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E. S. Parkhurst & Company Records

 Collection
Identifier: 6620

Scope and Contents

The collection is limited to financial ledgers. The records cover the carding and sales operations from 1877-1923 and the purchases and sales of wool and hair continues from 1915-1945.

Dates

  • 1877-1945

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

The E.S. Parkhurst and Company was a small carding mill in Gloversville, New York. The company sold wool and hair from 1857-1971. Their selling office was located in Boston, Massachusetts.

Extent

2 cubic feet

Language of Materials

English

Custodial History

American Textile History Museum Collection, gift of R. B. Parkhurst.

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 0022.321.

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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