- Creator
- North Carolina State University. College of Textiles
- Size
- 9 linear feet (8 boxes, 2 cartons, 1 flat box, 1 oversize flat box)
- Call number
- MC 00524
- Access to materials
This collection is open for research; access requires at least 48 hours advance notice.
This collection is comprised of publications and artifacts pertaining to textiles from 1926-1985. Several prominent textile and textile machinery companies are represented, alongside the United States Department of Agriculture. The materials come from the Wilson College of Textiles, part of NC State University.
Biographical/historical note
The Wilson College of Textiles was founded in 1899 as the textile program of the newly-founded North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts (now NC State University). The program became the School of Textiles in 1925. During World War II, the school and its alumni produced fabric for the war effort. The school would grow to offer classes in textile technology management, apparel manufacturing, and textile engineering. By the 1990s, the school was known for its research in flame-resistant fabrics.
Today, the North Carolina State University College of Textiles is the largest of its kind in the United States, offering one of only two accredited Textile Engineering programs in the country. The College of Textiles produces more than half of the textile graduates in the United States each year. Students at the college today conduct innovative research to elevate the same fibers and materials represented in this collection.
Scope/content
This collection is comprised of publications and artifacts pertaining to textiles from 1926-1985. The types of publications include pamphlets, machine manuals, posters, reports, books, manuscripts, and hand books. Well-known textile and textile machinery companies like Saco-Lowell and Whitin Machine Works are highly represented, alongside the United States Department of Agriculture's Research and Marketing departments. Many materials in the collection once belonged to Dan Arrowood, who graduated from the N. C. State University School of Textiles in 1948; his signature and notes are present in many of the publications.
Arrangement
Materials are arranged in two series: Series 1, Publications; and Series 2, Artifacts. Series 1 is arranged chronologically, and Series 2 is arranged by artifact type.
Use of these materials
The nature of the NC State University Libraries' Special Collections means that copyright or other information about restrictions may be difficult or even impossible to determine despite reasonable efforts. The NC State University Libraries claims only physical ownership of most Special Collections materials.
The materials from our collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright law. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used for academic research or otherwise should be fully credited with the source.
This collection may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations. Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which North Carolina State University assumes no responsibility.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Textiles Publications and Artifacts Collection, MC 00524,
Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
Source of acquisition
Transfer from the College of Textiles, 2014 (Accession 2014.0125)
Processing information
Processed by: Jessica Serrao and Gwynn Thayer; machine-readable finding aid created by: Jessica Serrao and Gwynn Thayer; finding aid updated to reflect an addition by Hannah Chapman, 2021 March; collection processed by Emma Eubank, 2024 May; finding aid updated by Emma Eubank, 2024 May
The collection is organized into two principal series:
Publications 1926-1985, undated (MC 00524 Series 1)
The Publications series contains materials such as books, pamphlets, manuals, reports, guides, posters, and unbound pages. The materials were published by textile manufacturing companies, scholars, and the United States Department of Agriculture. Notabe items include the USDA's annual reports on "Cotton Fiber and Processing Test Results," Fine Goods Coord.'s Machinery Overhauling Procedures Manuals, and Saco-Lowell's manuals for individual machinery prototypes. All items were accessioned from the N. C. State Wilson College of Textiles. Many of the items in this series particularly belonged to Dan Arrowood, who graduated from the N. C. State University School of Textiles in 1948.
Series 1 is arranged chronologically, with undated materials listed alphabetically at the end.
