Scope and Contents
Collection mostly from the Boston office and centering on information about ramie, a fiber obtained from the bark of the ramie plant. Includes correspondence, 1932-1933, 1948-1949, and 1954, all concerning ramie; some letters discuss decortication and degumming of the fibers. Also includes a file of information, 1956, about ramie; and folders of samples of ramie twine, including some made in Switzerland and tested by the Plymouth Cordage Co.
Dates
- 1932-1956
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
Conditions Governing Access
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Conditions Governing Use
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Biographical / Historical
E.A. Shaw & Co., cotton merchants & raw materials dealers with offices in Los Angeles and Boston.
Extent
0.25 cubic feet
Abstract
Business records, 1932-1956, most from the Boston office & centering on information about ramie. Includes correspondence, all concerning ramie; some letters discuss decortication & degumming of the fibers. Also a file of information about ramie, and folders of samples of ramie twine, some of which was made in Switzerland & tested by the Plymouth Cordage Co.
Custodial History
American Textile History Museum Collection, gift of Gordon Shaw.
Quantity:
0.2 linear ft.
Forms of Material:
Correspondence .
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:
- M. Clark, September 10, 2019
- EAD encoding:
- Marcie Farwell, October 09, 2019
- Title
- Shaw, E. A. & Company Records
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by M. Clark
- 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
227 Ives Hall
Ithaca NY 14853