Editing, Publishing, and Abstracting Of Textile Literature WILLIAM A. NEWELL
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School of Textiles, North Carolina State College, Raleigh, N. C.
A valuable source list for searchers for information on the textile industry, processes, and research is presented. An outline of writing, editing, and publishing policies—to encourage and inform the technical writer—emphasizes the importance of organization, presentation, and clear, factual style.
T h i s paper broadly covers two subjects—how to get something out of the literature, and how to get something into the literature.
Using Textile Literature Resources Textile information sources m a y be classified i n three broad categories—books, periodicals, and manufacturer's bulletins. Books. Books are helpful i n providing broad and basic information on a given subject. Unfortunately, this information m a y also be somewhat obsolete b y the time i t gets into print i n book form, b u t is useful, nevertheless, i n providing historical background for the researcher. I t is always well to know where we've been i n t r y i n g to decide where we're going. Sound basic information can be found i n books. Books do a good job of furnish ing information on the principles of the spinning, weaving, or mercerizing processes, for example. W h i l e the information on methods or such factors as speeds or con centrations m a y not be completely up to date, the principles are usually unchanged. A bibliography titled " T e x t i l e B i b l i o g r a p h y " compiled b y Textile World, N e w Y o r k , i n 1949 is available. T h i s bibliography, when made up, attempted to list every book on textile processing, both i n print a n d out of print, ever published i n the English language. Periodicals. Textile and chemical periodicals have been appropriately called " t h e postgraduate course of the textile student." These periodicals normally assume i n their editorial coverage that their readers understand the basic principles of textile manufacturing and its terminology, a n d , therefore, rarely publish textbooktype articles explaining elementary principles. T h e y do, however, carry out the function that textbooks do not a n d cannot perform—that of keeping their readers up to date on the newest i n processing methods. Periodicals can be easily used as sources of information i n research studies b y use of either the annual indexes to their contents published b y the better magazines themselves, or b y use of such standard indexes as Industrial Arts Index, Engineering Index, etc. T h e bibliography presented i n this paper includes a list of every k n o w n textile periodical published i n the world. T h i s list, compiled b y Textile World, also indicates i n which standard references the issues are indexed, if they are indexed at a l l . M a n u f a c t u r e r ' s Bulletins. A t h i r d and most valuable source of information is 162
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manufacturer's bulletins. These bulletins i n m a n y cases accomplish the purpose of both textbooks and periodicals, and i n addition provide specific information on a specific piece of processing equipment. M a n y of these bulletins are not mere catalogs of equipment, but actually excellent technical treatises giving particular know-how information. Such bulletins as Whitin Review, Saco-Lowell Bulletin, Calco Technical Bulletins, and others, are good examples. A researcher can keep up to date on what is new i n bulletins b y following the pages carried b y most textile periodicals on which such bulletins are listed as they are issued. The researcher can also make use of the services of the magazine i n secur ing these bulletins without charge, if desired. Unfortunately, such bulletins are not indexed except i n cases where the companies publishing them issue a periodic index to their own bulletins. However, the bulletins and catalogs can usually be obtained, if available, b y writing manufacturers of the specific product i n which the researcher is interested. A complete list of such m a n u facturers is contained i n the buyer's guide section of prefiled textile catalogs published by M c G r a w - H i l l Publishing Co., N e w Y o r k . Information or answers to questions that cannot be found i n any of these sources can usually be obtained b y writing to the textile periodicals, trade associa tions, or textile schools. A list of these trade associations and schools is also pre sented i n this paper. Abstract Services. Abstract services are, of course, still another source of i n formation for the researcher. T h e purpose of abstracts is to furnish enough infor mation to enable the researcher to keep abreast of developments so that he can select the articles for reading which seem important. T h e abstract situation i n textiles is said to be confused at present. Researchers making literature searches must go to several sources to ensure a complete search, and i n doing so they find much duplication of references. I n other words, nobody seems to be doing a complete abstracting job i n textiles, but too many people are doing an incomplete j ob. Chemical Abstracts abstracts literature dealing with chemistry and dyeing, and even goes somewhat further i n its coverage. Abstracts published b y the Textile Institute of E n g l a n d are also reasonably complete, and if a researcher uses this service and Chemical Abstracts, he will not miss much of importance.
Writing for Publication I n addition to the problem of getting information from the literature, there is the problem of getting information into the literature. Assuming that a researcher has carried out a research project and has obtained results that might be of benefit and interest to the industry, he is interested i n h a v i n g his results published. T h i s paper tries to explain the criteria b y which magazines judge material submitted as to its fitness for p u b l i c a t i o n ; the requirements, if any, of such magazines for material published; how such a paper should be w r i t t e n ; how a paper should not be w r i t t e n ; and give a little insight into what happens i n the editing and publishing process. T h e objective of the better textile magazines is to help textile mills raise their pro duction, cut their costs, or improve their quality. These things can be done i n m a n y w a y s — b y use of new equipment, b y better use of old equipment, or through better h u m a n relations. Textile periodicals generally accomplish their objectives b y publishing two types of papers—case history-type papers that tell how something was done, or "how t o " articles telling how something should be done. A paper can also cover both methods. A report on any research projects should also carry out one or more of these same objectives. If it does not, it is probably not worth publishing. If i t does, then it probably fits the editorial formula of the better magazines, and it is therefore suit able for publication. LITERATURE RESOURCES Advances in Chemistry; American Chemical Society: Washington, DC, 1954.
