The University Archive Services holds an extensive collection (approx 221 linear metres) of records relating to the textile industry both in Dundee and India. The collection of records relating to the jute industry is the largest in Europe, possibly the world. Records of the local textile industry, including textile engineering, relate to linen and jute firms, and Dundee’s links with India and Pakistan/Bangladesh, c1800-c1978. The development of jute spinning and weaving in India, from 1855, and the Indian industry’s relations with the industry in Dundee is an important aspect of the collections. The records chart the rise and decline of the textile industry and its impact on the city of Dundee. Collections include:

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Archive collections include:

• 122 textile pieces from the Needlework Development Scheme including a few pattern and design books. The collection was given to Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art (now a Faculty of the University) when the Scheme disbanded in 1961
• 12 further pieces from around the world acquired by the Art College to augment the collection and its use in teaching textile students
• A collection of c30 pieces created by students in the 1970s

• Made-Up Textiles Association Limited, Dundee, 1913-1976
• Thomas C Keay Ltd, engineers and mill furnishers, Dundee, 1914-1975
• D J MacDonald Ltd, engineers, Dundee, 1861-1989
• H & A Scott Ltd, textile manufacturers, Dundee, 1861-1986
• A & S Henry & Co Ltd, cotton and just merchants, 1853-1987
• James F Low & Co Ltd, engineers, Monifieth, 1850-1984
• William R Stewart & Sons (Hacklemakers) Ltd, textile machinery manufacturers, Dundee, 1904-1981
• Peter Carmichael of Arthurstone, engineer and textile mill manager, 1837-1924
• Sidlaw Industries Ltd, jute spinners, Dundee, and its various subsidiaries, 1811-1989
• Julius Salomon & Co, merchants, Dundee, 1876-1968
• Scottish Co-Operative Wholesale Society, jute spinners and manufacturers, Dundee, 1969-1983
• Caird (Dundee) Ltd, jute manufacturers, Dundee, 1834-1997
• Low & Bonar Ltd, jute spinners, manufacturers and merchants, Dundee, 1901-1986
• Giddings & Lewis-Fraser Ltd, jute spinners, Arbroath, 1857-1987
• D Pirie & Company Ltd, jute and flax merchants, Dundee, 1882-1985
• Craiks Ltd, linen and jute merchants and manufacturers, Forfar, 1877-1981
• William Brown's Essay on Flax Spinning and Related Papers [1787--1890
• William Halley & Sons Ltd, flax manufacturers, Dundee, c1977-1980
• Marshall & Edgar, Lilybank Foundry, Dundee, 1836-1847
• Papers of William Grimond, trader, Dundee, and his family, 1819-1852
• Wm Fergusson & Sons Ltd, jute manufacturers, Dudhope Works, Dundee, 1872-1985
• Boase & Co Ltd, Claverhouse Bleachfield, Dundee, 1838-1966
• Wilson Bros (Alva) Ltd, woollen manufacturers, Alva, 1873-1986
• Baxter Brothers & Co Ltd, linen and jute spinners and manufacturers, Dundee, 1795-1992
• Cox Brothers Ltd, jute Spinners and manufacturers, and Cox Family Papers, 1798-1981