Ralph Huey Collection of Crompton & Knowles Graphics

Collection Number: 6584 G

Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Ralph Huey Collection of Crompton & Knowles Graphics
Collection Number:
6584 G
Creator:
Huey, Ralph;
Crompton & Knowles Loom Works
Quantity:
0.1 linear ft.
Forms of Material:
Graphics .
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Motivational Posters for Crompton & Knowles Employees collected and donated by Ralph Huey.
Language:
Collection material in English

PROVENANCE:

American Textile History Museum Collection, gift of Ralph Huey.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Crompton & Knowles Corporation.
Warner & Swasey.

Subjects:
Axminster looms
Carpet manufacturing
Felt
Machinery - Drawings
Male employees
Looms
Looms--Design and construction

Geographic Subjects:
Worcester (Mass.)

Form and Genre Terms:
Graphics

INFORMATION FOR USERS

Access Restrictions:
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Restrictions on Use:
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Cite As:
Ralph Huey Collection of Crompton & Knowles Graphics #6584 G. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.
RELATED MATERIALS

Related Collections:
6584: Ralph Huey Papers
6584 P: Ralph Huey Collection of Crompton & Knowles Photographs
CONTAINER LIST

Container
Description
Date
Box 1 Folder 1
.360 - 5 New Hats in Our Ring ; .361 - Challenge No. 2 ; .362 - Challenge No. 3 ; .363 - Challenge No. 4 ; .364 - Challenge No. 5
Box 1 Folder 1
Format: Graphics
Hunt Loom Co., Warner & Swasey, Jones & Lamson Co., The Pullman Co., Walter Kidde & Co. These new competitors at loom-building challenge every one of us at C&K! Let's keep ahead to keep our jobs and families secure. (ca. 1945) Crompton & Knowles poster.
Box 1 Folder 1
Format: Graphics
Who's going to sell the most looms-- C&K or W&S (The Warner & Swasey Co.).. Competition is stimulation for you, for our management, for every one of us at C&K! And competition will make better jobs by making us all do better work. (ca. 1945) Crompton & Knowles poster.
Box 1 Folder 1
Format: Graphics
Now it's J&L (Jones & Lamson Co.) vs. C&K.. a powerful challenge, too!.. This means you, your management, your engineers, your salesmen-- every man and woman at C&K-- we will all have to do a better job in order to keep our jobs, our pay and families secure! (ca. 1945) Crompton & Knowles poster.
Box 1 Folder 1 1945
Format: Graphics
Walter Kidde & Co. entering textile machinery field.. All this new competition means just this-- to you, your management.. to everyone who works at C&K.. a good job.. held by good work.. this is the only real security for any C&K man or woman. (1945) Crompton & Knowles poster.
Box 1 Folder 1
Format: Graphics
Hunt Loom, Mountain City foundry to meet on merger.. there's no use trying to "laugh off" these challenges. All these people mean business-- our business!.. That's the best way to protect your job, and never forget that-- Your best security is-- your job! Make it an even better job by doing better work to beat this new competition. (ca. 1945) Crompton & Knowles poster.