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• SAH Archipedia (free electronic edition), ed. by Society of Architectural Historians (illustrated HTML at sah-archipedia.org)

Items below (if any) are from related and broader terms.

• Early American Inns and Taverns (new edition; New York: Tudor Pub. Co., 1937), by Elise Lathrop (page images at HathiTrust)

• Historic Preservation News (partial serial archives)

• Preservation News (partial serial archives)

• The Homes of Our Ancestors in Stonington, Conn. (Salem, MA: Newcomb and Gauss, printers, 1903), by Grace Denison Wheeler
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust

• Biscayne National Park Historic Resource Study (1998), by Jennifer Brown Leynes and David Cullison (PDF files at National Park Service)

• Martin Luther King, Jr., National Historic Site: Historic Resource Study (1994), by Robert W. Blythe, Maureen A. Carroll, and Steven H. Moffson
  • illustrated HTML at National Park Service
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust

• Early Architects and Builders of Indiana (Indiana Historical Society Publications, v11 #3; Indianapolis: Indianapolis Historical Society, 1935), by Lee Burns (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Historic Montgomery County, Maryland: Old Homes and History (c1952), by Roger Brooke Farquhar (page images at HathiTrust)

• Intimate Glimpses of Old Saint Mary's (Baltimore: Meyer and Thalheimer, c1938), by George Morgan Knight, contrib. by Harry W. Nice (page images at HathiTrust)

• Old Landmarks and Historic Personages of Boston, by Samuel Adams Drake (page images at MOA)

• Some Annals of Nahant, Massachusetts (Boston: Old Corner Book Store, 1928), by Fred A. Wilson (page images at HathiTrust)

• Forts and Firesides of the Mohawk Country, New York: The Stories and Pictures of Landmarks of the Pre-Revolutionary War Period Throughout the Mohawk Valley and the Surrounding Country Side, Including Some Historic and Genealogical Mention During the Post-War Period (Philadelphia: E. E. Brownell, 1943), by John J. Vrooman, ed. by Elijah Ellsworth Brownell (page images at HathiTrust)

• The New York of the Novelists (New York: Dodd, Mead and Co., 1916), by Arthur Bartlett Maurice (page images at HathiTrust)

• Wright Brothers National Memorial: Historic Resource Study, by William R. Chapman and Jill K. Hanson (PDF files at National Park Service)

• Quaint Old Charleston, America's Most Historic City (revised edition; Charleston, SC: Legerton and Co., c1951), by W. G. MacFarlane and Clarence W. Legerton (page images at HathiTrust)

• Monuments Erected by the State of Texas to Commemorate the Centenary of Texas Independence (1938), by Commission of Control for Texas Centennial Celebrations, ed. by Harold Schoen (page images at HathiTrust)

• Arlington House, the Robert E. Lee Memorial: North Dependency Historic Structure Report (2009), by Charles Fisher, Chad Randl, and Kaaren Staveteig
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• Arlington House, the Robert E. Lee Memorial: South Dependency Historic Structure Report (2009), by Charles Fisher, Chad Randl, and Kaaren Staveteig
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• Virginia: The Old Dominion, As Seen From its Colonial Waterway, the Historic River James (Boston: The Page Co., 1921), by Frank W. Hutchins and Cortelle Hutchins
  • HTML and page images at LOC
  • Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML

• SAH Archipedia (free electronic edition), ed. by Society of Architectural Historians (illustrated HTML at sah-archipedia.org)

• Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Global Freedom Struggle (online encyclopedia based on Carson-edited "Martin Luther King, Jr., Encyclopedia"), contrib. by Clayborne Carson (illustrated HTML at Stanford)

• Afro-American Encyclopaedia: or, The Thoughts, Doings and Sayings of the Race (Nashville: Haley and Florida, 1895), by James T. Haley
  • illustrated HTML and TEI at UNC
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust

