Chasing Seahorses
My latest little journey took me no further than the keyboard on my laptop -- and introduced me to one of the most memorable characters who ever played a role in the Arts and Crafts movement.
While you may well recognize L. Frank Baum as…
The Paper Chase
I keep a motto here in my office that reads:
The historian wants more documents than he can really use;
the novelist wants more liberties than he can really take.
It has been attributed to novelist Henry James (1843-1916), the prolific…
Learning from History
One of the things historians often struggle with are beginning and ending dates.
Sometimes we get lucky, such as knowing that the Grove Park Inn opened on Saturday, July 12, 1913, or that the first issue of The Craftsman magazine was released…
Great Expectations
Last week I ran into one of my good friends who works at the Grove Park Inn, and we started talking, quite naturally, about the February Arts and Crafts Conference.
"This will be number 26, right?" he asked. "Should be a piece of cake by now."
Piece…
Who Deserves To Be Remembered?
I have been working this summer on a new book, simply entitled Tales of the Grove Park Inn. As its name implies, it is a collection of stories, all historical, which illustrate the first one hundred years of the famous hotel once called "the…
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.