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T h e physical requirements for a manuscript for most magazines are very few and simple. A b o u t the only physical requirement is that · papers be typed doublespaced. The better a paper is written, edited, and organized, the more favorably it will be looked upon by the editor of a publication and the better chance i t has to be published q u i c k l y . If a paper requires considerable work to get i t ready for publication, publication may be delayed for several months. However, if a researcher has some useful information, he should not hesitate to submit even a simple list of facts or a copy of the report that has been written on the project. If the report or the information it contains is of sufficient value, most of the better magazines will take the time and trouble to do the organizing and editing, submit the manuscript to the author for approval, and then publish the manuscript under his name. There is always room i n a publication for good material, and good material is fairly scarce. A n alert editor w i l l cooperate to the fullest extent with the author i n preparing manuscripts for publication. There is usually no restriction on length of manuscripts that are desired. T h e staff of Textile World used to say that they measured the length of the manuscript i n facts per i n c h . A s long as facts and useful information were given, the author was permitted to go on to almost any length. B u t as soon as the writer stops giving facts and useful information, that is a good place for h i m to end the m a n u script. The briefer a manuscript can be, the better. O n the other hand, the maga zines are i n effect a consulting service for their readers and for the mills that they serve, and therefore thoroughness and detail are important and should not be over looked. Developing a Style. M o s t potential authors are very self-conscious about a t tempting to write for publication. A c t u a l l y , this is a ridiculous attitude. Good writing is very simple. P r o b a b l y part of the reluctance of potential authors to write can be traced to the great amount of bad writing that they have read i n the past. A c t u a l l y , i n good writing there is no need to delve into history, attempt to be elo quent i n wording, attempt to develop a certain " s t y l e , " or pile up the table w i t h dictionaries, thesaurus, and other potential aids to writing. T h e best writing is done almost every day i n the week as letters are written to friends and business acquaintances. I n such cases, we usually know what we want to say and we go ahead and say i t . T h e secret of good technical writing is also to know what y o u want to say, and simply to go ahead and say i t . E v e r y person has his own i n d i v i d u a l style whether he knows it or not, and to attempt to emulate the style of some novelist or other technical author w i l l simply complicate these writing projects and h a r m the effectiveness of the presentation. Perhaps the best advice to potential writers is to follow the advice of the o l d time minister who, i n advising a younger minister on how to preach, said, " F i r s t y o u tell 'em what you're going to tell 'em, then y o u tell 'em, then y o u tell 'em what y o u told ' e m . " Preparing an Outline. One of the most effective ways to get thoughts onto paper is simply to sit down and boil down into one paragraph containing one, two, or three sentences, the substance of what the research project proves or disproves. I n other words, boil i t down to a simple exposition of the results and leave out the details. After this has been done, the writer should go back to his sixth-grade training and make an outline of what he plans to say. T h i s outline could follow the chronological steps i n the research project, classify the various avenues of re search that were explored, or follow any other orderly means of expressing the i n formation. T h e function of the outline is simply to organize t h i n k i n g and to be sure that i n writing a l l related facts are put together, and not scattered from one end of the paper to the other. A c t u a l l y , writing is very simple. T h e hardest job is the t h i n k i n g before the writing. B u t if this t h i n k i n g is effectively and carefully carried out, the writing will be easy, well organized, and effective as well. Once the one-paragraph summary of results has been prepared, i t can probably be used as it stands or with slight modifications as the lead paragraph of the paper, LITERATURE RESOURCES Advances in Chemistry; American Chemical Society: Washington, DC, 1954.
