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 Historical References on Feltmaking and Hats.

Chick here for a suggested way to demonstrate

The Hatters of Eighteenth-Century France by Michael Sonenscher, University of California Press

 

The History of Silk, Cotton, Linen, Wool   printed in 1845

 

Working Dress in Colonial And Revolutionary America by Peter F. Copeland, Greenwood Press

 

Revenge of the Paris Hat by Hugh Grant, The Beaver Decenber 1988-Janurary 1989 page 37-44

 

Beaver Pelts and Felt Hats by William H Hathorn, Castor Canadensis   Newsletter of the Jedediah Smith Society  Fall 1996

 

The Museum of  The Fur Trade Quarterly, Spring 1987 and Fall 1976

 

Firearms, Traps and Tools of the Mountain Man by Carl P Russell, Alfred a Knopf, New York 1967 page 5 and 6

 

Rock Mountain House National Historic Site, Beaver Hats

 

Felt, Silk & Straw Handmade Hats, Tools and Processes, By Mary Elizabeth McClellan, The Bucks County Historical Society, Doylestown, PA  1977