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Robert Patterson Collection of Textile Related Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 6865 P

Scope and Contents

Images depict several types of either the Knowles Loom Works or the Crompton & Knowles Loom Works textile machinery. These particular machines were probably built or sold in England by Hutchinson, Hollingworth & Company, Ltd. All machinery photographs are attributed to Robert Patterson, Lancashire, England, but are stamped on the back, "Castle Museum York, The Folk Museum of Yorkshire Life." Also includes five photographs of weaver's cottages at the York Castle Museum, York, England. These photographs are also stamped "Castle Museum York, The Folk Museum of Yorkshire Life" on the back.

Dates

  • 1965

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.

Extent

1 folders

Abstract

Photographs of Knowles Loom Works and Crompton & Knowles Loom Works machinery.

Related Materials

Related Collections: 6584 G: Ralph Huey Collection of Crompton & Knowles Graphics 6584 P: Ralph Huey Collection of Crompton & Knowles Photographs 6585/001: Crompton & Knowles General Records 6585 G: Crompton & Knowles Graphics 6585 P: Crompton & Knowles Photographs

Quantity:

1 file folder

Forms of Material:

Gelatin silver print, photographs.

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, October 18, 2017
EAD encoding:
Randall Miles, December 06, 2017
Title
Robert Patterson Collection of Textile Related Photographs
Status
Completed
Author
Compiled by R. Miles
Date
December 06, 2017
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