Exploring The Library
Resources Within Reach
Dr. Mark E. Williams
This compilation is from the holdings of the University of Maryland
system libraries. Anyone who has a library card for this system can
get any of these books. I have not deleted different editions or
different publishers. Those books that I've checked out are marked
with a *; those that I've found useful are marked **; and those
that are excellent (in my opinion) are marked ***. Any comments can
be directed to Mark Williams.
Enjoy!
1. Blacksmith shop, 101 Ranch historic district,Ponca City,Oklahoma
/ compiled by Division of Cultural Resources, Rocky Mountain
Regional Office, National Park Service.
2. Carr, Marilyn.
Blacksmith, baker, roofing-sheet maker-- :
employment for rural women in developing
countries / Marilyn Carr.
Call #: HD6223.C37 1984
3. Vlach, John Michael, 1948- **
Charleston blacksmith : the work of Philip
Simmons / John Michael Vlach.
Athens : University of Georgia Press, c1981.
xiv, 154 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Bibliography: p. 151-154.
CALL #: TT220.S55V52
4. A Historical guide to wagon hardware &
blacksmith supplies edited by Towana Spivey.
Lawton, Okla. : Museum of the Great Plains,
1979. iii, 202 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Contributions of the Museum of the Great Plains
; no. 9 Consists of selected pages from the 1909 catalog
of the George Worthington Company. Includes index.
CALL #: TS405.H57 1979
5. Richardson, M. T. (Milton Thomas), 1843- ***
Practical blacksmithing : a collection of
articles contributed at different times by
skilled workmen to the columns of "The
blacksmith and wheelwright ... / comp. and
ed. by M. T. Richardson. ; with a foreword by
Dona Z. Meilach.
New York : Weathervane Books, 1978.
4 v. in 1 : ill. ; 24 cm.
Reprint of volumes published 1889-1891 by M. T.
Richardson in New York.
CALL #: TT220.R5 1978
6. Andrews, Jack. ***
Edge of the anvil : a resource book for the
blacksmith /text, ill. and photos. by Jack
Andrews ; with a portfolio of photos. of Samuel
Yellin's work.
Emmaus, PA : Rodale Press, c1977.
ix, 210 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 147-153.
CALL #: TT220.A53
7. Pennsylvania Farm Museum of Landis Valley. *
The blacksmith, artisan within the early
community; [exhibition] Foreword by Blanche K.
Reigle. Introd. by John D. Tyler. Edited by
Vernon S. Gunnion [and] Carroll J. Hopf.
2d printing.
Harrisburg : Pennsylvania Historical and Museum
Commission, 1976. 64 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Bibliography: p. 12.
CALL #: NK8212.R46 1976
8. Illinois. Southern Illinois University, *
Carbondale. University Museum and Art
Galleries.
Iron, solid wrought, USA : an exhibit
celebrating the theme, The blacksmith as artist
and craftsman in the United States, 1776-1976,
September 27-October 20, 1976, University
Museum and Art Galleries, Southern Illinois
University at Carbondale.
Carbondale : The Museum, c1976. 72 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
CALL #: NK8212.I43 1976
9. Reist, Arthur L.
Conestoga wagon, masterpiece of the blacksmith /
by Arthur L. Reist.
[s.l. : s.m.], c1975 (Lancaster, Pa. : Forry
and Hacker) ii, 50 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. Cover title.
Bibliography: p. 50.
CALL #: TS2010.R42.FOLIO
10. Weygers, Alexander G. ***
The modern blacksmith [by] Alexander G.
Weygers. Illustrated by the author.
New York, Van Nostrand Reinhold Co. [1974]
96 p. illus. 28 cm.
CALL #: TT220.W48
11. Cooley, Mortimer Elwyn, 1855-1944. *
Scientific blacksmith, by Mortimer E. Cooley,
with the assistance of Vivien B. Keatley.
New York, Arno Press, 1972 [c1947]
290 p. illus. 23 cm. Technology and society
CALL #: TA140.C63A3 1972
12. Burritt, Elihu, 1810-1879.
The Learned Blacksmith; the letters and
journals of Elihu Burritt, edited by Merle
Eugene Curti; and A congress of nations, by
Elihu Burritt. With a new introd. for the
Garland ed. by Merle Eugene Curti.
