Rockdale Mills Records

Collection

Identifier: 6867

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Scope and Contents

Carding time book, January 1867-March 1882. Lists names of employees, their total time worked and their daily rate of pay. Also includes, a time book from December 29, 1845 to November 16, 1850, probably of workers at the Rockdale Mills of the Northbridge Cloth Manufacturing Company. Book lists workers' names and has entries (some for day and night hours) under carding and spinning (some mule spinning), drawing, dressing, weaving, machine shop, carpentry shop, farm, store, etc.

Dates

1845-12-1882-03

Creator

Romaine, Lawrence B., 1900-1967 (creator, Person)
Rockdale 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

Rockdale Mills, a cotton manufacturer in Rockdale, a locality in Northbridge, Massachusetts, was owned by Silvanus Holbrook and purchased in 1856 by Paul Whitin Manufacturing Company.

Extent

.3 cubic feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Carding time book, January 1867-March 1882. and a time book from December 29, 1845 to November 16, 1850.

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 numbers for this collection were 0022.132 and 0022.150.