2019 Annual Guild Meeting!
Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2019 11:17 am
The Honourable Cordwainers' Company
is pleased to announce the
35th Annual General Meeting
in cooperation with
The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Williamsburg, VA
October 25-27, 2019
We are looking forward to a great program at this year’s Thirty-fifth Annual General Meeting of the Honourable Cordwainers' Company, in cooperation with The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.
The world’s largest living history museum, Colonial Williamsburg encompasses 301 acres and includes 88 original 18th century buildings. The museum recreates historic Williamsburg, which was the capital of Virginia from 1699 to 1779-80, and presents a wide variety of practicing tradespeople, town residents, and early leaders of the American Revolution. In the 18th century, shoemaking was one of the most widely practiced trades in Williamsburg, and the re-created shoe shop represents the business of George Wilson, an English-born shoemaker whose brother operated a shoe factory in Norfolk, Virginia. The Foundation also includes two world-class decorative arts museums, and an extensive costume and footwear collection, as well as one of the largest collections of archaeological shoes in the world. https://history.org
Home page of History.org : The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation's official History and Citizenship site
history.org
The official Colonial Williamsburg history and citizenship site featuring colonial history, research, podcasts, teacher resources, kid's games, and support the Foundation's mission.
Williamsburg is located in the “Historic Triangle”, centrally between Jamestown Island (17th century site of the first permanent English settlement in America), and Yorktown (18th century site of the surrender of Lord Cornwallis brining about the close American War for Independence). Jamestown possesses an outstanding collection of 17th century archaeological shoes. Located on Virginia’s middle peninsula, the Williamsburg area features ample opportunities for study, museum visits, recreation, dining and antiquing.
Our meeting will include a guided tour of the shoes in Colonial Williamsburg’s, and Jamestown Rediscovery’s collections (off limits to the public) where hundreds of items are stored. We will have a behind the scenes tours focusing on shoes with curatorial specialists from each museum.
Call For Papers—Those who wish to present an illustrated talk (Power Point), workshop, or hands-on demonstration are asked to contact Al Saguto dasaguto@widomaker.com This year’s theme will be ‘Shoes of Necessity’—exploring how the ubiquitous shoe adapts in form, materials, and construction based on needs over time.
HOTEL AND TRAVEL
Numerous nearby airports include: Richmond International Airport (RIC) and Newport News International Airport
Group Hotel information will be coming soon, watch http://thehcc.org for more details.
is pleased to announce the
35th Annual General Meeting
in cooperation with
The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Williamsburg, VA
October 25-27, 2019
We are looking forward to a great program at this year’s Thirty-fifth Annual General Meeting of the Honourable Cordwainers' Company, in cooperation with The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.
The world’s largest living history museum, Colonial Williamsburg encompasses 301 acres and includes 88 original 18th century buildings. The museum recreates historic Williamsburg, which was the capital of Virginia from 1699 to 1779-80, and presents a wide variety of practicing tradespeople, town residents, and early leaders of the American Revolution. In the 18th century, shoemaking was one of the most widely practiced trades in Williamsburg, and the re-created shoe shop represents the business of George Wilson, an English-born shoemaker whose brother operated a shoe factory in Norfolk, Virginia. The Foundation also includes two world-class decorative arts museums, and an extensive costume and footwear collection, as well as one of the largest collections of archaeological shoes in the world. https://history.org
Home page of History.org : The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation's official History and Citizenship site
history.org
The official Colonial Williamsburg history and citizenship site featuring colonial history, research, podcasts, teacher resources, kid's games, and support the Foundation's mission.
Williamsburg is located in the “Historic Triangle”, centrally between Jamestown Island (17th century site of the first permanent English settlement in America), and Yorktown (18th century site of the surrender of Lord Cornwallis brining about the close American War for Independence). Jamestown possesses an outstanding collection of 17th century archaeological shoes. Located on Virginia’s middle peninsula, the Williamsburg area features ample opportunities for study, museum visits, recreation, dining and antiquing.
Our meeting will include a guided tour of the shoes in Colonial Williamsburg’s, and Jamestown Rediscovery’s collections (off limits to the public) where hundreds of items are stored. We will have a behind the scenes tours focusing on shoes with curatorial specialists from each museum.
Call For Papers—Those who wish to present an illustrated talk (Power Point), workshop, or hands-on demonstration are asked to contact Al Saguto dasaguto@widomaker.com This year’s theme will be ‘Shoes of Necessity’—exploring how the ubiquitous shoe adapts in form, materials, and construction based on needs over time.
HOTEL AND TRAVEL
Numerous nearby airports include: Richmond International Airport (RIC) and Newport News International Airport
Group Hotel information will be coming soon, watch http://thehcc.org for more details.