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  • Creator is exactly "Dublin Seminar for New England Folklife"
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Women's work in New England, 1620-1920 / editor, Peter Benes ; assoc. ed., Jane Montague Benes

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Contents: Section 1. Women and washing. Washing household linens and linen clothing in 1627 Plymouth / Maureen Richard -- Section 2. Women and agriculture. Increase and vantage : Women, cows, and the agricultural economy of Colonial New England /…

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New England music : the public sphere, 1600-1900 / editor, Peter Benes ; associate editor, Jane Montague Benes

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Contents: Eighteenth-century ballroom : a mirror of social change / Kate Van Winkle Keller -- American death of Harlequin : musical pantomimes in Boston before 1815 / Peter Benes --Thomas Walter and the society for promoting regular singing in the…

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New England collectors and collections / Dublin Seminar for New England Folklife ; Peter Benes, editor ; Jane Montague Benes, associate editor

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Contents: Introduction. Section 1. Forming early collecting institutions (early nineteenth century). "An equal taste for antiquities" : Reverend William Bentley and the American Antiquarian Society / Thomas Knoles -- "A few monstrous great snakes" :…

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New England celebrates: spectacle, commemoration, and festivity / editor: Peter Benes

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Contents: Night processings: celebrating the gunpowder plot in England and New England / Peter Benes -- "The Floral architect": rules and designs for processions / Paige W. Roberts -- The 1823 "centennial" celebration of New Hampshire's settlement /…

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In our own words : New England diaries, 1600 to the present / editor, Peter Benes

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Contents: v.1. Diary diversity, coming of age; v.2. Neighborhoods, war, travel, and history

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Life on the streets and commons, 1600 to the present / edited by Peter Benes

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Contents: Introduction / Peter Benes and Jane Montague Benes -- Purveyor to the peddlers : Nathaniel Coverly Jr., printer of songs for the streets of Boston / Kate Van Winkle Keller -- "Pedlars in divinity" : street religion in Massachusetts and…

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Dressing New England : Clothing, Fashion, and Identity / editor, Peter Benes ; associate editor, Jane Montague Benes

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Contents: Section 1. Identity and Dress -- Identity, communication, and the role of diplomacy in Wabanaki dress / Laureen LaBar -- Supporting role : the hoop skirt in 1860s Western-Massachusetts fashion / David E. Lazaro -- The life and death of the…

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New England and the Caribbean / editor, Peter Benes ; associate editor, Jane Montague Benes

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Contents: Section I. Extractive and provisioning trades -- The Card family and the mahogany trade : from New England to the Bay of Honduras / Jennifer L. Anderson -- New England whaling in the Caribbean / Michael P. Dyer -- Section II. Plantations…

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Waterways and byways, 1600-1890 / editor, Peter Benes ; associate editor, Jane Montague Benes

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Contents: Section 1. Indian Trails -- An Indian trail over Hoosac Mountain / Clifford J. Schexnayder -- Section 2. Canals -- Inclined to succeed : the South Hadley Canal / Kenneth L. Williamson -- Memphremagog or bust : the Connecticut River Company,…

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