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AgMRC: Lamb Wool

Annotated links to resources about the wool industry, with a focus on U.S. production (with some links to Australian, British, New Zealand industry information). Covers marketing, processing and manufacturing, sheep production, and businesses. From t ...

http://www.agmrc.org/agmrc/commodity/livestock/lamb/lamb+wool.htm

Wool Information

Collection of fact sheets on wool and the wool industry, covering wool history, processing (such as shearing, carding, spinning, and weaving), characteristics, fabric, and care. Also includes bulletins for members of the wool industry. From the Ameri ...

http://www.sheepusa.org/index.phtml?page=site/text&nav_id=7c5d4c669762cf579b480708f052a529

Export.gov: Footwear, Leather and Fur Products

Statistics on U.S. footwear, leather, and fur imports and exports back to 1996. Covers fur and mink apparel; rubber, non-rubber, plastic, and canvas footwear; upholstery leather; and leather apparel, gloves and mittens, and tanning. Also includes lin ...

http://www.ita.doc.gov/td/ocg/leather.htm

Safety and Health Topics: Cotton Dust

Health and safety resources on the dust that "is often present in the air during cotton handling and processing." Discusses Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standards for cotton dust in yarn manufacturing, textile and we ...

http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/cottondust/

American Textile History Museum

Website for this Massachusetts museum with a mission of "[telling] America's story through art, science, and history of its textiles." Features overviews of exhibits and collections (such as costumes and machinery) and a growing database of ...

http://www.athm.org/

Textile, Wool, Fur and Apparel Matters

Collection of laws and government documents related to textiles, wool, fur, and apparel, focusing mostly on care labeling and identification of these products. Also includes links to related consumer information, such as on fabric care and analyzing ...

http://www.ftc.gov/os/statutes/textilejump.shtm

Textile Museum

The Textile Museum in Washington, D.C. is dedicated to the study, preservation, interpretation, and exhibition of over 5,000 years of the textile arts of non-Western cultures. Its Web site provides an artful taste of the museum's collection, featurin ...

http://www.textilemuseum.org/

Teaching With Historic Places Lesson Plans: Paterson, New Jersey: America's Silk City

This lesson focuses on Paterson, New Jersey, which was known as "Silk City" in the late 19th and early 20th centuries when the town produced large quantities of silk fabric. "In 1913, however, the mills stood silent for five months as ...

http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/102paterson/102paterson.htm

Building America's Industrial Revolution: The Boott Cotton Mills of Lowell, Massachusetts

This lesson plan is based on the national historic park that is the site of "mills built from the mid-1830s to the early 20th century, reflecting the early use of waterpower, steam power, and finally electric power." Discusses the Industria ...

http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/21boott/21boott.htm

Small Change: Bonded Child Labor in India's Silk Industry

This 2003 report discusses human rights concerns with children working as bonded laborers ("bound to their employers in exchange for a loan") in the silk industry in India. It provides background on the India's silk industry (including sari ...

http://www.hrw.org/reports/2003/india/

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