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			Now avaliable on CD
			The Directory of American Toolmakers
			The directory is the largest single source of information on North American toolmakers ever compiled. With over 1,200 pages containing over 14,000 entries and over 5000 supplemental names dating back to as early as 1636, together with cross-references, indexes, and lists of primary and secondary sources, this is an invaluable work. This publication benefits tool collectors, museum curators, genealogists, and historians of North American technology. It is the first extensive listing of early American toolmakers, is the result of a pioneering effort by many members of Early American Industries Association. The heart of the directory is its Main List which includes over 14,000 maker's names, the geographic location of the maker as well as the work location(s) (when available), the working years of the maker, the tool types are separated into 73 categories, and description of the marks on the tools.
			Available from the EAIA office, 167 Bakerville Road, So. Dartmouth, MA 02748. Email: EAIA Executive Director Retail price: $30 + $5 for shipping. EAIA members: $20 + $5 for shipping. or click here for an order form
			A Pattern Book of Tools and Household Goods This book, the first publication supported by the Mark Rees Publication Fund, is a reprint of a pattern book probably issued by W. & C. Wynn of Birmingham about 1820.
			It contains 83 plates of tools, including 9 fold out plates. The plates depict hundreds of tools, household goods including tools for the kitchen, corkscrews, garden tools, watch and clock tools, coopers' tools, shoemakers' tools, gun tools and personal accessories like key rings and fingernail clippers. There is an illustrated introduction by Jane Rees and Elton W. Hall and a reprint of an 1810 W. & C. Wynn price list that closely matches the pattern book.
			The publication is the first of its kind that has been reprinted full size and including the fold-out plates and is a unique resource for those interested in tools and household goods. Available from the EAIA office, 167 Bakerville Road, So. Dartmouth, MA 02748. Email: EAIA Executive Director Retail price: $50 + $4 for shipping. EAIA members: $40 + $4 for shipping.

			The Chronicle of the Early American Industries Association Inc. is published quarterly. It contains a wide variety of articles and book reviews relevant to the purposes of the Association. EAIA welcomes contributions from anyone interested in our purpose. Please contact editor for further information. Editor: Patty MacLeish, 31 Walnut Street, Newport, RI 02840. Telephone: (401) 846-7542; Fax: (401) 846-6675. E-mail: Chronicle Editor Indexes for Volumes 45 to 57 (1992-2004) Subject Index Author Index Book Review Index
			Click here for an order form for back issues of Chronicle
			Some articles from the Chronicle are reprinted here: "In a Carpenter's Own Words" Letters of Seth Williamson 1810-1835 by Edward B. Fix (pdf file)
			Shavings, the Newsletter of the Early American Industries Association, Inc. is published six times a year: January, March, May, July, September, and November. It includes information about forthcoming meetings, tool events, tool auctions, and a message from the President. Editor: Patty MacLeish, 31 Walnut Street, Newport, RI 02840. Telephone: (401) 846-7542; Fax: (401) 846-6675. E-mail: Shavings Editor

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Last update July 2008

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