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Cyril Johnson Woolen Company Records

 Collection
Identifier: 6589

Scope and Contents

Collection contains incoming correspondence, 1930-1963, on topics such as machinery, advertising, fashion, business conditions, imports and mill closings. It also contains cloth test results compared with Japanese cloth for tensile strength and shrinkage, including consulting report from Barnes Textile Associates; survey of carding machinery with recommendations from Davis & Furber Machine Co.; reports on cloth production for the armed forces, 1941-1945, and other war- related materials; papers concerning the mill closing, 1962-1963; and information files including clippings, pamphlets, notes and articles on wages and hours, company history, fashions, mill closings, and imports.

Dates

  • 1919-1963

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

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.

Biographical / Historical

The company, started in 1879, was located in Stafford Springs, Conn., with selling offices on Madison Ave., New York. It manufactured fine wool suitings and overcoatings. The company was sold in 1963. During the period covered s collection, it operated 10 sets of cards, 100 looms, and 4,000 spindles.

Extent

1 cubic feet

Abstract

Collection contains incoming correspondence, 1930-1963, reports on cloth production for the armed forces, 1941-1945, and other war-related materials; papers concerning the mill closing, 1962-1963; and information files including clippings, pamphlets, notes and articles on wages and hours, company history, fashions, mill closings, and imports.

Custodial History

American Textile History Museum Collection, gift of the Cyril Johnson Woolen Company.

Related Materials

Related Collections: 6589 F: Cyril Johnson Woolen Company Films 6589 G: Cyril Johnson Woolen Company Graphics 6589 P: Cyril Johnson Woolen Company Photographs

Quantity:

1 linear ft.

Forms of Material:

Correspondence, records (documents), scrapbooks .

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:
J. Riggs, September 11, 2019
EAD encoding:
Marcie Farwell, October 09, 2019
Title
Johnson, Cyril Woolen Company Records
Status
Completed
Author
Compiled by J. Riggs
Date
October 09, 2019
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