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Ted Stone Collection of Lone Star Cotton Mills Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 6907 P

Scope and Contents

Include aerial and ground-level views of the exterior of the Lone Star Cotton Mills plant in El Paso, Texas. Also includes interior views featuring drawing frames, ring spinning frames, warping machines, the winding room, and the weaving room. The photographs were taken circa 1945.

Dates

  • 1940-1945

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

Lone Star was first founded as the El Paso Cotton Mills Company in 1923; in 1932 the company was reorganized as Lone Star Cotton Mills, Inc. The company ceased production after 1980.

Extent

1 folders

Abstract

Interior and exterior photographs of the Lone Star Cotton Mills in El Paso, Texas.

Related Materials

Related Collections: 6907 MB: Ted Stone Collection of Textile Industry Memorabilia6918: Tilton Textile Corporation Records6918 P: Tilton Textile Corporation Photographs

Quantity:

1 file folder

Forms of Material:

5: 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 11, 2017
EAD encoding:
Randall Miles, December 11, 2017
Title
Ted Stone Collection of Lone Star Cotton Mills Photographs
Status
Completed
Author
Compiled by R. Miles
Date
December 11, 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