• Encyclopedia of Alabama (electronic edition) (illustrated HTML at encyclopediaofalabama.org)

• The Iconographic Encyclopaedia of the Arts and Sciences: Translated from the German of the Bilder-Atlas (Iconographische Encyclopaedie), Revised and Enlarged by Eminent American Specialists (7 volulmes; Philadelphia: Iconographic Publishing House, c1885-1890), ed. by Daniel G. Brinton, John Foster Kirk, Allan Marquand, W. N. Lockington, William H. Wahl, Robert Grimshaw, John H. Cooper, E. A. Posselt, Louis H. Spellier, and Angelo Heilprin
  • all volumes: page images at HathiTrust
  • Volume I (Anthropology, Ethnology, Ethnography): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume II (Archaeology, History of culture): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume III (Sculpture and painting): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume IV (Architecture): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume V (Constructive arts): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume VI (Applied mechanics): multiple formats at archive.org

• The Iconographic Encyclopaedia of the Arts and Sciences: Translated from the German of the Bilder-Atlas (Iconographische Encyclopaedie), Revised and Enlarged by Eminent American Specialists (7 volulmes; Philadelphia: Iconographic Publishing House, c1885-1890), ed. by Daniel G. Brinton, John Foster Kirk, Allan Marquand, W. N. Lockington, William H. Wahl, Robert Grimshaw, John H. Cooper, E. A. Posselt, Louis H. Spellier, and Angelo Heilprin
  • all volumes: page images at HathiTrust
  • Volume I (Anthropology, Ethnology, Ethnography): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume II (Archaeology, History of culture): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume III (Sculpture and painting): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume IV (Architecture): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume V (Constructive arts): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume VI (Applied mechanics): multiple formats at archive.org

• The Iconographic Encyclopaedia of the Arts and Sciences: Translated from the German of the Bilder-Atlas (Iconographische Encyclopaedie), Revised and Enlarged by Eminent American Specialists (7 volulmes; Philadelphia: Iconographic Publishing House, c1885-1890), ed. by Daniel G. Brinton, John Foster Kirk, Allan Marquand, W. N. Lockington, William H. Wahl, Robert Grimshaw, John H. Cooper, E. A. Posselt, Louis H. Spellier, and Angelo Heilprin
  • all volumes: page images at HathiTrust
  • Volume I (Anthropology, Ethnology, Ethnography): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume II (Archaeology, History of culture): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume III (Sculpture and painting): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume IV (Architecture): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume V (Constructive arts): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume VI (Applied mechanics): multiple formats at archive.org

• Encyclopedia Arctica (15 volumes, prepared 1947-1954), by Vilhjalmur Stefansson (HTML and page images with commentary at Darthmouth)

• The Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture (electronic edition, continuously updated) (multimedia at encyclopediaofarkansas.net)
• The Encylopedia of Arkansas History and Culture, by Butler Center for Arkansas Studies (illustrated HTML at encyclopediaofarkansas.net)

• The Iconographic Encyclopaedia of the Arts and Sciences: Translated from the German of the Bilder-Atlas (Iconographische Encyclopaedie), Revised and Enlarged by Eminent American Specialists (7 volulmes; Philadelphia: Iconographic Publishing House, c1885-1890), ed. by Daniel G. Brinton, John Foster Kirk, Allan Marquand, W. N. Lockington, William H. Wahl, Robert Grimshaw, John H. Cooper, E. A. Posselt, Louis H. Spellier, and Angelo Heilprin
  • all volumes: page images at HathiTrust
  • Volume I (Anthropology, Ethnology, Ethnography): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume II (Archaeology, History of culture): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume III (Sculpture and painting): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume IV (Architecture): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume V (Constructive arts): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume VI (Applied mechanics): multiple formats at archive.org

• Encyclopedia of Banking and Finance (sixth edition; Boston: Bankers Pub. Co., 1962), by Glenn G. Munn and F. L. Garcia (page images at HathiTrust)

• Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Global Freedom Struggle (online encyclopedia based on Carson-edited "Martin Luther King, Jr., Encyclopedia"), contrib. by Clayborne Carson (illustrated HTML at Stanford)

• ABC de L'Apiculture: Encyclopédie De Tout Ce Qui A Rapport à l'Abeille, Miel, Ruches, Instruments, Plantes Mellifères, etc., Résultats D'observations et d'Expériences De Milliers D'apiculteurs, Contrôlées Ensuite Par Un Travail Pratique Dans Nos Propres Ruchers (second edition, in French; Paris: E. Bondonneau, 1909), by A. I. Root and E. R. Root (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The ABC of Bee Culture: A Cyclopaedia of Everything Pertaining to the Care of the Honey-Bee: Bees, Honey, Hives, Implements, Honey-Plants, etc.; Facts Gleaned From the Experiences of Thousands of Bee Keepers All Over Our Land, Afterward Verified by Practice Work in Our Own Apiary (100th thousand; Medina, OH: A. I. Root Co., 1905), by A. I. Root and E. R. Root (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Encyclopedia of Life (continuously updated online edition) (illustrated HTML at eol.org)

• The Encyclopedia of the Biological Sciences (New York: Reinhold; London: Chapman and Hall, c1961), ed. by Peter Gray (page images at HathiTrust)
• Encyclopedia of Life (continuously updated online edition) (illustrated HTML at eol.org)

• The Burns Encyclopedia (third edition, 1980), by Maurice Lindsay (HTML at robertburns.org)

• The Canadian Encyclopedia (electronic edition, in English and French), ed. by James H. Marsh (illustrated HTML at canadianencyclopedia.ca)

• The Catholic Encyclopedia (New Advent edition, based on the 1905-1912 edition, with some updates) (HTML at New Advent)
• The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the Constitution, Doctrine, Discipline, and History of the Catholic Church (early 20th century editions and supplements) (multiple formats at archive.org and elsewhere)

• Encyclopedia of Chicago (electronic edition, c2005), ed. by Janice L. Reiff, Ann Durkin Keating, and James R. Grossman (Javascript-dependent multimedia at chicagohistory.org)

• Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Global Freedom Struggle (online encyclopedia based on Carson-edited "Martin Luther King, Jr., Encyclopedia"), contrib. by Clayborne Carson (illustrated HTML at Stanford)

• The Encyclopaedia of Practical Cookery: A Complete Dictionary of All Pertaining to the Art of Cookery and Table Service (8 volumes; London: L. U. Gill, n.d.), ed. by Theodore Francis Garrett, contrib. by William A. Rawson, illust. by Harry Furniss, George Cruikshank, and W. Munn Andrew
  • all volumes; page images at HathiTrust; US access only
  • Volume II (Cak-Cro): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume III (Cro-Gri): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume V (Mus-Pin): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume VI (Pin-Ser): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume VIII (Twe-Zwe): multiple formats at archive.org

• Diccionario Geografico, Estadístico, Historico, de la Isla de Cuba (4 volumes in Spanish; 1863-1866), by Jacobo de la Pezuela (page images at HathiTrust)

• Sherlock Holmes, Esq., and John H. Watson, M.D.: An Encyclopaedia of Their Affairs (Evanston: Northwestern University Press, c1962), by Orlando Park (PDF with commentary at Northwestern)

• Sherlock Holmes, Esq., and John H. Watson, M.D.: An Encyclopaedia of Their Affairs (Evanston: Northwestern University Press, c1962), by Orlando Park (PDF with commentary at Northwestern)

• The Encyclopedia of Earth (continuously updated online edition) (illustrated HTML at eol.org)

• EH.Net Encyclopedia of Economic and Business History, ed. by Robert Whaples (HTML at eh.net)

• The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics (online second edition, 2007), ed. by David R. Henderson (HTML at econlib.org)

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