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Vernacular Architecture Forum Bibliography


Perspectives in Vernacular Architecture, Volume I, Introduction
Perspectives in Vernacular Architecture, Volume I, Robert Blair St. George, "The Stanley-Lake Barn in Topsfield, Massachusetts: Some Comments on Agricultural Buildings in Early New England."
Perspectives in Vernacular Architecture, Volume I, Ann McCleary, "Domesticity and the Farm Woman: A CaseStudy of Women in Augusta County, Virginia, 1850-1940." (Work-in-Progress)

Bibliography of South Carolina Folklore-1988

Historic Preservation Related Journals

Arris
Cultural Resource Management (CRM)
Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians
Architronic
Technology and Culture

Glossaries:

Archaeology
ArtLex: Visual Arts Dictionary

Builder's Guides, published in Virginia

The Alexandria BUILDERS' Price Book 1812
The Richmond and Alexandria BUILDERS' Price Book 1820
The Architect and Builder's Vade-Mecum and Book of Reference, by Albert L. West, 1872

Indexed Historical Records

Mutual Assurance Policies 1796-1865
Probate Inventories

Virginia Room-by-Room Inventories

17th century
18th century
19th century

Charleston, South Carolina Room by Room Inventories, 1787-1820


19th century Southeastern Indiana Inventories


Dearborn County
Franklin County
Ripley County


Building Specifications and Contract Documents


U.S. 1798 Direct Tax, Berkeley Parish, Spotsylvania County, Virginia

List 1
List 2
List 3

Research Resources for Fredericksburg