[Records]. 1907-1956.

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[Records]. 1907-1956.

Contains correspondence primarily of Franz E. Baker, Knitting Instructor, and Nathaniel E. Jones, Professor in Charge of Knitting, requesting donations of textile samples and machinery to the Weaving and Knitting Dept. Includes some correspondence of Gilbert R. Merrill and Charles H. Eames. Also contains articles and clippings on a wide variety of topics pertinent to the weaving and knitting industry at the time. Includes educational materials used for textile quizzes and exams as well as cloth samples (swatches). Material is arranged alphabetically by subject.

2 boxes (65 folders)

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Baker, Franz E.

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Merrill, Gilbert R. (Gilbert Roscoe)

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Merrill and Goodwin were professors at the Lowell Textile Institute, Lowell, Mass. (which became the Lowell Technological Institute in 1953). From the description of [Papers] / Gilbert R. Merrill and John A. Goodwin. 1920-1956. (American Textile History Museum Library). WorldCat record id: 50567331 Merrill was a professor of textiles in the Dept. of Cotton Yarns at the Lowell Textile Institute, Lowell, Mass. (which became the Lowell Technological Institute in 1953). ...

Lowell Technological Institute. Weaving and Knitting Dept.

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The Lowell Textile School in Lowell, Mass., was founded in 1895 by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as a semiprivate textile school. Its primary function was to provide skilled and educated labor for the textile industry. In 1928 its name was changed to the Lowell Textile Institute and in 1953 it became the Lowell Technological Institute. In 1975 LTI merged with Lowell State College to become the University of Lowell, and in 1991 the University of Lowell became the University of Massachusetts a...

Eames, Charles H.

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Jones, Nathaniel E.

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Lowell Technological Institute

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