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Duck (Textile)

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

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

New England Southern Mills and International Cotton Mills Records

 Collection
Identifier: 6700
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of the records of the cost department of the Boston office from 1913 to 1926. The mills were required to file numerous reports on costs, production, and man-hours which were analyzed by the cost department. The record is most complete for the year 1926. There is also a single volume of Directors and Stockholders records for the Stark Mill in Manchester, New Hampshire. These papers were a gift of the Northern Textile Association in 1967.

Dates: 1838-1927