On Folk Art in General
The American Folk Art Museum, http://www.folkartmuseum.org/
"Contemporary Folk Art," Smithsonian American Art Museum, http://americanart.si.edu/collections/exhibits/t2go/1fa/index.html
The Journal of American Folklore
Folk Art Society of America, http://www.folkart.org/mag/kinney/kinney.html
"Person to Person: Communicating identity through Wisconsin folk objects." Wisconsin Historical Society, http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/museum/exhibits/p2p/
Glassie, Henry. Spirit of Folk Art. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1995.
Vlach, John Michael. Plain Painters: Making Sense of American Folk Art. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1988.
Ames, Kenneth L. Beyond Necessity: Art in the Folk Tradition. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1978.
Delacruz, Elizabeth Manley "Folk Art as Communal Culture and Art Proper." Art Education Vol. 52, No. 4, (July, 1999), pp. 23-24+33-35
"American Folk Art." Princeton Online http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/lessons/middle/am-folk.htm
Schlereth, Thomas J. Material Culture Studies in America American Association for State and Local History: 1982
Kaplan, Wendy. “The Art that is Life”: The Arts & Crafts Movement in America, 1875-1920. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1987.
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On Local History
EIU Localities, http://www.eiu.edu/~localite
Johnston, Jean, Alice Larrabee, Gail Lumpkin, and Marianne Thiel. “Mattoon, A Pictorial History.” St. Louis: Missouri, G. Bradley Publishing Inc. 1993.
Shick, Nancy Easter, and Douglas K. Meyer, “Pictorial Landscape History of Charleston, Illinois.” Charleston: Illinois, 1985.
On the National Road
National Road Association of Illinois, http://www.nationalroad.org/
"U.S. Route 40," http://www.route40.net/index.shtml
Raitz, Karl, ed. The National Road. Baltimore: The John Hopkins University Press, 1996.
On Riving
Grant, Lodge. Interview by Marilyn Anderson. , transcript provided online by the University of Illinois at Springfield, January 17, 1980. http://www.uis.edu/archives/memoirs/GRANT.pdf
Anderson, John D. Riving Wood for 17th Century Joint Furniture. September 26, 2006. http://www.greenwoodworking.com/riving/riving.htm
Bealer, Alex W. Old Ways of Working Wood. Barre, Massachusetts: Barre Publishers, 1972.
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On Broomcorn
Trager, Louise M., "Broomcorn Industry of Coles County, Illinois." Economic Geography. Vol. 17, No. 3 (July, 1941) pp. 250-261.
"Broomcorn Festival 2006." The Daily Eastern News. September 18, 2006, http://www.eiu.edu/~den/interactive/broomcornfest/
On the Local Amish
Illinois Amish Interpretive Center, http://www.amishcenter.com/
On Quilting
National Quilting Association, http://www.nqaquilts.org/
Land of Lincoln Quilters Association, http://www.quiltguilds.com/illinois.htm
On Miniatures
National Association of Miniature Enthusiasts, http://www.miniatures.org/mini_links_miniature_sources.shtml
King, Constance Eileen. Dolls and Dolls' Houses. New York: The Hamlyn Publishing Group Limited, 1977.
Jacobs, Flora Gill, and Faurholt, Estrid. Dolls and Doll Houses. Rutland: The Charles E. Tuttle Company, Inc., 1967.
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On Baskets
Handweavers Guild of America, http://www.weavespindye.org/
Land of Lincoln Basketweavers Association, http://basketmakers.com/topics/orgs/guildlol.htm
On Rug Weaving
Engel, Elisabeth. “Braided Rugs: A Surprising Forum for Progressive Reform.” Historia: A Publication of the Epsilon Mu Chapter of Phi Alpha Theta & the Department of History at Eastern Illinois University, Vol. 9. (Charleston, Illinois, 2000): 83-89.
Steedman, Carolyn. “What a Rag Rug Means.” Journal of Material Culture, Vol. 3, No. 3. (Nov. 1998): 259-281.
On Lace
International Old Lacers, Inc., www.internationaloldlacers.org
Thompson, Karen H. “The Lure of Lace.” Ars Textrina 19 (1993): 193-212.
Warnick, Kathleen and Shirley Nilsson. Legacy of Lace: Identifying, Collecting, and Preserving American Lace. New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1988.
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