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Archives at Cornell

Cotton manufacture

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 134 Collections and/or Records:

Lowell Weaving Company Records

 Collection
Identifier: 6759
Abstract

Order book arranged by date and order number, with index to companies included in book.

Dates: 1895-1907

Maverick Mills Records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 6775
Abstract

Collection of directors reports and stockholders records, machinery contracts, financial, purchasing, sales records, and labor-related materials.

Dates: 1909-1971

Mechanics Cotton and Woolen Manufacturing Company Records

 Collection
Identifier: 6776
Scope and Contents

The collection includes a ledger of directors' records with articles of agreements and minutes. It includes an account book with information about shares issues. It contains receipts for work done and payments received as well as construction of the factory in 1815 and an undated list of machinery including 10 power looms.

Dates: 1814-1821

Merrimack Manufacturing Records

 Collection
Identifier: 6780
Scope and Contents The contents of this collection comprise records related to the business operations of the Merrimack Manufacturing Company between 1825 and 1954, with the bulk of the records dating prior to 1862. Concerning organization and administration, the records consist of a series of annual certificates of the assessments and debts of the Merrimack Manufacturing Company from 1851 to 1861; legal contracts for the acquisition of property (1839-1840) and bonding two employees of the company (n.d.); and...
Dates: 1824-1958

Mohawk River Mills Records

 Collection
Identifier: 6790
Scope and Contents Includes certificate of incorporation, contract to construct a factory, minutes of meetings of stockholders & trustees, and correspondence of Truman G. Younglove, company president. Also accounts with Cohoes Iron Foundry and Machine Shop; water rent accounts for Mohawk and for Flax Cotton Mills building; bills and receipts, production and payroll records; inventories of stock on hand, including those for Watervliet Mills, Halcyon Mills and Atlantic Mills; and sales records and financial...
Dates: 1850-1885