Some Interesting Cemetery Stone-Related Links

(Also see the “Resources & References” section.)

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Monument-Related Books

• Epitaphs (PDF), by the Vermont Marble Company, Proctor, Vermont, early 1900s, presented on this Stone Quarries and Beyond web site.
• Lettering in Marble (PDF), A few plates and a few words of explanation – all bearing on the subject of lettering as it applies to the memorial trade, issued by the Vermont Marble Company, Procter, Vermont (in PDF format), presented on this Stone Quarries and Beyond web site.
• The Marble-Workers’ Manual. Designed for the Use of Marble-Workers, Builders, and Owners of Houses. Containing practical information respecting marbles in general; their cutting, working, and polishing; veneering of marble; painting upon and coloring of marble; mosaics; composition and use of artificial marble, stuccos, cements, receipts, secrets, etc., etc. (1856) Translated from the French, By M. L. Booth, with an Appendix Concerning American Marbles. Sheldon, Blakeman & Co., New-York, 1856.
• Memorial Stone, Information Circular 7720 (PDF), by Oliver Bowles, U.S. Bureau of Mines, 1955a. 6 pp., presented on this Stone Quarries and Beyond web site.
• Montgomery Ward & Co. Monuments, Tombstones and Markers Catalog, 1929 (in PDF), presented on this Stone Quarries and Beyond web site.
• Some Stone Carvers & Monument Companies That Produced the Yolo County Stones in the Late 1800’s to early 1900’s (Brochure by Peggy B. Perazzo in PDF)
• Sources of Memorial Ornamentation (PDF), by Henry Powell Hopkins, A.M., B.Arch., A.I.A., Vermont Marble Company, Proctor, Vermont, printed by the Barta Press, Cambridge, Mass., 1924, 44 pp., presented on this Stone Quarries and Beyond web site.

