Early American Industries Association

| headquarters = Hebron, Maryland | tax_id = 15-6024410 | employees = 1 | employees_year = 2014 | volunteers = 35 | volunteers_year = 2014 | revenue = $140,239 | revenue_year = 2014 | expenses = $140,170 | expenses_year = 2014 | endowment = $860,000 | founded = | status = 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization | leader_name = Dana B.Shoafl | leader_title = President | leader_name2 = John H. Verrill | leader_title2 = Executive Director }} The Early American Industries Association (EAIA) was founded in 1933 by a group of people interested in the traditional trades and crafts of early America. They met to discuss the rapidly disappearing practitioners of these trades, including those of the shop, farm, sea, and home. They were concerned about the loss of the skills and knowledge of the tools and practices of those trades and wanted to do something to preserve them. Their solution was the formation of the EAIA, subsequently incorporated on March 16, 1942, as a nonprofit educational organization interested in all aspects of the mechanical arts in America.

The work of the EAIA is funded through support from over 2,000 members across the US and abroad and revenue earned through sales of publications, merchandise, and programs. These resources enable the EAIA to preserve and present historic trades, crafts, and tools and to interpret their impact on our lives. Provided by Wikipedia