%xmlchars; ]> mc00024 Guide to the Draper Corporation Loom Catalogs, 1932 - 1949 Processed by: Linda Sellars;machine-readable finding aid created by: Linda Sellars North Carolina State University Libraries, Special Collections Research Center 2005 Machine-readable finding aid derived from xml authoring program Finding aid written in English. Guide to the Draper Corporation Loom Catalogs, 1932 - 1949 MC 24 North Carolina State University Libraries Special Collections Research Center &ncsuaddr; Linda Sellars, 2005 October Linda Sellars, 2005 October Descriptive Summary North Carolina State University Libraries, Special Collections Research Center Draper Corporation Draper Corporation Loom Catalogs, 1932 - 1949 MC 24 1.08 v. Seven loom catalogs, 1932 - 1949, and a volume of labelled photographs of sections of looms, from the Draper Corporation for the Textile School at North Carolina State College (now North Carolina State University), Raleigh, N.C. The catalogs each contain a copy of a loom order, followed by a detailed list of parts and labelled photographs of portions of the looms. The orders are dated 1937 Jan. 15 - 1949 Oct. 31. The Draper Corporation, based in Hopedale, Massachusetts, was incorporated in 1916, but predecessor companies had been manufacturing loom parts and other textile items, including temples and spindles, in Hopedale since the early 1800s. In the 1960s, the Draper Corporation was the largest textile machine manufacturer in the United States. In 1967, the Draper Corporation was sold to Rockwell International. For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Special Collections Research Center Reference Staff. English Information for Users Restrictions to Access

This collection is open for research.

 Acquisitions Information

Transferred from Burlington Textiles Library, North Carolina State University, 2005 October (Accession no. 2005-0012).

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[Identification of item], Draper Corporation Loom Catalogs, MC 24, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC

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 Historical Note

The Draper Corporation, based in Hopedale, Massachusetts, was incorporated in 1916, but predecessor companies had been manufacturing loom parts and other textile items, including temples and spindles, in Hopedale since the early 1800s. Draper had been a worldwide textile machinery technology leader from the development of ring spinning in the 1870s and 1880s through the development of automatic looms at the turn of the century and high-speed looms in the 1930s. It was a near monopoly producer of single-shuttle looms in its home market from the 1930s to the 1960s. In the 1960s, the Draper Corporation was the largest textile machine manufacturer in the United States. In 1967, the Draper Corporation was sold to Rockwell International.

Scope and Content Note

Seven loom catalogs, 1932 - 1949, and a volume of labelled photographs of sections of looms, from the Draper Corporation for the Textile School at North Carolina State College (now North Carolina State University), Raleigh, N.C. The catalogs each contain a copy of a loom order, followed by a detailed list of parts and labelled photographs of portions of the looms. The introductory text in the first four catalogs dates from 1932 and in the next three from 1939. The orders are dated 1937 Jan. 15 - 1949 Oct. 31.

 Online Catalog Terms Looms--Catalogs. Textile machinery--Photographs. Detailed Description of the Collection 1 1Loom-Order No. 6521, Model XK, Size 40", 1 RH loom, 1932, 1937 Jan.15 1 2Loom-Order No. 6680, Model X, Size 40", 2 LH looms, 1932, 1938 Feb. 10 1 3Loom-Order No. 6681, Model X, Size 40", 1 LH loom, 1932, 1938 Feb. 11 1 4Loom-Order No. 6682, Model XK, Size 44", 1 RH loom, 1932, 1938 Feb. 15 2 1Loom-Order No. 7748, Model X-2, Size 44", 2 RH looms, 1939, 1947 Aug. 21 2 2Loom-Order No. 7752, Model XP-Special, Size 46", 1 RH loom, 1939, 1947 Aug. 29 2 3Loom-Order No. 8281, Model XL, Size 90", 1 LH loom, 1939, 1949 Oct. 31 2 4Labeled photographs of parts of looms bound into volume, undated