In “The Stained Glass Window,” David Levering Lewis delves into his ancestry to create a fuller picture of his family and its place in American history.

The family story took a dramatic turn when the woman in the stained-glass window—“educated, refined, attractive, propertied,” in the characterization of her grandson—married John Henry ...

Book Review. The Stained Glass Window: A Family History as the American Story, 1790-1958. By David Levering Lewis Penguin Press: 368 pages, $35 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may ...

Lewis’ latest book, “The Stained Glass Window: A Family History as the American Story, 1790-1958,” released on Feb. 11, took the scholar outside of his comfort zone, digging into the turning ...

In a former church built in the 1870s, the Harrington Museum now features stained glass windows similar to the originals as part of recent renovations.

And other belongings, like Iris Stevens family’s stained glass windows, are nowhere to be found. “It’s such a sad situation,” said Stevens, 91, through tears at her Louisbourg home while ...

The 1893 window was donated by a member of the Marshall Field family. The huge balcony window is over 16-feet high, and is bedazzled with over 12,000 individual pieces of glass, shaped like jewels.

Born to a family of educators in Queens, New York, Northrup studied at the Flushing Institute before finding work in the 1880s selecting and cutting glass as a so-called “Tiffany Girl.” ...

The 1883 home was built for the famous lumber baron and features more than 40 stained glass windows. ... Holy Family and First Presbyterian churches in Davenport have also been clients of his.

At 88, historian David Levering Lewis, a biographer of W.E.B. DuBois, has filled in gaps in his knowledge of his own family line, and he takes readers along on the journey.