W. A. Graham Clark (U.S. Tariff Commission), “Clark’s Weave Room Calculations: A Practical Treatise of Cotton Yarn and Cloth Calculations for the Weave Room, Especially Applicable to Southern Mills” (book) 1926
Textile notebook of Harry J. Hardacre, with rules on designing and fabrication 1928-1930, 1973
Edward Bausch, "The Use and Care of the Microscope" (pamphlet) 1940
Saco-Lowell Shops, “Saco-Lowell Hand Book Volume 3: Drawing” (booklet) 1940
Saco-Lowell Shops, “The New Saco-Lowell Combers with Adjustable Four-Roll Draw Box Unit: Different in Principle, New in Design, Improved Quality, Increased Production” (manual) July 1940
G. R. Merrill (Lowell Textile Institute), et al., “American Cotton Handbook: A Practical Reference Book for the Entire Cotton Industry” (book) 1941
Saco-Lowell Shops, “Instructions, Timing and Operating Data for the Saco-Lowell Combers” (manual) with notes by Dan Arrowood 1941
Willam E. Breckenridge (Keuffel and Esser Co.), “The Polyphase Slide Rule No. N4053: A Self Teaching Manual with Tables of Settings, Equivalents and Gauge Points” (manual) 1944
Thomas Nelson (NCSU School of Textiles), “Practical Textile Designs" (book) with notes by Dan Arrowood 1945
Dan River Mills, “Dan River’s Dictionary of Textile Terms” (booklet) 1947
G. L Royer and C. Maresh (American Cyanamid Company Calco Textiles Division), "Application of Microscopy to the Textile Industry" (booklet) August 1947
Richard H. Moulton, “12 Pointers that Lead to Promotion: A Dozen Rules for the Man on the Way Up” (booklet) 1948
Saco-Lowell Shops, “Technical Data on Roving with Gear Tables” (manual) 1948
Saco-Lowell Shops, “Technical Data on Spinning" (manual) 1948
Whitin Machine Works, “General Information and Instructions for the Use of the Whitin Bobbin Tester Model 1B” (manual) January 1948
Saco-Lowell Shops, “Saco-Lowell Hand Book Volume 5: Combing” (manual) 1949
Saco-Lowell Shops, “Saco-Lowell Hand Book Volume 1: Opening and Picking” (manual) February 1949
Saco-Lowell Shops, “Saco-Lowell Lubrication Data Charts” (booklet) 1950
Saco-Lowell Shops, "Technical Data on Combing" (booklet) 1950
Whitin Machine Works, “Whitin Revolving Flat Card: Technical Information on Adjustment and Operation” (manual) 1950
Proceedings of the American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists (photocopied pages) December 1950-March 1963
Whitin Machine Works, “A Catalog of Technical Data for Users of Whitin Roving Frames (Woonsocket Model), Including Information on Long Draft, Intern-Draft and Super-Draft Systems” (manual) 1951
Whitin Machine Works, “Whitin Ring Spinning Frames for Cotton, Technical Information on Adjustment and Operation” (manual) 1951
Saco-Lowell Shops, “Saco-Lowell Twisters for Dry Twisting, Wet Twisting, and Cables, with Special Instructions for Processing Cotton, Wool, Synthetics, and Paper” (manual) 1952
J. H. Martin, "Molecular Model Theory: A Description of a Valuable Technique for Illustrating Organic Chemical Molecules" (pamphlet) October 1952
Boy Scouts of America, "Textiles" (book) 1953
Journal Articles relating to Cotton Textiles 1953-1965
Norbert Lloyd Enrick (Institute of Textile Technology), “Quality Control through Statistical Methods: Specifically Designed for Textile Mills” (handbook) with notes 1953-1954
Saco-Lowell Shops, “Saco-Lowell Shops Textile Machinery: Technical Information Relating to the Various Machines Manufactured by Saco-Lowell Shops for the Textile Industry” (1 of 2) (handbook) 1953
Saco-Lowell Shops, “Saco-Lowell Shops Textile Machinery: Technical Information Relating to the Various Machines Manufactured by Saco-Lowell Shops for the Textile Industry” (2 of 2) (handbook) 1953
Saco-Lowell Shops, “Number 15 Opener” (manual) September 1954
Saco-Lowell Shops, “Saco-Lowell Parts Catalog: No. 11 and 12 Condensers” (catalog) 1955 (Accession no. 2023.0152)
Emile Monnin Chamot and Clyde Walter Mason (Cornell University), "Handbook of Chemical Microscopy, Volume 1" (book) 1958 (Accession 2023.0152)
Saco-Lowell Shops, “Saco-Lowell Models 56 and 57 Combers: Timing, Setting and Operating Data” (manual) 1958
Saco-Lowell Shops, “Now Is the Time to Modernize Your Saco-Lowell F7 Feeder” (booklet) September 1958
