[Business records]. 1932-1956.

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[Business records]. 1932-1956.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49628016

Collection mostly from the Boston office and centering on information about ramie, a fiber obtained from the bark of the ramie plant. Includes correspondence, 1932-1933, 1948-1949, and 1954, all concerning ramie; some letters discuss decortication and degumming of the fibers. Also includes a file of information, 1956, about ramie; and folders of samples of ramie twine, including some made in Switzerland and tested by the Plymouth Cordage Co.

1 box (13 folders)

American Textile History Museum Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7611495

American Textile History Museum Library

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Plymouth Cordage Company

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Ropemaking firm, Plymouth, Mass. Founded in 1824 by Bourne Spooner. A mill was opened in Welland, Ontario in 1905. In 1938 the firm purchased Consumers Cordage Company of Canada and in 1947 acquired Federal Fibre Mills of New Orleans. The company was merged into Emhart Corporation in 1965 and the cordage manufacturing plant was sold to Columbian Rope Company the same year. From the description of Records, 1824-1966 (inclusive). (Harvard Business School). WorldCat record id: 269595341...

E.A. Shaw & Co.

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Cotton merchants and raw material dealers with offices in Los Angeles and Boston. From the description of [Business records]. 1932-1956. (American Textile History Museum Library). WorldCat record id: 49628016 ...