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Textile industry

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 475 Collections and/or Records:

Helena E. Wright Collection of Textile Industry Records

 Collection
Identifier: 6690
Scope and Contents

Helena E. Wright Collection of Textile Industry Records is a collection of letters, invoices, and blank letterheads and forms related to early textile companies. The collection was created for the study of the graphics contained in the design of the letterheads, billheads, and invoices.

Dates: 1854-1889

Henry F. Bedfore Collection of Lawrence Textile Strike Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 6692 P
Abstract

Photographs from the end of the Lawrence Textile Strike on March 14, 1912, Lawrence, Massachusetts.

Dates: 1912-03

Henry F. Perkins Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 6825/005
Abstract

Patents & patent correspondence of Henry F. Perkins, Andover, Massachusetts, relating to his improvements for cloth folding machine. American patent, including drawings & specifications, issued March 19, 1918. Canadian patent, including drawings & specifications, issued November 18, 1919. Also includes letters of recommendation for George H. Gerrish, an engineer with American Woolen Co., 1929.

Dates: 1918-1919; 1929

Herbert J. Ball Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 6757/003
Scope and Contents

Collection contains teaching materials related to textile testing as well as subject files, files on fiber types, textile machinery, instruments and textile testing.

Dates: 1862-1969

Hilaire J. D'Auteuil Weaving Notebook

 Collection
Identifier: 6693
Abstract

Contains notes on warp calculations, weights and counts; worsted yarns; silk and rayon twist weaves; coloration and dyes. Also contains miscellaneous notes mainly pertaining to weaving.

Dates: 1942