"Barre in The Nineties," (Barre, Vermont) by William Barclay, son of the first William Barclay, founder of the pioneer firm of Barclay Brothers, in Monumental News Magazine, Vol. 51, No. 12, December, 1939, pp. 548-550. (Includes information on the progressive use of new tools and equipment in the granite quarry industry from 1899 up through 1939.)
Brunner & Lay - Bruner & Lay: Manufacturers of Marble, Stone, Granite and Bricklayers' Tools, Stone Jacks, Derricks, and Contractors' Supplies (Catalog). Chicago, Illinois.
Early American Industries Association, Inc. (The Early American Industries Association, Inc., was founded in 1933. "The purpose of the Early American Industries Association, Inc. is to encourage the study and better understanding of early American industries in the home, in the shop, on the farm, and on the sea, also to discover, identify, classify, preserve and exhibit obsolete tools, implements, and mechanical devices which were used in early America.")
Hammers - the Hammer Museum in Haines, Alaska. (Includes a virtual tour of the museum hammers.)
Marble - Stone Carving - Tools of the Trade, by Walter S. Arnold, Sculptor/Stone Carver, Chicago, Illinois.
Marble Workers' Tools from The Marble-Workers' Manual: Designed for the Use of Marble-Workers, Builders, and Owners of Houses (With an Appendix Concerning American Marbles), by M. L. Booth (Translated from the French), 1856. (Scroll down to the Table of Contents and click on the "Atelier of the Marble Worker" section. Each tool description entry includes a link that takes you to the table that displays the tools.)
Material, Tool and Process: Essential Design Elements, presented by Don Dougan, Sculptor.
Traditional Processes ( Interesting sections relating to tools on this web site include the following sections.) (You can use the buttons at the bottom of each page on the web site to navigate through the tools section of the web site.)
Boring Tools (Scroll down)
Splitting and Cutting Tools
Carving Tools: Mallet and Chisel
Carving Tools: Hammer and Chisel
Hand Carving Chisels: The Point
Hand Carving Chisels: The Tooth Chisel or Claw
Hand Carving Chisels - Chisels with Sharp Edges
Surfacing Tools
Rasps, Files, and Rifflers
Abrasives, Sandpaper
Power Tool Abrasives
Pneumatic Hammers
Special Purpose Tools
Marble Works & Tools – Arrigo Fantozzi, Marble and Granite Works, Jackson, Amador County, California. This site includes history and photographs of the marble works building and tools of the trade as the marble works was when it closed. (Be sure to click the "next page" at the bottom of the page to see all pages.)
Museum of Early Trades & Crafts, Madison, New Jersey. ("The mission of the Museum of Early Trades & Crafts is to enhance the understanding and appreciation of America's past by presenting and interpreting the history, culture and lives of ordinary people through educational programs, through preservation and stewardship of our collection, and through exhibition and demonstration of the trades and crafts practiced in New Jersey from its earliest settlement.")
Museum of Early Trades and Crafts (description), presented on the New Jersey's Great Northwest Skylands web site.
A Pattern Book of Tools and Household Goods, probably by W. & C. Wynn of Birmingham, from Early American Industries Association Inc., originally published circa 1820. ("A full size reproduction of an early nineteenth-century pattern book...probably issued by W. & C. Wynn of Birmingham about 1820.")
Recipes for Stone Cutters - From Early Stone Cutters in Western Missouri, A Research Study From Jones-Seelinger-Johannes Foundation, 2005, Poplar Heights Farm, 103 West Walnut Street, Butler, Missouri. (Brian Phillips - Executive Director, Terrie Jessup - Program Director, Patricia Jacobs - Research Assistant, Betty Newton - Research Assistant, Photography - Brian Phillips, Terrie Jessup, Melissa Phillips)