Historic New England

Lexington and Concord.

73 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.

Date: [c1939]

Creators: Chamberlain, Samuel, 1895-1975.

GUSN: 255183

Call Number: Stacks F74.L67 C5 1939

Keywords in American landscape design /Therese O'Malley ; with contributions by Elizabeth Kryder-Reid and Anne L. Helmreich.

724 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 31 cm.

Date: c2010.

Creators: O'Malley, Therese. Kryder-Reid, Elizabeth. Helmreich, Anne. Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts (U.S.)

GUSN: 255922

Call Number: 85M Stacks SB469.25.O45 2010 c.1 (and 1 more)

The food axis :cooking, eating, and the architecture of American houses /Elizabeth Collins Cromley.

viii, 269 p. : ill. ; 21 cm., Blending architectural and social history with the necessityùand the passionùfor food, this engaging new book attempts to understand the development of the American house by viewing it through one very specific lens: the food axis. Taking in far more than the kitchen, a...

Date: 2010.

Creators: Cromley, Elizabeth C.

GUSN: 256320

Call Number: 85M Stacks NA7205.C76 2010 c. 1 (and 1 more)

Building a housewife's paradise :gender, politics, and American grocery stores in the twentieth century /Tracey Deutsch.

337 p. : ill. ; 25 cm., "Supermarkets are a mundane feature in the landscape, but as Tracey Deutsch reveals, they represent a major transformation in the ways that Americans feed themselves. In her examination of the history of food distribution in the United States, Deutsch demonstrates the importa...

Date: c2010.

Creators: Deutsch, Tracey.

GUSN: 256321

Call Number: Stacks HF5469.23.U62 D48 2010

Jonathan Fisher of Blue Hill, Maine :commerce, culture, and community on the Eastern frontier /Kevin D. Murphy.

xiv, 288 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 25 cm.

Date: c2010.

Creators: Murphy, Kevin D.

GUSN: 256322

Call Number: Stacks F29.B78 M87 2010 c. 1 (and 1 more)

Fur, fortune, and empire :the epic history of the fur trade in America /Eric Jay Dolin.

xvii, 442 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm., For all of fur's contentious position in American culture today, historian Eric Jay Dolin shows its centrality in our nation's ever-surprising history. He argues that the trade in animal skins turned colonial America into a tumultuous frontier w...

Date: c2010.

Creators: Dolin, Eric Jay.

GUSN: 256323

Call Number: Stacks E46.D65 2010 c. 1 (and 1 more)

Firsting and lasting :writing Indians out of existence in New England /Jean M. O'Brien.

xxvi, 269 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.

Date: c2010.

Creators: O'Brien, Jean M.

GUSN: 256324

Call Number: Stacks E78.N5 O35 2010

The archaeology of clothing and bodily adornment in colonial America /Diana DiPaolo Loren ; foreword by Michael S. Nassaney.

xviii, 121 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.

Date: c2010.

Creators: Loren, Diana DiPaolo. Nassaney, Michael S.

GUSN: 256325

Call Number: 85M Stacks GT607.L67 2010

A queer history of the United States /Michael Bronski.

xx, 287 p. ; 24 cm., Using numerous primary documents and literature, as well as social histories, the book takes the reader through the centuries, from Columbus' arrival and the brutal treatment the Native peoples received, through the American Revolution's radical challenging of sex and gender rol...

Date: c2011.

Creators: Bronski, Michael.

GUSN: 256326

Call Number: 85M Stacks HQ76.3.U5 B696 2011

Peabody & Stearns :country houses and seaside cottages /Annie Robinson.

247 p. : ill. (some col.), plans ; 32 cm.

Date: c2010.

Creators: Robinson, Annie (Ann E.)

GUSN: 256327

Call Number: 85M Stacks NA737.P36 R63 2010

Hill-Stead :the country place of Theodate Pope Riddle /James F. O'Gorman, editor ; essays by Edward S. Cooke, Jr. ... [et al.] ; foreword by Robert A. M. Stern.

200 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 27 cm.

Date: c2010.

Creators: O'Gorman, James F.

GUSN: 256328

Call Number: 85M Stacks N569.H55 2010

Yankee modern :the houses of Estes/Twombly /William Morgan.

167 p. : chiefly col. ill., plans ; 26 cm., "Architects James Estes and Peter Twombly have described their nearly two decades of work as 'quiet modernism.' Their Rhode Island-based firm, Estes/Twombly Architects, builds modestly sized and geometrically precise houses that are unique to their New Eng...

Date: c2010.