Charles A. Bennett (USDA Agricultural Research Service), “Saw and Toothed Cotton Ginning Developments” (booklet) 1959
Charles A. Bennett (USDA Agricultural Research Service), “Roller Cotton Ginning Developments” (booklet) January 1959
Charles A. Bennett (USDA Agricultural Research Service), “Cotton Ginning Systems in the United States and Auxiliary Developments” (booklet) 1962
USDA Agricultural Research Service, “Multiple Lint Cleaning at Cotton Gins: Effects on Bale Value, Fiber Properties, and Spinning Performance” (booklet) May 1963
Whitin Machine Works, “Even-Draft Drawing Frame Guide Book for Erecting, Setting, and Maintenance, Models M through M7” (booklet) 1964
Whitin Machine Works, “Super Lap Models GI-HI: Operating and Maintenance Manual” (manual) 1964
USDA Agricultural Research Service, “Handbook for Cotton Ginners” (handbook) February 1964
The Freedom School, “Industrial Revolution 1” (booklet) May 1964
USDA Agricultural Marketing Service, “Fiber and Spinning Properties of Cotton As Affected by Certain Harvesting and Ginning Practices” (report) June 1964
Whitin Machine Works, “Spinning Frame Model N and N2, Operating and Maintenance Manual” (manual) September 1964
Saco-Lowell Shops, “Saco-Lowell Versamatic Drawing Frame Instruction Manual” (manual) 1965
USDA Agricultural Marketing Service, “The Classification of Cotton” (booklet) January 1965
USDA Agricultural Research Service, “Effects of Defoliation, Harvesting, and Ginning Practices on Micronaire Reading, Fiber Properties, Manufacturing Performance, and Product Quality of El Paso Area Cotton, Season 1960-61” (report) January 1965
Saco-Lowell Maremont, “Saco-Lowell Rovematic Instruction Manual” (manual) 1967
Man-Made Fiber Producers Association, "Man-Made Fiber Fact Book" (booklet) September 1967
John Hayward, “The Stevens Fabricopedia: An Unpretentious Dictionary of the Whys and Wherefores of Menswear Fabrics” (book) 1970
Newspaper Clippings 1970-1972
USDA Agricultural Marketing Service, “Cotton Fiber and Processing Test Results” (reports) March 1971-May 1973
USDA Economic Research Service and Agricultural Research Service, “Micronaire Blending of Medium-Staple Cottons: An Economic Evaluation” (report) August 1971
John Hayward (Boy Scouts of America), "Textile" (booklet) 1972
Textile World, "Guide to Fiber Blending" (poster) 1973
USDA Agricultural Marketing Service, “Cotton Fiber and Processing Test Results” (reports) May 1974-May 1976
E. Lord (International Institute for Cotton), "The Origin and Assessment of Cotton Fibre Maturity" (report) 1975
Monsato, "Yarns and Fibers Catalog" (book) 1975
Shirley Developments Limited, “II-C Shirley Fineness/Maturity Tester” with letter from USDA Agricultural Research Service (documents) 1977, undated
USDA Agricultural Marketing Service, “Cotton Fiber and Processing Test Results” (reports) June 1977-June 1979
Cotton Council International and the National Cotton Council of America, “U.S. Cotton Handbook” (booklets) 1978, 1983
Philip B. Crosby, “Quality Is Free: The Art of Making Quality Certain” (book) 1980
USDA Agricultural Marketing Service, “Cotton Fiber and Processing Test Results” (reports) July 1980-September 1983
Dan R. Arrowood, "Importance of Raw Stock Testing" presented to Representativese from Cotton Arbitration and Testing General Organization (CATGO) (manuscript) August 18, 1981
USDA Agricultural Marketing Service, “Cotton Testing Service: Tests Available, Equipment and Techniques, and Basis for Interpreting Results” (handbook) March 1982
USDA Agricultural Marketing Service, “Cotton Fiber and Processing Test Results” (reports) June 1982-January 1984
National Cotton Council Joint Cotton Industry Bale Packing Committee, “A Guide for Cotton Bale Standards” (booklet) July 1982
Dan R. Arrowood, “Report on Use of H.R.T.” presented at the 1983 Fiber Utilization Conference (manuscript) September 28, 1983 (Accession 2023.0152)
J. Robert Wagner (Philadelphia College of Textiles and Science), "Introduction to Nonwovens, Study Guide" (book) 1985
Cassette tapes that came with this item can be found in Carton 9 of the collection.
