Textile industry
Found in 477 Collections and/or Records:
Hollingworth Family Papers
Correspondence mostly received by William Rawcliff, largley written by the Joseph Hollingworth, along with his father George and brother Jabez, John, and James.
Idaho Wool Growers Association Records
History of the Association, its officers, and locations of its annual meetings, 1894-1904.
Interlaken Mills Records
Collection includes correspondence, ca. 1884-ca. 1945; agreements with sales agents; financial records; cotton purchase records and regulations; advertising and sample books; lists of new help. Contains constitution and bylaws of Bookcloth Salesmen's Association, 1918.
Irwin Laverne Powers Papers
Chemistry notebooks with cloth samples, from Powers' work at Silver Spring Bleaching & Dyeing Company, Providence, Rhode Island. Also notes concerning linen bleaching & dyes and dyestuffs. Also essay on history of dyes and dyestuffs written by Powers' daughter, Dorothy Powers, while she was a student at Thayer Academy, Braintree, Massachusetts. She mentions her father's role in synthetic dye manufacture.
J. C. Hilliard Mill Insurance Files
Collection of research notes and mill diagrams created and used on Hilliard's visits to textile mills in Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, and Vermont.
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.