Low-resolution sample pages are provided so that you can get an idea of what a document is about before deciding to download it. Click on SAMPLE PAGE to see a sample page.
CONTENTS indicates a PDF of the table of contents is available. Click on it to get the table of contents.
REVIEW indicates a review is available. Click on it to get the review.
Dates in bold red identify documents added in the current month.
articles | books | ephemera | illustrations | manuscripts | monographs | other | patents | periodicals | webdocs
Note: Some categories may be empty.
articles
All the Year Round
The Mule-Maker, Dickens, Charles. All The Year Round, April 28, 1860, 4 pages. Posted May 7, 2004. CD (HWDA10). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 820 KB PDF
American Anthropologist
New Type of Spinning in North America, Kissell, Mary Lois. American Anthropologist, Vol. 18 (1916), 8 pages. Posted January 5, 2004. CD (HWDA07). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 892 KB PDF
Appletons' Cyclopedia of Applied Mechanics
Cotton-Spinning Machinery, ---. Appletons' Cyclopaedia of Applied Mechanics, 1889, 22 pages. Posted February 14, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 3 MB PDF
Silk-Spinning Machinery, ---. Appletons' Cyclopaedia of Applied Mechanics, 1889, 3 pages. Posted February 11, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.3 MB PDF
Appleton's Cyclopedia of Applied Mechanics, Supplement
Cotton-Spinning Machinery, ---. Appletons' Cyclopaedia of Applied Mechanics, Supplement, 1897, 15 pages. Posted March 13, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 2.3 MB PDF
Brockhaus' Konversations-Lexicon
Baumwollspinnerei [Cotton Spinning], ---. Brockhaus' Konversations-Lexicon , 1903, 3 pages. Posted October 19, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 808KB PDF
Cassier's Magazine
Current Topics (Spinning Machinery), ---. Cassier's Magazine, Vol. 35 (1908), 2 pages. Posted November 19, 2003. CD (HWDA07). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 596 KB PDF
Modern Cotton Spinning Factory, Part I, Booth, William H. Cassier's Magazine, Vol. 35 (1908-9), 21 pages. Posted October 5, 2003. CD (HWDA07). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 2.2 MB PDF
Modern Cotton Spinning Factory, Part II, Booth, William H. Cassier's Magazine, Vol. 35 (1908-9), 18 pages. Posted October 5, 2003. CD (HWDA07). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 2 MB PDF
Modern Cotton Spinning Factory, Part III, Booth, William H. Cassier's Magazine, Vol. 35 (1908-9), 21 pages. Posted October 5, 2003. CD (HWDA07). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 2.3 MB PDF
Analysis of Power Distribution in Cotton-Spinning Frame, Walton, Albert. Cassier's Magazine, Vol. 36 (1909), 11 pages. Posted October 5, 2003. CD (HWDA07). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.3 MB PDF
Electric Driving for Mule Spinning, Walton, Albert. Cassier's Magazine, Vol. 40 (1911), 9 pages. Posted November 19, 2003. CD (HWDA07). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.1 MB PDF
Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine
Revival of Hand Spinning and Weaving in Westmoreland, Fleming, Albert. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine , Vol. 37, No. 4 (February 1889), 7 pages. Posted October 28, 2001. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 4 MB PDF
Chambers's Encyclopedia
Spinning, ---. Chambers's Encyclopedia, 1881, 3 pages. Posted July 4, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 760 KB PDF
China Pictorial
Textile Spinner, ---. China Pictorial, 1976, No. 6, 2 pages. Posted September 25, 2003. CD (HWDA09). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.1 MB PDF
Economic Journal
Regulation of Wages by Lists in the Spinning Industry, Chapman, S. J. Economic Journal, Vol. 9, No. 36 (December 1899), 8 pages. Posted February 18, 2004. CD (HWDA07). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 800 KB PDF
Some Policies of the Cotton Spinners' Trade Unions, Chapman, S.J. Economic Journal, Vol. 10, No. 40 (December 1900), 7 pages. Posted November 11, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 726 KB PDF
Early Records of a Great Manchester Cotton-Spinning Firm, Daniels, G. W. Economic Journal, Vol. 25, No. 98 (June 1915), 14 pages. Posted February 18, 2004. CD (HWDA07). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.1 MB PDF
Recent Wages Dispute in the Lancashire Cotton-Spinning Industry, Helm. Elijah. Economic Journal, Vol. 3, No. 10 (June 1893), 4 pages. Posted February 3, 2004. CD (HWDA07). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 564 KB PDF
Encyclopedia Britannica, 1st ed.
