Found matches for "textiles" in 41 collections

This collection is comprised of notes and records of the National Textile Center from 1992-2000. These records include correspondence, meeting and committee notes, budget proposals, and funding information. The National Textile Center (NTC) is a clustered research consortium of four universities--North Carolina State University, Auburn University, Clemson University, and Georgia Institute of Technology--located in the heart of the U.S. textile industries manufacturing base. The institutions share human resources, equipment and facilities to serve the Fiber/Textile/Fabricated Products/Retail complex. The Center provides the knowledge base for the continuing viability of the U. S. industry through innovative research and collaborative partnerships. NTC was established to achieve research, education, and partnerships and at N. C. State has provided the foundation for successful textile protection and comfort labs. Less

Records relating to projects and initiatives undertaken by the Department of Textile and Apparel Technology and Management in the College of Textiles at North Carolina State University and related programs for the years 1924 - 1985. These records contain articles, brochures, budget records, clippings, photographs, memoranda, and correspondence. Included is information on faculty members, lectures, and department finances. The School of Textiles (later College of Textiles) at North Carolina State University began classes in the fall of 1899, primarily due to Daniel Tompkins's interest in having a textile program at what was then the North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. Since 1963, the Department of Textile and Apparel Technology and Management (TATM) has functioned as a discrete department (albeit under several different names) within the the College of Textiles. Of course, the College of Textiles has conducted research since its earliest days, both independently and in collaboration with corporate and government partners. And it appears that many of the College's pre-1963 research records have been merged with those of the Department of Textile and Apparel Technology and Management. Less

This collection consists of minute books of The Institute of Textile Technology dating from 1944 to 2013 and a book documenting the institute's history between 1944 to 1969. Founded in 1944, The Institute of Textile Technology (ITT) joins individual companies in collective support of a private educational and research institution. Through its alliance with North Carolina State University College of Textiles, these institutions offer industry support unrivaled around the globe. ITT maintained educational scholarships for undergraduates and graduates to fund students and research in literary and scientific branches of learning. ITT had an international reputation for high quality programs and graduates who occupy positions of leadership in industry, education, and research. The organization is no longer in operation. Less

Collection contains publications generated by the College of Textiles and its various departments. Materials range in date from 1941 to 2012. 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 COT produces more than half of the textile graduates in the United States each year. Almost 20 percent of the graduates serve as corporate managers, and half of those are either board chairpersons or presidents of their companies. The textile industry is involved with more than producing fabric and apparel. Composites, artificial organs, fireproof materials, tire sections and computer circuit boards are just a few of the modern products in the textile industry. More than 150,000 people have been implanted with a knitted polyester artery developed at the COT. The industry continues to need more college graduates with skills in design, engineering, electronics, chemistry, management, computers, apparel, marketing/sales and quality control. In 1991, the COT moved to the North Carolina State University Centennial Campus, where students learn in state-of-the-art laboratories that are unequalled anywhere in the country. Here, students can participate in the Mars Mission, funded by NASA, where one of the world's only automated, three-dimensional braiding machinery creates space-age fabrics and fibers. Special projects are also being conducted to address environmental issues through the Industrial Electrotechnology Laboratory enabling students to learn about more about energy-efficient systems for manufacturing facilities. Because of the strong emphasis on research, development or management in the textile industry, the COT prepares its students with professional skills to meet the demands of a rapidly changing world. COT students gain strong backgrounds in mathematics and science, and it pays off; almost all the graduates have professional job offers within three weeks of graduation from the COT. Starting salaries for textile graduates are also among the highest on campus. Less

This collection contains the annual reports of boards, the College, committees, departments, and offices of the North Carolina State University College of Textiles. The College of Textiles at North Carolina State University began classes in the fall of 1899, due to Daniel Tompkins's interest in having a textile program at what was then the North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. By 1901, construction began on Tompkins Hall, the first textile building at NC State. The college eventually needed more space for students and equipment, so in 1940 the college moved to Nelson Hall on the western fringes of campus. By January 1991, the college moved to Centennial Campus. Less

These records contain files pertaining to the activities and administration of the North Carolina State University Burlington Textiles Library including correspondence and reference files kept by the library, clippings, brochures, and other information about topics related to the College of Textiles. They also include slide sets, a portrait of Wallace W. Riddick, Jr., the Dedication Plaque for the Burlington Textiles Library, the Quick Response Collection, Textile World Charts, and panels from past exhibits. Materials range in date from 1911 to 2010. From 1988 to 2013, the Burlington Textiles Library was located in room 4411 of the College of Textiles complex on the Centennial Campus at North Carolina State University. The Library provided services to the faculty and staff, students, and NC State Centennial Campus community and university affiliates. The Library supported the curriculum and research programs in textile chemistry, textile materials and management, and fiber and polymer science. In 2013, the Burlington Textiles Library was subsumed by the new James B. Hunt, Jr. Library, also on Centennial Campus. Less

