Dyes and dyeing
Found in 77 Collections and/or Records:
Heard and Peck Invoices
Invoices for goods purchased from druggists and dyestuff dealers. Includes billhead of Rudyard & Whittelsey, druggists, castor oil, Prussian blue, etc., Oct. 9, 1828; billhead of William A.F. Pentz, May 31, 1820; and billhead of B.A. Armitage, hosiery, gloves, etc., Oct. 6, 1825.
Hilaire J. D'Auteuil Weaving Notebook
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.
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.
Jacob Spangler Record Book
Record of a dyeing and fulling mill in Reamstown, Pennsylvania; includes amount dyed, color and charges.
Jesse and James Dean Records
Account book from store and small carding mill.