Everett Mills Photographs

Collection

Identifier: 6634 P

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Dates

1860-1938

Creator

Everett Mills (creator, Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

Access to the collections in the Kheel Center is restricted. Please contact a reference archivist for access to these materials.

Conditions Governing Use

This collection must be used in keeping with the Kheel Center Information Sheet and Procedures for Document Use.

Biographical / Historical

The Lawrence Machine shop was built by the Essex Land and Water Company which owned it until April 1, 1852, when the original company was reorganized as the Lawrence Machine Shop Company. Due to legal formalities, the new company did not take possession of the property until June, 1853. In July, 1859, the machine shop and foundry were sold to a Mr. Dana, identified as the Mayor of Charlston, MA. Within a year, a new firm, the Everett Mills, acquired the building and converted it into a cotton textile mill which began operation on January 1, 1861, It remained under this ownership until 1929 when, through liquidation proceedings, the building was sold to a New York based corporation, Everett Mill Properties.

Extent

0.83 cubic feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Custodial History

American Textile History Museum Collection, gift of Everett Mills Properties.

Processing Information

The ATHM # references the accession number given to collections by the American Textile History Museum. These numbers have been kept and tracked for researchers looking for former citations. For images, these numbers will also be the digital object identifier if the item was scanned.