Spinning, ---. Encyclopedia Britannica, 1st ed., 1771, 1 page. Posted March 9, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 400 KB PDF
Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th ed.
Cotton-Spinning Machinery, Fox, Thomas William. Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th ed., 1911, 9 pages. Posted August 20, 2002. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 4.8 MB PDF
Spinning, Fox, Thomas William. Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th ed., 1911, 2 pages. Posted October 8, 2002. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 656 KB PDF
Engineering Weekly
Cotton-Spinning Industry in Japan, ---. Engineering Weekly, November 3, 1899, 1 page. Posted April 26, 2004. CD (HWDA09). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 488 KB PDF
Difficulties in the Cotton-Spinning Industry in Japan, ---. Engineering Weekly, August 19, 1898, 1 page. Posted August 11, 2003. CD (HWDA09). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 104 KB PDF
Profits on Cotton and Spinning in Japan and China, ---. Engineering Weekly, July 1, 1898, 2 pages. Posted August 11, 2003. CD (HWDA09). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 208 KB PDF
Self-Acting Woolen Mule, ---. Engineering Weekly, January 1, 1875, 3 pages. Posted April 14, 2003. CD (HWDA08). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 816 KB PDF
Self-Acting Woolen Mule, ---. Engineering Weekly, January 29, 1875, 3 pages. Posted April 1, 2003. CD (HWDA08). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.1 MB PDF
Cotton Spinners' Trust in Japan, ---. Engineering Weekly, Vol. 69 (April 20, 1900), 1 page. Posted February 23, 2004. CD (HWDA09). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 432 KB PDF
English Encyclopedia
Spinning, ---. English Encyclopedia, 1867, 1 page. Posted February 1, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 416 KB PDF
Forum
Cotton-Spinning at Shanghai, Denby, Charles Jr. Forum, Vol. 28 (1899), 7 pages. Posted November 15, 2003. CD (HWDA07). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 968 KB PDF
Handweaver and Craftsman
Spinners and Weavers of Modern Greece, ---. Handweaver and Craftsman, Vol. 1, No. 2 (May 1950), 5 pages. Note: Copyright expired. Posted April 1, 2005. CD (HWDA12). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.7 MB PDF
Household Words
Wallotty Trot, Dickens, Charles. Household Words, Vol. 5 (1853), 5 pages. Posted July 11, 2004. CD (HWDA10). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 956 KB PDF
Indian Textile Journal
Cotton Spinning in Japan, ---. Indian Textile Journal, October 1896, 2 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by John Cropper. Posted April 2, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 240 KB PDF
International Studio
Textiles at Newark, de B. Nelson, W. H. International Studio, Vol. 58 (1916), 2 pages. Posted November 19, 2003. CD (HWDA07). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 648 KB PDF
Journal of The Textile Institute
Frame v. Mule Spinning in the Woolen and Worsted Industries, Barker, Aldred F. Journal of The Textile Institute, Vol. 3, No. 2 (November, 1912), 14 pages. Posted April 11, 2003. CD (HWDA08). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.3 MB PDF
Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary
Bobbin, ---. Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary, 1876, 1 page. Posted August 13, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 432 KB PDF
Cop; Coppin, ---. Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary, 1876, 1 page. Posted May 7, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 420 KB PDF
Creel, ---. Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary, 1876, 1 page. Posted May 11, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 404 KB PDF
Draw Head, ---. Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary, 1876, 1 page. Posted September 7, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 436 KB PDF
Hand Spinning-Machine, ---. Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary, 1876, 1 page. Posted August 1, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 416 KB PDF
Mule, ---. Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary, 1876, 2 pages. Posted August 1, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 536 KB PDF
