Skip to main content

Midwest Wool Marketing Co-op Records

 Collection
Identifier: 6787

Scope and Contents

The Midwest Wool Marketing Co-op Records includes papers from 1970s about wool fiber characteristics, wool and sheep production, handling and processing of wool; press releases, 1971, from a meeting of the Board of Directors of the American Sheep Producers Council; and a notebook, 1961-1962, listing individuals, ranches, etc., and what they produce. Also includes Burtt's daily appointment calendars for 1960, 1963, 1964, and 1965, and various printed items concerning sheep production, wool shrinkage tables, grease wool prices, and wool coring yield conversion tables.

Dates

  • 1970

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

Burtt was a wool buyer and representative of the Midwest Wool Marketing Co-op. Items in the collection indicate he lived or worked in Broomfield, Colorado and Tyngsboro, Mass.

Extent

0.5 cubic feet

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Collection of papers, correspondence, and printed material about wool fiber characteristics, wool and sheep production, handling and processing of wool.

Custodial History

American Textile History Museum Collection, gift of Richard F. Burtt.

Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

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

Contact:
227 Ives Hall
Ithaca NY 14853