New York, Garland Pub., 1971 [i.e. 1972]
10, ix, 241, 24 p. port. 23 cm. The Garland library of war
and peace. Reprints of two works originally published in
1937 and 1904, respectively. Original ed. of A congress of
nations issued in series: Old South leaflets. General series,
v. 6, no. 146.
CALL #: PS1219.B7Z53 1972
13. Pennington, James W. C.
The fugitive blacksmith; or, Events in the
history of James W. C. Pennington.
3d ed.
Westport, Conn., Negro Universities Press
[1971]
xix, 84 p. ; 23 cm.
Reprint of the 1850 ed.
CALL #: E450.P42 1971
14. Webber, Ronald.
The village blacksmith.
Newton Abbot, David and Charles, 1971. 160 p. illus.,
facsims., ports. 22 cm. L2.00 Bibliography: p. [154]-[156]
CALL #: TT220.W42
15. The blacksmith in eighteenth-century **
Williamsburg : an account of his life & times
and of his craft.
Williamsburg, Va. : Colonial Williamsburg,
1971. 30 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Williamsburg craft series
Cover title. Based largely on an unpublished monograph by
Harold B. Gill, Jr.
CALL #: TT220.B63
16. Pennington, James W. C.
The fugitive blacksmith; or, Events in the
history of James W. C. Pennington ... formerly a
slave in the state of Maryland, United States.
2d ed.
London, C. Gilpin, 1849. 87 p. 16 cm.
Microfilmed from the Schomburg Collection of the
New York Public Library. Microfilm (negative).
New York, International Microfilm Press, 1970.
1 reel.
CALL #: E441.P41
17. Hogg, Garry. **
Hammer & tongs; blacksmithery down the ages.
Drawings by Peter Chadwick.
London, Hutchinson, [1964] 160 p. illus. 22 cm.
CALL #: TT220.H6
18. Stokes, J. B. **
Agricultural engineering in development : basic blacksmithing
: a training manual / by J.B. Stokes.
Rome : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United
Nations, 1992.
vi, 73 p. : ill. ; 30 cm.
FAO agricultural services bulletin ; 88/1
CALL #: TT220.S762 1992
19. Stokes, J. B. **
Agricultural engineering in development : intermediate
blacksmithing : a training manual / by J.B. Stokes.
Rome : Food and Agricultural Organization of the United
Nations, 1992. 61 p. : ill. ; 30 cm. FAO agricultural
services bulletin ; 88/2
CALL #: TT220.S763 1992
20. Stokes, J. B. **
Agricultural engineering in development : advanced
blacksmithing : a training manual / by J.B. Stokes.
Rome : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United
Nations, 1992. 85 p. : ill. ; 30 cm. FAO agricultural
services bulletin ; 88/3 Includes glossary.
CALL #: TT220.S76 1992
21. Bealer, Alex W. ***
The art of blacksmithing / Alex W. Bealer.
3rd ed. / revised and updated by Charles
McRaven.
New York : Harper & Row, c1984. 487 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Includes index. Bibliography: p. 477-478.
CALL #: TT220.B35 1984
22. Towards a new iron age : May 12th-July 10th 1982.
[London] : Victoria & Albert Museum, 1982. 100 p. : ill.
(some col.), ports ; 20 X 21 cm. Exhibition catalog.
Bibliography : p. 97-100.
CALL #:NK8201.5.G7L684 1982
23. The Complete guide to blacksmithing : **
horseshoeing, carriage and wagon building
and painting : based on the text book on
horseshoeing by A. Lungwitz : with chapters
on carriage-ironing, wagon and buggy
painting, varnishing, ornamenting, etc. /
by Charles F. Adams ; with a new foreword by
Dona Z. Meilach. Bonanza 1981 ed.
New York : Bonanza Books, c1981.
222 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. Reprint. Originally published: Chicago
: M.A. Donohue, c1902.
CALL #: TT220.C67 1981
24. Streeter, Donald. ***
Professional smithing : traditional techniques
for decorative ironwork, whitesmithing,
hardware, toolmaking, and locksmithing / Donald
Streeter ; with photos. and drawings by the
author.