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Monument-Related Articles

• “The Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry,” (PDF) in Design Hints For Memorial Craftsman Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 10, April 1927, pp. 12-13, 24.
• “Diagonals And Rectangles,” (PDF) by John Cargill, Designer, Charles G. Blake & Co., Chicago, in Design Hints For Memorial Craftsman Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 3, September 1929, pp. 8-10. (Celtic crosses)
• “Emblems For Memorials: 3rd Degree Master Mason,” (PDF) in Design Hints For Memorial Craftsman Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 7, January 1927, pp. 12-13, 25.
• “Emblems For Memorials: Modern Knights Templar Emblem,” (PDF) in Design Hints For Memorial Craftsman Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 8, February 1927, pp. 24-26.
• “Emblems For Memorials,” (PDF) in Design Hints For Memorial Craftsman Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 2, August 1927, pp. 12-13, 15.
• “Emblems For Memorials: the American Legion,” (PDF) in Design Hints For Memorial Craftsman Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 4, October 1926, pp. 21-22.
• “Emblems For Memorials: Veterans of Foreign Wars U.S.,” (PDF) in Design Hints For Memorial Craftsman Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 6, December 1926, pp. 12-13, 22.
• “Greek Proportion,” (PDF) by John Cargill, Designer with Chas. G. Blake & Co., Chicago, Illinois, in Design Hints For Memorial Craftsman Magazine, Vol. 5, No. 5, November 1928, pp. 14-16.
• “Hints on Making Scale Models of Monuments,” (PDF) by Leonard V. Huber, in Design Hints For Memorial Craftsman Magazine, Vol. 7, No. 1, July 1930, pp.14,16.
• “Historic Ornament: Something About Curves,” (PDF) by Glanville Smith, in Design Hints For Memorial Craftsman Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 7, January 1926, pp. 18-20, 22-23, 26. (parabola, ellipse, hypocycloid, Witch of Agnesi, limaçon, spiral, and entasis)
• “Historic Ornament and Modern Design,” (PDF) by Dan B. Haslam, in Design Hints For Memorial Craftsman Magazine, Vol. 5, No. 10, April 1929, pp. 10-12, 24. (Egyptian)
• “History of Cemetery Memorial Art (PDF),” in The Monumental News Magazine, September, 1919, pp. 579-582, presented on this Stone Quarries and Beyond web site.
• “The Jewish Alphabet,” (PDF) After Rendering by Al. Konetzni, in Design Hints For Memorial Craftsman Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 3, September 1926, pp. 18-19.
• “Mausoleum Construction,” (PDF) by George Brooks, Designer for the Melrose Granite Co., in Design Hints For Memorial Craftsman Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 10, April 1928, pp. 12-13, 26-27.
• “Memorial Types,” (PDF) by Captain John K. Shawvan, Chicago Branch Manager, Muldoon Monument Company, in Design Hints For Memorial Craftsman Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 8, February 1930, pp. 14-15, 26. (Memorial types listed include: Tablet, Panel, Stele, Sarcophagus, Cottage, Ledger, Monolith, Exedra, Screen, Obelisk, Garden, Cross, Architectural, Sculptured, Sepulcher, Mausoleum, Fountain, and Cenotaph.)
  • “Memorial Types: The Cottage,” (PDF) by Captain John K. Shawvan, Chicago Branch Manager, Muldoon Monument Company, in Design Hints For Memorial Craftsman Magazine, Vol. 7, No. 1, July 1930, pp. 10-11, 30.
  • “Memorial Types: The Ledger,” (PDF) by Captain John K. Shawvan, Chicago Branch Manager, Muldoon Monument Company, in Design Hints For Memorial Craftsman Magazine, Vol. 7, No. 3, August 1930, pp. 12-13, 34.
  • “Memorial Types: The Monolith,” (PDF) by Captain John K. Shawvan, Chicago Branch Manager, Muldoon Monument Company, in Design Hints For Memorial Craftsman Magazine, Vol. 7, No. 3, September 1930, pp. 12-13, 30.
  • “Memorial Types: The Panel,” (PDF) by Captain John K. Shawvan, Chicago Branch Manager, Muldoon Monument Company, in Design Hints For Memorial Craftsman Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 10, April 1930, pp. 14-15, 26.
  • “Memorial Types: The Sarcophagus,” (PDF) by Captain John K. Shawvan, Chicago Branch Manager, Muldoon Monument Company, in Design Hints For Memorial Craftsman Magazine, Vol. 7, No. 3, June 1930, pp. 12-14.
  • “Memorial Types: The Stele,” (PDF) by Captain John K. Shawvan, Chicago Branch Manager, Muldoon Monument Company, in Design Hints For Memorial Craftsman Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 11, May 1930, pp. 12-13.
  • “Memorial Types: The Tablet,” (PDF) by Captain John K. Shawvan, Chicago Branch Manager, Muldoon Monument Company, in Design Hints For Memorial Craftsman Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 9, March 1930, pp. 14-15.
• “Monumental Design: The Language of The Flowers,” (PDF) by Dan B. Haslam, in Design Hints For Memorial Craftsman Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 1, July 1927, pp. 10-11, 16, 27. (includes sketches of: lily of the valley, wild rose, blue bell, Easter lily, star of Bethlehem, passion flower, violets, poppy, daffodil, and daisy)
• “Monumental Design: The Language of The Flowers,” (PDF) by Dan B. Haslam, in Design Hints For Memorial Craftsman Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 2, August 1927, pp. 10-11, 23-24. (includes sketches of: tulip, honeysuckle, primrose, oak, ivy, wood sorrel, roses, pansy, lotus, and crocus)
• “Monumental Drawing and Lettering: Wash Drawing,” (PDF) by Dan B. Haslam, in Design Hints For Memorial Craftsman Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 7, January 1926, pp. 10-13.
• “Monumental Drawing and Lettering: The Daffodil in Applied Ornament,” (PDF) by Dan B. Haslam, in Design Hints For Memorial Craftsman Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 1, July 1926, pp. 10-11, 23.
