This anvil was donated to the University Museum in 1976 by Mr. Robert Davis. It was part of a blacksmith's shop located in Canada.

Internet Resources: Here are some links which will get you started in your quest for knowledge. The Internet is growing at an astounding rate. This list does not include every Website on blacksmithing, only the best of the sites that we visited! Blacksmithing Education Web page at: http://www.win.bright.net/ ~wbforge/edu.html Blacksmith's Gazette Sample Article Web page at: http://www.fholder.com/ Blacksmithing/default.htm University of California-Berkeley Materials Sciences and Materials Engineering Blacksmithing Web page at: http://www.mse.berkeley.edu/ Staff/Eve/Blacksmithing/blacksmithing.html Blacksmithing in the 21st Century Webpage at: http://www.anivilfire.com/ 21centbs.htm

Museum Loan Kits: A kit is not available for the topic of blacksmithing. Kits can be checked out by Illinois School Teachers free of charge. For a complete list of kit topics please visit: educational loan kits For more information please contact Bob DeHoet at (618) 453-5388 or email him at: drhoet@siu.edu

Printed Resources: The Museum Explorers Library contains books on blacksmithing. Please visit the bibliography by following this link: http://www.museum.siu.edu/Museum/ Museum_Explorers/bookbibhum.html Books in this special library can be checked out by Museum Explorer teachers free of charge. Please see our Museum Explorers Library Web page. The following is a list of printed materials about blacksmithing which may be available through your library. Fisher, L.E. (1976). The Blacksmiths. Publisher: Franklin Watts, New York. ISBN#: 0-531-02901-8

Previous Explorer Projects: This is a list of Museum Explorer Projects completed by teachers and students in the last three years. There are no previous school projects on blacksmithing. To view other school pages please visit our Museum Explorers School Pages.

This forge blower was also part of the same blacksmith's shop. The blower was manufactured in the early 1900s.