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Once started, the rest is generally easy. The steps of the outline are followed and a full explanation of each subject or topic listed i n the outline is given. A s a con clusion, a summary of what was done m a y be included. However, this is not really necessary. T h e writer should not make the mistake of describing the entire project and then summarizing at the end of the paper. T h i s is a common writing fault, and editors are constantly reading through manuscripts to the last paragraph, cutting off the last paragraph, pasting i t on the front of the manuscript, and p u b l i s h ing the story pretty much as it is. Things to Avoid. Three things to avoid i n good technical writing or i n pre paring a paper for publication are history, mystery, and romance. T h e history type of writing is commonly found i n B r i t i s h publications. I n describing a new loom, for instance, the author w i l l i n v a r i a b l y start off w i t h some such statement as, " T h e art of weaving is one of the oldest k n o w n to m a n . " H e then traces the weaving process as i t was carried out b y the E g y p t i a n s , the Greeks, the Romans, a n d many of the other civilizations. O n page 3 or 4 of his manuscript, he finally gets to the point, a new weaving development has come forth that promises great things for the future. H e then tells what the reader really wanted to know i n the first place. T h e mystery story is also interesting. I n this type of story the author begins by telling that certain results have been achieved. T h e n he spends page after page describing the magnificent accomplishments of some new process or product, a n d then near the end of his story, as i n a detective story, answers the question of how it was done. T h e romance story is another interesting type of manuscript. I n the romance story, the author sometimes gets to the point fairly q u i c k l y and tells what has been done, but then spends several pages explaining that the results obtained are the r e sults of research work carried out over a period of many, many years and i n v o l v i n g the services of literally hundreds or thousands of people. H e delves i n detail into the many engineering or chemical problems that h a d to be overcome b y himself or b y his associates i n arriving at the final result. Some even go into explanation of how the particular results show what can be done under the great free enterprise system as opposed to other political systems. A l t h o u g h such romance is unquestionably interesting, and i t undoubtedly does show how free-thinking m e n can overcome stupendous obstacles i n arriving at a result, the technical paper for publication is not the place for this sort of material. The readers of a textile publication are basically interested i n what a new product or a new process is going to do for them. T h e y feel that even though i t took 10 years and the services of hundreds of men to develop a product, such work basically is the job of the supplier and they don't want to be bothered w i t h i t . The place for the romance is i n the company house organ or institutional advertising. Therefore, the technical writer should avoid romance, get directly to the point, and tell the reader exactly what the research project is going to do for h i m a n d how he can make the best use of i t . T h e basic editorial formula should be remem bered—all material should help cut costs, raise production, or improve quality. If these criteria are applied b y the writer, a good technical paper is produced. Authors are sometimes mystified b y the great time between the time a paper is submitted a n d publication of the paper. A d m i t t e d l y , i n some cases, this time lag is great. However, i n the publishing business one has to work far ahead. P r i n t ing, engraving, editing, proofreading, a n d other editorial matters a l l take time. Usually, i t takes about 6 weeks from the time the specific issue of a magazine is closed to the time the magazine is actually received b y the reader. A d d e d to this are up to 30 days required for reading a manuscript, deciding if i t is desirable, accepting, editing, organizing, and i n some cases, resubmitting i t to the author for approval. It sometimes takes 3 or 4 months to get a paper published. Chemists a n d researchers whose work involves seeking information on the textile industry a n d on textile processing will find the textile industry large a n d LITERATURE RESOURCES Advances in Chemistry; American Chemical Society: Washington, DC, 1954.
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complex, but intensely interesting. They will also find cooperative people and institutions willing to assist in finding information. Trade papers and business magazines are numerous and appear periodically—from daily to annually. The textile industry is also unique in that it is served by ten college-level textile schools, all with extensive libraries, devoted exclusively to training men for the industry. In addition to the usual sources of information, these magazines and these schools are ready to help the researcher in the textile field. If the searcher cannot find what he is looking for, he should not hesitate to call on those in the field for assistance. Textile Periodicals Compiled by Textile World.
Index Key. Publications in which periodicals are indexed are indicated by: (1) Chemical Abstracts, (2) Industrial Arts Index, (3) Engineering Index, (4) Journal of the Textile Institute, (5) Bib raphy of Agriculture. ARGENTINA
Argentina Textil, San Martin 66, Buenos Aires. Industria Textil Sud Americana, Buenos Aires. Revista Textil, Argentine Confederation of Textile Industries, Avenida de Mayo 1157, Buenos Aires.
AUSTRALIA
Textile Journal of Australia, 19-47 Jeffcot St., Melbourne (1, 4, 5).
AUSTRIA
Österreichische Textil-Zeitschrift, Vienna (1).
BELGIUM
Annuaire générale de textile, Publi-Texal, 14 Place des Martyrs, Brussels. Bulletin mensuel de la bourse aux textiles de bruxelles, 9 Boulevard Baudouin, Brussels. Moniteur textile, 75 Chaussée de Vleurgat, Brussels (5). Rayonne et fibres synthétiques, 82 Rue de Namur, Brussels (1, 4). Textielwezen, 4 Savaenstraat, Ghent (1).
BRAZIL
Revista dos Mercados, Box 1442, 443 Rua Libero Badaro, São Paulo. Revista Senai. Revista Textile, São Paulo.
CANADA
Canadian Textile Journal, Canadian Textile Journal Publishing Co., Ltd., 1434 St. Catherine St., West Montreal, Quebec (4, 5).
CHILE
Chile Textil, Santiago.
DENMARK
Nordisk Textil-Tidsskrift, Studiestraede 49, Copenhagen. Textil, Amaliegade 22, Copenhagen. Tidsskrift for Textilteknik, Klasterstaede 23, Copenhagen.
