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Textile industry

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 477 Collections and/or Records:

Davis & Furber Machine Company Photographs

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 6605 P
Abstract

Collection is made up of study print copies of the Davis & Furber Machine Co. Glass Plate Negatives.

Dates: 1792-1987

Dimon Lockwood Publications

 Collection
Identifier: 6608 PUBS
Scope and Contents

Publications related to Lockwood's work in sheep breeding. These are mainly issues of state agricultural experiment station bulletins.

Dates: 1901-1920

Dover Manufacturing Company Records

 Collection
Identifier: 6611
Scope and Contents Yarn bean volume gives number and weight of beam, number of yarn and thread, and names of workers. Collection also includes a printed pay forms from D.M.C. Upper Store for labor at Factory No. 1; receipts and printed checks; a letter, May 15, 1828, from John K. Pickering, Portsmouth, N.H., to William Shimmin, treasurer of the Dover Manufacturing Co., about financial problems relating to the failure of the company; and a letter, May 7, 1828, from William Fettyplace with a bill for work...
Dates: 1822-1898

Dudley Shuttle Company Graphics

 Collection
Identifier: 6613 G
Abstract

Collection of floor plans of the Dudley Shuttle Company.

Dates: undated

Durfee Mill Account Book

 Collection
Identifier: 6614
Abstract

Contains "invoiced" accounts of number of cases of woolen goods consigned to various agents to the account to George M. Durfee. Also, record of warps woven by individually named weavers; record kept by boss weaver, Anthony Dixon for R.G. Rodman (son?) at the Durfee Mill. Warps received from Gray Stone Manufacturing Co., N. Providence and Vaughan & Green, Wakefield, R.I.; also milk accounts, possibly kept by Albro Family in Rocky Brook store

Dates: 1873-1879

E. A. Shaw & Company Records

 Collection
Identifier: 6615
Abstract

Business records, 1932-1956, most from the Boston office & centering on information about ramie. Includes correspondence, all concerning ramie; some letters discuss decortication & degumming of the fibers. Also a file of information about ramie, and folders of samples of ramie twine, some of which was made in Switzerland & tested by the Plymouth Cordage Co.

Dates: 1932-1956

E. Davis Records

 Collection
Identifier: 6616
Abstract

Collection of a consignment book listing types of goods, number of yards of fabric, and to whom they were assigned. Also a time book listing workers' names and the amount of hours they worked.

Dates: undated

E. Dole & Company Records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 6617