Historic New England

The Revolutionary War in Bennington County :a history and guide /Richard B. Smith.

160 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Date: 2008.

Creators: Smith, Richard B.

GUSN: 367354

Call Number: Stacks E230.5.V3 S65 2008

Pittsfield :Gem City in the Gilded Age /Carole Owens.

117 pages : illustrations ; 23 x 25 cm

Date: 2007.

Creators: Owens, Carole.

GUSN: 367355

Call Number: Stacks F74.P6 O84 2007

Newton Massachusetts, 1688-1988 :a celebration of three hundred years. Looking at Newton : the garden city in 1988 /by Thelma Fleishman ; with concluding chapter by Elsie M. Husher.

126 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

Date: 1988.

Creators: Fleishman, Thelma. Looking at Newton. Newton Tricentennial Corporation (Newton, Mass.)

GUSN: 367356

Call Number: Stacks F74.N56 N48 1988

Boston's Franklin Park :Olmsted, recreation, and the modern city /Ethan Carr ; afterword by Gary Hilderbrand.

201 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm., Frederick Law Olmsted designed Franklin Park in 1885 as the centerpiece of the Boston park system that later became known as the Emerald Necklace. Often cited with Central Park (1858) and Prospect Park (1865) as one of the three most important "large ...

Creators: Carr, Ethan, 1958- author. Hilderbrand, Gary R., author of afterword. Library of American Landscape History,

GUSN: 368650

Call Number: F73.65.C37 2023 Stacks

Painting the inhabited landscape :Fitz H. Lane and the global reach of antebellum America /Margaretta Markle Lovell.

xiii, 331 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (some color) ; 29 cm, "Examines landscape, harborscape, and seascape paintings by Fitz H. Lane (1804-1865) that comment on agriculture, extraction industries, settlement patterns, trade, and the political economy of nineteenth-century coastal New...

Creators: Lovell, Margaretta M., author. Lane, Fitz Henry, 1804-1865, artist.

GUSN: 368651

Call Number: ND237.L27 L68 2023 Stacks

Trailblazing women printmakers :Virginia Lee Burton Demetrios and the Folly Cove Designers /Elena M. Sarni.

224 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 x 21 cm, "The Folly Cove Designers (officially 1941-1969) was a grassroots collective of predominantly women block printers founded by Caldecott Award-winner and beloved children's book author/illustrator Virginia Lee Burton Demetrios (of Mike Mulligan ...

Creators: Sarni, Elena M., author. Princeton Architectural Press,

GUSN: 368652

Call Number: Stacks NE539.B87 S27 2023

The commercial landscape of Boston in 1800 :documentary and archaeological perspectives on the geography of retail shopkeeping /by Gayle Elizabeth Sawtelle.

xiv, 458 pages : illustrations, maps

Creators: Sawtelle, Gayle Elizabeth.

GUSN: 368653

Call Number: Stacks HF5429.5.B6 S28 1999

Interiors de luxe.

55 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 24 x 36 cm

Date: 1926.

Creators: Sanford Mills (Sanford, Me.)

GUSN: 368654

Call Number: Stacks NK2004.I68 1926

Envois of the Rotch travelling scholarship, 1885-1892;being a series of measured drawings of European architecture,made for the trustees by holders of the Rotch scholarship, together with the successful designs submitted in the competitions.

11 unnumbered pages 62 plates (including plans) 41 cm

Date: 1896.

Creators: Boston Society of Architects. Rotch Scholarship Committee.

GUSN: 368655

Call Number: Stacks NA2340.B6 1896

The Petit Trianon :being a reproduction of plates from a work by James A. Arnott and John Wilson, architects, of Edinburgh. The Rotch traveling scholarship envois /by Joseph Maginnisse.

6 leaves, 83 leaves of plates, [6] pages, [209]-286 pages : chiefly illustrations, plans ; 35 cm.

Date: 1913.

Creators: Arnott, James A. (James Alexander) Wilson, John, 1877- Maginnisse, Joseph. Rotch traveling scholarship envois.

GUSN: 368656

Call Number: Stacks NA1046.A76q

Copyright law of the United States of America :contained in title 17 of the United States Code.

175 pages ; 23 cm

Date: 1996

Creators: Library of Congress. Copyright Office.

GUSN: 368657

Call Number: Stacks KF2994.A2 U5 1996

Ethics and the archival profession :introduction and case studies /Karen Benedict.

2 preliminary leaves, 91 pages ; 23 cm, Ethics codes define societal expectations for individual and institutional moral conduct and performance. This volume of fourty case studies considers nearly every facet of professional archival work--from appraisal and administration to reference and the work...

