Royal Worsted Mill Records

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 6875

Scope and Contents

The Royal Worsted Mill Records are primarily those of the Board of Directors and Stockholders and include minutes of meetings, 1924-1941; stock certificates, 1924-1941; and correspondence, 1927-1931, 1941. Collection also contains deeds, 1924-1941, with lists of machinery and information about the sale of the company; financial records, including annual statements, 1934-1935; ledgers, 1927-1941; cashbooks and a voucher register, 1927-1941; information about an electrical contract, 1927; and a sales journal, 1926-1941.

Dates

1924-1941

Creator

Royal Worsted Mill (creator, Organization)

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

Royal Worsted Mill, Lowell, MA was established in 1924 by John M. Abbott, Alexander S. Neilson and Alfred Gardner to manufacture worsted yarns. Reorganized in 1928 with John P. Stevens, C. Brooks Stevens and Ames Stevens having controlling interest. In 1941 sold to Royal Spinning Mills, Delaware and began production of worsted serges.

Extent

3.5 cubic feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Collection of stock certificate books, minutes of directors' meetings, sales and production ledgers, and other financial records.

Custodial History

American Textile History Museum Collection, gift of Ames Stevens.

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 0022.76 When the materials had been processed by the ATHM, we kept the records in the original order but sometimes the box and folders numbers will change. The old numbers appear in the processing note, the box and folder are the numbers that immediately follow the accession number. For instance, the number 0022.76.2.3, would indicate that the material was formerly in Box 2, Folder 3.