Presser Flyer, ---. Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary, 1876, 1 page. Posted September 25, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 400 KB PDF
Ring and Traveler Spinning Frame, ---. Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary, 1876, 1 page. Posted September 26, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 424 KB PDF
Spindle, ---. Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary, 1876, 1 page. Posted September 26, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 412 KB PDF
Spinner, ---. Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary, 1876, 1 page. Posted September 26, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 404 KB PDF
Spinning, ---. Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary, 1876, 4 pages. Posted September 11, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 820 KB PDF
Spinning, ---. Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary, 1876, 1 page. Posted September 14, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 436 KB PDF
[Spinning], ---. Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary, 1876, 1 page. Note: Collected short articles. Posted August 8, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 500 KB PDF
Spinning Head, ---. Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary, 1876, 1 page. Posted September 11, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 448KB PDF
Spinning Jenny, ---. Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary, 1876, 1 page. Posted September 11, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 488 KB PDF
Spinning Wheel, ---. Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary, 1876, 1 page. Posted September 11, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 448 KB PDF
Vertical Spindle-Step, ---. Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary, 1876, 1 page. Posted September 26, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 412 KB PDF
Knight's New Mechanical Dictionary
Cotton Spinning, ---. Knight's New Mechanical Dictionary, 1884, 1 page. Posted February 14, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 420 KB PDF
Mule, ---. Knight's New Mechanical Dictionary, 1884, 1 page. Posted February 15, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 452 KB PDF
Spinning Machine, ---. Knight's New Mechanical Dictionary, 1884, 1 page. Posted February 15, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 436 KB PDF
Manufacturer and Builder
Spinning and Weaving Glass, ---. Manufacturer and Builder, 1881, 1 page. Posted February 6, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 796 KB PDF
Melliand
Combined Drafting Spinning Frame, ---. The Melliand, Vol. 3, No. 6 (September 1931), 1 page. Posted November 18, 2002. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 640 KB PDF
Hartmann Differential Wool Spinning Mule, ---. The Melliand, Vol. 3, No. 2 (May 1931), 1 page. Posted December 24, 2002. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 696 KB PDF
Patent Ring Spinning Frame for Woolen Yarns, ---. The Melliand, Vol. 3, No. 4 (July 1931), 2 pages. Posted December 11, 2002. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 724 KB PDF
Technology of Cotton Spinning, Balls, W. Lawrence. The Melliand, Vol. 3, No. 3 (June 1931), 3 pages. Posted December 24, 2002. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 684 KB PDF
Ancient History of the Spinning Wheel, Feldhaus, F. M. The Melliand, Vol. 1, No. 6 (September 1929), 3 pages. Posted March 5, 2002. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 784 K PDF
History of Textile Industry -- Spun Silk: Transition from a Home-Industry to Mechanical Spinning, Strohl, Ivan A. The Melliand, Vol. 1, No.10 (January 1930), 3 pages. Posted March 5, 2002. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 756 KB PDF
Modern Woolen Mill and the Spinning Room in 1929, Williams, C. E. The Melliand, Vol. 1, No. 7 (October 1929), 6 pages. Posted October 4, 2002. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 4.6 MB PDF
Melliand's Textilberichte [Melliand's Textile Reports]
Das Mischen der Baumwolle für die Spinnerei, Brüggemann, Heinrich. Melliand's Textilberichte [Melliand's Textile Reports], 1927, 3 pages. Posted July 7, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 804 KB PDF
