9 collections related to Textile industry

This collection includes an Engraving from Denis Diderot's Encyclopedia ("Encyclopedie"), entitled "Aiguiller-Bonnetier" ("Needle and Cap Makers"), by engraver Robert Benard. Denis Diderot was a prominent philosopher during the Enlightenment. His most famous work was the Encyclopedia ("Encyclopedie"), a massive, multi-volume compilation of world knowledge richly illustrated with engravings. The Encyclopedia was groundbreaking in its inclusion of the "mechanical arts," or crafts and trades, as exemplified in this engraving of the Needle and Cap Makers. This engraving depicts a workshop with the textiles tools and equipment shown individually underneath. It was engraved by Robert Benard, a French printmaker born in 1734. 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

The International Textiles Collection contains domestic and foreign textile samples from the United States, England, France, and Switzerland dating from about 1907 to 1943. Among the samples are broadcloth, cottonade, crepe, dobby, gingham, jacquard, lace, leno, sateen, silk, tapestry, velvet, venetian, and voile. In addition to the fabric samples, the collection contains notes, notebooks, correspondence, and a news clipping, as well as both domestic and international reports on textile production, manufacturers, fabric weaving, and fabric costs. The mills, manufacturers, and locations mentioned include: Erwin Mills, Durham, North Carolina; Neuse River Mills, Raleigh, North Carolina; the Patterson Manufacturing Company, China Grove, North Carolina; Proximity Mills, Greensboro, North Carolina; Taftville, Connecticut; and Eagle and Phenix Mills, Columbus, Georgia. Less

The North Carolina State University, Office of Research and Graduate Studies Expired Project Files contain grant applications, follow-up requests, summaries of projects, and final reports pertaining to grants applied for by offices and units at North Carolina State University. Files in this subgroup contain information about funded grant projects that units within the university received for the purpose of conducting research. Materials range in date from 1966 to 1997. The Office of Research and Innovation at North Carolina State University oversees graduate programs at the university, as well as research efforts undertaken by faculty and students. It is also responsible for overseeing grant-funded projects at North Carolina State University. 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

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