Date: Ã2003.

Creators: Benedict, Karen M. Society of American Archivists,

GUSN: 368658

Call Number: Stacks CD971.B46 2003

American Daguerreian art /Floyd and Marion Rinhart.

ix, 135 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm, Survey of the work of the early American photographer-artists, who from 1840 to 1860 created a lasting portrait of an age.

Creators: Rinhart, Floyd, author. Rinhart, Marion, author. Clarkson N. Potter (Firm),

GUSN: 368659

Call Number: Stacks TR365.R47 1967

Understanding use :objects in museums of science and technology /edited by Tim Boon, Elizabeth Haines, Arnaud Dubois, and Klaus Staubermann.

v, 242 pages ; 26 cm, "This volume proposes a way of thinking, and of developing practice, around three varieties of the use of science and technology museum objects: first, the ways that machines, instruments and equipment were used in their pre-museum 'lives' (which use provides the most frequent ...

Creators: Boon, Tim, editor. Haines, Elizabeth (Elizabeth V.), editor. Dubois, Arnaud, editor. Staubermann, K. B. (Klaus B.), editor.

GUSN: 368660

Call Number: Coll. T179.U53 2024

Our science, ourselves :how gender, race, and social movements shaped the study of science /Christa Kuljian, University of Massachusetts Press.

ix, 294 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm., "When Christa Kuljian arrived on the Harvard College campus as a first-year student in the fall of 1980 with copies of Our Bodies, Ourselves and Ms. magazine, she was concerned that the women's movement had peaked in the previous ...

Creators: Kuljian, Christa, author

GUSN: 368733

Call Number: Stacks HQ1155.K85 2024

More than blue, more than Yankee :complexity and change in New England politics /edited by Amy Fried and Erin O'Brien.

xii, 267 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm, "New England politics can, at first blush, appear monochromatic. After all, only one member of the entire region's current delegation to the US Congress is a Republican; in contrast, only two states in the region-Rhode Island and Connecticut-had Democrati...

Creators: Fried, Amy, editor. O'Brien, Erin E., editor.

GUSN: 368734

Call Number: Stacks JK2295.N53 M67 2024

Chroniques de New York :romans, nouvelles /Edith Wharton ; édition établie et présentée par Emmanuelle Delanoë-Brun et Anne Ullmo.

1274 pages : illustrations, portraits, fac-similés ; 21 cm., (S0 0 (BElle est là, autour de vous. Ne passez pas à côté – l’immédiat, le réel, le nôtre, le vôtre, celui du romancier qu’il attend… Faites New York ! (S1 (B(Henri James à Edith Wharton, 1902).Sur le conseil du romancier Henry James, l’Am...

Creators: Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937, auteur. Delanoë-Brun, Emmanuelle, éditeur intellectuel, auteur. Ullmo, Anne, éditeur intellectuel, auteur. Chénetier, Marc, 1946- traducteur. Malroux, Claire, traducteur. Mayoux, Suzanne V., traducteur. Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937. House of mirth. Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937. Custom of the country. Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937. Age of innocence. Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937. Old New York.

GUSN: 368735

Call Number: Stacks PS3545.H16 C4 2024

The early furniture of French Canada /Jean Palardy ; translated from the French by Eric McLean.

411 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Date: 1978, Ã1963.

Creators: Palardy, Jean, 1905-1991. McLean, Eric.

GUSN: 368867

Call Number: Coll NK2442.P313 1978

America and the daguerreotype /edited by John Wood.

xii, 273 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm, Now available in paperback, America and the Daguerreo-type brings together 200 previously unpublished images (28 in full color) as it examines the earliest photographic process and its effect on the way we view ourselves. For this collection, John Wood selecte...

Creators: Wood, John, 1947 January 2- editor. Hendel, Richard, book designer. Kilgo, Dolores Ann, 1940- contributor. Stilgoe, John R., 1949- contributor. Stannard, David E., contributor. Johnson, Brooks, 1954- contributor. Graf, John F., 1962- contributor. Palmquist, Peter E., contributor. Verhulst, Jeanne, contributor. University of Iowa Press,

GUSN: 368868

Call Number: Stacks TR365.A47 1991

Architecture follows fish :an amphibious history of the North Atlantic /André Tavares.

277 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm, "To what extent can a fish produce architecture? This book sets out to trace a socioecological history of North Atlantic architecture in relation to fisheries, thus shedding light on the connection that exists between the transformation of marine environments...

Creators: Tavares, André, 1976- author.