ENGLAND
British Rayon and Silk Journal, Old Colony House, South King St., Manchester 2. Dyer Textile Printer, Bleacher and Finisher, Drury House, Russell St., Drury Lane, London (1, 4, 5). Fibres, 17 Stratford Place, London, W. 1 (4, 5). Journal of the Textile Institute, 16 St. Mary's Parsonage, Manchester (1, 2, 3, 4, 5). Journal of the Society of Dyers & Colourists, Piccadilly, Bradford, Yorkshire (1, 2, 4, 5). Silk Journal and Rayon World, Old Colony House, South King St., Manchester 2 (1, 4, 5). Skinner's Silk and Rayon Record, St. James House, 44 Brazennose St., Manchester 2 (1, 4, 5). Textile Manufacturer, 21 Bedford St., Strand, W. C. 2, London; Emmott & Co., 31 King St., Manchester (1, 4, 5). Textile Mercury and Argus, 41 Spring Gardens, Manchester (1, 4, 5). Textile Recorder, Old Colony House, South King St., Manchester 2 (1, 3, 4). Wool Record and Textile World, Bradford (1, 4, 5).
FRANCE
Arts textiles, 76 Rue des Sts. Pères, Paris 7. Bulletin des soies et soieries, 4 Rue Gentil, Lyon. Industrie textile, 36 Rue Ballu, Paris (1). Moniteur de la maille, 60 Rue Richelieu, Paris 2 (1). Nord textile, 3 Rue de l'Hotel de Ville, Paris. Revue textile, 196 Avenue Jean-Jaures, Paris (XIXe). Teintex, Revue Générale des Matières Colorantes (Organe Officiel des Chimistes), 60 Rue Richelieu Paris 2(1).
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GERMANY
Deutscher Textile-Anzeiger, Laudhausstrasse 74, Stuttgart (5). Melliand Textilberichte, Ebertplatz 3, Heidelberg (1, 4, 5). Textile Export Journal (in English), Heinrich Habig A. G., Herdecke a/Ruhr, British Zone. Textile Handel, Bruderstrasse 7/9, Herford. Textil-Praxis, Danneckerstrasse, 52, Stuttgart (1, 4, 5). Textil Zeitung, Bahnofstrasse 33, Wiesboden
GREECE
Biomechanike Epitheoresis, Athens (5).
INDIA
Indian Textile Journal, Military Square, Fort, Bombay (1, 4, 5). Textile Digest, Quarterly Journal of the Textile Association (India), Ganesh Bhwan, Suparibang Road, Bombay 2.
IRELAND
Draper's Mirror, Abbey Bldg., Middle Abbey St., Dublin. Irish Draper, 4 St. Andrew St., Dublin. Irish Industry, Abbey Bldg., Middle Abbey St., Dublin.
ITALY
Fibre e colori, Milano (1). Rivista tessile, Milano (1). Tiessitura, Foro Bonaparte 24, Milano. Tinctoria, Via Orefici No. 1, Milano (1).
JAPAN
Japan Textile Monthly, No. 9, 3 Chome, Honcho, Nihonbashi, Chuoku, Tokyo. Kureha Textile Review, Osaka.
NETHERLANDS
Tex, De, Molenstraat 13, Ensehede (monthly) (1.4). Τextiel Industrie, De, Uitg. Misset, Deetineham (biweekly). Textielhandel, De, Vitgevers-Maatschappij, "C. Misset" Ν. V., Vsselkade, Doetinchem Enka & Breda Rayon Review (in English) (4). International Textiles, 452 Keizersgracht, Amsterdam (4). Textilia, Kolzerstraat 35, Amsterdam.
NORWAY
Norsk Tekstiltidende, Fjosangerveien, Fjaangerv, 32B, Bergen (4).
PORTUGAL
Revista Textil, Travessa da Condessa do Rio 7, Lisbon. Textil, Estoril.
SCOTLAND
Dundee Prices Current, 12 Panmwe St., Dundee (5). Scottish Drapery Journal, 30 George Square, Glasgow.
SPAIN
Ingenieria textil, Av. Jose Antonio 618, Barcelona (4). Textil, Via Layetana 140, 3.0, Barcelona.
SWEDEN
Textil och Konfektion, Box 7007, Stockholm 7 (4, 5). Textilia, Box 7007, Stockholm 7.
SWITZERLAND
Schweizerische, Textildetaillisten Zeitung, 17 Poststrasse, St. Gallen (1). SVF-Fachorgan fur Textilveredelung, Basel. Textil-Revue, Zurich. Textil-Rundschau, St. Gallen (1, 4, 5). Textiler, Zollstrasse 14, Zurich. Textiles Suisses, Laussanne.
TURKEY
Feshane Mensucat Meslek Dergisi, Istanbul.
