Draper Company - Social Networks and Archival Context (original) (raw)
The Draper Corporation, based in Hopedale, Massachusetts, was incorporated in 1916, but predecessor companies had been manufacturing loom parts and other textile items, including temples and spindles, in Hopedale since the early 1800s. Draper had been a worldwide textile machinery technology leader from the development of ring spinning in the 1870s and 1880s through the development of automatic looms at the turn of the century and high-speed looms in the 1930s. It was a near monopoly producer of single-shuttle looms in its home market from the 1930s to the 1960s. In the 1960s, the Draper Corporation was the largest textile machine manufacturer in the United States. In 1967, the Draper Corporation was sold to Rockwell International.
From the guide to the Draper Corporation Loom Catalogs, 1932 - 1949, (Special Collections Research Center)
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| referencedIn | Saco-Lowell Shops. Records, 1855-1960 (inclusive). | Harvard Business School, Knowledge and Library Services/Baker Library | |
| referencedIn | Burlington Textiles Library. Textiles Marketing Publications collection, 1883-1979 [manuscript] | North Carolina State University, NCSU Libraries | |
| creatorOf | A.E. G-Union Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft. Trade catalogs of textiles, 1874-1950. | University of California, Santa Barbara, UCSB Library | |
| creatorOf | Behr-Manning Corporation. Trade catalogs of textiles, 1927-1967. | University of California, Santa Barbara, UCSB Library | |
| referencedIn | Fish, Myron. [Draft of letter]. | American Textile History Museum Library | |
| referencedIn | Textiles Marketing Publications Collection, 1883-1979 | North Carolina State University. Special Collections Research Center | |
| referencedIn | Wauregan and Quinebaug Company., 1795-1979. | Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Center. | |
| referencedIn | Cannon Mills Records, 1836-1983 | David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library | |
| referencedIn | Haywood, Big Bill, 1869-1928. Lawrence Textile Workers' Strike scrapbook, circa 1912-1918. | Boston Athenaeum | |
| referencedIn | Huff, J. Craig. [Business records]. | American Textile History Museum Library | |
| creatorOf | Draper Company. [Business records]. | American Textile History Museum Library | |
| creatorOf | Draper Corporation Loom Catalogs, 1932 - 1949 | North Carolina State University. Special Collections Research Center |
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