Publications of the Center for Bead Research
One of the three founding members of the Society of Bead Researchers, Peter Francis, Jr., was an avid researcher who operated the Center for Bead Research (CBR) in Lake Placid, New York, until his untimely death in 2002. The Center produced several publication series, including The World of Beads Monograph Series, Occasional Papers of the Center for Bead Research, Contributions of the Center for Bead Research, and the Beads and People Series. Since the titles in these series are not readily available and contain much useful information, PDFs of them are provided below. Thanks to Lorann S. Pendleton and Diana Rosenthal-Roberson of the American Museum of Natural History, New York City, with a minor assist from Karlis Karklins, for providing them.
The CBR also produced a newsletter, The Margaretologist, which contains articles and notes concerning various aspects of bead research around the world. PDFs of all the issues are available at The Bead Site.
Peter also published widely in other outlets. His principal works are listed in this select bibliography.
The World of Beads Monograph Series
A Short Dictionary of
Bead Terms and Types
No. 4. 1979
A Handbook of
Bead Materials
No. 5. 1982
No. 6. 1982
No. 7. 1982
The Glass Trade Beads of Europe: Their Manufacture, Their History, and
Their Identification
No. 8. 1988
No. 9. 1989
Occasional Papers of the Center for Bead Research
No. 1. 1985
Chinese Glass Beads: A Review of the Evidence
No. 2. 1986
Beads and the Discovery of the New World
No. 3. 1986
Man Makes His Mark: 7500 Years of the Seal
No. 4. 1989
Contributions of the Center for Bead Research
Report on the Beads from Reese Bay, Unalaska Island, Alaska, Excavated from a Longhouse in 1986 by Jean S. Aigner of the University of Alaska, Fairbanks
No. 1. 1987
Report on the Beads from Nishapur, Iran, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Obtained from the Museum’s Excavations under Charles K. Wilkinson
No. 2. 1987
Preliminary Report on the Beads from Siraf, Iran,
in the Department of Oriental Antiquities, British Museum
No. 3. 1988
Beads and the Bead Trade in Southeast Asia
No. 4. 1989
Heirloom and Ethnographically Collected Beads
in Southeast Asia
No. 6. 1989
Beads and People Series
Heirlooms of the Hills: Southeast Asia
No. 1. 1992
Where Beads are Loved: Ghana, West Africa
No. 2. 1993
Workshop Handbooks
20 Easy Steps to Identifying Most Beads in Most Collections
No. 1. 2nd ed. 1992
No. 2. 1993
Miscellaneous
1990