Spinndüsen für Kunstseidenspinnerei, Glafy, Robert. Melliand's Textilberichte [Melliand's Textile Reports], 1927, 3 pages. Posted July 8, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 752 KB PDF
Kleinspinnerei-Maschinen und -Anlagen [Small Spinning Machines and Plant Layouts], Heinrich, Wilhelm. Melliand's Textilberichte [Melliand's Textile Reports], 1927, 2 pages. Posted July 8, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 652 KB PDF
Ueber die Fehler in Lunten und Vorgarn und ihre Ermittlung [Concerning faults in fuses (?) and Vorgarn (part of the process of spinning special threads) and their determination.] , Laetsch, Paul. Melliand's Textilberichte [Melliand's Textile Reports], 1927, 2 pages. Posted July 8, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 624 KB PDF
Hochverzug-Streckwerk System Ferrand [? Ferrand System], Nasmith, Frank. Melliand's Textilberichte [Melliand's Textile Reports], 1927, 2 pages. Posted July 8, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 660 KB PDF
Meyers Konversations-Lexikon
Spinnen [Spinning], ---. Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 1897, 12 pages. Posted July 10, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 2 MB PDF
Minnesota Weaver
Swatch Page - Spinning Helps and Hints, ---. Minnesota Weaver, Vol. 2 No. 3 (November 1976), 2 pages. Note: By permission. PDF provided by Judith Combs. Posted August 1, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 685 KB PDF
Expectations. Fleece Preparation, Foreman, Kate. Minnesota Weaver, Vol. 7 No. 5 (February 1982), 1 page. Note: By permission. PDF provided by Judith Combs. Posted August 1, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 110 KB PDF
Spinning Wheel Drive Types, Glaski, Anthony. Minnesota Weaver, Vol. 5 No. 5 (March 1980), 1 page. Note: By permission. PDF provided by Judith Combs. Posted August 1, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 541 KB PDF
As the Wheel Turns, John, Sue. Minnesota Weaver, Vol. 5 No. 7 (May 1980), 1 page. Note: By permission. PDF provided by Judith Combs. Posted August 1, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 793 KB PDF
Spinning Lessons, John, Sue. Minnesota Weaver, Vol. 5 No. 6 (April 1980), 1 page. Note: By permission. PDF provided by Judith Combs. Posted August 1, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 546 KB PDF
As the Wheel Turns, Wald, Pat Boutin. Minnesota Weaver, Vol. 4 No. 5 (February 1979), 1 page. Note: By permission. PDF provided by Judith Combs. Posted August 1, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 470 KB PDF
As the Wheel Turns, Wald, Pat Boutin. Minnesota Weaver, Vol. 4 No. 6 (March 1979), 1 page. Note: By permission. PDF provided by Judith Combs. Posted August 1, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 541 KB PDF
As the Wheel Turns, Wald, Pat Boutin. Minnesota Weaver, Vol. 4 No. 7 (April 1979), 2 pages. Note: By permission. PDF provided by Judith Combs. Posted August 1, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 560 KB PDF
As the Wheel Turns, Wald, Pat Boutin. Minnesota Weaver, Vol. 4 No. 8 (May 1979), 2 pages. Note: By permission. PDF provided by Judith Combs. Posted August 1, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 656 KB PDF
As the Wheel Turns, Wald, Pat Boutin. Minnesota Weaver, Vol. 5 No. 1 (Sept/Oct 1979), 1 page. Note: By permission. PDF provided by Judith Combs. Posted August 1, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 505 KB PDF
As the Wheel Turns, Wald, Pat Boutin. Minnesota Weaver, Vol. 5 No. 2 (November 1979), 1 page. Note: By permission. PDF provided by Judith Combs. Posted August 1, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 544 KB PDF
As the Wheel Turns - Color palette, Wald, Pat Boutin. Minnesota Weaver, Vol. 5 No. 3 (December1979-January 1980), 1 page. Note: By permission. PDF provided by Judith Combs. Posted August 1, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 499 KB PDF
Bushings, Wald, Pat Boutin. Minnesota Weaver, Vol. 4 No. 4 (December - January 1978-79), 1 page. Note: By permission. PDF provided by Judith Combs. Posted August 1, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 552 KB PDF
