Dye industry
Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:
ATHM Textile Industry Postcards
Collection of roughly 2,800 postcards and 20 photographs documenting the textile industry in the United States in the 20th Century.
Bryon F. Cook Papers
Includes chemistry lab notebook, swatches; notes and recipes for dyes and pastes; also correspondence from Rohm and Haas Co, Philadelphia and National Aniline and Chemical Co., New York.
Irwin Laverne Powers Papers
Chemistry notebooks with cloth samples, from Powers' work at Silver Spring Bleaching & Dyeing Company, Providence, Rhode Island. Also notes concerning linen bleaching & dyes and dyestuffs. Also essay on history of dyes and dyestuffs written by Powers' daughter, Dorothy Powers, while she was a student at Thayer Academy, Braintree, Massachusetts. She mentions her father's role in synthetic dye manufacture.
Johnson Dye Wood Company Records
Collection of business records of a dye company, some are very detailed and indicate types of dyes used by the industry as well as notes on methods of extraction used between 1849 and 1850.
Leverett Putnam Papers
Notes and reminiscences concerning work as a dyer, 1910-1970's. Includes dye recipes and descriptions of various dye processes.