Hampton Company Records

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Identifier: 6679

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Scope and Contents

Records include notes on construction and operation of machinery, ca. 1890's; machinery estimates, 1912; machinery prices, 1915, 1919; record of power purchased, 1923-1926; data reported to the U.S. Department of Labor concerning number of hours worked, payrolls, etc., 1931-1950; audit report, 1920, and machinery contracts and estimates, 1915-1919, for Hawthorn Spinning Mills, Clover, S.C. Contains correspondence, 1909-1910, from R.B. Hawley to F.N. Graves & Company concerning Eastern European wool purchases. Also includes patent specifications and correspondence, 1936-1945, relating to the use of rayon and mercerized cotton cord to reinforce rubber products such as tires and belting; and correspondence, news clippings, etc., concerning foreign patent negotiations, 1915-1930, for yarn treating devices. Also includes undated essay on spinning.

Dates

1925-1945

Creator

Hampton Company (creator, Organization)

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Biographical / Historical

The Hampton Company was a cotton mill located in Easthampton, Massachusetts.

Extent

0 cubic feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

One folder of miscellaneous patent specifications & correspondence, relating to the use of rayon or mercerized cotton cord to reinforce rubber products such as tires and belting. Also includes dye formulae, machinery contracts and estimates for Hawthorn Spinning Mills, Clover, SC.; foreign patent negotiations for yarn treating devices; cost analyses. Also data reported to U.S. Dept. of Labor concerning number of hours worked, payroll, etc., 1931-1950; undated essay on spinning; correspondence from R.B. Hawley to F.N. Graves & Co. concerning Eastern European wool purchases.