Draw Mechanisms, Part 1, Wald, Pat Boutin. Minnesota Weaver, Vol. 4 No. 2 (October 1978), 1 page. Note: By permission. PDF provided by Judith Combs. Posted August 1, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 497 KB PDF
Draw Mechanisms, Part 2, Wald, Pat Boutin. Minnesota Weaver, Vol. 4 No. 3 (November 1978), 1 page. Note: By permission. PDF provided by Judith Combs. Posted August 1, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 519 KB PDF
Fine Adjustments on the Ashford Wheel; Steps and Tools for Hand-spinning, Wald, Pat Boutin. Minnesota Weaver, Vol. 4 No. 1 (September 1978), 1 page. Note: By permission. PDF provided by Judith Combs. Posted August 1, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 451 KB PDF
Newcomen Society Transactions
Invention of Roller Drawing in Cotton Spinning, Seymour-Jones, Alfred. Newcomen Society Transactions, June 16, 1921, 19 pages. Posted April 1, 2003. CD (HWDA08). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.7 MB PDF
New International Encyclopedia
Spinning, ---. New International Encyclopedia, 1922, 4 pages. Posted February 17, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 864 KB PDF
Nouveau Larousse Illustré
Filature [Spinning Mill], ---. Nouveau Larousse Illustré, 1904, 1 page. Posted September 14, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 540 KB PDF
Filer [Spinning], ---. Nouveau Larousse Illustré, 1904, 1 page. Posted September 14, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 512 KB PDF
Mule-Jenny, ---. Nouveau Larousse Illustré, 1904, 1 page. Posted September 2, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 420 KB PDF
Oxford Encyclopedia
Spinning, ---. Oxford Encyclopedia, 1828, 2 pages. Posted January 23, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 616 KB PDF
Penny Magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge
Household Spinning-Wheels and the First Spinning Machines, ---. The Penny Magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, Vol. 5 (July 9, 1836), 3 pages. Posted April 15, 2003. CD (HWDA08). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 736 KB PDF
Philosophical Transactions
Concerning the manner of Spinning and Making an Incombustible Cloath thereof, Ciampini, John. Philosophical Transactions, 1700-1701 (Vol. 22), 4 pages. Posted February 4, 2005. CD (HWDA12). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 568 KB PDF
Posselt's Textile Journal
An Improvement in the Bearings of Top Roll Saddles for Ring Frames, Posselt, E. A. Posselt's Textile Journal, 1907, 1 page. Posted February 18, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 524 KB PDF
Cotton Spinning, Part 1, Posselt, E. A. Posselt's Textile Journal, 1907, 4 pages. Posted February 5, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 776 KB PDF
Cotton Spinning, Part 2, Posselt, E. A. Posselt's Textile Journal, 1907, 4 pages. Posted February 17, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.1 MB PDF
Cotton Spinning, Part 3, Posselt, E. A. Posselt's Textile Journal, 1907, 3 pages. Posted February 18, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.1 MB PDF
Rea's Far Eastern Manual
Cotton Spinning and Weaving Mills, Silk Mills. Towel and Ribbon Factories, Etc. (Japanese), ---. Rea's Far Eastern Manual, 1922, 43 pages. Posted May 2, 2004. CD (HWDA07). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 6.8 KB PDF
Rees's Cyclopaedia
Spinning, ---. Rees's Cyclopedia, 1819, 5 pages. Posted June 24, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 988 KB PDF
Repertory of Arts and Manufactures
Method of Causing the Bobbin of the Common Spinning-Wheel to Move Backward and Forward, Antis, John. The Repertory of Arts and Manufactures, Vol. 1 (1794), 5 pages. Posted June 3, 2003. CD (HWDA09). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 564 KB PDF
Specification of the Patent Granted to Mr. John Kendrew and Mr. Thomas Porthouse for a New Mill or Machine, Upon New Principles, for Spinning Yarn from Hemp, Tow, Flax, or Wool, Kendrew, John and Thoms Porthouse. The Repertory of Arts and Manufactures, Vol. 16 (1802), 6 pages. Posted June 13, 2003. CD (HWDA09). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 732 KB PDF
