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Recent Scholarship:
Publications and Other Works Based on Research at the American Antiquarian Society

What follows is a list of the various "products" of research undertaken in the collections of the Society that have come to our attention from September 1, 2007, through November 31, 2007. These works include books, articles, films, television programs, public exhibitions (including shows to which we loaned items), awards, recordings, dissertations, theses, and various forms of digital publication researched, written, or produced by our visiting fellows and other readers. There is also a classification in which awards and prizes won by AAS-researched works are noted.

A list of works compiled for previous updates on the AAS website may be accessed by clicking here. It is our intention to publish new lists of AAS research products quarterly.

We strongly urge that persons who have done research at AAS in recent years let us know about any products of their labors under the generous dome published or produced (and prizes won) since 2000 that are not listed in the current and retrospective compilations, and we will happily add them. We also welcome the donation of published items to the AAS library.

Please contact Elizabeth Pope (epope[at]mwa.org), reference librarian, to suggest a title for inclusion.

John B. Hench
Vice President for Collections and Programs

Note:
* Based on work done while an AAS fellow or research associate
** Denotes AAS staff member

The complete list of the publications and other works based on research at AAS since 2000

Books

• Albanese, Catherine L. A Republic of Mind and Spirit. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2007.
• Cash, Philip. Dr. Benjamin Waterhouse: A Life in Medicine and Public Service. Sagamore Beach, MA: Boston Medical Library, 2006.
• Cohen, Michael C. Cultures of Poetry in Late Nineteenth-Century America. New York: New York University, 2007.
• Gamber, Wendy. The Boardinghouse in Nineteenth-Century America. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007.
• Garver, Joseph G. Surveying the Shore: Historic Maps of Coastal Massachusetts 1600-1930. Beverly, MA: Commonwealth Editions, 2006.
• Gura, Philip. American Transcendentalism: A History. New York: Hill and Wang, 2007.
• McWilliams, James E. Building the Bay Colony: Local Economy and Culture in Early Massachusetts. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2007.
• Riordan, Liam. Many Identities, One Nation. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2007.
• Wertheimer, Eric. Underwriting: Poetics of Insurance in America, 1722-1872. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2006.

Articles

• Barnhill, Georgia B.** "The Bookplate Collection of the American Antiquarian Society" The Bookplate Journal 5.2 (September 2007): 119-124.
• Bermudes, Robert W., Jr. "The Life and Art of Samuel A. Bemis," The Daguerreian Annual 2006: 75-152.
• O'Loughlin, Amy. "The Writing Life Then: Worcester's Pulitzer Prize winner Esther Forbes knew her history," Central Mass Magazine 1.8 (November 2007): 12-15.
• Worcester State College. "History Comes Alive at the AAS: Three Alumni Find Job Satisfaction at the Esteemed National Research Library," Worcester Statement (Fall 2007): 10-11.

Recordings

• Ferrante, Maria, soprano; Lincoln Mayorga, piano; Steven Ledbetter, commentator. Best Kept Secrets: A Treasury of Passionate American Song Heard in 19th Century American Salons and Concert Venues. Worcester, MA, 2007.

Note:
* Based on work done while an AAS fellow or research associate
** Denotes AAS staff member