Interlaken Mills Records

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Identifier: 6699

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Scope and Contents

Collection includes correspondence, ca. 1884-ca. 1945; agreements with sales agents; financial records; cotton purchase records and regulations; advertising and sample books; lists of new help. Contains constitution and bylaws of Bookcloth Salesmen's Association, 1918.

Dates

1884 - 1944

Creator

Interlaken Mills (creator, Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

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Conditions Governing Use

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

Biographical / Historical

The Arkwright Company of Coventry, RI began in 1810 as a textile mill owned by James DeWolf. Two mill buildings were constructed, one of which burned down in 1851. With the construction of a new building in 1883, the company became Interlaken Inc., and was engaged primarily in the manufacture of cloth for book binding. It was purchased by an English firm, Winterbottom Mills, in 1892, but continued operating under the Interlaken name. Interlaken absorbed the nearby Harris Manufacturing Company in 1900. A new plant was built in 1922 to manufacture tracing cloth for architects and draftsmen; it was called Arkwright Finishing Company, and was nominally a separate business until a formal merger in 1959 as Arkwright-Interlaken, Inc. The name was changed to Arkwright Inc. in 1973. It gradually phased out its textile operations and moved to the coating of film. The last cloth was produced in 1983. (From the Arkwright Company Records, MSS 264, Rhode Island Historical Society)

During the period covered by this collection, E.C. Bucklin was treasurer and held a controlling interest which he passed to his son, H.C. Bucklin.

Extent

3.6 cubic feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

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 0022.360.1. When these numbers appear in the processing note, the box and folder are the numbers that immediately follow the accession number. For instance, the number 0022.360.1.1.28, would indicate that the material was formerly in Box 1, Folder 28.