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Textile industry

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Charles B. Nichols Collection of Textile Industry Memorabilia

 Collection
Identifier: 6561 MB
Dates: undated
Found in: Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives / Charles B. Nichols Collection of Textile Industry Memorabilia

Charles B. Nichols Collection of Textile Industry Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 6561 P
Abstract

Photographs of various mills and mill workers collected and donated by Charles B. Nichols. Many mills included such as the Otis Company, Columbian Manufacturing Company, Appleton Manufacturing Company, and the Saco-Lowell Shops. Also includes photographs of unidentified mills.

Dates: 1886-1942
Found in: Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives / Charles B. Nichols Collection of Textile Industry Photographs

Charles B. Nichols Collection of Textile Industry Records

 Collection
Identifier: 6561
Abstract

Collection of records from various cotton manufacturing companies (1905-1924). Includes items from or pertaining to E.J. Kitching & Co., Boston; Hill Manufacturing Co., Lewiston, Maine; a lawsuit between Otis Co. and Ludlow Manufacturing Co./Ludlow Cordage Co. regarding flooding from a dam; Tremont & Suffolk Mills, Lowell, MA; Whitin Machine Works, Whitinsville, MA regarding combing machinery for Lawrence Manufacturing Co., Lowell, MA.

Dates: 1919-1933
Found in: Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives / Charles B. Nichols Collection of Textile Industry Records

Chauncey L. Root Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 6568
Abstract Collection of two agreements, the first between Meritt Root, a minor, Florenda Root, his mother, and Chauncey Root, apprenticing Meritt Root as a stone and brick mason and the other between Chauncey Root and Henry Lyon, agent for the Otis Co., cotton manufacturers in Ware, MA, for the construction of a stone factory, an undated document entitled: Measurement for the Stone Work done by C.L. Root, with a listing on verso of debits and credits, and an inventory and appraisal of Root's...
Dates: undated
Found in: Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives / Chauncey L. Root Papers

Columbian Manufacturing Company Records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 6576
Scope and Contents This collection contains summary administrative records and extensive stock records. It also contains records of mill construction and daily operations, especially for the period 1828-1870. There are papers relating to the building of the factory at Mason and a series of itemized bills and receipts for plant expenses from the 1830s-1860s. There is also the agent’s incoming correspondence for the 1860s. After the 1870s the records are strongest in the agent’s formal reports and the...
Dates: 1821-1939
Found in: Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives / Columbian Manufacturing Company Records

Otis Company Records

 Collection
Identifier: 6822
Abstract

Include papers concerning Palmer Company and Ware Company, including mill histories, strike of 1922, etc.; also payroll for Boston Manufacturing Company; Bliss Fabyan price list; Nashua Manufacturing Company production costs.

Dates: 1889-1952
Found in: Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives / Otis Company Records

Palmer Manufacturing Company Records

 Collection
Identifier: 6826
Dates: undated
Found in: Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives / Palmer Manufacturing Company Records

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