quilt Treasures of Great Britain: The Heritage Search of the Quilter's Guild
AuthorCripps, DavidCall NumberNK9143.A1 Q55 1995PublisherISBN9781558533844Trend & Tradition (formerlyColonial Williamsburg)
DescriptionIssues: 2000, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015Call NumberF234.W7 C88PublisherAmerican 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 .A53a
