American Textile History Museum
Found in 680 Collections and/or Records:
Elinor C. Larson Papers
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.
Elise Morenon Papers
Collection of the records of the Stevens and Leland families and records for the family companies Snelling, Leland & Co., Brown and Adams Wool Commission (later Adams & Leland), and Knowles, Leland & Co. The collection also includes the personal effects of multiple family members and is comprised of photographs, company records, art sketches, books, daguerreotypes, a diary, newspapers and clippings, a wallet, advertisements, and albums.
Eliza M. Rogers Papers
Lowell certificate of marriage, Eliza M. Rogers of Northfield, NH, to Levi Bennet (or Bennett) of Lowell. Married June 2, 1842 by Moses Chase, minister in the presence of Jesse Rogers, Martha Rogers and others.
Ernest A. Bragg Papers
Notebook on cotton/weaving compiled by Ernest A. Bragg.
Ernest Bentley Papers
Ernest D. Chapman Papers
Collection was assembled by Ernest D. Chapman of Clark's Falls, CT and of South Berwick, ME containing correspondence to Ernest D. Chapman from Harmon Goodwin (a fellow weaver) of South Berwick, ME along with weaving drafts and samples created by and/or collected by Mr. Chapman; and sixty photographs of coverlets and their patterns documented by Mr. Chapman.
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Textile industry 446
- Textile workers 168
- Woolen and worsted manufacture 147
- Textile machinery 142
- Cotton manufacture 128
- Textile factories 93
- Dyes and dyeing 73
- Weaving. 62
- Industrial relations 54
- Textile machinery industry 54
- Textile manufacturers 52
- Manufacturers' agents 47
- Looms. 46
- Wool industry 43
- Lawrence (Mass.) 41
- Wages. 39
- Textile fabrics. 35
- 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
- Swatches (Dry-goods) 20
- Textile finishing 20
- Woolen and worsted machinery 19
- Cotton machinery 18
- Knitting machines 18
- Labor 18
- Textile schools 17
- Advertising. 16
- Cotton 16
- Male employees 16
- Child labor. 15
- Flannel 15
- Textile printing 15
- Water-power. 15
- Textile research 14
- Weavers 14
- Knit goods industry 13
- Patents. 13
- Cotton trade 12
- Merrimack River (N.H. and Mass.) 12
- Women employees 12
- Business records 11
- Clothing and dress. 11
- Hosiery industry 11
- Labor unions 11
- Linen industry 11
- Strikes and lockouts 11
- Textile Workers' Strike, Lawrence, Mass., 1912 11
- Textile chemistry 11
- Winding machines 11
- Business enterprises 10
- Cotton fabrics 10
- Flax industry 10
- Sheep. 10
- Dams. 9
- Dye industry 9
- Inventors. 9
- Machine shops 9
- North Andover (Mass.) 9
- Taunton (Mass.) 9
- Textile design 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
- Andover (Mass.) 8
- Coverlets 8
- Fashion. 8
- Rug and carpet industry 8
- Women's clothing 8
- Wool-carding 8
- Worsted 8
- Bleaching industry 7
- Boston (Mass.) 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
- Cloth labels 6
- Cotton spinning 6
- Drawing. 6 + ∧ less