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Oral history: Tom McAndrews (DuPont Textile Fibers)

Oral history · not yet checked at the source

Date: 2018
Held by: Hagley Museum and Library
Collection: Textile Fibers Department oral histories
Themes: Nylon & synthetic fibers (DuPont), Trade catalogs & marketing

View at the source Cited in chapter 6, note 16

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“Oral history: Tom McAndrews (DuPont Textile Fibers),” 2018. Textile Fibers Department oral histories, Hagley Museum and Library. digital.hagley.org/system/files/2025-06/islandora_2599141_obj.pdf.

Research notes

Gives carpet filament from 1952, the launch of "501" carpet nylon in 1958 with its special crimp, changes to 501 in 1972, and the soil-hiding properties of BCF. Found via search-engine results (Hagley's site blocks automated reading): open the link to confirm and see the image.