Library

 

 

In the course of studying a lot of old silk information, I've ended up with a lot of old books. Many of them are decades or even centuries out of print. Ralph Griswold has begun scanning them for the Digital Archive, and I'm hosting copies here as well. I'm copying his format, so that it will be consistent. Some of these are my books, some from the Digital Archive, some Google Books.

These books, articles, monographs, and images are OUT OF COPYRIGHT due to their age, and are part of the PUBLIC DOMAIN. As such, they can be used freely. If you have information about any of these works being copyrighted, please contact me.

The source of each work is noted if known.

 

---. Letters from the Secretary of the Treasury in Relation to the Growth and Manufacture of Silk, Gales and Season, 1828, 232 pages. Posted June 18, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 13.9 MB PDF

from my library, scanned into the Digital Archive. This is a comprehensive work, aimed at encouraging sericulture in America.

 

 

Brown, Harriet G. The Story of Silk, F.A. Owen Publishing Company, Dansville, N.Y., 1907, 36 pages. Posted June 19, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 2.4 MB PDF

from my library, scanned into the Digital Archive. This is a book aimed at teaching children about silk. It has a lot of good, simple factual explanations, and lots of illustrations. It's written as if it's meant to be read aloud.

 

 

Hooper, Luther. Silk: Its Production and Manufacture, Pitman & Sons, 1911, 126 pages. Posted April 29, 2001. CD (CWDA03). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 5.9 MB PDF

from the Digital Archive, with permission. This book has a lot of good information about different types of silk. It has excellent engraved illustrations, which can be cut out with the Adobe Reader and used separately.

 

 

Lardner, Dionysius. A Treatise on the Origin, Progressive Improvement and Present State of the Silk Manufacture, Carey & Lea - Chestnut Street. Philadephia, 1832, 262 pages. Posted October 7, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 12.1 MB PDF

from my library, scanned into the Digital Archive

 

 

Roberts, Walter Scott. Silk Culture in America, 1945, 113 pages. Posted October 7, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 11.3 MB PDF

from my library, scanned into the Digital Archive. This book was, made by a sericultural entrepreneur in Texas in 1945.

 

 

Serres, Olivier de and Nicholas Geffe. The Perfect Use of Silke-Wormes, and Their Benefit, Felix Kyngston, 1607, 107 pages. Note: Scanned from microfilm. Posted March 5, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 3 MB PDF

from the Digital Archive, with permission. This is an excellent book from 1607, an English translation of a 1598 French work. The images are from a microfiche, and parts are difficult or impossible to read.

 

Wardle, Thomas. Silk, Its Entomology, History, and Manufacture, Manchester, 1887. File size 9 MB PDF

This is a Google Book, used here for educational purpose, as per the Google Books usage agreement. This book has some very useful images, particularly of the croissure assembly (p. 62)