Prologemena
Introduction: The Pivotal
Roles of the 1920s, the 1950s, and the Hour Glass Analogy (see Appendix 16)
1. Woodworking: 1900 and Before:
Nineteenth century and earlier background [under construction]
Document 15: C M Woodward, on the importation of
the Russian system of teaching woodworking 1887
Appendix 23: From Handicraft System to Factory System
Appendix 24: From Hand Tools to Machine Tools
2. Woodworking
1901-1910 [under
construction]
Document
1: P H Adams Reclining
Chair May 1902
Document 2: A L Hall "Workshop at Home" 1908
Document 6: a 1904 article heralding "The
Significance of the Arts and Crafts Movement for Woodworking"
Document 19: Gustav Stickley -- The Motif of
'Mission'
Document 21: Frank Lloyd Wright -- Art and Craft
of the Machine 1901
Document 27: Gustav Stickley: "The
Structural
Style in Cabinet-Making" House Beautiful
15, December 1903, pages 78-93
Document 42: IRA S. GRIFFITH "Recreation
with Tools" Countryside Magazine and Suburban Life 10 June 1910 pp 22+
Document 48: William L Price "The Attitude of
Manual Training to the Arts and Crafts" 1905
Document 49:
William L
Price "The Building of a Chair" 1904
3. Woodworking
1911-1920
[under construction]
Document 3: H H
Windsor "How to Make a Morris
Chair"
Document
25: Electrical World 75 May 15 1920
Document 29: R A Wagner "The Development of
Skilled Mechanics" The Building Age 36
1914
4. Woodworking 1921-1930 [under
construction]
Appendix
19: The Impact of
Electrification
Appendix
20: Electric
Woodworking Tools Developed in the 1920s
Appendix 21: History
of the
Fractional Horsepower Motor in America
Appendix 23: J D
Wallace Jointer
Appendix 24: J D Wallace Table Saws
Appendix 25: Appendix 25: Notes for Piece on Modernism, Modernization,
Modernity, Antimodern
Appendix 26: From Handicraft System to Factory System
Appendix 27: From Hand Tools to Machine Tools
Appendix 28: not yet uploaded
Appendix 29: Geoge C. Kelley and Ray L.
Carter Develop the Router
Document 4: Paul D Otter "Morris Chair" 1914
(reprinted 1923)
Document 9: "Notes on Progress of the Use of
Electricity in the Industrial and Domestic Field" 1921
Document 13: Paul V. Woolley's "The Importance of
Projects in the Education of Boys" 1926
Document 14: Principles of Bauhaus Production 1926
Document 22: Henry B Allen -- Improvements in
Steels for Woodcutting Saws and Knives 1930
Document 23: John Shaw Portable Electrically-Driven Machines
1928
Document 24: Paul D Otter on "Mechanic",
"Cabinetmaker", "Craftsman", "Carpenter" 1923
Document 41: Popular Homecraft
volume 1, number 1, 1930 "The Growing Popularity of Homecraft Workshops"
Document 46: William Klenke "The Saw That
Saws on Top"
Document 47: Stanley Rule and
Level Plant "This Will be the Bench" 1927
5. Woodworking 1931-1940 [under
construction]
Document 12: The formation of the National Home
Workshop Guild 1933
Document 10: Hobbs Working With Tools 1935
Document 16: Joseph Aronson on "Modern Furniture"
1938
Document 20: Anonymous "Riding a Hobby Leads to
Profit" Furniture Record 1937
Document 43: Torque. What Is It?
6. Woodworking
1941-1950 [under construction]
Appendix
22: Hans Goldschmidt and his
Shopsmith
Document 8: Popular Science "How the Hammer, Saw
and Try-Square Can Satisfy" 1946
Document 44: John Folkerth Interviews Hans
Goldschmidt
Document 45: Herman Hjorth "The Router" 1949
