Wallace Twiggs Cotton Manufacturing Collection
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of 8 boxes of materials relating to the cotton industry, weaving, carding, looms and calculations. There are also many artifacts used in the cotton industry as well as samples of products made of Swift denim. Numerous books relating to the industry are included.
Dates
- Creation: 1910s-1980s
Biographical / Historical
This material comes from the personal collection of Wallace Twiggs, who is a graduate of Georgia Institute of Technology in textiles and held various positions in management in the textile industry. His books on the history of textiles, weaving and carding date from the early 1900s. From 1988 until he retired, he was the Director of Product Administration & Central Sample Area for Swift Mills in Columbus, Georgia.
Full Extent
8 Linear Feet (8 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
These materials were given to the CSU Archives in September 2015 by Wallace Twiggs.
- Status
- Completed
- Date
- September 2017
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Columbus State University Archives and Special Collections Repository
4225 University Ave
Columbus Georgia 31907 United States