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The Story of the Underground Railroad
AuthorCopeland, Peter F.DescriptionArtist Peter Copeland portrays scenes from this grim period in American history in 45 dramatically rendered illustrations that include shocking views of "below decks" aboard a slave ship, slave pens, a family being seized by slave catchers, methods of punishing runaway slaves, an escaped slave with Seminole Indians, John Brown on the way to his execution, refugees arriving at a safe house, and more.Call NumberE450PublisherISBN9780486411583Journal 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 .A53aPublisherThe Philadelphia Chair, 1685-1785
AuthorKindig, Joseph K. IIICall NumberNK2715 .K48
American 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
Alexandria Houses 1750 1830
AuthorDavis, Deering; Dorsey, Stephen P.; Hall, Cole, RalphCall NumberNA7238.A33 D3PublisherColonial Williamsburg Celebrates 75 years of Collecting
AuthorTheobald, Mary MileyDescriptionHow the Reverend W.A.R Goodwin and John D. Rockefeller, Jr. went about restoring Virginia's colonial capital.And how the Williamsburg of today was turned from a sleepy southern town into a city alive with the voices of history.Call NumberF234.W7PublisherISBN9780879352202
Letitia Baldrige's New Complete Guide to Executive Manners
AuthorBaldridge, LetitiaCall NumberHF5389 .B34PublisherISBN9780892563623John 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
Blenheim Palace : Victory at Blenheim 1704 2004
Call NumberNA7746The Jane Austen Cookbook
AuthorBlack, Maggie & LeFaye, DeirdreCall NumberTX717 .B536PublisherISBN9781556522420The Book and Paper Group Annual Volume Thirty-three 2014
DescriptionPapers presented at the Book and Paper Group Annual Meeting 2014Call NumberZ700.9 .B66The Care of Historical Collections, A Conservation Handbook for the Nonspecialist
AuthorGuldbeck, Per E.DescriptionAppproaches the subject of conservation in three parts - health and safety of the total collection, documentation of the nature and composition of the artifacts, and specific problems and methods in the conservation of artifacts and first aidCall NumberNK1127.5 .G8ISBN9780910050074Early Family Home
AuthorKalman, BobbieDescriptionDescribes the life of early settlers, including the construction of a home, the clearing of land, folk medicine, candle making, quilting bees, weaving, and wedding partiesCall NumberE40 .K35 1992PublisherISBN9780865050167Gilbert Stuart: Portraitist of the Young Republic 1755 1828
Call NumberND237.S8 A46PublisherProcedures for Salvage of Water-Damaged Library Materials
AuthorWaters, PeterDescriptionAssists those faced with the need to salvage library and archival materials affected by floods or water.Call NumberZ701 .W37PublisherISBN084440151XHistorical Needlework of Pennsylvania
AuthorSchiffer, Margaret BerwindDescriptionExamples described are samplers, which include some unusual darning and drawn-work samplers as well as the more familiar cross-stitch type; crewel embroidery, silk embroidered pictures, Florentine stitch embroidery, and the canvas and Berlin work of theCall NumberNK9110 .S35PublisherISBN9781199092113
The Chesapeake Bay Country
AuthorSwepson, EarleDescriptionA comprehensive index of names and locations, and, maps of Chesapeake Bay and St. Maryís City add to the value of this work.Call NumberF187.C5 E2Publisher
The American Craftsmen and the Eurpean Tradition 1620-1820
AuthorPuig, Francis J. Conforti, MichaelCall NumberNK2400PublisherISBN9780912964386
Colonial Furniture of West New Jersey
AuthorHopkins, Thomas SmithCox, Walter ScottCall NumberNK2435.N5 H6Publisher
Culinary Expeditions: A Celebration of Food and Culture
AuthorWomen's Committee of Penn MuseumDescriptionFeatures cultural and culinary stories, 80 tested recipes, and glorious photography of food-related artifacts from the international collections of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.Call NumberTX3ISBN9780615894935Looking at Prints, Drawings and Watercolors 2nd edition
