Amos Abbott Photographs

Collection

Identifier: 6511 P

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Scope and Contents

Includes images of the Maine Woolen Manufacturer's Club, Bates Manufacturing Company, and Knowles Loom Works and Harrison Yarn and Dying Company.

Dates

1885-1930

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

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

0.6 cubic feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Includes images of the Maine Woolen Manufacturer's Club, Bates Manufacturing Company, and Knowles Loom Works and Harrison Yarn and Dying Company.

Custodial History

American Textile History Museum Collection, gift of the Amos Abbott Company and Jere Abbott.

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.