American Society for Testing and Materials, “Grading Cotton Card Webs for Appearance” (individual pages) undated
Ashworth Brothers, “Settings for Metallic Clothed Cards: A Graphic List of Adjustments for Cards to Meet the Variations of Stock and Conditions” (poster) undated
Degussa Zweigniederlassung Hanau, "Spinnerettes for Man-Made Fibers" (booklet) undated
Eastman Chemical Products, “Blending Characteristics of Kodel Polyester Fiber” (booklet) undated
Fine Goods Coord., Machinery Overhauling Procedures Manuals: Yarn Manufacturing Machinery 101-00 FG through 132-00 FG (manuals) undated
Fine Goods Coord., Machinery Overhauling Procedures Manuals: Yarn Manufacturing Machinery 135-00 FG through 181-00 FG (manuals) undated
Fine Goods Coord., Machinery Overhauling Procedures Manuals: Yarn Manufacturing Machinery 182-00 FG through 185-00 FG (manuals) undated
Fine Goods Coord., Machinery Overhauling Procedures Manuals: Yarn Preparation Machinery 187-00 FG through 331-00 FG (manuals) undated
Fine Goods Coord., Machinery Overhauling Procedures Manuals: Yarn Preparation Machinery 340-00 FG through 353-00 FG (manuals) undated
Fine Goods Coord., Machinery Overhauling Procedures Manuals: Yarn Preparation Machinery 355-00 FG through 360-00 FG (manuals) undated
Fine Goods Coord., Machinery Overhauling Procedures Manuals: Weaving Machinery 500-00 FG through 506-00 FG (manuals) undated
Fine Goods Coord., Machinery Overhauling Procedures Manuals: Knitting Machine (Flat Bed) 601-00 FG through 703-00 FG (manuals) undated
Fine Goods Coord., Machinery Overhauling Procedures Manuals: Cloth Room Machinery 704-00 FG through 710-00 FG (manuals) undated
International Minerals and Chemical Corporation, Reprint of “A Proposal to Declare Independency from British Cloath Manufacturies” (booklet) undated
Peyer Electronics, “Texlab AL-101: The Fast and Objective Way to Determine All Cotton Fiber Length Characteristics” (booklet) with notes undated
Saco-Lowell Maremont, “Rovematic High-Speed 12” x 5.5” Roving Frames” (manual) undated
Saco-Lowell Maremont, “Rovematic Lubrication Data” (manual) undated
Saco-Lowell Shops, DD - DE Versamatic Drawing Lubrication Data” (manual) undated
Saco-Lowell Shops, “Model 140A Comber, for Precision Combing of Cotton Fibers” (manual) undated
Saco-Lowell Shops, “Rovematic High-Speed 14”x7” Roving Frames” (manual) undated
Saco-Lowell Shops, “Saco-Lowell Comber Instruction Manual" (manual) undated
Saco-Lowell Shops, “Saco-Lowell Hand Book Volume 2: Carding” (booklet) undated
Saco-Lowell Shops, “Saco-Lowell Hand Book Volume 3: Drawing” (booklet) undated
Saco-Lowell Shops, “The Saco-Lowell Silver Tester: A Precision Instrument” (manual) undated
Saco-Lowell Shops, “Silver Lap Winder and Comber Lubrication Data” (booklet) undated
Saco-Lowell Shops, “Versamatic Two- and Four-Delivery High-Speed Drawing Frames” (manual) undated
Shirley Developments Limited, "Shirlastains: Instructions for Use" (manual) undated
Unknown text, labeled by Dan Arrowood as “Short description of most current fibers” (loose pages) undated
Unknown author, “Textile Plant Mathematics” (book) undated
Whitin Machine Works, “Whitin Unitrol Center Suspension System: Standard Cotton Spinning for 1-3/16” Diameter Front Top Roll” (manual) undated
W. R. C. Smith Publishing Company, “The Spinner’s Handy Data Book” (booklet) undated
Artifacts 1958, 1980-1985, undated (MC 00524 Series 2)
The Artifact series contains materials such as metal print blocks of textile advertisements, atom and gravity model kits, textile handling tools, and cassette tapes which correspond to an item in the Publications series. All items were accessioned from the N. C. State Wilson College of Textiles.