Creators: Morgan, William, 1944-

GUSN: 256329

Call Number: Stacks NA7239.E88 A4 2010

House that John Built : /ten generations of the Pickering family of Salem

xi, 242 p. : ill., facsims., geneal. tables, plans, ports ; 27 cm.

Date: c2010

Creators: Armstrong, Richard C.

GUSN: 256330

Call Number: Stacks CT274.P51 A3 2010

Boston beheld :antique town and country views /D. Brenton Simons.

x, 148 p. : col. ill., map ; 24 x 29 cm.

Date: c2008.

Creators: Simons, D. Brenton. New England Historic Genealogical Society.

GUSN: 256331

Call Number: 85M Stacks N8214.5.U6 S47 2008

Boston & beyond :a bird's eye view of New England : an exhibit from the collections of the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library, January 2008-June 2008 /written and edited by Ronald E. Grim, Roni Pick, and Eileen Warburton ; foreword by Bernard A. Margolis ; with essays by Alex Krieger and Debra Block.

167 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 23 x 31 cm.

Date: 2008.

Creators: Grim, Ronald E. Pick, Roni. Warburton, Eileen. Boston Public Library. Norman B. Leventhal Map Center.

GUSN: 256332

Call Number: 85M Stacks GA109.B67 2008

Beatrix Farrand :private gardens, public landscapes /Judith B. Tankard.

240 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm., Presents the life and work of one of the foremost landscape designers of the early 1900s. Born into a prominent New York family (the niece of Edith Wharton), Farrand eschewed the social life of the Gilded Age to pursue her passion for landscape and plants. Many of...

Date: c2009.

Creators: Tankard, Judith B.

GUSN: 256333

Call Number: 85M Stacks SB470.F37 T36 2009

Becoming American Jews :Temple Israel of Boston /Meaghan Dwyer-Ryan, Susan L. Porter, Lisa Fagin Davis.

xvii, 259 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.

Date: c2009.

Creators: Dwyer-Ryan, Meaghan. Porter, Susan L. Davis, Lisa Fagin.

GUSN: 256334

Call Number: 85M Stacks BM225.B6 D89 2009

Women's painted furniture, 1790-1830 :American schoolgirl art /Betsy Krieg Salm.

xvii, 223 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 29 cm.

Date: c2010.

Creators: Salm, Betsy Krieg.

GUSN: 256335

Call Number: Stacks NK2406.S35 2010 (and 1 more)

The greatest science stories never told :100 tales of invention and discovery to astonish, bewilder, & stupefy /by Rick Beyer.

viii, 214 p. : ill., maps ; 19 cm., A collection of historic tales, focusing on science and invention, includes an account of the first car, built in George Washington's day, and the frustrated fashion designer who gave us the space suit.

Date: c2009.

Creators: Beyer, Rick, 1956- History Channel (Television network)

GUSN: 256337

Call Number: Stacks Q173.B593 2009

Shadows in the valley :a cultural history of illness, death, and loss in New England, 1840-1916 /Alan C. Swedlund.

xiii, 246 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm., Alan Swedlund examines the history of mortality in several small communities in western Massachusetts from the mid-nineteenth to the early twentieth century--from just before the acceptance of the germ theory of disease through the early days of public health refo...

Date: c2010.

Creators: Swedlund, Alan C.

GUSN: 256338

Call Number: Stacks RA418.3.N427 S94 2010 (and 1 more)

Buildings of Massachusetts :metropolitan Boston /edited by Keith N. Morgan ; principal authors, Richard M. Candee ... [et al.] ; photography by Peter Vanderwarker with additional photographs by Antonina Smith.

xvii, 665 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.

Date: 2009.

Creators: Morgan, Keith N. Candee, Richard M., 1942- Vanderwarker, Peter. Smith, Antonina.

GUSN: 256339

Call Number: Ref. NA735.B7 B85 2009

A new nation of goods :the material culture of early America /David Jaffee.

xv, 400 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm., In the middle of the nineteenth century, middle-class Americans embraced a new culture of domestic consumption, one that centered on chairs and clocks as well as family portraits and books. How did that new world of goods, represented by Vict...

Date: c2010.

Creators: Jaffee, David.

GUSN: 256340

Call Number: Stacks F12.C7 J34 2010 c. 1 (and 1 more)

What's the big idea? :four centuries of innovation in Boston /Stephen Krensky.

64 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm., Discusses what changes have taken place in Boston since the city was founded in 1630.

Date: 2008.

Creators: Krensky, Stephen.

