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Augustus Andreae (1880-1943) was a German American textile engineer and hotel proprietor. Born in Milan, Italy to a German family, Andreae immigrated to the United States in 1902 and lived in Rabun and Atlanta, Georgia. The Silk Weaver's Record Book of Designs with Mounted Samples Collection contains a book of mounted silk fabric samples and weaving drafts compiled by Andreae.
Materials in this collection are primarily written in German, with some writing in English.
Augustus Andreae (1880-1943) was a textile engineer and hotel proprietor. Andreae was born in Milan, Italy to German parents, Alexander Andreae and Johanna Elizabeth Stumpf. In 1902 he immigrated to the United States from Genoa, Italy. Andreae lived in New Jersey and Pennsylvania before settling in Rabun, Georgia and purchasing a house in Atlanta, Georgia. Andreae was a textile engineer and purchased land in Rabun to develop and plant mulberry trees for silk production. He likely compiled the material in the Silk Weaver's Record Book of Designs with Mounted Samples Collection around 1900. In 1906, Andreae married Mina Korff in Rabun. The couple had two daughters together. Andreae was naturalized as a US citizen in 1912. He was active in local and state politics, and in 1922 wrote a letter to Georgia senator Thomas E. Watson opposing the Sterling-Graham Peacetime Sedition Bill. In 1922, Andreae opened Lake Rabun Hotel and worked as a hotel proprietor in addition to his textile engineering profession. He died in 1943 in Atlanta, Georgia.
The Silk Weaver's Record Book of Designs with Mounted Samples Collection contains a bound sample book compiled by Augustus Andreae from circa 1900. The book has 71 pages of text with additional pages of mounted samples and jacquard weaving drafts. It contains 66 mounted woven silk samples.
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[Identification of item], Silk Weaver's Record Book of Designs with Mounted Samples, MSS 00506, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
Purchased, 2026 (Accession 2026.105).
Processed by: Ell Woolard, September 2026.
Primarily written in German, with some English throughout.
Collection is open for research; access requires at least 48 hours advance notice. Because of the nature of certain archival formats, including digital and audio-visual materials, access will require additional advanced notice. Unless noted, digital media are not available online. Copies of unrestricted digital files will be provided for use in the SCRC Reading Room upon request. Access will be provided to use copies of unrestricted digital files rather than carrier media, such as CDs, DVDs, and floppy disks. Some or all electronic files may be unavailable or restricted due to privacy reasons, agreement with the donor, software is not available to interact with files, or because files cannot be retrieved from original media.
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[Identification of item], Silk Weaver's Record Book of Designs with Mounted Samples, MSS 00506, 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.