Scope and Contents
Images of Abbott's Woollen Mills, Eureka Mills, and Dexter Woolen Mills.
Dates
- 1854-1900
Creator
- Amos Abbott Company (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 company, a woolen manufacturer in Dexter, Maine, was a family-owned business from its beginnings in the 1820's until its closing in 1975. It was first a carding and fulling operation and was known successively as Abbott, Eaton & Co.; Abbott, Cutler & Co.; and Abbott, Sawyer & Co. In 1831, it became Amos Abbott Co.; it was incorporated in 1899.
Extent
.3 cubic feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Images of mill buildings.
Custodial History
American Textile History Museum Collection.
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.
Source
- American Textile History Museum (Organization)
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Repository