New England Collectors and Collections (2004)

The Dublin Seminar for New England Folklife Proceedings from 2004. 

Addresses the collecting of historical New England objects, 1790 to the present. Essays on museum collecting, architectural preservation, decorative arts (china and furniture), and antiquarian relics. Additional essays on collecting oceanic materials and birds; labor history; nativism; and ethnicity. 224 pp. 84 illustrations, bibliography.   Click here to view Table of Contents.