A listing of Lamp Collecting Clubs,
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interest. Lamp clubs can also be directly linked on our LINKS page.
For collectors of Aladdin kerosene and electric lamps (products of
The Mantle Lamp Co. Of America and Aladdin Industries). Bi-monthly
newsletter, and huge annual Gathering, Member Auction and (public)
International Lamp Show. [Note: To link directly with the Aladdin Knights Home Page, click Aladdin Knights ]
Australian Lamplighters Guild, Inc.
(Int'l Lamp Guild Drawer)
P.O. Box 287
Blackburn South, Victoria 3130, Australia
E-Mail: dcfarr@dodo.com.au
The club for Australian and New Zealand lighting collectors. Magazine, meetings.
The Fairy Lamp Club
(Guild Drawer)
c/o Jim Sapp
PO Box 438,
Pine, CO 80470-0438
e-Mail: jimsapp7@msn.com
This club was founded in 1996, and is for collectors of the colorful and sometimes exotic candle night lamps commonly called "Fairy Lamps". They have a most colorful and informative website at The Fairy Lamp Club. There is a fair amount of "cross-over" interest between Night Lamp collectors and the Fairy Lamp group.
For collectors of Coleman lighting products (lamps, lanterns, hollow wire gasoline lighting systems), and also home appliances like gasoline irons and stoves. This group, somewhat on the pattern of the Aladdin Knights, holds a convention each year, and has an informative quarterly newsletter with color feature photos. To Hot link to their website click ICCC
The Historic Lighting Club
Guild Drawer
c/o Paul Mitchell, Membership Secretary
PO Box 125
Wiswell, Clitheroe, Lancs.
BB7 9WH, England
E-Mail: Temporarily, there is no contact e-Mail. Please write Paul for membership info.
For collectors of all kinds of antique lighting, specializing in English-made products, but covering all European lighting (paraffin, petrol, manufactured gas, alcohol, and other fuels). Veddy English; and a group of dedicated lamp scholars that DO have fun with their lamps!
The Historical Lighting Society of Canada
(Guild Drawer)
c/o Membership Secretary
P.O. Box 561, Station R
Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4G 4E1
E-Mail: HLSC President < david.broughton@sympatico.ca >
For collectors of all early North American lighting devices, from
heavy oils, early kerosene, vapor lamps, kerosene in the modern era.
Special interest in early kerosene burners and lamps. Excellent
quarterly magazine, and several meetings a year.
To link to their website, click HLS-C
The Night Light
(Guild Drawer)
c/o Bob Culver
3081 Sand Pebble Cove
Pinckney, MI 48169
E-Mail: rculver107@aol.com
For collectors of "miniature" lamps, properly called night lamps or night lights. Quarterly newsletter, and annual Convention, Lamp Show and Auction. To hot link to their Web site, click Night Light
The Rushlight Club, Inc
.
(Guild Drawer)
Attn: Jane Rausch, Corresponding Secretary
20132 Metzger Dr.
Rockwood, MI 48173
E-Mail: pjr51@comcast.net
The Grand-daddy of Lighting study clubs! Founded in
1932, the member's interests span the subject of
artificial lighting from rushlights and candles through
the pre-electric era. The RUSHLIGHT magazine is devoted
to scholarly articles, and is published several times a
year. A lively quarterly newsletter is also published.
Generally three meetings per year.
To connect to their Internet Home Page, click Rushlight
The International Lychnology Association
.
(Guild Drawer)
Attn: Dr. Laurent Chrzanovski, General Secretary of the ILA
28, av. Wendt
CH-1203 Geneva
Switzerland
e-mail: admin@lychnology.org
This is a relatively new association active in the field of more ancient lighting devices: The International Lychnological Association (ILA). ["Lychno" is from the Greek word for "light".]
Founded in Nyon (Switzerland) during the 1st International Congress on Ancient Lighting Devices (2003), the ILA has now more than a
hundred fifty members in 27 different countries. The objective of the ILA is to act as a federation of specialists (professors, researchers,
students) in order to promote the study of lighting from the Prehistorical, Ancient and Mediaeval worlds to the Renaissance.
The ILA organizes a large triennal congress, and several thematic round-tables, with help of Museums, Universities and interested
Istitutions. The acts of the reunions are always published.
The ILA has a brand new internet site (www.lychnology.org), where you can find lots of information.
To connect to their Internet Home Page, click ILA
