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Wool industry

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 52 Collections and/or Records:

Ebenezer Cook papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924064937547]
Identifier: 985
Scope and content Correspondence pertaining to his legal practice; letters from his brother John P. Cook concerning his venture into politics as a stump candidate, and his activities in the territorial legislature, and in the Whig and Loco-foco factions in Iowa City; references to Iowa lands, tax sales, and related matters. A letter from H. Powers of Lewiston, New York mentions numerous business failures among his acquaintances in Ithaca, New York, and comments on the need for tariff revision to protect wool...
Dates: 1842-1892.

Ernest Bentley Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 6538
Scope and Contents Contains materials, 1912-1913, from Ernest Bentley's work in England, including his agreement, 1915-1922, with James and William Bastard to manage a branch of their firm in Boston; biographical material about Bentley; trade agreements; topmakers' reports, 1956-1970; and testimony before the Tariff Commission, 1952. Also contains records of the Boston Wool Trade Association (BWTA) advisory committee, 1952-1953; annual meeting and executive committee minutes, 1952-1953; incoming...
Dates: 1912-1996

Farnsworth Manufacturing Records

 Collection
Identifier: 6636
Abstract

14 time books (weekly) from machinery repair shop (1931-1961); diary, 1954, of shop foreman listing repair work done each day by each employee; typescript lubrication survey for Farnsworth Mill done by Gulf Oil Corp., Portland, Me., ca 1950.

Dates: 1931-1961

Groveland Mills Records

 Collection
Identifier: 6676
Abstract

Letter books of outgoing correspondence, 1867-1869, 1875-1876, including invoices; also incoming postcards to Groveland Mills, 1883-1884; and a group of cancelled checks, 1872-1873.

Dates: 1869-1884

Hollingworth Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 6694
Abstract

Correspondence mostly received by William Rawcliff, largley written by the Joseph Hollingworth, along with his father George and brother Jabez, John, and James.

Dates: 1812-1837

Idaho Wool Growers Association Records

 Collection
Identifier: 6697
Abstract

History of the Association, its officers, and locations of its annual meetings, 1894-1904.

Dates: 1904

Lorin Tryon Collection of Wool Processing Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 6754 P
Abstract

Photographs of wool processing in California in the early to mid twentieth century.

Dates: Early to Mid 20th Century