Underwear industry

Scope and Contents This collection contains executive records; purchasing records, which consist of numerous orders from machinery and textile manufacturers; and sales records. The executive records (1869-1887) include correspondence on a wide range of topics including patents and the company store, and inventories 1884-1887. Purchasing records (1870-1885) are divided into four sub-series: invoices of machinery suppliers, invoices of textile suppliers, general invoices, and paid bills of the E. B. Beaman...

Scope and Contents The Pepper Manufacturing Company manufactured textile machinery, specifically hosiery and knitted underwear machinery. The records (1880-1906) consist primarily of order books, listing the machinery sold and to whom, machinery parts sold and some repairs made, and the customer’s name and location (usually city and state). The company did business with a wide range of companies geographically, ranging from the New England states to New York and Pennsylvania; Montreal and towns in Ontario,...