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American Textile History Museum

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Found in 689 Collections and/or Records:

Ware Manufacturing Company Records

 Collection
Identifier: 6935
Scope and Contents This collection is largely incoming correspondence reflecting not only the day to day problems of this one mill, but more importantly, business conditions for textile manufacturing of the period. A large block of correspondence is from the company treasurers in Boston, especially Lewis Tappan and James Dunne, to the agents at Ware. It covers a range of subjects from the details of purchasing, production, and sales to company policy regarding manufacturing and financing. Then remainder of...
Dates: 1821 - 1837

Warwick Mills Photographs of Hurricane Damage

 Collection
Identifier: 6937 P
Abstract

Images depict the Warwick Mills building in Centreville, R.I., after the Great Hurricane of 1938.

Dates: 1938

Waumbeck Manufacturing Company Record Book

 Collection
Identifier: 6939
Abstract

Collection of a volume of company production, correspondence, and a form announcing the date of the company annual meeting.

Dates: undated

Whitaker Reed Company Graphics

 Collection
Identifier: 6941 G
Abstract

This collection has a graphic depicting workers in the metal refinery business.

Dates: undated

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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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