Folks,
I am involved in a new research project on Federal uniforms and I am trying to locate a copy of one or both of two research papers done in the 80's. Ann Cordy (Deegan) was wrote a PhD. thesis in 1983 at the University of Maryland titled "Investigation of thread color change in American Civil War uniforms" and in 1986 Cordy and Kwan-Nan Yeh published an article in Textile History 17(1) 91-98 titled "Investigation of Thread Colour Change in United States Civil War Uniforms" probably based upon Cordy's earlier work. These papers were, as far as I am aware, the first scientific investigation of the tendency of Logwood dyed thread in federal uniforms to change color from dark blue to brown with exposure to light and heat. I am looking for a copy of either or preferably both or sources where they can be obtained. I have already considered the U of Mich Libraries but came up empty searching for this manuscript in the Dissertation DB there. The Journal/Magazine Textile History may be foreign (UK?) and no longer published.
If anyone has a copy of either please contact me to negotiate my obtaining a copy. Thanks.
Dick Milstead
Company of Military Historians
Liberty Rifles
Hardaways Alabama Battery
I am involved in a new research project on Federal uniforms and I am trying to locate a copy of one or both of two research papers done in the 80's. Ann Cordy (Deegan) was wrote a PhD. thesis in 1983 at the University of Maryland titled "Investigation of thread color change in American Civil War uniforms" and in 1986 Cordy and Kwan-Nan Yeh published an article in Textile History 17(1) 91-98 titled "Investigation of Thread Colour Change in United States Civil War Uniforms" probably based upon Cordy's earlier work. These papers were, as far as I am aware, the first scientific investigation of the tendency of Logwood dyed thread in federal uniforms to change color from dark blue to brown with exposure to light and heat. I am looking for a copy of either or preferably both or sources where they can be obtained. I have already considered the U of Mich Libraries but came up empty searching for this manuscript in the Dissertation DB there. The Journal/Magazine Textile History may be foreign (UK?) and no longer published.
If anyone has a copy of either please contact me to negotiate my obtaining a copy. Thanks.
Dick Milstead
Company of Military Historians
Liberty Rifles
Hardaways Alabama Battery
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