NYLANDER, Jane C.

NYLANDER, Jane C. American, b. 1938. Genres: Local history/Rural topics, Antiques/Furnishings. Career: Historical Society of York County, York, PA, curator, 1961-62; New Hampshire Historical Society, Concord, curator, 1962-69; Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, MA, curator of ceramics and textiles, 1969-84, senior curator, 1985-86; Strawbery Banke Inc., Portsmouth, NH, director, 1986-92; Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities, Boston, director, 1992-93, president, 1993-; New England College, instructor, 1963-64; Monadnock Community College, instructor, 1964-68; Boston University, adjunct associate professor, 1978-85, adjunct professor, 1993-; University of New Hampshire, adjunct assistant professor, 1987-92. Worcester Historical Museum, trustee, 1978-84; Historic Deerfield Inc., trustee, 1981-94, head of Museum Committee, 1992-94; Jones Museum, trustee, 1986-88; Portsmouth Athenaeum, trustee, 1987-90; Decorative Arts Trust, member of board of governors, 1991-; Wentworth-Coolidge Commission, member, 1991-; Historic Massachusetts Inc., member of board of directors, 1992-93; Bentley College, member of board of advisers of New England Heritage Center, 1993-. Committee to Preserve Historic Flags Belonging to the State of New Hampshire, member, 1991-92; lecturer on New England social history and domestic life; consultant to local and national museums. Publications: Fabrics for Historic Buildings, 1977, 4th ed., 1990; Our Own Snug Fireside: Image and Reality in the New England Home, 1750-1860, 1993; Windows on the Past: Four Centuries of New England Homes, 2000. Contributor to books. Contributor of articles and reviews to history, museum, and antique journals. Address: Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities, 141 Cambridge St, Boston, MA 02114, U.S.A.