SERIOUS STUDY LINKS

Are you a Lamphead?

In November of 1997, Www.Oillamp.Com joined a handful of Internet sites dedicated to the oil lamp. Today, on any major search engine for keywords, “Oil lamp”, over a half million results will be found. In an attempt to narrow your search we offer the following list of collectors clubs, online information sites and newsletters.

COLLECTOR CLUBS

The Aladdin Knights
The Aladdin Knights are a group of collectors and dealers dedicated to the advancement of collecting and preserving Aladdin Mantel lamps and memorabilia.

The Rushlight Club
The Rushlight Club was founded in 1932 in Boston. It is one of the oldest organizations dedicated to the study of one phase of antiquity. From its original handful of collectors and students of early lighting, the Club has grown into an International organization of individual and museum members.

The Historical Lighting Society of Canada
Established in 1981, the HLSC currently draws on a membership of lighting enthusiasts from across Canada, the United States, and abroad. Browse the site for more information on the HLSC, its informative publications, and the membership benefits offered.

The Miniature Lamp Collectors' Club
38619 Wakefield Court
Northville, MI 48167
Publication: Night Light

British Lighting Society
John Hadley
"Digby" 1
Carmarthen Close
Winsford, Cheshire, CW7.1LP
United Kingdom
Tel. 01606-553739
Publication: The Midnight Oil

ONLINE INFORMATION

The International Guild of Lamp Researchers
The Guild is an informally organized group of like-minded internationally based lampers. Membership is by invitation only for advanced researchers and collectors with the propensity to share their knowledge. Everyone at any level of liquid fuel lamping sophistication is welcome to browse, to learn, and ask and answer questions. Among the site’s many features are a Q&A page with a searchable archive and a multilingual Lamp Terms Dictionary. Planned for the end of 2001 is a searchable database of US lighting patent data.

Antique Lamp Collecting
This page is devoted to Antique Lighting, specifically kerosene lamps of the 1850's to 1910 with an emphasis on Mechanical Lamps

More Resource Links
One of the most complete listing of lamp related sites is offered on Alan's Lamp and Lantern site.

NEWSLETTER

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Quincy, MA 02170 
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