Historic New England

Contesting History in 1899 : The Old Goal in York, Maine

As illustrated by the Old Gaol at York, Maine, a preserved monument sometimes has a way of persuading the public to view history in a skewed, one-sided way. Restored using the money of the upper-class summer residents of York in the early-20th century, Kevin D. Murphy looks at the Old Gaol and raise...

Date: 1995

Collection: Old-Time New England

GUSN: 169692

Ref. Code: SC001.1995.073.260.001

"Bedsteads Should be Painted Green" : Shaker Paints and Varnishes

While the common belief is that Shakers used buttermilk, blueberries and other natural materials to create their paints, research shows that the Shakers made their paints using proven recipes from outside their world and raw materials from New York and New England.

Date: 1995

Collection: Old-Time New England

GUSN: 169693

Ref. Code: SC001.1995.073.260.002

Inside SPNEA : The Yankee Photograph Collection

In the fall of 1994, Yankee Publishing Inc., donated an important collection of more than 2000 negatives dating between the 1890s and 1930s. These are images of New England cities, towns, bridges, landscapes, disasters - a broad imagistic document of life in New England recorded by such photographer...

Date: 1995

Collection: Old-Time New England

GUSN: 169694

Ref. Code: SC001.1995.073.260.003

Drawn and Published : The Craft of Portraiture in Eighteenth-Century New England

Care and craft went into the painting of portraits in the 18th century. The most accomplished portraits contained hints of the sitter's character - the way he held his hands, gazed through the painting, what he held, or little symbols contained in the scene. Just like poetry, the painting could exal...

Date: 1995

Collection: Old-Time New England

GUSN: 169695

Ref. Code: SC001.1995.073.260.004

"To Promote My Countrys Good" : Joseph Whipple and the Oliver Evans Flour Mill in New Hampshire, 1788-1802

The story of Oliver Evans' automated flour mill design is twisty and thorny. While Evans is recognized as one of the most important inventors of his time, and his impact on agriculture in New England is immeasurable, he let the design for the flour mill slip through his hands, as a published version...

Date: 1996

Collection: Old-Time New England

GUSN: 169696

Ref. Code: SC001.1996.074.261.001

Inside SPNEA : Daguerreotypes of Plymouth

More than 800 daguerreotypes reside in SPNEA's Library and Archives. It is a huge and impressive collection. Of those, there are 14 extraordinary daguerreotypes of Plymouth, Mass. The origin of these images are nebulous at best, but they are fascinating, crystallized moments of a time past in a town...

Date: 1996

Collection: Old-Time New England

GUSN: 169697

Ref. Code: SC001.1996.074.261.002

"As Time Will Serve" : The Evolution of Plimouth Plantation's Recreated Architecture

While a reproduction is, by definition, never completely accurate, Plimouth Plantation continually changes its buildings and structures in order to represent history as faithfully as possible. It is a work in progress, a canvas that is constantly painted over in order to bring a little of the past i...

Date: 1996

Collection: Old-Time New England

GUSN: 169698

Ref. Code: SC001.1996.074.261.003

The Province House and the Preservation Movement

When it was demolished in 1922, the Province House in Boston had gone through so many changes, fallen into such disrepair and had been ignored for so long, there was no way to know what it originally looked like. There were a few sketches and drawings, but they were superficial at best. During demol...

Date: 1996

Collection: Old-Time New England

GUSN: 169699

Ref. Code: SC001.1996.074.262.001

New England Culture on the Ohio Frontier

Inventory records from settler's homes reveal what they thought was necessary in their long, hard journey to their new land. The records of Abner Pinney and Levi Buttles, who died soon after moving to the Ohio frontier, provide a unique look into what these settlers thought was essential to establis...

Date: 1996

Collection: Old-Time New England

GUSN: 169700

Ref. Code: SC001.1996.074.262.002

Inside SPNEA : Of Pointed Arches

SPNEA's collections reveal how Gothic style informed the architectural and decorative arts during the mid-19th century. While the supporters of the style felt it should be organic and not forced into design, the style often found its way into anything in need of a little pizzazz - architectural desi...

Date: 1996

Collection: Old-Time New England

GUSN: 169701

Ref. Code: SC001.1996.074.262.003

Guns and Roses : Ritualism, Time Capsules, and the Massachusetts Agricultural College

Though largely ignored in studies of the past, time capsules present us with a clearer voice from, and greater view of, the past than do randomly excavated objects. A capsule dug up on the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, campus in 1991 speaks volumes. In the search for the capsule, the authors...

