2014 Adopt-A-Book Catalog

The American Antiquarian Society's seventh annual Adopt-A-Book event was held on May 6, 2014. The Adopt-A-Book Catalog describes a variety of items acquired by AAS curators. All items were offered for "adoption." That is, donors "adopted" items by pledging the stated amount. In return AAS permanently recorded the adopter's name 1) on a special bookplate attached to each item, and 2) in the AAS online library catalog. 

  • Emma - Adopted by Rodney and Natalie Ferris
  • ABC Book - Adopted by Chris Loker
  • Afternoon Tea - Adopted by Marina Moskowitz in honor of Simon P. Newman
  • Album of Flowers - Adopted by Joanne D. and Gary N. Chaison
  • The Bangor Directory - Adopted by Carl Robert Keyes
  • A Christmas Tree for Christ's Children - Adopted by Marie E. Lamoureux
  • Church Decoration - Adopted by Julie Mackin
  • Concert of Sacred Music - Adopted by Nancy M. Hughes
  • Daisy Dell Farm ABC - Adopted by Carol-Ann Mackey
  • Directors for Fur Collectors and Trappers - Adopted by Ann Fabian
  • Eclectic Monthly - Adopted by Lauren B. Hewes
  • Fatigue Corset - Adopted by Megan Sleeper
  • Forget-me-not; or The Philipena - Adopted by Cookie Nelson in memory of Gail Swail
  • Golden Sheaves Gathered from the Fields - Adopted by Alison Kenary in memory of James B. Kenary, III
  • The Good Boy's Primer -  Adopted by Bearly Read Books, Jim Ellis and Betty Ann Sharp
  • Grand National Dog Show - Adopted by Brett Mizelle in memory of Madison
  • Grandpapa Pease's Lady Golightly - Adopted by Hal Espo & Ree DeDonato
  • Great Book Sale! - Adopted by Michael Winship
  • Great Reduction - Adopted by Steven Bolick
  • The Haymakers - Adopted by Brigitte Fielder and Jonathan Senchyne
  • The History and Romance of Crime -  Adopted by Donald Farren
  • The Home Story-Book -  Adopted by Hal Espo & Ree DeDonato
  • The Infant's Illuminated ABC Primer Book - Adopted by Meg Savage in honor of Benjamin Perry
  • The Landscape Album - Adopted by Steve Bolick
  • Lessons on Things - Adopted by Nan Wolverton in honor of her children Emily Ann Hood, Benjamin Edward Hood, and William Wolverton Hood
  • Little Girl's Book - Adopted by Christopher and Holly Dumaine
  • Merry Making Riddles - Adopted by Cheryl McRell in honor of Carter, Daisy, Cora, Pearl, Peyton, and Hunter McRell
  • Pansy Eyes - Adopted by John Herzog in honor of his wife Diana Herzog
  • The Patent Pinless Chain Clothes Line and Towel Holder - Adopted by Eleanor Adams
  • A Patriot of 1776 Defending his Homestead - Adopted by R.A. Graham Co.
  • Pennsylvania Rail-Road from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh - Adopted by George W. & Sheila L. Tetler in honor of Michael Tetler
  • Phunny Phellow - Adopted by Robert & Lillian Fraker, Savoy Books
  • Pictorial Narratives - Adopted by Monica Mercado in honor of Catherine A. Brekus
  • Prof. A. Monineaux, Would Respectfully Inform the Public - Adopted by William D. Wallace
  • Proof sheet of illustrations - Adopted by James H. and Georgia Brady Barnhill
  • Queer Characters - Adopted by R.A. Graham Co.
