Hi Rachael!

Start with these two:

Ries, Heinrich and Henry Leighton     1909     History of the Clay  
Working Industry of the United States.  J. Wiley and Sons, New York.

Gurcke, Karl     1987     Bricks and Brick making: A Handbook for  
Historical Archaeology.  University of Idaho Press, Moscow.

Ries has a basic overview of production of different types of brick.   
Karl Gurcke's book is the basic bible for bricks.

Then you can move to:
McCollam, C. Harold     1976     The Brick and Tile Industry in Stark  
County, 1807-1976.  The Stark County Historical Society, Canton, OH.

McCollam has a detailed discussion of brick production in Stark  
County, including the Metropolitan company which was one of the  
country's leading manufacturers of brick pavers.

Hope these help,
Tim





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On Aug 21, 2007, at 8:01 AM, Greenlee, Rachael wrote:

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> Indiana would be ideal, but right now I'm just looking for general
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