Date: 1996

Collection: Old-Time New England

GUSN: 169702

Ref. Code: SC001.1996.074.262.004

Three Hearths : A Sociological Study of Seventeenth-Century Massachusetts Bay Probate Inventories

The appearance of a third hearth on the ground floor of homes signalled a change from a late-medievel world view to a mentality that stressed comfort and display of status. New analysis of 17th-century homes and inventory records suggests that the change in world view didn't start until later than p...

Date: 1997

Collection: Old-Time New England

GUSN: 169703

Ref. Code: SC001.1997.075.263.001

Inside SPNEA : Drawings from the Office of Ogden Codman, Jr.

The daunting task of cataloguing the contents of The Grange, architect and decorator Ogden Codman, Jr.'s, family home in Lincoln, Mass., proved to be bountiful. When the Grange was acquired by SPNEA as a bequest from Dorothy S.F.M. Codman, 1,700 architectural drawings dating from 1883 to 1919 were f...

Date: 1997

Collection: Old-Time New England

GUSN: 169704

Ref. Code: SC001.1997.075.263.002

The Howland Mill Village : A Missing Chapter in Model Workers' Housing

Had the Howland Mill Corporation survived, worker housing as we know it could have been radically different. Situated between the rigid early version of workers' housing and the more recent triple-decker model, The Howland Mill Village was a radical design. This article examines the Howland Mill Cor...

Date: 1997

Collection: Old-Time New England

GUSN: 169705

Ref. Code: SC001.1997.075.263.003

A Philadelphian Looks at New England

Volume 50, Number 179 (Winter 1960)

Date: Winter 1960

Collection: Old-Time New England

GUSN: 169706

Ref. Code: SC001.1960.050.179.001

Astronomical Observatories in New England

Volume 50, Number 179 (Winter 1960)

Date: Winter 1960

Collection: Old-Time New England

GUSN: 169707

Ref. Code: SC001.1960.050.179.002

The Lyman Greenhouses

Volume 50, Number 179 (Winter 1960)

Date: Winter 1960

Collection: Old-Time New England

GUSN: 169708

Ref. Code: SC001.1960.050.179.003

The Historical Society's Part in American Education

Volume 51, Number 181 (Summer, 1960)

Date: Summer 1960

Collection: Old-Time New England

GUSN: 169709

Ref. Code: SC001.1960.051.181.001

Christ Church, Boston

Volume 51, Number 183 (Winter, 1961)

Date: Winter 1961

Collection: Old-Time New England

GUSN: 169710

Ref. Code: SC001.1961.051.183.001

Town Commons of New England, 1640-1840

Volume 51, Number 183 (Winter, 1961)

Date: Winter 1961

Collection: Old-Time New England

GUSN: 169711

Ref. Code: SC001.1961.051.183.002

The Boston Exchange Coffee House

Volume 52, Number 185 (Summer, 1961)

Date: 1961

Collection: Old-Time New England

GUSN: 169712

Ref. Code: SC001.1961.052.185.001

Charles Bulfinch and Boston's Vanishing West End

Volume 52, Number 186 (Fall, 1961)

Date: Fall 1961

Collection: Old-Time New England

GUSN: 169713

Ref. Code: SC001.1961.052.186.001

Lewis and Bartholomew's Mechanical Panorama of the Battle of Bunker Hill

Volume 52, Number 186 (Fall, 1961)

Date: Fall 1961

Collection: Old-Time New England

GUSN: 169714

Ref. Code: SC001.1961.052.186.002

A Genealogical Puzzle

Volume 50, Number 179 (Winter 1960)

Date: Winter 1960

Collection: Old-Time New England

GUSN: 169715

Ref. Code: SC001.1960.050.179.004

Contract for Building Portions of a Turnpike in 1806

Volume 52, Number 186 (Fall, 1961)

Date: Fall 1961

Collection: Old-Time New England

GUSN: 169716

Ref. Code: SC001.1961.052.186.003

The Forgotten Courtship of David and Marcy Spear, 1785-1787

Volume 52, Number 187 (Winter, 1962)

Date: Winter 1962

Collection: Old-Time New England

GUSN: 169717

Ref. Code: SC001.1962.052.187.001

When They Burned Peat in Middleton

Volume 52, Number 187 (Winter, 1962)

Date: Winter 1962

Collection: Old-Time New England

GUSN: 169718

Ref. Code: SC001.1962.052.187.002

Lewis and Bartholomew's Mechanical Panorama of the Battle of Bunker Hill (Part 2)

Volume 52, Number 187 (Winter, 1962)

Date: Winter 1962

Collection: Old-Time New England

GUSN: 169719

Ref. Code: SC001.1962.052.187.003

Note on "Plans of an American Country Town" 1769-1770

Volume 53, Number 189 (Summer, 1962)

Date: Summer 1962

Collection: Old-Time New England

GUSN: 169720

Ref. Code: SC001.1962.053.189.001

Hartford in an Old Account Book

Volume 53, Number 189 (Summer, 1962)