Series 2 is organized by artifact type, and then alphabetically within each type.
Cassette tape for J. Robert Wagner's "Introduction to Nonwovens, Study Guide": "Chapter 1: History of Nonwovens" 1985 (Accession 2023.0152)
Cassette tape for J. Robert Wagner's "Introduction to Nonwovens, Study Guide": "Chapter 2: Fibers Used in Nonwovens" 1985 (Accession 2023.0152)
Cassette tape for J. Robert Wagner's "Introduction to Nonwovens, Study Guide": "Chapter 3: Nonwoven Web Formation Methods" 1985 (Accession 2023.0152)
Cassette tape for J. Robert Wagner's "Introduction to Nonwovens, Study Guide": "Chapter 4: Bonding Nonwovens" 1985 (Accession 2023.0152)
Cassette tape for J. Robert Wagner's "Introduction to Nonwovens, Study Guide": "Chapter 5: Finishing and Converting Nonwovens" and "Chapter 6: Testing Nonwovens" 1985 (Accession 2023.0152)
Cassette tape for J. Robert Wagner's "Introduction to Nonwovens, Study Guide": "Chapter 7: Properties of Nonwovens" and "Chapter 8: End Use of Nonwovens" 1985 (Accession 2023.0152)
Metal print block: "C&K A Loom for every Woven Fabric" undated (Accession no. 2021.0026)
Metal print block: "From one Monsanto Department ... serving the Textile Industry" undated (Accession no. 2021.0026)
Metal print block: "Now Higher-Quality Fabric from these new C&K All-Purpose Looms" undated (Accession no. 2021.0026)
Model Kit: Atom model kit, by Fisher-Taylor-Hirschfelder undated (Accession 2023.0152)
Model Kit: "Atom Models according to Stuart and Briegleb for the construction of molecular models," distributed by Lapine 1958 (Accession 2023.0152)
Model Kit: "Specific Gravity Balls," manufactured by Techne Incorporated undated (Accession 2023.0152)
Tool: 1 Strich Ausschlag machinist's level, patented by Wyler undated (Accession 2023.0152)
Tool: Applicator for casting films or polymer on release substrate, manufactured by Pacific Scientific 1980 (Accession 2023.0152)
Tools: Miscellaneous small tools for handling cotton undated
Tool: Shuttle for weaving papermaking fabrics, by Astem Hill Manufacturing Company undated (Accession 2023.0152)
Access to the collection
This collection is open for research; access requires at least 48 hours advance notice.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Textiles Publications and Artifacts Collection, MC 00524,
Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
Use of these materials
The nature of the NC State University Libraries' Special Collections means that copyright or other information about restrictions may be difficult or even impossible to determine despite reasonable efforts. The NC State University Libraries claims only physical ownership of most Special Collections materials.
The materials from our collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright law. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used for academic research or otherwise should be fully credited with the source.
This collection may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations. Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which North Carolina State University assumes no responsibility.