GUSN: 256341

Call Number: Stacks HC108.B65 K74 2008

Life of Rev. Joseph Snelling,being a sketch of his Christian experience and labors in the ministry.Written by himself.

iv, [9]-163 p. front. (port.) 17 cm.

Date: 1847.

Creators: Snelling, Joseph.

GUSN: 256342

Call Number: Rare BX8495.S63 A3 1847

Centennial movement.1876. A comedy in five acts.By Nathan Appleton.

66 p. 20 cm.

Date: 1877.

Creators: Appleton, Nathan, 1843-1906.

GUSN: 256343

Call Number: Rare PS1039.A49 C4 1877

Letters and diaries of Margaret Cabot Lee;extracts selected by her sisters, Marian C. Putnam and Amy W. Cabot, with a biographical sketch by her husband Joseph Lee.

401 p. illus., ports. 20 cm.

Date: 1923.

Creators: Lee, Margaret Cabot, 1866-1920. Putnam, Marian Cabot. Cabot, Amy W. Lee, Joseph, b. 1862.

GUSN: 256344

Call Number: Stacks CT275.L4 A4 1923

Standish of Standish,a story of the Pilgrims,by Jane G. Austin.

vi, 422 p. 18 cm.

Date: 1890, cl889.

Creators: Austin, Jane G. (Jane Goodwin), 1831-1894.

GUSN: 258410

Call Number: Stacks PS1052.S7 1889

Book of etiquette,by Lillian Eichler.

2 v. fronts., plates 19 cm.

Date: 1923.

Creators: Watson, Lillian Eichler, 1902-

GUSN: 258411

Call Number: Stacks BJ1853.W38 1923 v.1

Selling the dwelling :the books that built America's houses, 1775-2000.

286 p. : col. ill. (chiefly col.); 30 cm.

Date: 2013.

Creators: Cheek, Richard. Sedykh, Julia, book designer. Grolier Club.

GUSN: 288291

Call Number: 85M Stacks NA7105.C54 2013

Suckanesset :wherein may be read a history of Falmouth, Massachusetts /by Theodate Geoffrey.

188 p. : ill., ports. ; 23 cm.

Date: 1992, c1930.

Creators: Geoffrey, Theodate, 1893-

GUSN: 288329

Call Number: Stacks F74 F3 1992

Wildflowers of the Cape Cod Canal :an annotated checklist /Mario DiGregorio, Jeff Wallner.

ix, 97 p., [1] folded leaf of plates : ill., map ; 28 cm.

Date: 1985.

Creators: DiGregorio, Mario. Wallner, Jeff. Bourne Historic Commission (Bourne, Mass.)

GUSN: 288671

Call Number: Stacks QK166.D54 1985

Sou'west and by west of Cape Cod :the classic evocation of New England shore, sea, and islands--from Point Judith to the head of Buzzards Bay /by Llewellyn Howland ; introduction by John Rousmaniere ; illustrations by Lois Darling.

191 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Date: c1987.

Creators: Howland, Llewellyn.

GUSN: 288672

Call Number: Stacks F72.B9 H6 1987

Anti-friction bearing design for movable span bridges.

63 p. illus. 26 x 37 cm.

Date: [1950]

Creators: Torrington Company. Bantam Bearings Division.

GUSN: 288673

Call Number: Stacks TG420.T6

The building of the Cape Cod Canal, 1627-1914.

xv, 131 p. illus., ports., fold. col. map. 24 cm.

Date: 1961.

Creators: Reid, William James.

GUSN: 288674

Call Number: 85M Stacks HE396.C3 R4 1961

History of Bourne from 1622 to 1937 /by Betsey D. Keene.

221, xiv p., [18] leaves of plates : ill. ; 21 cm.

Date: 1975.

Creators: Keene, Betsey D.

GUSN: 288675

Call Number: Stacks F74.B52 K4 1975

The Cape Cod Canal :breaking through the bared and bended arm /J. North Conway.

157 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.

Date: c2008.

Creators: Conway, J. North (Jack North)

GUSN: 288676

Call Number: 85M Stacks HE396.C3 C66 2008

Cassier's magazine.Vol. 39,November, 1910-April, 1911.

1 v. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Date: 1911.

GUSN: 288677

Call Number: Stacks TA1.C34 v.39

Report of the Joint Committee of 1860 upon the proposed canal to unite Barnstable and Buzzard's bays :under the resolve of April 4, 1860, and subsequent resolves and votes of the legislature.

165 p. : ill., folded charts, maps ; 23 cm.

Date: 1864.

Creators: Massachusetts. General Court. Joint Committee on Ship Canal to Connect Barnstable Bay and Buzzard's Bay.