UNITED STATES
American Dyestuff Reporter, Howes Publishing Co., Inc., 1 Madison Ave., New York 10, Ν. Y. (1, 2, 3, 4, 5). America's Textile Reporter, Frank P. Bennett & Co., Inc., 286 Congress St., Boston 10, Mass (1, 5). Daily News Record, Fairchild Publications, Inc., 7 East 12th St., New York 3, New York. Fibre and Fabric, Wade Publishing Co., 465 Main St., Kendall Square, Cambridge, Mass. (1, 4, 5). Hosiery Industry Weekly, Howes Publishing Co., Inc., 1 Madison Ave., New York 10, Ν. Y. Hosiery & Underwear Review, 1 West 34th St., New York 1, Ν. Y. (5). Knitter, P. O. Box 1225, Charlotte 1, N. C. Papers of the American Association of Textile Technologists, Room 6337, 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York 20, Ν. Y., published by Fairchild Publications, Inc., 7 East 12th St., New York 3, Ν. Y. (4, 5). LITERATURE RESOURCES Advances in Chemistry; American Chemical Society: Washington, DC, 1954.
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Rayon Organon, Textile Economics Bureau, 10 East 40th St., New York, Ν. Y. (4, 5). Rayon and Synthetic Textiles, Rayon Publishing Corp., 303 Fifth Ave., New York 16, Ν. Y. (1, 2, 3, 4, 5). Southern Textile News, Mullen Publications, Inc., Charlotte, N. C. (5). Textile Age, Textile Age, Inc., 22 West Putnam Ave., Greenwich, Conn. (1, 4, 5). Textile Bulletin, Clark Publishing Co., 218 West Morehead St., Charlotte, N. C. (1, 5). Textile Research Journal, Textile Research Institute, 10 East 40th St., New York, 16, Ν. Y. (1, 4, 5). Textile Technology Digest, Institute of Textile Technology, Charlottesville, Va. (5). Textile World, McGraw-Hill Publishing Co., New York, Ν. Y. (1, 2, 3, 4, 5). Textiles Panamericanos, 570—7th Ave., New York, Ν. Y. (5). Directory of Textile Associations Alabama Cotton Manufacturers Association, Montgomery, Ala. D. H. Morris, III, president; Dwight M. Wilhelm, executive vice president. Alabama Textile Operating Executives. Wilson Patterson, general chairman; Ben H. Crawford, secretary, West Point, Ga. American Association of Textile Chemists & Colorists. H. C. Chapin, secretary, Lowell Textile Institute, Lowell, Mass. American Association of Textile Technologists. George H. Hotte, president; Bernice S. Bronner, secretary, American Cyanamid Co., 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, Ν. Y. American Cotton Manufacturers Institute, Inc., Charlotte, New York, and Washington, D. C. Chas. C. Hertwig, president; F. S. Love, secretary-treasurer. American Cotton Waste Exchange, 222 Summer St., Boston, Mass. Maurice J. Simon, president; Frank E. Hanington, Jr., secretary. American Lace Manufacturers Association, Inc., 212 Turks Head Bldg., Providence 3, R. I. Harold G. Truman, president; Richard Bloch, secretary; Edward F. Walker, executive director. American Silk Council," Inc., 489 Fifth Ave., New York 17, Ν. Y. George Elbogen, president; Alvin Barber, secretary. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Textile Division. A. B. Studley, northern representa tive, 160 Washington St., N., Boston, Mass. American Society for Testing Materials, 1916 Race St., Philadelphia 3, Pa. C. L. Warwick, execu tive secretary. Asbestos Textile Institute, Ceramics Department, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, N. J. M. C. Shaw, secretary. Association of Commission Wool Scourers & Carbonizers. P. Morelle, Jr., secretary, Star Car bonizing Co., 706 Diamond Hill Rd., Woonsocket, R. I. Association of Cotton Textile Merchants of New York, 40 Worth St., New York 13, N. Y. W. Ray Bell, president; John L. Severance, secretary. Association of Cotton Yarn Distributors, 5th & Chestnut Sts., Philadelphia 6, Pa. Frank E. Slack, president. Association of Knitted Fabrics Manufacturers, 1450 Broadway, New York 18, Ν. Y. Jacob M. Wallerstein, president; Jacob P. Rosenbaum, executive secretary. Association of Narrow Fabrics Manufacturers, Inc., 5th & Chestnut Sts., Philadelphia 6, Pa. Frank E. Slack, managing director. Atlanta Textile Club, Atlanta, Ga. H. I. Avery, Jr., president; J. W. Waddell, secretary, 530 Trust Co. of Ga. Bldg., Atlanta, Ga. Bobbin Manufacturers Association, 715 Hospital Trust Bldg., Providence, R. I. Matthew E. Ward, secretary. Boston Wool Trade Association, 263 Summer St., Boston, Mass. C. Willard Bigelow, secretarytreasurer. Brattice Cloth Manufacturers Association, 54 Worth St., New York 13, N. Y. F. C. Larson, president; H. E. O'Neill, secretary. Burlap & Jute Association, 425 W. 25th St., New York, Ν. Y. Joseph Epstein, president; R. S. Carraway, secretary. Canadian Association of Textile Colorists & Chemists. R. W. Redston, secretary of the Quebec Section, 5493 Viau St., Montreal 36, Quebec; R. W. Graham, secretary of the Ontario Section, 32 Tuxedo Ave., S., Hamilton, Ont. Canadian Woolen & Knit Goods Manufacturers Association, 50 King St., West, Toronto, Ont. W. M. Berry, secretary. Canvas Waterproofers Association, P. O. Box 168, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. E. L. Johnson, president. Carded Yarn Association, Inc., Johnston Bldg., Charlotte, N. C. D. R. La Far, Jr., president; Juanita Nixon, secretary. Carpet Institute, Inc., 350 Fifth Ave., New York, Ν. Y. M. A. Watson, president; King Hoag land, secretary. Chattanooga Yarn Association, Chattanooga, Tenn. David Gott, secretary, Chattanooga Bank Bldg., Chattanooga, Tenn. Chicago Yarn Men's Club, 222 West Adams St., Chicago, Ill. E. W. Wood, president; Wm. E. Feery, secretary. LITERATURE RESOURCES Advances in Chemistry; American Chemical Society: Washington, DC, 1954.
