Scope and Contents
The Ramie Manufacture Records contains Skipper's incoming correspondence and copies of outgoing correspondence, 1948-1949, about the fiber including items from importers and manufacturers of ramie products. Also includes reports and newspaper clippings about ramie, as well as some cloth samples.
Dates
- 1949
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
E. Lee Skipper was from Lancaster, SC. He worked for Springs Cotton Mills and retired as vice-president. As a retirement project, he was experimenting with production of cloth from ramie. Ramie is a fiber obtained from the bark of the ramie plant.
Extent
0 cubic feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Collection of materials regarding the production of Ramie fiber.
Custodial History
American Textile History Museum Collection.
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Repository
227 Ives Hall
Ithaca NY 14853