Irwin Laverne Powers Papers
Collection Number: 6701
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library
Title:
Irwin Laverne Powers Papers,
1902-1903
Collection Number:
6701
Creator:
Powers, Irwin Laverne
Quantity:
1 linear ft.
Forms of Material:
Notebooks, papers (documents).
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and
Archives, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Chemistry notebooks, 1902-1903, with cloth samples, from
Powers' work at Silver Spring Bleaching & Dyeing Company, Providence, Rhode
Island. Also notes concerning linen bleaching & dyes and dyestuffs. Also
essay on history of dyes and dyestuffs written by Powers' daughter, Dorothy Powers,
while she was a student, 1926, at Thayer Academy, Braintree, Massachusetts. She
mentions her father's role in synthetic dye manufacture.
Language:
Collection material in English
Powers was born in Hamilton, New York in 1879, graduated from Boston Latin in 1897
and Harvard University in 1902. He worked as a chemist at Silver Spring Bleaching
& Dyeing Co., Providence, Rhode Island; General Electric Co., Lynn,
Massachusetts; Acker Process Co., Niagara Falls, New York; and as an experimental
chemist at National Electrolytic Chemical Manufacturing Co.
Includes Powers's chemistry notes, 1902-1903, with cloth samples (swatches) from his
work at Silver Spring; a notebook labeled "Special mercury," with descriptions of
chemical experiments; and notes concerning linen bleaching and dyes and dyestuffs.
Also contains an essay on the history of dyes and dyestuffs by Powers's daughter,
Dorothy Powers, written in 1926 while she was a student at Thayer Academy,
Braintree, Massachusetts. It mentions her father's role in synthetic dye
manufacture.
PROVENANCE:
American Textile History Museum Collection, gift of Dorothy Collins.
American Textile History Museum Collection, gift of Dorothy Collins.
Names:
Powers, Irwin Laverne
Silver Spring Bleaching & Dyeing
Company.
Thayer Academy (Braintree, Mass.)
Subjects:
Bleaching industry
Dye industry
Dyes and dyeing
Flax technology-General
Industries
Linen finishing
Samples (Commerce)
Swatches (Dry-goods)
Textile chemistry
Textile industry
Form and Genre Terms:
Notebooks
Papers (documents)
Access Restrictions:
Access to the collections in the Kheel Center is restricted. Please contact a
reference archivist for access to these materials.
Restrictions on Use:
This collection must be used in keeping with the Kheel Center Information Sheet
and Procedures for Document Use.
Cite As:
Irwin Laverne Powers Papers #6701. Kheel Center for Labor-Management
Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.
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housed in collection 7025m, box 3
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