Reference Material and Web Links
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The following electronic sources of information are of interest to tool collectors and historians.
| 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 |
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Directory of American Tool and Machinery Patents |
| www.antiquetools.co.uk/article.html |
UK Antique Tools |
| www.yesteryearstools.com |
YesterYears Tools |
| web.me.com/ratdaddy/SWTCA/emarts/current.html |
ANTIQUE TOOL GAZETTE |
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Iindex of Canadian Tool Manufacturers. It originally appeared as an appendix from "Histoire Des Outils Manuels Au Canada", published by the Government of Canada. It is available below in English and French.
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The index of the library of the Tool Group of Canada is attached below. It consists of a category index page and approximately 77 pages of names of books, pamphlets, and CDs. You can search for a particular topic within this file. It is in PDF format and is viewable through an Adobe reader which is probably already on your personal computer or is available on the web. Our Library is housed at the Black Creek Pioneer Village in Toronto. If you would like to look at a book, members may contact our Librarian (see our publication, Yesterday's Tools, for details).
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