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Textile manufacturers

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 56 Collections and/or Records:

Carlo Pozzi Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 6518
Scope and Contents

Includes notebook when Pozzi was in charge of the closing of the Arnold Print Works in North Adams, MA. Contains machine drawings (e.g. flocking machines) and employee data. Also, a ringbinder with dye formulas used in the Sterling, CT plant with cloth samples (including Sterling's linen process). Material is undated but appears to be from the 1940s or the 1950s.

Dates: 1940s-1950s

David Silverman Records

 Collection
Identifier: 6602
Abstract Collection of items collected by David Silverman in his capacity as manager of the Cut Parts Division, Commonwealth Felt. It is comprised material relating to the production and use of felt by industry, government, and military specifications. Included among industry specifications are guidelines pertaining to automobiles and computers. There are also product samples from National Felt, Commonwealth Felt, and some of their competitors and publications issued by the National Felt...
Dates: undated

Draper Corporation Graphics

 Collection
Identifier: 6612 G
Abstract

Collection of graphics created by and relating to the Draper Corporations machinery.

Dates: undated

Draper Corporation Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 6612 P
Abstract

Photographs of the Draper Corporations buildings, executives, employees, and the machinery built by the company, as well as photographs of Hopedale, Massachusetts.

Dates: 1882-1920

Elinor C. Larson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 6626
Abstract

Collection of information gathered by Larson about various textile fabrics and companies. Also contains a letter from the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union, answering Larson's inquiry about a cotton fabric in the Mount Vernon collection which was reprinted for the U.S. Centennial in 1876; and a letter from Diane Fagan Affleck, Merrimack Valley Textile Museum, North Andover, MA, giving information about fabrics in the Museum's collection.

Dates: 1812-1853