ATHM Textile Industry Postcards
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Scope and Contents
This collection consists of roughly 2,800 postcards and 20 photographs documenting the textile industry in the United States in the 20th Century. It is an artificial collection that was created by the American Textile History Museum, which acquired the items through purchases and donations. The textile industries of other nations in North America and Europe are also documented. However, the bulk of the collection document the textile industry in New England in the first half of the 20th century.
Dates
- 1900-1999
Creator
- Stevens Collections (creator, Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Access to the collections in the Kheel Center is restricted. Please contact a reference archivist for access to these materials.
Conditions Governing Use
This collection must be used in keeping with the Kheel Center Information Sheet and Procedures for Document Use.
Extent
4.5 cubic feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Collection of roughly 2,800 postcards and 20 photographs documenting the textile industry in the United States in the 20th Century.
Arrangement
The postcards are arranged by geographic location at the folder level, and then alphabetically within the folders.
Custodial History
American Textile History Museum Collection, the Stevens Family and others.
- Child labor.
- Dye industry
- Flax industry
- Handlooms
- Hemp industry
- Jute industry
- Knit goods industry
- Labor unions
- Nonwoven fabrics industry
- Rug and carpet industry
- Sewing-machine industry
- Stevens Collections
- Textile Workers' Strike, Lawrence, Mass., 1912
- Textile Workers' Strike, Lawrence, Mass., 1919
- Textile industry
- Textile machinery
- Textile manufacturers
- Textile workers
- Women textile workers
- Working class
Source
- American Textile History Museum (Organization)
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Repository