Johnson, Cyril Woolen Company Graphics, 1927-1954
Collection Number: 6589 G
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Cyril Johnson Woolen Company Graphics, 1927-1954
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Collection Number:
6589 G
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.
Creator:
Cyril Johnson Woolen Company.
Quanitities:
2.67 cubic feet
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.
Custodial History
American Textile History Museum Collection, gift of the Cyril Johnson Woolen Company.
American Textile History Museum Collection, gift of the Cyril Johnson Woolen Company.
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
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
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
Stafford Springs (Conn.)
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 |
Men processing wool
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Format: Artwork
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 1: Men sorting wool, Cyril Johnson Woolen Company, Stafford Springs, CT
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Format: Graphics
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Scope and Contents
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 |
Men dyeing wool
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Format: Artwork
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| Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Item 1: Men working at dye vats, Cyril Johnson Woolen Company, Stafford Springs, CT
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1943 |
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Format: Graphics
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Scope and Contents
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 |
Spool room
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Format: Artwork
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| Box 1 | Folder 3 |
Item 1: Card room, Cyril Johnson Woolen Company, Stafford Springs, CT
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Format: Graphics
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Scope and Contents
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 |
Fabric room
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Format: Artwork
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| Box 1 | Folder 4 |
Item 1: Weave room, Cyril Johnson Woolen Company, Stafford Springs, CT
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Format: Graphics
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Scope and Contents
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 |
Fabric room
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Format: Artwork
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| Box 1 | Folder 5 |
Item 1: Shearing machine for woolen cloth, Cyril Johnson Woolen Company, Stafford
Springs, CT
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Format: Graphics
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Scope and Contents
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 |
"The United States Navy At War"
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Scope and Contents
3 copies
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| Box 1 | Folder 6 |
Item 1: Semper Paratus
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Format: Graphics
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Scope and Contents
Number One of a Series: "The U.S. Coast Guard At War".
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| Box 1 | Folder 6 |
Item 2: Sub-Busting
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Format: Graphics
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Scope and Contents
Number Two of a Series: "The U.S. Coast Guard At War".
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| Box 1 | Folder 6 |
Item 3: Convoy Duty
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Format: Graphics
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Scope and Contents
Number Three of a Series: "The U.S. Coast Guard At War".
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| Box 1 | Folder 6 |
Item 4: Aviation Patrol
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Format: Graphics
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Scope and Contents
Number Four of a Series: "The U.S. Coast Guard At War".
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| Box 1 | Folder 6 |
Item 5: Battle of the Atlantic
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Format: Graphics
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Scope and Contents
Number Five of a Series: "The U.S. Coast Guard At War".
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| Box 1 | Folder 7 |
Assorted Magazine Advertisements
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| Box 1 | Folder 8 |
Assorted Magazine Advertisements on display boards
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| Box 2 | Folder 1 |
Advertisement sketch
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| Box 2 | Folder 2 |
Assorted news clippings - showing advertisements
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| Box 2 | Folder 3 |
Resolutions Congratulating J.P. Stevens and Co., Inc. on the Occasion of the 150th
Anniversary of its Founding
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| Box 2 | Folder 4 |
Advertising/Sample booklets
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| Box 2 | Folder 5 |
Presenting the story of the making of Worsted and Wool Fabrics
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| Box 2 | Folder 6 |
Guilford District Checks
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| Box 2 | Folder 7 |
Cyril Johnson - Newspaper Ads
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1927-1928 |
| Box 2 | Folder 8 |
Cyril Johnson - Newspaper Ads
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1928-1931 |
| Box 3 | Folder 1 |
Assorted publications: related to fabric production
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Scope and Contents
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 |
Correspondence
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| Box 3 | Folder 3 |
News clippings showing advertisements
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| Box 3 | Folder 4 |
Assorted advertisements
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| Box 3 | Folder 5 |
Advertisements, fabric samples and small sample booklets
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| Box 3 | Folder 6 |
Miscellaneous
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Scope and Contents
Howard Bros. Mfg. Co, Roving Weight in Grains When Spinning Draft (card giving fabric
specifications)
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| Box 4 | Folder 1 |
Cyril Johnson : Magazine Advertisements (in a binder)
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1941-1954 |
| Box 4 | Folder 2 |
Cyril Johnson : Magazine Advertisements (in a binder)
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1942-1954 |