American Textile History Museum
Found in 681 Collections and/or Records:
J. Wallace Smith Papers
Includes notes on finishing and dyeing and styles at Wood and Washington Mills, a scrapbook of printed articles about woolens, dyeing, and notes on other textiles. Also includes a brief note on Smith's work history.
Jacob Spangler Record Book
Record of a dyeing and fulling mill in Reamstown, Pennsylvania; includes amount dyed, color and charges.
James A. Gallup Papers
Notebook, ca. 1840, includes information on sorting and scouring of wool, oiling, carding, sizing, weaving, etc. Also included in collection is Gallup's personal account book, 1841-1844, in which he lists cash he received for work, social events attended, etc. He also notes two people who left for Lowell, Massachusetts.
James Broadley Worsted Spinning Notebook
Worsted spinning notebook.
James Butler Account Book
An account book for a carding and finishing mill in Methuen, Massachusetts. The accounts for 1829-1830 refer to the manufacturing of flannel and note weavers, warpers, etc., and time missed. Starting in 1830, there are also accounts of shoes made. A few entries from the 1870's are probably those of John Wilson.
James F. Townsend Time Book
Collection of payroll and pay records from an unidentified mill.
James L. McHale Records
Includes pamphlet: Tables of the Number of Feet of Card Clothing ... , Howard Bros. Mfg. Co.; notebooks on operations of the company and lists of customers, business cards, notepaper, etc.
James Lirigo Memoirs
Memoirs of a weaver and loom builder, giving an account of his life from his birth in 1809 in Hillhead parish in Sorn, Scotland. The diary ends in 1889.
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- Textile industry 445
- Textile workers 168
- Woolen and worsted manufacture 147
- Textile machinery 141
- Cotton manufacture 129
- Textile factories 93
- Dyes and dyeing 73
- Weaving. 62
- Industrial relations 54
- Textile machinery industry 54
- Textile manufacturers 52
- Manufacturers' agents 47
- Looms. 45
- Wool industry 43
- Lawrence (Mass.) 41
- Wages. 39
- Textile fabrics. 34
- Women textile workers 33
- Spinning machinery 32
- Wool 28
- Yarn 28
- Carding-machines 26
- Payrolls. 25
- Industries 24
- Carding 23
- Spinning 23
- Lowell (Mass.) 22
- Silk industry 20
- Swatches (Dry-goods) 20
- Textile finishing 20
- Woolen and worsted machinery 19
- Cotton machinery 18
- Knitting machines 18
- Labor 18
- Textile schools 17
- Cotton 16
- Male employees 16
- Advertising 15
- Child labor. 15
- Flannel 15
- Textile printing 15
- Water-power. 15
- Textile research 14
- Weavers 14
- Knit goods industry 13
- Patents. 13
- Cotton trade 12
- Merrimack River (N.H. and Mass.) 12
- Women employees 12
- Business records 11
- Clothing and dress. 11
- Hosiery industry 11
- Labor unions 11
- Linen industry 11
- Strikes and lockouts 11
- Textile Workers' Strike, Lawrence, Mass., 1912 11
- Textile chemistry 11
- Winding machines 11
- Business enterprises 10
- Flax industry 10
- Sheep. 10
- Cotton fabrics 9
- Dams. 9
- Dye industry 9
- Inventors. 9
- Machine shops 9
- North Andover (Mass.) 9
- Taunton (Mass.) 9
- Textile design 9
- Trade associations 9
- Wool scouring 9
- Woolen and worsted finishing 9
- Woolen and worsted spinning 9
- Worcester (Mass.) 9
- World War, 1914-1918 9
- Andover (Mass.) 8
- Coverlets 8
- Fashion. 8
- Rug and carpet industry 8
- Women's clothing 8
- Wool-carding 8
- Worsted 8
- Bleaching industry 7
- Boston (Mass.) 7
- Combing machines 7
- Cotton textiles 7
- Dry-goods. 7
- Employee rules 7
- Machinists 7
- Manchester (N.H.) 7
- Mill agents 7
- Pickers (Weaving) 7
- Real property. 7
- Textile fibers 7
- World War, 1939-1945 7
- Belts and belting 6
- Blankets 6
- Cloth labels 6
- Cotton spinning 6
- Drawing. 6 + ∧ less