Specification of the Patent granted to Mr. Richard Varley for his Improved Method of Carding, Roving, and Spinning Cotton, Wool, and Silk, Varley, Richard. The Repertory of Arts and Manufactures, Vol. 11 (1799), 5 pages. Posted June 10, 2003. CD (HWDA09). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 560 KB PDF
Scientific American
Victory's Wool Spinner, ---. Scientific American, Vol. 4, No. 23 (June 8, 1861), 2 pages. Note: Reduced to 85% to fit on page. Posted April 1, 2003. CD (HWDA08). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.2 MB PDF
Textiles
French Worsted Drawing, Part 1, Faux, Leon. Textiles, July 1919, 1 page. Note: Series of articles that started in an earlier volume. Part numbering is relative. Posted August 1, 2003. CD (HWDA09). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 520 KB PDF
French Worsted Drawing, Part 2, Faux, Leon. Textiles, July 1919, 1 page. Note: Series of articles that started in an earlier volume. Part numbering is relative. Posted August 1, 2003. CD (HWDA09). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 472 KB PDF
French Worsted Spinning, Faux, Leon. Textiles, Vol. 15, No. 3 (September 1919), 1 page. Posted February 15, 2004. CD (HWDA09). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 460 KB PDF
Textile World Journal
Improved Tread Guide for Spinning Frames, ---. Textile World Journal, June 2, 1917, 2 pages. Posted October 4, 2004. CD (HWDA11). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 584 KB PDF
Details of Manufacture of Spun Silk Yarns, Hollis, J. W. Textile World Journal, Vol. 51, No. 46 (October 14, 1916), 2 pages. Posted February 15, 2004. CD (HWDA09). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 876 KB PDF
United States Democratic Review
History of Silk, Cotton, Linen, Wool and other Fibrous Substance, Including Observations on Spinning, Dyeing and Weaving, Also an Account of the Pastoral Like of the Ancients, ---. United States Democratic Review, 1846, 1 page. Note: Review. Posted October 1, 2004. CD (HWDA11). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 640 KB PDF
Weaver
The Kitsap Weaving and Spinning Guild, McMullen, Doris. Weaver, Vol. 6 No. 1 (January-February 1941), 3 pages. Note: PDF provided by Judith Combs. Posted September 2, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 247 KB PDF
Zell's Encyclopedia
Spinning, ---. Zell's Encyclopedia, 1876, 1 page. Posted January 9, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 488 KB PDF
Spinning Wheel, ---. Zell's Encyclopedia, 1876, 1 page. Posted January 9, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 412 KB PDF
books
---. Kinks on Worsted Combing, Drawing andSpinning; No. 4, Lord & Nagel, 1911, 94 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Ruth Blau. Posted February 27, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 4.6 MB PDF
Bradbury, Fred. Worsted Preparing and Spinning, Vol. 1, F. King, 296 pages. Posted November 25, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 10 MB PDF
Bradbury, Fred. Worsted Preparing and Spinning, Vol. 2, F. King, 304 pages. Posted November 25, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 9.4 MB PDF
Bradbury, Fred. Worsted Preparing and Spinning, Vol. 3, F. King, 348 pages. Posted November 25, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 9.2 MB PDF
Elbers, Wilhelm. Bedienung der Arbeitsmaschinen zur Hellstellung Bedruckter Baumwollstoffe unter Berücksichtigung der wichtigsten Arbeitsmaschinen der Spinnerei und Weberei [Operating Working Machines for the Production of Printed Cotton Fabrics with Special Emphasis on the Most Important Working Machines for Weaving and Spinning], Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn, 1909, 275 pages. Posted October 9, 2002. CD (CWDA04). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 10.8 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 7.5 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 11.9 MB PDF. Part 4: File size 7.7 MB PDF. Part 5: File size 10.2 MB PDF. Part 6: File size 8.6MB PDF. Part 7: File size 8.2 MB PDF. Part 8: File size 9 MB PDF.
Leggatt, William. The Theory and Practice of Jute Spinning, Simpkin, Marshall & Co., 1893, 321 pages. Posted March 1, 2003. CD (CWDA05). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 8.5 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 8.7 MB PDF.
