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Series VI: Published Volumes, 1920-1970, inclusive

Scope and Contents

This series consists of books and journals from Smith's personal library, the most significant of which are her books on silver and silversmiths. The publications are arranged by subject.

Silver and Silversmiths (1 of 2), 1927-1970, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 69 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

Titles include:

Early American Silversmiths Vol.II by Helen Burr Smith, 1945.

English Silver 1675-1825 by Stephen G.C. Ensko and Edward Wenham, 1937.

Quebec and Montreal Silversmiths by Marius Barbeau, 1940.

Early New York Silver by C. Louise Avery, 1931.

American Silver by Kathryn C. Buhler, 1950.

The Old Silver of Quebec by Ramsay Traquair, 1940.

The Philip Leffingwell Spalding Collection of Early American Silver by Edwin J. Hipkiss, 1943.

American Silversmiths and Their Marks, Volumes I and II, by Stephen G.C. Ensko, 1927 and 1937.

Indian Ornaments Made by Philadelphia Silversmiths by Harold E. Gillingham, 1936.

South Carolina Silversmiths 1690-1860 by E. Milby Burton, 1942.

Silverware, U.S. Tariff Commission Report, 1940.

Anglican Church Plate by James Gilchrist, 1967.

American Silver by John Marshall Phillips, 1949.

English Goldsmiths and Their Marks by Sir Charles J. Jackson, 1921.

The Antiques Book by Alice Winchester, 1950.

American Silver in the Yale University Art Gallery by Kathryn C. Buhler and Graham Hood, 1970.

Silver and Silversmiths (2 of 2), 1927-1970, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 70 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Biography and biographical reference, 1920-1960, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 71 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Children's books and fiction (1 of 2), 1920-1950, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 72 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Children's books and fiction (2 of 2), 1920-1950, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 73 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Genealogy, 1920-1965, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 74 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Journals, 1938-1970, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 73 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

Consists mainly of publications in which Helen Burr Smith's articles appear, including the New-York Historical Society Quarterly.

Local history - New York State and New Hampshire, 1920-1960, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 75 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Local history - Pennsylvania and New Jersey, 1930-1965, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 76 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
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