Scope and Contents
The E. H. Tryon, Inc. Records includes copies of outgoing correspondence, 1926; a report, 1926, of the secretary-treasurer of the San Francisco Wool Trade Association.; and a document outlining the history and organization of the Association and of the sheep and wool business in California. Also includes an appraisal report, 1940, done by the American Appraisal Co. for E.H. Tryon, giving cost of reproduction less depreciation of buildings and machinery, with a detailed inventory.
Dates
- undated
Creator
- E. H. Tryon, Inc. (creator, Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
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Conditions Governing Use
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Biographical / Historical
The company, established in 1887, was a wool dealer located in San Francisco with a scouring plant in Stockton, CA. In 1959, the company merged with another local dealer to form Haber Zemel Tryon, Inc. This firm was liquidated in 1989.
Extent
0 cubic feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Collection of copies of outgoing correspondence of the secretary-treasurer of the San Francisco Wool Trade Association.; and a document outlining the history and organization of the Association and of the sheep and wool business in California. Also includes an appraisal report, 1940, done by the American Appraisal Co. for E.H. Tryon, giving cost of reproduction less depreciation of buildings and machinery, with a detailed inventory.
Custodial History
American Textile History Museum Collection, gift of Lorin Tryon.
- Belts and belting
- E.H. Tryon Company
- Fiber preparation -- General -- Wool sorting
- Haber Zemel Tryon, Inc.
- Looms.
- Pickers (Weaving)
- San Francisco (Calif.)
- San Francisco Wool Trade Association
- Sheep industry.
- Spinning machinery
- Stockton (Calif.)
- Textile factories
- Textile machinery
- Textile workers
- Wool
- Wool -- Washing
- Wool baling
- Wool industry
- Wool scouring
Source
- American Textile History Museum (Organization)
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Repository