Contains annual meeting information, brochures, budget proposals, contributors’ lists, correspondence, financial information, minutes, reports and salary data. The Mission of the North Carolina Textile Foundation is to promote the welfare, future development and reputation of the College of Textiles at North Carolina State University as the premier institution for textile education and research. As a nonprofit organization, the Foundation supports the College and Dean by providing funds for scholarships to deserving undergraduate and graduate students, recruitment and retention of highly qualified educators and researchers and placement of graduates. The Foundation also assists in the acquisition and maintenance of state-of-the-art equipment and facilities for research and education. Less

These records contain articles, brochures, budget information, clippings, correspondence, enrollment data, faculty information, financial information, lecture information, long range planning data, photographs, reports, seminar information, speeches, travel reports, research grants, and scholarship information documenting the Office of Dean in the College of Textiles at North Carolina State University. The records also include files that document the partnerships between the college and textile-related industries. Materials range in date from 1899 to 2018. The College of Textiles at North Carolina State University began classes in the fall of 1899. By 1901 construction began on Tompkins Hall, the first textile building at North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. The textiles program eventually needed more space for students and equipment so in 1940, moved to Nelson Hall on the western fringes of campus. In January 1991, the College of Textiles moved to Centennial Campus. Less

The Subhash K. Batra papers contain correspondence, publication drafts, and reprints of published articles reflecting Batra’s work on nonwovens manufacturing technology and textile and fiber systems. Dr. Subhash Kumar Batra began his education in India and earned advanced degrees from MIT and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in the United States. He joined the NC State University textiles faculty in 1977 and served as the director of the Nonwovens Cooperative Research Center (now the Nonwovens Institute) at NC State University from 1991 to 1999. Dr. Batra is now Professor Emeritus at the College of Textiles. Less

The Hosiery Association (originally the National Association of Hosiery & Underwear Manufacturers) was based in Charlotte, North Carolina. The Hosiery Association was founded in 1905 and was a global trade organization advocating for hosiery manufacturers. The collection includes industry directories (2002, 2004); annual hosiery statistics (1999); hosiery advertisements (1938); and the founding charter (1910) of the National Association of Hosiery & Underwear Manufacturers, which was later renamed The Hosiery Association. Less

This collection is comprised entirely of GEDRT conference notes and records from 1992-2000; the conferences were held throughout the world. GEDRT (Groupe Europeen d'echange d'experiences sur la Direction de la Recherche Textile) is an international textiles organization. The organization describes itself as "an exclusive club or association the membership of which consists of some 40 plus individually elected personal members chosen among European professors and directors of universities and research institutions in textiles....The aim of the association is to exchange views on subjects difficult to deal with within international congresses and which preoccupy primarily university professors and leaders of research organisations in running their internal policies as well as the external cooperation with other institutions especially industry." Less

The FabriCAD Collection documents the activities of FabriCAD Consulting, a company established by Alison Grudier Hardy in the 1990s to provide consulting services to companies in the fashion and textile industries interested in using Computer Aided Design (CAD). Materials in the collection include information on various CAD systems, articles about FabriCAD, CAD systems, the textile industry, company publications, and fabric samples of CAD printing. In January 2003 Hardy discontinued the company's operations. Less

This collection contains material donated by Dr. Perry L. Grady, Emeritus Associate Dean and Professor at the North Carolina State University College of Textiles (COT). Included are course outlines, student works, program advisory committee meeting minutes, photographs, photographic slides and videotapes documenting the history of the North Carolina State University College of Textiles and the textiles industry. Dr. Perry L. Grady has taught and conducted extensive research in textiles in instrument and control system design and development, computer applications, energy utilization and conservation, electrotechnology applications, fiber and yarn production and properties, and garment and textile care. He is a registered professional engineer with over eighty publications to his credit. Less

Stanley Backer (1920-2003) attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, earning degrees in engineering and textile technology. He joined the faculty at M.I.T. in 1951 and eventually became the head of the Fibers and Polymers Laboratory. His research in textiles engineering led to a greater understanding of fiber structure and fabric behavior. Backer also led a program to develop one of the first online information retrieval systems, known as the Textile Information Retrieval Product. He died in 2003. Stanley Backer's papers consist of articles, books, papers, theses and other material reflecting his textile engineering research while attending and teaching at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. A Research Files series contains collected information on fabric mechanics, texturing, and other topics. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology Special Program series contains material on programs in which Backer had participated. The Supervised Theses series includes those supervised by Backer while a professor at M.I.T. A series of Backer's published works is also included, as well as a list of his collected works. Less

