Reference Material and Web Links
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The following electronic sources of information are of interest to tool collectors and historians.
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Iindex of Canadian Tool Manufacturers. It originally appeared as an appendix from "Histoire Des Outils Manuels Au Canada". It is available in English and French.
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The Tool Group of Canada maintains a reference library consisting of over 700 books, ctalogues, and pamphlets. Members of the Tool Group of Canada may borrow "shippable" books by mail at $6 or $9 according to size. Return postage is to be paid as well. Alternatively, members, may visit the library to browse and research. Please contact our librarian, Jim Packham, for more details (see the last page of our publication, Yesterday's Tools, for contact information). The index of the library is attached and you may download and search it.
The library has its foundation in the gift of Raymond Townsend, an early member, who acted as technical advisor for the development of Old Fort William in Thunder Bay. Ray worked at Colonial Williamsburg for many years, edited the E.A.I.A. Chronicle for 14 years, and published more than 250 articles. He offered his collection to the Tool Group of Canada and it was greatfully received. The library has doubled in size with the steady acquisition of publications over the years.
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Links to Information!
| http://vancouver.ca/ctyclerk/archives/digitized/McMcHTML/index.htm |
Vancouver Archives: McLennan McFeely catalogue, 1908-1914. Catalogue includes household, farm and garden goods, cutlery, sporting goods, ship chandlery, paint, supplies for steamfitters, loggers, and builders, and more. |
| www.museumofmaking.org |
Machinery and tools that were built and used from 1750 to 1920 in Canada, Britain, and the United States. |
| www.eaiainfo.org |
Early American Industry Association (EAIA) |
| www.disstonianinstitute.com |
Disston Saws Reference |
| www.wkfinetools.com/index.asp |
Fine Tools |
| www.hoffmeyersmill.on.ca |
Custom millwork, windows, wood |
| www.mwtca.org |
Mid-West Tool Collectors Association |
| www.owwm.com |
The Old Woodworking Machines site |
| www.owwm.com/MfgIndex/default.asp |
Old Woodworking Tools, Manufacturers Index section |
| www.datamp.org |
Directory of American Tool and Machinery Patents |
| www.antiquetools.co.uk/article.html |
UK Antique Tools |
| www.yesteryearstools.com |
YesterYears Tools |
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