John A. Goodwin Collection of Textile Industry Graphics
-
No requestable containers
-
Ask a Question
Dates
- 1971
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
John A. Goodwin was born in Lowell, MA to William B. Goodwin and Elizabeth Abbott Goodwin, John married his "Cassie" in 1943. He was a WWII veteran. After receiving degrees in Textile Engineering at Lowell Textile Institute, he taught there (now UMass, Lowell) until his retirement as Professor in 1980.
He served on boards, committees, and as president of many local organizations: Lowell Art Association, Lowell Historical Society, Lowell Museum, Boston & Maine RR Historical Society, among them. He (sometimes with wife, Catherine) gave slide-show lectures on historical topics. His photos were used in Catherine's book about Lowell Cemetery. He was an advisor to the American Textile History Museum.
Extent
0.11 cubic feet
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
American Textile History Museum Collection, gift of John A. Goodwin.
- American Cotton Manufacturers Institute
- American Cyanamid Company
- Bound Brook (N.J.)
- Carding-machines
- Cooper Hewitt Electric Co.
- Cotton
- Davis & Furber Machine Co.
- Dyes and dyeing
- Factories
- Foster Machine Company
- Hosiery
- Knitting
- Knitting machines
- Looms.
- Louis Allis Co.
- Lowell (Mass.)
- Lowell Technological Institute
- Marion (N.C.)
- Marion Manufacturing Co. (Marion, N.C.)
- Milwaukee (Wis.)
- Rodney Hunt Machine Company
- Staubli Bros. & Co.
- Textile factories
- Textile industry
- Textile machinery
- Textile workers
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