Daniel Pratt
- Extensive information about the founder, and the history of the American cotton gin manufacturing industry.
- http://www.pratthistory.com/

Knitting History; From Hand Knitting to Knitting Machines
- Short history of the development of knitting machinery and technology, by Sharon Nani. Links to knitting articles and related sites.
- http://theknittree.com/knithistory.html

Sewing Machines: Historical Trade Literature in Smithsonian Institution Collections
- From the Smithsonian Institution's Library of Historical Trade Literature, a guide to the range of materials published by and about sewing machine companies in the US and other countries, starting in the 1840's.
- http://www.sil.si.edu/DigitalCollections/Trade-Literature/Sewing-Machines/pdf/sewing-machines.pdf

The Sewing Machine: Its Invention and Development
- Smithsonian Institution's web publication of a 1976 book on the invention, development and introduction of the sewing machine, by Grace Rogers Cooper.
- http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/hst/cooper/

Servant in the House: A Brief History of the Sewing Machine
- History of the development and introduction into the industry of the sewing machine, originally published by the Smithsonian Report in 1930. Author: Frederick Lewis Lewton.
- http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/hst/lewton/intro.htm

Cotton Gin
- Short history of the invention of the cotton gin by Eli Whitney.
- http://www.eliwhitney.org/cotton.htm

Flax and Hemp gin
- Page from the Illustrated London News of November 1, 1862, with an illustration of the American flax gin developed by Sandford and Mallory, and a short description of its operation.
- http://www.hempology.org/DECORTICATORS/1862%20FLAX%20AND%20HEMP%20GIN.html

Monticello: The Plantation
- Short article on the development of mechanised yarn spinning and cloth weaving on Thomas Jefferson's Monticello cotton plantation in 1812. Comprehensive resources, related to Jefferson.
- http://www.monticello.org/plantation/work/textile.html

Medieval North European Spindles and Whorls
- Short article with descriptions of the spindles and whorls used by Scandinavian yarn spinners from 800 to 1500 CE. Author: Carolyn Priest-Dorman.
- http://www.cs.vassar.edu/~capriest/spindles.html

On Power Looms
- Excerpts from an early 19th century autobiography, written by William Radcliffe, and dealing with the implications of the introduction of the power loom for the local textile industry. Edited by Mr. Paul Halsall for the Modern History Sourcebook.
- http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1828looms.html

The Steam Loom
- Excerpt from Richard Guest's, Compendious History of the Cotton Manufacture (1823), and dealing with the invention and application of the steam loom in the British textile industry. Edited by Mr. Paul Halsall for the Modern History Sourcebook.
- http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1823cotton.html