  • Sarah - Adopted by Steven Bolick
  • Scenes in Europe - Adopted by Walter and Julia Barnard
  • Sheet Music Collection - Adopted by Lauren B. Hewes in honor of her favorite traveling companion, Joseph Hewes
  • Specimens of Second-Hand Type for Sale Very Cheap - Adopted by Ellen S. Dunlap
  • Spring Blossoms Painting Book - Adopted by Megan Sleeper
  • Sunny Japan - Adopted by John B. Hench in memory of Marcus A. McCorison
  • "Ten Thousand Chinese Things" - Adopted by Ann Fabian
  • Three Little Kittens - Adopted by Susan Branson for Jake
  • A True and Surprising Account of the Appearance of the Devil -  Adopted by Matthew Shakespeare
  • Voters of Worcester! - Adopted by William Hunting Howell
  • Wild Animals - Adopted by Hal Espo & Ree DeDonato
  • Worcester Skating Rink! - Adopted by William D. Wallace
  • Worcester South Agricultural Society. The Fifth Annual Fair - Adopted by Brett Mizelle
  • Brooklyn Sanitary Fair - Adopted by Susan Forgit
  • Grand Illustrated Catalogue - Adopted by Ellen Gruber Garvey in honor of Transformations
  • Evenings at Home - Adopted by Valerie Cunningham
  • The Fellenberg Primer - Adopted by Cookie Nelson
  • Sunday Morning - Adopted by John Neal Hoover
  • Too Near the War Path - Adopted by James Welu in honor of David J. Welu
  • The Baby's Journal - Adopted by Rodney and Natalie Ferris
  • Dragter Fra Fane ved Bergen - Adopted by Ann-Cathrine Rapp in memory of Alfred Kristensen
  • Vinter Dragt far Karasjok I Finmarken - Adopted by Christine Graham Morris
  • Philip, and His Garden - Adopted by Christopher and Holly Hock Dumaine
  • Obstetrics and Womanly Beauty - Adopted by Peter L. Masi
  • The Best Likeness - Adopted by James Welu
  • The Childrens Pic-nic - Adopted by John and Daryl Perch in honor of their grandson, Colin Clark
  • Mischief and Music - Adopted by Liza Ketchum in honor of her father, the historian Richard M. Ketchum
  • The History of Ink - Adopted by Jennifer Brady and Paul Erickson
  • True Grace - Adopted by Steve and Valerie Loring in honor of Reverend Doctor Thomas R. McKibbens, minister of First Baptist Church of Worcester 2003-2014
  • Empire Line - Adopted by Anna Moir
  • Home Again - Adopted by Caroline Graham
  • Poetischer Jugendschatz - Adopted by John N. Hoover in memory of Jock Elliott
  • Rates of Toll - Adopted by Cheryl McRell
  • On Papa's Lap - Adopted by Christopher and Holly Hock Dumaine
  • Julia Glenroy - Adopted by Paul Erickson
  • Fancy Boxes - Adopted by Lauren B. Hewes
  • The Secrets of the Art of Dyeing Wool - Adopted by Marina Moskowitz
  • Hearn's Studies in Artistic Printing - Adopted by Mark Dimunation in honor of Ellen S. Dunlap
  • The Young Pilgrim - Adopted by Bonnie Antinovitch in honor of Charles G. Weller's birthday
  • Country Sketches - Adopted by Hal Espo & Ree DeDonato
  • Midsummer Flowers - Adopted by Richard A.  and Joanne Wilson
  • Irving Female College - Adopted by Mary Kelley in honor of all the women who learned to stand and speak
  • City of Worcester, Mass. - Adopted by R.A. Graham Co.
  • Lucien Guglieri - Adopted by Laura E. Wasowicz in honor of Andrew Petrie
  • Leggett & Brother's Patent Sample Card - Adopted by Paul J. Erickson
  • Spanish Telegraph - Adopted by Nicholas Guyatt
  • You are Most Respectfully Invited to Attend the Closing - Adopted by Kayla Haveles
  • The Empire City - Adopted by Sari Altschuler
  • The Musical Geography - Adopted by Doris O'Keefe
  • A Picture of Woonsocket - Adopted by Susan Forgit
  • Willy's Rambles, for Young Children - Adopted by Nancy Fresella-Lee
  • The Married Woman's Private Medical Companion - Adopted by Charles H.B. Arning
  • Bridge News! - Adopted by Lauren B. Hewes
  • A Trip to Nova Scotia - Adopted by Lewis and Phyllis Nassikas in honor of Adelaide Cummings on her 100th birthday
  • Men and Scenes Before the Flood - Adopted by David Nicholson
  • First at the Rendezvous - Adopted by Brett Mizelle and Jeannette Vaught
  • L.C. Lishy's Abridged Catalogue - Adopted by Cheryl Needle
  • Der König und der Müller - Adoped by Peter L. Masi
  • How Corticelli Silk is Made - Adopted in honor of Lisa Baskin
  • Writings of Omaha - Adopted by Steve and Rosemary Taylor
  • The History of the United States - Adopted by Richard A. and Joanne Wilson
  • I Go A-Fishing - Adopted by Sally Talbot in honor of Richard Talbot
  • Mercy at the Wicket Gate - Adopted by Thomas P. Bruhn
  • Sanders' Bilder Fibel oder - Adopted by Babette and Daniel Gehnrich
  • Mental Photographs - Adopted by Thomas Augst
  • Stone & Murray's circus alphabet - Adopted by Brett Mizelle
  • La leçon de broderie - Adopted by Caroline Graham
  • Cock-a-doodle-doo ABC - Adopted by Brett Mizelle
  • E. Walker's pictorial & cheap book publishing and book binding establishment - Adopted by Peter L. Masi
  • Old Peggy Boggs - Adopted by Richard A. and Joanne L. Wilson
  • Child's natural history of beasts - Adopted by Caroline Sloat in honor of Ilse Fuller