Shaw, E. A. & Company Records, 1932-1956
Collection Number: 6615
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
E. A. Shaw & Company Records, 1932-1956
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Collection Number:
6615
Abstract:
Business records, 1932-1956, most from the Boston office & centering on information
about ramie. Includes correspondence, all concerning ramie; some letters discuss decortication
& degumming of the fibers. Also a file of information about ramie, and folders of
samples of ramie twine, some of which was made in Switzerland & tested by the Plymouth
Cordage Co.
Creator:
E. A. Shaw & Company
Quanitities:
0.25 cubic feet
Language:
Collection material in English
E.A. Shaw & Co., cotton merchants & raw materials dealers with offices in Los Angeles
and Boston.
Collection mostly from the Boston office and centering on information about ramie,
a fiber obtained from the bark of the ramie plant. Includes correspondence, 1932-1933,
1948-1949, and 1954, all concerning ramie; some letters discuss decortication and
degumming of the fibers. Also includes a file of information, 1956, about ramie; and
folders of samples of ramie twine, including some made in Switzerland and tested by
the Plymouth Cordage Co.
Custodial History
American Textile History Museum Collection, gift of Gordon Shaw.
American Textile History Museum Collection, gift of Gordon Shaw.
Access to the collections in the Kheel Center is restricted. Please contact a reference
archivist for access to these materials.
This collection must be used in keeping with the Kheel Center Information Sheet and
Procedures for Document Use.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
E. A. Shaw & Company Records #6615. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation
and Archives, Cornell University Library.
Names:
E. A. Shaw & Company
Plymouth Cordage Company.
Subjects:
Business records
Cotton trade
Plant fiber industry
Ramie
Ramie industry
Textile industry
Other natural fibers
Textile raw materials
Boston (Mass.)
Los Angeles (Calif.)
CONTAINER LIST
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Container
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Description
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Date
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Sample No. 1
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| Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Sample No. 2
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| Box 1 | Folder 3 |
Sample No. 3
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| Box 1 | Folder 4 |
Sample No. 4
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| Box 1 | Folder 5 |
Sample No. 5
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| Box 1 | Folder 6 |
Sample No. 6
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| Box 1 | Folder 7 |
Sample No. 7 & 8
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| Box 1 | Folder 8 |
"Ramie" - Harry Stone (Agent) Letters
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1932-1933 |
| Box 1 | Folder 9 |
"Ramie" - Harry Stone (Agent) -- Letter + notes, 1949, w/samples of Ramie
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| Box 1 | Folder 10 |
"Ramie" - Harry Stone (Agent) - Letters, w/sample
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1953-1956 |
| Box 1 | Folder 11 |
"Ramie" - Ramie rope samples, made in Switzerland, tested by Plymouth Cordase Co.
|
1949 |
| Box 1 | Folder 12 |
"Ramie"
|
1956 |