• “Monumental Drawing and Lettering: The Daisy in Applied Ornament,” (PDF) by Dan B. Haslam, in Design Hints For Memorial Craftsman Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 3, September 1926, pp. 10-12.
• “Monumental Drawing and Lettering: The Lily in Applied Ornament,” (PDF) by Dan B. Haslam, in Design Hints For Memorial Craftsman Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 4, October 1926, pp. 10-12.
• “Monumental Drawing and Lettering: The Oak and Ivy in Applied Ornament,” (PDF) by Dan B. Haslam, in Design Hints For Memorial Craftsman Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 12, June 1926, pp. 10-12.
• “Monumental Drawing and Lettering: The Poinsettia in Applied Ornament,” (PDF) by Dan B. Haslam, in Design Hints For Memorial Craftsman Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 6, December 1926, pp. 10-11, 20.
• “Monumental Drawing and Lettering: The Poppy in Applied Ornament,” (PDF) by Dan B. Haslam, in Design Hints For Memorial Craftsman Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 11, May 1926, pp. 10-12.
• “Monumental Drawing and Lettering: The Primrose in Applied Ornament,” (PDF) by Dan B. Haslam, in Design Hints For Memorial Craftsman Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 9, March 1927, pp. 10-13.
• “Monumental Drawing and Lettering: The Rose in Applied Ornament,” (PDF) by Dan B. Haslam, in Design Hints For Memorial Craftsman Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 5, November 1926, pp. 10-12.
• “Monumental Drawing and Design: The Wood Sorrel in Applied Ornament,” (PDF) by Dan B. Haslam, in Design Hints For Memorial Craftsman Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 10, April 1927, pp. 10-11, 21.
• “Monumental Drawing and Lettering: A Review on Perspective,” (PDF) by Dan B. Haslam, in Design Hints For Memorial Craftsman Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 7, January 1927, pp. 10-11, 18-21.
• “Monumental Drawing & Lettering: A Simple and Quick method of making Large Drawings from Small Photos,” (PDF) by Dan B. Haslam, in Design Hints For Memorial Craftsman Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 9, March 1926, pp. 10-11, 20-21.
• “Monumental Shades and Shadow,” (PDF) by Jerome Aske, (Article II.), in Design Hints For Memorial Craftsman Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 9, March 1926, pp. 12-13, 21.
• “Musical Angles,” (PDF) by John Cargill, Designer with Chas. G. Blake & Co., Chicago, Illinois, in Design Hints For Memorial Craftsman Magazine, Vol. 5, No. 7, January 1929, pp. 10-13. (The old cross on the Island of Canna & the old cross near Dupplin Castle, Scotland)
• The New Orleans Tomb Styles – Articles from Design Hints for Memorial Craftsman 1929/1930
  • “The New Orleans Tomb, Part I,” (PDF) by Leonard V. and Albert R. Huber, in Design Hints For Memorial Craftsman Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 4, October 1929, pp. 14-16, 28. (the “foundation work”)
  • “The New Orleans Tomb, Part II,” (PDF) by Leonard V. and Albert R. Huber, in Design Hints For Memorial Craftsman Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 5, November 1929, pp. 12-14. (the “granite work”)
  • “The New Orleans Tomb, Part III,” (PDF) by Leonard V. and Albert R. Huber, in Design Hints For Memorial Craftsman Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 6, December 1929, pp. 12-14. (a large family vault)
  • “The New Orleans Tomb, Part IV,” (PDF) by Leonard V. and Albert R. Huber, in Design Hints For Memorial Craftsman Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 7, January 1930, pp. 12-14. (a marble tomb)
  • “The New Orleans Tomb, Part V,” (PDF) by Leonard V. and Albert R. Huber, in Design Hints For Memorial Craftsman Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 8, February 1930, pp. 12-13.
  • “The New Orleans Tomb, Part VI,” (PDF) by Leonard V. and Albert R. Huber, in Design Hints For Memorial Craftsman Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 9, March 1930, pp. 12-13. (“designed along Georgian lines”)
  • “The New Orleans Tomb, Part VI,”* (PDF) by Leonard V. and Albert R. Huber, in Design Hints For Memorial Craftsman Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 10, April 1930, pp. 12-13. (two-family house / tomb) (Note: There “Part VII” of this series was listed in both the March 1930 and April 1930 issues.)
  • “The New Orleans Tomb, Part VII,” (PDF) by Leonard V. and Albert R. Huber, in Design Hints For Memorial Craftsman Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 11, May 1930, pp. 10-11. (ventilation)
  • “The New Orleans Tomb, Part IX,” (PDF) by Leonard V. and Albert R. Huber, in Design Hints For Memorial Craftsman Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 12, June 1930, pp. 10-11.
• “Various Aspects of the San Francisco Disaster (Earthquake)” in the Monumental News Magazine, August 1906, on Stone Quarries and Beyond web site.

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Monument-Related Links on this Stone Quarries and Beyond Web Site

• Alphabetical List of California Stone Carvers section of the “Historical California Cemetery Stone & Monument Carvers & Dealers Historical Research” on this Stone Quarries and Beyond web site.
• Historical California Stone Carvers, Stone Cutters, & Monument Dealers, on the Stone Quarries and Beyond web site.

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Miscellaneous Links Regarding Cemetery Stones & Monuments

• Marble Sample Box by the Vermont Marble Company (PDF) (The below images of the marble samples, the box (below), and accompanying literature are available for viewing in PDF.) The box was produced by the Vermont Marble Company of Proctor, Vermont. The Vermont Marble Company was one of the largest and oldest suppliers of cemetery stones across the United States. (Presented on this Stone Quarries and Beyond web site.)
• Yolo County Cemeteries on the Yolo County CAGenWeb Project web site.

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