AuthorGoldman, PaulCall NumberN34 .G62 2006ISBN9780892368716Delaware History Vol. XXXII Index
AuthorHistorical Society of DelawareDescriptionVolume XXXII Index is a white pamphlet just like other indices. It contains a Table of Contents, a List of Illustrations followed by the Index.Call NumberF161 .D37PublisherHistoric Houses of Kent County: An Architectural History: 1642-1860
AuthorBourne, Michael OwenDescriptionLarge volume on Kent County history. Detailed architectural survey of individual historic houses in Kent County. Chapter on the African-American community in early Kent County. Martinet maps (1860) of Kent County. K-Files inventory. Index. Many photos of historic houses.Call NumberF176Fart Proudly: Writings of Benjamin Franklin You Never Read in School
AuthorJapikse, Carl (editor)Call NumberPS745.A3 J37PublisherISBN9781583940792Britten's Old Clocks and Watches and Their Makers 7th edition
AuthorBaille, G. H.; Clutton, C. and Ilbert, C.A.Call NumberTS540The Collectors' Encyclopedia of Antiques
AuthorPhillips, PhoebeDescriptionA thorough encyclopedia of antiques for collectors. There are over 2000 illustrations in full color and black and white. 64 in full color, containing 77 original photographs, all of them attractive and informative.Call NumberNK28 .P494PublisherISBN9780517504512Layton's Legacy: A Historic Art Collection, 1888-2013
AuthorEastberg, John C. Vogel, EricDescriptionDraws on a recently discovered archive of Layton family papers, travel journals, and vintage photographs and on five years of extensive archival research in the United States and Great Britain.Call NumberN582.M5 A85PublisherISBN9780982381014
Wrought with Careful Hand: Ties of Kinship on DE Samplers
AuthorAnderson, Lynne & Allen, Gloria SeamanCall NumberNK9112 .W76 2014PublisherISBN9781893287129American Institute for Conservation of Historic & Artistic Works November 2009
AuthorAmerican Institute for Conservation of Historic & Artistic WorksCall NumberN8554 .A53aThe Delaware Historical and Genealogical Recall of Matilda Spicer Hart
AuthorRichards, Mary FallonDescriptionListings of marriages, wills, orphans, depositions etc from 1933Call NumberF163 .D37PublisherTreasures of America and Where to Find Them
DescriptionDescriptions and locations of America's most treasured houses, museums, gardens, buildings, monuments, historic sites and other fascinating places to visit.Call NumberG153PublisherAlong the Brandywine River
AuthorMowday, Bruce EdwardDescriptionExplores the creek's importance from the Revolutionary War's Battle of Brandywine through 20th-century settlements. The collected postcards show the countryside as it appeared during the Revolutionary War Battle at Brandywine through the time of nineteenth-century settlements in the region and into the twentieth century.Call NumberE151PublisherISBN073850940XA Handbook on the Art of Washi
Call NumberTS1130PublisherAll About Antiquing and Restoring Furniture 1982 edition
AuthorBerger, RobertDescription1982 editionCall NumberTT199 .B47PublisherISBN051738552XOur Militia 1765-1865
Call NumberE171Kirk silver in United States museums
AuthorS. Kirk & SonDescriptionBegins with two pages of Kirk Assayer and Maker's Marks, followed by alphabetical list of form and within each form, the detailed object, its Kirk catalog number (where relevant), and the museum holding the object, and concludes with two pages on the U.S.S. Maryland Silver Service. 6 objects are illustrated along with two illustrations of objects in the U.S.S. Maryland Silver Service.Call NumberNK7112PublisherJournal of the American Institute for ConservationVolume 53, Number 3August 2014
AuthorDerrick, Michele, Editor-in-ChiefDescription3D Laser Scanning of Historic Molds for Documenting the Richard-Ginori Factory Collection.Pursuing Automated Classification of Historic Photographic Papers from Raking Light Images.Toward an Ontology of Audio Preservation.Skin-Covered Masks from the CCall NumberN8554 .A53a
