collection SC.425 - Man-Sew Corporation patents, 1933-1965

Identity area

Reference code

US NNFIT SC.425

Title

Man-Sew Corporation patents, 1933-1965

Date(s)

  • 1933-1965 (Creation)

Level of description

collection

Extent and medium

0.5 linear feet
Patents

Context area

Name of creator

(circa 1930 - circa 1990)

Administrative history

Man-Sew Corp. is a distributor of industrial sewing machines for the home and apparel industry. Other products include bag closers, carpet sewing, chainstitch machines, safety stitch/sergers, cutting machines, and more.

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Scope and content

This collection is comprised of 7 folders of patents, largely for sewing machinery, registered by the Man-Sew Corporation between 1933 and 1964.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

chronological

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Conditions governing access

Access is open to researchers by appointment at the Fashion Institute of Technology Library, Department of Special Collections and College Archives. If you have any questions, or wish to schedule an appointment contact us at fitlibsparc@fitnyc.edu or call (212) 217-4385.

Conditions governing reproduction

The Department of Special Collections and College Archives does not own copyright for all material held in its physical custody. It is the researcher's obligation to abide by and satisfy copyright law (http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap1.html#108) when copying or using materials (including digital materials) found in or made available from the department. When possible, the department will inform a researcher about the copyright status of material, the researcher's obligations with regard to such material, and, wherever possible, the owner or owners of the copyrights. Any and all reproduction of originals is at the archivist's discretion.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

printed matter

Finding aids

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Existence and location of originals

The Library of the Fashion Institute of Technology, Department of Special Collections and College Archives, 27th St. at 7th Ave., NY, NY , USA, 10001

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Rules and/or conventions used

AAT; ANSI; DACS; DCMI; ISAD(G); ISO; LoC; NISO; etc

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Dates of creation revision deletion

2019 January 28

Language(s)

  • English

Script(s)

  • Latin

Sources

Archivist's note

Arrangement, description, and/or archival processing by Kate Lund, FIT, NY, NY, USA.

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