The R3 Center Records consist of reports, presentations, a newspaper article, a brochure, and a poem documenting Rowan-Cabarrus Community College's (RCCC) efforts to retrain and re-employ workers displaced by the 2003 closing of the Pillowtex textile manufacturing plant in Kannapolis, North Carolina. Known as the Pillowtex Project, this initiative was intended to provide the displaced workers with the training and education necessary to obtain new jobs. The success of this project led to the September 2006 development and implementation of the R3 Center, a partnership between RCCC and the North Carolina Research Campus (NCRC), which prepares workers for new biotechnology jobs at the NCRC. Most of the materials document the outcomes of the Pillowtex Project, rather than the planning or process. The materials range in date from 2004 to 2006, although the date of individual items is sometimes unclear. Kannapolis, North Carolina, was once home to Cannon Mills, at one time the largest manufacturer of sheets and towels in the world. James William Cannon founded Cannon mills in 1906. After several ownership changes throughout the 1980s, the Pillowtex Corporation acquired the mills in 1997. In 2003, Pillowtex Corporation closed its doors, laying off 4,340 people living in Kannapolis or the counties surrounding the city. In December 2004, David Murdock purchased the former Cannon Mills Plant One at auction and in 2005, in partnership with the University of North Carolina system, announced plans for the North Carolina Research Campus, a 1.5 billion dollar scientific and economic revitalization project. As part of this effort, Rowan-Cabarrus Community College developed and implemented the R3 (Refocus, Retrain, Reemploy) Center at the NCRC, designed to train a local workforce for opportunities at the NCRC. Less

Contained in this collection are packaging for ladies hosiery, and in most cases, these still contain the actual products. Most of the products were manufactured in North Carolina, and they were collected by William J. Leath. A variety of brands are represented in the collection, including Corbett, McCrary, L'eggs, Bear, Bic, and even a few international brands. These materials were displayed at the Acme-McCrary headquarters in Asheboro, N.C., prior to their donation to the NC State University Libraries. William J. Leath (1914-2003) worked in the hosiery industry in North Carolina, beginning in 1936 with Chadbourn Hosiery Mills, Inc. (earlier Rufus D. Wilson Company), and in 1958 helping found Leath, McCarthy and Maynard (LM&M). While working for Chadbourn, Leath invented stretch hosiery used in ladies nylons and pantyhose. Patents were issued for Leath's new yarn, product, and manufacturing process from 1955 to 1957. Less

This collection contains printouts of online news articles about the transition of Kannapolis, N.C., from an industrial economy centering on textiles to a biotechnology economy. Included are articles on the early planning of the North Carolina Research Campus in Kannapolis. This information was compiled by NC State University Libraries Special Collections Research Center staff in 2006-2008. Kannapolis, North Carolina, was once home to Cannon Mills, at one time the largest manufacturer of sheets and towels in the world. Cannon Mills later became Fieldcrest Cannon, Inc., and then, in 1997, part of the Pillowtex Corporation. In December of 2004, David Murdock purchased the former Cannon Mills Plant One at auction and in 2005, in partnership with the University of North Carolina system, announced plans for a 1.5 billion dollar scientific and economic revitalization project. In 2008 the first buildings were dedicated on the new North Carolina Research Campus. Less

The North Carolina Research Campus Papers, 2006-2010, contain master plans, architectural drawings, DVDs, CDs, published research, newspaper articles, magazines, archived web content, and flash drives related to the founding, construction, and activities of the North Carolina Research Campus. The materials are primarily concerned with the built environment of the campus as well as the events and research that occur there. The collection spans the full breadth of operations at the NCRC, and as such contain items related to many of the universities and corporations that maintain facilities on the campus. The materials range in date from 2006 to 2020. In December 2004, David Murdock purchased the former Cannon Mills Plant One at auction and in 2005, in partnership with the University of North Carolina system, announced plans for the North Carolina Research Campus (NCRC), a 1.5 billion dollar scientific and economic revitalization project. This private-public venture serves to foster collaboration and further knowledge in biotechnology, nutrition, agriculture, and health. Since its groundbreaking in 2006, the NCRC has expanded to include universities, business partners, over 130 employees, and five buildings. Cannon Mills, located in Kannapolis, North Carolina, was at one time the largest manufacturer of sheets and towels in the world. Founded in 1906, the mills went through several ownership changes before being acquired by the Pillowtex Corporation in 1997. In 2003, Pillowtex Corporation closed its doors, laying off 4,340 people living in the Kannapolis area. Less