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This category contains links to articles, technical papers, scientific studies and lectures about the history of natural and man-made fibers.

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• A Short History of Linen

  http://timeless-creations.ca/Linen.pdf
  Extensive history of flax cultivation and linen fiber processing and manufacturing in the Middle East and Europe, and descriptions of the properties, characteristics and care of linen fiber cloth. Author: HL Sinne Gunnsdottir.

• Cotton - The Perennial Patriot

  http://www.cotton.org/pubs/cottoncounts/upload/Cotton-The-Perennial-Patriot.pdf
  Short article about the importance and influence of cotton cultivation and processing in the North American society since early seventeenth century. From the National Cotton Council of America.

• Cotton in the Middle Ages

  http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/articles/cotton.html
  Short e-mail essay about the early meaning of the word cotton, which prior to 1600 was most often used to describe a type of weave of a woollen fabric rather then the fiber. Author: David Rickman.

• History Of Cotton Gangs in the Upper Keys

  http://www.keyshistory.org/cotton.html
  Short article about the eradication of wild cotton in the Upper Keys in the US during the 1930's to prevent the boll weevil bug from spreading to the Southern cotton fields, by workers from the Works Progress Administration program created in 1934 by President Franklin Roosevelt to provide jobs during the Great Depression.

• Synthetic Fibers and Textiles

  http://www.ksre.k-state.edu/historicpublications/pubs/SB300.PDF
  Historical document from 1942 of the Kansas State College of Agriculture and Applied Science, about the classification, finishing technologies, care and serviceability of synthetic fibers and textiles. Author: Hazel Fletcher.

• The Origins of the Spanish Trade in American Cotton

  http://www.helsinki.fi/iehc2006/papers2/Thomson.pdf
  Paper presented at the 2006 International Economic History Congress in Helsinki, describing the problems which obstructed the early development of the cotton trade from the US to 18th Century Spain, and an evaluation of how these problems were resolved. Author: James Thomson.

 

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