Cotton manufacture
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Charles B. Nichols Collection of Textile Industry Records
Collection
Identifier: 6561
Abstract
Collection of records from various cotton manufacturing companies (1905-1924). Includes items from or pertaining to E.J. Kitching & Co., Boston; Hill Manufacturing Co., Lewiston, Maine; a lawsuit between Otis Co. and Ludlow Manufacturing Co./Ludlow Cordage Co. regarding flooding from a dam; Tremont & Suffolk Mills, Lowell, MA; Whitin Machine Works, Whitinsville, MA regarding combing machinery for Lawrence Manufacturing Co., Lowell, MA.
Dates:
1919-1933
Chauncey L. Root Papers
Collection
Identifier: 6568
Abstract
Collection of two agreements, the first between Meritt Root, a minor, Florenda Root, his mother, and Chauncey Root, apprenticing Meritt Root as a stone and brick mason and the other between Chauncey Root and Henry Lyon, agent for the Otis Co., cotton manufacturers in Ware, MA, for the construction of a stone factory, an undated document entitled: Measurement for the Stone Work done by C.L. Root, with a listing on verso of debits and credits, and an inventory and appraisal of Root's...
Dates:
1836-1845
Columbian Manufacturing Company Records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 6576
Scope and Contents
This collection contains summary administrative records and extensive stock records. It also contains records of mill construction and daily operations, especially for the period 1828-1870. There are papers relating to the building of the factory at Mason and a series of itemized bills and receipts for plant expenses from the 1830s-1860s. There is also the agent’s incoming correspondence for the 1860s. After the 1870s the records are strongest in the agent’s formal reports and the...
Dates:
1821-1939
Otis Company Records
Collection
Identifier: 6822
Abstract
Include papers concerning Palmer Company and Ware Company, including mill histories, strike of 1922, etc.; also payroll for Boston Manufacturing Company; Bliss Fabyan price list; Nashua Manufacturing Company production costs.
Dates:
1889-1952
Palmer Manufacturing Company Records
Collection
Identifier: 6826
Scope and Contents
These records contain some deeds and related papers especially for property held by Octavius Pickering, a creditor of the Three Rivers Manufacturing Company. There are five folders of correspondence to the agent which cover all aspects of managing the factory. There are many letters from Wright and Whitman and a folder from Kilburn and Lincoln. The largest amount of material is a box of bills and receipts, invoices and bills of lading which reflect purchases and sales, freight and...
Dates:
1831-1927