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Elinor C. Larson Papers

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 6626

Scope and Contents

The Elinor C. Larson Papers contains information gathered by Larson on various textile fabrics and companies, including Cocheco Print Works, Dover, NH, and Hamilton Print Works, Lowell, MA. Also contains a letter, 1975, to Larson from the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union, answering Larson's inquiry about a cotton fabric in the Mount Vernon collection which was reprinted for the U.S. Centennial in 1876; and a letter, 1982, from Diane Fagan Affleck, Merrimack Valley Textile Museum, North Andover, MA. (now American Textile History Museum, Lowell, Mass.), giving information about a Cocheco pattern and other fabrics in the Museum's collection.

Dates

  • 1812-1853

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.

Extent

0.25 cubic feet

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Collection of information gathered by Larson about various textile fabrics and companies. Also contains a letter from the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union, answering Larson's inquiry about a cotton fabric in the Mount Vernon collection which was reprinted for the U.S. Centennial in 1876; and a letter from Diane Fagan Affleck, Merrimack Valley Textile Museum, North Andover, MA, giving information about fabrics in the Museum's collection.

Custodial History

American Textile History Museum Collection, gift of Arthur D. and Katharine Larson Kreiser Larson.

Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

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

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