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Reference Shelf: A Bibliography of Sources about Northampton History
Publications featuring Historic Northampton's Costume & Textile Collection
Books

Women's Shoes in America: 1795 to 1930
by Nancy Rexford
Kent State University Press, 2000

Letters from an American Utopia:
The Stetson Family and the Northampton Association, 1843-1847

In the essay "The Camel and the Needle: Silk and the Stetson Letters," Marjorie Senechal reconstructs the process of silk production at the Northampton Association drawing in part on nineteenth-century letters from the Stetson Collection.
University of Massachusetts Press, 2004

Dressed for the Photographer: Ordinary Americans & Fashion, 1840-1900
by Joan Severa
Kent State University Press, 1995

Massachusetts Quilts: Our Common Wealth
edited by Lynne Zacek Bassett
A publication of the Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project
University Press of New England, 2009
Magazine Publications
Woven Bead Chains of the 1830s by Lynne Zacek Bassett
The Magazine Antiques, December 1995

Alba Stramesi Fiorentino in Crafts & Stories from Ellis Island
Piecework Magazine, September/October 1996

The Silk Industry of Florence, Massachusetts by Ann Feitelson & Peter Weis
Piecework Magazine, January/February 1999

The Needlework of First Lady Grace Coolidge by Lynne Zacek Bassett
Piecework Magazine, July/August 1999

Three Gownmakers in Northampton, Massachusetts featured in Gownmaking as a Trade for Women in Eighteenth Century New England by Marla Miller
Dress, a publication of the Costume Society of America, volume 30, 2003

Fashion and Frugality: English Patterned Silks in Connecticut River Valley Women's Dress, 1600-1800 by David E. Lazaro
Dress, a publication of the Costume Society of America, volume 33, 2006
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  • About
    • About Historic Northampton
    • What's On View >
      • Main Street Exhibit
      • The Sarah Strong Chest
    • Hours and Directions
    • Board-Staff
    • Employment Opportunities
    • Legal/Financial
  • Programs
    • Upcoming Programs
    • Past Programs 2022
    • Help I am not receiving email messages
  • Explore
    • Collections & Research
    • History at Home >
      • Videos
      • Interactive Witch Trial
      • Paper Dolls
      • Hidden Histories
      • Scavenger Hunts
      • Coloring Pages
      • Brain Teasers
      • Peg Doll Hunts
      • Jonathan Edwards Prayer Requests
    • Properties >
      • Parsons House
      • Damon House
      • Shepherd House
      • Shepherd Barn 2020
      • The Bridge Street School Sprouts
    • Educational Websites
    • Historic Highlights
    • COVID-19 Stories >
      • Vaccination Photos
      • Submit Your COVID Story
      • Children React
      • Family and Neighborhood Fun
      • It's a New World
      • Hope and Togetherness
      • Images
      • How Illness Feels
      • Brings Forth Memory
      • Blessings and the New Busy
      • Fear and Worry
  • Indigenous Native History
    • Native Histories in Nonotuck
    • Nonotuck Histories Essay by Margaret M. Bruchac
    • Recovering Nonotuck Histories Photo Essay
    • Profiles of Native People
    • Extended Biographies of Native People
    • Nonotuck to Northampton Maps
    • Native LIves Bibliography
  • History of Slavery
    • About the Slavery Research Project
    • Black Enslaved People
    • Free Black People
    • Native Enslaved People
    • Enslavers of People
    • Relationship Map
    • Timeline of Slavery in Northampton
  • DONATE
    • Make a Donation
    • WAYS TO GIVE
    • Join the Email List
    • MEMBERSHIP
    • IRA Giving
    • Stock Giving
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