Bostonian Society - From Baby Caps to Mourning Rings


Additional Resources The exhibit showcases only a handful of the objects in the Bostonian Society’s collection. Visit the Society’s developing online database to explore more fascinating items from The Society’s holdings. Interested in preserving artifacts in the Baby Caps to Mourning Rings exhibit or other items from the Bostonian Society’s Collection? The Adopt-an-Artifact Program connects the public with historical artifacts that need a bit of extra love and care. Sponsoring an object provides much needed cleaning, conservation, and housing improvements for some of Boston’s unique treasures. Selected Bibliography Alexander, Helene. Fans. The Costume Accessories Series. Ed. Aileen Rubio. London: B.T. Batsford Ltd, 1984. Arnold, Janet. Patterns of Fashion 1: Englishwomen’s Dresses and Their Construction c.1660-1860. New York: Drama Book Specialists/Publishers, 1977. Baumgarten, Linda. What Clothes Reveal: The Language of Clothing in Colonial and Federal America. Williamsburg: The Colonial Williamsburg Collection in association with New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2002. Calvert, Karin. Children in the House: The Material Culture of Early Childhood, 1600-1900. Boston: Northeastern University Press, 1992. Dall, Caroline Wells Healey. The Story of a Boston Family. Boston: Thomas Todd, 1903. Foote, Henry Wilder. Annals of King's Chapel from the Puritan Age of New England to the Present Day. Volume 1. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1900. Giffen, Jane. “Susanna Rowson and Her Academy” Magazine Antiques. xcviii. 1970 pp. 436-440. Miller, Martha. The Needle’s Eye: Work and Women in the Age of Revolution. Amherst and Boston: University of Massachusetts Press, 2006. Le Corbellier, Clare. European and American Snuff Boxes 1730-1830. New York: Viking Press, 1966. Little, Nina Fletcher. Neat and Tidy: Boxes and Their Contents Used in Early American Households. New York: E.P. Dutton, 1980. Norton, Mary Beth. Liberty’s Daughters: The Revolutionary Experience of American Women , 1750-1800. Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 1996. Codman, Ogden. Gravestone Inscriptions and Records of Tomb Burials in the Central Burying Ground, Boston Common and Inscriptions in the South Burying Ground Boston. Salem: The Essex Institute, 1917. Palmer, Stella. Dame Agnes Franklin, 1726-1783, and Some Chicester Contemporaries. Chicester: Chicester City Council, 1964. Ring, Betty. Girlhood Embroidery: American Samplers & Pictorial Needlework 1650-1850, Volume I. New York: Albert A. Knopf, 1993. Sheumaker, Helen. Love Entwined: The Curious History of Hairworking in America. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, 2007. This project owes special thanks to: The New England Women's Club The Bostonian Society/Old State House Museum Marieke Van Damme Samantha Nelson Adele Barbato Rainey Tisdale Kara Furman Ken Cole Robert Macieski Cynthia Van Zandt Hetty Startup Jesse Nickerson Colleen Baker
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Additional Resources

The exhibit showcases only a handful of the objects in the Bostonian Society’s collection. Visit the Society’s developing online database to explore more fascinating items from The Society’s holdings.

Interested in preserving artifacts in the Baby Caps to Mourning Rings exhibit or other items from the Bostonian Society’s Collection? The Adopt-an-Artifact Program connects the public with historical artifacts that need a bit of extra love and care. Sponsoring an object provides much needed cleaning, conservation, and housing improvements for some of Boston’s unique treasures.

Selected Bibliography

Alexander, Helene. Fans. The Costume Accessories Series. Ed. Aileen Rubio. London: B.T. Batsford Ltd, 1984.

Arnold, Janet. Patterns of Fashion 1: Englishwomen’s Dresses and Their Construction c.1660-1860. New York: Drama Book Specialists/Publishers, 1977.

Baumgarten, Linda. What Clothes Reveal: The Language of Clothing in Colonial and Federal America. Williamsburg: The Colonial Williamsburg Collection in association with New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2002.

Calvert, Karin. Children in the House: The Material Culture of Early Childhood, 1600-1900. Boston: Northeastern University Press, 1992.

Dall, Caroline Wells Healey. The Story of a Boston Family. Boston: Thomas Todd, 1903.

Foote, Henry Wilder. Annals of King's Chapel from the Puritan Age of New England to the Present Day. Volume 1. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1900.

Giffen, Jane. “Susanna Rowson and Her Academy” Magazine Antiques. xcviii. 1970 pp. 436-440.

Miller, Martha. The Needle’s Eye: Work and Women in the Age of Revolution. Amherst and Boston: University of Massachusetts Press, 2006.

Le Corbellier, Clare. European and American Snuff Boxes 1730-1830. New York: Viking Press, 1966.

Little, Nina Fletcher. Neat and Tidy: Boxes and Their Contents Used in Early American Households. New York: E.P. Dutton, 1980.

Norton, Mary Beth. Liberty’s Daughters: The Revolutionary Experience of American Women , 1750-1800. Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 1996.

Codman, Ogden. Gravestone Inscriptions and Records of Tomb Burials in the Central Burying Ground, Boston Common and Inscriptions in the South Burying Ground Boston. Salem: The Essex Institute, 1917.

Palmer, Stella. Dame Agnes Franklin, 1726-1783, and Some Chicester Contemporaries. Chicester: Chicester City Council, 1964.

Ring, Betty. Girlhood Embroidery: American Samplers & Pictorial Needlework 1650-1850, Volume I. New York: Albert A. Knopf, 1993.

Sheumaker, Helen. Love Entwined: The Curious History of Hairworking in America.
   Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, 2007.

This project owes special thanks to:

The New England Women's Club
The Bostonian Society/Old State House Museum
Marieke Van Damme
Samantha Nelson
Adele Barbato
Rainey Tisdale
Kara Furman
Ken Cole
Robert Macieski
Cynthia Van Zandt
Hetty Startup
Jesse Nickerson
Colleen Baker

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