A Day to Never Forget
The centennial anniversary slipped by seemingly unnoticed.
May 7, 1915.
On that day, one hundred years ago this month, more than a thousand passengers aboard the Lusitania, their bags packed and ready to soon disembark, watched helplessly…
Collector — or Hoarder?
A few weeks ago my youngest son Blake, who turned 23 on St. Patrick's Day and whose idea of "taking some time off" before going to medical school was to pick up a master's degree from Harvard (trust me, those aren’t my genes), came home…
My Archive Angels
They aren’t your stereotypical librarians anymore: stern-looking ladies with wire-rimmed glasses, their long hair knotted in a bun so tight it would shed water.
They've become archivists.
History detectives who will take a clue, a single…
A Tale of Two Talks
As my various careers have progressed over the years, I have often found myself being called upon to be a public speaker. Fortunately, my first career was that of a high school English teacher, and my five years standing in front of a classroom…
Salt Lake City Revisited
I've spent most of this past week in Salt Lake City, where I was appearing at a conference on behalf of Minwax during the day and at night catching up with my oldest son Eric, who is finishing work on his doctorate in chemistry at the University…
About Us
ArtsandCraftsCollector.com is a website dedicated to exploring the works, artisans, historical origins and the contemporary revival of the American Arts & Crafts Movement. The historic movement started as a response to the country’s Industrial Revolution and encouraged simple design paying tribute to the natural world over the intricate design of the Victorian era.