Date: Summer 1962

Collection: Old-Time New England

GUSN: 169721

Ref. Code: SC001.1962.053.189.002

St. Michael's Church, Marblehead, Massachusetts, 1714, Part II

Volume 53, Number 190 (Fall, 1962)

Date: Fall 1962

Collection: Old-Time New England

GUSN: 169722

Ref. Code: SC001.1962.053.190.001

Friendship Cards

Volume 53, Number 190 (Fall, 1962)

Date: Fall 1962

Collection: Old-Time New England

GUSN: 169723

Ref. Code: SC001.1962.053.190.002

The Pedler's Cart

Volume 53, Number 190 (Fall, 1962)

Date: Fall 1962

Collection: Old-Time New England

GUSN: 169724

Ref. Code: SC001.1962.053.190.003

The Art of Richard Greenough

Volume 53, Number 191 (Winter, 1963)

Date: Winter 1963

Collection: Old-Time New England

GUSN: 169725

Ref. Code: SC001.1963.053.191.001

An Early Well House, Sturbridge, Massachusetts

Volume 53, Number 191 (Winter, 1963)

Date: Winter 1963

Collection: Old-Time New England

GUSN: 169726

Ref. Code: SC001.1963.053.191.002

Yankee Pluck at Bird Island Light

Volume 53, Number 191 (Winter, 1963)

Date: Winter 1963

Collection: Old-Time New England

GUSN: 169727

Ref. Code: SC001.1963.053.191.003

Nathaniel Kene of Spruce Creek : A Portrait from the Court Records

Volume 53, Number 192 (Spring, 1963)

Date: Spring 1963

Collection: Old-Time New England

GUSN: 169728

Ref. Code: SC001.1963.053.192.001

Peter Banner, His Building Speculations in New Haven (Part IV)

Volume 53, Number 192 (Spring, 1963)

Date: Spring 1963

Collection: Old-Time New England

GUSN: 169729

Ref. Code: SC001.1963.053.192.002

Old-Time New England Primer of Preservation : P is for Paper

Volume 53, Number 192 (Spring, 1963)

Date: Spring 1963

Collection: Old-Time New England

GUSN: 169730

Ref. Code: SC001.1963.053.192.003

Mt. Holyoke Female Seminary

Volume 54, Number 193 (Summer, 1963)

Date: Summer 1963

Collection: Old-Time New England

GUSN: 169731

Ref. Code: SC001.1963.054.193.001

"Boston Chairs"

Volume 54, Number 193 (Summer, 1963)

Date: Summer 1963

Collection: Old-Time New England

GUSN: 169732

Ref. Code: SC001.1963.054.193.002

The Lithographs of Fitz Hugh Lane

Volume 54, Number 194 (Fall, 1963)

Date: Fall 1963

Collection: Old-Time New England

GUSN: 169733

Ref. Code: SC001.1963.054.194.001

Washington in Christ Church, Cambridge

Volume 54, Number 194 (Fall, 1963)

Date: Fall 1963

Collection: Old-Time New England

GUSN: 169734

Ref. Code: SC001.1963.054.194.002

Isaac Damon and the Southwick Column Papers

Volume 54, Number 194 (Fall, 1963)

Date: Fall 1963

Collection: Old-Time New England

GUSN: 169735

Ref. Code: SC001.1963.054.194.003

The Foster-Hutchinson House

Volume 54, Number 195 (Winter, 1964)

Date: Winter 1964

Collection: Old-Time New England

GUSN: 169736

Ref. Code: SC001.1964.054.195.001

The District Schoolhouse of Middleton, Massachusetts

Volume 54, Number 195 (Winter, 1964)

Date: Winter 1964

Collection: Old-Time New England

GUSN: 169737

Ref. Code: SC001.1964.054.195.002

Newburyport and Its Business District

Volume 54, Number 196 (Spring, 1964)

Date: Spring 1964

Collection: Old-Time New England

GUSN: 169738

Ref. Code: SC001.1964.054.196.001

English Engravings as Sources of New England Decoration

Volume 54, Number 196 (Spring, 1964)

Date: Spring 1964

Collection: Old-Time New England

GUSN: 169739

Ref. Code: SC001.1964.054.196.002

The Thompson, Connecticut Bank

Volume 54, Number 196 (Spring, 1964)

Date: Spring 1964

Collection: Old-Time New England

GUSN: 169740

Ref. Code: SC001.1964.054.196.003

Dr. Manning's Mill

Volume 55, Number 197 (Summer, 1964

Date: Summer 1964

Collection: Old-Time New England

GUSN: 169741

Ref. Code: SC001.1964.055.197.001

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