The collection contains three mimeographed textbooks used by Malcolm Eugene Campbell when he was a student at New Bedford Textile School and later as an instructor at Clemson College. The books cover various textiles related topics including jacquard design, knitting, yarn manufacturing, and carding and spinning calculations. Hand ...
MoreThe collection contains three mimeographed textbooks used by Malcolm Eugene Campbell when he was a student at New Bedford Textile School and later as an instructor at Clemson College. The books cover various textiles related topics including jacquard design, knitting, yarn manufacturing, and carding and spinning calculations. Hand drawn and colored sketches and patterns, and fabric samples are included. Also included are several notes and letters found within the textbooks. Malcolm Eugene Campbell (1902-1978) graduated from the New Bedford Textiles School in 1922 and taught textiles engineering at Clemson College (later University) before joining the United States Department of Agriculture as a cotton research technologist. He was appointed Dean of the School of Textiles at North Carolina State College (later University) in 1943 and retired in 1967.
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