Scope and Contents
The Thomas R. Palmer Papers include material, primarily from the 1950's, concerning weaving, especially hand weaving. Includes company brochures, catalogs, order forms and newsletters from Hand-Skill Looms, Inc. This company was founded by Elphege Nadeau, a home weaver from Woonsocket, RI who invented a new hand loom in the 1950's. Also contains brochures, 1969-1975, from Lily Mills Co., Shelby, NC, sellers of hand weaving looms, equipment and yarn; product information sheets and newsletters called Shuttle-Craft Styles which include a few yarn and cloth samples (swatches); and a photograph, 1954, taken at the Nadeau Hand Weaving Center, Boston, showing Palmer and Mrs. Larry (Gladys) Smith at a loom.
Dates
- 1954
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
Palmer was a resident of Methuen, MA.
Extent
0.5 cubic feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Collection of papers primarily from the 1950's concerning weaving, especially hand weaving.
Custodial History
American Textile History Museum Collection, gift of Donald and Barbara Fountain.
- 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