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A House Divided, America in the Age of Lincoln - http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/ahd/index.html
Chicago Historical Society's web site about the history of the American Civil War, including the slave trade and its importance in the development of the US cotton growing and textile industries. Extensive slide show on slavery and the cotton industry, and learning modules on the Civil War and the Reconstruction period. |
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Spinning the Web - http://www.spinningtheweb.org.uk/
Manchester Library and Information Service led New Opportunities Fund internet project, presenting the history and development of the cotton industry, and the impact it had on the British economy and society. |
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Worm Spit - http://www.wormspit.com/
Michael Cook's homepage about sericulture, and the harvesting, processing and dyeing of silk fiber. Library of full text out of copyrighted antique books, articles, monographs, and images about silk, on PDF files. Links to related sites. |
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A Short History of Manufactured Fibers - http://www.fibersource.com/f-tutor/history.htm
History of manufactured fiber from the invention of artificial silk in 1855 to the wash and wear revolution of acrylic, polyester and microfiber. Time line for first US production of various fibers. From Fibersource. Com. |
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Flax Page - http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/agnic/flax/
Web site of the North Dakota State University containing the history and industrial uses of flax, links to article search and a catalog of photographs. |
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History of Sericulture - http://www.insects.org/ced1/seric.html
Short history of silk production from the Bombyx Mori moth for yarn making applications, from 2700 BC to the present times. Author: Dr. Ron Cherry. |
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Jack Herer.Com - http://www.jackherer.com/
On-line excerpts of the writer's book, "The Emperor Wears No Clothes", dealing with the history of hemp, its past uses and future possibilities. |
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Plant Cultures - Cotton - http://www.plantcultures.org/plants/plants_landing.html
Information about the plant profile, history, production and trade of cotton fiber and by-products in textiles, food and medicine. From Plant Cultures. |
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Northampton Silk Project - http://www.smith.edu/hsc/silk/
Community wide effort to uncover, understand and convey the story of mulberry silk in Northampton, Massachusetts, and its place in the history of silk throughout the world. |
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The History of Cotton - http://www.pcga.org/cotton_history.html
Short history of cotton cultivation and processing in Pakistan. Industry facts and figures, and weather and government legal information. Links to related sites. From the Pakistan Cotton Ginners' Association (PCGA). |
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Staplcotn - The First 75 Years - http://www.staplcotn.com/75-year-history.html
The history of the origin and growth of the Mississippi cotton marketing organization, including a detailed history of cotton cultivation, processing and manufacturing in the United States. |
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Hemp Textile Room - http://www.hempmuseum.org/ROOMS/ARM%20TEXTILES.htm
Part of the USA Hemp Museum project, providing a history of the uses of hemp in textile fabrics for military, sailcloth and industrial applications. |
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The History of Cotton in Oklahoma - http://www.okstate.edu/ag/oces/cotton_ipm/history.htm
Short history of cotton cultivation in Oklahoma, USA, beginning in 1908 and developing into one of the most valuable agricultural crops of the state. From the Oklahoma State University's web site. |
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The History of Cotton - http://www.cottonman.com/Cotton%20History.htm
Short history of the cultivation and processing of cotton fiber in the coast and upland fields of South Carolina. Author: Jennie Haskell. |
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Flax Production in the 17th Century - http://www.nps.gov/jame/historyculture/flax-production-in-the-seventeenth-century.htm
Brief history on growing flax crops for linen manufacturing. Descriptions of flax fiber, its properties and uses, and methods of processing. From Jamestown Historic Briefs. |
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Silk Production in the 17th Century - http://www.nps.gov/jame/historyculture/silk-production-in-the-seventeenth-century.htm
History of the development of the silk trade. Description of sericulture, and the properties of silk fiber and cloth. From Jamestown Historic Briefs. |
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The History of Wool - http://www.kswpa.com/woolhistory.htm
Short history of sheep breeding, wool fiber processing and cloth weaving, beginning in Asia Minor during the Stone Age and spreading around the world at the turn of the 18th century. From the Kentucky Sheep and Wool Producers Association's web site. |
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The History of British Wool - http://www.sheepcentre.co.uk/wool.htm
A history of wool processing and the manufacture of woollen yarns and fabrics on the British Islands, from the Bronze Age to modern times. From the web site of the British Wool Marketing Board. |