GUSN: 288678

Call Number: Stacks TC625.C2 A5 1864 c.1 (and 1 more)

The pageant of Cape Cod /William Chauncy Langdon, master of the pageant. On the banks of the Cape Cod canal near the village of Bourne, Massachusetts, August 15, 17, 18, 19, 1914.

2 p. leaves, 7-66 p. ; 23 cm.

Date: 1916]

Creators: Langdon, William Chauncy, 1871-1947.

GUSN: 288679

Call Number: Stacks F72.C3 L3 1916

The Cape Cod Canal /by Robert H. Farson.

xiv, 177 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Date: c1977.

Creators: Farson, Robert H., 1923-

GUSN: 288680

Call Number: 85M Stacks HE396.C3 F37 1977

Shipwrecks around Cape Cod;a collection of photographs and data covering the period from the late 1800s to 1973 on Cape Cod,by William P. Quinn. Pen and ink drawings by Diana Guarino.

239 p. illus. 32 cm.

Date: 1973]

Creators: Quinn, William P.

GUSN: 288681

Call Number: Stacks VK1272.C36 Q56

Cape Cod collection :unit #1, Cape Cod Canal /Leonard W. Ferguson ; assisted by Edith P. Ferguson and staff members, Salt Lake City Public Library, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah.

xiii, 93 leaves : ill. ; 28 cm. + index.

Date: 1982.

Creators: Ferguson, Leonard W. Ferguson, Edith P. Salt Lake City Public Library. University of Utah. Libraries.

GUSN: 288682

Call Number: Stacks HE396.C3 C36 1982 v.1 (and 1 more)

Artful adornments :jewelry from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston /Yvonne J. Markowitz.

204 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.

Date: 2011.

Creators: Markowitz, Yvonne J. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

GUSN: 288822

Call Number: Coll. NK7102.B67 M37 2011

The most famous man in America :the biography of Henry Ward Beecher /Debby Applegate.

ix, 529 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., map ; 25 cm., Presents the life of the nineteenth century orator, noted for his support of the abolition of slavery and the suffrage of women, as well as his friendships with some of the century's most famous writers such as Henry Thoreau, Mark Twain, and Walt W...

Date: c2006.

Creators: Applegate, Debby.

GUSN: 288823

Call Number: Stacks BX7260.B3 A67 2006

Balls! /by Michael J. Rosen ; illustrations by John Margeson.

72 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm., Learn about the balls used in basketball, soccer, football, tennis, handball, golf, volleyball, and ping pong: how they're made, why they look the way they do, some amazing facts about their history ... and a bit about the games that use them, too.

Date: c2006.

Creators: Rosen, Michael J., 1954- Margeson, John, ill.

GUSN: 288824

Call Number: Stacks GV749.B34 R67 2006

Low art tile :John Gardner Low & the artists of Boston's gilded age /by Richard Pennington.

240 p. : ill., ports. ; 26 cm.

Date: 2010.

Creators: Pennington, Richard. J.G. & J.F. Low (Firm)

GUSN: 288825

Call Number: Coll. NK4670.7.U53 L68 2010

The American department store transformed, 1920-1960 /Richard Longstreth.

xi, 323 p. : ill. (some col.), map, plans ; 29 cm.

Date: c2010.

Creators: Longstreth, Richard W.

GUSN: 288826

Call Number: 85M Stacks HF5465.U5 L66 2010

Glorious splendor :the 18th-century wallpapers in the Jeremiah Lee Mansion in Marblehead, Massachusetts /by Judy Anderson.

96 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.

Date: 2011.

Creators: Anderson, Judy, 1957-

GUSN: 288827

Call Number: Stacks NK3443.A53 2011

Practicing medicine in a black regiment :the Civil War diary of Burt G. Wilder, 55th Massachusetts /edited by Richard M. Reid.

x, 282 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., map ; 25 cm., "In early 1863, in the aftermath of Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, Massachusetts began recruiting black soldiers to serve in the Civil War. Burt Green Wilder, a Boston-born, Harvard educated doctor-in-training, was among the first white...

Date: c2010.

Creators: Wilder, Burt G. (Burt Green), 1841-1925. Reid, Richard M., 1943-

GUSN: 288828

Call Number: Stacks E513.5 55th.W55 2010

Making war and minting Christians :masculinity, religion, and colonialism in early New England /R. Todd Romero.

xiii, 255 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.

Creators: Romero, R. Todd, 1968-

GUSN: 288829

Call Number: Stacks F7.R68 2011

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