American Textile History Museum
Found in 689 Collections and/or Records:
Quinebaug Company Records
Includes receipts and invoices for items purchased for the factory or for re-sale at the factory store. Receipts are from wholesale grocers, sellers of fancy goods, dry goods, fruit, etc. Also contains invoices for equipment for the mill, including bolts, nuts, spools and bobbins, loom harnesses, etc.
R. T. Sullivan Company Sales Journal
A journal of sales and supplies and lists companies to which Sullivan sold.
R. Wolfenden & Sons Photographs on the Dyeing Process
A series of 24 photographs depicting the dyeing process from beginning to end.
R. Wolfenden & Sons Graphics
Collections of textile graphics from R. Wolfenden & Sons.
R. Wolfendon & Sons Records
Collection includes correspondence and memoranda concerning woolen and worsted yarn dyeing and bleaching; war production; a strike in 1942; plant operation and machinery costs. Also patent licenses for rubber dye and zephyr process and a copper printing plate showing an undated view of the factory.
Ralph C. Perkins Papers
Collection of journals and notebooks Perkins kept while a student at the Lowell Textile School and include his office files as an executive officer and director at several New England textile corporations as well as company records kept by other departments and managers.
Ralph E. Loper Company Records
Collection of reports from the Fall River office of Ralph E. Loper Co. with recommendations and efficiency studies on mill operations.
Ralph Edson Papers
Includes mill reports, supervisor's notes, policy manuals, job evaluation training manual, job descriptions with qualifications for various jobs including language/nationality best suited to each job, and Blue Cross materials; also weaving specifications. Mills represented include American Woolen Company, Andover (Shawsheen), Mass.; Arlington Mills, Lawrence, Mass.; and Holden Leonard Co., Bennington, VT.
Ralph Huey Collection of Crompton & Knowles Glass Lantern Slides
Lantern sides of Automatic Looms at Crompton & Knowles collected and donated by Ralph Huey.
Ralph Huey Collection of Crompton & Knowles Graphics
Motivational Posters for Crompton & Knowles Employees collected and donated by Ralph Huey.
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Textile industry 444
- Textile workers 168
- Woolen and worsted manufacture 149
- Textile machinery 141
- Cotton manufacture 130
- Textile factories 94
- Dyes and dyeing 72
- Weaving. 62
- Industrial relations 54
- Textile machinery industry 53
- Textile manufacturers 52
- Manufacturers' agents 47
- Looms. 45
- Wool industry 44
- Lawrence (Mass.) 43
- Wages. 39
- Textile fabrics 36
- Women textile workers 33
- Spinning machinery 32
- Wool 28
- Yarn 28
- Carding-machines 26
- Payrolls. 25
- Industries 24
- Carding 23
- Spinning 23
- Lowell (Mass.) 22
- Silk industry 20
- Textile finishing 20
- Swatches (Dry-goods) 19
- Woolen and worsted machinery 19
- Cotton machinery 18
- Knitting machines 18
- Labor 18
- Male employees 17
- Textile schools 17
- Cotton 16
- Advertising 15
- Child labor. 15
- Flannel 15
- Textile printing 15
- Water-power. 15
- Textile research 14
- Weavers 14
- Knit goods industry 13
- Patents. 13
- Clothing and dress 12
- Cotton trade 12
- Merrimack River (N.H. and Mass.) 12
- Women employees 12
- Business records 11
- Hosiery industry 11
- Labor unions 11
- Linen industry 11
- Strikes and lockouts 11
- Textile Workers' Strike, Lawrence, Mass., 1912 11
- Winding machines 11
- Business enterprises 10
- Flax industry 10
- Sheep. 10
- Textile chemistry 10
- Textile design 10
- Andover (Mass.) 9
- Cotton fabrics 9
- Dams. 9
- Dye industry 9
- Inventors. 9
- Machine shops 9
- North Andover (Mass.) 9
- Rug and carpet industry 9
- Taunton (Mass.) 9
- Trade associations 9
- Wool scouring 9
- Woolen and worsted finishing 9
- Woolen and worsted spinning 9
- Worcester (Mass.) 9
- World War, 1914-1918 9
- Coverlets 8
- Fashion. 8
- Women's clothing 8
- Wool-carding 8
- Worsted 8
- Bleaching industry 7
- Combing machines 7
- Cotton textiles 7
- Dry-goods. 7
- Employee rules 7
- Machinists 7
- Manchester (N.H.) 7
- Mill agents 7
- Pickers (Weaving) 7
- Real property 7
- Textile fibers 7
- World War, 1939-1945 7
- Belts and belting 6
- Blankets 6
- Boston (Mass.) 6
- Cloth labels 6
- Clothing trade 6
- Cotton spinning 6 + ∧ less