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Historic Preservation

Finding Books in HOLLIS | Finding Articles | Selected Electronic Journals | Finding Images | Reference Sources | Related Harvard Sites |
Selected Internet Resources

Finding Books in HOLLIS

The following list of selected examples of Library of Congress subject headings may be useful in searching the HOLLIS Catalog. 

Historic preservation
Cultural property -- protection
Historic buildings -- conservation and restoration
Historic buildings -- remodeling for other use
Historic districts
Historic sites -- conservation and restoration
Architecture --conservation and restoration
Architecture -- [place name]--conservation and restoration
Architecture--archival resources--directories

Types of buildings: Church buildings
Architectural style: Art deco (architecture)
Specific site: Chrysler building-(New York, N.Y.)

Finding Articles

Selected Periodical Indexes

America: History and Life
Architectural Publications Index (interfiled with RIBA Catalogue)
Art Full Text
Art Index Retrospective (1929-1984)
Art Full Text
ARTbibliographies Modern
Avery Index of Architecture Periodicals
Bibliography of the History of Art
ICONDA (International Construction Database)


Selected Electronic Journals

ARQ: Architectural Research Quarterly
Journal of the American Society of Architectural Historians (1941-1944)
Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians (1945-present)
Public Historian

Finding Images

American Landscape and Architectural Design 1850-1920
The Great Buildings Collection
VIA

Reference Sources

Selected Encyclopedias and Dictionaries

American vernacular design, 1870-1940: An Illustrated Glossary. Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1985.
  Reference NA710.G68 1985

Architecture and ornament: an illustrated dictionary. Margaret Maliszewki-Pickart, 1998.
  Reference NA2840.M36 1997

Dictionary of building preservation. Preservation Press, 1996.
  Reference NA31.D55x

Dictionary of ornament. MacMillan, 1986.
  Reference NK30L48x

Elements of style: an encyclopedia of domestic architectural detail. Reed International Books, 1996.
  Reference NA2820.E54x

Encyclopedia of American architecture. McGraw-Hill, 1980.
  Reference NA705.H86x

Historic architecture sourcebook. McGraw-Hill, 1977.
  Reference NA31.H629

Illustrated dictionary of architecture 800-1914. Faber and Faber, 1993
  Reference NA31 .L48x

The illustrated old house glossary. The Historic house assocation of America.
  Reference NA31.M38x

The Visual dictionary of American domestic architecture. Henry Holt and Co., 1994.
  Reference NA7205.C27 1994

Indexes and Abstracts

America preserved: a checklist of historic buildings, structures, and sites. Library of Congress, 1995.
  Reference E159.A37 1995

American house designs: an index to popular and trade periodicals, 1850-1915. Greenwood Press, 1994.
  Reference NA7207.C85x

Architecture sourcebook: a guide to resources on the practice of architecture. Omnigraphics, 1997.
  Reference NA2750.A72x

The Built environment: a subject index, 1800-1960. Gower Publishing, 1989.
  Reference T19.R87x

Goode's bibliography: doctoral dissertations relating to American architectural history, 1897-1995. 2nd ed., The Society of architectural historians, 1995.
  Reference Z5944.U6G661x

Guide to U.S. architecture: 1940-1980. Arts and Architecture Press, 1982.
  Reference NA712.M37 1982

Historic America: buildings, structures, and sites. Library of Congress.
  Reference NA705.H53 1983

Historic American building survey/ historic American engineering record: an annotated bibliography. National Park Service.
  Reference Z5944.U5 M39 1992

Index to American photographic collections: compiled at the International museum of photography at George Eastman House. G.K. Hall, 1990.
  Reference N4010.I62x

National register of historic places 1966-1994. Preservation Press, 1994.
  Reference E159.N3419x 1994

State register of historic places 2000. Massachusetts historical commission.
  Reference NA107.M32S73x

Directories and Guides

All about old buildings: the whole preservation catalog. Preservation press, 1985
  Oversize Reference NA106.A44x

Black heritage sites: an African American odyssey and finder's guide. American Library Association, 1996.
  Reference E159.C65x

Directory of archives and manuscript repositories in the United States. 2nd ed. Oryx Press, 1988.
  Reference CD3020.D49 1988

Directory of historical agencies in the United States and Canada. AASLH Press, 1990-.
  Reference E172.D4

A field guide to American architecture. New American library, 1980.
  Reference NA705.R53 1980b

A field guide to American houses. Alfred A. Knopf, 1984.
  Reference 7205.M35x 1984

Preservation law reporter. National trust for historic preservation, 1982-.
  Reference KF4310.A6P7x

Preservation yellow pages: the complete information source for homeowners, communities and professionals. Preservation press, 1997.
  Reference E159 .P73 1997

Second Lives: a survey of architectural artifact collections in the United States. National Park Service, 1994.
  Reference NA53.B48x

Related Harvard Sites

Fine Arts Library
Harvard Real Estate Services

Selected Internet Resources

Historic American Buildings Survey/ Historic American Engineering Record
Historic New England (Formerly SPNEA)
ICAM (International confederation of architectural museums)
Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System
National Building Museum
National Preservation Institute
National Register of Historic Places
National Trust for Historic Preservation
Preserve/Net
The Society of Architectural Historians