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Committee D-13 (American Society for Testing Materials), W. H. Whitcomb, secretary, 41 Nor man Ave., Cranston, R. I. Cordage Institute, 350 Madison Ave., New York 17, N. Y. DeWitt C., Schieck, secretary. Cotton Institute of Canada, 50 King St., West, Toronto, Ont. W. M. Berry, secretary. Cotton Manufacturers Association of Georgia. Henry W. Swift, president, Columbus, Ga.; T. M. Forbes, executive vice president, C. & S. Bank Bldg., Atlanta, Ga. Dominion Wool Dealers' Association, 217 Bay St., Toronto 1, Ont. C. M. Kent, president, W. J. Cannon, secretary. Durene Association of America, 350 Fifth Ave., New York, N. Y. A. C. L. Newsom, executive secretary. Eastern Maine Woolen Overseers Association. James Halliday, secretary, Oakland, Maine. Fall River Textile Manufacturers Association, 57 North Main St., Fall River, Mass. L. R. Morley, secretary-treasurer. Felt Association, 74 Trinity Pl., New York, N. Y. H. S. Blake, Jr., executive secretary. Fiber Society. J. T. Wigington, secretary, Clemson, S. C. Full-Fashioned Hosiery Manufacturers of America, 3701 North Broad St., Philadelphia 40, Pa. Richard F. Peden, secretary pro tem. Green Mountain Textile Overseers Association, Proctorsville, Vt. Henry Cushman, president; Guy Morse, secretary. Greenville Textile Club, Greenville, S. C. Ray W. Bayne, president; D. W. Stevenson, secretary. Hard Fibres Association, 425 West 25th St., New York, Ν. Y. Chester P. Smith, president; R. S. Carraway, secretary. Hosiery Mill Representatives Club of Chicago. A. D. Crawford, president, 176 West Adams St., Chicago, Ill. Hosiery Wholesalers National Association. L. Guzik, counsel & executive director, 32 Broadway, New York 4, Ν. Y. Independent Association of Stocking Manufacturers, 11 North Juniper St., Philadelphia, Pa. Ε. M. Rand, executive secretary. Knitting Machine Manufacturers Association of the United States, 350 Fifth Ave., New York 1, Ν. Y. K. W. Howie, president; Beale J. Fausett, secretary. Maine Woolen & Worsted Association. John Robinson, president, Oxford, Maine; Everett Greaton, secretary, Augusta, Maine. Master Dyers Association, Main St. & Walnut Lane, Philadelphia, Pa. Horace T. Greenwood, president; Graham J. Littlewood, III, secretary. National Association of Cotton Manufacturers, 80 Federal St., Boston, Mass. William F. Sullivan, president. National Association of Finishers of Textile Fabrics, 40 Worth St., New York, Ν. Y. Alice C. Moore, secretary-treasurer. National Association of Hosiery Manufacturers, 468 Fourth Ave., New York 16, Ν. Y. Samuel F. Rubin, chairman; Earl Constantine, president; Reuben C. Ball, secretary. National Association of Lace Curtain Manufacturers, 366 Madison Ave., New York, N. Y. W. J. Parker, commissioner. National Association of Textile Machinery Manufacturers. J. Hugh Bolton, president, Whitins ville, Mass.; Max F. Thompson, Secretary, Whitinsville, Mass. National Association of Textile Printing Colorists, 465 Main St., Cambridge, Mass. National Association of Waste Material Dealers, Inc., 271 Madison Ave., New York 16, Ν. Y. Clinton M. White, secretary. National Association of Wool Manufacturers, 386 Fourth Ave., New York, Ν. Y. Arthur Besse, president; E. Wilkinson, assistant to president; Walter Humphreys, secretary & treasurer, 80 Federal St., Boston, Mass. National Association of Woolen & Worsted Overseers. Raymond T. Bourey, president, Lebanon, Ν. H.; James J. Burns, secretary, 65 Wellesley Road, Holyoke, Mass. National Canvas Goods Manufacturers Association, Inc., 224 Endicott Bldg., St. Paul, Minn. Lawrence H. Stevens, president; James E. McGregor, executive secretary-treasurer. National Cotton Council, Memphis, Tenn. Harold A. Young, president; Wm. Rhea Blake, execu tive vice president and secretary. National Cotton Ginners Association, 1004 Cravens Bldg., Oklahoma City, Okla. W. O. Forten berry, president; Roberta Reubell, acting secretary. National Council of Textile School Deans, Ε. T. Pickard, treasurer's office, Kent, Conn. National Federation of Textiles, Inc., 389 Fifth Ave., New York 16, Ν. Y. Alexander F. Ix, presi dent; Irene Blunt, secretary-treasurer. National Knitted Outerwear Association, 386 Fourth Ave., New York, Ν. Y. Milton Davis, presi dent; Sidney S. Korzenik, executive director. National Safety Council, Textile Section. C. J. Hyslup, chairman, Elkin, N. C. National Textile Processors Guild, 51 Chambers St., New York, Ν. Y. H. E. Kenworthy, president; H. T. Greenwood, Jr., vice president; Harold Korzenik, secretary-counsel. National Wool Trade Association, 263 Summer St., Boston, Mass. C. W. Bigelow, secretarytreasurer. New Bedford Cotton Manufacturers Association, Masonic Building, New Bedford, Mass. F. W. Steele, executive-secretary. LITERATURE RESOURCES Advances in Chemistry; American Chemical Society: Washington, DC, 1954.
