Digitization of McCall's Needlework Magazines

If you've watched my YouTube channel, you're likely familiar with my love of McCall's Needlework Magazines. Initially, this came about because this is where Virginia Woods Bellamy initially had her Number Knitting ideas and patterns featured. So I began tracking down the specific issues dealing with this. 

Another history lover, Leigh from Something Under the Bed, has a massive online bibliography of thousands of crafting magazines, a project which she has been working on continuously since 2003. She even has an entire page dedicated to McCall's Needlework. It was from her website that I developed my initial list of issues which I started gathering physical copies for my own collection and research efforts.

I had wondered why no other historian had digitized these magazines, but after my copies began arriving, I understood why. Each issue measures 10.75" x 13.5", which is larger than a typical flatbed scanner. I decided that if no other historians were going to digitize this part of American history, then I should take off the effort and do it myself. So I bought a large format flatbed scanner!

As of the initial date of this post, I have approximately 24 issues of McCall's Needlework. There are at least one of two duplicates in there, as some of the issues were bought as lots on ebay.

I'll update this list as I progress. I plan on making these available for public consumption, but I need to check with the US copyright office (probably to the tune of $400) to ensure that the copyright has expired.