The Right Stuff and How to Get It – Part I Getting The
Reproductions You Want
Mick Woodcock
ALHFAM Annual Meeting
June 2009
The Right Stuff
Doing The Research
Furnishing Plan
• Justification
• Documentation
• Replication
Justification
• Change
• Budget
• Your Existence
Documentation
• History Recorded
• Examines the History
• Cites Sources
Replication
• Tells What
• Tells Why
• Tells Where
Research
• Structure
• Interior
• Furnishings
Structure
• Who• What• When• Where
Interior
• Structure
• People
• Use
Furnishings
• Objects
• Placement
Differences
• Regional
• Cultural
• Time
Regional
• Clothing
• Tools
• Methods
Cultural
• Clothing
• Equipment
• Methods
Time
• Not too early
• Not too late
• Not too obscure
Getting To Know You
Finding Reputable Vendors
The Options
• Replica Resource List
• Word of Mouth
• Going to Events
Replica Resource List
• Available on line• Comes with no
guarantees as to quality of material
• New vendors added continuously
• Addresses checked yearly
Word of Mouth
• ALHFAM List Serve
• Call your colleagues
• Talk with your volunteers
• Internet
Going to Events
• Time consuming• May be nothing in
your area• You can see what you
are getting• You can look the
vendor in the eye
Can’t Get No Satisfaction
Making What You Need
Getting A Pattern
• Something out of the collection
• Something out of someone else’s collection
• Using a photograph• Using an illustration in
a book
Something Out of The Collection
Someone Else’s Collection
Using a Photograph
Using an Illustration
Getting A Craftsman
• Volunteer
• Staff
• Hiring a local
• Replica Resource List
Getting Materials
• Local
• Replica Resource List
• Custom made hardware
