Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College: Wesleyan University Press: Anni Albers
This site from the Wesleyan University Press provides a great biography of Anni Albers. The information is somewhat brief, but factual, and worth checking out on the subject.
ArtQuizz
Art Quizz: Tapestries
An illustrated quiz on tapestries, including questions about famous tapestries.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Arts and Crafts
This encyclopedia article from Wikipedia details how the term "arts and crafts" came into existence and lists a wealth of links to other encyclopedia articles on different types of arts and crafts. Links are provided for additional...
Other
African Craft: Small Loom Weaving
Directions on how to make a simple loom from a wooden board and dowel rods. This style is representative to a traditional African loom. Try a new way of weaving in your classroom.
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Lost Labor: Images of Vanished American Workers
Lost Labor: Images of Vanished American Workers 1900-1980 is a selection of 155 photographs excerpted from a collection of more than 1,100 company histories, pamphlets, and technical brochures documenting America's business and corporate...
Other
Fabrics: Fabric Information and Facts: Wool
This resource presents information about the production of wool, the various types of wool, and a glossary of wool fabrics and weaves.
Other
Civil War News: Roswell Women Exiled
This site from The Civil War News discusses the story of the women of Georgia's Roswell mills who were forced from their homes and jobs during the American Civil War. The factories which employed these women were destroyed, and as a...
Boston College
19th Century Architecture: Mills
This site presents pictures of the architecture of different mills located in the northeastern part of the United States.
Curated OER
Alien Travel Guide: The History of Weaving
Site provides a walk through the ages in textile development. Includes quite a bit on the loom innovations and developments of the textile industry.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Ma: Boston Manufacturing Company
This building housed the eponymous company, founded in 1813 by businessman Francis Cabot Lowell, engineer Paul Moody, and others, for the manufacture of cotton textiles. At this site the manufacture of textiles under a single roof was...
Curated OER
Women in World History: Lesson Industrial Revolution
This site provides lesson plans on working women during the Industrial Revolution in England in the 1840s. Includes information and testimonies of women textile workers, miners, and seamstresses.
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: North China, 1971
" North China includes the densely populated and intensively cultivated North China Plain, the loess-covered uplands of Shansi, northern Shensi, and eastern Kansu, and the sparsely populated, semiarid steppes of Inner Mongolia....
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: South China, 1971
"South China comprises the drainage basins of the middle and lower Yangtze River, the basin of the His Chiang (West River) in Kwangtung and Kwangsi; and the mountainous coastal provinces of Fukien and Chekiang. The division between the...
Curated OER
Etc: Maps Etc: Physical and Cultural Geography of Europe, 1915
Six maps of Europe showing the average rainfall, the major climate zones, agricultural products (rye, corn, wheat, rice, and sugar beets), industrial products (iron, textile, and coal), ethnic groups, and religions.
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Etc: Maps Etc: Physical and Cultural Geography of the German Empire, 1915
Six maps of the German Empire showing the average rainfall, the major climate zones, metal industrial products and mining (iron, coal, silver, copper, and salt), textile industrial products (silk, wool, cotton, and linen) ethnic groups,...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Manufacturing Areas, 1900
A map from 1907 of the United States showing the principal manufacturing areas in 1900. The star symbol in Ohio represents the mean center of manufacturing in the nation. Each symbol represents gross $25,000,000 or fraction more than...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Manufacturing Areas , 1900
A map from 1920 of the United States showing the principal manufacturing areas in 1900. The star symbol in Ohio represents the mean center of manufacturing in the nation. Each symbol represents gross $25,000,000 or fraction more than...
Curated OER
Unesco: United Kingdom: Saltaire
Saltaire, West Yorkshire, is a complete and well-preserved industrial village of the second half of the 19th century. Its textile mills, public buildings and workers' housing are built in a harmonious style of high architectural...
Curated OER
Eternal Egypt: Kapati Linen Fragment With Birds
The linen textile fragment is decorated with a richly decorated band of stylized birds placed within oval medallions.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in New York: Harmony Mills
Largest cotton mill complex in the world when it opened in 1872; one of the finest examples of a large-scale textile mill complex outside of New England.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Sc: Graniteville Historic District
Textile mill town with Gothic revival church and carpenter gothic homes.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Nj: Clark Thread Company Historic District
A large cotton thread mill complex which helped lead to textile industrialization.
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