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RESEARCH GRANTS AWARDS FOR 2007 EARLY AMERICAN INDUSTRIES

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WILMINGTON, DEL. — The Research Grants Program of the early American Industries Association (EAIA) announces the recipients of its 2007 annual awards. Awards were made to Susan Green, Orwigsburg, Penn.; to Thomas A. Kinney, Bluefield, Va.; to Thomas G. Whalen, Marshfield Hills, Mass.; and to Mark M. Chambers, Great River, N.Y.

Green is the recipient of the Winthrop L. Carter Memorial Award with her research, “Adding English Patents to a Data Base for Patents Related to Horse-Drawn Vehicles.”

Kinney is the recipient of the John S. Watson Award for his project, “The Brewster Carriage Dynasty,” which will dwell on the course of the Nineteenth Century manufacture that went from traditional handcraft to major American industry. Kinney’s research will result in a scholarly monograph.

Whalen’s research, “Log Scales and Rule Makers of New England,” will focus on a better understanding of the makers and users of log calipers and log rules in New England forests from 1840 to the present day. His research will identify, classify and describe log rules and calipers, how they were made, how they were used and used by whom.

Chambers’ project, “Land of Ores, Country of Minerals: Tracing a River of Gray Gold from the Ground into Human Society, 1790–1848,” will exemplify how miners and merchants using various tools and processes extracted lead ore that connected this frontier natural resource to the industrial revolution in the period between 1790 and 1848. Chambers project will lead to an article/dissertation.

The Early American Industries Association, as a collectors’ organization, international in scope, encourages the study and better understanding of early American industries in the shop, in the home, on the farm and on the sea.

For applications or further information, Justine J. Mataleno, 1324 Shallcross Avenue, Wilmington, DE 19806-3136, or 302-652-7297.