GUSN: 368869

Call Number: Stacks NA2543.S6 T38 2024

Catalogue, Boston Architectural Club Exhibition 1904 :in the gallery of The Boston Art Club, Dartmouth corner Newbury Street, from May 2nd to 14th inclusive.

146 pages : chiefly illustrations, plans ; 24 cm

Date: Ã1904.

Creators: Boston Architectural Club (1904)

GUSN: 368874

Call Number: Stacks NA2400.B7 B67 1904

One thing and another :gathered together by Charlotte Loring Lowell.

79 pages : illustrations, portrait ; 23 cm

Date: Ã1971.

Creators: Lowell, Charlotte Loring.

GUSN: 369748

Call Number: Stacks PS586.L68 1971

The art collection of the late Mr. & Mrs. Charles E.F. McCann :English XVII and XVIII century furniture ... /sold by the heirs.

332 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

Date: 1942.

Creators: McCann, Charles E. F. Parke-Bernet Galleries.

GUSN: 369749

Call Number: 85M Stacks N5220.M25 x.M25 x

Catalogue of the Boston Architectural Club exhibition 1906 :at the Boston Public Library, Copley Square, from November 5 to November 24, inclusive.

156 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm

Date: [1906]

Creators: Boston Architectural Club. Boston Public Library.

GUSN: 369750

Call Number: 85 M Stacks NA2400.B7 B67 1906

The Boston almanac for the year 1845. /By S.N. Dickinson.

166, [2] p., 1 folded leaf of plates : ill., map ; 14 cm.

Date: c1844.

Creators: Dickinson, Samuel N. (Samuel Nelson), 1801-1848. Peirce, Benjamin, 1809-1880. Smith, Jerome Van Crowninshield, 1800-1879. Dickinson, Samuel N. (Samuel Nelson), 1801-1848, printer. Boynton, George W., -1884, engraver. Thomas Groom & Co.,

GUSN: 369751

Call Number: Stacks AY201.B7 B669

The run of the mill :a pictorial narrative of the expansion, dominion, decline, and enduring impact of the New England textile industry /by Steve Dunwell.

xi, 299 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm, Portrait of the human, mechanical and environmental determinants of New England's textile industry, the social, technological, cultural, and economic factors that perpetrated its creation, consolidation and decline and the remaining legacy.

Date: 1978.

Creators: Dunwell, Steve.

GUSN: 369756

Call Number: 85M Stacks HD9857.A1 D861978

Fireplace Shovel

Steel shaft and bell-shapes shovel with shallow sides; bulbous brass ring-turned handle with nipple top.

Date: 1795-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), steel (alloy)

GUSN: 4060

Accession Number: 1977.368A

Fireplace Tongs

Steel shaft; bulbous brass ring-turned handle with nipple top.

Date: 1795-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), steel (alloy)

GUSN: 4061

Accession Number: 1977.368B

Chest

Chest with two drawers, hinged lid and new base; new wood knobs on drawers; thumbnail molding around four sides of lid.

Date: 1790-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: pine (wood)

GUSN: 4062

Accession Number: 1977.369

Washstand

Corner stand; overall triangular shape with bow front; scallop-edged splash board sides supporting small triangualr tops helf; three-squared legs forming open frame, the two frontal legs terminating in modified spade feet; medial bowed shelf with plain apron; originally veneered; repainted dark gree...

Date: ca. 1800

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), pine (wood)

GUSN: 4063

Accession Number: 1977.370

Kerosene Lamp, Electrified

Colorless molded/pressed glass body; ball-shaped font in honeycomb pattern surmounted by brass collar; short neck terminating in stepped and fluted circular base; fitted to electricity.

Date: ca. 1850

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), flint glass, molding (forming), pressing, glass (material)

GUSN: 4064

Accession Number: 1977.371

Looking Glass

Mahogany veneered frame with mitered corners; simple flat rectangular box "form" with no decoration or molding; replaced glass.

Date: ca. 1835

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), veneer, pine (wood)

GUSN: 4065

Accession Number: 1977.372

Watercolor of a Bird

Polychrome watercolor of bird on a tree branch, mound with foliage, and fence in foreground; body of bird composed of feathers; glazed; wooden frame with gilt and gesso mat/liner.

Date: 1780-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: feather (material), ink, paper (fiber product), watercolor (paint), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 4066

Accession Number: 1977.373

Scene with Figures

Three people seated at a table near a cottage with three people standing (one near table, one in doorway and one beyond house to left with sheep); possibly Biblical or allegorical. Glazed; simple molded frame painted black.

