The Fra-in-Charge has started the list and invites all Loyal Roycrofters to submit items for the further general knowledge and interest of others. The Fra does make two exceptions: 1) no individual "sightings" of Roycroft antiques in a shop or 2) anything in East Aurora. This is meant to be a national listing. When enough items are submitted, the Fra will arrange them with either an alphabetic listing or a clickable map.

• Michael Koppa, Elect Member of the Roycrofter Fraternity and sole proprietor of Heavy Duty Press, which publishes a neo-Philistine chap book titled Pole,welcomes visitors to his 20th Century Print Shop in the home he shares with his wife, Victoria, in gracious St. Francis, Wisconsin. Weekday evenings only. Complementary tea, beer or whiskey. Please telephone in advance, (414) 483-6314. See how it is done and good company to boot. Sounds like a deal to the Fra!

• A Roycroft-inspired artist's colony near Toronto, Ontario, Canada. In 1932, The Guild of All Arts was founded by Rosa and Spencer Clark in Scarborough, Ontario, as an artist's colony and Inn. The Clarks were inspired by their honeymoon trip to Roycroft, and upon their return, founded the colony to assist artists and their families struggling to make a living during the Depression. Activities on the site included woodworking, metalwork, weaving, ceramics, batik, painting and drawing, sculpture, cabinetmaking, silverwork, pewter and copper, and tooled leather. The Guild of All Arts was in operation until 1978, when Spencer Clark sold the property to the Government of Ontario to be maintained as a public park and historic site. The Guild Inn still operates as a country inn, still exhibiting many arts and crafts that were created on the property for the hotel, as well as works of art that were created by the many resident artists over the years. The public is welcome to visit the park and the Inn, and tours of the site are available. For more information, call (416) 266-4449 during regular business hours.

• The Grove Park Inn, Asheville, NC. Said to be the largest collection of Roycroft furniture in the world. Also home to the annual A&C conference in February. A must see and do for all Roycrofters.

• Palmer College of Chiropractic, Davenport, IA. A fairly extensive collection of Roycroft furniture, motto boards and the great one-off "Chiropractic" tall case clock. Some say it's the second largest collection of Roycroft behind the GPI.

• The Robert C. Williams American Museum of Papermaking is located the Institute of Paper Science and Technology on the Georgia Tech campus, 500 10th St., NW, Atlanta, GA. Telephone 404/894-7840. No admission charge, hours 8:30 - 5:00 M-F. The collection was started by Dard Hunter and contains a display about him and Roycroft. Excellent! (Submitted by Frank Granger)

• We're from Hudson, IL where Elbert grew up and started selling Larkin soap. Anyway, Hudson has a couple of significant Hubbard sites. One, the family home where Silas practiced medicine has been restored and while not open to the public, still sits up on Broadway St., on the hill - well, a slight hill. Also, Lake Bloomington (Hudson address) has two gates that were dedicated in 1931 to the doctor due to his significant contributions to the area. Members of the Hubbard, Heath, and Larkin families were present for the dedication. The gates are still present on the northwest side of the lake. Finally, the Hudson Public Library is beginning to work on a collection of books and other artifacts and will be setting up a display in the near future of some items of local interest. One important piece appears to be a prototype of the egyptian flower holder or buttress vase. Appears to be a more primitive version of the one listed in the McConnell book. The library also holds a personal letter written by Hubbard to Hudson resident William Lawrence while Hubbard was in England. Turns out he visited some of the Lawrence relatives while he was there. And, there's a history of the Hudson area called The Hudson Colony (pub. 1976) which has quite a few historical references to the Hubbard stay in our area. The library still has a few copies for sale. (Submitted by Doug Jennings.)

• Chautauqua Institution on Chautauqua Lake, New York State, was one of the first places where Hubbard lectured. In the archives of the library, there are some Roycroft books and some Hubbard-related correspondence.  It is also pertinent to Hubbard because he and Alice were in a Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle together in East Aurora. (Submitted by Marjorie Searl.)

• There was also a Roycroft Hotel in San Fran (the hotel has been remodeled in 1998 and is now known as the Mithila Hotel) and a Roycroft Theater in Seattle, but further info is lacking.

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