Kamakura Pen's Archive. This is a collection of Pen Articles, Fountain Pen Histories and Essays that have been published either online or in obscure books or jorunals. Things that I thought were too good to be lost to obscurity and should be put online where a Google search could unearth them easily for the fountain pen enthusiast and fountain pen researcher.. If you know of an article that should be placed here, please let me know.
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The Reason
for the increase of Insanity in 1883, The Fountain Pen
A very interesting article where a doctor considers the alarming increase
of insanity and places blame on the rising popularity of the fountain
pen.
Stylographic
Pen Refused
An interesting article that tells of banks refusing to accept signatures
signed with stylographic pens.
George Parker Sick
of the Color Red
George S. Parker of Parker Fountain pens pays farmers in Jainsville not
to paint their barns red.
Waterman's Return
Details about Elish Waterman's return to the company after being forced
out by his father.
Sheafer Becomes
#1
An article escribing Sheaffer's out selling his competitors.
Looking for an endurable
fountain pen.
An 1888 Writer laments the fact that he can not find a suitable fountain
pen.
A fountain Pen Monody
An interesting 1888 poem about a broken fountain pen thrown upon the floor.
Rapid Writer
A description of the Fountain Pen from Warren PA
The Swan Pen
An interesting early Newspaper ad with endorsement from Vermont's Governor
Dillingham
Warren
Lancaster Fountain Pen
Lancaster tells how he was outdone by the Waterman Fountain Pen Company
The Swallowed Gold
Pen
An interesting story of a young man who had a pen nib lodged in his throat
for twenty years.
With Pen and
Ink
A cute little 1888 poem by Walter Learned that questions Shakespere's
pen.
Dr. Crane's
New Fountain Pen
Frustrated, Dr. Crane rants about Fountain Pen Marketing
Quaker City
Fountain Pen
A glowing endorsement for a very obscure fountain pen.
1907 Waterman Fountain
Pen Sales:
Some Details from the Washington Post about Waterman Fountain Pen Sales
Pen Man's Flight
Fountain Pen Maker Reynolds attempts world record flight
Fountain Pen Maker
Released
Fountain Pen Manufacturer Paul Fisher is jailed for contempt of court
Vote For Arnold
Remmie Arnold of the Arnold Pen Company runs for Governor of Virginia
Fish bite on Sheaffers
A Fountain Pen fish story
Gold Pen Maker Scandal
Albert Bagley fathers a child with a 16 year old girl
Keller
Kurtz robbed and murdered.
Gold Pen maker Kurtz is murdered in his hotel room
Keep off the
tracks
Gold Pen maker Lombard loses a leg.
Dead Man's
Carey Fountain Pen
One of the Only clues is the Carey Fountain Pen
The Royal family now prefers
fountain pens
An interesting article describing how things have changed in the way of
pens. The current royal family now uses fountain pens instead of quill
pens.
Stylographic
Pen Accident
A little blurb about how one pen user lost the use of his eye.
Pens Of The Past
A little nostalgic pen article from 1915
Quill Cutter Interview
A New Jersey Quill Cutter tells of his dying craft, cutting quill pens
How Gold Pens
Are Made
An 1899 article that explains the pen making process
The Fountain Pen from the
State Pen:
An article about the fountain pen invented by a man in prison for life.
Sheaffer Record
Dividend
Some good news for Sheaffer Pen Company in 1950.
John Foley's Massive Gold Pen
Foley creates a massive gold pen for himself.