Papers on the tanning and leather industries, 1812-1989.

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Papers on the tanning and leather industries, 1812-1989.

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The papers consist of a combination of research notes and original documents collected by Dr. Ellsworth during his research on the American tanning and leather industries. Original materials include: data on leather equipment produced by the American Tool ? the text of an interview with leather company executive J. Edgar Rhoads (n.d.); a valuation report and 125th anniversary material on the William Amer Company (1951); bylaws and rules of the Keystone Glue Company (1927); a glossary of tanning terms (n.d).; an article on "Stream Pollution and the Leather Industry," by E. B. Thorstensen (1950); a speech by Mieth Maeser on "The Vacuum Drying of Leather" (1964); a copy of an 1812 leather patent awarded to W. Edwards; tear sheets from a trade catalog of the G.W. Baker Machine Company (n.d.); bylaws of the Tanners' Council of America (1962); and miscellaneous notes and information on the United Shoe Machinery Company, the Turner Tanning Machinery Company, the Allied Kid Company, and the Baker-Layton finishing machine.

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William Amer Company.

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Tanners' Council of America

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Ellsworth, Lucius F.

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UWF Professor of History, 1969-1983. From the guide to the Ellsworth, Lucius F., Papers, 1971-1976, (University of West Florida Libraries) Historian of technology. Employed by the Hagley Museum as a research assistant, 1963-1967. From the description of Papers on the tanning and leather industries, 1812-1989. (Hagley Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122503365 Professor of history, University of West Florida. From the description of ...

Turner Tanning Machinery Company.

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Wilkinson, Norman B.

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G.W. Baker Machine Company.

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Keystone glue Company

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Rhoads, J. Edgar (Joseph Edgar), 1883-1981

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J. Edgar Rhoads was born in Plainfield, Ind., on September 11, 1883, the son of Joseph Rhoads, the principal of the local Friends' academy. The family returned to Wilmington, Del., the following year. After attending the Westtown School and William Penn Charter School, Rhoads was persuaded to abandon a career in medicine to join the family leather manufacturing business in 1903, the only other male heirs of his generation being infants. J.E. Rhoads & Sons, which traced its roots to 1702, spe...

Amalgamated Leather Companies, Inc.

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United Shoe Machinery Company

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Hagley Museum

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The Hagley Museum was established in the aftermath of the Du Pont Company's sesquicentennial in 1952. The museum preserved and partially restored the site of the original Du Pont powder yards, which had closed 30 years before. It also documented and presented the early industrial history of the Brandywine Valley. From the description of Research reports, 1953-1978. (Hagley Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 86094021 ...

American Tool and Machine Company.

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