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Textile workers

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 188 Collections and/or Records:

Ware Manufacturing Company Records

 Collection
Identifier: 6935
Scope and Contents This collection is largely incoming correspondence reflecting not only the day to day problems of this one mill, but more importantly, business conditions for textile manufacturing of the period. A large block of correspondence is from the company treasurers in Boston, especially Lewis Tappan and James Dunne, to the agents at Ware. It covers a range of subjects from the details of purchasing, production, and sales to company policy regarding manufacturing and financing. Then remainder of...
Dates: 1821 - 1837

Whitaker Reed Company Graphics

 Collection
Identifier: 6941 G
Abstract

This collection has a graphic depicting workers in the metal refinery business.

Dates: undated

Willard Eugene Hotchkiss Arbitration Awards and Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 5238
Abstract

The arbitration awards and papers of Willard Eugene Hotchkiss include speeches and writings, including some book reviews (1917-1940); also arbitration awards, chiefly for the Textile Workers' Union of America (1937-1945), and United Steelworkers of America (1939-1944).

Dates: 1917-1946

Winnipesaugee Lake Cotton and Woolen Manufacturing Company Records

 Collection
Identifier: 6950
Abstract

Payroll for August, September, and October, 1870, listing workers' names and indicating that at least some worked making repairs and alterations to a dam at Wolfboro (probably Wolfeboro, New Hampshire) and also cleaning out the river (Winnipesaukee River, New Hampshire.)

Dates: 1870

Wood Worsted Mill Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 6510/002 P
Abstract

Images depict the 1905 construction of Wood Mill in Lawrence, Massachusetts, and the demolition of that mill in 1958.

Dates: 1905-1958