Below are links to other Gilbert toys and related information. If you have a site you recommend we add to this list, please forward it to us for consideration. Just use our Contact Us form.
Our policy is that sites with items “For Sale” will only be included if the site is affiliated with a member of the A. C. Gilbert Heritage Society. If you are not a member, but want to join the ACGHS, please access our Join the ACGHS page. Information-only sites with no items for sale are not restricted to ACGHS members.
Links in alphabetical order:
- 100 Years Later, Seeing the Influence of the Erector Set (New York Times article, 4/15/2013)
- A.C. Gilbert – Pacific Olympian
- A.C. Gilbert: Pole vault pioneer (October 8, 2014 article on SPIKES website)
- Alfred Carlton Gilbert (Wikipedia Encyclopedia biography)
- American Flyer Displays & History
- Eli Whitney Museum (includes a great collection of Gilbert American Flyer catalogs)
- Everything 2 (Extensive Gilbert biography)
- Frank Leskovitz (Information page)
- Gilbert American Flyer HO Index
- Gilbert Chemistry Sets (They Let Kids Play With These?!)
- Gilbert House Children’s Museum (Information page)
- Golden Gate American Flyer Club (“S” Gauge model railroading)
- Jackie Britton (Erector-Brik information)
- Jitterbuzz Erector Page (Gilbert information, free downloads)
- Joel Perlin (Sets, parts for sale)
- Meccano in the United States (maintained by Kendrick Bisset; includes Meccano WebLink at the bottom of the page for connections to other groups and sources of information)
- Meet ‘Electra’s Engineers,’ Who Keep the Shelburne Museum’s Toy Trains on Track (article on the museum’s American Flyer train layout)
- Michael Kennedy MD (Interesting story of AC Gilbert’s engineer)
- Moscow-Pullman Daily News: Nearby History: A.C. Gilbert’s gym erected quite a legacy
- MyFlyerTrains.net (includes another great collection of Gilbert American Flyer catalogs)
- NZ Meccano (The ultimate Meccano information site)
- Ralph Slatton (Gilbert nostalgia)
- Smithsonian Magazine: This Sexist 1920s Toy is Part of the Reason for the Women in STEM Gap
- The Yale Herald: Good Vibrations
- Yale University Library Catalog: Scrapbooks related to the A. C. Gilbert Company, 1912-1935
“Meccano in the United States” is not maintained byChris Fearnley, but by me, Kendrick Bisset
Thanks Kendrick. I’ve updated the link description for “Meccano in the United States”
David- Are the ACGHS Board minutes available online? Thanks –Ken Weinig