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Associations

American Art Pottery Association has information on the society and its journal, including brief contents for back issues. Site also includes book reviews, events notices, a limited database of fakes, and a stolen items report. Some information is available to members only.

American Ceramic Society includes information on the society and its publications. Focus is primarily on ceramic materials in industry although some information on the history of ceramics is provided.

American Historical Association contains information on the society as well an online newsletter, Perspectives. Provides a browsable/searchable directory of history journals and supports an Archives Wiki. Some information is available to members only.

American Studies Association provides information about the association, access to the current and selected back issues of its newsletter, and a link to "American Quarterly" issues via Project Muse. Some information is available to members only.

The Arts and Crafts Society contains information on the society, as well as society events and information on the Arts and Crafts movement. The site has useful links to other societies and pages on the Arts and Crafts movement, though it is also a commercial site with a bookstore.

The Association for Gravestone Studies includes links to the table of contents of Markers, the association's journal, as well as information on their annual conference, their archives and their lending library.

The Association for Living History, Farm and Agricultural Museums provides "Living History Resources" links to over 80 house museums and historical sites as well as a wealth ot other information for organizations that emphasize living history programming.

The Decorative Arts Trust includes information on their symposiums, scholarships and awards, and provides a listing of selected current exhibitions on the decorative arts.

Early American Industries Association supports the study of American Industries and tools used in Early American industries. Includes grant information.

Folk Art Society of America has information on the Society, as well as selected articles from the Folk Art Messenger and a Folk Art calendar of events and exhibitions.

The Furniture Society is dedicated to the promotion of the art and study of furniture making. Webstie links to conference and publication information and includes information on grants and scholarships funded by the Society.

Historic New England provides information on a variety of historic properties, full text articles from the publications "Old Time New England" and "Historical New England Magazine," and an informative section on New England wallpaper that includes a searchable database.

Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture is dedicated to the study of early American history and culture. This extensive site contains information on upcoming conferences and events, the Institute's publications and William and Mary Quarterly, information on fellowships and more. A valuable resource for the scholar of material culture.

The Organization of American Historians contains information on the organization, as well as links to their publications, Journal of American History, OAH Magazine of History, OAH Newsletter, and the Annual Meeting Program.

Society of American Period Furniture Makers is dedicated to the study of American furniture, especially standards and ethical practices in restoration, conservation and reproduction.

Society of American Silversmiths homepage provides information on the Society and events, as well as a bibliography and glossary of silversmithing terms and much more. See the section "Antique Silver Resources" for links to sites for silver hallmark identification. The section "Shoptalk" provides technique and equipment information. The Society newsletter from 1995-2000 is available full text.

Society of Architectural Historians has information on the Society as well as tables of contents for the Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians.

Vernacular Architecture Forum is an association dedicated to the study and preservation of the American built environment. The site includes news about the society as well as information on conferences, grants, and publications. Its official publication is the journal "Buildings & Landscapes," formerly called "Perspectives in Vernacular Architecture." In addition, the site provides useful resources for researchers, including access to a searchable Vernacular Architecture Newsletter Bibliography Database.

The Victorian Society in America includes information on their publications, summer school and local chapters.

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Dictionaries, Directories and Guides

American Studies: Web Metasites in American Studies hosted at the University of Maryland.

American Studies at the University of Virginia is a metasite which includes materials and resources for the American Studies group at the University of Virginia. It includes an annotated directory of resources for American Studies called the "Yellow Pages Directory," "Hypertexts" of primary and secondary sources (primarily American fiction and essays), a set of maps relating to US territorial expansion, a compilation of electronic projects concerning the U.S. Capitol building, and an archive of electronic courses in American studies and related fields.

Antiques Roadshow Online supports the popular PBS television show. The website also provides an informative "Resources" section that includes a glossary, a bibliography, and advice to collectors in a section titled "tips of the trade".

Art Terms Glossary provides links to a number of online glossaries.

Artlex is a general art related dictionary, including techinical and critical terms.

Corning Museum of Glass provides a glass dictionary and more under their Glass Resources section.

DoHistory is an interactive research case study based on the work of historian Laurel Thatcher Ulrich and her examination of a 200-year-old diary of Maine midwife Martha Ballard, born in 1735.

Eighteenth-Century Resources is a site produced and maintained by Prof. Jack Lynch, Department of English, Rutgers University.

National Register of Historic Places from the National Parks Service includes a searchable database of properties listed in the register.

Timeline of Art History, presented by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, features art history timelines covering the period from 20,000 BC to the present.

Vernacular Architecture Newsletter Bibliography from the Vernacular Architecture Forum is a searchable database of book and article citations. This online bibliography is an important resource for researchers of vernacular architecture and material culture.

Women's History is a research guide maintained by the Women's Studies Librarian's Office of the University of Wisconsin System.

Words of Art, by Robert Belton from Okanagan University College, is a glossary of technical and critical terms for the study of art history.

See also the UW Madison Resources portion of the Studying Material Culture at UW Madison page for Dictionaries, Directories and Guides available through the UW Madison Libraries.

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Libraries and Archives

American Antiquarian Society. Founded in 1812, the American Antiquarian Society's collections document American history, literature and culture through 1876. Collections include printed books and pamphlets, prints and broadsides, maps, sheet music, and more. Finding aids and an online catalog are available.

American Craft Council's library catalog accesses a collection focused on the development of the craft movement in America in the years following the Second World War.

Archives of the Wisconsin Historical Society.

The Athenaeum of Philadelphia is a special collections library founded in 1814 to collect materials connected with the history and antiquities of America. Their online catalog is called Athena.

Artists' Papers Register is a location register of the papers of artists, designers and craftspeople held in publicly accessible collections in the United Kingdom and Ireland.

Hagley Museum and Library collects, preserves and interprets the unfolding history of American enterprise. The library includes book, pictorial, manuscript and archive collections, including a rich collection of trade catalogs. Some items have been digitized.

Historical Society of Pennsylvania. One of the oldest and one of the largest non-governmental repositories of historical documentary material. An online catalog lists books and pamphlets. Other finding aids and research guides provide access to manuscript and archival materials.

Kohler Art Library, University of Wisconsin Madison.

Library of Congress has made an extensive array of resources available online, including the library catalog, finding aids to archival collections, and many digital collections. Search their Online Catalog, or their Prints and Photographs Online Catalog, or browse digital collections.

The Library of Virginia serves as the state library and archives of the Commonwealth of Virginia. The LVA Catalog allows combined or separate searches of book/journal collections, archives/manuscript collections and/or image/index holdings.

National Archives and Records Administration provides a Research page with information on how to search their extensive holdings.

New York Historical Society provides a wide variety of resources for researchers. Within their library collections are print, manuscript and graphic materials. Also see their digital collections. For artifacts and works of art in the museum collections, one can search the catalog for the Henry Luce III Center for the Study of American Culture. Images are available.

Redwood Library and Athenaeum. Contains finding aids to parts of the collection including the Cynthia Cary collection of decorative arts.

SIRIS: Smithsonian Institution Research Information System is a gateway to the Smithsonian's many on-line library, archives, art, and photographic collections.

University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Special Collections

Winterthur Library provides a link to Wintercat, the online catalog, as well as information on Winterthur fellowships and other local resources.

Wisconsin Historical Society, Library-Archives.

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