Regional Meetings
October 1, 2022
The Stickley Museum, Fayetteville, NY.
The Stickley Museum /Fayetteville Library, 300 Orchard St. Fayetteville, NY
8:30-10am tailgate in parking lot (donuts & coffee)
10-11am Lecture on Stickley in the community room by Museum Director Amanda Clifford.
11-12 Tour of the Stickley Company Museum (elevator accessible)
12-1:30 lunch on your own
Nearby places include; The Craftsmen House, Bull & Bear Tavern, Red Robin, Bonefish Grill, Panera, and McDonalds.
1:30-2:15 Stop/Shop Daltons Vintage Stickley Store.
2:30-4:00 Tour of the Gustav Stickley House under restoration w/Director David Rudd
September 10th, 2022
Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts
8:30-9:45 – Coffee/donuts and a welcome (No tailgating as nearby Brimfield antiques fair is open this weekend)
9:45-10:30 – Building the Cabinetmaking Shop lecture by Tom Kelleher (and Bob Roemer)
10:45 – Morning tours
Textile Exhibit Tour (12-15 )
Cabinet shop tour (12 )
Collections/Library Tour focused on a mixture of our favorite tools and trades (15 )
12-1 – Lunch is included in the registration cost
1:15 – Afternoon tours
Textile Exhibit Tour (12-15 )
Cabinet shop tour (12 )
Machinery storage tour (15 )
The morning and afternoon tours will run at the same time, but some repeat, so it will allow everyone to attend what they wish.
Plan a Regional Meeting, have Fun, and help EAIA!
by John H. Verrill, Executive Director
What does it take to hold a regional meeting? If you have an idea for a program, consider organizing a local event. Meetings make a significant contribution to the EAIA by providing an opportunity for the exchange of information and recruitment of new members.
The first step is to contact the EAIA office about six months prior to holding the event in order to get it on the calendar. After that there are a few simple steps to follow.
Identify a host organization. There are many history museums and historic sites that have facilities and welcome projects which will promote their organizations and attract visitors. Minimum requirements are:
- A parking lot of sufficient capacity to accommodate visitors and tail gating
- Collections or exhibitions that will be of interest to our members
- A staff person or volunteer who will be the contact at the museum
- Next, contact the chairperson of any regional tool collectors groups and invite them to participate and work with them to choose a date.
- After these initial contacts are made, plan a program for the day. A typical program might include tool trading from 8:00 to 10:00 a.m., a business meeting for any of the participating organizations could be held from 9:30 to10 a.m., the main program, and lunch. If there are other sites, antique shops, or tool dealers in the area that members may like to visit, have that information available for attendees. A good program might be a lecture, display of private collections, guided tour of the museum or behind-the-scenes inspection of museum collections.
- Regardless of the size of your program, you will need to develop a budget. Expenses for the day must be covered through registration fees. Costs you might anticipate are group admission to the museum, coffee and doughnuts for the tool sale, a box lunch and an honorarium for a speaker. Based on the total costs and your best estimate of the attendance, you can then set the registration fee.
- You will need help with the meeting from some other EAIA volunteers to take care of registration and to man an EAIA information table.
- Publicity is important. There should be notices published in Shavings and the newsletters of participating organizations. Send press releases to local news- papers, too. Post it on Face Book and other social networking sites. We will post it on the EAIA webpage, and we can send emails to members in your region.
- Preside at the meeting. Someone must play host, welcome guests, make a pitch for EAIA, trouble shoot, and settle any accounts.
- Finally, send a report to Shavings, and give someone the task of snapping a few photographs.
If you are interested just give me call and I’ll be happy to walk you through the process. You can phone me at (703) 967-9399 or e-mail eaia1933@verizon.net
Past Meetings
2018 Regional Meetings
August 5, 2018
Garfield Farm & Museum, Lafox, IL
Antique Tool Show & Sale
Aug 5 9am-1pm. Members of the Midwest Tool Collectors Association and the Early American Industries Association display, trade, and sell antique and collectable tools. $6 adults/$3 children under 13. Contact Bob Roemer for more details.
July 28, 2018
Bolton, MA
Bob & Alice Roemer’s reproduction historic blacksmith shop is the location for this regional meeting and Blacksmith Interest Group meeting. The original shop at this location was moved to Old Sturbridge Village (The Chronicle, June 2007). Tom Kelleher and Ray Larsen are the featured speakers.
April 7,2018
The Renfrew Museum, Waynesboro, PA
8 am Tailgating followed by a presentation on the reproduction of Meriwether Lewis’ air rifle which he took on the 1807 expedition to the Pacific coast, Ernie Cowan is the maker and will explain how and why he reproduced this historic rifle. Attendees will be able to handle and fire the air gun. Tours of the Renfrew and the Waynesboro Industrial Museum will follow. Registration includes coffee & donuts, lunch and admissions. The cost is $25.00. Use the Buy Now button below or contact Tom Graham via email or call him at (540) 338-7738.
2017 REGIONAL MEETINGS
August 6
Garfield Farm Museum, Campton Hills, Illinois
Antique Tool Show & Sale, Join members of EAIA & M-WTCA
July 23
Eastham Historical Society, Route 6, Eastham, Massachusetts
11 am to 3 pm 12th Annual Tool Discovery Day with tours, tailgate tool sales, & demonstrations
2016 REGIONAL MEETINGS
August 7
Garfield Farm & Museum, Lafox, IL
Campton Hills, Illinois
Antique Tool Show & Sale 9am-1pm. Members of the Midwest Tool Collectors Association and the Early American Industries Association display, trade, and sell antique and collectible tools. $6 adults/$3 children
July 17
The Chester Ranlett Tool Museum
Eastham Historical Society, Route 6, Eastham, Massachusetts
11 am to 3 pm 11th Annual Tool Discovery Day with tours, tailgate tool sales, & demonstrations
June 25
“Luther Goddard & Early American Watchmaking”, Columbia, Pennsylvania, Saturday, June 25, 2016.
2015 REGIONAL MEETINGS
“Day of Early Tools & Industry” at the Thurmont Historical Society in Thurmont, Maryland on Saturday September 19th.
Westerly Granite Quarries, Westerly Rhode Island Meeting Details and Westerly Regional Meeting April 2015 Brochure
2015 REGIONAL MEETINGS
September 13th 2014 ‘A Smithy and A Foundry Man’ Perry Hall, Maryland
EAIA Flyer and Form can be downloaded here.