New York : Scribner, c1980. ix 133 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Includes index.
CALL #: TT220.S77
25. Simmons, Marc. **
Southwestern colonial ironwork : the Spanish
blacksmithing tradition from Texas to California
/ Marc Simmons and Frank Turley.
Santa Fe : Museum of New Mexico Press, c1980.
xvi, 199 p. : ill. ; 21 x 26 cm. Series in Southwestern
culture Includes index. Bibliography: p. [191]-196.
CALL #: TT215.S55
25. Foxfire 5 : ironmaking, blacksmithing, **
flintlock rifles, bear hunting, and other
affairs of plain living / edited with an
introd. by Eliot Wigginton.
Garden City, N.Y. : Anchor Press/Doubleday, 1979. 511 p. :
ill. ; 24 cm. Includes index. Bibliography: p. 435-436.
CALL #: F217.A65F69
26. Bealer, Alex W. ***
The art of blacksmithing / Alex W. Bealer.
Rev. ed.
New York : Funk & Wagnalls, 1976. 438 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Includes index. Bibliography: p. 431-432.
CALL #: TT220.B35 1976
27. Vlach, John Michael, 1948-
Phillip Simmons: Afro-American blacksmith, by
John M. Vlach.
[Bloomington, Ind., Folklore Publications
Group] 1973. 17 [23] p. illus. 28 cm.
Folklore preprint series, v. 1, no. 2 Cover title.
CALL #: TT220.V6
28. Smith, H. R. Bradley. **
Blacksmiths' and farriers' tools at Shelburne
Museum : a history of their development from
forge to factory, by H.R. Bradley Smith.
Shelburne, Vt. : Shelburne Museum, [1966]
271 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Museum pamphlet series, no. 7
Includes index. "Chronological development of nails;
supplement" [12] p. inserted at end. Bibliography: p. 254-259.
CALL #: TT220.S6
29. Maquet, Emma.
Outils de forge du Congo du Rwanda et du
Burundi, dans les collections du Musee royal de
l'Afrique centrale a Tervuren.
Tervuren, Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, 1965.
xii, 100 p. illus., plates, maps. 32 cm. Musee royal de
l'Afrique centrale. Annales. Nouv. ser. in-4. Sciences
humaines, no. 5 Bibliography: p. 97-100.
CALL #: TS225.2.C6M3.FOLIO
30. Robins, F. W. (Frederick William)
The smith; the traditions and lore of an
ancient craft.
London, New York, Rider [1953] 160 p. illus. 22 cm.
CALL #: GR920.B55R6
31. Selvidge, R. W. (Robert Washington), 1872-1941. ***
Blacksmithing; a manual for use in school and shop, by R. W.
Selvidge and J. M. Allton
Peoria, Ill., Manual Arts Pr. [c1925] 156 p. illus.
Bibliography.
CALL #: TT220.S4
32. McNaughton, Patrick R.
The Mande blacksmiths : knowledge, power, and
art in West Africa / Patrick R. McNaughton.
Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c1988.
xxiv, 241 p., [4] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
Traditional arts of Africa Includes index. Bibliography:
p. [217]-235.
CALL #: DT551.45.M36M38
33. Alexandre, Pierre, 1922-
French perspectives in African studies: a
collection of translated essays / edited with
an introduction by Pierre Alexandre; foreword by
Daryll Forde; [translated from the French].
London : Oxford University Press for the
International African Institute, 1973.
viii, 240 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographies.
CALL #: GN645.A44
34. Smith, Cyril Stanley, 1903- *
Atoms, blacksmiths, and crystals; practical and
theoretical views of the structure of matter in
the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
Papers read at a Clark Library seminar, November
26, 1966, by Cyril S. Smith [and] John G. Burke.
Los Angeles, William Andrews Clark Memorial Library,
University of California, 1967. 60 p. illus. 23 cm.
[William Andrews Clark Memorial Library seminar papers]
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents: The texture of matter as viewed by
artisan, philosopher, and scientist in the
seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, by C. S.
Smith.--Snowflakes and the constitution of
crystalline matter, by J. G. Burke.
CALL #: QC173.S47328
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