Skip to main content

Archives at Cornell

American Textile History Museum

 Organization

Found in 689 Collections and/or Records:

Thomas R. Anderton Collection of Textile Related Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 6914 P
Abstract

Image depicts Washington Anderton (b. 1854), who was an expert colorist and superintendent of the print works at Cocheco Manufacturing Co. in Dover from about 1879 to 1895. Anderton is a young man here, seen from the shoulders up, wearing an overcoat and tie, with mutton chop whiskers and a mustache. Foss, Dover, N.H. [photographer?]. Image shows three women at a finishing machine (note that the women are barefoot). On reverse is information about Duncan Stewart & Co.

Dates: undated

Thomas R. Palmer Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 6915
Abstract

Collection of papers primarily from the 1950's concerning weaving, especially hand weaving.

Dates: 1954

Tilton Textile Corporation Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 6918 P
Abstract

Interior views of the Lone Star Cotton Mills and its predecessor, the El Paso Cotton Mills, in El Paso, Texas.

Dates: 1939-1945

Tilton Textile Corporation Records

 Collection
Identifier: 6918
Abstract

The Tilton Textile Corporation Records includes correspondence and invoices, sales documents, purchase orders, contracts, reports, and court documents.

Dates: undated

Townsend, Gowdy & Company Records

 Collection
Identifier: 6920
Abstract

Volume of incoming correspondence and invoices for goods and services purchased by the company

Dates: undated

Additional filters:

Subject
Textile industry 444
Textile workers 168
Woolen and worsted manufacture 149
Textile machinery 141
Cotton manufacture 130
∨ more
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