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Found in 689 Collections and/or Records:

James Butler Account Book

 Collection
Identifier: 6710
Scope and Contents

An account book for a carding and finishing mill in Methuen, Massachusetts. The accounts for 1829-1830 refer to the manufacturing of flannel and note weavers, warpers, etc., and time missed. Starting in 1830, there are also accounts of shoes made. A few entries from the 1870's are probably those of John Wilson.

Dates: 1825-1835

James F. Townsend Time Book

 Collection
Identifier: 6711
Abstract

Collection of payroll and pay records from an unidentified mill.

Dates: 1847-1890

James L. McHale Records

 Collection
Identifier: 6713
Abstract

Includes pamphlet: Tables of the Number of Feet of Card Clothing ... , Howard Bros. Mfg. Co.; notebooks on operations of the company and lists of customers, business cards, notepaper, etc.

Dates: 1913-1959

James Lirigo Memoirs

 Collection
Identifier: 6714
Abstract

Memoirs of a weaver and loom builder, giving an account of his life from his birth in 1809 in Hillhead parish in Sorn, Scotland. The diary ends in 1889.

Dates: 1809-1889

James McMann Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 6715
Abstract

Sorting notebook from an unidentified woolen mill.

Dates: 1904-1912

James Thompson Account Book

 Collection
Identifier: 6717
Abstract

Personal account book arranged by date and listing individuals, the type and amount of work they did, as well as listing types of farm produce, prices, etc. Includes entries for carding wool, dressing flax, weaving, and cutting clothes.

Dates: 1810-1842

Jerndale Corporation Records

 Collection
Identifier: 6719
Abstract

Certificate of incorporation and bylaws of the Jerndale Corporation.

Dates: 1920-1936

Additional filters:

Subject
Textile industry 444
Textile workers 168
Woolen and worsted manufacture 149
Textile machinery 141
Cotton manufacture 130
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Textile factories 94
Dyes and dyeing 72
Weaving. 62
Industrial relations 54
Textile machinery industry 53
Textile manufacturers 52
Manufacturers' agents 47
Looms. 45
Wool industry 44
Lawrence (Mass.) 43
Wages. 39
Textile fabrics 36
Women textile workers 33
Spinning machinery 32
Wool 28
Yarn 28
Carding-machines 26
Payrolls. 25
Industries 24
Carding 23
Spinning 23
Lowell (Mass.) 22
Silk industry 20
Textile finishing 20
Swatches (Dry-goods) 19
Woolen and worsted machinery 19
Cotton machinery 18
Knitting machines 18
Labor 18
Male employees 17
Textile schools 17
Cotton 16
Advertising 15
Child labor. 15
Flannel 15
Textile printing 15
Water-power. 15
Textile research 14
Weavers 14
Knit goods industry 13
Patents. 13
Clothing and dress 12
Cotton trade 12
Merrimack River (N.H. and Mass.) 12
Women employees 12
Business records 11
Hosiery industry 11
Labor unions 11
Linen industry 11
Strikes and lockouts 11
Textile Workers' Strike, Lawrence, Mass., 1912 11
Winding machines 11
Business enterprises 10
Flax industry 10
Sheep. 10
Textile chemistry 10
Textile design 10
Andover (Mass.) 9
Cotton fabrics 9
Dams. 9
Dye industry 9
Inventors. 9
Machine shops 9
North Andover (Mass.) 9
Rug and carpet industry 9
Taunton (Mass.) 9
Trade associations 9
Wool scouring 9
Woolen and worsted finishing 9
Woolen and worsted spinning 9
Worcester (Mass.) 9
World War, 1914-1918 9
Coverlets 8
Fashion. 8
Women's clothing 8
Wool-carding 8
Worsted 8
Bleaching industry 7
Combing machines 7
Cotton textiles 7
Dry-goods. 7
Employee rules 7
Machinists 7
Manchester (N.H.) 7
Mill agents 7
Pickers (Weaving) 7
Real property 7
Textile fibers 7
World War, 1939-1945 7
Belts and belting 6
Blankets 6
Boston (Mass.) 6
Cloth labels 6
Clothing trade 6
Cotton spinning 6
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