Schlomann, Alfred. Multilingual Dictionary of Spinning, Lewenz & Wilkinson, 1925, 958 pages. Note: Volume XV in the series "Illustrated Technical Dictionaries in Six Languages: English, German, Russian, French, Italian, Spanish". More like a (very large) multilingual glossary than a dictionary. Robotic scanned images provided by Kris Bruland. Posted May 9, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 10.9 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 10.9 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 11.3 MB PDF. Part 4: File size 11.2 MB PDF. Part 5: File size 11.7 MB PDF. Part 6: File size 11.7 MB PDF. Part 7: File size 10.3 MB PDF. Part 8: File size 10.2MB PDF.
Walmsley, Herbert E. Cotton Spinning and Weaving, Abel Heywood & Son, 1885, 292 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted November 13, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 9.8 MB PDF
Whittam, William Jr. Cotton Spinning, C. A. M. Praray, 1898, 122 pages. Posted July 1, 2001. CD (CWDA04). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 7.4 MB PDF
ephemera
Social and political history
G. B. S. Alliance of British cotton spinners and slave-holding cotton lords to build up "Free trade." Detroit, Mich., January 1871, 4 pages. Note: From Library of Congress. Posted November 18, 2002. File size 220 KB PDF
Textile-related businesses
Interior of the Great Spinning Rooms, Fall River, Massachusetts. Stereo view, 1 page. Posted July 18, 2003. File size 444 KB PDF
Textile equipment
Spinning Wheels. Picture postcards, 6 pages. Note: Last modified March 25, 2004. Scan of Donegal spinner provided by Peter H. Fowler. Posted September 3, 2004. File size 1 MB PDF
Spinning
Moeurs et Types Bretons. Picture postcard, 1 page. Posted February 20, 2003. File size 28 KB PDF
Miscellaneous
Child Spinner. Picture postcard, 1 page. Posted February 16, 2003. File size 28 KB PDF
Textile mills and plants
Former Textile and Spinning Mills, Lowell, MA. Now largely abandoned. Photographs, 1 page. Posted December 25, 2002. File size 50 KB PDF
Textile Mercury. Brooks & Doxey; Stockport King Spinning Company, Vol. 6, No. 148 (1892), 1 page. Posted August 21, 2006. File size 268 KB PDF
Spinning
Kashmiri Woman Spinning. Picture postcard, 1 page. Posted March 1, 2003. File size 28 KB PDF
Spinners. Picture postcards, 10 pages. Note: Last updated September 5, 2004. Posted September 5, 2004. File size 1.1 MB PDF
illustrations
---. Eighteenth Century Spinning Wheel, Connoisseur, Vol. 45 (1916), 1 page. Posted November 18, 2003. CD (HWDA08). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 460 KB PDF
---. Gretchen's Stube [Gretchen's Chamber], 1850, 1 page. Posted January 22, 2004. CD (HWDA08). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 688 KB PDF
---. Missionary's Wife, Farnham's Pictorial Travels in California and Oregon, 1 page. Posted April 26, 2004. CD (HWDA08). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 460 KB PDF
---. Navajo Weaver Spinning Wool, 1 page. Posted February 1, 2005. CD (HWDA12). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 532 KB PDF
---. Russian Peasant Girl Spinning, National Geographic, Vol. 34, No. 2 (August 1918), 1 page. Posted November 18, 2003. CD (HWDA08). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 676 KB PDF
---. [Sleeping Spinner], 1 page. Posted February 8, 2003. CD (HWDA08). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 964 KB PDF
---. Spinner of Auvergne, The Bulletin of the Needle and Bobbin Club, 1924, 1 page. Posted September 21, 2003. CD (HWDA08). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 472 KB PDF
---. [Spinning and Weaving], China Pictorial, 1976, No. 1, 1 page. Note: Great Production Movement. Posted September 25, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 564 KB PDF
---. [Spinning Shop], China Pictorial, 1975, No. 3, 1 page. Posted October 2, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 546 KB PDF
---. Spinning Wheel, Connoisseur, Vol. 11 (1905), 1 page. Posted November 18, 2003. CD (HWDA08). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 416 KB PDF