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Cotton History - http://www.plantcultures.org/plants/cotton_history.html
Information resource on the history of cotton, including links to cotton spinning, weaving, dyeing and printing, the Industrial Revolution, and cotton production and trade. From the Plant Cultures web site. |
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Wild Fibres - http://www.wildfibres.co.uk/
Information resource about the history of natural fibers from animals and plants, and their use for weaving, spinning and dyeing. Glossary of terms. Textile timeline from the Stone Age to the Victorian period. |
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http://www.cumbria-industries.org.uk/linen.htm - http://www.cumbria-industries.org.uk/linen.htm
Excerpt of The Linen Industry in North Lancashire and Cumbria, 1660-1830, presenting the history of the flax cultivation and linen textile industry of North-West England. Author: Margaret Robinson. |
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Mohair - The Diamond Fiber - http://www.singingfalls.com/mohair.html
The history of mohair and angora fiber uses and goat breeding, from biblical times to the present day. From the Singing Falls web site. |
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Cotton: From Field to Fabric - http://www.georgiacottoncommission.org/images/E0010401/CottonFromFieldToFabricSUNBELTFINAL.pdf
Fact sheet about the origins of cotton, cotton cultivation, grading and processing, and the properties and applications of cotton in textiles and garments. From the Georgia Cotton Commission's web site. |
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History of Cotton in India - http://www.ikisan.com/links/ap_cottonhistopy.shtml
Introduction to the history, development and future scenarios for the cotton growing and processing industry in India. From Ikisan, Ltd. |
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A Short Cultural History of Linen - http://www.die-leinenweber.de/linen-cultural-history-en_10.html
The history of flax cultivation from the ancient Egyptians in 5000 BC to the present, including a description of linen fibers extraction and processing. From The Linen Weavers' web site. |
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History of Du Pont's Nylon Fibers - http://www.cha4mot.com/p_jc_dph.html
Extensive history of the Du Pont de Nemours Company, the invention of the polyamide polymer and subsequently developed man-made fibers, and their commercialization in consumer and industrial products. From CHA, Inc. |
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Cotton - A History - http://www.newint.org/features/2007/04/01/history/
Collection of short narratives about the history of cotton, from pre-history to the present, in trade and industry, and its role in slavery and African culture. From the New Internationalist Magazine. |
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Cotton: King of Crops in Georgia - http://www.georgiacottoncommission.org/images/E0010401/brochure.pdf
Fact sheet about the history of cotton cultivation, the invention of the cotton gin by Eli Whitney, the inventive uses of cotton during the Industrial Revolution in the US, the appearance of the Boll Weevil which severely damaged cotton production, and current state of affairs. From the Georgia Cotton Commission's web site. |
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The History of Flax Use in New Zealand - http://www.alibrown.co.nz/history-of-nz-flax.html
Short article about the history of flax plants and fibers the Maori people used as a raw material for clothing, food gathering, hunting, fishing, homeware and medicine, long before the arrival of European settlers. Links to linen weaving and dyeing. Author: Ali Brown. |
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Carbon Fiber History - http://www.carbon-fiber-hood.net/cf-history
Short history of carbon fiber, from Thomas Edison's invention and use of carbon filaments for early light bulbs in 1879 to its current applications as reinforcement material for composites. From the Carbon Fiber Info web site. |
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Fabric History - http://www.fabriclink.com/University/History.cfm
Time line with concise descriptions for natural and man-made fibers, utilised in the manufacture of textile fabrics. From Fabriclink.Com. |
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Flax as an Object for Studying Social History. - http://flaxhistory.wordpress.com/about/
Blog by Josh MacFadyen started to collect stories pertaining to flax processing and manufacturing in North America between the mid 19th Century and the Great Depression. Links to papers and related sites. |
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Fiber Wars - http://www.globalhemp.com/Archives/Essays/Fiber/fiber_wars.html
Historical record of the hemp industry, introducing hemp and its early importance to mankind, and defining hemp's political struggle in the 20th century. Author: Dr. David P. West. |
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Virgin River Cotton Mission - http://www.hvjournal.com/articles.php?id=2140
The history of the Mormon settlement of the Salt Lake valley in 1847 and the development of cotton cultivation in the area, which peaked during the American Civil War and was abandoned near the end of the 19th Century. From the Hurricane Valley Journal. Author: Kendell Hall. |
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Flax & Linen - http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~belghist/Flanders/Pages/flaxLinen.htm
Homepage about the history and development of flax and linen in Belgium. Information about flax cultivation, harvesting and processing into linen fibers, and the home-based flax industry in the 18th and 19th centuries. |