Källinformation

Ancestry.com. Delaware, Hantverksyrken, 1600-1995 [webbaserad databas]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.

Originaldata: Delaware, Craftperson Files, 1600-1995.

Card File of American Craftspeople, 1600-1995. The Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Inc. Winterthur, Delaware.

Delaware, Hantverksyrken, 1600-1995

På Winterthur-biblioteket ägnar man mycket tid åt att studera den amerikanska vardagen och amerikanska hantverkstraditioner. Den här samlingen innehåller ett kartotek med uppgifter om namn, arbetsplatser, bostadsorter samt annan information om amerikanska hantverkare.

The Winterthur Library is devoted to the study of everyday life in America and America’s craft traditions, including furniture making, silversmithing, pottery making, textile production, etc. This collection includes images of a series of card files containing the names, working dates, places of residence, and other information about American craftspeople. Data on the cards relate to a wide range of craftspeople:

artists / painters
blacksmiths
engravers
fraktur artists
furniture makers / cabinetmakers / turners / joiners
gilders
clock- and watchmakers
glass workers
goldsmiths
graphic artists
jewelers
metalsmiths
potters
sculptors
silversmiths / silver plate workers

Information on the cards includes the names of craftspeople, occupation and working dates, birth and death dates, where they lived, what they made, notes about their professional lives, and bibliographical and source references. (Information about furniture makers and silversmiths is more complete than other occupations, and some of the cards don’t include complete information.)