---. Spinning Wheels of 1776, Harper's New Monthly, Vol. 49 (1874), 1 page. Posted January 2, 2004. CD (HWDA08). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 612 KB PDF
---. The Spinster, Magazine of Art, 1893, 1 page. Posted March 19, 2004. CD (HWDA08). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 464 KB PDF
---. [Weaving and Spinning], The Book of the Fair, 1893, 1 page. Posted January 21, 2004. CD (HWDA08). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 428 KB PDF
---. Winder, Connoisseur, Vol. 11 (1905), 1 page. Posted November 18, 2003. CD (HWDA08). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 412 KB PDF
François Millet. Spinner, Craftsman, Vol. 14 (1908), 1 page. Posted September 24, 2003. CD (HWDA08). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 528 KB PDF
La Barre, Weston. Handbook of South American Indians, The Uru-Chipaya, Smithsonian Institution, 1946, 3 pages. Note: U.S. Government document. Relevant illustrations only. Posted July 11, 2004. CD (HWDA10). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 568 KB PDF
Stokes, Marianne. St. Elizabeth of Hungary Spinning Wool for the Poor, Magazine of Art, 1895, 1 page. Posted March 19, 2004. CD (HWDA08). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 472 KB PDF
monographs
---. Spinning Wool, Dryad Leaflet No. 83, 12 pages. Posted October 28, 2001. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1 MB PDF
---. Woolen Spinning, International Textbook Co., 92 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted August 15, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 3.4 MB PDF
Buel, Elizabeth Cynthia Barney. The Tale of the Spinning-Wheel, 1903, 68 pages. Note: Scanned from microfiche. Posted April 22, 2004. CD (HWDA08). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 9.1 MB PDF
Crowfoot, Grace M. Methods of Hand Spinning in Egypt and the Sudan, F. King & Sons, 1931, 79 pages. Posted June 9, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 7 MB PDF
Hooper, Luther. The Loom and Spindle: Past, Present, and Future, Smithsonian Institution, 1915, 61 pages. Posted November 27, 2001. CD (CWDA04). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 6.2 MB PDF
patents
Silk equipment
Silk Spinning Machine, US00003684, Harris, J. S.. July 30, 1844, 2 pages. Posted July 19, 2003. CD (HWDA10). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 576 KB PDF
Silk Spinning Machinery, US00001909, Hertitage, G.. December 17, 1840, 3 pages. Posted July 19, 2003. CD (HWDA10). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 548 KB PDF
Spinning
Apparatus for Spinning Artificial Silk Filaments for Forming Strands or Threads, US00702163, Strenlenert, R. W.. June 10, 1902, 5 pages. Posted January 17, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 784 KB PDF
Drawing Frame, US00106130, Davis, George and John F. Hoover. August 9, 1870, 2 pages. Posted September 13, 2004. CD (HWDA10). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 524 KB PDF
Drawing Frame for Flax, US00099503, Wall, Charles and John Stewart. February 1, 1870, 2 pages. Posted September 13, 2004. CD (HWDA10). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 544 KB PDF
periodicals
Practical Weaving Suggestions
"Homespun Yarns". Vol. 1-58 (1958), 8 pages. Posted July 1, 2001. CD (CWDA02). File size 1.1 MB PDF
documents created for online publication
Griswold, Ralph E. How to Be Owned by an Antique Spinning Wheel: Book review, 2 pages. Posted April 17, 2004. FIRST PAGE. File size 488 KB PDF
other
Pamphlets
---. The Fall River List of Prices for Mule Spinning, 1889, 20 pages. Note: Scanned from micro-fiche. Posted April 22, 2004. CD (HWDA08). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.7 MB PDF
Equipment catalogs and instruction manuals
Fraser, William McLeod. The Fales & Jenks Ring Spinning Frame for Cotton, Fales & Jenks Machine Company, 1925, 122 pages. Note: Portion of large table of numerical values omitted. Posted November 18, 2002. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 7 MB PDF
Poetry
---. A Verse, Occasioned by Seeing the North-Spinning in Boton (sic), 1769, 1 page. Posted April 21, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 84 KB PDF
Please report any problems to: weaving@cs.arizona.edu
home
