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ATHM Textile Industry Cloth Labels

 Collection
Identifier: 6524/003 MB

Scope and Contents

Collection consists of the labels used by textile manufacturers to identify their materials. These labels range from simple identification tags to works of art. At their simplest the labels are little more than blank pieces of paper on which the manufacturer, type of cloth, and yardage can be written. The illustrated labels can be anything from simple line drawings to elaborate works of late-19th and early-20th century art, both serious and whimsical.

Dates

  • 1830-1976

Language of Materials

Collection material in English, French, German, Latin, Spanish, Hausa

Conditions Governing Access

Access to the collections in the Kheel Center is restricted. Please contact a reference archivist for access to these materials.

Conditions Governing Use

This collection must be used in keeping with the Kheel Center Information Sheet and Procedures for Document Use.

Extent

6.44 cubic feet

Abstract

Labels used by textile manufacturers to identify their materials.

Related Materials

Related Collections: 6524/001: ATHM Textile Industry Documents 6524/002 P: ATHM Textile Industry Photographs 6524/004 G: ATHM Textile Industry Graphics 6524/005 P: ATHM Textile Industry Postcards 6524/006 P: ATHM Textile Industry Stereographs 6524/007 MB: ATHM Textile Industry Memorabilia 6524/008 LS: ATHM Textile Industry Glass Lantern Slides 6524/009 F: ATHM Textile Industry Film 6524/010 AV: ATHM Textile Industry Audio-Visual Materials 6524/011 PUBS: ATHM Textile Industry Publications 6524/012 mf: ATHM Textile Industry Publications on Microfilm 6524/013 PUBS: ATHM Textile Industry Auction Catalog Collection 6524/014 OH: ATHM Textile Industry Oral History 6609 MB: Diogo Teixeira Collection of Textile Industry Cloth Labels 6690 MB: Helena E. Wright Collection of Textile Industry Cloth Labels 6976 MB: Helen K. Bromm Cloth Labels

Quantity:

6.3 linear ft.

Forms of Material:

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General

Contact Information:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives Martin P. Catherwood Library 227 Ives Hall Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3183 kheel_center@cornell.edu http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/kheel-center
Compiled by:
R. Miles, April 16, 2018
EAD encoding:
Randall Miles, April 23, 2018

Processing Information

Not all of the cloth labels are described individually. Only those which had descriptions from the American Textile History Museum (ATHM) have item-level descriptions here.

Title
ATHM Textile Industry Cloth Labels
Status
Completed
Author
Compiled by R. Miles
Date
April 23, 2018
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Revision Statements

  • 02/23/2024: This resource was modified by the ArchivesSpace Preprocessor developed by the Harvard Library (https://github.com/harvard-library/archivesspace-preprocessor)

Repository Details

Part of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Repository

Contact:
227 Ives Hall
Ithaca NY 14853