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Arkwright Manufacturing Records

 Collection
Identifier: 6514

Scope and Contents

Includes invoices, 1874-1876. Also includes two letters, Sept. 13 and Dec. 6, 1876, from the office of Joseph T. White, attorney, Meadville, Pa., to N.A. Boutell, Harris Woolen Mill, Woonsocket, R.I., concerning prices of goods and placing an order. Also contains bills from various textile machinery companies including: bill dated Oct. 8, 1896, from Narragansett Machine Co., Providence, R.I.; bill dated May 5, 1902, from Adde & Company, machinists and mill supplies company, Portland, Me.; bill dated Oct. 11, 1906, from Stevens Machine Co., Winooski, Vt., machinists of general mill supplies, including box board machinery, woodworking machinery, and jobbers in boilers, engines, pipe fittings, belting and saws; and eight bills dated Sept. 6, 1920, from Joseph P. LePage, North Tiverton, R.I., machinist and manufacturer of patent improvement for all kinds of loom temples.

Dates

  • 1874-1920

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Access to the collections in the Kheel Center is restricted. Please contact a reference archivist for access to these materials.

Conditions Governing Use

This collection must be used in keeping with the Kheel Center Information Sheet and Procedures for Document Use.

Biographical / Historical

Arkwright Manufacturing Company, Coventry, RI was a cotton manufacturer located in Coventry, R.I.

Extent

1 cubic feet

Language of Materials

English

Custodial History

American Textile History Museum Collection.

Processing Information

The ATHM # references the accession number given to collections by the American Textile History Museum (ATHM). These numbers have been kept and tracked for researchers looking for former citations. The ATHM accession number for this collection was 0022.349

Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Repository

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