Cyril Johnson Woolen Company Graphics
Collection Number: 6589 G
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library
Title:
Cyril Johnson Woolen Company
Graphics,
Collection Number:
6589 G
Creator:
Cyril Johnson Woolen
Company.
Quantity:
2.7 linear ft.
Forms of Material:
Paintings (Visual works), watercolors (paintings),
graphics.
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and
Archives, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Artwork of millworkers by K. Stephens. Also, loose newspaper
clippings of advertisements and scrapbooks containing newspaper and periodical
advertisements, mostly menswear.; cloth samples (swatches) appear in many
ads.
Language:
Collection material in English
The company, started in 1879, was located in Stafford Springs, Conn., with selling
offices on Madison Ave., New York. It manufactured fine wool suitings and
overcoatings. The company was sold in 1963. During the period covered by this
collection, it operated 10 sets of cards, 100 looms, and 4,000 spindles.
Artwork of millworkers by K. Stephens. Also, loose newspaper clippings of
advertisements and scrapbooks containing newspaper and periodical advertisements,
mostly menswear, for the company's cloth and products made from it, 1927-1954; cloth
samples (swatches) appear in many ads.
PROVENANCE:
American Textile History Museum Collection, gift of the Cyril Johnson Woolen
Company.
American Textile History Museum Collection, gift of the Cyril Johnson Woolen
Company.
Names:
Crompton & Knowles Loom
Works.
Cyril Johnson Woolen Company.
Davis & Furber Machine
Co.
Subjects:
Carding-machines
Dyes and dyeing
Women employees
Male employees
Looms
Textile fabrics
Textile factories
Textile industry
Textile industry--Connecticut
Textile machinery
Textile workers
Weaving
Winding machines
Women textile workers
Woolen and worsted manufacture
Geographic Subjects:
Stafford Springs (Conn.)
Form and Genre Terms:
Paintings (Visual works)
Watercolors (Paintings)
Graphics
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:
Cyril Johnson Woolen Company Graphics #6589 G. Kheel Center for Labor-Management
Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.
Related Collections:
6589 F: Cyril Johnson Woolen Company Films
6589: Cyril Johnson Woolen Company Records
6589 P: Cyril Johnson Woolen Company Photographs
6589 F: Cyril Johnson Woolen Company Films
6589: Cyril Johnson Woolen Company Records
6589 P: Cyril Johnson Woolen Company Photographs
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Container
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Description
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Date
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 | ||
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Format: Artwork
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 | ||
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Format: Graphics
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Robert K. Stephens, artist. Watercolor, ca. 1942-1944. Image depicts two
older men sorting wool at the Cyril Johnson Woolen Company. Men stand at
table sorting wool, while baskets loaded with raw wool are everywhere in
the room. Clock on wall reads 3:55 p.m. Signed "R. Stephens" in the
lower right-hand corner. 61 x 47.5 cm. .
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| Box 1 | Folder 2 | ||
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Format: Artwork
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| Box 1 | Folder 2 | 1943 | |
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Format: Graphics
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Robert K. Stephens, artist. Watercolor, 1943. Image depicts men working
at dye vats at the Cyril Johnson Woolen Company. The men are stock
dyeing by hand. The man in the foreground appears to be either removing
or inserting wool into a large dye vat; the man in the center ground may
be doing the same or may be stirring the dye vat. Another man watches
from the background, while another stands in the left background. Signed
"Robert K. Stephens '43" in the lower right-hand corner. 61 x 51.25 cm.
.
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| Box 1 | Folder 3 | ||
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Format: Artwork
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| Box 1 | Folder 3 | ||
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Format: Graphics
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Robert K. Stephens, artist, Watercolor, ca. 1942-1944. Image depicts view
of the card room at the Cyril Johnson Woolen Company. One man operates a
woolen card with the tape condenser at the end in the foreground, while
another man can be seen working at a carding machine behind him. Signed
"R. Stephens," barely visible in lower right-hand corner. 59.75 x 47.25
cm. .
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| Box 1 | Folder 4 | ||
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Format: Artwork
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| Box 1 | Folder 4 | ||
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Format: Graphics
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Robert K. Stephens, artist. Watercolor, ca. 1942-1944. Image depicts the
weave room at the Cyril Johnson Woolen Company. The room is filled with
looms; two male employees can be seen at the looms, which are Crompton
& Knowles power looms (probably W-3s). "R. Stephens" signed in
the lower center edge. Matted. 61.25 x 47 cm. .
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| Box 1 | Folder 5 | ||
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Format: Artwork
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| Box 1 | Folder 5 | ||
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Format: Graphics
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Robert K. Stephens, artist. Watercolor, ca. 1942-1944. Image depicts a
view of a shearing machine for shearing woolen cloth in the Cyril
Johnson Woolen Company. A male employee operates the shearing machine;
piled cloth is seen to the left. Shearing is the process for woolens and
worsteds of mechanically cutting or trimming the projecting fibers from
the surface of cloth. Signed "R. Stephens" in the lower left-hand
corner. 60.5 x 47 cm. .
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| Box 1 | Folder 6 | ||
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3 copies
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| Box 1 | Folder 6 | ||
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Format: Graphics
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Number One of a Series: "The U.S. Coast Guard At War".
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| Box 1 | Folder 6 | ||
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Format: Graphics
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Number Two of a Series: "The U.S. Coast Guard At War".
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| Box 1 | Folder 6 | ||
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Format: Graphics
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Number Three of a Series: "The U.S. Coast Guard At War".
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| Box 1 | Folder 6 | ||
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Format: Graphics
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Number Four of a Series: "The U.S. Coast Guard At War".
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| Box 1 | Folder 6 | ||
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Format: Graphics
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Number Five of a Series: "The U.S. Coast Guard At War".
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| Box 1 | Folder 7 | ||
| Box 1 | Folder 8 | ||
| Box 2 | Folder 1 | ||
| Box 2 | Folder 2 | ||
| Box 2 | Folder 3 | ||
| Box 2 | Folder 4 | ||
| Box 2 | Folder 5 | ||
| Box 2 | Folder 6 | ||
| Box 2 | Folder 7 | 1927-1928 | |
| Box 2 | Folder 8 | 1928-1931 | |
| Box 3 | Folder 1 | ||
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Barks' Parables ; Connecticut Progress Exhibit ; Fine Woolens in the making ;
Nylaine: A Story of the Development of a Fabric / by Carroll D. Newell ;
Five Star Fabrics for 1940-1941 ; Concerning Coverts ; Connecticut Circle:
the Story of Stafford
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| Box 3 | Folder 2 | ||
| Box 3 | Folder 3 | ||
| Box 3 | Folder 4 | ||
| Box 3 | Folder 5 | ||
| Box 3 | Folder 6 | ||
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Howard Bros. Mfg. Co, Roving Weight in Grains When Spinning Draft (card
giving fabric specifications)
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| Box 4 | Folder 1 | 1941-1954 | |
| Box 4 | Folder 2 | 1942-1954 | |