Textile Research Department, Director's Files
Collection
Identifier: Series-0052
This series contains the records of the Director of the Textile Research Department, Thomas D. Efland. The records include correspondence, publications, photographs, and research reports. The records span the years 1955-1969; they are arranged alphabetically by subject.
The correspondence documents the operation and activities of the department under Rainey and Efland. Principal correspondents include executives of textile companies in the southeast, for example, J.P. Stevens and Deering Milliken; chemical companies such as Dow Chemical, Dupont, and Proctor and Gamble; officials with the United States Department of Agriculture; officers of professional societies and associations such as American Association of Textile Chemists, National Cotton Council, and the National Council for Textile Education; and University faculty and staff. Some files relate to Efland's service as the treasurer and chair of the American Association for Textile Technology. Many of the research reports within the records pertain to relationships between fabrics and color, fabrics and the chemicals exposed to them, and techniques of material fabrication (natural and synthetic).
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1927 Textile Testing and Textile Research Center created
1958 Department of Research established, William Rainey, Head.
The department, which was administered by the School of Textiles and the Office for Development, was formed in response to industry needs. The Southeastern Regional Ginning Laboratory, Department of Agriculture Fiber Testing Laboratory, and American Cotton Manufacturers Institute Laboratory were all located at Clemson.
June 1959 Thomas Efland named Head, Textile Research Department
October 1963 Efland named Associate Dean and Director of Research
3 Cubic Feet (plus 20 photographs and 4 negatives)
English
The records originated in the office of the Director of Research. They were transferred to the archives in 1988 along with other records of the College of Industrial Management and Textile Science. This series incorporates accession 88-70.
Jamie D. Minick, student assistant, March 1999
The conversion of this finding aid to Encoded Archival Description format was made possible with a grant from the South Carolina State Historical Records Advisory Board in 2009-2010. The finding aid was prepared for encoding by Kristi Roberts.
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