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This collection contains printed textile mill maintenance and inspection notes from the Textile Development Company. These notes include maintenance and inspection procedures for machinery in card rooms, spinning rooms, and weaving rooms. Also included in this collection is a handwritten 4 month plan for inspections and employee training at an unidentified mill.
Sidney Small Paine, a cotton manufacturer from Boston, organized and was president of the Textile Development Company in 1924. The company had offices in Boston and Greensboro, North Carolina. The Textile Development Company surveyed all aspects of textile mills operations, making recommendations and supervising their implementation for textile mills in the United States and abroad. Paine sold the company in 1934. (Powell, William S. "Paine, Sidney Small." In Dictionary of North Carolina Biography: Vol. 5, P-S. Edited by William S. Powell. Vol. 5. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 1994.)
Sidney Small Paine, a cotton manufacturer from Boston, organized and was president of the Textile Development Company in 1924. The company had offices in Boston and Greensboro, North Carolina. The Textile Development Company surveyed all aspects of textile mills operations, making recommendations and supervising their implementation for textile mills in the United States and abroad. Paine sold the company in 1934. (Powell, William S. "Paine, Sidney Small." In Dictionary of North Carolina Biography: Vol. 5, P-S. Edited by William S. Powell. Vol. 5. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 1994.)
This collection contains printed textile mill maintenance and inspection notes from the Textile Development Company. These notes include maintenance and inspection procedures for machinery in card rooms, spinning rooms, and weaving rooms. Also included in this collection is a handwritten 4 month plan for inspections and employee training at an unidentified mill.
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[Identification of item], The Textile Development Company Textile Mill Maintenance and Inspection Notes, MSS 00426, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
Gift of North Randolph Historical Society (Accession number 2019.0184)
Processed by: Clara Wilson, 2019 July; machine-readable finding aid by: Clara Wilson, 2019 July
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[Identification of item], The Textile Development Company Textile Mill Maintenance and Inspection Notes, MSS 00426, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
The NC State University Libraries generally claims only physical ownership of most Special Collections materials. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright law. Libraries staff are unable to advise on copyright and other legal matters; the user assumes full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Helpful resources for assessing copyright include Cornell Libraries' "Copyright Services: Copyright Term and the Public Domain" and copyright.gov. This collection may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information about identifiable living individuals, which may be protected under federal or state laws and regulations. Researchers are advised that there may be legal ramifications for disclosing this information.
The University Archives operates in accordance with the State Public Records Act, with unrestricted access to records not covered by state and federal statutes and regulations.