Maud Eastwood
Maud Eastwood | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1920 |
| Died | 2014 (aged 93–94) |
| Occupations | Amateur historian, author |
| Notable work | The Antique Doorkob (1976) |
Maud Lucile Eastwood was an amateur historian and collector of antique doorknobs.
Life
Maud Eastwood was born in 1920 in Chitwood, Oregon.[1][2] She was a collector of doorknobs for most of her life. In 1972, she retired from her job as a beauty salon operator in Tillamook, Oregon and began to seriously collect and research the history of doorknobs.[3]
In 1976, Eastwood published The Antique Doorknob, the first collector's manual for the hobby.[4] The book is regarded as having kick-started the hobby.[3][1] A year later saw the first publication of a newsletter: The Doorknob Collector. In 1981, the first national convention of the Antique Doorknob Collectors of America (ADCA) was held in Waverly, Iowa.[5] Eastwood was granted a lifetime position on the organization's Board Directors in 1983 and served as its president in 1987.[1]
Eastwood was estimated to have the largest collection of antique doorknobs in the United States in the late 1970s, totaling approximately 1500 doorknobs.[3][6]
Works
- The Antique Doorknob (1976)
- Antique Builders Hardware: Knobs and Accessories: Research Manual & Collector's Guide (1982)
- 150 Years of Builders' Hardware: Forms, Use & Lore (1993)
References
- ^ a b c My Favorite Things: Antique Doorknob Collectors Of America Convention: July 23 – 26, 2014 (PDF) (Convention Booklet). Antique Doorknob Collectors of America. 2014.
- ^ Eastwood, Maud (1976). The Antique Door Knob (1st ed.). Forest Grove, Oregon: Times Litho. p. 206. LCCN 76150180. OCLC 2644676.
- ^ a b c Doering, Henry, ed. (1980). Book of buffs, masters, mavens, and uncommon experts. New York, N.Y. : Englewood Cliffs, N.J: World Almanac Publications; Prentice-Hall. pp. 18–20. ISBN 978-0-13-967836-3.
- ^ Wright, Helen K., ed. (1979). Reference and Subscription Books Reviews: 1977-1978. Vol. 74. Chicago: American Library Association. p. 68. ISBN 978-0-8389-3221-6. ISSN 0080-0430. OCLC 3364872.
- ^ "About Us". Antique Doorknob Collectors of America. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
- ^ "Antique Doorknobs". The Old-House Journal. 5 (8): 95. August 1977. ISSN 0094-0178.