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Thanks to Joy Bridy at joybridy.com Made possible with the generous, community-minded support of American Public University System (http://apus.edu) Researched, written, produced by Jim Surkamp. Music by Cam Millar - "Cornfields," "Family Bonds" (with permission) Shana Aisenberg - "The Spirit Lives" and "Waiting" from her CD "Desert Winds." (with permission) References: Weis Pots courtesy St. Peter's Lutheran Church, Shepherdstown, WV; Jefferson County Museum, Charles Town, WV; and Historic Shepherdstown Museum. wikiclay.com heat-work.blogspot.com ceramica.wikia.com wvculture.org wikipedia.org nlm.nih.gov studiopottery.com wvgeohistory.org Barber, E. A. (1893). “The Pottery and Porcelain of the United States.” New York, NY: G.P. Putnam’s & Sons. Bourry, Emile; Wilton P. Rix. (1901). ”Treatise on Ceramic Industries: A Complete Manual for Pottery, Tile and Brick Works.” London, UK: Scott & Greenwood & Co. POTTERY-EARTHENWARE-KILN-TOOLS Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers (Encyclopaedia, or a Systematic Dictionary of the Sciences, Arts, and Crafts). 1751. edited by Denis Diderot and Jean le Rond d'Alembert Paris, Fr: André le Breton, publisher. Kenamond, A. D. (1963). “Prominent Men of Shepherdstown, 1762-1962.” Charles Town, WV: Jefferson County Historical Society. Mitchell, Mary B. “Memories.” edited by Nina Mitchell. Shepherd University Library. Moler, Mrs. M. S. R.(1940). “George Weis and His Pottery.” Magazine of the Jefferson County Historical Society Vol. 6. pp.16-17. Morton, Clyde D. (1987). “The Weis Pottery and the Genealogy of the Potters.” Magazine of the Jefferson County Historical Society Vol. 52. pp. 48-55. Parziale, Reynolds and Pamela. (1981). “Pottery in the 1800s. The Weis Pottery, Shepherdstown, West Virginia.” Magazine of the Jefferson County Historical Society Vol. 47. pp. 23-29. Rice, A. H.; John Baer Stoudt. (1929). “The Shenandoah Pottery.” Strasburg, VA: Shenandoah Publishing House, Inc. Sanderson, Robert; Coll Monigue. (2000). “Wood-fired Ceramics: Contemporary Practices.” Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press. pp. 10-14. Sweezy, Nancy. (1994). “Raised in Clay: The Southern Pottery Tradition.” Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press. Timbrell, John. (2005). “The Poison Paradox: Chemicals as Friends and Foes.” Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. Print. Weaver, Emma. (1967). “Artisans of the Appalachians.” Photos by Edward L. Dupuy. Asheville, North Carolina: Miller Printing Co. 1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population - National Archive and Records Administration (NARA). Image Credits: Map of the Line of Intrenchments at Fisher's Hill, Va., Aug. 13th to 17th, 1864. Battle of Fisher's Hill, Sept. 22d., 1864. “The War of the Rebellion Atlas.” A map of Washington Co., Maryland. Exhibiting the farms, election districts, towns, villages, roads, etc., etc. - Library of Congress. Michael Ball’s Kiln Firing Catawba Valley, North Carolina. Artist unidentified; possibly Pennsylvania, "Baby in Red Chair" (31.100. 1), ca. 1810-1830, oil on canvas, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Williamsburg, VA). (Painting) Edward Lamson Henry - “The Conversation.” (Painting) Eastman Johnson - “Old Man Seated.” Sanborn Fire Insurance Map of Shepherdstown, 1894.