The collection of pamphlets, journal reprints, newspaper clippings and correspondence are inserted more or less in chronological order in two topics covering the wool and textile industry and weights and measures of wool. There is a Lehigh University Library gift plate acknowledging the donor as The Carded Woolen Manufactures Association Boston, Mass. A red bordered label stipulates “Accepted as a gift with the provision that it shall not circulate outside the building.” The title page and contents index are typed, as well as correspondence from assorted people including W. C. Hunneman, Director of The Carded Woolen Manufacturers Association, to Howard S. Leach, Librarian of Lehigh University; typed letters from Edward Moir, President of The Carded Woolen Manufacturers Association to T. H. Caraway in the U.S. Senate and other U.S. Congress members and a handwritten letter from Samuel S. Dale to Howard S. Leach. Part 1 deals with Wool Tariff and Wool Labeling has 173 pamphlets, newspaper articles and correspondence from various sources with numbers from 1 to 416; Part 2 deals with Weights and Measures contains 62 pamphlets and newspaper articles from various sources with numbers ranging from 504 to 608. Each item has the consecutive hand written bold black ink number in the upper right corner but some numbers are missing in the sequence. The numbering of the items is a puzzle. The sequence numbering according to the Index is consecutive with some missing numbers which is reflected within the binding. On page 4 of the Contents index at the lower left is typed Book No. 53 which indicates this book’s position in a total issue of 101 books distributed by the Carded Woolen Manufacturers Association.

One book measuring 29 x 22 x 6.5 cm bound tightly in tan buckram. On spine is printed in gold: Wool Tariff, Wool Labeling, Weights and Measures -- Samuel S. Dale – 1902-1928 Carded Woolen Manufacturers Association In white ink is written S337 D13w