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New England Rayon & Synthetic Yarns Peddlers Association, Providence, R. I. Earl V. Litchfield, president. New Hampshire Manufacturers Association, Manchester, Ν. H. Leon H. Rice, president; Philip M. Darling, executive secretary. New York Association of Hosiery Mill Salesmen, 350 Fifth Ave., New York, Ν. Y. Frank Doherty, president. New York State Textile Overseers Association. Joel McCannon, president, Stottville, Ν. Y.; Emil Tegtmeier, secretary, Stottville, Ν. Y. North Carolina Cotton Manufacturers Association. Julian Robertson, president, Salisbury, N. C.; Hunter Marshall, secretary-treasurer, Charlotte 2, N. C. Philadelphia Textile Manufacturers Association, Public Ledger Bldg. Ε. K. Pierson, managing director. Philadelphia Wool & Textile Association, Philadelphia, Pa. H. J. Ferren, secretary, Eavenson & Levering, Camden, N. J. Plastic Coatings & Film Association. P. F. Johnson, executive secretary, 9 Rockefeller Plaza, New York 20, Ν. Y. Plastic Materials Manufacturers Association, Inc., Washington, D. C. F. H. Carman, general manager. Primary Textiles Institute, 50 King St., West, Toronto, Canada. H. G. Smith, chairman; W. M. Berry, executive secretary-treasurer. Rayon Yarn Producers Group, 350 Fifth Ave., New York, Ν. Y. Matthew H. O'Brien, secretary. Rhode Island Textile Association, 212 Turks Head Bldg., Providence 3, R. I. Κ. B. Cook, presi dent; E. F. Walker, secretary-treasurer. Salesmen's Association of the Textile Dyeing & Printing Industry, Inc., Eighth Ave. & 51st St., New York, Ν. Y. Leo J. Brill, president. Shenandoah Valley Textile Executives Association, Oella, Md. John J. Burger, president; Richard Petrie, secretary. Silk & Rayon Institute, 50 King St., West, Toronto, Canada. W. M. Berry, secretary. Silk & Rayon Manufacturers Association, University Tower, Montreal, Canada. A. Wesley Mason, president. Silk Commission Manufacturers Association, 132 Market St., Paterson 1, N. J. Herbert Susser, executive secretary and counsel. Silk & Rayon Printers & Dyers Association of America, Inc., 1450 Broadway, New York, Ν. Y. Dean M. Lewis, president; Geo. F. Gaede, secretary; Charles A. Grant, manager. Skein Dyers Association of America, 418 17th Ave., Paterson 4, N. J. Beptiste J. Lanza, president; Fred Kern, secretary. Soft Fibre Manufacturers Institute. G. F. Quimby, secretary, 9 Rockefeller Plaza, New York 20, Ν. Y. Southern Combed Yarn Spinners Association, Gastonia, N. C. H. E. Rietz, executive secretarytreasurer. Southern Hosiery Manufacturers Association, Charlotte, N. C. T. F. Dooley, chairman; Taylor R. Durham, president and secretary. Southern New England Textile Club, 1201 Lonsdale Ave., Saylesville, R. I. Arthur C. Adams, presi dent. Southern Textile Association, P. O. Box 1225, Charlotte, N. C. James T. McAden, Jr., secretarytreasurer. Textile Associates Club, 749 Narragansett Pkwy., Providence, R. I. Charles A. Haynes, Jr., sec retary-treasurer. Textile Manufacturers Association of South Carolina. W. H. Beattie, president, Greenville, S. C.; John K. Cauthen, executive vice president, Columbia, S. C. Textile Brokers Association, 247 Church St., New York, Ν. Y. Textile Color Card Association of the United States, Inc., 200 Madison Ave., New York 16, Ν. Y. Margaret Hayden Rorke, managing director and secretary. Textile Designers, Analysts & Technicians Association, Fall River, Mass. Frank Kustecki, West Warwick, R. I., president; M. J. Wayner, New Bedford, Mass., secretary. Textile Distributors Institute, Inc., 469 Seventh Ave., New York, Ν. Y. Walter Ross, president; H. A. Wiedenfeld, executive secretary. Textile Export Association of United States, 271 Church St., New York 13, Ν. Y. Harold N. Pratt, president; John W. Murray, secretary-treasurer. Textile Fabrics Association, 40 Worth St., New