Date: 1700-1799

Maker: unknown

Material: engraving (printing process), hand coloring, paper (fiber product), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 4067

Accession Number: 1977.374A

Jacobs Ladder

Countryside scene with man lying beneath a tree and angels descending ladder toward him (depiction of Biblical Jacob's ladder); glazed; simple molded frame painted black.

Date: 1700-1799

Maker: unknown

Material: engraving (printing process), hand coloring, paper (fiber product), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 4068

Accession Number: 1977.374B

Figurine

Molded figure of a peasant woman on a mound leaning against a tree stump; dressed in striped petticoat, tightly fitted blue bodice with gold fringe, pink and blue shoes, polka dotted dress, pink hat with rust, gold and white plume; applied oak leaves on stump; applied flowers and foliage on base; wh...

Date: 1795-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, enameling, molding (forming), overglazing, vitrification

GUSN: 4069

Accession Number: 1977.375

Looking Glass

Scrolled crest; painted black with gold surrounding glass and outlining crest.

Date: 1720-1740

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), pine (wood)

GUSN: 4070

Accession Number: 1977.376

First Love

Depicts young man and girl in 17th-century dress leaning on Jacobean armchair; glazed; earlier painted simple molded wood frame (Hogarth type).

Date: ca. 1800

Maker: Barnes, Robert (Maker)

Material: ink, paper (fiber product), printing (process), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 4071

Accession Number: 1977.377

Chest of Drawers

Bow front chest with four graduated mahogany veneered drawers with beaded maple edges; two frontal turned legs continuing to ring and rope-turned corner columns surmounted by flat ovolo-shaped top; straight apron; four flattened ball feet; back legs with simple turning; replaced Chippendale-style br...

Date: 1815-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), mahogany (wood), veneer, maple (wood)

GUSN: 4072

Accession Number: 1977.378

Dressing Glass

Rectangular mirror in reeded frame supported by adjustable, H-shaped pivoting frame consisting of reeded stretcher and stiles mounted on a shoe-foot base.

Date: ca. 1810

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), pine (wood)

GUSN: 4073

Accession Number: 1977.379

Candlestick

Columnar sticks with simple quarter round stepped moldings around square base; slightly tapered baluster with two rings at bottom and one near round bobeche surmounted by socket; candle pusher intact.

Date: 1790-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 4074

Accession Number: 1977.380AB

Bobeche

Cast scalloped edge with hole at center; top surface decorated with creature masks and winged figures; ribbed on bottom side with tiny abstract design all over.

Date: 1900-1991

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 4075

Accession Number: 1977.381.1

Tray

Flat circular body with reticulated gallery; single cut hole in center; possibly part of epergne; painted black.

Date: 1840-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), tin (metal)

GUSN: 4076

Accession Number: 1977.382

Whale Oil Lamp, Electrified

Spherical pressed glass font decorated with two bands of six oval facets with alternating ribs in between; terminating in hexagonal base joined with a glass wafer; cylindrical pewter ring at top; electrified.

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: flint glass, pewter (tin alloy), pressing, glass (material), tin (metal)

GUSN: 4077

Accession Number: 1977.383

Lamp, Electrified

Chinese club-shaped vase form, stepped outward at lip with single medial neck ring; shoulder slopes slightly to cylindrical body rounding just above foot; dark/light blue mottled glaze; vase drilled through bottom for wiring.

Date: 1900-1940

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, glazing (coating), tin (metal)

GUSN: 4078

Accession Number: 1977.384

Candlestick, Electrified

Ring and vase turned columnar stick with square base with beveled edges and corners; circular deep socket; converted to electricity.

Date: ca. 1830

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 4079

Accession Number: 1977.385

Lamp, Electrified

Standing lamp of rod and strap iron; tripod base with scroll leg and foot; plain central post supporting scroll ended lamp fixture.

Date: 1900 -1933

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), rolling (leather process)

GUSN: 4080

Accession Number: 1977.386

Miniature Candlestick

Cup-shaped socket surmounting bulbous turned columnar support terminating in square stepped base.

Date: 1865-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 4081

Accession Number: 1977.387AB

Figurine

Molded in form of cow with two calves, one standing, one reclining; overglaze enamel detailing of brown and white body with gilt bell at neck; calves with gilt detailing; white clay body with clear glaze.

Date: 1915-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, enameling, gilding, ironstone (pottery), molding (forming), overglazing, vitrification

GUSN: 4082

Accession Number: 1977.388

Figurine

Slip molded figurine in shape of dachshund with overglaze enameled brown and white body with black nose and eyes.

Date: ca. 1950

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, enameling, overglazing, slip casting

GUSN: 4083

Accession Number: 1977.389

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