Robert McCraney Papers
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Mss-0133
The papers contain information about card settings for Riverdale Mills in Enoree, South Carolina and machine settings with sample cloth for the Chadwick-Hoskins Co. Plant #4 in Charlotte.
Robert McCraney was a textile industry executive who worked for a variety of firms in Massachusetts, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina from the 1930s-1960s.
0.05 Cubic Feet
English
Donated by Robert McCraney in 1987, accession 87-108.
Approximately fifty catalogs and operating manuals were cataloged for Special Collections. These include Textile Texts for Cotton Manufacturers: Concerning the Proper Methods of Equipping and Running Mills (1901 and 1907); Cotton Textile Costs (circa 1948); Carding and Spinning: A Book for Practical Mill Men (1925); Davison's Textile Blue Book (1953); Cotton Mill Processes and Calculations (1902); Five Generations of Loom Builders (1951); Passing of the Mill Village (1949); Fancy Weaving and Cloth Rooms (1941?); Plain and Dobby Cotton Weaving (1946?); A Cotton Fabrics Glossary (1907); and Quality Control through Statistical Methods Specifically Designed for Textile Mills (1954).
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