[Business records]. 1919-1963.

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[Business records]. 1919-1963.

Collection contains incoming correspondence, 1930-1963, on topics such as machinery, advertising, fashion, business conditions, imports and mill closings. It also contains cloth test results compared with Japanese cloth for tensile strength and shrinkage, including consulting report from Barnes Textile Associates; survey of carding machinery with recommendations from Davis & Furber Machine Co.; reports on cloth production for the armed forces, 1941-1945, and other war-related materials; papers concerning the mill closing, 1962-1963; and information files including clippings, pamphlets, notes and articles on wages and hours, company history, fashions, mill closings, and imports. Scrapbooks contain newspaper and periodical advertisements, mostly menswear, for the company's cloth and products made from it, 1927-1954; cloth samples (swatches) appear in many ads.

4.5 ft. (5 boxes and 4 v.)

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Barnes Textile Associates.

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Cyril Johnson Woolen Company.

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The company, started in 1879, was located in Stafford Springs, Conn., with selling offices on Madison Ave., New York. It manufactured fine wool suitings and overcoatings. The company was sold in 1963. From the description of [Business records]. 1919-1963. (American Textile History Museum Library). WorldCat record id: 48450626 ...

Davis & Furber Machine Co.

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