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Shirley Institute Biography Biography
The Shirley Institute was established in 1920 as the British Cotton Industry Research Association as a research centre dedicated to cotton production technologies. The Institute invented Ventile and developed the tog measure of thermal resistance. In 1961 the association merged with the British Rayon Research Association to form the Cotton, Silk and Man-Made Fibres Research Association. In 1989 it merged with the Wool Industries Research Association to form the British Textile Technology Group.

Scope and Content
Collection of books, reports and trade literature relating to the textiles industry, collected and used at the Shirley Institute, Manchester.
Extent
3 boxes
Archival history
No entry in the accession register.
Level of description
TOP
Repository name
Science and Industry Museum
Conditions governing access
Open access.
Conditions governing Reproduction
Copies may be supplied in accordance with current copyright legislation and Science Museum Group terms and conditions.
External document
Box list