Additional Resources

Below you will find links to a variety of resources that contain research materials pertinent to the history of the American textile industry. Some are focused on personal papers and business records; others emphasize labor history; and some collect a combination of books, serials, manuscripts and graphic materials. Many are focused on the area or region in which they are located, but others collect from all over the country.

• http://libweb.uml.edu/clh – Center for Lowell History, University of Massachusetts, Lowell Libraries, Lowell, MA
  
  
• http://www.library.hbs.edu/hc – Harvard Business School, Baker Library, Historical Collections
  Boston, MA
  
  
• http://www.hagley.org/library – Hagley Museum and Library, Wilmington, DE
  
  
• http://www.philau.edu/library/speccoll/home.htm – Philadelphia University, Paul J. Gutman Library, Special Collections Dept., Philadelphia, PA
  
  
• http://www.americanantiquarian.org/collectionsguide.htm – American Antiquarian Society, Library Collections, Worcester, MA
  
  
• http://www.pem.org/library – Peabody Essex Museum, Phillips Library. Salem, MA
  
  
• http://www.lawrencehistorycenter.org – Lawrence History Center, Lawrence, MA
  
  
• http://www.nps.gov/lowe/historyculture/library.htm – Lowell National Historical Park, Library, Lowell, MA
  
  
• http://www.manchesterhistoric.org/LIBINTRO.htm –  Manchester Historic Association, Research Center, Manchester, NH
  
  
• http://www.osv.org – Old Sturbridge Village, Library, Sturbridge, MA
  
  
• http://labormuseum.net  American Labor Museum, Botto House National Landmark, Haledon, NJ
  
  
• http://www.rihs.org/libraryhome.htm –  Rhode Island Historical Society, Library, Providence, RI
  
  
• http://www.library.gsu.edu/spcoll – Georgia State University Library, Special Collections and Archives, Southern Labor Archives, Atlanta, GA
  
  
• http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/libraryarchives – Wisconsin Historical Society, Library-Archives, Labor Collection, Madison, WI
  
  
• http://www.ihrc.umn.edu/research – University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center, Minneapolis, MN
  
  
• http://www.reuther.wayne.edu/abstracts  Wayne State University, Walter P. Reuther Library, Manuscript and Records Collection, Detroit, MI
  
  
• http://doddcenter.uconn.edu/ – University of Connecticut, University Libraries, Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, Storrs, CT
  
  
• http://www.library.umass.edu/spcoll – University of Massachusetts, Special Collections and University Archives, Amherst, MA
  
  
• http://www.sil.si.edu/libraries/nmah/about.cfm – National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Inst.,  Library, Washington, DC
  
  
• http://www.willametteheritage.org – Willamette Heritage Center at the Mill (Thomas Kay Woolen Mill), Library, Salem, OR
  
  
• http://www.masshist.org/library_collections – Massachusetts Historical Society, Library Collections, Boston, MA
  
  
• http://www.historicnewengland.org/collections-archives-exhibitions/library-archives –  Historic New England, Library and Archives, Boston, MA
  
  
• http://www.clemson.edu/library/special_collections/findingaids/manuscripts/mssindex.html – Clemson University, Manuscripts Collection, Clemson, SC
  
  
• http://www.lib.unc.edu/wilson/research/search.html – University of North Carolina, Special Collections, Chapel Hill, NC
  
  
• http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/specialcollections – North Carolina State University, Special Collections,
  Raleigh, NC
  
  
• http://www.textileheritage.org/THI/initiative.htm – An initiative to save the cotton mill history of the South
  
  
• http://www.uri.edu/library/special_collections – University of Rhode Island, Special Collections,
  Kingston, RI