York, N. Y. W. P. Fickett, president-treasurer; A. W. Davis, secretary. Textile Operating Executives of Georgia. H. M. Jackson, general chairman, Atlanta, Ga.; Herman A. Dickert, secretary, Georgia Tech., Atlanta, Ga. Textile Research Institute, Kingston Road, Princeton, N. J., Publications Department, 10 East 40th St., New York 16, Ν. Y.; Paul C. Alford, Jr., secretary. Textile Waste Exchange, P. O. Box 4547, Atlanta 2, Ga. W. T. Coleman, president; John M. Bell, secretary. Thread Institute, Inc., 11 West 42nd St., New York, Ν. Y. Josef Pollack, Chairman; David Sny der, executive director and secretary. LITERATURE RESOURCES Advances in Chemistry; American Chemical Society: Washington, DC, 1954.
NEWELL—EDITING, PUBLISHING, AND ABSTRACTING OF TEXTILE LITERATURE Tufted Textile Manufacturers Association, P. O. Box 256, Dalton, Ga. Henry C. Ball, president: E. J. Moench, executive vice president. Underwear Institute, 2 Park Ave., New York, Ν. Y. Roy A. Cheney, president. United Knitwear Manufacturers League, 51 Chambers St., New York 7, Ν. Y. Harry Katz, presi dent, Harold Korzenik, executive counsel. Warp Knit Fabric Manufacturers Group, National Federation of Textiles, Inc., 389 Fifth Ave., New York 16, N. Y. G. V. P. Marks, chairman. Webbing Manufacturers Institute. Ε. B. Pomeroy, secretary, 13 Masonic St., New London, Conn. Wholesale Dry Goods Institute, Inc., 40 Worth St., New York, Ν. Y. Henry Matter, executive vice president. Wool Bureau, Inc., 16 West 46th St., New York, Ν. Y. Woolen Wholesalers National Association. L. Guzik, counsel & executive director, 32 Broadway, New York 4, Ν. Y. Woolknit Associates, Inc., 745 Fifth Ave., New York, Ν. Y. Neil MacLellan, president; Herman G. Lustfield, secretary. Woonsocket Association of Manufacturers, Woonsocket, R. I. Henry Dursin, president; J. C. Winn, secretary-treasurer. Yarn Merchants Association, Inc., 171 Madison Ave., New York, Ν. Y. Textile Schools Alabama Polytechnic Institute, School of Textile Technology, Auburn, Ala. W. Charles Knight, acting head. Bradford Durfee Technical Institute, Fall River, Mass. Leslie B. Coombs, president. Clemson School of Textiles of Clemson Agricultural College, Clemson, S. C. Hugh M. Brown, dean. Fashion Institute of Technology, 225 West 24th St., New York 11, N. Y. G. E. Linton, dean. Georgia Institute of Technology, A. French Textile School, Atlanta, Ga. H. A. Dickert, director. Institute of TextileTechnology, Charlottesville, Va. Jack Compton, chairman executive com mittee and technical director; J. L. Vaughan, chairman academic committee; P. F. Coburn, mill liaison. Lowell Textile Institute, Lowell, Mass. Martin J. Lydon, president. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Division of Textile Technology, Cambridge, Mass. Edward R. Schwarz, head. New Bedford Textile Institute, New Bedford, Mass. George Walker, president. North Carolina State College, School of Textiles, Raleigh, N. C. Malcolm E. Campbell, dean. North Carolina Vocational Textile School, Belmont, N. C. Chris. E. Folk, principal; Martin L. Rhodes, superintendent. Philadelphia Textile Institute, Philadelphia, Pa. B. W. Hayward, director; Richard S. Cox, dean. Rhode Island School of Design, Division of Textiles & Clothing, 14 College St., Providence, R. I. W. D. Fales, division chairman. State University of New York, Institute of Applied Arts and Sciences at Utica, Utica, Ν. Y. Paul B. Richardson, president. Texas Technological College, Textile Engineering Department, Lubbock, Tex. L. E. Parsons, de partment head. Textile Evening Trade School, 351 West 18th St., New York, Ν. Y. Jon B. Leder, principal. RECEIVED October 14, 1952. Presented before the Division of Chemical Literature, Symposium on Literature 01 Textile Chemistry, at the 122nd Meeting of the AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, Atlantic City, N. J
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